History TearJerker / CookieRunKingdom

'''Frost Cookie's Friend:''' No! Frost Cookie! ''(tearing up)'' Don't fade away...!

* The BTS event, while light-hearted, ends on a melancholic and bittersweet note when the seven decide to perform one more song ("Best is Yet to Come") in an empty auditorium as they hope for better moments in the future together. Even if you remove the RealitySubtext that happened to strike just a few days later[[note]]Namely BTS were announced to sign for military conscription with Jin joining at the end of the month[[/note]], it represents that these memories and moments are fleeting, but there is still something to look forward to and the best is yet to come.

** Strawberry Crepe Cookie is lead by Black Raisin and the villagers to a facsimile of the Vanilla Kingdom that they once lived in and finds themselves alone, scared and freaking out at both the long-gone citizens of the Kingdom trying to reach out to her and inhabitants of other kingdoms saying that 'everyone is happy there'. Thankfully, Black Raisin is there to help comfort them and even gives them one of her raisin crows to cuddle to help them fall back asleep. Strawberry Crepe's last words are to thank Black Raisin for being there.

* Episode 17 starts off as a nice ''Indiana Jones'' spoof until we get to the real truth about what happened to Golden Cheese Cookie. In short ''her entire kingdom was completely destroyed'' during the battle, and in her heartbreak, Golden Cheese Cookie resorted to digitizing the minds of everyone she cared about into a virtual world, even sealing herself in a sarcophagus so she can still be with them for all eternity. The heartbreak as she mentions the memories of her advisors, her attendants, even children on the streets, is ''devastating''.

** Strawberry Crepe Cookie is lead by Black Raisin and the villagers to a facsimile of the Vanilla Kingdom that they once lived in and finds themselves alone, scared and freaking out at the long gone citizens of the Kingdom trying to reach out to her. Thankfully, Black Raisin is there to help comfort them and even gives them one of her raisin crows to cuddle to help them fall back asleep. Strawberry Crepe's last words are to thank Black Raisin for being there.

** Strawberry Crepe Cookie is lead by Black Raisin and the villagers to a facsimile of the Vanilla Kingdom that they once lived in and finds themselves alone, scared and freaking out at other cookies basically ignoring them before they wake up crying in a panic. Thankfully, Black Raisin is there to help comfort them and even gives them one of her raisin crows to cuddle to help them fall back asleep. Strawberry Crepe's last words are to thank Black Raisin for being there.

** Strawberry Crepe Cookie is lead by Black Raisin and the villagers to a facsimile of the Vanilla Cookie that they once lived in and finds themselves alone, scared and freaking out at other cookies trying to give them comfort and love before they wake up crying in a panic. Thankfully, Black Raisin is there to help comfort them and even gives them one of her raisin crows to cuddle to help them fall back asleep. Strawberry Crepe's last words are to thank Black Raisin for being there.

** Lord Oyster's grief over his tragic mistake and succumbing to desperation. He is unable to explain just ''why'' he did what he did, unknowingly played into Abalone Cookie's machinations, and he must live with this pain for the rest of his life. The end of the story has him heading off to sea presumably the pursuit of atoning. And given how ''his'' ship is still in pristine condition when Captain Caviar appears decades later, he ends up just like Abalone Cookie did. Drowning in the depths of the sea.

** Frilled Jellyfish Cookie dies TakingTheBullet for White Pearl Cookie and causes the latter to ''snap'' at seeing her best friend die. To make matters worse, Frilled Jellyfish's final words on how jellyfish live forever are true...except that when she is revived ''she has no memory of her past self'', thus she will forget everything about White Pearl Cookie.
** After Abalone Cookie and his men drown, Crimson Coral Cookie and her sisters see that Black Pearl Cookie has emerged. And unlike most scenarios where they shun her for what she's become, they're ''happy'' for how she has become strong and only leave because the sea has become too dangerous for them to stay any longer. Crimson Coral hopes that they will reunite one day.
** Lord Oyster's grief over his tragic mistake and succumbing to desperation. He is unable to explain just ''why'' he did what he did, unknowingly played into Abalone Cookie's machinations, and just live with this pain for the rest of his life. The end of the story has him heading off to sea in the pursuit of atoning. And given how ''his'' ship is still in pristine condition when Captain Caviar appears decades later, Black Pearl Cookie drowned him as revenge.

* "A Mermaid's Tale" is this by ForegoneConclusion. The innocent White Pearl Cookie who only wanted to help Lord Oyster will be betrayed and she will be doomed to become Black Pearl Cookie because she wanted to do something kind. Lord Oyster's bio makes it worse, emphasizing that him succumbing to Abalone's offer was what caused it, and his refusal might have made a different ending.

* "A Mermaid's Tale" is this by ForegoneConclusion. The innocent White Pearl Cookie who only wanted to help Lord Oyster will be betrayed and she will be doomed to become Black Pearl Cookie. Lord Oyster's bio makes it worse, emphasizing that him succumbing to Abalone's offer was what caused it, and his refusal might have made a different ending.

* "A Mermaid's Tale" is this by ForegoneConclusion. The innocent White Pearl Cookie who only wanted to help Lord Oyster will be betrayed and she will be doomed to become Black Pearl Cookie. Lord Oyster's bio even makes it worse, emphasizing that this will be all his fault.

* "A Mermaid's Tale" is this by ForegoneConclusion. The innocent White Pearl Cookie who only wanted to help Lord Oyster will be betrayed and she will be doomed to become Black Pearl Cookie.

* The ''Legend of the Red Dragon'' story starts out hopeful with a Dragon Raid party ready to stop the dragon. But after a hilarious yet sad confession from Royal Margarine on how he's not a hero, we cut to a little girl crying ''as the city burns around her''. The Red Dragon leaves nothing but ashes behind, with a little under half of the party surviving [[NeverSayDie and the rest...]]

* Stardust Cookie's backstory. He was the original prototype for Moonlight Cookie but was thrown into space due to having bits of stardust in his dough. Only through the empathy of one wizard was he thrown into outer space, where he grew isolated and only had the stars as company. After several years, he returns to the City of Wizards...and finds it ''nearly devoid of life''. He goes through a mental breakdown and is ready to destroy the city in retaliation before he ends up '''going supernova'''.

* The ''Legend of the Red Dragon'' story starts out hopeful with a Dragon Raid party ready to stop the draqon. But after a hilarious yet sad confession from Royal Margarine on how he's not a hero, we cut to a little girl crying ''as the city burns around her''. The Red Dragon leaves nothing but ashes behind, with half of the party surviving [[NeverSayDie and the other...]]

* Space Doughnut is on the run from Dr. Evilglaze scared at being sacrificed in order to become the Cosmic Doughnut that would destroy everything. The mad scientist doesn't even give them a name (referring to them as "Doughnut No. 325") and brainwashes other minions just so he can conquer the world. It gets to the point that Space Doughnut is willing to sacrifice themselves if it means protecting everyone else. Thankfully, Stardust Cookie flies into the event horizon to free their new friend.

* Stardust Cookie's backstory. He was the original prototype for Moonlight Cookie but was thrown into space due to having bits of stardust in his dough. Only through the empathy of one wizard was he thrown into outer space, where he grew isolated and only had the stars as company. After several years, he returns to the City of Wizards...and finds it ''nearly devoid of life''. He goes through a mental breakdown and is ready to destroy the city in retaliation before he ends up '''going supernova'''.

** Oyster Cookie's dream reveals the full story of how Black Pearl Cookie came to detest all Cookies. She was once a kind mermaid who rescued Oyster Cookie's ancestor from a shipwreck, granting onto her a beautiful pearl as a gift of their newfound friendship. As time passed by, however, the Cookie would be subject to mockery and pressure from the Cookies around her for refusing to sell the precious pearl, as it would fix her current destitute situation. In the end, the Cookie ended up selling the pearl and never interacted with Black Pearl again, causing the mermaid to snap and start to hate Cookies.

** Strawberry Crepe Cookie is lead by Black Raisin and the villagers to a facsimile of the Vanilla Cookie that they once lived in and finds themselves alone, scared and freaking out at other cookies trying to give them comfort and love before they wake up crying in a panic. Thankfully, Black Raisin is there to help comfort them and even gives them one of her raisin crows to cuddle to help them fall back asleep. Strawberry Crepe's last words are to thank Black Raisin for being there.

* While most of the dreams in the "Crunchy Dreams" event are hilarious or heartwarming, two of them are downright heartbreaking!
** [[TheWoobie Cream Puff Cookie's]] nightmare in the Archwizard story involves her becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy by the dark side (symbolized by her wearing her Dark Magic Hat costume) and is met with Twizzly Gummy Cookie, who temps her to travel to another timeline to ''really'' wreak havoc. [[https://youtu.be/1_V9RzEQzak?t=175 Cream Puff Cookie wakes up in a panic, clearly horrified and reduced to a sobbing wreck as she is left to question whether or not it was simply a nightmare.]] [[BreakTheCutie Seeing a sweet, lovable, and innocent little cookie child such as Cream Puff Cookie go through such a horrible experience like this is unbearable to watch!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siOx5O6ftqY Poor Squid Ink Cookie doesn't have it easy either]], for they have suffered three nightmares in a row and all of them involve them turning into a giant squid and attacking (in order) Pirate Cookie, then Salt Cookie, and finally the cast of the Tropical Soda Islands wraparound story (such as Knight Cookie and Princess Cookie) of the eponymous event. Needless to say, when Squid Ink Cookie does finally wake up from the third and final nightmare, they are clearly distressed and upset over what happened!

* While most of the dreams in the "Crunchy Dreams" event are hilarious or heartwarming, [[TheWoobie Cream Puff Cookie's]] nightmare in the Archwizard story of the Crunchy Dreams event is downright heartbreaking! She has a nightmare of becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy by the dark side (symbolized by her wearing her Dark Magic Hat costume) and is met with Twizzly Gummy Cookie, who temps her to travel to another timeline to ''really'' wreak havoc. [[https://youtu.be/1_V9RzEQzak?t=175 Cream Puff Cookie wakes up in a panic, clearly horrified and reduced to a sobbing wreck as she is left to question whether or not it was simply a nightmare.]] [[BreakTheCutie Seeing a sweet, lovable, and innocent little cookie child such as Cream Puff Cookie go through such a horrible experience like this is unbearable to watch!]]

-->'''Dark Choco Cookie:''' "But even the roaming of my thoughts... feels refreshing. I feel... free."