History Heartwarming / SupermanReturns

* The part where Brutus plays the piano along with Jason. Even a ruthless criminal can be nice at times.

* The late night everybody works at the Daily Planet, with Clark Kent wolfing down take-out with Jimmy Olsen and Lois' son Jason. The actors have natural chemistry and it's fun to see all of them hanging out like family.

* Just how excited ComicBook/JimmyOlsen is to see Clark back.
** Later in the movie, Richard says that he heard a lot about Clark from Jimmy, who never shut up about him. Even if he was largely ignored by Lois and everyone else, Clark still always had one friend in the Daily Planet.
* Perry White gets a PetTheDog moment after Superman lays comatose in a hospital, when he sees Lois leaving her desk and yells at her where is she going, and Lois responds "To the hospital!" Realizing what she's doing, he lets her off with a smile.

* Perry White gets a PetTheDog moment after Superman lays comatose in a hospital, when he sees Lois leaving her desk and yells at her where is she going, and Lois responds "To the hospital!" Realizing what she's doing, she lets her off with a smile.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}, remembering Jor-El's last message to him from the first film [[spoiler: and telling it to ''his'' son Jason asleep in his bed]].

* The late night everybody works at the Daily Planet, with Clark Kent wolfing down take-out with Jimmy Olsen and Lois' son. The actors have natural chemistry and it's fun to see all of them hanging out like family.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}, remembering Jor-El's last message to him from the first film [[spoiler: and telling it to ''his'' son Jason asleep in his bed]].
--> '''Superman''': You will be different, sometimes you'll feel like an outcast, but you'll never be alone. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son.

* The moment in the credits when this comes up:
--> "To [[Creator/ChristopherReeve Christopher]] and Dana Reeve: A pair of real-life superheroes"
* Jor-El's inspirational speech to his son:
--> '''Jor-El''': "They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all--their capacity for good--[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything I have sent them you...my only son]]".

* When Superman flies above the storm clouds to a bright blue sky and triumphantly bathes himself in the glorious warmth of Earth's Golden-Sun, gathering the strength and courage to throw a rapidly growing ''continent'' of Kryptonite into space.

* These words never fail to warm this troper's heart:

* Just how excited Jimmy Olsen is to see Clark back.

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* When Superman flies above the storm clouds to a bright blue sky and triumphantly bathes himself in the glorious warmth of Earth's Golden-Sun to the angelic choir of John Ottman's score, gathering the strength and courage to throw a rapidly growing ''continent'' of Kryptonite into space.

--> "To [[Creator/ChristopherReeve Christoper]] and Dana Reeve: A pair of real-life superheroes"

--> '''Jor-El''': "They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all--their capacity for good--that I have sent them you...my only son".

* Superman, remembering Jor-El's last message to him from the first film [[spoiler: and telling it to ''his'' son Jason asleep in his bed]].

--> "To Christoper and Dana Reeve: A pair of real-life superheroes"

* The part where Brutus plays the piano along with Jason. Even a ruthless criminal can be nice at times.

* When Superman flies above the storm clouds to a bright blue sky and triumphantly bathes himself in the glorious warmth of Earth's Golden-Sun to the angelic choir of John Ottman's score, gathering the strength and courage to throw a rapidly growing ''continent'' of Kryptonite into space.

--> '''Jor-El''': "They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. It for this reason above all--their capacity for good--that I have sent them you...my only son".

--> '''Jor-El''': "They can be a great people,Kal-El. They wish to be. They only lack the light to show Them the way. It for this reason above that I have sent Them You..My only son".

---> '''Jor-El''': "They can be a great people,Kal-El. They wish to be. They only lack the light to show Them the way. It for this reason above that I have sent Them You..My only son".