History Heartwarming / StarTrekVoyager

** Then, when it IS discovered by the crew, rather than being something the fractures and divides them, there's a great deal of fascination and genuine enthusiasm for the idea of basically LARPing themselves in a situation that none of them believe will happen - after three years, the Voyager crew are a single crew, and the division of "Starfleet" and "Maquis" means nothing in practice anymore, and instead of a tactical training program, they're seeing it as almost a community endeavor and entertainment.

* In "Death Wish," the rebellious Q (Quinn) seeks asylum on ''Voyager''. He wants to commit suicide, feeling his life is meaningless and that death would create a new discussion in the Continuum. A trial results, with the John de Lancie Q arguing on the Continuum's behalf to re-imprison Quinn. When Janeway rules in Quinn's favor, he is BroughtDownToNormal and made human. He dies not long afterwards from poisonous hemlock - something he couldn't have gotten on his own. It turns out that Q gave it to him to help him with the one thing he wanted most.

* Tuvok's interaction with the Drayan children in "Innocence." Although they are completely different species, Tuvok's paternal feelings are alive and well. At one point, he sings them a bedtime song, which he used to sing for his children. This is also very sad when you realize that he might not be able to do anything like that for his children again.
* This, from "Resolutions" :

* "The Chute." A prison mob wants to beat up Tom. Harry stands up for his wounded comrade, only to later beat Tom savagely for destroying what Harry thought was their only way of escape. Later after they are rescued, Harry comes to apologize for nearly killing him.

* In "Once Upon a Time," when Tuvok and Samantha Wildman are stuck in a shuttlepod together and Wildman is afraid she might die, leaving her daughter essentially orphaned, Tuvok gives her a ''completely'' Vulcan-logical speech to calm her down, essentially reassuring her that even if the worst does happen, she can rest in the knowledge that she did her best to raise her daughter right.

* In "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy," the crew have to view the Doctor's fantasies on the holodeck, in order to help fix the malfunction with his experimental daydreaming subroutines. Most of it is simple wish fulfillment. The Doctor being an action hero and getting all the girls. But just as they're leaving the holodeck, a new scene comes up that makes Janeway pause to watch. The dream version of herself is congratulating the Doctor on some sort of medal she's just presented him. To which he responds:

*** Particularly poignant when you consider that ''everyone'' on the ship- even the lower-ranking crewmembers- must have agreed to sacrifice their own chances to communicate with their loved ones on Earth so that the senior staff could defend the Doctor's rights as an individual in court; whatever he was when he started, clearly everyone on ''Voyager'' agrees with Janeway's expressed sentiment that the Doctor deserves the same rights as everyone else on the ship.

* When Neelix finds out Tom is leaving the ship in "Investigations," he shows up begging him to stay, then hugs him and delivers a fond farewell over his program and in person. Given how jealous he was of Tom in the first half of the season, this really comes off as touching.

* In "Investigations" Neelix gives a farewell for Tom that would serve equally well as a eulogy. And this is Neelix, who for the longest time thought that Tom was just a Lothario trying to steal Kes away from him!
-->'''Neelix:''' I'm proud to say that in spite of my narrow-mindedness, Thomas Eugene Paris became my friend. I'm going to miss him. No more laughs over a game of pool. No more sitting up into the wee hours swapping stories. No more complaints about my cooking. Goodbye, Tom. I think I speak for more of us than you might imagine when I say you're going to leave an empty space when you go. I hope you find what you're looking for.

* In "Muse", Tuvok's clear concern for B'Elanna and Harry's fate. He is so worried that he goes ten days without sleep, relentlessly working to find them.
** This is in fact contrasted with the alien actor performing the role of Tuvok, expressing his discomfort with the character's lack of expressed emotion - while they talk about how the audience will struggle with being unable to see the emotion under the mask, Tuvok displays just how an audience can see his emotions without being expressed.

* "Night." Captain Janeway instructing the crew to leave her behind so she can blow up the evil corporation's route to its' environmentally-unsound waste dumping ground and still allow Voyager to shave two years off their return trip, then every single member of the bridge crew refusing her orders to drop her off and keep going (especially when Janeway turns to Seven, who says "I will not comply" before Janeway opens her mouth).

* The entirety of "Drone" from beginning to end. That a ridiculously overpowered Borg drone from the 29th century can be made adorable is a true feat of production[[note]]none of which should be attributed to the writers, who have a habit of accidentally falling into good stories rather than writing them[[/note]]. The fact that by the end of the episode the loss of "One" is enough to cause a genuine tearjearker in-universe for Seven and the rest of the crew that get to know him, only drives it home.

* B'elanna at the end of "Extreme Risk," eating her childhood favorite -- banana pancakes. After one of the most harrowing episodes of the series, dealing with trauma, guilt and self-harm, the little smile she makes after one bite is ''very'' satisfying.

* Even people who aren't huge ''Voyager'' fans love the ending to "Pathfinder." Reginald Barclay, at Starfleet Communications on Earth, successfully makes contact with the lost USS ''Voyager''. With a quick data exchange and welcome words of encouragement from Admiral Paris, the time of ''Voyager'''s total isolation from home is over with the knowledge that the crew will have the help of [[YouAreNotAlone their comrades in the Alpha Quadrant from now on]]. Particularly Admiral Paris telling his son Tom that he misses him, and is proud. The look on Tom's face when he first hears his father's voice is especially great - he's silent the whole scene, but his face upon hearing his father is just "...Daddy?" On Earth, the admiral and Barclay agree that the first objective of Project Pathfinder has succeeded and now it's time to help the lost ship get home.

** Another heartwarming part in the episode is Zimmerman's assistant Haley, who is the first autonomous hologram he ever created. Zimmerman appreciates her to the level where he once cancelled a lecture on Vulcan to fix her, and has arranged in his will that after his death Haley is to be kept online indefinitely.

-->[[spoiler:'''Janeway (stunned):''' .....we did it.]]

** The last line of the series — Janeway softly echoing her order "Set a course ... for home." — is the [[BookEnds same as in the first]] episode, (part two of the series opener "Caretaker").

* The redemption of Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres. Tom was dishonorably discharged from Starfleet, then captured soon after joining the Maquis and sentenced to prison, which pretty much breaks his relationship with his distant admiral father. When he arrives on ''Voyager'', he is greeted coldly by several of the crew, and the Maquis don't like him any better. B'Elanna is little better off, having dropped out of the Academy under circumstances that did a number on her confidence (she thought she couldn't make it in Starfleet, though as mentioned above, her teachers thought highly of her potential), still struggling with abandonment issues thanks to her father, and carrying a lot of anger. By the time ''Voyager'' gets back home, they are Starfleet officers in good standing, married, and raising a family. On top of that, Tom's repaired his relationship with his father.

* "The 37's" has a very sweet ending. ''Voyager'' finds a Human settlement of about 100,000, descended from humans kidnapped from Earth in 1937 ([[spoiler:including Amelia Earhart]]) and comes to the conclusion that returning to Earth just might be a lost cause and she has no right to force her crew into such a dangerous and difficult undertaking. She announces that if anyone wants to stay on the planet, they should report to the cargo bay the following day. Tomorrow comes, and Janeway enters the cargo bay...to find it completely empty. Her face is a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming just by itself.

** "Flashback" takes us back to when Tuvok served on the ''Excelsior''--showing how Captain Sulu reacted to [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry Kirk and McCoy being arrested and put on trial]]. Also a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* Last part of "Timeless", when Janeway talks to Harry and Harry sees [[spoiler:his alternate self's]] message. Made even better just before, just when it looks like [[spoiler:Future Kim has failed to save them and a {{Tear Jerker}} is coming. The Doctor suddenly picks him up, [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan dresses him down]] and gives him an epic pep talk, all the while the Delta Flyer is about to blow.]] This would have been heartwarming enough, but when he tries again to save Voyager by [[spoiler: sending new corrections in to slow them down and it works, [[DyingMomentOfAwesome the last you see is him screaming "YES!" at the top of his lungs just as the Flyer explodes]].]] Another Heartwarming moment ''and'' SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Harry, right there.

* Let's be real, "The 37's" is a bit of a silly episode, but it does have a very sweet ending. ''Voyager'' finds a Human settlement of about 100,000, descended from humans kidnapped from Earth in 1937 ([[spoiler:including Amelia Earhart]]) and comes to the conclusion that returning to Earth just might be a lost cause and she has no right to force her crew into such a dangerous and difficult undertaking. She announces that if anyone wants to stay on the planet, they should report to the cargo bay the following day. Tomorrow comes, and Janeway enters the cargo bay...to find it completely empty. Her face is a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming just by itself.

* A small moment, but a moment nonetheless. When talking about places on Earth in "Imperfection", Seven brings a picture of Bloomington, Indiana (Janeway's hometown) up on the screen to show it to the Captain. When the camera cuts to Janeway, we see her absolutely beaming at the picture.

* Even people who aren't huge ''Voyager'' fans love the ending to "Pathfinder." Reginald Barclay, at Starfleet Communications on Earth, successfully makes contact with the lost USS ''Voyager''. With a quick data exchange and welcome words of encouragement from Admiral Paris, the time of ''Voyager'''s total isolation from home is over with the knowledge that the crew will have the help of [[YouAreNotAlone their comrades in the Alpha Quadrant from now on]]. Particularly Admiral Paris telling his son Tom that he misses him, and is proud. The look on Tom's face when he first hears his father's voice is especially great - he's silent the whole scene, but his face upon hearing his father is just "...daddy?" On Earth, the Admiral and Barclay agree that the first objective of Project Pathfinder has succeeded and now it's time to help the lost ship get home.

'''Admiral Paris:''' Tell him... Tell him I miss him. [[SoProudOfYou And I'm proud of him]].\\

** When Chakotay is babbling nonsense, clearly hallucinating, and tells Janeway, "...he's got a few kilowatts on me, a few centimeters in height, but I can take him Captain!" His tone of voice suggest he wants to do it for her and the crew. There's something heartwarming about the fact that even when he's too delusional to tell up from down, Chakotay still wants to serve Janeway and the crew.

* Sad as hell, but Lon Suder's HeroicSacrifice lets him [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem himself for his past crimes. Then there's Tuvok's words as he says his goodbye.

** The ending of "Night" was another one. After traveling for months through a soul-crushingly empty, starless void, one lonely star appears on the viewscreen. Then another. And another. And ''[[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070514010012/memoryalpha/en/images/b/bd/Voyager_Out_of_the_Void.jpg then...]]''
--> '''B'Elanna''(Just before they initiate their plan to escape the void)'':''' See you on the other side.
* The entirety of "Drone" from beginning to end. That a ridiculously overpowered Borg drone from the 29th century can be made adorable is a true feat of production[[note]]none of which should be attributed to the writers who have a habit of accidentally falling into good stories rather than writing them[[/note]]. The fact that by the end of the episode the loss of "One" is enough to cause a genuine tearjearker in-universe for Seven and the rest of the crew that get to know him, only drives it home.
--> '''B'Elanna''': Maybe this is the collective's new strategy. They don't assimilate any more they just show up and look helpless.
* B'elanna at the end of "Extreme Risk," eating her childhood favorite - banana pancakes. After one of the most harrowing episodes of the series, dealing with trauma, guilt and self-harm, the little smile she makes after one bite is ''very'' satisfying.

** The ending of "Night" was another one. After travelling for months through a soul-crushingly empty, starless void, one lonely star appears on the viewscreen. Then another. And another. And ''[[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070514010012/memoryalpha/en/images/b/bd/Voyager_Out_of_the_Void.jpg then...]]''

* Faced with her own mortality, Seven is disturbed because as a Borg her memories would have been incorporated into the Collective and part of her would therefore survive in perpetuity. As a human, everything she'd experienced, learned, and felt would be as though it had never existed. Although B'Elanna has never gotten along with Seven very well, she stops and tells Seven "you're a little more memorable than you're giving yourself credit for."

'''Tuvok''': That would not be an accurate perception, Captain. Vulcans do not worry\\

* "Flashback" takes us back to when Tuvok served on the ''Excelsior''--showing how Captain Sulu reacted to [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry Kirk and McCoy being arrested and put on trial]]. Also a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome.