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* Whoever edited Charlie Chaplin's "Speech for Humanity" into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo&feature=related this video...] As cynical a human being as I can be, thanks.

* Whoever edited [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s "Speech for Humanity" into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo&feature=related this video...] As cynical a human being as I can be, thanks.

* Jackie Robinson's entry into baseball. Before you move this to the Sports section, realize that this watershed event has implications far beyond baseball or even sports. Now, it's clearly a ~~CMoAwesome~~ but why heartwarming you ask? Because even though Robinson put up with racist abuse that was extreme even by 1947 standards there are numerous examples that not all [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]. Some highlights...

* Jackie Robinson's entry into baseball. Before you move this to the Sports section, realize that this watershed event has implications far beyond baseball or even sports. Now, it's clearly a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] but why heartwarming you ask? Because even though Robinson put up with racist abuse that was extreme even by 1947 standards there are numerous examples that not all [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]. Some highlights...

** Some of the Brooklyn Dodgers stated that they would not play with a black man. Team owner Branch Rickey and manager Leo Durocher both stated whoever didn't want to play with Robinson could "pack their shit and take a trade."

** Jewish ballplayer Hank Greenberg, no stranger to racial abuse, actually gave Robinson a quick pep talk and basically told him to beat the bigots "on the field".

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*** This moment was immortalized in [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051101&content_id=1263161&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la a statue unveiled in 2005 in Brooklyn].

** Phillies manager [[Complete Monster|Ben Chapman]] [[Moral Event Horizon|specifically incited his team to chant "nigger" at Robinson during the games they played against the Dodgers and insinuated that their pitchers would aim for Robinson's head.]] The Dodgers as a team indirectly let it be known that any attack on Robinson, no matter how little, would be swiftly settled both on the field and off.

** There was also the City of Montreal where Jackie played in 1946 as a member of the Dodgers' minor league team, the Montreal Royals. In that season, Jackie was subject to even more abuse than in his later ~~Dodger~~ period, almost to driving him to a nervous breakdown. However, Robinson survived in part because the population of Montreal made their city a welcome oasis where he was the local hero with a level of adoration so powerful that when the Royals won the Minor League World Series there, Robinson was chased by his exuberant fans right to his departing train. As one observer said, "It was the first time when a black man was chased by a mob with love, instead of lynching, on its mind."

** There was also the City of Montreal where Jackie played in 1946 as a member of the Dodgers' minor league team, the Montreal Royals. In that season, Jackie was subject to even more abuse than in his later Dodgers period, almost to driving him to a nervous breakdown. However, Robinson survived in part because the population of Montreal made their city a welcome oasis where he was the local hero with a level of adoration so powerful that when the Royals won the Minor League World Series there, Robinson was chased by his exuberant fans right to his departing train. As one observer said, "It was the first time when a black man was chased by a mob with love, instead of lynching, on its mind."

*** Of course, this being Montreal people weren't as judgemental about skin colour. Just judgemental about whether one spoke English or French.

**** Well there was a book in the sixties that labeled French-Canadians "the white niggers of North America" so there was probably a good deal of sympathy there.

* [[wikipedia:Patriot Guard Riders|The Patriot Guard Riders]]. To put it succinctly, the WBC or Westboro Baptist Church was protesting Iraq. This is ok, they have a right to protest, yes. Then they showed up at the funeral of SPC Meyers of St Joseph, Missouri. [http://www.patriotguard.org/ The Patriot Guard Riders] are operating in every state of the US to shield the mourning families from protesters by drowning them out with their motorcycles. They cooperate with the law enforcement. They do not use violence.<ref>They (the Patriot Guard) came to my cousin's funeral. I don't know any of their names. I don't know where they're from. All I know is that the one bright spot of that horrible day was that we were not alone. I will never forget what they did for us. Thank you to every single one.</ref>

* [[wikipedia:Patriot Guard Riders|The Patriot Guard Riders]]. To put it succinctly, the WBC or Westboro Baptist Church was protesting Iraq. This is okay, they have a right to protest, yes. Then they showed up at the funeral of SPC Meyers of St Joseph, Missouri. [http://www.patriotguard.org/ The Patriot Guard Riders] are operating in every state of the US to shield the mourning families from protesters by drowning them out with their motorcycles. They cooperate with the law enforcement. They do not use violence.<ref>They (the Patriot Guard) came to my cousin's funeral. I don't know any of their names. I don't know where they're from. All I know is that the one bright spot of that horrible day was that we were not alone. I will never forget what they did for us. Thank you to every single one.</ref>

* Once upon a time, in a distant land, there lived a prince, who after receiving education in a foreign land, met a young girl. They fell in love and married, [[Maligned Mixed Marriage|unfortunately being rejected by both their families due to their marriage of inconvenience]]. After being rejected by both their kingdoms, the couple began to build a nation in the midst of poverty and a region of conflict, turning it into an oasis of a nation that it is today. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you [http://www.innertemple.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33%3Aseretse-khama&catid=22%3Ahistorical-articles&Itemid=30 Seretse and Ruth Khama of Botswana].

* [[Malcom X]] had a profoundly moving [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in 1964 after his pilgrimage to Mecca. Consider that this was a man who grew up in the '30s and '40s in Jim Crow America, which was not a particularly fun time to be black; three uncles were murdered by white men and his grandmother raped by a white man; the Klan threatened the family several times, once while his mother was pregnant with him, burned down their home, and later murdered his father; the insurance company wouldn't give his mother the benefits of her husband's life insurance policy, claiming the man committed suicide in spite of evidence to the contrary; she was considered unfit to be a mother by authorities and committed to a mental institution for 26 years while Malcolm and his siblings were split up by social services and put in abusive foster homes; in spite of his good grades and ambitions to become a lawyer, both peers and teachers told him it would never happen, so he dropped out; he took degrading jobs serving obnoxious racists and turned to crime on the side, which he was jailed and suffered for. He joined the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist movement. This was a man who had ''EVERY REASON'' to hate white people and voiced that resentment with such forceful eloquence that even [[Martin Luther King]] momentarily shared that hate while listening to him, although he of course conquered that quickly. Then Malcolm when to Mecca on pilgrimage and saw the brotherhood of humanity in a whole new way and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXB48l-OlE came back with this to say.]

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** [[Xkcd]], known for the fun it pokes at many things, could only make [http://xkcd.com/767/ this strip] in his honor.

** On some billboards between Madison, WI and Dubuque, IA, there are several motivational ones, including one near this troper's college that has a picture of Mr. Rogers with "Will you be my neighbor?" and "Friendship, pass it on" on it.

*** Those billboards are in several parts of the country, and are part of the [http://www.values.com/ Foundation for a Better Life]. All their billboards, posters, & advertisements are [[~~CMoH~~]]'s.

*** Those billboards are in several parts of the country, and are part of the [http://www.values.com/ Foundation for a Better Life]. All their billboards, posters, & advertisements are [[Heartwarming Moments]].

* Obama's Election Night speech included the story of the 106-year old daughter of slaves voting for him, looking back on all that's happened over the past century and how some things have actually changed for the better.

** The celebrating crowd in Ebenezer Baptist Church (Reverend King's church), and the various middle-aged black men crying with joy.

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** YMMV. This is the woman who said "The suffering of the poor is something very beautiful and the world is being very much helped by the nobility of this example of misery and suffering."

*** Note that she wasn't saying it in a [[A Christmas Carol|Scrooge-esque]] "The poor deserve to suffer" way. Regardless of the flaws in her theory and her lack of modern medical knowledge, one must admit that she dedicated herself to providing food and comfort to the destitute and the desperate amidst famine, disease, racial violence, and some of the worst case of poverty and suffering around.

**** And also, she very, very likely meant that the beautiful aspect of it was that the poor continue living on through the pain and sorrow anyways, making this YMMV you've posted a ~~CMOH~~, if not a misunderstood one.

**** And also, she very, very likely meant that the beautiful aspect of it was that the poor continue living on through the pain and sorrow anyways, making this YMMV you've posted a Heartwarming Moment, if not a misunderstood one.

**** She may have meant the belief, shared by many Catholics, that everyone who suffers shares the wounds of Christ. Many devout Catholics consciously offer their pain to God as an [[wikipedia:Acts of Reparation|Act of Reparation]]. It can indeed be a beautiful thing... when it's a choice.

* How can we forget the doctors and nurses during the SARS period? Living, sleeping in wards and corridors, unable to see their families, facing an unknown and uncurable disease, yet never giving up and skipping town.

** [[Older Than They Think]]. When [[The Plague|The Black Plague]] was sweeping Europe, and being a priest or nurse at the side of the thousands of dying would be a death sentence, the Church decreed that all those who stayed at the side of the dying would be given a free pass to Heaven. No one can say they didn't deserve it.

* When Viz Media, [[Naruto]]'s distributors, announced they would start streaming it on their official site, [[Dattebayo]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121205005/http://dattebayo.com/pr/100 announced] that they would stop subbing Shippuuden the day that happened. They gave the reason they decided this was because Viz always turned a blind eye to them; once the streaming started, they'd have to send a C&D letter, which Dattebayo really didn't think they'd want to do, and plus announcing that they were told to stop would turn Dattebayo's fans against Viz, which they didn't feel Viz deserved. The heartwarming part came from the fans; Naruto fans, a group infamous for being more [[Fan Dumb|rabid]] than [[Shoot the Dog|Old Yeller]], started sending [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204949/http://dattebayo.com/pr/102 praise mail] to Dattebayo saying that, even though they're upset DB isn't subbing it anymore, they still applaud them for putting themselves aside for the benefit of anime fans in general.

* When Viz Media, [[Naruto]]'s distributors, announced they would start streaming it on their official site, [[Dattebayo]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121205005/http://dattebayo.com/pr/100 announced] that they would stop subbing Shippuuden the day that happened. They gave the reason they decided this was because Viz always turned a blind eye to them; once the streaming started, they'd have to send a C&D letter, which Dattebayo really didn't think they'd want to do, and plus announcing that they were told to stop would turn Dattebayo's fans against Viz, which they didn't feel Viz deserved. The heartwarming part came from the fans; ''Naruto'' fans, a group infamous for being more [[Fan Dumb|rabid]] than [[Shoot the Dog|Old Yeller]], started sending [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204949/http://dattebayo.com/pr/102 praise mail] to Dattebayo saying that, even though they're upset DB isn't subbing it anymore, they still applaud them for putting themselves aside for the benefit of anime fans in general.

* ~~The story of Noh:~~ http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh

* [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh The story of Noh].

* Proof that even such horrid popular culture conflicts as the [[Console Wars]] can produce a moment of sheer heartwarming glory: [http://www.geekstir.com/the-console-war-is-over D'aaaaaaaaww...]

* Dr. Seuss' ''The Lorax'' originally had the fish, chased out of their lake by pollution, say that "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie". But "People indeed cared a whole awful lot,/ And worked very hard, and better it got." (to paraphrase the book's ending) - and so Dr. Seuss removed the line.

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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8J93a2IES4&feature=sub An empathetic Baptist Christian viewpoint.]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geyAFbSDPVk U.S. President Barack Obama.]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UACK93xF-FE George Takei calling out] former Arkansas School Board member Clint Mc_Cance on his douchebaggery. Arguably also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome~~|CMoA~~]] for Takei.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UACK93xF-FE George Takei calling out] former Arkansas School Board member Clint Mc_Cance on his douchebaggery. Arguably also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Takei.

*** And a [[Crowning Moment of Funny~~|CMoF~~]], because he actually used the word "douchebag". Imagine George Takei's voice saying "douchebag", and try not to laugh. This troper dares you.

*** And a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], because he actually used the word "douchebag". Imagine George Takei's voice saying "douchebag", and try not to laugh. This troper dares you.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 35 members of the staff of][[Pixar]]. [[Tear Jerker|It's another one you'll need tissues for.]]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 35 members of the staff of] [[Pixar]]. [[Tear Jerker|It's another one you'll need tissues for.]]

** And on that note, [http://browse.deviantart.com/projects/awareness/2010/spiritday/ this.] So many people coming out in support of the movement. Just... whoa.

** The fact that there's even sports teams that are coming out with their own It Gets Better ads in support. Thus far we have the San Francisco Giants (who started the whole wave), Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Seattle sports teams (Mariners, Sounders, Storm, Seahawks), Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays, DC United, and there are other teams whom are having them on the way including the Twins and Nationals. It makes [[This Troper]] begin to wonder if we will end up seeing an openly gay player in the US anytime within the next five to seven years.

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** Then, in 1958, the school was bombed. The neighboring city of Oak Ridge had housed a government nuclear lab that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. After the war, the extraneous population left, leaving Oak Ridge with a lot of excess housing and infrastructure. So the Oak Ridgeans offered Clinton HS a disused elementary school as temporary housing. People from both towns pitched in to clean and prepare the school. Now, Oak Ridge High School was Clinton's archrival in football and other sports - and in the South, that means something. So imagine how heartwarming it was when the Clinton HS students got off their buses in Oak Ridge the first day of the school year, to find the Oak Ridge HS marching band in full uniform - ''playing the Clinton HS alma mater''. This troper is welling up as he writes this....

* When Christopher Reeve was told he would never be able to move from the neck down again, he mouthed to his wife, Dana Morosini, "maybe we should let me go." She tearfully replied, "I am only going to say this once: I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life, and your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you." Reeve never considered suicide as an option again

* The friendship between Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. Although they only shared 3 films together, each one Gardner came to, she was carrying baggage of depression and lack of self confidence (this was the woman called "the most beautiful woman in the world"), and Peck would coach and counsel her into giving the good performances that she gave in the films they starred in together. When asked in later interview if there was anything that went on between them romantically, Peck would always say that they were just friends.

* The friendship between [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Ava Gardner]]. Although they only shared three films together, each one Gardner came to, she was carrying baggage of depression and lack of self-confidence (this was the woman called "the most beautiful woman in the world"), and Peck would coach and counsel her into giving the good performances that she gave in the films they starred in together. When asked in later interview if there was anything that went on between them romantically, Peck would always say that they were just friends.

** This is not the only ~~CMOH~~ that Gregory Peck has. Back when [[Roman Holiday]] was being filmed, Peck was so certain that [[Audrey Hepburn]] (in her first major film role) would win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance that he convinced the producers to put Hepburn's name before the title in the same size font as his own name. Hepburn then went on to win the Oscar and she and Peck remained extremely close friends until her death. A tearful Peck read her favourite poem in a ceremony in memory of her.

** This is not the only Heartwarming Moment that Gregory Peck has. Back when ''[[Roman Holiday]]'' was being filmed, Peck was so certain that [[Audrey Hepburn]] (in her first major film role) would win the Best Actress [[Oscar]] for her performance that he convinced the producers to put Hepburn's name before the title in the same size font as his own name. Hepburn then went on to win the Oscar and she and Peck remained extremely close friends until her death. A tearful Peck read her favourite poem in a ceremony in memory of her.

** Another of Peck's [[~~CMoH~~]]s was during the filming of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' when Harper Lee, so impressed with Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch, presented him with her father's old pocket watch (Lee's father was the inspiration for Atticus). It remained one of his most treasured possessions until he somehow lost it. Heartbroken and disappointed with himself, he realised that he would have to tell Harper Lee, knowing how much it meant to her. Lee's response was that it was only a watch.

** Another of Peck's [[Heartwarming Moments]] was during the filming of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' when Harper Lee, so impressed with Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch, presented him with her father's old pocket watch (Lee's father was the inspiration for Atticus). It remained one of his most treasured possessions until he somehow lost it. Heartbroken and disappointed with himself, he realised that he would have to tell Harper Lee, knowing how much it meant to her. Lee's response was that it was only a watch.

** Gregory Peck became very close to Mary Badham who played Atticus's daughter Scout in the film. For years afterwards they reamained good friends and she always called him 'Atticus' until his death.

** When Peck died in 2003, his eulogy was read by Brock Peters who had played Tom Robinson in ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', the man that Atticus fought to save from being hanged.

* [http://www.gaiaonline.com/ Gaia Online], yes that [[Gaia Online]], has been releasing items through their cash shop for around $5 each every few months. What's special about that? Well, those 10% of the money spent on those item is donated to the charity the items where drawn for. It's get better. After the earthquake in Japan, Gaia immediately created 3 items the day it happened and said 10% of the money would go to Red Cross to help Japan. While the users were pleased to hear they could help, most felt 10% was not enough. What did the devlopers and admins do? The next day they said all the money raised would go to Red Cross. In the end the users of Gaia raised over $55,000. Red Cross sent a letter to the head of Gaia when then posted it on the site for all to read. Tell me that doesn't warm your heart.

* [http://www.gaiaonline.com/ Gaia Online], yes that [[Gaia Online]], has been releasing items through their cash shop for around $5 each every few months. What's special about that? Well, those 10% of the money spent on those item is donated to the charity the items where drawn for. It's get better. After the earthquake in Japan, Gaia immediately created three items the day it happened and said 10% of the money would go to Red Cross to help Japan. While the users were pleased to hear they could help, most felt 10% was not enough. What did the devlopers and admins do? The next day they said all the money raised would go to Red Cross. In the end the users of Gaia raised over $55,000. Red Cross sent a letter to the head of Gaia when then posted it on the site for all to read. Tell me that doesn't warm your heart.

* Plenty during the 2011 floods in Queensland, Australia, but one that stands out is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120629090049/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8196002/man-ignores-police-to-save-joey this.] A man risks his life to rescue a baby kangaroo from rising floodwaters. He gets a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] too, for ignoring the police trying to stop him.

* The [http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-tiny-things-that-stopped-suicides/ 8 tiny things that stopped suicides], while it dose have some already said stories (Like the kiss and the man who talks people out of jumping), but the ending of this article had this [[Glexen|troper]] [[Manly Tears|crying]].

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* Back in 2007, Britney Spears' life was a complete trainwreck. She was in the middle of a very nasty divorce, her family was turning against her and media outlets were lapping up every event from her shaved head to her supposed "weight gain" and substance abuse with a mix of delight and condemnation, making her a very popular target for comedians. Craig Ferguson started off his show with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVWIELHQQY this heartbreaking monologue] in which he recounted his experiences with alcoholism and how his personal problems nearly led him to commit suicide. He told the audience that there would be no jokes about Britney's life or problems and encouraging his audience not to judge her for what she is going through. It was amazing to see the normally goofy host be surprisingly solemn and emphatic about someone that the general public was all too happy to write off.

* [http://imgur.com/bVD9p A Christian group shows up to a Gay Pride parade in Chicago with signs], signs that say things like "I'm sorry for how the church treated you" Cue the hugs.

** As a Christian and a Gay man, I feel this is also either a ~~CMOA~~ or a rare happy [[Tear Jerker]].

** As a Christian and a Gay man, I feel this is also either a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] or a rare happy [[Tear Jerker]].

*** As a bisexual Buddhist, I agree. 100%

* In the wake of the Virginia Tech Massacre, [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ikr45WCXsw4/TamE1ATXutI/AAAAAAAAASA/Mqrwk2F4sxU/s1600/hokies.jpg this] was posted on every college website. Never fails to move me to tears, man.