Heartwarming / Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

• You just knew that sensitive, intelligent Daniel Striped Tiger would grow into a good father.
  • It's not just Daniel. Prince Tuesday, X the Owl, Henrietta Pussycat and the other Neighborhood of Make-Believe characters have also grown to become loving parents (or, in Tuesday's case, older brother) as well. In particular, King Friday and Lady Elaine have also had positive changes to their characters.
• Daniel's sweet goodnight song to Baby Margaret.
  Good night, sleep tight. Dream dreams as sweet as you...
• The intro where Daniel is seen singing to the viewer the way Mister Rogers would open his show complete with putting on his shoes and tying them. Years after Fred Roger's death it appears Daniel Tiger himself is now Passing the Torch and following Mister Rogers' footsteps when it comes to teaching children and adults about life and other topics.
  • During the 2015 and 2017 Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, when it showed a giant Daniel Tiger balloon. The original theme to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was played instead of the show's theme song. Knowing that the Mr. Rogers' legacy is still being passed down to the next generation of children is heartwarming itself.
• In Chrissie's second episode, Daniel off-handedly mentions she needs her legbraces to walk. No more mention is made during the episode — it's there to acknowledge viewers might have missed her introduction episode, but gives it no special emphasis and Daniel treats her like just another friend throughout the episode.
• Margaret Tiger doting on her big brother and calling him "Dan-Dan."
• In "Daniel's Very Different Day," Daniel has to deal with a lot of changes. Finally, the story draws to a close...
  Daniel: One thing that stays the same is that you are always my friend. That never changes. Ugga-mugga!
• The "New Neighbors Are Coming" song in The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won't You Be Our Neighbor? The entire song is a lively, upbeat number right up until the end, when Daniel sings in a tender, heartfelt manner a line repeated throughout the song - "Will our new neighbors have a friend for me?" It's clear he's been thinking a lot about it.
• When Katerina offers Daniel a plate of orange toy food that includes peaches in the episode where his allergy was introduced, he feels compelled to tell her about said allergy; she is immediately horrified that she had something that would have made him sick, even if it wasn't real, and promptly discards the peach toy, declaring her intent to help Daniel stay safe.
  • Same episode, the song mentions different ways people can take care of each other, including physical care (such as with Daniel's allergy or when O the owl got sick), emotional care (such as when Miss Elaina cheered up a lonely O), and minor things (like handing Teacher Harriet a tissue and helping clean up the blocks).
• After Daniel is helped to let go of his fear about a doctor's appointment by creating a book about it, he finds O waiting anxiously for his own appointment. Daniel immediately offers his book to O, who absolutely lights up.
• Although Daniel's friends don't appear in the main story of "Daniel's Fish Dies," they are in the "Ask Questions About What Happened" song, which shows Katerina and Prince Wednesday presenting Daniel with a picture of him and Blue Fish and then giving him a hug, which is really sweet.
• The show's real-life effects - there's a growing body of both anecdotal and studied evidence that Daniel is helping children, including those with conditions on the autism spectrum, to try new foods because they might taste good, take turns, and think about how others are feeling.
• "King Friday for a Day" has a theme of kindness, and shows King Daniel doing many Good Samaritan acts, including helping an injured Prince Tuesday to Dr. Anna's office, and sacrificing his objects for O and Miss Elaina to cheer them up.
• Fridge Heartwarming: In "Prince Wednesday's Happy Birthday", Daniel not only, as he mentions, gets cake that isn't squashed, he finally gets a piece of that strawberry cake he missed out on in "Daniel Gets a Cold".
• In "Margaret's First Thank You Day", Daniel sings a song about how much he loves Margaret and spending time with her.

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