History TearJerker / Animaniacs

* Even though meeting her [[AnimatedActors animated actress]] cheered him up, it was still sad watching Skippy cry every time he mentioned [[{{Expy}} Bumbie]]'s mother's death in "Bumbie's Mom", especially if you've seen [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} the film it's parodying]]. Sherri Stoner cites the original film being a tearjerker as the inspiration for the short.

* Speaking of Buttons & Mindy, the credits for episode 28 is harsh, even for ''Buttons & Mindy'''s Rather than show the water tower with an orchestral rendition of the main theme, it instead chooses to show Buttons in excruciating pain with bandages and casts, all while he whimpers for an uncomfortably long time. Eventually, Mindy shows up and goes to hug him, causing him ''even more'' pain! The whole thing ends with Buttons running away, ''still fucking whimpering!''

** Just hearing the sadness in Yakko's voice when he says "but we behaved!" really hammers it home. For once the kids had really tried to be on their best behavior.

-->'''Yakko''': "Oh ''please'' don't separate us Mr. Death. We love each other. We're a family, a set, like Civil War chess pieces from the Franklin Mint."

* In "A Hard Day's Warner", Yakko and Dot both get tons of fan mail. Wakko doesn't seem to have any. He disappointedly asks Dr. Scratchnsniff if there's anything for him, and the look on his face when he's told there isn't is heartbreaking. Fortunately, it's subverted quickly when Ralph finds an entire bag of fan mail, all for Wakko, and practically buries him in it.

* Poor Chicken Boo, he should get at least one mention in this page, poor poor Chicken Boo. [[AngstWhatAngst Though he doesn't often seem fazed by his misfortunes]].

* Speaking of Buttons & Mindy, how about the credits to episode 28? Rather than show the water tower with an orchestral rendition of the main theme, it instead chooses to show Buttons in excruciating pain with bandages and casts, all while he whimpers for an uncomfortably long time. Eventually, Mindy shows up and goes to hug him, causing him ''even more'' pain! The whole thing ends with Buttons running away, ''still fucking whimpering!'' That's harsh even for Buttons & Mindy standards.

** In RealLife, for those who can relate to Skippy's anguish at having a beloved family member, who can't take care of themselves anymore, and being forced to send them to a [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursery home]] because they're not able to take care of their loved ones themselves for one reason or another is more than a little tragic.

** To make matters worse, [[SuddenDownerEnding the episode ends with him watching another movie]] ([[Film/OldYeller anothr notorious tearjerkr]]) and Slappy's "uh-oh" she says at this scene doesn't seem like an "uh-oh, poor Skippy, he's sad" but more like "uh-oh, he's crying again, how annoying".

** To make matters worse, [[SuddenDownerEnding the episode ends with him watching another tearjerker movie]] and Slappy's "uh-oh" she says at this scene doesn't seem like an "uh-oh, poor Skippy, he's sad" but more like "uh-oh, he's crying again, how annoying".

** It's more than heartbreaking seeing someone as usually joyful and happy as Skippy [[BreakTheCutie lashing out and getting angry at the doctor]] for possibly suggesting that Slappy might not get ever get better and might never leave the [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursing home.]]

* "Puttin' on the Blitz", set in Poland during World War II, where Rita and Runt helps fend off the Nazis so that a little girl can catch a train to France with her resistance-leader father. Rita manages to get onto the train with the girl and her father, and she watches Runt getting smaller and smaller...before she shrugs and says to herself "Well, it was nice while it lasted," and goes back to beat the crap out of the Nazi wiener dog attacking Runt.

* "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock".

** In RealLife for those who can relate to Skippy's anguish at having a beloved family member, who can't take care of themselves anymore, and being forced to send them to a [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursery home]] because they're not able to take care of their loved ones themselves for one reason or another is more then a little tragic.
** Its more then heartbreaking seeing someone as usually joyful and happy as Skippy [[BreakTheCutie lashing out and getting angry at the doctor]] for possibly suggesting that Slappy might not get ever get better and might never leave the [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursing home.]]

** Its much HarsherInHindsight for those who can relate to Skippy's anguish at having a beloved family member, who can't take care of themselves anymore, being forced to send them to a [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursery home]] because they're not able to take care of their loved ones themselves for some reason.
** Its more then heartbreaking seeing someone as usually joyful and happy as Skippy [[BreakTheCutie lashing out and getting angry at the doctor]] for possibly suggesting that Slappy might not get ever get better and leave the [[BleakAbyssRetirementHome nursing home.]]

** This is meant to be a parody of the credits to ''Series/{{Lassie}}'', but it ends up doubling as nightmare fuel if you don't understand the reference.

* The "Bully for Skippy" episode. Basically, Skippy's classmate Duke has been hitting and teasing him, Ms. Butley (one of the staff members who works as TheConfidant) suggests resolving it diplomatically, but it doesn't work and Skippy continues to be bullied. At the end, Ms. Butley gets bashed up and possibly {{Brainwashed}} by Slappy's machine, despite not really having done anything wrong, naivete aside, and we still don't know what happens to Duke.

Examples from WesternAnimation/WakkosWish [[TearJerker/WakkosWish go here]].

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* In a way, it feels like they found a way to lock the Warners in the water tower again after the original series ended.
** It gets worse: according to those involved with the 2020 revival, '''they ''were''.''' The new show will take place today, with the Warners being well aware that they've been locked up for the past twenty years.

* In the 2020 reboot, you can tell that Yakko and Pinky don't sound as fresh as they did in the 90s. This is because Creator/RobPaulsen was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2016, and hearing their voices now shows that he can't do it as well in the 90s. This is most noticeable with Pinky's trademark "narf", which sounds like Rob is struggling to say it.

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* When "Paul Revere's Ride" was adapted for the cartoon, it showed Revere riding past one man in his bed, who was doomed to be the first to die during the Revolutionary War. It's represented in a sobering way.

** This is meant to be a parody of the Lassie credits, but it ends up doubling as nightmare fuel if you don't understand the reference.

* Even though meeting her AnimatedActress cheered him up, it was still sad watching Skippy cry every time he mentioned [[{{Expy}} Bumbie]]'s mother's death in "Bumbie's Mom". To make matters worse, [[SuddenDownerEnding the episode ends with him watching another tearjerker movie]] and Slappy's "uh-oh" she says at this scene doesn't seem like an "uh-oh, poor Skippy, he's sad" but more like "uh-oh, he's crying again, how annoying".

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* "A Gift of Gold". A piece of shiny gold wrapping paper is used to wrap Mindy's present. Needless to say, she tears it to shreds, but one piece blows out the window. It flits from place to place, trying to find somewhere to settle, before finally landing in a trash can. Just then, a homeless man (he and his family are living out of their car) fishes it out of the can, using it to wrap a CymbalBangingMonkey, which he gives to his son. The son opens it, then folds the paper carefully and puts it in his pocket, giving it the love it sought the entire cartoon. That alone is heartmelting, but the cartoon is ''also'' voiced by Creator/JimCummings doing his impression of Creator/SterlingHolloway (which is associated with Winnie the Pooh), i.e. "the most emotion-manipulating voice in the world"...
* The Skippy & Slappy Squirrel episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock".

* Poor Chicken Boo, he should get at least one mention in this page, poor poor Chicken Boo. [[AngstWhatAngst Though he doesn't often seem fazed by his misfortunes]].
* The ending to all Mindy & Buttons shorts except "Night of the Living Buttons".
* Speaking of Buttons & Mindy, how about the credits to episode 28? Rather than show the water tower with an orchestral rendition of the main theme, it instead chooses to show Buttons in excruciating pain with bandages and casts, all while he whimpers for an uncomfortably long time. Eventually, Mindy shows up and goes to hug him, causing him ''even more'' pain! The whole thing ends with Buttons running away, ''still fucking whimpering!'' That's harsh even for Buttons & Mindy standards.
** This is meant to be a parody of the Lassie credits, but it ends up doubling as nightmare fuel if you don't understand the reference.

* The "Bully for Skippy" episode. Basically, Skippy's classmate Duke has been hitting and teasing him, Ms Butley (one of the staff members who works as TheConfidant) suggests resolving it diplomatically, but it doesn't work and Skippy continues to be bullied. At the end, Ms Butley gets bashed up and possibly {{Brainwashed}} by Slappy's machine, despite not really having done anything wrong, naivete aside, and we still don't know what happens to Duke.

* The ending to ANY, if not '''ALL''', of the Mindy & Buttons shorts.

** It gets worse: according to those involved with the 2020 revival, they ''were''. The new show will take place today, with the Warners being well aware that they've been locked up for the past twenty years.

* "Taming Of The Screwy" has Scratchinsniff reluctantly sending the Warners to the tower from a fancy party, even though he successfully de-zanitized them for the occasion.