History TearJerker / ElChavoDelOcho

* An episode features a {{Flashback}} of the first day El Chavo came to the village. In this flashback, El Chavo arrives and stands in front of Chilindrina while Don Ramón was ready to take a picture of her. Impatiently, Don Ramón orders him to get out of the way (which he doesn't seem to understand), and finally asks:

* The episode where El Chavo is MisBlamed for theft, ostracized by everyone and leaves temporarily. It traumatized several generations: [[TheWoobie seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty hard to watch]], and the scene that follows with El Chavo leaving the ''vecindad'' is even more heartbreaking, specially the part where he looks at his iconic barrel and touches it one last time before leaving. Then we have a scene of him walking the streets at night, with the camera zooming out. For the fans, it is easily the most heartbreaking episode. Made even better or worse by the ending: [[spoiler: when El Chavo is cleared, he is talking to his friends about the time he spent away from the ''vecindad'': he had gone to a church and, after being counseled by a priest, he decided to pray to God. Chilindrina and Quico assume he was praying for the thief to be caught, but Chavo instantly corrects them, saying [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil he prayed for the culprit's reformation]]. The thief, [[MeaningfulName Sr. Hurtado]], overhears this and is so touched that he has a HeelFaceTurn and not only returns everything he stole, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming but he also gets El Chavo a ham sandwich]].]]
* Another one is when Profesor Jirafales tells Don Ramón that he (Profesor Jirafales) ''truly loves'' teaching and genuinely wants the best for his obtuse pupils. [[spoiler: The kids overhear this and they write on the blackboard: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "We all love you sir!"]]]]

** The ending of the BeachEpisode special doubles as [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]]. We get a beautiful good-bye song sung by El Chavo himself, "Buenas Noches, Vencidad"[[note]](Good Night, Neighborhood)[[/note]] with all the cast reunited around a bonfire as the sun sets down. As it plays, everyone is seen leaving, and when it ends, we get to hear everyone wishing good night to each other. It gets sadder when you realize this was a song dedicated to Quico's last moments on the show, and even sadder with most of the cast members' deaths.

* The Valentine's Episode is heartbreaking, mainly towards [[spoiler: the revelation scene: La Chilidrina goes to ask Chavo about her card to him confessing her feelings. Chavo however, due to the insanely semi-''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' plot, has thought the card was from Paty, who he gave it to. Chilidrina is obviously ''pissed'' and blames Paty until she confesses Chavo gave her the card. After figuring out how the debacle started ([[MindScrew with Chavo giving it to Paty who gave it to Godínez who then gave it to La Popis who then gave it to Ñoño, and they somehow ended up dating]]), Chilidrina simply walks off devastated that Chavo confused her feelings to him for Paty confessing it to him.]]

** The ending of the BeachEpisode special doubles as HeartWarming. We get a beautiful good-bye song sung by El Chavo himself, "Buenas Noches, Vencidad"[[note]](Good Night, Neighborhood)[[/note]] with all the cast reunited around a bonfire as the sun sets down. As it plays, everyone is seen leaving, and when it ends, we get to hear everyone wishing good night to each other. It gets sadder when you realize this was a song dedicated to Quico's last moments on the show, and even sadder with most of the cast members' deaths.

** It sadly becomes a bigger tearjerker, [[spoiler: [[HarsherInHindsight due to how sour the relationship between Roberto Gómez Bolaños and María Antonieta de las Nieves in 2003 fighting over the rights of La Chilidrina]].]]

* In an episode where el Profesor Jirafales was grading the drawings his students did, Doña Florinda "chastises" Quiko for lying by giving him not 10, but nine cookies. In that same scene, El Chavo is still in Doña Flondia's apartment, and wanted a cookie, but had to see [[InnocentlyInsensitive her and Profesor Jirafales eating the rest while they were discussing the issue of hunger and poverty]].

* In 1981, an entire episode was spent on [[TheBusCameBack the return of Don Ramón]]. When he comes across La Chilindrina, they tearfully hug each other, with La Chilindrina even having to take her glasses off. María Antonieta de las Nieves's acting during this scene looks practically genuine.

* The Valentine's Episode is heartbreaking, mainly towards [[spoiler: the revelation scene: La Chilidrina goes to ask Chavo about her card to him confessing her feelings. Chavo however, due to the insanely semi-''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' plot, has thought the card was from Paty, who he gave it to. Chilidrina is obviously ''pissed'' and blames Paty until she confesses Chavo gave her the card. After figuring out how the debacle started ([[MindScrew with Chavo giving it to Paty who gave it to Godinez who then gave it to La Popis who then gave it to Ñoño and they somehow ended up dating]]), Chilidrina simply walks off devastated that Chavo confused her feelings to him for Paty confessing it to him.]]

** [[spoiler: It doesn't help that right away she tells baby Quico [[ForegoneConclusion that she has the feeling they're not gonna see him ever again]]. ''As if understanding'', Quico leans against his craddle to cry the way he always does.]]

* If we go to the tie-in novel, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo finds [[DoomedByCanon Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age]]. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks:]]

* The episode where El Chavo is MisBlamed for theft, ostracized by everyone and leaves temporarily. It traumatised several generations: [[TheWoobie seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty hard to watch]], and the scene that follows with El Chavo leaving the ''vecindad'' is even more heartbreaking, specially the part where he looks at his iconic barrel and touches it one last time before leaving. Then we have a scene of him walking the streets at night, with the camera zooming out. For the fans, it is easily the most heartbreaking episode. Made even better or worse by the ending: [[spoiler: when El Chavo is cleared, he is talking to his friends about the time he spent away from the ''vecindad'': he had gone to a church and, after being counseled by a priest, he decided to pray to God. Chilindrina and Quico assume he was praying for the thief to be caught, but Chavo instantly corrects them, saying [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil he prayed for the culprit's reformation]]. The thief, [[MeaningfulName Sr. Hurtado]], overhears this and is so touched that he has a HeelFaceTurn and not only returns everything he stole, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming but he also gets El Chavo a ham sandwich]].]]

* One that didn't really ever happen: [[spoiler: [[WordOfGod It was reported]] that the show's final episode [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been one were]] [[SuddenDownerEnding El Chavo saves a kid from being ran over by a truck, resulting in his own death]].]] Gladly never done since it would have been not only a TearJerker, [[spoiler: but ''also'' the reason why [[DrivenToSuicide many an audience would have been terribly traumatized]].]]
* If we go to the tie-in book, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo finds [[DoomedByCanon Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age]]. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks:]]

** It sadly becomes a big tearjerker, [[HarsherInHindsight due to how sour the relationship between Roberto Gómez Bolaños and María Antonieta de las Nieves in 2003 fighting over the rights of La Chilidrina]].

* In the episode of the first day of school, El Chavo watched as Doña Florinda told her son to wait for her, explaining that in the first day the children walked to the school along with their parents. They leave and El Chavo, now all alone, looks around for some moments in sadness before going to school by himself.

* In the episode where the characters are looking at old photographs, we have the [[spoiler: last]] conversation Doña Florinda had with her husband. It is played rather comedically, with him talking using Quico's maneirisms, like ''"¡Cállate, cállate que me desesperas!"'', which he says before he leaves [[spoiler: [[DoomedByCanon to die in his job]].]] Then, you realize that [[spoiler: '''the last freaking thing''' he said to his wife was shouting at her to shut up.]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone You feel like a jackass for laughing at this scene right after that]].

* Another one is [ when Profesor Jirafales tells Don Ramon that he (Profesor Jirafales) ''truly'' loves teaching and genuinely wants the best for his obtuse pupils. The kids overhear this and they write on the blackboard: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "We all love you sir!"]]

* In an episode where El Profesor Jirafales was grading the drawings his students did, Doña Florinda "chastises" Quiko for lying by giving him not 10, but nine cookies. In that same scene, el Chavo is still in Doña Flondia's apartment, and wanted a cookie, but had to see [[InnocentlyInsensitive her and Profesor Jirafales eating the rest while they were discussing the issue of hunger and poverty]].
* In a episode from the last seasons, Doña Clotilde buys lollipops for the children, but Ñoño surprisingly comes to the ''vecindad'', leaving El Chavo without one. He tries to hide, but he clearly wanted one. In the next scene, Doña Clotilde arrives in the ''vecindad'' and quickly gives two lollipops to El Chavo, compensating for what happened early. Then Ñoño arrives again in the vencidad [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone with a guilty face]]. El Chavo takes a look at him and asks if he wants a lollipop, then Ñoño, revealing a lollipop he was keeping in his clothes, says the same, offering his lollipop too. Both start to smile and they give a big and long hug. This becomes a huge tearjerk moment when starts to play a heartwarming soundtrack and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX5InSdpLk Ñoño starts to cry for real]].

* Another one is [[spoiler: when Profesor Jirafales tells Don Ramon that he (Profesor Jirafales) ''truly'' loves teaching and genuinely wants the best for his obtuse pupils. The kids overhear this and they write on the blackboard: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "We all love you sir!"]]]]

** [[spoiler: It doesn't help that right away she tells baby Quico that she has the feeling they're not gonna see him ever again. ''As if understanding'', Quico leans against his craddle to cry the way he always does.]]

* An episode features a {{Flashback}} of the first day El Chavo came to the village. In this flashback, El Chavo arrives and stands in front of Chilindrina while Don Ramón was ready to take a picture of her. Impatiently, Don Ramón order him to get out of the way (which he doesn't seem to understand), and finally asks:

* If we go to the tie-in books, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo [[DoomedByCanon finds Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age]]. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks:]]

** Thankfully the AnimatedAdaptation [[SparedByTheAdaptation ignores that event]] and [[spoiler: Jaimito is alive and well, [[LazyBum still finding ways to avoid work]],]]

* One can get a bit teary-eyed when learning how the relationships between Chespirito and Carlos Villagrán and María Antonieta de las Nieves became, due to rights over the characters. It does become less tear-jerking after reading up that the other cast members [[TrueCompanions were all on good terms with Chespirito]], and Villagrán himself eventually reconcilied with Chespirito's widow and fellow cast member Florinda Meza after Chespirito's death.

* The episode where El Chavo is MisBlamed for theft, ostracized by everyone and leaves temporarily. It traumatised several generations: [[TheWoobie seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty hard to watch]], and the scene that follows with El Chavo leaving the ''vecindad'' is even more heartbreaking, specially the part where he looks at his iconic barrel and touches it one last time before leaving. Then we have a scene of him walking the streets at night, with the camera zooming out. For the fans, it is easily the most heartbreaking episode. Made even better or worse by the ending: [[spoiler: when El Chavo is cleared, he is talking to his friends about the time he spent away from the ''vecindad'': he had gone to a church and, after being counseled by a priest, he decided to pray to God. Chilindrina and Quico assume he was praying for the thief to be caught, but Chavo instantly corrects them, saying he prayed for the culprit's reformation. The thief, [[MeaningfulName Sr. Hurtado]] overhears this and is so touched that he has a HeelFaceTurn and not only returns everything he stole, but he also gets El Chavo a ham sandwich. ]]

* A double episode begins with El Chavo sleeping against Don Ramon's door because he had been promised to have breakfast and the kid didn't want to "let him run away with it" (it works, believe it). The two parts that compose this episode, despite hilarious, are filled with small moments of pure TearJerker.

* If we go to the tie-in books, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo finds Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks:]]

* An episode features a {{Flashback}} of the first day El Chavo came to the village. In this flashback, El Chavo arrives and stands in front of Chilindrina while Don Ramón was ready to take a picture of her. Impatiently, Don Ramón order he to get out of the way (which he doesn't seems to understand) and finally asks:

--> '''El Chavo''': Well, of course! Didn't you see [[DramatiIrony he's a poor child]]? ''(Cue Don Ramón and Quico looking at the camera, speechless...)''

--> '''El Chavo''': Well, of course! Didn't you see he's a poor child? ''(Cue Don Ramón and Quico looking at the camera, speechless...)''

** Thankfully the animated adaptation ignores that event and [[spoiler: Jaimito is alive and well, [[LazyBum still finding ways to avoid work]],]]

** The real life death of Ramon Valdés in 1988, who played Don Ramón (who was arguably the most popular character in the show, although he had left in 1981). Most fans agree [[FanonDiscontinuity that the show was never the same without him]].
** The same could be said for the passings of Angelines Fernández (Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71"), and Raúl 'Chato' Padilla (Jaimito el Cartero), both in 1994, Horacio Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito's brother, who played Godínez), in 1999, and Rubén Aguirre (who played Profesor Jirafales), in 2016.

* In the episode where the characters are looking at old photographs, we have the last conversation Doña Florinda had with her husband. It is played rather comedically, with him talking using Quico's maneirisms, like ''"¡Cállate, cállate que me desesperas!"'', which he says before he leaves [[spoiler: [[DoomedByCanon to die in his job]].]] Then, you realize that [[spoiler: '''the last freaking thing''' he said to his wife was shouting at her to shut up.]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone You feel like a jackass for laughing at this scene right after that]].

* In the episode where the characters are looking at old photographs, we have the last conversation Doña Florinda had with her husband. It is played rather comedically, with him talking using Quico's maneirisms, like "¡Cállate, cállate que me desesperas!", which he says before he leaves to die in his job. Then, you realize that [[spoiler: '''the last freaking thing''' he said to his wife was shouting at her to shut up.]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone You feel like a jackass for laughing at this scene right after that]].

* If we go to the tie-in books, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo finds Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks:

--> '''El Chavo''': [spoiler: ...It's hunger.]]

** However, [[SubvertedTropes it's not all sad]]; the reward for Willis' safe return is more than good enough for Chavo; as instead of money, Chavo requests dozens of ham sandwiches. Even better, Quico, whom had later [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone felt horrible about nearly ratting out Chavo and the dog to the police]] as the episode went on, got Chavo's forgiveness and together, Chavo, Quico, and the rest of the kids eat the sandwiches.

--> '''Don Ramón''': What?

* An episode features a {{Flashback}} of the first day El Chavo came to the village. In this flashback, El Chavo arrives and stands in front of Chilindrina while Don Ramón was ready to take a picture of her. Impatiently, Don Ramón order he to get out of the way (which he doesn't seems to understand) and finally asks "Boy, what's your problem?!". He answers "It's hunger".

** However, it's not all sad; the reward for Willis' safe return is more than good enough for Chavo; as instead of money, Chavo requests dozens of ham sandwiches. Even better, Quico, whom had later [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone felt horrible about nearly ratting out Chavo and the dog to the police]] as the episode went on, got Chavo's forgiveness and together, Chavo, Quico, and the rest of the kids eat the sandwiches.

--> '''El Chavo''': [[spoiler: Well, Mr. Jaimito always said he was tired... now he can sleep and no one will disturb him, ''ever''.]]

* One can get a bit teary-eyed when learning how the relationships between Chespirito and Carlos Villagrán and María Antonieta de las Nieves became, due to rights over the characters. It does become less tearjerking after reading up that the other cast members were all on good terms with Chespirito, and Villagrán himself eventually reconcilied with Chespirito's widow and fellow cast member Florinda Meza after Chespirito's death.

* In an episode where El Profesor Jirafales was grading the drawings his students did, Doña Florinda "chastises" Quiko for lying by giving him not 10, but nine cookies. In that same scene, el Chavo is still in Doña Flondia's apartment, and wanted a cookie, but had to see her and Profesor Jirafales eating the rest while they were discussing the issue of hunger and poverty.
* In a episode from the last seasons, Doña Clotilde buys lollipops for the children, but Ñoño surprisingly come to the vencidad, leaving El Chavo without one. He tries to hide, but he clearly wanted one. In the next scene, Doña Clotilde arrives in the vencidad and quickly gives two lollipops to El Chavo, compensating for what happened early. Then Ñoño arrives again in the vencidad [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone with a guilty face]]. El Chavo takes a look at him and asks if he wants a lollipop, then Ñoño, revealing a lollipop he was keeping in his clothes, says the same, offering his lollipop too. Both start to smile and they give a big and long hug. This becomes a huge tearjerk moment when starts to play a heartwarming soundtrack and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX5InSdpLk Ñoño starts to cry for real]].

-->'''Don Ramón:''' And mine too. ''For the whole week''.

* One that didn't really ever happen. [[spoiler: It was reported that the show's final episode [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been one were]] [[SuddenDownerEnding El Chavo saves a kid from being ran over by a truck, resulting in his own death]].]] Gladly never done since it would have been not only a Tear Jerker, [[spoiler: but ''also'' the reason why many an audience would have been [[DrivenToSuicide terribly traumatized]].]]

** Thankfully the animated adaptation ignores that event and [[spoiler: Jaimito is alive and well, still finding ways to avoid work]]

** The same could be said for the passings of Angelines Fernández (Doña Clotilde "la Bruja del 71"), and Raúl 'Chato' Padilla (Jaimito el Cartero), both in 1994, Horacio Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito's brother, who played Godínez), in 1999, and Rubén Aguirre (who played Profesor Jirafales), in 2016.

* The episode where El Chavo is MisBlamed for theft, ostracized by everyone and leaves temporarily. It traumatised several generations: seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty hard to watch, and the scene that follows with El Chavo leaving the ''vecindad'' is even more heartbreaking, specially the part where he looks at his iconic barrel and touches it one last time before leaving. Then we have a scene of him walking the streets at night, with the camera zooming out. For the fans, it is easily the most heartbreaking episode. Made even better or worse by the ending: [[spoiler: when El Chavo is cleared, he is talking to his friends about the time he spent away from the ''vecindad'': he had gone to a church and, after being counseled by a priest, he decided to pray to God. Chilindrina and Quico assume he was praying for the thief to be caught, but Chavo instantly corrects them, saying he prayed for the culprit's reformation. The thief, [[MeaningfulName Sr. Hurtado]] overhears this and is so touched that he has a HeelFaceTurn and not only returns everything he stole, but he also gets El Chavo a ham sandwich. ]]

* A great example comes from the episode right before the BeachEpisode. By a series of events, every inhabitant of the Vecindad leaves to Acapulco. By the end of the episode, El Chavo is the only one around and we are greeted by some sad background music. Cue Sr. Barriga's arrival and, when he's told everyone is gone to Acapulco, he decides to go as well. He leaves, and when he's nearly gone, he stops, turns, and looks at El Chavo, alone in an empty Vecindad.

* Another one comes from a ChristmasEpisode. Señor Barriga gave all the boys a little toy truck as a present. Later, near the end of the episode, El Chavo tells Quico about the neighborhood's doorkeeper's child, who has no toys, and then leaves with the truck, without warning. He then returns shortly afterwards while Don Ramón and Quico were looking for him, and wondering what he was doing.

--> '''El Chavo''': Well, of course! Didn't you see he's a poor child? ''(Cue Don Ramón and Quico looking at the camera, speechless)''

** [[spoiler: It doesn't help that right away she tells baby Quico that she has the feeling they're not gonna see him ever again. As if understanding, Quico leans against his craddle to cry the way he always does.]]
* One that didn't really ever happen. [[spoiler: It was reported that the show's final episode [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been one were]] [[SuddenDownerEnding El Chavo saves a kid from being ran over by a truck, resulting in his own death.]]]] Gladly never done since it would have been not only a Tear Jerker, [[spoiler: but ''also'' the reason why many an audience would have been [[DrivenToSuicide terribly traumatized]].]]
* If we go to the tie-in books, we have El Chavo describing how nobody wanted to adopt him in the OrphanageOfFear, and by the end [[spoiler: how El Chavo finds Jaimito the mailman dead in his apartment, having passed away of old age. He at first can barely understand what happened, believing that he's just sleeping; then he realizes the truth and naively thinks "Well, Mr. Jaimito always said he was tired... now he can sleep and no one will disturb him, ever."]]

* The Valentine's Episode is heartbreaking, mainly towards [[spoiler: the revelation scene: La Chilidrina goes to ask Chavo about her card to him confessing her feelings. Chavo however, due to the insanely semi-''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' plot, has thought the card was from Paty, who he gave it to. Chilidrina is obviously ''pissed'' and blames Paty until she confesses Chavo gave her the card. After figuring out how the debacle started ([[MindScrew with Chavo giving it to Paty who gave it to Godinez who then gave it to La Popis who then gave it to Ñoño and they somehow ended up dating]]), Chilidrina simply walks off devastated that Chavo confused her feelings to him for Paty confessing it to him]]..
** It does become a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when Chavo and Chilidrina end up seeing each other again after everyone one leaves and chuckle at the insanity of the situation before running into each other's arms, with Chilidrina in tears of happiness.
** It sadly becomes a big tearjerker due to HarsherInHindsight, due to how sour the relationship between Roberto Gómez Bolaños and María Antonieta de las Nieves in 2003 fighting over the rights of La Chilidrina.

** The real life death of Ramon Valdez in 1988, who played Don Ramon (who was arguably the most popular character in the show, although he had left in 1981). Most fans agree that the show was never the same without him.
** The same could be said for the passings of Angelines Fernández (Doña Clotilde "la Bruja del 71"), and Raúl 'Chato' Padilla (Jaimito the cartero), both in 1994, Horacio Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito's brother, who played Godinez), in 1999, and Rubén Aguirre (who played Profesor Jirafales), in 2016.
** Of course, the death of Chespirito himself in 2014 may be the ultimate tearjerker, and probably makes all of the series' sad moments worse.
* At Quico's birthday, El Chavo steals some sandwiches and puts them into a bag. Later, Quico wishes for no one to come to his next birthday to have all the cake for himself; Doña Florinda (who, it should be noted, usually goes along with his son's UpperClassTwit moments) is hurt by this, and tells him he should wish for the opposite, for them to learn how to share. When Quico wonders whether learning to share is difficult, the following scene shows El Chavo giving half the sandwiches to Don Ramón, who in return gives El Chavo a drink. Despite his poverty, El Chavo was perfectly capable of sharing whatever he had with those in need.

* In a episode from the last seasons, Doña Clotilde buys lollipops for the children, but Ñoño surprisingly come to the vencidad, leaving El Chavo without one. He tries to hide, but he clearly wanted one. In the next scene, Doña Clotilde arrives in the vencidad and quickly gives two lolipops to El Chavo, compensating for what happened early. Then Ñoño arrives again in the vencidad with a guilty face. El Chavo takes a look at him and asks if he wants a lollipop, then Ñoño, revealing a lollipop he was keeping in his clothes, says the same, offering his lollipop too. Both start to smile and they give a big and long hug. This becomes a huge tearjerk moment when starts to play a heartwarming soundtrack and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HX5InSdpLk Ñoño starts to cry for real]].

* In the animated series episode ''Se Busca'' (Known as "Wanted" in the English dub), Chavo is forced to leave his home as a fugitive in order to protect a dog named Willis, [[spoiler:whom had previously been lost by a richer child than Chavo]], from crimes the dog committed because Quico threatened to rat Chavo and the dog out. Later on, a limo with a sad rich boy, [[spoiler:of whom is Willis's owner]], notices Chavo with his dog. Chavo had bonded with Willis during his very brief time as a fugitive, so naturally, Chavo initially looked distraught when Willis decides to part ways with Chavo and go back to his owner. Anyone who's cared for another's pet or injured wild animal would know how Chavo felt.
** However, it's not all sad; the reward for Willis's safe return is more than good enough for Chavo; as instead of money, Chavo requests dozens of ham sandwiches. Even better, Quico, whom had later [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone felt horrible about nearly ratting out Chavo and the dog to the police]] as the episode went on, got Chavo's forgiveness and together, Chavo, Quico, and the rest of the kids eat the sandwiches.

* Another one is [[spoiler: when Profesor Jirafales tells Don Ramon that he (Profesor Jirafales) ''truly'' loves teaching and genuinely wants the best for his obtuse pupils. The kids overhear this and they write on the blackboard: "We all love you sir!"]].

-->'''El Chavo:''' (waiting for Chilindrina to bring the eggs for breakfast) Why is she taking so long...?

-->'''El Chavo:''' (soul-crushingly slow) [[spoiler: I've been holding it back for eight years... ]]

-->'''Sr. Barriga:''' (after [[spoiler: the breakfast eggs got broken and ruined]]) You mean that those eggs were for Chavo's breakfast?
-->'''Don Ramón:''' And mine too. For the whole week.

* A great example comes from the episode right before the BeachEpisode. By a series of events, every inhabitant of the Vecindad leaves to Acapulco. By the end of the episode, El Chavo is the only one around and we are greeted by some sad background music. Cue Sr. Barriga's arrival and, when he's told everyone is gone to Acapulco, he decides to go as well. He leaves, and when he's nearly gone, he stops, turns, and looks at El Chavo, alone in an empty Vecindad. [[spoiler: Mr.Barriga tells him ''"Hey, Chavo... Want to go to Acapulco with me?"'', followed by Chavo's stuttering, hesitanty, soul-crushing reply: ''"M...Me...?"'']]

--> '''El Chavo''': ''(Without the truck)'' They are going to think Santa Claus gave it to him.

--> '''Quico''': ''(Surprised)'' You gave your toy truck to the doorkeeper's kid?

* In the episode where the characters are looking at old photographs, we have the last conversation Doña Florinda had with her husband. It is played rather comedically, with him talking using Quico's maneirisms, like "¡Cállate, cállate que me desesperas!", which he says before he leaves to die in his job. Then, you realize that the last freaking thing he said to his wife was shouting at her to shut up. You feel like a jackass for laughing at this scene right after that.
** It doesn't help that right away she tells baby Quico that she has the feeling they're not gonna see him ever again. As if understanding, Quico leans against his craddle to cry the way he always does.
* One that didn't really ever happen. It was reported that the show's final episode [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been one were]] [[SuddenDownerEnding El Chavo saves a kid from being ran over by a truck, resulting in his own death.]] Gladly never done since it would have been not only a Tear Jerker, but also the reason why many an audience would have been terribly traumatized.

* In the episode of the first day of school, El Chavo watched as Doña Florinda told her son to wait for her, explaining that in the first day the children walked to the school along with their parents. They leave and El Chavo, now all alone, looks around for some moments in sadness before going to school by himself.

* An episode features a {{Flashback}} of the first day El Chavo came to the village. In this flashback, El Chavo arrives and stands in front of Chilindrina while Don Ramón was ready to take a picture of her. Impatiently, Don Ramón order he to get out of the way (which he doesn't seems to understand) and finally asks "Boy, what's your problem?!". He answers "It's hunger".

* The episode where El Chavo is MisBlamed for theft, ostracized by everyone and leaves temporarily. It traumatised several generations: seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty hard to watch, and the scene that follows with El Chavo leaving the ''vecindad'' is even more heartbreaking, specially the part where he looks at his iconic barrel and touches it one last time before leaving. Made even better or worse by the ending: [[spoiler: when El Chavo is cleared, he is talking to his friends about the time he spent away from the ''vecindad'': he had gone to a church and, after being counseled by a priest, he decided to pray to God. Chilindrina and Quico assume he was praying for the thief to be caught, but Chavo instantly corrects them, saying he prayed for the culprit's reformation. The thief, [[MeaningfulName Sr. Hurtado]] overhears this and is so touched that he has a HeelFaceTurn and not only returns everything he stole, but he also gets El Chavo a ham sandwich. ]]