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  • In one of the few genuinely positive moments in this movie, Tom decides not to go through with his suicide when his wife walks in on him trying to suffocate himself by his car run with the garage door closed and the car windows down. Now with a new will to live, he happily smiles at her, pretends that he was just having trouble starting the car, waves goodbye, and backs out... at which point he's immediately hit by a drunk driver. And even then, he gets a nice, fat settlement and, while making a painful recovery, tells Peter that the whole experience has made him happier than ever.
  • After Peter accepts the consequences of his actions he admits to Joanna that even if he can't be happy with his job, he can be happy with his life as long as she's part of it. Awwww.
    • Along similar lines, Peter's protective of his friendship with Samir and Michael. He's the one who got a raise, but still puts himself on the line to try to get money for them. When they screw it up, Peter's also willing to take all the responsibility to get them off the hook.
    • In the end, Peter and Joanna are still together, even going out for lunch.
  • Peter picking up the remains of the vaunted red Swingline in the post-fire salvage, happily saying he knows someone who might want it.
  • The fact that Peter has a job at the end of the movie that he genuinely seems to get joy out of.
  • The Bobs are heartless downsizers, but they are actually magnanimous to Peter when he speaks honestly about Initech's problems, and stick up for him when Lumbergh belittles Peter's complaints.

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