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If only everything hadn't gone to Hell...
- For the 1998 original, go here.
- Why does Leon have to solve a puzzle to unlock his desk? The other cops made the puzzle to welcome him, and help him learn their names, with a note explaining it to him jokingly referring to it as his first assignment. There's also a large sign hanging up saying "WELCOME LEON" in their shared office. It makes it clear that they were really looking forward to having a new guy join them, and really wanted him to fit in.
- The original 1998 game actually had a typo in the sign: "Wellcome" instead of "Welcome". In the remake, this extra L is found in the office on the floor. Clearly, an officer saw the mistake and quickly fixed it, making sure everything was perfect for the new guy.
- Really, any quiet scene involving Claire and Sherry. Despite just knowing Sherry, Claire instantly enters Mama Bear mode when she realizes Chief Irons is kidnapping her.Claire: "I'LL GET YOU, YOU FUCKER!"
- A subtle one, but when Sherry is threatened by Chief Irons, what does Claire say? That Chris will fucking deal with him if anything happens to Sherry. Claire clearly has a lot of faith in her big brother.
- A much less subtle one that also gets a mention on the Awesome page is that while Leon Got Volunteered to fight off Birkin's G3 form and has to quickly nut up and deal with it, Claire voluntarily lowers the platform herself to take it on. It's not a matter of who's the bigger badass: Sherry is in danger and needs her help. G3 is in the way of Sherry getting that help. Therefore, G3 has got to GO.Claire: "Sherry, don't worry. I will get you whatever you need, okay?"Sherry: "Wh-why are you doing this?"Claire: "Because I care."
- Villains have their share as well:
- In Hunk's mode, Hunk has to fight his way to the extraction point, but he's running out of time. The pilot Nighthawk refuses to leave him behind. Hunk's response?Hunk: This is war... survival's your responsibility.
- And when Nighthawk returns for him anyway, Hunk demands to know why he didn't leave. Nighthawk's response?Nighthawk: I wanted to meet the Grim Reaper.
- Another subtle one related to HUNK can be seen during the video tape showing them confronting Birkin. After Martinez, the viewpoint character for the tape, reflexively shoots Birkin after he draws a gun, HUNK chastises him for disobeying their orders. Then, rather than report exactly what happened, HUNK instead covers for Martinez by saying Birkin resisted capture and that they were forced to shoot him. Additionally, nobody else in the squad protests HUNK covering for Martinez.
- The Birkin family is as corrupt and dysfunctional as ever, and in some ways are worse. This doesn't stop William, in his monster form, from saving his daughter's life twice before the G-Virus infection blots out what humanity he had left.
- Annette cares for Sherry, even though she does a terrible job at showing it. Her dying regret is not being a better mother for her.
- In Hunk's mode, Hunk has to fight his way to the extraction point, but he's running out of time. The pilot Nighthawk refuses to leave him behind. Hunk's response?
- Ada also gets one in the remake. When they first meet, she treats Leon more or less like a liability and he seems like a puppy tagging along with her. He then gets shot by Annette and, rather than immediately leave to run after the scientist like in the original, she patches him up immediately and leaves her coat to keep him warm.
- Leon returns the favor. The moment he's able, he finds Ada injured and his #1 priority is making sure she's safe.
- Knowing that Ada will have trouble walking with her injured leg, Leon offers his shoulder for Ada to hold on to, but Ada declines. He continues to try offer her help, even offering to carry her. Keep in mind that Leon is still suffering from his grievous gunshot shoulder wound, but he's willing to put his own pain aside to help Ada. On the other side of the coin, Ada does refuse his help likely because she doesn't want to aggravate his injuries, telling Leon that having him help her like that would make her feel worse.
- Also when Leon and Ada are on their way to NEST, Leon expresses his concern for her well-being and he refuses to leave her. She gives him a big "Shut Up" Kiss and reassures him she'll be fine.
- This one is especially huge for long-time fans of the series.
- Although this is heavily undercut when you realize she's still manipulating him into helping her get the G-Virus.
- Leon has the sample of the virus and dares Ada to shoot him. She can't, because she has genuinely grown fond of him.
- After her apparent death, she helps ensure Leon's survival by providing a rocket launcher to take out Mr X; she frames it as 'calling it even', but her care for him is obvious given she could have easily just escaped.
- Leon and Claire's rapport. Although it's (mostly) platonic, you can clearly tell that they enjoy each other's company. In the original game, while they had more chances to interact, the limited graphics engine and dialogue were less effective in conveying their growing friendship, and their unwavering faith in each other's survival came off almost as a lack of concern at points. Here, though? Seeing the smiles on their faces when they reunite makes the struggle to survive much more worth it. Also, unlike the original, Claire has stronger feelings for Leon to the point of outright saying if they’d been a couple the Zombie Apocalypse would’ve been a “helluva first date”.
- The ending shows Leon, Claire, and Sherry walking away while holding hands. Sherry starts hoping Leon and Claire will adopt her, while Leon and Claire play along with her. Funny thing is, the unlockable files in Resident Evil 6 say that Claire sort of did adopt her.
- As Claire's ending shows, what was the first thing Sherry wanted to do, now that they were finally safe? She wanted to see where Claire lived. It goes to show that Sherry already saw Claire as like a big sister if not an adoptive mother, and as mentioned above a file in RE6 revealed that Claire did take her in.
- No Time to Mourn has a very subtle one, but is flooring if one reads between the lines. In this scenario, Robert is saved from joining his family when he gets a call on his radio: a friend of his has procured a helicopter and is trying to pick him up. This friend is not named, but with knowledge of the next game in the series, there is little doubt: Barry Burton never forgot his friend. And this knowledge is enough to pull Robert out of his suicidal depression and run through a labyrinth of monsters to see him again.
