History TearJerker / BatmanTheTelltaleSeries

* [[Commissioner Grogan's [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]] while protecting Batman.]]

* The reveal of all the horrific abuse the Vales committed onto Vicki doubles as this and pure [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]].

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just barely managing to drive them off. Young Oz seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just barely managing to drive them off. Young Oz seethingly swears that he will smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just barely managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears he will smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just barely managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears how he will smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just barely managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him for it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms, who comforts him. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, we see him and Bruce as children at Cobblepot Park, with young Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him over it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with young Bruce just managing to drive them off. Young Oz then seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into young Bruce's arms. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

** [[spoiler:In Oz's case, a flashback plays back to when he and Bruce were children at Cobblepot Park, with Young!Oz crying over his mother being sent to Arkham Asylum and that the other boys constantly bully him over it. It's implied that said-boys have recently ganged up on Oz, with Young!Bruce just managing to drive them off. Young!Oz then seethingly swears how he would like to smash said-boys' faces before breaking down into Young!Bruce's arms. The scene then shifts to present day, with the Penguin standing in the rain at Cobblepot Park.]]

* Depending on which enemy Bruce chose to take down last episode -- [[spoiler:Penguin, or Two-Face]] -- an ironic flashback to better times will play. [[spoiler:In Harvey's case, we see him first get the idea to run for Mayor while talking with Bruce, and Bruce pledges to financially support him 100%; finally, he playfully flips a coin as a way to decide if he'll get involved in "this election or next". It promptly cuts to the now-charred ruins of Wayne Manor, where he's been holed up for days, flipping the coin again to determine if his former secretary lives or dies.]]

* A subtle one -- when Batman investigates the Vale house and finds their foster son hiding under the stairs, the traumatized boy initially panics and suddenly blurts out "Please don't send me to punishment!" Combine that with [[spoiler: the noticeably brutal and personal methods Vicki used to kill her adoptive parents, as well as]] the knowledge that Mr. and Mrs. Vale were being paid a significant amount of money as foster parents, and it's not hard to come to an [[AbusiveParents uncomfortable]] [[FridgeHorror conclusion...]]

** [[spoiler:Even when the player if careful enough to sway the hesitant cop, Gordon steps in--and shoots the one who was ready to kill Bruce. The hesitant cop gets knocked out, but someone still dies as a result of Bruce being saved.]]

* A subtle one -- when Batman investigates the Vale house and finds their foster son hiding under the stairs, the traumatized boy initially panics and suddenly blurts out "Please don't send me to punishment!" Combine that with [[spoiler: the noticeably brutal and personal methods Vicki used to kill her adoptive parents, as well as]] the knowledge that Mr. and Mrs. Vale were being paid a significant amount of money as foster parents, and it's not hard to come to an [[AbusiveParents uncomfortable]] [[FridgeHorror conclusion...]

** [[spoiler: Not to mention that, before this, Harvey decides that Bruce sleeping with Selina -- regardless of whether or not it actually happened -- is enough to not only institutionalize his best friend but to try and seize his house and all of his assets. And when Bruce goes to try and talk to Harvey about it in person, Harvey decides to have Bruce murdered and frame it as a suicide.]]

Batman has always been a story full of tragedy, and the Telltale series is no exception

* At the end of the Episode, Bruce is faced with a viciously SadisticChoice: Save Catwoman (who is being attacked by gun-wielding thugs) or save Harvey (who is about to be smashed with a kleig light by Penguin). [[spoiler:Choosing the former disfigures Harvey into Two-Face, and choosing the latter causes Catwoman to lose her faith in altruism. And there's no enough time to save them both.]]

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with his other half. His voice sounding more like a child scared of a monster only he can see, then the brave man we originally saw at Wayne Manor. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* [[spoiler:If Bruce goes to meet Harvey instead of Batman, two officers take him to Crime Alley to frame his execution as a suicide. When Bruce starts pressuring them about how what they're doing is wrong, one of them eventually breaks down and is incapable of killing him -- so his partner just shoots ''him'' in the head instead, muttering that he "didn't have the stones" for the job.]]
** [[spoiler: Not to mention that, before that, Harvey decides that Bruce sleeping with Selina - regardless of whether or not it actually happened - is enough to not only institutionalize his best friend but to try and seize his house and all of his assets. And when Bruce goes to try and talk to Harvey about it in person Harvey decides to have Bruce murdered and frame it as a suicide.]]

* At the end of the Episode, Bruce is faced with a huge SadisticChoice: Save Catwoman (who is being attacked by gun-wielding thugs) or save Harvey (who is about to be smashed with a kleig light by Penguin). [[spoiler:Choosing the former disfigures Harvey into Two-Face, and choosing the latter causes Catwoman to lose her faith in altruism. And there's no enough time to save them both.]]

* [[spoiler:If Bruce goes to meet Harvey instead of Batman, two officers take him to Crime Alley to frame his execution as a suicide. When Bruce starts pressuring them about how what they're doing is wrong, one of them eventually breaks down and is incapable of killing him -- so his partner just shoots ''him'' in the head instead, muttering that he "didn't have the stones" for the job.]]

* What's the prompt you get after your first conversation with Harvey? [[DeathOfPersonality Two-Face will remember that.]]

* [[spoiler:If Bruce goes to meet Harvey instead of Batman, two officers take him to Crime Alley to frame his execution as a suicide. When Bruce starts pressuring them about how what they're doing is wrong, one of them eventually breaks down and is incapable of killing him -- so his partner just shoots him in the head instead.]]

* What's the prompt you get after your first conversation with Harvey? [[DeathOfPersonality Two-Face will remember that.]]

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with his other half. His voice sounding more like a child scared of a monster only he can see, then the brave man we originally saw at Wayne Manor. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with his other half. His voice sounding more like a child scared of a monster only he can see, then the brave man we saw at the start. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with his other half. His voice sounding more like a child scared of a monster only he can see, then the confidant man that we've seen him as. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with the voice sounding more like a child scared of a monster only he can see, then the confidant man that we've seen him as. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* Everything about [[BreakTheCutie Harvey Dent]], but particularly in his final scene in Episode 3, just after [[spoiler: finding Bruce in Selina's apartment, and assuming, correctly or no, that Selina has cheated on him.]] Harvey is mentally struggling with schizophrenia, with a dark voice declaring his desire to harm Bruce and Selina, with Harvey's normal personality not wanting to hurt them. He wrestles with the voice, and by the end, he falls to his knees, sobbing, begging Bruce not to leave him alone with the voice. Sadly, Selina remarks that neither she nor Bruce is capable of helping. If Bruce refuses to abandon Harvey, Harvey remarks that he doesn't deserve Bruce's friendship.

* The very end of the story, when Carmine Falcone reveals an unsettling truth: [[spoiler: Thomas Wayne was connected to the mob, and was a criminal.