History Heartwarming / TheMitchellsVsTheMachines

* The Poseys happily watching their neighbors The Mitchells fighting the PAL Max Prime bots, impressed.
-->'''Jim:''' So our weird neighbors are saving the world?\\
'''Hailey:''' Yes they are, Jim.

* A small one, but Linda saying "Hold on tight, sweetie. Mommy's got ya." to Aaron and kissing his cheek before unleashing hell on the robots is incredibly sweet. As is his smile afterwards.

** Aaron's relationship with his parents. He often acts as a VoiceOfReason to Katie, and sometimes tries to nudge her into improving her relationship with Rick. He also isn't happy when Katie tells him that her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech to her father wasn't genuine.

* Meta: The photos of the cast and crew with their families in the credits. Both past and present.

* Meta: The film being one of the first animated comedy films from a [[Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation major studio]] centered on a diverse cast. The Mitchells are a mixed-race family and Katie is an out lesbian.
** During development, [[https://www.insider.com/mitchells-vs-the-machines-how-katie-mitchell-became-queer-2022-3 several animators working on the film actually sent letters to Sony to convince them to officially make Katie gay]]. Michael Rianda, the director, met with executives to discuss the topic and according to him, there were no objections by the end of the meeting. They were fine with making Katie explicitly queer.

* A Meta example: The film being one of the first animated comedy films from a [[Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation major studio]] centered on a diverse cast. The Mitchells are a mixed-race family and Katie is an out lesbian.
** During development, [[https://www.insider.com/mitchells-vs-the-machines-how-katie-mitchell-became-queer-2022-3 several animators working on the film actually sent letters to Sony to convince them to officially make Katie gay]]. Michael Rianda, the director, met with executives to discuss the topic and according to him, there were no objections by the end of the meeting.

* During the mall attack scene, Linda risks her own life to go back and save Eric, who was trapped under a fallen pole. Linda [[InvertedTrope inverted]] ThreeLawsCompliant, by being a human who does not want a robot to come to harm.

* During the mall attack scene, Linda risks her own life to go back and save Eric, who was trapped under a fallen pole.

** Aaron's relationship with his parents. He often acts as a VoiceOfReason to Katie, explaining why her father does what he does. He also isn't happy when Katie tells him that her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech to her father wasn't genuine.

** Aaron's relationship with his parents. He often acts as a VoiceOfReason to Katie, explaining why her father does what he does. He also isn't happy when Katie tells him that her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre to her father wasn't genuine.

-->'''Linda:''' I know this must be hard for you.\\

'''Rick:''' Nah. It's easy.

* Before presenting the PAL Max robots, Mark tells PAL that he always thought of her as a part of his family. In the PAL Labs official website, Mark says that when he invented her, he talked to her for months while perfecting her system. Even if she eventually led a global tech uprising and almost sent mankind to their deaths, the two minutes before she really went rogue were sweet.

* Katie appearing excited when she learns Aaron has a crush on Abbey Posey. Even when Aaron desperately tries to deny it, she encourages him by telling him he shouldn't have to hide his feelings.

* Katie and Aaron's sibling relationship in general. Katie's very first comment about her little brother is that he "gets" her, and the two of them are shown to be very close, always horsing around with each other, sharing a SecretHandshake, supporting each other's interests, and trying to cheer the other up when they're feeling down. Heck, Aaron's reason for going along with their dad's road trip plan was that he was sad about Katie going off to college and just wanted to spend more time with her. Given that both are implied to have difficulty making friends, it's extra sweet that at least they've had each other.

* Katie and Aaron's sibling relationship in general. Katie's very first comment about her little brother is that he "gets" her, and the two of them are shown to be very close, always horsing around with each other, sharing a SecretHandshake, and trying to cheer the other up when they're feeling down. Heck, Aaron's reason for going along with their dad's road trip plan was that he was sad about Katie going off to college and just wanted to spend more time with her. Given that both are implied to have difficulty making friends, it's extra sweet that at least they've had each other.

* Katie and Aaron's sibling relationship in general. Katie's very first comment about her little brother is that he "gets" her, and the two of them are shown to be very openly affectionate, always horsing around with each other, sharing a SecretHandshake, and trying to cheer the other up when they're feeling down. Heck, Aaron's reason for going along with their dad's road trip plan was that he was sad about Katie going off to college and just wanted to spend more time with her. Given that both are implied to have difficulty making friends, it's extra sweet that at least they've had each other.

-->'''Linda:''' "I know this must be hard for you."\\
'''Rick:''' "Nah. It's easy."

* Linda at the end of the movie is excited that Katie is dating Jade. She asks over a video call if Katie will invite her for Thanksgiving, saying they'd be very happy to have her. Katie is more than open about the idea.

* It is subtle, but the fact that Katie's romantic interest in Jade is treated as completely normal as an opposite-gender crush would be treated is bound to uplift anyone in or out of the closet.

* The home video where Rick and Linda move out of Rick's log cabin, which was his lifelong dream to build all by himself, all for the sake of baby Katie. We've been told how this event kind of made him drop expressing himself creatively, so we expect it to be a heartcrushing moment for him... but after one last longing look at the cabin, he instead just takes a moment to play with Katie and decides it's WorthIt.

'''Rick:''' "Nah. It's easy."

* Katie appearing excited when she learns Aaron has a crush on Abbey Posey.

* The home video where Rick and Linda move out of Rick's log cabin, which it was his lifelong dream to build all by himself, all for the sake of baby Katie. We've been told how this event kind of made him drop expressing himself creatively, so we expect it to be a heartcrushing moment for him... but after one last longing look at the cabin, he instead just takes a moment to play with Katie and decides it's WorthIt.