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Tear Jerker / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)

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  • Rudolph's entire class hurts into ridicule and laughter because Rudolph wants to be a flyer, but he has a red nose. Rudolph starts silently crying (while his nose starts glowing) and runs off. Zoey feels very sorry for him and decides to follow Rudolph after he walks out of school.
    Rudolph's School Teacher: Come back here this instant!
    Zoey: (after seeing Rudolph crying and leaving out of class) Poor Rudolph.
  • Rudolph is disqualified from the games because his nose glows and blinds Arrow. Rudolph wasn't even trying to cheat. It happened beyond his control.
  • Rudolph mistakenly believes that his father is ashamed of his nose and runs away. He even whispers to his father's trophy that someday he will be proud of Rudolph.
  • Mitzi and Blitzen discover Rudolph ran away. Mitzi bursts into tears.
  • The song "Show Me The Light" and the scene that accompanies it.
    • Then Zoey later sings the song while imprisoned by Stormella. She loses any hope of escaping.
  • Mitzi, Blitzen, and Zoey's parents' desperate pleas to find their children.
  • When Rudolph and Zoey return, the crowd only joyously shouts Zoey's name. Rudolph ran away, and they don't bother to celebrate his return except for Rudolph's parents.

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