History YMMV / StrictlyBallroom

* HilariousInHindsight: Paul Mercurio has gone on to become the [[https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/paul-mercurio/ Victorian State MP]] for the seat of Hastings — which is the surname of his character in the film (Scott Hastings).

* HilariousInHindsight: Paul Mercurio has gone on to become a Victorian State Member of Parliament, representing the seat of Hastings - which is his character's surname.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** The entire budding romance between Scott and Fran is full of this. What's especially heartwarming about their growing romance is that Scott is able to be himself for once with Fran, and Fran is the first person who wanted to dance the way Scott does. And likewise, Fran is able to overcome her shyness as she spends more time with Scott.
** Scott bonding with Fran's family during his Paso Doble training.
** After the truth about Barry Fife's lies is revealed, Scott runs after Fran and asks her if she still wants to dance with him. Because of their spat before, you'd expect for Fran to take quite some time to forgive Scott and want to dance. Instead, she simply smiles and nods yes with absolutely no hesitation, happy that Scott came to his senses. Her family's joyous reaction is just icing on the cake, especially Fran's father jumping in joy. Her father and grandmother are also the first people to join in with Doug's SlowClap.
** Les watching Scott and Fran first perform a Paso Doble at the finale with a subtle yet impressed smile on his face. That has got to be one of the most impressive yet touching pieces of subtle acting there.
** Scott's father crying with happiness during the climax of Scott and Fran's dance. He looks so proud of his son.
** "Shall we dance?"

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The flashback scene, which retells some of Scott's family history in a ''hilariously'' over-the-top manner. It helps budget cuts forced them from going with a realistic portrayal to making it cheesy and outlandish.
** The scene with Ken and Liz in the spa, zooming out to reveal they are sitting in one of many on display at Ken's tub shop!
** Also in Great Ken and Liz Moments:
---> '''Liz''': What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say "Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!"\\
''*shot of Pam screaming in her truck as it rolls over*''\\
'''Ken''' (flinging open door, striding over to Liz, and speaking in monotone): Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with you.\\
'''Kylie''': [[LampshadeHanging ...That was unexpected]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Scott and Fran's entire performance at the finals but particularly the moment after the music gets cut off and Scott's father starts a SlowClap, which quickly spreads through the audience, giving them a beat to dance to.
** Scott's father finally [[TookALevelInBadass growing a backbone for the film's climax, after spending much of the film being meek and being unable to stand for himself]], by revealing Barry's lies to Scott, enabling him to go after Fran and persuade her to dance with him. Then when Barry cuts the music and tries to disqualify Scott and Fran, Doug does a SlowClap which quickly spreads to the entire audience, giving them a beat to dance to. He's the ''very'' reason that the film has a happy ending.
** Before this, Les calling Barry out on his duplicity and Barry declaring that nothing will change the future of dance ball (i.e. Ken's dance style), only for Scott and Fran to make their dramatic entrance. And when Barry attempts to stop the dance, Les ''punches'' him in the face!
--->'''Les:''' I wanna have a word with you. \\
'''Barry:''' Aw, pull yourself together. It's not my fault the boy chickened out. \\
'''Les:''' It wouldn't have made any difference anyway. \\
'''Barry:''' Out the back. \\
(''Behind the curtain...'') \\
'''Les:''' I know what's going on. It doesn't matter what Scott dances out there today. \\
'''Barry:''' You betrayed his father. What'd you expect? \\
'''Les:''' But Doug wanted me to dance with Shirley! You told me that! \\
'''Barry:''' It's easy to believe what you want to hear, isn't it? \\
'''Les:''' You won't get away with this! \\
'''Barry:''' Listen, you pathetic little fag! You hear that? That's the future of dance ball and no one, but no one's gonna change that! (''opens the curtain only to see Scott and Fran making their big entrance.'')

** After the truth about Barry Fife's lies is revealed, Scott runs after Fran and asks her if she still wants to dance with him. Because of their spat before, you'd expect for Fran to take quite some time to forgive Scott and want to dance. Instead, she simply smiles and nods yes with absolutely no hesitation, happy that Scott came to his senses. Her family's joyous reaction is just icing on the cake, especially Fran's father jumping in joy.

-->'''Les:''' I wanna have a word with you. \\

** Scott bonding with Fran's family during his Paso Doube training.

** The entire budding romance between Scott and Fran is full of this. What's especially heartwarming about their growing romance is that Scott is able to be himself for once with Fran, and Fran is the first person who wanted to dance the way Scott does.

** After the truth about Barry Fife's lies is revealed, Scott runs after Fran and asks her if she still wants to dance with him. Because of their spat before, you'd expect for Fran to take quite some time to forgive Scott and want to dance. Instead, she simply smiles and nods yes with absolutely no hesitation, happy that Scott came to his senses. Her family's joyous reaction is just icing on the cake.

** The entire budding romance between Scott and Fran is full of this.

'''Barry:''' It's very easy to believe what you want to hear, isn't it? \\

** After the truth about Barry Fife's lies is revealed, Scott runs after Fran and asks her if she still wants to dance with him. Because of their spat before, you'd expect for Fran to take quite some time to forgive Scott and want to dance. Instead, she simply smiles and nods yes with absolutely no hesitation, showing that she was only waiting for Scott to come to his senses. Her family's joyous reaction is just icing on the cake.

(''Behind the curtain...'')

-->'''Les:''' I know what's going on. It doesn't matter what Scott dances out there today. \\

** After the truth about Barry Fife's lies is revealed, Scott runs after Fran and asks her if she still wants to dance with him. Because of their spat before, you'd expect for Fran to take quite some time to forgive Scott and want to dance. Instead, she simply smiles and nods yes with absolutely no hesitation, showing that she was only waiting for Scott to come to his senses. Her family's joyous reaction is just icing the cake.

--> '''Liz''': What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!'\\

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: See also: SlowClap.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: See also: SlowClap.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The flashback scene, which retells some of Scott's family history in a ''hilariously'' over-the-top manner. It helps budget cuts forced them from going with a realistic portrayal to making it cheesy and outlandish.

--> '''Liz''': What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!'
-->''*shot of Pam screaming in her truck as it rolls over*''
--> '''Ken''' (flinging open door, striding over to Liz, and speaking in monotone): Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with you.
--> '''Kylie''': [[LampshadeHanging ...That was unexpected]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Barry is just a conservative authority figure until the revelation that he [[spoiler:lied to Scott about his father and fixed the competition beforehand to destroy Scott's credibility like he had done to Shirley]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The flashback scene, which retells some of Scott's family history in a ''hilariously'' over-the-top manner.

* HollywoodHomely: Arguably a rare subversion. While Fran [[SheCleansUpNicely cleans up nicely]] she doesn't become conventionally beautiful.