The Outsiders/Heartwarming

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  • Any time there is a family/friendship moment with the boys. Ponyboy and Johnny's time spent together at the church. The reunion between Ponyboy, Darry and Sodapop at the hospital. The little talk Sodapop had with his brothers, begging them to not fight anymore.
  • Tough-as-nails Dally in any scene with Morality Pet Johnny. (Doubles as a Tear Jerker)

Dally swallowed and reached over to push Johnny's hair back. "Never could keep that hair back..."

  • Steve and Two-Bit show up to visit the Curtis Brothers. Steve shows Ponyboy the newspaper chronicling his, Johnny and Dallas' heroics regarding the Church fire. Pony is distraught, because he's worried that if found guilty of Bob's murder, Johnny may go to jail, while Ponyboy and Sodapop will be forced to be put in a boy's home. Steve sets him straight telling him that their heroics may soften the blow against them. What makes it especially heartwarming is that Steve doesn't like Ponyboy so much, even having a prior altercation with him because he was mad at a Soc punching his nose, while defending him from a gang of Socs. So the fact that Steve of all people is proud of Ponyboy and has faith that he'll make it, is extra heartwarming.

Ponyboy: They're charging Johnny with manslaughter? What do they mean "If" he recovers?
Steve: It also says how you saved them kids Ponyboy. How they'd burn if it hadn't been for you.
Ponyboy: It's all about us. Darry, me and Soda. Now they're thinking of putting me and Soda in a boys home? No way. They ain't putting me in a boys home.
Steve: Oh hell Ponyboy, they don't do that to heroes.

  • The Church fire is heartwarming for Johnny, Ponyboy and Dallas. Against Dallas' orders, Ponyboy and Johnny risk potential death and arrest to save the children inside. Later on before Johnny died, he wrote to Ponyboy telling him how saving those kids were worth it. With Ponyboy, he was the first to run into the fire to get the kids out. With Dallas, after putting the fire out on Ponyboy's jacket, he initially was gonna berate him for doing a stupid stunt like that. However when Johnny is heard screaming from being trapped after the beam fell on him, Dallas rushes in there to save him before the church collapses.

Dallas: Jesus Christ!!! Stupid kid.
Johnny: AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Dallas: I'M COMING JOHNNY!!!