History TearJerker / ThePowerpuffgirls

* The ending of the episode "Knock It Off". TheProfessor bursts into Dick's factory as he's slowly killing the girls by draining their Chemical X. He [[PleaseIWillDoAnything desperately pleads for the lives of his daughters]], but Dick just decides to kill all of them! As his army of grotesque, monstrous clones take the Professor away, he tearfully tells the girls that he loves them, and they weakly manage to say, "[[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove We love you, too]]," before passing out. After seeing this heartwrenching good-bye, the clones turn on Dick, release the girls, and tell the Professor to run before the factory burns down. He escapes as the factory explodes in the background, killing all of the deformed clones, and cries over the apparently dead bodies of his daughters before they come around.

* In the "Boys Are Back in Town", the Rowdyruff Boys are revived by HIM. Now immune to the Powerpuff Girls' kisses, they proceed to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the crap out of them]] until they're in too much pain to move. The Rowdyruff Boys then go one step too far and put a giant slug down Bubble's dress. After they did that, Bubbles was clearly suffering and tried to keep from crying, which was really sad. On the bright side, this is what motivated Buttercup to find the Rowdyruff Boys' new weakness.

* In the "Boys Are Back in Town", the Rowdyruff Boys are revived by Him. Now immune to the Powerpuff Girls' kisses, they proceed to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the crap out of them]] until they're in too much pain to move. The Rowdyruff Boys then go one step too far and put a giant slug down Bubble's dress. After they did that, Bubbles was clearly suffering and tried to keep from crying, which was really sad. On the bright side, this is what motivated Buttercup to find the Rowdyruff Boys' new weakness.

* In the "Boys Are Back in Town", the Rowdyruff Boys are revived by HIM. Now immune to the Powerpuff Girls' kisses, they proceed to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the crap out of them]] until they are in too much pain to move. The Rowdyruff Boys then go one step too far and put a giant slug down Bubble's dress. After they do that, she's clearly suffering and tries to keep from crying, which was really sad. On the bright side, this is what motivated Buttercup to find the Rowdyruff Boys' new weakness.

* In the "Boys Are Back in Town" the Rowdyruff are revived by him and being immune to the Powerpuff Girls kisses, they proceed to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the crap out of them]] until they are in too much pain to move. The Rowdyruff Boys then go one step too far and put a giant slug down Bubble's dress. After they do that she is clearly suffering and tries to keep from crying which was really sad. On the bright side [[spoiler: this is what motivated Buttercup to find the Rowdyruff Boys' new weakness.]]

* In "Beat Your Greens", when all the adults have [[NeverSayDie passed out]] from the aliens' spell because the families only ate meat and no vegetables is both sad and horrifying, especially with all of their children [[HarmfulToMinors finding their parents like that.]] Arguably, the worst scene is with the Mom who's passed out on the kitchen floor in front of her little boy and his older sister as they're holding each other while sobbing and having no idea what to do. [[spoiler: Fortunately, after the children ate the vegetable aliens, they broke the spell and both revived and happily reunited with their parents, but still.]]

* The Professor admitting to the Girls that he may be unable to save Bullet the squirrel in "Stray Bullet". [[spoiler:Thankfully, Bullet gets better.]]

* The 2009 special "The Powerpuff Girls Rule" has the scene where Mojo Jojo gives up on trying to conquer the world and chooses to shut down his volcano lair and move out of Townsville while we hear him singing the Music/TearsForFears song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". It's pretty depressing to see Mojo feel so defeated and hopeless.

* [[JerkassWoobie Buttercup]], full-stop, [[MiddleChildSyndrome if you think about it long enough.]] First of all, the professor had no good reason officially to name her Buttercup other than that it begins with "B". Second, she has no unique power [[spoiler: (and tongue-rolling doesn't count)]]. Finally, nobody really pays her any attention, and even when they do, it's usually when she's in trouble. Even some fans never seemed to care much, instead opting to exploit her misery and attitude for kicks and giggles. Especially since she tends to be remembered as "the bitchy one".

-->'''The Narrator:''' "Oh, for crying out loud, would you three [[BigShutUp shut up]] for once!? Always crying and moaning about something... sheesh, you give me a headache!"

-->'''Professor Utonium''': [[JerkassRealization It's my fault. I put too much value into material items, instead of the love of you girls!]] Oh Mayor, please go easy on Blossom; she's sorry.

-->'''Blossom clone''': [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal You never gave us love!]]
-->'''Buttercup clone''': [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Where was our love!?]]
-->'''Dick''': Get back! [[CardCarryingVillain I am your MASTER!]]
-->'''Bubbles clone''': [[Franchise/StarWars Only a master of evil]], [[PreMortemOneLiner Dick!]]
-->'''Dick''': [[BigNo NO, NO, NOOOOO!]] (''collapses onto a piece of machinery and bursts into flames'')
-->'''Blossom clone''': (''[[HeelFaceDoorSlam releases the girls and the Professor]]'') GetOut. [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Before it's too late]]...

-->'''Bubbles''': (''to the Professor'') But...I love you...[[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious DAD!]]

--> '''Girls:''' (sobbing) It's our fault! [[ItsAllMyFault It's all our fault!]]

* In Power-noia, we learn each of the girls' deepest fears and Him curses them with nightmares about said fears. Blossom's nightmare is as much of a tear jerker as it is nightmare fuel. Bubbles and Buttercup have fears that are normal and natural for five-year-old children, but Blossom believes her only value is her intelligence and no one would love her if she weren't the brainiac she is. It's normal for young children to want to please those around them, but an excessive fear of failure is very abnormal for a small child.

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* [[TearJerker/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie See here.]]

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* Anytime Bubbles cries. Seeing such an adorable and likable character upset is always a huge gut-punch, the most notable instances being [[TheWoobie "Octi Evil"]] and [[InelegantBlubbering "All Chalked Up"]]. However, you may become desensitized by it due to the fact that [[ProneToTears Bubbles cries a lot.]]

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[[SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved So once again,]] the audience has been left in [[Main/{{Tearjerker}} tears]], thanks to... WesternAnination/ThePowerpuffGirls.

[[SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved So once again,]] the audience has been left in [[Main/{{Tearjerker}} tears]], thanks to... The Powerpuff Girls.

* The entire outcome of "Fallen Arches", where Blossom convinces the girls to talk two elderly superheroes to fight the Ministry of Pain in their place, as Blossom refuses to attack a bunch of elderly villains out of respect for the fact that they are old. The two heroes accept the call, but one refuses to work with the other as he feels his old sidekick was a {{glory hound}}, while the latter thinks his boss constantly treated him as dead weight. It's quite a shame to see two old friends drift apart so completely over such petty disagreements.
** The real kicker though is that Blossom's plan backfires spectacularly when the two superheroes confront the villains, clearly out of shape and no longer fit to fight. When they start to squabble with each other, the sidekick is injured and his old partner, horrified at this scene, performs a HeroicSacrifice and ''slams'' into the elderly villains, leading to all five being rushed to the hospital. They ultimately pull through, but the press are especially unforgiving and say [[KickTheDog none of it would've happened if the Girls had just saved the day themselves]].

** The fact that it ends with a tribute to those who died during [[InMemoriam the terrorist attacks on 9/11]], which preceded this episode's airing.

* While it's never outright stated, it's heavily implied that the members of the Gangreen Gang are all homeless, as they're usually seen sleeping or hanging out in random places, like the junkyard or even the playground at the Powerpuffs' school, and their families are never seen or mentioned (at least, not ''these'' versions of the [[Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ characters]]). Keep in mind that they are all teenagers, the youngest member being 14 years old. Depending on how sympathetic you are, this knowledge may paint their actions in an entirely different light....

* The episode "Super Friends." Watching Robin in all of her loneliness as the Powerpuff Girls ditch her to save the day is enough to bring a tear to your eye, especially if you were a kid who had been abandoned by friends before.

* The episode "Twisted Sister" is utterly heart-wrenching. The girls try to make a fourth Powerpuff Girl, and because they substitute some ingredients, their new sister Bunny turns out a little... [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer special]]. She tries very hard to fight crime, but never gets it right... [[spoiler: until the end, where she saves her sisters and then explodes. The other three girls feel horrible, because the last thing they told her was "Bunny do bad!" and that she wasn't cut out to be a Powerpuff Girl]]. Even TheNarrator cried as he was [[DownerEnding closing the show]], complete with a heartrendingly sad version of the Powerpuff Girls outro playing in the background.

** Also one of two examples of [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]] (along with "Knock It Off," mentioned below).[[note]]'''Narrator:''' *tearfully* And for the first, and final time, the day is saved thanks to Powerpuff Bunny. -Cue HarsherInHindsight picture of Bunny smiling proudly-[[/note]]

** Worse still is that because of their shoddy effort at the formula, Bunny was likely doomed to an untimely end from the start. The fact that she dies before they finally came to appreciate her for who she was is what makes her short existence so tragic.

** [[spoiler: It's made even worse with the death of Bunny's voice actress, Creator/ChristineCavanaugh, in 2014.]]
** [[spoiler: Most explosions in this series are loud. Not Bunny's, though. It's very heartbreakingly silent.]]

-->'''Dick''': Get back! I am your MASTER!

[[caption-width-right:350: [[TheWoobie Poor, poor]][[ProneToTears Bubbles.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: Oh, [[ProneToTears Bubbles.]]]]

* While it's never outright stated, it's heavily implied that the members of the Gangreen Gang are all homeless, as they're usually seen sleeping or hanging out in random places, like the junkyard or even the playground at the Powerpuffs' school, and their families are never seen or mentioned (at least, not ''these'' versions of the [[DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ characters]].)Keep in mind that they are all teenagers, the youngest member being 14 years old. Depending on how sympathetic you are, this knowledge may paint their actions in an entirely different light....