* The end, from the helicopter crash to the David Bowie song.
--> '''Steve:''' This is an adventure.
* And before that.
--> '''Jane Winslett-Richardson:''' Are we - are we safe in here?
--> '''Steve Zissou:''' I doubt it.
--> '''Klaus Daimler:''' Do you still want to blow him up?
--> '''Steve Zissou:''' No. We're out of dynamite anyway.
--> '''Eleanor Zissou:''' ... It is beautiful Steve.
--> '''Steve Zissou:''' Yea, it's pretty good isn't it... [[TearJerker I wonder if it remembers me.]]
** Everyone in the ship places his/her hand on Steve to comfort him, the last one being Steve's nemesis Hennessey.
** During the whole scene, Music/SigurRos' ''Starálfur'' contributes even more to the magnificence of those surrealistic deep waters and its creatures.
* After Ned's funeral, Eleanor talks with Jane, and reveals Steve is not fertile- Ned was never his real son, but it didn't even matter.
* Klaus' breakdown when he doesn't get picked to be on Steve's team during the island raid, only to be told that he's not on Steve's team because ''he's leading his own''.
** Also, when Steve tells him on the island that both he and Esteban considered Klaus as their little brother. Then, Klaus confesses that he considered Steve as his father. [[SiblingRivalry It confirms the obvious sibling like jealousy he had with newcomer Ned.]]
* Hennessey and Steve, love and business rivals, sharing a comradely hug after acknowledging they were both lousy husbands.
* Nico the Intern [[IChooseToStay chose to stay with the Steve's crew throughout the expedition]] while the rest leave after the pirate attack. As the credit rolls, he became one of the official members of the crew, given his own uniform.
* Steve risking his neck to save the "bond company stooge".
* The TV interview Steve watches from before Esteban's death.
-->'''Interview:''' People say Eleanor is the brains behind Team Zissou. What is Steve?
-->'''Steve:''' ''(opens mouth, but struggles to answer)''
--> '''Esteban:''' He's the Zissou.
** Which in the end leads to another heartwarmer when Steve finally publicly confirms that Eleanor ''was'' the brains all along.
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