Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/Heartwarming

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• The scene at the beginning, where the Soviets drag Indy out of the car. All you see is the hat and a shadow picking it up, with the theme in the background.
  • That's more of a Crowning Moment of Awesome, in this troper's opinion.
• Perhaps it's the romantic sucker in me, but this exchange is a winner:

Marian: I'm sure you've had other women over the years! Indy: Well, sure, a few, but they all had the same problem. Marian: Oh yeah? What was that?? Indy: They weren't you, honey.

• • When I saw the film in the theatre, pretty much the entire adult audience "Aaaaw"ed during that scene.
  • Her great big ol' smile helps that, too.
• At the end when Indy and Marion FINALLY get married. The wind blows the door open, sending the iconic fedora landing at Mutt's feet. He picks it up and almost puts it on before his dad snatches it away as if to say, 'Ah...not yet, but you're close."
  • To wit and to match what was written above about illumination, Mutt doesn't treat the hat as a prize. You can see him hold and look at it with reverence and respect as if the hat itself contained some sort of power. It's also perhaps the first time that it really hits Mutt that his dad is THE Indiana Jones; that his dad is this really amazing man instead of a deadbeat that he's thought all his life. He's experiencing for the first time in a very real way the sort of awe all children have at their invincible fathers.
• Indy discovering he has a new family after his father and surrogate father Marcus Brody have passed away.