Heartwarming / The Mummy Returns

• A very brief but meaningful moment between Jonathan and Ardeth. Things are looking bad for Ardeth, one of the mooks sneaks up behind him and almost offs him. Jonathan manages to pop the baddie off from a distance, Ardeth then gives him a silent nod of thanks. A few minutes before Ardeth was insulting Jonathan's ability to kill anything. Very nice moment.
• "Would you like to know what Heaven looks like?" "Later." *Cue Big Damn Kiss*
  • Novel version: "Nah. Hell, I already know."
  • Also from the novel, Rick and Evy's relationship mixes with Tear Jerker, as after Anck-su-namun leaves him to die, Imhotep looks up at them and with a ghost of a smile, acknowledges their love is much stronger than his and Anck's ever was.
• Rick jumps a goddamn bridge to try and save his son. Not just any bridge, London's famous Tower Bridge.
• Jonathan has been his usual Cowardly Sidekick self throughout the film . . . right up until the team is about to make their move to save Alex. After Evy reminds him of what's at stake, Jonathan vows to not let her, Rick or Alex down. Crosses over into Tearjerker territory as Jonathan all but says he doesn't think he's ever made Evy proud of him in his life. But today he is determined to do so. Its heartwarming to watch Jonathan have a full on Let's Get Dangerous! moment, not for money or self-preservation, but for his family.
  Evy: Jonathan? That's my husband and my son down there. Make me proud.
  Jonathan: Today's that day, Evy.
• Rick and Alex, after Rick's just run across the jungle to save his son's life.
  Rick: You know (pant) it's not (pant) easy being a (pant) dad.
  Alex: Yeah. But you do it really good.
• Rick to Evy: "You know, you and Alex are the only thing in the world that matter to me."
• After Ardeth loses his pet bird, Horus. He wants to try to get to the rest of the Medjai on foot. Rick, in a pleading tone, asks Ardeth to help find his son. Ardeth looks at Rick, then at Evy, and finds he can't abandon a mother and father desperate to save their child. Especially not his friends. He agrees to stay, cementing how strong their bond has become. Made even more clear by the simple, grateful "Thank you" and the shoulder slap Rick gives him.
  • During the skirmish between Rick's group, Imhotep's group and the Pygmies, just when Loc Nah was ready to do the killing blow on Alex, who better to rescue Alex and kill Loc Nah than Ardeth rushing in. His loyalty to his friends has grown a lot stronger than his loyalty to his fellow Medjai.
  • Rick is Medjai too. Ardeth's loyalty to him ends up running twice as deep.
• Imhotep bringing back Anck-su-namun soul and transfering it into Meela's body. Even for two villains their reunion is kinda touching. After all these years the two lovers are finally together again.
• Anck-Su-Namun begs Imhotep not to fight the Scorpion King because "I don't want to lose you again." She may not be willing to risk her life for Imhotep, but she does care about him.
• A small one, but Pharaoh Seti I gives his daughter (Evie's previous life) an affectionate hug even though she lost her duel with Anck-su-namun.
• When Ardeth first reunites with the O'Connells, he first calls Evy by her full name 'Evelyn'. But by the time they're on Izzy's balloon, he too is calling her Evy.

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