History TearJerker / MaryPoppins

** Doubly so when you learn that "Feed The Birds" was Creator/WaltDisney's favorite song. He would frequently ask the Sherman Brothers to play it for him after their Friday afternoon strategy sessions. And then? They played it at his funeral. Y'all can go cry now.

* Just a passing remark at the time, but Dawes Jr.'s remark about how, when Dawes Sr. laughed himself to death over the "wooden leg" joke, he'd never seen his father happier in his life is ''really sad'' when you unpack it. Poor Dawes Sr. had evidently been just as closed-off and distant from his child as George Banks had been. But ''his'' grim facade of respectability never cracked enough for him to share even a moment of happiness with his family until Dawes Jr. was a grown man. Sand through a sieve, indeed.

*** The absence of the bird lady heavily implies that she passed away, and that by denying his children the chance to give their money to her and telling them to ignore her, they'll never be able to show the woman kindness ever again. In other words, not only did Mr. Banks take his children for granted, but life itself.

*** There is a not-small implication by the absence of the bird lady is that she passed away and that by denying his children to give their money to her and telling them to ignore her, they'll never be able to show the woman kindness ever again. That not only did Mr. Banks take his children for granted, but life itself.
* Ultimately, the story of Mr Banks. He's a cold and selfish misogynist looking to be remembered in the world of banking. His life is turned upside down by the introduction of Mary Poppins, who brings fun to his family until he realizes what a failure in life he's been. He is ridiculed before his peers, sacked from his job, and then [[EarnYourHappyEnding reconciles with his family, intending to spend more time with his children]]. And he recovers his job at the end!

** Mr. Banks opens the song with an equally sad statement to the position he's found himself in. The whole song, ''A Man Has Dreams,'' is pretty depressing.

* When Mary Poppins finishes packing for her departure, then watches Jane and Michael go off with their parents without a backwards glance. Just because something is right and correct doesn't automatically make it less sad.

* When Michael and Jane run away from the bank and into Bert, who comforts them and he tells them their father loves them, and they say that he doesn't love them at all. Bert explains their father to them, and how no one is there for him, at the end of the day, and how Bert feels sorry for Mr Banks having a dead end job.
-->'''Bert:''' You know begging your pardon, but the one my 'eart goes out to is your father. There he is, in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hammed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don't want to see any living thing caged up.\\

* When Michael apologizes for inadvertently causing the bank riot, and gives his father the tuppence, hoping it'll make everything better. ''Awwwwww''.

* The end of the ''Laughing Gas/Visit with Uncle Albert'' scene when Mary told the kids it's time to go. Which made poor Uncle Albert and Bert very sad. Though it turns into a Funny Moment with Bert's bad joke to Albert, which only makes Albert cry more due to how bad it is, causing Bert to cry himself.

** George's lament that precedes this, a DarkReprise of "Cherry Tree Lane," is also a tear jerker

* When Mary Poppins finishes packing for her departure, then [[spoiler:watches Jane and Michael go off with their parents without a backwards glance. Just because something is right and correct doesn't automatically make it less sad]].

* Mary's departure and [[spoiler:the moment when she says goodbye to Bert and kisses him on the cheek]].

* The end of the ''Laughing Gas/Visit with Uncle Albert'' scene when Mary told the kids it's time to go. Which made poor Uncle Albert and Bert very sad. Though it turns into a Funny Moment with Bert's bad joke to Albert, which only makes Albert cry more due to how bad it is.

* The twins forgetting how to talk to animals when they both turn one year old.

* The [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome song]] "Feed The Birds".

** What makes it better is [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it does make everything better]]. [[EurekaMoment A momentary glance is all it takes]] for George to realize what really matters within his life.

* The end of the ''Laughing Gas/Visit with Uncle Albert'' scene when Mary told the kids it's time to go. Which made poor Uncle Albert and Bert very sad.

** What makes it worse is [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zYsSyCtjuNI#t=1m52s when Mr. Banks goes past the cathedral]] as he makes his way to getting fired; a DarkReprise (or perhaps regular reprise, since it sounded dark anyway) swells as he looks at the utterly empty steps of cathedral, then up into the air.

** Doubly so when you learn that "Feed The Birds" was WaltDisney's favorite song. He would frequently ask the Sherman Brothers to play it for him after their Friday afternoon strategy sessions. And then? They played it at his funeral. Y'all can go cry now.

'''Bert:''' Oh. Sure about that, are you? Look at it this way. You got your mother to look after you, and Mary Poppins, and Constable Jones and me. Who looks after your father? Tell me that. When something terrible happens, what does he do? Fends for himself, he does. Who does he tell about it? No one. Don't blab about his troubles at home. He just pushes on at his job, uncomplaining and alone and silent

'''Jane:''' Father? in a cage?\\

-->'''Michael:''' Father? in a cage?\\
'''Bert:''' They makes cages in all sizes and shapes, you know. Bank-shaped, some of 'em, carpets and all.

* When Michael and Jane run away from the bank and run into Bert who comforts them and he tells them their father loves him, and they say that he doesn't love them at all. Bert explains their father to them, and how no one is there for him, at the end of the day, and how Bert feels sorry for Mr Banks having a dead end job.
-->'''Michael:''' Father? in a cage?
-->'''Bert:''' They makes cages in all sizes and shapes, you know. Bank-shaped, some of 'em, carpets and all.
* When Michael apologizes for inadvertently causing the bank riot, and gives his father the tuppence, hoping it'll make everything better. ''Awwwwww''

And I am on your side!\\

* The reprise of "Good-For-Nothing" and "Being Mrs. Banks," where Mrs. Banks, after being cowed and uncertain for all of the play, reaches out to her husband with courage and love.

* When Mary Poppins [[spoiler:watches Jane and Michael go off with their parents without a backwards glance. Just because something is right and correct doesn't automatically make it less sad]].

** And triply so when you learn, years later, that the bird lady was played by Jane Darwell, already no spring chicken when she won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Ma Joad in ''The Grapes of Wrath'' a quarter of a century earlier. It was her last film role.

* Ultimately, the story of Mr Banks. He's a cold and selfish misogynist looking to be remembered in the world of banking. His life is turned upside down by the introduction of Mary Poppins, who brings fun to his family until he realizes what a failure in life he's been. He is ridiculed before his peers, sacked from his job, and then [[HappyEnding reconciles with his family, intending to spend more time with his children]]. And he recovers his job at the end!

* Every time Mary Poppins leaves the Banks family, especially when she leaves the children mementos and reminds them that nothing lasts forever. P.L. Travers claimed that even she cried when Mary Poppins left the Banks children for good in ''Mary Poppins Opens the Door''.
** When Jane and Michael ask Mary Poppins in the second and third books how long she will stay, she gives rather vague answers, making her departures unpleasant surprises for the Banks family.

And all to soon they're up and grown\\

* Ultimately, the story of Mr Banks. He's a cold and selfish misogynist looking to be remembered in the world of banking. His life is turned upside down by the introduction of Mary Poppins, who brings fun to his family until he realises what a failure in life he's been. He is ridiculed before his peers, sacked from his job, and then [[HappyEnding reconciles with his family, intending to spend more time with his children]]. And he recovers his job at the end!