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Maa!
- The opening where the pigs are taken to the abattoir, with Babe's mother among them. It's very depressing for a family film.
- "Goodbye, Mom."
- "I want my mom." Just the way Babe says it is heartbreaking, even more if you remember that his voice actress is the same as Chuckie's.
- Rex's backstory: It's revealed that sheep consider dogs to be on the same level as wolves; brutal, savage predators that terrorize and kill sheep. In fairness, such views aren't completely baseless, as dogs and wolves are, genetically speaking, the same species, and a sheepdog's herding techniques are based off how wolves hunt down large game. One night, Rex finds himself and his flock trapped in a flash flood, and tries to herd them to safety. The sheep didn't realize he was trying to save them, and thought he was trying to kill them instead. Rex, thinking the sheep hopelessly stupid and panicked, likely never actually spoke to them to let them know he was trying to help. He just used his herding techniques, which panicked them further and ultimately trapped them and Rex together, surrounded by the rising waters. Rather than stupidity on the part of the sheep, the whole ordeal fell down to Poor Communication Kills. Rex stayed with the sheep to the end, but it cost the sheep their lives; they all drowned. It cost Rex his hearing and his future as a champion herding dog.
- Maa's death. That day, Babe finally learned why sheep referred to dogs as wolves, in the worst possible way, and joins in the flock's haunting cries mourning her passing.
- Hoggett sounds so disappointed in Babe after that, thinking that he had killed Maa. He was visibly relieved to be proven wrong in time.
- When Fly has to give up her puppies. She says she was prepared for this day and every mother must go through it, but you can tell how much it hurts her to let them go. And the night after, Babe comes up to a visibly despondent Fly, and says exactly the right thing:Babe: Fly... May I call you Mom?
- The scene where the Hoggetts' granddaughter starts crying because she didn't get the dollhouse from TV. Not a Tear Jerker for her, the little brat, but for Farmer Hoggett. He looks so sad after all the work he put into the house. He gets No Sympathy either, as his wife comforts the little girl, while their grown daughter, the girl's mother, only giggles as if she thinks the whole scene is funny.
- Ferdinand mourning over a fellow duck named Rosanna, whom he sees being served up as Christmas dinner. Babe sympathizes with him, but the cow merely tells him to accept that it is the way things are. Ferdinand, however, is fed up and chooses to leave rather than stick around and wonder if he or someone else is next. He does eventually return, though.
- Fly approaches a moody Rex and tries to comfort him. Rex, however, is too angry to listen, and attacks her instead.
- Rex and Fly fighting each other is pretty shocking. Two mates devoted to each other are literally fighting tooth and claw over what's best for Babe (Fly) and injured pride (Rex). And when Rex bites Farmer Hoggett's hand after the latter tries to break up the fight, you can see the shock on the farmer's face. Rex audibly whines when he sees what he did. He, the one who always preached about everyone having their place, had just bitten the Boss. Little wonder he suffers a Heroic BSoD afterward.
- Babe thinks he caused the fight and feels guilty. He tries to patch things up with Rex, only for the angry dog to snap at the little piglet and cause him to run off squealing.
- Duchess the cat feigning sympathy for Babe after having gotten thrown out of the house because she scratched him on the snout. During the scene, she tells him that pigs like him are only valued as food, just like ducks. Babe is so shaken by this that he asks Fly if it's true, to which she reluctantly admits that "for many pigs," that is the case. Understanding that this was the fate of his father and mother and will be the same fate that befalls his siblings, Babe runs away from home, and after he's found and brought back, is not only sick from being out in the rain, but in a deep Heroic BSoD, refusing to eat and making the vet fear for his life.
- Watching Babe can be rather bittersweet for some when you realize his actress, Christine Cavanaugh, passed away in 2014.
