History TearJerker / MadMax

* The fact that Max loses more and more with each passing film: Jessie, Sprog and Goose in the first film, [[CoolPet his dog]], [[CoolCar the Pursuit Special]] in the second, his shotgun and [[IconicOutfit jacket]] in the third and eventually his ''personhood'' in the fourth.

* The fact that Max loses more and more with each passing film: Jessie, Sprog and Goose in the first film, [[CoolPet his dog]], [[CoolCar the Pursuit Special]] in the second, his [[WeaponOfChoice shotgun]] and [[IconicOutfit jacket]] in the third and eventually his ''personhood'' in the fourth.

* The fact that Max loses more and more with each passing film: Jessie, Sprog and Goose in the first film, [[CoolPet his dog]], [[CoolCar the Pursuit Special]] in the second, his [[WeaponOfChoice shotgun]] and [[IconicOutfit jacket]] in the third and eventually his ''personhood'' in the forth.

* The deaths of Jessie and Sprog in the original film.

* The fact that Max loses more and more with each passing film: Jessie, Sprog and Goose in the first film, [[CoolPet his dog]] and [[CoolCar the Pursuit Special]] in the second. Even his [[WeaponOfChoice shotgun]] and [[IconicOutfit jacket]] are taken from him in the third.

* [[spoiler: The death of Angharad in ''Fury Road''. It's especially jarring as she was heavily pregnant at that time and, given by her reactions, was just about to ''give birth''. It leaves as much impact to the characters as it is to the audiences as it cruelly subverts InfantImmortality. The worst thing is it follows just after a HopeSpot after she narrowly avoids hitting a boulder but then immediately slips of the rig.]]
* [[spoiler: Having spent the earlier half of the film wishing to die an awesome death in service of the film's BigBad, Immortan, Nux finally achieves his goal. The difference, though, is that instead of dying for Immortan, he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to cause a blockade in a narrow pass in order to prevent Immortan's men from pursuing the others. He ends up saving Max, Furiosa and the rest of the women. The look in his eyes say that he held no fear and regret about what is to happen. His FamousLastWords to Capable cement this as both TearJerker ''and'' CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Nux''': Witness Me.]]
* Furiosa suffers a massive HeroicBSOD when she finds out that [[spoiler: the Green Place has been turned into a swamp.]]

* [[spoiler: The death of Angharad in ''Fury Road''. It's especially jarring as she was heavily pregnant at that time and, given by her reactions, was just about to ''give birth''. It leaves as much impact to the characters as it is to the audiences as it cruelly subverts InfantImmortality. The worst thing is it follows just after a HopeSpot after she narrowly avoids hitting a boulder but then immediately slips of the rig.

* [[spoiler: Having spent the earlier half of the film wishing to die an awesome death in service of the film's BigBad, Immortan, Nux finally achieves his goal. The difference, though, is that instead of dying for Immortan, he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to cause a blockade in a narrow pass in order to prevent Immortan's men from pursuing the others. He ends up saving Max, Furiosa and the rest of the women. The look in his eyes say that he held no fear and regret about what is to happen.]]

* Furiosa suffers a massive HeroicBSOD when she finds out that the Green Place has been turned into a swamp.

* [[spoiler: Having spent the earlier half of the film wishing to die an awesome death in service of the film's BigBad, Immortan, Nux finally achieves his goal. The difference, though, is that instead of dying for Immortan, he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to cause a blockade in a narrow pass in order to prevent Immortan's men from pursuing the others. He ends up saving Max, Furiosa and the rest of the women. The look in his eyes say that he held no fear and regret about what is to happen.]]

* [[spoiler: Having spent the earlier half of the film wishing to die an awesome death in service of the film's big bad, Immortan, Nux finally achieves his goal. The difference, though, is that instead of dying for Immortan, he sacrifices himself to cause a blockade in a narrow pass in order to prevent Immortan's men from pursuing the others. He ends up saving Max, Furiosa and the rest of the women. The look in his eyes say that he held no fear and regret about what is to happen.]]

* The fact that Max loses more and more with each passing film: Jessie, Sprog and Goose in the first film, [[CoolPet his dog]] and [[CoolCar the Pursuit Special]] in the second. Even his [[WeaponOfChoice shotgun]] and [[IconicOutfit jacket]] are taken from him in the third.

* The death of Dog in ''The Road Warrior'', mostly in its pointlessness. His offscreen yelp makes it more sad.

* The death of Mr. Skyfish, the handicapped boy, in the sinkhole, with Savannah screaming and sobbing, "'''[[BigNo Oh, NO! NO!]]'''"
* Savannah Nix's end speech.
-->And we lights the city, not just for him, but for all of them that are still out there. 'Cause we knows there come a night, when they sees the distant light, and they'll be comin' home.
* Related to the above, the scene where Max plows into Aunty's convoy to allow Jedediah's plane to escape. This is particularly poignant thanks to the music.

* The death of [[AlasPoorVillain Blaster]]. Despite being a power-hungry slavedriver, Master's affection for Blaster was genuine.

* The deaths of Jessie and Sprog in the original film.

-->And we lights the city, not just for him, but for all of them that are still out there. 'Cause we knows there come a night, when they sees the distant light, and they'll be comin' home.