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  • The first shot of the Mouse, as he breaks a very narrow hole in a wall and then pulls himself through it.
  • When Navarre first appears and rescues "the Mouse". After losing his sword at the beginning of the fight, Navarre effortlessly pummels over half-a-dozen guards with whatever improvised weapon he happens to grab for each opponent.
    • For that matter, though it doesn't last too long, Philippe was doing very well simply evading those guards before Navarre showed up, prompting Sarcastic Clapping from Marquet. If his escape from the prison hadn't made that clear yet, this scene hammers it in just why he's called "the Mouse". (Though, the soldiers were wearing armor, hindering their attempts.)
  • Regardless of their opinion of the film, nearly all agree the transformation scene is a film classic.
  • Imperious keeps a guard from killing Navarre in his wolf form just to see what it feels like by quickly coming up with a lie and saying that the bishop said the same thing.
  • Navarre storms the church near the end, telling his former troops to stand aside. When one tries to stop him, he just smacks the fool on the head, causing said soldier and the rest to let him pass.
  • The solar eclipse that allows Navarre and Isabeau to escape the curse. While it's very predictable to modern audiences (many will know exactly what's going to happen the instant "day without night/night without day" is mentioned), the film still manages to make it awesome.
  • Navarre's final confrontation with Marquet. One of the most underrated climactic swordfights in a movie.
  • "Look! Look at her! Look at me. Now, look at us. LOOK AT US!"
  • Isabeau, free of the curse, puts the Bishop in his place without a word, just a cold and angry stare. Then she makes a point of dropping her hawk jesses (the leather straps that had been tied to her legs) in front of him, giving them back to him just like she refused every other gift he tried to give her.
  • Navarre kills the Bishop by nailing him to the altar with his sword. By throwing it.
    • Hell, he throws it so hard it burns as it pierces through the Bishop.
  • Small scene, but Philippe using Navarre's sword to scare off Cezar, or at least trying to.

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