History TearJerker / Up

[[caption-width-right:320:...and this scene happens in the first 10 minutes of the movie]]

** If you can see those nine words in context without bawling like a baby (or at a bare minimum ManlyTears), you have a heart of stone.

** Not helping matters is that from the looks of things, he's the only one there.

* The brief but ''heartrending'' scene during the opening montage after Carl and Ellie were planning a family- the closest any Disney film has ever gotten to openly portraying a miscarriage.
** Alternatively, it could be Ellie finding out she's sterile.

** It's actually worse if you consider the fact that Russel only ever mentions things he and his father used to do together or whatever empty promises he's recently made. This combined with the how uncomfortable Russel is even mentioning his stepmother seems to indicate that [[WickedStepmother Phyllis doesn't like Russel]], and that, either at her behest or not, Russel's father has abandoned him emotionally in favor of his new family. And Russel, at least until the end of the movie, [[ThePollyanna still believed that his dad would show him how to set up a tent and come to his badge ceremony]].

*** Wait a minute... a highly-critically-acclaimed 2009 film scored by Michael Giacchino, the first ten minutes of which are famous for making people cry? [[Film/StarTreK Sounds incredibly familiar...]]

*** Wait a minute... a highly-critically-acclaimed 2009 film scored by Michael Giacchino, the first ten minutes of which are famous for making people cry? [[StarTrek2009 Sounds incredibly familiar...]]

* The ''intro.'' [[spoiler: The lives of two people very much in love, from their youth til they are parted by death - complete with the shared dream they were never able to complete.]] The creators were worried that the old man's reasons for going on his fantastic voyage would appear to be [[spoiler: suicidal - "he just wants to join his wife"]].

** Note that Mick [=LaSalle=] of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', who thought ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' could stand to be half an hour shorter, was [[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/28/MV6617S4LC.DTL pretty much blown away by that intro]].

* The implied story of Russell's parents, after he says that "Phyllis" told him that he was bugging his father by calling him so much..

-->'''Carl''': ''(the realization hits him)'' ...Oh.

* [[http://kristalbabich.tumblr.com/post/44919305966/its-been-an-adventure-mr-fredricksen “It’s Been An Adventure, Mr. Fredricksen.”]] Originally created as separate art pieces, they both become incredibly poignant when paired together. The first art shows [[spoiler:a grown-up Russell releasing a balloon in the sky]], and the second shows [[spoiler:Carl, Ellie and Dug in heaven spotting the balloon as it goes up]].

* [[http://kristalbabich.tumblr.com/post/44919305966/its-been-an-adventure-mr-fredricksen “It’s Been An Adventure, Mr. Fredricksen.”]]

* The ''intro.'' [[spoiler: It's the entire relationship of the old man and his wife, from when they first meet as kids to her unfortunate infertility (why they couldn't have children) to when she dies of a heart attack, just before he's able to give her the trip to South America that she's always wanted, ever since they were children.]] The creators were worried that the old man's reasons for going on his fantastic voyage would appear to be [[spoiler: suicidal - "he just wants to join his wife"]].

** There is a reason why Michael Giacchino won the Oscar for Best Score that year...
* Carl and Ellie's entire relationship to people who have parents/grandparents with a similar relationship, where the two partners truly complete each other. This troper has known couples that were together for nearly seventy years, and were still very much in love by the end. And then when one of them dies, the grief-stricken and lonely widow/widower becomes sort of washed out and unhappy like Carl was, not knowing what to do with themselves now that their other half is gone...

** "Stuff I'm Going To Do."

* The saga of Russell's parents, after he says that "Phyllis" told him that he was bugging his father by calling him so much..

** Many of the key Tearjerker moments can easily be attributed to Michael Giacchino's wonderful score during those dialogue-less moments. Hell, just listening to certain tracks ("Married Life", "The Ellie Badge" and "Things We Did" for those following along at home) makes those tears well up all over again.

* "Thanks for the adventure! Now go have another one."

* '''Ellie''': ''Adventure is out there!''

* When Carl accidentally hits the construction worker with his walking frame; you can tell by the look on his face he didn't want to hurt the guy who was actually being somewhat nice to him.
** Just before that, how panicked and overprotective Carl gets over the mailbox, which we saw him and Ellie make together during the earlier montage.

* [[http://theflyingredpig.tumblr.com/post/58065664162/mangabreadroll-tflatte-blackbanshee “It’s Been An Adventure, Mr. Fredricksen.”]]

* The ''intro.'' [[spoiler: It's the entire relationship of the old man and his wife, from when they first meet as kids to her unfortunate infertility (why they couldn't have children) to when she dies of a heart attack, just before he's able to give her the trip to South America that she's always wanted.]] The creators were worried that the old man's reasons for going on his fantastic voyage would appear to be [[spoiler: suicidal - "he just wants to join his wife"]].

-->'''Russel''': Cross your heart?

** What's so awesome about this was how Pixar took no credit for this; they didn't hype it up as "Hey, look, we're helping this girl." They did it simply because ''it was the right thing to do.''