History TearJerker / TheAmazingWorldOFGumball

** When Frankie says that Richard is already a better father than him, Richard responds with this: "I didn’t start off as a good father. But your kids; they see you as [[YoureBetterThanYouThinkYouAre better than you are]]. [[GoodParents So every day you bust your chops and try to live up to that!]]"

** When Frankie says that Richard is already a better father than him, Richard responds with this: "I didn’t start off as a good father. But your kids; they see you as [[ParentsAsPeople better than you are]]. [[GoodParents So every day you bust your chops and try to live up to that!]]"

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* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and things ''somehow'' get worse than before.

* "The Stories" reveals that Molly hangs out in the boy's washroom because it's her "dark place", a place to be by herself because she knows her stories are boring and no one wants to hear them no matter how much she tries to engage people.
* In "The Choices", we witness how Nicole has a bad childhood due to her parents, Daniel and Mary, controlling every part of her life until she met Richard. She eventually told them off in her late teens (even going as far as telling them, "I love him!" if you look closely), before storming out on them and moving in with Richard, bringing Mary to tears. At the wedding, Nicole was hoping to see her parents attend as they were invited but... ''they didn't show up'', saddening Nicole from how her parents disowned her, until Richard assured her that she still got him around for the future.

*** Hell, the entire sequence is this--it's completely silent, with a tear-jerking piano piece playing in the background. It's almost half the episode and is very reminiscent of the "Married Life" montage in ''WesternAnimation/Up'', only with a happy ending. We were in tears by the time we realized Nicole and Richard have been living together since their late teens after leaving their respective homes. The scene where Nicole is owning up to her choices and decidedly being 100% happy with her current life, as shown as the main image in the heartwarming page, "Actually, you know what? I wouldn't change a thing," is this, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome]].

* In "The Slide", Brydie brutally rejects Rocky because of everything he did to get her.
* The ending of "The Outside", Richard [[YankTheDogsChain loses his father]] [[HistoryRepeats for the second time]] when the Wattersons unintentionally drive Frankie away and get him sent to prison after reconciling with his son in the previous season.
* In "The Matchmaker", Carrie has to suffer the ordeal in thinking Darwin is into Teri because of Gumball seeing Darwin's photo of her (but the picture's actually of Carrie, who isn't reflected on photos since she's a ghost) and having to help them via a love potion (even using her own tears as an ingredient since she loves Darwin enough to make it work). After Gumball realizes his mistake, they both try to snap them out of it, but the potion's effect is too strong to break the two apart, leaving Carrie in tears, giving up for not being able to be with the one she truly loves. Thankfully, true love found its way with Darwin managing to snap out of it after witnessing Carrie in her sadness.
* In "The Weirdo", the treatment of [[CloudCuckooLander Sussie]] by almost everyone can be considered this. Gumball and Darwin genuinely try to help her be more "normal" (mainly so other people will stop picking on her), but fail. When Sussie asks why they are trying to change who she is, Gumball and Darwin respond with this (which, unfortunately, is a ''very'' HardTruthAesop that is [[TruthInTelevision all too common in real life]]):

* In "The Cycle", it is revealed that Harold has been bullying Richard ever since high school, where Harold tricked him into believing that Richard was the prom king and got him publicly humiliated as a result. This issue has been weighing on Richard since then.
* "The List" shows that despite being happily married and having a family, Nicole is still down in regards to how the way her life hasn't panned out exactly the way she wanted. While being with Richard and having the kids was part of the dream, she still contemplates about having never gone to college, and getting a better career than the dead-end job she's currently enduring that barely supports her family. [[TragicDream What's tear-inducing is that this feeling can be all too relatable today, especially for some people who feel they haven't accomplished enough in their lives.]]
* While being among the many SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, in "The News", seeing the Watterson kids and their mother after escaping a fire from their house is just heartbreaking. Granted, the fire started all because they saw a spider, but Gumball and his siblings look genuinely terrified from the experience, which is rather hard to believe considering what occurs in their lives on a daily basis.

* The entirety of "The Father". Frankie comes for a visit, being welcomed with a [[TheVillainSucksSong ceremonial song that criticizes every mistake he's made throughout his life]] (a tradition made up by his ex-wife, who still holds animosity towards him), which only adds to his guilt about abandoning his family and depresses Richard, who makes it clear that he is still not over his abandonment issues with his father. His kids' attempts to cheer him up only remind him of the pain of when Frankie left him, and even when they conclude that Richard and Frankie both need to make up for lost time, [[AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity Frankie's old criminal habits die hard trying to bond with his son]], frustrating him. In the end, Richard was about to give up on Frankie due to the latter's inability to fully change, until Frankie praises him for being a better parent than he ever was and admits to being proud of his son for not ending up like him, leading to a heartfelt reconciliation.

* "The Faith" has Alan lose all hope in the world resulting in him giving up his charity work and fall into serious depression. An especially heartbreaking moment is during the song where Gumball and Darwin try to get him to find the good in the little things but they just keep bringing up so much depressing stuff in the world leading to these lyrics:

* "The Parents". When Nicole meets her parents again, they spend most of the episode arguing, with Nicole stating how overprotective they were, and her parents complaining about how violent she was. They reconcile after Gumball sings a heartbreaking song called "If It's Too Hard To Forgive" (which was actually about the Christmas presents they owe him and his siblings).

* In "The Potion", Hector realizes being small isn't as great as it seemed for him--he gets beaten up and hurt several times, can't walk because he never needed to take more than two steps before, and can't ride a bike because he never learned. He is later seen depressed sitting on a swing at the park, before the 8-bit dog tells him it's his turn, and reveals a line of depressed people.

--->'''Hector:''' ...To cockroaches.
* "The Understanding" shows that there's something sad about Peter being completely incomprehensible simply because of his parents' incompetence as home-school teachers.
* "The Silence" has a very sad and heartwrenching song "Out of Sync" that can easily make viewers cry.
* While it definitely has funny moments, Gumball's ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Mr. Robinson in "The Heart" can definitely count as a tearjerker. Especially considering that after all of the hate he's shown the pair over the course of the seasons, Gumball and Darwin finally reached their breaking point after overhearing his true feelings about them.

* "The [=BFFs=]" reveals that Darwin's jealousy towards Fuzzy stems from his fear that Gumball may eventually abandon him in favor of a new best friend. Made even worse when you realize that Darwin ''was'' almost abandoned by Gumball in "The Origins" and it has made quite the effect on him.

* Darwin's reaction when he sees his "girlfriend" die right in front of him. The fact that his crying sounds realistic doesn't help much. Neither does the face he makes afterwards.

* Despite it being PlayedForLaughs, [[HumiliationConga the]] [[TheChewToy entire]] [[FromBadToWorse scene]] in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gumball and Darwin pester Larry until he has lost most of his possessions just so he can be lazy enough to join the kids' father in a competition]] is extremely heartbreaking. Especially his reaction when the kids ask him if he's Lazy Larry:

* Rob telling Gumball and Darwin to forget about him like everyone else has in "The Nemesis". Looks like being in the void really did a number on him.
* In "The Signature", Richard's long lost father, Frankie, came back to just to betray them by taking the ownership of the family's home for himself...until there's a scene where Richard has this sad, pelading look on his face. As pictured above, Frankie then remembers having to look back at a young smiling Richard who doesn't know he's actually leaving, waving goodbye to his unknowing son. Remembering this causes Frankie to have a HeelRealization and let his family pass through so Jojo and Louie can get married to claim home ownership back to the family.

* "The Love" has a surprising one. In the montage with Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, a lot of the scenarios are just them tormenting each other which is obviously funny. However, Margaret seems to catch a cough which is blown off the first time, but the second time has her pass out. This can hit a little too close to home if you have or had a loved one go through that same process.

* William trying to turn over his test paper in "The Uploads". Poor thing.
* "The Origins" has a ton of these.
** Darwin's journey back to Elmore. Seeing the little goldfish succumb to injuries, hunger, and thirst, all while singing an [[LyricalDissonance upbeat song]] (with a tempo that gets increasingly more downbeat as the odds get worse) is very saddening.

* While Anais's behavior in "The Parasite" can come off as [[NightmareFuel creepy]] especially after she merges herself with Jodie, it's also a little painful to see just how socially awkward and desperate for a friend she is. The fact that she's [[ChildProdigy a four-year-old in middle school]] probably doesn't help.
* The ending of "The Blame". While it's played mostly for laughs, it's kind of sad to see that the parents still learned nothing from this, especially Felicity. First, she has video games banned for being too violent and harmful to children when that isn't the case, and then when the kids point out that books can be dangerous and more violent than video games, she agrees and it seems like she might change, with ''[[TheDitz Richard]]'', of all people, [[DumbassHasaPoint actually suggesting the parents should become more sensible and take better care of their children]] (which truly is a great lesson)...only for the next scene shows the parents burning books, much to the horror of their kids.
** What truly stings is that this actually ''does'' happen in real life.
* "The Roots" clearly shows how much Darwin means to the Watterson family as they hate the thought of letting him go into the wild. ''Especially'' with them bawling their eyes out during their goodbye to Darwin before throwing him in the pond.

* In "The Fury", Nicole putting up with Yuki's torment who wanted a rematch in their fight but refused because she wants to go back to being friends since Nicole already lost her as a friend following their fated match at the Tournament Finals which she won. She even gave up training because of it.
* "The Disaster" is when the show is truly at its darkest. Rob uses a universal remote, a device that can warp reality to the user's whim, to make word of his promise to ruin Gumball's life. Gumball has to witness everything around him tarnished by Rob before him in suspended animation. Darwin is nowhere to be seen after his heart's broken, Nicole and Richard break up (Nicole's with another guy while Richard is [[DrowningMySorrows eating donuts out of sadness]]), Anais is lost and crying, and Penny is falling to her death after Gumball is controlled to push her off the second floor after she was heartbroken from seeing Gumball accidentally bumping and kissing Sarah. Gumball didn't even know what was going on until Rob makes his appearance known and shows [[LackOfEmpathy no regret]] for his actions.

** While trying to propose to his girlfriend, Karen, on a date, he sees Gumball and Darwin outside a window, [[BerserkButton and in an desperate attempt to shoo them away]], [[FoodSlap accidentally throws his spaghetti and everything else at Karen]] [[SuddenlyShouting while angrily screaming, "GET OUT OF MY LIFE!"]] [[PoorCommunicationKills Right in front of her face]]. ''Ouch''.

* Near the ending of "The Kids", where Gumball and Darwin sing, opera-style, about how they are growing up. They get better in the end... though they're not sure if that's better or worse.

* Though Sarah exhibited [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments eccentric]] and [[NightmareFuel creepy]] behaviors in "The Fan", she really just wanted to fit in, and after being chased down the hallway by Gumball and Darwin, she explains that she feels lonely, but Gumball points out that it doesn't excuse her behavior and tells her to leave them alone, causing her to walk away, crying.
* Darwin trying to exile himself out of fear that his [[BlowYouAway powerful sneezing]] might hurt anybody else in "The Allergy".
* Penny freaking out and running away in "The Shell", despite Gumball trying to tell her that he ''likes'' her true form. Patrick's reaction doesn't help much as he didn't even bother to ''tone down'' his comments to the point of calling his ''own daughter'' a monster despite Gumball's best effort to calm Penny down. It's satisfying that Gumball delivered a CallingTheOldManOut speech at him in behalf of Penny, but still.

* As one could see in "The Burden" and "The Bros", Darwin experiences jealousy for the first time and his fears that Gumball's attention went into Penny instead of him. HoYay or not, being a goldfish who grew up legs and still naive to the world, Darwin might not know how to deal with such feelings of abandonment and jealousy.
* In "The Man", Richard reveals about his father that the last time he saw him was that [[GoingToTheStore he went out for milk]] ''[[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore 42 years ago]]''. Richard thought he would come back eventually and even all these years, but even his mother, wife, and kids know that's not the case. In the end, he finally knows the truth and he let his tears out while Jojo comforted him. He actually grew up without a father which explains why Granny Jojo was so overprotective of him, as seen in "The Authority".

* The reason why Chris Morris helps Gumball and Darwin avoid getting caught by the police in "The Burden": he doesn't want anyone to experience being caged like he did his whole life.
* "The Butterfly" has Alison telling Rocky that she's been saving herself for marriage for so long that she became depressed, couldn't find a job, had to live in a van under the freeway with her cats, and ate nothing but squirrels and rust.
* Larry's explanation to the meaning of life in "The Question". He joyously states his day's schedule... [[MoodWhiplash until he realizes that most of his life revolves around work]]. [[HeroicBSOD He then suffers from a nervous breakdown]], [[LastKiss kisses his girlfriend and manager goodbye]], knowing he may ''never'' see them again, [[HeroStoleMyBike steals a car]], [[DrivenToSuicide and literally and metaphorically drives himself to suicide]], [[SuicideBySea swimming away into the ocean]]. Poor guy just can't catch a break.
* The harmless shark-headed monster was the "The Friend" left alone to wander the streets in search of friends after his creator died (or, in his words, "[[NeverSayDie didn't wake up]]") so Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to protect him from the police, only for the shark-headed monster to kill himself with cola and mints. (Fortunately, he gets better, but still has to leave town because of what happened).

* Near the end of "The Third", Darwin is looking out a window crying, knowing he's seemingly lost his best friend because he was being too focused on Tobias.
* Darwin's reaction when he sees his "girlfriend" die right in front of him in "The Dress".
* This scene in "The Pressure", even if it ''is'' PlayedForLaughs.

* In "The Laziest", despite being PlayedForLaughs, [[HumiliationConga the]] [[TheChewToy entire]] [[FromBadToWorse scene]] in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gumball and Darwin pester Larry until he has lost most of his possessions just so he can be lazy enough to join the kids' father in a competition]] is extremely heartbreaking. Especially his reaction when the kids ask him if he's Lazy Larry:

* In "The Gi", Nicole imagines a future in which her sons are overweight adults, still playing video games like Richard.

* In "The Kiss", a squirrel encourages Gumball to find his happy place. Gumball's response?

* In "The Party", when Rachel is crying outside because '''NONE''' of her friends showed up. This can be attributed to not wanting to go to a "kids" party because she doesn't really have any friends.
* "The Robot" has Gumball forced to sleep in his backyard and crying after Bobert, who assumes his identity, has won over his family.
* Gumball and Darwin's sad expressions as they huddle in the rain, [[ExactWords hungry, cold and lost]] in "The Picnic". Poor kids.

* "The Mustache" reveals Richard is insecure about who he is, which is why he was tempted via advertisements on his emails to buy the supplements that turned the kids to men. The dialogue that follows is just heartrending.

* Miss Simian discovering that nobody likes her in "The Ape".

* "The Meddler":
** Gumball feeling neglected by his parents. But the cherry on top is this line:

* "The Helmet" has a DisneyDeath of Gumball when he attempts to get his helmet that is about to fall into the "dumpster's crusher". Anais ''[[SayMyName screams]]'' [[SayMyName his name]] in the most heartrending way possible, followed by her and Darwin weeping under the assumption that their big brother is dead.

* This exchange from "The Fridge", complete with Nicole's HeelRealization.

* Teri's seeming death in "The Virus" is a combination of this and NightmareFuel. What's especially saddening is the characters' (Gumball and Darwin) completely heartbroken reactions. It makes it sadder that she's a pretty friendly and sympathetic character, and almost dying in such a horrible way (being decapitated) is quite uncomfortable, even for a kids' show.
* Gumball's reaction upon witnessing Darwin dying in front of him in "The Phone"--he screams a BigNo, which then dissolves into helpless sobbing. Darwin gets better, but still.

* The fight scene from "The Words", especially in what is considered one of the saddest scenes of the entire show.

* Gumball thinking he murdered Idaho in "The Bumpkin" and crying over it once Idaho's family buries him.
* Richard's song in "The Hero".

* In "The Pony", Anais wants to spend time watching a movie with her brothers, but a series of events continually delays Gumball and Darwin from returning home from the DVD store. Anais is at first unamused, no doubt thinking that they've messed up somehow, as per usual, but she eventually begins to consider that they just genuinely don't want to hang out with her and it drives her to tears. She clearly loves her brothers, so seeing her crying because she thinks they don't care about her is heartbreaking.

* "The Voice" sheds some light on William. All the poor guy wanted to do was hang out with Gumball and Darwin.
* In "The Internet", Gumball reads a book called ''The Little Platypus Who Took The Wrong Bus''. The book's cover is saddening, even more so when Gumball cries about the fact that a platypus needs its mother.
* It's pretty sad that both the Watterson siblings and Richard himself are so terrified of Nicole. Sure, they have perfectly valid reasons and we know they all love each other very much. But that doesn't diminish how sad it is. "The Limit" illustrates all of this quite nicely.

* In "The Laziest", despite being PlayedForLaughs, [[HumiliationConga the]] [[TheChewToy entire]] [[FromBadToWorse scene]] in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gumball and Darwin pester Larry until he has lost most of his possessions just so he can be lazy enough to join the kids' father in a competition]] is very heartbreaking. Especially his reaction when the kids ask him if he's Lazy Larry:

* Gumball and Darwin's song in "The Gi" is surprisingly heartwrenching.

* In "The Party", when Rachel is crying outside because NONE of her friends showed up. This can be attributed to not wanting to go to "kids" party because she doesn't really have any friends.

* "The Robot" has Gumball trying to sleep in his backyard and crying after Bobert, who assumes his identity, has won over his family.
* After being stuck in the Forest of Doom, Gumball eventually loses his patience with Darwin, accusing his best friend for holding him back, and selfishly leaves him for himself. As if the tearful look on Darwin's face wasn't enough, all he can say are these seven heartbreaking words:
-->'''Darwin:''' ''(shattered)'' [[BreaktheCutie But... I thought we were a team...]]

** While trying to propose to his girlfriend, Karen, on a date, he sees Gumball and Darwin outside a window, [[BerserkButton and in an desperate attempt to shoo them away]], [[FoodSlap accidentally throws his spaghetti and everything else at Karen]] while angrily screaming, [[SuddenlyShouting "GET OUT OF MY LIFE!"]] [[PoorCommunicationKills Right in front of her face]]. ''Ouch''.

* In "The Laziest", despite being PlayedForLaughs, the entire scene in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gumball and Darwin pester Larry until he has lost most of his possessions just so he can be lazy enough to join the kids' father in a competition]] is very upsetting.
** One of the things Larry loses is his girlfriend, Karen. While proposing to her on a date he sees Gumball and Darwin outside a window, [[BerserkButton and in an desperate attempt to shoo them away]], [[FoodSlap accidentally throws his spaghetti and everything else at Karen]] while angrily screaming, [[SuddenlyShouting "GET OUT OF MY LIFE!"]] [[PoorCommunicationKills Right in front of her face]]. ''Ouch''.