History Heartwarming / Batman

* ''Joker Film Series''
** ''Heartwarming/{{Joker|2019}}''
** ''Heartwarming/JokerFolieADeux''

* DC Extended Universe

* Joker Film Series

* ''Heartwarming/{{Joker|2019}}''
* ''Heartwarming/JokerFolieADeux''

* ''Hearwarming/JokerFolieADeux''

* in ''Batman #156'''s "Robin Dies at Dawn", Batman volunteers to test the effects of isolation on a human mind and hallucinates Robin dying for him. It makes him so upset he has nightmares and quits being Batman for a while, but becomes heartwarming when Robin takes notice of his problems and has Ace the Bat-Hound lay next to Bruce at night so he won't be alone.

* in ''Batman #156'''s "Robin Dies at Dawn", Batman volunteers to test the effects of isolation on a human mind and hallucinates Robin dying for him. It makes him so upset he has nightmares and quit being Batman for a while, but becomes heartwarming when Robin takes notice of his problems and has Ace the Bat-Hound lay next to Bruce at night so he won't be alone.

* ''Heartwarming/LegoBatman''

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* ''Detective Comics'' #833-834: Batman and Zatanna are forced to work with each other when a magician's assistant (and close friend of Zatanna's) is found murdered. Initially this is a case of TeethClenchedTeamwork on Batman's part because he still remembers how Zatanna mindwiped him during ''Comicbook/IdentityCrisis''. They discover that that the killer is none other than the Comicbook/{{Joker}} who then shoots Zatanna in the throat and locks her in a drowning tank, while strapping Batman into an electric chair. Believing that his mistrust of Zatanna nearly got them both killed, Batman is much more willing to work with her and by the end of the story any wrongs committed during ''Identity Crisis'' are forgiven.

-->'''Bruce:''' (to Damian) ...Damian... I'm proud of you.
-->(''Father and son embrace, cue ManlyTears'')

* The ''Made of Wood'' arc of Detective Comics has Batman acting unusually accommodating to the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott. He never criticizes the help given, makes sure to include him in all his investigations and everything goes great between them. After saying their good-byes after returning to the Batcave, we see Batman placing a new souvenir in his collection alongside a black and white picture of Alan Scott and a young boy shaking hands, signed [[spoiler:"To my biggest fan and junior guardsman, little Tommy Wayne".]]

* ''Detective Comics'' #726 (not to be confused with the Paul Dini Christmas story; that's #826): ComicBook/TheJoker combines this trope with a hefty dose of SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and MagnificentBastard. To explain: [[spoiler:He's used morse code to coerce the guy in the cell next to his to escape, kidnap a small girl, and hide her somewhere. By the time Batman's on the case, the guy's already offed himself, so Batman's only chance of saving the girl is The Joker himself. After a less-than-informative conversation, The Joker realizes that Batman really isn't in the mood for a mind-game, and flat-out tells him where the girl is: in the trunk of a half-submerged car. After fighting his way through an ARMY of thugs, Batman finally does find the girl, and saves her just before she suffocates. Later, Batman returns to Arkham and asks why Joker came clean, to which the Ace of Knaves gives this response:]]
-->'''Joker''': [[spoiler:Why? Just... Because. I know you, Batman. When you approach a hostage situation like the one I put you in tonight... you probably assume the victim is already dead. Oh, sure. You do everything in your power to save them anyway, because that's you. But you don't really dare hope, do you? After tonight, though...]]
-->[[spoiler:(Cue Batman lifting the alive, cheerful child out of the water, the [[CueTheSun rising sun]] in the background)]]
-->'''Joker''': [[spoiler:You'll never be able to do that again, will you?]]

* A surprising example from Franchise/{{Batman}}'s [[TheBrute Bane]] in ''Secret Six'' after [[spoiler: Batman's death]]. To honor his foe, Bane, Catman and Ragdoll go around stopping a group of assassins who are targeting certain people, including children. It speaks volumes that despite Bane and Batman not seeing eye to eye, Bane was doing this out of respect for him. [[http://www.htmlcomics.com/Book/html.asp?Series_Name=Batman%20%28Battle%20For%20The%20Cowl%29&Book_No=015_Number=1Α=B&Lookup= "The Batman. The Batman saved your child, Mr Cooper."]]

* Batman gets many in ''Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?'' [[spoiler:Batman has died and all of his friends and enemies are telling different versions of his death.]]
-->'''Clayface:''' [[spoiler:He died sssaving the city. No that's not true... he sssaved the city, yes... but he died sssssaving me.]] I ssssaid, "I'm not worth it." He said, "everyone's worth it."

'''Alfred:''' Am I alright, sir?... No, I'm not... [[spoiler: My son has died]].
* [[spoiler: Tommy Elliot's funeral]] in "Hush"; with all those close to Bruce in attendance.
* At the end of "Heart of Hush", Bruce Wayne looks over Selina Kyle and blames himself for [[spoiler: Hush cutting out her heart (she got better)]]. He tells her that after so many years of shutting out people, he could never shut her out, that Catwoman is the only person to ever hold his heart. Batman finally admits, that no matter what happens, he will always love her.

* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' #17, [[spoiler: Bruce has returned and is having a rooftop conversation with Tim. He states that since coming back, he has forgotten to do one thing. Cue the next page where the two hug.]]
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' #9: Tim finally reunites with his friends and family. The most touching would have to be [[spoiler: his reunion with Superboy. He stands in stunned silence as Superboy teases him about his [[PaintItBlack costume change]] until he finally hugs Superboy in relief.]]
--> '''[[spoiler: Superboy]]:''' Tim? Buddy? If you're trying to be all dark and grim now, this isn't going to help.

* If there's one thing the New 52 has done well, it's Batman. As such, these are everywhere. One such example appears in Batman: Dark Knight. [[spoiler: Scarecrow's returned and he's been up to his usual shenanigans, kidnapping children and mentally breaking them. One specific little girl, the most recent, gets a personal visit from Batman. He asks her for information on what happened, and who did this to her. She, obviously, can't respond. But Batman seems to understand what she needs. So he sits next to her, silent, and holds her hand through the night.]] Overlaps with [[TearJerker Tear Jerker]].

* In issue 51 "Gotham Is", the first issue since [[spoiler: Bruce returned as Batman following his presume death and memory loss]], Gotham suffers an unexplained black-out that everyone assumes is the first step towards some form of attack on the city and thus Batman naturally investigates leading to the following events:

** Finally we see Batman patrolling the city til dawn as it's shown that everyone from civilians to criminals ([[spoiler: including Joker]]) is simply enjoying what is implied to be Gotham's first quiet night in a very very long time. As the sun rises over the horizon Bruce learns that it was a simple earthquake as the power comes back on, with the voice-over, the reporter's opinion article, telling Batman to enjoy the quiet night and be happy, if only for one night, to finally see the Gotham he always dreamed of.

* In ''Comicbook/BatmanTomKing'' Batman encounters two new heroes calling themselves Gotham and Gotham Girl. One assumes that this arc will see the heroes attacking Batman for being too dark and violent and they are the right way. Nope... they are pretty much Batman fans and thrilled to work with him, being very polite. Well, Batman will hate them though, right? No again. Batman respects them and allows them to help. By issue 3 we learn that Gotham [[spoiler: is a young boy who was saved by Batman. His parents were almost killed like the Waynes (complete with the necklace almost being ripped off the mom) but Batman saved him and told him it was okay to be afraid now but to be brave one day. The boy decided to become a hero. Batman later tells Gotham he is happy to see what he became, much to Gotham's delight]]

* After over 70 years of intense flirtation, Bruce finally [[spoiler: asks Selina to marry him in the mainstream universe, on a rainy Gotham rooftop at night. With the diamond ring she stole in her first appearance no less!]]

-->[[spoiler: (he kneels down and takes her hand)]]
-->'''Bruce:''' [[spoiler: (holding the ring in one hand, as the Bat-signal lights up the sky) Marry me.]]
** And as of October 2017, Selina has [[spoiler: replied to his proposal with a "Yes."]]

* A small one from part 3 of the 'Face the Face' storyline, after Arnold Wesker [[spoiler:has been fatally shot and lies dying]], Scarface yells at him to do something... so Wesker reaches out, and holds Scarface's hand.

** ''Heartwarmng/BatmanGrantMorrison''

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