History TearJerker / Overwatch

* When Agent Tremblay speaks with Sojourn, he tells her that he and his team attempted to arrest a group of radical Omnics with ties to Null Sector. The team was quickly overwhelmed by the Omnics, only to be saved by a masked vigilante using high-tech cybernetics. Moreover, the vigilante fired a round that comes from the same railgun Sojourn was known to use. It's palpable to the audience that Tremblay looks up to Sojourn, but that since she violated the Petras Act, he has to arrest her regardless. He doesn't end up doing so due to Null Sector choosing that very moment to invade Toronto, but he came ''very'' close to handcuffing someone he idolized, despite that [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished she had saved his life and the lives of his team the night before]] and despite that he ''clearly'' didn't want to arrest her, yet he was duty-bound to do so.

* Winston was a very intelligent gorilla that was the product of an experiment concerning side-effects of living in space. He was HappilyAdopted by a scientist named Dr. Harold Winston, but the other gorillas living in the space colony grew jealous of Winston and revolted, killing all of the scientists including Winston's adoptive father/mentor, the last one presumably to spite Winston. A troper made a WMG that was later confirmed about how Winston's glasses formerly belonged to Dr. Harold, which makes the moment where Reaper steps on them in the cinematic trailer's status as SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} much more debatable.

* In the comic, Symmetra befriends a young girl after the latter helps her navigate the favela the Vishkar Corporation is planning to remodel. The girl is later burned in a fire that the Vishkar Corporation caused in order to force the people to accept its "improvements", and while Symmetra saves the girl in time, the girl's face ends up irreparably burned. She still convinces herself that all her company has done was ForTheGreaterGood, but the incident is slowly causing her to show signs of BrokenPedestal towards the Vishkar Corporation. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The look on her face in the very last panel, though slight, says it all]].

* Ashe, the leader of the Deadlock Gang, has a sympathetic backstory as well. Through her origin story, we see how she grew up as a LonelyRichKid, not helped by ParentalNeglect. Even though they tried to get her the best of education, she wasn't putting up with their treatment of her. She lashed out at them, her parents, and the world around her. The only friend she seemed to have growing up was her Omnic butler, B.O.B. Together with [=McCree=], she formed the Deadlock Gang, to finally have a family of her own in a different way.

* Despite effectively being the point where Ramattra [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope stopped being merely an extremist freedom fighter and became the omnic terrorist leader feared by all]], his furious breakdown at the failure of the Uprising in King's Row [[TragicVillain is still very tragic]]. He ignored the warnings and alternate plans presented by his closest associates, but only because he felt confident that the forces he amassed would be enough to claim victory and was worth the risk, which proved a grave mistake for him as not only did Overwatch stop Null Sector, Lanet -- one of said partners who wasn't even on board with Ramattra's plan, but saw a personal obligation to lead their forces -- was also slain. Combined with reports of [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating widespread condemnation by omnic communities]] -- the very people he believes himself to fight for -- Ramattra's zealous fury alienates his remaining partners, all of whom witnessed their ally [[MotiveDecay devolve from being the potential savior to omnics into a megalomaniacal tyrant]], who all promptly abandon him. Even Ramattra seems [[BeCarefulWhatYouSay instantly aware that he just made another grave mistake by telling them to leave]], and now he must lead his cause alone.

* Despite effectively being the point where Ramattra [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope stopped being merely an extremist freedom fighter and became the omnic terrorist leader feared by all]], his furious breakdown at the failure of the Uprising in King's Row [[TragicVillain is still very tragic]]. He ignored the warnings and alternate plans presented by his closest associates, but only because he felt confident that the forces he amassed would be enough to claim victory and was worth the risk, which proved a grave mistake for him as not only did Overwatch stop Null Sector, Lanet -- one of said partners who wasn't even on board with Ramattra's plan, but saw a personal obligation to lead their forces -- was also slain. Combined with reports of [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating widespread condemnation by omnic communities]] -- the very people he believes himself to fight for -- Ramattra's zealous fury alienates his remaining partners, all of whom witnessed their ally [[MotiveDecay devolve from being the potential savior to omnics into a megalomaniacal tyrant]], who all immediately abandon him. Even Ramattra seems [[BeCarefulWhatYouSay immediately aware that he just made another grave mistake by telling them to leave]], and now he must lead his cause alone.

** That conversation Reyes and Jack had was while the two of them were laying flags over the caskets ofthe Overwatch agents killed in the bombing. The sheer number of them shows just how truly devastating the attack was and how many friends they've lost.

** FridgeLogic plays a role here. How must Hanzo have defeated Genji? Because if Genji did not want to be part of their illegal activities, it most likely meant he had refused to lethally defend himself against his own brother.

* Ramattra was once a simple Omnic foot soldier, created solely as a tool for war and nothing else until the Omnics awakened to their own sentience via the Iris. Believing there could be a path to peaceful coexistence with humans, he became a monk just like Zenyatta and Mondatta. Unfortunately, Ramattra would end up undergoing much darker and harsher circumstances than his fellow Omnics. These circumstances slowly took their toll and eventually shattered his idealism completely, convincing him that humans don't ''want'' peaceful relations with Omnics, only seeing them as "mere machines" that threaten their place in the world and need to be destroyed in order to preserve their view of "the natural order". This resulted in Ramattra deciding to take up arms again as the leader of Null Sector - an extremist group of Omnics that seeks to secure their place in the world by any means necessary.

* Rammatra was once a simple Omnic foot soldier, created solely as a tool for war and nothing else until the Omnics awakened to their own sentience via the Iris. Believing there could be a path to peaceful coexistence with humans, he became a monk just like Zenyatta and Mondatta. Unfortunately, Rammatra would end up undergoing much darker and harsher circumstances than his fellow Omnics. These circumstances slowly took their toll and eventually shattered his idealism completely, convincing him that humans don't ''want'' peaceful relations with Omnics, only seeing them as "mere machines" that threaten their place in the world and need to be destroyed in order to preserve their view of "the natural order". This resulted in Rammatra deciding to take up arms again as the leader of Null Sector - an extremist group of Omnics that seeks to secure their place in the world by any means necessary.

* Kiriko's mom is worried about her living in Kanezaka, which is plagued by the Hashimoto clan. She admits she doesn't know how to protect Kiriko and doesn't have faith that Kiriko can protect herself.
* The old man is shot and his granddaughter weeps over his body.

*** ''Overwatch 2'' gives mroe insight into Widowmaker's relationship with her late husband through new character interactions, hinting that there may have been mroe going on between them than intiially believed while she still fondly remembers their time together as best she can, even his final moments.

** As revealed in new interactions added in the Overwatch 2 Beta, Hammond has a very different recollection of how he was treated within the Horizon Lunar Colony, carrying trauma from his experimentations as hinted by Baptiste attempting a medical checkup on him, and growing resentful of Winston for stealing his rocket designs and leaving behind when the other gorillas revolted.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bring back Overwatch...What's the point?"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Just because you're a {{Brainwashed}} assassin doesn't mean you don't have [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loved ones]] that you mourn on Christmas. [[BeingEvilSucks Stings even more]] if you were [[BrainwashedAndCrazy forced to kill him]].]]

** Reaper looms in an alleyway, rain pouring on him as he watches a happy family walk down the street after buying a gift for their child. It's a grim reminder of what he ''could'' have been had he not pulled his FaceHeelTurn. It's made even worse when, in a later AMA with Michael Chu where he was asked to shed some clarity on that family in the comic, he said [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/6b63j3/ama_request_michael_chu/dhlgs6l/ "It's not a random family."]]

* Reaper's interaction with Ana is heartbreaking. He reunites with his old friend and former comrade-in-arms for the first time since Overwatch's destruction, except they're on opposite sides now. He expresses disappointment that Ana has sided with Jack/Soldier: 76 once again, and when Ana unmasks Reaper and sees Gabriel, now warped beyond recognition, he points to Jack as the sole reason why he's become so screwed up. Before leaving, he invokes NotSoDifferent, reminding Ana that Overwatch screwed her over as much it did him by leaving her to die instead of helping her on her failed hostage retrieval mission, hoping it'll make Ana see his side of things and ally with him instead. Going from this, it's later revealed that Ana kept her survival a secret from even Gabriel. Gabriel, not knowing that Ana survived, assumed she really died and his anger towards his teammates, especially Jack, for not going back to rescue Ana and give her immediate medical aid contributed to his FaceHeelTurn.

** Blizzard ''[[CreatorThumbprint loves]]'' the FallenHero trope, but what makes Morrison so much more tragic than the likes of [[VideoGame/StarCraft Kerrigan]] or [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Arthas]] is that he didn't need any sort of supernatural corruption or alien catalyst to turn into Soldier: 76. He was simply worn away by [[RealityEnsues reality]]. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments This is thankfully softened with how Soldier: 76 is at worst an]] AntiVillain, compared to the other two who happily [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Jump Off The Slippery Slope]] (though in the case of Kerrigan, [[VideoGame/StarcraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm it's much more complicated than that, and she eventually does redeem herself]]). But it doesn't make it any happier.

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* A voice actor had fun making up taunts for characters. While almost all of them are hilarious, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kllpl2l_cNE Torbjörn]] has two that are surprisingly sad. They are taunts toward former friends Gabriel and Jack, now Reaper and Soldier: 76.
-->'''To Reaper:''' Even [[TheEngineer I]] can't repair your past.\\
'''To Soldier: 76:''' I mourned you, we all did. But you're not the man who inspired me to fight! Not anymore. Now I have to deal with you the same way we dealt with every other criminal.
** Same guy also made a taunt compilation for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LToWweDa5e0 Soldier: 76.]] His taunts towards Reinhardt and [[CombatMedic Mercy]] hit hard.
-->'''To Mercy''': Heroes ''do'' die, you're looking at one who ''did!''\\
'''To Reinhardt''': My glory days are over too, I'm just not in denial about it.
* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClnCb0TXEAA4pEQ.jpg This fan-made comic]] featuring Soldier: 76 and Mercy. Regardless of whether you ship them or not, it ''really'' spikes up the Woobieness of these two characters.
* Of all places, there's a tearjerking moment in Music/JTMusic's ''[[https://youtu.be/SjAGp3xSBIc Junkrat and Roadhog Rap]]''. The majority of the song is a BoastfulRap showcasing Junkrat and Roadhog's badass AxCrazy chops and their VitriolicBestBuds status. Then a line about Bacon hits a little ''too'' close for Roadhog causing him to launch into a verse about how he remembers Australia before the Omnic crisis and how before he met Junkrat he just wandered about aimlessly plagued by SurvivorGuilt and [[DeathSeeker resigned to the idea of dying]], helped by the music suddenly switching to a much more melancholic piece. For all the bile they spat at each other during the whole song, [[TrueCompanions Junkrat confesses that he'll follow Roadhog wherever he goes.]] The song goes to lengths to show that as evil as the pair are, at the heart of things they're two people damaged immensely by the Omnic Crisis.
-->'''Roadhog:''' I remember a field, where the piggies would graze. Till the Omnics came in, and all our nation was razed. Just thinking of bacon is heartache, a piece of me died on that dark day. Now I'm back on the road, with no family or friends, just ride my cycle alone, I guess this is how it ends.
* There's also one in their ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNfLJHGzcw Bastion - A musical]]'' despite the song being otherwise extremly funny.
--->'''Bastion:''' [[LastOfHisKind I'm the last fucking Bastion]] [[SoleSurvivor all of my kind are dead]] / [[KillerRobot I'll kill all of you bastards]] [[DespairEventHorizon 'Cuz that's all I have left]].
* JT Machinima's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micd85b7vBc Widowmaker Song]]", no question. The song purposefully explores Widowmaker's backstory, widely agreed to be the most heartbreaking of any character in the game. The dark and haunting lyrics that put into perspective both her current status as being a cold-blooded assassin, as well as her past where she was kidnapped, tortured, brainwashed, and reconditioned into murdering her husband, makes it very hard not to feel any emotional pain when listening. This, combined with the depressing tone and Andrea Storm Kaden's painfully sad-sounding singing, makes it the biggest TearJerker song they've ever made.
* Someone made a fan comic of Roadhog's reimagined backstory, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9Hdlrnu6Y good god it hits hard in this territory.]] This version of Roadhog actually had a daughter who loved pachimari and pigs, she even made him a pig mask which he wears happily. The pig badge on Roadhog's shotgun scabbard actually belonged to her and he's pinned it to his scabbard as a TragicKeepsake after [[OutlivingOnesOffspring she died in the civil war]] for [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the Outback.]] Even worse Roadhog ends the comic by sitting with solemn silence at her makeshift grave, in the video it ends with Roadhog calling her by an AffectionateNickname "little pig".
* There also exists another fan made graphic novel titled ''Ghost''; the premise being that Widowmaker slowly dying from the neural re-programming procedures performed upon her by Talon when she was being turned into the emotionless, cold-blooded assassin she is now. Omahdon uploaded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2VWXw9iCkA a fandub of the first issue]], where a desperate Sombra suggests to a passive Reaper that they approach Mercy for help.
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* Hanzo was a member of a powerful Yakuza-esque clan of assassins who was forced to kill his little brother Genji by the orders of his clan's elders, simply because Genji refused to participate in his family's criminal activities. This traumatized Hanzo so much that he rejected his clan and attempted to restore his personal honor by killing his enemies.

* Earlier in the comic, Symmetra explains that she is somewhere in the autism spectrum. She has an inner monologue about how her autism set her apart from the others, with people constantly asking her where she fits on the spectrum. This can strike a cord in anyone born with autism, having to deal with both social stigma and so-called "experts" who constantly prod at them to see what makes them tic.