History Heartwarming / Dinosaurs

* In "The Mighty Megalosaurus," Earl meets Arthur Rizzik, who narrowly escaped being dinner earlier and whose family left him after Earl pushed over his tree. Rizzik tells Earl that without his family, he's nothing, and asks Earl to eat him. Earl can't go through with it, and Rizzik says he won't forget it. [[spoiler: When Earl comes back to work to ask Richfield for his severance pay, it's revealed that Rizzik, as Richfield's new personal assistant, not only got Earl his job back, but also put him down for a slight raise in salary, as a thank-you.]]

** Fran pointing out that Earl taking care of their son is far more special than him simply doing the mating dance for her.

** Fram pointing out that Earl taking care of their son is far more special than him simply doing the mating dance for her.

* After Earl takes Ethyl to her high school reunion, the two of them squabbling all the while, they reach the high school only to discover that Ethyl is the only member of her graduating class who is still alive. Ethyl is devastated, but Earl comforts her, and when they get home it's clear that the two of them are on better terms and consider each other valued family members. Crosses over with Funny Moments when the rest of the family have trouble grasping this notion.

* After Fran starts a job in "Honey I Miss the Kids," Earl tries bonding with his kids as part of a scheme to make Fran miss the kids and become a housewife again. But he and the kids wind up connecting more than he anticipated. In the final scene, Earl promises Baby that they'll watch his favorite video when he gets back from work while Baby asks for a hug and calls Earl "Daddy," much to Earl's surprise and delight.

* Earl using the mating dance to get Baby to go to sleep in "The Mating Dance". He even kisses Baby on the forehead.

** Baby and Roy's scene is very touching. Baby even calls him "Uncle Roy".

* As bleak as the series finale is, the two clip show episodes at least mean that the dinosaurs are remembered.

* Spike shows an unusual amount of concern for Robbie's well-being in "Steroids to Heaven", actively trying to discourage him from taking the episode's featured steroid-like substance. When Robbie does so anyway and starts becoming aggressive, Spike immobilizes him and stays with him throughout the night as the drug wears off. He spends most of the next morning yelling at Robbie to aggravate his headache, but it's still a demonstration that Spike's heart is in the right place.

* After Fran starts a job in "Honey I Miss the Kids," Earl tries bonding with his kids as part of a scheme to make Fran miss the kids and become a housewife again. But he and the kids wind up connecting more than he anticipated. In the final scene, Earl promises Baby that they'll watch his favorite video when he gets back from work while Baby asks for a hug and calls Earl "Daddy," much to Earl's surprise and delight.

* The ending of "Dirty Dancin'", where Earl does his best to tell Robbie the facts of life and assures his son that there are things about the facts of life even he is clueless about.

* The end of "Changing Nature". Baby asks his family what will happen to them, and his siblings, not having the heart to tell their little brother they won't survive, says that whatever happens, they'll be in this together. Awwww.

* The end of "Changing Nature". Baby asks his family if they will survive, and his father, not having the heart to tell his son they won't, says that whatever happens, they'll be in this together. Awwww.

* In "Charlene's Amazing Humans", Baby tattles on the eponymous humans for begging for food, and Charlene tells him not to feed them because they're only allowed to eat after they perform. Baby promptly gives them his banana. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be so heartwarming, as doing the opposite of what he's told purely out of spite is a common thing for Baby to do, but not in this case. He is visibly appalled to discover that Charlene doesn't feed the humans, so he's clearly doing it for their sake, even calling out for them to share as they scramble for it.

* Spike shows an unusual amount of concern for Robbie's well-being in "Steroid to Heaven", actively trying to discourage him from taking the episode's featured steroid-like substance. When Robbie does so anyway and starts becoming aggressive, Spike immobilizes him and stays with him throughout the night as the drug wears off. He spends most of the next morning yelling at Robbie to aggravate his headache, but it's still a demonstration that Spike's heart is in the right place.