The Dark Knight Saga/Heartwarming

"Alfred: "Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up."
 * Batman Begins:

Bruce: "You still haven't given up on me?"

Alfred: "Never."

Commissioner Gordon: "I never said 'thank you'."

Batman: "And you'll never have to.""

"Batman: "You don't have to thank me."
 * Echoed beautifully in The Dark Knight:

Gordon: "Yes, I do.""

"Son: "Why's he running Dad?"
 * In the climax of The Dark Knight (that is to say, the second one), when . What especially got This Troper was the moment when . This troper got the impression that he was praying, especially as he was joined by other prisoners.
 * To me personally, that's always an especially touching scene because when he finally gets up after listening to the yelling and debating and
 * Made even better by
 * . The disappointed look on Joker's face at this is priceless.
 * "What were you trying to prove? That deep down everyone is as ugly as you? You are alone." 
 * after he was presumed dead.
 * Also, at the end when Batman.
 * Plus the closing speech by Gordon.

Gordon: "Because we have to chase him. ...Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A dark knight."

"Alfred:: "You’re as precious to me as you were to you’re own mother and father. I swore to them that I would protect you, but I haven’t""
 * A meta-fictional example is when Heath Ledger was awarded a posthumous Academy Award for "outstanding actor in a supporting role". His family, including his father Kim, went onstage to accept the statuette on his behalf. Kim said that Ledger's young daughter Mathilda would inherit the Oscar when she turns 18. Not a dry eye in the whole Kodak theatre.
 * Dark Knight Rises:
 * We've already got one from the second trailer, or what little we could from Alfed.


 * Not much, but judging from the look on Bruce's face, its shaping up to be an defining scene for whatever Bruce decides to do.