History TearJerker / TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime

* The imprisoned Gorons in the fire temple. All of them are curled up into balls and shivering, thinking that you're volvagia and begging you not to eat them. You can't help but feel sympathy for the poor guys.
* The entire ending, [[spoiler: from the moment you lay the final blow on Ganon, to the sepia-tone "The End" screen. Just...the sheer amount of ''emotion'' it stirs up in you. The final good-bye from Zelda. The party at Lon Lon ranch. The final laying of the Master Sword. That gorgeous, absolutely ''gorgeous'' rendition of Zelda's Lullaby. And just seeing the world that you just saved ''recover'' from all the darkness it once hosted.]] Watching it, you're reaping the fruits of your labor, and it feels indescribable.

* After you learn that [[spoiler:Grog is basically dead now]], you give Fado the medicine in exchange for his saw. In the following dialogue, [[spoiler:Grog]] is referred to exclusively as 'punk'. And this is after he called you a good guy, a nice guy, the only guy who can help him.

** It does look like it's melted (or at least starting to melt) in the ending credits, which lessens the sadness somewhat, but it still seems rather unfair that the Zoras have to wait a bit to get their happy ending. However... something that possibly makes the entire Zora race seem like [[TheWoobie woobies]] is the fact that, in Twilight Princess, Zora's Domain ''also'' gets frozen over, so it happens to them in ''both'' the child and adult timelines.

** Thinking about any of them too hard is a real downer. No matter the outcome of the final battle, Ganondorf's immortality renders it a forgone conclusion. If Link falls, Ganondorf wins the Triforce and goes on to wreak utter havoc for several more years. If he wins, he gets returned to his youth... except that in the "adult" timeline he leaves behind [[spoiler: Ganondorf returns and Hyrule is ultimately wiped off the map in an act of divine intervention.]] And in the child timeline - despite giving them fair warning of the danger - [[spoiler: the sages still manage to mangle Ganondorf's execution, leading ''two realms'' being placed in danger.]] And then there's ''Majora's Mask''. Oh God, ''Majora's Mask''. It's like a goddamn Greek tragedy.

** Thinking about any of them too hard is a real downer. No matter the outcome of the final battle, Ganondorf's immortality renders it a forgone conclusion. If Link falls, Ganondorf wins the Triforce and goes on to wreak utter havoc for several more years. If he wins, he gets returned to his youth... except that in the "adult" timeline he leaves behind [[spoiler: Ganondorf returns and Hyrule is ultimately wiped off the map in an act of divine intervention.]] And in the child timeline - despite giving them fair warning of the danger - [[spoiler: the sages still manage to mangle Ganondorf's execution, leading ''two realms'' being placed in danger.]] And then there's ''Majora's Mask''. Oh God, ''Majora's Mask.'' It's like a goddamn Greek tragedy.

** Thinking about any of them too hard is a real downer. No matter the outcome of the final battle, Ganondorf's immortality renders it a forgone conclusion. If Link falls, Ganondorf wins the Triforce and goes on to wreak utter havoc for several more years. If he wins, he gets returned to his youth...except that in the "adult" timeline he leaves behind [[spoiler: Ganondorf returns and Hyrule is ultimately wiped off the map in an act of divine intervention.]] And in the child timeline - despite giving them fair warning of the danger - [[spoiler: the sages still manage to mangle Ganondorf's execution, leading ''two realms'' being placed in danger.]] And then there's ''Majora's Mask''. Oh God, ''Majora's Mask.'' It's like a goddamn Greek tragedy.

* Zora's Domain. Each other area reclaims pretty much all of its former glory, but not there. You beat the Water Temple and you're told Zora's Domain will recover...eventually. So the Gorons are saved, the Gerudo have had their evil leader tossed, the Kokiri have the Deku Tree's protection back and Kakariko is now sans an eldritch horror, but Zora's Domain will remain a frozen wasteland for some time...that just seems rather sad, you know?

** In one case, it's a bit blunter than that. [[spoiler: Darunia goes into Volvagia's room to fight it without the hammer. He's not in there when you go in. Make of that what you will.]]

* Every single one of the chats with the newly awakened sages. It's utterly heart-wrenching, seeing these people, accepting their new roles, but with the remorse of the cost that it has for them.

* How about the scene where you return to the Sacred Forest Meadow as an adult and you watch/hear Link slowly and mournfully stride up to Saria's sitting-stump and then stopping right in front of it while the camera lingers on it for awhile. And people praise Portal for simplistic, yet emotional, storytelling....

-->Oh...I see... Saria won't ever come back... But...I...I made a promise to Saria... If Link came back, I would be sure to tell him that Saria had been waiting for him... Because Saria...really... liked... Hey, you. If you see him somewhere, please let him know... And also... I'm sorry for being mean to him. Tell him that, too.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6XMKtjtvaM He's not moving anymore....]]" Made even sadder by the fact that the vast majority of people will never know he was even in the game.

* Before entering the Forest Temple, you hear Saria has gone in alone and is surrounded by monsters, suggesting, though not stating outright, that [[spoiler:each potential Sage must die to become a Sage, and Darunia, Ruto, Impa, and Nabooru soon follow.]] After each time you receive a medallion, the cutscene text says "[name of sage] awakens as a Sage and adds [his/her] power to yours!" ''Awakens''. That's as close to an outright statement as you can get in a Zelda game. Not to mention the weird things they do (appearing diagonally in the wall when the barriers are dispelled, turning into balls of light, etc.) that can only be described as ghostly.

** The 3DS remake gave this already amazing ending one last heart-string tugging touch: [[AwesomeMusic A medley of your favorite Zelda songs played by a]] ''[[AwesomeMusic freaking orchestra]]''.

** The 3DS remake gave this already amazing ending one last heart-string tugging touch: [[AwesomeMusic A medley of your favorite Zelda songs played by a ''freaking orchestra'']].

* The entire ending, [[spoiler: from the moment you lay the final blow on Ganon, to the sepia-tone "The End" screen. Just...the sheer amount of ''emotion'' it stirs up in you. The final good-bye from Zelda. The party at Lon Lon ranch. The final laying of the Master Sword. That gorgeous, absolutely ''gorgeous'' rendition of Zelda's Lullaby. And just seeing the world that you just saved ''recover'' from all the darkness it once hosted.]] Watching it, you're reaping the fruits of your labor, and it feels indescribable.

* The imprisoned Gorons in the fire temple. All of them are curled up into balls and shivering, thinking that you're volvagia and begging you not to eat them. You can't help but feel sympathy for the poor guys.

* During the end cutscene when every character in the game is partying at the Ranch, the brief shot of King Zora and Mido just sitting there.

** Even more sadder when you consider that due to circumstances, [[spoiler: Link cannot attend the party due to returning to his normal timeline]].

* [[http://www.fanboys-online.com/grog-and-cojiro/ This]]. It's just its own comic in the Fanboys archive, so you're flipping through jokes about consoles and then WHAM.

** Hell Nabooru gets zapped by Koume and Kotake and EXPLODES into a ball of light right in front of you right before the boss.

** and it's a '''disgraceful''' failure, as well. In the backstory of Link to the Past, the hero of time obviously became nothing more than a statistic, mentioning only that "many of the knights of hyrule were lost..."

*** In one case, it's a bit blunter than that. [[spoiler: Darunia goes into Volvagia's room to fight it without the hammer. He's not in there when you go in. Make of that what you will.]]
** Also, if Link hadn't have defeated Ganon at the end, the Happy Mask Salesman would have stayed dead, meaning that [[spoiler: Termina would have been destroyed indefinitely]].

* After you learn that [[spoiler:Grog is basically dead now]], you give Fado the medicine in exchange for his saw. In the following dialogue, [[spoiler:Grog]] is referred to exclusively as 'punk'. And this is after he called you a good guy, a nice guy, the only guy who can help him.

* Zora's Domain. Each other area reclaims pretty much all it's former glory, but not there. You beat the Water Temple and you're told Zora's Domain will recover...eventually. So the Gorons are saved, the Gerudo have had their evil leader tossed, the Kokiri have the Deku Tree's protection back and Kakariko is now sans an eldritch horror, but Zora's Domain will remain a frozen wasteland for some time...that just seems rather sad, you know?