History Heartwarming / HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets

** Completed with a big hug afterward. Professor Dumbledore is the first to applaud, but Professor [=McGonagalll=] is only two seconds behind Dumbledore to clap Hagrid's return; Madam Pomfrey is beaming with joy; Professor Sprout -- the take-no-shit-when-her-school-is-in-danger teacher of Deathly Hallows -- is crying with Joy! Cue the massive standing ovation from ''the entirety of Hogwarts!'' [[note]]Except Draco and his gang of friends, naturally. But the rest of Slytherin House was standing and cheering; hell, ''Snape'' was on his feet! Even ''Crabbe'' starts to stand up, before [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Draco yanks him back down]]. [[/note]]

* A small one, but a mix of HeartWarming, Funny and Awesome in a really dark point of the books: [[spoiler: after Dumbledore has been removed by the school governors and Malfoy makes a crude comment about hoping the next Muggleborn attacked dies, callously calling it "a pity it wasn't Granger", Ron snaps and tries to lunge it at him. Only Harry and Dean Thomas intervening and the end of class stop him from getting to Malfoy and getting into trouble with Snape for it, because it's pretty clear he's prepared to pummel Malfoy to a pulp for such an offensive remark about [[BelligerentSexualTension Hermione]].]]

** Completed with a big hug afterward. Professor Dumbledore is the first to applaud, but Professor [=McGonagalll=] is only two seconds behind Dumbledore to clap Hagrid's return; Madam Pomfrey is beaming with joy; Professor Sprout -- the take-no-shit-when-her-school-is-in-danger teacher of Deathly Hallows -- is crying with Joy! Cue the massive standing ovation from ''the entirety of Hogwarts!'' [[note]]Except Draco and his gang of friends, naturally. But the rest of Slytherin House was standing and cheering; hell, ''Snape'' was on his feet! Even ''Crabbe'' starts to stand up, before [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Draco yanks him back down]]. [[/note]]

** In the movie, there's the added scene of Lucius trying then to cast a spell on Harry (the killing curse, no less). Dobby, who so far had been completely afraid of him, immediately turns against his former master, sending him flying away, and makes very clear that you ''don't'' mess with Dobby's friends. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* Possible YMMV, but there is one scene that the movie does better than the book: In the book, Harry kills the Basilisk, is poisoned, and is then saved by Fawkes. Voldemort comments on Phoenix's healing powers before Harry destroys the diary. In the movie, Harry destroys Voldemort before Fawkes heals him; Ginny wakes up to see him still wounded. He ignores the fact that he's dying, and tries only to calm her down and get her out of the chamber safely. Because that is the kind of person Harry is.

** Completed with a big hug afterward. Professor Dumbledore is the first to applaud, but Professor [=McGonagalll=] is only two seconds behind Dumbledore to clap Hagrid's return; Madam Pomfrey is beaming with joy; Professor Sprout -- the take-no-shit-when-her-school-is-in-danger teacher of Deathly Hallows -- is crying with Joy! Cue the massive standing ovation from ''the entirety of Hogwarts!'' [[note]]Except Draco and his gang of friends, naturally. But the rest of Slytherin House was standing and cheering; hell, ''Snape'' was on his feet![[/note]]

** Giny also sticks up for Harry against Malfoy, the first thing she manages to say in front of him.

* Harry telling the man who murdered his parents and is about to murder him and his best friend's sister that Dumbledore is a better wizard than Voldemort.

* A very brief moment, but Percy gives some simple advice to Harry when the latter is choosing his course list for third year; no condescension and almost no bluster. Granted, Harry doesn't consider it helpful, but points for trying.

* While it's mostly funny, Fred and George doing their "Heir of Slytherin" routine when people think Harry's the Heir of Slytherin. Especially since it actually cheers Harry up a little bit.

** When Ron, Fred and George bring Harry to the Burrow for the first time, while Molly is furious with her boys for sneaking out and taking the car to get him, she immediately welcomes Harry into her home and takes care of him.

** Not to mention, she mentions that she and Arthur were seriously considering ''going to get Harry [[PapaWolf them]][[MamaBear selves]].''
** The most surprising thing about the Burrow, to Harry, is that everyone there likes him. Molly dotes on him like a son, Arthur wants to learn about him and his life, Ron is his best friend, Ginny's got a crush on him, and the other Weasleys all treat him with kindness and friendliness. To someone who's only really known a home life of cruelty and abuse, this must have been the most amazing thing in the world.

* There is also the ending of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', when Dumbledore finally learns that Harry has been {{Wangst}}ing that he was only fit to be in the house of Slytherin, the so-called "house of villains." That moment, when Dumbledore proves to Harry that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he is better than he gives himself credit for]], is a truly magical one.

* This was a small one, but when Harry and Ron are about to sneak away from class they run into [=McGonagall=]. Harry tells her they were going to see Hermione, who is still petrified, and [=McGonagall=] lets them go. [=McGonagall=], one of the sternest, strictest, no-nonsense teachers at Hogwarts, tears up and lets them go see their friend. [[spoiler:And in the end it is this what helps them solve the enigma.]]

** In the movie, there's the added scene of Lucius trying then to cast a spell on Harry (the killing curse, no less). Dobby, who so far had been completely afraid of him, immediately turns against his former master, sending him flying away, and makes very clear that you ''don't'' mess with Dobby's friends. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

-->'''Harry:''' "It's not Hogwarts without you, Hagrid."

* It's a small one, but the scene where Hagrid comforts Hermione after Draco Malfoy calls her a [[FantasticSlurs mudblood]] in Chamber of Secrets gets me every time. [[note]] Note that this is a big improvement over the same scene in the book, where Hermione had never heard the term "mudblood" before that day.[[/note]]

* Dobby and Harry's relationship. Dobby ''can't'' turn against his master, and will have to punish himself for everything he'll do to help Harry, even if they don't know about it, and will do it himself. He still does it, going as far as going the closest he can to reveal who the culprit is ''the very first time he meets Harry''. Without Dobby, Harry would have started reacting too late, Voldemort would likely have been resurrected that year, and the basilisk would still have been alive and at his orders, what stopped him was the humblest of creatures ready to face all the pain he'd have to endure to help a little child. And then, there's how Harry repays him. Not only Harry's very survival helped Dobby (house elves' lives are horrible, but Dobby reveals they were much, ''much'' worse under Voldemort), but he also treats Dobby like a person. Keep him mind, not only he doesn't know he, he doesn't even know what house elves are, and still he treats him as his equal from the very first time they met. That's what earns Dobby's UndyingLoyalty that will last through the whole series. Not too mention that, despite everything Dobby put him through and made him endure, Harry still took the first chance he saw to grant him freedom.

* Dobby and Harry's relationship. Dobby ''can't'' turn against his master, and will have to punish himself for everything he'll do to help Harry, even if they don't know about it, and will do it himself. He still does it, going as far as going the closest he can to reveal who the culprit is ''the very first time he meets Harry''. Without Dobby, Harry would have started reacting too late, Voldemort would likely have been resurrected that year, and the basilisk would still have been alive and at his orders, what stopped him was the humblest of creatures ready to face all the pain he'd have to endure to help a little child. And then, there's how Harry repays him. Not only Harry's very survival helped Dobby (house elves' lives are horrible, but Dobby reveals they were much, ''much'' worse under Voldemort), but he also treats Dobby like a person. Keep him mind, not only he doesn't know he, he doesn't even know what house elves are, and still he treats him as his equal from the very first time they met. That's what earns Dobby's UndyingLoyalty that will last through the seventh book. Not too mention that, despite everything Dobby put him through and made him endure, Harry still took the first chance he saw to grant him freedom.

--->'''Dobby''': Master has given Dobby a sock... Master has presented Dobby with clothes! Dobby is ''free''!