History Heartwarming / HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban

* Dumbledore telling Hermione to take Harry back in time, no doubt breaking a dozen rules and ''risking a threat to the timeline itself,'' in order to save the prisoner from [[JustForPun a serious fate]]. Made more heartwarming by the FridgeBrilliance: he couldn't do anything to save Sirius twelve years ago, but he darn well will this time.

* Crookshank's friendship with Padfoot. Especially when he lies on Sirius's chest to shield him.

** Keep in mind, judging from how Lupin says he was picked to be a prefect to hold back James and Sirius and how in Snape's memory Lupin is the only one of the four not partaking or cheering in Snape's bullying,]] Lupin might be the one whom Snape resents the least, as Peter Pettigrew was "buried" years ago, Sirius was the one who came up with the idea to lure him to the Shrieking Shack in the first place, and James was his main tormentor. Yes, he voices concerns repeatedly about Lupin being hired at all (and also does his best to hint at Lupin's true identity, then blurts it out after all is said and done despite not tampering with the potion all year), but that is mostly because he thinks that with Sirius Black on the loose, Lupin, a known old friend of his, is liable to help him even against the school, and he was out cold for most of Sirius's and Lupin's explanation, and most importantly for Pettigrew's, which washed Sirius's name clean.

* Cedric Diggory's EstablishingCharacterMoment: he's an excellent Seeker, but, as befitting someone from Helga Hufflepuff's House, is also extremely honourable. Although he catches the Snitch fair and square, the minute he sees that Harry has fallen from his broom, he immediately demands a rematch, realizing that the Gryffindor seeker was sabotaged. Cedric either wants to win fairly or not at all, and he hates that this victory came by default.

[[folder:From the Book]]

* The Trio and their never ceasing defense of Hagrid. They immediately back him up after the incident, Hermione and then Ron do masses of legal research when it comes to a hearing, and they risk getting in trouble and break curfew just to be there from him at the execution.

* The fact that Snape was entrusted with brewing Lupin's Wolfsbane Potion and making sure it was always available. He still despises Lupin for his actions (or, rather, ''inaction'' to prevent James' and Sirius' bullying) back in their school days, but let it not be said that he doesn't fulfil his duties.
** Keep in mind, judging from how Lupin says he was picked to be prefect to hold back James and Sirius, and how in Snape's memory Lupin is the only one of the four not partaking or cheering in Snape's bullying,]] Lupin might be the one whom Snape resents the least, as Peter Pettigrew was "buried" years ago, Sirius was the one who came up with the idea to lure him to the Shrieking Shack in the first place, and James was his main tormentor. Yes, he voices concerns repeatedly about Lupin being hired at all (and also does his best to hint at Lupin's true identity, then blurts it out after all is said and done despite not tampering with the potion all year), but that is mostly because he thinks that with Sirius Black on the loose, Lupin, a known old friend of his, is liable to help him even against the school, and he was out cold for most of Sirius and Lupin's explanation, and most importantly for Pettigrew's, which washed Sirius' name clean.

* The last two victorious Quidditch matches against Ravenclaw and Slytherin, the GrandFinale of the original Quidditch storyline. What's particularly heartwarming about it is the fact that they were doing pretty badly at first -- Harry lost not only his first game but ended up getting his broom destroyed. Wood was half convinced that he would leave Hogwarts with no Quidditch Cup. And yet... they did it!

* The whole backstory of how the Marauders became Animagi. They learn that their friend is a werewolf and, instead of [[FantasticRacism abandoning and shunning him]] like the rest of the wizarding community would, they spend three years learning a particularly difficult piece of magic for the sole purpose of helping Remus during the full moon. This also causes a bit of a TearJerker, when you realize just how loyal Peter was to his friends when he was younger and think what must have happened to make him become a traitor.

* A subtle one: Sirius has survived for 12 years in Azkaban (an unheard of length for a prisoner to last) solely due to the knowledge that he didn't kill James and Lily. He escapes when he learns that Harry is in trouble, and lives a hellish life out in the woods for almost a year while he desperately seeks a way to protect his godson. And upon seeing each other for the first time in twelve years, Harry immediately accuses Sirius of murdering James and Lily, even going so far as to attack him head-on. The fact that Sirius never raises a hand to protect himself, because as he puts it "I as good as killed them", and never even gets upset at Harry for the misunderstanding...

* When Harry says that ''of course'' he wants to move in with Sirius, and Sirius just ''beams''.

** Harry being so quick to agree with the prospect of moving in, when you remember he only really got to know Sirius a few hours ago.

* For a while, Harry had believed that it was his father who had cast the Patronus, when he had actually seen himself. When he tells Dumbledore how stupid he feels for even thinking such a thing, Dumbledore tells him he shouldn't because his father was there indeed, albeit in spirit.

[[folder:From the Film]]

** He also talks about James in such a manner that Harry immediately relates to his father, despite never even having met him.
** Up until this point, the only thing Harry has of them are his [[WhatBeautifulEyes mother's famed eyes]] and his father's perpetually MessyHair, along with the photographs Hagrid managed to find at the end of the first installment. Now, he finally has stories to go with the faces, and you can just see that it means the ''world'' to Harry. Even better, Harry hadn't even ''asked''; Lupin gives him all that information for free.

* Keep in mind that Sirius absolutely loved flying (as evidenced by him enchanting his motorbike to do so), then remember his extremely delighted reaction to riding Buckbeak. This was his first time flying after twelve years of being wrongfully locked up, and he's doing it with his beloved godson, who loves the activity just as much as he and James did. Of course he's having the time of his life!

* Also, Harry and Sirius's goodbye at the end. Undoubtedly the most heartwarming lines in the film.

* Lupin explaining to Harry that their rescue of Sirius and Buckbeak was certainly not in vain, even though Sirius wasn't able to clear his name and had to go on the run. Until that night Lupin had lost all three of his closest friends -- James and Peter were dead (or so he thought), and Sirius was responsible for both. Now James is still dead, one of the four Marauders is still responsible for everything they've been through, but ''Lupin has Sirius back.''

---> '''Harry:''' But, you're innocent!
--> '''Sirius:''' And you know it! For now, that'll do.

* When Harry receives the Firebolt, everyone else is excited to see what it can do, so they rush out of the Clock Tower with him to cheer him on. Hell, even the Slytherins are excited. [[EvilIsPetty Until Malfoy stops them, out of pettiness]].
* Just the fact that the film ends with Harry now knowing he has a loving godfather. And although the detail itself didn't make it into this film, Harry is shown going to Hogsmeade in later films, proving that Sirius did indeed manage to sign the Hogsmeade permission form that Harry had no one to sign earlier in the film.

* Doubles as this and a {{Tearjerker}}, [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent but watch Petunia when Aunt Marge is insulting Harry's parents]]. She politely laughs along when Marge is insulting James, but when she starts on ''Lily'', Petunia stops smiling. However much she may have resented her, Petunia misses her sister, which she outright says to Harry years later in ''The Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1'' (albeit in a DeletedScene).
-->'''Petunia:''' "You didn't just lose a mother that night in Godric's Hollow, you know. I lost a sister."

-->'''Lupin:''' You're more like them than you know, Harry. In time, you'll come to see just how much.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZB9nPMvS4 There's also the music in question for the scene mentioned above ...]]

--> '''Harry''': "But, you're innocent!"
--> '''Sirius''' "And you know it! For now, that'll do."

** It's brief, but in the book, it's even mentioned that Harry would receive free tutoring (and ice cream sundaes) from Florean Fortescue--the ice cream shop's owner--himself.
*** It also reveals a sort of hidden depth to Florean Fortescue - he could be portrayed as "dumb", given that all he's doing is selling ice cream sundaes... but the fact that Harry gets free tutoring implies Fortescue is ''smart'' and sells ice cream sundaes because it makes people ''happy'' instead.
** It becomes HarsherInHindsight after watching the film, in which it is one of the first things from the films to be mercilessly left out. It's also mentioned that Mr. Fortescue was one of the wizards the Death Eaters killed when they attacked Diagon Alley before the events of ''Half-blood Prince.''

* Subtle one but [=McGonagall=] summons Harry to her office immediately at the start of term after hearing he'd been taken ill on the train and forces him to be checked out by the Matron. Harry doesn't exactly appreciate this but [=McGonagall=] usually supervises the first years and the Sorting at this time, so it's clear she places the health and safety of her students above everything else.

* Sirius breaks into Hogwarts on Halloween. Why then? Because ''it's a full moon'' and he doesn't have to do the one thing he fears the most - he doesn't have to face Remus, as Lupin is currently werewolfed in his office.

* The last two victorious Quidditch matches against Ravenclaw and Slytherin, the GrandFinale of the original Quidditch storyline. What's particularly heartwarming about it is the fact that they were doing pretty badly at first---Harry lost not only his first game but ended up getting his broom destroyed. Wood was half convinced that he would leave Hogwarts with no Quidditch Cup. And yet...they did it!
* The narration briefly mentions that a black dog is sat in one of the stands - Sirius, the man who gave Harry his first broomstick when he was only a year old, risked his freedom ''to see Harry on a broom!''
** Sirius risks his safety just to see Harry fly on a broom - just once, he gets to watch his godson fly.
* Despite being all of thirteen/fourteen-years-old, with one of them badly injured, Ron and Hermione fling themselves onto Sirius unarmed to protect Harry from him, with Ron even telling him that [[GoThroughMe if he wants to kill Harry, he'll have to kill him and Hermione too.]] Made even more poignant in that Harry observes something flicker in Sirius's eyes at Ron's words, [[FridgeBrilliance no doubt because they reminded Sirius of how he was willing to sacrifice himself for James.]]

* The whole backstory of how the Marauders became Animagi. They learn that their friend is a werewolf and, instead of [[FantasticRacism abandoning and shunning him]] like the rest of the wizarding community would, they spend three years learning a particularly difficult piece of magic for the sole purpose of helping Remus during the full moon. This also causes a bit of a [[TearJerker tearjerker]], when you realize just how loyal Peter was to his friends when he was younger and think what must have happened to make him become a traitor.

--> '''Peter:''' The Dark Lord... you have no idea the weapons he possesses... he would have killed me, Sirius!
--> '''Sirius:''' THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! Died rather than betray your friends, ''as we would have done for you!''

-->''...for a moment, he was recognizable as the man who had laughed at Harry's parents' wedding.''

-->'''Sirius:''' You are ... [[SoProudOfYou truly your father's son, Harry.]]

-->'''Dumbledore:''' You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that ''particular'' Patronus? Prongs rode again last night ... You know, Harry, in a way, you did see your father last night ... You found him inside yourself.

* Harry has, inadvertently, summoned the Knight Bus. Just before he did, he spotted a large black dog watching him from the bushes - who we later realise is ''Sirius'' - who has come to check that his godson is ''safe'' before moving on to his quest of ''murdering Peter Pettigrew.'' As important as Sirius's quest to kill Pettigrew is... Harry is ''more'' important.
* While the short scene with Harry and his roommates eating those strange candies is supposed to be there for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments comic value,]] it's also heartwarming in the sense that it's one of the few times in the entire ''series'' where we see Harry actually looking and acting like the young boy he is; just enjoying some pure fun with his friends, with all of his usual worries at the back of his mind.

** Afterwards, he takes the time to tell him about Lily, whom he fondly describes as an "uncommonly kind woman" who had a "way of seeing the beauty in others even, and most especially, when that person could not see it in themselves." Knowing Lupin's condition and his close friendship with James, they would've had to tell Lily about his lycanthropy at some point, and yet, it's all but stated that she still welcomed him with open arms, making Lupin's statement that she was "there for [him] at a time when no one else was" all the more poignant.

** Up until this point, the only thing Harry has of them are his [[WhatBeautifulEyes mother's famed eyes]] and his father's perpetually MessyHair, along with the photographs Hagrid managed to find at the end of the first instalment. Now, he finally has stories to go with the faces, and you can just see that it means the ''world'' to Harry. Even better, Harry hadn't even ''asked''; Lupin gives him all that information for free.
--> '''Lupin:''' You're more like them than you know, Harry. In time, you'll come to see just how much.

** The scene with Sirius and Harry being parted in the film is even more poignant; Sirius ''doesn't care in the slightest'' that the wizarding world does not know he is innocent - as long as his godson, ''the one living reminder of his friends Lily and James'', does. That's all he wants.

* Lupin explaining to Harry that their rescue of Sirius and Buckbeak was certainly not in vain, even though Sirius wasn't able to clear his name and had to go on the run. Until that night Lupin had lost all three of his closest friends--James and Peter were dead (or so he thought), and Sirius was responsible for both. Now James is still dead, one of the four Marauders is still responsible for everything they've been through, but ''Lupin has Sirius back.''
* When Harry receives the Firebolt, everyone else is excited to see what it can do, so they rush out of the Clock Tower with him to cheer him on. Hell, even the Slytherins are excited. [[EvilIsPetty Until Malfoy stops them, out of pettiness.]]

* Just the fact that the film ends with Harry now knowing he has a loving godfather. And although the detail itself didn’t make it into this one, Harry is shown going to Hogsmeade in later films, proving that Sirius did indeed manage to sign the Hogsmeade permission form that Harry had no one to sign earlier in the film.
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* The Firebolt Harry receives from Sirius. All of his friends are excited to see what it can do, so they rush out of the Clock Tower with him to cheer him on.
** The first gift Sirius gives Harry after being released calls back to his own love of flying - the enchanted motorbike - and Harry's reaction to its blinding speed? Pure, unadulterated joy! He's had a rough year, been through a new slew of horrors, but now he has a loving godfather, and he knows the perfect way to make up for 12 missed birthdays!
** Hell, even the Slytherins are excited. [[EvilIsPetty Until Malfoy stops them, out of pettiness.]]

* While the short scene with Harry and his roommates eating those strange candies is supposed to be there for [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments comic value,]] it's also heartwarming in the sense that it's one of the few times in the entire ''series'' where we see Harry actually looks like the young boy he is - enjoying some pure fun with friends with all of his usual worries at the back of his mind.

* After Harry gets the firebolt, all of Harry's friends, even Percy, rushing outside to watch him fly it.

* For a while, Harry had believed that it was his father who had cast the Patronus, when he had actually seen himself. When he tells Dumbledore how stupid he feels for even thinking such a thing, Dumbledore tells him no and that his father was there indeed, albeit in spirit.

* Also, Harry and Sirius's goodbye at the end. Undoubtedly the most heartwarming line in the film.

* Also, Harry and Sirius's goodbye at the end.

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!!From the Film:

* After Harry gets the firebolt, all of Harry's friends, even Percy, rushing outside to watch him fly it.