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* In the 1999 BBC adaptation that introduced Creator/DanielRadcliffe to the world in general, David recognizes Steerforth clinging to the shipwreck. As Ham is about to go out to try to rescue him, David yells, "Ham...it's Steerforth!" Ham hesitates a moment, but still goes out to try to save the life of the man who stole his fiancee and broke his heart...because that's the kind of person he is and it's the right thing to do.
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* Mr Peggotty's description of Martha coming just in time to rescue Emily, who it is implied very nearly ended up being lured into prostitution on her return to London.
--> '''Mr. Peggotty:''' Them belonging to the house would have stopped her, but they might as soon have stopped the sea. “Stand away from me,” she says, “I am a ghost that calls her from beside her open grave!”
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* Another [[CoolOldLady Aunt Betsey]] moment: in the 1999 version, her reaction to learning about Heep's crimes is to get up and ''beat him with her purse''.
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* Aunt Betsy decides to keep David, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells the Murdstones what she thinks of them]], and orders them to get out.

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* Aunt Betsy Betsey decides to keep David, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells the Murdstones what she thinks of them]], and orders them to get out.
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* "...and the name of that scoundrel is -- HEEP!"
* Aunt Betsy decides to keep David, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells the Murdstones what she thinks of them]], and orders them to get out.
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