History Heartwarming / SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron

** The moment after they escaped the Colonel at the end, in which Spirit allows Little Creek to ride him so they can return home. Especially since this is a CallBack to the moment earlier during their training in which Spirit trolled Little Creak by making him think he would let him ride him, only to throw him off.

* Doubles as a Tearjerker: It's impossible to watch the scene where [[spoiler:Little Creek and Spirit part for the last time]] without feeling a little choked up.

** Also doubles as TearJerker: After Spirit is freed by Little Creek, he meets Rain to tell her, and wants her to come back to his homeland with him. She is startled by this change of events, and refuses sadly when he starts to move away. Spirit responds by going back to her and nuzzling her.

--> '''Spirit:''' For the first time in my life, I felt my heart torn too ways.

** When the two are grazing together under a tree, Rain sees an apple overhead hanging overhead just out of her reach. Spirit notices this, and jumps up to pick the apple off himself, causing Rain to roll her eyes at his apparent showboating. In reality, Spirit grabbed it for her and offers it, much to her delight. They end up sharing halves of it.

* Spirit's reunion with Rain after he'd thought she'd been killed. Just... ''d'aaaaawwwwwww!!!''

* One that comes to mind with a little thought via FridgeBrilliance: during the instrumental piece "Run Free", there are plenty of places where the main melody of "Homeland" seems to intrude on the rest of the song. Why? Because ''Spirit is always thinking of his home''. The first time the song plays is when he's first met humans and is trying to lead the wranglers away from his herd (after having accidentally led them right to it), so naturally it will be forefront in his mind. Later, through each of his captive experiences, as he alternates from hopeful, to desperate, to despairing, he would be thinking of home either to sustain himself, from missing it, or as a last memory of something he thinks he'll never see again. Obvious in hindsight, but a bit of a GutPunch once realized.

* One that comes to mind with a little thought via FridgeBrilliance: during the instrumental piece "Run Free", there are plenty of places where the main melody of "Homeland" seems to intrude on the rest of the song. Why? Because ''Spirit is always thinking of his home''. The first time the song plays is when he's first men humans and is trying to lead the wranglers away from his herd (after having accidentally led them right to it), so naturally it will be forefront in his mind. Later, through each of his captive experiences, as he alternates from hopeful, to desperate, to despairing, he would be thinking of home either to sustain himself, from missing it, or as a last memory of something he thinks he'll never see again. Obvious in hindsight, but a bit of a GutPunch once realized.

* Only a small moment, but a telling one nonetheless. Just before Spirit's loaded onto the train and "[[BSODSong Sound the Bugle]]" starts up, one of train workers pets him kindly and speaks calmly to him, saying that it'll be alright. It's good to see there are 'two-leggeds' that treat horses with genuine compassion, and who ''aren't'' Lakota.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp "Side by side with your loved one, you'll find enchantment here."]]]]

** The moment after they escaped the Colonel at the end, in which Spirit allows Little Creek to ride him so they can return home. Especially since this is a CallBack to the moment earlier during their training in which Spirit trolled Little Creak by making him think he would let him ride him, only to throw him out.
** In particular, the moment after they leap the gorge together. Spirit lands, Little Creek falls off of him, both of them roll to a stop beside each other. Little Creek sits up...and for several long moments, they both just breathe hard and stare at each other, Little Creek holding onto Spirit's mane as the enormity of what just happened sinks in. And in that moment, they're more united than they've ever been.

--> '''Spirit:''' The story that I want to tell you cannot be found in a book. They say the history of the West was written on the saddle of the horse... but it's never been told from the ''heart'' of one. Not till now. I was born here, in this place that would come to be called "The Old West". But to my kind, the land was ageless. It had no beginning, and no end. No boundary between earth and sky. Like the wind in the Buffalo grass, we belonged here... we would always belong here. They say the mustang is the Spirit of the West. Whether that West was won or lost in the end, you'll have to decide for yourself. But the story I want to tell you is true. I was there. And I remember... I remember the sun and the sky, and the wind calling my name, in a time when wild horses ran ''free.''

"Remember who your are"\\