Heartwarming / House of the Dead

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The House of the Dead

• In the Golden Ending, Rogan's fiancée, Sophie, survives the attack by The Chariot. And if the existence of Lisa in the third game is any indication, her survival is canon. Word of God has confirmed this to be the case.

The House of the Dead 2

• Any time you save two civilians that are shown to be close to each other, such as a child and his father, or an old couple, is sure to bring some good feelings, narmy voice acting aside.
• The normal ending shows the civilians waving to James and/or Gary, accompanied by Amy, Harry, and G. While G's later appearances show that he survived the events of this game, Harry's presence suggests that he also survived his encounter with Strength. Thomas Rogan flat out states this out in the good ending as well.
  Thomas Rogan: "G and Harry are alright! Let's leave the rest to them!"

The House of the Dead III

• As grotesque and dangerous as his experiments were, Curien did it all to save his terminally-ill son, Daniel. And he succeeded.
  • Seeing Daniel in the final chapter shows that yes, an apple sometimes does fall far from its tree. Despite it being the reason why he survived, he is ashamed at the destruction his father brought to the world to find the cure, is disgusted at the prospect of continuing it, and plans to end his experiments once and for all.
• Lisa reuniting with her father Rogan. As any worried child or parent would be when separated, they embrace, with Lisa even dropping her gun as she runs up to him. While G doesn't say anything, he's just as relieved to see his old partner alive, as shown by G seen warmly gesturing to him.
  Lisa: Dad! I knew you were alive!
  Rogan: Lisa...I figured G would bring you here.
  • Soon after, Daniel steps in, and Rogan is quick to defuse G's alerted confusion that he's an enemy, which goes to show Rogan's gratitude to Daniel for saving him.
  Rogan: It may be hard to believe, but...he's the one who saved my life.
  • Topping off the scene is Rogan's parting interaction with Lisa as G prepares to get him to safety, which Lisa vows to fight on his behalf. It's especially touching given their fraught relationship, according to Lisa.
  Rogan: ...All right. I leave everything in your hands. Remember, Lisa...Believe in yourself, no matter what happens.
  Lisa: 'Believe in yourself, Lisa...' I think I finally understand what that really means, now...
• Daniel bidding his father and the EFI Research Facility farewell in one ending.
  Daniel: "This place was my whole life. Goodbye, father... I won't let your efforts go to waste. If humans go down the wrong path again... I'll come back... to this place."

The House of the Dead 4 and Special

• James' constant encouragement to Kate not to give up hope, especially after Chapter 4. After his death in the ending, it's basically the only reminder for her to keep going.
• Goldman's advice for Kate to travel north in the normal and bad endings is comforting in a way. Well-Intentioned Extremist he is, Goldman really does not desire for the destruction of the entire world and he actually gives props to the AMS agents for stopping his plan. As Special reveals, he doesn't kid his words; Kate is able to meet with G on her way north.
• In the good ending of the original game, G is shown at the site where James sacrificed himself to destroy The World. G declares that he's going to "take this fight back to the source", before telling the deceased agent that it's time for him to rest. G paying his respects like that ends up being a very kind gesture when you remember he was incapacitated in 2, in which James and Gary were able to finish what he was unable to complete. He's basically returning the favor the best he can given the circumstances.
  G: We'll fight this back to the source. It's time for you to rest now, James.
• In Special, after the end of each game, there is a "Partner Rating" to judge how well the two players cooperated with each other. If you managed to get a very high score, this◊ is the message you'll get.
  As long as there are couples like you in this world, there will always be hope for us all.
  • The zombies even clap and cheer!

House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn

• In one of the endings, Ryan implicitly refers to Kate as someone he cares about, when he states his reason on his Crazy Enough to Work plan to defeat the Moon.
  • Ryan himself spends most of the game musing about his brother James' death. When he impales Moon with a spear, lightning miraculously strikes it, killing the creature. Kate believes it was James himself who intervened to save Ryan.