History Heartwarming / BorderlandsThePreSequel

-->'''Athena''': Claptrap... I'm sorry.
-->'''Aurelia''': I'm mortified..! Sorry.
-->'''Timothy''': Am I supposed to break character now? I'm so confused.

** Also, judging by Eliza's behavior with other people, (Being the typical Borderlands mentality of greed, sociopathy, and violence) the fact that she only took ''half'' of Pickle's savings and ''most'' of his choice stock, shows that she loves her brother too.

--> You won't have my mercy, but you have my respect.

* The ending of the People's Front mission. Over the course of the quest, it's been repeatedly made obvious that the white guns you're giving them are garbage and that they'll be killed in an instant if they try to use them. By the time the player finishes the quest and it comes time for TheRevolution, the player will have steeled themselves for the inevitable black comedy. Instead, they turn the weapons into a surprisingly beautiful and creative flower statue which gets a permanent, prominent place in Concordia and remarked on in a not-entirely-disparaging way by the locals.

-->'''Aurelia''': I'm mortified. Sorry.

* Helping the MINAC from The Robot Revolution DLC, become less threatening to help Claptrap accept what happened. you do this by destroying the turrets, painting it pink, and replacing one of its weapons with a bubble blower. all the while it' constantly apologizing and thanking you for putting up with all the hassle.

--> '''Athena''': ''Awwww!''

* The Jack Dopplegangers response to the kitten poster in the poster sidequest is beyond adorable.
--> '''Doppleganger''': Aw, kitty. I ruv him!

* Aiding an imagined Felicity Rampant fight Super-ego-trap's goons off to make Claptrap accept the responsibility for helping in killing her. doubles as a massive TearJerker when Superego begins to cry and ask what he did wrong.

--> Knoxx: "You assholes. What the hell did she do to you to deserve THAT? You order a code 64 on a village knowing full well her sister LIVED THERE? For hell's sake, she took out her own sister in all the confusion because you ordered thermal's only! You had to tie up that one last loose end just to keep her in the corp? So that's what happens when you know too much to leave, but you're too good at your job to die. When she realized what she'd done, she, uh -- she got a little stabby. She's in the brig now. Probably ship her back to Atlas HQ tomorrow. God, I hate this place."

* When Moxxie is in her Mechanic clothes, the back of her overalls has the logo for her daughter Ellie's garage. Further showing that she loves her kids.

** On top of that, they get onto that subject when Mordecai asks Lilith what her first impression of Jack was - she states that, because he was the guy Moxxie left Mordecai for, she didn't like him.

-->'''Jack2''': Am I supposed to break character now? I'm so confused.

** Gets even better when playing as Athena in Claptrap's DLC, she takes being in his mind very well with slight grumbling, and when he opens up about his feelings, she's one of two characters to apologize in response to his frustration and sadness, the other being [[PetTheDog Aurelia]].

* A retroactive one for General Knoxx from the first game, but Athena's backstory ECHO logs has Knoxx express fondness for her and imploring his superiors not to screw over Athena's attempts to reunite with her sister, Jess. [[TearJerker Too bad it ends in tragedy]].

** [[spoiler: In Claptastic Voyage, it is revealed that the reason Athena was working for Jack by this point (as canonically, she had already left his employ after getting him the Vault), was so she could support herself and Springs down in [[VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands Hollow Point]]. Aww.]]

** This turns rather tragic after the main quest is finished and said picture is turned face down on the desk. Given how we know how he treated [[spoiler:Angel.]]
* A retroactive one for [[spoiler: General Knoxx]] from the first game, but [[spoiler: Athena's backstory ECHO logs has Knoxx express fondness for her and imploring his superiors not to screw over Athena's attempts to reunite with her sister, Jess. [[TearJerker Too bad it ends in tragedy]].]]

* During the credits, there's a picture showing [[spoiler: Hammerlock fixing Claptrap after Jack tore out his wheel and shot him.]] Aww. No wonder Claptrap thinks he's his "bestest-friend."
* After Jack [[spoiler:vents the scientists]] Janey calls and asks Athena how she's doing. Athena is obviously conflicted over what just happened, and Janey offers to talk with her, because she doesn't like hearing her sad. The mercenary quickly stammers her thanks, obviously not used to it.

* In Stanton's Liver, you can find ECHO recordings of a woman who worked as a cleaner for the Dahl garrison, whose daughter was sick with something bad enough that even ''Borderland's'' crazy medical tech couldn't cure. She's also becoming paranoid that something out there is watching her. It turns out that the "something" is [[spoiler: the strange Eridian alien]], who abruptly [[spoiler: heals the woman's daughter and tells her to leave Elpis]]. In a universe as ugly and cynical as this one, this is a shining moment of altruistic kindness, and [[spoiler: the one who did it wasn't even human.]]

* The ending of the People's Front mission. Over the course of the quest, it's been repeatedly made obvious that the white guns you're giving them are garbage and that they'll be killed in an instant if they try to use them. By the time the player finishes the quest and it comes time for TheRevolution, the player will have steeled themselves for the inevitable black comedy. [[spoiler: Instead, they turn the weapons into a surprisingly beautiful and creative flower statue which gets a permanent, prominent place in Concordia and remarked on in a not-entirely-disparaging way by the locals.]]

* Sir Hammerlock [[spoiler: saving Claptrap from a Bullymong in the post-credits sequence of Claptastic Voyage. The fact that he fixes him up afterwards makes it even better.]]

* [[spoiler: Aiding an imagined Felicity Rampant fight Super-ego-trap's goons off to make Claptrap accept the responsibility for helping in killing her. doubles as a massive TearJerker when Superego begins to cry and ask what he did wrong.]]

* [[spoiler: Claptastic Voyage ends with a defeated 5H4D0W-TP giving up his functions to keep Claptrap alive after being shot by Jack. Keep in mind, it's implied that Claptrap has lost the will to live at this point.]]
* Simultaneously a Heartwarming Moment AND a TearJerker: [[spoiler: In the Claptastic Voyage DLC, 5H4D0W-TP offers Claptrap's Consciousness the power to kill everyone who ever mocked him and rule the universe. Claptrap admits that this does sound kind of cool, but declines. An astonished 5H4D0W-TP asks him why he's refusing, since his fellow Vault Hunters show him no kindness. Claptrap's response?]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Claptrap's Consciousness''': Because... they're my friends.]]

** In one mission you find the body of a soldier killed by Deadlift's lieutenant. He has an echo log asking you to inform Zarpedon , the person whose trying to kill you, about his death. Kill his killer. And tell a guy he sucks. Zarpedon thanks you for informing her about his death and when you finish the quest he apologizes for not being able to reward you because he's dead. Zarpedon contacts you and tells you where a weapons cache is. She really does care about her people.

* The side Mission "Last Request" has you fulfilling a dead Dahl soldier's last requests. In a universe fuelled by greed and selfishness, it's nice to see the Vault Hunters do something like this. Hell, even Zarpedon says "You won't have my mercy, but you do have my respect," and rewards the player for doing the mission.

---> '''Brick:''' Booyah!

--> '''Athena:''' I suspected I had been for a while, but I wasn't about to leave a job half-done.
--> '''Tina:''' Hey, I ain't judgin'. My best friend's a Bandit King.
--> '''Brick:''' Awww.

-->'''Nisha:''' I guess when love comes it just bludgeons you together anyway. Congrats!

---> '''Doppleganger''': Aw, kitty. I ruv him!

-->'''Imaginary TK Baha:''' Holy cow! You done did it! Thank you so much! hehehe! You are quite the little helper!
-->'''Athena''': (flustered a bit) I am not! You're welcome.

-->[[spoiler:'''Claptrap's Consciousness''': Because... they're my friends.]]

*** More specifically, a Handsome-Jack-in-The-Box wants you to see what Clap-trap's greates fear is, you pull a lever a few times before it leads to T.K.'s farm, you talk to the guy, and he requests you bring him his wife's favorite flowers. Once you do he thanks you wholeheartedly and bemoans his wife's death a little. Jack-in-the-Box comes in and states that this fear is boring before Clap-trap comes in and decides to bring T.K.'s wife back to make him happy. Jack-in-the-box sends enemies after you, and you defend the couple from the attack. Playing as Athena nets you some daww-worthy lines:

* [[spoiler: Aiding an imagined Felicity Rampant fight Super-ego-trap's goons off to make Clap-trap accept the responsibility for helping in killing her. doubles as a massive TearJerker when Superego begins to cry and ask what he did wrong.]]

* [[spoiler: Claptastic Voyage ends with a defeated Shadow-trap giving up his functions to keep Clap-trap alive after being shot by Jack. Keep in mind, it's implied that Clap-trap has lost the will to live at this point.]]
* Simultaneously a Heartwarming Moment AND a TearJerker: [[spoiler: In the Claptastic Voyage DLC, Shadow-trap offers Claptrap's Consciousness the power to kill everyone who ever mocked him and rule the universe. Claptrap admits that this does sound kind of cool, but declines. An astonished Shadow-trap asks him why he's refusing, since his fellow Vault Hunters show him no kindness. Claptrap's response?]]

** Also, Torgue then asks Janey out, she tells him she's not interested, and his response is 'Frendzoned!' At that point, Torgue pipes up in the framing narrative, apologizing for his insensitive, misogynistic, comments back then. In a universe where sociopathy and violence are necessary to survive, it's good to see a guy with such decent values.

-->'''Imaginary TK Baha:'''Holy cow! You done did it! Thank you so much! hehehe! You are quite the little helper!

* [[spoiler: Claptastic Voyage ends with a defeated Shadow-trap giving up his functions to keep Clap-trap alive after being shot by Jack. Keep in mind, it's implied that Clap-trap has lost the will to live at this point.]]