History Heartwarming / House

* Cuddy holding House's hand when he's [[spoiler:in a hospital bed for the umpteenth time, after risking his life to save Amber,]] in ''Wilson's Heart''.

* When Chase correctly guesses why Cameron [[spoiler:doesn't want to get rid of her husband's sperm]] and she breaks down crying.

* Also, in [[spoiler:Unwritten]], with a patient who blames herself for her son's death, House saying ''"your son was very lucky to have you as a mother"'' after [[spoiler:preventing her from killing herself and lying to her, saying she wasn't responsible for his death]]. Aww...
* The entire final scene of "Help Me"--whether you're a "Huddy" shipper or not, her tender declaration of love and House's emotional response are pretty damn heartwarming. May also be a TearJerker moment for some saps.

* The entire season 4 episode "Frozen" is one big PetTheDog machine for House, from actually being concerned about whether the PatientOfTheWeek is alright or not (as in more than just his usual detactched way of looking at these matters) to him [[spoiler: eventually guiding the mechanic through the procedure to save her life. After which she thanks him for saving her, but House simply tells her to be grateful to the man who actually did the deed itself--and is revealed to be in love with her.]]

* In the fourth-season finale, "Wilson's Heart," when House's team realizes [[spoiler:Amber (formerly their rival for a spot on House's team, more recently Wilson's girlfriend) is dying and nothing can be done for her:]]
-->'''Thirteen''': We should say goodbye.\\
'''Taub''': She didn't even like us.\\
'''Kutner''': We liked her.\\
'''Taub''': Did we?\\
'''Foreman''': We do ''now''.
** The scene where Wilson is trying to process the aforementioned information and Cuddy comes in to tell him that they can wake [[spoiler:Amber]] up so that they can say good-bye to each other. This finally causes Wilson to break down in tears (the first time we see him cry in the show), prompting Cuddy to take him in her arms.

'''Cuddy:''' Wake [[spoiler:Amber]] up. See her again. Tell her what she means to you.\\

** The episode "Joy To The World" contained so much heartbreak and misery and seemed to confirm that HumansAreBastards. But then the episode makes up for it with two double-scoops of SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. First Cuddy finally [[spoiler:gets the baby she always wanted]], ''and'' [[spoiler:Eric Foreman]] and [[spoiler:Thirteen]] passionately kiss during the holiday party. Forget all the shippers who were rooting for it to happen; when you consider all that both characters have been through you're overwhelmed to see them find a bit of romance and happiness with each other.

** "Half-Wit" was a brand of heartwarming that only a show like ''House'' can have, because it showed that even the biggest {{jerkass}}es can have people who care about them. Everyone in House's circle complains about his attitude regularly, but when [[spoiler:they think he has brain cancer and only a year to live]], things change.
*** It also probably set a record for Most Subversions of SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} in a single episode of anything. Cameron's [[spoiler:kiss was also to get a blood sample so they could check if House ''actually'' had cancer]], Chase's hug could double as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} ("[[spoiler:I'm sorry you're dying. ''I'm going to hug you.'']]"), and the House/Cuddy hug ("I'm here if you need me." [[PuppyDogEyes "...I need you."]]) was partially an excuse to grab Cuddy's ass. The big one came at the end when the team has [[spoiler: checked House's blood and found that he's perfectly fine]] and all go to his apartment together to tell him the news, looking ''very'' happy. ''Then'' House reveals that [[spoiler:he'd been faking cancer the whole time to get into a clinical trial for a drug that would directly stimulate the pleasure center of his brain]].

-->[[spoiler:"You want to kiss me, don't you?" "I always want to kiss you."]]

** This exchange at the end of the season 6 premiere, when House [[spoiler:is being discharged from Mayfield, and they're having his Re-Birthday party:]]

----> '''Carly''': Why did you fight for me? You risked so much, and you hardly know me.
----> '''House''': You're my patient. Don't screw it up.

* The fourth season finale also included Cuddy [[spoiler:staying by House's bedside, and she's seen sleeping there, holding his hand.]]
* In the Season 6 episode ''Wilson'', we get to see [[spoiler: House confessing outright how much he needs Wilson, saying, "...if you die, I'm alone"; showing up at Wilson's surgery (in dramatic slow motion, no less) just as the anesthesia tugs Wilson under, and continually sitting by his convalescent bedside after the transplant.]]
* Season finale: House actually cared about an uninteresting patient [[spoiler:thus demonstrating to Cuddy that he has changed and he wants to fix his life, leading to [[TheyDo the crazy kids finally getting together]].]]

* "Carrot or Stick" deals with a drill sergeant at a juvenile offender camp who falls sick, initially suspected to be poisoning at the hands of one of the campers. The prime suspect is a boy whom the patient seems to drive particularly hard, who we later learn is [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan an orphan]] and was placed in the camp for a minor offense. The boy falls ill with the same disease, clearing him from suspicion. [[spoiler:It's a hereditary disease; the drill sergeant is in fact the boy's DisappearedDad, who decided to take an interest in his son's life after his ex-wife died, but didn't want his son to know the truth. All of that apparent "excessive" pushing becomes perfectly normal fatherly concern.]]

* In "Joy to the World", House gets a clinic patient who has become pregnant, but insists that she's a virgin. At first, House, [[JerkAss being House]], simply assumes the patient is being unfaithful to her fiancee. Eventually, however, he discovers something shocking about her: she was telling the truth. The child only had maternal DNA, none from the father. The patient had the first recorded instance of human parthenogenesis: a virgin birth! It's a Christmas miracle! [[spoiler:Subverted, since House faked the results to win a bet with Wilson.]]
* In "Everybody Dies", House cooks up an elaborate scheme to [[spoiler:fake his own death so he can be with Wilson during his last months to live, even though it means he can never practice medicine again. The series ends with both friends riding motorcycles off into the sunset]].

* In "Fidelity," when Cameron tells House [[spoiler: about her first husband with metastasized thyroid cancer]] while crying in the lab.

* Doubling as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}: [[spoiler:After House discovers Wilson has cancer and has been driven to becoming a DeathSeeker, House agrees to stay with him at his apartment while Wilson gives himself such a massive dose of chemotherapy that it could kill him, even though House disapproves of his self-destructive behavior. At the end of the episode, when Wilson returns to his office, he finds that House had made a slideshow on his laptop with funny pictures of him while he was unconscious during his DIY chemo, wearing various goofy hats while House and a couple swimsuit models pose in many of the pictures. Wilson could do nothing but laugh at the slideshow.]]

*** It also probably set a record for Most Subversions of SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} in a single episode of anything. Cameron's [[spoiler:kiss was also to get a blood sample so they could check if House ''actually'' had cancer]], Chase's hug could double as a CrowningMomentOfFunny ("[[spoiler:I'm sorry you're dying. ''I'm going to hug you.'']]"), and the House/Cuddy hug ("I'm here if you need me." [[PuppyDogEyes "...I need you."]]) was partially an excuse to grab Cuddy's ass. The big one came at the end when the team has [[spoiler: checked House's blood and found that he's perfectly fine]] and all go to his apartment together to tell him the news, looking ''very'' happy. ''Then'' House reveals that [[spoiler:he'd been faking cancer the whole time to get into a clinical trial for a drug that would directly stimulate the pleasure center of his brain]].

* Doubling as a CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[spoiler:After House discovers Wilson has cancer and has been driven to becoming a DeathSeeker, House agrees to stay with him at his apartment while Wilson gives himself such a massive dose of chemotherapy that it could kill him, even though House disapproves of his self-destructive behavior. At the end of the episode, when Wilson returns to his office, he finds that House had made a slideshow on his laptop with funny pictures of him while he was unconscious during his DIY chemo, wearing various goofy hats while House and a couple swimsuit models pose in many of the pictures. Wilson could do nothing but laugh at the slideshow.]]

** Most of all the double episode provides a lot of these moments from House, as it becomes clear how much his team means to him. He goes to great lengths trying to save Foreman's life and protect Chase and Cameron from being exposed and his handling of the case is clearly impacted by his own emotional investment. Oddly, the most heartwarming part of it is House choosing to try and expose Steve McQueen (his pet rat, previously one of the few beings he's been shown to care about) so that he can kill him and do an autopsy to find what is killing Foreman. It doesn't work, Steve doesn't get sick, but the sacrifice still stands.

** The episode "Joy To The World" contained so much heartbreak and misery and seemed to confirm that HumansAreBastards. But then the episode makes up for it with two double-scoops of HeartwarmingMoment . First Cuddy finally [[spoiler:gets the baby she always wanted]], ''and'' [[spoiler:Eric Foreman]] and [[spoiler:Thirteen]] passionately kiss during the holiday party. Forget all the shippers who were rooting for it to happen; when you consider all that both characters have been through you're overwhelmed to see them find a bit of romance and happiness with each other.

** "Half-Wit" was a brand of heartwarming that only a show like ''House'' can have, because it showed that even the biggest [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]] can have people who care about them. Everyone in House's circle complains about his attitude regularly, but when [[spoiler:they think he has brain cancer and only a year to live]], things change.
*** It also probably set a record for Most Subversions of CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in a single episode of anything. Cameron's [[spoiler:kiss was also to get a blood sample so they could check if House ''actually'' had cancer]], Chase's hug could double as a CrowningMomentOfFunny ("[[spoiler:I'm sorry you're dying. ''I'm going to hug you.'']]"), and the House/Cuddy hug ("I'm here if you need me." [[PuppyDogEyes "...I need you."]]) was partially an excuse to grab Cuddy's ass. The big one came at the end when the team has [[spoiler: checked House's blood and found that he's perfectly fine]] and all go to his apartment together to tell him the news, looking ''very'' happy. ''Then'' House reveals that [[spoiler:he'd been faking cancer the whole time to get into a clinical trial for a drug that would directly stimulate the pleasure center of his brain]].

** You have Foreman calling his dad and his dad flying in to see him, and all their interactions. Seeing Foreman breaking down crying when talking to his father about the very real possibiity that he might be dead before the day is through is rather gut-wrenching but it also gives some real nice insight to their relationship, and they show a lot of love for one another through discreet means. Though most heartwarning is probably Mr. Foreman telling his son "''I don't want to have to miss you''".

** "Under My Skin" was just a brilliant masterpiece, even if the medicine was lacking. I was absolutely put away at the bond House has with Cuddy.

* The entire final scene of "Help Me"--whether you're a "Huddy" shipper or not, her tender declaration of love and House's emotional response are pretty damn heartwarming. May also be a TearJerker moment for some saps (including this troper).

** This probably counts as a TearJerker for most tropers: the scene where Wilson is trying to process the aforementioned information and Cuddy comes in to tell him that they can wake [[spoiler:Amber]] up so that they can say good-bye to each other. This finally causes Wilson to break down in tears (the first time we see him cry in the show), prompting Cuddy to take him in her arms.

** Call this troper nuts but she couldn't help grinning hugely and affectionately at the last scene of "Human Error", where House enjoys his new guitar to the tune of Josh Ritter's "Good Man". The guy might be [[DrJerk a massive jerk]] but, after all the crap that Season Three put him (and others) through, he deserves any bit of happiness he can get.

** This exchange at the end of the season 6 premiere made this troper feel all fuzzy inside, when House [[spoiler:is being discharged from Mayfield, and they're having his Re-Birthday party:]]

* One Day One Room. Despite her case being medically mundane, House spends the whole episode consoling and chatting with a rape victim, to the point that she's willing to discuss what happened.

-->'''House:''' Don't thank me. I wanted to kill him.

* "Fetal Position" gives a massive one to House: after an entire episode of insisting upon terminating a pregnancy because he believes it's killing the mother (including referring to the baby as only a fetus), Cuddy finally convinces him to perform an incredibly risky procedure ''on'' the fetus itself. In the beginning of the surgery, House drains the uterus of amniotic fluid... And then a tiny hand slowly reaches out and grasps his finger. And from the look on his face, Dr. House's heart grew three sizes that day.

** Of course this leads to MoodWhiplash and a bit of CMOF later on when Wilson intentionally makes it more painful with lights and loud noises.

* Sorta subtle, but in the season two episode "Distractions," House decides to prove that an old rivals new migraine medicine doesn't work by testing it on himself. First he injects himself with medicine to induce a severe migraine, then injects himself with the new 'cure.' He's right, it doesn't work. He tries to [[DeadpanSnarker play it off smugly as usual,]] until [[OhCrap the migraine hits him full force.]] The heartwarming part? His team doesn't insult him. They don't belittle or react snidely. Foreman gives him a sedative to help him sleep through the pain, and when House soldiers into the next room to discuss their current patient, Chase and Cameron leap up to kill the lights and pull the blinds, so as not to aggravate his migraine. [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery As much as he annoys and frustrates them,]] they do care about House, at least on some level.

--> '''Cameron:''' Or hating people.

* A subtle one in "Autopsy." When they're doing the incredibly risky operation on the POTW, Foreman is the only one to see the life-threatening clot, before it disappears again. House initially questions it, but quickly accepts it. Eventually, you realize that if anyone else had said it, House would never have believed him. THAT is how much House trusts Foreman.

* Park playing "I Got You Babe" with another doctor at the end of "We Need the Eggs".

* When Chase correctly guesses why Cameron [[spoiler:doesn't want to get rid of Poor Dead Husband's sperm]] and she breaks down crying.

** If memory serves this troper (who works with an autistic student) right, the boy looked up at House before giving him his PSP. The boy never made eye contact with anyone before. Buckets of tears were shed.
* "I'll kill you... ...Seriously I'll do it right now, I've got a baseball bat in the back seat." -House
** Yes, House managed to turn that line into a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming

** One of the show's basic premises is that the things people are willing to lie about are the things that matter most to them. Several times over the course of the series, House lies for the sake of a patient. There will probably always be fans who consider him a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, rather than a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Everybody lies.

* Season finale: House actually cared about an uninteresting patient [[spoiler:thus demonstrating Cuddy that he has changed and he wants to fix his life, leading to [[TheyDo the crazy kids finally getting together]].]]

* In "After Hours", the entire last few minutes of the episode, where Wilson is there when House wakes up from surgery. Goes UpToEleven when he literally helps carry him. [[TrueCompanions As he always does]].

** Pretty much anytime House is nice to a patient.
*** In "Control", where House lies to the transplant committee to get a bulimic woman onto the list.

----> '''House''': You're my patient. Don't screw it up.

* House actually being rather kind to a patient (a patient with a crush on him, no less) in ''Poison''.

* One Day One Room. Despite her case being medically mundane, House spends the whole episode consoling and chatting with a rape victim, to the point that she's willing to discuss the rape.

** Yes, House managed to turn that line into a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.

* Also, in [[spoiler:Unwritten]], with a patient who blames herself for her son's death, House saying ''"your son was very lucky to have you as a mother"'' after [[spoiler:preventing her from killing herself]]. Aww...

* One Day One Room. All of it. It can't be put into words.

* In "Charity Case", House fires Thirteen so that she can be happy in Greece with her girlfriend in her final years.

* In "Everybody Dies", House cooks up an elaborate scheme to [[spoiler:fake his own death so he can be with Wilson during his last months to live, even though it means he can never practice medicine again. The series ends with both friends riding motorcycles off into the sunset]].