History Heartwarming / ThePhantomOftheOpera

-->''Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known?''
-->''God grant me courage to show you - '''you are not alone!'''''
** Sierra Boggess' Christine cranks it up to eleven: she kisses him, ''hard'', then pulls away, looks him right in the eyes - and ''goes back for more''. There's no way he can deny she's doing it of her own free will after that. Also, she deliberately touches his scars the second time, when she's grabbing his face so she can kiss him harder, which is probably something no one has ever done before. You can ''see'' Ramin Karimloo's Phantom melting into her arms on that second kiss, going from disbelief to pure passion.

* In "Notes II," at least in the 25th anniversary version, Madame Giry is seen trying to comfort Christine and assure her she doesn't have to do the opera if she doesn't want to, and advises the managers that it's a bad idea. While the reasoning she gives is that they already know Erik is capable of murder, it's easy to infer that she's genuinely concerned for Christine's mental health and welfare and doesn't want to subject her to the strain of being bait for her stalker.

* Currently in the Broadway production as of 2022, there's a cute background romance between one of the male dancers and one of the ballerinas in ''Hannibal'': they sweetly dance together when Carlotta sings 'Think Of Me', and embrace each other in comfort when the backdrop falls.

** Sierra Boggess' Christine cranks it up to eleven: she kisses him, ''hard'', then pulls away, looks him right in the eyes - and ''goes back for more''. There's no way he can deny she's doing it of her own free will after that. Also, she deliberately touches his scars the second time, when she's grabbing his face so she can kiss him harder, which is probably something no one has ever done before. You can ''see'' Karimloo's Phantom melting into her arms on that second kiss, going from disbelief to pure passion.

--> '''Christine:''' Say you love m--
--> '''Raoul:''' You know I do.

* Right after the Point of No Return. The Phantom is no longer playing games, or pretending to be Christine's Angel, or tempting her - he is actually pleading for Christine's affection. The vulnerability of such a powerful character, as well as how crushing his loneliness was, was in itself nearly a TearJerker.

* In the movie musical, Madame Giry brushes Meg's hair a little bit as they watch Christine sing "Think of Me", silently assuring her that someday she'll be a star, too.

* Depending on the actress playing her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Carlotta]] sometimes shows sympathy to Christine during "Notes II" when Christine is losing her sanity over the idea of being bait to capture the Phantom, all depending on how the actress delivers the line "She's mad". In particular, Wendy Ferguson's take on the line in the 25th anniversary concert has her look genuinely saddened, and [[JerkassRealization maybe even a little ashamed of herself]] for accusing Christine of being in on the Phantom's plot. (Indeed, after Christine's breakdown, she never brings that idea up again.)

* In at least some productions, when Carlotta croaks during her performance, Christine reaches out to try and comfort her and see if she's okay--possibly concerned that Erik really did do something to harm her.

* Granted it's undermined by the whole "stalking" thing, but Erik [[ComfortingComforter laying his cape like a blanket over Christine]] after she faints is oddly kind of cute.

* The entirety of "All I Ask of You" could count as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, really.

* Currently in the Broadway production as of 2022, there's a cute background romance between one of the male dancers with a whip and one of the ballerinas in ''Hannibal'': they sweetly dance together when Carlotta sings 'Think Of Me', and embrace each other in comfort when the backdrop falls.

* Currently in the Broadway production as of 2022, there's a cute background romance between one of the male dancers with a whip and one of the ballerinas in ''Hannibal'': they dance together when Carlotta sings 'Think Of Me', and embrace each other in comfort when the backdrop falls.

* Depending on the actress playing her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Carlotta]] sometimes shows sympathy to Christine during ''Notes II'' when Christine is losing her sanity over the idea of being bait to capture the Phantom, all depending on how the actress delivers the line "She's mad". In particular, Wendy Ferguson's take on the line in the 25th anniversary concert has her look genuinely saddened, and [[JerkassRealization maybe even a little ashamed of herself]] for accusing Christine of being in on the Phantom's plot. (Indeed, after Christine's breakdown, she never brings that idea up again.)

* Depending on the actress playing her [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Carlotta]] sometimes shows sympathy to Christine during ''Notes II'' when Christine is losing her sanity over the idea of being bait to capture the Phantom, all depending on how the actress delivers the line "She's mad".

** Sierra Boggess' Christine cranks it up to eleven: she kisses him, ''hard'', then pulls away, looks him right in the eyes - and ''goes back for more''. There's no way he can deny she's doing it of her own free will after that. You can ''see'' Karimloo's Phantom melting into her arms on that second kiss, going from disbelief to pure passion.

* The end of the [[MilestoneCelebration 25th Anniversary Celebration at the Royal Albert Hall]], in which all the West End Phantoms from the past twenty-five years join and sing "Music of the Night". Although Michael Crawford was onstage, he did not sing with them, because he had just gotten back from playing the Wizard during a matinee show of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Theatre/TheWizardOfOz''. (You can see him at least mouthing along when the whole cast is singing together, however.)
** Crawford did get his own Heartwarming Moment at the end, though, when Ramin Karimloo (who performed the Phantom in the concert) bowed respectfully to him at the show's conclusion, singing, "You alone can make our song take flight!" in tribute.
*** Crawford was not the only one moved to tears in that moment.
*** Definitely not the only one.
** Besides the multi-Phantom goodness, there was also the interaction between the three leads at final bows. Ramin reaches for Sierra's hand and kisses it, then grabs Hadley's hand with the biggest grin (it does help that they're best friends in real life).
*** Even cuter is the very ending, when Ramin scoops up Sierra and carries her offstage after the celebration ends.
*** And Sierra tried to pick Ramin up first! ''So cute!!!''
*** It speaks volumes to Ramin's humility and Colm Wilkinson's general awesomeness that, after the group bows, Colm grabs Ramin by the arm and leads him to the front of the stage for another bow.
* Hadley Fraser's adorable laugh as he spins Sierra around after All I Ask of You, and just the sheer level of happiness in their expressions.
* At the final curtain call for Hugh Panaro, one of the longest running Broadway Phantoms, his beloved dog Soot was brought out onto the stage and lifted up to give a wave to the audience.

---> Christine: Say you love m--
---> Raoul: You know I do.

---> Erik: Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you, here, beside you. Anywhere you go, let me go too! Christine, that's all I ask of -

* Meg going looking for Christine after "Think of Me" to congratulate her is simple but sweet, as is the fact that throughout the show she never feels anything but genuine, tender pride towards Christine's success. Of all of the characters in Phantom, Meg retains the most honest, innocent outlook through everything that happens; her first instinct is always to comfort and care for Christine, never of revenge. She's a walking Heartwarming Moment.
** Another CMOH that requires a rejection of LND: Christine and Raoul's FinalLoveDuet. The Phantom's devastation is [[TearJerker heartbreaking,]] but the knowledge that he's doing the right thing and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy his beloved WILL be happy]] are what make the whole thing WorthIt.