History Heartwarming / TheAvengers

* Another meta example but while the Dark Knight Rises, much less Nolan's Batman films are anything but bad, it is a great gesture to see that a more optimistic superhero film, one that is not afraid to accept grim and dark, just barely beat ''The Dark Night Rises'' at the box office. Showing that some people are not ready to give up a slightly LighterAndSofter super hero opprove as being out dated.

** For this troper, JARVIS is the ultimate aversion of AIIsACrapshoot. The machine genuinely cares for his master, but what makes it sweet is that when Fury tells Stark a nuke is going to flatten Manhattan, JARVIS has already routed all power to the thrusters before Tony can order it. JARVIS loves Tony, but apparently he loves his master's mission to save people even more.

* It's very subtle and relates back to his first film, but Captain America's attitude struck this troper as somewhat heartwarming. He comes from an entirely different era than everyone else, an era when the Army was segregated and women didn't have equal rights, and all of a sudden finds himself working with a multi-national team with women and taking orders from an African-American. Not once does he ever seem even remotely uncomfortable with this and he treats everyone with the utmost respect. Admittedly, it's not something to put focus on, but it fits Steve's character that he's nice to everyone regardless of race or gender when many others from his era did not have such enlightened views.

** This troper agrees with the point above, but will also point out that Steve hates bullies. Sexism, racism, other -isms, when you boil it down, they're all an excuse for institutionalized bullying. Makes sense he'd consider it good that there's less of that in the world.

* And in real life, [[http://www.g33kwatch.com/movies/story-of-a-five-year-old-avenger-meeting-the-avengers/ this story]] about this kid's best day ever.

* It seems Natasha is more emotional about the other Avengers than she is about most things. Despite her fear of the Hulk, she tried to calm Bruce in order to stop his transformation. She showed genuine concern for Captain America when she warned him about, Loki and Thor and she even showed concern for Stark when he [[spoiler: almost died destroying the Chitari.]] However her most well known one was her undying determination to save Hawkeye from Loki's control. It seems this Widow has a heart after all.

** ''Meta-heartwarming'': Both Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo have gone through some hellacious personal experiences and come out on top, bringing a poignant RealitySubtext to the scene's emphasis on survival.

* After [[spoiler: Agent Coulson's death,]] Tony is berating him for his foolishness in [[spoiler: standing up to Loki where he knew he was outmatched and dying because of it]]. What makes this heartwarming is that Tony is clearly upset and visibly fighting back tears (Props go to RobertDowneyJr. for this performance as well) showing that he's just trying to rationalize the death of someone he truly liked.

* In a meta sense, the rumor that Creator/RobertDowneyJr is trying to use his star power and a possible contract extension to convince Marvel to give bigger pay raises to his co-stars, who are only paid a ''fraction''[[note]]All of the Avengers were paid around $200,000 for their roles in the film. RBJ earned ''$50-80 million''[[/note]] of what he earns from Marvel films.

*** And a DeletedScene shows her meeting Rogers as he sits at a table at her resteraunt, sketching the New York skyline. StanLee even tells him that he should have asked for her number after she left.

* Nick Fury referring to Coulson as his one good eye.

* A meta example: famous comic creators like Bob Kane, Jerry Siegel, Joel Shuster, William Moulton Marston, and Jack Kirby have sadly passed away before they could see their creations become the cultural icons they are today. The fact that Stan Lee is still among us, and has seen so many of his co-creations be realized into a number series of successful, well made film series, culminating in this film, is so touching.

* In a meta sense, the rumor that Robert Downey Jr. is trying to use his star power and a possible contract extension to convince Marvel to give bigger pay raises to his co-stars, who are only paid a ''fraction''[[hottip:*:All of the Avengers were paid around $200,000 for their roles in the film. RBJ earned ''$50-80 million'']] of what he earns from Marvel films.

* Issue #16 of Stan Lee's original run, when Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, and Tony Stark all decide to temporarily leave the team to get some rest from the constant exhaustion of fighting supervillains. When Captain America returns from a trip from South America, Hank immediately picks him up(in his giant form) and starts fooling around with Steve in a playful manner, leading Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, who are the new replacement members(along with Hawkeye), wishing that the X-Men or the Brotherhood of Mutants could have this kind of camaraderie. Also, Hank and Janet and Tony wishing one another farewell(they aren't aware of the other's identities at this point) and speaking fondly of the other as the issue ends. It's a very tender story overall.

* The look on Steve's face as the Avengers go their separate ways. At the start of the film, Steve's in a world he doesn't know and everyone he knew & cared about is either dying or likely to die soon due to old age, and it's clear (Especially in one of the deleted scenes) that he's having trouble adjusting to the present day & is unsure of his place in the world; at the end of the film, he's found his place in the world with the Avengers.

* Whedon mentions on his DVDCommentary that when he told Mark Ruffalo that he was going to visit the animators working on the Hulk [=CGI=], Ruffalo wrote them an encouraging letter, talking about how they were ''all'' playing the Hulk with him and how he'd done as much as he could with the motion capture. He says the letter was very sweet, and that the animators were surprised by it-- not only do they usually not get visits from directors, they're usually working blind and never see a script.

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* "There are always men like you." Crossover with "Crowning Moment of Awesome" when you think about it. An ordinary man telling Loki exactly what he can do with himself.

** Additionally, when the pilot ejects, the Hulk grabs him before the ejector seat can get out of range—- and throws him off into the distance. He could've effortlessly just smashed the guy into the plane's fuselage if he wanted, but he seemed to consider the plane itself a much greater threat than the person using it.

** What about Hulk getting him out before he could go down with his F-35?

* Another meta example but while the Dark Knight Rises, much less Nolan's Batman films are anything but bad, it is a great gesture to see that a more optimistic superhero film, one that is not afraid to accept grim and dark, just barely beat TheDarkNightRises at the box office. Showing that some people are not ready to give up a slightly LighterAndSofter super hero opprove as being out dated.
* Whedon wanted to give the Chitauri a few more nods that they might not be mindless drones. One rather touching shot is when Hawkeye shoots that 'scatter shot' arrow a Chitarui ties to push his comrade to safety showing that whatever they are, ChaoticEvil or not they are comrades.

* Meta example: Captain America's line, "There's only one God..." In a world of {{Richard Dawkins}}es and {{Christopher Hitchens}}es,[[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillettes]] and Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}}s, it's nice to see an atheist (in this case, Creator/JossWhedon) in a position to dickishly portray a character's religious beliefs as a character flaw, but choose not to do so.