History Heartwarming / ToyStory3

** He has a relatively neutral expression on his face for most of the film, but in the last shot he finally breaks out the famous Totoro grin.

-->'''Ken:''' ''(looking at Barbie)'' Not to me there's not.

** When Andy realises Woody was in the box of toys being donated and Bonnie reaches out to take him. Andy's immediate instinct is to snatch Woody back and not give him up. When this causes Bonnie's expression to drop however, a clearly torn Andy explains her why Woody is so important to him and eventually hands him back after asking her to take care of him in his stead.

* When Bonnie first met Jessie, the score could have easily been "When She Loved Me". It probably wasn't so that Toy Story fans could see the rest of the movie, instead of solid tears.

* The beginning, which is probably just as melancholy as the ending. It may not be as heartbreaking as the beginning scene from Up, but good god is it tearful. Not only are we shown the Andy we know playing with his toys through an old betamax tape which constantly reminds us this is all in the past, not only do we see him aging over time, or that we see that his entire toy family is decreasing, BUT this is all accompanied with the original "You've Got A Friend In Me". It turns right into TearJerker territory when it ends on the line ''Our friendship will never die...''
** Arguably made even ''more'' heartbreaking in some of the translations. For instance, the Latin Spanish translation replaces that line with "Nuestra gran amistad el tiempo no borrará" (literally ''Time will not erase our great friendship'')...

** What got me was when he realised Woody was in the box of toys being donated and Bonnie reaches out to take him. Andy's immediate instinct is to snatch Woody back and not give him up. When this causes Bonnie's expression to drop however, a clearly torn Andy explains her why Woody is so important to him and eventually hands him back after asking her to take care of him in his stead.

* When Andy's dog comes onto the screen, all old and sleepy whereas in the previous film he ran about like a madman. Oh Pixar, you broke the hearts of college kids the world over.

** What got me was when he realised Woody was in the box of toys being donated and Bonnie reaches out to take him. Andy's immediate instinct is to snatch Woody back and not give him up.

* Seeing [[spoiler: Andy ''playing with the toys'' with Bonnie. It's what they've wanted the whole movie. Andy is leaving, but he played with them one last time.]]
** [[spoiler: Operation: Playtime was a success after all...]]

** One of the toys is [[spoiler: Zurg, quite possibly the same Zurg from the second movie.]]
*** Not really. The creators confirmed that this is a different [[spoiler:Zurg]].

* A blink-and-you-miss-it moment but just before Andy takes his toys to Bonnie, he tells his mother that they've said goodbye to Molly about ten times. It shows that even with all the crap she gave him in the beginning of the movie, Andy does care for his sister and shows he'll miss her in college

* [[spoiler:[[LoveRedeems During Ken's attempt to help the toys]], Lotso]] simply tells him "She's a Barbie doll, Ken! There's a hundred million others just like her!". And despite all wishes to the contrary, ''[[JerkassHasAPoint he's right]]''; Ken could find another relatively easy. But Ken says 'Screw that' with one simple line:
-->'''Ken:''' (looking at Barbie) Not to me!

** Arguably made even ''more'' heartbreaking in some of the translations. For instance, the Latin Spanish translation replaces that line with "El tiempo no volará" (literally ''Time will not fly'')...

* A bit Meta, but the inclusion of a [[MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] doll in some scenes, truly heartwarming, because it shows the high amount of respect that Pixar has for [[StudioGhibli their predecessors]].

* [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn During Ken's attempt to help the toys]], Lotso]] simply tells him "She's a Barbie doll, Ken! There's a hundred million others just like her!". And despite all wishes to the contrary, ''[[JerkassHasAPoint he's right]]''; Ken could find another relatively easy. But Ken says 'Screw that' with one simple line:

* When Andy ultimately decides to give his toys to Bonnie. That right there was enough to make this troper start tearing up, especially considering how the last scene of the Toy Story series so brilliantly mirrors the beginning of the first.
** The very heartwarming thing this troper found about that scene is how Andy describes to Bonnie how he remembers each toy, showing it isn't that he really ''forgot'' about them, he simply outgrew them and now we see he still remembers how special they all are to him.

* Say what you want Woody/Jessie shippers, but the end credit scene with Buzz and Jessie doing a ''paso doble'' to the Gypsy King's "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Hay Un Amigo En Mi]]" pretty much solidifies their romance together at the end of the film.

** And that grin at the end. EEEEEEEEEEEEE!

* A small maybe unnoticable one, but seeing Sid all grown up and apparently behaving normal if obnoxious garbageman when in the first film as a kid he was a total {{Sociopath}}. Looks like Woody did ScareHimStraight and wound up changing for the better.

-->'''Ken:''' (looking at Barbie) Not to me there's not!

* A small maybe unnoticable one, but seeing Sid all grown up and apparently behaving normal if obnoxious garbageman when in the first film as a kid he was a total Sociopath. Looks like Woody did scare him straight and wound up changing for the better.