The Venture Bros./Heartwarming

• Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, when she dressed up as a cheer leader and gave 21 a cheer to well... cheer him up. She later revealed that she and 21 have more interests (namely, Star Trek) in common than he would have thought.
• In "The Invisible Hand of Fate!", Brock and Pete White get one: Brock grabs a memory-wiped, unconcious Billy Quizboy and sneaks him out of the OSI. Cut to Pete White in the middle of the desert, sunburned to shit (Remember, he's an albino, that shit is easily fatal), and Brock pulls up to him, gives him a little speech, throws a duffel bag at him... Containing Pete's best buddy in the world, Billy. The music just seals the deal.
• The Venture Brothers has another example of an atypically heartwarming message at the end of the episode "ORB" where Rusty tells Billy that he trusts his father's judgement:

Dr. Venture: He may have been a horrible father, but he was a great scientist. If my father hid this, he had a good reason.

• • Another is when Jonas Venture Jr., otherwise more likable than his brother, edits together old clips of their father to make it seem like a clip of their father saying his greatest invention is his son is talking about him (Jonas Venture Jr.). It is of course talking about Rusty, who left before watching it. Yes, it's suitably corny, but still.
  • In the third season finale, after Seargent Hatred leads all of the boys' clones into a doomed battle where they get sliced up by lasers, Rusty follows up with possibly his one act of genuine parenting in the whole series to date.

Dr. Venture: Calm down, Hank. You only live once.

• • You all seem to be forgetting the episode where Rusty failed to fix his shrink ray. After he bemoaned himself as a failure, Billy Quizboy showed him his Rusty Venture lunchbox, reminding him that at one point, he was the premier child adventurer.
  • This troper was moved by a moment when Prof. Impossible was set to shoot chemically-induced human bomb Hank to prevent him exploding - Rusty positions himself in front of Hank, determined to find an alternate method. Granted, he may be motivated to show up his old teacher, but still...
  • The end of the first episode of Season 4:

Hank: Why did you leave me?
Brock: Hank, I could never leave you...but right now, these guys need me more.

• • In "Operation P.R.O.M", Brock is speeding off to protect the Venture family after Molotov reveals that the escorts attending the prom are her Blackheart agents waiting to slaughter those attending at midnight. Even though his bodyguard duty has been passed on to Hatred, Brock is noticeably scared for the people he considers family as he races to the compound, knife in hand. He doesn't even take a moment to mourn Molotov's apparent death.
  • In "Every Which Way But Zeus", Hatred and the boys use some voice-altering toys "kidnap" Rusty because he expects to be kidnapped along with everyone else. He asks that they not torture Dean, but doesn't seem to mind them killing Hank. He later explains that he doesn't love Dean more. Except that he knew they weren't going to kill Hank, and if they're gonna pretend to torture someone, it might as well be Hank. Hanks asks if it's because Hank is tough while Dean is a wuss, and Rusty says that Dean has the idealism of "Rusty Venture: Boy Adventurer". He actually likes the whole superscience thing. Hank was thrust into "this life" and rebels against it, just like Rusty did.

Rusty: He's a Venture. He'll never shake it.

• D-19's last moments were spent hugging his father-- the only thing he ever wanted his entire life.
• Dr. Orpheus, Jefferson and the Escort hugging Gary after he lets 24 go. Even if they do think he's crying for a totally different reason.
• That proud little smile that play's across Brock's face as Hank ecstatically proclaims "I GOT LAAAAIIIID!!"
• Sgt. Hatred replacing the H on his face with a V.
  • Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Funny when you consider it now says VD on his body.
• From the Christmas songs, there's Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend's duet of "Fairytale of New York", especially when they sing about their dreams near the end.
• Also in the Season 4 finale, when Dean and Hank talk Dermott into joining them for a "Go Team Venture" as they go off to get Triana back despite the fact that none of the three of them know that Dermott himself actually is a Venture by blood.
  • Hell, Dermott agreeing to help them in general. Sure, his advice is stupid and makes it readily apparent that he's a douche^[1] but he clearly means well.
• Nicki Fictel's brief appearance during the Shallow Gravy special, talking about when Dermott was a kid, and would sing Spice Girls songs on the couch. Might seem like a sister just trying to embarrass her brother, but is rather heartwarming when you realize it's actually a mother reminiscing about her son. Especially since she mentions how adorable he was.
• The ending of "Return to Malice" tugged my heartstrings. After 21's plans all came busting down, he is left downtrodden in his childhood treehouse. The Monarch, disfigured after 21's new cook gave him food he unknowingly was allergic to and can't make the big supervillian magazine photo shoot, offers him some comfort about the night of failing to torture Hank and Dean for info of 24's death. Then he orders the treehouse to burnt down. A second time in the same ep was with Rusty's and Dr. Girlfriend bonding over waiting for a hostage exchange that never happens. It compounds the idea that these are just two gifted scientists with alot in common, just bonding.
• Likewise, the ending of "The Revenge Society" with Dean being revealed to be the rightful heir of the Guild of Calamitous Intent and bestowing it back to David Bowie. Also his father/son moment with Rusty was sweet too.
• When Hank (in his Batman costume, no less) runs off to save Dean from being forced to marry Baron Underbeit and Brock's lip quivers as he watches. Dr. Venture even mocks him for being proud of the little brave idiot.
• The Stinger in Season 4 of Hank, half-sleep, wandering into the kitchen and not even noticing that Brock is sitting at the table covered in blood eating a bowl of cereal. What really seals it is that he gets a glass of water and walks past him again, saying, "Night, Brock" and Brock kindly replies, "Night, Hank." Then we hear a glass break from the other room and Hank yells "BROCK?!"
• Triana's and Dean's mutual breakup at the Stinger of the season 4 episode "The Better Man"

1. ↑ he thinks dressing Dean up in goth clothing will make Triana cream herself