History Heartwarming / TheBigBangTheory

* Howard and his half-brother, Josh, bonding. Josh is impressed by Howard being an astronaut, sort of throwing the pitch, building a robot, and especially a robot arm to masturbate with. Oddly sweet when Howard proclaims him to truly be his brother. Even then, Howard is one of the more accomplished members of the cast despite not having a PhD, so having someone acknowledge his achievements is pretty heartwarming in and of itself.

** Heck, from a meta perspective, seeing Carrie Fisher get along with James Earl Jones is pretty cool in itself.

** On a meta level, Jim Parsons's own father died in a car crash in 2001; the break in his voice seems very real as Sheldon (and maybe Jim as well) thanks his dad for the inspiration.

* Howard's song to Bernadette when she's in the hospital. Crossed with SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}. He even plans a whole special date for their anniversary, including getting their friends together.

* Howard and his half-brother, Josh, bonding. Josh is impressed by Howard being an astronaut, sort of throwing the pitch, building a robot, and especially a robot arm to masturbate with. Oddly sweet when Howard proclaims him to truly be his brother. Even then, Howard is one of the more accomplished members of the cast despite not having a PhD, so having someone acknowledge his achievements is pretty heartwarming in and of itself

** Sheldon paying for Penny and Leonards' Honeymoon to San Francisco, before its revealed [[MoodWhiplash that he's joining them]].

*** It also puts Howard is on at least equal footing with any of the others. Given how often he's mocked and belittled for being the one without a doctorate, this is ''major.''
* During the final shot, Howard's seen sitting on the ground, while Raj is on one of the chairs. It's not much, but given that Raj is the perpetual outsider, since he's usually the only single one, as well as the one who usually sits on the ground, it's just really nice to see them switching positions, showing that Raj really is part of the gang and not a hangar-on.

* When Howard hears of his mother dying, Sheldon wants to say something. The others, afraid that he'll say something inappropriate, try to stop him, but Howard lets him speak. Sheldon then says the most appropriate, and heartfelt, thing he's probably ever said.

* In "The Bitcoin Entanglement" the group tries retracing their steps to figure out where they kept some bitcoin data. They figure out the computer they used was Leonard's laptop 7 years prior, which he gave to Penny shortly afterward. Penny revealed she gave it to Zach, who she dated shortly after she and Leonard broke up. Leonard was annoyed that she so easily passed on a gift he gave to her, feeling like she easily brushed off their break-up. When they meet up with Zach he revealed the computer had a video Penny made but never sent to Leonard where she confessed that she broke up with him because she knew the next step would be marriage and was not personally ready for it. Penny is embarrassed by the video (mainly because she was ''incredibly'' wasted when she made said video) but all the anger that Leonard had been building up that episode faded away, he teases her for liking him and affectionately kisses her on the cheek.

* In "The Convention Conundrum," Sheldon decides to start his own convention after the tickets for ComiCon get sold out. After all his suggested guests reject him, he manages to find Creator/JamesEarlJones at a sushi restaurant. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJRA6oHOK88 At first, he sounded annoyed that he was being bothered by another]] ''StarWars'' fan, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjDd4hWny60 but turns out that he was just joking and lets Sheldon sit with him]]. The whole subplot was them basically hanging out like friends. When Sheldon finally works the nerve to ask him to be a guest at his convention, Jones just gives him and his friends VIP passes.

* The security guard called Leonard instead of the cops in "The Einstein Approximation." When Leonard thanked him, the guard just said it wasn't a big deal as his sister has a child with special needs. When it would've been easier to call 911 and get Sheldon arrested, the guard instead got Sheldon to tell him who he lives with and what Leonard's phone number is.

** Leonard promptly getting Spiner to sell him and Raj autographed Data action figures afterwards in exchange for Spiner attending his birthday party becomes this, in retrospect, when remembering he told Penny in Season 1 he never had a birthday party growing up. Seeing Leonard's social life improved so much that a birthday party feels normal for him is very sweet to see.

* During Amy's Nobel acceptance speech, she encourages young girls everywhere who have an interest in science to go for their dreams, and not listen to anybody who says they can't pursue it.

—-> Leonard: If Howard hadn’t drugged him, he would have taken it to his grave.

* At their Vegas Wedding, Leonard had a prepared speech ready to go, while Penny did not. She insisted that he read his, which talks of astrophysics bringing them together. Penny tried an impromptu speech about how they are best friends, [[WaxingLyrical finding herself quoting]] "You Got A Friend In Me." When a confused Pastor wondering if she actually quoted the song from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' she says with a grin "It's his favorite movie," and we cut to Leonard in tears.