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  • Julia and Robbie kissing in the end and the song before that... awwwwwwwwwwwww.
    • Just Julia's face when she recognizes his voice.
    • Even better has to be her face when he first walks in. It's absolute pure joy.
    • The song itself needs to be elaborated on: Robbie wrote the song about Julia and about how much he wants nothing more than to take care of her for the rest of their lives. It's pure love to the point that in the comment sections of YouTube videos of said song, more than one person will inevitably comment that they themselves sang or played it to their significant others.
    • It’s not surprising that Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore went on to be on-screen love interests in two more films after this. Their chemistry is so natural that many fans on YouTube clips of this scene and others have said they should have been a real-life couple. Adam and Drew even sang this charming little song on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon about their on-screen romances.
  • Robbie teaching voice lessons to his elderly friend Rosie, and accepting meatballs (without tupperware) as payment for the lessons.
  • Rosie singing "Till There Was You" to her husband at the anniversary party.
  • Julia and Robbie practice kiss for her wedding but... it doesn't end up looking like a practice kiss.
    • If Julia’s positively glowing smile isn’t a dead giveaway that there were some real feelings in that kiss, the fact that an instrumental version of “Grow Old With You”, the song Robbie sings to Julia in the climax later, is playing here will make it obvious in subsequent rewatches.
  • Julia's reaction when Robbie tells her about the time he and Linda were flying to the Grand Canyon, but she refused to give him the window seat, even though he'd never been there and she had.
    Robbie: ...not that that's a big deal, you know. It's just there were a lot of little things like that. I know that sounds stupid...
    Julia: Not at all. I think it's the little things that count.
    • Double Heartwarming: this seemingly innocuous detail is echoed just before the climax and ends up being what causes Julia to finally realize that she is in love with Robbie, not Glenn.
  • On the plane, Billy Idol and the other first-class passengers all listen sympathetically to Robbie's story and offer him encouragement. Then when it turns out Julia and Glenn are on the plane, they all band together to help Robbie get the girl. Aww...
    • And then, after hearing Robbie's song to Julia, Billy decides to recommend Robbie to his record company so that he may finally fulfill his dream of becoming a professional songwriter (and give Julia financial security).
      • And Robbie's reply is "Can I kiss her (Julia) first?" A good indication that Julia will remain a priority to him after he makes it big.
    • Extra heartwarming because when Robbie first gets on the plane, his awkward behavior gets some glances from the other passengers and crew that might make you think he’s going to make a fool of himself and get embarrassed in front of Julia and Glenn. Then it turns out the passengers are actually really nice. One scene later, cut to the entire group huddled around, hanging on Robbie’s every word as he tells them the whole story up to this point. Is it cheesy? Yes. Is it a beautiful example of humanity at its best? Hell yes.
  • After Julia practices passing herself off as Glenn's wife in the mirror (and crying as a result), she decides to try it as Robbie's wife. The way she just smiles and beams as she says it is adorable.
    • Even sweeter because Julia and Robbie hadn’t reconciled at this point, the last time they saw each other, Julia stormed off in anger. Yet here we see that she still loves Robbie, although he doesn’t figure that out until later.
  • Sammy befriending the senile old man at the bar and teaching him to moonwalk. And the guy tries to defend Robbie from Glenn afterwards
    Old Man: I'm sorry! I used to be a lot stronger.
  • When Robbie, Sammy and Holly all get to the airport to get to Las Vegas, only one first class seat is left. Robbie asked Sammy if he could use his credit card, Sammy ask if he was gonna be paid back, Robbie says no, but he blackmails him to do so. Sammy really didn't have to do this, but in the end lets his friend have a chance to catch the flight and find Julia. This action actually wins some respect from Holly.
    • In a Funny Background Event, you can see him in the front row at Robbie and Julia's wedding in full tux. He cleans up nice.
    • The Harts hiring Dave Veltri as their wedding singer.
  • When Robbie is in first class, he casually commented on how he's on a mission to find Julia and stop her from a doomed marriage. A Woman next to him states it's the sweetest thing she's ever heard and begins asking more about the situation. Later on, we find that everyone, even Billy Idol and the flight attendants, are all listening to Robbie's story. When they find out that Julia is on the very plane they're on, after Robbie asks for help, everyone agrees.

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