History Tearjerker / AvengersAgeOfUltron

-->'''Pietro:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You didn't see]] [[TakingTheBullet that]] [[MeaningfulEcho coming]]... ''[collapses]''

---->'''Wanda:''' Get the people on the boats!\\
'''Pietro:''' [[TemptingFate I’m not going to leave you here]].\\
'''Wanda:''' I can handle these. ''[She blasts away an Ultron sentry]'' Come back for me when everyone else is off, not before. ''[Pietro hesitates]'' You understand?!\\
'''Pietro:''' You know, [[SiblingSenioritySquabble I’m twelve minutes older than you]].\\
'''Wanda:''' ''[chuckles]'' Go.

'''Wanda:''' [[DeathSeeker I just did.]] [[PreMortemOneLiner Do you know how it felt?]] ''[[[AndShowItToYou Wanda telekinetically rips out Ultron's core]], catching it in her right hand]'' [[TranquilFury It felt like]] ''[[TranquilFury that]]''...

-->'''Tony:''' How were you guys planning on beating them [all]?\\
'''Steve:''' ''[quietly]'' Together.\\
'''Tony:''' ''[equally quiet]'' We'll ''lose.''\\
'''Steve:''' Then we'll do ''that'' together too.

** Before that, Bruce openly expresses his disbelief of Wanda's HeelFaceTurn, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes his eagerness to assault her for mind-raping him]] ''[[TranquilFury without]]'' [[TranquilFury transforming]]. He does just that when he manages to place her in a chokehold before Wanda breaks free and hexes him, stunning him.

-->'''Pietro:''' We were ten years old. Having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in - and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But it doesn't go off. It just… sits there in the rubble. Three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word.\\
'''Wanda:''' "Stark".\\
'''Pietro:''' We were trapped two days.\\
'''Wanda:''' Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, "This will set it off." We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us.

'''Steve:''' You killed someone?\\

'''Tony:''' Yes there was. ''[throws a rendering of a ravaged J.A.R.V.I.S. up]''

--->'''Wanda:''' How could you?!\\

'''Wanda:''' You said we would destroy the Avengers. Make a better world!\\

'''Wanda:''' When everyone is ''dead''?!\\

'''Pietro:''' And if they don't?\\

'''Wanda:''' [[YoureInsane You're a madman.]]\\

'''Pietro:''' And who decides who's weak?\\

-->'''Ultron:''' They'll understand. [[ImpliedDeathThreat When they see, they'll understand.]]

-->'''Bruce:''' The water's cold.\\
'''Natasha:''' No shit.

-->'''Steve:''' "Earth's mightiest heroes". Pulled us apart like cotton candy.

** A bit of NightmareFuel to Scarlet Witch fans who know [[ComicBook/HouseOfM what she tends to do when in heavy grief...]]

** Wanda's reaction. Guarding the magnetic core in the church, [[TwinTelepathy she senses]] that her brother's mind is ''gone.'' Her knees give out from under her as she lets out a silent SkywardScream and [[AngstNuke a burst of kinetic energy]] that vaporizes the remaining Ultron sentries in the room. Her face of anguished grief is nothing short of heartbreaking. Pietro was the only family she had left in the world and her best friend, and now he's lying in the rubble, with a half-dozen bullets in him.

[[caption-width-right:350:Unfortunately for [[TheWoobie Wanda]] [[AngstySurvivingTwin Maximoff]], [[TraumaCongaLine this won't be]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar her last]] [[Series/WandaVision heartbreaking experience]] going forward...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Unfortunately for [[TheWoobie Wanda]] [[AngstySurvivingTwin Maximoff]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar this won't be]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar her last]] [[Series/WandaVision heartbreaking experience]] going forward...]]

--> '''Pietro:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You didn't see]] [[TakingTheBullet that]] [[MeaningfulEcho coming]]... ''[collapses]''

'''Ultron''': ''[angry]'' That is not–! ''[calms himself]'' The human race will have ''every'' opportunity to improve.\\
'''Pietro''': And if they don't?\\
'''Ultron''': Ask Noah.\\
'''Wanda''': [[YoureInsane You're a madman.]]\\
'''Ultron''': There were more than a ''dozen'' extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs! When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar He's winding up]]. We have to evolve. [[TheSocialDarwinist There is no room for the weak]].\\
'''Pietro''': And who decides who's weak?\\
'''Ultron''': Life. ''[chuckles]'' Life always decides.

*** And to think, remember [[PartingWordsRegret what their last conversation was]]:
--->'''Wanda:''' Get the people on the boats.\\

'''Wanda:''' [[DeathSeeker I just did.]] [[PreMortemOneLiner Do you know how it felt?]] ''[[[AndShowItToYou Wanda telekinetically rips out Ultron's core]], glaring at him the whole time]'' [[TranquilFury It felt like that...]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgLjrJl9WI Pietro's death]]. He's looking like he's going to be one of the best Avengers, being a human harpoon who annihilates any robots in his path. Then, Hawkeye goes to rescue Costel, a 12-year old kid stuck in the floating city,[[note]]Who had previously appeared briefly in a deleted scene as the intermediary Ultron used to summon the twins to the church[[/note]] while Ultron comes flying in on the Quinjet, strafing the area with heavy-caliber 4,000 round-per-minute [[GatlingGood gatling guns]] at both of them. Hawkeye hugs the boy... then Quicksilver starts running circles around them. Eventually, the gunfire clears, and the music abruptly cuts off, and the camera very quickly cuts away to Wanda, the first sign that something terrible has happened. Then Pietro staggers, sporting a half-dozen or so gunshot wounds across his upper body, gasps out his favorite catchphrase, and faceplants.

'''Pietro:''' You know, I’m twelve minutes older than you.\\

** Wanda then [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge abandons her post by the drill to hunt down and kill Ultron]], who can barely move after Hulk tossed him out of the Quinjet.
---> '''Ultron:''' Wanda. If you stay here, you'll die.\\

'''Wanda:''' You said we would destroy the Avengers. Build a better world!\\

** They also care about him as well, likely viewing him as a father figure of sorts. When Wanda discovers Ultron's [[OmnicidalManiac true plan for humanity]], they're horrified, of course, but also deeply, visibly hurt. During his insane rambling, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDscUJh1SuA they both tear up at the revelation of his true character, and Wanda in particular looks ''devastated''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Unfortunately for [[TheWoobie Wanda Maximoff]], [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar this won't be]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar her only]] [[Series/WandaVision traumatic experience going forward]]...]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgLjrJl9WI Pietro's death]]. He's looking like he's going to be one of the best Avengers, being a human harpoon who annihilates any robots in his path. Then, Hawkeye goes to rescue a 12-year old kid stuck in the floating city, while Ultron is coming in with a Quinjet, strafing the area with heavy-caliber 4,000 round a minute [[GatlingGood gatling guns]] at both of them. Hawkeye hugs the boy... then Quicksilver starts running circles around them. Eventually, the gunfire clears, and the music just cuts out completely. Pietro staggers, sporting several gunshot wounds across his upper body, gasps out his favorite catchphrase, then faceplants.
--> '''Pietro:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You didn't see that coming]]... ''[collapses]''
** Wanda's reaction. Guarding the magnetic core in the monastery, [[TwinTelepathy she senses]] that her brother's mind is ''gone.'' The silent SkywardScream she gives and her anguished grief are nothing short of heartbreaking. Pietro was the only family she had left in the world and her best friend, and now he's lying on the rubble, with a half-dozen bullets in him.
*** And to think, right before it he had said, "I'm not going to leave you here."

** Hawkeye and Cap immediately make frantic attempts to revive him, but Pietro's already gone. So, Hawkeye carries his bloodstained body to the last escape ship, and collapses into the seats with Pietro's corpse near him.

** A bit of NightmareFuel to Scarlet Witch fans who know [[ComicBook/HouseOfM what she tends to do when in heavy grief.]] And what we see is nothing compared to [[Series/WandaVision taking a town in New Jersey hostage]].
** Wanda abandons her post by the drill to hunt down and kill Ultron, who can barely move after Hulk tossed him out of a plane. You can see wisps of telekinetic energy coming out of her hands, giving you some indication of how much rage she's carrying.
--> '''Ultron:''' Wanda. If you stay here, you'll die.\\
'''Wanda:''' I just did. Do you know how it felt? ''[telekinetically rips out Ultron's core, shutting him down in the process]'' [[TranquilFury It felt like that...]]

** Before that, Bruce openly expresses his disbelief of Wanda's HeelFaceTurn, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes his eagerness to assault her for mind-raping him]] ''[[TranquilFury without]]'' [[TranquilFury transforming]]. He does just that when he manages to place her in a chokehold before Wanda breaks free and stuns him with her magic.
* Bruce Banner's general dilemma throughout the film. He begins to realize that through turning into the Hulk, he is constantly putting civilian lives at risk, and starts to sink into depression from these ramifications. This hits a turning point after Hulk, who had been under the influence of Scarlet Witch's hypnosis, has been snapped out of his trance by his and Iron Man's fight throughout a city, and sees beyond all the rubble the scarred, injured, terrified faces of civilians he has affected as a result of his destruction. The scene afterwards shows Banner huddled in the Quinjet giving a ThousandYardStare. Following the film's final battle, Natasha tells Hulk to return to the rest of the team in the Quinjet, but he refuses by abruptly ending their video call, and flies the ship away to [[Film/ThorRagnarok Sakaar]].

** The worst part of it all? You have to remember, it's not Bruce. It's ''Hulk''. Earlier in the movie, when he awoke from his Scarlet Witch-induced rage, he took one look around at the devastation he wrought and is ''horrified'' at it. This is the hate-fueled brute who once had zero qualms risking hundreds of lives in collateral damage to eradicate what rested between point A and point B. As he sits hunched in the Quinjet -- and again, this is the Hulk we're talking about here -- he has no rage or any tension. In a seemingly impossible move for someone who has only ever acted with crushing force, Hulk calmly shuts off the call from Natasha. He doesn't even smash the console, he simply and gently turns it off. He just seems completely traumatized and defeated by the hell he's wrought. Hulk has finally reflected on the things he's done... and it's brought back his self-loathing in a whole new way.
*** And he's not changing back. He's not raging, he's not fuming, he's just overwhelmed with the one kind of anger that he can't release by tearing things up. Hulk is bitterly, abashedly angry at ''himself'', and hasn't a clue how to cope with it. He can't even take comfort in having saved Natasha from Ultron's prison cell, because "puny Banner" was the one who did that.

* Pietro and Wanda's backstory. Described here, shown in detail in ''Series/WandaVision''. Their parents were killed by a Stark Industries constructed bomb, and they spent two days under a bed, thinking that the one that didn't explode would kill them at any minute. They were only ten years old.
* The visions that Wanda forces each of the Avengers to see throughout the movie are all heartwrenching:
** Tony sees the broken bodies of all of his friends, laid in a bloody pile on an asteroid before a portal much like the one the Chitauri invaded through. He reaches out to a dying Steve, who gasps with his dying breath about how Tony could have tried harder to save them before succumbing as Tony helplessly watches the Leviathan fly to Earth. And worst of all, the whole scene foreshadows [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar things to come in the next three years]]...

** They also care about him as well, likely viewing him as a father figure of sorts. When Wanda discovers Ultron's [[OmnicidalManiac true plan for humanity]], they're horrified, of course, but also deeply, visibly hurt. During his insane rambling, they both tear up at the revelation of his true character, and Wanda in particular looks ''devastated''.
--->'''Wanda:''' How could you?!
--->'''Ultron:''' How could I what?
--->'''Wanda:''' You said we would destroy the Avengers. Build a better world!
--->'''Ultron:''' It will be better.
--->'''Wanda:''' When everyone is ''dead''?!
--->'''Ultron''': ''[Angry]'' That is not–! ''[calms himself]'' The human race will have ''every'' opportunity to improve.
--->'''Pietro''': And if they don't?
--->'''Ultron''': Ask Noah.
--->'''Wanda''': [[YoureInsane You are a madman.]]
--->'''Ultron''': There were more than a ''dozen'' extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs! When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar He's winding up]]. We have to evolve. [[TheSocialDarwinist There is no room for the weak]].
--->'''Pietro''': And who decides who's weak?
--->'''Ultron''': Life. Life always decides.

* Banner and Natasha discussing the issues with a possible relationship, concentrating on an issue they both have: neither can have children; Banner because he'll [[HulkingOut hulk out]] and is probably sterile from the radiation, and Natasha because she was sterilized by those who trained her, since getting pregnant would be a distraction or even a cause for conflict of loyalties.

** It can be seen as much worse than that. Vision and Ultron are as close to related as robots can be, so Vision is basically being forced to kill his brother, whom he pretty much confirms at his birth is someone he cares about and wants to keep alive. And better yet, Vision isn't even acting hostile, having a friendly discussion of philosophy with Ultron. Had Ultron gone in compliance to a surrender, Vision almost certainly would have agreed. But Ultron forces his hand, by attacking him at the very last moment, and Vision blasts him wtith his laser as the camera cuts. From how hopeless the situation seems, it comes across as Ultron's SuicideByCop.

** At the end of the fight, Tony plows the Hulk down through a half-constructed skyscraper, utterly destroying it. The next shot of horrified people running in the streets with the cloud of dust and debris rushing away from the tower is startlingly similar to footage of Manhattan when the World Trade Center towers fell, giving a bit of perspective of how the Muggles perceive everything that happens in the MCU.
* Sure the people of Sokovia were saved, but there's little comfort knowing that your entire homeland has been reduced to rubble, not to mention said Sokovians are looking forward to lives as refugees. ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' tries to mitigate this by mentioning that there's been a swift international response to help them recover. But ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' reveals that Zemo wants revenge on the Avengers for the deaths of his family, and ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' reveals that the country got carved up and annexed into its neighbors.

** Made much worse when you realize just how much J.A.R.V.I.S. meant to Tony. He's named for the family butler, Edwin Jarvis, who was likely Tony's father figure growing up. His lab partner, copilot and confidant of twenty odd years. His greatest creation. Ultron just essentially killed Tony's last remaining family. When you see Stark looking at J.A.R.V.I.S.' shattered "code", he is heartbroken.

* Fridge example: Tony runs the mission to South Africa without J.A.R.V.I.S. Whatever software is running his suit in that sequence, it's nothing with a personality. We see in the later montage before the climax that he had dozens of backup [=AIs=] to choose from, but he doesn't install FRIDAY until the final battle. Doubtless, he loved J.A.R.V.I.S. too much to replace him so quickly. Vision's birth finally enabled him to move on and pick a new companion to reside in the Iron Man suit with him.

** They also care about him as well, likely viewing him as a father figure of sorts. When Wanda discovers Ultron's true plan for humanity, they're horrified, of course, but also deeply, visibly hurt. During his insane rambling, they both tear up at the revelation of his true character, and Wanda in particular looks ''devastated''.

--->'''Wanda''': You are a madman.
--->'''Ultron''': There were more than a ''dozen'' extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs! When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar He's winding up]]. We have to evolve. There is no room for the weak.

[[caption-width-right:350:Unfortunately for [[TheWoobie Wanda Maximoff]], this won't be [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar her only]] [[Series/WandaVision traumatic experience going forward]]...]]

--->'''Wanda:''' You said we would destroy the Avengers. Build a better world.

* Ultron's death. This is discussed with the Vision close to the end of the movie, in which it is revealed that Ultron is afraid to die. It is clear that Vision doesn't see Ultron as totally evil, but more like a rabid dog who has to be put down for the good of the world. Even after all he did, it is still somehow sad to see him go.

** Tony sees the broken bodies of all of his friends, laid in a bloody pile on an asteroid before a portal much like the one the Chitauri invaded through. He reaches out to a dying Steve, who gasps with his dying breath about how Tony could have tried harder to save them before succumbing as Tony helplessly watches the Leviathan fly to Earth. And worst of all, the whole scene foreshadows [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the bloodiest war]] this world will ever see...

** They also cared about him as well, likely viewing him as a father figure of sorts. When Ultron's true plan for humanity is revealed, they're horrified, of course, but also deeply, visibly hurt. During his insane rambling, they both tear up at the revelation of his true character, and Wanda in particular looks ''devastated''.

** It can be seen as much worse than that. Vision and Ultron are as close to related as robots can be, so Vision is basically being forced to kill his brother, whom he pretty much confirms at his birth is someone he cares about and wants to keep alive. And better yet, Vision wasn't even acting hostile, having a friendly discussion of philosophy with Ultron. Had Ultron gone in compliance to a surrender, Vision almost certainly would have agreed. But Ultron forced his hand, by attacking him at the very last moment, and Vision blasts him as the camera cuts. From how hopeless the situation seems, it comes across as Ultron's SuicideByCop.
** Just the defeated tone in Ultron's voice when he tells Vision "They're doomed." during their conversation about humanity. You get the feeling that somewhere deep down, Ultron still wanted to protect humanity. He could've been a hero.

* Hulk's rampage, when Wanda makes him crazy, and later when he and Iron Man fought. [[FridgeHorror How many people have died there?]] Especially at the end, when Hulk becomes himself again only to see the destruction he unwittingly caused. No wonder that he chose to leave.
** At the end of the fight, Tony plows the Hulk down through a half-constructed tower, utterly destroying it. The next shot of horrified people running in the streets with the cloud of dust and debris rushing away from the tower is startlingly similar to footage of Manhattan when the World Trade Center towers fell, giving a bit of perspective of how the Muggles perceive everything that happens in the MCU.
* Sure the people of Sokovia were saved, but there's little comfort knowing that your entire homeland has been reduced to rubble, not to mention said Sokovians are looking forward to lives as refugees. ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' tries to mitigate this by mentioning that there's been a swift international response to help them recover. But ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' reveals that Zemo wants revenge on the Avengers for the deaths of his family, and ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' reveals that the country got carved up and annexed by its neighbors.

* Fridge example: Tony runs the mission to South Africa without J.A.R.V.I.S. Whatever software is running his suit in that sequence, it's nothing with a personality. We later find out that he had dozens of backup [=AIs=] to choose from, but he doesn't install FRIDAY until the final battle. Doubtless, he loved J.A.R.V.I.S. too much to replace him so quickly. Vision's birth finally enabled him to move on and pick a new companion to reside in the Iron Man suit with him.

-->'''Wanda:''' You said we would destroy the Avengers. Build a better world.
-->'''Ultron:''' It will be better.
-->'''Wanda:''' When everyone is ''dead''?!
*** It also shows that he's just a child, literally days old. He's not incapable of gentle emotions, and if he could have been physically restrained immediately after attaining consciousness might have eventually matured. But being born immensely powerful that was impossible. He's basically a baby smiling at puppies one second and screaming for his bottle the next.

** It can be seen as much worse than that. Vision and Ultron are as close to related as robots can be, so Vision is basically being forced to kill his brother, whom he pretty much confirms at his birth is someone he cares about and wants to keep alive. And better yet, Vision wasn't even acting hostile, having a friendly discussion of philosophy with Ultron. Had Ultron gone in compliance to a surrender, Vision almost certainly would have agreed. But Ultron forced his hand, by attacking him at the very last moment, and Vision kills him as the camera cuts. From how hopeless the situation seems, it comes across as Ultron's SuicideByCop.

** Made much worse when you realize just how much J.A.R.V.I.S. meant to Tony. He's named for the family butler, Edwin Jarvis, who was likely Tony's father figure growing up. His lab partner, copilot and confidant of twenty odd years. His greatest creation. Ultron just essentially killed Stark's last remaining family. When you see Stark looking at J.A.R.V.I.S.' shattered "code", he is heartbroken.

** What's worse? Wanda's reaction. Guarding the magnetic core in the monastery, she senses that her brother's mind is ''gone.'' The silent SkywardScream she gives and her anguished grief are nothing short of heartbreaking. Pietro was the only family she had left in the world and her best friend, and now he's lying on the rubble, with a half-dozen bullets in him.

*** For anyone who's lost a twin, Wanda's reaction captures it pretty well. It feels very much like you've died and nothing can heal that agonizing hole in the world.

** Wanda confronting and killing Ultron. Ultron worries that Wanda will die, but, well...

** The worst part of it all? You have to remember, it's not Bruce. It's ''Hulk''. Earlier in the movie, when he awoke from his Scarlet Witch-induced rage, he took one look around at the devastation he wrought and was ''horrified'' at it. This is the hate-fueled brute who once had zero qualms risking hundreds of lives in collateral damage to eradicate what rested between point A and point B. As he sits hunched in the Quinjet -- and again, this is the Hulk we're talking about here -- he has no rage or any tension. In a seemingly impossible move for someone who has only ever acted with crushing force, Hulk calmly shuts off the call from Natasha. He doesn't even smash the console, he simply and gently turns it off. He just seems completely traumatized and defeated by the hell he's wrought. Hulk has finally reflected on the things he's done... and it's brought back his self-loathing in a whole new way.

** Tony sees the broken bodies of all of his friends, laid in a bloody pile on an asteroid before a portal much like the one the Chitauri invaded through. He reaches out to a dying Steve, who gasps with his dying breath about how Tony could have tried harder to save them before succumbing as Tony helplessly watches the aliens fly to Earth. And worst of all, the whole scene foreshadows [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the bloodiest war]] this world will ever see...

* Ultron's death. This is discussed with the Vision close to the end of the movie, in which it is revealed that Ultron is afraid to die. It is clear that the Vision doesn't see Ultron as totally evil, but more like a rabid dog who has to be put down for the good of the world. Even after all he did, it is still somehow sad to see him go.

* Sure the people of Sokovia were saved, but there's little comfort knowing that your entire homeland has been reduced to rubble, not to mention said Sokovians are looking forward to lives as refugees. ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' tries to mitigate this by mentioning that there's been a swift international response to help them recover.

** Before that, Bruce openly expresses his disbelief of Wanda's HeelFaceTurn, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes his eagerness to assault for mind-raping him]] ''[[TranquilFury without]]'' [[TranquilFury transforming]]. He does just that when he manages to place her in a chokehold before Wanda breaks free and stuns him with her magic.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgLjrJl9WI Pietro's death]]. He's looking like he's going to be one of the best Avengers, being a human harpoon who annihilates any robots in his path. Then, Hawkeye goes to rescue a 12-year old kid stuck in the floating city, while Ultron is coming in with a Quinjet, strafing the area with heavy-caliber 4,000 round a minute [[GatlingGood gatling gunS]] at both of them. Hawkeye hugs the boy... then Quicksilver starts running circles around them. Eventually, the gunfire clears, and the music just cuts out completely. Pietro staggers, sporting several gunshot wounds across his upper body, gasps out his favorite catchphrase, then faceplants.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgLjrJl9WI Pietro's death]]. He's looking like he's going to be one of the best Avengers, being a human harpoon who annihilates any robots in his path. Then, Hawkeye goes to rescue a 12-year old kid stuck in the floating city, while Ultron is coming in with a Quinjet, firing heavy-caliber [[GatlingGood gatling gun rounds]] at both of them. Hawkeye hugs the boy... then Quicksilver starts running circles around them. Eventually, the gunfire clears, and Pietro looks perfectly fine, despite several bloody gunshot wounds. He gasps out his favorite catchphrase, then faceplants.
--> '''Pietro:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You didn't see that coming]]... ''[falls to the floor dead]''
** What's worse? Wanda's reaction. Guarding the magnetic core in the monastery, she senses that her brother's mind is ''gone.'' The silent SkywardScream she gives and her anguished grief are nothing short of heartbreaking. Pietro was the only family she had left in the world and her best friend, and now he's lying on the rubble, with hundreds of bullets in him.

** Hawkeye and Cap immediately make frantic attempts to revive him, but Pietro's already dead. So, Hawkeye carries his bloodstained body to the last escape ship, and collapses into the seats with Pietro's corpse near him.

** The physical fight later on over Vision's creation is nasty {{Foreshadowing}} too.
** Before that, Bruce openly expresses his disbelief of Wanda's HeelFaceTurn, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes his eagerness to kill her for mind-raping him]] ''[[TranquilFury without]]'' [[TranquilFury transforming]]. He does just that when he manages to place her in a chokehold before Wanda breaks free and stuns him with her magic.
* Bruce Banner's general dilemma throughout the film. He begins to realize that through turning into the Hulk, he is constantly putting civilian lives at risk, and starts to sink into depression from these ramifications. This hits a turning point after Hulk, who had been under the influence of Scarlet Witch's hypnosis, has been snapped out of his trance by his and Iron Man's fight throughout a city, and sees beyond all the rubble the scarred, injured, terrified faces of civilians he has affected as a result of his destruction. The scene afterwards shows Banner huddled in the Quinjet giving a ThousandYardStare. Following the film's final battle, Natasha tells Hulk to return to the rest of the team in the Quinjet, but he refuses by abruptly ending their video call, and flies the ship away from civilization. His location remains unknown by the end of the film.

* Pietro and Wanda's backstory. Described here, shown in detail in ''Series/WandaVision''. Their parents were killed by a Stark bomb, and they spent two days under a bed, thinking that the one that didn't explode would kill them at any minute. They were only ten years old.

* After J.A.R.V.I.S. is successfully integrated into the android body made for Ultron, everything seems fine at first. However, Vision quickly explains that while he may have parts of J.A.R.V.I.S., including the body of [[Creator/PaulBettany the actor]] who voiced him, he's not actually J.A.R.V.I.S. This is just ''after'' Tony revealed J.A.R.V.I.S. wasn't completely destroyed by Ultron. Talk about an effective HopeSpot to the audience.

** Right after the twins sabotage the cradle and make a run for it, Ultron's first reaction is to call out to them, then he says:
-->'''Ultron:''' They'll understand. When they see, they'll understand.

** At the end of the fight, Iron Man plows the Hulk down through a half-constructed tower, utterly destroying it. The next shot of horrified people running in the streets with the cloud of dust and debris rushing away from the tower is startlingly similar to footage of Manhattan after the World Trade Center towers collapsed, giving a bit of perspective of how the Muggles perceive everything that happens in the MCU.

** Made much worse when you realize just how much J.A.R.V.I.S. meant to Tony. A memento of the family butler, Edwin Jarvis, who was likely Tony's father figure growing up. His lab partner, copilot and confidant of twenty odd years. His greatest creation. Ultron just essentially killed Stark's last remaining family. When you see Stark looking at J.A.R.V.I.S.' shattered "code", he is heartbroken.

[[caption-width-right:350:Unfortunately for [[TheWoobie Wanda Maximoff]], this won't be [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar her only]] [[Series/WandaVision traumatic experience going forward]]...]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheWoobie Unfortunately for Wanda Maximoff, this won't be the only traumatic experience going forward...]]]]

* Pietro's death. He's looking like he's going to be one of the best Avengers, being a human harpoon who annihilates any robots in his path. Then, Hawkeye goes to rescue a 12-year old kid stuck in the floating city, while Ultron is coming in with a Quinjet, firing heavy-caliber [[GatlingGood gatling gun rounds]] at both of them. Hawkeye hugs the boy... then Quicksilver starts running circles around them. Eventually, the gunfire clears, and Pietro looks perfectly fine, despite several bloody gunshot wounds. He gasps out his favorite catchphrase, then crashes into the concrete.
--> '''Pietro:''' [[PreMortemCatchphrase You didn't see that coming]]... ''[falls to the floor dead]''

** A bit of NightmareFuel to Scarlet Witch fans who know [[ComicBook/HouseOfM what she tends to do when in heavy grief.]] And what we see is nothing compared to [[Series/WandaVision creating a hex around an entire town]].

* The visions that Scarlet Witch forces each of the Avengers to see throughout the movie are all heartwrenching:

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* He may have done and planned to do horrible things, but Ultron genuinely cares for the Maximoff twins. When they turn on him, he doesn't want to fight them, tries not to hurt them, and even laments that he's "alone" to Black Widow after kidnapping her. When Wanda comes in to finish off his main body, he doesn't even care that she intends to kill him (not that it's a big deal for him). He only cares that she's going to die.

* Wanda confronting and killing Ultron. Ultron worries that Wanda will die, but she retorts that she already did when her brother died.
--> '''Ultron:''' Wanda. If you stay here, you'll die.\\
'''Wanda:''' I just did. Do you know how it felt? ''[Rips out Ultron's core with her powers, shutting him down in the process]'' [[TranquilFury It felt like that...]]

* Among others, the interactions between Thor and Steve after Scarlet Witch showed them the visions. Thor is the first one to leave Clint's home and Steve immediately follows him outside, being concerned for him. Later when Steve and Tony are talking, Steve tells Tony to give Thor some time, saying that they "don't know what [Scarlet Witch] showed him". They know [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld what happened to him lately]] and the way they are concerned about him is tear-jerking in a heartwarming way.

* Pietro and Wanda's backstory. Their parents were killed by a Stark bomb, and they spent two days under a bed, thinking that the one that didn't explode would kill them at any minute. They were only ten years old.

* After J.A.R.V.I.S. is successfully integrated into the android body made for Ultron, everything seems fine. However, Vision quickly explains that while J.A.R.V.I.S. is a part of him, he's not actually J.A.R.V.I.S. This is just ''after'' Tony revealed J.A.R.V.I.S. wasn't completely destroyed by Ultron. Talk about an effective HopeSpot to the audience.

'''Wanda:''' I just did. Do you know how it felt? ''[Rips out Ultron's core with her powers, shutting him down in the process]'' It felt like that.

** Made much worse when you realize just how much J.A.R.V.I.S. meant to Tony. A memento of the family butler, who was likely Tony's father figure growing up. His lab partner, copilot and confidant of twenty odd years. His greatest creation. Ultron just essentially killed Stark's last remaining family. When you see Stark looking at J.A.R.V.I.S.' shattered "code", he is heartbroken.

*** For anyone who's lost a twin, Wanda's reaction captures it pretty well. It feels very much like you've died and nothing can heal that agonising hole in the world.

** A bit of NightmareFuel to Scarlet Witch fans who know [[ComicBook/HouseOfM what she tends to do when in heavy grief...]]

* There's something exceptionally heartbreaking about Ultron lamenting his own existence to Natasha. James Spader's delivery is truly something to behold.