History Heartwarming / OverlySarcasticProductions

* Red's telling of Atalanta shows she did like Hippomenes and was trying to dissuade him from trying to race for her hand in marriage because she didn't want to have to kill him. When she tries to return the first golden apple and he tosses a second, she says, "Oh I see where this is going." She realized his ploy and just so happened to go along with it. The last shot of the video is Atalanta introducing her "[[GuileHero awesome smart husband]]" to her family.

** Just like in "Eros and Psyche", the pure love felt between Poseidon and Nerites is enough to [[HasTwoMommies produce a whole new god]]- Anteros, god of specifically requited love.

* While they don't let him off without some ribbing, the myth of Ares' Kidnapping still shows that Artemis and Hermes care about their sibling, being the only Olympians who go to rescue him when they learn of his whereabouts. The final shot of the myth is of the three walking into the sunset, with Ares asking Artemis if she could tell Aphrodite something less embarassing, and Hermes roufling his hair (or helmet-hair) and telling him he missed him.

** As well, when Sun is kicked out, he is despressed as he feels that there is nowhere he can go, nowhere he fits in... until he remembers Kuan-yin, who is always willing to help. The fact that his opinion of her has gone from her being the woman who helped carry out his punishment while he was trapped under the mountain and gave Tripitaka the headache spell to being someone he deeply respects and trusts, going to her for comfort and advice, says a lot about how he has grown. Similarly, while Kuan-yin points out that he shouldn't have killed the bandits (which he readily agrees with, but notes that old habits die hard), she is honestly more annoyed with Tripitaka, as she knows Sun wants to change for the better and is getting tired of Tripitaka either punishing him or kicking him out whenever Sun does something like this rather than trying to help Sun become a better person.

-->'''Red:''' Hope is the ultimate motivator. On some level, it's the ''only'' motivator. If it seems like I have personal beef with Grimdark as a genre, it's only the same beef I have with ''everything'' that treats hope like a dumb childish concept rather than the fundamental core of human experience. Hope makes us ''believe'' things can be better. Once we stop believing that, we ''stop trying'' to make things better--and guess what? Then things ''don't'' get better! Pessimisstic nihilism is the ultimate self-fulfilling prophecy, and maybe it's the 2020 talking but ''man'' I have straight-up run out of patience with people who give up on a better world and then have the ''audacity'' to tell other people that they're naive or stupid for still trying.

* In "The Lindwyrm Prince", the royal shepherd's daughter and the titular Prince getting married (a second time) with [[MeaningfulEcho more feeling]] than even the first wedding. The sweetest part is, the prince's younger human brother has, until this point, attended his dragon brother's wedding with apparent impatience (as he'll only be allowed to marry after his older twin marries). But this time around, he's sincerely happy for his now-human brother that he found true love first.

* "Urashi-Taro" kicks off with introducing how Urashi is such a NiceGuy that his FriendToAllLivingThings status makes it hard for him to be a fisherman. In fact, the reason he met his divine wife in the first place was when his fishing hook snagged her while she was in the form of a turtle [[WhatYouAreInTheDark and he let her go free]]. If only he had known how to find the Dragon Palace again or at least abstained from opening the box like he was warned, it could've been a simple fairytale about two lovers.

* "Tokoyo and the Sea Serpent" ending with Tokoyo earning Hojitakatori's respect when she unwittingly saves him from the sea serpent's curse. As such, he rescinds Oribashima's banishment. Father and Daughter have a [[BigDamnReunion meaningful reunion]], finally allowed to [[EarnYourHappyEnding resume their lives in peace]].
-->'''Oribashima:''' [[SoProudOfYou That's my girl]]!

* In the trope talk on {{Doomed Protagonist}}, Red ends the talk by stating her dislike for ShootTheShaggyDog stories where the heroes struggle heroically but ultimately it's all for nothing, and comparing it to HopeSpringsEternal stories like ''Film/RogueOne'' and the Calamity arc of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'''s Exandria Unlimited series. Stories where the heroes may die at the end, but where their struggles did succeed in accomplishing something good in the grand scheme of things. Her closing statement is illustrated by a man drowning in the sea, but casting a light into the sky.

* In Part 10, Sun Wukong shows that he actually has been growing up a bit, when his [[HotBlooded reckless attitude]] gets Tripitaka to banish him for a bit, which seems to cause a backslide into his cold pre-mountain trickster behavior and outright scheming to steal Tripitaka's identity...except when Sandy goes the Quan Yin to show that Monkey has gone outright evil, [[WhamShot he finds Monkey right there]], with a perfect alibi, as he made good on his promise to just wait out Tripitaka's temper, showing a level of patience far beyond he was even ''considering'' at first to show he is willing to change for the monk - Monkey only breaks his temporary vow out of rage the [[CriminalDoppleganger Six-Eared Macaque]] used his face to manipulate and use his friends and fellow monkeys.

* The "true ersion also has it that, rather than living on the Moon because she's still barred from Heaven, Chang'e chooses to live there to be closer to her husband.

* The "true end" to "Hou Yi and Chang'E," where neither of them is willing to leave behind the other to return to godhood, so they put away the immortality potion and successfully adjust to their mortal lives.
-->'''[[ShelteredAristocrat Chang'e]]:''' ''[leaning out the window]'' Hey! I finally figured out how ''cooking'' works!\\
''' Hou Yi:''' ''[hunting birds]'' Nice!
** This version also has it that, rather than living on the Moon because she's still barred from Heaven, Chang'e chooses to live there to be closer to her husband.

** As well, when Sun is kicked out, he is despressed as he feels that there is nowhere he can go, nowhere he fits in... until he remembers Kuan-yin, who is always willing to help. The fact that his opinion of her has gone from her being the woman who helped carry out his punishment while he was trapped under the kountain and gave Tripitaka the headache spell to being someone he deeply respects and trusts, going to her for comfort and advice, says a lot about how he has grown. Similarly, while Kuan-yin points out that he shouldn't have killed the bandits (which he readily agrees with, but notes that old habits die hard), she is honestly more annoyed with Tripitaka, as she knows Sun wants to change for the better and is getting tired of Tripitaka either punishing him or kicking him out whenever Sun does something like this rather than trying to help Sun become a better person.

* The Detail Diatribe on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50968MO0PU Satarizing Superman]] is essentially one big KirkSummation about Superman and [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers how caring is a good thing,]] and that while parodies/deconstructions of Superman and other classic heroes do deserve to exist, the only ones that ''work'' are by people who fundamentally ''understand'' how those characters work.

* "Hera crashes Zeus's Wedding" has a ''considerably'' rare instance of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther between Hera and Zeus. After Hera angrily declares she's had it with Zeus for some reason and will break it off for good this time, the latter looks to King Cithaeron for advice. Said-King sets up for Zeus to get "married" to a mystery bride. When a livid Hera crashes the party to take out her wrath on this mysteriously cloaked bride, it's revealed to be a wooden statue that's essentially wearing a sign saying "You're the only bride for me". As Red puts it, "they say that the heart of the queen grew three sizes that day". Zeus and Hera made up so happily that it created a new tradition for the Daidala Festival to celebrate the one time they made it work. Granted Zeus will probably[[StatusQuoIsGod go back to his usual thing]], it doesn't change that with anyone else, a declaration to your loved one that they are the only one for you has a certain romance behind it.

* Also in the same video, Grettir taking his grieving mother's hands and promising her to avenge his father and brother on her behalf. Regardless of the consequences, there's something to be said that a protagonist as trigger-happy as Grettir [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas cares about his mother]].

* In his titular video, Nerites is a total sweetheart who manages to win the love of two of the Olympians. Even though it gets him [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a shrimp]] (twice!), his sister manages to find and rescue him both times, giving him a rare happy ending.

* "Tokoyo and the Sea Serpent" ending with Tokoyo earning Hojitakatori's respect when he unwittingly saves him from the sea serpent's curse. As such, he rescinds Oribashima's banishment. Father and Daughter have a [[BigDamnReunion meaningful reunion]], finally allowed to [[EarnYourHappyEnding resume their lives in peace]].

** Odysseus being a LovableCoward when it comes to his own oath - [[GoodParents because he doesn't want to leave his infant son without a father]]. He's only forced into the war when [[JerkAss Agamemnon]] literally threatens said son.