See here for moments specific to The Wild Thornberrys Movie.
- It's a quick one, but in "Bad Company", Eliza climbs up and saves Donnie from the top of the tower of stuff the marsupials built to knock down.
- Come to think of it, almost any Eliza/Donnie-centric episode is this. She rarely gets annoyed or exasperated with him and the two seem closer with each other than either is with Debbie.
- An episode had Nigel delirious from a stonefish sting waiting for Eliza to return with antitoxin. In his delirium, he mistakes a passing catlike creature for his wife, picks it up and tells it how much he loves "her" and the children — then kisses it. Supposed to be funny, but it becomes more of an "Aaawww..." moment when you realize that he knows these could be his last moments and his thoughts turn to her.
- In "The Origin of Donnie," after learning the whole truth about him, each of the Thornberrys talks to Donnie — seeming like an overall "welcome to the family" speech. There is also Donnie's drawing shown during the TV-Movie. It turns out that his crude drawing is actually of his parents, showing that despite his wild boy tendencies, he still remembers them.
- What about the official acceptance? Nigel and Marianne are so overcome with emotion that they can't say more than one word. Debbie then takes up the speech by saying in her normal tone "What they're TRYING to say is that out of all the jungle boys we could've found..." She then bursts into tears and walks off. Then to cap it off, Eliza walks up to the confused Donnie and gently says one sentence: "We're glad we found you."
- Grandma Sophie is also included and shown that while she has always been accepting of Donnie, though sometimes put off by his wild boy tendencies, she tells Donnie that she's his new grandmother right before bursting into tears of joy like the rest of the family.
- When Marianne sees a photo of Donnie's parents and realizes that she and Nigel met them before either couple had children. This solidifies the family's belief that they were meant to take care of him. They even give Donnie the middle name "Michael", after his birth father.
- The episode ends with Donnie innocently messing with Debbie, who was ready to let him have it. Donnie gives one sad look, only for Debbie to take new little brother back to the camper.
- In "Look Who's Squawking," Eliza puts Darwin in charge of a penguin egg while she runs off to assist the parents. She comes back to find him singing gently to it and very much opposed to giving it up, even breaking down in tears when he watches it hatch. At the end of the episode, the parents name the chick Darwina.
- The episode "Forget Me Not", where Eliza befriends Rebecca, an elephant that her father rescued from poachers when he was younger. And then toward the end, Rebecca's reunion with Nigel. Even her death is heartwarming, as before she passes away she tells Eliza not to be sad, for she's lived a long, full life and has no regrets.Eliza: I'll bet she had a really good life, dad.Nigel: Ah, may we all be so lucky, pumpkin.
- in Nigel Knows Best Nigel keeping Eliza from freezing to death through sheer badassery. To elaborate, Eliza foolishly thought she could scale a mountain on her own and sneaks away from Nigel, but a sudden blizzard kicked in, and the lack of oxygen made it imminent for her to pass out. Nigel finds her, kept her from freezing by sharing his snow coat with her and the Llama with them. He then builds an ice fort with nothing but a shovel and started a fire to keep them warm. That is how they survived the blizzard.
- Not to mention, an Inca family were also lost in the blizzard and notices the ice fort as well. Nigel doesn't even hesitate to welcome them in, he's that much of a good man.
- From "Flight of the Donnie", the mother condor reuniting with her hatchling.Mama Condor: Who's mommy's little BONE PICKER?
Baby Condor: I am! - In "Operation Valentine", it is Donnie who runs across the Australian outback by himself (with an eagle chasing him) to find Nigel and lead him to Eliza, who is suffering from acute appendicitis. Even in severe pain, Eliza's first concern is to tell Darwin to go after Donnie to make sure he doesn't get hurt.
- At the same time, Darwin refuses to leave Eliza's side, even when she tells him to go get help.
- A small one but as soon as Debbie realises Eliza's seriously ill, she stops complaining about missing her date, insists on coming with them and even has her arm around Eliza at one point. And then she brings Eliza some flowers in the hospital.
Debbie: I told you it wasn't my cookies. I'm sorry, too, and if I had a choice, I'd pick you over Sven. Well, just this once, but don't try it again! - In "Naimina Enkijio", after Eliza breaks down that she is scared when it's revealed that both she and Darwin are lost in the forest, Darwin drops his usual cowardice, and holds her in a comforting hug assuring her the two are going to be alright.
