History TearJerker / PokemonXAndY

* When you meet Lysandre in Team Flare's hidden base, he reveals his plan to wipe out most of the people on the planet. Calem/Serena asks "What about Pokémon?" Lysandre responds with no words and we can see tears falling from his eyes. He says that Pokémon are wonderful creatures, but with people and Pokémon together, there will always be problems. So there will be no room for Pokémon in his new world order. Meaning he is going to kill all the Pokémon by draining their life force, regretting doing so, but feeling it is the only option.

** The kicker? That Pokemon's affection value in Pokemon-Amie will be maxed out when you get it back. He really cared for it to the very end...

* Making a return from the Unova games is a more meta one. In one of the houses south of the Pokémon Center in Coumarine City lies someone who looks like an Ace Trainer, and he offers to show you music skills. What song does he play? The poignant "Emotion" that played in multiple key scenes of the Unova games, which were tear jerkers in their own right.

* In the post-game, you end up getting hired by Looker. The first two chapters are mostly humorous but comes the third one and you learn that his partner Pokemon apparently died on a mission. The Croagunk you witnessed snatching the Magma Stone away from Charon in ''Platinum'' was likely the one being referred to.

* Making a return from the Unova games is a more meta one. In one of the houses south of the Pokemon Center in Coumarine City lies someone who looks like an Ace Trainer, and he offers to show you music skills. What song does he play? The poignant "Emotion" that played in multiple key scenes of the Unova Games, which were tear jerkers in their own right.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdNXpudo7P8 Snowbelle City's Theme]]. Aside from taking place in a snowy city, it really gives that "near the end" feeling and overall can really be saddening to hear. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kgR0ehYw1g The anime rendition]] has been used in a couple sad scenes.

** ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'' twists the knife with this one by showing that after receiving Floette's coffin, all he can do is grab it, collapse on top of it, and sob hysterically, which is made worse since an interview with Junichi Masuda revealed that the Floette was a gift from his mother.

* In a house in Anistar City, there's an old man who is lonely because his wife recently died and he asks you to lend him a Pokémon to keep him company. That's sad enough, right? Well, the player can lend him a Pokémon Level 5 or lower. After the player returns to the home in the post-game, the man is gone and there's a Pokeball on the floor. He's happy that the Pokémon kept him company in his final moments, and thanks the player, and regrets that he will no longer be around to take care of it. The player takes the Pokémon back and also receives a Comet Shard as a gift.

* AZ's story. His beloved Pokémon, a Floette, went to fight in a war and was killed. In his grief, he made a machine to bring her back to life. He succeeded, but furious at the world that had killed her, he turned the machine that had resurrected her into a weapon and killed thousands, ending the war. However, Floette, horrified at what he had done, ran away from him. Furthermore, the fallout from the weapon had given the man immortality. So by the end of it, he's stuck alone in a world where he can't die, with nothing but the ruins of a war around him, and being around the people and Pokémon that somehow weren't killed by his weapon or the war. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTZ1zhN4Hs The music in the scene]] drives it in further.

* Just a very minor one: there's a girl in Laverre City who gives you a Gengarite. She mentions that some Pokémon evolve through Link Trades, but since she's all alone, she has no one to Link Trade with. With her mention of Haunter, it's implied she owns one, but can't evolve it into Gengar because there's no one who'll trade with her. It's enough to make you take pity on her, but sadly, the game doesn't offer the chance to perform a Link Trade with her.

* Just a very minor one: there's a girl in Laverre City who gives you a Gengarite. She mentions that some Pok;eacute;mon evolve through Link Trades, but since she's all alone, she has no one to Link Trade with. With her mention of Haunter, it's implied she owns one, but can't evolve it into Gengar because there's no one who'll trade with her. It's enough to make you take pity on her, but sadly, the game doesn't offer the chance to perform a Link Trade with her.

--> Edith (before battle): Now I want you to listen to me...The Pokéemon I am about to use were left to me by my dearly departed husband.

** AZ's body language is what really sell the scene. Notice how, once Floette appears, he is ''trembling'', on his knees, visibly shaking at the sight of his Pokémon. Coupled with his shocked facial expression, it is one of the most heartwarming moments in the game, especially since prior to this AZ hardly showed any emotion, let alone the feeble sorrow he displays in this scene.

* Making a return from the Unova games is a more meta one. In one of the houses south of the Pokemon Center in Courmarine City lies someone who looks like an Ace Trainer, and he offers to show you music skills. What song does he play? The poignant "Emotion" that played in multiple key scenes of the Unova Games, which were tear jerkers in their own right.
* In a house in Anistar City, there's an old man who is lonely because his wife recently died and he asks you to lend him a Pokemon to keep him company. That's sad enough, right? Well, the player can lend him a Pokémon Level 5 or lower. After the player returns to the home in the post-game, the man is gone and there's a Pokeball on the floor. He's happy that the Pokémon kept him company in his final moments, and thanks the player, and regrets that he will no longer be around to take care of it. The player takes the Pokémon back and also receives a Comet Shard as a gift.

--> Edith (before battle): Now I want you to listen to me...The Pokemon I am about to use were left to me by my dearly departed husband.

* One of the quotes that will appear if your Pokemon has bonded with you enough is "<Pokémon> is remembering the first time it met <Trainer>...". This is especially saddening and heartwarming when you're going through the last Team Flare sequence in the main story, after [[WhamLine Lysandre's final Holo Caster announcement.]]
* Let's spare a thought for Korrina for a moment. Note that she has two Lucario, which can't be found in the wild, implying that she caught two Riolus and went from there. How do Riolu evolve, you ask? Through happiness, meaning their bond with the trainer. Then the Lucario that takes a shine to you essentially decides that YOU, a random trainer who's still a novice, is the one who it wants to stay with and fight beside. It probably wasn't a snub towards Korrina, and it's certainly not the player's fault, but that's still a huge, undeserved slap in the face.

* Just a very minor one: there's a girl in Laverre City who gives you a Gengarite. She mentions that some Pokemon evolve through Link Trades, but since she's all alone, she has no one to Link Trade with. With her mention of Haunter, it's implied she owns one, but can't evolve it into Gengar because there's no one who'll trade with her. It's enough to make you take pity on her, but sadly, the game doesn't offer the chance to perform a Link Trade with her.