History TearJerker / TeenWolf

* Stiles' face after [[spoiler: his father gets taken by the darach]]. It's the face of a kid on the verge of a complete breakdown, because as far as he knows, he's probably just lost the only other parent he had.
** Doesn't help that Stiles [[spoiler: ''finally'' told his father about all the supernatural events that have occurred thus far, with the Sheriff understandably not believing everything,]] and his last words to him were ''Mom would've believed me."
* Ethan's description of what life was like for him and Aidan prior to them joining Ducalion's pack: [[spoiler: They were omegas, at the bottom of the pecking order, at least in part because they couldn't control their shapeshifting ability. And they were treated horribly, until they learned from Ducalion and killed their way up the food chain. They didn't join up with Ducalion out of lust for power but literally for their own good.]]

* [[spoiler: Boyd's]] death. Not only because it's accompanied by a flashback of [[spoiler: Erica's death]] which shows [[spoiler:she died trying to kill Kali]] but also because of how everyone reacts. Especially Derek.

* The Sheriff having a near meltdown upon seeing Stiles bloodied, beaten, but very much alive after his disappearance from the lacrosse field. After threatening to 'pistol whip' those responsible, he finally breaks down into tears and hugs his kid as tightly as is humanly possible. Also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
* The final ten minutes of Season 2, entirely, are heart-warming, awesome ''and'' tear-jerking all in one for both Jackson and Lydia. Let's recap. [[spoiler: Lydia knows that she needs to find Jackson to return his house key in a symbolic declaration of her love. When she and Stiles arrive at the fight scene, Kanima!Jackson goes to attack her. Lydia doesn't flinch, and instead holds the key to him; he begins to turn back to normal. As he takes the key, Derek and Peter attack him, leaving him to die in Lydia's arms, where she tells him how much she loves him. As she lays his dead body to the ground, she begins to cry. All of a sudden, he begins to move, and he rises as a werewolf, renewed. The two finally embrace with tears in their eyes. Damn, writers, just... ''Damn.'']] Because Stiles witnesses the whole thing. Remember he's been in love with Lydia for years and had actually been making some progress this season before this.

* The episode in season 2 where Allison's mother [[spoiler: is going to die because Derek had to scratch her away from killing Scott at some underground party. She knows she's going to turn into a werewolf and she chooses to die by her own terms, with her husband helping her.]] The scene is so moving, especially after he'd agree to help her with [[spoiler: her suicide note.]] You can clearly see that even though they're kind of manipulative and evil, they do care for each other. Also, tops to Allison's reaction when she finds out.
-->''"I'll tell them that you suffered from depression. Even though, in the last twenty years, I've never once seen you depressed..."''
** Even worse if you ''know'' someone who actually does suffer from depression, but keeps (or ''kept'') it so well-hidden no one knew about it. [[RealitySubtext Until. . .]]

* [[spoiler: Scott's mom]] recoiling in fear and terror when she sees him wolfed out and the heartbroken look on his face afterwards.

* The backstory of the kanima's master: [[spoiler: Dunked in a pool by the drunken high school swim team, suffers a near-death experience, only to be dragged out and ordered by the swim coach to keep quiet about it, even being forgotten by those who were there. Which, as the next episode informs us, happened when he was ''nine''.]] Sure, he was unhinged, but you could clearly understand just what knocked him loose. This becomes worse at the ending of the episode when [[spoiler: Matt, who is revealed to be the Kanima's master, is fleeing the police station and Gerard catches up to him and drowns him in the river, and Matt's last thoughts are of drowning in the pool. Disturbing as fuck.]]

* Scott, Stiles, Jackson, and Allison fall under a hallucinogenic spell, preying on their worst issues. While Scott's issues (the loss of Allison) is the lightest, Allison fears she'll become just like her father, aunt, and grandfather. Stiles thinks his father blames him for his mother's death resulting in a vision of his dad stumbling into the party drunk and telling Stiles how much of a burden he is before throwing the liquor bottle at him. Jackson fears that he has no real identity because he doesn't know who his birth parents where.

* How Jackson's parents realized the text Stiles sent from his phone wasn't from their son - [[spoiler: Jackson hasn't been able to say 'I love you' to them since he found out he was adopted.]]
--> '''Sheriff Stilinski:''' Jackson [[spoiler: doesn't say 'I love you?']]\\
'''Jackson's Father:''' Not once in eleven years.

* The entire history of Derek Hale. All of it- most of the main cast have had bad things happen to them, but from the age of 16 onwards his life has been nothing but one tragic event after another. Meet a gorgeous girl at 16 who you fall head of heels for? Yeah, she's your teacher and you have to keep it secret, but you love her, and she seems to love you too. Only she's really [[spoiler: a hunter using you to kill your entire family!]] Great home life? Happy, loving family of werewolves? Killed in a fire [[spoiler: that you were (at least indirectly) the cause of!]] So you spend the next few years wallowing in misery and guilt, but it's okay, you still have your older sister... nope, she gets murdered. By [[spoiler: your psychotic, supposedly comatose uncle,]] no less. And that's before the series even starts, for crying out loud...

* In "Lunatic", when Stiles has to handcuff Scott to the radiator to keep him from hurting anyone. Scott's pleas eventually turn to screaming as the light of the full moon falls on him, and the ''look'' on Stiles' face as he sits in the hallway and covers his ears...

* Allison breaking up with Scott in the first season because she can't trust him.

* In "Restraint", we have Stiles and his dad, the latter of whom reveals that he [[spoiler:was fired because Stiles has stolen police property and gotten a restraining order placed against him, which didn't reflect well on the Sheriff or the county.]] The fact that Stiles looks ready to either break down sobbing or give his dad a hug during the conversation doesn't help at ''all.''

* Season 3 episode 1. Isaac is talking with Mrs. [=McCall=] in the hospital, they can't contact Derek, his emergency contact. When she asks if he has another contact? He answers that is Scott.
* Stiles, upon finding [[spoiler: Heather's body. Not just in the fact that he's looking at the dead body of someone he knew, but also because he knew her because of his mother.]]
* Isaac has several scenes in "Unleashed" (season 3, episode 4) that are absolutely ''heartbreaking''.

* One that pulls triple-duty as a CrowningMomentofHeartwarming and CrowningMoment of Awesome as well: A [[MindRape mentally battered]] Scott is attempting to commit suicide with a road flare and gasoline spread around his feet. He begins to tell [[TrueCompanions Stiles, Allison, and Lydia]] about how he used to be nothing before he was bitten, how he wants to be nothing again, and how everyone would be better off with him gone. Stiles finally has enough and gives one of the most beautiful speeches in the series yet, proving that he's not just a [[TheLancer lancer]] or sidekick to Scott; he truly loves his best friend with every ounce of his being and would die for him.

** That whole episode was total emotional hell:

* The end of "Alpha Pact", where the main characters are about to make enormous sacrifices to save their families. It's the depressing music and fear on their faces (and possible consequences) that really sells it.
* In a happy way, the ending of "Lunar Ellipse", where Derek and Cora are finally ''okay'', and don't have anything really hanging over their heads, and Derek finally gets the hell out of Beacon Hills.
* The end of "The Overlooked", where Scott's agrees to join Deucalion, and Stiles is ''pleading'' with him to stay, saying that they always have a plan B, just don't go, and Scott replies "not this time".

* In "Galvanized": Kira eating lunch with her Dad because she doesn't have anyone to sit with and saying she doesn't care about getting a boyfriend, she just wants a friend. Her awkwardness had mostly been PlayedForLaughs before, but the scene makes it clear how lonely she really is. Made worse when the camera pans to Scott listening and had been just about to ask her out. Remember it wasn't so long ago that he was a high school outcast. (Although at least he always had Stiles).
* Three in Season 3's "Riddled:"

* ''Echo House'':
** Every time Stiles cries, my heart breaks for him. This episode is no exception.
* "The Wolf and the Fox" reveals that the Nogitsune may be [[spoiler: faking Stiles' disease on the brain scans]] in order to destroy Stiles' hope.
* "Insatiable": [[spoiler:Allison dies in Scott's arms as Isaac, Kira, Lydia, and Noshiko watch in horror. Made even worse by her final words to Scott: "I love you." And then Chris shows up to see his dead daughter. Jesus, Jeff Davis. Jesus.]]

* Chris and Isaac in the Argent apartment following [[spoiler: Allison's death. Chris goes on about how Isaac doesn't need to stay, that he'll be fine, and that he's learned how to compartmentalize his emotions and bottle them up when there's still work to be done. Then Isaac barely chokes out "I can't". Chris immediately pulls him into a big hug]].
* Also, Lydia's reaction to [[spoiler: Allison's death]]. She may not have been there when it happened, but because she is a banshee and can signal a death before it's about to happen, this means she knew beforehand. Her screaming Allison's name and breaking down on top of an unconscious Stiles...
* [[spoiler: Aiden's death. He gets impaled by an Oni's sword, and dies in Ethan's arms. Before he dies he asks, "Does it hurt you as much as it hurts me?" Ethan replies with a tearful, "Yeah," and holds him as he dies.]]

* After the dust settles, Scott [[spoiler:is finally able to break down and cry for the friends who died. His final scene of the season is him crying in Mama [=McCall=]'s arms.]]

* [[spoiler:Teenage Derek]] returning to his home and finding out it's been burned down. He searches the ruins for a bit, then just [[HeroicBSOD crouches down and sits there]].

* Lydia trying and failing to get control of her banshee abilities in "I.E.D.", and realizing she could go the same way as Meredith.
* "Weaponized" Scott and Stiles discussing their parent's respective money problems. It's yet another burden these two teenage boys have to shoulder and probably ''have'' shouldered since before the show.

* [[spoiler:Meredith's suicide]], as well as Lydia's [[HeroicBSOD reaction to it]].
** Near the end of "Perishable," when [[{{Jerkass}} Brunski]] forces Lydia and Stiles to hear the final words of the former's grandmother when he killed her. These words? "Please don't hurt my Ariel. Don't hurt Ariel." Ariel was her nickname for Lydia due to their bonding over the Little Mermaid. Lydia looks ready to burst into tears and/or murder Brunski herself.

* The first episode of season 5 has the group (sans Liam), now entering their senior year, writing their initials on the inside of Beacon Hills Library's bookshelves: SS (Stiles), LM (Lydia), KY (Kira), MT (Malia) and finally, SM (Scott). But then, Scott adds one more set of initials: [[TheLostLenore AA]], for their fallen friend.

* In "Required Readings" has most of the group re-living traumatizing flashbacks from their childhood, but Stiles' had most of the fandom, (and himself) in tears.

* "Lies of Omission" has the fellowship break up. [[spoiler:Scott ends his friendship with Stiles because of Theo's lies; Kira has left town for fear of hurting Scott; Malia is utterly broken by her inability to save another victim; Parrish has locked himself in jail due to his supernatural nature influencing him; finally, Scott tells Liam that he won't save a dying Hayden. At this point, it looks like the last remaining hero that can save the day is Lydia.]]

* In the season 6 premiere, Stiles [[spoiler: being erased by the Ghost Riders. Made sadder by Sheriff Stilinski asking his son his name, and, in the following episode, Scott and Lydia trying to remember him with lines like, "I know this sounds crazy, but I think I had a best friend" and "I think I loved him."]]
* In "Ghosted", Lenore's entire backstory: [[spoiler: She's a banshee and the last remaining citizen in the town of Canaan following a Ghost Rider attack in the eighties. She's left completely alone save for the spirit of her dead son, which she conjured up to stave off the crippling loneliness.]] Even worse is the knowledge that [[spoiler: this would've been Lydia's fate if the Ghost Riders hadn't been stopped.]]

* [[spoiler:Meredith's suicide]], as well as Lydia's [[HeroicBSOD reaction to it]].

* In the latest episode, we have Stiles and his dad, the latter of whom reveals that he [[spoiler:was fired because Stiles has stolen police property and gotten a restraining order placed against him, which didn't reflect well on the Sheriff or the county.]] The fact that Stiles looks ready to either break down sobbing or give his dad a hug during the conversation doesn't help at ''all.''

* Scott, Stiles, Jackson, and Allison fall under a hallucinogenic spell, preying on their worst issues. While Scott's issues (the loss of Allison) is the lightest, Allison fears she'll become just like her father, aunt, and grandfather. Stiles think his father blames him for his mother's death resulting in a vision of his dad stumbling into the party drunk and telling Stiles how much of a burden he is before throwing the liquor bottle at him. Jackson fears that he has no real identity because he doesn't know who his birth parents where.

* Isaac has several scenes in Unleashed (season 3, episode 4) that are absolutely ''heartbreaking''.

* The end of Alpha Pact, where the main characters are about to make enormous sacrifices to save their families. It's the depressing music and fear on their faces (and possible consequences) that really sells it.
* In a happy way, the ending of Lunar Ellipse, where Derek and Cora are finally ''okay'', and don't have anything really hanging over their heads, and Derek finally gets the hell out of Beacon Hills.

* Allison breaking up with Scott in the first season because she can't trust him.

* [[spoiler:Meredith's suicide]], as well as Lydia's [[HeroicBSOD reaction to it]].

* In "Ghosted", Lenore's entire backstory: [[spoiler: She's a banshee and the last remaining citizen in the town of Canaan following a Ghost Rider attack in the eighties. She's left completely alone save for the spirit of her dead son, which she conjured up to stave off the crippling lonelieness.]] Even worse is the knowledge that [[spoiler: this would've been Lydia's fate if the Ghost Riders hadn't been stopped.]]

* In the season 6 premiere, Stiles [[spoiler: being erased by the Ghost Riders. Made sadder by Sheriff Stilinski asking his son his name, and, in the following episode, Scott and Lydia trying to remember him with lines like, "I know this sounds crazy, but I think I had a best friend" and "I think I loved him."]]

* "Weaponized" Scott and Stiles discussing their parent's respective money problems. It's yet another burden these two teenage boys have to shoulder and probably ''have'' shouldered since before the show.

* In the season 6 premiere, Stiles [[spoiler: being erased by the Ghost Riders. Made sadder by Sheriff Stilinski asking his son his name, and Scott and Lydia trying to remember him with line like, "I know this sounds crazy, but I think I had a best friend" and "I think I loved him."]]

* "Lies of Omission" has the fellowship break up. [[spoiler:Scott ends his friendship with Stiles because of Theo's lies; Kira has left town for fear of hurting Scott; Malia is utterly broken by her inability to save another victim; Parrish has locked himself in jail due to his supernatural nature influencing him; finally, Scott tells Liam that he won't save a dying Hayden. At this point, it looks like the last remaining hero that can save the day is Lydia.]]

* Near the end of "Perishable," when [[{{Jerkass}} Brunski]] forces Lydia and Stiles to hear the final words of the former's grandmother when he killed her. These words? "Please don't hurt my Ariel. Don't hurt Ariel." Ariel was her nickname for Lydia due to their bonding over the Little Mermaid. Lydia looks ready to burst into tears and/or murder Brunski herself.

** Meanwhile Stiles spends the whole episode guilt-stricken about all the people he killed under the influence of the Nogitsune and what he did to Scott. Despite Scott insisting it wasn't Stiles's fault, he just so obviously ''broken'' that he doesn't even care about his own life anymore and has given up
--> Stiles: "What you mean if he dies do I die? I don't care. So long as no one else dies because of me....I remember everything I did Scott, I remember pushing that sword into you, I remember twisting it...You guys fotta promise you can't let anyone else get hurt because of me."

* In "Galvanized": Kira eating lunch with her Dad because she doesn't have anyone to sit with and saying she doesn't care about getting a boyfriend, she just wants a fried. Her awkwardness had mostly been PlayedForLaughs before, but the scene makes it clear how lonely she really is. Made worse when the camera pans to Scott listening and had been just about to ask her out. Remember it wasn't so long ago that he was a high school outcast. (Although at least he always had Stiles).