History Heartwarming / TheStand

* One before the superflu is a BaitAndSwitch moment when Nick Andros is initially picked up for vagrancy by a small-town sheriff, only to reveal that he'd actually been lying there after being beat up and left half-dead by a bunch of local bullies, whose leader the sheriff recognizes as his brother-in-law from Nick's description. In most stories, this would lead to a cover-up by a CorruptHick but in this one, the sheriff deputizes Nick and hurries to arrest his attackers as a way of making up to him for what happened, feeling a sense of responsibility given his relationship to the main attacker.

--> Stu squatted on the snowcrust beside him. “Tom,” he said. “You gave me my Christmas present early.”
--> “No, sir, I never did. I forgot. Tom Cullen’s nothing but a dummy, M-O-O-N, that spells dummy.”
--> “But you did, you know. The best one of all. I’m still alive. I wouldn’t be, if it wasn’t for you.”
--> Tom looked at him uncomprehendingly.
--> “If you hadn’t come along when you did, I would have died in that washout west of Green River. And if it hadn’t been for you, Tom, I would have died of pneumonia or the flu or whatever it was back there in the Utah Hotel. I don’t know how you picked the right pills….if it was Nick or God or just plain old luck, but you did it. You got no sense, calling yourself a dummy. If it hadn’t been for you, I never would have seen this Christmas. I’m in your debt.”
--> Tom said, “Aw, that ain’t the same,” but he was glowing with pleasure.
--> “It ''is'' the same,” Stu said seriously.

* One going back to before the superflu is a BaitAndSwitch moment when Nick Andros is initially picked up for vagrancy by a small-town sheriff, only to reveal that he'd actually been lying there after being beat up and left half-dead by a bunch of local bullies, whose leader the sheriff recognizes as his brother-in-law from Nick's description. In most stories, this would lead to a cover-up by a CorruptHick but in this one, the sheriff deputizes Nick and hurries to arrest his attackers as a way of making up to him for what happened, feeling a sense of responsibility given his relationship to the main attacker.

** Later, as [[spoiler: Stu]] breaks his legs and is left for dead, guess who hunts rabbits for him and brings him wood to make some fire?

* [[spoiler: Certainly the ending, giving a very completing WorldHalfFull scenario with the birth and immunity to the Superflu of Peter and showing newfound hope for humanity's survival.]]

* One going back to before the superflu is a BaitAndSwitchMoment when Nick Andros is initially picked up for vagrancy by a small-town sheriff, only to reveal that he'd actually been lying there after being beat up and left half-dead by a bunch of local bullies, whose leader the sheriff recognizes as his brother-in-law from Nick's description. In most stories, this would lead to a cover-up by a CorruptHick but in this one, the sheriff deputizes Nick and hurries to arrest his attackers as a way of making up to him for what happened, feeling a sense of responsibility given his relationship to the main attacker.

* [[spoiler: Certainly the ending, giving a very completing WorldHalfFull scenario with the birth and immunity to the Superflu of Peter and showing newfound hope for humanity's survival.]]

* In the miniseries, right before the nuke goes off in Las Vegas, Larry and Ralph hear Mother Abigail one last time as she comforts them. Larry joyfully responds:
-->'''Mother Abigail''': You done good, boys. Come on home.

* In the miniseries, right before the nuke goes off in Las Vegas, Larry and Ralph hear Mother Abigail one more time as she comforts them. Larry joyfully responds:

** Double [=CMoH=] as Tom starts berating himself as stupid for not remembering it was Christmas and not getting anything for Stu. Stu tells Tom that he gave him the best gift of all: if it hadn't been for Tom, Stu probably would have died on the surface of that highway in Utah, and would surely have died of the flu if Tom hadn't brought him medicine and liquids.

** Double CMoH as Tom starts berating himself as stupid for not remembering it was Christmas and not getting anything for Stu. Stu tells Tom that he gave him the best gift of all: if it hadn't been for Tom, Stu probably would have died on the surface of that highway in Utah, and would surely have died of the flu if Tom hadn't brought him medicine and liquids.

* When Stu and Tom Cullen are staying in a town on Christmas morning during their trip back to Boulder, Stu sets up a tree and wraps presents for Tom. Tom, who didn't know it would be Christmas, is very happy when he wakes up.

* When Stu and Tom Cullen are staying in a town on Christmas morning during their trip back to Boulder, Stu sets up a tree and wraps presents for Tom. Tom, who didn't know it was Christmas, is very happy when he wakes up.

** "Stu said that {{God}} might send a raven to feed him. I doubt there are any ravens here so maybe He sent a dog instead."

** Later, as [[spoiler: Stu]] breaks his legs and is left for dead, guess who hunts rabbits for him and brings him wood to make some fire?

* The scene in the book when Bateman's adopted dog Kojak appears, malnourished and wounded, on the porch of his home in Boulder, after having been left behind by Bateman's group 2,000 miles away. To quote Stu, the East Texan, "That there is a good dog."