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Harry Potter (film)/Heartwarming


Philosopher's Stone

  • The book and film of Philosopher's Stone both have this scene, but the acting by both the late great Richard Harris and young Matthew Lewis puts the filmed version ahead in my opinion.

"There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore, smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom."

    • I actually prefer the line as changed by the film in this instance, wherein Dumbledore says "But a great deal more to stand up to our friends", because it's true, it is a lot harder to challenge the actions of those you trust and like.
  • How have we gotten this far without this example from Philosopher's Stone?

Hermione: Harry -- you're a great wizard, you know.
Harry: (very embarrassed) I'm not as good as you.
Hermione: Me! Books! And cleverness! There are more important things -- friendship and bravery and -- oh Harry -- be careful!"

Chamber of Secrets

  • At the final feast of The Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid returns from Azkaban, and the first thing he does is walk up to where Harry and Ron sit, thanking them for helping prove his innocence. Harry then stands up and looks at Hagrid with a smile.

Harry: " There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid."

    • Completed with a big hug afterward.
    • Followed by the standing ovation from almost the whole school.
      • Preceded by Hermione coming back, hugging Harry, and then having an awkward handshake with Ron.
  • In The Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore told Harry, who had been doubting that he truly belonged in Gryffindor, to look at the sword he had taken from the Sorting Hat. Engraved upon it was the name Godric Gryffindor.

Dumbledore: "Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry."

  • It's a small one, but the scene where Hagrid comforts Hermione after Draco Malfoy calls her a mudblood in Chamber of Secrets gets me every time.

Hagrid: Don't you think about it. Don't you think about it for a minute.

  • Dumbledore's reaction to Fawkes being reborn is adorable. It's basically how everyone reacts to a puppy.

Prisoner of Azkaban

  • The scene in The Prisoner of Azkaban where Lupin tells Harry about his parents, combined with the soft music in the background, did it for me.
    • Also, Harry and Sirius's goodbye at the end.

Sirius: "It's cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily and you so little. But know this, the ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here." (places his hand over Harry's heart)

    • In order for the Patronus spell to work, one must think of a strong, happy memory. After a failed attempt, Harry mentioned that there is one memory that might be strong enough. He tried it and it managed to stop the Boggart Dementor. He later told Lupin that the memory was of his parents. Harry didn't even know if it was real or not, but it worked.
  • In Prisoner of Azkaban, a very quick moment, but one that also doubles as a CMOA, is when Harry, Hermione, and Ron are being threatened by werewolf-Lupin, and Snape's first, knee-jerk reaction is to get between the kids and the werewolf and throw out his arms in a "oh-no-you-don't" gesture. Even better because this wasn't a "oh, meh, I gotta go save Potter's sorry life again" moment; it was a knee-jerk reaction on Snape's part.
    • He even does it twice: When he and the trio all fall to the ground after Lupin tries to attack them, he immediately jumps to his feet and throws out his arms again.
    • I loved the implication in that scene that, while Snape may have his Jerkass moments and personally can't stand Harry and his friends, he's still a teacher, damnit, and he won't let anyone hurt his students.

Goblet of Fire

  • In Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore talking to Harry after the end of the end of year feast ("Remember Cedric" - and yes, that scene makes me damn well want to cry) about how he has friends at Hogwarts and isn't alone... then lightly brushes his cheek with his hand on his way out of the room. Dumbledore was rather flamboyant in the film, but that bit right there... *Sigh* He really does love him.
  • In The Goblet Of Fire, they're all being taught to dance for the Yule Ball, and while the girls are all eager, none of the boys leave their seats. Then you see Neville hesitate (clearly trying to work up the nerve) before getting up to dance. Later, we see Harry and Ron entering the Gryffindor dormitory to find Neville, in his pyjamas and dancing shoes, practicing the waltz by himself, humming a tune as he goes. Even later than that, after the party, Neville comes back later than everyone else, still humming and twirling round. The fact that they removed the part about him first asking Hermione and being taken by Ginny as a sympathy date makes the whole thing really sweet, as it implies that he was genuinely excited about going with Ginny and that even a nerd like him could get a date.

Order of the Phoenix

Harry: "What if I'm becoming bad?"
Sirius: "I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to."

Neville: Fourteen years ago, a Death Eater named Bellatrix Lestrange used the Crutiatus Curse on my parents. She tortured them for information, but they never gave in. (pause) I'm quite proud to be their son. But I'm not sure I'm ready for everyone to know just yet.
Harry: We're going to make them proud, Neville. That's a promise.

Sirius: Get away from my godson. *punches Lucius Malfoy in the face*

Harry: You're the weaker one. And you'll never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

  • The part where Fred and George comfort the boy who just got out of Umbridge's torturous detention in Order of the Phoenix.

Half-Blood Prince

  • Everyone will always be split over things they change in the movies, but you'd have to be The Stoic to not feel a tug at the heartstrings in the sixth movie when, after Dumbledore dies and the Dark Mark is cast, Ginny is comforting a sobbing Harry and everyone, teachers and students, raise their wands and together vanquish the Dark Mark from their castle.
    • The look on McGonagall's face really drove it home - I didn't expect to cry in the 6th movie, because we all know that it was all part of the plan, but seeing McGonagall reminded me that she doesn't know. To her... that was the ultimate betrayal.
  • Horace Slughorn talking about the fish that Lily Potter gave him; again, both a heartwarming moment and a tearjerker, and also remarkably startling since the lead-in lines to this speech had been part of a Crowning Moment of Funny.

It was a student who gave me Francis. One day I came down to my office, and there was a bowl with only a few inches of clear water in it... and there was a flower petal floating on the water. Before my eyes it started to sink, and just before it hit the bottom, it transformed into a wee fish. It was a beautiful piece of magic, wondrous to behold. The flower petal was from a lily... the day Francis disappeared was the day your mother...

  • After Dumbledore dies, and the whole class puts their wands up in the air to get rid of the Dark Mark in the sky, we cut to the next morning. The scene alone with McGonagall and Harry was very sad yet heartwarming, but what had this troper burst to tears was when The Trio went up to the astronomy tower, and discussed what their next move would be now that Dumbledore is dead, and now that they know that the Horcruxes are the key to defeating Voldemort. Harry is determined to find them all by himself, but Hermione quite funnily retorts to him that he couldn't do it alone, with Ron agreeing. They then all huddle up on the balcony of the astronomy tower as they watch Fawkes the phoenix fly away, across the black lake and into the morning sun. Not really heartwarming in description, but good lord. The way they did it... with the cinematography... and then when placed into the context of the events that had just occurred.... and when you put on top of that that this is basically signaling the beginning of the end of the series, I began to cry. For people like me, who've grown up with the films more so than the books, who've grown up with the actors and their characters (and for whom the viewer can genuinely see the camaraderie that they have for each other)... it just... ahhhhh. It was a poetic and heartwarming moment on the Power of Friendship and the loss of innocence.

Deathly Hallows Part 1

  • The dancing scene between Harry and Hermione after Ron had left in Deathly Hallows Part 1.
  • When Ron comes back in Deathly Hallows Part 1 - the look on his face when he sees Hermione. Quickly turns into a Crowning Moment of Funny when Hermione responds with "You've been gone for months and all you can do is say HEY?!"
  • Ron picking up and carrying Harry's backpack back to the Burrow after he talks him out of leaving before the wedding.
  • In the Deathly Hallows part 1 film, the scene where Harry dances with Hermione in an attempt to cheer her up. This was thought up for the film, and is immensely effective. Two people who have an unconditional, platonic love for each other, holding off the despair and hopelessness together. The fact that the song playing during this scene was O Children, one of this troper's favourite songs, reduced him to a sobbing child in the cinema.
    • This troper thinks the reason this scene works so great is that it's also Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson dancing, two young adults having grown up together, and this togetherness is coming to a real end, as well as their characters' lives could be (they both could die, technically speaking, from their characters' POV.)

Deathly Hallows Part 2

  • In Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hagrid hugging Harry after Voldemort is defeated and the war is over.
    • Also in Part 2, Harry Potter talking to his son Albus and the train scene as they leave..
  • The Deathly Hallows Part 2 has this:

Neville: Have you seen Luna?
Harry: Luna?
Neville: I'm mad for her! I think it's about time I told her since we both probably will be dead by dawn!

    • And with that, Neville/Luna officially became canon. An alternate canon, but canon. Fuck yes.
    • And then after the battle is over, Luna sits down next to Neville and gives him a proud little smile... d'awwwww.
  • Shortly after Neville's line, Ginny and Harry kiss, and before Harry can tell Ginny he loves her, she just looks him in the eyes and calmly, softly says, "I know." Then they run headlong in different directions, but Harry's got a little grin on his face.
  • Ron and Hermione's kiss.
  • As McGonagall is leaving to set up Hogwarts's defenses for the final battle and Harry is setting off to find the last Horcruxes:

McGonagall: Potter? It's good to see you again.
Harry: It's good to see you again too, professor.

    • McGonagall usually comes across as The Stoic, but from this exchange, plus the way she leaps to Harry's defense when he confronts Snape, you can tell she really does care about her old student, and is glad to see he's alive.
  • Shortly after Harry leaves several people of the Order are seen setting up some forcefield that just closes around Hogwarts. We see all those people we are familiar with; McGonagall, Molly, prof. Flitwick. They all mutter the same Latin sentences about protection against enemies. Then we see Horace Slughorn. A masively hedonistic, cowardly SLYTHERIN. And the head of Slytherin to top it off. The main characteristic of Slytherins is thinking about themselves - something that Slughorn has done quite some times. And then he stands there, helping the order, knowing that he could possibly die by doing so and would have been gladly accepted by Voldemort - he is a Slytherin after all - and he just mutters the same phrase in Latin that the others say: protego maxima,Fianto Duri,Repello Inimigotum. Thereby accepting his faith and choosing to stay in Hogwarts to help the Order. I teared up at that.(And knowing what he says in Latin makes it even worse.)
    • You're, of course, going off the ideal that ALL Slytherins are evil. Their main characteristic is ambition, not self preservation. Yes, most of the Slytherin characters we see are not the nicest, but we only see a small portion of their students. You forget who saved Harry's life in the end: Narcissa Malfoy, a pureblood Slytherin married to a pureblood Slytherin with a pureblood Slytherin son, ends up being the one who secures Harry's safety.
  • In Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry tells Hermione and Ron that he is going to [[spoiler:go to the Forest and give himself up to the Death Eaters. Hermione's response? "I'll go with you."
  • After breaking out of Gringotts, the Gringotts Dragon just sits on a rooftop for a few seconds, taking a deep breath of fresh air and basking in the sun probably for the first time in it's life. That small moment made this troper's heart ache.
    • This troper checked its wings, saw that they're very thin and full of holes, worried that it might not manage to take flight, and held her breath until... it did.
    • Harry's little smile and the "that was brilliant" comment really made the moment perfect. The movies haven't always done Rowling's books justice, but they got that scene right.
      • This troper loved that scene, too, except for one little snag: the Indy Ploy was one of Harry's finest moments in the book, but they attributed it to Hermione again.
  • The scene of Ron and Hermione clinging to each other as Neville kills Nagini. Their love comes across more clearly there than in any other scene in the entire movie series. Damn.
  • What about Lily Potter's last words to her son? Harry . . . Harry, you are loved. You are so loved. Harry, Mama loves you. Dada loves you. Harry, be safe. Be strong.
    • Oh, God. If Alan Rickman as Snape doesn't make you want to buy the DVD, those words from Lily Potter will. That was absolutely beautiful.
  • No mention about the 19 years later scene? On our three main characters looking in their late-thirties using some makeup and some CGI, you gotta admit it was a cute scene with their children, not to mention the tears and nostalgia it gave us.
    • And they played some of John Williams' original theme. Pure nostalgia.
  • When Voldemort presents Harry's supposedly-dead body to all his friends and allies, Neville gets up in front of everyone and makes a very touching speech saying that all the people who have died in the battle were still with them in spirit and that they shouldn't let these deaths keep them from fighting Voldemort. This speech is at the level of something Barack Obama would say. Really uplifting.
  • What about when Voldemort wants Harry to face him and Pansy Parkinson says for someone to grab Harry for Voldemort? Well, guess what happens next? You see Harry preparing to defend himself...followed by his friends, three Houses (Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff), and members of the Order of the Phoenix shielding him.
  • The scene with Narcissa and Malfoy walking away from the battle hand in hand with Lucious folloiwng behind is very heartwarming, as is Narcissa lying to Voldemort's face after Harry confirms Draco being alive.
  • Molly going Mama Bear on Bellatrix counts as this, and a moment of awesome.
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