History Heartwarming / ToyStory3

* Mr. Potato Head finally warming up to the Green Aliens calling them "his boys" with both him and Mrs. Potato Head saying [[DialogueReversal "You have saved our lives. And we are eternally grateful]]."

* Andy calling Rex "the meanest, most terrifying dinosaur who ever lived", considering Rex is the CowardlyLion of the group and is shown to be very insecure about is lack of fierceness.

** The real kicker comes just after Woody shuts his eyes - suddenly, a bright blue light appears from above, and [[BigDamnHeroes THE FREAKING CLAW comes hurtling down like the hand of God and grabs the toys right out of mortal danger]]. And then we see the three green aliens controlling it intone, [[CallBack "The Claaaaw."]] Never have those two words sounded so beautiful.

* A small maybe unnoticeable one, but seeing Sid all grown up and apparently behaving normal if obnoxious garbageman when in the first film as a kid he was a total {{Sociopath}}. Looks like Woody did [[ScareEmStraight scare him straight]] and wound up changing for the better.

* [[LoveRedeems During Ken's attempt to help the toys]], Lotso ridicules him for thinking of Barbie as anything more than a replaceable piece of plastic. And as a toy who was replaced himself, JerkassHasAPoint. But even though Ken knows there are a million Barbies, none of them are quite like ''this'' one...

** Lotso's old henchtoys tag teaming to be played with by the playful and rough toddlers of the Caterpillar Room, rather than leaving a single group of toys to suffer alone, all while Barbie and Ken cheer and support them. It's rough, but by working together, they can still have fun. It’s very much clear they’re doing this to make up for their time being with Lotso.
*** Even the Cymbal Monkey that provided a huge chunk of the movie's NightmareFuel is redeemed here, watching and joining the DancePartyEnding from the P.A.

* A bit Meta, but the inclusion of a [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] doll in some scenes, truly heartwarming, because it shows the high amount of respect that Pixar has for [[Creator/StudioGhibli their predecessors]].
** He has a small smile or a relatively neutral expression on his face for most of the film, but in the last shot before the closing credits he finally breaks out the famous Totoro grin for the first time -- and he does it again, multiple times, during the credit roll.

* When Bonnie first meets Jessie. Now, for the first time since her first owner Emily abandoned her, Jessie will have a little girl to play with her.
** The entire ending is made even more heartwarming when you look at things through Jessie's perspective. She spends the first half of the movie convinced that Andy has moved on and doesn't care about them anymore, even stating that it's "Emily all over again", only to find out that not only does still care about her, but is genuinely upset when he believes his mom accidentally threw his toys away. In the end, Andy not only gives a cute description about Jessie before giving her to Bonnie, but also states that she and all of his other toys mean a lot to him, essentially proving Jessie wrong about the idea of kids outgrowing their toys and eventually forgetting about them.

* A meta-example: While Pixar could have gotten any actor to voice college-aged Andy, their first choice was the same actor who voiced him in the first two films (John Morris). Especially since Toy Story 2 was his last role and they had to track him down. And so is for Sid, Erik von Detten still become his voice actor, although unlike John Morris, Erik already had many other roles in-between ''Toy Story'' and ''Toy Story 3''.
** Another meta-example: shortly after the release of ''Toy Story 2'', Slinky Dog's voice actor, Creator/JimVarney, passed away. While it would've been easy to just write Slinky out of the film (as had been done with Wheezy after Creator/JoeRanft's death), Pixar felt that Slinky was such an important character to the ''Toy Story'' franchise that the crew chose to re-cast the character. Which actor did they find and trust enough to carry forth Varney's legacy? Creator/BlakeClark, known for his roles on ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' and ''Series/HomeImprovement'' (oh, and was also a good friend of Varney's). Needless to say, Clark has proven to be the perfect successor as Slinky, with only the most trained ears being able to spot the vocal differences between him and Varney.

** The real kicker comes just after Woody shuts his eyes - suddenly, a bright blue light appears from above, and [[BigDamnHeroes THE FREAKING CLAW comes hurtling down and grabs the toys right out of mortal danger]]. And then we see the three green aliens controlling it intone, "The Claaaaw." Never have those two words sounded so beautiful.

** Also of note, Woody holding two people's hands, [[TrueCompanions completing the chain of toys.]] Obviously, [[FireForgedFriends Buzz]] is one of the people he holds onto. But the one he finishes off the chain with? [[UndyingLoyalty Slinky]], a dog he's been buddies with since the start. Now ready to face the end TogetherInDeath...[[BigDamnHeroes Or not.]]

** Something easy to miss as the camera pans up is the rest of Andy's toys starting to acquaint themselves with Bonnie's toys. Woody begins to introduce Buzz to Dolly. The Potato Heads shake hands with Chuckles. Ham starts a conversation with Mr. Pricklepants. Bullseye and Buttercup and Trixie and Rex both go straight to each other, finding kindred spirits.

* During the conveyor belt scene, as everyone is running around in a panic, Spanish Buzz calls worriedly for Jessie. When he finds her, he swings her into a BridalCarry and runs with her [[CrisisCatchAndCarry to keep her safe.]] After a moment's astonishment, she leans against his chest and looks adoringly up at him. Then Buzz sees a TV set about to fall on them. He flings Jessie to safety just before the set crashes on top of him.

* Andy calling Rex "the meanest, most terrifying dinosaur who ever lived", considering Rex is the CowardlyLion of the group and is shown to be very insecure about is lack of fierceness.

** Also of note, Woody holding two people's hands, [[TrueCompanians completing the chain of toys.]] Obviously, [[FireForgedFriends Buzz]] is one of the people he holds onto. But the one he finishes off the chain with? [[UndyingLoyalty Slinky]], a dog he's been buddies with since the start. Now ready to face the end TogetherInDeath...[[BigDamnHeroes Or not.]]

* When Bonnie first meets Jessie. Now, for the first time since her first owner Emily abandoned her, Jessie will have a little girl to play with her. The score for that moment could have easily been "When She Loved Me"; it probably wasn't so that Toy Story fans could see the rest of the movie, instead of solid tears.