History Heartwarming / Glee

-> '''Brittany:''' Are you crying?
-> '''Santana:''' It's just that I'm really happy.

* The secret performance of "Ride Wit Me" in Throwdown. ''Everyone'' is having a good time with each other, and completely happy. It [[TastesLikeDiabetes tastes a little bit like diabetes]], but it's also very uplifting and causal. Bonus points in that it wasn't scripted. That it was just the cast screwing around between takes.

--->'''Burt Hummel:''' (to Kurt) You are your mother, y'know? She was always the strong one.

--->'''Burt:''' Room looks great, son. ''(Holds Kurt's hand while they both tear up.)''

--> I know you're giving her up, but before you do, I think you should name her Beth. If you'll let me, I'd really like to be there when she's born. I'd really like to meet her.

--->'''Will:''' Your girls are losing it without you out there. You say you don't have love in your life?
--->'''Sue:''' My girls don't love me. They fear me.
--->'''Will:''' But you love them.

--->'''Will:''' Baby, if it's that bad, you have to let me see it. It might be infected.

*** It gets better, all of the Glee boys (even the ones who ''didn't'' use her as their "mailman"), beg her to stay, sing a special Mash-up of "Stop in the Name of Love/Free Your Mind" just for her, and then engage her in a GroupHug.

* Will's genuine concern for Terri when she lies about having a painful rash:

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* The fact that Afterellen, a site whose writers made their hatred of Finn known, published an article after Cory Monteith's death praising his acting ability.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAKfSbjf6s This video]] that Mark Salling made for the Glee cast and crew.
* It's already been mentioned on the Awesome page and the Funny page, but the Kurt/Blaine skit from the final leg of the Glee Live tour in Dublin also belongs here for several reasons: 1) Brittany saying "I love her" about Santana and the two of them leaving holding hands; 2) Blaine calling Kurt "my man and my inspiration," when Blaine has so obviously been an inspiration for Kurt the entire season, even before he was the LoveInterest and one half of the OfficialCouple; 3) Do the Brittany/Santana and Kurt/Blaine kisses even need to be mentioned?
* When Creator/ChrisColfer (Kurt) was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2011, his section was written by Dianna Agron (Quinn). [[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066418,00.html Enjoy.]]
* Creator/MaxAdler (Karofsky) did a video trying to reach out to kids who are being bullied for itgetsbetter.com and the Trevor Project. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554&NR=1 Seeing Adler]] who plays the bully out of character, being, as one commenter put it "a giant teddy bear," trying to help kids embrace who they are and get help is just inspiring.
* In December 2016, Creator/JaneLynch officiated Becca Tobin's wedding, showing they were still super close almost 2 years after the show ended. Awww. Also in attendance? Creator/KevinMcHale, Creator/LeaMichele, Michael Hitchcock, and Jenna Ushkowitz. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK5tQBOV4g Look at them!]]
* Glee was {{Anvilicious}} and a little too obvious with their morals, but how many gay kids or "[[TeensAreMonsters freaks]]" found solace and acceptance by simply watching this show?
* When the show wrapped, many of the cast members got to take home props from the show. That is heartwarming in itself, but it ''really'' gets heartwarming when you find out that [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAlWhQdWsAA7eTD.jpg Lea Michele took Finn's jersey home with her]], and [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_atTe9WIAAJJLB.jpg Mark Salling hung Finn's memorial plaque in his house]].
* ''Glee'' tackled such dark and deep subjects that no other show dared to portray, let alone one centred for teens. From the very beginning, the show never shyed away from depicting real issues that teens and adults face, and did so with generally the right amount of nuance and sensitivity. Say what you will about the uneven writing, but there's a reason why years after it ended, ''Glee'' remains one of Ryan Murphy's most well-known and loved shows.
* When Mark Salling killed himself after pleading guilty to child pornography, the cast and crew generally said that his later actions weren't forgivable, but they would still remember and miss the sweet kid he was at the start of the show.
* The showrunners started a college fund for Creator/NayaRivera's young son after she died (saving him) in 2020.
* Even though Lea Michele and Naya Rivera didn't get along by the end of the show, when Naya was found dead on the 7th anniversary of Cory's death, Lea posted tributes to both of them. In fact, the ''entire'' cast and crew and even Cory's mother shared tributes to Naya despite the show being over for five years, many of them paragraphs or pages long. A group of them even came together on the day she was found - amidst a global pandemic - to pray together with her family.
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** What makes it even ''more'' better is that Streisand ("Happy Days Are Here Again") and Garland ("Get Happy") are such huge icons to Rachel and Kurt, respectfully.

* From Mash Off: Rachel and Kurt making up and hugging.

* "I Kissed A Girl" Puck telling Quinn she doesn't need a baby or any of that stuff to be special. He tells her that if there's one person he thinks is gonna get out of this town and make something of themselves its her.

** Quinn saying that she truly loves Beth and that she doesn't want to ruin her life is also really sweet.

** A smaller comforting-Rachel scene, but heartwarming nonetheless: the short scene in which we see Rachel sobbing while Finn holds her tightly. Knowing just how comforting it feels know that, even though your heart is shattered? At least someone is there who's willing to help you through.

* ''Promasaurus'': Santana and Quinn letting Rachel and Finn be Prom Queen and King.

* Jesse St James attempting to persuade Carmen Tibideaux to accept Rachel into the NYADA program next year. This is a girl that he hasn't seen in over a year; even after a messy break-up and her rejection of him at last years Nationals, Jesse still cares enough to chase after a talent scout for Rachel.
* Burt Hummel's graduation present to Kurt. His explanation of how much he's glad that their relationship finally got as close as it is again, all because he caught Kurt doing the Single Ladies dance in the basement, and then proceeding to do the dance himself with Brittany and Tina was was absolutely adorable. It was also [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hysterical]], considering this is Burt, the flannel wearing GreaseMonkey.

* Boyfriend Finn in "Asian F". From the celebration with the coin toss to sticking up for her during Mercedes' Diva Moment. This is the romantic side of Finn we all love!

* In "Michael," Blaine, in bed nursing an injured eye from his shoving Kurt out of the way of a rock salt laden slushy thrown by Sebastian sitting in his room with Kurt, Finn and Rachel who proceed to sing "Ben" to him to make him feel better as he and Kurt hold hands. Particularly the adorable albeit one eyed stares of devotion at Kurt during the "now it's us, now it's we," and Finn doing the last verse, given their only recently cleared up problems.

* The two scenes Paul Karofsky are in. He's calm, friendly, and obviously loves his son. In his first scene, he neither attacks nor defends his son; he simply asks why Kurt would make up such a thing, pointing out that Dave's current behaviour does give credence to Kurt's accusations. In his second scene, he doesn't whitewash his son's actions but does advocate for him to be given a chance to make things right, correctly pointing out that he and Burt both once held prejudices that they grew to realize were wrong.

*** Brittany's response is to walk over to Kurt, hug him, and tell him that he's "still the most
unicorn of them all." It's heartwarming in that weird, nonsensical, but straight from the bottom of the heart way that only Brittany can manage.

** Kind of a small one but Kurt and Blaine singing "Perfect" to Santana, and each other, was so cute - particularly when you find out that they sing it to each other in the car.
** Finn singing "Girl's Just Want to Have Fun."

** Don't know if I misread the scene, but did she manage to be mean AND sweet at the same time...?

* "Hold On To Sixteen": Michael's dad showing up to watch him perform and saying he supports him in his dream. Also, Quinn saying she loves Glee club and wants to be in it with the other girls. Also, Finn and Santana hugging and Santana and Brittany intertwining fingers.

** Especially when explains why he named the star after himself instead of her: "There's already a star named Rachel Berry. She's right here on Earth."

** "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", giving us clips of the first time Rachel met Finn, Tina met Mike, Mercedes met Sam, and Santana met Brittany.

* In On My Way, all of the support for Dave Karofsky after he tries to kill himself is awesome, considering his past history with the Glee Club.

** Blaine and Cooper’s reunion plot-line turns into this pretty fast near the end. “Somebody That I Used To Know” shows Cooper patiently listening to every word Blaine is singing, looking genuinely shocked at how sad his brother is, ''because of him!'' He is literally apologising with his eyes in the final verse.

---> '''Cooper''': ''[genuinely crying]'' Hold on a second...I just, uh..I want to remember this emotion so I can use it ''in a scene'' later.

* Although for most of "The Role You Were Born to Play" episode, Jake behaves in an incredibly immature way, during the "Born to Hand Jive" song, there is a moment where Kitty sees him and Marley together, and she looks viciously towards Marley, and moves over like she's going to hit her or something... cue Jake doing the dance with her going over his head. Even at his most {{Jerkass}} behaviour, he still has some concern for Marley's safety.

** Special mention for that scene goes to the look of absolute adoration on Blaine's face when Kurt throws himself into his arms for what can only be described as a [[TheGlomp tackle hug]] and his explanation that he "can't stand to be apart from the person he loves." Excuse me while I go melt!

* This one's kinda small-seeming - but considering what the two of them have gone through it's really adorable. When Kurt announces his candidacy for president of the class, the entire time Blaine's grinning with a "My boyfriend's awesome, I'm so proud!" on his face, and then when Kurt sits back down either pats him on the leg or on the back, couldn't quite tell - either way it was adorable, considering the two of them have never had anybody to do coupley stuff with like that!

* Brittany's speech to Kurt at the beginning of 'I Am Unicorn'. Despite its weirdness, Kurt does seem genuinely touched. As well as Kurt's reply at the end, beginning in Brittany walking over to see Kurt putting up his own [[ItMakesSenseInContext unicorn posters]] in the hallway.

* Boyfriend Finn in "Asian F". From the celebration with the coin toss to sticking up for her during Mercedes' Diva Moment. This is the Finn I love.

** When Tina talks about TheirFirstTime.

*** When Rachel needs advice about whether to sleep with Finn she goes to Santana, Brittany, Tina, and Quinn for advice, even though all of them except Tina and Quinn have left to join a competing choir, some quite acrimoniously. Despite that, they still trust and rely upon each other enough to offer support.

** Mercedes showing up to the opening night of West Side Story. Considering it broke apart the entire glee club, I really wasn't expecting it, but there she was and it was really sweet!
* In The Purple Piano Project, Blaine transferred to [=McKinley=] to be with Kurt, claiming he "couldn't stand to be away from the person he loves". Also, before that in the cafe their heartwarming moment shared together and holding hands.

*** Brittany's response is to walk over to Kurt, hug him, and tell him that he's "still the most unicorn of all." It's heartwarming in that weird, nonsensical, but straight from the bottom of the heart way that only Brittany can manage.

*** Blaine patting Kurt on the back while he's filling out his NYADA application also was really sweet.

* Kurt comforting Rachel after she chokes on her audition. "Can I just say for the record that Carmen Tibodeaux is a total bitch?" Just so we're clear on how sweet this moment is, he called a major theatre star whom he idolizes a bitch out of indignation on Rachel's behalf.

* After all the tear jerker scenes involved with Kurt leaving for NYADA in Dance with Somebody, seeing Blaine not only at Kurt's audition, watching with pride (and distinctly glazed eyes when the gold lame pants first come out, but that's another matter), but being there for his rehearsal too. The entire time he just looks so proud, like "That's my man, and he's doing this, and it's awesome!"

* ''Props'': Beiste reveals that she "left him." Sue wordlessly stands up and gives her a hug. Excuse me, I have SandInMyEyes...

* Jesse St James attempting to persuade Carmen Tibideaux to accept Rachel into the NYADA programme next year. This is a girl that he hasn't seen in over a year; even after a messy break-up and her rejection of him at last years Nationals, Jesse still cares enough to chase after a talent scout for Rachel.

** Also, Finn being a brother when he gets back to [=McKinley=] and, when he sees Blaine, asking him why he did [[YourCheatingHeart that]] to his brother. Particularly the mature way he handled it - he didn't yell or punch him out or confront him in front of people as some brothers (or even Finn in the past) might have, he just asked him, privately, and heard him out. Not that he isn't mad on his brother's behalf, but still, he knows that sometimes people screw up, and seeing Finn not just be a brother but a mature, level headed adult is really nice.

* When Creator/MarkSalling killed himself after pleading guilty to child pornography, the cast and crew generally said that his later actions weren't forgivable, but they would still remember and miss the sweet kid he was at the start of the show.

* Even though Lea Michele and Naya Rivera didn't get along by the end of the show, when Naya was found dead on the 7th anniversary of Cory's death, Lea posted tributes to both of them. Well, the ''entire'' cast and crew shared tributes to Naya despite the show being over for five years, many of them paragraphs or pages long. A group of them even came together on the day she was found - amidst a global pandemic - to pray together with her family.

*** Though sadly subverted later on when it's revealed Cooter abuses him.

*** ''All'' of Puck's moments like that. What many people love about Puck is that he does the whole {{Jerkass}} facade thing, except it's not really a act . Maybe originally it was, but as he's grown with Glee, they've just sort of melded together, so that Puck is a good person and seems to see this as "badass". It's actually a really uplifting example of that kind of character. It's also a surprisingly realistic portrayal of how guys tend to be among each other. Guys tend to joke and tease each other in ways that seem mean to outsiders. But there is that fine line guys have with each other between joking and serious and the way Puck is written, he moves back and forth between those depending on who he's talking to without exaggeration or Flanderizing something.

* Pretty much the entirety of ''Grilled Cheezus''

* Ironically, Rachel singing "The Only Exception" in "Britney/Brittany". All throughout her high school life she hasn't had anybody care about her the way Finn does, and she's been fighting for him through the entirety of season one. And once Season 2 starts, she's scared that he'll leave her because she might affect her popularity. Her singing this song is her realizing that he really ''does'' love her.

** A small one, but when Karofsky knocks Mike into Artie, Puck rushes to Artie's side to check if he was okay and you could see he wanted to join the beat down Sam was giving Dave as well, not only for Kurt but for Artie's sake as well

** The drawing of the [[ItMakesSenseInContext clown pig]]. He just wants to make Beth happy, and he was so cute asking if Shelby thought it would scare her and then putting it up on the fridge for her so that he can have so kind of connection to her until Shelby's ready for him to have a bigger part in her life.

*** Possibly subverted in-universe as her team-player facade is intented to be a temporary act until she gets custody. Her clingy maternal desires may be selfish as she care only for something/someone to solve her misery, not to support the Club and even her own baby.

* Although for most of "The Role You Were Born to Play" episode, Jake behaves in an incredibly immature way, during the "Born to Hand Jive" song, tthere is a moment where Kitty sees him and Marley together, and she looks viciously towards Marley, and moves over like she's going to hit her or something... cue Jake doing the dance with her going over his head. Even at his most {{Jerkass}} behaviour, he still has some concern for Marley's safety.

* Burt and Carol's wedding in "Furt"
** A small one, but Karovsky's father being a logical human being and willing to listen to both sides of the story his son told him. And then he takes Kurt's side!
** A small one, but when Karosky knocks Mike into Artie, Puck rushes to Artie's side to check if he was okay and you could see he wanted to join the beat down Sam was giving Dave as well, not only for Kurt but for Artie's sake as well

** There's also Sam's "proposal" to Quinn", Quinn tending to Sam's face after the lockerroom fight, Quinn showing him that she's wearing the promise ring and his {{Adorkable}} little "Yes!" afterwards.

* This one took a rewatch to even notice but when I did it really got me - Rachel's going out to do her original song, she looks off stage nervously, and of course Mr. Shue is in the foreground looking encouraging. This is sweet, but not SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} material. What is? Standing in the background is [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Lauren]] Zizes who formerly said show choir was stupid and only joined for food and making out with Puck, smiling at her encouragingly as well. [[CharacterDevelopment What a difference a season makes, huh?]]

** Coach Beiste confessing his love for Cooter.

** Puck crowning himself and Beckie King and Queen of the Anti-Prom, and then Beckie helping him achieve his dream of spiking the punch bowl.

** In the video Artie made during the lookdown when the students feared they would die, most of their last messages included something about their love for their family and/or something about how much they love the members of the Glee club.

** Later, Burt finds out he's in remission. Kurt, Burt and Carol's reactions are priceless.

** Also a bit of a TearJerker - the video the New Directions, both old and new, plus Sue, make for Will and Emma's forthcoming baby is adorable. Very reminiscent of Season 1's "To Sir with Love" scene, the team lets him know that even if the club doesn't exist anymore, he had a very big, transformative effect on all their lives and they're incredibly grateful to him for it. Bonus points for then transitioning into the entire team, all generations of it, singing "Don't Stop Believin'" with Shue finally joining in.

** Part TearJerker too, but Shue calling Rachel and the gang to see how Rachel's opening night went and let them know that he and Emma have welcomed a bouncing baby boy that they've named "Daniel Finn Shuester."

** Alex Newell reprising his role as Unique, leading a choir of 100 trans people (including the newly transitioned Bieste) in a rendition of [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} "I Know Where I've Been"]].

** Pretty much the entirety of the episode. Since it is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a wedding episode]], everything was heartwarming. From the brides' pre-wedding declarations of love to the couples (yes two!) walking down the aisle to the joint vows, the entire thing was very sweet. Sue dancing with Bieste in the final wedding number is particularly adorable.

** Quinn telling Rachel that the car accident she was in wasn't her fault followed by a hug and holding hands.
** Blaine and Cooper’s reunion plot-line turns into this pretty fast near the end. “Somebody That I Used To Know” shows Cooper patiently listening to every word Blaine is singing, looking genuinely shocked at how sad his brother is, ''because of him''! He is literally apologising with his eyes in the final verse.