* When Adrian tells his father Harry the news about the end of the world, both of them cries. Adrian then says to Harry, 'I love you, dad.' And Harry says to Adrian, 'I love you too, son. God knows I do.'
* When Adrian tries to convince President Wilson to evacuate with him, President Wilson tells Adrian to get on the plane without him, and tells him that the world which he will head into will be a brave new world.
* President Wilson finding a little girl whose daddy is missing. After making sure said-little-girl is comfortable and under the care of his secretary, Wilson goes outside the White House to search for the girl's daddy, he comes across a paramedic and asks him for help, with the paramedic bluntly refusing, as he's already busy. When the paramedic realizes who he's talking to, he quickly apologizes, only for Wilson to reassure him that he's doing a good job. And then an earthquake strikes.
* Wilson chooses to go down with his ship. Even Anheuser is legitimately touched.
* Pope Benedict XVI decides to stay in Vatican City to pray with the other believers of Catholicism (including the prime minister of the Republic of Italy) until the final moment.
* When Tony Delgatto calls his son who lives in Japan, his granddaughter takes the call and asks him if he is his grandfather, and Tony smiles and says, 'Yes, sweetheart, I am.'
* After coming all the way up to the Arks and faced with the prospect that they won't be allowed in themselves, once the group meet a Tibetan family trying to sneak on board themselves, Kate makes it clear to the other family that she only wants them to take her children even if she can't come herself. [[spoiler:The Tibetan grandmother urges her grandson to let the whole family join them]].
* "[[TearJerker I'm coming home]], [[TogetherInDeath Dorothy.]]"
* Adrian managing to convince all the world's leaders to open the ark's gates, and let everyone else come inside, arguing that humanity must have compassion if it is to be worth saving.
* He may have been a horrible person throughout the film, but Yuri does not hesitate to give his own life so that his sons can get on the ark and be saved. Even the end of the world can bring out the best in bad people.