The Boat That Rocked/YMMV

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  • Crowning Music of Awesome: Most of the soundtrack could qualify for this.
  • Moral Event Horizon: Dormandy's already a Strawman Political, but there's trying to shut down a pirate radio station and then there's refusing to send out rescue ships when the boat starts sinking, on the basis that he can't possibly justify the expense. Even Twatt looks perturbed by that.
  • Tear Jerker: Simon tearfully singing "Stay With Me Baby" after being left by Elenore the day after they married whilst Harold looks on (also in tears) caused quite a few people in the cinema to suddenly have something in their eyes.
    • At the end, the engine explodes, leaving a hole in the boat and making it sink. As everyone tries to escape, they explain what's happening over the radio calmly and play "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and all the records stored are swept away by the water rushing in. What makes it doubly worse is that the people listening to the radio station at the time know what's going on, and they can't do anything to help it. (Until later, of course.)
  • Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: Marianne.
  • The Woobie: Angus, who thinks no one really likes him, who can't swim, and who tells terrible jokes... but because of it is oddly adorable.
    • Aptly enough, he's also Murray from Flight of the Conchords.
    • Simon who has a lovely wedding only to discover the morning after that it was all just so his new wife could be on the boat with another DJ.
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