Heartwarming / The Adventures of Superman

• It is always heartwarming in every adaptation, but Eben Kent gets special props for this one where the Kents didn't simply find baby Kal-El; Eben hears a baby crying and puts on his farming gloves to break apart a burning rocket for a Heroic Fire Rescue.
• "Around The World With Superman" - Superman uses his powers to give a little girl back everything she has lost. He has moments that are more super, but rarely one in which he is more of a hero.
• There's also the Season 1 episode, "The Birthday Letter", where Superman gives a little girl stricken with polio a flight around Metropolis. The people's reactions and the girl giving Supes a kiss on the cheek solidified this already heartwarming moment.
• "The Evil Three":
  • Perry White gets a rare moment of friendly protectiveness towards his youngest reporter:
    Jimmy sees the "ghost".
    Jimmy: Chief! Chief!
    Perry enters and puts a hand on him.
    Jimmy: Get away from me!
    Perry: Jim! Jim, what's the matter?
    • Even after finding out that Jimmy apparently freaked out and called him in over a nightmare, Perry unusually spends a moment trying to comfort him, rather than being irritated about it.
  • Superman treats Colonel Brand and the innkeeper with greater-than-usual ferocity after the colonel tells him that they already murdered his missing friends. Given the prayer of relief he offers after being taken to the unconscious heap of bodies and taking Jimmy's pulse, he was legitimately scared that he was too late.
• "The Human Bomb":
  • While the attempt was ill-advised, Jimmy takes up one of Perry's golf clubs and confronts Bet-A-Million Butler to save Lois, even defying his boss because he isn't going to let some hoodlum push around his mentor.
  • Even after getting to safety, Lois spends most of the scene terrified because Jimmy is still out on the ledge with the villain, who even ignores a chance to escape to make sure he dies. One gets the impression that her smacking Butler's head back is at least as much a Mama Bear reaction to the man who threatened her cub (reporter) as it is revenge for his taking her hostage.
• "Tomb of Zaharan":
  • Lois and Jimmy are missing and possibly in trouble (again). Perry is taking the investigation a little too slow for Clark. When Perry tries to stop him, Clark snaps, "Now you listen to me, Chief. Lois and Jimmy mean a lot more to me than any anniversary edition!" and races out of the room. Granted, he may have been a bit hard on Perry, but it's still adorable.
  • As the two are trapped in a makeshift gas chamber and apparently about to die, Jimmy tells Lois that it's been an honor working with her.
• And of course in the first episode when Mama Kent reveals she made Superman's costume out of the material she found him in! No wonder he's never worn another.

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