History Main / Tearjerker

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Some viewers are impassive when it comes to what they watch. They've seen it all. No fictional death, sacrifice, emotional display or confession can move them. Except for these:

->''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not upset because you left me this way]]''
->''[[SandInMyEyes My eyes are just a little sweaty today]]''
-->-- '''FlightOfTheConchords'''

Some viewers are impassive when it comes to what they watch. They've seen it all. No fictional death, sacrifice, emotional display or confession can move them.

Except these.

Since most of these involve death scenes, shocking twists, or something just as major, expect '''many''' spoilers. However, they can also be as simple as the right imagery, tone, and music coming together - for the sole purpose of working those tear-ducts.

This being one of the SubjectiveTropes, one person's TearJerker may be another's {{Narm}}, which is often a failed attempt to induce this. Some tearjerking moments, especially of deaths, can wind up being [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]].

Many {{Downer Ending}}s and {{Bittersweet Ending}}s include tearjerking moments. Either way, make sure to bring the Kleenex. If you want to avoid them altogether, then you might want to consider heeding the SnicketWarningLabel.

[[IThoughtItMeant Note that this trope is not the short name for a game with inconsistent framerate and screen tearing.]]

[[SandInMyEyes ...I've just got something in my eye is all... really...]]

Several Tropes are common methods of achieving this:

Works that make you cry because of horrible writing don't count as a TearJerker... see SoBadItsHorrible for those.

For things that make you cry ''tears of joy'' or ''emotional relief'', see CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, though it is possible for the two to intersect for a tragic scene that is nonetheless heartwarming.

We also have a Crowner for these. Just replace "IchibanNoTempura" in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/CrowningMomentOfSadness/IchibanNoTempura this URL]] with the series of your choice.

Filmsite.org has a [[http://www.filmsite.org/tearjerkers.html comprehensive list]] of tearjerking film scenes.

'''NOTE: Please, avoid self-inserts (This Troper, I, me, etc.) and {{Natter}}. If you can't fit your example without using either, the you should put your example on TroperTales'''.

** TearJerker/YuGiOh!

** TearJerker/Radiohead

** TearJerker/{{Elfen Lied}}

** TearJerker/{{DGrayMan}}

** TearJerker/{{PrettyCure}}

-->-- '''StephenColbert'''

->''"I'm fine. I have something in my eye, that's all. ''[sobs]'' ...I have something in my other eye. ''[sobbing]'' I have something in my heart..." ''
-->-- '''StephenColbert'''


''[[{{Hamlet}} The rest... is silence.]]''

For things that make you cry ''tears of joy'' or ''emotional relief'', see CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, though it is possible for the two to intersect for a tragic scene that nonetheless heartwarming.