History TearJerker / Toonami

** Then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHee1Ga0WJk tribute]] they did shortly after his death. Moltar attempts to call TOM, but the message is scrambled. SARA is luckily able to interpret some of it for TOM. Moltar lets him know that he's returning to his home planet, Moltor, and he won't be coming back. And that he always that he was a better Toonami host than TOM. Rather than getting mad, TOM takes it in stride, and gives him a proper goodbye.

* After the news about [[Creator/AkiraToriyama]]'s passing, TOM and SARA had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_9DsiI8R_M special intro memorizing his legacy]] while airing the first eight episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai.

-->:-: till a sun rises on a world without toonami....

* The greatest TearJerker of all (other than the first finale) is no doubt when the first TOM died...many fans were no doubt shocked and horrified when they saw TOM get liquefied...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCAX4cgszCU The original closing speech before the revival]] is a TearJerker:

** If you ever saw Toonami before it met its untimely end, it's impossible to see that and not feel a tear come to your eye.

** It's made even worse by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140815012543/http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/14859504/ an archived thread on 4chan's /a/ from the last day of Toonami.]] The infamously rude and edgy board being reduced to tears from the sudden announcement of the block's cancellation and its final hours is just depressing to look at.

* The ending of ''Countdown'': TOM is now even more badly damaged(he previously lost an arm to the Intruder and now has an imperfect duplicate), and there is a BadFuture where an older version of TOM is stuck drifting in the void of space with the ''Vindication'' blown to smithereens and SARA along with it- who had been subjected to TheCorruption and had to be destroyed by self-destructing the ship, presumably [[FridgeHorror killing the sand worm baby]] and [[LastOfTheirKind rendering its species extinct.]] And it is ''not'' negated, only pushed over to another timeline while our TOM manages to be with SARA on an intact ship.

** And then in The Forge, TOM 5 was killed, though not after performing a HeroicSacrifice, to let the the other TOM units get to safety. He even tries to tell SARA how much she means to him but gets fatally shot before he could finish his sentence. Considering how this was the TOM that has been the the host for the majority of the revival block, this could especially be sad for the viewers who only started watching during his tenure.

-->[[WaxingLyrical "Well, this is the end,]] beautiful friends. After more than 11 years, this is Toonami's final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, [[Literature/TheOutsiders stay gold]].

** As of ''Intruder II'', [[spoiler: ''it's happening all over again.'' First: SARA is almost killed, Then TOM 4 turned out to be killed offscreen '''[[FromBadToWorse and now the Absolution has been destroyed]]'''.]]
** And then in The Forge, [[spoiler: TOM 5 was killed, though not after performing a HeroicSacrifice, to let the the other TOM units get to safety. He even tries to tell SARA how much she means to him but gets fatally shot before he could finish his sentence. Considering how this was the TOM that has been the the host for the majority of the revival block, this could especially be sad for the viewers who only started watching during his tenure]].

-->[[WaxingLyrical "Well, this is the end,]] [[Music/TheDoors beautiful friends.]] After more than 11 years, this is Toonami's final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, [[Literature/TheOutsiders stay gold]].

* The removal of half the lineup on Feb 7, 2015. So [[Anime/CowboyBebop many]] [[Anime/GhostInTheShell good]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack shows]] gone, some pulled way ahead of schedule. Their goal is to reduce the amount of reruns on the block to nearly none, ignoring how there are people who haven't seen any of these shows before and those who really do want them to rerun a show they only aired once! The truly tear-jerking part is we may never see any of them again! Plus, this limits the opportunity for new shows to air on the block, with short-run programs limited by the 3 long running Shonen series, while long-running shonen series are similarly stymied.

* The ending to ''WesternAnimation/TheIntruderIII'': [[spoiler: Yes, TOM and SARA find out their new base is really an old ship, but Shugo 162 dies and the SandWorm creatures were really trying to warn them. Moreover, while TOM and SARA take the youngest of their number with them, the rest of the species die with the planet.]]
* The ending of ''Countdown'': TOM is now even more badly damaged [[spoiler:(he previously lost an arm to the Intruder and now has an imperfect duplicate)]], and there is a BadFuture [[spoiler:where an older version of TOM is stuck drifting in the void of space with the ''Vindication'' blown to smithereens and SARA along with it- who had been subjected to TheCorruption and had to be destroyed by self-destructing the ship, presumably [[FridgeHorror killing the sand worm baby]] and [[LastOfTheirKind rendering its species extinct.]] And it is ''not'' negated, only pushed over to another timeline while our TOM manages to be with SARA on an intact ship.]]