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1!Volume 1
2* In Doom Patrol volume 1, issue 86: The Brotherhood of Evil, the three members of Doom Patrol plan a surprise birthday party for the Chief, deciding that that certain day would be the Chief's birthday since he never told them before. As though that - and the way they got the gifts - wasn't touching enough, it turned out that it really WAS the Chief's birthday.
3* After hearing Beast Boy's story, and taking out his EvilUncle Galtry, Rita takes it on herself to adopt the young shape-shifter. Gar may be a wise-ass, but he ''never'' talks about Rita with anything but respect.
4!Volume 2
5* Creator/GrantMorrison:
6** Their run had multiple moments with Robotman and Crazy Jane. They're broken in different ways, but can connect with each other far more easily than with the normal people around them.
7** Monsieur Mallah and the Brain finally declaring their love for each other was kinda sweet. In general issue #34 shows how much they love and respect each other, from the Brain refuting Mallah's theory that he is just a brutish beast to Mallah teasing Brain about the "Brain-mobile".
8** Joshua helping Dorothy shed her abusive imaginary friends she created as a child and come to terms with her own coming of age. This is signified by her rejecting the bloody Red Shoes she used to have nightmares about, from an old European fairy tale, and finding they have turned into the Ruby Slippers from The Wizard Of Oz.
9---> '''Dorothy''': Ruby slippers. They were ruby slippers all along...
10** Flex Mentallo regaining his memories and heroic will.
11** The Brotherhood Of Dada finding a home for themselves within the artistic pocket dimensions inside The Painting That Ate Paris.
12** In issue 46, Jane straight-up tells Cliff that she doesn't care about his body and likes him for who he is.
13** Some parts of the second Brotherhood's presidential campaign, especially Mr Nobody's quest to liberate the minds of the people around him from the shackles of monotony and drudgery.
14** Rebis revealing that for all of his severing of connections with the past associates of his two components, he still considers Cliff his dear friend.
15* Creator/RachelPollack:
16** George and Marion, the Bandage People, are not treated like pariahs in their town because of their appearances and powers. Instead, the two are considered local heroes and their aid is greatly and openly appreciated by the townspeople whenever it's needed. In general they are two of the most stable and [[NiceGuy nice]] members of the team, maybe only surpassed by Danny the Street, and their marriage is one of the sweetest relationships in all of DC Comics.
17*** Special mention goes to this exchange from issue #70 with a random woman named Alice who stops them in the middle of their night on the city:
18---> '''Alice:''' Excuse me, I hope you won't think I'm rude - I just wanted you to know that I think you are very brave.
19---> '''George:''' Brave?
20---> '''Alice:''' You go out and face the world. It must be so painful.
21---> '''Marion:''' Oh, no. We feel fine. It's very sweet of you to worry, though.
22---> '''Alice:''' Oh well, but socially it must be painful...
23---> '''Marion:''' What's your name?
24---> '''Alice:''' Ummm... It's Alice.
25---> '''Marion:''' Let me explain something, Alice. [[DarkAndTroubledPast My husband and I have indeed suffered greatly in our lives.]] However - And this is important, so please listen carefully- [[TheAntiNihilist right now we enjoy ourselves immensely.]] Can you say that about your life?
26---> '''Alice:''' * Crying * Oh, I'm sorry, oh go, I didn't mean... You must think I'm such an idiot.
27---> '''George:''' It's all right Alice. Don't worry about it.
28---> '''Marion:''' * Handing her a piece of bandage as a hankerchief to dry her tears * Here
29** Dorothy slowly gaining a new family in the form of the Bandage People (Two loving kooky parents), Cliff (The AloofBigBrother) and Kate (The CoolBigSis). Which makes her death and Kate's all the more tragic.
30** Cliff apologising for his transphobic behaviour towards Kate and accepting both that he will forever be weird and that's great and that Kate is his friend and she is beyond shadow of doubt a woman will bring warm fuzzies to anyone who had to deal with gender dysmorphia.
31** Both Cliff and Kate are offered their "ideal" bodies as a DealWithTheDevil with the Contract but come to realize the bodies they have now are as perfectly "them" as they'll ever need.
32!Volume 3
33* Issue #6 sees Fever sulking about how the Cliff they knew and had grown attatched to was one of Dorothy's imaginary friends, and wonders if anyone else on the team isn't real. Kid Slick calms her, and assures her that he is real and he'll be there for Shyleen always, followed by some ShipTease between the two.
34* Issue #7 has a PetTheDog moment for TheFriendNobodyLikes, Flash Forward, were he helps calm down Ava from having an anxiety attack and uses his precog powers to ensure she'll be alright so far away from the city. It's an early indicator that deep down he is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
35* Cliff reunites with his brother, who welcomes him with open arms. He even gets to meet his niece!
36!Other Appearances
37* Twenty years after their deaths in John Arcudi's run, Kate and Dorothy were finally brought back in the pages of ''DC Pride 2022''.
38** Devin Grayson and Nick Robles's ''Superpride'' shows the two together on a parade float during Metropolis Pride, with Dorothy holding Danny the Brick. Considering that Dorothy was used to ''kill'' Kate and spent the remainder of Arcudi's run languishing in a coma before Cliff had her life support shut off, it's incredibly sweet to not only see Kate and Dorothy alive and happy, but ''together''.
39** Kate later appeared in Jadzia Axelrod and Lynne Yoshii's ''Up At Bat'', having befriended Alysia Yeoh at a conference on trans issues in Gotham City. After twenty years languishing in comic book limbo after her death, Kate was effectively brought back by two different creative teams in two different stories who had gotten tired of waiting for someone else to restore her.

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