"Where's the daddy eagle?"
- Cody asks Marahute, "Where's the daddy eagle?" She just bows her head in sadness, to which he says:Cody: Oh.. My dad's gone, too.
- Later on, McLeach outright tells Cody he was the one responsible for killing the father eagle.
- It's even worse when you consider the fact that almost all known eagle species are monogamous, meaning that they pair for life. Marahute may well have been with her mate for a very long time and would have been with him for much longer...if McLeach hadn't killed him.
- The gestation period of a bird that size would likely be about thirty to forty days. This means that Marahute couldn't have lost her life partner more than a few months ago. Clearly the wound is still raw, part of the reason she was so eager to show Cody her nest may have been loneliness.
- The scene where Cody's mother is calling for her son...and the audience knows he's not coming. The viewer may not get that one until they're older, but that scene is every parent's worst nightmare.
- Later, when the Rangers come to the house of Cody's mother to tell her he was eaten by crocodiles, the gestures of the mother tell it all.
- The way she tenderly holds his tattered backpack in that scene... forget mere adult fears, children will likely be gripping their parents tightly and blubbering at that moment.
- Later, when the Rangers come to the house of Cody's mother to tell her he was eaten by crocodiles, the gestures of the mother tell it all.
- Mentioned on the Heartwarming page, but Bianca tries to encourage Cody to have hope because Bernard is still out there and can help. Jake agrees to this aloud, but then congratulates Bianca on a decent bluff, showing that he has no faith in Bernard being of any real help. Bernard seems to unfortunately have the stigma of nobody but Bianca believing in him being anything more than The Load.
- Also mentioned on the Heartwarming page is that despite Jake's pessimism, this quickly turns heartwarming when Bianca reaffirms her unwavering faith in Bernard. Still, the implication that she's the ONLY one to believe in him at all can be harsh if you've ever felt that way yourself.
- A minor, fridge tearjerker: Joanna waving goodbye to McLeach when he's about to go over the falls. You'd expect her to be grinning at her abusive master's well-deserved demise, but instead she has a sad little frown. Despite everything he's put her through, she still cares about him and seems genuinely saddened by his death...something that often happens with real life victims of abuse...
