History Tearjerker / ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated

* [[spoiler: Cassidy sacrificing herself]] at the end of "The Midnight Zone".
* [[spoiler: Mr. E's flashback to him and Pericles meeting when he was a kid in "The Gathering Gloom". Especially his line before it: "Were we ever once so young?" Made worse when they reunite as friends at the end of the episode...while plotting Cassidy's ''murder''. How they have changed.]]

--->'''Fred:''' So all of this for a treasure no one's even sure exists?! Where'd you put the disk, in your pocket? ''[Fred discovers [[spoiler:Jones]]'s pocket is empty]''\\
[[spoiler:'''Mayor Jones:''']] It's gone?! We have to find it! [[WeCanRuleTogether That piece]] [[VillainousLegacy is priceless!]] ''[Fred pushes him to the ground and runs away]'' Fred! ''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Fred!]]''

** There's something both tearjerking and yet heartwarming in how Fred ''knew'' [[spoiler:that he could get his false dad to help with the plan, while his real parents would try to steal Mystery Inc.'s disk pieces instead]] in "Wrath of the Krampus"

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HeroicSacrifice Just keep going, Scoob.]] ]]

** It isn't until nearly a complete season later that we learn that Mayor Jones really did love Fred, but the curse made him inept at doing so due to [[EnemyWithin sealing away his good subconscious]], yet this reveal also implies that his good side managed to make itself prominent when Fred nearly fell to his death back in the Season 1 finale.
* [[JerkassWoobie Danny Darrow]]'s life. When he was a child, he and his family went crazy with greed after finding a piece of the planespheric disc, and their house sank underground where he was forced to live out his life (about 75 years), obsessed over the piece, while he and his family grew old, and they all died, leaving him alone. In one scene, the gang sets a trap, and Scooby lures him in while pretending to be his mother, he responds with a genuine hopeful smile and says "Mommy, you came back to me?" Even though she died years ago.
* Going by the show being [[spoiler:a StealthPrequel to ''Where Are You?'', then that suggests Fred changed his last name to Jones, because he was too used to being Fred Jones and

-->'''Fred:''' Why do I even bother?
* [[JerkassWoobie Danny Darrow]]'s life. When he was a child, he and his family went crazy with greed after finding a piece of the planespheric disc, and their house sank underground where he was forced to live out his life (about 75 years), obsessed over the piece, while he and his family grew old, and they all died, leaving him alone. In one scene, the gang sets a trap, and Scooby lures him in while pretending to be his mother, he responds with a genuine hopeful smile and says "Mommy, you came back to me?" Even though she died years ago.

** [[spoiler:After Fred unmasks him, Mayor Jones can't bear to make eye contact with anyone, particularly not with Fred, without shame.

--->'''Fred:''' So all of this for a treasure no one's even sure exists?! Where'd you put the disk, in your pocket?\\
[[spoiler:'''Mayor Jones:''']] It's gone?! We have to find it! ''[Fred pushes him to the ground and runs away]'' Fred! ''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Fred!]]''

** In the next episode, [[spoiler: before she dies, Hot Dog Water tells him she thought he'd be better than this, to which Ricky replies "So did I." Afterwards, there's a scene where Ricky says that none of them will make it out of this alive, then he ''laughs'' and says he's so ''happy'' about that fact. Ricky has become so disgusted with himself and how far he's fallen that's become a DeathSeeker.]]

* [[spoiler:Hot Dog Water's death in "Through the Curtain." Velma's reaction to the sound of the gunfire and seeing Scooby turn and whimper adds to the punch. "Just keep going, Scooby..."]]

* [[spoiler:What about Nibiru devouring almost everyone the gang's come to know and love in "Come Undone"?]]
* When it's all over, [[spoiler: it's kind of sad that all of Daphne's sisters are stripped of their careers and intelligence, which seems to have come from the negativity in the town. Delilah, especially, because she at least seemed nice, if not a tad gruff.]]

** To elaborate, this is the main reason the gang keeps facing people with supernatural gimmicks. [[spoiler: The Evil Entity would influence their minds and drive them to villainy in order to keep Mystery Inc. active. Meaning that almost everyone the gang faced(including from the previous series)were probably normal people whose lives were ruined to keep the Entity's plan in motion.]]

** There's something both tearjerking and yet heartwarming in how Fred ''knew'' [[spoiler: that he could get his fake-dad to help with the plan, while his real parents would try to steal Mystery Inc.'s disk peices instead]] in "Wrath of the Krampus"
** Also both is Fred, who has his real parents, admits that while his fake dad was harsh on him (and not his real dad), he still got ''attention'' from the man whereas Brad and Judy mostly ignore him unless they're explicitly using him, to the point where poor Freddy actually feels a void.
*** It's even more sad when you realize that at the time, Brad and Judy actually ''did'' love their son, but since they didn't raise him, they never learned how to actually ''be'' parents. Aside from bonding with him over traps, the only parental thing they tried to do was to protect their son from the treasure's curse, which only ends up leading ''them'' down a path of corruption by the cursed treasure instead!

* The Horrible Herd. [[spoiler: There's a scene that seems to be a direct shout out to the most traumatizing moment in The Lion King. Except Mufasa's been replaced by Nova. Scooby is understandably devastated. She's found alive, and the Gang rush her to the hospital, but considering how badly she's injured, one wonders if Friar Seras was talking about Scooby when he said "the dog dies"...]]

** To elaborate, this is the main reason the gang keeps facing people with supernatural gimmicks. [[spoiler: The Evil Entity would influence their minds and drive them to villainy in order to keep Mystery Inc. active.]]

-->'''Fred:''' Why do I even bother?

* In a meta-tearjerker, hearing Creator/CaseyKasem as Shaggy's father one final time in the series finale with the knowledge that the episode will be his final involvement in the Scooby-Doo franchise ever since the franchise started nearly 45 years ago. Kasem passed away about a year and a half after the finale aired, but his final words in the franchise are his [[PassingTheTorch character telling Shaggy how proud he is.]]

* In a meta-tearjerker, hearing Creator/CaseyKasem as Shaggy's father one final time in the series finale with the knowledge that the episode will be his final involvement in the Scooby-Doo franchise ever since the franchise started nearly 45 years ago.

* In a meta-tearjerker, hearing CaseyKasem as Shaggy's father one final time in the series finale with the knowledge that the episode will be his final involvement in the Scooby-Doo franchise ever since the franchise started nearly 45 years ago.

* [[spoiler:What about Nibiru devouring almost everyone the gang's come to know and love in "Come Undone"? Seeing their reactions nearly made this troper choke.]]

* Scooby crying for Shaggy after Shaggy gets kidnapped by the Weird Gnome in "Grasp of the Gnome".
* There's something both tearjerking and yet heartwarming in how Fred ''knew'' [[spoiler: that he could get his fake-dad to help with the plan, while his real parents would try to steal Mystery Inc.'s disk peices instead]] in "Wrath of the Krampus"

* [[spoiler:Hearing Sheriff Stone cry and say to Mayor Jones, "Tell me this isn't true!" at the end of "All Fear the Freak."]]

* And don't forget [[spoiler:at the end of the series, before receiving a disc from the new Mr. E, the Mystery Inc gang feel like they're outcast because not only did they see everyone and everything dead in their old universe, but because of what happened after defeating Nibiru, none of them feel like they belong to this world, especially because they feel that the unaffected love ones they saw were not the same ones they actually cared about. You can't help but give these five a hug.]]

* When it's all over [[spoiler: it's kind of sad that all of Daphne's sisters are stripped of their careers and intelligence, which seems to have come from the negativity in the town. Delilah, especially, because she at least seemed nice, if not a tad gruff.]]

** Also both is Fred, who has his real parents, admits that while his fake dad was harsh on him (and not his real dad), he still got ''attention'' from the man where Brad and Judy mostly ignore him unless they're explicitly using him, to the point where poor Freddy actually feels a void.

* And don't forget [[spoiler:at the end of the series, before receiving a disc from the new Mr. E, the Mystery Inc gang feel like they're outcast because not only did they see everyone and everything dead in their old universe, but because of what happened after defeating Nibiru, none of them feel like they belong to this world, especially because they feel that the unaffected love ones they saw were not the same ones they actually cared about. You can't help but give these five a hug.]]

* There's something both tearjerking and yet heartwarming in how Freddy ''knew'' [[spoiler: that he could get his fake-dad to help with the plan, while his real parents would try to steal Mystery Inc.'s disk peices instead]] in "Wrath of the Krampus"
** Also both is Freddy, who has his real parents, admits that while his fake dad was harsh on him (and not his real dad), he still got ''attention'' from the man where Brad and Judy mostly ignore him unless they're explicitly using him, to the point where Freddy actually feels a void.

* And don't forget [[spoiler:at the end of the series, before receiving a disc from the new Mr. E, the Mystery Inc gang feel like they're outcast because not only did they see everyone and everything dead in their old universe, but because of what happened after defeating Niberu, none of them feel like they belong to this world, especially because they feel that the unaffected love ones they saw were not the same ones they actually cared about. You can't help but give these five a hug.]]

* [[spoiler:Hearing Sheriff Stone cry and say to Mayor Jones, "Tell me this isn't true!" at the end of "All Fear the Freak."]]

* In general, seeing how the curse affected everybody around the gang and negatively influenced so many people's lives is pretty bad.

* When it's all over [[spoiler: it's kind of sad that all of Daphne's sisters are stripped of their careers and intelligence, which seems to have come from the negativity in the town. Delilah, especially, because she at least seemed nice, if not a tad gruff.]]

* When it's all over [[spoiler: it's kind of sad that all of Daphne's sisters are stripped of their careers and intelligence, which seems to have come from the negativity in the town, Delilah, especially, because she at least seemed nice.]]

* [[spoiler:What about Nibiru devouring almost everyone the gang's come to know and love in "Come Undone"? Seeing their reactions nearly made this troper choke.]]