History TearJerker / TalesSeries

''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has [[TearJerker/TalesOfTheAbyss its own page.]] As does ''[[TearJerker/TalesOfXillia Xillia]]'' and [[TearJerker/TakesOfXillia2 its sequel]]

''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has [[TearJerker/TalesOfTheAbyss its own page.]]

** Now at this point it sounds like it's going to [[EarnYourHappyEnding end happily]], but instead it actually gets worse for Kratos: Kratos leaves for derris-kharlan, and we find out in the sequel that he is never coming back, ever. The comet drifted so far all contact between it and the world of TOS was severed, ending Kratos only connection to his son and his last living friend from over 4000 years ago. Lloyd doesn't even get one last goodbye. He doesn't know he will never see his father again.]]

* The whole story of [[spoiler: Mithos]] and [[spoiler: Genis]]. Not only do both share a striking number of similarities and experiences, their friendship often blurs the line between [[spoiler: villainous manipulation and HoYay best friendship, with Mithos' actual feelings for Genis never really being clarified.]] It gets worse with an obscure hidden scene where Lloyd gets to see [[spoiler: Mithos and Genis' friendship for himself and just how close they are, including a promise Genis makes to stick by Mithos]], which just makes [[spoiler: {{The Reveal}} even more painful]]. A skit after, where [[spoiler: Genis breaks down in tears from it]], can become a real tearjerker as a result. And should you have taken [[spoiler: Genis]] as partner for the endgame, [[spoiler: You get to see just how much the betrayal has hurt him]].

'''Harold''': Don't speak! The wound would get worse!\\

* Sheena during [[spoiler: Corrine's death]], especially considering that [[spoiler: Corrine, up until she met Lloyd and co, was Sheena's only friend and the only one who believed in her wholeheartedly. So when the little guy jumps in and makes a HeroicSacrificefor her, it's so sad, especially as Sheena begs him not to die and then promptly beats the absolute CRAP out of Volt.]] The crack in her voice is amazing. And then there's the way [[spoiler: Kuchinawa]] treats her afterwards...

* As if having kill [[spoiler:Prime Julius]] wasn't enough of a soul shattering experience for [[spoiler:Ludger]], he then is swept away in another fractured dimension caused by Julius's passing. [[spoiler: It's a perfect world where he and his brother lived happily. When the dimension's Julius realizes that Ludger is here to kill him as the catalyst, he accepts his fate with a smile, even humming the Hymn of Proof to him as a sign he still loves him.]]

* As if having kill [[spoiler:Prime Julius]] wasn't enough of a soul shattering experience for [[spoiler:Ludger]], he then is swept away in another fractured dimension caused by Julius's passing. [[spoiler: It's a perfect world where he and his brother lived happily. When the dimension's Julius realizes that Ludger is here to kill him as the catalyst, he accepts his fate with a smile, even humming to him as a sign he still loves him.]]

* The BadEnd of ''Dawn of the New World'' is strikingly horrifying. Interestingly enough, it's ''more difficult'' to get this ending than the good ending, as you have to [[spoiler:defeat Lloyd and Marta alone, as opposed to lose to them in order to reach Emil's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind that serves as the final battle. Anyway, if Emil defeats Lloyd and Marta, he suddenly realizes that he's injured Marta...and in a state of grief, ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath commits suicide]]'' in order to seal the door to the demon realm, instead of carrying out the party's original plan.

''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has its [[TearJerker/TalesOfTheAbyss its own page.]]

[[folder:''TalesOfTheAbyss'']]

See TearJerker/TalesOfTheAbyss

[[folder: ''TalesOfSymphonia and its sequel'']]

* [[spoiler:Zelos]]'s death scene sent this troper into a mad frenzy of hitting the reset button to do the ending properly.
** To add to that, the rematch in the coloseum against [[spoiler: Seles, who in really cared for her half brother and is wanting to avenge him]]. This is definitely salt on wounds for this troper, who [[spoiler: played through Zelos' route the playthrough before]]. Damn you completionist impulse.
** Made even WORSE if you learn [[spoiler: Zelos]]'s backstory where [[spoiler: his mother died cursing his existence, and essentially that the reason he joined Cruxis in the first place was because he genuinely believed he was nothing but an obstacle everyone wanted to get rid of. The horrible realization comes about that if Zelos dies, he does so without ever once in his entire life feeling like he had any real value.]]
* During the first third of the game, the cutscenes after every boss battle, when it becomes increasingly obvious just how much Colette is suffering for her quest, all start to add up, culminating in [[spoiler:her losing her soul]]. This troper nearly cried...and only didn't because the next boss, [[spoiler:Remiel]], made some highly disparaging comments about her, and humanity in general. As such, the emotional response [[UnstoppableRage shifted abruptly]].
** The tearjerker factor of what happens to Colette also has later effects: when you have her in your fighting party and ''she doesn't speak'' - no start-of-battle quote, no incantations during her spells, nothing. It's incredibly [[NightmareFuel jarring]], and makes the emotional response even stronger because you don't realise all at once what's wrong.
* This troper didn't fully play to [[spoiler: the point where Colette loses bits and pieces of herself before she (temporarily) loses her entire being]] to know the details at the time about the trial and error of chosens and quickly turned a bit sour realizing [[spoiler: Zelos, whose own experiences as chosen either are heavily downplayed if not brought up at all compared to Collete's, could also be suffering the same symptoms she suffered (as her symptoms were from her cruxis crystal, not the "trials" she endured) albeit unnoticed by the party. And you'll only ever see a hint he may have experienced these symptoms through the fact he has wings just like her, which he only exposes in the ending where you kill him, or [[ItWasHisSled in the sequel]].]] When this troper finally ''did'' get a chance to play to this point, even though they have a bit more clarity, the feelings were made worse.
* Raine's backstory, and especially [[spoiler:the scene where she confronts her mother.]] Seeing the usually cool, rational, level-headed Raine break down in front of the brother she raised, who can do nothing but realise what PromotionToParent meant [[ParentalAbandonment to her]]... Yeah.
** Also, the fact that on some subconscious level, [[spoiler: Virginia seems partially aware of Raine's distress, only in her insanity, she begins to comfort the ''doll that she thinks is Raine''.]]
* How about Sheena during [[spoiler: Corrine's death]]? That always gets to me, especially considering that [[spoiler: Corrine, up until she met Lloyd and co, was Sheena's only friend and the only one who believed in her wholeheartedly. So when the little guy jumps in and makes a HeroicSacrificefor her, it's so sad, especially as Sheena begs him not to die and then promptly beats the absolute CRAP out of Volt.]] The crack in her voice is amazing.
** And then there's the way [[spoiler: Kuchinawa]] treats her afterwards...
* When [[spoiler: Martel is revived and rejects what Mithos has done in her name]], I couldn't help hurting for the guy. He may look like a kid, but he's got 4000 years of working towards his goal... only to have it fall apart around him.
** Not to mention [[spoiler: the times his apparition appeared after each rescue of your party in Welgaia]]. This troper found herself crying her way through the last hour of the game because every five minutes she'd remember those scenes and feel so sorry for [[spoiler: Mithos]], perhaps even more than anyone else in her party. The thought of how twisted his views had become after thousands of years without his sister, being discriminated against, being betrayed by the only people he trusted, and how young he might have been at the start of his madness ensured many tissues met their demise in his name.

-->'''Mithos:''' ''(at the past scene)'' That is merely logic. People are not moved by logic. If the one you love is killed, you hate the murderer...
* The whole story of [[spoiler: Mithos]] and [[spoiler: Genis]]. Not only do both share a striking number of similarities and experiences, their friendship often blurs the line between [[spoiler: villainous manipulation and {{Ho Yay}} best friendship, with Mithos' actual feelings for Genis never really being clarified.]] It gets worse with an obscure hidden scene where Lloyd gets to see [[spoiler: Mithos and Genis' friendship for himself and just how close they are, including a promise Genis makes to stick by Mithos]], which just makes [[spoiler: {{The Reveal}} even more painful]]. A skit after, where [[spoiler: Genis breaks down in tears from it]], can become a real tearjerker as a result. And should you have taken [[spoiler: Genis]] as partner for the endgame, [[spoiler: You get to see just how much the betrayal has hurt him]].

* The BadEnd of ''Dawn of the New World'' is strikingly horrifying. Interestingly enough, it's ''more difficult'' to get this ending than the good ending, as you have to [[spoiler:defeat Lloyd and Marta alone, as opposed to lose to them in order to reach Emil's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind that serves as the final battle. Anyway, if Emil defeats Lloyd and Marta, he suddenly realizes that he's injured Marta...and in a state of grief, ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath commits suicide]]'' in order to seal the door to the demon realm, instead of carrying out the party's original plan. This troper wasn't really a fan of Marta's voice acting, but her heartbroken scream of '''''"EMIIILL!!"''''' still gave him nightmares...and the small bit afterward where she writes the last journal entry, in which she promises to work for peace in his name, because she'll always love him...that really got the waterworks going.]] Thank goodness you really have to ''try'' to get this ending, huh?

** Okay, how many people ''didn't'' get the bad ending on the first try?! This troper is a die-hard YaoiFangirl who had been shipping Emil with all the males in the game, but the bad ending made her scream at her TV screen for the Marta/Emil GoneHorriblyWrong. Her heart was already breaking [[spoiler:at thinking she ''had'' to attack ''Marta'']], but then... then... She couldn't even pick the game back up to get the good ending until a good hour later (which of course [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming made her cry again]])

** [[spoiler:Alice and Decus' death scene]] in this game was heartwrenching for this troper. After fighting the two of them, Emil attacks Alice but [[spoiler:Decus protects Alice from the fatal blow, using his last words to say he loves her, even though she said he disgusts her. Alice then admits she loves him too, picks up Decus' sword, and tries to attack Emil, but is knocked down by Tenebrae. She then gets up and is about to try again but is killed by Marta. She uses HER last words to say that her and Decus will be together again soon.]] Still makes me cry every time, even after beating the game many times...
** The part of that scene that makes it worse is [[spoiler: when Alice dies she's holding Decus hand.]] I saw it on my second playthrough and burst into tears.
* [[spoiler:Botta's sacrifice]] at the end of the Remote Island Human Ranch always gets to this Troper. He's a MauveShirt who has every reason to dislike the heroes' party, since they've been working at cross purposes for most of the game and are now more or less stuck in an EnemyMine situation, but his devotion to his duty (and possibly [[HoYay his leader]]) supersedes anything else he might feel, even to the point of [[spoiler:giving his life so that they can escape and carry the message of what happened]].
* Where's the love for Regal? The guy [[spoiler:killed the woman he loved on HER request, closed himself in a life of prison, and then had to travel with the sister of the same woman he killed. Not to mention this same sister is being used in the same experiment that caused him to kill her. Not to mention a 33 year old, not to mention the most mature character in the game, cry.]]
-->Regal: I... I can't! I could never kill you with my own hands...
* Kratos has one of the saddest stories out of all the characters.\\
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[[spoiler: After a brief happy life together, Kratos killed his wife in an attempt to protect their infant son when she transformed into a monster. The attempt fails however, and his son falls off a cliff to his death, or so Kratos thought, until he happened upon said son years later. Not only is he burdened with the knowledge that the only woman he's ever loved died by his hands, he finds out that had he simply looked hard enough he would not have lost his only child. It's no wonder he's a DeathSeeker.\\
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He keeps their relation to himself for his own reasons, but Yuan spills his secret, and Lloyd goes into denial and rejects him. This doesn't stop Kratos from heroically protecting him.\\
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Kratos needs to die to release Origin's seal, and he's picked Lloyd out for this task. Lloyd spares him, so Kratos suicidally releases Origin's seal, but Kratos doesn't get his wish to die granted. Yuan saves him.\\
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Now at this point it sounds like it's going to [[EarnYourHappyEnding end happily]], but instead it actually gets worse for Kratos: Kratos leaves for derris-kharlan, and we find out in the sequel that he is never coming back, ever. The comet drifted so far all contact between it and the world of TOS was severed, ending Kratos only connection to his son and his last living friend from over 4000 years ago. Lloyd doesn't even get one last goodbye. He doesn't know he will never see his father again.]]\\
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You're welcome for the tissues.
* Zelos's introduction [[spoiler: after Colette becomes a doll. It was bad enough that she actually kicked a DOG (those animals she would ALWAYS name when she came across one), but then here comes Casanova and his fangirls. The girls insult her and make this troper want to slap them upside the heads and tell them that this poor girl just had her heart taken away, can't talk, can't sleep, can't feel. She doesn't even remember the three people she's known for like, EVER. Scratch that, the entire time Colette is in vessel mode is just heartbreaking.]]

[[folder: ''TalesOfDestiny and its sequel'']]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' remake also had this troper in tears when how Leon Magnus died is turned from a sadistic {{Jerkass}} death (who deserves it) into one HeroicSacrifice. As he sends the party to safety while dooming himself to drown in a flooding death, this troper just seems to want to yell alongside Stahn... '''[[SayMyName "LEON!! LEOOOOONNNNN!!!!"]]'' [[spoiler: (And to think that his own mode in the Director's Cut still have him end up this way...)]]
** The sequel of the game had this on the flashback scenes, especially on Loni and Nanaly. In Loni's case, watching in full blown detail on how [[spoiler:Stahn was killed by Barbatos]] and how he blames himself for initially causing all of them by getting taken as a hostage was just crushing. Nanaly, on the other hand, after being given an alternate world where her dear brother was alive instead of dying, had to face the truth full blown that it's just fake happiness and while her brother constantly tells her that he exists, ALL WHILE CRYING, Nanaly had to say good bye on him, in tears, as the brother vanished. And she ends up bawling on Loni's shoulders. Seeing the usually [[{{Tsundere}} strong hearted girl]] like her to eventually break down like that is just... * sniffle* .
** Later in the sequel we see Harold a GenkiGirl and also a rather MadScientist, when her brother Karell just do a HeroicSacrifice right in front of her they have a heartbreaking conversation, it goes like this
-->'''Harold''': Nii-san, nii-san!
-->'''Karell''': Harold?...Thats odd...am i hallucinating? You always calls me Aniki...
-->'''Harold''': Don't speak! The wound would get worse!
-->'''Karell''': What's wrong Harold? Why are you...crying? Are you...being bullied again? Don't worry...Nii-chan will protect you...
-->'''Harold''': I said don't speak!
-->'''Karell''': Harold...no matter what...i'll always be...with...you...
** Even sadder when you realize that this happens in the past timeline. Cue to the future, [[spoiler:Karell's soul got kicked from the Swordian to be replaced by Miktran, ''the very guy he sacrificed his life to defeat'', and then used to manipulate Hugo Gilchrist and caused all the troubles in the first series. You can't help but to feel sorry to ''both'' the Berseliuses.]]
** First game, Mary recovering her memories and talking about them with her husband. The whole scene is sad, sad, SAD. It's even sadder when he tries to kill her and the rest of the party. And it worse when he dies. This goes DOUBLE when you consider that Mary was a CloudCuckoolander and the happiest party member. It got this troper both times he played the game.
** Another from the sequel, when the realization hits that if the party achieves their goal of destroying the goddess Fortuna, time will be rewritten so that everything that was caused or influenced by her, directly or indirectly, never happened- meaning [[spoiler: the party, save for Kyle and Loni, will have never met, and none of them will remember the journey or each other. Not only that, but Reala and Judas, who only exist because of Fortuna, will [[RetGone never have existed in the first place]], and they both knew this all along. Granted, Reala does recover in the ending, Judas is implied to have survived somehow, and you can visit the 9-year-old Nanaly, but it's still a pretty emotional moment.]]

[[folder: ''TalesOfLegendia'']]

* Many, many moments in ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia''.
** [[spoiler:Stella's death]], especially, hits particularly hard. [[spoiler:After making every possible effort to save her life, it doesn't work, and Stella ends up dying in the arms of her little sister and the man who loved her.]]
** Senel and Shirley have a particularly powerful scene afterward, too. Shirley finally works up the courage to tell Senel that [[spoiler:she loves him,]] only to end up [[spoiler:getting her heart kicked to the curb by Senel because Senel "has to stay with Stella," who was dead by this point in the game.]] It's enough to make you want to jump through your TV and strangle [[spoiler:Senel]].
*** Not especially. It was a sad situation all around, and both were hurting immensely.
** No mention of [[spoiler: Fenimore]]'s death? Before her CreepyTwin shows up.
** The ending scene of Will Raynard's character quest. This troper doesn't cry, ever (not that he wouldn't mind, he just never gets there for some strange reason, and damned if he has to force it), but this one got him pretty close.
** Moses's character quest, ManlyTears were shed [[spoiler:in the ending when Moses and Giet parted ways in the Quiet Lands.]]
** Grune's character quest, from the Wings of Light to the end. Everything about it. [[spoiler: Especially the huge difference in Grune's personality before and after her awakening.]] She was this troper's favorite character...[[spoiler:[[ButNowIMustGo then the ending.]]]]
** This troper may just be overthinking it, but the ending of Norma's character quest brought her to tears. [[spoiler: The realization that she had completed her search for the Everlight not only to cure Zamaran's sight, but also in a sort of tribute to Sven itself was really touching. Sven's own sacrifice and the resolve that Norma showed in order to reach this point also contributed to the tears, since she's usually the one slacking off or joking around.]]
** The end of Chloe's character arc hit this male troper fairly hard, especially since he had a soft spot for Chloe and her character arc had been the most emotionally charged in the plot. Moses' was also surprisingly touching. Giet's final howl just makes me really sad for some reason.
*** This troper sobbed like a smacked child at the end of Moses' quest, and hugged her dog.
** Not to mention the part [[spoiler:in the quiet lands]] where everybody is given a powerful blessing by [[spoiler:The quiet Nerifes]]... except for [[spoiler:Senel, who gets a temporary case of divine rejection, causing a bit of a breakdown.]] sure, he gets it later, but the brief period of time where he is [[spoiler:being written out of the groups plans, and is quickly being rejected by them.]] just tends to bring back memories of regret and exclusion for this toper.

[[folder: ''TalesOfVesperia'']]
* [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]. Anything and everything involving [[spoiler: Alexei kidnapping Estelle, including [[BrainwashedAndCrazy her boss fight]].]] A real PlayerPunch.
* For this troper, she was actually looking forward to kicking the crap out of [[spoiler: Estelle]] due to hating the character, but the music. The music got me misty-eyed and I loved it so much. I paused the game and listened to it for a few moments, associating it more with Yuri then I did [[spoiler: Estelle]] because it made me think of a softer side of him. Another Tear Jerker was the events BEFORE going to Zaphias to [[spoiler: save Estelle]], when you end up fighting [[spoiler: Raven/Schwann in Baction. Rita and Raven were my favourite characters, so to hear Rita screaming, so close to tears, "I....I HATE YOU!!" and him replying with, "Heh. A lot of people hate me." just blew me away. And after the fact, when he risks his life to save everyone from the cascading ceiling, blood pouring from his head and his blastia heart giving him the strength to carry the rubble as everyone runs to safety. Then there's the fact that Rita and Karol were always so close to crying, it just broke my heart. But then when we fight Alexei in Zaude and he cries. Just. AGH.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Karol''': Raven, why? WHY?]]

[[folder: ''TalesOfRebirth'']]

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' has one, in Hilda Rhambling's story arc. She finally met her blood mother, but got blatantly refused and thrown away like a thing many times. When Tohma appears trying to kill her, her mother took the hit and died. After she's dead, Hilda found a letter written by her mother that sums up that her mother really loves her, and found out that her mother refused her to prevent a prophecy that could bring about her death. All that, and Hilda has yet to even call her 'mother', which caused her to break down and cry.
* Hilda's trial, especially how Tohma [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty easily kills her father with one hit with his force]] (which her father obviously didn't have) and then [[AdultFear kidnapping baby Hilda with the same force]]. The cruel subversion of the PapaWolf trope is very sad.
* [[spoiler: Don't forget the death of Agarte...]]

[[folder:''TalesOfHearts'']]

* You can't go without mentioning ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''. After becoming very likeable characters, [[spoiler: Peridot and Byrocks were wounded by Incarose. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Chalcedny owns Incarose]], but he can't save Peridot and Byrocks.]] To add to the sadness, [[spoiler: Peridot then began talking about her dead little brother in order to persuade Chalcedny to go. Byrocks added to the persuasion, as Chalcedny's big brother.]]
* There's also the part where [[spoiler: Clinoseraph trapped Richea in his spir maze. [[MoralEventHorizon He made her watch the day of calcification of Quartia over and over again, repeatedly looping it while all she could do was watch in horror]]. And after the 388th playback of it, all she could say was...]]
--->'''Richea:'''[[spoiler: Please... forgive me... I'll make up for this sin with my life... So... somehow... forgive me...]]

[[folder: ''TalesOfEternia'']]

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'': Pretty much every [[spoiler: Trial of Seyfert that Reid has to go through]] is just heart wrenching to varying degrees.

[[folder: ''TalesOfPhantasia'']]

* The grand-daddy of all Tales games, has it's fair share of tearjerkers.
** You encounter one at the very start of the game. Cless and Chester goes hunting, and their town gets attacked and leveled while they're away. Cless is effectively orphaned as a result and Chester loses his little sister. That's right, the game slams one in your face within 5 minutes of starting the game!
** After you've avenged Arche's friend, her ghost thanks the party.
** The scenes in Ary. The background music didn't help things. Although to be fair, it's of the happy variant since the player has come far and the party is about to enter the very definitive FinalDungeon.
** The end of the game, where the party has to disband. Arche and Klarth has to return to the past. The game will soon be a figment of your memory as you put it away/sell it on eBay/pass it on to a friend/sibling and move on to something new.

[[folder:''TalesOfGraces'']]

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has a good share of tearjerking moments. Hell, even the first few hours makes such a drastic MoodWhiplash with [[spoiler: Absel witnessing Sophie dying and living with the guilt, later discovering that his father is dead, and of course the rain scene where there was even an in-game TearJerker.]]
* In the Future arc, where Sophie [[spoiler: realizes that all her friends will grow old and die off without her, since she doesn't age like the rest of them, being non-human of course.]]
* The ending for the main game when [[spoiler: Asbel [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] in Sophie's place. Everyone helplessly screams out for him, [[BigNo especially Cheria]].]] The quiet, sad remix of "Mamoritai ~white wishes~" that plays during this scene doesn't help...
** There's also the part earlier when [[spoiler: [[MercyKill Richard begs Asbel to kill him]] while he's still [[DyingAsYourself sane.]]]] [[TakingAThirdOption Of course, Asbel has a good solution in mind for all this.]]
* [[spoiler:Lambda]]'s flashback scenes. Every single one of them. Makes you almost completely forget that he's a EldritchAbomination.
* {{Narm}} or not, you have to admit that the infamous "TOMADATCHIIIII" scene is also saddening when (at least in th Wii version), Richard sounds like he's crying, and he [[DespairEventHorizon honestly feels betrayed]].
** Watching [[spoiler: Richard struggle against Lambda]] and turn into the exact opposite of himself. Especially when you consider he was aware of what [[spoiler: Lambda]] was forcing him to do but wasn't strong enough to stop it. Then you realise he's [[spoiler: being forced to fight against the only people who ever really made him happy]].
* Learning that [[spoiler: Lord Aston's]] actions were done entirely out of love and a desire to not make the same mistakes [[spoiler: his own father]] had made. [[spoiler: Lady Kerri giving you his diary so you could hear his concerns first-hand didn't help]].

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[[folder:''TalesOfXillia and its sequel'']]

* Xillia has its share of tearful moments, such as the entire sequence in the laboratory near Xian Du [[spoiler: Teepo is reset and reveals to Elize that he is just a machine and whenever he talks he's just voicing her thoughts. [[BreakTheCutie Elize does not take that well]]. But then to make matters worse, Jiao shows up and reveals that Elize's parents are dead and she was ''sold'' to the laboratory when she was four years old and experimented on.]]
* Alvin's scenes with [[spoiler:his ill mother]] are absolutely heartbreaking as well. [[spoiler: Every time he visits, she talks to him as if he were a stranger about her son (whom she believes is still a child at boarding school) and Alvin just goes along with it.]].
* After defeating [[spoiler: Gilland,]] who had been an unrepentant {{Jerkass}} and had practically ''danced'' over the MoralEventHorizon, he finally [[MotiveRant reveals his motives:]] [[spoiler: to save his home world of Elympios, which is dying because of the lack of mana. [[TheStoic Milla]] shows little sympathy for the Elympions, who chose to use spyrix after being warned by Maxwell of the technology's deadly price.]] Even after all he had done, [[spoiler: Gilland]] manages to bring on the tears during this exchange.

-->'''[[spoiler: Gilland]]''': [[spoiler: But if spyrites become commonplace, the people of Elympios will have all the mana they need.]]
-->'''Milla''': Isn't it a bit late for that? [[spoiler: You were the ones who chose to rely on spyrix 2000 years ago.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Gilland]]''': '''''[[spoiler: That wasn't me!]]'''''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other]]

* The [[http://next.tales-ch.jp/ website announcing the next Tales game]] has been launched, but so far it has revealed nothing about the game. What it ''is'' showing is a single clip from every other mothership Tales title, and every single clip as of this writing (which includes all the games from Phantasia to Rebirth) is a death scene. Meaning we go there expecting to learn about the newest game, and instead we relive the deaths of some of our old favourite characters. Damnit, Namco, why?

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* [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]. Anything and everything involving [[spoiler: Alexei kidnapping Estelle, including [[BrainwashedAndCrazy her boss fight]].]] At times, it even felt like a PlayerPunch.
** It felt like that, because it was one.
* For this troper, she was actually looking forward to kicking the crap out of [[spoiler: Estelle]] due to hating the character, but the music. The music got me misty-eyed and I loved it so much. I paused the game and listened to it for a few moments, associating it more with Yuri then I did [[spoiler: Estelle]] because it made me think of a softer side of him. Another Tear Jerker was the events BEFORE going to Zaphias to [[spoiler: save Estelle]], when you end up fighting [[spoiler: Raven/Schwann in Baction. Rita and Raven were my favourite characters, so to hear Rita screaming, so close to tears, "I....I HATE YOU!!" and him replying with, "Heh. A lot of people hate me." just blew me away. And after the fact, when he risks his life to save everyone from the cascading ceiling, blood pouring from his head and his blastia heart giving him the strength to carry the rubble as everyone runs to safety. Then there's the fact that Rita and Karol were always so close to crying, it just broke my heart. But then when we fight Alexei in Zaude and when he cries, I wanted to cry. Just. AGH. And Duke, he made me want to cry too after I beat him! "Elucifer's wish..." Damn these people and making me saaaaad.]]
* This troper tends to be very good at seeing what will happen next from a mile away, and the Tales series isn't exactly the most original series ever made, and while [[spoiler: Raven in actuality being Schwann]] wasn't a big surprise, the way [[spoiler: Schwann]] deflects their questions in such a flat and stolid tone really made the twist convincing, let alone dispelling the possibility that [[spoiler: he'd switch sides again.]]

* In the PS3 version, there's [[spoiler:Patty getting her memory back and having to MercyKill her friend Seifer, who was turned into a monster (the Wandering Skeleton you fought a few times). After the deed, she keeps telling herself not to cry, but ends up doing so. Her cry made this troper rather sad.]]

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' has one, in Hilda Rhambling's story arc. She finally met her blood mother, but got blatantly refused and thrown away like a thing many times. When Tohma appears trying to kill her, her mother took the hit and died. After she's dead, Hilda found a letter written by her mother that sums up that her mother really loves her, and found out that her mother refused her to prevent a prophecy that could bring about her death. All that, and Hilda has yet to even call her 'mother', which caused her to break down and cry. This troper at first didn't care much about Hilda, but after re-watching that scene, he really wants to give her a hug...
** This troper considered Naira's reasons for her actions a huge WallBanger. If you know ahead of time your kid might get killed because of a certain circumstance, then just tell your kid! Angrily rejecting them won't work at all. However, I consider Hilda's trial the better TearJerker, especially how Tohma [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty easily kills her father with one hit with his force]] (which her father obviously didn't have) and then [[AdultFear kidnapping baby Hilda with the same force]]. The cruel subversion of the PapaWolf trope was much sadder.

* You can't go without mentioning ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''. After becoming very likeable characters, [[spoiler: Peridot and Byrocks were wounded by Incarose. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Chalcedny owns Incarose]], but he can't save Peridot and Byrocks.]] To add to the sadness, [[spoiler: Peridot then began talking about her dead little brother in order to persuade Chalcedny to go. Byrocks added to the persuasion, as Chalcedny's big brother. Their continued family metaphor as they laid dying was enough to make this troper cry.]]

* In the Future arc, where Sophie [[spoiler: realizes that all her friends will grow old and die off without her, since she doesn't age like the rest of them, being non-human of course.]]
** This Troper had teeth marks in her arm for days after playing this scene because it was 3am and I didn't want to wake my family up with my sobbing.

There's an old saying: If you're playing a Tales game, expect lots of tearjerkers.
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* Alvin's scenes with [[spoiler:his ill mother]] are absolutely heartbreaking as well. [[spoiler: Every time he visits, she talks to him as if he were a stranger about her son (whom she believes is still a child at boarding school) and Alvin just goes along with it.]].

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Now at this point it sounds like it's going to [[EarnYourHappyEnding end happily]], but instead it actually gets worse for Kratos: Kratos leaves for derris-kharlan, and we find out in the sequel that he is never coming back, ever. The comet drifted so far all contact between it and the word of TOS was severed, ending Kratos only connection to his son and his last living friend from over 4000 years ago. Lloyd doesn't even get one last goodbye. He doesn't know he will never see his father again.]]\\

* How about Sheena during [[spoiler: Corrine's death]]? That always gets to me, especially considering that [[spoiler: Corrine, up until she met Lloyd and co, was Sheena's only friend and the only one who believed in her wholeheartedly. So when the little guy jumps in and makes a [[HeroicSacrifice]]for her, it's so sad, especially as Sheena begs him not to die and then promptly beats the absolute CRAP out of Volt.]] The crack in her voice is amazing.

** W-w-w-What?! I know that TearJerker is supposed to be a SubjectiveTropes but this troper honestly thinks that it's more like a NightmareFuel than a TearJerker.

* You can't go without mentioning ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''. After becoming very likeable characters, [[spoiler: Peridot and Byrocks were wounded by Incarose. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Chalcedny owns Incarose]], but he can't save Peridot and Byrocks.]] To add to the sadness, [[spoiler: Peridot then began talking about her [[DeadLittleSister dead little brother]] in order to persuade Chalcedny to go. Byrocks added to the persuasion, as Chalcedny's big brother. Their continued family metaphor as they laid dying was enough to make this troper cry.]]

** You encounter one at the very start of the game. Cless and Chester goes hunting, and their town gets attacked and leveled while they're away. Cless is effectively orphaned as a result and Chester [[DeadLittleSister loses his little sister]]. That's right, the game slams one in your face within 5 minutes of starting the game!

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' has one, in Hilda Rhambling's story arc. She finally met her blood mother, but got blatantly refused and thrown away like a thing many times. When [[CompleteMonster Tohma]] appears trying to kill her, her mother took the hit and died. After she's dead, Hilda found a letter written by her mother that sums up that her mother really loves her, and found out that her mother refused her to prevent a prophecy that could bring about her death. All that, and Hilda has yet to even call her 'mother', which caused her to break down and cry. This troper at first didn't care much about Hilda, but after re-watching that scene, he really wants to give her a hug...

** Made even WORSE if you learn [[spoiler: Zelos]]'s backstory where [[spoiler: his mother died cursing his existence, and that the reason he joined Cruxis in the first place was because he genuinely believed her words to be true. The horrible realization comes about that if Zelos dies, he does so without ever once in his life feeling like he had any real value.]]

** Made even WORSE if you learn Zelos's backstory and realize that the reason it could even happen is because [[spoiler: Zelos has been suffering from severe lack of self-worth ever since his mother died and cursed his existence. His betrayal happens because he grows to sincerely believe no one could ever trust him.]]

* Kratos has perhaps the saddest story of all the characters.\\