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[[caption-width-right:350:[-"And in the end, what was your reward?\\
You never said. But I think I know.\\
A family."-]]]

** Thanks to Bioshock Infinite, this is the canon ending now.

* As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; every artificial attempt to make the Daddies bond with the Sisters failed miserably. But when two Little Sisters healed an injured Big Daddy using their ADAM, he bonded with them immediately. Elizabeth even quotes "[[AndroclesLion The lion with the thorn in it's paw.]]" when the Sisters hug the Big Daddy. The Daddies' willingness to protect the Sisters, even to the death, was a choice born out of love, not science. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies were still human enough to sincerely love "their" children. ''A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.''
* The initial trailer for the game ended with a splicer getting gored to death by the Big Daddy's drill. As a camera cuts to the Little Sister cowering on the ground, the Big Daddy stomps into view towering over her, his drill still covered in blood, and reaches out his huge hand to help her up.

*** And in the final battle, the Sisters bum rush Fontaine and drain him of his ADAM after he knocks you out.
*** If the conversation that Elizabeth and Dewitt/Comstock had about Cohen while traveling to Fontaine's store is anything to go by, then Jack saved numerous preteen girls from sexual slavery.

* If you've been saving the Little Sisters throughout the first game, you'll see all of them playing in Tenenbaum's sanctuary. They basically start heaping praises onto you and say you're going to save them. That fact alone can give you the fuzzies.

* As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; every artificial attempt to make the Daddies bond with the Sisters failed miserably, but when the Sisters began to heal sick or injured Daddies using their ADAM, they bonded almost immediately. The Daddies' willingness to protect the Sisters, even to the death, was a choice born out of love, not science. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies were still human enough to sincerely love "their" children. ''A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.''

** [[spoiler:Thanks to Bioshock Infinite, this is the canon ending now.]]

*** [[spoiler: And in the final battle, the Sisters bum rush Fontaine and drain him of his ADAM after he knocks you out]].
*** [[spoiler: If the conversation that Elizabeth and Dewitt/Comstock had about Cohen while traveling to Fontaine's store is anything to go by, then Jack saved numerous preteen girls from sexual slavery.]]

* If you've been saving the Little Sisters throughout the first game, you'll see all of them playing in [[spoiler:Tenenbaum's sanctuary]]. They basically start heaping praises onto you and say you're going to save them. That fact alone can give you the fuzzies.

* As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; [[spoiler: Every artificial attempt to make the Daddies bond with the Sisters failed miserably, but when the Sisters began to heal sick or injured Daddies using their ADAM, they bonded almost immediately. The Daddies' willingness to protect the Sisters, even to the death, was a choice born out of love, not science. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies were still human enough to sincerely love "their" children.]]''A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.''

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[DeadlyDistantFinale and are at Jack's deathbed]], [{{TearJerker}} each clutching his hand]].

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[DeadlyDistantFinale and are at Jack's deathbed, [{{TearJerker}} each clutching his hand]].

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[{{TearJerker}} and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand]].

*** [[spoiler: If the conversation that Elizabeth and Dewitt/Comstock had about Cohen while traveling to Fontaine's store is anything to go by, than Jack saved numerous preteen girls from sexual slavery.]]

* Heck, there was a Crowning Moment in the very first trailer ever shown for the game. We get a savage battle between a Big Daddy and the player who was trying to take a Little Sister. It ends with the player getting gored to death by the Big Daddy's drill. As a camera cuts to the Little Sister cowering on the ground, the Big Daddy stomps into view towering over her, his drill still covered in blood, and reaches out his huge hand to help her up. That single shot let me know that this game would be different.

* As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; [[spoiler: Every artificial attempt to make the Daddies bond with the Sisters failed miserably, but when the Sisters began to heal sick or injured Daddies using their ADAM, they bonded almost immediately. The Daddies' willingness to protect the Sisters, even to the death, was a choice born out of love, not science. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies were still human enough to sincerely love "their" children.]]''A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.''

* As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; [[spoiler: Every artificial attempt to make the Daddies bond with the Sisters failed miserably, but when the Sisters began to rescue sick or injured Daddies with their ADAM, they bonded almost immediately. The Daddies' willingness to protect the Sisters, even to the death, was a choice born out of love, not science. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies were still human enough to sincerely love "their" children.]]
''A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.''

* One that was six-years in the making; As you learn more about them from conversations and audio diaries, you discover that both the Little Sisters and Big Daddies have been genetically manipulated, surgically altered, and mentally conditioned to the extreme. Most players would naturally assume that the Big Daddies' desire to protect the Sisters would be as artificial and unnatural as the monsters themselves. Yet in ''Bioshock Infinite; Burial At Sea'', you finally learn the truth; [[spoiler: Every attempt to ''force'' the Daddies to bond with the Sisters failed miserably. It was only after the Sisters started saving the Daddies with their ADAM that they became so protective, out of gratitude. The willingness to give their lives in defense of the sisters was ''completely natural'' the entire time. Somewhere beneath the metal and meat and the countless alterations, the Daddies are still human enough to sincerely love "their" children.

* The Little Sisters cheering you on as you battle Fontaine to the death. "Stick it in the bad man!"

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own, and gets married to one of them. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[{{TearJerker}} and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand]].

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[{{TearJerker}} and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand]].

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. [[HappilyAdopted Each of them live full]], enriched lives, [[Tearjerker and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand]].

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. Each of them live full, enriched lives, and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand.
** That ending moves this troper to tears every time.

** That ending moves this troper to tears every time.

* The Good Ending: Jack returns to the surface and raises five of the Little Sisters as his own. Each of them live full, enriched lives, and are at Jack's deathbed, each clutching his hand.