The Titans immediately come to Star's rescue when a tentacled robot attacks her. She offers to sing several thousand verses of gratitude.
Slightly marred by what happens later, but Starfire is genuinely happy to see Blackfire and appreciates her gift.
What, no mention of the "date" on the Ferris Wheel that begins the episode? It's little more than Robin explaining to Starfire how festivals go but it's just so sweet. Try not to melt when Robin is amazed by the fireworks and Starfire opines that "Earth is full of amazing things" while looking at Robin with glistening eyes.
The fact that Robin reassures her that the Gordanians aren't invading Earth, since fireworks are used for that purpose on Tamaran as a warning alarm. After all, that's how they met in "Go" and he doesn't want her trauma unnecessarily awakened. Then he invites her to try cotton candy, and it's not like "white" cotton. She takes a bite, giving a surprised squeal when "it vanished!"
Robin sees Starfire ostensibly kidnapped by strange aliens. He mounts a rescue despite being outnumbered. Just the fact that he, a completely normal human teenager, latches onto the bottom of an alien spaceship and engages two huge and heavily armed guards in order to rescue her.
After Robin gets Starfire off the ship, the other Titans come. Cyborg asks Robin and Starfire if they're okay. Then everyone prepares to fight.
The Centauri police has been an Inspector Javert duo. When they realize that they are going to have to fight a bunch of angry teenagers, they explain the situation on realizing the Titans are the "Good guys" of Earth. Then they believe Starfire when she says she's never been to the Centauri Moons, and help her apprehend Blackfire when the latter attempts to flee.
The final scene when Robin and Starfire are sitting watching the sunrise together and Robin tells her that, while her sister was interesting, "No one could ever take your place."
"Nevermore" has a few moments, especially between Raven and Beast Boy.
When Beast Boy complains that Raven has never laughed at his jokes, Cyborg quips with, "At least she listens. I just kind of tune you out." She may think Beast Boy's annoying, but she still listens to him.
Then it's revealed that Raven genuinely does find Beast Boy funny, if her Happy emotion is any indication. She probably can't outright laugh at his jokes, due to having to keep her emotions in check.
It's subtle, but when Beast Boy argues about how they can even trust Raven when they barely know anything about her, it's ROBIN, adopted son and former protege to Batman himself, that says, "She's our friend. What more do we need to know?"
Raven staying behind to fight off her anger emotion to give Cyborg and Beast Boy a chance to escape her mind. But they still come back to help her.
Even the fact that she has a place where she can express her emotions freely without the fear of hurting anyone (the meditation mirror) is heartwarming in and of itself.
Cyborg talking to the kid with the prosthetic hand in "The Sum of His Parts" twice. In the first encounter, Cyborg is depressed because he has to run to the Tower to recharge and miss a fun day barbecuing, and he doesn't seem to realize how excited the kid is at seeing his hero, or how excited the kid gets when Cyborg runs off to "kick butt". The second time, when the kid brings his friend to meet Cyborg, Cyborg not only tells the kids that it's what inside that matters and makes them not so different rather than the prosthetic, but also plays football with them! That kid probably had the best day of his life, playing with his "hero" and being told You Are Better Than You Think You Are.
Cyborg reassures Raven he's got her back when a sentient television nearly attacks her.
The poor cashier has to hide behind the counters as the Titans save her life. She's unharmed by the time Robin turns on the sprinklers, if shaken and scared.
Beast Boy tries to honorably check out the video he wants if a little Innocently Insensitive that now is not the time to ring up a cassette. The cashier tells him the rental's on the house while he searches for his rental card. Though by her tone she's a bit too shaken to do her job, it's really nice of her to make an exception to store policy.
The Titans thoroughly enjoy the movie, talking about how terrifying it was.
Robin saving Raven from falling when her powers fail. He tells her they'll figure out why they aren't working.
Cyborg refuses to let Raven stay in the basement to look for Starfire. He says they need to get out of the Tower and get help, reassuring her not to be afraid.
In "Haunted": Robin has been fighting a (very real to him) Slade hallucination all episode, so how does Raven react towards the end? Make it her problem, by entering Robin's mind to see it from his perspective.
The end of "Spellbound" as mentioned above:
Beast Boy: Raven? It's me. Look, I'm sorry. Raven: For what? You're not the one who... Beast Boy: No. I'm sorry that... he broke your heart. Raven: I know it was all a lie... but he was the only person who ever made me feel like I wasn't... creepy. And don't try to tell me I'm not. Beast Boy: Okay, fine. You're way creepy. But that doesn't mean you have to stay locked in your room. You think you're alone Raven... but you're not.
And to top it off: in response, Raven opens her bedroom door...and gives him a great, big hug (which is so unusual and OOC for her that Beast Boy is actually rendered speechless).
The fact that it's Beast Boy who pulls her out of depression just makes it more heartwarming. Since he went through something very similar with Terra, he knows that just staying alone in her room isn't going to help her. Doubles as a Tear Jerker, since it implies that Beast Boy wasn't checked-on after Terra's betrayal.
Starfire: And Beast Boy? Is he going to be alright?
Robin: He just... needs a little time. (Cut to Beast Boy alone in Terra's room, whimpering in dog-form).
In "Apprentice Part 2", after Slade has blackmailed Robin into working for him:
Slade: "Who knows? I might even become like a father to you."
Robin: "I already have a father." *images of dozens of bats appear in the scene dissolve*
Keep in mind it's heavily implied in "Go!" that the last time he saw Batman they'd had a falling out and were no longer on speaking terms. Yet he still considers Batman like a father to him.
At the end of the episode, when Robin softly admits to Starfire that he and Slade really are very similar. But also that there's one big difference between them: "He doesn't have any friends." Then, Robin smiles at Starfire before looking over at the rest of the Titans, who are being their usual, lovable selves.
When Robin tries to get his friends to go in a Shoo the Dog fashion, their reaction?
Yes, Slade tries to ruin it a few seconds later, but the loyalty to the blackmailed Titan is really heartwarming.
The end of "Aftershock, Part 2", when the dust settles after Terra'sHeroic Sacrifice and life returns to normal, the Titans are seen carrying a plaque and flowers to the statue that was once their friend. It's hard to tell which part of the sequence tugs at the heart more; that or Beast Boy's speech, which mirrors and subverts the evil speech Terra gave at the start of the episode:
Beast Boy: "Her name was Terra. She was gifted with tremendous power, and cursed with it as well. She was a dangerous enemy, and a good friend. And she was one of the bravest people that I have ever known."
Or when the team has made their promise to bring her back, and we see what the plaque reads:
Terra: A Teen Titan. A True Friend.
During the battle with Trigon, Robin is carrying the 10 year old form of Raven on his back, reminding her of why they are friends and how important she is to the team and to him.
Robin: Yeah. It's the end of the world. But so what? We're still here. Still fighting. Still friends.
Raven: Look at me, Robin! There's nothing I can do! There isn't any hope!
Robin: Then I guess I'll just have to have enough hope for the both of us.
Followed when Raven, now her right age and white outfit, takes down Trigon.
Starfire: Raven, that was...
Cyborg: Unbelievable.
Raven: No. It wasn't. (Robin comes up to Raven, and she hugs him tightly)
Raven: Somebody believed. (Robin puts a comforting hand on Raven)
Robin: Welcome back.
Beast Boy enthusiastically throwing his arms around Raven after Trigon's defeat.
After they've won, and the Titans are on their way to celebrating, Starfire quickly joins in by imitating a creature from her planet. However, when she notices that Cyborg and Beast Boy don't get it, she hesitantly says that "On my planet, this is hilarious"... after a look at each other, the two boys clearly decide it doesn't matter if they don't know why it's funny and genuinely burst out laughing.
Don't forget at the end of "The End" where Robin tells Raven that her battle against her own demons and her destiny has always inspired him.
After Raven's Heroic Sacrifice, when the remainder of the team realize she shared her powers with them, all of them reciting Raven's By the Power of Grayskull! line "Azarath Metrion Zinthos", serves as both a power-up phrase and a tribute to their friend.
Let's not forget in part 2 of the same episode where Robin and Starfire embrace each other right before joining Slade to search for Raven.
Robin: I know you can do it. (hugs her tightly)
Beast Boy demonstrates a surprising amount of wisdom in an encouraging speech to Cyborg in "Overdrive", after the former has worn out the chip he implanted in his brain and is discouraged about failing to catch a criminal.
In "Fractured," Johnny Rancid gets Larry's powers and begins unleashing havoc. Robin doesn't even try to stop him because he worries he'll mess up again and make things worse. Larry, however, tells him this:
"I mess up all the time, but I still try. That's how come you're my hero, Robin. Because no matter what, you always try."
The end of "Lightspeed": As random as it might have been, the writers manage to make a lot of Kid Flash and Jinx's interactions pretty cute, starting from how when he first takes the Hive Five by surprise during a museum robbery, KF pulls pranks on all of the other Hive Five except Jinx, whom he gives a red rose. After Jinx's High-Heel–Face Turn, she has a rather unsure expression, but she stops in her tracks and finds another rose. After briefly spotting Kid Flash overlooking her and dashing away, Jinx walks ahead with a sweet smile.
His line about why he's bothering with her is also touching.
During the origin episode "Go!", Cyborg comforts Raven, who feels alienated after Beast Boy gets creeped out by her powers:
Raven: I don't exactly fit in.
Cyborg: He's green, half of me is metal, and (Starfire's) from space. You fit in just fine.
Doubly heartwarming considering the first time we see his cybernetic parts it's pretty clear he hates them, but Cyborg uses them in his example to make Raven feel better about herself.
"Car Trouble" is a good early one for Raven. She makes it plenty clear that to her "it's just a car", but partway into the episode reveals that she does understand how Cyborg would be attached to his car the way he was, and at the end when rebuilding it, she actually is shown helping Cyborg with the biggest smile she's likely ever shown on the show.
To add to that, Raven can be seen in several subsequent episodes riding shotgun in the T-Car with Cyborg.
At the end of "Birthmark," the Titans throw a redo-birthday party for Raven:
Beast Boy:You may not like your birthday, but we're all glad you were born.
At the end of "Crash", Starfire asks what became of Gizmo, even as she lampshades the fact that he cannot technically be considered the Titans' friend.
After having just gone through an episode-long brutal Mind Rape in "Haunted", Robin confesses to the other Titans that sometimes he feels like he's the only one still looking for Slade, "the only one who can stop him". Whereupon Starfire steps forward and tells him gently, "Robin... you are never alone."
While Robin's actions in "Masks" are the reverse of heartwarming, the fact that he did it all because he was worried about Starfire certainly is.
Beast Boy and Raven's conversation at the end of "The Beast Within". Couples as a Funny Moment: "We're having a moment here. Don't ruin it."
Despite going through a bit of a psychotic episode, Beast Boy's only concern after turning into The Beast is to protect Raven from harm. When he transforms again near the end of the episode, he apparently cannot recognize the other Titans, yet still rushes to her side, apparently to protect her from what he thinks is a threat. This even carries over to part one of "The End", which is the only other time he turns into The Beast (which is sort of implied to be his most powerful form). Once again, his only motivation is to protect Raven.
Doubling as a Tear Jerker: When Raven is lying unconscious in the infirmary, after being told that his DNA might be coming apart as a result of being doused by chemicals, Beast Boy still only cares about Raven, asking, "Raven...she's gonna be alright, isn't she? I mean...she's not moving. What have I done?"
Red X eliminating Robin's competition after the Boy Wonder saved his life can be viewed as heartwarming.
Robin: I thought you didn't like to play the hero?
Red X:: Doesn't mean I don't know how.
In "Forces of Nature", Beast Boy apologizes to Starfire for his mean prank when he is desperately trying to dig her out of a pile of rubble.
In "Mad Mod", Starfire fussing over a hypnotized Beast Boy.
At the very end of "Date With Destiny", after Kitten, Fang, and Killer Moth are arrested, Robin and Starfire are declared the king and queen of the prom. At which point, Robin says, "I guess one more dance wouldn't kill me" as he takes Starfire's hand and they go and dance together.
From the same episode, the fact that despite being a supervillain hellbent on world domination, Killer Moth still takes time to look after his daughter, and while she is very spoiled, he's actually concerned for her happiness. A far cry from usual supervillain parents who abuse their kids mercilessly, Killer Moth actually seems to care for and love his daughter. He was holding the entire city hostage, purely so his daughter could go to prom with her crush, Robin.
In "Switched", Starfire and Raven meditating together at the end, as well as Raven quietly asking if Starfire would like to go to the mall after they finish meditating.
Nicer still, we occasionally see them meditating together in future episode.
In the Season 3 premiere, after Cyborg returns to the Teen Titans, he tells Starfire that he felt normal at HIVE Academy because it was like being back at high school before his accident. Starfire reminds him that she didn't know him before then so she sees him as normal the way he is.
Earlier in the episode, Starfire catches Cyborg posing in a mirror in his "Stone" disguise. He says how much he likes the look, but Starfire says she prefers his usual appearance.
All of "Hide and Seek", in which Raven eventually "adopts" three young super kids. Made even better by the fact that she starts out completely put off by them, but they eventually awaken a Mama Bear side to her. Notable moments include:
Teether giving Raven his pacifier as a parting gift.
Timmy putting his blankie over Raven when she was knocked unconscious briefly. A blanket that Raven repaired with a stapler, mind you.
"There is no Bobby. It's you, Melvin. Your powers. You move things with your mind. You're a big girl now. You've got to take charge of your powers and stop blaming things on your imaginary friend." - Raven says this in a way that you have to wonder if she's speaking from experience. In other words, she sees a bit of herself in Melvin.
Raven immediately realizing something feels and sounds very wrong, races back to the safe house, pounds on the doors while calling out the kids' names and busting the door down when she doesn't get a response.
And before that, she starts to predict Timmy and Teether's interactions. She had started to get to know the kids. Aw...
This exchange:
Melvin: You can go home, Raven. Your friends need you.
Raven: What about you guys? I can't leave you kids all alone!
Melvin: We won't be, we've got Bobby and each other.
Raven: *while handing her own T-communicator to Melvin with a smile* And you've got me. Whenever you need me.
The kids grin excitedly, and jump forward to catch her in a group hug, with Raven actually accepting it with the same enthusiasm. The following quote mixes it with a Funny:
Raven: *after a short while* ... Okay, that's enough.
The kids return in the Grand Finale and wordlessly ask Raven if they can fight in the big battle. Raven's response?
Raven: Okay fine. But stay away from anyone older than you.
A minor one, but it was really cute at how Starfire was really missing Robin in "The Quest"...despite the fact that he probably hadn't even been gone that long. Later, she gets a cute look of happiness on her face when she thinks Robin has returned...only to find Beast Boy in Robin's uniform. Finally, the way Starfire, as Robin, pretends to compliment the puppet of her.
In "Homecoming Part 2", when the Doom Patrol insist that Beast Boy has to go with them to complete a dangerous mission, the Titans rally to his defense. All of them - even Raven - loudly insist that he should be allowed to make up his own mind.
The team rallying around Starfire in "Troq" when they learn Val-Yor, the alien superhero they had befriended, is horribly racist against Tamaranians, and the alien word he calls her is actually a Fantastic Slur. Fittingly, it's Cyborg who first notices that she isn't getting along with Val-Yor and they discuss the nature of prejudice and racial slurs. The show doesn't directly mention the fact that he's African-American—instead he says he knows prejudice due to being half-robot—but the implication is obvious. And when they tell Robin about it, his reaction is priceless: no explosion, no yelling, just a cold, deadly"What?" The tone of his voice says he's about a second away from murdering the guy. At the end of the episode, the Titans clearly no longer idolize Val-Yor with Robin telling him to kick rocks when he's unrepentant in his racism despite Starfire saving his life. She then explains to them that she values the words of her friends far more than she hopes some bigot changes his mind.
"How Long is Forever" juxtaposes tearjerkers with heartwarming moments.
When Starfire gets flung into the future and meets Future-Cyborg, Cyborg can barely believe his eyes that she's really there. When he does accept it, he smiles. It's short but it conveys a lot of how happy he is just to see her again.
After failing to get help from her other three friends and getting her butt handed to her (along with a breaking speech that causes a Heroic BSOD) Starfire is saved by none other than Robin, or Nightwing as he goes by now. One thing of note, is that none of the other Future-Titans had had any contact with Robin for awhile, so he couldn't've heard about Starfire from them. But he found out on his own and made darn sure he was there to save her from Warp the second time around.
Nightwing in general as he brings Starfire back to his headquarters. One small but touching moment is when he puts a blanket around Starfire (for comfort) as she gazes forlornly at his old Robin costume. Also, when Starfire informs him that she now thinks that there is nothing they can do to fix the situation, saying it is impossible, he turns around and replies: "Good. If memory serves, we've done the impossible before."
Also, Nightwing kept his Titans' communicator all those years because he didn't give up on the Titans being a team. Furthermore, all of the Future-Titans kept their own Communicators as well.
When Nightwing signals that he and Starfire need help, the rest of the Future-Titans come. Even with how crappy and bleak their life has gotten, they are still a family, and Starfire is the main glue that bound them together. Really highlights Starfire's status as The Heart of the team.
And of course, the scene towards the end of the movie where Robin admits to Starfire that they can be more than just teammates, followed by their first real kiss, was every shipper's dream come to life.
Can't forget this exchange at the end of the movie.
Cyborg: Guess you're not a wanted man anymore.
Robin: (Holding hands with Starfire) Mm, I wouldn't say that.
Really, the two are a goldmine for these. Check out the entire last half of Robin and Starfire's cave conversation in "Stranded", as well as when they hold hands and Robin says "As long as we're together, we'll be okay." Aww...
Not to mention in the same episode where Robin and Starfire hug each other as soon as they fly to the ground safely, right before Cyborg and Beast Boy show up.
A subtle one from the movie—while he's packing, Robin has to disturb Silkie, who was sleeping on his backpack. So he takes the time to fold up a spare uniform for Silkie to sleep on instead, and briefly pets him with a smile before heading out! Aawwww...
In "Deception," as the H.I.V.E. headquarters collapses, there's a touching scene with two background villains, Angel and Kyd Wykyd. Angel races into Kyd's arms while he waits for her before teleporting both of them to safety.
Mas y Menos reuniting during the finale.
"For Real" is a Day in the Limelight episode for the Titans East, protecting Jump City while the Titans are away. They struggle to earn respect at first, but by the end after saving several people and beating Control Freak's challenges, they're being cheered by the crowd.
A man who Aqualad saved from drowning refers to him on the news as "some guy in a unitard"; he is later shown watching the broadcast and saying "C'mon, kid, you can do it!"
Speedy saves a little boy's cat from a tree, and the boy mistakenly calls him "Robin", and seems unable to understand that they're different people. He's later shown watching the broadcast with his cat cuddled up next to him, and he points to the screen and says "That's my friend, Speedy!" excitedly.
Also the implication that while the Titans do save civilians from disasters and crimes on a regular basis, they also do little things like saving cats from trees. They're well-known and beloved enough that a little boy can just walk up to (someone he thinks is) Robin and talk to him casually. The Titans love their city, and their city loves them right back.
