Heartwarming / The Nutty Professor (1996)

• When Carla says "yes" to a date with Sherman, his reaction is of utter shock, then delight, obviously expecting her to turn him down.
• Mama Klump's words of comfort to Sherman, following the chaotic dinner scene.
  • The dinner scene itself shows that despite their not caring about him wanting to lose weight, his entire family deeply cares about him.
• In the first film, when Sherman is fighting Buddy, Buddy yells "SHERMAN, YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!" Buddy turns back into Sherman and yells "YES, I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!" Sherman eventually wins the fight. Also doubles as a CMOA.
  • For all his sociopathy and villainous characteristics, Buddy's rhyming couplet of a motto, "No matter what, you got to strut," is the movie's Aesop and the message he was trying to get Sherman to embrace the whole time in his Hydean way.
  • Followed by Sherman's "Be Yourself" speech.
• Sherman's parents' reaction when Jason runs on stage and tells everyone that Buddy Love is trying to kill Sherman Klump:
  Cletus: That's it. I'm glad I brought my knife.
  Mama: Mmm-hmm, and I got my razor.
• Sherman's aerobics classmates cheering and clapping for his improvement.
• Judging by how full his college class is and the number of students who greet him as he's walking to work, he's well loved as a professor and person as well.

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