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- Kuma's ending from Tekken Tag. It's probably the only time you'll ever see Heihachi as a kind, grandfatherly figure.
- Ling Xiaoyu may be way too perky for some and way too clueless for others, but she's a bit of a fountain of these:
- Xiaoyu's undying devotion to Jin is based on how she deeply believes that unlike his grandfather and father, he's not beyond salvation. Even if her Tastes Like Diabetes ending from 6 was a dream and her view of Jin is kinda tinted with naivete, it speaks a lot about how she tries to believe in him even in these days.
- And whether Blood Vengeance plus some endings in 6 and Tag Tournament 2 are canon or not, there's her Romantic Two-Girl Friendship with Alisa in them.
- Even when Heihachi is, well, who he IS, he does seem to care for Xiaoyu to the point she saw him as a Parental Substitute. This old man has been absolutely terrible to his sons and grandson, and yet he treats this girl not related to him almost like a dear granddaughter.
- Then there's her and Panda's absolutely adorable Interspecies Friendship.
- Lars and Alisa... Just Lars and Alisa. Several interactions of theirs are very cute, and it's damn obvious that he loves her even when she's a Robot Girl and programmed to protect Jin Kazama no matter what. This reaches its peak in towards the end of 6 when Alisa dedicates her last words before complete shutdown (the equivalent of death for her) to thanking Lars for treating her like a human and not a tool, and in 7 when she's fully restored thanks to Lee, cries when she recalls Lars for the first time, and one of the first things she does when she sees him happily tackling him.
- Hwoarang's 4 ending, where after he and Jin fight some Korean army soldiers that come to arrest Hwoa for desertion, he manages to make Jin crack a smile.
- In 5's intro, Asuka pretty much jumps off the Tsutenkaku tower on her bike and into the streets of Osaka. . . but then she takes time to rescue a Cute Kitten that was in danger.
- Even when Nina is The Dragon to Jin in 6, she seems to genuinely respect and maybe care for him a little bit.
- In 4, she was hired to take out Steve Fox as punishment for not throwing down a certain fight. Right before carrying it out, Nina found out that Steve was her biological son. Even when she doesn't seem to really feel motherly affection for the boy (unsurprising, considering the circumstances), she cannot bring herself to kill him, and even takes out other hitmen that were willing to do it.
- Some of the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 special win poses qualify as this:
- Jun and Jin: A hard-to-get but rewarding pose has him walking up to his mother and, while he doesn't turn to look at her directly as they both stand near to each other, he cannot help but smile. And she smiles back at him, too.
- Jin and Xiaoyu: In two of their shared poses, he either ignores her or simply looks at her. But in another she runs to him and takes his hands while hopping happily in her spot, and he gives in and lets her do so.
- Xiaoyu and Wang: They make some martial arts moves together, or salute each other.
- Xiaoyu and Alisa: They joyfully high-five one another.
- Xiaoyu and Heihachi: She either looks at "Grandpa Heihachi" playfully or makes a face at him, and he reacts like a grandfather caught by his family doing something silly.
- Alisa and Lars: She trips to the ground, and he gallantly helps her up.
- A second one has them also high-fiving each other.
- Yoshimitsu and Dr. Bosconovitch: They shake hands, and then Yoshi twirls his sword as a sort-of improvised helicopter to leave the scene with his old friend.
- Dr. Bosconovitch and Alisa: She makes a pirouette on air and happily flies around her "dad"/creator, as he looks at her like saying "that's my little girl!" (Which she IS, in a way)
- Armor King II and King II: The first raises the second's fist like saying "Everyone, look at our champion!" Considering how complicated their relationship is, it says a lot.
- King II and Julia (as Jaycee): He gives her two thumbs-up and she raises her fist
- Armor King II and Jaycee/Julia: They shake hands and nod at each other.
- Leo and Zafina: They bump fists almost playfully.
- Leo and Wang: They bow respectfully to one another.
- Jinpachi and Wang: They sit cross-legged in front of each other, as if they're about to exchange stories.
- Eddy and Christie: They happily perform a quite spiffy Capoeira routine.
- Paul and Marshall Law: After Law catches some of Paul's punches, they raise their arms and celebrate.
- Law makes a backflip, Paul also makes one (since he has tried before and failed), and they celebrate it.
- Paul and Forest Law: Forest makes a pose, Paul gives him two thumb ups.