History Heartwarming / BoyMeetsWorld

* In "Friendly Persuasion", the entirety of Cory and Angela's interaction. Cory insisting on being a friend to Angela even though she kept pushing him away. Cory's more scared of losing her friendship than he is of [[FaceYourFears entering the co-ed bathrooms]]. Also, Angela tells him that she pretended to want to break up with Shawn because she didn't want [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Shawn to be unhappy or keep him from discovering himself]]. Until then, Angela played it very cool with her emotions and it's ironic that she only shows how much she loves Shawn after they've broken up.

* "Pickett Fences" follows up the downer "The Honeymoon is Over" with Cory and Topanga still living in the nightmarish married couples dorm. When Cory and Topanga finally get smart and decide to fix the place up, Alan and Amy are of course very proud of them for realizing that the point of marriage is to make their own life instead of relying on others, Alan even saying he would never take that away from them by letting them take an easy way out.

* In "Friendly Persuasion", the entirety of Cory and Angela's interaction. Cory insisting on being a friend to Angela even though she kept pushing him away. Cory's more scared of losing her friendship than he is of [[FaceYourFears entering the co-ed bathrooms]]. Also Angela telling him that she pretended to want to break up with Shawn because she didn't want [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Shawn to be unhappy or keep him from discovering himself]]. Until then, Angela played it very cool with her emotions and it's ironic that she only shows how much she loves Shawn after they've broken up.

* Eric, deciding to demonstrate his lucky penny, asks a member of the football team, "As an athlete on the football team, is it distracting being gay?". There's a pause, as the scene seems set-up for him to try & attack Eric only for Jack to take the abuse... Only he happily thanks Eric for outing him since he's been holding it for so long, before turning to his teammaters & admitting that he's gay. And then the rest of the team say it's no big deal - They're ''all'' gay.

* Season 4's Thanksgiving episode, "Turkey Day", which revolved around the class differences between the Hunter & Matthews families as the Hunters host the Matthews & both parents lack of comfort in the situation, only to realise it shouldn't matter when they see the kids sitting down & having dinner with Frankie & Herman Stecchino.

* In ''Cult Fiction'', Mr Mack calls Alan judgemental. During his NoHoldsBarred verbal beatdown of Mr Mack, Alan declares "a judgement I made a long time ago, is that Shawn Hunter is the best friend that my kid ever had. And I will kill to protect Shawn Hunter from people like you." Other than telling Mr Mack to stick it where the sun doesn't shine, Alan is saying that, yes, he ''is'' judgemental - from a father's point of view. He judged that Shawn was a good person, someone to be protected and not taken advantage of, and he's ''damn well going to protect him.''

* In "Road Trip," Cory and Shawn help four truckstop girls (Nobody's Angel) pursue a music career, despite their father's objections.

* In "I Dream of Feeny" Cory is racked with guilt feeling he caused Mr. Feeny's appendicitis as he thoughtlessly wished for him to get sick so they wouldn't have to do their homework. Unlike Topanga and Stuart who him feel worse, Eric and Alan are a lot more sympathetic with Eric telling him not to drive himself to his breaking point over this as it's not his fault and Feeny will be fine and Alan telling Cory he was no different than when he was Cory's age and he'll grow to appreciate Feeny one day.

-->'''Eric''': "Mr. Feeny? If I'm really really quiet... will you stay?"

* Eric again in "Can I Help to Cheer You?" Eric's young orphan friend Tommy has been adopted, but will have to move to California. Tommy would rather stay with Eric and vice versa. However, Eric realizes Tommy would be better off in California. When Tommy begs to stay with him, [[CruelToBeKind Eric lies about not wanting Tommy]]. It's a TearJerker for Eric, but also a CMOH, as it shows how much he has grown up and how willing he is to put his own happiness aside for someone else. Even better, 15 years later, in Girl Meets World, Tommy resurfaces during Eric's campaign to become a senator to help him win and show everyone how Eric chose to do the right thing rather than think just about himself.

* The very last line of the series. [[spoiler: Mr. Feeny: "I love you all. Class dismissed."]]

* After Shawn turns up drunk at Alan's birthday party in "Family Trees" following [[spoiler:Chet's death]], and the midst of a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath over the fact that he doesn't have any parents, Alan & Amy promptly offer to adopt him, citing that he's pretty much family anyway. He turns them down because [[spoiler:he doesn't want to disrespect Chet's memory]], although he does ask Alan to yell at him like he does to Cory & Eric.

* The very last line of the series. [[spoiler:"I love you all. Class dismissed."]]

* In "State of the Unions," Eric gives money to a nice organ grinder with a monkey that shares his name so that the monkey's girlfriend can come to Philadelphia. Jack chews him out and the cheerful Eric starts to get stricter and meaner to the Student Union until Little Eric scampers over and stands on his shoulder. His face instantly lights up even before the organ grinder shows up with the money he owed him as well as Isabella, Little Eric's girlfriend. It turns out that Mr. Feeny wanted Eric and Jack to learn from each other with the former's good heart and the latter's determination and will.

-->'''Cory:''' (regarding he and Topanga having a long distance relationship) Maybe I'm just kidding myself.
-->'''Feeny:''' Oh, well, now For as long as I've known you, whenever you've been faced with adversity, you have always risen to the occasion. Now, I have no reason to believe that you won't again.

--> '''Nurse:''' ''[Stopping Shawn as he, Cory & Topanga head into the ICU to see Joshua]'' Oh, I'm sorry, it's family only.

* In "Friendly Persuasion", the entirety of Cory and Angela's interaction. Cory insisting on being a friend to Angela even though she kept pushing him away. Cory's more scared of losing her friendship than he is of [[FaceYourFears entering the co-ed bathrooms]]. Also Angela telling him that she pretended to want to break-up with Shawn because she didn't want [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Shawn to be unhappy or keep him from discovering himself]]. Until then, Angela played it very cool with her emotions and it's ironic that she only shows how much she loves Shawn after they've broken up.

* The finale has Jack & Shawn sharing a moment, after Jack remarks that he doesn't care that his step-father's cutting him off ([[spoiler:Jack decided to go into the Peace Corps rather than work for his step-father]]) because "Money doesn't make you rich, life does. Our father taught us that."

* Eric throughout "Seven the Hard Way." The rest of the group is letting current, very bitter disagreements drive them apart, but Eric remains resolute in forcing everyone to work things out and stay together. This is brought to the fore by him imagining what things would be like if he fails, where his future-self has one philosophy: "Lose one friend. Lose all friends. Lose yourself." When asked why he didn't write any more than that, Eric replies, "Nothing else seemed important."
** Another one follows shortly after this scene where Mr. Feeny turns to Eric and says "You were always one of my most interesting students, Mr Squirrels."

* Eric again in "Can I Help to Cheer You?" Eric's young orphan friend Tommy has been adopted, but will have to move to California. Tommy would rather stay with Eric and vice-versa. However, Eric realizes Tommy would be better off in California. When Tommy begs to stay with him, [[CruelToBeKind Eric lies about not wanting Tommy]]. It's a TearJerker for Eric, but also a CMOH, as it shows how much he has grown up and how willing he is to put his own happiness aside for someone else. Even better,15 years later, in Girl Meets World, Tommy resurfaces during Eric's campaign to become a senator to help him win and show everyone how Eric chose to do the right thing rather than think just about himself.
* The end of "The Psychotic Episode". Cory's been having dreams about killing Shawn so Feeny suggests finishing the dream (he always woke up as he was killing Shawn). He ends up the entirity of the group by throwing them down the elevator shaft[[note]]Eric actually jumps in after Rachel, but Cory likely would have thrown him in anyway[[/note]]. Lauren, Cory's only other major love interest, shows up as a representation of his past and every opportunity he will never have again, and willingly falls down the shaft. Immediately after, Topanga shows up in a wedding dress. When he wakes up, he tells Shawn he's afraid about things changing after he gets married.

* The GroupHug between Cory, Shawn, Topanga and Minkus in the graduation episode.
* After Shawn turns up drunk at Alan's birthday party in "Family Trees" following [[spoiler:Chet's death]], and the midst of a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath over the fact that he doesn't have any parents, Alan & Amy promptly offer to adopt him, citing that he's pretty much family anyway. He turns them down because [[spoiler:he doesn't want to disrepect Chet's memory]], although he does ask Alan to yell at him like he does to Cory & Eric.

* Shawn's speech to the sickly baby Joshua in "Resurrection" doubles as this and a TearJerker. Even more so in hindsight after the events of ''Girl Meets World'' involving Shawn and Josh [[spoiler: Shawn ends up marrying Katy Hart, mother of Maya Hart, and adopting Maya as his own daughter. Maya, in turn, has feelings for Josh, and although she's younger, Josh has feelings for her as well, resulting in them playing the long game together, which thus would make Josh, Shawn's son-in-law. Care to re-watch that speech again?]]

* "Lose one friend, lose all friends, lose yourself."
* Topanga's sudden proposal to Cory at the end of "Graduation," which, in itself, she did out of fear they'd go their separate ways after high school. Then, Cory ceremoniously proposes to her later- although there's no spontaneity involved in it and it seems a little pointless now.

* Cory telling Topanga "I remember everything you say. It's important to me," after he mentions something she said years ago.
* Chet & Jack meeting for the first time since Jack was a little kid, with Chet being so proud that he has a son in college.

* Eric, deciding to demonstrate his lucky penny, asks a member of the football team if "As an athlete on the football team, is it distracting being gay?". There's a pause, as the scene seems set-up for him to try & attack Eric only for Jack to take the abuse... Only he happily thanks Eric for outing him since he's been holding it for so long, before turning to his teammaters & admitting that he's gay. And then the rest of the team say it's no big deal - They're ''all'' gay.

** Very similarly in an early season 1 episode, Cory realizes that his father never stops working even after coming home from his job, fixing Cory's mistakes, and even a wiped out Eric (who works at the supermarket) wonders how Alan does it. Cory's response? Trading his overpriced water gun for two smaller ones so he can invite his father back into childhood and have some fun.

* In "Brotherly Shove", which is about Cory and Eric's destroyed relationship, Cory brings up how Eric got him and Topanga arrested on their wedding night. Topanga on the other hand tells Cory all she remembers is Eric giving them the best wedding ever. It's really sweet to see that rather than the royal screw-up Cory sees him as, Topanga sees Eric as someone who will always come through for people he cares about, even if he and his methods are crazy.
** From the same episode, when Cory gets attacked by a guy whose wife he insult, Eric immediately jumps to his defense and attacks the guy. Even the guy being completely unaffected and sending Eric to the hospital doesn't ruin it.

** Similarly, after Eric learns that he didn't get into college, Cory tries cheering him up and saying he can try again if he takes summer classes. Instead, Eric decides to go on that two month long road trip he was talking about all episode... first thing tomorrow.

--->"A judgment I made a long time ago is that Shawn Hunter is the best friend that my kid ever had, and I will ''kill'' to protect Shawn Hunter from people like ''you''."

* In the season 7 episode ''Family Trees'', after Shawn finds out the women he grew up with isn't his real mother, Alan without even thinking about it, offers to adopt him right out. He ends up not taking the offer, but the fact that Alan would make this offer in a flash is heartwarming.
** Amy corrects Alan when he says ''he'' will adopt Shawn. Not because he's wrong, but because ''he forgot to include her in it too.'' Alan then alters it to include her, something which she wholeheartedly agrees with.

-->"A judgment I made a long time ago is that Shawn Hunter is the best friend that my kid ever had, and I will ''kill'' to protect Shawn Hunter from people like ''you''."

** For that matter, Cory and Eric finally repairing their relationship after spending the entire episode feuding. After their argument at the hospital, it seemed like this episode would have a DownerEnding and their relationship would remain truly fractured and irreparable. However, right as the episode's about to end, when Topanga leaves after having an honest conversation with Cory, Eric shows up at the garage. No words are said, but the message is clear as he hands a box to Cory and they finish cleaning out the garage together, with Eric giving his little bro a playful shove. Feud as they may have done, it's clear the two still love each other and all's well that ends well.

* The episode "Fishing For Virna", begins with Cory, along with his older brother, little sister, and dad all rushing out of the house, without sitting down to eat and say thank you to his mom with other any thoughts first thing in the morning. Cory ends up spending the episode doing a favor for his friend Shawn, whose mother is across the street in a motel, delivering messages from him and his dad. The next morning, everyone rushes out in their usual hurry, except for Cory, who sits down at the table with his mother, and before eating breakfast says "Mom, thanks for making me breakfast" to his clearly surprised mother.

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* The episode "Fishing For Virna", begins with Cory, along with his older brother, little sister, and dad all rushing out of the house, without sitting down to eat and say thank you to his mom with other any thoughts first thing in the morning. Cory ends up spending the episode doing a favor for his friend Shawn, whose mother is across the street in a motel, delivering messages from him and his dad. The next morning, everyone rushes out in their usual hurry, except for Cory, who sits down at the table with his mother, and before eating breakfast says "Mom, thanks for making me breakfast" to his clearly surprised mom. In a double whammy, during the credits, Cory and the rest of the students stop to pay their respects to a lunch lady who recently passed by putting their trays on her coffin and standing in line, as a way to pay their final respects. The episode also doubles as a tearjerker.

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* Shawn's speech to the sickly baby Joshua in "Resurrection" doubles as this and a TearJerker. Even more so in hindsight after the events of ''Girl Meets World''' involving Shawn and Josh [[spoiler: Shawn ends up marrying Katy Hart, mother of Maya Hart, and adopting Maya as his own daughter. Maya, in turn, has feelings for Josh, and although she's younger, Josh has feelings for her as well, resulting in them playing the long game together, which thus would make Josh, Shawn's son-in-law. Care to re-watch that speech again?]]

* In the GrandFinale, Eric muses that after he moves to New York he'll be able to anyone he wants to be. Topanga proceeds to sincerely tell him that she wants him to be Eric.

* Eric again in "Can I Help to Cheer You?" Eric's young orphan friend Tommy has been adopted, but will have to move to California. Tommy would rather stay with Eric and vice-versa. However, Eric realizes Tommy would be better off in California. When Tommy begs to stay with him, [[CruelToBeKind Eric lies about not wanting Tommy]]. It's a TearJerker for Eric, but also a CMOH, as it shows how much he has grown up and how willing he is to put his own happiness aside for someone else.

** A second one comes when Ghost!Chet appears between his two boys, and remarks "I never said that, that's stupid! MONEY makes you rich!" But upon hearing Jack remark about going into the Peace Corp, he looks up and says "That's the sort of thing they like up here", before proudly looking at his boys. He then [[CrowningMomentOfFunny grabs Rachel's ass]].

* Eric making "a big courtroom drama" out of Cory's hearing in "Everybody Loves Stuart" is mostly a CrowningMomentOfFunny but it becomes touching when he admits that it's "because I love my brother and want to help." Cory's quiet gratitude makes it even better.