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10	Because sometimes even [[Webcomic/GirlGenius mad scientists]] can be [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments wholesome]].
11
12	'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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14	[[foldercontrol]]
15
16	!!First Journey:
17
18	[[folder:Volume 1: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank]]
19
20	* From ''very'' early in the comic, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021106 this little note from Phil]].
21	* Also from the same period, regarding Agatha's missing uncle:
22	-->'''Agatha:''' Maybe.. maybe he.. he never ''meant'' to come back!\
23	''[Adam places his hand on Agatha's shoulder and [[TheVoiceless firmly shakes his head.]]]''\
24	'''Lilith:''' Agatha - your uncle loves you very much. Almost as much as we do.
25
26	[[/folder]]
27
28	[[folder:Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City]]
29	* The Jäger Generals invite Agatha over to their office in order to give her back her stuff, before inviting her to stay for tea and supper. Before long, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031031 Agatha is happily chatting with them and enjoying their company.]] For once she's not being treated as a prisoner; she's being treated as a ''guest.''
30	* When Dr. Dimitri [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031210 starts having a nervous breakdown]] and begs Agatha not to tell the Baron about his handmade teddy bears, she promises not to tell a soul and comforts him as he calms down.
31	* After Gil [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031224 commends Agatha]] for her earlier assistance in his lab and expresses interest in continuing to work with her, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031226 she practically beams with joy.]] Gil was the first person besides [[GoodParents Adam and Lilith]] to treat her as an equal.
32	-->'''Agatha:''' He listened to my suggestions! He actually tried out my ideas! Nobody ''ever'' listens to me! This is ''wonderful!''
33	[[/folder]]
34
35	[[folder:Volume 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine]]
36
37	* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040825 Princess]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040827 Zulenna]]'s reason for defending Agatha:
38	--> "Her family ''saved'' mine. Everything that I ''am'' dictates that I do this."
39	** After Zulenna's HeroicSacrifice, Klaus orders his Lackya to [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040908 take her to the lab]] so she can be revived, no matter what the petty rules of royal succession say. He also expects her to [[HonorBeforeReason object]], but points out that at the very least she will ''live'' to object.
40	--->'''Klaus:''' The Fifty Families haven't got the authority ''or'' the power to forbid ''me anything.'' She was here under ''my'' protection -- and I don't give a ''damn'' about their ridiculous games of succession.\
41	'''Lackya:''' But Herr Baron -- ''she will.''\
42	'''Klaus:''' That is her privilege. But ''she'' is the one who will choose!
43	* As Agatha, Krosp, and Othar are leaving Castle Wulfenbach, she takes a moment for [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040915 an affectionate "so long" to newly discovered cousin Theo]].
44
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus Of Dreams]]
48
49	* Upon first meeting Agatha and realizing she's on the run from Baron Wulfenbach, [[ShootTheDog Master Payne's circus turns her away in order to protect themselves]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo something they're NOT happy to do]]. But when a wild clank attacks them and [[GoodSamaritan Agatha]] returns to [[BigDamnHeroes save them]]? They [[FakingTheDead fake her death]] and take her in, no questions asked.
50	-->'''Countess:''' You saved our lives and tried to save Olga's, even after we sent you away. [[IOweYouMyLife We]] ''[[IOweYouMyLife had]]'' [[IOweYouMyLife to do this]].
51	* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050204 Zeetha apologizes to Agatha]] for throwing a tantrum on her during their first meeting, before thanking her for saving the caravan and, more importantly, for letting her know she's not crazy.
52	-->'''Zeetha:''' I never got a change to thank you, or to ''apologize'' for my earlier outburst.\
53	'''Agatha:''' That's okay. [[CommonalityConnection To lose everyone]]—it's ''[[CloseToHome awful]].''\
54	'''Zeetha:''' Not so awful ''now.''\
55	'''Agatha:''' Oh?\
56	'''Zeetha:''' Agatha—I have been wandering for three years now, and you are the first person who has ever ''heard'' of [[HiddenElfVillage Skifander]]. I was beginning to think that I had ''[[MistakenForInsane made it all up]]'' while I was ''feverish''. [[HopeBringer You let me know that my home—my family—]]''[[HopeBringer does]]'' [[HopeBringer exist]].
57
58	[[/folder]]
59
60	[[folder:Volume 5: Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess]]
61
62	* Early in the story between Agatha and one of the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051010 Jägerkin]], as Ognian bursts into tears and hugs her, so delighted to have found the master they were looking for and that, at long last, they get to return home. It manages to be touching in a mother-comforting-her-child kind of way, despite being between a mad scientist and one of her family's comic relief monster HenchmenRace. You find yourself going "awww" even though the "child" is over ten times the "mother"'s age, a couple feet taller when he isn't crouching, and ''has razor sharp teeth''. NarmCharm ''works''.
63	* We finally learn [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060217 why Gil was so taken with Agatha]]. He'd all-but resigned himself to bachelorhood because he craved the company of a woman [[LonelyAtTheTop he could actually relate to and talk with]], both qualities that Agatha - being another Spark - held in abundance.
64
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite]]
68
69	* A mix of [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome]], SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming\|Moments}}, and TearJerker in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070209 this strip,]] when Maxim mourns Lars and gives up his own, very beloved, hat in his honor.
70	--> "He fight vit us Jägers und die for the house of Heterodyne. Dot make him as goot as vun of us. Ve don't leave our own behind. (...) So ven hyu bury him, make sure he gots a hat."
71
72	[[/folder]]
73
74	[[folder:Volume 7: Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle]]
75	* The [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070606 expressions on everyone's faces]] when Agatha starts Heterodyning, as she's presenting the first HopeSpot they've had for an ''actual'' heir in decades.
76	* One from, of all people, Baron Wulfenbach. He watched his son take on an entire army by himself, and brilliantly bully them into submission with a combination of mad science and bare-faced bluffing. To see this he had to be moved despite his life-threatening injuries. His response? "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 Anything-- being paralyzed for life-- would be an acceptable price for seeing what I have seen my son do today.]]"
77
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones]]
81
82	* Moloch's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080312 first words to Agatha upon recognizing her]] are a heartfelt if speedy apology for his actions on Castle Wulfenbach and an agreement to help her hide her identity. He then grabs her to drag her out of the way of a wall of flying knives when it would have been much safer for him to flee on his own and quickly ends up helping her like a loyal minion despite his very loud insistence that he is not a minion.
83
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm]]
87
88	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090327 A small one]]:
89	--> '''Gil:''' ''Ow!'' Why are you ''hitting'' me?! ''I love her and I want to help her!''\
90	'''Zeetha:''' Now ''that'', I'll pass along.
91	* Heartwarming/Awesome/Funny in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090805 this episode,]] which is a bit of a MoodWhiplash.
92	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090810 Gil's scary look of determination.]]
93	-->He's ''not'' going to ''die''.
94	* Adorable and hilarious all at once: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091023 "I'm going to save you both. AND THEN I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"]]
95	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091111 This conversation]] between Gil and Tarvek manages to how much both of them care for Agatha while revealing that Gil really doesn't want Tarvek dead despite all his posturing:
96	-->'''Gil:''' Of course we can get started now if you let me take ''yours'' apart to see how it works—
97	-->'''Tarvek:''' Yes, well I think maybe you'd ''better.''
98	-->'''Gil:''' Um, What? Hey, no, I was just—
99	-->'''Tarvek:''' You're hooked up to me so you'll keep me alive. Now you're expected to manage for both me ''and'' Agatha? I don't really see this working.
100	-->'''Gil:''' Oh, come on, now. Surely we—
101	-->'''Tarvek:''' If things even ''start'' to break down, we're going to ''cut me loose.''
102	-->'''Gil:''' That won't be necessary. If we do this quick enough—
103	-->'''Tarvek:''' If we do, That's great. But if not no heroics. We save ''her''. '''''Right?'''''
104	-->'''Gil:''' ''unhappy glare'' Well... yeah ''right''. ...'''''Right.''''' Um...''of course.''
105
106	[[/folder]]
107
108	[[folder:Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse]]
109
110	* Something of a "Fridge Heartwarming" moment, but when Agatha is in a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100419 state of super-Sparkiness]] where she's on the verge of attaining EnlightenmentSuperpowers, there is one thing she says she needs to do first. That is, if Gil and Tarvek die, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100421 then it's all pointless]]. She "peeped into the infinite", and saw that ''every idea rushing through her head'' would be made ''pointless'' without the company of those she loved.
111	* Although [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101018 this page]] comes off as a set-up for TheReveal with a bit of a TearJerker in the two second-to-last panels, it's actually a bit heartwarming if you look a bit further--to quote [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=0000000000000000000002oy&page=304#7577 our forum:]]
112	-->Agatha loves Zeetha enough to go be stupid. Tarvek cares enough about Agatha to struggle to stop her. Violetta cares enough about Her Lady to stop her. Tarvek cares enough about the cousin who "hates" him, and who he supposedly "hates back", to be frantic that she's going into deadly danger. Violetta cares enough about her role as protector and defender to John Wayne up anyway...when she KNOWS she is a "bad Smoke Knight", and KNOWS Zola has already kicked her butt soundly. And Higgs...Higgs "vas beginning to like" Zeetha. Enough to be devastated for her.
113	-->It's a page just chock full of people loving and caring about each other. Each frame is a little jewel of emotional engagement.
114
115	[[/folder]]
116
117	[[folder:Volume 11: Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell]]
118
119	* Tarvek and Agatha discuss [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101201 how the bit of The Other in Agatha's mind will be defeated for good]] when the chance arises. It's odd how Tarvek can sound so comforting and hopeful with such technical language, eh?
120	* Sleipnir and Theo have been giving us loads of these, such as when the ceiling over their workspace is in danger of collapsing--so Theo handcuffs Sleipnir nice and far away.
121	-->'''Sleipnir:''' If you die I'll hate you forever, you selfish pig!
122	-->'''Theo:''' Good! Yes! [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Hate me for years and years and years]].
123	** Another Theo/Sleipnir one--something big is coming for her, but she's still chained to the wall ([[DramaticIrony for her own safety]]). Theo rushes over, but he can't find the key, so he shields her with his body as the danger approaches.
124	* Higgs is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110128 postponing Zola-related vengeance to make sure Zeetha's okay.]]
125	* Simultaneously heartwarming, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] and [[TearJerker saddening]]:
126	--> [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110603 […]I am Castle Heterodyne. My first charge is the safety of the Heterodyne family. All of Europa believes I have failed. And they will not believe otherwise until you are recognized. Publicly. By me. …And you will be.]] Even if it is my '''final act.'''
127	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110715 "And I am fond of you, professor. Which is why I shall do this quickly."]] A rare moment of Castle Heterodyne NOT being gleefully sadistic.
128	* For pity's sake. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 Give him something to fight for!]] Attached to this moment of IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy is that for once, Tarvek actually ''didn't'' see any sort of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 political calculation]] in the situation. And Tarvek schemed to...[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110909 keep his cousin]], who thought they regarded each other with mutual disgust, out of danger.
129	** Vole's observation at the end of that scene adds to the effectiveness. Even he, who considers the recent Heterodyne generations to be unworthy of the name (to the point of wanting to destroy them), doesn't dare raise his hand against Agatha in that moment.
130
131	[[/folder]]
132
133	[[folder:Volume 12: Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg]]
134
135	* A surprisingly touching one [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 comes from Dupree]] and Gil. Dupree may be a vicious little psychopath, but she is completely loyal to the baron and always follows his orders if she interprets them in creative ways. When Gil confronts her on abandoning the Baron, she breaks down crying, pointing out that she tried to go back and save him, but ''failed''. Gil comforts her with a hug telling her that if she couldn't save his father, then no one could. Doubles as a TearJerker.
136	* The first panel of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120201 this]] update edges into this when Agatha is examining Gil's lightning generators.
137	-->'''Violetta:''' Did you notice he wrote your name on all the bolts?
138	-->'''Agatha:''' ''Obviously'' he has too much time on his hands...but I thought it was very sweet.
139	** It's been established before that the Wulfenbachs put their name on ''everything'' in their machines, the bolts included. This isn't the Spark equivalent of Gil doodling Agatha's name in his notebook, the lightning generators were ''intended'' as a gift.
140	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 A match made in]] WarriorHeaven.
141	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120402 Professor Mittelmind and Fraulein Snaug's weird twisted Spark-Minion relationship]]: they honestly care about each other and are just so cute.
142	--> '''Mittelmind''' ''(pleasantly surprised):'' Fraulein Snaug! Astonishing! You're alive!
143	--> '''Snaug''' ''(happily):'' Whee! And you're still [[OurZombiesAreDifferent a twisted mockery of life]], sir!
144	--> '''Mittelmind''': Sauce!
145	* Ladies and Gentlemen, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120718 Tarvek has decided]] the ''hell'' with Wulfenbach and IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. He's in love and he's courting Agatha no matter what.
146
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City]]
150
151	* Remember all that [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST?]]. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130320 It's been resolved.]]
152	** The previous strip containing the AnguishedDeclarationOfLove from Higgs [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130318 is even better.]]
153	* Turns out, Tarvek does [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130329 care]] about Gil, politics be damned.
154	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130726 On the Baron's paper doll,]] attached to one of the outfits is...a beaming little toddler Gil. And there's a cut out version of him to attach to the other outfits as well!
155	* The fact that for all his rough edges and HeroWithBadPublicity status, the Baron's reign is remembered as "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131021 [like ] some lost golden age of antiquity]]".
156	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131202 The triumphant return of Airman Higgs.]]
157	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131209 Maxina Agatha Gilliana Heterodyne Clay]]. As Adam put it, "When young Wulfenbach sets out to repair something, he doesn't do it halfway." His expression in the top panel is a look seen on many new fathers. And in case you missed it, Adam and Lilith named her after not only Agatha, but also Gil.
158	* The people of Mechanicsburg, from kids to monsters, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131213 asking their Heterodyne if their home can be freed]].
159
160	[[/folder]]
161
162	!!Second Journey:
163
164	[[folder:Volume 1: Agatha Heterodyne and The Beast of the Rails]]
165
166	* When accused by the Father Abbot of arranging for Lady Selnikov's arrival as part of a master plan, Martellus [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141114 sincerely denies]] any involvement, genuinely taken aback at the thought of plotting against a church.
167	** Or possibly [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre taken aback at the fact that it never crossed his mind to do so.]]
168	** And rather than be upset at the accusation, Martellus is impressed at the Abbott's astuteness, to the point of offering him an adviser position.
169	* Dr. Vapnoople really did have an army. Of ''intelligent bears'' all programmed to obey Krosp, proving he really felt his feline creation would lead.
170	** Martellus reveals the bears are programmed to obey the doctor's "''masterpiece''". If that doesn't say Krosp's "poppa" loved him, nothing does.
171
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne and the City of Lightning]]
175
176	* When Gil saves Vole from the Time Bubble, he rages in pain while aging rapidly, turning huge. Bang stares for a moment before being overtaken with joy about the development. While we don't know how Vole will think about the situation, she obviously has absolutely no problem with the development.
177	* Gil and Agatha [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150408 meet for the first time in two years]].
178	* Klaus in Gil's body finally lays bare to Lucrezia in Agatha's body [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150427 his REAL reason for everything he's done since returning to Europe:]]
179	-->'''Klaus:''' [[SeekingSanctuary Sanctuary]] or not- I will '''burn this fortress and every soul in it''' before I allow '''you''' or '''anyone else''' to '''[[PapaWolf harm my son.]]'''
180	* On the romance front, it turns out that Zeetha has a way to send messages to Higgs. At a set time each day, she slowly says a message, which Higgs sees on her [[ExpressiveAccessory circlet crest]]. The first message we see? I. Love. You.
181	* Bangladesh Dupree: AxeCrazy PsychoForHire, who spent most of the first few volumes helping the Baron hunt down Agatha with prejudice. When she and Gil ''finally'' catch up with her following the TimeSkip? [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150415 She can't outright say she realizes something's wrong with Gil, but she hopes that Agatha will be able to fix it.]]
182
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Volume 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Incorruptible Library]]
186
187	* Gil rescues Tarvek from the time bubble around Mechanicsburg and promptly [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160311 gives him a huge hug]]. Note when he says "Ha ha! You're fine!" It's in a normal speech bubble, not the hyper-extended spark-use bubble. For a brief moment, he's just Gil again.
188	** In the same vein, Gil also talks normally while Tarvek takes a bath and when he gets the book from Agatha. He can't fight against it all the time, but finding those he cares for interacting with him (in some way) seems to bring him back for a bit.
189	* When [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160525 Violetta feels inferior]] standing next to two "real" Smoke Knights, Agatha takes a moment to remind her that ''she'' is the Smoke Knight who walked alive out of Castle Heterodyne, and has nothing to feel ashamed of.
190	* Crossing over with Awesome: Dimo reveals the reason behind the Jägers' "absence" from the Heterodyne stories: they were hated, and the Boys wanted to break from their family's reputation. When some were caught following, they were all ordered to remain in Mechanicsburg. Dimo thinks that Agatha should think about that. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160708 Here is her reply.]]
191	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160831 These]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160902 two]] strips, spoiler-laden implications aside, in which Higgs actually bothers helping and cheering up a recently recovered and artificially aged Vole despite the fact he used to be an utter monster.
192
193	[[/folder]]
194
195	[[folder:Volume 4: Kings and Wizards]]
196
197	* As scheming as the Sturmvoraus clan may be, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170220 their matriarch still has a soft spot for old friends]].
198	* Martellus may be a power-hungry bastard, but [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170426 he has friends he dearly cares about]] and as such, is ''utterly '''pissed''''' at what his ancestor did to them. He even calls them "good men."
199	** Similarly, he later swears to Agatha that he would indeed set aside the lightning crown in an instant if it would stop The Other once and for all. While Agatha doesn't trust him in the slightest, she admits she believes it.
200	* For all his timidity, Aldin going out of his way to try and warn Agatha about how other great powers in Europe are going to watch her closely for any sign of her being a "bad" Heterodyne and take her out.
201
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	[[folder:Volume 5: Queens and Pirates]]
205	* Gil finally catches up to and saves the chronically kidnapped Tarvek. Gil had been searching for him ever since Tarvek was kidnapped from Castle Wulfenbach, and once again Gil is finally able to take a long overdue nap once he has his old friend back in his possession.
206	** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180131 Immediately after]], Dupree wakes Tarvek up in the middle of the night to fill him in about Klaus' imprint on Gil's mind, and Tarvek readily agrees to help break it.
207	--->'''Bang''': "We." ''Huh''... See -- '''I'm''' good at killing things, yeah, but ''this'' is beyond me. I talked to the Heterodyne girl -- and now I'm talking to ''you''. '''[[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Fix him]]'''.
208	* Krosp has returned - and he's finally rescued his poppa, Dr. Vapnoople.
209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Volume 6: The Exorcism Engines]]
212	* Tarvek and Higgs [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190121 engage in some]] CasualDangerDialogue regarding Higgs' [[SuperSoldier true nature]], and Tarvek is mildly surprised that Higgs hasn't told Zeetha yet.
213	-->'''Tarvek''': Oh, you mean she's only the latest?\
214	'''Higgs''': ''No''! Never! I've ''never'' felt like this for a woman! '''Ever'''! That's ''why'' it's so hard!
215	* Tarvek is told that Violetta is probably dead. His meltdown proves that despite their vitriol with each other, he really does care for her.
216	** What's more, he wraps up by saying that if Violetta really is dead, then there are only two people left in the world he really cares about - Agatha and ''Gil''.
217	--> '''Tarvek:''' And '''this time''', I'll '''destroy''' anyone who threatens them! '''''Starting with these clowns!'''''\
218	'''Higgs''': And when we're done? [[DrowningMySorrows I'm buyin' you a drink]].
219	* At the climax of the fight, Krosp [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters bites Vapnoople's arm]] in order to make him let go of Agatha, who he was about to drag into an alternate dimension to study the monsters, proving that he values Agatha above his own creator.
220	* Throughout the arc, Xerxe has been shown hunting for Agatha, presumably for something ''very'' sinister. It turns out that it was actually a desperate attempt to save her brother Martellus, who had accidentally infected himself with the "life link" dependency between him and Agatha he had originally infected Agatha with.
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Volume 7]]
224	* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191129 This comic]] has something of a subtle one. After Dimo remembers that he told the cooks to stay put, and realizes they're in danger, he goes with Rakethorn to save them. This moment is powerful simply because it's a ''Jäger'' setting out to save them. Heroics are expected from Rakethorn, not so much from the ruthless warrior monsters of the Heterodynes.
225	* Oggie tells Zeetha about his [[MayflyDecemberRomance long dead wife]]. She was a badass wandering bard who impressed both the then-current Heterodyne and the Jägers, and she took a shine to a pre-Jäger Oggie. She left the night he took the [[SuperSerum draft]], taking nothing with her. [[TheOneThatGotAway He didn't see her again for ten years,]] when he found out that [[DisappearedDad she had his son]]. After that they were together until she died, ''sixty-four years'' later. This time, she left him something: a family. Crosses over with TearJerker.
226	** Once more that necklace he's always drawn with turns out to be a locket with her picture in it, and judging by the flashback, ''shes'' the reason he favors fez style hats, because it's what she wore.
227	** Usually Jägers who befriend humans have to deal with losing them after a few decades. But for Oggie, as long as he has descendants he can still see his wife in them.
228	* When the group gets back, Albia leads a somber ceremony in which she proclaims the full names and ranks of the fallen (starting with Wooster). Why? Doing so etches their names in the memory of everyone who heard her for life, assuring they won't be forgotten.
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder:Volume 8]]
232	* After ''years'' of strips required to get the Baron and Lucrezia out of their heads so they could even have such a moment, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200525 Gil and Agatha]] share a DanceOfRomance, [[DidNotThinkThisThrough much to Tarvek's consternation]].
233	* Tarvek gets to meet another of the Muses, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200601 recognizing Orotine immediately]].
234	* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200615 Agatha gets to reunite with some old friends,]] from Master Payne's circus.
235	* Agatha then [[ItsAllMyFault starts blaming herself]] for [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200701 the death of Lars]], and Krosp immediately tells her to not be sad over his death, but angry that Lucrezia had caused it.
236	* Agatha enacts a rather elaborate ploy ([[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200819 including having Dimo lead several actors from Master Payne's Circus dressed as Jägers onto the dance floor]] and constructing [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200902 a giant automaton that she can control from its head so she could dance with Albia]]) primarily as a means to allow [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200909 Zeetha and Higgs]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200911 a chance to dance together.]]
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239	[[folder:Volume 10]]
240	* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210728 Higgs makes Gunner Thomas Crothers,]] who's been trapped on Big Rat Island with no creature comforts (and a whole lot of creatures who wanted to eat him) for several years, [[MundaneMadeAwesome a cup of tea.]] Crothers' wonder is a joy to behold. And on the next page [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210730 he's clearly savouring his brew.]]
241	* [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220725 Neena apologizes to Albia]] for summoning her, believing that her current situation, as bad as it was, may not warrant such an extreme measure in her mother's eyes. [[GoodParents Albia]] calmly reassures her daughter that she made the right call.
242	--> '''Albia:''' ''Neena'', you are our ''precious daughter''. Your adventurous nature is a ''great joy'' to us. Of ''course'' we have come to your aid.
243	* When Monahan comes to Albia’s aid against Clank!Lucrezia, the elder queen thanks her newly awakened counterpart, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220808 warmly addressing her as “dear sister”]]. A couple pages later Monahan (apparently unnerved by her new state of being) and Albia are holding hands just like a CoolBigSis would with a frightened younger sibling, making it clear that Albia now considers her family.
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246	[[folder:Side Stories]]
247	* In ''The Mechanicsburg Guild of Monsters'', Dr. Hembelbrog recalls how the Heterodyne Boys, once they took over, razed the Monster District to the ground in order to destroy the Fleshyards, and might have done the same to the monsters living there -- but the rest of Mechanicsburg came to their aid and took them in, protecting them from the new masters.
248	* Mechanicsburg [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220926 demonstrates their regard for their dragon]] when he takes a trip outside the town:
249	-->'''Vanamonde''': In your travels, remember that ''you'' are the Great Dragon of Mechanicsburg--defender of the treasury--lurker in the dark--watcher over all that shines--and irreplaceable member of our great family! By this chain of office, let the world know that ''you'' are ''one of our own--protected by our lady--by the teeth and claws of her horde--by the hand of every denizen of our valley--'''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and woe betide any who dares harm you]]'''''!\
250	'''Franz''': (tearing up) Awww! You guys!
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255	* In ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheClockworkPrincess'', Klaus describes Punch and Judy as "the two greatest people I have ever known." Heartwarming enough on its own, but more so when you remember that the most obvious people to compare them to would be the Heterodyne Boys, who everyone else sees as the greatest people the world has ever known. This is doubly so considering that they're constructs, not 'real' people. This justification has been used. Klaus clearly [[PetTheDog doesn't have the same views.]]
256	* In the final pages of ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheSiegeOfMechanicsburg'', after 'Gil' fights with Agatha and is removed by Franz, there's a moment where he and Klaus confer privately:
257	** Gil reveals that due to him, Agatha and Tarvek all being hooked into the ''Si Vales Valeo'' procedure, all three of them are somehow now in synch and instinctively 'know' each other on some level, meaning Agatha was very quickly able to work out that the overlay of Klaus was in control.

Context Heartwarming / GirlGenius