History Heartwarming / SpiderManHomecoming

** In a way, he ''does'' have a reason, [[Comicbook/MilesMorales Aaron Davis' nephew.]]

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!![[Film/SpiderManHomecoming The Movie]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You have to stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders."'']]

* Peter's science classroom has a pictures of various famous scientists that follows the FamousFamousFictional trope, and has a picture of Bruce Banner prominently displayed alongside other renowned scientists like Darwin, Einstein, Tesla, and Newton. It's nice to know that despite all the fear the public has towards the Hulk, it doesn't change the fact that the scientific community still views Dr. Bruce Banner as one of the greatest minds in the world. Especially since, most continuities have his reputation ruined and the scientific community's esteem for him very low because of the Hulk. Plus, it's revealed Mr. Harrington was indeed the same Culver University student that Bruce befriended over pizza for the latter to gain access to the computers in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', so much like how Principal Morita allowed the Captain America [=PSA=]s to run in his classes out of gratitude for Cap rescuing his grandfather Jim's life on the battlefield, he could have in part pushed to have Bruce's picture featured in the school classroom he teaches at for students to look up to for his intellect in memory of their friendship when he was still a student himself.

!!The Movie

* Adrian Toomes, himself a ruthless arms dealer, giving Peter every opportunity to walk away. Mostly because he saved Liz from danger, but also because Peter is someone's kid and as a parent he knows the fear of losing a child. Plus, he actually likes Peter and thinks he's a good kid. It's not every day that writers combine WouldHurtAChild with EvenEvilHasStandards.

*** Happy states that he's been holding onto the ring since 2008, when the first Film/IronMan was released. This reveals that Tony has been meaning to propose to her since then (when they weren't even officially together) and has most likely been in love with her for longer than that.

*** Happy states that he's been holding onto the ring since 2008, when the first Iron Man was released. This reveals that Tony has been meaning to propose to her since then (when they weren't even officially together) and has most likely been in love with her for longer than that.

** Heck, just Tony trying to be a nice man in general. He tries to be a better father figure for the young hero than Tony's own father. He doesn't let what happened in ''Civil War'' stopped him from trying to rebuild The Avengers by remodeling the Avengers Facility. [[spoiler:But the most heartwarming of all is that he and Pepper manage to get back together again in the ending.]]
*** [[spoiler:Even better. Since Peter refused the invitation into the Avengers (he convinces himself into thinking it was just a test) Pepper chews out Tony and Happy since now they don't have any big news for the reporters to whom they've announced they have big news. So what do they come up with? Tony asking Happy for the engagement ring he's been holding onto since 2008 so Tony can propose to Pepper, who just smiles and kisses him.]]
*** [[spoiler: Happy states that he's been holding onto the ring since 2008, when the first Iron Man was released. This reveals that Tony has been meaning to propose to her since then (when they weren't even officially together) and has most likely been in love with her for longer than that.]]
*** [[spoiler: Pepper is not the only one who returns. We get to see Dum-E again!]]
*** [[spoiler: A small but important moment: in the throwaway line by Happy, it's revealed that Tony has possession of Thor's belt and been working on a ''new shield for Captain America'' - a probable sign that Tony has forgiven Steve and expects to see him again soon.]] After Civil War, Tony has Steve's shield. [[spoiler: Therefore there are only two possible reasons for making a new one: find a way to give it to Steve, or give the new one to the replacement and keep the original one for Steve.]]

* Ned keeps fanboying over Peter throughout the entire events of the movie and even when Peter keeps bailing out on him and his classmates, he sticks by him. [[spoiler: He even gets to be his "man in the chair" at the end of the movie and saves him from the Shocker.]] It is especially heartwarming since the "Stark Internship" seems to cause some subtle tension between Peter and Ned before Ned finds out.

-->'''Michelle:''' My friends call me [[spoiler: MJ.]]\\

** This is especially meaningful in hindsight; when [[spoiler: the incident at the Washington monument kicks off, her first reaction is to yell ''"my friends are up there!"'', while clearly terrified for their safety]].

* [[spoiler: Peter saving Toomes in the end, it's exactly what you'd expect from Spider-Man and it doesn't go unrewarded, either. Later in prison, when Gargan (who got sent to prison after the ferry sale went wrong) suggests using his contacts to punish Peter since Toomes apparently knows his identity, Toomes just lies that if he did know who Spider-Man was, he'd already be dead, keeping Peter's identity and life safe.]]
** That scene is just the epitome of what makes him Spider-Man. He's gotten the shit beaten out of him by Toomes multiple times, Toomes has made it clear that he would gleefully kill him if he needs to, and in fact the only reason he ''doesn't'' is because he's distracted by one of the shipping boxes. [[spoiler:And yet Peter fights to his last breath to prevent him from dying, [[SelfDisposingVillain even if it's by his own stupidity and greed.]]]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Peter:''' I'm trying to save you!]]
** [[spoiler:After Toomes realizes Peter's spared him, genuinely surprised, the next we see him is Peter having left him webbed-up for the police with a playful note. Even ''Toomes'' is smiling when he's found.]]
* Adrian Toomes, himself a ruthless arms dealer, [[spoiler: giving Peter every opportunity to walk away. Mostly because he saved Liz from danger, but also because Peter is someone's kid and as a parent he knows the fear of losing a child. Plus, he actually likes Peter and thinks he's a good kid. It's not every day that writers combine WouldHurtAChild with EvenEvilHasStandards.]]

* Crossing over with {{Tearjerker}}, [[spoiler:as Liz is leaving Midtown Science with her mom before moving to Oregon, Betty is seen giving her a hug goodbye, showing that she stuck by her friend after her father was exposed as a criminal.]]
* When Peter apologizes [[spoiler:to Liz for standing her up, she admits it was a crappy thing of him to do but merely wishes him luck with his issues, showing the audience, and Peter, that she trusts that [[SecretIdentity whatever]] is causing him to act so strangely, it must be serious. She had every reason to chew him out, but shows mercy after saying she's moving to Oregon with her mom, and hopes that he eventually sorts out his life.]]

** While Tony is clearly disappointed that Peter turned down a spot on the Avengers, Peter's decision did encourage him to make a different announcement to the reporters waiting. [[spoiler:He asks Pepper to marry him, with the ring he's had Happy carry around since 2008.]]

* It's nice to see that after all of his complaints towards it, [[spoiler: Tony ended up piecing [[Film/IronMan3 the Mark 42]] back together.]]

* Peter's reunion with Tony at the end. [[spoiler: Even though Tony admits that Peter had it coming and that it was a ToughLove thing, he apologizes for taking Peter's suit. And later, Peter finds a paper bag on his bed with "This belongs to you - T.S." scribbled on it. Take a wild guess what's inside.]]

* During the ShoutOut to ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Peter lands in a backyard where he is greeted by a dog who's happy to see him. He promises to come back and play with him and throws him a ball. It's pretty a cute moment.

!!Meta
* Just the idea that Marvel's biggest star is finally home where he belongs is enough to bring happy tears to fans' eyes.
* The fact that Happy Hogan is the one to oversee Spidey's heroics is one when you consider the fact that Happy Hogan is played by Creator/JonFavreau, who directed ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/IronMan2'', which jump-started the MCU. That's right, Jon Favreau is the one, both InUniverse and OutOfUniverse, to bring Spider-Man into the franchise that he (Favreau) helped create.
* Tom Holland in full Spider-Man costume and along with his cast mates (Zendaya and Jacob Batalon) visiting an Atlanta hospital and then a New York City hospital. As many of the MCU actors have the tendency to use their star power as these heroes for good causes like these, it's good to see Tom Holland himself is no different.
* Creator/MichaelGiacchino's use of the EarWorm theme song from [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 the 1967 cartoon series in fully orchestral form]] for the Marvel Studios logo. When he released a video of it being recorded by the orchestra, commenters on Website/YouTube openly admitted to [[TearsOfJoy crying with joy]].
** Several of the orchestra members are clearly grinning like idiots themselves.
* Tom Holland stated in an interview that the boy with the Iron Man helmet and gloves from ''Film/IronMan2'' was actually ''Peter''. Yes, Peter Parker has always been in the MCU, and he has always been a hero.
* [[spoiler:Pepper Potts' cameo, which feels very much like it was deliberately put in as an assurance to all the fans who were worried that the announcement of her offscreen breakup with Tony in ''Civil War'' meant that Gwyneth Paltrow was done with the MCU.]] Better yet, [[spoiler:her scene shows she knows Tony has taken a KidHero under his wing, plus that Tony may be proposing to Pepper with a ring Happy has kept since 2008]].
* Tony insisting that Happy invite Peter to a NBA Finals party, even though, according to Happy, the rest of the guests are more "sophisticated" at Tony's request.
** When Happy gets FRIDAY to double-check the invites list, FRIDAY inquires on whether or not to invite Captain Steve Rogers. Happy admits that it's TooSoon, but this shows that Tony is willing to accept Cap back into their group when the wounds of ''Civil War'' have properly healed.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyu7zwpLe7M This video]], showcasing all three incarnations of cinematic Spider-Men, set to Diddy's 'Coming Home'. It starts with Kevin Fiege talking about how Spider-Man is the crown jewel for Marvel before transitioning into the music video, portraying all three Spider-Men as equals and how fans have forgiven the mistakes made with the previous two incarnations. This builds to a crescendo about Spider-Man finally coming ''home'' to Marvel.
* Blended with TearJerker as if by alchemy, Joan Lee, beloved wife and muse of Stan Lee, passed away at the age of 93 on the day before the film's wide release. One of the sweetest stories to come out of their 70+ year relationship is that a depressed Stan contemplated quitting the comic biz, but Joan encouraged him to do at least one comic he'd be proud of. Thus came Fantastic Four and the birth of the Marvel Universe. She also encouraged him to fight his publisher's push to make Spider-Man an adult with no problems. In a very real sense, Marvel in all its forms owes the late Mrs. Lee a colossal debt. The day after Joan Lee went home, Spidey came home.
* Tom Holland's statement that if the future Spider-Man films ever get into this incarnation's backstory, he wants Creator/TobeyMaguire to play Uncle Ben. It's a small thing, but seeing how so much of the fandom insists on there being a "rivalry" between the three cinematic Spider-man series, what with praising one film series and trashing the others for triviality (Marvel Studios didn't even EXIST at the time Sam Raimi made his Spider-Man movies), it's rather nice that the actual people in charge at Marvel want to treat with respect ALL of the film series. For Pete's sake, if Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man hadn't been a success back in 2002, there probably wouldn't have been an MCU at all later on.
* The Thai restaurant scene has a picture of King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, who actually passed away before the movie's release. Bearing in mind that Thailand has never really approved of Hollywood's interpretation of its monarchs since ''Film/TheKingAndI'', it's heartwarming and a little unusual that a more respectful nod to his legacy is in ''a superhero movie''.
* The fact that the {{Fanon}} nickname for Tony Stark and Peter Parker's relationship is Iron Dad and Spider-Son. And the fact that RDJ and Tom Holland are totally in on the father-son dynamic, to the point where they say it in interviews and RDJ's official Facebook page has posted some of the Iron Dad memes before. It's absolutely ''adorable.''