Dead Poets Society/Tear Jerker

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  • As Professor Keating leaves his classroom for the last time after the school fires him for Neil's suicide, the remaining members of the Dead Poet's Society all stand on their desk, look at him, and say "Oh, Captain, my Captain!"
    • It doubles as a Moment of Awesome for the entire Dead Poets Society, too.
    • Also, if you watch, there were members of the class who WEREN'T members of the Society, meaning that it wasn't JUST the DPS that took Keating's message to heart. Total heartwarming.
  • Todd after learning of Neil's death, walking in the snow, looking around and commenting on the beauty of it... before practically vomiting with grief and then charging away across the field screaming Neil's name.
  • This troper really feels for Keating when he sits at the desk that had been Neil's and flips through the book that he himself used as a member of the Dead Poets Society before breaking down and weeping.
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