History TearJerker / WallE

Considering that the movie is about seeing [[AfterTheEnd the Earth in a state of ruin due to garbage]], and a [[HopeBringer single plant being a beacon of hope for humanity]] returning to the big blue planet, ''WALL-E'' is bound to tug at the heart strings.

* WALL•E’s call for Eve when he races off to ‘save’ her from the ship, or at least go with her. It just really helps to demonstrate how much he already cares for her, if he’s willing to go off to some incredibly distant place with literally no idea if he’s going to be coming back or not out of sheer devotion to her.

* The scene when [=AUTO=] reveals the taped message from the [=CEO=], Shelby Forthright, ordering all the autopilots to stay in space as Operation Recolonized failed. The optimistic and energetic [=CEO=] has been reduced to a jaded and disheveled shell.

* One moment comes halfway through the movie, when WALL-E is seen trying to rehearse an apology for EVE for all the trouble he's caused, but eventually gives up and just whispers, "Pathetic." Poor little guy.

* EVE throws the plant in the holo-detector, which opens it up and WALL•E's dead body flops right out. Immediately after, EVE rushes over to him, lifting him up a bit while whispering his name. Then she just shakes her head a bit in denial, whispering [[LittleNo "No..."]] before calling out to him. ''And she apparently still calls his name, holding him the entire journey back''. Not to mention how everyone else reacts to WALL-E's death. The reject bots and M-O all lower their heads and the humans follow suit. Mary, one of the passengers, cries into John, another passenger, while John looks on in horror. M-O, himself even whimpers and buries his head into his roller as if he were actually crying.

* When EVE tries hopelessly to wake WALL•E up after he's become just another soulless drone. After the Axiom returns to Earth, EVE frantically flies back to WALL•E's home to repair and re-energize him. She's successful, but WALL-E does not recognize EVE, as it seems as if his memory banks were erased. He reverts back to his original programming and starts compacting trash. EVE tries to jog his memory back by showing off the random objects that WALL-E has collected but to no avail. After WALL•E spent the whole movie completely devoted to her, EVE feels as strongly for him as he did for her, and there's nothing left of him to see it. EVE gives up that he's coming back, and then she ''sings'' to him. Thankfully, EVE's goodbye kiss to him wakes WALL•E back up.

--> '''EVE:''' WALL•E, you OK? ''WALL•E!'' '''''WALL•E!'''''
* The end credit sequence where are shown Humanity and robots work together in harmony to make amends, set to Peter Gabriel's "Down to Earth".

* Wall-E’s call for Eve when he races off to ‘save’ her from the ship, or at least go with her. It just really helps to demonstrate how much he already cares for her, if he’s willing to go off to some incredibly distant place with literally no idea if he’s going to be coming back or not out of sheer devotion to her.
* Outside of Wall-E's interactions with them inspiring out of the box thinking and actions by both humans and robots alike, you can see little actions by the machines, outside of Wall-E's influence, indicating they're already more than their directives allow, such as the alarm bot cordoning off a fallen John. Its directive is to inform fallen humans that an assigned helper bot is on its way. When John pleads for help, it very subtly looks at him before going back into stance. It can and WANTS to help but that is not its intended directive by the system in place. At some point, just like Wall-E, ALL the robots became sentient but have been locked to their directives for hundreds of years unable to express themselves beyond it.

* Wall-E's DisneyDeath, as AUTO grows desperate to prevent the plant from being put in the Holo-Detector he forces it close, eventually causing WALL-E's track to slip into the crack between the descending holo-detector and the floor, crushing him.

* When EVE tries hopelessly to wake WALL•E up after he's become just another soulless drone. After the Axiom returns to Earth, EVE frantically flies back to WALL-E's home to repair and re-energize him. She's successful, but WALL-E does not recognize EVE, as it seems as if his memory banks were erased. He reverts back to his original programming and starts compacting trash. EVE tries to jog his memory back by showing off the random objects that WALL-E has collected but to no avail. After WALL•E spent the whole movie completely devoted to her, EVE feels as strongly for him as he did for her, and there's nothing left of him to see it. EVE gives up that he's coming back, and then she ''sings'' to him. Thankfully, EVE's goodbye kiss to him wakes WALL•E back up.

* In the waste disposal facility of the Axiom. WALL•E, on the verge of death due him almost being drained of power, weakly attempts to give EVE the plant that she had searched for. In response, she tosses it aside, and reaches out to WALL•E...

** A mondegreen actually makes this ''worse.'' During the hyper-jump back to Earth, EVE desperately calls out his name. But her voice is a little warped from the jump, and, again to the right ear, it sounds like what she's actually saying is ''"Don't leave me!"''

** Worst of all is the final squeak she gives to him. To the right ear, it sounds almost like the word, "Please."

* Outside of Wall-E's interactions with them inspiring out of the box thinking and actions by both humans and robots alike, you can see little actions by the machines, outside of Wall-E's influence, indicating they're already more than their directives allow, such as the alarm bot cordining off a fallen John. It's directive is to inform fallen humans that an assigned helper bot is on its way. When John pleads for help, it very subtly look at home before going back into stance. It cand and WANTS to help but that is not its intended directive by the system in place. At some point, just like Wall-E, ALL the robots became sentient but have been locked to their directives for hundreds of years unable to express themselves beyond it.

--> '''EVE:''' "WALL•E, you OK? ''WALL•E!'' '''''WALL•E!'''''"

* The look on the Captain's face after he's gone on his WikiWalk, discovered how awesome Earth is, and then realizes what's become of the once-beautiful, lush planet. This is probably the first time he's ever really thought about Earth in his entire life, and to see him go from completely ecstatic about the prospect of returning to Earth to completely and utterly bewildered as to its degradation is heartbreaking to see. It's {{Anvilicious}} to the nth degree, but ''[[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped damn]].''

** A {{Mondegreen}} actually makes this ''worse.'' During the hyper-jump back to Earth, EVE desperately calls out his name. But her voice is a little warped from the jump, and, again to the right ear, it sounds like what she's actually saying is ''"Don't leave me!"''

* The part before when his track slips into the crack between the descending holo-detector and the floor, crushing him.

* EVE throws the plant in the holo-detector, which opens it up and WALL•E's dead body flops right out. Immediately after, EVE rushes over to him, lifting him up a bit while whispering his name. Then she just shakes her head a bit in denial, whispering [[LittleNo "No..."]] before calling out to him. ''And she apparently still calls his name, holding him the entire journey back''. Not to mention how everyone else reacts to Wall-e's death. The reject bots and M-O all lower their heads and the humans follow suit. Mary, one of the passengers, cries into John, another passenger, while John looks on in horror. M-O, himself even whimpers and buries his head into his roller as if he were actually crying.

* The look on the Captain's face after he's gone on his WikiWalk, discovered how awesome Earth is, and then realizes what's become of the once-beautiful, lush planet. This is probably the first time he's ever really thought about Earth in his entire life, and to see him go from completely ecstatic about the prospect of returning to Earth to completely and utterly bewildered as to its degradation is heartbreaking to see. It's {{Anvilicious}} to the nth degree, but [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped ''damn'']].

* The scene when [[spoiler:EVE is deactivated and waiting for the ship to come back, but WALL•E keeps standing there with her, carrying her to work, and trying to hold her hand]].
* When [[spoiler:the shuttle exploded, and EVE, thinking WALL•E was destroyed, let out a [[LittleNo little: "no...no..."]]]].

* The scene when [[spoiler: [=AUTO=] reveals the taped message from the [=CEO=], Shelby Forthright, ordering all the autopilots to stay in space as Operation Recolonized failed. The optimistic and energetic [=CEO=] has been reduced to a jaded and disheveled shell]].

* In the waste disposal facility of the Axiom. WALL•E, [[spoiler:on the verge of death due him almost being drained of power]], weakly attempts to give EVE the plant that she had searched for. In response, she tosses it aside, and reaches out to WALL•E...

* The part before when [[spoiler:his track slips into the crack between the descending holo-detector and the floor, crushing him]].
* [[spoiler: EVE throws the plant in the holo-detector, which opens it up and WALL•E's dead body flops right out.]] Immediately after, [[spoiler:EVE rushes over to him, lifting him up a bit while whispering his name. Then she just shakes her head a bit in denial, whispering [[LittleNo "No..."]] before calling out to him. ''And she apparently still calls his name, holding him the entire journey back. Not to mention how everyone else reacts to Wall-e's death. The reject bots and M-O all lower their heads and the humans follow suit. Mary, one of the passengers, cries into John, another passenger, while John looks on in horror. M-O, himself even whimpers and buries his head into his roller as if he were actually crying.'']]
** A {{Mondegreen}} actually makes this ''worse.'' [[spoiler: During the hyper-jump back to Earth, EVE desperately calls out his name. But her voice is a little warped from the jump, and, again to the right ear, it sounds like what she's actually saying is ''"Don't leave me!"'']]

* When EVE [[spoiler:cradles a broken and dying WALL•E]].

* When EVE tries hopelessly to wake WALL•E up after he's [[spoiler: become just another soulless drone]]. After the Axiom returns to Earth, EVE frantically flies back to WALL-E's home to repair and re-energize him. [[spoiler: She's successful, but WALL-E does not recognize EVE, as it seems as if his memory banks were erased. He reverts back to his original programming and starts compacting trash. EVE tries to jog his memory back by showing off the random objects that WALL-E has collected but to no avail]]. After WALL•E spent the whole movie completely devoted to her, EVE feels as strongly for him as he did for her, and there's nothing left of him to see it. EVE gives up that he's coming back, and then she ''sings'' to him. Thankfully, [[spoiler: EVE's goodbye kiss to him wakes WALL•E back up]].

* The moment at the very end when [[spoiler:EVE thinks that WALL•E's personality has been erased, leaving him as just another dead-eyed drone? Fortunately, it ends well thanks to the combined forces of DisneyDeath and ThePowerOfLove.]]

* [[spoiler: EVE throws the plant in the holo-detector, which opens it up and WALL•E's dead body flops right out.]] Immediately after, [[spoiler:EVE rushes over to him, lifting him up a bit while whispering his name. Then she just shakes her head a bit in denial, whispering [[LittleNo "No..."]] before calling out to him. ''And she apparently still calls his name, holding him the entire journey back.'']]

* The passengers take their first hesitant steps out of the Axiom and back to Earth... and you hear EVE's desperate cry of ''MOVE'' as she comes tearing out of the docking bay.

* When EVE tries hopelessly to wake WALL•E up after he's [[spoiler: become just another soulless drone]]. After WALL•E spent the whole movie completely devoted to her, EVE feels as strongly for him as he did for her, and there's nothing left of him to see it. EVE gives up that he's coming back, and then she ''sings'' to him. Thankfully, [[spoiler: EVE's goodbye kiss to him wakes WALL•E back up]].