History Heartwarming / GilligansIsland

** In 1992, several children suffering from cancer were granted a wish from the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Their wish? To finally rescue Gilligan from the island. Bob Denver himself donned the Gilligan costume and waited on a deserted island off the West Virginia coast to be rescued by the kids. After boarding the cruise ship carrying the children (the S.S. Minnow, of course,) he spent the rest of the day playing games with them.
** Look at the Meta entry on the TearJerker page. It lists the passing (as of 2020) of six of the cast. When Dawn Wells died in 2020, social media exploded in grief, particularly because she died of complications from COVID-19, during the peak of the pandemic. That's how beloved the Castaways are to entire generations of fans.

* In ''Rescue from Gilligan's Island'', Gilligan and the Skipper visit the Howell's during a dinner party. [[LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders Then, their guests insult Gilligan and the Skipper]]. The Howells' response? To throw the guests out without any hesitation. Even the Howells' butler seems moved and proud over his employees for sticking up for the lower class as he gladly shows the snobby guests the way out in disgust.

** It's also heartwarming when it turns out that Howells had invited the Skipper all along and didn't realize he never received his invite. (Mr. Howell had run into a tree and dropped it without realizing.)

In "The Second Ginger Grant" Gilligan helping an injured Mary-Ann.

* The BeautyContest episode:

* "X Marks the Spot": The other Castaways are sitting at the table, clearly grief-stricken after Gilligan has been swept away by the missile. Mrs. Howell suggests renaming one of their estates after Gilligan; Mr. Howell contemplates setting up a fund, and the Skipper says he's going to christen his next ship after his departed first mate. When Gilligan arrives, soaking wet but very much alive, it only takes a second of realization for the others to mob him. The Professor, who was instructing him on the WireDilemma, is the first to reach him.

* "Where There's A Will" has a chain of these. The episode starts with the castaways all taking care of Mr. Howell when he falls ill. This prompts Mr. Howell to realize they're all like family to him, and he leaves them each a different industry in his will -- not just random bequests, either, but chosen after he and his wife discuss which fit their personalities best. It ends with the rest of the cast mistakenly thinking Mr. Howell has died and conducting a funeral so heartfelt it moves him to tears before he reveals himself.
* In "The Hunter", Mr. Howell comes into the hut where Kincaid is holding Gilligan. He tells Kincaid Gilligan is important to him and tries to bribe him with increasing amounts of money to call off [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame the hunt.]]

* In the first season episode, "Angel On The Island", a play starring Ginger (as Cleopatra) is to be performed to help lift her spirits. Mrs. Howell becomes jealous and has Mr. Howell (the director) replace Ginger with herself. After Ginger actually cries, and Gilligan incompetently tries to cheer her, Gilligan then (at a point when the castaways still don't know the Howells very well) has a private meeting with Mrs. Howell where he somewhat formally beseeches her to let Ginger have the part. (She does.) It's moments like that that make it easier to see why the other six DON'T kill Gilligan.

* "The Chains of Command": Gilligan is discouraged because the Skipper has seemingly been kidnapped and no one will listen to him. Mary Ann [[RousingSpeech gives him a stirring pep talk]].

* "Allergy Time":

* In ''Rescue from Gilligan's Island'', Gilligan and the Skipper visit the Howell's during a dinner party. [[LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders Then, their guests insult Gilligan and the Skipper]]. The Howells' response? To throw the guests out without any hesitation.
** Even the Howells' butler seems moved and proud over his employees for sticking up for the lower class as he gladly shows the snobby guests the way out in disgust.
-->'''Guest''': "Don't you think we're being just a bit unreasonable, Mr. Howell?"
-->'''Butler''': "Mr. Howell is never unreasonable."

* In one episode, Gilligan believes that he's won the lottery and is now a millionaire, so the Howells offer to let him join their exclusive island club (which has a membership fee of $5,000). Gilligan gets lonely while there, so he writes all of the other castaways I.O.U.s to let them enter (a Heartwarming moment in and of itself). Mr. Howell isn't fond of his "private" club being invaded, and when Gilligan loses the lottery ticket that guarantees his riches, the "old" millionaire kicks everyone out. One DreamSequence later prompts him to realize how selfish he's been, so he quickly wakes up Gilligan and tells him that he's found the missing ticket, so he should go tell everyone that they can rejoin the club. While Gilligan rushes off to share the good news, Mrs. Howell realizes that Thurston made up a fake ticket as an excuse to have everyone come back. Even after the group hears on the radio that someone else claimed the winnings (it turns out Gilligan's original ticket was a year old), he still lets everyone stay. Awww.

* In the second-season episode "The Chains of Command", Gilligan is discouraged because the Skipper has seemingly been kidnapped and no one will listen to him. Mary Ann gives him a [[RousingSpeech stirring]] pep talk.

** Gilligan gets kicked out of his hut because his mouth comes open in his sleep and the radio keeps the Skipper awake. He bunks with the Professor next. The Professor is quite patient with Gilligan and gentler than some of the others even when he ultimately has to evict Gilligan so he can get some sleep.

** A typhoon hits the island and the castaways plan to ride it out in a small cave, but there's not enough room for everyone. The men draw straws to see who will stay outside in the storm. Gilligan breaks his straw in half to save his friends, seeing as he's [[MoreExpendableThanYou more expendable than them]]. When they realize what he did, the castaways leave the cave. If they can't all be safe, [[TrueCompanions they'll be together]]. However, this [[LaserGuidedKarma ends up]] saving their lives when the storm destroys the cave immediately after they all leave.

** Even the Howells' butler seems warmed and proud over his employees for sticking up for the lower class as he gladly shows the guests the way out in disgust.

* In ''Rescue from Gilligan's Island'', Gilligan and the Skipper visit the Howell's during a dinner party. [[LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders Then, their guests insult Gilligan and the Skipper.]] The Howells' response? To throw the guests out without any hesitation.
** Even the Howells' butler gladly shows the guests the way out in disgust.

** Even the Howell's butler gladly shows the guests the way out in disgust.

* ''Hi-Fi Gilligan''.

** The Professor and the Skipper both claim to be the titular girl's master so that her boyfriend will not challenge Gilligan to a fight for her.
** When it appears that Gilligan will be challenged to a death match for the girl whose life he saved, the Professor, Mary Ann, and Ginger (the only three in the hut) agree that they will fight and die with him rather than simply letting him get killed.

* In the ChristmasEpisode, the castaways hear reports of the authorities finally finding them, but it turns out to be a different island with different castaways (who were stranded for 11 years). Our group is naturally depressed about this, but that night, Santa (seemingly the Skipper in costume) appears to wish them a merry Christmas. When questioned what they have to be happy about, Santa reminds them of how things could've been worse (lost at sea, trapped on an island without food or water, etc.) and points out they became [[TrueCompanions like a family]] in the short time they've been on the island.

** Look at the Meta entry on the TearJerker page. It lists the passing (as of 2020) of six of the cast. When Dawn Wells died in 2020, social media exploded in grief. That's how beloved the Castaways are to entire generations of fans.

* In the ChristmasEpisode, the castaways hear reports of the authorities finally finding them, but it turns out to be a different island with different castaways (who were stranded for 11 years). Our group is naturally depressed about this, but that night, Santa (seemingly the Skipper in costume) appears to wish them a merry Christmas. When questioned what they have to be happy about, Santa reminds them of how things could've been worse (lost at sea, trapped on an island without food or water, etc.) and points out they became [[TrueCompanions like a family]] in the short time they've been on the island.

** In 1992, several children suffering from cancer were granted a wish from the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Their wish? To finally rescue Gilligan from the island. Bob Denver himself donned the Gilligan costume and waited on a deserted island off the West Virginia coast to be rescued by the kids. After boarding the cruise ship carrying the children (the S.S. Minnow, of course,) he spent the rest of the day playing games with them.

** Originally, the opening theme's lyrics only named five of the seven cast members (with the Professor and Mary-Ann being billed as "and the rest"). The five named cast members thought this was unfair to the two and wanted it changed to include them; when the producers initially refused, Bob Denver (Gilligan's actor) used an aspect of his contract to ''force'' them into updating the lyrics to name all seven cast members for seasons 2 and 3.