History Heartwarming / GhostStory

* Uriel offering Sir Stuart's shade the opportunity to [[spoiler: work for him protecting free will.]] Made even more poignant by the fact that Stuart turns and looks to his descendant, Mortimer, who has steadily been [[TookALevelInBadass becoming more and more badass throughout the book]], and deciding that the once-cowardly ectomancer can stand on his own, and agrees.

** At the climax [[spoiler: he attacks Evil Bob to save Harry, despite earlier stating that he is terrified of doing so because Evil Bob has a real chance of killing him. Bob not only jumps in to the fray, but deliberately sets it up so that he'll be unable to run away in order to ensure that Harry makes it out of the Nevernever without having to worry about Evil Bob on his tail.]]

* Yes, we know -- and Harry finds out later -- that he's an utter bastard, but there's something genuinely touching about Justin DuMorne giving young Harry a baseball glove and going outside to play catch. It's all in how Harry describes it. He grew up an orphan, the only gifts he'd ever gotten were given anonymously and randomly. Seeing little Harry's joy at being given a gift that's really meant for ''him'' is enough to bring tears to your eyes.

* Yes, we know -- and Harry finds out later -- that he's an utter bastard, but there's something genuinely touching about Justin Du Morne giving young Harry a baseball glove and going outside to play catch. It's all in how Harry describes it. He grew up an orphan, the only gifts he'd ever gotten were given anonymously and randomly. Seeing little Harry's joy at being given a gift that's really meant for ''him'' is enough to bring tears to your eyes.

** And ''while'' she's breaking down in tears, ''Mortimer Lindquist'', cowardly ectomancer who took [[TookALevelInBadass 50 bajillion levels in badass]] shields her grief and attempts to hide her so her pride is not damaged.

* ''Ghost Story'' has Harry learning that Mouse is now protecting Maggie. Just the mental image is enough to make one want to sob happy tears--especially when Harry speculates that he's "probably spending half his time pretending to be a pony." And this is before we learn that the "home" that Forthill found for Maggie is [[spoiler: the Carpenters' residence, ringed with Guardian Angels.]]

*** Better than that, Harry instructed Karrin that he didn't need to know where she was going, obviously intending to make her disappear from his life forever. Instead, Forthill placed her with the Carpenters, where he must have known that Harry would almost ''certainly'' find her again. He fulfilled the spirit of Harry's request while denying the part he knew would be worst for Harry.

* The Seven Words of Truth Uriel says to Harry in order to balance what was done to him form a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming crossed with CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

*** [[FridgeBrilliance We know that Bob's character is influenced by whomever owns his skull. He didn't get that selflessness from Justin or Kemmler, that's for sure. Bob may have given Harry advice and knowledge...but Harry (and probably Butters, too) gave him courage.]]

** [[DeclarationOfProtection She promises that even should ''Lucifer himself'' show up, she will do her best to keep him away.]] The fact that Forthill merits such a guardian shows just how much of a BadassPacifist he is.

** At the climax [[spoiler: he attacks Evil Bob to save Harry, despite earlier stating that he is terrified of doing so because Evil Bob has a real chance of killing him. Bob not only jumps in to the fray, but deliberately sets it up so that he'll be unable to run away in order to ensure that Harry makes it out of the Nevernever without having to worry about Evil Bob on his tail.]]

* Minor in comparison to some of the others, but in ''Ghost Story'', when Harry is trying to prove to Murphy and company that, yes, [[spoiler:he really is a ghost, and yes, he really is there]], Mister wanders into the room. The cat stares at him and looks shocked for a second, then ''barrels into him and starts purring'', and Harry finds that he can pet Mister.

* A quiet one for Marcone. In the six months since Harry's death, he essentially built a functional monument to everything Harry stood for and fought for on the ruins of his house.

* The seven words Uriel says to Harry in order to balance what was done to him form a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming crossed with CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** At the climax [[spoiler: he attacks Evil Bob to save Harry, despite earlier stating that he is terrified of doing so because Evil Bob has a real chance of killing him. Bob not only jumps in to the fray, but deliberately sets it up so that he'll be unable to run away in order to ensure that Harry makes it out of the Nevernever without having to worry about Evil Bob on his tail.]]
* Nick Christian's photos of the (very few) missing kids he's found alive in thirty years of searching for them, and his parting line: "That's enough."

** At the climax [[spoiler: he attacks Evil Bob to save Harry, despite earlier stating that he is terrified of doing so because Evil Bob has a real chance of killing him. Bob not only jumps in to the fray, but deliberately sets it up so that he'll be unable to run away in order to ensure that Harry makes it out of the Nevernever without having to worry about Evil Bob on his tail.]]

* Bob realising that [[spoiler: Harry may still have a living body to return to, and thus may not be permanently dead]]. No snark or long-suffering-genius-forced-to-babysit-the-idiot routine, just genuine happiness and an enthusiastic declaration of "I'll totally help" before Harry's even had a chance to ask him. Throughout the books, a lot of attention has been drawn to the fact that Bob's nature is to simply serve whoever holds his skull without much conscience, attachment or selflessness, and Harry has often had to bargain with him to get him to be helpful, even in matters of life-and-death. Seeing this amoral spirit so sincerely and unselfishly delighted for his friend is very touching.

* Combined with TearJerker, there's the fact that Harry's old detective mentor Nick has hunted for missing children for decades, finding only seven of them alive ... and that ''[[HeroicSpirit he's still hunting for them]]''.

* Combined with TearJerker, there's the fact that Harry's old detective mentor Nick has hunted for missing children for decades, finding only seven of them alive ... and that ''he's still hunting for them''.

* Father Forthill's [[spoiler: death angel]] in general, and not just Harry's interactions with her. By her description she sounds frightening, but she's also very patient with Harry, [[spoiler: and promises to protect Father Forthill from all the supernatural enemies he's made in his life who may want to take him in his death. Thankfully, Forthill is saved in time and her services are not required.]]

* It's a small one, but the scene in Ghost Story where [[spoiler: we get a flashback to when Harry arranged for Kincaid to kill him. Before Harry's told him what the call is about,Kincaid actually seems pretty darn happy that it was Harry calling.]]

* Minor in comparison to some of the others, but in ''Ghost Story'', when Harry is trying to prove to Murphy and company that, yes, [[spoiler:he really is a ghost, and yes, he really is there]], Mister wanders into the room. The cat stares at him and looks shocked for a second, then ''barrels into him and starts purring''.