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2[[caption-width-right:350:The first HappilyEverAfter among animated films, and certainly not the last.]]
3* This simple dedication in between the title card and the opening credits:
4-->''My sincere appreciation to the members of my staff whose loyalty and creative endeavor made possible this production.''\
5--'''Creator/WaltDisney'''
6* Snow White's innocence, kindness, and purity is very heartwarming. She doesn't say an unkind word to ''anyone'', asks that the Dwarfs be blessed for being so kind to her, and cleans house and cooks for them simply because it's the polite thing to do. And her friendship with the animals pays off when they lead the Dwarfs to rescue her.
7** Her cleaning the dwarfs' cottage deserves a special mention. When she first found the place, it appeared so dusty and filthy and cobwebby that she probably would've been forgiven for thinking it was abandoned. But instead of jumping to that conclusion, settling in immediately, and making herself at home, she decides it would be a good idea to clean it since, if someone ''does'' live there, it would be nice to offer them a clean and tidy house if she's going to be asking if she can stay with them.
8* An unsung lesson the film teaches is tolerance. The movie was made in the 1930s and set [[TheHighMiddleAges even earlier]], but not once is Snow White prejudiced or frightened of the dwarfs. She treats them as men and equals, and when praying, asks that they be blessed for being kind to her in return.
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10* If you listen to the lyrics of "One Song", they're ''really'' sweet and romantic.
11-->''One song, I have but one song,\
12One song, only for you.\
13One heart, tenderly beating,\
14Ever entreating, constant and true.\
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16One love, that has possessed me,\
17One love, thrilling me through,\
18One song, my heart keeps singing\
19Of one love, only for you.''
20* The scene where Snow White helps the little blue bird.
21** And the reveal that all the frightening eyes a crying Snow White saw in the forest? Harmless woodland animals, who come out to greet her when she is at despair's door.
22* Why did Snow White live? Because the Hunter wouldn't kill "the little princess" as he calls her. In fact, he begs for her life when given the order, asking the Queen to see reason about assassinating a child and her heir. It doesn't work, but considering how bad-tempered the Queen is, his begging was very brave.
23* The huntsman deserves a heartwarming moment. He's put in a position where he must either kill Snow White or [[YouHaveFailedMe face execution]]. He makes sure that her back is turned because he doesn't want to look her in the eyes. To top it off, when she catches him trying, the second he looks at her scared face, he drops the knife and begins sobbing, begging for her forgiveness, warns her that the Queen is out to get her, and tells her to run for it. To seal the deal, he slaughters a pig and offers it to the Queen, lying that it is Snow White's own heart.
24* A little moment while washing the clothes in the stream, when a pair of birds pick up a shirt that one chipmunk was cleaning. The chipmunk grabs onto the other end and nearly gets carried off but a tortoise, seeing him getting lifted into the air, grabs his tail and saves him and they both end up inside his shell. When their heads emerge, they look at each other and smile.
25** That same little chipmunk stops to check on the tortoise after he falls onto his back trying to climb the stairs.
26* The [[SideKickSong Yodel Song]] sequence. Four and a half joyful minutes of Snow White and the dwarfs merrily enjoying each other’s presence. The dwarfs yodel and play music for her. Dopey and Sneezy stack up on top of each other to give her a dance partner her size. Bashful gradually becomes a little less shy around her. Even ''Grumpy'' begrudgingly takes part in the celebration. They all seem to have become so close that many viewers mistakenly assume the scene takes place months after Snow White has been living with the dwarfs for a while rather than it still being the very same night she met them.
27* "Some day, my prince will come, Some day, we'll meet again." And by golly, he did.
28* The scene when the dwarfs are sleeping downstairs, and the fly that's menaced Sleepy twice earlier in the film lands on his nose and sleeps on it with a buzzing snore. It's so cute, it may double as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
29** The dwarfs sleeping in such rough circumstances just so they can offer Snow White a proper bed is also touching.
30* The morning after she moves in, Snow White tells each of the dwarfs good-bye as they leave for work, who all warn her to be careful, and she promises she'll be fine. Grumpy, who has acted nothing but annoyed and made it clear that he hates having her around since he first met her, is last.
31-->'''Grumpy:''' Now I'm warning ya'...don't let ''nobody'' or ''nuthin'' in the house!\
32'''Snow White:''' ''[smiling]'' Why, Grumpy... you ''do'' [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold care]]...
33** And afterward, he walks off in a huff, but in the midst of doing so turns almost back to Snow White with a smile on his face. He quickly wipes it off when he realises she has noticed and is waving sweetly at him.
34** Grumpy turns out to be [[{{Tsundere}} very affectionate with Snow White under his grumpiness]], and it's beautiful.
35** The night before, Snow White says a prayer, and at the end of it, she asks for Grumpy to like her. Even after all the crap that he gave her up to that point, she was willing to forgive him if it would result in them being friends. In the end, her prayer was answered.
36* Snow White making a gooseberry pie for Grumpy right before the Queen shows up.
37* The animals come to warn the dwarves that the Queen found Snow White. When Sleepy suggests it's why they're frantic, the dwarfs go MassOhCrap. Grumpy is the first one to say, "The Queen will kill her! We gotta save her!" As Doc stammers in panic, Grumpy leaps on a deer and says they need to go now!
38* Dopey is the only one who doesn't get on his deer; he's hanging onto its tail while running. But what is he doing? Running anyway to keep pace, with an OOCIsSeriousBusiness expression and refusing to slow down. That's how much he cares about Snow White.
39* The fact that, of all the dwarfs, it's Grumpy that leads the charge to avenge Snow White against the Queen.
40* Doc comforting a sobbing Dopey during Snow White's funeral. When you look at all their scenes together and you notice that up until this point, Doc hadn't exactly been nice to Dopey.
41* Does it need to be said? The ending. ''Every single second of it''. What a way to bow out Disney's first feature-length animation.
42** The Prince kissing Snow White and awakening her. Doubles as a TearJerker when afterward, he kneels by her coffin and lowers his head in despair. ''He himself'' had no idea his kiss would wake her up – he just wanted to give her a {{First|Kiss}} and LastKiss. But then her eyes open and the audience's tears become TearsOfJoy.
43** Just the second long transition from dumbfounded shock to utter joy when Snow White awakens in front of everyone. How? Who cares? She's alive. Cue the joyous dancing from the dwarfs and forest animals while the Prince just instantly embraces Snow White.
44** Blink and you'll miss it: when the dwarfs are dancing for joy, it starts with a moment between [[VitriolicBestBuds Doc and Grumpy]]. Grumpy easily gets annoyed with his brothers because of their shenanigans (Bashful for blushing out of nowhere, Sneezy for his often badly-timed and hard to control sneezes and Dopey for his antics), and it's a special case with Doc, since he often bickers with him and questions his leadership capabilities, but after Snow White awakens, Grumpy is so happy that the first thing he does is to immediately hug Doc. As everyone rejoices, there are [[FreezeFrameBonus a few moments where some of the dwarfs are apparently exchanging gestures as they celebrate together due to the positions of their hands, moments which last only for a couple of frames]]. Those apparent moments include Grumpy giving Bashful a high-five, Happy giving Sleepy a fist bump, Doc and Grumpy exchanging a high-five and what appears to be Doc giving another high-five to Sleepy.
45** Bashful and Sneezy are then seen dancing together during most of the next sequence, which also has Happy leaning down to allow Sleepy to celebrate with a leapfrog on his body.
46** Snow White kisses the dwarfs goodbye [[note]]though Sleepy is left out off-screen for some reason[[/note]]. Grumpy of all people eagerly comes before Snow White all smiles and even blows her a kiss back. Snow White looks and sounds so elated she won him over at last.
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