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Fast Eddie: just in case... Western Animation
- The Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark" managed this (apparently even on the crew) along with the ending of "Luck of the Fryish". Both can probably be attributed in part to the Medley Exit. (Its been said that you can tell a Futurama fan by whether or not "I'm Walkin' On Sunshine" makes them sniffle.)
- And in a "tears of happiness" variant, the Medley Exit of "Leela's Homeworld".
- Futurama is famous (or infamous) for infuriating unresolved tragedy, and "missed it" or "never knew" moments, in both "Jurassic Bark" and "Time Keeps on Slippin'". when Fry writes "I love you, Leela" in the stars, only to have it destroyed before she sees it. Upon her inquiry to what he was pointing at, he replies with a tiny "Nothing."
- In a reversal of the unresolved tragedy, the tear-jerking episode "The Sting" is apparently horribly tragic in true Futurama "missed it" style, as Fry gives his life for Leela, who he loves, before she can have the chance to tell him what he means to her. The misery of the episode is made brutal by having Leela's scoff at Fry about the tiny scratch she received before realizing he is dead, but the episode results in a different tear-jerker, the shocker happy ending, in the vein of "Luck of the Fryrish".
- The Land Before Time. You know what I'm thinking about. And then the song "Always There" in The Land Before Time V.
- This Troper wonders if she's the only one in the world who actually laughed when Littlefoot's mother died out of sheer hatred for her, her son, and damn near everyone else in the film.
- The Simpsons "Lisa's Substitute", "Bart The Lover", "Mother Simpson" and "My Mother the Carjacker"
- a mixture of a tragic "he never knew" and heartwarming, the ending of "Lisa's First Word".
- The end of The Snowman.
- American Dragon Jake Long "Homecoming"
- Admit it, you cried when Optimus Prime died. And again when Animated had Optimus die in the Pilot Movie, even though you knew he'd be Back from the Dead in short order (in fact, it took seventy-five seconds).
- Also, Dinobot's death - and death speech - in Beast Wars.
- In Avatar The Last Airbender, Iroh's story in the episode Tales of Ba Sing Se. This Troper was moved to tears, an uncommon occurrence.
- This other troper was almost moved to tears during Katara's encounter with Hakoda, where she tells her father that she knew and understood why he left the village, yet even then she couldn't help being angry... and they embrace.
- Batman Beyond "Meltdown". Though this troper didn't start crying until Mr. Freeze says that Terry's the only one who cares.
- Screw Batman Beyond, this troper cries every time she watches Heart of Ice from Batman The Animated Series. The scene where Batman finds the video recording that tells him and the viewers how Victor Fries became Mr. Freeze via Heartless Executive? How Freeze tearfully apologizes to the Nora doll in Arkham? *sooooooooob*
- The final episode of The World of David the Gnome had two tear jerking moments. The first was when David finally had to separate with his fox friend Swift and tell him not to follow him up the mountain. Of course, Swift disobeys this and follows anyway to witness the second tear jerker, where David and his wife turn into a pair of trees, a symbolic representation of . This troper can never look at a pair of trees the same way ever again.
- Teen Titans. The Schoolgirl's/Terra's speech. "Things were never the way you remember..." "Things change, Beast Boy. The you want me to be is just a memory.... you're the Teen Titan. That's who you are. That's not me. I'm not a hero. I'm not out to save the world. I'm just a with a geometry test next period and I haven't studied."
- The end of Aftershock pt. 2. 'Nuff said.
- This troper admits to tearing up a bit during the end of The End pt. 1, particularly as Raven accepts her destiny as herald of the apocalypse, then stuns her friends into unconsciousness to keep them from going after her...then whispers, "goodbye...be safe." Similarly, a few minutes later when she says she never knew she would "have such wonderful friends," and proceeds to "die" as her horrified teammates watch, helplessly.
- This troper also confesses that a-few-punches-from-death Robin collapsing into Starfire's arms, whispering, "it's okay, Starfire...s'okay..." makes her a bit watery-eyed.
