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Chaos on Deponia
- Some of Rufus' interactions with Baby Goal and Spunky Goal count. Baby Goal voices her utter trust in Rufus and her readiness to follow him everywhere, whereas Spunky Goal simply seems to share Rufus' playfulness and humor; they really seem to enjoy their bickering in the pub, and both declare at the very same moment and with the same enthusiasm their plan to go ice-swimming, which apparently leads to an off-screen water battle between them.
- At the end of the second game, Rufus is terrified that the Resistance got slaughtered. He's relieved to see all of them, including Toni, alive. Then he warns them that they need to evacuate before the Organon base blows up, and they watch, with Goal in tow.
Goodbye Deponia
- After trying so hard throughout all three games and infamously falling to his death within seconds of his goal at the end of the third, Rufus finally, finally makes it to Elysium. Even if it doesn't last, the look of joy on his face is a sight to behold for the five seconds it lasts.
- Surprisingly, Bailiff Argus and his relationship to the rest of the Organon race; to his individual Mooks he's shown as being a Bad Boss or at least a very harsh leader, but his main motivation in the game is to provide the Organon with a better life — or even a chance at living at all — in defiance of the Elysian council's plans to use them as a disposable Mook race. In return, the Organon all love him and are allegedly enraptured by his speeches. To put it in perspective, Argus' motivations are more selfless than Rufus's (at least before his Heroic Sacrifice at the very end.)
Deponia Doomsday
- There is a moment where, just once, Toni is not only completely supportive of Rufus, but also shows utter faith in his latest zany plan (something that nearly shocks him). To top it off, the typically narcissistic Rufus is literally bending space and time to vindicate that trust. It all dissolves into a Tear Jerker when, despite his best efforts, he disappoints her not once, but multiple times. When he fails for the final time, she's so disappointed that she simply walks away without hitting him, and it's clear that her bitter disappointment hurt Rufus more than her fury.
- After finally fulfilling his lifelong dream, (and thanks to a convenient time loop) Rufus is given the chance to live in an ideal paradise for all eternity... which he quickly abandons once it becomes clear that he wont be able to spend any of it with Goal.
- In Deponia Doomsday, in order to reach Porta Rustica in time, Rufus, Goal and McChronicle have to take a boat, but the owner only allows passage if Rufus presents a picture that proves he and Goal are in love with each other. Rufus goes off on yet another of his Zany Schemes, intending to take a picture with a fake Goal, but just as he completes it, he's interrupted by Goal herself, who reacts with surprised disapproval and tells him she'd convinced the owner to let them pass. In Porta Rustica, however, Goal drops a photograph that Rufus picks up... which depicts Goal with a fake Rufus, meaning that Goal had successfully undertaken the exact same Zany Scheme while Rufus prepared for his. When Rufus is surprised by this, Goal gets a mellow smile on her face.
- Likewise, a version of Goal and Rufus end up together and alive, albeit in the age of dinosaurs. They decide to make the most of it.
