Heartwarming / The Goonies

• Mikey gets one of the most heartwarming Dare to Be Badass speeches in the whole movie.
  "The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the bestest stuff for us. But right now, they gotta do what's right for them, 'cause it's their time. Their time, up there. Down here it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket."
  • When Troy pulls up the bucket again, all he finds in it is his letterman jacket that Andy had been wearing. Andy, you Goonie.
• The best one's when Mikey meets One-Eyed Willie.
  "Hi Willie. I'm Mike Walsh. You've been expecting me, haven't you? Well, I made it. I beat you. I got here in one piece... so far."
  • Then he lifts up Willie's patch, exposing bare bone rather than an eye socket! Jumps back terrified.
    "So... that's why they call you "One-Eyed Willie"... One-Eyed Willie... (he takes another breath from his inhaler) "We have a lot in common, huh, Willie? You know something, Willie? You're the first Goonie."
• And let's not forget the continued respect Mikey shows Willie by leaving him something.
  Mikey: (prevents the others from taking the treasure sitting at Willie's table) Except that. That's Willie's.
  • It seems Willie himself had planned for that. Since the only treasure on the ship that was booby-trapped, was the treasure Mikey singled out "not" to touch.
  • Despite failing the test by looting said treasure, even Ma Fratelli is revealed to hold some sincere reverence for One-Eyed Willie:
    Ma Fratelli: Thank you, Mr. Willie, thank you. You've made my day.
• And then there's Chunk offering to let Sloth come and live with him, which prompts many non-ironic "Aawww!"s from fans.
  Chunk: Sloth, you're gonna live with me now. I'm gonna take care of ya, 'cause I love ya.
  Sloth: Ah! I love you, Chunk!
  • Before that, when they share a Baby Ruth bar, with them feeding each other. Then, Sloth lifts Chunk off the floor and kisses him.
• The hug Brand gives his brother when they're reminded, they're going to have to move soon.
• When Andy proves her worth by doubling back to get the map from the skeleton piano, nearly getting shot in the process. It shows how invested she's become in the quest, even though the destruction of the Goon Docks wouldn't affect her personally.
• When Data's inventor father tries to take a photo of Data and the Goonies at the end, but the camera goes wrong. Data hugs him.
  Data: It's okay, Daddy. You can't hug a photograph.
  Data's dad: You are my greatest invention.
• When Andy accidentally kisses Mikey, meaning to kiss Brand. It starts out as a moment of funny for Mikey, Andy and Stef who was the only one who knew that it was Mikey and didn't tell Andy For the Lulz. Then it becomes funnier when Andy kisses Brand for real, noticing he has no braces, with both finding out it was Mikey. Brand was furious at first, but Andy kisses him again anyway assuring him, she's not mad at the misunderstanding. It then comes full circle in the end, when Andy compliments Mikey's kiss, pretty much telling him he may end up being a good boyfriend to someone one day and kisses him on the cheek.
• It’s hard to notice since it happens so fast, but when the Goonies are searching the Inferno and Mouth, Stef and Data start to snap at Mikey, it takes Brand less than a second to put himself between Mikey and the others.
• After Mama Fratelli forces Andy to Walk the Plank (over her protests that she can’t swim with her hands tied), Brand immediately jumps in the water to save her from drowning. Bear in mind, Jake was holding a sword to his throat just a moment beforehand, and he shoved him away with almost no effort. The kiss he received from her afterwards was well-earned.
• On the DVD commentary, the Goonie actors and Richard Donner applauding late actors like Anne Ramsey, John Matuszak, and Keith Walker.
• The reason the long-promised sequel never happened is that none of the cast wanted to do it without Richard Donner, even as his career and health declined to the point, he could never do it.
• After Richard Donner's death, it was revealed that he paid Jeff Cohen's college tuition.
• The novelization includes an epilogue explaining (via newspaper articles) how, with the wealth aboard the Inferno, the Goonies' families were able to breath new life into the Goon Docks. The final article is about Sloth's Bar Mitzvah, confirming that he's been fully adopted as a Cohen.
• When Ke Huy Quan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2023, he thanked Steven Spielberg for helping him start his acting career with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, along with Jeff Cohen for helping him get that part.