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• Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Jess's thoughts near the end of the book, as he accepts Leslie's death.

For hadn't Leslie, even in Terabithia, tried to push back the walls of his mind and make him see beyond to the shining world—huge and terrible and beautiful and very fragile? (Handle with care—everything—even the predators.) Now it was time for him to move out. She wasn't there, so he must go for both of them. It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

• It Was His Sled: Leslie dies. Spoilered because it's not as well known as, say Darth Vader being Luke's father, but since it is one of the most discussed things about the story, it's hard to avoid hearing about it whenever the book or movie is brought up.
• Jerkass Woobie: Janice turns out to be one. At the end of the film, it's implied she and Jesse may become friends.
• Memetic Mutation, Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Leslie as portrayed in the 2007 movie went memetic on several Russian imageboards.
• Moe: Maybelle. Just ... Maybelle. This is even lampshaded by Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb in their commentary, the former of whom calls her "just the cutest kid ever".
• Narm: In the 80's film version, the sadness is ruined by the awful acting on Jesse's actor's part.
  • The "You lie!" line is particularly laughable. Watch it here.
• Paranoia Fuel: There's always a chance someone who is close to you could die in a freak accident.
• Retroactive Recognition: Jess is a young Peeta.
• Tear Jerker: It's only appropriate, right?
• Toy Ship: Jesse and Leslie.
• Ugly Cute: Jess describes Mae Belle as this.
• Values Dissonance: In the book, Jess's mother is worried about his best friend being female. Because it means he might be gay.
  • The film on the other hand, Jess seems to get odd looks from his family when they meet Leslie; however, it seems to be that they're surprised he might have a girlfriend.
  • As the book is set in the Deep South during The Seventies, the first example is probably a case of Deliberate Values Dissonance.
• What an Idiot!: Maybelle, you're a sweetie and all, but if you find a ring of keys lying on the floor of the greenhouse, don't you think you oughtta tell your parents?
• The Woobie: Jess.