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1	* Albert has a MistakenForCheating moment, but Armand corrects him and tells him Val is home. It's telling that just some time back Armand was trolling Val about his marriage, but with Albert he drops the snark as soon as possible.
2	* Albert in his own way is quietly overjoyed to see Val is back.
3	* Armand's IAmWhatIAm speech to Val. Even though he ends up subverting his own self-assertion, it's only because he wants his son to be happy.
4	-->'''Armand:''' Yes, I wear foundation. Yes, I live with a man. Yes, I'm a middle-aged fag. But I know who I am, Val. It took me 20 years to get here, and I'm not going to let some idiot senator destroy that. [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck the senator]]. I don't give a damn what he thinks.
5	* After the woman who gave birth to Val accidentally shows up and introduces herself, Val drops the entire act and reveals that Albert is his ''real'' mother.
6	-->'''Sen. Keeley''': How many "mothers" does Val have?\
7	'''Val''': ...Just one. ''(removes Albert's wig)'' This is my mother. My father owns the club downstairs, my mother is the star.\
8	'''Sen. Keeley''': What?\
9	'''Val''': We lied to you, Barbara and I. And everyone lied for us. These are my parents.\
10	'''Armand''': ''(indicating Albert)'' This is my wife. ''(indicating Katherine)'' This is the lady who had Val.\
11	'''Val''': Nice to meet you, Katherine.\
12	'''Katherine''': ''(fondly)'' Very nice, Val. ''(to Armand and Albert)'' You've done a good job.
13	** Earlier in the evening Katherine calls to say she's running late and Val picks up the call. It's the first time the two have ever spoken to each other and it clearly means a lot to both of them.
14	--->'''Katherine:''' Val, I want you to know how I happy I am that I could do this for you.
15	* Near the beginning of the film, during Albert's show, the audience is shown an elderly heterosexual couple, implied to be regulars at The Birdcage, celebrating their anniversary. And Albert warmly wishes them a happily anniversary, as well.
16	* Senator Keeley actually gets on well with Albert when he masquerades as a woman, and when he assumes she is being cuckolded he is quick to defend her from his own wife.
17	* Albert blows up after seeing Armand and Katherine getting a little too cozy and storms off. Armand chases after him and presents Albert with the palimony agreement he was asking for earlier in the movie. Armand makes it clear that there's only one person he wants to spend his life with, and it's Albert.
18	-->'''Albert:''' ''(reading the palimony agreement)'' But... I don't want all of this, Armand!\

Context Heartwarming / TheBirdcage