Heartwarming moments in Saved by the Bell.
- The prom episode has Screech spending the first half of the episode looking for a prom date, only to strike out completely. In fact, the only girl he DIDN'T ask was Lisa, due to an earlier promise he made NOT to ask her. After giving him a pep talk and Screech reiterating his promise to not ask her, Lisa then instead asks HIM to the prom, and by the looks of it she sincerely has a good time.
- The middle part of the High School finale, where they say they'll miss each other; Jessie and Slater cuddling on the stairs with her saying "And you'll always be my papa... you big pig!" and as she saw him giving his Valedictorian position over to Jessie, Lisa giving Screech a kiss on the cheek. It was very charming.
- The same episode has Zack one credit short of graduation (due to dropping a class). The only way he can get it is to successfully perform in the ballet recital, but the recital is due to be canceled because of an illness among the original cast. The rest of the gang steps in to fill out the missing roles.
- One episode has Kelly's dad lose his job at the plant right before prom, with her now being unable to afford to go. Zack then stages their own prom outside the gym, complete with cake, dancing, and a sign that says "Zack and Kelly's Prom" (the original prom theme, much to Belding's chagrin).
- This ignores the obviousness that Zack's family is clearly wealthy enough for him to afford to buy her a ticket and dress (and in fact already did in a previous dance episode).
- Not to mention that she's been seen several times in dresses that would certainly be suitable for prom.
- Well actually Kelly volunteered the money she had saved up for a dress to give to her father - telling him she didn't care about the prom. By the time Zack finds out (Kelly had been avoiding telling him), it's probably too late to buy her a dress and he knows Kelly well enough that she wouldn't like taking money from someone else for something superficial.
- The first episode of the high school years has a dance contest hosted by Casey Kasem. The first heartwarming moment occurs when Zack gives up on trying to get Kelly as his partner and instead chooses Jessie, who had been teaching him to dance.
- The second involves Screech coming to Lisa's rescue. She injures her ankle and her original date dumps her, wanting to win the contest. Screech then becomes her contest partner, creates a new dance called "The Sprain" (where he and Lisa rhythmically limp around), and the pair wins the crows over, winning the contest over other finalists Zack/Jessie and Slater/Kelly.
- And the winner is judged by applause. After Lisa and Screech perform theirs, their friends are seen encouraging people to clap louder.
- The episode where Mr. Belding's brother Rod comes in as a substitute had one by Belding towards the kids and one by the kids towards Belding. When Rod ditches the kids' senior trip (which was changed from Mr. Belding's idea of sightseeing in a national park to Rod's idea of white water rafting) to hook up with a stewardess, Mr. Belding gives him an awesome "The Reason You Suck" Speech finishing with Mr. Belding telling Rod to get out of his school. He lies about it to protect the kids' feelings, then offers to take his place despite his lack of skills on a boat. The kids are overjoyed, thank him, and head for the bus. Zack hangs back and reveals to Mr. Belding that he overheard everything, but tells him that while Rod may be the cooler Belding, they have the better Belding, giving him a The Reason You Don't Suck Speech.
- In "Cut Day", even though Zack and Slater have a bet about whether the former can truly cut school all day, Zack is willing to pay out the money to avoid conflict between Slater and Jessie, both of whom had enjoyed time with other people.
- Mr. Belding might be the hardest on Zack but he's actually very fond of him and even names his son after Zack, who helped his wife deliver the baby when they were trapped in an elevator.
- The episode "Fake I.D.s" has a few. Aside from the big one of the gang exposing Kelly to Jeff going out with another girl and Slater even offering to beat him up, a purer example happens when Zack, Slater and Screech initially get into the Attic nightclub and Slater explains to the college-aged woman he's set up with that he has a girlfriend, which she understands. What really stands out with this though is that as much as he and Jessie squabble at each other and he comes off as an insensitive jerk at times, how does he spend the evening? Showing the woman pictures of he and Jessie together and bragging about her. It's even mentioned that he has a picture of her from kindergarten. D'aww...
- "The Last Weekend" ends on a particularly heartwarming note. First, after telling the staffers that he was proud of them and invited back to work for him next summer, Mr. Carosi pulls Zack aside and said that he had meant him specifically. Even better, he said he was a good man, that he approved of him and Stacy dating and gave him all the back tips that he stiffed him on for the breakfasts at the club.
- Also a little later, as Zack is sitting on the beach sad about being away from Stacy, Jessie and the gang soon show up to walk with him and cheer him up, and if you look closely, you can see Screech and Kelly walk side by side and they soon put their arms around each other as well.
- Any time the gang has a True Companions moment or episode, like in "The Lisa Card" when the gang helps to earn money for Lisa to pay back her father, they helping Zack get through knee surgery in "Operation: Zack" them coming through for Jessie in "Jessie's Song" (Narm quality of the episode, aside.)
- "The Glee Club" competition has Screech rescuing Violet through a duet of "Beautiful Dreamer" with her, who was struck with stage fright and still upset over her parents barring them from being together due to his poor manners. Even if his performance was decidedly tone-deaf, his heart was obviously in the right place, and to top it off, her parents agreed with this and allowed them to date in the end.
- And Violet's performance was good enough to bag the club third place in the contest.
- In the College Years episode, "The Rave", when his frat brothers were mad at Screech for not getting the supply of N.O. from the chemistry lab like they asked for, one of them tries to hit him, only for Slater, who usually tends to be pretty dismissive of him, to defend him.
- Another episode of them in college has the boys helping to train Mike, their student advisor, for a tryout with a national football team, which also doubles as a Funny Moment.
- For a Fourth of July party, Zack tells Screech to come dressed as Uncle Sam. Screech shows up in Impossibly Tacky Clothes and says "This is how my Uncle Sam dresses!" The joke becomes heartwarming when you realize Screech's real name is Samuel. Screech's Uncle Sam might've been a bad dresser, but Screech's parents loved him enough to name their child after him.
- "Rockumentary": after Zack becomes a diva solo star who quit The Zack Attack after being convinced that he's better than them, upon learning that Slater was in a car accident, he willingly walked away from his newfound superstardom to be with him.
- Zack takes care of Kelly's baby brother in The Babysitters. He doesn't try any of his usual schemes or antics making sure to take care of him, only letting Jessie and Lisa take care of him when he has to get his picture taken and gets worried when he thinks he's lost him. In the end of the episode, Billy says he's first words which turns out to be Zack.
