Heartwarming / Swan Lake

• The Happily Ever After version of the ending where Siegfried and Odette overcome the power of von Rothbart.
  • Some of the sadder endings can count too, with the lovers Together in Death. The final scene of the Matthew Bourne version ends with the Swan and the Prince embracing each other.
• The other swan maidens caring for Odette after Siegfried accidentally betrays her.
• One ending has Odette stand up to Rothbart and shield Siegfried with her body, the act of self-sacrifice breaking his spells.
• The Paris Opera Ballet has von Rothbart dance alongside Odile for her pas de deux with the prince and praise her skills, showing that Even Evil Has Loved Ones and he's proud of his daughter.
• Endings where Odile pulls a Heel–Face Turn, such as The Black Swan.
• Most variations of the ballet have a moment where Siegfried begs Odette's forgiveness after being tricked into proclaiming his love for Odile, thus condemning Odette and the other maidens to their swan forms forever. And she does.

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