"Goodbye, Hermey. Whatever a dentist is, I hope someday that you're the greatest."
- Rudolph is sad about his father covering up his red nose because he is a misfit.Rudolph: Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit. Just because my nose glows... why don't I fit in?
- After Rudolph gets laughed by the other reindeer due to his red nose and gets kicked out of the reindeer games by Comet (one of Santa's reindeer). There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Rudolph is seen shedding a Single Tear as he starts running off.
- As Rudolph is running off, Clarice instantly follows him after witnessing him getting treated awfully by the other young reindeer. Feeling sorry for him, she gives this heartfelt response to his fear of her making fun of his nose like the other reindeer.Clarice: Rudolph? (begins following him) Rudolph?... Rudolph?Rudolph: (visibly upset) What do you want?Clarice: You– You promised to walk me home.Rudolph: Aren't you going to laugh at my nose, too?Clarice: I think it's a handsome nose. Much better than that silly false one you were wearing.Rudolph: It's terrible... and it's different from everybody else's!Clarice: But that's what makes it so grand. Why, any doe would consider herself lucky to be with you.
- Clarice's beautifully performed song "There's Always Tomorrow" is also this, in a heartwarming way. After she tells Rudolph that she likes his red nose, he gets very flustered until she begins singing to cheer him up. Janis Orenstein's performance during this scene is very angelic and sweet.
- Just after that, Clarice's dad arrives and forbids Rudolph to be near her. Clarice reluctantly obeys her father's orders, but is clearly on Rudolph's side.Clarice's Dad: Now, there's one thing I want to make very plain: No doe of mine is going to be seen with a red-nosed reindeer.
- On a positive but bittersweet note, when Mrs. Donner starts crying after her husband rejects any help from her. Clarice immediately rushes to Rudolph's home and decides to help her find her son. By the time Rudolph see's his mother and girlfriend again, they are about to get eaten by Bumble.
- The Island of Misfit Toys. The concept of it is surprisingly depressing.
- Rudolph abandoning his friends when they are sleeping. He clearly doesn't want to do it but poor Rudolph thinks he's endangering them because of his glowing nose always exposing them when the Abominable Snow Monster is near.
- Rudolph returns home only to be told by Santa that his parents are gone along with his girlfriend Clarice. They were out for months looking for him though.
- After Bumble hits Rudolph with a block of ice, he's briefly unconscious. However, Mrs. Donner and Clarice are crying thinking that Rudolph was killed. Clarice even says this line before Yukon and Hermey comes to the rescue.Clarice: Oh, why doesn't he get it over with? (continues crying)Rudolph: (Waking Up) Ma...? Pa...? Clarice!
- Yukon pushing Bumble off the ice cliff with Rudolph, Hermey and the others thinking didn't make it.
- The misfit toys being depressed near the end due to thinking that Rudolph apparently broke his promise to go back for them due to the foggy night. It becomes heartwarming later when Santa arrives seconds later, but still...Charlie in the Box: Well, it's Christmas Eve, but...
Spotted Elephant: Looks like we’re forgotten again.
Dolly for Sue: But Rudolph promised we'd go this time.
Charlie in the Box: [tearfully] Oh, I guess the storm was too much for them! Might just as well go to bed and start dreaming about next year.
Dolly for Sue: [crying] I haven't any dreams left to dream. We'll never get off this island. Never!
