History TearJerker / Dune2021

** After this, he buries his face in his mothers arms, crying, and croaks "my father's dead" with nothing but utter ''[[DespairEventHorizon hopelessness]]'' in his voice.

** After this, he buries his face in his mothers arms and croaks "my father's dead" with nothing but utter ''[[DespairEventHorizon hopelessness]]'' in his voice.

* You can pinpoint the exact moment Paul's childhood gets ripped away from him for good: when Duncan Idaho, his beloved surrogate uncle and mentor, kneels before him and addresses him as "my lord duke", signifying that Paul is now Duke Atriedes. In one fell swoop, he loses the old relationship he had with Duncan (because now he's Duncan's liege lord), and it finally becomes real that his father is gone and nothing will ever be the same, and that he has no choice but to grow up and be responsible ''right now'', no matter that he's only fifteen. Jessica's shocked reaction shows that she knows it as well.

** As the Baron is taunting Leto about the fall of his House and the deaths of his loved ones, the Duke can be seen quietly shedding tears. He knows how much he's lost, and is clearly despairing about his ArchEnemy getting everything he wanted in return. Sure, he may have the poison tooth to get some kind of last laugh, but it's clear he has nothing left to live for, and he dies believing that he failed his family and the House of Atriedes as a whole.

* You can pinpoint the exact moment Paul's childhood gets ripped away from him for good: when Duncan Idaho, his beloved surrogate uncle and mentor, kneels before him and addresses him as "my lord duke". In one fell swoop, he loses the old relationship he had with Duncan (because now he's Duncan's liege lord), and it finally becomes real that his father is gone and nothing will ever be the same, and that he has no choice but to grow up and be responsible ''right now'', no matter that he's only fifteen.

* The conclusion of Paul's duel with Jamis manages to be this for two things. First is Paul's remorse for having killed a man, knowing there wasn't even a good reason for it. Second, because of Paul's visions in which Jamis was more of a mentor or a big brother figure for him, the tragedy gains an extra layer thanks to Paul knowing for a fact that he killed a potential lifelong friend.

* Having escaped from the Harkkonens, Duncan confronts Liet-Kynes about whether she'll be taking this news to the Landsraad; when she tells him that she was ordered to say nothing, Duncan's heart clearly breaks as he realises just how thoroughly the Atreides were set up to fall and that the Emperor sent them all to Arrakis to die.

* The conclusion of Paul's duel with Jamis manages to be this on three levels. First is Paul's remorse for having killed a man, knowing there wasn't even a good reason for it. Second, because of Paul's visions in which Jamis was more of a mentor or a big brother figure for him, the tragedy gains an extra layer thanks to Paul knowing for a fact that he killed a potential lifelong friend. The third level is more meta: the framing of Paul's visions of Jamis as a friend juxtaposed against the hostile man who challenges Paul to a duel to the death comes across as a commentary on the tragedy of all violence that takes place between two strangers from two different ways of life, simply because they didn't stop to try understanding one another.

--->'''Paul:''' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion GET OFF ME!!!]]''' [[WhatTheHellHero YOU DID THIS TO ME!!]] YOU BENE GESSERIT MADE ME A '''[[IAmAMonster FREAK!!!]]'''

** As the Baron is taunting Leto about the fall of his House and the deaths of his loved ones, the Duke can be seen quietly shedding tears. He knows how much he's lost, and is clearly despairing about his ArchEnemy getting everything he wanted in return. Sure, he may have the poison tooth to get some kind of last laugh, but it's clear he has nothing left to live for, and he dies believing that he failed his family and the House of Atriedes as a whole.

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* Jessica being forced to put her son through the Bene Gesserit’s trial, and crying when she hears him let out groans of pain. [[AdultFear Imagine listening to your child cry out in horrible pain, and not being able to do anything about it.]]

* Leto's death. Altough in this version, Leto, using the poison gas tooth, actually manages to severely injure the Baron besides killing Piter, the scene in its entirety is nothing short of heartbreaking; the paralyzed and naked Leto is put in a chair opposite the Baron, who taunts him and falsely tells him that Paul and Jessica are dead. The fact that Leto dies right under the bull head, which is a reminder of the death of his own father, doesn't make it any better.

--->'''Paul:''' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion GET OFF ME!!!]]''' [[WhatTheHellHero YOU DID THIS TO ME!!]] YOU BENE GESSERIT MADE ME A '''[[IAmAMonster FREAK!!!]]]'''

* When Paul and Jessica are safe in the Stilltent after escaping the Harkonnens, Paul is already reeling from the devastating loss of his house and his father when he gets a whiff of Spice inside, triggering a prophetic vision in which he becomes the figurehead of a holy war that costs the lives of ''billions.'' When Jessica tries to comfort him, Paul lashes out using the ''Voice,'' blaming her and the Bene Gesserit sisterhood for making him a tool for one of their labyrinthine conspiracies.
--->'''Paul:''' '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion GET OFF ME!!!]]''' YOU DID THIS TO ME!! YOU BENE GESSERIT MADE ME A '''FREAK!!!'''

* When Paul and Jessica are safe in the Stilltent after escaping the Harkonnens, Paul is so devastated by what has happened that he screams at his mother, angrily claiming she and the Bene Gesserit made him a freak for dragging him into Bene Gesserit training, and blaming her for the loss of his father, even as she hugs him to try and comfort him. Initially, when she first tries, he uses the VOICE on her, demanding she get away from him, only accepting her embrace the second time.
--->'''Paul:''' [[VoiceOfTheLegion GET OFF ME!]] You did this to me! You Bene Gesserit made me a ''freak!''

--->'''Paul:''' [[VoiceOfTheLegion GET OFF ME!]] You did this to me! You Bene Gesserit turned me into a ''freak!''

** And the purpose of this test. To determine if Paul is "human enough" ''to be allowed to live''. Jessica could well have walked back into that room only to see her son's corpse.

* [[spoiler:Duncan Idaho's HeroicSacrifice; he salutes his young Duke, who, realizing Duncan's plan, rushes to stop him, only to arrive too late, leaving Paul fruitlessly pounding on a door, knowing that he's about to lose yet another friend. Duncan's LastStand is an awesome moment, but his death is a devastating moment for both Paul and the audience.]]

--->'''Paul:''' [[VoiceOfTheLegion GET AWAY FROM ME!]] You did this to me! You Bene Gesserit turned me into a ''freak!''