Heartwarming / Stay Tuned

One hell of a family reunion.

• Early in the film, Darryl and Diane go away to spend the night with their friends. Just before Darryl leaves, however, he speaks with his mother and more or less implied that he and Diane secretly planned to go away to allow their parents some alone time and attempt to save their marriage, to which Helen immediately catches on. This shows that even though Helen is the most unhappy with Roy's TV habits, she is definitely not alone.
  Darryl: Mom, you know my friend, Billy Stephen?
  Helen: (nods her head) Mmm-hmm?
  Darryl: Well, his dad moved out for a while, then his parents went away and sat in a hot tub all weekend. When they got back, Billy's dad moved back in and things were all better.
  Helen: Did you and your sister plan this? So that your dad and I could be alone?
  (Darryl lowers his head with a smile on his face.)
  • Fridge Heartwarming also kicks in when one realizes that it ended up working in the long run, just not quite in the way Darryl expected.
• When Roy and Helen wind up in Hell Vision, they first end up in the game show, they find themselves shackled to their chairs as they reach the final question. They are then asked the following question: "Name the person who's recently been seeing a former lover." The answers are A. Roy, B. Helen, and C. Roy and Helen.^note The correct answer is C. Helen correctly answers the question, and upon being freed from their restraints, Helen immediately holds onto a relieved Roy's hand to celebrate their victory, with an ecstatic expression on her face. Even when Helen's at a point when she's had enough of their failing marriage, it's clear she still loves her husband.
• In the cartoon segment, Roy humorously comments on Helen being sexy as a mouse, to which she scoffs that Roy didn't like how she looked as a human When she doesn't buy that Roy had always loved her, Roy looks down in guilt and says, "I'm sorry," prompting Helen to look at him with a gentle smile. This marks the first major step in the two reconciling.
• While in the French Revolution, a disguised Roy and Helen hide in a nearby tavern. During this, Roy apologizes to Helen for not paying attention to her, and promises that when they get home, he's going to start being the man he was when they married.
• After barely escaping the train and making it back home, Roy and Helen immediately reunite with their children, who immediately hug them with open arms. After a grueling twenty-four hours of life-threatening danger, Roy and Helen's marriage is saved and the Knables are more-or-less, in Darryl's words, a pretty normal family.
  • Additionally, just before they hug, the looks on Darryl and Diane's faces◊ (Diane especially) perfectly describe how elated they are to see their parents in person again.

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