History Tearjerker / PokemonRubyAndSapphire

* The Mauville Game Corner being closed down. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Understandable since the EU had passed laws prohibiting the use of gambling in games a few years ago]] [[note]]Games with Game Corners were increasingly censored and newer games simply don't have one[[/note]]. But here, all there is to it [[DownerEnding is a 'Closed' sign thanking customers for their patronage]] and the owner outside, who will give you plushies for your secret base.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' implies that the Looker who was found washed up in ORAS is none other than the same Looker from the non-Mega universe (e.g. ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'') who [[spoiler:passed through a UB Wormhole and ended up in the alternate universe. It is also implied that the Ultra Beasts may have ''destroyed'' the other universe, meaning that Looker survived the destruction of ''his own universe'', but for better or for worse, can't remember a thing.]]

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' implies that the Looker who was found washed up in ORAS is none other than the same Looker from the non-Mega universe (e.g. ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'') who [[spoiler: passed through a UB Wormhole and ended up in the alternate universe. It is also implied that the Ultra Beasts may have ''destroyed'' the other universe, meaning that Looker survived the destruction of ''his own universe'', but for better or for worse, can't remember a thing.

* In Pacifidlog Town, you meet a man who gives you the TM for the move Fling, and tells you that he once had a dream to go to Unova and become a baseball pitcher. Life got in the way, and he ended up settling down with a family instead.

* Zinnia opening her heart up to you when you reach the Dragonhark Altar. Crosses over with HeartWarming, especially when you say that you too have had to hold back your tears at one point.

** One can only imagine the pain Prof. Cozmo's father was under between the stress of his job and the strain of his marriage. In the room across the hall from where the letters are found, we find a recording from the professor's father. It's an apology statement concerning his loss of the Odd Keystone, something the Pokémon Spiritomb was bound to. Near this we see bottles of an energy drink produced by the Mauville company... and the drink contains Seviper extract.

* Zinnia opening her heart up to you when you reach the Dragonhark Altar. Crosses over with TearJerker, especially when you say that you too have had to hold back your tears at one point.

* During the Delta Episode in Alpha Sapphire after you face off with Matt and win one of his lines strongly implies that he may have an inferiority complex and that his actions were not only to avenge Archie's defeat, but to get validation from him as well.

* You get the Lopunnite from a Mauville Mortgage Agent who chewed out the tenant of Apartment 12 for dodging payment on his rent by "pretending to not be there". Given the fact that the tenant is "a Frightened Man", the person must be leading ''a miserable, lonely life of constant paranoia''.

* You get the Lopunnite from a Mauville Mortgage Agent who chewed out the tenant of Apartment 12 for dodging payment on his rent by "pretending to not be there". Given the fact that the tenant is "a Frightened Man", the person must be leading ''a miserable life of constant paranoia''.

* You get the Lopunnite from a Mauville Mortgage Agent who chewed out the tenant of Apartment 12 for dodging payment on his rent. Given the fact that the tenant is "a Frightened Man", the person must be leading ''a miserable life of constant paranoia''.

* When you talk to Phoebe on Mt. Pyre near the summit after becoming Champion, she is seen talking near the graves, then says she came to visit her grandmother. She tells you that you have left a lasting heartfelt impression on her grandmother. At the top of the summit, [[FridgeHorror the old man is by himself when before beating the Elite Four he had an old woman standing next to him.]]

*** It's also implied that Prof. Cozmo's father killed himself over the stress of his job and the strain of his marriage. In the room across the hall from where the letters are found, we find a recording from the professor's father. It's an apology statement concerning his loss of the Odd Keystone (Somthing the Pokémon Spiritomb was bound to). Near this we see bottles of an energy drink produced by the Mauville company... and the drink contains Seviper extract. With all these stressors in his life, it's easy to believe he commited suicide by overdosing on the drink.

*** You can find that same man in The Mauville Condominiums, a broken shell of a man who will say nothing other than "I am a man with no power" over and over. Though... [[spoiler: due to the mysterious O-Power men they will give him their power and transform him into Mr. Bonding]]

** It gets worse when she talks about [[spoiler: how much she loved Aster, and how much she misses Aster, and she implies very clearly that the whole point of her quest to summon Rayquaza was to save the world and kill herself in the process so she can be with Aster again.]]

* Another Mauville Hills resident loses his [[spoiler:Lopunnite]] because he's in crippling debt and can't pay up. Let that sink in: [[spoiler:he managed to become capable of Mega Evolution, a feat reserved for formidable trainers with the closest bonds to Pokémon, and at that with a ''very'' strong Mega Pokémon. And he lost it all because of '''debt'''.]] Makes you feel pretty bad, now that the [[spoiler:Lopunnite]] is yours...

** Whose to say he ''wasn't'' crushed? [[spoiler:In the Battle Maison, Wally basically becomes pre-CharacterDevelopment Silver in that he treats you and everyone around him like garbage, abuses his Pokemon, is obsessed with winning above all else, and all in all comes off as a broken man. Made even worse in that ''its your fault''!]]

** To make matters worse, her neighbors now call her the "Rotation Frump".

* There is an old lady in Mauville Hills who used to be an ace rotation battler. But after her husband died, she had lost her spark and only has enough energy for one battle a day. Before and after the battle, she complains about aches and pains and talks in an all-around moody tone. Have we mentioned that physical aches, moodiness, loss of energy, and a loss of interest in once fun activities are common sign of depression?

** It is subverted, though, by him not being too sad about it and [[spoiler: him having a ridiculously powerful post-game team, including a ''Lv. 79 Life Orb Talonflame with Gale Wings''.]]

** The diary entry about Wattson stopping the New Mauville project. The writer was a manager of that project, and he was powerless to do anything about the pissed-off employees and colleagues. And then when you find the notes on Devon and the real source of "infinite energy", it starts to come together, ''why'' New Mauville was cancelled -- the worst is that he couldn't do anything about ''that'', in fear of the livelihood of him and his employees going under...

** After you get to the area accessible using dive, you encounter a man who says his uncle was looking for a treasure on the structure. You find the treasure in the storage room of the Sea Mauville, where there are nuggets, a mega stone, and [[spoiler: the Hi Skitty doll that the young Prof. Cozmo gave to his dad. The Hi Skitty doll is the "treasure" the man's uncle was looking for. The owner even comes in after the door is unlocked and tells it "It's time to go home". He calls the doll by his son's name -- that is, Kevin Cozmo.]]