History Heartwarming / HowIMetYourMother

* In a meta way, the fact that the season promo clip is one of the cast holding hands and bowing out of their performance. After nine years, it seems like a fitting way to go out.

* Ted giving Robin a picture of the gang from 8 years ago, when the show started. There was definitely some beautiful meta-subtext to their brief reflection on it.
** To be specific, it's the photo of the gang used in the show's opening titles.

* Recurring character Punchy Punchinello, who hasn't done anything but punch Ted when he shows up in the series, shows that he actually really cares about Ted.

* Following some of the...[[DarthWiki/RuinedForever strong reactions]] to the series finale, Psych fans (whose series finale was a few days earlier) tried to comfort the HIMYM fanbase.
* The entire alternate ending is one for the creators to the fanbase, when they announced the ending there was a lot of distrust with many believing the alternate ending was 1) a scam to get more DVD sales and that there would be no alt. ending at all, or 2) using the deleted scenes(ie: Tracy's funeral, Lily paying Marshall up) to further entrench their ending that or to [[TrollingCreator troll the audience. It turns out that was not the case. Not only does Tracy not die(she dosen't even get sick), the alternate ending implies, or gives hope that Barney and Robin may have a chance of getting back together too. The final shot with the umbrella is a better description of the show's themes--it has become a symbol of destiny and true love, and now that Ted and Tracy have found each other, they don't need it anymore. It's still out there for others who need it. This shows that the creators actually do pay attention to their audience.]]

* This troper thinks that this moment is heartwarming: in the episode, The Front Porch, Barney and Marshall discuss what marriage is like with Barney asking questions like a curious, interested kid- it implies that he is warming up to the idea of marriage- however there is a MoodWhiplash when he asks: "and she'll (the wife) help you find other girls to have sex with?".
* Another moment that this troper finds heartwarming from the episode, The Front Porch, is Ted's backup proposal to Robin- especially since they end up together in the finale.

--> '''Marshall:''' That's four!!

-->'''Student''':Wait, we get you for the whole hour.
-->'''Ted''': Oh come on. Who wants to see me yap about bridges for an hour?
-->'''(All his students raise their hands)'''
-->'''Ted''': '''(In disbelief)''' Really?

--> '''Future Ted:''' Kids, your Aunt Robin never became a [[UnusualEuphemism pole-vaulter.]] But she did become a famous journalist, a successful business woman, a world traveler. She was even briefly a bull-fighter; that's a funny story, I'll get to that one later. But there's one thing your Aunt Robin never was... She was ''never'' alone.

-->'''Marshall''': You know what? [[MeaningfulEcho The more, the merrier.]]

--> ''[as the five of them devour pancakes and laugh around Marshall and Lily's kitchen table]'' Would the five of us always live within a few minutes of that booth? No. That's life, kids. But here's what I discovered: our booth was wherever the five of us were together.

-->'''Marshall:''' ''(to Marvin)'' You'll love the park, buddy, it's a great place to meet chicks. Or dudes. Or both!
-->'''Lily:''' We'll love you no matter what.

--> '''Robin''': This is exhilarating!

--> The Mother: ''I know I'm just a stranger in a train [[ItMakesSenseInContext who you tried to bite]], but... do you want a hug?

-->'''Ted''': Actually, there is a word for that. It's love. I'm in love with her, okay? If you're looking for the word that means [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy caring for someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want no matter how much it destroys you, its love!]] And when you love someone [[TheDeterminator y-you just don't stop. Ever. Even when people roll their eyes, or call you crazy, even then, especially then! Y-you just don't give up,]] because if I could give up, if I could just take the world's advice and move on and find someone else that wouldn't be love! That would be some other disposable thing that is not worth fighting for... But that is not what this is. So please, can I have the locket?

--> '''Barney:''' Good. I mean, I'm a little nervous, but I love Robin more than I've ever loved anyone and I'm gonna do everything I can to make her happy. For a long time, deep down, I've felt sort of... broken? But I don't feel that way anymore. Robin, along with the idea that vengeance will soon be mine has made me 100% awesome.

* "Tailgate" gives a double dose of heartwarming. Marshall attempts to have a private discussion with his father while having a tailgate, but his brothers and other people keep interrupting him. As he's about to lose it, someone accidentally calls him Marvin, and he looks back on all the tailgates he had with his father and realizes they aren't meant to be private.

* In the very gut-wrenching episode ''No Pressure,'' Ted is devastated that Robin makes it clear that they're BetterAsFriends. Marshall knows how hard this must be for Ted, so he requests Robin that she move out of the apartment.

* The ending of "Trilogy Time."
* Also, the entirety of Ted and Robin's last date, with a special mention for when they go to the same restaurant as they went to in the pilot episode, and see the infamous blue french horn that Ted stole for Robin, now chained and padlocked to the wall.

** From the same episode as above, The Final Page, Ted's blessing.

* Robin discovering the True Power of the Ring in "Ring Up!"

** This is extra heartbreaking after the finale, because you realize why he wants 45 more days; he never had enough time with her.

* A small, easily missed moment in the season premiere. Barney has mentioned more than once over the past few seasons that he would like to have children some day. Yet on the way out to Farhampton he offhandedly mentions to Robin that they're never having kids ([[ItMakesSenseInContext thus them having a common relative will never present an issue]]). Robin's engagement to Kevin ended over her not wanting kids but Barney obviously wants her far more than he wants children and gives up on that idea without any regrets in order to marry her.

* Marshall and Lily updating their own vows was adorable.

* In ''False Positive'' Barney donates a large portion of his suit collection to Sam's church.

** "Your Aunt Robin never became a pole vaulter. She became a lot of things. [...] But there's one thing she never was. She was never alone."

** Doubles as {{foreshadowing}} and [[spoiler:a {{tearjerker}}. The show has been running on "you marry you parent" for years. And Robin and Barney divorce, and Ted goes after his Mombin one last time.]]

* In the episode, The Stinsons, When Barney introduces his mom to his friends, she says that Barney �goes on and on about you when we talk�. This shows how much Barney adores his friends.

* At the end of Legendaddy, when Barney was attempting to remove his younger half-brother's basketball hoop, he and his father had this exchange:

-->'''Jerry:''' I don�t understand..

-->'''Barney:''' Why, why should I? You�re lame, okay. You�re just some lame suburban dad.

-->'''Barney:''' Because if you were gonna be some lame suburban dad, ''why couldn�t you have been that for me?!''

* In Disaster Averted, Barney apologizing to Robin for calling her pretending to be her dad:

-->'''Ted:''' (to the Mother) Hi. I�m Ted Mosby. And exactly 45 days from now, you and I are gonna meet, and we�re gonna get married, and... We�re gonna have two kids. And we�re gonna love them and each other so much... All that is 45 days away. But I�m here now, I guess, because... [[ScrewDestiny I want those extra 45 days... with you, I want each one of them. And look, if I can�t have them, I�ll take the 45 seconds before your boyfriend shows up and punches me in the face, because... [[WorthIt I love you.]] I�m always gonna love you. [[{{Tearjerker}} Till the end of my days... and beyond]].]] You�ll see.
** This is extra heartbreaking after the finale, because you realise why he wants 45 more days; he never had enough time with her.

--> '''Barney:''' Lily, you have to come home. You and Marshall ''belong together.'' The two of you have something that most people search their whole lives for and never find. I know you love him, and if you knew what he was going through right now, you wouldn't be here for one more second. '''*reaches in his coat pocket and produces a plane ticket*'' I bought you a ticket home. Marshall is one of the best people I know, and it won't be long until someone else realizes that and you'll lose him forever. I can't stand the thought of that happening.

--> '''Robin:''' I care about you, Barney, and this kind of stuff, the emotional stuff, it's not your thing. I thought I'd save you the trouble.
--> '''Barney:''' Maybe I don't wanna be saved the trouble. Maybe I want the trouble. I haven't wanted the trouble in...a long time. But with you, the trouble doesn't seem so...troubling.

-->'''Barney:''' I love her, Nick. I love everything about her. And I am not a guy who says that lightly. I am a guy who has ''faked'' love his entire life. I thought love was just something idiots thought they felt. But this woman has a hold on my heart that I could not break if I wanted to. And there have been times that I wanted to. It has been overwhelming, and humbling, and even painful at times. But I could not stop loving her any more than I could stop breathing. I am hopelessly, irretrievably, in love with her. More than she knows.

** This scene:

*** Parenting: Marshall and Lily are doing it right.