History TearJerker / TheWalkingDeadTelltale

** Even the ending where Clementine chooses to stay with Kenny is a massive tearjerker; Kenny is in tears, begging for Clementine to stay at Wellington, where she'll be safe, and Clementine is also in tears, pleading with Kenny not to leave her. While Clementine choosing to stay with him is heartwarming beyond measure, the scene is still an enormous tearjerker and a series of emotional punches.

** Somewhat related, but looking back at Episode 1, waking up to see the cabin group looking down at you, talking to and befriending Sarah, possibly forgiving Nick and having a friendly talk with Luke, it... it all seems like it happened a lifetime ago. The plot of Season 2 takes place over the span of little more than two weeks, but the episodes were released weeks apart. All seven cabin members are gone. It's impossible to rewatch the early episodes and not feel bad anytime you see Luke, Rebecca, Nick or anyone else...

* By the end of Season 2, it becomes depressing to realize that no one from the cabin group survived. Every single one of them was killed one by one. Clementine basically saw her new group (and possibly her new family) all succumb to the walkers, effectively losing people she cared about a second time, with the first being Lee's group from Season 1.

* The fact that Clementine lost '''another''' family to the ZombieApocalypse. Seriously, every parental figure or, heck, ''everyone'' she was close to have either died or were separated from her in circumstances where it's very likely that they are dead. Let's see: her parents went on vacation and left her with a babysitter... who became zombified somehow. But then she met Lee! Nope, the ZombieApocalypse ain't having none of that "happy family" business. Here's a zombie bite for him. Oh, and your biological parents are walkers now. Enjoy the trauma, Clem! That's not even going into all of the people in the survivor group who died. Some gruesomely and right in front of her. So, Lee leaves her with Christa and Omid and all is good. Until Omid's meaningless death due to some brat who doesn't know how to handle a gun. B-But we still have Christa, right? Even if she never was the same after Omid died ...Hmm. Nope, Clementine's STILL doing too well, so Christa gets ambushed by bandits and is separated from Clementine. She's staying with the cabin group for now, but knowing [[CrapsackWorld this world]], who knows how long THAT's going to last?

** It's quite clear that he is nowhere near over the deaths of Katja and Duck, and may be using Sarita as a replacement, having become very overprotective of her.

** It's implied that Christa holds Clementine somewhat responsible for Omid's death, which is why she was acts cold towards her at the beginning. It makes the above line so much more heartbreaking.

** After Ben [[TheDogBitesBack vents his frustration at Kenny's treatment of him]], Kenny expresses genuine empathy, and it seems like the two of them will finally move past it... then Ben falls from the balcony and gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. Kenny uses the gun from the dead couple's room to put him out of his misery before the approaching walkers overtake him, which is Ben's dying request. [[SoundOnlyDeath You don't actually see it happen]], but...

*** ''Everything'' about Ben's character is tragic. He serves as the game's ButtMonkey and goes through one huge TraumaCongaLine right up to his death. In the end, he was just a scared and lonely kid who had to carry tons of survivor's guilt and wasn't able to make up for any of his mistakes. One of the very last things he can say to Lee is that [[TheAtoner he just wants to help]]. And then the above-mentioned balcony scene happens...

* During the game of "war", Marlon asks Clem who used to take care of her. If the player chooses Lee, Marlon then ask what Lee taught her, which can lead to this conversation

* And at the end of the last episode ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCIrLZ8hkI&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Take Us Back]]'', a song about going back to simpler times, plays over the end credits to emphasize how that is never going to happen.

** Music/MiracleOfSound decided to make a rather sad song all about Lee and Clementine called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzlGgybMPn8 Best I Can]]. (The song contains no spoilers, but the video does contain some up to Episode 4).

** Clem can express guilt over indirectly killing Lee at one point when Luke asks what happened to him. The sad thing is that she's right, in a way. If she hadn't gone with the Stranger, Lee wouldn't have gotten bit looking for her and he might still be alive today.
*** Another of her lines implies she feels responsible for Omid's death, as well, and possibly even others from Season 1.

* The first episode has Irene. The most tearjerking way to deal with her is to give her the gun, and stay with her, and tell her, "I'm here with you now", letting her know she at the very least won't die alone.

** After Ben [[TheDogBitesBack vents his frustration at Kenny's treatment of him]], Kenny expresses genuine guilt, and it seems like the two of them will finally move past it... then Ben falls from the balcony and gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. Kenny uses the gun from the dead couple's room to put him out of his misery before the approaching walkers overtake him, which is Ben's dying request. [[SoundOnlyDeath You don't actually see it happen]], but...

* When asked about who he has hurt by the Stranger and Lee chooses his wife, Lee finally confesses the situation that he has been so tight-lipped about since Episode 1. His wife wanted to move around for work while Lee wanted to stay and raise a family. Fights ensued, which later caused a situation when he came home early to find his wife in bed with another man. Lee killed him in a fit of rage. Made even more tragic, considering how much his situation parallels The Stranger's own familial inadequacies.

** ''Creator/DaveFennoy'' has remarked that, when he was recording the scene, he became overwhelmed and actually started crying. That's how powerful it is.

-->Kenny: [[DeathSeeker Do you know what it feels like to be beaten, almost to death? Peaceful. It was like I was just floating away... then I woke up again.]]

--> Clementine: I'll see you soon.

*** To make this worse, one of the Raiders killed by Clem turns out to be Eddie from ''400 Days'', meaning that, assuming Wyatt is still alive if you took him to Carver's camp in Season 2, they won't see each other again.

-->Kenny: Do you know what it feels like to be beaten, almost to death? Peaceful. It was like I was just floating away... then I woke up again.

* Rebecca becomes TheWoobie right at the beginning, severely frightened from being alone and separated from the others while [[MadnessMantra repeating to herself that she isn't going to make it, whether on her own or without Alvin]]. Her fate is a tragic one in that, despite her determination to survive and not become TheLoad of the group, she dies shortly after having her baby and becomes a walker while she's holding him.

* Ben [[DeathSeeker asking Lee to drop him into a pit of walkers]]. The fact that he wants to die because he thinks that most of the group hates him, in addition to acknowledging his status as the TheLoad, is extremely gut-wrenching. If you choose to pull Ben up instead, all he says in response is a quiet and bewildered, "Why?"

** ALL of this final episode is sad, but the hardest hitting one is Lee succumbing to the bite from Episode 4, and either being left behind by a heartbroken Clementine... or being put down by her. And one of the final things that Lee can say to her is that "[He'll] miss [her]."

* The alternate scenario if Ben is not with you during Episode 5: Christa jumps down into a seemingly empty room to retrieve the dropped walkie-talkie, and when zombies appear, Kenny pulls a HeroicSacrifice to get her out, but can't get up himself, so he starts picking off zombies with what ammo he has left. He seems to die here, but then TheBusCameBack in Season 2.

* The first episode of Season 2 has Omid being shot, Christa having a miscarriage and her being separated from Clementine. Not even the dog Clementine finds stays around as it eventually bites her. Oh, and after their fight, you have to choose whether to MercyKill the dog or leave it to die slowly.

** This quote from Clementine if you opt to play frisbee with Sam twice. Especially considering how long it's been since the world went to crap.

** The last seconds of the trailer, where the camera lingers on Clementine for a few moments (in her life just before the outbreak), suddenly cutting to Clementine, today. She was just a regular, eight-year-old girl, she was smiling and happy, and the weather was bright and sunny. Now, Clementine is eleven, struggling to survive in the middle of a blizzard, with nothing but a gun in her hand, alone. It really hits you hard.

** The player can also make Clem shoot Kenny after he has killed Jane. Instead of pleading for mercy, Kenny simply close his eyes and tells Clementine to do it.
** If the player decides to not kill him, there's still a tearjerker in store for the player when they reach Wellington. At first, it's more than Kenny or Clementine could ever dream of. The walls are massive and secure, the place is isolated from towns and cities, and they are nice enough to GIVE AWAY whole bags of supplies to groups that reach them. The catch? Kenny and Christa weren't the first to hear of such a great place and they can't accept any new members because it could drain too many of their supplies. Kenny, who before had told Clementine about how he never spent enough time with his family, about how he'd do things right with her and AJ, speaks up immediately to plead for just the kids to stay. Clementine doesn't like that she'll have to leave her oldest friend and protector besides Lee but will tearfully agree if you choose to have her stay. As they say their goodbyes, Kenny hands over his hat and tells Clementine to never forget all the people that died to get them there, and to tell AJ about his parents when he gets older. The scene ends with Clementine and AJ entering the safety of their new home as the door closes on Kenny walking off alone. It's a massive improvement over season 1's ending where Clementine is left alone in the wilderness and Kenny is trapped alone in a city filled with zombies, since Clementine is finally safe and Kenny has a bag of supplies... but then it hits you. While they both have a fairly good chance of surviving, they'll almost certainly never see each other again. After losing their first and second families, they have to split up and go their separate ways just weeks after reuniting.

** If Clementine doesn't cut off Sarita's hand, she inevitably succumbs to the infection and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight is implied to die in Kenny's arms]], with him still cradling her body after he's put her out of her misery.

** And when the flashback sequence with Lee happened, it gives the impression that it was a DyingDream.

** The player can also make Clem shoot Kenny after he has killed Jane. Instead of pleading for mercy, Kenny simply close his eyes and tell Clementine to do it.

** If Clementine doesn't cut off Sarita's hand, she inevitably succumbs to infection and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight is implied to die in Kenny's arms]], with him still cradling her body after he's put her out of her misery.

* Rebecca becomes TheWoobie right at the beginning, severely frightened from being alone and separated from the others while [[MadnessMantra repeating to herself that she isn't going to make it whether on her own or without Alvin]]. Her fate is a tragic one in that, despite her determination to survive and not become TheLoad of the group, she dies shortly having her baby and becomes a walker while she's holding him.

** Sam the dog. He's malnourished by the time you find him, and you come across the remains of the camp the family that owned him were surviving in, with all signs showing that there were no survivors. Sam is friendly to Clementine at first, but because of how long he's gone without food, he becomes aggressive and bites her after she opens a can of beans, leading to his accidental impalement on a tent spike during the ensuing fight, where he can only cry and fruitlessly struggle to get free. The SadisticChoice does little to ease the pain, as you either stab him in the throat and are forced to listen to his pained whines get quieter until he dies, or leave him there, the camera lingering on him as he keeps struggling and panting.
** Later in Season 2, Episode 1, Clementine has to suture a massive wound from the bite in her arm. It's a long, excruciating, and incredibly explicit process. But while the gore might gross you out, her relentless sobs and whimpers all throughout will make you cry.

* Rebecca becomes TheWoobie right at the beginning, severely frightened from being alone and separated from the others while [[MadnessMantra repeating to herself that she isn't going to make it whether on her own or without Alvin]]. Her fate is a tragic one in that, despite her determination to survive and not become TheLoad of the group, she dies shortly having her baby and becomes a walker while she's carrying him.

*** Meanwhile, consider the implication here. Back in the context of season one, that scene was fairly dark. Duck was clearly dying, Kenny was in fierce denial, the conflict with Lilly over the grisly fate of Larry was coming to a head -- it wasn't a happy time. But now? Things have gotten so bad that Clementine is ''nostalgic'' for those times. The thought of being back there is actually comforting now.

* Just booting up the game for the first time can be this for some people. The music that plays on the title screen? The same version of "Alive Inside" that played during Lee's death. ''Ouch''.

* The fact that Clementine lost '''another''' family to the ZombieApocalypse. Seriously, every parental figure or, heck, ''everyone'' she was close to have either died or were separated from her in circumstances where it's very likely that they are dead. Let's see: her parents went on vacation and left her with a babysitter... who became zombified somehow. But then she met Lee! Nope, the ZombieApocalypse ain't having none of that "happy family" business. Here's a zombie bite for him. Oh, and your biological parents are walkers now. Enjoy the trauma, Clem! That's not even going into all of the people in the survivor group who died. Some gruesomely and right in front of her. So Lee leaves her with Christa and Omid and all is good. Until Omid's meaningless death due to some brat who doesn't know how to handle a gun. B-But we still have Christa, right? Even if she never was the same after Omid died ...Hmm. Nope, Clementine's STILL doing too well, so Christa gets ambushed by bandits and is separated from Clementine. She's staying with the cabin group for now, but knowing [[CrapsackWorld this world]], who knows how long THAT's going to last?

* Sarah is forced to watch her father being beaten and having his fingers broken in front of her, all while she's sobbing and screaming at Carver to let her father go, to no avail.

*** Doubly so as he blatantly accused her of being the reason everyone's been dying left and right. [[SarcasmMode Way to go, Kenny, insinuating that it's her fault that]] Lee, Omid, Ben, Chuck, and now Sarita are all dead.

* Jane as a whole in Episode 4. The circumstances of her sister's death and how it has affects her as she watches Sarah die is truly heart-wrenching. Also, what she says to Clementine as she's about to leave...

** Sam the dog. He's malnourished by the time you find him, and you come across the remains of the camp the family that owned him were surviving in, with all signs showing that there were no survivors. Sam is friendly to Clementine at first, but because of how long he's gone without food, he becomes aggressive and bites her after she opens a can of beans, leading to his accidental impalement on a tent spike during the ensuing struggle, where he can only cry and fruitlessly struggle to get free. The SadisticChoice does little to ease the pain, as you either stab him in the throat and are forced to listen to his pained whines get quieter until he dies, or leave him there, the camera lingering on him as he keeps struggling and panting.