History Heartwarming / Firefly

* Inara bonds with Fess, the timid son of the slaveowner who cannot speak up to his father's wrongdoing. Inara and Fess bond over sex, and Inara gently tells Fess that being a real man takes courage. [[spoiler: Eventually Fess aided Serenity's escape from the mudtown]]

* For ''Float Out'', see [[Heartwarming/SerenityFloatOut here]].

* For ''Leaves on the Wind'', see [[Heartwarming/SerenityLeavesOnTheWindhere]].

!!'''The Big Damn Movie'''

See [[Heartwarming/Serenity2005 here]]

For the Dark Horse comics, see [[Heartwarming/SerenityDarkHorseComics here]].

!!!Boom Studios comics

See [[{{Heartwarming/Serenity}} here]]

For the Dark Horse comics, see [[{{Heartwarming/Serenity}} here]].

[[AC: General/Meta]]

* Pretty much any scene in ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' between Wash and Zoe, or Simon and Kaylee, or Simon and River.
* Meta-example: a hilarious outtake from "The Message" involves the slow rotating shot in Tracy's funeral, except Nathan Fillion is deliberately running counter to the camera rotation to re-appear beside every other cast member while acting like he's always been there, culminating in Mal ''sharing the coffin with Tracy''. How does this count? Because the scene was being filmed ''just after the cast had learned that the series had been cancelled'', and Nathan went above and beyond to keep spirits up.
* This is already kind of hinted at in previous examples, but any scene in which Simon utters the words "Mei-mei". The amount of unconditional love Sean Maher can put in to those two words is heartbreaking.
* The DVD extra about the making of ''Firefly'' is equally made of this trope and {{Tear Jerker}}. It starts with the usual behind-the-cameras information, but after a while it turns into a chronicle of the loving relationship formed between the cast, creators, and crew, the extraordinary fan support, and the good experience it was to work in the series.

* After laying down the law following River's attack on JAyne, Mal takes a minute to talk to Simon about River's condition sympathetically.

* The dancing scene was beautiful. For once we got to see River enjoying herself and see her brother see it.

* One line that also perfectly defines Simon:

* Mal and Inara may be holding back all their feelings for each other, they may be at each other's throats half the time, but [[spoiler: when Inara sees Mal unconscious after Saffron tells her he's dead, she is about to batshit with anguish before Mal stirs a little.]]

* When River tries to "fix" Book's Bible, editing the parts that she thought didn't make sense. Book gently tells her, "You don't fix this book. It fixes you."

* The crew making a birthday cake (out of leftover meat) for Simon's birthday at the start of the episode and surprising him with it after dinner. Even Jayne claps when they wish him a happy birthday.

* '''Kaylee''': Wash, tell me I'm pretty.
'''Wash''': Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion.
'''Kaylee''': Cos I'm pretty?
''Wash''': Because you're pretty.

** Wash (snarling): Bastard's not gonna get days!

* The scene where Mal makes Inara leave the ship with the rest of the crew. The most important bit is when he touches her shoulder--one small little touch that shows everything in their relationship. He knows he can't tell her how he feels and she knows she can't reciprocate it and so that one touch conveys his concerns better than any dialogue could have.

* The DVD extra about the making of Firefly is equally made of this trope and {{Tear Jerker}}. It starts with the usual behind-the-cameras information, but after a while it turns into a chronicle of the loving relationship formed between the cast, creators, and crew, the extraordinary fan support, and the good experience it was to work in the series.

!!'''The Big Damn Series'''

** One simple exchange while Mal's recovering in the Infirmary
--->'''Mal:''' You all gonna be here when I wake up?
--->'''Book:''' We'll be here.
--->'''Mal:''' Good. That's good.