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* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: TWO!!!! Dancing Queen starts decently as the Dynamos are trying to cheer up Donna, but ends with all the women running off to join in a random dance by the pier (that's never mentioned again). And then the ending where everyone gets dumped with millions of gallons of water. Sure it's been set up as a [[Brick Joke]], but it barely lasts a minute and seems to be an excuse for Fanservice

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: If you didn't crack up when Sam was proposing to Donna, [[Funny Background Event|just look in the background behind Donna]]: the priest's face is hilarious. His eyes pop and everything.

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: Pretty much the entire film, really, but ''Slipping Through My Fingers'' is the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] of the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]

** To add a bit more perspective: [[Moviebob]], who absolutely despised everything about this movie, was genuinely touched by that one scene.

** The stage version ends this way as well, but "Take a Chance On Me" occurs ''before'' the wedding, and "When All is Said and Done" doesn't occur at all.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Epic Stick Lady during "Dancing Queen".

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Due to premiering on the same day as ''The Dark Knight'' it wasn't as big a success as it should have been. However, it did extremely well in Europe (where superhero movies aren't that popular), and is the [[Avatar (Film)|second]] highest grossing movie of all time in Great Britain.

** Actually, releasing it on the same day as [[The Dark Knight]] (as counterprogramming) was an intentional choice, and may have even ''helped'' its success. It made $144 million in the US, which is huge for a musical chick flick. Moulin Rouge, for example, was considered a success at $57 million. Of course, its ridiculous foreign gross still means that its an example of this trope.

* [[Narm Charm]]: The ladies in full getup after the movie's fully over? Alright, you can take that with a giggle or two. But when the GUYS come out in costume for "Waterloo"? Oh dear God.

* [[He Really Can Act|She Really Can Sing]]: Amanda Seyfried surprised a lot of people. In fact, one of the reasons she was cast was because she could pull off a high note during "I Have a Dream" ("I believe in angels...").

* [[Tear Jerker]]: ''Two'' moments right in succession: Donna singing ''Slipping Through My Fingers'' while getting Sophie ready for the wedding and ''The Winner Takes It All'' sung by Donna to Sam a few moments later.

* [[WTH Casting Agency]]: What is [[Meryl Streep]] doing in a musical?