But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything / When I see a elephant fly!
- The movie has an "awesome'' (and a little intense) opening narration that seems like the opening to a WWII Air Force film (which coincidentally was taking place when this movie was made):Narrator: (we see a nothing but a stormy sky) Through the snow and sleet and hail...through the blizzard, through the gale...through the wind and through the rain...over mountain, over plain...through the blinding lightning flash (strike of lightning)...and the mighty thunder crash! (strike of thunder)...ever faithful, ever true...nothing stops him...HE'LL GET THROUGH!
- (we hear a propeller in the clouds, expecting an airplane….but it's revealed to just be a bunch of storks delivering babies)
- Mrs. Jumbo locking the mean elephants in their stall when they start mocking Dumbo.
- She also deservedly spanks a boy for teasing her son.
- Her smacking Giddy's trunk for laughing at Dumbo's ears. Right from the start, she shows she will not tolerate anyone making fun of her baby.
- The whole sequence of the circus being set up in a thunderstorm.
- Casey Junior gets a Moment of Awesome of his own when he shows that he's a lot stronger than his size suggests. He approaches a tall mountain range hauling a lot of cars full of heavy circus equipment and many animals onboard (including quite a few elephants), and the grade ahead of him is as steep as they come. Yet, with all his might, he manages to climb his way up to the top in spite of the heavy load behind him, all while pushing himself to his limit. It's no wonder he happens to be so popular.
- The ringmaster locking her up was his Moment of Awesome in the same scene. You wouldn't think a human, much less an unthreatening-looking guy like him, would be able to subdue a rampaging elephant, and yet he does.
- Timothy Mouse gets his moment by scaring the other elephants for picking on Dumbo. Even putting aside that elephants are wary of mice, he's tiny compared to them - and could've been trampled when they initially ran, if he wasn't careful - yet he doesn't hesitate to give them a piece of his mind."So you like to pick on little guys, huh? Well why don't you pick on me!?"
- The crows teaching Dumbo to fly.
- Before that, Timothy's speech calling out the crows and the world at large for mocking Dumbo's ears.
- Dumbo shooting peanuts at the mean elephants like bullets from a machine gun.
- As mean as she may be, the Matriarch gets one for showing her badass credentials as a circus elephant. She stood on one ball and being ridden upon 7 more elephants and despite sweating all over, manages to keep her balance (until of course, Dumbo ruins everything, but even then she keeps herself above the ball for a long time). By the show's standard, she's a meanie for bullying Dumbo, but if you're looking for a circus elephant for high-level stunts, she's the elephant you're looking for.
- The very concept. A flying elephant is pretty awesome on its own.
- The entire ending. After opening his ears at the last second, Dumbo manages to fly without his Magic Feather and pay out those who were mistreating and teasing him. Afterwards, he, Timothy, and Mrs. Jumbo were offered a well-deserved luxury.
