History Heartwarming / GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3

* As the Guardians are saying their goodbyes to each other, Groot speaks plainly for the first time. What does he say? "I love you guys." Also Heartwarming in a Meta Sense, as according to Word of God, Groot didn't finally speak English. [[TranslationConvention We just finally understood him]].

* Finally, ''Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3'' received the glowing praise and endorsement of the '''PETA''' ("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals") Organization, promoting it as ''the most important Animal Rights Film of 2023"'' and honoring Creator/JamesGunn with the "Not A Number, but a Life" award for his contribution to the fight for Animal Dignity.

* The end credits are accompanied by a plethora of screenshots from the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy first film]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 second film]], and [[Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial holiday special]] (with a little ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'' and ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame]]'' thrown in), all “taped” onto the screen like a big, nostalgic scrapbook. It ends with one big group shot of the team, the final time that we get to see the original lineup together.

* After [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy so]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 many]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar universe-saving]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame escapades]], what cataclysmic adventure do the Guardians have this time for their GrandFinale? Saving the life of their friend.

* Finally, ''Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3'' received the glowing praise and endorsement of the '''PETA''' ("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals") Organization, promoting it as ''the most important Animal Rights Film of 2023"'' and honoring Creator/JamesGunn with the "Not A Number, but a Life" award for his contribution to the fight for Animal Dignity.

** Another person thanked in the list is Creator/BobcatGoldthwait--one of James Gunn's biggest supporters during his firing (to the point where he'd threaten Disney that he’d quit playing [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Pain]] if Gunn wasn't rehired).

** When Peter's grandpa quips 'Don't get me started' when Peter mentions the neighbor's son not helping with the lawn, Peter expresses interest in what his grandpa has to say about it. He's appreciating some of the mundanity of an ordinary life on Earth, including neighborhood gossip.

** When the High Evolutionary is at Rocket's mercy, Drax immediately suggests that he kill him, not with his usual look of eager excitement, but with genuine disgust and hatred. While Rocket ultimately decides to be better than that, the fact that Drax was willing to put down such an abusive monster for what he did to his family shows just how strongly Drax cares about Rocket.

** [[https://www.tumblr.com/guardiians/716674117195169792/im-thinking-about-the-fact-that-peter-calls?source=share This Tumblr post]] perfectly explains how much Rocket means to Peter.

* Since it's confirmed by Director Creator/JamesGunn that only people who care about Groot understands what he is really saying [[spoiler: like we, the audience, did hearing his last line ''"I love you guys"'', ]] Gamora 2.0 suddenly understanding him when he tries to say "Goodbye, it was nice working with you" from behind shows that even though she may not consider the Guardians to be her "family" like Gamora 1.0 did, she at the very least still considers them to be ''comrades'', if not friends.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:''"My beloved raccoon... this story has been yours all along. You just didn't know it."'']]