History TearJerker / Logan

** Charles Xavier swearing. Please, no.

-->'''Logan:''' I never asked for this! Alright? Charles never asked for this, Caliban never asked for this. And they are ''six feet under the ground''! I don't know what Charles put in your head, but I am ''not'' whatever it is you think I am, okay? [[ExtremelyShortTimespan I only met you like a week ago.]] You got your Rebecca, your Delilah, your BlahBlahBlah, whatever. Everything you asked for, you've got it! And it is better this way. Because I ''suck'' at this. [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Bad shit happens to people I care about.]] [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer You understand me?]]

This movie throws all the sad moments from the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series [[UpToEleven out the window.]]

* The title of the film is somewhat depressing. It's not a badass title like ''Film/TheWolverine''. It's just ''Logan'', simple and bittersweet, which plays well into the EndOfAnEra-style theme to the film.
* Xavier is now suffering from some form of Alzheimer's with Logan and Caliban caring for him. To see the man who has been the heart and soul of the X-Men for years, the living symbol of hope and peace between humans and mutants reduced to a old withered man is heartbreaking of itself. Doubly so if you know someone who suffers from dementia.

** Even worse is the scene after Xavier's seizure in the Vegas hotel. As Xavier gets wheeled out, all he can muster is a pitiable yet heart-wrenching apology. Creator/PatrickStewart really sounded so despondent in that moment.
*** Speaking of Patrick Stewart, fans of the man in general who had regarded him as a surrogate grandfather now has to face one of their worst fears: seeing a classy epitome of CoolOldGuy succumb to senility and fragility.
** While spending the night at the Munson's, Xavier muses that it was the best night he's ever had in a long time, until he starts to remember that he was responsible for killing the X-Men, and begins to wonder if he even deserves any sort of happiness. And this is all right before he's killed by X-24.
** Though Xavier's ramblings in his first scene are quite amusing, the MoodWhiplash when he sees Logan and delivers the WhamLine "who are you?" can bring any viewer, regardless of seeing the other films, to tears.
*** When this happens, Logan pays little attention and simply says "you know who I am, Charles". The sheer bluntness of Logan's voice suggests that this has happened so many times that Logan has simply gotten used to it.

* Logan's state in the movie is also heartbreaking. Not only is his healing factor breaking down, but his spirit is as well. And not just his healing factor, but his claws as well, as in one scene, one of his claws doesn't extend all the way, and he has to painfully pull it out with his other hand.

** Logan has now lived through two different timelines in which his friends and most of Mutant kind dies. For all that effort to stop that from happening only for it to happen again must weigh on him greatly.
*** If it does make it a little better, the creators realized this, and this film is officially designated in a third timeline branching off as a BadFuture of the ending of Days of Future Past, so the Apocalypse timeline isn't AllForNothing. This doesn't make it any less tragic for the context of this film though.

** On this note, when Logan opens one of Laura's books what does he see on the first page? [[LikeBrotherandSister Him and Rogue, the first mutant he met in his time with the X-Men]]. A cover features [[BashBrothers Logan and Colossus]] doing their signature [[FastballSpecial Fast Ball Special]]. Judging by how wistful he becomes in seeing them, even in comic book form, shows just how much he misses his "family".
*** In the scene where Laura finally speaks, Logan tries to tell her that everything in the books are made up. Among the coughing, you can hear Logan's voice cracking and pausing as he laments that the creators had turned everything he and the X-Men had done into a "[[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory big fucking lie]]." Logan is clearly heartbroken that this is how he and his friends will be remembered: as cartoon characters dressed up in "self-promoting leotards." [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Of course, he's overlooking the fact that regardless of the actual content or accuracy of the books, they inspire hope in people like Laura and the X-23 kids and give them heroes to look up to.]]

*** The deleted scene of Bobby asking Logan about Sabretooth twists the knife even further; He reveals to Logan that Laura has told the other kids what he said about the comics, and that it was all made up. You can ''hear'' the heartbreak in Bobby's voice if he asks whether that's true, and that everything they've believed in and has been holding them together all this time was all a lie. It crosses over into Heartwarming when Logan assures him that even if it didn't happen the way the books said, there was at least a grain of truth to the stories.

*** To add to that, watching Logan, the literally unstoppable Wolverine, now even struggling to so much as walk is incredibly heart-wrenching. Considering that it's only been a year since the Westchester Incident and conditions like these take a while (also applying Logan's healing factor), and it's fairly likely that he started deteriorating sometime after the events of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Had things not gone awry, Logan could have received better treatment.
** What may be the absolute worst thing about this world is TheReveal towards the end of the film. A company called Transigen figured out that there was a way to exterminate the mutant race without ever having to risk themselves becoming known: they found a way to produce a GMO strain of corn that contained a chemical which prevented X-gene positive embryos from coming to term, then infiltrated the food industry and began distributing it all over the world, snuffing out the mutant race quite literally in the cradle. So, in the end, '''Magneto was right''': humans and mutants could NEVER co-exist thanks to FantasticRacism, and if the X-Men had not stopped Magneto or Apocalypse from wiping out humanity, then mutants would never have gone extinct. Xavier believed in humanity's goodness... and was proven wrong. And the entire mutant race paid for one man daring to be idealistic.
* Poor Caliban. In ''Apocalypse'', we see his place lacks any openings that would allow in sunlight. In this movie, we see why: Not only is he weakened by it, but he's also ''hurt'' by it. Every time he goes outside, he has to cover every inch of his skin.
* After all the trouble Logan went through to save mutants, whatever happened has broken him so much that when he finds out [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Laura is an X-Men fan,]] he bitterly tells her that life isn't like the stories and that in the real world, people just die.
* X-24 killing the whole Munson family, which would not happened if Charles hadn't insisted on staying overnight. A mortally wounded Will Munson ends up holding Logan responsible for this, so that after he takes down X-24 with his car and headshots him, he tries to shoot Logan too before dying. ''And Logan just stands there and lets him take the shot'', although he turns out to be out of ammo.
** When Laura sees Charles's dead body, she ''absolutely'' loses it. Showing in the short time she knew him Laura cared about Xavier just as much as Logan did.

-->'''Logan:''' ''(trying not to cry)'' [[DespairEventHorizon Well... It's got water and... It's got water.]]
** The funeral itself is also saddening. Unlike in ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', where Charles' funeral was at the X-Mansion, surrounded by his beloved students and colleagues, this time he's buried in a pitiable grave on the banks of a small pond or lake by Logan, and with only him and Laura there to mourn him. The leader of X-Men and ''the'' voice for better human and mutant relationships dies basically forgotten.

** What makes Charles' dying words even more saddening is that he says them while seemingly hallucinating that he and Logan are finally on board the Sunseeker. When in reality, he's dying on the back of a pick up truck.

** Laura's reaction[[note]] In that scene, those are Dafne Keen's [[EnforcedMethodActing real tears]]. [[/note]] and last words to Logan upon his death.

** ''Don't be what they made you.'' A double tearjerker: Logan is wishing for Laura what any parent wishes for his child - that she'll live a better life than he did. And it's a callback to his own fate, a fate his daughter shared: being tested on and used as weapons and killers because of their mutations, instead of just living as people. He's wishing her something beyond that fate.

** It's even sadder when you consider that Logan and Charles were (possibly) the last of the natural born mutants, and that the remnants of the original X-Men are now gone.

* Logan carries an Adamantium bullet everywhere he goes (which is implied to be the same one that gave him amnesia in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' since it was likely never fired in the new timeline). [[DrivenToSuicide He carries it just in case he can't deal with living anymore and wants to end it all.]]

* In their last conversation before the climax, Logan refuses to accompany Laura and the X-23 kids the rest of the way across the border, insisting he only agreed to come that far. He then tries to rationalize it by telling her the people he cares about have a way of dying on him, the implication being that he's come to care about ''her'', too, and doesn't want to see anything happen to her.
-->'''Logan:''' I never asked for this! Alright? Charles never asked for this, Caliban never asked for this. And they are ''six feet under the ground''! I don't know what Charles put in your head, but I am ''not'' whatever it is you think I am, okay? [[ExtremelyShortTimespan I only met you like a week ago.]] You got your Rebecca, your Delilah, your [[BlahBlahBlah blah blah blah]], whatever. Everything you asked for, you've got it! And it is better this way. Because I ''suck'' at this. [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Bad shit happens to people I care about.]] [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer You understand me?]]

* While Dr. Rice and his men are killed and the X-23 kids escape to a better life, [[TheBadGuyWins Transigen have already wiped out the mutant gene,]] with seemingly no way of undoing it. Mutantkind may have won this battle, but lost the war a long time ago.
* After Xavier's funeral, the scene where Logan beats up the broken down truck was seen by many to be MoodWhiplash, but it's much less funny when you realize that this is Logan venting his rage for ''everything'' that's happened to him in these past few days (or even years). FridgeHorror sets in when you realize ''he left Laura at the grave'', most likely blaming her for what happened to Charles, Caliban and the Munson family, and was probably planning [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to ditch her there]].

* A minor one compared to everything else in this movie, but the slight HopeSpot for Laura and Gabriella when Logan finally agrees to the job... only for him to return to the apartment complex and find Gabriella brutally murdered. [[MamaBear She demonstrated bravery and compassion even when Dr. Rice tried to convince her not to and ultimately gave her life so that Laura would have a chance to survive.]] While Logan [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere doesn't really have time to mourn her for a number of reasons,]] the brief look on his face says it all; one even gets the impression Logan blames himself for not being back in time to protect her.

* Throughout much the film it's not clear how much Laura is ''really'' processing about what's going on around her beyond her immediate survival, because she spends most of the film silent, sometimes behaving more like an animal than a human being, and often like a child half her age. However translating her first Spanish rant at Logan reveals she's only been silent by ''choice''. And more to the point, ''she was completely aware that Logan on several occasions tried to leave her behind''.

** The last shot shows Logan with a shovel, implying that he's just buried someone. Whether its Charles or some other character we know or love is uncertain, but the look on Logan's face indicates we'll be feeling the same as he is when we find out.

**
-->'''Charles:'''“She’s like you — very much like you.”
-->'''Logan:'''"Someone will come along."
-->'''Charles:'''“Someone has come along.”

** Especially the second-last shot. The indestructible, immortal mutant we all knew is now bloodied, in severe pain, and is reduced to '''crawling for movement'''.

** What may be the absolute worst thing about this world is TheReveal towards the end of the film. A company called Transigen figured out that there was a way to exterminate the mutant race without ever having to risk themselves becoming known: they found a way to produce a GMO strain of corn that contained a chemical which prevented X-gene positive embryos from coming to term, then infiltrated the food industry and began distributing it all over the world, snuffing out the mutant race quite literally in the cradle. So, in the end, '''Magneto was right''': humans and mutants could NEVER co-exist thanks to FantasticRacism, and if the X-men had not stopped Magneto or Apocalypse from wiping out humanity, then mutants would never have gone extinct. Xavier believed in humanity's goodness... and was proven wrong. And the entire mutant race paid for one man daring to be idealistic.

* Tigers are now extinct in Logan's timeline. A real life depressing point that helps remind the watcher that it isn't just the mutants human greed wrecked.

* The first [[trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div0iP65aZo]], with "Hurt" by Music/JohnnyCash.

* The first trailer, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc "Hurt" by Johnny Cash]].

* Logan's state in the movie is also heartbreaking. Not only is his healing factor breaking down, but his spirit is as well. And not just his healing factor, but his claws as well, as in one scene, one of his claws don't extend all the way, and he has to painfully pull the other one out.

*** If it does make it a little better, the creators realised this, and this film is officially designated in a third timeline branching off as a BadFuture of the ending of Days of Future Past, so the Apocalypse timeline isn't AllForNothing. This doesn't make it any less tragic for the context of this film though.

---> '''Xavier:''' [[FamousLastWords Our boat... the Sunseeker...]]

-->'''Logan:''' I never asked for this! Alright? Charles never asked for this, Caliban never asked for this. And they are ''six feet under the ground''! Now, I don't know what Charles put in your head, but I am ''not'' whatever it is you think I am, okay? [[ExtremelyShortTimespan I only met you like a week ago]]! You got your Rebecca, your Delilah, your [[BlahBlahBlah blah blah blah]], whatever. Everything you asked for, you've got it! And it is better this way. Because I ''suck'' at this. [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Bad shit happens to people I care about]]. [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer You understand me?]]

-->''"Everything you asked for you got! And it is better this way; because I suck at this! [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Bad shit happens to people I care about!]] [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer You understand me?]]"''

** It appears that all that's keeping him from using it is [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep his sense of duty to care for Charles]].

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** Xavier was a 90+ year old paraplegic suffering from a degenerative brain disease who had been on the road for a long time after having a debilitating seizure. He may not have outright said that he was physically incapable of continuing the journey but he likely would not have been able to last much longer without resting at the Munson home.
** Perhaps Xavier realized his mistake before he went.
** When Laura sees Charles dead body she ''absolutely'' loses it. Showing in the short time she knew him Laura cared about Xavier just as much as Logan did.
** After seeing X-24, Logan keeps looking at Laura and then back at Charles. Even despite the more vitriolic times, this alone shows that Logan cares about his daughter and his father figure... and to see them both in serious, very likely lethal danger ''terrifies him.''