History Heartwarming / Survivor

*** Rodger cared for Elisabeth so much that when he was given the choice he elected to get voted before her because she deserved to go further in the game.[[/folder]]

* Burton and Michelle's friendship. She was the only one to vote with Burton when he was booted first. At The Outcasts' Tribal Council, Michelle's only vote to rejoin came from Burton, who said she was the only person that never lied to him. Michelle returned the favor of course, and Burton got enough votes to rejoin the game.

** Keith comforting a [[CryCute distraught Baylor]] when Reed is giving her mother a very brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. While not the most brutal in the show's history, him comforting Baylor says a ''lot''.

* While it was because she didn't like the reward being offered, Drea instantly offers to switch places with Maryanne (who was going to be forced to sit out). Maryanne, for her part, announces that she will pay Maryanne back if she can.

* Michael Skupin's evacuation in ''Australia''. It is one of the few episodes of Survivor that actually makes you feel that the show is really dangerous and not for novices.

* The alliance between Ethan, Tom and Lex. Three guys from different parts of the country with totally different lifestyles were able to come together and not only run the game but became close friends, a friendship that persists fifteen years later.

** Post Tribe Swap, the way Christy is welcomed by the guys is overall very sweet. Even Roger gets some kind moments with her.[[/folder]]

* The alliance between Ethan, Tom and Lex. Three guys from different parts of the country with totally different lifestyles were able to come together and not only run the game but became close friends, a friendship that persists fifteen years later.[[/folder]]

** Adding onto this, Nick kept his own emotional past to himself(he lost his mother to an overdose), but after hearing the girls talk, he opens up. Everyone on the tribe is not mad at all for him keeping to himself and all felt sympathy for him, much like the two girls above.

* Parvati's refusal to vote out Amanda, despite Amanda's status as jury threat, due to their close friendship.[[/folder]]

* Any time someone has a genuine friendship with someone else that extends outside of the game. Some notable examples are Rodger and Elisabeth, JT and Stephen, Malcolm and Denise, Adam and Jay, Sarah and Tony, Yau-Man and Earl and Dominick and Wendell.

* Any time someone has a genuine friendship with someone else that extends outside of the game. Some notable examples are Rodger and Elisabeth, JT and Stephen, Malcolm and Denise, Adam and Jay, Sarah and Tony, and Yau-Man and Earl.

** Sean reuniting with his dad aboard the cruise ship in ''Borneo'', which came as a complete and pleasant surprise to Sean since it was the first season and the "Loved One's Visit" hadn't been set in stone as a tradition yet. Also, when Sean's dad came back to camp the next day, he was carrying care packages from everyone's families with him.
** Also from Borneo is Jenna, desperately missing her two kids, is informed that while the others received video tapes from their loved ones as part of a reward challenge, her family never sent one out. Later in the episode, while Greg and the tribe were watching his home video, Jenna was out alone in the rain, drearily shooting arrows at the target used in the Reward Challenge. At one point, she makes the bullseye and sighs. A masterfully done scene. [[/folder]]

* Any time someone has a genuine friendship with someone else that extends outside of the game. Some notable examples are Rodger and Elisabeth, JT and Stephen, Malcolm and Denise, and Yau-Man and Earl.