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1* The Moonwatcher's tribe are quite [[TheWoobie woobies]] before the Monolith gifted them intelligence: pathetically looking for scraps of food as they co-exist with tapirs that aren't scared of them, being easy snacks for leopards and getting driven away from their water pond by a smaller but nastier tribe of ape-men. The establishing shot of the night scene before the Monolith's arrival shows a rock formation with a cave entrance, only to then cut to a growling leopard not too far away and reveal that the ape-men are actually trying to sleep in a much more vulnerable spot outside: the implication is that the feline scared them out of their own home as well. What an awful day.
2* Dave releasing Frank's body out into space.
3* The murder of the hibernating astronauts. Despite doing nothing to Hal, they become victims of his madness.
4* Amazingly, HAL's VillainousBreakdown and death scene. After all of his murders, [[AlasPoorVillain his helpless pleading for Dave to stop pulling the plug on him will make you wish there was another way.]]
5** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8N72t7aScY Now with video]]. "Stop, Dave. I'm afraid." and of course, the famous portion at 3:48 - "Daisy, Daisy... give me you-r... answer... do."
6** After the discussion of [=HAL's=] malfunction, his having killed the rest of the crew, and having heard his calm-in-a-creepy-as-hell-way voice for the whole movie, this WhamLine points out that, somewhere deep inside, he's as human as any of us and just as afraid to die. To paraphrase a Website/YouTube comment about HAL's death: "It's like watching the execution of an invalid."
7** "I'd like to hear it, HAL. Play it for me." Even after everything that's happened, Bowman still treats HAL like a human member of the crew.
8*** [[FridgeHorror Unless he's just trying to keep HAL talking to make sure when he's dead.]]

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