History Heartwarming / Wicked

-->'''Galinda''': But that was the milk flowers that did it, not you. That may be your secret, Elphaba, but it doesn't make it true.

* When Elphaba does her poor approximation of dancing and Fiyero remarks that she certainly doesn't care what anyone thinks.
--> '''Galinda:''' Of course she does. She just pretends not to.

** While playing the "This is the biggest secret I've never told anyone" game, Elphaba says "My father hates me." Galinda's resulting gasp is PlayedForLaughs...chances are pretty good that her reaction is born out of the idea that she's from a loving (if indulgent) family and the idea that anyone's parent could hate them is foreign. In other words, Galinda is capable of loving and does love.

** While playing the "This is the biggest secret I've never told anyone" game, Elphaba says "My father hates me." While Galinda's resulting gasp is PlayedForLaughs...chances are pretty good that her reaction is born out of the idea that she's from a loving (if indulgent) family and the idea that anyone's parent could hate them is foreign. In other words, Galinda is capable of loving and does love.

-->'''Galinda''': But that was the milk flowers that did it, not you. That may be your secret, Elphaba, but it doesn't make it true.

->''Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better.
And because I knew you,
Because I knew you,
Because I knew you,
I have been changed,

!!Theatre/{{Wicked}} (the musical)

-->'''Galinda''': But that was the milk flowers that did it, not you. That may be your secret, Elphaba, but it doesn't mean it's true.

* How much goes Glinda care for Elphaba by the end? She cares for her enough to play all of Oz like a kazoo and obtain supreme power... to basically implement everything Elphaba can't.

--->'''Glinda:''' I've had so many friends...but only one that mattered.

* Galinda proving she does have depth, after hearing the story of how Elphaba's father used to feed his wife milk flowers during her second pregnancy, to prevent the second baby from being green, which caused Nessa to be born prematurely and her tiny legs twisted together it left her paralyzed, and their mother dying from childbirth. [[ItsAllMyFault Elphaba states it's her fault and that its her biggest secret]].

* Two moments during "One Short Day in the Emerald City";

--> '''Elphaba''': Don't tell me I am, you don't have to lie to me.

--> '''Galinda: (holding up her new wand)''' Of course she does. She just pretends not to.

-->'''Galinda''': It was the milk flowers that did it, not you. Elphaba, that may be your secret, but it doesn't mean it's true.

** Just before the "Wiz-o-Mania" performance, Elphaba gushes that she always wants to remember what it's like being in the Emerald City where no one points at her green skin as being odd. Glinda smiles and says, "Elphie, you look positively...emerald!"

--> '''Elphaba:''' I wish I could be beautiful. For you. Don't say that I am, you don't have to lie to me.

* On a meta-note (and counting also as TearJerker), Creator/KristinChenoweth singing "For Good" at both the private funeral of her ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' co-star John Spencer, and the GrandFinale of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow''.
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30710595_2016895658338693_3763396741514311299_n.jpg This picture.]] In case the link dies, it's Mark Seibert (Fiyero) kneeling and tenderly kissing Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba)'s hand. [[note]]It was an one-off for a special musical gala, hence the reason Mark is in his Dancing Through Life costume instead of his As Long As You're Mine one.[[/note]]
** From that same performance: Fiyero leading Elphaba by the hand to the front of the stage, after he saw her sitting alone while he and the ensemble were performing the Dancing Through Life (Tanz durch die Welt) section of the medley.

* How much goes Glinda care for Elphaba by the end? She cares for her enough to play all of Oz on a fiddle and obtain supreme power... to basically implement everything Elphaba can't.

!!Literature/{{Wicked}} (the book)

* Page 78 in the book, where Galinda stares at Elphaba in their dorm, who in turn is staring out the window:
-->They both gazed at the green and flowery spectre reflected in the watery old glass, surrounded by the blackness, driven through with the wild rain beyond.
-->A maplefruit leaf, shaped like a star with blunted points, or like a heart grown lopsided, suddenly whirled out of the night and plastered itself on the
-->reflection in the glass, gleaming red and reflecting the firelight, just where the heart would be - or so it seemed from the angle at which Glinda stood.
-->"Entrancing," she said. "There's some strange exotic quality of beauty about you. I never thought."
* In the fourth book, Rain, who didn't pay much attention to other people as a child, has her earliest memories of playing with some animals by herself. At the end of the book, she confronts Glinda with her lonely upbringing - only for Glinda to remind her that she wasn't alone - Glinda was with her every time. She fills in the gaps in Rain's memories, and in doing so completely changes the nature of their relationship.
* The third book adds a moment - Glinda is released from prison by... something. The way she greets this... something, with a “You took your time,” implies that it’s ELPHABA, back from the dead.

** From that same performance: Fiyero leading Elphaba by the hand to the front of the stage, after he saw her sitting alone while he and the ensemble were performing the Dancing Through Life (Tanz durch die Welt) section of the medley.

* In the fourth book, Rain, who didn't pay much attention to other people as a child, has her earliest memories of playing with some animals by herself. At the end of the book, she confronts Glinda with her lonely upbringing - only for Glinda to remind her that she wasn't alone - [[spoiler: Glinda was with her every time]]. She fills in the gaps in Rain's memories, and in doing so completely changes the nature of their relationship.

--->'''Elphaba''': You're the only friend I ever had.
--->'''Glinda''': I've had so many friends...but only one that mattered.

--> '''Elphaba''': I wish I could be beautiful. For you. Don't say that I am, you don't have to lie to me.
--> [[spoiler: '''Fiyero''']]: It's not lying. It's looking at things another way.

* Watching the last third of the second act in the Musical, knowing the ending. [[spoiler: Knowing what the note Elphaba gets REALLY reads. And what is REALLY driving her subsequent actions. It isn't despair. It is hope that she had long since cast aside.]]
* A subtle one but think about it: Nessarose's only reaction to Boq's [[spoiler: transformation]] is mild shock at first and then pinning all the blame on Elphaba. How is this heartwarming? Because she could have very ''easily'' rejected him. But she doesn't. That's right, Nessa still loves Boq, still wants him to be with her and doesn't think any less of him, even after [[spoiler: he's been turned into a subhuman being...and ''rejected her'']]. That's real love and dedication right there.

--> '''Boq''': You know what? Let's dance.
--> '''Nessa''': ...What?
--> '''Boq''': Let's dance!
** Followed by Boq pulling Nessa's wheelchair out to the dancefloor and dancing around her, like all the other guys are doing with their dates. Even though it really, ''really'' doesn't work out for them, it's hard not to smile to see Nessa so happy, and to see her being treated like all the other girls, regardless of her disability.

* Elphaba and Galinda have been changed... [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome For]] [[LesYay Good.]]

* On a meta-note (and counting also as TearJerker), Creator/KristinChenoweth singing "For Good" at both the private funeral of her ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' co-star John Spencer, and the GrandFinale of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow''.

* Elphie and Galinda have been changed... [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome For]] [[LesYay Good.]]

The third book adds a moment - Glinda is released from prison by... something. The way she greets this... something, with a “You took your time,” implies that it’s ELPHABA, back from the dead.