History Heartwarming / CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger

* Bucky and Steve's relationship in general. It would have been easy for Bucky to become TheResenter after Steve's transformation, but he's never anything but a loyal friend the whole movie. They're as comfortable and jokey with each other in their last scenes together as they are in their first scenes, despite everything that's changed for them.

* A real life one: the fact that Joe Simon lived long enough to see the film, and how well it was received, before his death a few months later at age 98.

* Bucky and Steve's relationship in general. It would have been easy for Bucky to become TheResenter after Steve's transformation, but he's never anything but a loyal friend the whole movie. They're as comfortable and jokey with each other in their last scenes together as they are in their first scenes, despite everything that's changed for them.

** And even ''further'' in ''Film/TheAvengers'', when Tony refers to Steve as "the guy my dad never shut up about." It speaks volumes about how much respect Howard must've had for him.

* Just the fact that Steve carries a picture of Agent Carter. When she see this (on TV when Steve and the others were on a mission), she can barely hold back a smile.

* Bucky and Steve's relationship in general. It would have been easy for Bucky to become TheResenter after Steve's transformation, but he's never anything but a loyal friend the whole movie. They're as comfortable and jokey with each other in their last scenes together as they are in their first scenes, despite everything that's changed for them.

** Even more heartwarming when [[spoiler: they find the Tesseract under the water, but Howard's assistant tells him that there's no sign of Steve anywhere. Howard's response? A defiant: "Keep searching."]]

* In Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter, we find out that Peggy Carter has a photo of Steve in her desk drawer. Not post-serum Captain America, but pre-serum, skinny runt from Brooklyn Steve Rogers. Just goes to show that she fell in love with him long before he became a Super Soldier.

* Steve launching a one-man assult on a Hydra base just because there's a chance Bucky could be alive in there.

** Even more heartwarming when [[spoiler: they find the tesseract under the water, but Howard's assistant tells him that there's no sign of Steve anywhere. Howard's response? A defiant: "Keep searching."]]

** Not to mention the fact that until he warns her away, Peggy starts to move towards him rather than away. Now, granted the fake grenade test has probably been used in her presence before and she may have realised there was no real danger, it's still telling that her first instinct was to stop Steve getting himself blown up.

'''Steve Rogers:''' I don't want to kill ''anybody''. I don't like bullies; I don't care ''where'' they're from.

** Bucky leading the cheers by yelling "Let's hear it for Captain America!"

** Bucky leading the cheer by yelling "Let's hear it for Captain America!"

** At the end of the one-shot, despite being constantly put down by her male-chauvinist boss, [[spoiler: Howard Stark asks her to run the newly formed SHIELD with him, effectively making her a predecessor to Nick Fury and/or Maria Hill.]]

** At the end of the one-shot, [[spoiler: Howard Stark asks her to run the newly formed SHIELD with him, effectively making her a predecessor to Nick Fury.]]

* After catching the Hydra spy (although failing to take him alive), Steve realizing what he just did. He's spent his entire life trying to stand up for other people, trying to do the right thing, but failing because his body can't keep up. And now he's at the peak of human condition and nothing is holding him back from being, well, Captain America.

-->'''Dr. Erskine:''' Why do you want to kill Nazis?\\

-->'''Dr. Erskine:''' Do you want to kill Nazis?\\

* After catching the Hydra spy (although failing to take me alive), Steve realizing what he just did. He's spent his entire life trying to stand up for other people, trying to do the right thing, but failing because his body can't keep up. And now he's at the peak of human condition and nothing is holding him back from being, well, Captain America.

* After catching the Hydra spy (although failing to take me alive), Steve realizing what he just did. He's spent his entire life trying to stand up for other people, trying to do the right thing, but failing because his body can't keep up. And now he's at the peak of human condition and nothing is holding him back from being a hero.

* The looks on the other soldiers' faces as Cap comes marching in with their rescued brothers-in-arms. It's a very powerful moment. Even Phillips is touched. He's a man made cynical by the harshness of war, but now... Seeing this, seeing the one determined young man really pull it off, has rekindled the fire of hope in him.

** The mere fact that Captain America is ''still'' fondly remembered at all long after those early USO shows says a lot about the impact he's left on his fellow Americans.

* When Cap is found on ice, an unnamed SHIELD Agent demands that Nick Fury be woken up and told the news, because Captain America has waited long enough.