History Heartwarming / TheSimpsons

* The ending of "Coming to Homerica", where the Springfielders and the Ogdenvillians unite to build the wall to keep the Odgenvillians out of Springfield.

** Not to mention also how dark that moment was. The townsfolk managed to overcome their JerkAss attitude to cheerfully wait for their doom ([[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt yeah, riiiiiight]]) together. "Que sera sera", ''[[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic indeed]]''.
*** [[EditedForSindycation If you can,]] [[BetterOnDVD sit through the credits for that episode.]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome You won't regret it.]]

* After Lisa got lost and wasn't able to see the Egyptian exhibit in "Lost Our Lisa", Homer gave her speech about taking risks and sneaked the two of them into the museum to see it. Cue Homer trying to get a closer look at the mysterious Orb of Isis and ended up knocking it to the ground. Only to realize that [[spoiler: the Orb was in fact a music box and that Homer and Lisa are the first people to hear its song in over four thousand years.]]

** And the scene where Bart apologized to Lisa after ruining her plans to go to the museum. Despite the audience knowing that Lisa isn't in the room and Bart tattling to Marge that Lisa was making him feel bad right afterwards, it was a sweet gesture from Bart of all people.

---> '''Bart''': Hey Lis, I'm sorry I ruined your Egyption thing. We're still buds, right? ''(angrily)'' OK, be that way, you big stupid jerk! ''(pause)'' Oh, you're not the jerk. I am. Forgive me?

-->'''Bart''': I don't know; I don't know why I enjoy it; and I don't know why I'll do it again!

* The end of ''TheSimpsons'' episode "And Maggie Makes Three". A WholeEpisodeFlashback is triggered by Homer being asked why there aren't any pictures of Maggie in the photo album. Homer explains how Maggie's birth forced him to return to his job at the Nuclear Plant, which he had quit months earlier. To add insult to injury, Mr. Burns installed a plaque in Homer's workstation reading "Don't forget: You're here forever". Bart asks what the point of Homer's story was, and it's revealed where the photos of Maggie are: [[spoiler: Homer has posted them all over his workstation, strategically covering up the plaque so that it reads "Do it for her"]]. Cue tears.

-->'''Bart''' Ok, ok. Mmmhhuummmhmmmm. Lookin' for the spot. Nananana, still checking. This is so stupid, I'm not gonna find anything. Just cause i wrecked something she worked really hard on and i made her cr....uh oh. [puts hand on Lisa's shoulder] I'm sorry, Lisa.

* The end of "Bart Vs. Thanksgiving" in which Bart finally apologises to Lisa for burning her centerpiece and in return Lisa accepts, kisses him and they both hug while Homer notices in the bathroom complmenting to Marge that they're great parents.

* In Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore, the audience is led to believe that Homer has been an oppressive cult leader to his new employees in India, only for it to turn out that he has actually been treating them like human beings.

** Which, in itself, can't help but trigger recall of the moment when, well...Four Written Words: "Kick Me"..."Teach Me". Each accompanied by a quietly-pleased chuckle from Bart and Skinner respectively.

* In "HOMR", Homer increases his intelligence (after having a crayon removed from his cranium), and starts to bond with Lisa, only to be ostracized for his newfound intelligence, so he has another crayon lodged up in his brain to decrease his intelligence. As Lisa is despairing about this, she finds a letter her father wrote for her before he lost his intelligence, saying that he now knows what it's like to be smart in a world where being average or below average is the norm. Overjoyed, she embraces her father, as he thinks, "Mmmm... hug."

** He then flies away to think for a while. The end credits show him flying around the world performing good deeds, including putting out a forest fire, lifting an explorer out of quicksand, and rescuing an Indian woman and her child from a flood. Aw...

** [[FinalGamer This troper]] can't even think of the episode without actually crying. Oh god, the ice cream. THE ICE CREAM IS THE CLINCHER FOR ME.

** A bit narm-y but there's also some special significance to this,[[spoiler: as the episode had shown that she is the only of the three Simpson children to call him "Daddy" rather than "Homer" as a baby.]]

** Followed by another one, as Bleeding Gums appears in the clouds ala TheLionKing, says good-bye, and disappears...only to return for one last jam session with Lisa.

* In the episode "The Frying Game", despite the fact that the whole being framed for murder and being sentenced to execution became [[spoiler: a total ruse for a 'FOX' reality tv show]], it was so sweet to see Homer taking the rap for the whole murder to save Marge at the cost of his own life.

** And then there's the ending where Lisa and Homer bond. On its own it's nothing special, but in the context of the episode, Lisa's enthusiasm to hearing Homer's mundane tasks is currently bringing this troper to tears. This is the only time in TheSimpsons I ever cried. And I always, no matter how many times I watch it, cry at the ending.

* In "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", after Homer loses his fame for bowling a perfect game and attempts suicide (only to be saved by a bungee-jumping Otto), Homer decides to dedicate his life to his children, but Bart has found male role models in everything else except Homer and Lisa is too smart for him, so Homer tries to bond with Maggie. The problem is, Maggie is afraid of Homer and every attempt at bonding ends in disaster. It's not until Homer drowns in the ocean and Maggie saves him that Homer realizes that Maggie does care for him. Also the ending where Homer and Maggie bond at the bowling alley and as Homer is tickling Maggie, Homer bats away the "300 Game" balloon that floats down near him, showing that Homer (despite being a JerkAss and a cartoonish idiot at times) is really just a sympathetic bumbler who is happier being loved by one member of his family than dozens of fickle strangers.

* In "The Homer They Fall", I find it absoloutly adorable when Moe flies into the ring to save Homer. Even though he knows everyone will hate him for it.

* The ending of "They Come To Hom-erica", where the Springfielders and the Ogdenvillians have nice hoedown, even after the Springfield residents had gotten tired of them (but wanted them back.)