History Main / GroupHug

* The Dragon Club from ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' embrace in a group hug [[spoiler:before leaving Rakke Town for good going their separate ways.]]

* The main cast gives one at the very end of ''Film/ForColoredGirls''. Trust me [[TheWoobie they deserved it]].

* In ''Film/EverAfter'', Danielle's WickedStepmother, the Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, has sold Maurice, the husband of housemaid Louise, into slavery to pay off part of a debt. Danielle manages to rescue him by masquerading as a noblewoman. When she brings him home, he and Louise rush into each other's arms. Paulette, Rodmilla's other housemaid, runs to join their embrace, and then Louise reaches out and pulls Danielle in.

* In ''Film/EverAfter'', Danielle's WickedStepmother, the Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, has sold Maurice, the husband of housemaid Louise, into slavery to pay off part of a debt. Danielle manages to rescue him by masquerading as a noblewoman, and when she brings him home, he and Louise rush into each other's arms. Paulette, Rodmilla's other housemaid, runs to join their embrace, and then Louise reaches out and pulls Danielle in.

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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7512009/17/Blood-Ties Blood Ties]]'' Remus receives a group hug when he's upset by a medical report listing the Dursleys' extensive abuse of Harry.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14162628/11/Champion-s-Date Champion's Date]]'' Sirius receives a group hug after being found innocent of everything except being an unregistered Animagus.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9045613/22/Changing-Lives Changing Lives]]'' the Marauders give a time-traveling Harry and his new friends a group hug at the end of Harry's first year at Hogwarts.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11827316/21/Cult-Potter Cult Potter]]'' Edith receives a group hug after revealing her abusive upbringing and fear of becoming a victim again.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7913356/12/Deafening-Silence Deafening Silence]]'' Harry receives a group hug after a five-year separation from his friends.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12652330/7/eXtra-power-twin eXtra power twin]]'' several Xavier Institute students give Harry a group hug after he tells them about his abusive childhood.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6755363/3/No-Hurry-At-All No Hurry At All]]'' Hermione receives a group hug when Harry leaves Hogwarts after the Department of Mysteries battle.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11313379/6/Soul-Mate Soul Mate]]'' Harry's dorm mates and Hermione give him a group hug when he announces that he's not returning to his abusive relatives.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5619147/8/Violence-Inherent-in-the-System Violence Inherent in the System,]]'' the other Sailor Scouts give Sailor Moon a group hug when she comes back to life after spending several months as a spirit.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' when Kimi forgives Chuckie for thinking Z is a bad influence on her, Z's dad suggests a group hug...which gets [[BrickJoke interrupted when Phil arrives with the police]].

* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' the study group is fond enough of this for "bring it in" to become on of Jeff's {{catch phrase}}s.

* ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'': [[CatchPhrase Big Hug!]]

* In ''Film/{{Zathura}}, Walter and Danny simultaneously hug Lisa once she awakens from cryo-sleep and catches them stoking a fire in the kitchen, but [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funnily enough]], said kitchen-fire [[SkewedPriorities isn't the boys' main concern]] during that scene.

* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' Happens during "I Love You" on the line "with a great big hug". If everyone can't join in on a big one, they'll just hug the closest person.
* ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''. [[CatchPhrase Big Hug!]]

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Italy is prone to giving Germany and Japan these. After [[{{Polyamory}} all three got together]], Hungary gave all three one while squealing in joy.
* If you were cynical you might comment that a group hug is a Succubus's most frequent action in ''Fanfic/TheReturn''.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5619147/8/Violence-Inherent-in-the-System Violence Inherent in the System,]]'' the other Sailor Scouts give Sailor Moon a group hug when she comes back to life after spending several months as a spirit.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6755363/3/No-Hurry-At-All No Hurry At All]]'' Hermione receives a group hug when Harry leaves Hogwarts after the Department of Mysteries battle.

* The ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'' video "Trouble at Hogwarts" ends with a group hug.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11313379/6/Soul-Mate Soul Mate]]'' Harry's dorm mates and Hermione give him a group hug when he announces that he's not returning to his abusive relatives.

* [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BkjL2LvHLGr/?hl=en&taken-by=space.matriarchs This]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BkkKl5hnR_a/?hl=en&taken-by=space.matriarchs parody]] of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Yellow Diamond and White Diamond give a mopey Blue Diamond a group hug. White knows that this is ''exactly'' what cheers Blue up, but Yellow is extremely reluctant to participate in it.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12652330/7/eXtra-power-twin eXtra power twin]]'' several Xavier Institute students give Harry a group hug after he tells them about his abusive childhood.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': In the 17th chapter, the Mane Five and Spike hug Twilight after she reunites with them in [[spoiler:Ponyville]]. Not only because they're glad to be given a [[MyGreatestSecondChance second chance]] to make up for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass abandoning her at the wedding rehearsal]], but also because they now have a better chance to stop the BigBad now that Twilight has joined them.
* Happens quite often in the ''Fanfic/AvantasiaProtagAU'' series. For all sorts of reasons. One or another of the main characters is usually the center everyone else is hugging. If it's Scarecrow, he usually objects but doesn't fight against it very hard.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14162628/11/Champion-s-Date Champion's Date]]'' Sirius receives a group hug after being found innocent of everything except being an unregistered Animagus.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11827316/21/Cult-Potter Cult Potter]]'' Edith receives a group hug after revealing her abusive upbringing and fear of becoming a victim again.

* The main image and one of the most moving scenes of ''Film/{{Roma}}''.

* Combined with CooldownHug, at the end of ''Film/SchindlersList'', Schindler completely breaks down in tears when he realizes he could've saved at least one more person but he didn't. Stern and dozens of his workers all join him in a hug to remind him he did a lot.
* In ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', the Baker, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and Jack do this [[spoiler:just after they kill the Giantess]].

* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' Happens during "I Love You" on the line "with a great big hug". If everyone can't join in on a big one, they'll just hug the closest person.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Happens as a way to show Rimmer that he is loved so they can build up his self-esteem and escape. His expression is priceless.
* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' episode "Team Tipton". Maddie, Zack, Cody, Esteban and Arwin.
* ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''. [[CatchPhrase Big Hug!]]
* ''Series/SisterSister'' played it straight at the end of the episode, "You Are So Beautiful" with Tia, Tamera, Ray, and Lisa after learning about the twin daughters' birth mom.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': All the main characters share a jubilant hug when Johnny announces he has gotten financing to expand the motel chain, but Patrick looks worried because he's not excited to move to New York.

->'''Arwin:''' Ooh group hug! I love group hugs! Especially with other people! ''[old lady walks by]''\\
'''Maddie:''' Hey lady! Come on, I could really use the heat. ''[lady walks away]'' After her! ''[whole hugging group walks together following the lady]''\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12652330/7/eXtra-power-twin eXtra power twin]]'' several Xavier Institute students give Harry a group hug after he tells them about his abused childhood.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}''

* Chapter 3 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' ends with a [[ManlyTears teary-eyed]] group hug between Jotaro, Polnareff and Joseph.

* The final episode of the first season of ''Anime/{{Free}}'' features this, in which [[spoiler:Rin]] is being hugged by his old friends at end of the swimming preliminaries.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Everything in the description (though Sokka once had to be told to shut up and join in). Earns extra cuteness points when Appa just closes his eyes and shoves his huge face into the huddle, or when [[spoiler: Zuko is first included in the group hug]].
-->'''Katara:''' Come on, [[spoiler: Zuko]]. Being part of the group means being part of the group hugs.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'' played it straight with the Cat, Nick, and Sally in a few episodes. Sometimes adventures can have those heartwarming moments.

* This is a first for Hilda, David, and Frida in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'', at the end of the episode [[Recap/HildaS2E5 The Windmill]]. Before leaving the windmill, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2020_12_14_at_121106_pm.png David and Frida pull Hilda in a group hug after she escapes Nowhere Space. Hilda tearfully hugs them back.]]
* Pops in from time to time with Yakko, Wakko, and Dot in [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Anima]][[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 niacs]].
** Usually in the form of a SecurityCling as seen [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s1e11_dot_yakko_and_wakko_horrified.jpg here]].
** One of the most genuine ones is from "A Very Very Very Special Show". While it's mostly comedic, this one little bit really shows how much [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animaniacs_group_hug_by_yesieguia_dcdu258_fullview.jpg Yakko, Wakko, and Dot always have each other's back no matter what they face.]]
** Another genuine one is from "Variety Speak" where [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animaniacstheseries__6ff04d7a0c97.jpg Yakko, Wakko, and Dot embrace towards the end.]]
** Pops in in the [[ComicBook/{{Animaniacs}} comic book version]] of the series during Issue #43 where [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/animaniacstheseries__583547990.jpg Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have an emotional moment.]]
** Done again in episode 12 from the 2020 reboot's second season where during their apology video on [[Website/{{YouTube}} TubeSpace]], while Dot was crying, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s2e12_dot_yakko_and_wakko_tearful_group_hug.jpg Yakko and Wakko pull Dot in for a hug to comfort her.]]
** Done in the Season 2 episode, "Please, Submit", where Yakko and Dot embrace Wakko after saving him from being hacked.
-->'''Wakko:''' What happened? Did I get the cool looks and hot prices?

* ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'':
** Ari and Olive pull Elinor in for one at the end of "No Need To Shout" when they easily can tell that, even though [[LostVoicePlot Elinor has a sore throat]], she's happy.
** Elinor and Ari embrace Olive in a comforting one in "Olive's Tree" after Olive reminisces memories of her [[spoiler:fallen tree]].

-->'''Jet''': Come on guys, bring it in!

-->'''Homer''': Hey everyone, let's all hug Apu.\\

'''Homer''': ''(Checks Watch)'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall We still have some time.]] Let's all hug Apu again.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''

* Towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInWheresMyMummy'', Velma instigates a group hug with the other gang members and Scooby. Her ScoobyDooHoax made it seem like she was the victim of Cleopatra's curse, and the gang would stop at nothing on her behalf and safety.

--> '''Kirby''': Yeah. Ever since then, we became... the best of friends.[[https://www.deviantart.com/apigirl000/art/REQUEST-Best-of-friends-912909097 Poyo!]]

--> '''Kirby''': Yeah. Ever since then, we became... the best of friends. Poyo!