Heartwarming / Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

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In General

• Darius and Kenji's friendship. They got off to a pretty rough start and Kenji's jerkass nature made it difficult for the two to properly bond. Though after the first run-in with Toro, the two begin treating each other like good friends. The two are seen backing each other up, whether it be on Darius' leadership or Kenji's know-how of the park. By Season 2 onwards, the two act like best friends.
  • Sadly, their friendship soured in the Season 3 finale, when Kenji calls out Darius for risking Brooklynn's life. However, they manage to mend their friendship during the Season 4 premiere.
    • And then their friendship soured again near the Season 5 finale since Kenji chose to side with his villainous father. Fortunately, Kenji realizes his errors and Darius slowly forgives and accepts him as his adoptive brother.

Season 1

• Darius's absolute delight when he beats the game that wins him a trip to Jurassic World.
• Ben witnessing Bumpy's hatching. Although he's a bit grossed out at first, he quickly warms up to her. In turn, Bumpy imprints on Ben as her "papa". What's more, Bumpy being born with asymmetrical horns quickly has her labeled by Dr. Wu as an anomaly and an aberration. But Ben on the other hand sees there's nothing wrong with her being different.
  • There's also Ben's motivation for why he wants to protect Bumpy and never leave her behind: because he doesn't want her to be abandoned the way he and his friends were.
• Kenji saving Darius from getting eaten by Toro. If anything, this does redeem him from telling that lie about his father that earlier convinced Darius to take the brunt of the blame.
• Yamina coming out of her shell and opening up to Sammy about how she's an artist as well as an athlete.
• Although it's Played for Laughs when Ben makes use of the crayons and kids menu that Roxie and Dave left for them, what is he drawing? Picture of him playing chess with baby Bumpy.
• Darius drawing personal strength from his late father's advice. Although it must've hurt to leave behind the Velociraptor tooth necklace his dad gave him, he simply tells his team that he hasn't lost the memories he shared with his father.
• Ben's reunion with Bumpy. He practically brightens up at seeing her again.
• Kenji of all people telling Brooklynn that she should let her grudge against Sammy go, because even he can see that Sammy's genuinely sorry for what she did.
• During their kayak ride, Darius asks Sammy why she bothered coming to Jurassic World as a spy for Mantah Corp. And he's not being judgmental about it either, especially when she explains she did it to save her family's ranch. Still, Darius is confused about why she would allow her own family to pressure her into being a spy for Jurassic World's competitor, why she would stick her neck out for people who risked her wellbeing. The answer is rather surprising: they didn't put her up to it. Her family said they would rather lose the ranch than have their own daughter exploited like this. She took the job of her own accord because she's that determined to do anything for her family. That's just how much she loves them.
• Ben and Bumpy napping together. That is all.
• When Yazmina still refuses (if understandably) to forgive Sammy for her actions, Brooklynn comforts the latter by telling her she's seen her in a new light. While they both did snoop around the Jurassic World laboratory earlier, Brooklynn admits her intentions weren't all that noble, as she was just trying to impress some "angry randos". But Sammy, on the other hand, spied for Mantah Corp because she cared about her family and wanted to save their ranch. Brooklynn even tries to lift the mood by playfully suggesting she hold an interview with Sammy on being a spy.
• In the moment of peace after surviving the mosasaur encounter, Kenji is seen looking for leftover scraps from the leftover popcorn containers. When he does find some, one of the first things he does is approach Darius and offer him some, though Darius refuses. They all haven't eaten anything for over half a day and are likely all starving, but the supposedly selfish egoistical Kenji decides to share what little he found with Darius.
• Darius congratulating Ben for saving the monorail. Ben is duly humbled to truly earn the team's approval and respect. At least, it was a sweet moment while it lasted.
• When Ben is snatched up by one of the flying dinosaurs (and is considered good as dead), Sammy tries to lunge for him, but Yamina holds her back. If one didn't know any better, one would think she had forgiven Sammy. It's later revealed she still holds a grudge, but nonetheless, it was still nice enough of her to keep Sammy from doing something rash.
• Kenji picking up Ben's pack after he supposedly dies, despite earlier dismissing it as a "dork bag". He also tries to take care of Bumpy for him, even though he loses her.
  • When jumping out of the train, Kenji was the last one to jump off because he had grabbed Bumpy. During the jump, he was seen shielding her from the fall with his own body. The impact, unfortunately, makes Kenji lose her, but the effort is appreciated.
• During Kenji's Freak Out in the maintenance tunnels, Darius tries to support and comfort Kenji as he tries to lead them through the tunnels. Even though the latter shrugs him off (due to not thinking clearly due to stress), it's clear that Darius and Kenji have become great friends by this point.
• In the last episode, after Darius has a breakdown and claims he doesn't know what to do, the other campers assure him that he helped them many times and that they need to push forward.
• While trying to set up the plan to drive out Toro, the team tries to find something flammable to light their "bomb". As it turns out, Ben's "dork bag" contains hand sanitizer, which happens to be flammable. Kenji thanks Ben, the team glad he could help them posthumously.
• During the climax, Sammy helps Yasmina up of her own accord, despite the latter's insistence she doesn't want the former's help. If anything, this implies that Yazmina is starting to forgive her. Later, Yaz is also seen leaning on her for support, after having refused to do so earlier.
• One of the final shots in the season 1 finale is of Roxanne fiercely ordering the guard to turn the ferry around this instant. In the least, it does give comfort that in one form or another, the kids haven't been forgotten and somebody's going to come back for them.
• The last shot is of Bumpy, safe and sound, and looking for Ben. …and that's what she does! She finds Ben in one piece, if out cold. Seemingly, there's no apparent sign he's still alive, as Bumpy tries to nudge him awake. Until his fingers twitch.

Season 2

• While it was only for a brief moment, it's heartwarming to see the campers act like kids in the first episode. They joke, play around, and have fun together; taking the time to not worry about dinosaurs and surviving and just be themselves.
• Sammy, Darius, and Brooklynn freeing the dinosaurs caged up at the sanctuary.
  • And at the climax of the episode, Darius deciding to free the Baryonyx (Grim) from her cage so she can reunite with her sisters.
• Kenji finally deciding to work hard so that Yasmina can relax at last.
• The kids coming together to make a new shelter, pitching in different ideas of what amenities to give it.
  • While they start to clean up and build the new shelter, Sammy finds Darius's velociraptor necklace, meaning that Darius leaving it behind was not in vain.
• In Episode 3, Darius and Kenji share a relaxing moment together near the watering hole. After all the hell they've been through, seeing them relax like this and enjoy the sights is nothing but heartwarming. The majestic sight is enough to make Kenji tear up.
  • Under the right circumstances - namely water - the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar will do just what nature intended: live. The dinosaurs here are also completely peaceful with one another. The predators even co-exist quietly with their intended prey while they quench their thirst.
  • Kenji normally insists there's nothing interesting about Jurassic World to see. But alongside Darius, he tearfully sees there's always new wonders on the island of dinosaurs.
  • When Darius laments about the fact that he would never be as good as Alan Grant, Kenji claims that Darius has exceeded the former's capabilities, as he has documented living breathing dinosaurs.
• Brooklynn finally finding some common ground with Yasmina and Sammy. In the entire episode, it was clear that she was having trouble socializing with Yasmina and Sammy due to her life as a celebrity, but once they all found out they watched the same TV Show (Esther Stone), they all fangirl about the show together.
• After a good day's work (adventuring for the girls and fixing the water problem for the boys), the campers take a moment to 'party' and have some fun. It gets even better as they marvel at the starry night sky.
• (Retroactively) After learning that Hap was good all long and that Mitch and Tiffany were the ones who didn’t care about the kids, it makes sense that the first hand we see pull the campers away from the danger is Hap’s, he was probably one who decided to save the kids.
• After meeting up with Mitch, Tiff, and Hap, they offer the campers some food. Cue them all absolutely gorging themselves on bread, eggs, and bacon. Seeing as how they all were unable to eat properly for weeks, it's great to finally see them get some real food.
• Bumpy waking up Ben by licking his face repeatedly. It's also super adorable! Shortly after Bumpy saves Ben from a herd of Compies basically declaring that Ben is her human and no one will touch him. Ben repays her with a hug, grateful for her protecting him.
  • The fact that an adult Bumpy is still completely loyal to Ben (even after he shooed her away) is just as amazing as it is adorable.
• Any time Ben meets up again with one of the other campers. They all tear up and give him a big hug upon seeing him and are nothing but relieved to see him again.
• In Episode 8, we get a cute appearance of the three Baryonyx - Chaos, Grim, and Limbo - having a snooze, all curled up together like lizards. Unfortunately, this doesn't last long as Grim is soon killed by Tiff.
  • As much as it is gruesome, it's great to see Chaos and Limbo succeed in avenging their fallen pack mate by attacking and devouring Tiffany on the boat.
• Brooklynn saves Darius from Mitch and Tiff by using her Gyrosphere, Darius tries to tell her to take the others to the boat and leave, however, Brooklynn is not having it as she reminds Darius that they're leaving together. Darius even apologizes to Brooklynn for not believing her about Mitch and Tiff. This shows how much Darius and Brooklynn have grown on each other throughout their time on the island.
  • What's more, when Darius feels he's guilty of not protecting his friends and the dinosaurs, Brooklynn begs to differ: she says his only crime was making sure they all survived. Not only is she expressing gratitude for all the times he helped the Camp Family survive, but she apologizes for not saying it sooner.
• When Darius sees Ben in person, Darius gives him a big hug and apologizes for not holding on to Ben's hand longer. As opposed to his nightmares where he angrily accuses him of not holding on, Ben thinks nothing of it and says he missed his friends.
• At the end of season one, the kids lost one of their friends, but come the season two ending, the Camp Family is together once more!

Season 3

• Sammy and Kenji having fun on the gondolas. The way they laugh together and enjoy each other's company throughout the episode, there's a sense that their friendship has good chemistry.
• As the protagonists finally get off Isla Nublar at the end, there's a brief shot of Yaz, Sammy and Ben rather gleefully staring at Darius and Brooklyn looking over the sea cozily side-by-side. And at this point, it's hard to not find it satisfying.
• After spending all of Episode 1 being frosty towards each other, Yaz and Brooklynn bond over working together to escape the Dimorphodon attack and are shown to be getting along at the end of the episode.
• Once the Campers find they can leave the island using Tiff and Mitch's yacht, it leads to Ben having a moment of optimism where he realizes maybe there is a solution to every problem. As opposed to earlier when he worried about Bumpy's situation, he's hopeful that if they can get off the island, they can somehow find room for Bumpy in their solution, whatever form it takes.
• Sammy finding a cute drawing Kenji had done when he was five years old of his family. During the entire scene, he was trying hard to steer the conversation away about himself and his family, but in the end, he did seem quite fond of the picture.
  • The little talk Darius has with Kenji afterward, assuring his buddy that no matter what, everyone already did like him and he didn't have to try so hard to impress them because they already were impressed by him. On top of that, he tells Kenji all his redeeming qualities, his Undying Loyalty among them. It really shows us how far Kenji's come from being the self-absorbed, self-serving rich boy he was at the start of the series.
• Kenji tries to escape his penthouse with his father's prized Gadi art piece. Putting aside the possible implications, Kenji might've tried to bring it along because his father treasured it and he just wanted to save it if was possible.
  • Ultimately, he ends up using the art piece to knock out one of the dinosaurs, deciding that his friend's lives were way more important than bringing it back to his father.
• Darius helping unpin Blue from underneath the vehicle, even though moments earlier she was attempting to kill them. Blue repays his kindness by letting him and the others leave and later appears to defend them from the rampaging Scorpios rexes.
• Darius going out to document more about the Gallimimus, it had been his father's favorite dinosaur species. One of the friendlier Gallies even approaches Darius and he apologizes to it, saying that he should have come met her sooner and that his father would have loved to see her.
• As harrowing as all it was, watching Yasmina power through to retrieve the antidote for Sammy was just heartwarming to watch. It was Yasmina recalling all the moments she's had with Sammy and that alone fuels her to press forward, even if her ankle was acting up from a bad fall she had.
  • Among her memories of Sammy, the first is when she first introduced herself properly to Yaz. Instead of seeing her in the light of a potential spy, we get to see her as an ordinary kid who was surprised by Sammy's enthusiasm and whose life would soon be changed by her positive influence.
  • In the end, she did make it in time and Sammy was safe. After that moment, Yasmina is shown acting pretty chummy with everyone and has fully embraced the idea that Sammy is her best friend. Her friendliness creeps the others out a little, but it's the thought that counts.
    • Preceding this, Yaz gives an anguished declaration of their friendship, taking back her earlier words and saying that despite the distance that will come from returning home, they will always be friends!
• Kenji roleplaying as Sammy's favorite cow, Bessie, in order to comfort her through her symptoms of the poison, even if it was a bit silly out of context.
• After spending two episodes ill and weakened from the Scorpios' venom, "Shock to the System" ends with Sammy back to her vibrant happy self, to the point where she offers to hug the boat to express how grateful she is! (Before she vomits the last of the ''Scorpios'' venom from her system).
• Though initially irked at the delay of finding Ben and Darius, Kenji eventually caves when he helps the girls reunite a baby dinosaur with its mama. This inspires him to adopt Brooklynn's words as his own.
  Kenji: It's like I always say: "Life is worth saving!"
  • Given that earlier Kenji worried about how "useless" he felt when poor Sammy was dying from the Scorpios venom, his utilizing the mooing into a dinosaur call feels like a nice moment where he could indeed be 'useful'.
• Darius and Ben finding Bumpy with the Ankylosaurs herd. It's then that Ben realizes that Bumpy has found a new family. It's only affirmed when the herd successfully fends off one of the Scorpios rexes from harming Bumpy.
• Ben had wanted to stay on the island for some misguided reason that he was 'home' there and that he was only his best person there. But he realized that he did want to go off the island. His friends immediately turned around to pick him back up as soon as he changed his mind, knowing that he would change his mind.
  • As opposed to Ben staying on the island and regretting it, he narrowly made it back to his friends on time. …Who took their sweet time leaving the island because they all (minus Sammy) suspected Ben wanted to come home.
• While it didn't last long, the first thing that the first mercenaries did upon seeing six children was to try to board them on the helicopter and get them out of there. Though the mercenary and the pilot did end up presumably getting killed and ended up splitting the group, the gesture was slightly nicer than the previous adults they've encountered.
• Fridge-Heartwarming: When Sammy successfully Brooklyn's USB in a secret hiding spot, Yaz cheerily remarks she had nearly forgotten Sammy was once a spy for Mantah Corp, hence her uncanny spying abilities. Sure enough, none of Yaz's flashbacks are ever of moments from the first season where she learned Sammy was a spy. If it's any indication, their friendship has grown so strong that it's gotten to a point where her grudge against Sammy is practically forgotten.
• After Kenji finds out what happens to Brooklynn in the finale, he goes rogue and risks giving the dangerous data to Dr. Wu because he's decided that no matter what, his friends' lives matter the most.
  • In stark contrast to most of the series where he is usually seen cowering behind the others, in the finale, Kenji is seen leading and protecting Brooklynn, shielding her from the stampede of Ankylosaurs with his own body. In a mixed conclusion, Kenji is unable to forgive Darius for (or the idea of) putting everyone in danger and has developed into a character that loves and cares for his friends no matter what. Thankfully Brooklynn was there to comfort Darius as they leave.
• In a weird way, Dr. Wu managing to convince Hawkes, the mercenary he is with to leave the children be instead of trying to enact revenge on them despite them destroying his laptop.
• Wu also gets some humanizing elements in this season after two movies of Adaptational Villainy. In one of his video logs about the E750, Wu said that Masrani ordered the Scorpios rex to be destroyed. Wu decided to freeze it instead, not because he wanted to continue experimenting on it later (he even admitted that the project was a failure), but because he wanted to find out what he did wrong so that his next hybrid won't turn out to be an insane monster again and to find someplace where it can't pose a threat to anyone, and this is even after he was almost killed by his own creation. When he returns to the island later on and has another talk with Brooklyn, he's shown to be genuinely proud of his creations when he observes the bioluminescence Parasaurolophus with a satisfying expression.
• The final goodbye with Bumpy, which is just bittersweet. The team huddles around and gives her a big hug before finally letting her go, giving her the best wishes. Ben decides to let her go, knowing that she has a new family to go to.
• Although he and Kenji being on bad terms make their escape from Jurassic World bittersweet, Darius is more than relieved to see that he and his friends are finally putting the Camp Cretaceous nightmare behind them. For now…

Season 4

• Brooklyn deciding she'll be a mediator between Darius and Kenji, beginning to bridge the gap between the two friends.
  • When she does try to talk with Kenji, Brooklyn is able to easily clear the air by bringing up how sacrificing her life was her own call, rather than a result of Darius being uncaring like he believed.
  • As the conversation goes on, it becomes apparent that Kenji's mysterious reason for holding a grudge against Darius is because he has a crush on Brooklyn and was worried for her safety.
• Yaz gifting Sammy a drawing of the entire Camp Cretaceous from when they first met on the boat. The latter hopes to use it to write down everyone's information.
• Generally, Kenji crushing on Brooklyn, and the relationship that starts to blossom from it.
  • Yazmina playing wingman to Kenji by keeping Ben busy so Kenji can have more alone time with Brooklyn.
  • Kenji playing modest when Brooklyn compliments how strong he was to push aside a boulder.
• Kenji saving Darius from the Mosasaurus, marking the instant he forgives him. Despite begrudging his alleged callousness, he realizes he's still his friend and dives into the water to untie his legs from the kelp. We Used to Be Friends does not apply here: Kenji is still Darius's friend through and through.
• Although it's Played for Laughs, Kenji checking if he and Darius are ghosts not only indicates he's worried about their well-being, but it means He's Back! to his funny old self, as opposed to the end of Season 3 when he was glowering and begruding towards Darius.
• "At least we have each other." "That's the best 'at least' I've heard all day!"
• Mae Turner. She is an Adorkable embodiment of dino-nerd! Even her working for Mantah-Corp doesn't change the fact she's a good person. In fact, she is mortified to learn Mantah-Corp is drugging her precious dinosaurs to fight for entertainment, and helps the Camp Family undo all the harm done to them.
  • Generally, there's something about Mae that she acts like the reliable adult figure the kids have needed since they lost contact with Roxy and Dave. Heck, she's everything Hap could've been if only fate hadn't asked it of him to sacrifice his life.
  • Better still, she invented the technology to communicate with dinosaurs and let them know signals like "safe", "calm" and "home". Awwwww!
• Big Eater and Little Eater sharing a family meal together. If you look closely, there's a rare expression in their eyes: love. Normally, T.Rexes have this perpetually glowering, menacing look in their eyes, but this is the first that T.Rexes have been depicted with a peaceful or even affectionate gaze.
  • It’s especially sweet to see another T. rex family which hasn’t been seen since The Lost World: Jurassic Park (and is the first mother-daughter relationship shown for this species), it’s helps remind audiences that there is more to these creatures than simply being very powerful and dangerous carnivores.
  • Too bad Mantah-Corp has other plans for Big Eater and Little Eater. Still, after the dust has settled, the fight has done little to tarnish mother and daughter's love for each other, to the point that the former still brings food to help the latter build up her strength.
• Mae advising Yaz that if she's struggling with mental issues, she can always confide in her friends. Sure enough, when the Camp Family loses out on yet another chance to get home, she confesses her problems with the nightmares. It helps that the others admit they've been having nightmares too.
  • When Yaz admits she's forgetting how to fall asleep peacefully, Sammy gives her coping mechanisms by telling her to remember good things she misses. Sure enough, the two of them gently fall asleep to nostalgic pre-camp memories.
  • Among those memories is Yaz's mother, who she misses very dearly. As opposed to the previous time she shared her memory in a Nightmare Sequence, this is the one time she reminisces about her without any scary dinosaurs popping out.
• Remember the saliva sample Sammy took for Mantah-Corp? From them, two baby dinosaurs were cloned, Angel and Rebel. Ironically, at least one good thing came from Mantah-Corp.
• Except for Ben, everybody knew all along that Kenji had a crush on Brooklynn, including Brooklynn herself... and she reciprocates.
• When Kenji, worried about Darius's reaction to the change in their group dynamic, initially keeps their relationship a secret from him. Darius initially simply gazes at him with sheer shock as the automated doors keep opening and closing between the pair. However, soon after, he embraces Kenji with a big smile on his face, congratulating him.
• When Brook and the girls come to rescue the boys and Pierce from a pack of Dilophosaurus, Brook smiles as she sees Kenji and kisses his cheek while she embraces him.
• It was heartwarming to see that when Darius goes to check on Big Eatie in the Medbay, he goes to remove a broken off tail-spike from Pierce that is in her tail. She notices him but doesn’t make any attempts to attack him, as if recognizing he is trying to help her. This is the first positive interaction between a T. rex and human in the Jurassic Franchise.

Season 5

• The season shows shots of the campers smiling together in happiness after all the horrors they have experienced together. Highlights include Ben reuniting with Bumpy along with Sammy and Yaz declare their romantic feelings for one another with a Big Damn Kiss.
• For a while, the Camp Family rejoicing that they get to live in luxury after roughly six months of living in a tree house or hiding from danger. At least, it was nice while it lasted...
• Big Eatie reunites with Little Eatie after being separated from one another throughout most of Season 4.
  • Generally, Darius developing a friendship (so to speak) with Big Eatie and Little Eatie, to the point he can practically understand their thought process and how to speak to them.
  • Big Eatie plays Androcles' Lion straight twice. First leaving Darius alone after he frees her from the control chip, and later saving his life (although that's up for interpretation) from the Spinosaurus.
  • Seeing the two of them happy together shows that despite being forced to fight, neither mother nor daughter hold it against each other. No amount of drug-induced fighting can break a mother-daughter bond like that.
• Darius's older brother, Brand, finds some help in going to Isla Nublar to look for his brother and the other kids, and it turns out to be Roxie and Dave, who had not been seen since the first season when they were forced to leave the island without the kids, showing that no matter how much time passed, the two counselors never lost hope that the kids were still alive and would happily accompany Brand in searching for them.
  • Despite Roxy and Dave's theory that perhaps Darius got off the island with Tiff and Mitch's help, Brand gives his little brother benefit of the doubt and refuses to believe he would ever accept help from anyone who would poach and mount dinosaurs.
• Despite the luxurious suites that Daniel Kon has offered them, the campers decide that they feel safer sleeping in a group after spending 6 months surviving together.
• A herd of Parasaurolophus protects an elderly member by covering him with leaves so that he can hide from Chaos the Baryonyx.
• Even though she missed out on her date with Kenji, Brooklyn is treated to the gorgeous set-up he made for their date, and even finds the flower that's her favorite color. Looks like Kenji's efforts to set up the perfect date wasn't entirely in vain.
• To a bittersweet degree, the Camp Family (minus Kenji) deciding they're going to do what's right for the sake of the dinosaurs, even if it means Kenji will potentially side with his father. No matter what the circumstances, they still care for the dinosaurs.
• In the penthouse, Kenji reminiscing about the memories he made there with his friends, as though strongly implying that despite siding with his father, he still cares about his friends and cherishes what they meant to him.
• The campers create a watering hole that allows most of Mantah Corp's dinosaurs to coexist peacefully.
• As comically misguided as it is, Kenji's belief that his father is surrounded by bad people because he's overly trusting is rather sweet. Even though he's switched sides, his tendency for Undying Loyalty is admirable. If anything, he's the dutiful son his father doesn't deserve.
• Mae acting like a therapist for Kenji and his only tie to his friends. She assures him that it's no sin for him to miss his friends, despite how he views their previous actions as a betrayal to him. And later, when he despairs he needs to help his father win over Dodsen, it's Mae who tells him he shouldn't have to earn money to get his father's love.
• What finally helps Kenji realize he did wrong by siding with his father was when he discovers Mr. Kon had Bumpy mind-controlled, despite he set boundaries not to. In other words, Bumpy is his Morality Pet.
  • Earlier, Kenji nicknamed her "Bumper Car" but then rescinds it out of embarrassment. When he sees Bumpy being controlled and consoles her that he will make things right, he uses the nickname without hesitation.
  • Heck, the fact he remembers her fondly despite her association with his "ex-friends" shows he doesn't hold it against her, and perhaps even has a "sentimental" spot for his friends deep down.
• Despite being disillusioned that the dinosaur profession will always surround her with bad people like Mr. Kon or Kash who will exploit the dinosaurs for profit, she quickly loses her cynicism when she witnesses some herbivore dinosaurs scare off a predator to protect an elderly dinosaur they protected. Kenji even questions if she's really ready to turn in the towel, inspiring her to keep fighting for the dinosaurs.
• Yaz being able to take an actual jog throughout the forest, one that's simply for fun rather than a life-or-death situation. And it helps her rediscover the joy of running for the fun of it.
• Brooklyn and Darius comforting each other concerning Kenji's betrayal.
  • Later, when Darius admits he's fears his Character Development will make him someone he doesn't like, Brooklyn comforts he's remained a kindly, heroic person throughout everything they've been through. In her eyes, nothing he could ever do will ever outweigh what a good person he is deep down.
• Not only do Yaz and Sammy become an Official Couple this season, but all of their friends' reactions essentially boil down to "Well, finally!", followed by unconditional happiness and support. They even support Yaz's decision of going to college in Texas so she can spend more time with Sammy.
• Bumpy manages to break free from her mind control due to her unbreakable bond with Ben. It's like watching that scene involving Hiccup and a mind-controlled Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon 2 all over again.
• Gradually, every one of the campers are able to forgive Kenji after he helped Ben in rescuing Bumpy and realized that siding with his father was a wrong thing to do.
  • After a sad heart-to-heart with Darius about how the betrayal effected him the most, Kenji promises he'll never abandon him again. This comforts Darius and gives the closure to forgive Kenji.
    • This even ties in to earlier when Darius confided in Brooklyn his personal worry that if he dealt with his personal feelings about Kenji's betrayal, it would make him someone he didn't like. By pouring out his feelings to Kenji, it lead to their bond being stronger than ever before.
• Granted it all part of a plan, Kenji convinces his father not to have Darius killed by the Spinosaurus by saying he'll give the password. Unlike the previous times he was manipulated for his father's love, this time, he's caving in out of love for his friends. If nothing else, it's also a show he meant it when he promised he would always have Darius's back from here on.
• Toro earns his happy ending by living peacefully in Mantah Corp's island.
  • Also, the look on his face when he realizes he's free from the mind-control for the first time in days. The sad look in his eyes seem strangely joyful, as though internally rejoicing he's regained his freedom once more.
• The Mantah Corp dinosaurs seem to be thriving, thanks to Kenji taking over his dad's company, and Sammy's family providing meat for the predators, as well as Mae and now Ben caring for the dinosaurs. It's nice to know that despite what will happen in a few years, there is still a place where dinosaurs are living in peace.
  • Generally, the shot of seeing the dinosaurs live in peace, for the first time in a while. It feels like the collective dinosaurs of Mantah Corp. have also earned their right to life, peace, and harmony with one another.
  • All the while, the Camp Family seem rather content with the possibility of staying there for a while, as though recognizing that there's no longer any danger on Mantah Corp's island, now that the dinosaurs are made peaceful, between the watering hole and their friendship with the kids.
  • In the grand scheme of things, the dinosaurs' peace is the kids' legacy. After much adversity and hardships, this is the fruit of their labors, the result of their ingenuity and their overall love of dinosaurs.
• Kenji giving Brooklyn a yellow hibiscus, as he recognizes yellow's her favorite color. As opposed to their star-crossed first date, it's a nice indication their relationship as a couple is back on track.
• The kids' happiness at seeing their rescue in the form of Dr. Turner, Roxy, Dave and Brand.
  • Fridge-Heartwarming: After their failed attempts to find the kids and return them home, Roxy and Dave finally found the kids proper like they wanted in the first season.
• During the ride to the main shore, Brooklyn and Kenji having a sobering but comforting conversation together concerning his father. Although it's sad he technically doesn't have a father anymore, Brooklyn comforts Kenji that he's nothing like his father.
• After five seasons, the campers FINALLY reunite with their respective families. Sammy and Yaz's families acknowledge and celebrate their relationship while Kenji gets adopted by Darius's family.
• Darius and his family adopting Kenji. Although it's short one late father, it's still sweet to know Kenji will have people to take care of him after his father's arrest. If anything, he has a mother and two brothers, a far cry from his lonely existence with his father.
  • The Time Skip shows that Kenji has become just as much a part of Darius's family, to the point that he and Brand are like brothers.
  • Heck, Kenji being adopted into the Bowman family essentially cements his and Darius's friendship, meaning they can now be literally like brothers.
• The campers continue to have weekly video chats years after they have went their separate ways.
  • Fridge-Heartwarming: One of those chats involve Sammy and Yaz mentioning their bonding moments on the Gutierrez Family Ranch. It was only years ago that said-ranch was in danger of being claimed by Mantah Corp unless Sammy gave into their whims. Who would've thought that years later, Sammy would be enjoying this same ranch once more without fear it would be taken from her family? If nothing else, her family having this ranch for generations was not in vain after all.
• Darius smiling when he sees a Brachiosaurus from his room's window, which further confirms that some of them did survive the events of Fallen Kingdom.
  • Generally, the series ending on his smile, as though reflecting that his experience with dinosaurs and learning about them is just beginning.
  • The Brachiosaurus hailing its arrival with the iconic glass-of-water-quaking stomps, almost like a happier reprise of the show's opening theme.

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