History Heartwarming / PacificRim

* Mako's backstory. [[spoiler: An orphaned little girl who was at the mercy of the monster that took everything away from her. All she could do was run and hide as the thing hunted her down. Then, suddenly something appears from the sky carried by helicopters, the monster leaves her to take on whatever has arrived. From Makos point of view she can only hear the ensuing battle, then when everything goes silent she walks out from the alleyway. Tokyo is in ruins, Mako sees the monster dead, and the Coyote Tango is standing triumphant [[HolyBacklight in front of the sun.]] Pentecost climbs out and the two stare at one another, and Mako, despite the tragedy around her, smiles.]]

** The fact that despite their early bickering and snide remarks, Newt and Hermann ''are Drift-compatible''.

!!Film/Comic

* A meta example, but HideoKojima's [[https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/4cd6174e100264e22015fd9ac9609528/tumblr_mpgk1oVVJm1s2rwfso1_1280.png thoughts on the film.]]
** Oh, not just Kojima, but also many others, including Fumito Ueda, who worked on ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and even ''[[GoNagai Uncle Go himself]]'' have lauded this movie.
*** Even [[KanyeWest Yeezy]] [[https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/352660601681625088 liked it!]] This movie is getting lots of praise.1
* A during-filming example - on the [[Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the gimbal-rigged Jaeger conn-pod set "torture machine" exhausted. When [[http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked]] how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded
---> '''Rinko''': Sometimes I'd lose my concentration, but then Guillermo would sing the theme of [[MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]]. In Japanese.

* A meta one as the credit scroll comes to the end: [[spoiler:"Dedicated to the memory of monster masters RayHarryhausen and IshiroHonda."]]

* A during-filming example - on the [[Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the Jaeger torture machine exhausted. When [[http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked]] how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded

* Meta example: On Tumblr, several folks got together to hold a "JaegerCon 2013" on the weekend of August 9-11, since August 10th, 2013 is the date of landfall for Trespasser, the first Kaiju ever to attack. This consisted of not only arranging meetups in various cities world-wide for fans of the film to hang out and watch it again (for American fans right before it leaves theaters), but various giveaways, gift swaps, cosplay, and other fan-coordinated activities. The crowner of all this? Interviews with the cast and crew members of the film, up to and including ''Guillermo Del Toro himself'', with Guillermo sending one of the people in charge of starting the whole thing the following e-mail:

** A during-filming example - on the [[Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the Jaeger torture machine exhausted. When [[http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked]] how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded

* Meta example: On Tumblr, several folks got together to hold a "JaegerCon 2013" on the weekend of August 9-11, since August 10th, 2013 is the date of landfall for Trespasser, the first Kaiju ever to attack. This consisted of not only arranging meetups in various cities world-wide for fans of the film to hang out and watch it again (for American fans right before it leaves theaters), but various giveaways, gift swaps, cosplay, and other fan-coordinated activities. The crowner of all this? Interviews with the cast and crew members of the film, up to and including ''Guillermo Del Toro himself'', with Guillermo sending the main person in charge of starting the whole thing the following e-mail:

* Chuck's little nod to Raleigh after [[spoiler:Gipsy Danger had saved him and his father's lives.]] And also shouting encouragement to Gipsy Danger when facing off against Leatherback.

** Chuck mainly uses derisive variations of "Old Man", much to Herc's annoyance. But in their final conversation, he calls him "Dad".

* Gypsy Danger totally destroying Leatherback whilst checking for a pulse just looks like Becket working out some of his ItsPersonal issues over his brother's death yes. The kicker? It was Mako's half of the robot that did the shooting with the inherent implication that now ItsPersonal for her too because of their shared drifting.

* Mako Mori adding swords to Gipsy Danger isn't just RuleOfCool or for having a melee weapon. In the {{Novelization}}, her family were sword-makers. Thus in her own way she continued the family tradition. Even better is that her distant family members did not believe in a woman caring on the duty; and Beckett asks 'who believed the Mori's would stop making swords?' filled Mori with pride.
* Chuck's little nod to Raleigh after [[spoiler: Gipsy Danger had saved him and his father's lives.]] And also shouting encouragement to Gipsy Danger when facing off against Leatherback.

** A during-filming example - on the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the Jaeger torture machine exhaused. When [[http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked]] how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded

* Mako Mori adding swords to Gipsy Danger isn't just RuleOfCool or for having a melee weapon. In the {{Novelization}}, her family were sword-makers. Thus in her own way she continued the family tradition. Even better is that her distant family members did not believe in a woman caring on the duty; and Beckett asks 'who believed the Mori's would stop making swords?' filled Mori with pride.

---> '''Rinko''': Sometimes I'd lose my concentration, but then Guillermo would sing the theme of {{Totoro}}. In Japanese.

** A during-filming example - on the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the Jaeger torture machine exhaused. When [[ http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked]] how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded
** -> '''Rinko''': Sometimes I'd lose my concentration, but then Guillermo would sing the theme of {{Totoro}}. In Japanese.

** A during-filming example - on the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/PacificRim Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page, it's mentioned that Rinko Kikuchi was the only one who didn't come out of the Jaeger torture machine exhaused. When [[ http://cherrybina.tumblr.com/post/55698895385/oh-my-godshe was asked how she managed to endure 12-hour filming days, she responded:]]
-> '''Rinko''': Sometimes I'd lose my concentration, but then Guillermo would sing the theme of {{Totoro}}. In Japanese.

*** Even [[KanyeWest Yeezy]] [[https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/352660601681625088 liked it!]] This movie is getting lots of praise.

* In its own way, the reaction of Cherno Alpha's crew to [[spoiler:the destruction of Crimson Typhoon and the death of its crew.]] It's half OhCrap, half RoaringRampageofRevenge, and it shows just how close the last surviving Jaeger teams are. [[spoiler: Too bad Leatherback had other ideas.]]

** [[spoiler: bonus points for Japan also being called the Land of the Rising Sun.]]

* Gypsy Danger totally destroying "Leatherback" whilst checking for a pulse just looks like Becket working out some of his ItsPersonal issues over his brothers death yes. TheStinger? It was Mako's half of the robot that did the shooting with the inherent implication that now ItsPersonal for her too because of their shared drifting.

* Mako Mori adding swords to Gipsy Danger isn't just RuleOfCool or for having a melee weapon. In the {{Novelization}}, her family were swordmakers. Thus in her own way she continued the family tradition. Even better is that her distant family members did not believe in a woman caring on the duty; and Beckett asks 'who believed the Mori's would stop making swords?' filled Mori with pride.

* Mako Mori adding swords to Gipsy Danger isn't just RoolOfCool or for having a melee weapon. In the {{Novelization}}, her family were swordmakers. Thus in her own way she continued the family tradition. Even better is that her distant family members did not believe in a woman caring on the duty; and Beckett asks 'who believed the Mori's would stop making swords?' filled Mori with pride.

* Mako Mori adding swords to Gipsy Danger isn't just rule of cool or for having a melee weapon. In the novel her family were swordmakers thus in her own way she continued the family tradition. Even better is that her distant family members did not believe in a woman caring on the duty and Beckett asks 'who believed the Mori's would stop making swords?' filled Mori with pride.

* In its own way, the reaction of Cherno Alpha's crew to [[spoiler:the destruction of Crimson Typhoon and the death of its crew.]] It's half OhCrap, half RoaringRampageofRevenge, and it shows just how close the last surviving Jaeger teams are. [[spoiler: Too bad Leatherback had other ideas.]]

-->'''Raleigh:''' You shouldn't obey him when he's making the wrong decision!
-->'''Mako:''' It's not obedience. It's respect.

* In its own way, the reaction of Cherno Alpha's crew to [[spoiler:the destruction of Crimson Typhoon and the death of its crew.]] It's half OhCrap, half RoaringRampageofRevenge. [[spoiler: Too bad Leatherback had other ideas.]]