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* ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Literature)/Heartwarming|Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''
* ''[[All Quiet Onon the Western Front (Literature)/Heartwarming|All Quiet On the Western Front]]''
* ''[[Anansi Boys (Literature)/Heartwarming|Anansi Boys]]''
* ''[[Animorphs (Literature)/Heartwarming|Animorphs]]''
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (Literature)/Heartwarming|Anne of Green Gables]]''
* ''[[Anno Dracula/Heartwarming|Anno Dracula]]''
* ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)/Heartwarming|Artemis Fowl]]''
* ''[[The Baby Sitters Club (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Baby Sitters Club]]''
* ''[[The Baroque Cycle/Heartwarming|The Baroque Cycle]]''
* ''[[The Bible (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Bible]]''
* ''[[Black Company/Heartwarming|Black Company]]''
* ''[[The Brothers Lionheart (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Brothers Lionheart]]''
* ''[[Chalion/Heartwarming|Chalion]]''
* ''[[Chrestomanci/Heartwarming|Chrestomanci]]''
* ''[[A Christmas Carol/Heartwarming|A Christmas Carol]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia/Heartwarming|The Chronicles of Narnia]]'':
** ''[[The Lion, the Witch Andand Thethe Wardrobe/Heartwarming|The Lion the Witch And The Wardrobe]]''
* ''[[Codex Alera (Literature)/Heartwarming|Codex Alera]]''
* ''[[The Dalemark Quartet/Heartwarming|The Dalemark Quartet]]''
* ''[[Dark Lord of Derkholm/Heartwarming|Dark Lord of Derkholm]]''
* ''[[Dear Dumb Diary (Literature)/Heartwarming|Dear Dumb Diary]]''
* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Heartwarming|Discworld]]''
* ''[[Dragonback/Heartwarming|Dragonback]]''
* ''[[Dragonfly the Next Guardian/Heartwarming|Dragonfly the Next Guardian]]''
* ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Dresden Files]]''
* ''[[The Elenium/Heartwarming|The Elenium]]''
* ''[[Ender's Game (Literature)/Heartwarming|Ender's Game]]''
* ''[[The Gathering/Heartwarming|The Gathering]]''
* ''[[Good Omens (Literature)/Heartwarming|Good Omens]]''
* ''[[Gotrek and Felix/Heartwarming|Gotrek and Felix]]''
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Grapes of Wrath]]''
* ''[[The Hagakure (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Hagakure]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Heartwarming|Harry Potter]]''
* ''[[Hero (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|Hero]]''
* ''[[His Dark Materials/Heartwarming|His Dark Materials]]''
* ''[[The Histories (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Histories]]''
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)/Heartwarming|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''
* ''[[Holes/Heartwarming|Holes]]''
* ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)/Heartwarming|Honor Harrington]]''
* ''[[Horatio Hornblower (TV series)/Heartwarming|Horatio Hornblower]]''
* ''[[House of Leaves/Heartwarming|House of Leaves]]''
* ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (Animeanime)/Heartwarming|Howl's Moving Castle]]''
** ''[[Castle in Thethe Air (Literature)/Heartwarming|Castle in The Air]]''
* ''[[The Hunger Games (Literaturenovel)/Heartwarming|The Hunger Games]]''
* ''[[Immortals After Dark/Heartwarming|Immortals After Dark]]''
* ''[[Iron Druid Chronicles/Heartwarming|Iron Druid Chronicles]]''
* ''[[The Joy Luck Club (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Joy Luck Club]]''
* ''[[The Kalevala/Heartwarming|The Kalevala]]''
* ''[[Kate Daniels/Heartwarming|Kate Daniels]]''
* ''[[Legends of Laconia/Heartwarming|Legends of Laconia]]''
* ''[[Liaden Universe/Heartwarming|Liaden Universe]]''
* ''[[The Life of Milarepa (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Life of Milarepa]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Lord of the Rings]]''
* ''[[The Lovely Bones/Heartwarming|The Lovely Bones]]''
* ''[[The Name of the Rose (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Name of the Rose]]''
* ''[[The Magids/Heartwarming|The Magids]]''
* ''[[Mary Poppins/Heartwarming|Mary Poppins]]''
* ''[[Maurice (Literature)/Heartwarming|Maurice]]''
* ''[[The Millennium Trilogy (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Millennium Trilogy]]''
* ''[[The Neverending Story (Literaturenovel)/Heartwarming|The Neverending Story]]''
* ''[[The Outsiders/Heartwarming|The Outsiders]]''
* ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)/Heartwarming|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]''
* ''[[PGP. WodehouseG. (Creator)Wodehouse/Heartwarming|PG Wodehouse]]''
* ''[[A Pickle for Thethe Knowing Ones (Literature)/Heartwarming|A Pickle for The Knowing Ones]]''
* ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|The Princess Bride]]''
* ''[[Redwall/Heartwarming|Redwall]]''
* ''[[The Roman Mysteries (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Roman Mysteries]]''
* ''[[Ronja the RobbersRobber's Daughter (Literature)/Heartwarming|Ronja the Robbers Daughter]]''
* ''[[Rose of the Prophet (Literature)/Heartwarming|Rose of the Prophet]]''
* ''[[Roverandom (Literature)/Heartwarming|Roverandom]]
* ''[[The Scar (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Scar]]''
* ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)/Heartwarming|Septimus Heap]]''
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|Sherlock Holmes]]''
* ''[[The Sisters Grimm (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Sisters Grimm]]''
* ''[[1632/Heartwarming|Sixteen Thirty Two]]''
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire (Literature)/Heartwarming|A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Yes, it has them. Although they're usually followed by something horrible.
* ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier (Literature)/Heartwarming|Star Trek New Frontier]]''
* ''[[Stardust (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|Stardust]]''
* ''[[Stellaluna (Literature)/Heartwarming|Stellaluna]]''
* ''[[Succession (Literature)/Heartwarming|Succession]]''
* ''[[Sunshine (Filmfilm)/Heartwarming|Sunshine]]''
* ''[[Temeraire/Heartwarming|Temeraire]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy/Heartwarming|Tom Clancy]]''
* ''[[Trylle Trilogy/Heartwarming|Trylle Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)/Heartwarming|Twilight]]''
* ''[[Uglies/Heartwarming|Uglies]]''
* ''[[The Vampire Diaries/Heartwarming|The Vampire Diaries]]''
* ''[[Vorkosigan Saga (Literature)/Heartwarming|Vorkosigan Saga]]''
* ''[[War and Peace/Heartwarming|War and Peace]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)/Heartwarming|Warhammer 40000]]''
** ''[[Ciaphas Cain (Literature)/Heartwarming|Ciaphas Cain]]''
** ''[[GauntsGaunt's Ghosts (Literature)/Heartwarming|Gaunts Ghosts]]''
* ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)/Heartwarming|Warrior Cats]]''
* ''[[Watership Down (Literature)/Heartwarming|Watership Down]]''
* ''[[Wayside School (Literature)/Heartwarming|Wayside School]]''
* ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)/Heartwarming|The Wheel of Time]]''
* ''[[Young Wizards (Literature)/Heartwarming|Young Wizards]]''
* ''[[Wereworld/Heartwarming|Wereworld]]''
 
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* Another comes from "Obsidian Butterfly" where Edward gets badly injured saving the family he'd been pretending to be a part of and literally faints as he tells Anita to save them. There was also a smaller one where just before Anita goes to sleep in a hospital bed, Edward kisses her forehead. However, they never reveal if he really did that or if she dreamed that part. (But it's still sweet as hell anyway.)
 
== [[Around the World Inin Eighty Days]] ==
* The penulimate chapter of ''[[Around the World Inin Eighty Days]]'' when Fogg believes he has lost his wager and is ruined. Aouda, for whom Fogg sacrificed travel time to rescue from certain death and then invited her along on his trip home, feels profoundly guilty that she may have cost him his bet, which Fogg thoroughly denies. Regardless, Aouda, already in love with Fogg, offers to marry him in part to help him live through his difficult future. At this, Fogg's [[Stiff Upper Lip]] caves in at last and accepts declaring his love for this gracious lady. Even better, when Passpartout goes to make arrangements for the wedding, he discovers that there is actually still time to arrive at the Reform Club to win the bet and that Fogg is able to arrive [[Just in Time]] to do so.
 
== [[Aubrey-Maturin]] ==
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== [[China Mieville]] ==
* The ending of [[China Mieville]]'s ''[[The Scar (Literature)|The Scar]]'', when Doul orders his men to release the Brucolac, who has been tied to the top of a mast for days. Being a vampire, he's been slowly dying of exposure to sunlight, but the first thing that Doul does when his former master leaves is to free him. This has been compounded with the fact that Doul and the Brucolac have had a relationship of respect and almost friendship even while being enemies throughout most of the novel.
{{quote| "Cut him down. Cut him down and take him home."}}
 
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* Reepicheep's people revealing just how devoted they are to their leader.
* Aslan healing the woman on her deathbed, who turns out to be Caspian's childhood nurse.
* ''The Horse and his Boy'': When Aslan walks along the mountainside into Narnia with Shasta and reveals all the times he's watched over him his entire life, from his [[Moses in Thethe Bulrushes]] incident to protecting him from jackals at the Tombs of the Ancient Kings.
* In the same book, Hwin (who has spent the entire book being bossed around by Aravis and Bree) proves she has more figurative balls than either of them when she takes one look at Aslan and offers herself up as his meal. [[Better Than It Sounds]].
 
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** "There could be love."
 
== [[The Graveyard Book (Literature)|The Graveyard Book]] ==
* The entire [[Bittersweet Ending|last chapter]] of ''[[The Graveyard Book (Literature)|The Graveyard Book]]'' makes [[This Troper]] simultaneously [[Tear Jerker|sob]] and smile. Especially Bod's last conversation with [[Kuudere|Silas]].
{{quote| [[spoiler:"Um. Silas. If you're ever in trouble, call me. I'll come and help."<br />
"I," said Silas, "do not get into trouble."<br />
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== [[Hercule Poirot]] ==
* The [[Hercule Poirot]] mysteries aren't really known for this, but a good moment was found in ''Lord Edgware Dies''. Even though the dowtrodden [[The Watson|Captain Hastings]] and [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Poirot]] [[No Hugging, No Kissing|aren't much for showing affection,]] Poirot tells Hastings over breakfast what great affection he actually does have for him, along with a speech about how much he has helped with cases. The latter part is exactly what Hastings needs to hear after all they've been through. Hastings is so pleased that he can hardly help but brush it off.
{{quote| "You are beautifully and perfectly balanced. In you sanity is personified. Do you realize what that means to me? When the criminal sets out to do a crime, his first effort is to deceive. Whom does he seek to deceive? The image in his mind is that of the normal man. There is probably no such thing actually - it is a mathematical abstraction. But you come as near to realizing it as is possible...how does this profit me? Simply in this way. As in a mirror I see reflected in your mind exactly what the criminal wishes me to believe. That is terrifically helpful and suggestive."}}
 
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* Let's not forget the moment when Andrew is accepted as a free robot, who owns himself. That always gets me.
 
== [[John C. Wright]] ==
* ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (Literature)|Chronicles of Chaos]]:'' In the last book of the trilogy, {{spoiler|when Vanity is horribly injured, the normally-stoic warlock Quentin babbles frantically in the background, begging deities he doesn't even believe in to spare her life.}}
* ''[[War of the Dreaming (Literature)|War of the Dreaming]]:'' Raven's story of how he met his wife; Peter's speech to his son; Wendy's reunion with her parents; Varovitch drawing pictures to remind himself of the future; {{spoiler|Oberon welcoming Varovitch to his realm}}...
* ''[[The Golden Oecumene (Literature)|The Golden Oecumene]]'': Phaethon's [[Love Epiphany]]--even more effective than most because it {{spoiler|happened to somebody else.}}
 
== [[John Dies Atat the End]] ==
* [[John Dies Atat the End]]: {{spoiler|"Here is everything you need to know about John. John never once referred to you as 'the girl with the missing hand'."}}
 
== [[Johnny and The Bomb]] ==
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== [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] ==
* And from [[The Silmarillion]], Beren and Luthien, for Eru's sake! "...[Beren] woke again...and he heard beneath the leaves singing soft and slow beside him Luthien Tinuviel. And it was spring again."
* "...Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond, and he cherished them, and love grew after between them, as little might be thought."
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** "For you, a thousand times over." The first time the line's said is sweet in itself, though what happens after that makes it very ironic, but when {{spoiler|Amir and Sohrab are kite fighting and they manage to take one of them down. Amir immediately runs after the kite to catch it for Sohrab, telling him, "For you, a thousand times over."}}
 
== [[KushielsKushiel's Legacy]] ==
* From the (otherwise spectacularly dark) [[KushielsKushiel's Legacy]] 3rd book, the boys, eunuchs and women of the zenana cooperating to break into the garden and steal sight of the sun. Then Erich, the Skaldi prisoner there, defending Phedre with the line
{{quote| Her name is Phedre no Delaunay, and she walked across a war into torture and sure death to save her country. From ''my'' people.}}
* After she had spent many hours singing him nursery songs in his own tongue, and essentially been his only friend in a harsh environment. And finally, the climax of the trilogy, when Phedre speaks the Name of God to banish an angel and save her childhood best friend {[[It Makes Sense in Context]]) from an immortality of tortured existence. The Name is a word which cannot be pronounced or understood (it's all a bit magical), but everyone who was present heard it in their own languages. The Name of God? {{spoiler|Love.}} Doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
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== [[Literature/The Light Of Other Days|The Light of Other Days]] ==
* ''The Light of Other Days'' by [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]] and Stephen Baxter, gives one to (drumroll please) Jesus. Thanks to advanced technology letting people [[Doing in Thethe Wizard|look into the past]], they discover that most of [[The Bible]] is either wrong or distorted; for example, he was the illegitimate son of a Roman centurion. The Catholic cardinals get into a deep argument about what to do next. And then someone points out that Joseph still raised the kid, knowing it wasn't his; that the kid grew up to preach mercy and love off his own bat; and that when he faced execution by Pontius Pilate for political reasons, he could easily have rejected his words, and didn't. And then went to his death with zero chance of revival.
** It gets better: the tech they're using produces a minute wormhole, which generates infinitesmal ripples in time-space. You'd need literally billions of wormholes for anyone to notice. The Catholic Church decide to find out Jesus' last words on the cross... and they can't. So many people are looking at this one spot that the whole area goes fuzzy when you look at it. Literally ''billions'' of people in the future still care about the guy, even though they heard he was completely normal.
 
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== The Powerless Of This World ==
* Boris Strugatsky's ''[[The Powerless of This World (Literature)|The Powerless of This World]]'' has a rather dark, depressing plot, for the most part. From the very beginning of the novel, the main character, [[Butt Monkey|Vadim]], is hounded and assailed by a major crime boss and his mooks, becomes a nervous wreck from the experience, while getting no support whatsoever from a Jerkass of a "friend" and some fairly cryptic advice from his [[Trickster Mentor]]. He does get some concern, sympathy and emotional support from the rest of his old friends, but nobody seems willing or able to actually help him solve his problem. Unbeknownst to him, however, some of his friends (including at least one major [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]], or at least with a sense of solidarity) did already begin working on a plan to get the crime boss off his back. This culminates in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, which works out perfectly and is followed up by male bonding as the friends reunite. The fact that {{spoiler|it was by then made quite redundant}} doesn't really reduce the heartwarming factor of the scene.
 
== [[The Railway Children]] ==
* [[E. Nesbit]]'s ''[[The Railway Children]]'': "Oh, my Daddy! My Daddy!"
 
== [[Redwall]] ==
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== [[Shel Silverstein]] ==
* Shel Silverstein's ''[[The Giving Tree (Literature)|The Giving Tree]]''. A young boy spends every day with his favorite tree, climbing her trunk, swinging from her branches, eating her apples. When he becomes a young man, he's sad because he has no money, {{spoiler|so the tree gives him her apples to sell.}} When he becomes older, he wants a house so he can have a wife and family, {{spoiler|so the tree gives him her branches to build a house.}} Later, he wants to sail away and forget his troubles, {{spoiler|so she gives him her trunk to build a boat.}} When he returns, many years later, the tree is sad {{spoiler|because she has nothing left to give to him.}} He tells her that he's very tired ... all he wants is a place to sit and rest, {{spoiler|and the tree, who is by now nothing but a stump, offers him a place to sit and rest.}}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE "And the tree was happy."]
 
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== [[Literature/A Single Shard|A Single Shard]] ==
* Linda Sue Park's ''A Single Shard'' combines [[Death Byby Newbery Medal]] (" {{spoiler|"Wherever you are on your journey, Crane-man, I hope you are traveling on two good legs}}") with [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: {{spoiler|Min: "How are you to help me if you do not have a wheel of your own?" and Ajima: "Be home in time for supper."}}
* A real-life example given by travel writer Bill Bryson in his book about Australia, ''In A Sunburned Country'': In the 1950s, a teenaged Hungarian immigrant to Australia reported to the local police station and explained in broken English that he had been told to register his address. The duty sergeant stared at the youth, and came around his desk. "The Hungarian recalled that for one bewildered moment he thought the policeman might be about to strike him, but instead the sergeant thrust out a meaty hand and said warmly, 'Welcome to Australia, son!' The Hungarian recalled the incident with wonder even now, and when he finished there were tears in his eyes."
 
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== Star Trek Expanded Universe ==
* The [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]] novel ''Ghostship'': Every time Geordi and Data talk to each other. Hell, every time they freaking ''look'' at each other, or look at someone else in ''regards'' to each other, you know there's an [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|aww moment coming]].
** Culminating when Data tells Geordi that he considers him his best friend {{spoiler|before pulling off Geordi's communicator, dumping him on top of a stack of storage equipment that's too high for him to get down easily, locking him in the storage room and going off to risk his hide in an attempt to save the crew from a Giant Life Sucking entity.}}
* In the Star Trek Online novel ''The Needs of the Many'', Jake Sisko tells the holographic 1962 lounge singer Vic about the ongoing fight for holographic persons' rights, and how it has advanced very far, but isn't quite official legislation yet. Vic dismisses it, saying that his programming isn't advanced enough to handle freedom from his program or holosuite. Then, just as Jake is leaving, Vic and his holographic audience all start singing ''We Shall Overcome''.
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'''Jacen''': {{spoiler|I decided to stay with you guys two days ago.}} }}
* This troper's [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] list includes Luke saying "I love you" to Mara, Ben asking Luke "Dad, what's [[Unusual Euphemism|kriffing]] mean?", Luke [[Dark Nest Trilogy|witnessing R2's memories of Padme]], and Han [[The Courtship of Princess Leia|winning a planet in a sabacc game]] as a courting gift for Leia.
* [[Outbound Flight|Commander Thrawn]] telling Jorj Car'das not to tell [[Wide -Eyed Idealist|Ferasi]] [[Kill'Em All|what he did to Outbound Flight]], because there are too few true, honest idealists in the galaxy and he wouldn't want to be responsible for crushing even one of them. Followed by Thrawn using Car'das's [[First-Name Basis|first name]] for the first time. You'd think that causing the deaths of fifty thousand innocents would have put Thrawn well over the [[Moral Event Horizon]], but--well, that was not his intention, and if C'baoth hadn't started choking him and Doriana hadn't hit the button, then probably none of that would have happened.
* In [[Survivors Quest]], the pilot Chak Fel, commanding the [[Badass Crew|four Aurek Seven stormtroopers]] and fighting alongside General Drask, who doesn't like him but does have experience in ground fights, painfully gives command over to Drask, because his pride isn't as important as the need to fight effectively and preserve their objectives. Drask then tells him that since Fel knows the layout of Outbound Flight and Drask does not, it will be a joint command. Usually dueling egos and conflicting orders make those into disasters, but Fel knows that it won't this time, since he'll restrict himself to advising. And Drask knew he would do that. So it's not a joint command at all - it's a concession Drask is making to Fel, letting him preserve face and status, in a sign of respect.
** Everything involving Dean Jinzler overcoming his old anger towards his Jedi sister and their parents.
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== [[The Underland Chronicles]] ==
* In Book Two of [[The Underland Chronicles]], [[Rebellious Princess|Rebellious Queen]] Luxa has not been getting along well at all with her cousin Howard -- it has a little to do with {{spoiler|her other cousin Henry [[Face Heel Turn|betraying her]] in the first book.}} Then {{spoiler|his best friend and [[Bond Creature]] Pandora is eaten alive by mites right before their eyes, and Howard has to be knocked out to keep from going after her. When he comes to and realizes what happened, he loses it completely. Luxa comes up to him, holds him, and tells him, "She will fly with you always." and cries with him.}}
* Another one, this time from the last book. You'd think that Ripred was just a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]], but then Lizzie comes to the Underland, and then, one night when Gregor's woken up, he hears Ripred talking to her. Gregor can see her lying curled up against his belly, and we finally hear that Ripred lost his daughter Silksharp in a battle, and that Lizzie reminds him of her.
 
== [[Literature/Walk Two Moons|Walk Two Moons]] ==
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* ''[[The Time Travelers Wife]]'' is basically constructed of these - but the most poignant scene was Henry's "meeting" of Alba in the museum - and her joy at seeing him since {{spoiler|he has been dead for several years}}
* The end of [[The Bartimaeus Trilogy|Ptolemy's Gate]], when {{spoiler|Nathaniel's heroic sacrifice}} is just like Ptolemy's.
* ''[[Memory, SorrowandSorrow, and Thorn]]'' pulls one of these off at the end when Rachel the Dragon is {{spoiler|reunited with Simon}}.
* [[The Mouse and His Child]], in the end, where Manny finally lets himself become a true part of the family. Heck, the bit with the wedding, or where the seal becomes part of the mouse family. The WHOLE DAMN ENDING is full of those.
* ''[[Slaughterhouse -Five]]'' has a lovely desciption of a war film that Billy watches backwards: bombers undamage German cities by pulling bombs back into their planes, the bombs get shipped to factories to be disassembled, and the minerals get sent back to specialists, who "put them into the ground, to hide them cleverly, so that they would never hurt anybody ever again."
* The poem ''Invictus'' by W.E Henley is a wonderful tribute to the human spirit overcoming all obstacles. I'll quote just the last verse:
{{quote| It matters not how strait the gate,<br />
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* The end of ''Rock of Ages'' by Walter Jon Williams, where Maijstral {{spoiler|comes to the realization that he might not be such a coward after all. Because of Ronny Romper, of all things.}}
* The scene which includes following from ''[[Lord of Light]]'':
{{quote| "You may not have this man, oh Death," said the Master of the North, "For he belongs to the world, and we of the world will defend him." There are a few very specific reasons for this, other than the fact that the world itself seems to be rejecting [[The Dragon|Yama's]] attempt to destroy the false Buddha, [[Trickster Archetype|Sam]]. Namely, [[Battle in Thethe Center of Thethe Mind|where]] it takes place, hinting at Yama's coming [[Heel Face Turn]].}}
* ''The Gods of War'', fourth book in Conn Iggulden's ''Emperor'' series, has one following the Battle of Pharsalus. Caesar orders that no one may kill {{spoiler|the traitor Brutus}} if he is found, and when he finds him himself he grants him forgiveness in a rather heartwarming scene (two scenes, to be picky).
* The ending to ''It's Kind of a Funny Story.'' In '''spades.'''
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