History Heartwarming / Hellboy

* [[NarmCharm "I can't smile without yoouuu..."]]

* A RealLife version: [[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/171543-ron-perlman-puts-on-the-hellboy-make-up-again Ron Perlman dons the Hellboy makeup to meet Zachary, a young boy with cancer.]]
** Let's explain that: Perlman ''volunteered'' to do it even though they could have gotten somebody else. He sat through ''four hours'' of make-up. The article even suggests (though this is ambiguous) that he personally paid for lunch for ''everybody there''.
*** No, he sat through four hours ''just to get the makeup on.'' It takes another four hours to get it ''off.'' He literally sat through eight hours (an entire third of the day!) of makeup work just to make this kid happy. Somebody give Ron Perlman a medal!
* Manning and Hellboy share one after they [[spoiler: neutralise Kroenen.]] Hellboy tries to light a cigar, but is out of lighter fluid. Manning at first sounding like his {{Jerkass}} self tells him he's lighting it wrong and gives him a wooden match saying it preserves the flavor. Hellboy tries it and to his surprise he likes it that way and they promptly thank each other for saving each other.
** Before the above scene, Kronen is about to make Hellboy fall into a pit of spikes by cutting the rope he's holding on to. Manning comes to the rescue by throwing a gear like a Frisbee at Kronen's head, distracting him long enough for Hellboy to climb back up and throw Kronen into the pit. Manning may hate ''what'' Hellboy is, but he'll be damned if someone dies when he could have saved them.

** And the follow-up:

** [[spoiler:Even more heartwarming considering that Meyers is the one who gets Hellboy to remember his humanity, just when he was on the verge of ending the world for Rasputin.]]

* "It's beautiful."

* Meta-example, but David Hyde Pierce dubbed over Doug Jones in the first film, though not the second. The reason why is because after seeing the finished film, he insisted that Jones' performance was great enough that he didn't need dubbing, and further more, that Jones receive the only credit for the character. Come time for the sequel and they finally let Doug provide the voice.
* A quick scene at the start of the sequel: Tooth fairies are about to burst through a wall, and Abe immediately pushes Liz behind himself to protect her. Of course, this is also how he discovers that [[spoiler: Liz is pregnant, since he has his hand on her stomach and can sense the growing baby]].

* The scene in the first movie right after Hellboy has killed a monster while holding a box full of kittens. The young lady who owns the kittens comes forward and without caring that this is a huge, red guy with horns, a tail and the word "hell" in his name, she smiles at Hellboy with genuine appreciation, and he pets one of the kittens with the finger of his huge hand. Also counts as a literal "Save the Cat" moment.

** Lets explain that: Perlman ''volunteered'' to do it even though they could have gotten somebody else. He sat through ''four hours'' of make-up. The article even suggests (though this is ambiguous) that he personally paid for lunch for ''everybody there''.

-->'''Abe:''' (who can read minds and see who a person really is) Yes you ''are.''

* Nuada is visibly saddened when he learns that his Dragon (and possibly only friend) is dead.

* Meta-example, but David Hyde Pierce dubbed over Doug Jones in the first film, though not the second. The reason why is because after seeing the finished film, he inisisted that Jones' performance was great enough that he didn't need dubbing, and further more, that Jones receive the only credit for the character. Come time for the sequel and they finally let Doug provide the voice.

* The scene in the first movie right after Hellboy has killed a monster while holding a box full of kittens. The young lady who owns the kittens comes forward and without caring that this is a huge, red guy with horns, a tail and the word "hell" in his name, she smiles at Hellboy with genuine appreciation, and he pets one of the kittens with the finger of his huge hand.

* Meta-example, but David Hyde Pierce dubbed over Doug Jones in the first film, though not the second. The reason why is because after seeing the finished film, he inisisted that Jones' performance was great enough that he didn't need dubbing, and further more, that Jones receive the only credit for the character.