History Heartwarming / PokemonSunAndMoon

* In the last battle with Gladion in the main story, his Type: Null has evolved into a Silvally, and his Golbat into a Crobat. He also adds a fourth Pokémon, a Lucario. All three of those evolutions require a high level of friendship with the Pokémon. He also evolved his Sneasel into Weavile, and post-game, he gets a Porygon-Z. Since Weavile evolves by trading with a Razor Claw, and Porygon-Z by trading twice, that means Gladion found a trading partner. Seems like Hau's friendliness must've rubbed off on Gladion a bit.

** Fourth island is Isle Eveup, where your Pokémon play and work out on a field resembling a kindergarten playground to boost their stats and even level up. Now, imagine some scary Pokémon having fun at a playground like children.

* [[http://glorybringerfan.tumblr.com/post/151857857903/cuppacats-ironbite4-datcatwhatcameback?is_related_post=1 When a Litten meets a Zorua...]]

** [[http://finalsmashcomic.tumblr.com/post/152481209705/mimikyus-halloween-story-i-like-to-imagine Mimkyu's Halloween Story.]]

* Also [[http://kumarikat.tumblr.com/post/144181590519/protect-popplio-2k16-thanks-sharkray24-for-the this]] picture of Rowlet defending Popplio. Dawww...

!Main Game:
* As with all mainline Pokémon games, the professor sends out a Pokémon to show to the player. In Kukui's case, it's his Rockruff, who quickly jumps up in front of him to take up most of the screen in the video chat and gives a precious little smile. Near the end of the scene, the two end up sharing a hug.

** You can even pet [[spoiler:the Ultra Beasts]]. They are just as happy to be petted, groomed and fed as any other Pokemon. [[spoiler:During the quest to catch them, it's mentioned that they are likely scared and disorientated in an unfamiliar dimension; perhaps they're just happy to discover that the inhabitants of this world are kind and loving, even to beings as alien as them.]]
*** [[spoiler:And Looker just outright mentions this during your quest to find and capture them. He states that they could send these beasts to the International Police to have them investigated and studied, but he figures they'd be no different from Lusamine in that regard, and as such, he implores you to take good care of them.]]
* Hyper Training may not seem like it belongs on this list, but since you can improve a Pokémon's IV's at will, this means that (with a bit of luck regarding natures and the like), you can finally use Pokémon you acquired over the course of the main game in serious competitive play!

* Enter a [=PokéCenter=] on your birthday. [[spoiler:You'll find the center dark for awhile, then the lights kick on, streamers and balloons, a cute musicbox theme plays and there's a birthday cake on the back wall with the Nurse Joy greeting you Happy Birthday!]]

* Many fans immediately noticed the ring on Professor Kukui's left hand and guessed he was married and we would meet his wife in the game. [[spoiler:They were right: he's married to Professor Burnet of the Dream Radar and she wears a matching ring on a chain around her neck.]]

* From the Battle Tree, we see that [[spoiler:Red and Blue are back, have matured into strapping young men, and most heartwarmingly, have rekindled their old friendship]].
** Seeing [[spoiler:Red and Blue as adults]] is heartwarming in and of itself; [[spoiler:our boys are all grown up]].
* While most of the Eevium sidequest smacks of GrowingUpSucks, there are a couple of Eeveelution users who took on their current lives by choice, rather than being forced to by circumstance, simply because they wanted to take it easy in their last years. The Glaceon user, in particular, wants nothing more than to spend time with her family and actually gets upset when you come to challenge her. It's a bit of a relief to see that life for an elderly, retired trainer doesn't have to be as depressing or as much of a dead-end as most of them make it out to be.

** Later, there's a moment when Lillie recounts a childhood memory of going outside to sing and dance in the rain after watching [[Film/SinginInTheRain a movie where a man did the same thing]]. Her mother, while shocked at first by the action, joined in with her. They both caught colds after the fact, naturally, and slept in bed together while they recovered. [[spoiler:Also a Tear Jerker, since her mother changed between then and the present.]]
* Watching Lillie's CharacterDevelopment throughout the game is astonishingly rewarding. You get to watch and help her along the way as she overcomes her fearful disposition, faces up to the world, and finally [[spoiler:emerges from her mother's domineering influence.]]
* Plumeria's request that Lillie and the player character [[spoiler:save Guzma if they can is quite heartwarming as she precedes it with a sincere apology for all she and Team Skull have done to them and how she knows she has no right to ask the two of anything. She isn't all that emotional, but she encourages and praises both characters, explains a bit about Guzma's motivations, and ends by implying that she wants them to save Guzma so that he can make up for what he has done as well.]]
* Upon [[spoiler:Lusamine's]] defeat, [[spoiler:she falls to the ground, defused with Nihilego, when her daughter, Lillie, runs up to her body on the ground to see if she's alright. Lusamine looks up at Lillie, smiles, and caresses her cheek, saying "When did you start becoming beautiful?" before falling into a coma, showing that she was no longer suffering from the neurotoxins, and that she does love her children.]]
* After you capture the version legendary, the player walks over and picks the Pokéball up off the ground and tucks it away. When [[spoiler:Lillie]] approaches, they [[spoiler:rummage around to find the ball again, possibly to give it to her, but she merely shakes her head and says, to the legendary, that [[ParentalSubstitute you are their parent now]] and tells you that she trusts you to take care of them. She then acts like a stereotypical worried mother, telling them they can't escape from their Pokéball the same way they wiggled out of her bag all the time, that they need to be mindful of their new power, and that they can't run off to another dimension without telling anyone, as it will make you worry.]]

** After [[spoiler:you become the first Alolan Champion]], you can revisit him [[spoiler:at the conservation deck in Aether Paradise, where he's making good on his statement to clean up the foundation. There, he gives you one of the Type: Null and all of the memory disks it'll need when it evolves into Silvally -- yes, he's confident that you'll be able to evolve it because he trusts that you'll treat it with love. He then goes on to say that he wants to train to become strong enough to take on the Alolan Pokémon League, since he heard the champion's a pretty strong trainer. Oh Gladion...]]
* The meeting at Iki Town after you, the main character, become the League Champion of the Alolan Region as a [[DancePartyEnding grand party]] with everyone celebrating it. Kukui, your mother, friends and all the Captains and Kahunas. Even [[spoiler:Gladion]] appears from behind a tree, but doesn't participate. Lillie arrives too and reveals to you [[spoiler:that Lusamine recovered from her coma and even tried to come to the celebration for you, but she couldn't (or Lillie wouldn't let her, she doesn't specify) because she was still too weak. She also explains that she explained what her mother did, and that she's remorseful. It's pretty heartwarming that after all the horrible things she did, she's clearly remorseful.[[note]]Though Lusamine was also [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the effects]] of [[MoreThanMindControl Nihilego's neurotoxins]].[[/note]]]].
* After you beat the game, [[spoiler:the CreativeClosingCredits show pictures of all the characters in the game simply enjoying themselves. Highlights include Hau and Hala racing on Tauros, Mimikyu playing at Aether House with Acerola and the other two children, Gladion petting (and getting licked by) Silvally, Professor Kukui and Burnet with a Rockruff, Lillie hugging the box legendary, and ending with the picture of the player character, Hau, and Lillie that the Rotom Dex took at the beginning of the game.]]
** [[spoiler:Lillie's]] final message, which plays over a picture of her hugging [[spoiler:Nebby, now either a Solgaleo or Lunala depending on the version, is heartwarming.]]

** [[spoiler:Even better when you realize that the player character most likely took all of those pictures and sent them to Lillie so she would never forget her adventure with you in Alola. You even send her an island challenger amulet of her own, so that maybe someday, she'll do the island trials herself.]]
** It's more heartwarming in ''Moon''; [[spoiler:If you look closely, you'll notice Lunala!Nebby is actually holding Lillie up to it.]]
* From the post game, the fact that Red and Blue went from where [[WeUsedToBeFriends they were in their game]] to having long since reconciled and becoming best friends again, is a fitting tribute to the journey they've gone on since then. Considering that in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', Blue strongly implied the two weren't talking to each other and weren't on good terms back on Cinnabar Island, that as adults, the two finally grew up and repaired their friendship really warms the heart.
* During the post-game, you can find a former Team Skull Grunt working at the restaurant Mallow's family owns. According to her, Mallow helped get her hired on and start anew in the fallout of Team Skull's disbandment. She then gives you a whipped dream and sachet and said Mallow wanted to give them to you as congratulations for [[spoiler:becoming the champion of Alola]].

** Even [[spoiler:Guzma seems to be reluctantly heading towards turning over a new leaf. When you talk to his mother post-game, she says he told her to give you his favorite TM (Swagger), and after you battle him again on the beach, he gives you his lucky Dawn Stone as well. And then Hala comes over and encourages Guzma to start training under him again to become a legitimate trainer. Guzma is abrasive as ever during all this, but you can tell he's heading towards a HeelFaceTurn. Not only that, but if you're playing Moon, he can show up as [[GoKartingWithBowser one of the special opponents you can fight against in the Battle Tree and team up with him for Multi Battles]].]]
* When Gladion gets dragged into a Battle Royale, it seems at first like he doesn't want to be there. But talking to an NPC in the dome will reveal that not only has Gladion been participating in a lot of Battle Royales lately, but he's actually become quite good at it.

* It's subtle, but [[spoiler:upon arriving at Poni Island, Hapu will mention how she and Tapu Fini fought against one of the released Ultra Beasts together. Later on, you get to see Hapu get chosen as the new Kahuna of Poni Island. After that, she talks about how she wanted to become Kahuna shortly after the previous one--her grandfather--passed away, but wasn't chosen back then, and started traveling the islands in hopes of becoming strong enough to be chosen by Tapu Fini. Once the FridgeBrilliance kicks in about how it can't be a coincidence that she was chosen after she bravely fought an Ultra Beast, it's hard to not get a FireForgedFriends vibe from Tapu Fini finally crowning her as Kahuna.]]
* Gladion's reaction to [[spoiler:Lillie being kidnapped]], if you think about it. It's the angriest we ever see him in the game, not because he's really mad at the player, but because he's [[AngerBornOfWorry terrified for]] [[spoiler:his sister's safety]].
* Guzma's first Pokémon was a Wimpod, which he raised and trained until it evolved into Golisopod. This means taking a barely usable Pokémon and bringing it all the way up to Level 40 (well, whatever level it's at when you first face him). This speaks volumes about his dedication to his Pokémon when he took the Island Challenge when he was younger, that he was determined enough to fight with Wimpod all the way until it evolved into something more powerful.

* [[http://real-faker.tumblr.com/post/158064613874/i-uh-have-some-headcanons This fancomic about Guzma and his Wimpod]]. It's also a TearJerker and, for the Wimpod, an awesome moment.

!Meta:
* The starters' designs are very heartwarming and adorable. Rowlet, a round owl with a leaf bowtie, Litten, a red/black cat who can spit fire, and Popplio, a blue circus sea lion who performs tricks with his bubbles.
* Unfortunately, Popplio was a huge BaseBreakingCharacter, receiving some of the most overtly hateful reactions expressed to any starter in the franchise. Luckily, there have still been plenty of fans sympathetic to Popplio, showing their support in the form of the "Popplio Defense Squad". Even more heartwarming is that even though some of this Squad are Rowlet and/or Litten fans, they still love Popplio all the same, drawing fanart of them together (see above).
** Bonus points to be had when the final evolution stages were revealed and Popplio's final stage, Primarina, was met with largely positive reactions for a beautiful look. Effectively this turns Popplio's tale in the fandom into an ugly duckling story.
* The Japanese [[https://youtu.be/2r0_F-_ClcQ live action trailer]] released in May features a young Japanese boy named Shohei, who recently moved to Hawaii struggling to adapt. He sees a boy from his school class at a video game store where ''Pokémon Sun'' and ''Moon'' have just been released, and thanks to the game, he's eventually able to overcome his fear and make friends with the boy. The in-game text makes it all the better.
** One Fridge Heartwarming to notice, especially for US people; Hawaii has the largest Asian population compared to the rest of the US, with the Japanese Americans being the second largest ethnic group. Somewhat subtly, this could be Japan as the mainland acknowledging its foreign-born children.
** The continuation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VgXtwxIW-Q live action trailer]] in September may count as well. Shohei was frustrated after losing so many times to his classmate Hoku, but when Shohei caught a blue Minior at night, he remembers the moments with Hoku and the others, including getting a traded orange Minior named ''Hokulele'', which is Hawaiian for ''shooting star''. So Shohei decided to name his Minior as ''Ryusei'' (which means the same thing in Japanese) and traded it to his classmate, and finally they have reconciled thanks to it.
* Raichu [[ThrowTheDogABone FINALLY]] getting something new (an Alola form) after decades of being put out of the spotlight in favour of [[SeriesMascot its Pre-Evolution]].
* The day Silvally was revealed, there was note that October's Corocoro held some new information on Type: Null. On [[Website/FourChan 4chan's]] /vp/ board, a thread was started about Type: Null, which lead to a lot of love from the various anonymous posters; people calling it cute, people expressing desire to take care of it, and overall treating it like a [[TheWoobie woobie.]] Then the leaks were revealed, and people understood just why Type: Null evolves: ''It shatters its limiter helmet when it finds a trainer that it shares a bond with.'' [[http://i.imgur.com/PWwwsAq.jpg This picture says it all.]]
* Remember how Bounsweet were constantly at risk due to their sweet aroma, in particular being ''eaten'' by some Pokémon? Well, its final evolution, Tsareena, uses its strength to protect its fellow pre-evolution, and will not tolerate anyone/anything with evil in their hearts -- clearly their situation isn't quite as bad as before.
* If you play online, you might notice a particularly common nickname people give the version mascots: [[spoiler:Nebby]].
** Adding onto this, some people [[spoiler:not only named the version mascots Nebby, but also gave it the Poke Doll that Lillie gives you before she leaves to Kanto.]]
*** And one more thing. Some people [[spoiler:even wanted to give the box legendary (and the doll) back to Lillie after beating the main game, and have portrayed it in [[http://dc9spot.tumblr.com/post/153851474574/it-was-always-yours fanart]].]]
* After defeating the villain and saving the day, you get to catch the box Legendary Pokémon. But unlike other games, you've known these beasts for a while, seeing as [[spoiler:the Legendary is Nebby, the little Pokémon you saved that started your journey]]. Lille tells the Legendary that [[spoiler:you are now their mother/father and will raise them and protect them. Consider that you and Lillie have been working to protect Nebby since the opening, it feels like you accepting the role you've been playing the entire game: being the no-longer-so-little Legendary's parent.]]
* [[spoiler:The fact that Team Skull undergoes a HeelFaceTurn at the end and are accepted back into society. A lot of people identified with them as a group of outcasts who were so hurt by their failures that they just stopped trying. Guzma especially, as someone who was said to have a lot of potential when he was younger but failed anyway and gave up completely after that. The fact that you see them start finding new goals and finally moving on gives a very hopeful message to anyone who is struggling with that same sort of problem.]]
* One of the Battle Tree's trainers is a youngster who borrowed his brother's Pokémon to fight you as he was too young to have any of his own. If you lose to him, he's clearly happy about his first victory.
--> '''Youngster:''' I... I won? I knew big brother was the best!
* Mimikyu, a Pokemon who wears a rug of old Pikachu plushie because [[IJustWantToBeLoved it wants to be liked as it]], becomes Heartwarming when one realizes that currently Pikachu is, competitive play regarding, in the lowest tier, while Mimikyu, due to its amazing ability and typing, is [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome in Overused tier]]. Looks like it got more than it wanted, at least from Smogon players.
* In celebration of Halloween, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abk12L7voDU Pikachu dressing up as Mimikyu]].
** Additionally, recent Pikachu swarms (live events that have many Pikachu costumes having fun) have had a Mimikyu join in.
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* There's a moment when Lillie recounts a childhood memory of going outside to sing and dance in the rain after watching [[Film/SinginInTheRain a movie where a man did the same thing]]. Her mother, while shocked at first by the action, joined in with her. They both caught colds after the fact, naturally, and slept in bed together while they recovered. [[spoiler:Also a Tear Jerker, since her mother changed between then and the present.]]

* In the last battle with Gladion in the main story, his Type: Null has evolved into a Silvally, and his Golbat into a Crobat. He also adds a fourth Pokémon, a Lucario. All three of those evolutions require a high level of friendship with the Pokémon. Post-game, he gets a Porygon-Z. Since Porygon-Z evolves by trading twice, that means Gladion found a trading partner. Seems like Hau's friendliness must've rubbed off on Gladion a bit.

* Dewott and Brionne have become a popular pairing in the Pokemon fandom, especially [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/177/390/8eb.png fan art of the two playing with each other]] or [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/374/703/ab0.jpg Dewott getting a surprise kiss from Brionne]]. In fact, the [[https://orig00.deviantart.net/97ce/f/2016/317/b/2/oshashipp_by_trainerpink-dao8i7q.png Oshawott and Popplio evolution line]] has become a popular ship due to their both being water starters and the fact that in their first evolution, both received a lot of flack until they reached their second or third evolution.

* The whole friendship between Gladion and Silvally is actually heartwarming. This kid stole a pokémon that was abused, maybe because he felt identified with it. Take in account that the game suggest that Type: Null was still in rage when Gladion stole it and even if Null attacked him, Gladion stay with Null instead of abandoning it. It just show caring and love can change others, and it shows how much Gladion care about others too, since he was sure his mother could be saved. And lastly, you have the name Gladion choose for Null, considering it and ally, a friend.

** Second island is Isle Aplenny, where your Pokémon will grow Berries that you can find through your travels. It can turn into FunnyMoments if the Pokémon in charge of caring for and watering Berries happen to be some intimidating Pokémon or even Ultra Beasts. If you click on the Pokémon the text will even give you lines about various quirks the Pokémon have regarding how they work the berry fields, i.e. some like to sneak berries for themselves when no one is looking, etc.

* After defeating the Kahuna of each island, if you go into the island's local restaurant and order the last item on the menu, the Kahuna of that island will come in and join you for a meal. Afterwards, they pay for the meal and give you the freebie Heart Scales you would've gotten from the meal if you'd eaten alone. Talk about generous!
** Special mention goes to Nanu, though. Olivia and Hapu will give you the regular 4 scales, but Nanu gives you double the amount after a meal with him!