History Heartwarming / DeadPoetsSociety

* Ethan Hawke recalls being a little too serious on set to laugh at Robin Williams's jokes and ending up worrying that he'd made a bad impression. Then, after the film was done, he got a call from Robin's agent. He'd recommended him!

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society; specially working things so Todd doesn't have to read, understanding how scared he is and coaxing him to open up. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and grows steadily happier.
--> Todd: "The point is that there's nothing you can do about it, so you can just butt out. I can take care of myself just fine. All right?"
--> Neil: "No."
--> Todd: "What do you mean 'no'?"
--> Neil: (smiling) ''"No."''
* Mr. Keating helping Todd overcome his anxiety by having him make up a poem that impresses the entire class. "Don't you forget this" indeed.
** Neil looking over-awed and touched by the poem. As noted above, he's spent much of the movie encouraging Todd and it's beautiful to see his faith in his friend vindicated.
* Also between Neil and Todd: "The world's first unmanned flying desk-set," scene is, quite possibly, the most convincing instance of the PowerOfFriendship to ever grace a TV screen.

* Charlie [[spoiler: refusing to turn on Keating and punching Cameron when he betrays the Society. Charlie could be reckless but he has loyalty in spades.]]
** A small moment in the same scene: [[spoiler: When Cameron claims that Neil was manipulated by Keating, ''[[BewareTheQuietOnes Todd]]'' is the one to yell at him, asserting that Neil loved acting and wasn't forced into anything - defending both his teacher and his best friend's memory.]]
* In a deleted scene that takes place after [[spoiler: Neil's suicide]], [=McAllister=] meets with Keating, pours the both of them some tea with liquor and assures the latter it wasn't his fault.
** The last we see of [=McAllister=] is him teaching his Latin class. However, unlike the start of the film when he's monotonously lecturing students in the classroom... he's taken some boys ''outside'' and using the language to describe the world around them. It's a tiny, subtle moment but proof that Keating's ideas and impact will never be truly gone.

** And they're followed by students who weren't even in the Society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene, showing just how much impact Keating had on the class.
* Ethan Hawke recalls being a little too serious on set to laugh at Robin Williams's jokes and ending up worrying that he'd made a bad impression. Then after the film was done, he got a call from Robin's agent. He'd recommended him!

** And followed by students who weren't even in the Society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene, showing just how much impact Keating had on the class.

* The final scene, as Keating [[spoiler: retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when Todd and Knox call out "O Captain! My Captain!" The rest of his former students stand on their desks in solidarity with them one by one.]]

* Ethan Hawke recalls being a little too serious on set to laugh at Robin Williams's jokes and worried that he'd made a bad impression. Then after the film was over, he got a call from Robin's agent. He'd recommended him!

* Charlie [[spoiler: refusing to turn on Keating and punching Cameron when he betrays the society. Charlie could be reckless but he has loyalty in spades.]]
** A small moment in the same scene: [[spoiler: When Cameron claims that Neil was manipulated by Keating, ''[[{{BewareTheQuietOnes}} Todd]]'' is the one to yell at him, asserting that Neil loved acting and wasn't forced into anything - defending both his teacher and his best friend's memory.]]

** The last we see of [=McAllister=] is him teaching his Latin class. However, unlike the start of the film when he's monotonously lecturing students in the classroom...he's taken some boys ''outside'' and using the language to describe the world around them. It's a tiny, subtle moment but proof that Keating's ideas and impact will never be truly gone.
* The final scene, as Keating [[spoiler: retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call out "O Captain, my Captain".]]
** Led by Todd, the [[TheQuietOne quietest]], [[ShrinkingViolet timidest]] member, showing just how much Neil and Keating helped him.
** And followed by students who weren't even in the society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene, showing just how much impact Keating had on the class.

** And for that scene, it was originally set indoors, but it started to snow outside. They had limited time to get the shot in before the snow went away completely. Ethan Hawke nailed it in one take.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society; specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is and coaxing him to open up. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and grows steadily happier.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. BigManonCampus Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society; specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is and coaxing him to open up. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and grows steadily happier.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society; specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is and coaxing him to open up. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and grows steadily happier.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society and specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is; coaxing him to open up and refusing to let Todd push him away. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and grows steadily happier.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him, (or even worse bully him as an easy target) but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society and specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is; coaxing him to open up and refusing to let Todd push him away. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before.

** A small moment in the same scene: [[spoiler: When Cameron claims that Neil was manipulated by Keating, ''[[{{BewareTheQuietOnes}} Todd]]'' is the one to yell at him that Neil loved acting, and wasn't forced into anything - defending both his teacher and his best friend's memory.]]

* Charlie refusing to turn on Keating and punching Cameron when he betrays the society. Charlie could be reckless but he has loyalty in spades.
** A small moment in the same scene: When Cameron claims that Neil was manipulated by Keating, ''[[{{ShrinkingViolet}} Todd]]'' is the one to yell at him that Neil loved acting, and wasn't forced into anything - defending both his teacher and his best friend's memory.

* The final scene, as Keating retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call out "O Captain, my Captain".

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him - or even worse bully him as an easy target - but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society and specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is; coaxing him to open up and refusing to let Todd push him away. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to have received very little support or encouragement before, and the audience can see him grow happier as the film continues.

** Neil looking over-awed and touched by the poem. As noted above, he's spent much of the movie encouraging Todd and it's beautiful to see his faith in him vindicated.
* "The world's first unmanned flying desk-set," scene is, quite possibly, the most convincing instance of the PowerOfFriendship to ever grace a TV screen.

* Basically all of Neil's actions towards Todd. Neil is faced with a new, horribly shy roommate who struggles to make any conversation and rebuffs many of Neil's attempts to be friendly. It would be easy to ignore him - or even worse bully him as an easy target - but instead, Neil does everything he can to include Todd: Bringing him into the friend group; inviting him to be part of the Dead Poets Society and specially working things so Todd doesn't to read when understanding how scared he is; coaxing him to open up and outright refusing to let Todd push him away. It clearly means the world to Todd, who is implied to received very little support or encouragement before, and he grows steadily happier and more confident.

** Neil looking over-awed and touched by the poem. After spending much of the movie trying to bring Todd out of his shell, it's beautiful to see his faith in Todd vindicated.

* Not to mention the final scene, as Keating retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call out "O Captain, my Captain".
** Starting with Todd, the [[TheQuietOne quietest]], [[ShrinkingViolet timidest]] member, showing just how much Neil and Keating helped him.
** And followed by students who weren't even in the society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene, showing just how much impact Keating had on the class.
* Mr. Keating helping Todd overcome his anxiety by having him make up a poem that impresses the entire class. "Don't you forget this" indeed.
* In a deleted scene that takes place after [[spoiler: Neil's suicide]], [=McAllister=] meets with Keating, pours the both of them some tea with liquor and assures the latter it wasn't his fault.

* Not to mention the final scene, as [[spoiler: Keating retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call out "O Captain, my Captain".]]

* The whole Dead Poets Society gently waking up Neil and gathering around to specifically support him after [[spoiler: Neil's suicide]].

* Not to mention the final scene, as [[spoiler:Robin Williams retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call him "oh Captain, my Captain".]]

** And followed by students who weren't even in the society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene.

* In a deleted scene that takes place after [[spoiler: Neil's suicide]], [[=McAllister=]] meets with Keating, pours the both of them some tea with liquor and assures the latter it wasn't his fault.

* In a deleted scene that takes place after [[spoiler: Neil's suicide]], McAllister meets with Keating, pours the both of them some tea with liquor and assures the latter it wasn't his fault.

* "The world's first unmanned flying desk-set," scene is, quite possibly, the most convincing instance of the PowerOfFriendship to ever grace my tv screen.

** And followed by students who weren't even in the society, including the nerdy IllBoy and the guy who mumbled reluctantly through the 'poetry and football' scene.

* Not to mention the final scene, as [[spoiler:Robin Williams retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call him "oh Captain, my Captain".]]

* Not to mention the final scene, as [[spoiler:'''Robin Williams retrieves his gear after being drummed out as a dangerous radical, when his former students one by one stand on their desks and call him "oh Captain, my Captain".''']]