- The montage of the mechanical toys Pete set up to set off a chain reaction of little explosions and such is a good Establishing Character Moment for his cleverness.
- Pod's Establishing Character Moment of climbing up onto the kitchen table with a small grappling hook and then traveling around the kitchen with it.
- The mouse-sized Pod races across a kitchen in seconds to help his imperiled daughter while utilizing household items to go faster (sliding on soap, swinging from the handle of a coffee machine, etc.).
- Arrietty and Peagreen zip-line across the telephone lines to get across town.
- A group of Borrowers from outside the family show up as The Cavalry and rappel down from a ceiling fan to tie up Potter right as he breaks free of his initial restraints and is about to attack again.
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