* AdaptationDisplacement: ''A Walk to Remember'' is originally a book with a somewhat different plot compared to its movie adaptation, which is more well-known.
* AlternateAesopInterpretation:
** For the book version: Do not get involved in any charity work, especially when a [[NiceGirl Nice,]] DelicateAndSickly girl requests you to do so personally. It will end badly for both of you.
** For the movie version: As long as you remain pure and virginal (and happen to look like [[HollywoodHomely Mandy Moore]]), the most popular boy at your high school will ''definitely'' give up his friends and his popularity just to be with you. After all, true goodness is irresistible!
** For both versions: Do not marry an girl with chronic disease. She won't survive long enough to bear your child, she won't have a happy family with you, and the grieving will be severe. In shorter words, the marriage will do more bad than good for both of you.
* CoveredUp: Twice, with Jon Foreman on both receiving ends.
** The Mandy Moore version of "Only Hope" is better remembered than the original Music/{{Switchfoot}} version. The latter's version is also heard in Jamie and Landon's wedding scene.
** The Mandy Moore and [[Music/{{Switchfoot}} Jon Foreman]] cover of "Someday We'll Know" is better remembered than the original Music/NewRadicals version.[[note]]It was their second single and released after the band broke up.[[/note]]
* HollywoodHomely: There's no way that anybody could look at Music/MandyMoore and call her "plain" or "ugly".
* ItWasHisSled: Jamie dies.
* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Turns out teenaged "bubblegum pop princess" Mandy Moore is actually pretty darn good at this 'acting' thing, as this movie proved.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** In the book, Landon assists Jamie with various charity works as a payment for helping him in the drama class, and he does the charity works well despite his evident lack of experience in doing so.
** In the movie when some of Landon's friends Photoshop Jamie's head onto the body of a porn star. When he finds out, Landon walks over to one of his guy friends and slugs him in the face, knocking him over.
** In both versions, Landon owning up to his past mistakes and making efforts in becoming a better person. This being said, [[AdaptationalVillainy Book!Landon's mistakes are particulary tame compared to Movie!Landon's]], though.
* TearJerker: Literally the entire second half the movie, but more specifically once Jamie delivers her WhamLine: "I have leukemia."

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