Why does Scruffy cry?... (warning-spoilers)

[Reply #40 on:]

But in another city, they could be anyone they wanted!

[Reply #41 on:]

and yet they would still know... deep in the back of their minds... and now it's making me cry... poor scruffy....

[Reply #42 on:]

That whole Scruffy/Washbucket scene HAS to be referencing something. When I saw it, I vaguely remembered seeing a similar scene before, but could not place it. I'm guessing that the original version was in some classic B&W film from the 1940s (or maybe 1930s or 1950s). Does anybody else recall what film this scene first appeared in?

[Reply #43 on:]

I remember the " in another city, they could be anyone they wanted" bit as being familiar, but I have no clue where its from.

[Reply #44 on:]

This is clearly a casablanca reference (1942)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3odtrWWc2A

[Reply #45 on:]

ah. My parents had that movie and watched it  frequently when I was a kid. But I never really paid attention or watched it all the way through.

[Reply #46 on:]

Thank you, Shue.