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  • Anything involving Tateh. Especially "Gliding."
    • In the movie, once he's able to profit off a picture book, he takes his little girl to a sweet shop and buys her a feast of desserts which she shares with him.
    • In the musical, he initially refuses to sell his daughter's "movie book" even though they're starving, because it's hers and he made it for her. He doesn't agree to sell it until she gives him permission.
  • "Sarah, my life has changed/Sarah, you've got to see/Sarah, we've got a son/SARAH, COME DOWN TO MEEEEE!"
  • "Buffalo Nickel Photoplay inc.", where we discover that after all his struggles, Tateh's made it in the movie industry and his daughter is living well.
  • When a still-infant, too-cute-for-words Coalhouse Walker III runs out into Mother's arms during the epilogue, indicating he was Happily Adopted, adding already to the sweetness of Tateh and Mother's marriage, accompanied by a swirl of beautiful music.

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