History TearJerker / PokemonRejuvenation

While much darker than the main Franchise/{{Pokemon}} game, Pokemon Rejuvenation is still relatively lighthearted... [[MoodWhiplash which makes the sad bits even worse]]. '''''SPOILERS AHOY.'''''

* The Dimensional Rift Volcanion is perhaps the worst of them. According to the Rift Notes, it's actually an infant who was stolen from its mother. It was intended to be made into a [[TheHeartless Shadow Pokemon]], but when it resisted it was transformed into a Dimensional Rift that was used to power Madelis' lab by turning Carotos Mountain into a volcano. [[AndIMustScream The poor thing is completely helpless to do anything about it.]] When you get to it, it's already fused with the mountain using its many limbs, and the only way to shut it down is [[MercyKill to kill it.]] [[TheWoobie Wow.]]

* Meeting up with Zetta (or more accurately, a nightmare with his memories and personality) in Nightmare City. He opens up to you and Aelita about how Team Xen treated him as just another tool in their arsenal instead of like a human being (even considering destroying him at several points), how he wishes he could have connected with Melia, and how he regrets being bad enough in Melia's eyes to manifest as a nightmare she had. He ultimately begs you to tell Melia to remember him, so he won't fade away. Aelita even compares him to [[{{Woobie}} a troubled child]]. It gets worse during your final fight with him. His Pokemon are all nicknamed; looking at their nicknames in order gives the following message:\\

* What happens to Talon in the Renegade route. It's bad enough that he gets a letter telling him that his sick mother's condition became even worse because after hearing that he'd been turned to stone, she wanted to visit him, fell and is now in hospital. It's even worse that [[spoiler:Karma itself chose him as a pawn and told him to stop the player on repeat, which did a number on his sanity.]] But what happens to him in the end depends on whether or not [[spoiler:Florin is dead: if he's not dead, Talon and Florin confront the player and M2, lose to them and the player deletes them both despite M2's objection. If Florin is dead, then Talon, having nothing to live for, turns into a Rift that looks like a Noivern-esque abomination. The player has to defeat his Rift, and then goes inside and deletes him, knowing that there's no way to save him.]]

* The revelation in Chapter 13 that Kanon [[spoiler:as the player knew him never existed. Kanon is a maid, a being created by Garufan magic to serve Nymiera's family, who was only pretending to be a teenager.]] Huey breaks down at this, begging Kanon to act like his friend again.

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* As of Version 13, the Haircut sidequest in Gearen City becomes a mixture of this and Heartwarming at the end. Sasha and Rosa talk things out with each other, with the daughter swearing to her mother that she understands, loves her, and would have helped her if she'd asked... all of which brings up a lot of bittersweet memories for the PlayerCharacter, who will automatically head for the door.

** It gets somehow worse when you get to the V7 story content and discover in a flashback that [[spoiler:Crescent put the poor thing there as a scapegoat to cover Melia's escape.]]

* The Dimensional Rift Garbodor, full stop. [[spoiler:It's actually the shiny Garbodor Melia created, who was transformed into a Dimensional Rift by Zetta as a punishment for helping Melia escape him. It wandered the world for months in search of Melia, just so it could know its efforts weren't in vain and so it could apologize. It doesn't even try to attack you once it realizes Melia's with you.]] The worst part? Unless you've met the right conditions [[GuideDangIt (which are rather tricky to meet if you don't know them beforehand)]], [[PlayerPunch you're forced to put it down.]]

* Melia's [[spoiler:faked]] death. The reactions of Venam, Ren, and even Zetta [[spoiler:(Especially Zetta, since he's Melia's clone and thus she was the closest thing he had to family)]] are all incredibly sobering.
* In the revamped version of the Chrysalis Manor arc, Venam's friends Luca and Lenny, after escaping with her and the player character from the mansion, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere sever all ties with her]]. While Venam's stubborn insistence on exploring the manor was part of the reason they almost died, it's still heartbreaking to watch two of her ([[WithFriendsLikeThese apparently]]) closest friends drop her like a hot potato shortly after her friend Melia [[spoiler: supposedly]] died.
* Meeting up with [[spoiler:Zetta (or more accurately, a nightmare with his memories and personality)]] in Nightmare City. He opens up to you and Aelita about how Team Xen treated him as just another tool in their arsenal instead of like a human being (even considering destroying him at several points), how he wishes he could have connected with [[spoiler:Melia, and how he regrets being bad enough in Melia's eyes to manifest as a nightmare she had. He ultimately begs you to tell Melia to remember him, so he won't fade away.]] Aelita even compares him to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds a troubled child]].
** It gets worse during your final fight with him. His Pokemon are all nicknamed; looking at their nicknames in order gives the following message:\\

* The revelation in Version 11 that [[spoiler:Kanon as the player knew him never existed. Kanon is a sapient Garufan spell created to serve Nymiera's family, who was only pretending to be a child. Huey breaks down at this, begging Kanon to act like his friend again.]]
** [[spoiler:Something that makes it even more depressing is that Alexandra and Nymiera herself have both ''repeatedly told him'' that he doesn't have to just have HappinessInSlavery and can have a life of his own. He's never paid any attention to them.]]

* The protagonist's entire situation in general is extremely depressing once you stop to think about it. Only since the start of the game their mother is kidnapped, they are thrown into an unknown region with nothing more than a Starter Pokémon to go forward, a friend they make along the way is [[spoiler: supposedly]] killed mere hours after meeting them, they try to soothe Keta's soul only for him to get killed too, they are almost lynched at Goldenleaf Town, they are kidnapped by Team Xen and forced to work at their castle, [[spoiler: their mother gets murdered right in front of them]], another one of their friends is [[spoiler: turned into stone and thrown into a pool of lava]]... And yet in spite of all this, [[StepfordSmiler they never even talk about this to their companions even though some dialogue choices later on clearly show that it's taking a heavy toll on them.]]

While much darker than the main Franchise/{{Pokemon}} game, Pokemon Rejuvenation is still relatively lighthearted... which makes the sad bits even worse. '''''SPOILERS AHOY.'''''

** It gets somehow worse when you get to the V7 story content and discover in a flashback that [[spoiler:Crescent put the poor thing there as [[TheScapegoat a scapegoat]] to cover Melia's escape.]]

* The Dimensional Rift [[spoiler:Chandelure]]. Disregarding the fact that [[spoiler:it's Narcissa's old partner who was mortally wounded fighting [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Dufax]], then denied peace in death]], prior to V9 its only dialouge [[spoiler:once it revealed its true form]] was to beg for death, and in all versions since its introduction its last words are to thank you for giving it a MercyKill.
* The Dimensional Rift [[spoiler: Garbodor]], full stop. [[spoiler:It's actually the shiny Garbodor Melia created, who was transformed into a Dimensional Rift by Zetta as a punishment for helping Melia escape him. It wandered the world for months in search of Melia, just so it could know its efforts weren't in vain and so it could apologize. [[NonMaliciousMonster It doesn't even try to attack you once it realizes Melia's with you.]] The worst part? Unless you've met the right conditions [[GuideDangIt (which are rather tricky to meet if you don't know them beforehand)]], [[PlayerPunch you're forced to put it down.]]]]

* Melia's [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead faked]]]] death. The reactions of Venam, Ren, and even Zetta [[spoiler:[[EspeciallyZoidberg especially Zetta, since he's Melia's clone and thus she was the closest thing he had to family]]]] are all incredibly sobering.
* In the revamped version of the Chrysalis Manor arc (the third gym), Venam's friends Luca and Lenny, after escaping with her and the player character from the mansion, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere sever all ties with her]]. While Venam's stubborn insistence on exploring the manor was part of the reason they almost died, it's still heartbreaking to watch two of her ([[WithFriendsLikeThese apparently]] closest friends drop her like a hot potato shortly after her friend Melia [[spoiler:supposedly]] died.
* Meeting up with [[spoiler:Zetta (or more accurately, a nightmare with his memories and personality)]] in Nightmare City. He opens up to you and Alieta about [[spoiler:how Team Xen treated him as just another tool in their arsenal instead of like a human being (even considering destroying him at several points), how he wishes he could have connected with Melia, and how he regrets being bad enough in Melia's eyes to manifest as a nightmare she had. He ultimately begs you to tell Melia to remember him, so he won't fade away.]] Alieta even compares him to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds a troubled child]].

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* [[spoiler: Mom pulling a HeroicSacrifice. The player gets to see her getting cut in two by Madame X's blade.]]