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And after all the Hell he's literally gone through, he damn well deserves it.

  • Rick will stop at nothing to save Jennifer. He will fight through an army of demons and zombies, kill enormous beasts with his bare hands and even storm the pits of hell to get her back.
  • After destroying the blasphemous Inverted Cross, Rick stops to pause at the church altar for a moment before Jennifer's disembodied scream spurs him to keep moving. It's not hard to infer that he was praying she was still alive and he would find her soon.
  • The Golden Ending of 3, which proves that Rick will stop at nothing to save not only Jennifer, but also his family. By the end of it, he returns to his family that he protected, and since it's the end of the original saga, we can assume that Rick very much earned his happy ending. The triumphant, solemn music also helps.
  • The scenes in the Remake with Rick and Jennifer before the events of the game. May very possibly be because the rest of the game is more occupied with trying to paint the walls as red as possible. This is especially true in the scene that shows how Rick got the mortal injury at the start of the game. When the creepy doctor and his inhuman monsters tried to take Jennifer away, Rick (who at this point weights 99 pounds soaking wet) not only places himself between Jen and the monsters, he attacks those monsters while telling her to run. Mask or no mask, Rick was willing to die for Jenny right from the start. The mask might have given him the power to save the girl, but the love, drive and courage to do so was all Rick.

  • Splatterhouse 2010: The mask speaks to you before the final battle.
    You promised you'd love her till the End Of The World... Well, the End Of The World IS coming, time to prove you're a man of your word!
  • While you can collect nude pics of Jennifer as a bit of fanservice, a few of them are just sweet pictures of her, reminding you what you're really fighting for.
  • The Terror Mask in general, really. Despite being a huge Jerkass to Rick with a few Kick the Dog moments here and there, it avoids betraying him like it had in the original and has solid reasoning for loathing the Corrupted: they enslaved it and killed the civilization it watched over. The entire reason it needs Rick along for the ride is that It's Personal, and doesn't ever seem to hesitate in helping Rick rescue Jennifer while it's at it. When Rick rightfully doubts the Mask, the Mask assures that like Rick it also has Hidden Depths, mainly that while it is a Blood Knight, it can be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.

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