History Heartwarming / FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes

** It's a little weird thanks to Johnny calling Ben ugly in the process, but when he's explaining to his sister why he's been down on Reed in light of the accusations, Johnny points out that the accident was a dream come true for him, but Ben decidedly got the short end of the stick.

** When Johnny sees a robotic lion encroaching on a crying Kree boy, he calls to the child to getaway. Even though he calls him "Smurf", which he originally used to tease Ronan, there's no trace of mockery now. Ultimately, he manages to damage the collar restricting his powers from sheer determination to save the kid, showing the Supreme Intelligence the Fantastic Four as potential allies.

** A ShipTease example; the other three come up to Reed's lab to find him unconscious on the floor with [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]] towering over him. As Johnny and Ben attack the Hulk, Susan hovers over Reed, cradling his head in her lap.

** When Johnny sees a robotic lion encroaching on a crying Kree boy, he calls to the child to get away. Even though he calls him "Smurf", which he originally used to tease Ronan, there's no trace of mockery now. Ultimately, he destroys the collar restricting his powers from sheer determination to save the kid.

* In "Johnny Storm and the Potion of Fire", Johnny finally overcoming the fire spirit with [[ThePowerOfFamily the power of (familial) love]], not to mention his concern over Susan while trying to get her to PleaseWakeUp.

* Johnny telling Reed that it was actually Ben who saved the day ("[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesMolehattan Molehattan]]") and then resisting the urge to steal his spotlight when the kids come over.

** A powerless and partially amnesiac Ben Grimm watches the team disappear during a fight on TV. He immediately heads out to help them.
-->"I may not have any superpowers, but Ben Grimm never leaves his team behind."
** The first thing amnesia!Ben does when he sees Johnny on fire is to try and put the flames out, even though Johnny has just been insulting him. Awww.

* In the very first episode, "Trial By Fire," Johnny is imprisoned and put on trial by the Kree for destroying their sentry robots (he thought they were attacking), with Reed as his lawyer and Sue and Ben as witnesses for the defense. Ben's reaction to being summoned without warning and seeing Johnny?
-->"I see Stretch found ya, Matchstick. And you're in trouble as usual." ''[punches his fist]'' "Who do ya want me to hit first?!"

* In "Johnny Storm and the Potion of Fire", Johnny finally overcoming the fire spirit with [[ThePowerOfLove the power of (familial) love]], not to mention his concern over Susan while trying to get her to PleaseWakeUp.
* A ShipTease example from "Hard Knocks": the other three come up to Reed's lab to find him unconscious on the floor with [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]] towering over him. As Johnny and Ben attack the Hulk, Susan hovers over Reed, cradling his head in her lap.

** Jen decides to leave the team because she views the Four as family and doesn't want to take Ben's place.

* The whole episode *Doom's Word is Law*. Bruiser's gotta be one of the most {{adorkable}}, human robots ever.

* The ending scenes with Ben and Reed in "Doomsday". Reed, [[PowerStrainBlackout having blacked out while falling out of the sky]], awakens to hear Ben say, "Easy, Stretch. I gotcha." Then we have ''this'':
-->'''Reporter''': Mr. Fantastic, what ''really'' happened here today? Did you cause all this, like the shield failure?
-->'''Ben''': I can't believe this! This man just saved the whole city, and this is how you treat him? For your information, Dr. Doom did all this!

-->'''Ben''': Stretch, I'm sorry. I know you'd never do anything like that to us.
-->'''Reed''': But it is my fault. All this...The shields failing, the insanity our lives have become...[[ItsAllMyFault it's my fault]]. I'm the one who's sorry.

* In "Bait and Switch" after the team gets their powers switched around, Reed, who swapped powers and appearance with Ben, constantly goes on about restoring Sue and Johnny's powers to normal. Ben picks up on this and Reed admits he's keeping Ben's powers instead of reclaiming his own because his friend deserves some normalcy in life. It's especially heartwarming on Reed's end because it's shown that Ben's powers don't just make him problematically stronger but also make it difficult to focus. So Reed, who loves scientific innovation and discovery, was willing to inhibit his own intellect so his friend could have a normal life. At the end, Ben stays around to protect the others from a Doombot, even knowing the power swap back will give him back the monstrous appearance that gives him so much trouble, because they're a team and family and nothing changes that.

* The end of "Contest of Champions". To summarize, Ben, the last member of the team standing, has just won the titular contest. The judge, a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, offers him anything he asks for, suggesting heavily that he'd want to use it to get his humanity back. But Ben turns it down and instead wishes that everyone who lost the games should be released, starting with his teammates.

* In "Bait and Switch" after the team gets their powers switched around Reed, who swapped powers and appearance with Ben, constantly goes on about restoring Sue and Johnny's powers to normal. Ben picks up on this and Reed admits he's keeping Ben's powers instead of reclaiming his own because his friend deserves some normalcy in life. Ben stays around even knowing the power swap back will give him back the monstrous appearance that give him so much trouble, because their a team and family and nothing changes that.
** It's especially heartwarming on Reed's end because it's shown that Ben's powers don't just make him problematically stronger but also make it difficult to focus. So Reed, who loves scientific innovation and discovery, was willing to inhibit his own intellect so his friend could have a normal life. Little wonder that Ben shot down Reed's plan.

* Johnny telling Reed that it was actually Ben who saved the day ("[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesMolehattan Molehattan]]") and then resisting the urge to steal his spotlight when the kids come over.

* In "The Cure," a powerless and partially amnesiac Ben Grimm watches the team disappear during a fight on TV. He immediately heads out to help them.

'''Reed:''' Thank you. ''(The team put their hands together)'' Now let's go clobber this guy!

-->"I see Stretch found ya, Matchstick. And you're in trouble as usual." *punches his fist* "Who do ya want me to hit first?!"

** Later, when Ben tells Bruce that, "Us monsters have to stick together." It doesn't necessarily fulfill the intended purpose, but it's the thought that counts.
*** Which is followed by Bruce telling him that the Thing is a hero to millions, ''[[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre not]]'' [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre a monster]].

* A ShipTease example from "Hard Knocks": the other three come up to Reed's lab to find him unconscious on the floor with TheHulk towering over him. As Johnny and Ben attack the Hulk, Susan hovers over Reed, cradling his head in her lap.

* Johnny telling Reed that it was actually Ben who saved the day ("[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomsday Molehattan]]") and then resisting the urge to steal his spotlight when the kids come over.

* Johnny telling Reed that it was actually Ben who saved the day ("Recap/{{Molehattan}}") and then resisting the urge to steal his spotlight when the kids come over.

*** Which is followed by Bruce telling him that the Thing is a hero to millions, ''not'' a monster.

* Johnny telling Reed that it was actually Ben who saved the day ("Recap/{{Molehattan}}").

** Later, when Ben tells Bruce that, "Us monsters have to stick together." It doesn't necessarily fulfill the intended purpose, but it's the thought that counts.