History TearJerker / Shrek2

* Fiona eventually decides to give up and return to the swamp, devastated that her parents never even gave Shrek a chance. She faints due to the effects of the potion Shrek drank but before that, she was going to cut her parents out of her life and go back home with Shrek.
** The way she decides to return is heartbreaking too, she sounds so defeated. You can really feel for her. All she wants is a happy family and she was so hopeful at the beginning of the film, despite Shrek's prediction that her parents would be hostile. She was mad at Shrek for not getting along with her father but she clearly knew that it wasn't all his fault. She deeply loves both her parents and Shrek but she realizes her love is not shared, simply for the fact that Shrek is an ogre and that she is an ogre herself, something that doesn't bother her in the slightest but her parents' prejudice is too much for her.

** What makes this worse is that the Godmother acknowledges what Shrek and Fiona had together - experiences and sacrifices - was worth something, but their social differences will always keep them apart. In her own words: "''It’s time you stopped living in a fairytale, Shrek. She’s a '''princess''', and you’re an '''ogre''' - that's something no magic potion is ever going to change.''" It's the same issue that Shrek believed in the first film, and all he's seen and experienced hasn't made that problem go away.

** Both Gingerbread Man and Shrek were shaken by Mongo's demise. Shrek, while it could be because he tried stopping Gingy from jumping, was already friendly with Mongo and was obviously saddened but more focused on the advantage he had getting through the drawbridge. Gingy, on the other hand, was bawling his eyes out over seeing something he helped create die in front of him, had it not been for Puss grabbing onto him at the last moment, he was willing to die along with him, even begging to get back to Mongo.

* The scene where Shrek sees Fiona with Charming. He's desperately crying out to her, trying to get her attention, all in vain. His desperation is so heartbreaking.
** What follows next is just as bad: the Fairy Godmother convincing him that him and Fiona can never be and he's only ruining her life by preventing her from being with "the man of her dreams". When Shrek says this line, he looks on the brink of tears.

--> '''Fairy Godmother:''' If you really love her, you'll let her go.
** What makes this worse is that the Godmother acknowledges what Shrek and Fiona had together - experiences and sacrifices - was worth something, but their social differences will always keep them apart. In her own words: "It’s time you stopped living in a fairytale, Shrek. She’s a princess, and you’re an ogre - that's something no magic potion is ever going to change." It's the same issue that Shrek believed in the first film, and all he's seen and experienced hasn't made that problem go away.

* At the climax, where Shrek and his allies all raid the castle. Mostly, it's just full of [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome the crowner moments for nearly every character]] but it's the giant Gingerbread Man, Mongo, that gets the tearducts flowing during this scene. His "[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial be good]]" line was especially tearjerker-worthy...
** Both Gingerbread Man and Shrek were both shaken by Mongo's demise. Shrek, while it could be because he tried stopping Gingy from jumping, was already friendly with Mongo and was obviously saddened but more focused on the advantage he had getting through the drawbridge. Gingy, on the other hand, was bawling his eyes out over seeing something he helped create die in front of him, had it not been for Puss grabbing onto him at the last moment, he was willing to die along with him, even begging to get back to Mongo.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The PowerTrio's DarkestHour, spent at the [[DrowningMySorrows Poison Apple.]]]]

** What makes this worse is that the Godmother acknowledges what Shrek and Fiona had together - experiences and sacrifices - was worth something, but their social differences will always keep them apart. In her own words: "You're an ogre and she's a princess - that's something no magic potion is ever going to change." It's the same issue that Shrek believed in the first film, and all he's seen and experienced hasn't made that problem go away.

* On the night of the ball, Fiona and her father was talking about the New Shrek. Fiona express disgust in him. The way she sums up her feelings in the OneLiner cause Harold to have a HeelFaceTurn and decided not to give her the tea with the potion because Fiona is speaking from her heart, not because of a love potion.

* Prince Charming's life can be seen as this. It's true he was a selfish mama's boy but he was just so used to it he didn't expect or try to look beyond it. Fairy Godmother didn't care about him becoming king for his own gain, she only wanted to fulfil the fairytale legend she's been following/setting up as her trade. [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]] couldn't be better domesticated.

** Harold despairs because he has not only been lying to his daughter the whole time, but he's also been pushing her into a life he planned for her, finally realizing that isn't what she wants. When he decides to not go through with the plan, you can tell by the look on his face he knows what's coming. Turns out, he's completely right to be afraid.