History Heartwarming / HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire

** Made better afterwards when Cedric returns the favour by giving Harry a clue about the egg.
* After Harry completes the first task, Ron shows up at his tent, pale and horrified now that it's sunk in that being entered in the tournament put his friend in mortal peril. When he tries to apologise for not believing him, Harry tells him "It's okay. Forget it." and they grin at each other. Cue Hermione bursting into tears.

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* [[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/02/82627/harry-potter-natalie-mcdonald-leukemia-patient-story Natalie McDonald]], a Canadian fan whose love for the franchise was the only thing keeping her going while she was dying of leukemia. While Rowling's letter revealing what was to happen didn't reach the girl before she died, Rowling later did meet with her family, and gave her a cameo as a first year who gets sorted into Gryffindor.

* After Snape says he “sees no difference” in Hermione’s teeth which leaves her in tears and she runs off, Harry and Ron defend her by yelling at Snape and calling him all sorts of insulting names.

* Viktor Krum's very honest, very sweet crush on Hermione. This is one of the most famous wizards ''alive'' InUniverse. A world-famous Quidditch player, with hundreds of admirers... and he wants the outspoken, nerdy girl who doesn't care one whit that he's famous. His feelings for her are strong enough that Hermione's the one taken into the lake as bait for Viktor, and later books confirm that they kept in touch and that he was Hermione's first kiss. (And in ''Deathly Hallows'', it's implied he still has feelings for her, though he takes it well when he finds out she's now interested in Ron.) We don't see too much of their brief romance, but it's obvious Viktor really, really cares for her. Even most Romione fans can't bring themselves to hate the guy.

** Cedric, right after this, apologizes for people sporting the "Support Cedric Diggory/Potter Stinks" and admits he's been asking people to stop wearing them.

** It's especially nice because Hermione was in the tent, but Viktor knows she was only there to comfort Harry. It's Krum's way of saying, "Hey assholes, Hermione can be here, but you can't." Even though the situation has nothing to do with him. It's completely in character for book Krum despite the fact that he doesn't do this in the book.

*** UpToEleven when you realize that, in giving up unspeakable glory for Hufflepuff solely because he doesn't feel he's earned it fairly, Cedric is ''upholding everything that makes his House great''. Loyalty. Fairness. Equality. Integrity. He genuinely believes that he and Harry have won this tournament by helping each other, that they have both shown strength and skill and courage to get here, and that the only fair and honest way to end it is to claim victory together, as equals. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark You have to be a lot of things to make a choice like that]]; [[GoodIsNotDumb useless and stupid are not among them]].

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* [[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/02/82627/harry-potter-natalie-mcdonald-leukemia-patient-story Natalie McDonald]], a Canadian fan whose love for the franchise was the only thing keeping her going while she was dying of leukemia. While Rowling's letter revealing what was to happen didn't reach the girl before she died, Rowling later did meet with her family, and gave her a cameo as a first year who gets sorted into Gryffindor.

--> '''[=McGonagall=]:''' That was excellent, Potter!

* After Snape says he “sees no difference” in Hermione’s teeth which leaves her in tears and she runs off, Harry and Ron defend her by yelling at Snape and calling him all sorts of insulting names.
* After Sirius leaves and Harry becomes depressed again, and Harry doesn't want to be seen crying (he hasn't truly cried in the books yet, and won't until the sixth):
-->''Mrs. Weasley set the potion down on the bedside cabinet, bent down, and put her arms around Harry. He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother.''\\\
'''Harry:''' I told [Cedric] to take the cup with me. ''(eyes and throat burn)''
* The Diggorys thank Harry for returning Cedric's body to them and explicitly do not blame him for their son's death.
* Likewise, before the 3rd Task, when the family of each Champion are supposed to turn up to support them, and Harry doesn't think anyone would visit him (the Dursleys certainly wouldn't even if it were possible for Muggles to come); Mrs. Weasley and Bill turn up to cheer him on, as if he were their own. Bill also tells Harry that Charlie would've come too if he was able to get time off from work.
** The fact that Professor [=McGonagall=] doesn't even explain to Harry that it's the Weasleys and Cedric matter-of-factly comes back from the room to tell Harry "they're waiting for you" shows that even they know that the Weasleys are essentially Harry's ''[[FamilyOfChoice real]]'' family.

* After Harry completes the first task, Ron shows up at his tent, pale and horrified now that it's sunk in that being entered in the tournament put his friend in mortal peril. When he tries to apologise for not believing him, Harry tells him "It's okay. Forget it." and they grin at each other. Cue Hermione bursting into tears.

* Likewise, the conversation leading up to Harry and Cedric grabbing the Cup is among the most heartwarming moments of the series. Cedric, who was so popular during the tournament, giving up glory to Harry, who had been tormented all year long. Harry, who had held a serious grudge against Cedric because of his relationship with Cho, suggesting that they take it together. It was a beautiful moment -- and it made what happened next that much more shocking and terrible.
** It's even more poignant because, as it's pointed out in the book, Cedric is willingly giving up the kind of glory Hufflepuff hasn't even come close to in ''decades''. As is so often seen in the fandom, HufflepuffHouse has an (undeserved) reputation as the useless house, the "load o' duffers", the ones who aren't special or important in any way. Cedric ''knows'' that. He knows that if he and Harry walk out of the maze both holding the Cup, it won't be Hufflepuff that goes down in history; it will be Harry Potter, once again. He willingly gives up a chance to singlehandedly change Hufflepuff's reputation forever, solely because it was the right thing to do. He would rather give up the glory altogether than take a victory he doesn't feel he earned--He and Harry both saved each other in the maze, they both earned the victory, and by god they're both going to share in it.
*** UpToEleven when you realize that, in giving up unspeakable glory for Hufflepuff solely because he doesn't feel he's earned it fairly, Cedric is ''upholding everything that makes his House great''. Loyalty. Fairness. Equality. Integrity. He genuinely believes that he and Harry have won this tournament by helping each other, that they have both shown strength and skill and courage to get here, and that the only fair and honest way to end it is to claim victory together, as equals. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark You have to be a lot of things to make a choice like that]]; [[GoodIsNotDumb useless and stupid are not among them]].
** Dumbledore's eulogy for Cedric. The Ministry is desperate to deny Voldemort's return; Dumbledore knows that sweeping that under the rug will also sweep Cedric's valor along with it, and there's no way Dumbledore will allow that.
* As Crouch Jr. demonstrates the Cruciatus Curse to Neville and he becomes disturbed, Hermione sticks up for Neville and screams for Moody to stop.
* A very small, subtle one. Harry has rescued Ron and Gabrielle from the Lake when "[...]Percy, who looked very white and somehow much younger than usual, came splashing out to meet them. [...] Percy seized Ron and was dragging him back to the bank ("Gerroff, Percy, I'm all right!")" Percy, who has always been seen as pompous and annoying, caring more about his job than his family, was [[BigBrotherInstinct plainly terrified for his little brother]] despite knowing Dumbledore would never have let anything happen to him.
* While the entire scene where Dumbledore, Hermione, and Harry confront Hagrid after he is outed as Half-Giant by Rita Skeeter is this, the part where Dumbledore casually mentions that many parents have written letters in Hagrid's defense is touching. It's not just that his friends love him, it's that many people who have known him do so as well that just makes it that much more awesome.
** Special points to Hermione genuinely telling Hagrid, "Come back, we miss you." It's been established that she actually (and understandably) enjoys Professor Grubby-Plank's classes more than Hagrid's, but that doesn't matter: Her friend is hurt. She's worried about him.
* The strength and hope that Harry and co take home with them at the end of the year (particularly in the film), even though the entire wizarding world is about to enter into utter turmoil.
* Moody comforts a distraught Neville after subjecting him to the Cruciatus Curse in lessons, where Neville sees exactly what happened to his parents. He tells Neville what Professor Sprout thinks of his Herbology skills and lends him a book about the subject, which Harry notes is the perfect way to cheer him up. However, this is painfully subverted when it is revealed that [[spoiler:"Moody" is actually a polyjuiced Barty Crouch Jr. who participated in the torture of the Longbottoms, and was basically playing mind games with Neville. Also he only gave that book to Neville so that he could give Harry the clue about gillyweed.]]
* Harry [[spoiler: giving his winnings to Fred and George after the Diggorys refused it and he learned the two of them were swindled out of the money they won in the bet. When they protest, Harry points out he doesn't need any money, but he and the rest of the world could use a few laughs with what's coming.]]
* Ron is casually and unthinkingly kind to Dobby gifting him with a jumper and additional socks. He has little enough but is willing to share what he has.

* Snape rolling up his sleeve to show Cornelius Fudge his [[spoiler:Dark Mark, in hopes that Fudge will realize that this means that Voldemort is really back]]. Snape intentionally exposed his own past misdeeds in order to defend Dumbledore and Harry. [[spoiler:It's also a strong indicator of where Snape's real loyalties are, since he could have just as easily passed for a servant of Dumbledore without making this gesture, while it would have been difficult to explain if any witness had reported it to Voldemort.]]Sirius
* The Gryffindors throwing Harry a victory party after his name comes out of the cup. Sure, Harry didn't want it, but it's still pretty heartwarming.
* When Mr. Weasley scolds Fred and George for giving Dudley a Ton-Tongue Toffee that made his tongue turn purple and grow four feet long, their response is that they gave it to him for being a great bullying git ("isn't he, Harry?"). It becomes oddly sweet if you interpret the prank as the Weasleys getting revenge for Harry in a BigBrotherInstinct-ly sort of way.
** But of course they would- they went with Ron to get Harry early in ''Chamber of Secrets''. They saw the worst of the treatment the Dursleys doled out to Harry and aren't about to forgive it.
** In it's own way, Arthur's epic rage at the twins for said prank. He feels they did it just because Dudley was a Muggle, and the twins are slipping into the FantasticRacism that's becoming more prominent among wizards. Once it's made clear Fred and George pranked Dudley not because he's a Muggle, but because he's a despicable person, Arthur is still incensed, because he wants his boys to be better than that.
** When Molly finds out though Arthur immediately tries to downplay for the twin's sake and not to cause more upset between her and them.

* When Harry is about to enter the fireplace in the Dursleys living room to go to the Burrow he bids them goodbye, out of politeness more than anything else, and they typically ignore him. Arthur Weasley stops Harry for a moment and essentially shames Uncle Vernon into returning the goodbye. It's nice to see someone stand up to the Dursleys treatment of Harry for once and it really highlights how the Weasleys are more family to Harry than his last remaining blood relatives who've raised him.
* The iconic scene where Dumbledore gets Sirius and Shape to shake hands. They may not like each other, but they both highly respect Dumbledore. It's a shame it wasn't in the movie.

* Malfoy telling Ron and Harry to keep Hermione out of sight during the riot at the World Cup could be interpreted as one in a twisted way. He's mocking them the entire conversation but he still basically warned them that Hermione was in danger from the mob because of her muggle-born status, something the three of them hadn't considered until he told them.
* ''Goblet of Fire'' showcases Professor [=McGonagall=]'s MamaBear nature towards Harry and how she's become a ParentalSubstitute towards him moreso than the previous books. She immediately believes Harry when he insists he didn't put his name in the Goblet of Fire, realizes that someone is out to get him and angrily defends him from Snape and Karkaroff's insinuations. She's also extremely distressed about his safety before the first task and is relieved and ecstatic when Harry passes his dragon. Even during the rest of the year when she's behaving in her typical stern fashion she's noticeably more lenient towards Harry and offers him all the help she can for the tournament, including giving him permission to look around the library's restricted section.
** [=McGonagall=] is the first to congratulate Harry after he retrieves the egg.
--> '''[=McGonagall=]:''' That was excellent, Potter!
* The real Mad-Eye Moody getting to sit at the staff table at the end of the book.

* Everything about Harry's relationship with Sirius. Harry trusts his godfather intimately, despite having met him fairly recently, and Sirius returns from his comfortable hideaway to live on the run in Britain (which involves borderline starving) just to be close to Harry while he's in danger. After Harry's traumatic experience in the graveyard, Sirius is immediately there for him and stays with him like an emotional support dog while he recovers and recounts the tale to Dumbledore.
-->'''Ron:''' He must really like you, Harry. Imagine living off of rats!
* The Giant Squid is described as the "bane" of Students' existence on a trading card as Ron hopes it will attack Krum, which makes it appear violent. In all actuality, the Squid has no intention of harming a soul and actually ''rescues'' Dennis Creevey when he falls into the lake.
* Dumbledore comes after Crouch Jr. with holy fury, realizing his nature once he saw "Moody" separate Harry from him. Dumbledore was deeply concerned for Harry's well-being after the trauma he just went through, and knowing his trusted friend would never separate Harry from Dumbledore and then displaying such anger toward the impostor truly shows how much Dumbledore cares for Harry.

* Dumbledore talking to Harry after the end of the end of year feast ("Remember Cedric") about how he has friends at Hogwarts and isn't alone... then lightly brushes his cheek with his hand on his way out of the room. Dumbledore was rather out-of-character earlier in the film ("HARRY DID YA PUT YA NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE??") but that bit right there helped make up for it.

* Hermione's whole relationship with Harry. It really cements their whole LikeBrotherAndSister dynamic, the way she gives him advice and tries to comfort him during the tournament, and moments where, with anyone else, it would seem romantic, but with these two, it's just to show how much they care about each other. Case in point, just before the first task, Hermione is talking to Harry between the tent doorway, trying to give him advice.
-->'''Hermione:''' The key is to concentrate. After that, you just have to-\\
'''Harry:''' Battle a dragon.\\
''{{Beat}}. Hermione suddenly starts sobbing and comes through the doorway to hug him.''
** Viktor Krum telling Rita Skeeter to leave the tent when she bothers Harry and Hermione.
-->'''Viktor:''' You have no business here. This tent is for champions, and friends.
** It's especially nice because Hermione was in the tent, but Viktor knows she was only there to comfort Harry. It's Krum's way of saying, "Hey assholes, Hermione can be here, but you can't." Even though the situation has nothing to do with him. It's completely in character for book Krum despite the fact that he doesn't do this in the book.
* In the background of the Yule Ball scene in the movie, [[ThoseTwoGuys Dean and Seamus]] [[HoYay are seen]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0lnutET421r3zat8.gif dancing together]] and clearly having the time of their lives, while [[ShipperOnDeck Hermione smiles in the background.]] Whether you ship it or not, it's adorable.
* Unlike the book, in which [=McGonagall=] dances with Ludo Bagman while Dumbledore dances with Professor Sprout and Madame Maxime, neither of whom he interacts with much, Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=] share a dance here.
* [[spoiler:After the two of them are transported to the graveyard,]] Harry's scar begins bursting with pain and he collapses. Cedric immediately drops down to ask him what's wrong and, upon seeing a mysterious figure approaching, stands up and takes out his wand to defend himself and Harry. [[spoiler:Too bad there was nothing he could do to block the Killing curse.]]
* When all the spirits of people killed with Voldemort's wand emerge and attack him, ''Lily's'' is the first to reach him to give Harry time to escape; once again, Voldemort is beaten by a mother. Her words hurt quite a bit too, because she knows her son won't see her again.
-->'''Lily:''' Sweetheart, you're ready. Let go. Let go!
* A quick but still touching one: When Harry's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire all of the teachers including Snape and Dumbledore are watching Harry looking perplexed, troubled or vaguely suspicious. [=McGonagall=] instead puts a comforting hand on his shoulder and nods reassuringly, looking visibly distressed as he leaves.

* During the Graveyard scene, before the NightmareFuel starts, Harry starts realizing something is wrong and goes OhCrap when he sees a gravestone with the name Tom Riddle on it. He tells Cedric they need to get back to the Portkey. Then his scar acts up as a hooded figure approaches him and Cedric; Harry screams at Cedric to run for the cup and save himself, sensing who the figure is. Cedric, in turn, refuses to leave him and points his wand at the figure. Segueing into a TearJerker, Harry releases a BigNo when he hears Voldemort order, ''Kill the spare''. He really did consider Cedric his friend.
* Snape and [=McGonagall=] both realise what's happened when Cedric and Harry return; [=McGonagall=] puts her hand to her head in shock at that fact that a student has ''died'' and Snape awkwardly looks around, not really knowing what to do, but is just as equally horrified.
** Blink and you'll miss it, but Snape actually puts a hand on Dumbledore's shoulder.
* Dumbledore at first grabs Harry's shoulders and tries to pull him back to check on him. When Harry refuses to let go of Cedric, he comes around in front of Harry so he can speak to him without upsetting him further. It's a small moment but touching in that Dumbledore tries to avoid causing Harry more distress.
* It's a bit blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but in the background of the scene where Fudge is convincing Dumbledore to move Cedric's body to a more remote location, one of Cho's friends--probably Roger Davies, judging from the hairstyle--can be seen hugging and comforting her as she sobs. Considering how Cho was ostracized in the fifth book for being "too weepy" after Cedric's death, it's nice to know that not all of Ravenclaw House turned its back on her.
* When the Death Eaters attack at the Quidditch World Cup, Arthur orders everyone to get back to the Portkey and tells Fred and George that Ginny is their responsibility. Despite their goofing around, he has confidence enough in the twins to entrust them with Ginny's safety in a serious situation.
** Both immediately snap to attention when he addresses them and before he even finishes speaking, Fred has already taken Ginny's hand, pulled her close, and wrapped his arm around her.
* Any scene with Cedric and his dad, which just makes it all the more heartrending. In particular the hug they share before the third task.
* During the Yule Ball, Flich is shown dancing with his cat Mrs. Norris. While played for laughs it's also really quite adorable and shows how much he loves his cat.
* Ron, in shock, is helped back into the common room by Ginny and about four other girls, presumably from her year. Since Ginny was there when he "sort of screamed" at Fleur, it's implied she went after him to see if he was okay.
** It's also kind of sweet to see a few other Gryffindor students watching Ron sympathetically behind Harry and Hermione.

* As Crouch Jr. demonstrates the Cruciatus Curse to Neville and he becomes disturbed, Hermione sticks up for Neville and screams for Moody to stop. Although also a tearjerker as [[WhatMeasureIsNonHuman she doesn't seem at all concerned about the poor spider]]. (Given that one of her best friends is afraid of them it makes some sense but still.)

* In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', as the realization of [[spoiler:Cedric's death]] is sinking in, and Harry is surrounded by people but doesn't want to be seen crying (he hasn't truly cried in the books yet, and won't until the sixth):

'''Harry:''' I told him to take the cup with me. ''(eyes and throat burn)''