Heartwarming / Jackass

• Thanks to Jackass, Knoxville is now legitimately big-time and technically doesn't have to put up with the nonsense anymore, but he still paid (out of his own pocket) a camera crew to follow him around as he did additional stunts after filming for Jackass 2.5 wrapped and the cast once again disbanded to resume their lives and spin-off shows. When discussing this with the media, Knoxville admitted that he loves doing the stunts and that he couldn't bear to resume his legitimately big-time life after filming (what was thought to be) the final Jackass film.
• When Steve-O's life was hitting rock bottom with his drug and alcohol problems and was really on the verge of killing himself, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine showed up at his place and basically forced him into psychiatric help. Everyone agreed that this saved his life, no one, not even Steve-O's family could get through to him, but his Jackass family managed to get through.
• Believe it or not, the ending for Jackass 3, which is a look back on the first Jackass seasons, accompanied with pictures of the cast members as children, to the tune of Weezer's "Memories".
  • Retroactively becomes a Tear Jerker, thanks to Ryan Dunn's death the following year.
  • Another sweet moment is when Johnny’s daughter gets Jeff Tremaine with “The Rocky” when he’s not looking. Johnny’s So Proud of You remark says it all.
    Johnny Knoxville: That’s my Girl!
• In Jackass 3D, Knoxville is up a tree with Jukka Hilden waiting for it to be felled via chainsaw so they can drop sixty feet to the ground. Hilden asks "... D'you ever get scared in these moments?". Knoxville hesitates and sheepishly answers "Yeah...". Oddly sweet.
  • Before that, Knoxville jumps a jet-ski over a fence, smashing his chest into the handlebars in the process, causing himself no small amount of pain. He jokes he didn't exactly stick the landing, but the others immediately cheer him on saying he did, calling him "The King of Spring Break!" The look of rueful appreciation on his face is what makes it.
• There's something very heartwarming about all the extra attention using 'Corona' for the theme music has given eighties punk rockers Minutemen, their late guitarist D. Boon, and bass legend Mike Watt. Just look at the play counts for 'Corona' on YouTube and how many of the comments state that they discovered the band through watching Jackass.
  • Unfortunately, "real" fans of Minutemen seem to hate the "Jackass" audience, so you take the good with the bad.
• The ultimate heartwarmer is that, upon Ryan Dunn's death, the Jackass logo skull became adorned with Ryan's characteristic hairdo and beard.
  • Also the ''MTV Tribute to Ryan Dunn" special where we see Dunn's closet friends and family talk dearly of him, granted, the usual Jackass clips are there, but just the beginning with Knoxville telling that the tribute was to celebrate Dunn and how much they cared for him. AW.
  • The fact that despite being in the slow eventual Creator Breakdown, Bam makes it clear in the tribute that Ryan was, hands down, his best friend.
  • When Knoxville teased a possible fourth movie, Bam supported the same by giving it the working title Jackass 4: We're not Dunn Yet. Despite remaining in Development Hell (and them deciding to retitle it Jackass Forever after it got saved) he sure knows how to honor his best buddy. The Stinger for Jackass Forever also honors Dunn, stating, "Ryan Dunn Forever".
• When Steve-O was going through rehab and detox, as sign of solidarity no alcohol was allowed on set for Jackass 3. Also equally funny as it is heartwarming, as you can see in real-time that without the booze the cast and crew were way, way more miserable than before.
• April, the Team Mom, holding Dunn's hand for support during the Super Mighty Glue stunt.
• Throughout the series, the crew always laughs at the stunts and misery they all do with or to each other. There are, however, a few occasions when the stunt or prank goes wrong, or simply getting too dangerous, and someone gets injured far worse than they anticipated, and everyone goes from smiling to concern looks in a heartbeat, showing that, while they do this stuff for a living and love it, they don't want their closest friends getting absolutely destroyed.
• During the ending credits for Jackass Forever Chris Pontius shows off his newborn son, Axe, sleeping peacefully in his stroller.
• In the Jackass Forever skit, Silence of the Lambs, Ehren finds a way out of the dark room, but he calls for Dave to follow him to safety, not wanting to leave him behind (at first). Dave, being all too suspicious, refuses and Ehren just leaves him, but points for trying in actually trying to help him.
• There's a scene in the second movie where Bam wakes Phil up and gets Preston to take his place and cuddle with April. To their surprise, she actually finds it funny. Seeing a woman as long-suffering and stern as April actually smiling and having fun with her son's antics is oddly sweet.
• Any moment in the show, movies, or Viva La Bam where Phil and April act downright adorable with each other. Even with Bam as their son, and constantly being the butt of numerous jokes and pranks, it’s still so sweet to see them be so affectionate around each other and still be so loving. The “Meatballs” stunt in 2.5 stands out since even after being shot in the face with a meatball just a few inches away from him, he still states that April’s meatballs tasted great, and they give each other a kiss.
• The Meter Fairy bit from the MTV series. Danger Ehren, dressed in a pink fairy costume, goes around and puts extra quarters in the meters that had cars using them. He gets caught by the meter maid, telling him he's not allowed to do that because it's illegal, but a few bystanders thanked Ehren for helping them, one of them saying "I like him".
• in “4.5”, the gang decides to take Dark Shark, Jasper’s dad, skydiving due to his fear of heights. Predictably, he cries and prays for his life, especially after they prank him into thinking the plane’s captain abandoned the plane before jumping off. However, as Jasper states, after he faced his fear, he now has a new zest for life and is much happier too. Even if they just wanted to mess with him, it’s sweet to hear that the crew indirectly helped Dark Shark gain a new perspective on life.
  • The opening to “4.5” is also a bit of a breath of fresh air. While there are still quite a few stunts and hits, it overall shows the crew having a fun day at the beach, such as surfing, dancing and having fun. Also, in a blink or you’ll miss it moment, Johnny is seen with two of his kids.

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