History Heartwarming / Bolt

* META: When it was decided that story artist Mark Walton's scratch voice for Rhino would wind up in the final film, the crew decided to break the news to him by bringing him in to record some new lines, one of which was [[BreathlessNonSequitur "...and I'm the voice of Rhino"]]. The DVD shows a video of him recording the dialogue, doing a double take when he gets to that line and freaking out in joy.

About every other scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', starting with the opening and ending with the fade-out.

* While it doesn't well, Mittens is practically gushing about her desired life with Bolt in Las Vegas. This is a far cry from the bitter feline who extorted pigeons to survive.

* In the deserts of Nevada, Mittens attempts to explain to Bolt that his owner Penny was just pretending to like him as part of her acting job after revealing her terrible past. Bolt knows better and tries to get that into her head by saying that all humans are not the same.

* When Mittens introduces Bolt to the joys of riding in a car with his head poked out the window. The dog is beside himself with happiness upon discovering the experience.
* During the montage accompanying the song "Barking at the Moon," Bolt surprises Mittens with a ball of yarn. She is clearly happy about it. Among other things, it shows how grateful Bolt is for her advice on being a real dog.

* The real-life [[spoiler:super-bark]].
* Combines liberally with TearJerker, but the moment Bolt resigns himself to the fact that [[spoiler: he doesn't know how to save Penny from the fire, he lies down beside her... presumably to die with her]]. Just the fact that he loved her that much... Thankfully, he remembers the air vent trick shortly thereafter.

* Of course we have to keep remembering that the 'bad guys' are actors and bear no real animosity towards the main characters. Still, Dr. Calico's Second-In-Command (who'd ordered her kidnap in the television show at the beginning) went out of his way, [[spoiler:staying behind with the two crewmen who tried to get Penny out safely in the climax. When she's carried out, she can see him, ash-stained and still sitting on the ground trying to breathe.]]

* In the deserts of Nevada, Mittens attempts to explain to Bolt that his owner Penny was just pretending to like him as part of her acting job after revealing her terrible past. Bolt knows better and tries to get that into her head.

* In the deserts of Nevada, Mittens attempts to explain to Bolt that his owner Penny was just pretending to like him as part of her acting job. Bolt knows better.

* Mittens at the climax when Rhino uses his hamster ball to prop up the falling rubble of the studio so Bolt can get inside and save Penny, grunting stoically "[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner It is a good day to die!]]" as his ball starts to crack under the weight. But Mittens wont have any of ''that''. She rushes in, opens the hamster ball, and pulls Rhino to safety. What makes this even more heart-melting is that when we first saw her, Mittens was a cynical, I-look-out-only-for myself loner. [[CharacterDevelopment Take a look at her now]]:

* Mittens at the climax when Rhino uses his hamster ball to prop up the falling rubble of the studio so Bolt can get inside and save Penny, grunting stoically "[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner It is a good day to die!]]" as his ball starts to crack under the weight. But Mittens wont have any of ''that''. She rushes in, opens the hamster ball, and pulls Rhino to safety. What makes this even more heart-melting is that when we first saw her, Mittens was a cynical, I-look-out-only-for myself loner. Take a look at her now:
-->'''Mittens:''' Not on my watch, rodent!

** Also, when Rhino went after an in-costume henchman who was off the set. When Rhino's ball bumps into his foot, the first thing the guy does is scoop him up off the ground and starts positively ''gushing'' over him and reminiscing about the pet hamster he had as a child. And when he hears the commotion from the stage, his first instinct is to run there to try and help.

* The reunion between Bolt and Penny, she hears his barks and immediately runs towards him, and for a few seconds they just hug.