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* In the first episode of the Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimension, Chimchar's Tears/Tears for Fears. In a practice battle between Ash's newly acquired Chimchar and Dawn's Piplup, Chimchar loses and, after getting knocked to the ground, remembers how Paul abandoned it for being too weak (in his opinion anyway) and assumes Ash may do the same (or at least, think that he's weak as well). When Ash picks Chimchar up, Chimchar looks ready to hear Ash tell it how weak it is, but to its surprise, Ash praises it and commends Chimchar on how hard it tried. Brock and Dawn do as well and the other Pokémon all cheer for Chimchar. Chimchar tears up and cries on Ash's shoulder and Ash hugs him. Even Meowth, who'd gotten separated from Jessie and James and happened to be nearby, was crying and felt sorry for Chimchar.

'''Ash in Japanese version:''' Hikozaru. Cry all you want. It's okay to cry. }}

* "Bound for Trouble": Pikachu and Meowth spent a good chunk arguing (the former usually winning via Thundershock), but then they come upon an apple tree. Pikachu gets there first and takes the fruit, once again smacking Meowth around to get it...and then shares it. That, coupled with Pikachu falling asleep in Meowth's lap, is without a doubt the most "awwww"-inducing scene of the entire Orange Islands arc.

* In one episode, Chimchar gets poisoned by Saturn's Toxicroak. Ash is very upset, beating himself up over letting Chimchar get hurt like that. Then [http://i54.tinypic.com/90sw76.png this] happens. It's so incredibly touching, especially in the context of Chimchar's past. It's like he's telling Ash he doesn't have to worry, because he's already done more for it than he could ever imagine.

* "Pikachu's Goodbye": Upon discovering a Pikachu colony in the woods Ash tried to abandon Pikachu, thinking it'd be happier living among its own species. But Pikachu decided to stay with Ash in the end.

* Chimchar being [[Manly Tears|so emotionally moved by its new teammates cheering for it]] that the floodgates that were forced closed while under control of Paul are opened and it starts crying out of happiness. Though Ash is a little confused, he still hugs it and calms Chimchar down.

** Crossed with a Moment of Awesome, this trust came to a head in the finale of Ash's full battle with Paul at Lake Acuity. As the last of Ash's Pokémon able to battle, it's given some encouragement after it defeats Paul's Ursaring...which Chimchar replies to by evolving into Monferno.

* James, Meowth, and the Team Rocket trio's other Pokémon dressing up as the dolls Jessie was trying to win in the episode's tournament, to cheer her up.

* The end of "Holy Matrimony" is also a sweet moment for Jessie and James, as well as one of the first major Rocketshipping hints fans discovered. The fact that they accidentally leave poor Meowth behind isn't as heartwarming, although his reaction is cute.

'''Jessie''': Sounds great to me, James. }}

** It's heartwarming if you're a Rocketshipper. They were so busy staring into each other's eyes that they completely lost focus on what they were doing... and then Meowth yells, "You forgot Meowth again!", [[Fridge Logic|implying]] that ''this has happened before''. (For the record: non-shippy hearts are also nicely heated by this. Friends or lovers, those two are closer than anyone.)

* "Ignorance Is Blissey". Seeing Jessie trying to do so much for her friend from Pokemon nurse school. The flashback crosses over into [[Tear Jerker]] territory, too.

** And James and Meowth instantly stand by her to help protect Blissey. Team Rocket ''set themselves up as the villains'' and put on an even hammier performance than usual while not putting up a fight at all.

* During the credits of the eighth movie (at least the Japanese version), when we see the supposedly dead Aaron and Lucario (the latter having just revived his faith in the former after spending the entire film thinking he had betrayed him and then proceeded to save the day) reunited in what is presumably some sort of an afterlife, and Lucario gets Aaron to try some chocolate.

* The episode "Do I Hear A Ralts". In that episode, Max saves a sick Ralts from the brink of death. Once it is better, they have to part, but they promise that they'll be together when Max becomes a trainer. Surprisingly, the music-edit happy 4Kids even managed to write a moving ballad specifically for the dub of the episode (and managed to keep a rarely heard track as well).

** Misty and Melody become "official" friends at that point too, which is doubly heartwarming.

** Nonshippy example: Ash and his mother near the end of the movie. Delia scolds him for taking such a risk with his life, then explains that while he was saving the world, she came so close to losing ''her'' whole world. The whole exchange is just a big ''ball'' of heartwarming.

* In The Rise of Darkrai, {{spoiler|Darkrai itself has many of these, mostly in the third act. Yes, a Pokémon of the same species that hordes the [[Nightmare Fuel]] page, has a slightly creepy/sinister soundtrack accompanying it in the movie often, and creates ''nightmares'' has multiple [[Heartwarming Moment|Heartwarming Moments]]. There's a good chance you'll want to hug it and even cry for it by the end.}}

* In the episode in which Ash's Turtwig evolves into Grotle, Paul's Torterra proves that Pokémon don't necessarily take after their masters by acting as a [[Mentor]] to Grotle, who has become disheartened as all of its battling techniques from its Turtwig stage no longer work with its new, heavier body.

* The plot twist of ''Destiny Deoxys''. We're talking about ''Deoxys'', a tentacled, transforming, regenerating, self-duplicating alien Pokémon here. In the movie, it spends four years regenerating under the ice of the north pole after getting blasted by Rayquaza, short-ciruits all the technology in the city and surrounds it in an inescapable forcefield, and holds pretty much the entire city's population hostage with an army of clones. {{spoiler|And it turns out it's doing all this ''all because it just wants its friend back.''}}

* In ''Snow Way Out'', Ash gets trapped in a cave during the blizzard and tries to convince his Pokémon to stay warm in their Poké Balls. But they refuse, instead snuggling up to him to keep him warm.

** Think about this for a second. Ash Ketchum is wearing nothing but a T-shirt and jeans (He took off his jacket to keep his Pokémon warm in their Poké Balls), blocks an opening in the snow wall they made ''with his body'', and still tells Pikachu to go into his Poké Ball, knowing that Pikachu would be warmer in there then out in the cold with him? If you didn't cry, you have no soul.

* All of ''Lapras of Luxury''. Just imagine if Ash's other released Pokémon returned to him like ''that''.

* From the games, any Pokémon that evolves by friendship. After taking care of it for so long, it likes you enough to evolve from pure happiness.

** Take a max-happiness Pokémon to Dr. Footstep and he'll tell you your 'mon's innermost feelings about you. They're usually quite touching and cute, especially if it's a "scary" Pokémon (like a Haunter or a Darkrai), or a "slow" Pokémon (like a Bibarel) that's grown sufficiently fond of you.

'''Other Pokémon''': If I said there can be friendship between Pokémon and people, will <Pokémon species>'s friends understand? But if you see <Name> and <Pokémon species>, you will understand. Because <name> and <Pokémon species> are friends! }}

** Also in HeartGold and SoulSilver, when you interact with your walking Pokémon and it shows it wants to play or cuddle with you or is even happy just walking beside you.

** Considering that at full power, Return is one of the most powerful Normal type move in the game? Incentive for even [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]] to [[Pet the Dog|be nice to their prized battlers]].

* Another one from the third generation - or at least Emerald: after you beat the Elite Four, you can rematch Gym Leaders. After you defeat your father in Petalburg Gym for the second time, the general theme of his lines is that he's [[So Proud of You]].

(Then, if you call him on the Pokénav): You astound me, <name>...how much higher will you soar? }}

** In Emerald, if you play as May, Brendan will call you once and [[Ship Tease]] you when he's talking about Rayquaza.