History Heartwarming / IndependenceDayResurgence

** On a personal level, when Patricia is confronted by Matthew, her father's bodyguard, he makes it clear that her father asked him to distract Patty while Whitmore took the tug, not as a president asking a subordinate, but as one father to another

* Jake taking the fall for Charlie over something he had no hand in, shrugging it off as a side benefit of his ZeroPercentApprovalRating.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them. FriendtoAllChildren indeed.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them. Friend to All Children indeed.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them. Friend toAllChildren indeed.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them. FriendtoAllChildren indeed.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them. [[FriendtoAllChildren]] indeed.

* The relationship between Julius and the kids. Basically Julius comes to rescue an entire herd of children and more or less adopts all of them.

* When Okun awakens from his ''twenty-year coma'', Isaacs is quickly revealed to be his lover and the two happily embrace. The latter has regularly kept his room well-stocked with well-tended flowers.

* Warlord Dikembe treats accountant Floyd as just a pesky annoyance. However, they end up fighting side by side against the aliens to save Okun.

* David's reaction when he hears that Julius is still alive after thinking he had died in the aliens' attack. Creator/JeffGoldblum perfectly conveys David's pleasant surprise and immense relief, showing that, no matter how much Julius may annoy him, David loves his dad.

** Okun and Isaacs being presented as a gay couple is in and of itself heartwarming, as absolutely nothing is said about it in the film. They're simply a couple. [[spoiler:Which makes it a shame when Isaacs dies.]]

** Whitmore is in a bad state, desperately trying to reach the stage to warn the world of [[spoiler:the approaching Queen]]. However, when he sees his old friend Grey, he stops everything to nod and acknowledge him.
*** Even more heartwarming is seeing how much the public ''adores'' Whitmore and Grey. All they have to do is be mentioned or, in Whitmore's case, just walk on stage, and the crowd goes nuts.

* Former President Whitmore telling Patricia that he [[spoiler:volunteered for the suicide mission to save ''her'' and not the world]].

* The novelization features a very bittersweet scene where Jasmine checks in on a little boy being [[LittlestCancerPatient treated for cancer]] and finds him asleep with his favorite doll, which a nurse says he can't fall asleep without. What is it? [[spoiler:An action figure of her late husband, Steven Hiller.]]
* David's reaction when he hears that [[spoiler:Julius is still alive after thinking he had died in the aliens' attack]]. Creator/JeffGoldblum perfectly conveys David's pleasant surprise and immense relief, showing that, no matter how much [[spoiler:Julius]] may annoy him, David loves [[spoiler:his dad]].

* At the beginning of the film, Patricia and Dylan warmly reunite, still having the friendship they developed towards the end of the first film.

* It's said that Charlie and Jake have been friends since meeting at an orphanage in 1996. Both of them lost their parents in the original invasion and have thus helped each other out and as close as brothers. To put it in perspective: Charlie was ''three''[[note]]and a half[[/note]] when the previous invasion happened while Jake was only seven at the same time and has been looking after Charlie since.
* When Okun awakens from his ''twenty year long coma'', Isaacs is quickly revealed to be his lover and the two happily embrace. The latter has regularly kept his room well-stocked with well-tended flowers.
** Okun and Isaacs being presented as a gay couple in and of itself is heartwarming as absolutely nothing is said about it in the film. They're simply a couple. [[spoiler: Which makes it a shame when Isaacs dies.]]
* The Fourth of July ceremony features a tribute to the vets of the War of 1996. Among them? General - and former president - Grey, who gets a standing ovation for his part in the War. All the more heartwarming considering his actor, Robert Loggia, passed away a few months prior to the film's release.
** Whitmore is in a bad state, desperately trying to reach the stage to warn the world of the approaching Queen. However, when he sees his old friend Grey, he stops everything to nod and acknowledge him.
*** Even more heartwarming is seeing how much the public ''adores'' Whitmore and Grey. All they have to do is be mentioned, or, in Whitmore's case, just walk on stage, and the crowd goes nuts.
* Julius wrote a book about how he saved the world in 1996 - which isn't terribly far from the truth considering he not only got David to Washington in time to save Whitmore and the command staff, but gave David the idea about giving the aliens' tech a "cold".

* Despite Charlie's awkward (and outright bad) attempts to flirt with Rain, she ends up allowing him to take her out on a date after the Earth is saved.
* Former President Whitmore telling Patricia that he [[spoiler:volunteered for the suicide mission to save her.]]
** This is part of an ongoing theme through the entire film of the previous generations feeling an obligation to the next generation, capped off with Julius (prior generation from the first film) taking on the role of foster grandfather for a whole gaggle of orphaned kids (the next generation compared to this film's heroes).
* After the disastrous assault on the alien mothership, David blames himself for not being able to prepare the world for the alien invasion enough, thus leaving them no chance to fight back. Whitmore assures him that humanity didn't stand a chance the last time, either, and that it's not his fault that everything ended up as it is, then go on to give a RousingSpeech to the demoralized base personnel in the hangar, giving them the resolve to fight back again.
* The novelization features a very bittersweet scene where Jasmine checks in on a little boy being [[LittlestCancerPatient treated for cancer]] and finds him asleep with his favorite doll, which a nurse says he can't fall asleep without. What is it? [[spoiler: an action figure of her husband, Steven Hiller.]]

* After the disastrous assault on the alien mothership, David blames himself for not being able to prepare the world for the alien invasion enough, thus leaving them no chance to fight back. Whitmore assures him that humanity doesn't stand a chance the last time, either, and that it's not his fault that everything ended up as it is, then go on to give a RousingSpeech to the demoralized base personnel in the hangar, giving them the resolve to fight back again.

* After the disastrous assault on the alien mothership, David blames himself for not being able to prepare the world for the alien invasion enough, thus leaving them no chance to fight back. Whitmore assures him that humanity doesn't stand a chance the last time, either, and that it's not his fault that everything ended up as it is, then go on to give a RousingSpeech to the demoralized base personnel in the hangar, giving them the resolve to fight back again.

** Whitmore is in a bad state, desperately trying to reach the stage to warn the world of the approaching Queen. However, when he sees his old friend Grey, he stops everything, smiles, and salutes him warmly.

** Okun and Isaacs being presented as a gay couple in and of itself is heartwarming as absolutely nothing is said about it in the film. They're simply a couple. [[spoiler: Emmerich loses a few points for using BuryYourGays with Isaacs, but, hey, it's something.]]

* Jake taking the fall for Charlie over something he had no hand in.

* It's said that Charlie and Jake have been friends since meeting at summer camp in 1996. Both of them lost their parents in the original invasion and have thus helped each other out and as close as brothers. To put it in perspective: Charlie was ''three''[[note]]and a half[[/note]] when the previous invasion happened while Jake was only seven at the same time and has been looking after Charlie since.

* It's said that Charlie and Jake have been friends since meeting at summer camp in 1996. Both of them lost their parents in the original invasion and have thus helped each other out and as close as brothers. To put it in perspective: Charlie was ''three''[[note]]and a half[[/note]] when the previous invasion happened. Jake could only be a couple of years older since he started taking care of Charlie, as he's contemporary of Dylan and Patricia.

* It's said that Charlie and Jake have been friends since meeting at summer camp in 1996. Both of them lost their parents in the original invasion and have thus helped each other out and as close as brothers.

* former President Whitmore telling Patricia that he [[spoiler:volunteered for the suicide mission to save her.]]

* Despite Charlie's awkward (and outright bad) attempts to flirt with Rain, she ends up allowing him to take her out on a date after the Earth is saved.

* Jake taking the fall for first Charlie.

* Jake taking the fall for first Charlie and then Dylan for incidents he had no hand in starting.

-->'''Floyd''': That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

** At the end of the film, Julius turns to the kids and asks if they want to stick with him, and they tearfully accept.

** Okun and Isaacs being presented as a gay couple in and of itself is heartwarming as absolutely nothing is said about it in the film,. They're simply a couple. [[spoiler: Emmerich loses a few points for using BuryYourGays with Isaacs, but, hey, it's something.]]