History Heartwarming / AfterTheJungleSeries

** After Oskar (who was on the receiving end of an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from the rest of the people who lived at the boarding house back when Arnold was Andy's age) leaves the party in a huff, it would seem that his ex-wife, Suzie[[note]]Who had gone through therapy both during and after the end of her relationship with Oskar and has long since accepted that her own treatment of him wasn't exactly healthy, acknowledging that the toxicity of their relationship went both ways[[/note]], feels some pity for his current situation in life (even if it is his own fault), which Franklin (Suzie's current husband and the father of their son, Morgan) seems to sense. While she doesn't try going after Oskar to help him (since pretty much everyone feels that Oskar's a lost cause at this point, with Arnold's wife, Helga, and Franklin outright saying it), a very small part of Suzie seems to want to help him. Suzie also admits to Franklin that, for all of Oskar's flaws, there were some people at Sunset Arms who did genuinely care about him (even if they weren't very good at showing it).

** After Oskar (who was on the receiving end of an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from the rest of the people who lived at the boarding house back when Arnold was Andy's age) leaves the party in a huff, it would seem that his ex-wife, Suzie[[note]]Who had gone through therapy both during and after the end of her relationship with Oskar and has long since accepted that her own treatment of Oskar and their relationship wasn't exactly healthy, acknowledging that the toxicity of their relationship went both ways[[/note]], feels some pity for his current situation in life (even if it is his own fault), which Franklin (Suzie's current husband and the father of their son, Morgan) seems to sense. While she doesn't try going after Oskar to help him (since pretty much everyone feels that Oskar's a lost cause at this point, with Arnold's wife, Helga, and Franklin outright saying it), a very small part of Suzie seems to want to help him. Suzie also admits to Franklin that, for all of Oskar's flaws, there were some people at Sunset Arms who did genuinely care about him (even if they weren't very good at showing it).

* Andy and Kiara's relationship is definitely this--having been friends since infancy, they're very close and do pretty much everything together.[[spoiler: They end up getting married as adults and have a son named after Andy's great-grandfather (Arnold's paternal grandfather), Phillip ("Phil" for short).]]

** To go off of Mr. and Mrs. Pataki as grandparents: Bob and Miriam both have a surprisingly good relationship with all five of their grandkids and are generally very loving and affectionate towards. And this is despite all the issues that Helga had with them during her childhood and despite all the issues that Bob and Miriam (the former especially) have with Olga's husband (the twins' dad), Patrick.

** While it was mentioned in previous fanfics that Ernie and Lola eventually got back together (even getting married and moving in together), "Reunion at the Boarding House" also reveals that they ended up having children--Ernie and Lola are revealed to have nine daughters named Fiona (19), Audrey (18), Monica (17), Lily (16), a pair of twins (15) named Ava and Lacey, and a set of triplets (13) named Rosie, Heather and Millie.

** Suzie's ex-husband, Oskar, comes to the reunion[[note]]He's also almost 60-years-old at this point, has been married and divorced two more times since Suzie left him, and still doesn't have a steady job--after Phil kicked Oskar out of Sunset Arms, Oskar had been through one scam/con or job after another and now lived in some rundown apartment complex[[/note]]. While Arnold's willing to acknowledge Oskar's flaws (Helga's goes so far as to claim that Oskar's an even bigger loser than Olga's husband, Patrick), it's really sweet to see that he still cares about Oskar enough to the point of where he just couldn't bring himself to exclude him from the party.
** After Oskar (who was on the receiving end of an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from the rest of the people who lived at the boarding house back when Arnold was Andy's age) leaves the party in a huff, it would seem that his ex-wife, Suzie[[note]]Who had goen through therapy both during and after the end of her relationship with Oskar and has long since accepted that her own treatment of Oskar and their relationship wasn't exactly healthy, acknowledging that the toxicity of their relationship went both ways[[/note]], feels some pity for his current situation in life (even if it is his own fault), which Franklin (Suzie's current husband and the father of their son, Morgan) seems to sense. While she doesn't try going after Oskar to help him (since pretty much everyone feels that Oskar's a lost cause at this point, with Arnold's wife, Helga, and Franklin outright saying it), a very small part of Suzie seems to want to help him. Suzie also admits to Franklin that, for all of Oskar's flaws, there were some people at Sunset Arms who did genuinely care about him (even if they weren't very good at showing it).

*** While celebrating Andy winning the tournament at Slaucen's, Arnold runs into the guy he attacked as a kid--even the guy had forgiven Arnold during his childhood, he still feels guilty about what happened. But the guy's completely gotten over it at this point (especially since it happened well over twenty years ago) and is willing to understand why Arnold had done it (since he had recently gotten mugged and just went a little overboard in defending himself).

** It depends on how you look at it, but (in a reverse from Helga's childhood) Bob and Miriam (to some extent at least) now seem to favor their youngest daughter over their oldest daughter--probably (at least partially) because of how [[DarkHorseSibling Helga has ultimately become the more successful sister of her and Olga.]]
** To go off of Mr. and Mrs. Pataki as grandparents: both Bob and Miriam have good relationship with all five of their grandkids and are generally very loving and affectionate towards them. And this is despite Helga's rough relationship with them during her childhood and despite all the issues they (particularly Bob) have with Olga's husband (her kids' dad), Patrick.

** Financially speaking, things seem to be better for the Patakis (if only a little) by the time Helga's getting ready to leave for college--like, they're living in a regular house instead of some cheap/cramped/rundown apartment[[note]]It's stated in "A Perfect Disaster" that Bob had liquidated a chunk of his retirement fund to buy a small two-bedroom for the family--presumably, this is the place that Helga and her parents were living in when Helga got the acceptance from Brown University[[/note]].
* In "Jealousy,"[[note]]The one-shot, not the chapter of the same name from "The First Year"[[/note]] Arnold discovers that Brainy has feelings for Helga (and has for a very long time)--this obviously makes Arnold (who has become Helga's official boyfriend at this point) jealous and he goes to confront Brainy. But Brainy assures Arnold that, despite his feelings for Helga, he won't do anything to interfere with her and Arnold's relationship--Brainy knows that Arnold's the only one that Helga truly loves and Brainy ultimately [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy just wants her to be happy]].

** Also, during Helga's speech, Helga claims that the main reason she's willing to put up with Patrick (Olga's husband, the twins' dad and Helga's brother-in-law) is because of his relationship with the twins--for all of his faults, Patrick's shown to not have as distant of a relationship with Logan and Lisa as Olga does and is generally more accepting of them for who they are than Olga is.

** After Oskar (who was on the receiving end of an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from the rest of the people who lived at the boarding house back when Arnold was Andy's age) leaves the party in a huff, it would seem that his ex-wife, Suzie[[note]][[/note]], feels some pity for his current situation in life (even if it is own fault), which Franklin (Suzie's current husband and the father of their son, Morgan) seems to sense. While she doesn't try going after Oskar to help him (since pretty much everyone feels that Oskar's a lost cause at this point, with Arnold's wife, Helga, and Franklin outright saying it), a very small part of Suzie seems to want to help him. Suzie also admits to Franklin that, for all of Oskar's flaws, there were some people at Sunset Arms who did genuinely care about him (even if they weren't very good at showing it).

* In the last chapter of "The Return of Four-Eyed Jack," Kiki's bummed that the ghost of the TitleCharacter supposedly isn't real--feeling bad for her sister, Kiara helps Kiki feel better by noting that even if the boarding house isn't really haunted, that doesn't necessarily mean ghosts in general aren't real.[[spoiler: In the end, the Johanssen-sisters encounter the real ghost of Four-Eyed Jack, who gets his glasses back and ends up watching them (plus Andy, Megan and Henry) leave later on with their parents to go back home.]]
* "Am I a good mother?": While the flashbacks to Helga's first day of preschool and her confessing to Arnold that she sometimes fears that she'll end up being like how her parents were when she was growing are tearjerking, it's really sweet to see how excited Andy is about finally starting preschool and how his parents want to make it special for him.

** After finally dropping Andy off at Urban Tots Preschool (the same preschool that Arnold and Helga had gone to), Helga has the final flashback to her first day of preschool: she ultimately remembers how she met (and fell in love with) her husband, which Arnold is quick to recreate once it's starts raining for real.

** Also, during Helga's speech, Helga claims that the main reason she's willing to put up with Patrick (Olga's husband, the twins' dad and Helga's brother-in-law) is because of his relationship with the twins--for all of his faults, Patrick's shown to not have as distant of a relationship with the twins as Olga does and is generally more accepting of them for who they are than Olga is.

** Mr. Hyuenn's daughter, Mai, eventually married a man named Thomas and they had a daughter named Kim (7) and a son named Quoc (6), with Megan developing a crush on the latter.

* In "Andy's Tournament," Andy's getting ready for an upcoming karate competition and starts training even harder once W.J. reveals his intentions of also competing in it--Arnold gets worried that his son will same mistakes he did when he first took up karate as a kid. Arnold eventually reveals to Andy how he eventually took it too far and straight-up assaulted some random guy at one point and how, even now as an adult, he still feels guilty about it. After thinking it over, Andy assures his dad that he still loves and looks up to him and argues that he's being too hard on himself--Arnold did ultimately make up for what he did to that guy.

* In the last chapter of "The Return of Four-Eyed Jack," Kiki Johanssen's bummed that the ghost of the TitleCharacter supposedly isn't real--feeling bad for her, Kiara helps her feel better by noting that even if the boarding house isn't really haunted, that doesn't necessarily mean ghosts in general aren't real.[[spoiler: In the end, the Johanssen-sisters encounter the real ghost of Four-Eyed Jack, who gets his glasses back and ends up watching them (plus Andy, Megan and Henry) leave later on with their parents to go back home.]]
* "Am I a good mother?": While the flashbacks to Helga's first day of preschool and her confessing to Arnold that she sometimes fears that she'll end up being like how her parents were when she was growing are tearjerking, it's really sweet to see how excited Andy is finally starting preschool and how his parents want to make it special for him.

** Also during Helga's speech, Helga claims that the main reason she's willing to put up with Patrick (Olga's husband, the twins' dad and Helga's brother-in-law) is because of his relationship with the twins--for all of his faults, Patrick's shown to not have as distant of a relationship with the twins as Olga does and is generally more accepting of them for who they are than Olga is.

* Helga's relationship with her family, particularly her parents, has improved tremendously as she's gotten older (not only because of the influence of Arnold and his side of the family, but also due to all the years of therapy she got from Dr. Bliss). While she still may not be as close to Bob and Miriam as Olga is, and also still has habit of [[CallingParentsByTheirName calling them by their first names,]] Helga's clearly much closer to her parents as an adult than she ever was as a kid. It's to the point of where Bob and Miriam have a good relationship with Helga's kids (Andy, Megan and Henry) and, on kind of a minor note, Helga does call Miriam "Mom" and Bob "Dad" more frequently.
** And while it kind of depends on how you look at it, but in a reverse from Helga's childhood, Bob and Miriam now seem to favor their youngest daughter over their oldest daughter (to some extent at least). Probably (at least partially) because of how Helga has ultimately become the more successful sister of her and Olga.
** To go off of Mr. and Mrs. Pataki as grandparents, the couple also has a good relationship with Olga's twins, Logan (their oldest grandson) and Lisa (their oldest granddaughter)--and this is despite all the issues they (particularly Bob) have with Olga's husband (the twins' dad), Patrick.

* In the last chapter of "The Return of Four-Eyed Jack," Kiki Johanssen's bummed that the ghost of the TitleCharacter supposedly isn't real--feeling bad for her, Kiara helps her to feel better by noting that even if the boarding house isn't really haunted, that doesn't necessarily mean ghosts in general aren't real.[[spoiler: In the end, the Johanssen-sisters encounter the real ghost of Four-Eyed Jack, who gets his glasses back and ends up watching them (plus Andy, Megan and Henry) leave later on with their parents to go back home.]]

* In "Jealousy,"[[note]]The one-shot, not the chapter of the same name from "The First Year"[[/note]] Arnold discovers that Brainy has feelings for Helga (and has for a very long time)--this obviously makes Arnold (who has become Helga's official boyfriend at this point) jealous and he goes to confront Brainy. But Brainy assures Arnold that, despite his feelings for Helga, he won't do anything to interfere with her and Arnold's relationship--Brainy knows that Arnold's the only one that Helga truly loves and Brainy ultimately just wants her to be happy.

** Arnold also convinced his family to invite Oskar[[note]]He's also almost 60-years-old at this point, has been married and divorced two more times since Suzie left him, and still doesn't have a steady job--after Phil kicked Oskar out of Sunset Arms, Oskar had been through one scam/con or job after another and now lived in some rundown apartment complex[[/note]] to the party as well--he explains to his wife that, for all his faults, he couldn't bring himself to exclude Oskar from the party. It's nice to know that Arnold still cares for Oskar after all these years despite knowing the man's faults.

** Depending on how you look at it, but Arnold also convinced his family to invite Oskar[[note]]He's also almost 60-years-old at this point, has been married and divorced two more times since Suzie left him, and still doesn't have a steady job--after Phil kicked Oskar out of Sunset Arms, Oskar had been through one scam/con or job after another and now lived in some rundown apartment complex[[/note]] to the party as well--he explains to his wife that, for all his faults, he couldn't bring himself to exclude Oskar from the party.