History Heartwarming / TengenToppaGurrenLagann

* Simon and Kinon use the Power Of Love and the Power Of Friendship to open a wormhole so that the Gurren Lagann can go through, and they can stop Rossiu from committing suicide to atone for his betrayal of Simon. Simon than gives him a Get A Hold Of Yourself Man punch, and stops him from making another mistake, as Kinon embraces him. Simon than leaves Rossiu and his men in charge of the civilians, and city so the soldiers can go off to war, proving that friendships can survive betrayal.

* In the first episode of the second season it turns out Viral was protecting humans who did not like the new world order and wanted to return to their underground way of life. Sure, Viral may have wanted to help them do it to feel more like old times but he also apologies to his easily defeated mecha as well for pushing it too hard.

* Simon's "[[spoiler: My bro is dead]]" speech is the CMOH for the entire series:

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xewklIFYI I'm here for you, Nia! Just like I promised!]]''

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xewklIFYI I'm here for you, Nia! Just like I promised!]]'' D'AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWEEEEE!!! :'-D

* [[spoiler: After Rossiu sentenced Simon to death, he kept Simon's drill around his neck? He didn't destroy or study it; he kept it next to his heart.]]

** There was a special part right before the earthquake that this troper found especially heartwarming. Just as Kamina's first Gurren Brigade abandons him he yells at them for betraying him and tells them that he doesn't want to see them again but when the chief tells Simon to go too and Kamina sees the doubt in Simon's face he actually tells the little guy to do as he's told this means that Kamina cares so much about Simon that he doesn't care if he has to suffer through being cooped up alone as long as he knows Simon's okay.

* For this troper, Simon's "[[spoiler: My bro is dead]]" speech is the CMOH for the entire series:

** Congratulations, Gainax, for making This Troper cry with only ten seconds of animation.

* This troper can't be the only one that thinks the post timeskip opening contains a significant one. Particularly, the scene where the lyrics are going "I have come this far by following your shadow", and the scene is basically the Dai Gurren Brigade, with Kamina at the top facing away from the screen, acknowledging him as their inspiration.

** This Troper kept bawling his eyes out even ten minutes AFTER the last credits. It's a worthy finale for this series. An all-around Happy Ending might have felt cheap and anticlimactic.

* In episode 10 the fighting members of Team Dai-Gurren, most of whom considered Nia their enemy just a few minutes earlier, rush into battle to save her, inspired by her standing up for them [[spoiler:and enraged by Lordgenome's ParentalAbandonment]]. After the battle they give her a loud cheer, showing that they accepted her as one of them. Even this troper, who had not been spoiled about any of the events after [[spoiler:Kamina's death]] and was expecting Nia to pull a FaceHeelTurn any second, could not help but feel happy for her in that scene.

* For this Troper, It was after the forming of Tengen Toppa Gurran Laggan, where the Anti Spiral is just beating the hell out of the Brigade, to the point that it rips open a hole to Earth and starts his EvilGloating. You just KNOW Simon is going to rally the team and start the proper ass-kicking... But it's not him, it's Dayakka, the only member of the brigade to become a father, who not only breaks out of the slump, but delivers the first big hurt on the Anti Spiral. PapaWolf at it's finest.

* Shortly after Simon is named leader of the Dai-Gurren he is talking with Nia about something or another. Then Yoko comes in screaming at Simon about not having eaten in the past few days; it was at that point that this troper [[AbandonShipping Abandoned Ship]] on [=SimonxYoko=], because they were just too much like real family for it to seem right in my mind.

* Was this Troper the only one who noticed how[[spoiler: after Rossiu sentenced Simon to death, he kept Simon's drill around his neck? He didn't destroy or study it; he kept it next to his heart.]]

He doesn't flinch at the thought of a representative of the spiral races demolishing everything he ever believed in, and in his final moment simply requested that they carry on and protect the universe where he (in his mind) failed. Contrast to Lordgenome, who basically gave a speech that amounted to "you're screwed" when he died. The Anti-Spiral had faith that they could succeed, in spite of years of brutal hatred against them.

He doesn't flinch at the thought of a representative of the spiral races demolishing everything he ever believed in, and in his final moment simply requested that they carry on and protect the universe where he (in his mind) failed. Contrast to Lordgenome, who basically gave a speech that amounted to "you're screwed" when he died. The Anti-Spiral had faith that they could succeed, in spite of years of brutal hatred against them.

* Shortly after Simon is named leader of the Dai-Gurren he is talking with Nia about something or another. Then Yoko comes in screaming at Simon about not having eaten in the past few days; it was at that point that [[{{GXNext}} this troper]] [[AbandonShipping Abandoned Ship]] on [=SimonxYoko=], because they were just too much like real family for it to seem right in my mind.

* Kamina breaks Simon out of a slump with the words, "Don't believe in me, who believes in you. Believe in yourself, who I believe in." That this is accompanied by a punch to the face and a [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]] drops it solidly into Crowning Moment Of Awesome territory as well.

** Triples both as a [=CMoA=] and a [=CMoF=] (The latter because his wife Kiyoh witnessed it after the Anti-Spiral opened the dimensional bypass to Earth.)

* "''Why are you still wearing that ring?''"

* Simon is talking with Anti-Spiral Nia about the chances of her coming back to normal, she replies that the chance is infinitely close to zero, Simon replies with; Well to me, that's as good as 100%.

** Triples both as a CMoA and a CMoF (The latter because his wife Kiyoh witnessed it after the Anti-Spiral opened the dimensional bypass to Earth.)

** what makes it even better is that Dayakka, who is normaly rather [[GentleGiant calm and meek]], is going into a screaming, HotBlooded ''RAGE'' here, showing his PapaWolf instincts even better. And yes, he is telling him not to lay a finger on his Earth, but we all know what he really means.

*** '''MY-WIFE-IS-THE-BEST-IN-THE-UNIVERSE-SWING!'''

** what makes it even better is that dayakka, who is normaly rather [[GentleGiant calm and meek]], is going into a screaming, HotBlooded ''RAGE'' here, showing his PapaWolf instincts even better. And yes, he is telling him not to lay a finger on his Earth, but we all know what he really means.

* '''MY-WIFE-IS-THE-BEST-IN-THE-UNIVERSE-SWING!'''

* Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann also gets big credit for the relatively happy ending. After carving a hole through the Anti-Spiral boss and killing him once and for all, every single Anti-Spiral in the universe dies or vanishes due to No Ontological Inertia; Nia, however, hangs on by pure defiant willpower and her love for Simon, and they finally get married. Then, after sharing her first on-screen kiss, she vanishes in the air, smiling to him, and Simon puts on his cape and spends the rest of his days Walking The Earth. Not exactly a cheerful ending, considering that Gainax loves... well... {{GainaxEnding}}s for a reason, but still a great way to end the continuous series of [[AwesomeMoments Crowning Moments of Awesome]].

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LW3DyRlWLc ending credits]] of the second movie manages to be a CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Everything [[strike:combines]] gattais together to form a beautiful summary of the very ''essence'' of the series. Just look at the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuQhoBNOJDI&feature=related lyrics]]!

->'''Simon''': ''I'm sick of it! I am sick of watching people die! I don't care what happens to me, just so long as no one else dies!''
->'''Nia''': ''Do you really want to die? If you are frightened, you should run. You mustn't die. ''
->'''Simon''': ''N-no, I'm not scared.''
->'''Nia''': ''You mustn't lie, either. Come, let's escape. Together.''
** Then she takes him by the hand and go. Really, at that moment, she saved him.