History Heartwarming / SchoolOfRock

* Ned in his rocker outfit sweeps Patti off her feet, literally, and says he's treating her to Red Lobster. It's implied Patti gets a HeelFaceTurn and mellows towards Ned and Dewey because of it.
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* Alex Brightman's ''Hard Rock Life'' vlogs from backstage at the musical can be very sweet. In particular, his interactions with fans of the show - inspired by Michael Cerveris' courteousness when they met after Alex saw ''Tommy'' as a little kid - can be cute to watch, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2zM_KpZf4 especially]] his bringing donuts to the people waiting in line for tickets.
* The genuine friendships formed between the child cast and Jack Black. Katie's actress Rivkah Reyes describes them as forever family, a sentiment echoed by many other castmates. Angelo Massagli (Frankie) and Caitlin Hale (Marta) are even dating.
** Goes into TearJerker territory with the untimely passing of Kevin “Freddy” Clark in 2021, and [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWfsUej-VR/?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s tribute]].

* Any and every time Dewey bonds with one of the kids. Especially the way he interacts with Lawrence and Tomika and helps them deal with their respective self-esteem issues.
** Dewey's little speech to Tomika when she worries about her weight. He lists Music/ArethaFranklin as a BigBeautifulWoman who's also a fantastic singer. Shows that Dewey is a CoolTeacher at heart.

** Goes into TearJerker territory with the untimely passing of Kevin “Freddy” Clark in 2021, and Jack’s tribute.

* The genuine friendships formed between the child cast and Jack Black. Katie's actress Rivkah Reyes describes them as forever family, a sentiment echoed by many other castmates. Angelo Massagli (Frankie) and Caitlin Hale (Marta) are even dating.

* Alex Brightman's ''Hard Rock Life'' vlogs from backstage at the musical can be very sweet. In particular, his interactions with fans of the show - inspired by Michael Cerveris' courteousness when they met after Alex saw ''Tommy'' as a little kid - can be cute to watch, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2zM_KpZf4 especially]] his bringing donuts to the people waiting in line for tickets.

-->'''Lawrence's father''': Your son's very skilled.\\

** After their performance, one of the members of a competing band congratulates Zach on their song, genuinely being extremely encouraging of a young musician finding his voice. Another is impressed with Freddy's drumming.

** The plan was for the band to sing Dewey's song - but when they get there, he changes things up so they're singing Zack's song, which he freely admits is better than his and more representative of the band.

* The context of Zach's song is especially heartwarming when you read between the lines. Zach is so awestruck and grateful for Dewey's help as a teacher that he wrote ''an entire song'' out of gratitude. The other kids don't even disagree with him or make fun of him, they have fun performing the song and share that statement about Dewey.

* [[spoiler:The encore at the concert. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis School! Of! Rock! School! Of! Rock!]]'']]

* Dewey's little speech to Tomika when she worries about her weight. He lists Music/ArethaFranklin as a BigBeautifulWoman who's also a fantastic singer. Shows that Dewey is a CoolTeacher at heart.

* Summer comes up with the idea to tell the judges the kids are all terminal as a way to get them into Battle of the Bands - after Freddie makes them miss the audition. After Dewey tells her she's getting an A, she smiles and says [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "I didn't do it for the grade"]].
* Ros getting a chance to let her hair down in the bar with Dewey. She says that none of the teachers have ever asked her to get drinks before.
* There's also the parents and Ros really popping when the singers sing "kick some ''[[PrecisionFStrike ass]]''" in the performance.
* It has devastating consequences, and Dewey tells off Patti because it hurts the kids, but part of the reason Patti called the cops on Dewey for impersonating Ned was that she rightly told him off for stealing Ned's identity and discrediting his teacher reputaiton.
* After their performance, one of the members of a competing band congratulates Zach on their song, genuinely being extremely encouraging of a young musician finding his voice. Another is impressed with Freddy's drumming.

* Dewey's little speech to Tomika when she worries about her weight. He lists Aretha Franklin as a BigBeautifulWoman who's also a fantastic singer. Shows that Dewey is a CoolTeacher at heart.

* THe first moment that denotes Dewey's CharacterDevelopment is when Lawrence says he can't be in the band because he's "not cool enough." Dewey goes PapaWolf and tells him he ''is'' cool. It wasn't just ulterior motive; he wanted a kid to feel good about himself.

* Ned in his rocker outfit sweeps Patti off her feet, literally, and says he's treating her to Red Lobster.

* After their performance, one of the members of a competing band congratulates Zach on their song, genuinely being extremely encouraging of a young musician finding his voice.

* After seeing Zack berated by his father in the parking lot, Dewey initiates a class lecture/improvised song about sticking up for yourself. By the end, Zack is feeling much better and even thanks Dewey for the great lesson...in front of the other teachers (who are both awed and slightly jealous).

* Upon Summer telling Dewey that Freddie went off to hang out with a shady band, Dewey ''immediately'' goes full PapaWolf and hurries to find him.

* After their performance, one of the members of No Vacancy congratulates Zach on the song, genuinely being extremely encouraging for him. They might have been jerks to Dewey, but they're still excited to see young musicians finding their voice.

** Even better when you see Zack's father cheering him on during the final performance.
--> '''Lawrence's father''': Your son's very skilled.
--> '''Zack's father''': Thanks. So's yours.

* When Tomika sings her solo at the Battle of the Bands, it cuts to her parents gasping with delight in the most heartwarming way. Her mother looks like she wants to cry TearsOfJoy.

* Dewey's little speech to Tomika when she worries about her weight. He lists Aretha Franklin as a BigBeautifulWoman who's also a fantastic singer. Shows that Dewey is a CoolTeacher at heart.

--> '''Lawrence's dad''': Your son's very skilled.
--> '''Lawrence's dad''': Thanks. So's yours.

* Any and every time Dewey bonds with one of the kids. Especially the way he interacts with Lawrence and Tomika and helps them deal with their respective self-esteem issues.

** Even better when you see Zack's father cheering him on during the final performance.