History TearJerker / Goosebumps

** There's also a sub-plot about how all throughout the book Amy is jealous of Sara for being TheAce. At the end we find out Sara is in fact jealous of ''Amy' since she doesn't have to prove herself all the time, which is why she didn't tell the truth about Slappy at first. At the end the two of them have a tearful moment where they hug and forgive each other.

* The ''Night of the Living Dummy'' series has the children being blamed for things that the dummies in each of their respective books have conspired. But the one that fits this territory the most is easily the second book. The protagonist, Amy, is TheUnfavorite one of the family, and towards the second half of the story, she gets accused of vandalizing her sister's room and her family immediately believes she's crazy. It doesn't even end there either. During a three-year-old's party, Slappy injures the former's hand and ruins the party by frightening the other guests, causing Amy to break out in tears as she runs back home. Keep in mind that this was ''a day before she was accused of painting her name on her sister's bedroom wall and gets blamed for it again!'' Not only is she double punished for something she didn't do, her family even go as far to get her a doctor, thinking she needs help. When you begin to think about it, Slappy is torturing Amy psychologically by having her whole family turn on her and believe she's gone nuts, causing her to alienate them. It's rather depressing really.

** Shep Mooney has it worse in ''the Ghost of Slappy'', [[spoilers: in the cafeteria when trying to apologize to Maryjane, Shep becomes speechless, as Slappy in ghost form possesses a bowl of spaghetti to fall on top of him and a plate of custard pie to hit him in his face. ''Everyone'' in the lunchroom, including the other students and the teachers laugh, it is not confirmed that they laugh because their feelings towards him, or they just think it is a merely harmless prank, but hopefully the latter. The fact that ''everyone'' laughs at him and Slappy raspy chuckles over the laughter makes you think that Slappy is doing mind control to having everyone in the cafeteria do that, though that too is not confirmed. Fortunately, unlike Carly Beth, people do not point at Shep or insult him, but it is still as messed up, though unlike Carly Beth, Shep additionally has it worse, considering the people in his life are also mean towards him merely if mildly, his sister teases him, his parents love him but do not understand him, a former friend bullies him for an accident that happened years ago and Shep even profusely apologized for it, and the only friend Shep has ditches him for ruining his birthday party when in fact it was Slappy, who actually tried to kill Shep in the process (of course, Carlos does not care, and Shep's father even scolds Shep for ruining the party and contemplates the damages that will be paid for), and Carlos is actually the only one in the book who probably believes him about Slappy. Slappy also enslaves Shep in the end. Among the many protagonists in the Goosebumps books, Shep Mooney is actually one of the nicest characters, so all of these terrible things that happen to him are quite mind boggling.]]

** Shep Mooney has it worse in ''the Ghost of Slappy'', in the cafeteria when trying to apologize to Maryjane, Shep becomes speechless, as Slappy in ghost form possesses a bowl of spaghetti to fall on top of him and a plate of custard pie to hit him in his face. ''Everyone'' in the lunchroom, including the other students and the teachers laugh, it is not confirmed that they laugh because their feelings towards him, or they just think it is a merely harmless prank, but hopefully the latter. The fact that ''everyone'' laughs at him and Slappy raspy chuckles over the laughter makes you think that Slappy is doing mind control to having everyone in the cafeteria do that, though that too is not confirmed. Fortunately, unlike Carly Beth, people do not point at Shep or insult him, but it is still as messed up, though unlike Carly Beth, Shep additionally has it worse, considering the people in his life are also mean towards him merely if mildly, his sister teases him, his parents love him but do not understand him, a former friend bullies him for an accident that happened years ago and Shep even profusely apologized for it, and the only friend Shep has ditches him for ruining his birthday party when in fact it was Slappy, who actually tried to kill Shep in the process (of course, Carlos does not care, and Shep's father even scolds Shep for ruining the party and contemplates the damages that will be paid for), and Carlos is actually the only one in the book who probably believes him about Slappy. Slappy also enslaves Shep in the end. Among the many protagonists in the Goosebumps books, Shep Mooney is actually one of the nicest characters, so all of these terrible things that happen to him are quite mind boggling.

** Shep Mooney has it worse in ''the Ghost of Slappy'', in the cafeteria when trying to apologize to Maryjane, Shep becomes speechless, as Slappy in ghost form possesses a bowl of spaghetti to fall on top of him and a plate of custard pie to hit him in his face. ''Everyone'' in the lunchroom, including the other students and the teachers laugh, it is not confirmed that they laugh because their feelings towards him, or they just think it is a merely harmless prank, but hopefully the latter. The fact that ''everyone'' laughs at him and Slappy raspy chuckles over the laughter makes you think that Slappy is doing mind control to having everyone in the cafeteria do that, though that too is not confirmed. Fortunately, unlike Carly Beth, people do not point at Shep or insult him, but it is still as messed up, though unlike Carly Beth, Shep additionally has it worse, considering at the end of the book, Slappy enslaves him and his best friend ditches him for ruining his birthday party. Shep tries to tell Carlos

* Any Slappy story might leave you in tears, but ''the Ghost of Slappy'' especially, the protagonist is actually a rather decent kid, but his sister makes fun of him his parents do not even scold her and they even laugh at her jokes when it is as his expense though they do love him, his father scolds him for ruining the party and contemplating how the damages will be paid for, he loses his best friend for something he did not even do (his best friend who is probably the only one who believes him about Slappy), he loses a friendship with another kid who bullies him over an accident at a former ballgame, his teacher thinks he is going crazy and his classmates make fun of him and to top that off when Slappy haunts him in the cafeteria *everyone* (the teachers and students) laugh at him for having food all over himself though it is not explained if their laughter is deliberately cruel or merely harmless, and Slappy enslaves him at the end when the ghost of another doll was supposed to be good and help him put Slappy back to sleep. Rather messed up and sad even for a Goosebumps story. It is as if the entire story was for nothing, and granted some of the Goosebumps have cruel twist endings, this has got to one of the worst. Did everyone had it in for this kid? Honestly.

* Any Slappy story might leave you in tears, but ''the Ghost of Slappy'' especially, his sister makes fun of him his parents do not even scold her and laugh at her jokes when it is as his expense though they do love him, his father scolds him for ruining the party and contemplating how the damages will be paid for, he loses his best friend for something he did not even do (his best friend who is probably the only one who believes him about Slappy), he loses a friendship with another kid who bullies him over an accident at a former ballgame, his teacher thinks he is going crazy and his classmates make fun of him and to top that off when Slappy haunts him in the cafeteria everyone (the teachers and students) laugh at him for having food all over himself though it is not explained if their laughter is deliberately cruel or merely harmless, and Slappy enslaves him at the end when the ghost of another doll was supposed to be good and help him put Slappy back to sleep. Rather messed up and sad even for a Goosebumps story. It is as if the entire story was for nothing, and granted some of the Goosebumps have cruel twist endings, this has got to one of the worst.

* Any Slappy story might leave you in tears, but ''the Ghost of Slappy'' especially, his sister makes fun of him his parents do not even scold her and laugh at her jokes when it is as his expense though they do love him, his father scolds him for ruining the party and contemplating how the damages will be paid for, he loses his best friend for something he did not even do (his best friend who is probably the only one who believes him about Slappy), he loses a friendship with another kid who bullies him over an accident at a former ballgame, his teacher thinks he is going crazy and his classmates make fun of him and to top that off when Slappy haunts him in the cafeteria everyone (the teachers and students) laugh at him for having food all over himself though it is not explained if their laughter is deliberately cruel or merely harmless, and Slappy slaves him at the end when the ghost of another doll was supposed to be good and help him put Slappy back to sleep. Rather messed up and sad even for a Goosebumps story. It is as if the entire story was for nothing, and granted some of the Goosebumps have cruel twist endings, this has got to one of the worst.

* Hannah [[spoiler: joining the other monsters back in the book]]. And later, doubling with Heartwarming, [[spoiler: being re-written back into reality]].
* All of the monsters, to an extent. [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream Being frozen in a tiny prison while a world you can hear, but can't see or touch goes on around you]] is its own sort of hell.]] It doesn't justify the destruction they cause upon release, but it's easy to see why they're pissed.
** Makes it more depressing that [[spoiler: Stine locked them all away]], so obviously they're enraged that [[spoiler: their creator, ''their father'', locked them away because he ''knew'' how dangerous they were]].

* The ending of ''The Ghost Next Door'' (both the book and the TV episode). [[spoiler:The protagonist, after discovering that she was in fact the ghost that the title is referring to and has been dead all along, saves another kid from dying in a fire like she did. Then she rejoins her family in the afterlife.]]
* ''The Haunted School'', especially if you're familiar with [[TruthInTelevision several real-life school tragedies]]. The real kicker is the ending, [[spoiler:where Thalia, one of the children who escaped Greyworld, [[IChooseToStay chooses to return there]] so the protagonist can escape. Then, it's revealed the evil photographer from long ago is still alive, and ready to repeat his crime.]]
* In ''My Hairiest Adventure'', Larry's town is full of stray dogs that [[spoiler: are left over from previous dog-to-children experiments. After Lily becomes a dog, her parents abandon their former daughter with the others and pretend she never existed. After Larry transforms, his parents, feeling remorse, stay behind to take care of him. This means that out of all the parents in town, they were the only ones who truly loved their assigned "child."]]

* Carly Beth in ''The Haunted Mask'' is one of the biggest StrawLoser characters in the earlier books due to how she is constantly teased for being easily frightened. When {{Jerkass}} Steve plays a trick on her by getting her to eat sandwich with worms in it, ''everyone'' in the lunchroom laughs at her, including her supposed best friend Sabrina. In the TV show adaption, when Carly Beth returns home and finds that her mother made her a duck costume for Halloween, her brother uses it to scare her again. When she's alone, she just starts sobbing and rips the costume to shreds from how tired she is of being mocked. [[spoiler: Thankfully, after her horrific ordeal with the Haunted Mask, she becomes much more braver and manages to handle Steve and his friends on her own.]]

* In ''The Curse of Camp Cold Lake'', the ghost stalking Sarah is a lonely little girl who wants a friend to take to the afterlife. [[spoiler:She had previously tried to do the same to Briana, another camper, but Briana's ghost refused to go with her. When you think about it, her being rejected a second time in ''years'' is heartbreaking.]]
* In ''A Night in Terror Tower'', Morgred the sorcerer makes an emotional confession that he failed his king when he promised to protect the king's children, [[spoiler:Edward and Susannah]] of York, from execution by their usurperous uncle. The High Executioner caught him before he could rescue them. Especially in the TV adaptation, where he nearly breaks down in tears when he tells them the truth.
* The big plot twist of ''Ghost Beach''. [[spoiler:The kids that the two main characters met their first day are ghosts, 300-year-old Pilgrim children that died the first winter in the New World.]]
** Shortly after this, Harrison Sadler's fate. [[spoiler:Buried in a cave in saving Jerry and Terry from the ghosts. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters He had devoted his entire life to hunting them]], and in the end, his obsession destroyed him.]]

* A more subtle one in ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'': Michael is pretty obviously TheUnfavorite to his AnnoyingYoungerSibling, and nothing he does is ever good enough for his parents, especially his father. Worse, as he goes back in time, the reader can see that it's been like this ''his whole life.'' As a twelve-year-old? His little sister torments him and his parents don't do jack shit about it, even calling him a liar when he tries to tell them. As a kindergartner? He ties his shoes for the first time (as he's mentally twelve it's easy, but apparently he'd been having trouble at that age) and all his dad says is, "Took him long enough." Even as a baby, at a stage where you can't really expect much of a kid, his dad complains that he's "slow" because his friend's kid is learning how to talk faster than his. [[spoiler: Good thing the TwistEnding is happy for once - his sister is RetGone from existence and he is treated much better by both parents.]]

** When you think about it, [[spoiler:the revelation that Will is a werewolf. He didn't choose to be one and was presumably abandoned by his parents because of it. As a human, he seemed to genuinely want to be Grady's friend. In the TV episode, he even warns Grady to stay away because he doesn't want to hurt him. Because of this, he could be considered a sympathetic DesignatedVillain.]]

* The ending of ''Let's Get Invisible!'' where it's implied that [[spoiler: the protagonist's younger brother is trapped in the mirror world forever and was replaced by a mirror clone. Luckily, the TV episode has the mirror repair itself so that the protagonist can go get him one day.]]

* As cheesy as it may seem now, the TV adaptation of ''The Werewolf of Fever Swamp'' has two particularly sad revelations: [[spoiler:The Swamp Hermit was trying to hunt down the monster that killed his family. He dies trying to save Grady. Later, the werewolf partially changes back, revealing it to be Grady's friend Will, who is distraught by his transformation and warns Grady to stay away. Grady tries to find help for him, but Will realizes it's too late and dies after becoming a monster again.]]

* ''The Werewolf of Fever Swamp'': Grady's dad preparing to put down Wolf after he's suspected of the Fever Swamp murders.

* The ending of ''Let's Get Invisible!'' where it's implied that [[spoiled: the protagonist's younger brother is trapped in the mirror world forever and was replaced by a mirror clone. Luckily, the TV episode has the mirror repair itself so that the protagonist can go get him one day.]]

** Makes it more depression that [[spoiler: Stine locked them all away]], so obviously they're enraged that [[spoiler: their creator, ''their father'', locked them away because he ''knew'' how dangerous they were]].

** When you think about it, [[spoiler:the revelation that Will is a werewolf. He didn't choose to be one and was presumably abandoned by his parents because of it. As a human, he seemed to genuinely want to be Will's friend. In the TV episode, he even warns Grady to stay away because he doesn't want to hurt him. Because of this, he could be considered a sympathetic DesignatedVillain.]]

** When you think about it, [[spoiler:Will. He didn't choose to be a werewolf and was presumably abandoned by his parents because of it. In the TV episode, he even warns Grady to stay away because he doesn't want to hurt him. Because of this, he can be considered a sympathetic DesignatedVillain.]]

* In ''The Curse of Camp Cold Lake'', the ghost stalking Sarah is a lonely little girl who wants a friend to take to the afterlife. [[spoiler:She had previously tried to do the same to Brianna, another camper, but Brianna's ghost refused to go with her. When you think about it, her being rejected a second time in ''years'' is heartbreaking.]]

** When you think about it, [[spoiler:Will. He didn't choose to be a werewolf and was presumably abandoned by his parents because of it. In the TV episode, he even warns Grady to stay away because he doesn't want to hurt him. Because of this, he can be considered a TragicVillain or even a [[DesignatedVillain designated]] one.]]

** When you think about it, [[spoiler:Will. He didn't choose to be a werewolf and was presumably abandoned by his parents because of it. In the TV episode, he even warns Grady to stay away because he doesn't want to hurt him. Because of this, he can be considered a TragicVillain.]]

* ''The Haunted School'', especially if you're familar with the shootings at Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook. The real kicker is the ending, [[spoiler:where Thalia, one of the children who escaped Greyworld, [[IChooseToStay chooses to return there]] so the protagonist can escape. Then, it's revealed the evil photographer from long ago is still alive, and ready to repeat his crime.]]

* All of the monsters, to an extent. [[Spoiler: [[AndIMustScream Being frozen in a tiny prison while a world you can hear, but can't see or touch goes on around you]] is its own sort of hell]]. It doesn't justify the destruction they cause upon release, but it's easy to see why they're pissed.