History Heartwarming / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason2

* Meta example: Derpy's fanon daughter Dinky runs the race with recurring background pony Amethyst Star. What do the fans do? Add her to the Hooves family (usually as Derpy's stepdaughter).

* When RD crashes through the hall's creaky floor, Derpy's first response is "You okay, Rainbow Dash? Anything I can do to help?" Sweet and thoughtful, our Derpy.
** Derpy's appearance in the first place is a meta example between the writers and the fans. To elaborate, not only does this scene show that the staff of the series is fully aware of how much the fans love them, but it also shows that they love us right back.
** In spite of the controversy, editing it could count, because it shows a sort of apology to the fans who were upset by the name/voice. It shows that they care for all their fans, not just the vocal members of the Brony community.

* A non-meta example: it's real refreshing to see the nickname "Rainbow Crash" get a much-needed [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]].

** In a meta sense, the twins showing up again. It would be easy to have them as one-shot characters for a LongLostUncleAesop. But nope; they're important to Pinkie Pie, and thus they're a part of the show now.

** Considering how she's been constantly cheated out of cider the entire episode, the fact that Dashie's willing to delay gratification to help the Apple family win is pretty sweet. Note we don't see her doing any contemplating of this, she does without a second though.

* Garble, the red dragon, asks Spike if he rides on his mommy's back to the migration, meaning that some baby dragons ride on their mothers' backs when traveling. Not notably heartwarming ''per se'', but remember how Spike rides on Twilight's back.

* In a way, especially after what they put her through in Part 1, Twilight had every right to be mad and upset at her friends, and even ''Celestia and Shining Armor'', for not only dismissing her beliefs about Chrysalis/Imposter!Cadance, but for abandoning her and thinking that it was a good idea for her to be kicked out of ''her own brother's wedding''. Heck, she even had the opportunity to pull an [[IWarnedYou "I told you so" lecture}} for not believing her in the first place. But what does she do instead? She [[EasilyForgiven forgave them like nothing had ever happened]] and [[TurnTheOtherCheek reassured them]] that it was no one's fault.

* Although we didn’t get to see it, it is implied that shortly after Chrysalis and the Changelings’ defeat, Shining Armor reconciled with Twilight and apologized to her for not believing her about Fake!Cadance and kicking her out of the wedding.

** Some may view this as Celestia's way of apoligizing to Twilight for not trusting her at the Wedding Rehearsal.

* When Twilight hears Twinkleshine, Lyra, and Minuette had to be replaced, she immediately gets worried, which may prove she still cares about them even before Ammending Fences.

** Not only that, but as soon as she is free from the cocoon in which Chrysalis imprisoned her and, as mentioned above, Twilight runs over to help her up, the warmness in her voice when she tells Twilight "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. You have a ''real'' wedding to put together." makes it clear that she and her most faithful student are still on good terms, especially after Celestia's ice-cold demeanor at the end of part.
* When Twilight hears Twinkleshine, Lyra, and Minuette had to be replaced, she immediately gets worried, which may prove she still cares about them even before Ammending Fences.
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** Not only that, but as soon as she is free from the cocoon in which Chrysalis imprisoned her and, as mentioned above, Twilight runs over to help her up, the warmness in her voice when she tells Twilight "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. You have a ''real'' wedding to put together." makes it clear that she and her most faithful student are still on good terms, especially after Celestia's ice-cold demeanor at the end of part 1.

* Fancy Pants' approval of both Rarity's friends, whom he considers "charmingly rustic", and the simple dress Twilight wears. After an episode's worth of snobbish, shallow Canterlot ponies, it's a pleasant surprise to see one who is rich, influential, a member of high society, and a [[SpoiledSweet nice]] [[UnclePennybags guy]].

[[folder: The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]

[[folder: The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]

[[folder: Lesson Zero]]

* The fact that Applejack is the first of the Mane 6 to try and calm Twilight down as well as seemingly being the only one to notice how upset and stressed out she is when none of the others did. Especially heartwarming when you [[FridgeBrilliance remember]] that she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason once went through a similar experience and Twilight helped her out]]. Looks Like AJ decided to return the favor.

[[folder: Luna Eclipsed]]

** Well, who do you think [[FridgeBrilliance gave Rainbow Dash that Shadowbolt costume]] [[WildMassGuessing in the first place]]?

[[folder: Sisterhooves Social]]

[[folder: The Cutie Pox]]

[[folder: May The Best Pet Win]]

[[folder: The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]

[[folder: Sweet and Elite]]

** [[FridgeBrilliance Well, she did]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 once wield the Elements of Generosity and Kindness]].

** Now if she could only dance.

[[folder: Secret of My Excess]]

*** Then again, if she had handed it over, it probably would not have saved her (or what was left of Ponyville). [[FridgeBrilliance Her explanation of why she wasn't surrendering the gem is why Spike reverted in the first place]].

** It's even more touching [[FridgeBrilliance when you remember, thanks to Discord, Rarity had the ]]''[[FridgeBrilliance same thing ]]''[[FridgeBrilliance happen to her. She knows how Spike has to feel about hurting the ones he cares about by being made greedy by something outside his control.]]

[[folder: Family Appreciation Day]]

[[folder: Baby Cakes]]

[[folder: Hearth's Warming Eve]]

[[folder: The Last Roundup]]

[[folder: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]

* [[FridgeBrilliance When you think about it]], Rainbow Dash waking Fluttershy up so that they could be the first in line at the cider stand is sweet when you put [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles the two's past into consideration]].

[[folder: Read It and Weep]]

[[folder: Hearts and Hooves Day]]

[[folder: A Friend In Deed]]

[[folder: Putting Your Hoof Down]]

[[folder: It's About Time]]

* The episode defies expectations by having all of Twilight's friends, and apparently several others, ''immediately'' believe her story about a warning from her future self. After so many cases of DudeWheresMyRespect, that was really nice to see. [[FridgeBrilliance They learned their lesson from Lesson Zero]] and furthermore, it doesn't ''hurt'' to fix "loose bolts and leaky pipes."

* [[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Heartwarming]]: Why does "Madam Pinkie" know that Twilight's going to get a really great birthday present? Because ''she's'' the one who's going to give it to her!

[[folder: Dragon Quest]]

** A poignant moment of FridgeBrilliance, too: Spike now has a friend like himself, a young near-immortal. Celestia and Luna (and likely Philomena) are several centuries older, and the Mane Six are mortal. Peewee, however, is just a few years younger than Spike, and can match his expected lifespan.

* Garble, the red dragon, asks Spike if he rides on his mommy's back to the migration, meaning that some baby dragons ride on their mothers' backs when traveling. Not notably heartwarming ''per se'', [[FridgeBrilliance but remember how Spike rides on Twilight's back]].

[[folder: Hurricane Fluttershy]]

[[folder: Ponyville Confidential]]

*** A FridgeBrilliance example: seeing Applejack and Applebloom nuzzle as a sign of forgiveness makes it pretty evident that they later took it up with Big Mac who had also forgiven Applebloom offscreen at some point. Same can be applied to Pinkie Pie forgiving the CMC offscreen as well.

[[folder: [=MMMMystery=] On The Friendship Express]]

[[folder: A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1]]

[[folder: A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2]]

** FridgeBrilliance: In light of this, it's quite safe to assume that everypony who shunned Twilight at the end of part 1 each apologized to her one by one offscreen, considering the most likely amount of time it took for the preparations, the real wedding ceremony, and the reception to flow through completely.

** Or the colt [[YuriGoggles and the filly]] vying for Twist's attention.

* The song at the end of the play is as much a [=CMoH=] as it is an {{Earworm}}.

* In the opener, right before [[spoiler: the walls come up]], this is kind of a nice moment.

* Fluttershy admitting she's helpless and is lucky to have such great friends is heartwarming in itself. [[spoiler:It also lets her [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome resist]] Discord's initial mind games.]]

* Fluttershy getting furious when Twilight points out that [[TheBadGuyWins Discord will win]] if they don't [[spoiler:catch the still corrupted Rainbow Dash]] becomes this when you realize the most likely reason for her being that angry. Discord spent the last two episode [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and [[MindRape Mind Raping]] everyone she cares about and ''worse'', brainwashing her into being extremely cruel to them. Remember what a MamaBear Fluttershy is when her friends are threatened.

** Consider how much Discord is TheSociopath, and it makes even more sense. Fluttershy is the Element of Kindness; Discord does ''every cruel thing imaginable'' just for kicks. Besides the fact that [[spoiler:she resisted his mind games]], it's quite easy to see Discord ''himself'' as being anathema to Fluttershy's sensibilities. Besides Twilight (perhaps more), she would have the most reason to loathe him, and the most reason to fight for her friends in defiance of the bastard. If Discord ever returns again, she'd likely - out of love for her friends - be the first to declare him her ArchEnemy... If there was the slightest chance of getting hm to pull a HeelFaceTurn (unlikely as that is), she'd ''also'' most likely be the first to forgive him.
*** [[spoiler:in ''Keep Calm And Flutter On'', that she does.]]
* Although ''all'' the [[spoiler:restorations of Harmony]] are heartwarming, there's something about [[spoiler:seeing the colors return to Rainbow Dash in particular that's especially heartwarming. She's the most colorful pony in Equestria, so it's only natural to smile when the rainbow returns to her tail and mane.]]

* Pipsqueak, at the end, [[spoiler:asking if Luna can come scare them again next year, and telling her "You're my favorite princess ever!" followed by a quick hug before he runs off to tell his friends.]]

** There's also the fact that she [[spoiler:and Applejack]] willingly gave up being in the Sisterhooves Social so that Sweetie Belle [[spoiler:and Rarity]] can be in it.
** [[spoiler:There's also the fact that the extremely competitive Applejack was willing to give up being in a competition to help Rarity reconcile with Sweetie Belle.]]
* When Rarity sees what Sweetie Belle used the gemstones for. [[spoiler: A decorative heart around a picture of the two of them]]

* When it's revealed that Applejack and Apple Bloom [[spoiler: were in on the whole switch]].

** The moment Sweetie Belle goes to hug [[spoiler: who she ''thinks'' is Applejack, and Rarity's white horn is revealed]] is just... d'aww!
*** More heartwarming is the fact that ''Rarity'' was willing to [[spoiler:get covered from head to hoof in mud]] to make it up to Sweetie Belle for how badly she treated her. Rarity may act selfish at times, but she's the Element Of Generosity for a good reason. When she has to do something to help somepony else, nothing will stop her.

* During the Friendship Report montage, [[spoiler:Rarity and Sweetie Belle taking the "apple pie" metaphor to the next level, working together to successfully bake one]].
** From the same montage, [[spoiler:the two of them playing in the rain together. Especially the tender and sisterly way that Rarity looks at Sweetie Belle.]]

* Throughout the whole episode, Rainbow Dash has nothing but pure utter loathing for Mare Do Well. After the big chase sequence, she finally pins down Mare Do Well and gets TheReveal for the mysterious heroine's secret identity. [[spoiler:It's the other members of the Mane Six. Well, Rarity was just the designer.]] After Rainbow Dash's initial (and justified) shock, she completely abandons her feelings of hatred and reacts warmly to [[spoiler:her friends' efforts. However boastful she might get, Rainbow Dash will '''''always''''' be loyal to her friends first and foremost.]]

* Okay; admittedly [[spoiler:[[NiceJobBreakingItHero it did inadvertently start his transformation,]]]] but despite only just finding out it was his birthday and not being one of his closer acquaintances, Cheerilee gives Spike a hat she happened to be carrying simply because "Everypony should get fun gifts on their birthday".

* After she & Rainbow Dash [[spoiler: saved Rarity & Spike from falling]] Fluttershy exclaimed "We did it! I can't believe we did it!" in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJrWuCoDeHA&feature=channel_video_title most adorable]] way possible.

* When you see Filthy Rich asking for the first 100 jars of jam, it just seems like a usual thing. [[spoiler: When you realize that his grandfather fell in love with those jars of jam 100 years ago and founded Ponyville because of them, then it shows that despite his upbringing, he still cares for his grandpappy's roots and the friendship between their family and the Apple's--well minus Diamond Tiara and Apple Bloom--has still stayed strong for all these years.]]

* At one point, the babies [[spoiler: show that they can already fly and do magic as a Pegasus and a Unicorn]]. When they do, Pound, the Pegasus colt [[spoiler: starts flying]]. Pumpkin, the Unicorn filly, then starts to [[spoiler: levitate herself]]. Why? So she can be with her brother! It's always adorable when twins are so close like that.

* [[spoiler: Pinkie reuniting Cranky and Matilda.]]

* Cranky's backstory. [[spoiler: He's so grumpy because he lost Matilda years ago and he's been searching for her ever since. And then it becomes ''double'' heartwarming when they're reunited at the end.]]

* Rarity and Pinkie Pie going to Fluttershy's house because they were concerned about her and then trying to keep Iron Will from taking advantage of her miserable state even after [[spoiler: New! Fluttershy left them both in tears by mocking their passion for designing and parties, respectively.]]

* [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome While pretty awesome]] as well as heartwarming, Rarity and Pinkie Pie physically standing up to Iron Will, a minotaur several times the size of either of them, to try to protect Fluttershy from his demands. Turns out that they were wrong about his intentions (he respectably backed down after Fluttershy stood up to him), but they had no idea that would happen.]]

* Rarity and Pinkie Pie defending each other when [[spoiler: New!Fluttershy starts insulting them. Especially when Pinkie Pie defends Rarity after Fluttershy starts mocking her love of fashion. Pinkie immediately goes from being shocked and hurt to telling Fluttershy to "Leave [Rarity] alone!"]]

* [[spoiler:The CMC's public apology to the entire Ponyville population.]]
** [[spoiler:The coinciding scene of the mane six (bar Pinkie, who presumably didn't hold much of a grudge against them) forgiving the CMC, particularly Fluttershy hugging all three of them at once.]]
*** [[spoiler:A FridgeBrilliance example: seeing Applejack and Applebloom nuzzle as a sign of forgiveness makes it pretty evident that they later took it up with Big Mac who had also forgiven Applebloom offscreen at some point. Same can be applied to Pinkie Pie forgiving the CMC offscreen as well.]]

** [[spoiler:He's even willing to help her feel better after the CMC deliver a copy of their apology letter to her, making it evident that he may have an [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiving]] side to him after all, even towards the CMC.]]

* Right after [[spoiler: fake]] Cadance expresses her dislike for Rarity's dresses, her bridesmaids pipe up that they love them.

* [[spoiler:Shining Armor and Princess Cadance use ThePowerOfLove to kick Queen Chrysalis' flank. They didn't know that would happen; Cadance was just trying to encourage her husband-to-be to cast a last ditch spell to repel them. Also counts a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.]]
* [[spoiler:The build-up to the real wedding after Chrysalis' defeat, with Twilight magically adjusting her brother's tux, their parents tearfully smiling, Fluttershy providing music with her birds, the Cutie Mark Crusaders as flower girls and Spike as the ring-bearer.]]

* Shining Armor and Cadance's slow dance, pony style, at the reception. [[spoiler:It is then capped off by Twilight who serenades them by singing "Love is in Bloom."]]
* Shining and Twilight's conversation at the end, when you remember that without Twilight's stubborn love, [[spoiler:Cadance would have been dead in the mine, Shining would have remained a mindless puppet of Queen Chrysalis and all of Canterlot would been under the horrific domination of the Changelings]].

* [[spoiler: The real Cadance proving herself]] to Twilight by doing Twilight's beloved fillyhood [[SecretHandshake song and Dance]]. Equally heartwarming is Twilight's smile, complete with {{Squee}}, when she realizes that [[spoiler: it's actually Cadance in front of her]].
** Keep in mind that Twilight was going through a severe TraumaCongaLine until [[spoiler: she accidentally finds the real Cadance behind the crystal rubble]], so [[spoiler: [[RebuiltPedestal learning that the foalsitter she looked up to hadn't actually changed at all]]]] is when she finally catches a break.
* When [[spoiler:a weakened Cadance has trouble moving the mine cart]], Twilight clears away the rubble and lifts her in. It gets better when you realize that this is where she sings about how much she loves her husband-to-be, who just so happens to be Twilight's brother. Twilight is realizing that she's not helping the bride, she's helping her sister. Other than Cadance's singing, there aren't any words, but the scene is still very powerful.
* When The Mane Cast have to redo the wedding preparations with [[spoiler:the real Cadance]] and have the pleasure of working with a bride who sincerely appreciates their efforts. [[spoiler: Fake!Cadance]] is quick to reject Applejack's appetizers. [[spoiler: Real!Cadance]] tries one to see how they taste, then grins and quickly eats another one. Awww!