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* Anderson's first scene. She's looking at the photo of her parents; a photo that she carries with her. The look on her face as she remembers is really sweet and establishes her as a warm and compassionate person. While she does TakeALevelInBadass during her day with Dredd, it doesn't diminish those qualities.
* It's a very understated moment, but after Dredd takes down the last perp at the start of the movie and calls Control for a cleanup crew, he takes a moment to check on the hostage; a food court worker named Rosa. She's understandably shaken, but unharmed and grateful to him for saving her.
-->'''Rosa:''' Thank you Judge.
** On a similar note, the perp holding Rosa hostage had just shot and killed multiple people, something Dredd [[BerserkButton does not take kindly to]]. Despite this, Dredd is still willing to try and negotiate with him for Rosa's safety, he only resorts to lethal force after the perp makes it clear he won't cooperate.
* [[KnightInSourArmor Dredd's]] reaction to [[WideEyedIdealist Anderson's idealism]] in the beginning.
-->'''Dredd:''' Make a difference? To a block like this?\\
'''Anderson:''' I was born and raised in a block like this, until the Justice Department took me. I know there are good people inside. Good families, just... trying to get by. Yes, I believe I ''can'' make a difference.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Dredd:''' [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism Admirable]].
* Dredd taking down two teenagers shooting at him with stun rounds, even after telling them they were headed for body bags if they didn't surrender. Considering the wake of destruction he leaves without a wink of remorse this is a particular mark of mercy. Even more remarkable is that Dredd does this even under the sheer stress of being locked down in a 200-floor MegaBlock swarming with heavily armed nad hardened criminals out to murder him.
* Anderson voluntarily quitting the force and using a legal loophole to justify her letting the Clan Techie go free to Dredd, realizing that [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight her morality is too strong even for the Judges]].
-->'''Anderson:''' I already picked up the fail when I lost my primary weapon. I'm not going to be a Judge, and I don't need to be a mind-reader to know it. He's a victim, not a perp, and until my assessment is formally over I'm still entitled to dispense justice and that's what I just did by letting him go. Maybe that'll be the one difference I do make.
** Even better, Dredd actually looks impressed. And approving. Which makes the final shot of Judge Anderson, heading out to patrol the mean streets, that much sweeter.
** Notably, it's implied that this is the moment where Dredd decides she has passed her test and is to become a Judge. By standing up to a superior Judge, she's shown him that she has what it takes to do the job properly.
* Ma-Ma shoots down an entire block. She killed perhaps dozens of innocents, but not her actual targets. In the next scene, Dredd actually loses his cool and delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to their prisoner. Just guessing here, but maybe Dredd has a BerserkButton [[note]]innocent blood being spilt[[/note]] and Ma-Ma just pushed it?
** Indeed, at the beginning, Dredd is pursuing three perps who are shooting at him. He doesn't resort to lethal force to take them down until after they run a bystander down... and note where he starts to interrogate his prisoner. It's clearly a classroom where children or teenagers would be taught, and it's likely that the students just got injured, maimed, or gunned down by the Ma-Ma Clan.
* Dredd, for all his stoicism and (almost) sociopathic disregard for the pain he inflicts on criminals, flatly draws the line on lethal force here after Anderson says she's "99% sure" that the man she's located with her powers is the one who killed the three men in Peach Trees:
-->'''Dredd''': Can't execute a perp on 99%.
* The homeless guy. When quizzed, Anderson tells Dredd the sentence for vagrancy, but also correctly states that murders take priority over taking in a vagrant. Dredd tells the homeless guy [[MercyLead not to be there when they return.]]
* The "are you ready?" CallBack kicks off the finale with a heartwarming and awesome moment about how far Anderson has come:
-->'''Dredd''': You ready?\\
'''Anderson''': [[BlatantLies Yes, sir.]]\\
'''Dredd''': [[SternTeacher You don't look ready.]]\\
''[before the finale]''\\
'''Dredd''': You ready?\\
'''Anderson''': Yeah.\\
'''Dredd''': [[BigBrotherMentor You look ready.]]
* Dredd passing Anderson. He's tough, but fair.
** The preceding scene in the lift, where he personally dresses her wound as opposed to making her do it as a test, is about as close to sweet as Dredd gets.
* Dredd's narration, which ends the film on a slightly more optimistic note than at the beginning.
-->'''Dredd''': Mega-City One. 800 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega structures of the new one. Only one thing fighting for order in the chaos: Judges.
** During his narration, we see Judge Anderson, helmet in hand, going on patrol, and the ending shot of her zooming away.
* The first line from Anderson's sequel comic, ''The Deep End.''
-->'''Anderson:''' Somebody once told me that I'm just not cut out to be a Judge. He was wrong. Turns out I'm a pass.