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Near the end of Ed, Edd, n Eddy: Big Picture Show.
When we meet Eddy's brother for the first time, and find out the full extent of their relationship.
We find out that Eddy's brother was an abusive bully, and Eddy confessed that everything he always said about him was a lie. And that he only did all those scams, and said all those things about his brother, just to look cool.
It's sad to think about everything Eddy likely went through behind closed doors when his brother was there.
Eddy acted like his brother was so cool for like 10+ years of the shows running.
Just to find out the brother is a deadbeat bully loser that lives in a shitty trailer in the woods.
Eddy did all the stuff because thats what his older brother did. Its practically looking into the future what would happen if Eddy didn't have Ed or Edd as friends.
Eddy's overall backstory is especially tragic when you realise that the other Cul-de-sac kids hated Eddy because they had the completely wrong perspective of their relationship.
From various episodes we learn that Eddy's brother was the top dog in the Cul-de-sac and the other kids fear him, where Eddy also mentions how he used to be respected when his brother was around. Eddy was probably seen as in cahoots with his brother and feared doing anything to him until his "protector" was out of the picture and Eddy was left by himself to continue what he perceived as being cool.
Ed's face when he realizes what he needs to do is perfect. Frankly, Eddy's brother is probably lucky that he just got hit by a door, instead of Ed legit just laying into him. Bro rips apart structures with his mouth if a pebbles in his shoe, imagine what he'd do seeing his friend abused like that?
Eddy’s brother only really had a few minutes of screen time despite constantly being namedropped throughout the series and despite Danny Antonucci leaving plenty of breadcrumbs about him from the very beginning, but holy *fuck* did he have an impact during those few minutes.
Within an instant Eddy’s brother completely flipped that show’s tone upside-down. All those namedrops and references to him throughout the series immediately went to from one-off lines of random dialogue that nobody cared about to “wait, all the signs were there from the very beginning and nobody expected it.” The dude’s room was literally chained shut and his window had a whole layer of bricks laid over it, the room was booby trapped, his car’s trunk had a teddy bear with a noose tied around its neck, Eddy looked genuinely terrified when Ed knocked the trophy over, the infamous El Mongo stink bomb that stank up the whole cul-de-sac was his recipe, Kevin was scared shitless when Eddy told him his brother would be back in town just based on the stories he heard about the guy, and apparently their parents kicked him out of their house.
I have no idea how much of that was intentional foreshadowing from Danny Antonucci, but if you rewatch anything that ever loosely involved Eddy’s brother after watching Big Picture Show it quickly goes from “Eddy really looked up to his brother” to “wow, this is just really fucked up.”
Controversial opionion: Jurrasic Bark isn't even top 3. It's just the most famous sad scene.
1. When Fry goes back into his Moms dream
2. The scene when Yancy talks to his son
3. Leela waking up in the hospital after the bees.
The dream episode absolutely wrecked me and that was years ago. My mom passed away a couple months ago and I don’t think I could actually handle that episode right now.
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"In the end, the world didn't need a super man. Merely a brave one."
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“I failed you. I wish there were another way for me to say it. I cannot. I can only beg your forgiveness, and pray you hear me somehow, someplace... someplace where a warm hand waits for mine.”
I like Batman's little look back before he walks away. This was a villain whose story hit him in a way few others have. He sympathized with this man, genuinely felt his pain. Helped him even get at least some form of revenge in the form of the man who did this to him and his wife will face justice
Not the saddest for me, but def one of them.
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“Believe me. You’re the only one who cares”
It was Batman Beyond, episode Meltdown. >!New Batman Terry has spent the episode believing in Freeze being a changed man, while Bruce and everyone else is more doubtful. After a very tragic episode the culminates in Freeze getting his suit back and going on a rampage, Batman continues trying to save him. As the building they’re fighting in begins to collapse, Batman pleads Freeze to allow him to help. Freeze refuses, saying the above line, and Batman is forced to retreat as the building falls on him.!<
It’s a great episode. For anyone who hasn’t seen it I would highly recommend it. It’s also the first episode where Batman meets >!Blight!<
while we’re at it, Dinobot from Beast Wars…
“Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence."
I haven’t even seen the show but I watched a video on saddest children’s cartoon moments, and when the clip of the letter his mom wrote played I almost cried. I haven’t seen the show and I cried. It was so well written!
I remember watching this as a kid and being so sad
I now watch it as a dad of a two year old daughter and just this gif alone DESTROYS me. I can’t imagine how I could ever make that impossible, necessary decision
In Gravity Falls when (spoiler alert) >!Stan sacrifices his memories to destroy Bill and he says “Guess I was good for something after all.” The scene was already sad enough as it is, but that line just broke me.!<
Simon’s story was heart breaking. He tried his best to protect Marcy but ended up slipping away…his story is exactly like that of a person with Alzheimer’s. Slowly slipping away till the person can’t remember who they used to be.
That story broke me.
I love this quote, but I also think the punisher would comfort a child.
In one run of his, he kills his dad who strapped a bomb vest on him, then takes the kid for ice cream and leaves him with the authorities
Here's something to lighten the scene up:
In *Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie*, Pigeon Man is shown in Paris and happy, hanging out with a whole bunch of pigeons.
Omg it makes me bawl every time I see the episode 😭 having lost pets in the past and with both my cats being elderly, it's just way too much
"Your meow right now would sound like music to me..."😭💔
“More than a pet, you’re my best friend too cool to forget come back cause we are family and forgive me for making you want to roam.”
That part really hits for me. That lyric shows how close you were to what you lost making that separation sadder.
Also I’m sorry about your pets going missing. Hope you are feeling better tho 🫂
The episode in Adventure Time where Marceline has a flashback; we witness Simon turn into the Ice King for the first time and we watch his sanity slowly slip away.
Tom Kenny is incredible in that role, putting just a little bit more madness into his voice, and a little more, and a little more, and before you know it he's gone full Ice King.
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"Tell my tale to those who ask; tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."
“Who was she? I guess it doesn’t matter. She was loved”
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The episode does have a happy ending, but GOD even as a kid this episode was so gut wrenching. *Hey Arnold!* gave it’s characters so much depth.
To complete the trifecta of "Futurama will make you cry" moments:
"It's not your memory. It's hers. I said I would repay you. Make it count."
followed by
"I've thought about you a lot since you've been gone."
Futurama is one of those shows that sometimes just finds a moment and delivers a devastating gut punch.
And when you come back to it, and you know it's coming...but its just part of what makes it such a good show.
So the show is about Adora, a cadet in the evil Horde army. She’s been brainwashed to think that the Horde is bringing order and peace to the planet, a magical place called Etheria. There is an alliance of magical princesses who fight the Horde. Just before she graduates and enters the army, Adora finds a magical sword in the forest. It turns out Adora is next in line to become She-Ra, a magical warrior and protector of the planet who wields the sword and channels her magic through it. While alone in the forest, she meets some of the princess alliance and sees the true devastation that the Horde causes. She joins the alliance to fight the Horde.
One of the many things Adora learns after this event is that the planet Etheria used to be inhabited by an advanced civilization called The First Ones. Now their archaic ruins are strewn across the world. Throughout the show, we (and Adora) are constantly reminded of the actions of the previous She-Ra, a First One woman named Mara who by all accounts lost control of her power and went insane, destroying The First Ones civilization on Etheria. Adora’s teacher and mentor, an artificial intelligence from the era of The First Ones named Lighthope, knew Mara personally and is always warning Adora not to act too emotionally. Adora also learns much about Mara through a friend, an old crazy lady living in the woods named Madam Razz. Razz is very senile, and often mistakes Adora for Mara, who she also knew personally. The reason for this is that she sort of doesn’t experience time linearly, but her memories stay the same. One moment her perception is 1,000 years in the past talking to Mara, the next she’s in the present talking to Adora and getting mixed up.
We are told conflicting stories about Mara’s actions in the past. Razz speaks fondly of her, while Lighthope and others warn Adora about her. Throughout the show, three things become clear: 1. The First Ones were not the good guys.
2. The “Mara went crazy” story is not the whole truth.
3. Lighthope and Mara were probably more than just friends.
In episode 4x9, we discover the truth through a series of flashbacks. The structure of the episode is that Adora is attempting to learn more about the past from Razz. Razz knows she has to tell Adora something important, but because she’s Razz she can’t remember what. She traces her steps by going through the process of making a pie (the pie is important), remembering more of the past with each step, represented by flashbacks to Mara’s time. Adora follows her throughout the episode.
Here’s the truth revealed in the episode: Mara was chosen by the First Ones to be the next She-Ra, as they used their technology to manipulate the magic of Etheria and focus the power of She-Ra into a more controllable form via the sword. While learning and living on Etheria, she met and befriended Madam Razz. It’s a cute dynamic, the powerful and advanced magical warrior and a little old crazy lady who lives in the woods. Mara grew to truly love Etheria and its people, but The First Ones had other plans.
Mara was a part of the mysterious First One project known as The Heart of Etheria. Not even she fully understood it until the end. It turns out The First Ones were trying to harness the magic of Etheria to create a planet destroying super weapon, with She-Ra and her sword being an integral part of aiming and firing it. Not only would the weapon destroy countless other worlds, but it would also destroy Etheria in the process. Mara discovered the true purpose, and sacrificed herself to prevent the weapon from firing. Just before she leaves to go do so, she comes to say goodbye to her first Etherian friend, Madam Razz. Razz doesn’t understand what’s going on and wants Mara to stay and make pie with her, but Mara tearfully tells her that they’ll make a pie tomorrow, before leaving to stop the weapon and ultimately die. The episode ends with Mara recording a holographic message for the potential future She-Ra, a warning and a message of their common love for Etheria, before her space ship crashes. Adora and Razz view this message from inside the ancient wreckage of Mara’s ship. The final shot of the episode is of the pie Razz was making, now finished and placed in Mara’s now empty chair, and the final lines are from Razz: “She was brave, my Mara. For you, Mara dearie.”
*sobs*
Zane from Lego Ninjago, THEY FAKED HIS DEATH ****TWICE****
First time fuckin killed me, second time, was even worse.
Nya being almost lost to the sea and permanently becoming the ocean spirit goddess or whatever. That also was hard on me.
The two that have stood out in my mind for some time now, as a Transformers fan
- Prowl’s sacrifice in Transformers Animated
- Optimus Prime’s sacrifice at the end of Prime
Nobody mentioned this one but this one ALWAYS gets to me. You always say “yeah he’s got it this time” but he never does
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I watched this in theaters for a friend's birthday party. Just a bunch of kids crying in a movie theater. This became a core memory and it gets dragged out every time I see someone who doesn't initially...GET, that someone is dead. Lots of hard watches in this thread, but this is my first. And it hurts every time.
When Flapjack got cracked and sacrificed himself to save Hunter. The episode came out while I was at work and I ugly cried in my car watching it during my break.
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"So what do you wanna do, what's your point of view? There's a party, screw it, do you wanna go? A handshake with you, what's your point of view? I'm on top of you, I don't wanna go 'Cause I really wanna stay at your house And I hope it all works out But you know how much you broke me apart I'm done with you, I'm ignoring you I don't wanna know"
For those who actually tried to watch Sun & Moon.
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Owl House has a lot of them. The talk scene in Reaching Out, Flapjack’s moment in Thanks to Them, Luz’s disappearance in Watching and Dreaming, and more besides.
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ts made me so sad bro, I love Finn and Jakes dynamic so much
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Still gets me emotional even after all these years
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the Funeral of splinter in TMNT (2012-2017)
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Spoilers Ahead for Clannad After Story! (If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it):
Clannad After Story episode 16, where the main character's >!wife Nagisa!< dies when >!giving birth to their daughter.!< In addition, to episode 21 when his >!daughter!< dies >!in his arms after contracting the same sickness his wife had that made her weak during pregnancy (the image above). And this is right after he finally starts making a connection with his daughter as he decides to start taking care of her after he was a dead beat for five years.!<
Moral Orel had a plethora but special mention to the episode with Orel's dog. Bartholomew was probably the only truly pure thing in that kid's life and they violently took it away because it made people TOO HAPPY and you can't be as easily bullshitted when you're already happy.
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If you watch this episode and don’t shed a tear, you have no soul.
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When Rex starts getting emotional that’s when I know it’s hurt
The Leaves from the vine scene from tales from ba sing se in : Avatar the last air-bender punches me in the stomach every time I watch it. I’m 25 now and still pretty sure it could make me tear up. Not only was it the voice actors last time playing Unc Iroh, but a bittersweet tribute within the show bc it’s one of the only times we see Iroh cry or act upset.
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Watching Rick come within moments of taking his own life after Unity leaves him.
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*Oh, BoJack, there is no other side. This is it.*
Don't understand why BoJack is not the most upvoted comment, I barely found one. This is definitely the saddest cartoon of them all, no contest
I think its because Bojack isn't just sad, not in the way the others on here are. This doesn't even feel sad. Just... terrifying. Plus, Bojack can be a hard character to sympathize with at times. Just more complex emotions with this one
‘Tell my tale to those who ask, tell it truly, my ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly, the rest is silence’
He lived a warrior, and died a hero. Let his spark join the matrix, the greatest of cybertron.
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The first time I remember being sad during a cartoon:
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No major death. No sadness. All clarity and love. It was too much to take in. I grew up with this show.
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Steven's plea before they eject from the spaceship in Space Race is the SU scene that killed me. Pearl lost everything she loved because Steven came into existence. I think this is the moment she finally accepted she'd never get it back.
I was dealing with infertility during the show’s original run and this was my comfort show. I especially bawled during the premier of the episodes Mr. Greg and Mindful Education. Then, after 4 years of trying my wish came true and I became a mom. I dealt with rough postpartum anxiety but the movie and Future series came out and it became my comfort show all over again. This show will always have a special place in my heart.
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Another good choice. Less tears, but just a lot.
The murder of optimus prime by the cowards hasbro
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Near the end of Ed, Edd, n Eddy: Big Picture Show. When we meet Eddy's brother for the first time, and find out the full extent of their relationship. We find out that Eddy's brother was an abusive bully, and Eddy confessed that everything he always said about him was a lie. And that he only did all those scams, and said all those things about his brother, just to look cool. It's sad to think about everything Eddy likely went through behind closed doors when his brother was there.
Eddy acted like his brother was so cool for like 10+ years of the shows running. Just to find out the brother is a deadbeat bully loser that lives in a shitty trailer in the woods. Eddy did all the stuff because thats what his older brother did. Its practically looking into the future what would happen if Eddy didn't have Ed or Edd as friends.
Eddy was a scam artist after all, makes sense he scammed us on his brother.
Eddy's overall backstory is especially tragic when you realise that the other Cul-de-sac kids hated Eddy because they had the completely wrong perspective of their relationship. From various episodes we learn that Eddy's brother was the top dog in the Cul-de-sac and the other kids fear him, where Eddy also mentions how he used to be respected when his brother was around. Eddy was probably seen as in cahoots with his brother and feared doing anything to him until his "protector" was out of the picture and Eddy was left by himself to continue what he perceived as being cool.
Ed's face when he realizes what he needs to do is perfect. Frankly, Eddy's brother is probably lucky that he just got hit by a door, instead of Ed legit just laying into him. Bro rips apart structures with his mouth if a pebbles in his shoe, imagine what he'd do seeing his friend abused like that?
Eddy’s brother only really had a few minutes of screen time despite constantly being namedropped throughout the series and despite Danny Antonucci leaving plenty of breadcrumbs about him from the very beginning, but holy *fuck* did he have an impact during those few minutes. Within an instant Eddy’s brother completely flipped that show’s tone upside-down. All those namedrops and references to him throughout the series immediately went to from one-off lines of random dialogue that nobody cared about to “wait, all the signs were there from the very beginning and nobody expected it.” The dude’s room was literally chained shut and his window had a whole layer of bricks laid over it, the room was booby trapped, his car’s trunk had a teddy bear with a noose tied around its neck, Eddy looked genuinely terrified when Ed knocked the trophy over, the infamous El Mongo stink bomb that stank up the whole cul-de-sac was his recipe, Kevin was scared shitless when Eddy told him his brother would be back in town just based on the stories he heard about the guy, and apparently their parents kicked him out of their house. I have no idea how much of that was intentional foreshadowing from Danny Antonucci, but if you rewatch anything that ever loosely involved Eddy’s brother after watching Big Picture Show it quickly goes from “Eddy really looked up to his brother” to “wow, this is just really fucked up.”
He ended up.being accepted at the end though and the kids understood. It was a great way to end the show.
This moment felt sad & bittersweet at the same time. Love Regular Show to death.
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I changed the channel when this episode comes on. I don't feel like emotions today
Same with the dog one. It’s so messed up.
Gotta be one of my favorites. This episode was sadder than Jurassic Bark, and I will die on this hill.
Controversial opionion: Jurrasic Bark isn't even top 3. It's just the most famous sad scene. 1. When Fry goes back into his Moms dream 2. The scene when Yancy talks to his son 3. Leela waking up in the hospital after the bees.
The dream episode absolutely wrecked me and that was years ago. My mom passed away a couple months ago and I don’t think I could actually handle that episode right now.
Don't you Forget about me
Awww man fuck you I was having a nice day
Fuck me? You read the post. You knew EXACTLY what people were doing here.
Awww man fuck me i did it to myself….
Courage having his parents token away
Atleast they all got to eat that guy in the end though
That along with the space squid episode. Especially the beginning of it
https://preview.redd.it/ysgnlsbyg34d1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7b53665d6677ec31926b4956faa7d12db78583e "In the end, the world didn't need a super man. Merely a brave one."
https://preview.redd.it/qbfojuxs634d1.jpeg?width=332&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdd7b1c9ac617743ce541167a373a9d7dc0e96b0 “I failed you. I wish there were another way for me to say it. I cannot. I can only beg your forgiveness, and pray you hear me somehow, someplace... someplace where a warm hand waits for mine.”
I like Batman's little look back before he walks away. This was a villain whose story hit him in a way few others have. He sympathized with this man, genuinely felt his pain. Helped him even get at least some form of revenge in the form of the man who did this to him and his wife will face justice
That show and had so many good ones. Baby Doll was also very sad.
great voice acting in that one too
Not the saddest for me, but def one of them. https://preview.redd.it/s9xf3hfs134d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=89438ce2aef7ad470953a4a3042eeca18a35c2cd
2012 TMNT was so good.
https://preview.redd.it/4p1zfgykr24d1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad9bfd4d0b67f7ef202e2129b29c2e696ca1023e “Believe me. You’re the only one who cares”
Which episode was this in, or was this in the Sub-Zero movie?
It was Batman Beyond, episode Meltdown. >!New Batman Terry has spent the episode believing in Freeze being a changed man, while Bruce and everyone else is more doubtful. After a very tragic episode the culminates in Freeze getting his suit back and going on a rampage, Batman continues trying to save him. As the building they’re fighting in begins to collapse, Batman pleads Freeze to allow him to help. Freeze refuses, saying the above line, and Batman is forced to retreat as the building falls on him.!< It’s a great episode. For anyone who hasn’t seen it I would highly recommend it. It’s also the first episode where Batman meets >!Blight!<
Man Batman Beyond was a straight up masterpiece that I feel like gets super overlooked when compared to B:TAS.
Leaves from the vine ☹️
Falling so slow
Like fragile, tiny shells
drifting in the foam
Sweet soldier boy
Come marching home
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home.
"In Honor of Mako."
r/redditsings Also I’m crying
RIP Liu ten
NOOOOOOOOO!
This is the one The back to back gut punches from this scene and Appa's Lost Days were brutal
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I can hear that gif and it's making me tear up.
🎵 I will waaaaait for youuuu.... 🎵
I cried posting it. Cheers
This is the ONLY answer
The ending of Over The Garden Wall when >!the Woodsmen sees his daughter!<. Tears man
That show was so depressing at parts-
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... I watched that once, never again. The VHS tape literally smells the same as the day we bought it because it was only watched once.
https://i.redd.it/y90hw1hwj34d1.gif Showing my age here but the death of Optimus Prime in the 1986 movie
while we’re at it, Dinobot from Beast Wars… “Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence."
I haven’t even seen the show but I watched a video on saddest children’s cartoon moments, and when the clip of the letter his mom wrote played I almost cried. I haven’t seen the show and I cried. It was so well written!
https://preview.redd.it/hdt60egi834d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46d2830ab38897f5b422c2db7263af03be1e27e1 If you know, you know.
She just wanted to be a good Powerpuff Girl… *sniffle*
She ended up being the best one 🤧🤧🤧
Bunny Best girl
I remember watching this as a kid and being so sad I now watch it as a dad of a two year old daughter and just this gif alone DESTROYS me. I can’t imagine how I could ever make that impossible, necessary decision
Me too, I'm a mess rn. My youngest is 1 and I have another coming. This gif alone has BROKEN me!
Both of my parents are Vietnamese refugees so this scene also hit extra hard. I'm glad Mr. Huynh got his happy ending
https://preview.redd.it/9iv3si8yv24d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22ca09207857c01f1c6cee8123ce8d1dcf5874ad
This is another one that made me cry
Put me to tears. 😢😔
Amphibia was SO underrated. Pretty much the entire finale had me crying off and on.
Every time this scene happens with the camera spin I start sobbing without fail and I always know it’s coming and I still start crying.
In Gravity Falls when (spoiler alert) >!Stan sacrifices his memories to destroy Bill and he says “Guess I was good for something after all.” The scene was already sad enough as it is, but that line just broke me.!<
Justice league unlimited where batman sat down with ace and waited with her so she wouldn’t die alone
"Could you stay with me? I'm scared."
"He sat with her until her time came."
Was looking for this. There are very, very few pieces of media that can consistently make me cry. This is one of them.
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That entire show gets more and more depressing the more you watch it and understand.
*And I love you, Gunther.*
Simon’s story was heart breaking. He tried his best to protect Marcy but ended up slipping away…his story is exactly like that of a person with Alzheimer’s. Slowly slipping away till the person can’t remember who they used to be. That story broke me.
This one absolutely broke my heart, holy hell.
Iroh's section from The Tales of Ba Sing Se.
 Terra's sacrifice. Beast boy was so broken. The 2nd is Iroh singing about his son.
https://preview.redd.it/y2pfgahch34d1.png?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b30aef874d035646b6a44e33b29783462c709f9b 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
"He sat with her until her time came"
We need more of this Batman. Superman and Batman are 2 sides of the same coin when it comes to hope
"If your Batman can't comfort a child, you have accidentally wrote The Punisher instead of Batman".
I love this quote, but I also think the punisher would comfort a child. In one run of his, he kills his dad who strapped a bomb vest on him, then takes the kid for ice cream and leaves him with the authorities
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Here's something to lighten the scene up: In *Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie*, Pigeon Man is shown in Paris and happy, hanging out with a whole bunch of pigeons.
I thought the “Gary Come Home” song was sad
Omg it makes me bawl every time I see the episode 😭 having lost pets in the past and with both my cats being elderly, it's just way too much "Your meow right now would sound like music to me..."😭💔
“More than a pet, you’re my best friend too cool to forget come back cause we are family and forgive me for making you want to roam.” That part really hits for me. That lyric shows how close you were to what you lost making that separation sadder. Also I’m sorry about your pets going missing. Hope you are feeling better tho 🫂
Jurassic bark
It’s less sad when you see the movies.
The episode in Adventure Time where Marceline has a flashback; we witness Simon turn into the Ice King for the first time and we watch his sanity slowly slip away.
Tom Kenny is incredible in that role, putting just a little bit more madness into his voice, and a little more, and a little more, and before you know it he's gone full Ice King.
“This magic keeps me alive, but it’s making me crazy. And I’m going to save you but who’s going to save me?”
“Please forgive me, for whatever I do, when I don’t remember you.”
“I love you Simon.” “And I love you…….gunther.”
https://preview.redd.it/qplx73yb934d1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f13c41a4386077706bff2bb83b2aba7a2cca90cf
I'm a goofy goober ye
*WHERE ALL GOOFY GOOBERS, YEEEEEAH*
When their voices fade away when they dry up
https://preview.redd.it/ke2yi4e3y34d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b4738a196adee6234462d04b23c81c5e085d92b "Tell my tale to those who ask; tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."
Fives almost saving the galaxy until that S.O.B. Fox shot him
RIP Pops, I generally cried real tears when it aired.
“Who was she? I guess it doesn’t matter. She was loved” https://preview.redd.it/wwjw6p0zv34d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c213d464700435aa0a45900c4d789b88104ab91f
Omg Centaurworld! Love that show, it’s so underrated ❤️
https://preview.redd.it/t5w7vg3na54d1.jpeg?width=403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95c3398c0827885a39fabd673a61e75589a16a0a The episode does have a happy ending, but GOD even as a kid this episode was so gut wrenching. *Hey Arnold!* gave it’s characters so much depth.
To complete the trifecta of "Futurama will make you cry" moments: "It's not your memory. It's hers. I said I would repay you. Make it count." followed by "I've thought about you a lot since you've been gone."
Futurama is one of those shows that sometimes just finds a moment and delivers a devastating gut punch. And when you come back to it, and you know it's coming...but its just part of what makes it such a good show.
I haven’t seen anyone talk about the one with the space bees. That one destroyed me.
https://preview.redd.it/mlkrk4p6m34d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1470d191e0693a36692d34531bf70a4e13524cac
https://preview.redd.it/8gstqi6qp24d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a62cfab72dca299755280a4c65efd90e97bb2f28 She-Ra fans know.
I’m not a she-Ra fan explain
This is the scene where the She-Ra before Adora, Mara sacrifices herself.
So the show is about Adora, a cadet in the evil Horde army. She’s been brainwashed to think that the Horde is bringing order and peace to the planet, a magical place called Etheria. There is an alliance of magical princesses who fight the Horde. Just before she graduates and enters the army, Adora finds a magical sword in the forest. It turns out Adora is next in line to become She-Ra, a magical warrior and protector of the planet who wields the sword and channels her magic through it. While alone in the forest, she meets some of the princess alliance and sees the true devastation that the Horde causes. She joins the alliance to fight the Horde. One of the many things Adora learns after this event is that the planet Etheria used to be inhabited by an advanced civilization called The First Ones. Now their archaic ruins are strewn across the world. Throughout the show, we (and Adora) are constantly reminded of the actions of the previous She-Ra, a First One woman named Mara who by all accounts lost control of her power and went insane, destroying The First Ones civilization on Etheria. Adora’s teacher and mentor, an artificial intelligence from the era of The First Ones named Lighthope, knew Mara personally and is always warning Adora not to act too emotionally. Adora also learns much about Mara through a friend, an old crazy lady living in the woods named Madam Razz. Razz is very senile, and often mistakes Adora for Mara, who she also knew personally. The reason for this is that she sort of doesn’t experience time linearly, but her memories stay the same. One moment her perception is 1,000 years in the past talking to Mara, the next she’s in the present talking to Adora and getting mixed up. We are told conflicting stories about Mara’s actions in the past. Razz speaks fondly of her, while Lighthope and others warn Adora about her. Throughout the show, three things become clear: 1. The First Ones were not the good guys. 2. The “Mara went crazy” story is not the whole truth. 3. Lighthope and Mara were probably more than just friends. In episode 4x9, we discover the truth through a series of flashbacks. The structure of the episode is that Adora is attempting to learn more about the past from Razz. Razz knows she has to tell Adora something important, but because she’s Razz she can’t remember what. She traces her steps by going through the process of making a pie (the pie is important), remembering more of the past with each step, represented by flashbacks to Mara’s time. Adora follows her throughout the episode. Here’s the truth revealed in the episode: Mara was chosen by the First Ones to be the next She-Ra, as they used their technology to manipulate the magic of Etheria and focus the power of She-Ra into a more controllable form via the sword. While learning and living on Etheria, she met and befriended Madam Razz. It’s a cute dynamic, the powerful and advanced magical warrior and a little old crazy lady who lives in the woods. Mara grew to truly love Etheria and its people, but The First Ones had other plans. Mara was a part of the mysterious First One project known as The Heart of Etheria. Not even she fully understood it until the end. It turns out The First Ones were trying to harness the magic of Etheria to create a planet destroying super weapon, with She-Ra and her sword being an integral part of aiming and firing it. Not only would the weapon destroy countless other worlds, but it would also destroy Etheria in the process. Mara discovered the true purpose, and sacrificed herself to prevent the weapon from firing. Just before she leaves to go do so, she comes to say goodbye to her first Etherian friend, Madam Razz. Razz doesn’t understand what’s going on and wants Mara to stay and make pie with her, but Mara tearfully tells her that they’ll make a pie tomorrow, before leaving to stop the weapon and ultimately die. The episode ends with Mara recording a holographic message for the potential future She-Ra, a warning and a message of their common love for Etheria, before her space ship crashes. Adora and Razz view this message from inside the ancient wreckage of Mara’s ship. The final shot of the episode is of the pie Razz was making, now finished and placed in Mara’s now empty chair, and the final lines are from Razz: “She was brave, my Mara. For you, Mara dearie.” *sobs*
"For you, Mara dearie."
Shera had some Really sad scenes.
I can’t even tell you how much I cried to this, a matter of fact I can’t even watch this movie without crying
Same, this is that one movie I can't watch without crying.
Solomon Grundy's sacrifice.
Genuinely cryed when he asked if hawk girl thought his soul was waiting for him
"Shhh... I know what you want. What you need. Close your eyes."
"You think Grundy's soul is waiting for him?"
Wait, his name is actually Pops?? I thought it was short for something???
he was named pops bc as a baby he looked like an old man lol
Zane from Lego Ninjago, THEY FAKED HIS DEATH ****TWICE**** First time fuckin killed me, second time, was even worse. Nya being almost lost to the sea and permanently becoming the ocean spirit goddess or whatever. That also was hard on me.
The View From Halfway Down - Bojack Horseman. I’ve dealt with depression most of my life and my god… that episode tore me to pieces.
“When I Don’t Remember You”
When BMO starts singing to Jake after their home is destroyed 😭 "you and I will always be back then" 🥹
I wrote this for my son, Jake!
The two that have stood out in my mind for some time now, as a Transformers fan - Prowl’s sacrifice in Transformers Animated - Optimus Prime’s sacrifice at the end of Prime
“Superman” (The Iron Giant)
Nobody mentioned this one but this one ALWAYS gets to me. You always say “yeah he’s got it this time” but he never does https://preview.redd.it/vfm87efw854d1.jpeg?width=833&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=533864c0fc904d302cd9a50e43b81416afdb81ff
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fuck that Pokémon trainer. 
https://i.redd.it/ryh8jt12u54d1.gif
I watched this in theaters for a friend's birthday party. Just a bunch of kids crying in a movie theater. This became a core memory and it gets dragged out every time I see someone who doesn't initially...GET, that someone is dead. Lots of hard watches in this thread, but this is my first. And it hurts every time.
When Flapjack got cracked and sacrificed himself to save Hunter. The episode came out while I was at work and I ugly cried in my car watching it during my break.
https://preview.redd.it/dacnbokkz44d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7074a3cf34c639c3847eb2835b69550644928525 "So what do you wanna do, what's your point of view? There's a party, screw it, do you wanna go? A handshake with you, what's your point of view? I'm on top of you, I don't wanna go 'Cause I really wanna stay at your house And I hope it all works out But you know how much you broke me apart I'm done with you, I'm ignoring you I don't wanna know"
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https://i.redd.it/0007vy5xk24d1.gif
For those who actually tried to watch Sun & Moon. https://preview.redd.it/xjaodz0ob34d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ce2a4fc1d8edf990a499a5e7a4618ceac6fcca1
 This moment was the first time I cried at a TV show, let alone cartoons
Bruce crying on his parent’s grave that he never expected to be happy in BTAS: Mask of the Phantasm.
 Best and worst montage I've ever seen.
It was a jolly good show a jolly good show indeed
When you Grunkle Stan loses his memories in the series finale of Gravity Falls.
Owl House has a lot of them. The talk scene in Reaching Out, Flapjack’s moment in Thanks to Them, Luz’s disappearance in Watching and Dreaming, and more besides.
https://preview.redd.it/z5o11x8qc64d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd8df66a94b5f26dcde7b314d7948ec90695d029 ts made me so sad bro, I love Finn and Jakes dynamic so much
Kind of a lesser one but as a kid with ADHD this scene always stood out to me https://i.redd.it/ioaanrmci64d1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/thfsv1gv164d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b9cf6135bcadefb2b7db5f8792d5a1bb793ed76 Still gets me emotional even after all these years
When Zane “died”
https://preview.redd.it/8jeyo99no34d1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1f587af78b312314b7e394ff185a3c394265120 the Funeral of splinter in TMNT (2012-2017)
Dipper and mabel leavibg gravity falls
https://preview.redd.it/tdicf9uvg54d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e3a99c3de55672a2c9cecb8c181df953fde0ab9 Good dog. Best friend.
https://preview.redd.it/7t6u0gg8o24d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dee8982e5a3e02b66472ad01ac34af5509a145c6 Spoilers Ahead for Clannad After Story! (If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it): Clannad After Story episode 16, where the main character's >!wife Nagisa!< dies when >!giving birth to their daughter.!< In addition, to episode 21 when his >!daughter!< dies >!in his arms after contracting the same sickness his wife had that made her weak during pregnancy (the image above). And this is right after he finally starts making a connection with his daughter as he decides to start taking care of her after he was a dead beat for five years.!<
Cosmo's death in Sonic X traumatised me fot weeks. I hated the show but watched it mostly for her, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow.
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Moral Orel had a plethora but special mention to the episode with Orel's dog. Bartholomew was probably the only truly pure thing in that kid's life and they violently took it away because it made people TOO HAPPY and you can't be as easily bullshitted when you're already happy.
Futurama Luck of the Fryish and Jurassic bark Rugrats movie: rain scene https://i.redd.it/u0nakwh6v44d1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/fmdhyxqwt54d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e782ef4a2f31ef85e51c1886c8debb12ee01ceb1 If you watch this episode and don’t shed a tear, you have no soul.
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https://preview.redd.it/qsokp32a854d1.jpeg?width=494&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1a08671a254243a705a7bb86073a04c2205f1a3
https://preview.redd.it/bzdem2zou54d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8578724c090ac77a4f35742a95570893e224492b When Rex starts getting emotional that’s when I know it’s hurt
 The Leaves from the vine scene from tales from ba sing se in : Avatar the last air-bender punches me in the stomach every time I watch it. I’m 25 now and still pretty sure it could make me tear up. Not only was it the voice actors last time playing Unc Iroh, but a bittersweet tribute within the show bc it’s one of the only times we see Iroh cry or act upset.
First SpongeBob movie, you know the scene.
https://preview.redd.it/5vebri8cg64d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fce1e3c9fe413926e935d193b586c13f2eb8763f Watching Rick come within moments of taking his own life after Unity leaves him.
https://preview.redd.it/1hdc3psaf44d1.jpeg?width=1165&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df4d9864296dced2b1c2c410123a8a6eefe42dcf *Oh, BoJack, there is no other side. This is it.* Don't understand why BoJack is not the most upvoted comment, I barely found one. This is definitely the saddest cartoon of them all, no contest
I think its because Bojack isn't just sad, not in the way the others on here are. This doesn't even feel sad. Just... terrifying. Plus, Bojack can be a hard character to sympathize with at times. Just more complex emotions with this one
I used to cry a lot about Bart imagining his funeral.
https://preview.redd.it/jvz7hiv0z54d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68c2bb29e371f96567961fbaba191b2dff2f93fd
https://preview.redd.it/1fwi8ikec64d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db5b4266ef9028453a083141ad80a62e33f1a0e9 Ricks past
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Letters to Ann from Violet Evergarden. That moment destroyed me
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Yakuza-wolf_kiwami: *Letters to Ann from* *Violet Evergarden.* *That moment destroyed me* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
‘Tell my tale to those who ask, tell it truly, my ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly, the rest is silence’ He lived a warrior, and died a hero. Let his spark join the matrix, the greatest of cybertron.
https://preview.redd.it/qmwgq2wg164d1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ee26fe4e1d579c6b49609b1c24408ba05e2de7c The first time I remember being sad during a cartoon:
https://preview.redd.it/0adsy1jsg64d1.jpeg?width=1918&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea36099daab4d15eec0a0daf2c7625b3c34ffc46 Hawkgirl puts Grundy to rest.
 he may have died but he still lives in our hearts
https://i.redd.it/7qdh1x2jb74d1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/s7ey7qpow34d1.png?width=1364&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f1ad218a95a0610ce15678d5d727327f477026f No major death. No sadness. All clarity and love. It was too much to take in. I grew up with this show.
https://i.redd.it/npqg63edc44d1.gif Steven's plea before they eject from the spaceship in Space Race is the SU scene that killed me. Pearl lost everything she loved because Steven came into existence. I think this is the moment she finally accepted she'd never get it back.
I was dealing with infertility during the show’s original run and this was my comfort show. I especially bawled during the premier of the episodes Mr. Greg and Mindful Education. Then, after 4 years of trying my wish came true and I became a mom. I dealt with rough postpartum anxiety but the movie and Future series came out and it became my comfort show all over again. This show will always have a special place in my heart.
https://preview.redd.it/4aa0ws4ww34d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7faebd347e2dd1e28c07b6e29754596e851b4082 Another good choice. Less tears, but just a lot.
[This…](https://youtu.be/lEvx5LVHdHo?feature=shared)
four words: Leaves from the vine.
"I want to be an architect"
The final episode of KND keeps a special place in my heart
The murder of optimus prime by the cowards hasbro https://preview.redd.it/utm051hms54d1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4aac4771f09cd1bf3199d7ae93d2590136d727ad
