History Heartwarming / TheLordOfTheRings

-->'''Gimli''': Never thought I'd die side by side with an elf.
-->'''Legolas''': How about side by side with a friend?
-->'''Gimli''': ...aye. I could do that.

--> (Bilbo quickly opens the door)

--> " Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair."

* Actually, any time the Shire theme flares up, heartwarming isn't far behind.
* How have we forgotten:

-->'''Eowyn''': I'm going to save you

* Stoic elf-king Elrond breaking down and deciding to help, and accept, both Men as a whole and Aragorn in particular when his prim, proper, always in her place daughter Arwen utters one simple word, "Ada"
** What makes it even more heartwarming (and tearjerking at the same time) is that (since [[{{Muse}} This Troper]] is a nerd and read up a bit on her Elvish) 'ada' is informal... she wasn't saying 'Father', she was calling him 'Daddy'. Goes to show that even a millennia-old, gorgeous Elf princess can still need her dad. Gah, cue the sniffling.

* When Gandalf drives out Saruman's influence from Theoden and he comes back to himself. Eowyn is near to weeping with joy as he looks at her in wonder, and then says: "I know your face...Eowyn..."

--->"I am glad that you are here with me, Sam. Here, at the end of all things."

--->"I will not say, do not weep. For not all tears are evil."

-->'''Gondor soldier:''' You know the laws of the country, the laws of your father. If you let them go, your life will be forfeit.
-->'''Faramir:''' Then it is forfeit.

-->'''Sam:''' Captain Faramir, you have shown your quality, sir. The very highest.

--->'''Aragorn''': My friends...you bow to no one.

--->'''Sam''': Then let us be rid of it... once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry ''you!''

---> " Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair."

--->'''Gimli''': I have taken my worst wound at this parting, having looked my last upon that which is fairest. Haugh, henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be [Galadriel's] gift to me.
--->'''Legolas''': What was it?
--->'''Gimli''': I asked her for one hair from her golden head. She gave me three.

--->'''Gimli''': Never thought I'd die side by side with an elf.
--->'''Legolas''': How about side by side with a friend?
--->'''Gimli''': ...aye. I could do that.

--->'''Aragorn''': Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails! When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship - but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! ''But it is not this day!'' This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"

--->'''Eowyn''': I'm going to save you
--->'''Theoden''': You already did... Eowyn... my body is broken... you have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed.

--->'''Aragorn''': You have my sword.\\

---> '''Gandalf''': Theoden King stands alone.
---> '''Eomer''': No. Not alone. Rohirrim! To the King!

---> '''Frodo''': I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened.
---> '''Gandalf''': So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.

---> '''Bilbo''': No thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers or distant relations!
---> '''Gandalf''': And what about very old friends?
---> (Bilbo quickly opens the door)

** When this troper saw Return of the King, during this scene, a couple people in the back of the theater started chanting: "[[Rudy]] Rudy Rudy"

** There's what comes before it as well, equally ranked in TearJerker territory. When Boromir is dying in utter despair, claiming that he's failed the Fellowship and mourning that not only his city but his entire race is doomed, Aragorn - who Boromir has only gradually come to accept, and who seems to identify more with the Elves - swears to save the White City and '''our people'''. You can truly see the realization, joy and hope emerge on Boromir's face, as he believes at last that there is indeed a chance for the race of Men to survive, and he dies content instead of despairing, thanking and accepting Aragorn fully in his final words.

** There's what comes before it as well, equally ranked in TearJerker territory: when Boromir is dying in utter despair, believing that not only his city but his entire race is doomed, Aragorn - who Boromir has only gradually come to accept, and who seems to identify more with the Elves - swears to save the White City ''and'' 'our people'. You can truly see the realization, joy and hope emerge on Boromir's face, as he understands that there is indeed a chance for 'our people' to survive, and he dies content instead of despairing, thanking and accepting Aragorn fully in his final words.

* A rather strange but still powerful moment: After the Battle of Pellenor Fields, Aragorn releases the Army of the Dead from their curse of undeath. The looks on their faces as eons of anguish melt away is priceless.

---> '''Gandalf''': So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.

-->'''Gondor soldier:''' You know the laws of the country, the laws of your father. If you let them go, your life will be forefit.
-->'''Faramir:''' Then it is forefit.
* This troper is always moved to tears by a particular moment in Return of the King. After Aragorn is crowned as the King of Gondor, he moves through the crowd, reunites with Arwen and finally arrives at where the four Hobbits are standing. They begin to bow to him, but Aragorn looks at them and says:

** This troper always starts crying not when she sees Arwen alive, not when she sees Aragorn's expression, but when she sees ELROND'S expression, and his lips forming the words "Go to him." As a parent, she understands very well the attachment to a precious child...

* And hell, how can people here leave out Samwise Gamgee's finest hour? At the end of journey, at the base of Mount Doom, malnourished, dehydrated, wounded and exhausted by a quest so long and hard they cannot even really remember a time before it, Frodo and Sam are literally dragging themselves up the rocky slope until Frodo just can't go on anymore. Sam knows that he cannot pick up the burden of the Ring from Frodo and destroy it himself for he would fall under its spell, so he does what only a real friend would do: He, although if anything even more tired and damaged than him, picks Frodo up and carries him to the top of the mountain. He ain't heavy, he's my brother indeed.

-->'''Frodo''': You've left out one of the chief characters, Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. Frodo wouldn't have gotten far without Sam.

* When they light the watchtowers I cry. So majestic.
* Also when the riders of Rohan are waiting at the battle of Pellenor Fields, and Theoden gives that speech and rides along with his sword as the riders shout, and Eowyn and Merry shout and raise their swords. Um I want to watch this right now.

--->'''Gimli''': Never thought I'd die side by side with an elf...

* "End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The gray rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it...The White Shores, and beyond, a fair green country under a swift sunrise." And just like that, all the darkness and despair goes away for a little while.
** While for people with more knowledge, it is heartbreaking in a different way because with the implied meaning of the second part of the quote, they paint Gandalf as ultimately lying. No one knows what happens to the spirits of Men (and probably also to the related Hobbits) after their spirits leave the world. The quote is lifted from Frodo's journey to Aman.

--->'''Aragorn''': Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails! When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship- ''but it is not this day''. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! ''But it is not this day!'' This day we FIGHT! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you STAND, Men of the WEST!"

* This troper always found the moment in Return Of The King when the Hobbits are back in Green Dragon a particularly heartwarming look at their friendship. They don't even need to say anything to each other; after all they've been through, they just chick their tankards together and have a pint.

** And just as good, is when the rest of the remaining fellowship enters the room to see Frodo. They are all either laughing or crying in joy, something they hadn't done together in a long time. After everything each of them had been through, they are finally reunited.

** What makes it even MORE heartwarming (and tearjerking at the same time) is that (since [[{{Muse}} This Troper]] is a nerd and read up a bit on her Elvish) 'ada' is informal... she wasn't saying 'Father', she was calling him 'Daddy'. Goes to show that even a millennia-old, gorgeous Elf princess can still need her dad. Gah, cue the sniffling.

* This troper is affected by many scenes involving Faramir. One of her favorites by far is the sequence from the Extended Version when Aragorn is healing Eowyn (with Liv Tyler singing!). Another is when he comforts Eowyn--and the look on her face suggests that she has finally found a man who truly understands and appreciates her. (Knowing Eowyn's fate from the book helps; she no longer feels she has anything to prove, because of him.)

** The camera pans up to reveal several hundred Rohirrim who proceed to charge THROUGH an army of 10,000 Uruk-Hai to save the king.

---> '''Frodo''': I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened.

* When Gandalf drives out Saruman's influence from Theoden and he comes back to himself. Eowyn is near to weeping with joy as he looks at her in wonder, and then says: "I know your face...Eowyn..."

** The camera pans up to reveal several hundred Rohirrim who proceed to charge THRU an army of 10,000 Uruk-Hai to save the king.

The camera pans up to reveal several hundred Rohirrim who proceed to charge THRU an army of 10,000 Uruk-Hai to save the king.

The camera pans up to reveal several hundred Rohirrim who proceed to charge THRU an army of 10,000 Uruk-Hai to save the king.

* This troper is affected by many scenes involving Faramir. One of her favorites by far is the sequence from the Extended Version when Aragorn is healing Eowyn (with Liv Tyler singing!). Another is when he comforts Eowyn--and the look on her face suggests that she has finally found a man who truly understands and appreciates her. (Knowing Eowyn's fate from the book helps; she no longer feels she has anything to prove, because of him.)

* Although not in the actual movie, in the making of feature, there is one moment where Arwen's stunt rider is talking about how she really wanted to buy the horse, but was unable because of the price (stallions are very expensive) and another higher up wanted him. Viggo Mortensen heard about this, and said he would try to get him. He succeeded in it, and when asked how much the horse was, replied that he wanted to give him to the stuntwoman. It's very moving to see her start crying when she's talking about it.
** Sam's speech at the end of The Two Towers; Even Gollum was visibly affected by this speech, at least for a moment.
--> '''Sam:''' It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? (...) Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. (...) Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going...because they were holding on to something!

-->'''Sam:''' That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.
** In the film, Aragorn says, "[[KneelBeforeFrodo You bow to no one]]," to the hobbits, and all the humans and elves kneel to them.
** Bilbo's conversation with Frodo at his birthday party.
** Aragorn's decision to go to the aid of Merry and Pippin, at the end of the first film. And Gimli's reaction.
** Sam and Frodo at the base of Mount Doom, as Frodo has seemingly lost even the will to move thanks to The Ring:
-->'''Sam:''' I can't carry it for you ... '''but I can carry you!'''
** "I asked for one hair from her golden head. She gave me three."
** Theoden speaking to Eowyn before he left to battle when she asked what other duty he would have her do.
---> " Duty? No ... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair."
** When Aragorn was reunited with Arwen and the kiss that followed.
*** Elrond's happy yet sad expression as he sees his daughter happy with Aragorn, despite knowing she will eventually die and separated from him.
** Boromir's FamousLastWords to Aragorn. " My brother. My captain. ''My king''." Doubles as a TearJerker

!!Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of The Rings'' Films