History TearJerker / BATMANTheBraveAndTheBold

* The scene where Batman finally meets Joe Chill and reveals his true identity. For Chill, it's something closer to NightmareFuel, but it's a Tear Jerker for the audience, for a multitude of reasons: 1) Batman is THIS close to breaking his one rule, he's [[BewareTheNiceOnes THAT]] angry at Chill, and 2) you can tell, that when Batman's looking at Chill, he's reliving the worst night of his entire life.
-->'''Batman:''' "I know because I am the son of the man you murdered! I am Bruce Wayne!"

--->'''Joe Chill:''' "Funny... (groans in pain) Because, I started you off as Batman... Those other mugs made me pay... (grunts) Yeah... I-I guess you got me after all... (death rattle)"
** The Spectre shows Batman who pulled the trigger by taking him to when Joe Chill visited Lew Moxon at Blackgate Penitentiary and offered to get in good by evening the score against Thomas Wayne. Moxon flippantly agreeing to it prompts this line from Batman.
--->'''Batman:''' So, just like that he signed away their lives. So casually, without remorse, without blinking a filthy eye. WHERE WAS JUSTICE?!

Although a far more campy and lighthearted Batman series it IS still a Batman series. Expect plenty of sad moments from the HurtingHero himself and those he partners with.

Although a far more campy and lighthearted Batman series it IS still a Batman series. Both from the HurtingHero himself and those he partners with.

* Red Tornado makes the Tornado Champion to function as a son. The Tornado Champion becomes the Tornado Tyrant after his hatred of humanity reaches its peak, and Red Tornado is forced to [[spoiler:kill his robotic son. Even Red Tornado is saddened by this, and he has no apparent emotion.]]

** What really drives this scene home is what Red Tornado says to Champion before [[spoiler: killing him]].

** You can't help but feel sorry for Champion before his FaceHeelTurn. After saving 2 children from a fire, they react in fear of him, and the father accuses him of hurting them. He's saddened by this despite Tornado's attempts to cheer him up, and goes ''ballistic'' when Major Disaster attacks Tornado. This causes Tornado to decide to shut him down, and Champion actually ''pleads'', in heartbreaking tones, for him to reconsider. [[spoiler: Granted, Champion had already removed the shut-down component from his body, but still...]] *SOB*

* [[spoiler:B'wana Beast's]] HeroicSacrifice. You can't watch it and ''not'' shed a tear.
** [[spoiler:Vixen's quiet grief]] at the funeral is even worse.
* The [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice death]]]] of the Doom Patrol. The crowd chanting [[spoiler:'We're all the Doom Patrol']] afterwards also counts as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* In "The Knights of Tomorrow", when [[spoiler: Bruce and Selena are killed by Joker Jr.'s attack on the Batman museum.]]

* The ending of "Mitefall". It is both a {{SugarWiki/Heartwarming Moment|s}} and a TearJerker at the same time. [[spoiler:Goodnight.]]
* Billy's life in "The Power of Shazam!" is pretty sad: bullies at the orphanage, a strict administrator running the place, and looking on sadly at kids who have parents. He's so certain there's a kinship with Black Adam, but he has to accept in the end that he was wrong. [[spoiler:It makes it all the more heartwarming when he finally gets what he wanted most.]]

* AQUAMAN'S depression in the beginning of "Mystery in Space!". Seeing the usually exuberant hero who always wants to fight for justice and his friends so down in the dumps, questioning the point of everything he does is really jarring.

-->'''Joe Chill:''' "Funny... (groans in pain) Because, I started you off as Batman... Those other mugs made me pay... (grunts) Yeah... I-I guess you got me after all... (death rattle)"

* Speaking of Blue Beetle, "Menace of the Madniks!" sees Booster Gold travel back in time to hang out with Ted Kord only to make a serious mess in the present. After spending the rest of the episode getting chewed out by Batman for it, Booster admits that just wanted one more day with his best friend, causing Bats to softly admit Ted was his friend too. And to really twist the knife, at the very end of the episode, Ted goes off to Science Island where he performs his aforementioned sacrifice.

** In the Red Tornado's ChristmasEpisode, he is trying to find the TrueMeaningOfChristmas (and he is [[CompletelyMissingThePoint trying to do so with the Scientific Method]]). A kid mentions a "warm tingly feeling", which Batman sagely warns him would, in his case, warrant an immediate trip to get repaired. Thus, when the Red Tornado is damaged, saving the day, he suddenly cheerfully declares that he's experiencing a warm tingly feeling.... *boom*. He gets better, mind you, but if you didn't ''know'' that he would get better...

* Want to know how to make the deaths of Bruce's parents even ''more'' depressing? They were gunned down on Christmas in this continuity, after Bruce threw a tantrum over getting a family heirloom of his dad's rather than the Zorro figure he wanted; just knowing he was unwittingly ruining his last ever Christmas with his parents would be tear jerker enough, but the second flashback reveals that the Waynes only went to the movies that night because they were trying to cheer Bruce up about the gift.

* The death of Platelet, who was more loyal than a typical white blood cell. Atom beats up Platelet's destroyer with everything he has. Even though he later says that "erythrocytes" never last long, we know better.

** What makes all of this worse? Champion's FaceHeelTurn might not even be his fault, his emotional programing may have been damaged by Major Disaster's cheap shot near the beginning of the episode.

* "Fall of the Blue Beetle". Ted Kord's HeroicSacrifice. Even Batman looks horrified.

* Though the changes Bat-Mite makes are largely played for laughs, among the additions are a wife for Batman as well as a daughter and a Scrappy clone. As in he created them out of thin air, not grab a random woman and child. And then they disappear. There's something heartbreaking about being literally born yesterday, enjoying life and fun with your family and friends, and then suddenly it all goes away before you even have a chance to figure out what's happening or say good bye. They are not present at the party either.

-->'''Red Tornado:''' "Declaration: You cannot mock love. For it was love that created YOU."

* Want to know how to make the deaths of Bruce's parents even ''more'' depressing? [[spoiler:They were gunned down on Christmas in this continuity, after Bruce threw a tantrum over getting a family heirloom of his dad's rather than the Zorro figure he wanted; just knowing he was unwittingly ruining his last ever Christmas with his parents would be tear jerker enough, but the second flashback reveals that the Waynes only went to the movies that night because they were trying to cheer Bruce up about the gift.]]
** And in "Chill of the Night!" Batman [[spoiler:gets sent back in time to meet his parents before they died. He gives Martha the biggest hug ever...]]
* The death of [[spoiler:Platelet]].

** Which makes it all the more painful as the [[WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman next show]] following it has gained [[SuckSessor less than positive reception]] and got ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of the sometimes funny but more oft-than-not mean-spirited ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''

* The [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice death]]]] of the Doom Patrol. The crowd chanting [[spoiler:'We're all the Doom Patrol']] afterwards also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

-->'''Joe Chill:'' "Funny... (groans in pain) Because, I started you off as Batman... Those other mugs made me pay... (grunts) Yeah... I-I guess you got me after all... (death rattle)"

-->'''Batman:''' "I know because I am the son of the man you murdered! I am Bruce Wayne!

** Which makes it all the more painful as the [[WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman next show]] following it has gained [[SuckSessor less than positive reception]] and got ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''