History Tearjerker / SpaceDandy

** It gets worse when you know the real world subtext. [[Creator/IchiroNagai Ichiro Nagai]], the Japanese voice actor for the shop owner, would die only two weeks after the episode aired, making it his last role. His English voice actor Creator/GrantJames also passed away eight years later.

* The plant people turning back into regular, non-sapient plants at the end, made worse by the fact that Dandy was tricked into causing it. The look of shock and sadness on his face as Dr. H and little 033H say their goodbyes to him for the last time, followed by stunned silence as it sinks in to him that the once wondrous, vibrant and lively Planet Planta is now a very lonely world, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone speak volumes]].

* The plant people turning back into regular, non-sapient plants at the end, made worse by the fact that Dandy was tricked into causing it. The look of shock and sadness on his face as Dr. H and little 033H say their goodbyes to him for the last time, followed by stunned silence as it sinks in to him that the once wondrous, vibrant and lively Planet Planta is now a very lonely world, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone speaks volumes]].

* Meow's goodbye to his family (but especially his father, whom he was initially distant to). Especially since he spent a good portion of the episode using the time loop as a way to grow closer to his father, even though his dad likely doesn't remember anything about all the days they spent together.

* The plant people turning back into regular, non-sapient plants at the end, made worse by the fact that Dandy was tricked into causing it. The look of shock and sadness in his face as Dr. H and little 033H say their goodbyes to him for the last time, followed by stunned silence as it sinks in to him that the once wondrous and vibrant Planet Planta is now a very lonely world, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone speaks volumes]].

* [[spoiler: The plant people turning back into regular, non-sapient plants at the end.]]

** It gets worse when you know the real world subtext. [[Creator/IchiroNagai Ichiro Nagai]], the Japanese voice actor for the shop owner, would die only two weeks after the episode aired, making it his last role.
** Likewise, in the dub, his voice actor Creator/GrantJames would pass away eight years later.

* At the beginning of the episode, QT speculates that emotions, such as love, are a massive waste of time and energy, until he falls in love with a Coffee Making Machine. Due to her falling in love as well, she is ruled defective and sent to "Dream Island", a garbage dump for machines that display emotions. When QT follows her there, he learns of a plot shared by the machines to destroy mankind for abandoning them, lead by the person Maker actually loved, Cash Register. After realizing Coffee Maker had fallen in love with Cash Register all along and not him, QT is heartbroken, yet still determined to save both the machines and people from mutual destruction. He's struck by a science experiment gone wrong, growing in size and trying in vain to fight them off, becoming highly damaged in the process. At this point, QT speculates once more:

* When Adélie thinks that Dandy is going to abandon her, she angrily runs off to a dark corner of the space port just to break down and sob. The episode builds up their relationship, and she just feels so hurt and betrayed. It's heavily implied that this isn't the first time Adélie has been cast aside by an adult.

* When Adélie thinks that Dandy is going to abandon her, she angrily runs off to a dark corner of the space port just to break down and sob. The episode builds up their relationship, and she just feels so hurt and betrayed. It's heavily implied that this isn't the first time Adélie has been cast aside by an adult.

* Really, Dandy refusing to talk throughout the entire court just showing how terrified he is that he's being charged with ''murder''. It's a very serious crime and it's understandable why he wouldn't want to talk. [[spoiler: At least [[SubvertedTrope until it's revealed he was actually]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny asleep the entire time.]]]]

* When Adele thinks that Dandy is going to abandon her, she angrily runs off to a dark corner of the space port just to break down and sob. The episode builds up their relationship, and she just feels so hurt and betrayed. It's heavily implied that this isn't the first time Adele has been cast aside by an adult.

--> '''Laika''': [[spoiler: Thanks for playing with me. I'm pretty sure this isn't your fault.]]

* At the beginning of the episode, QT speculates that emotions, such as love, are a massive waste of time and energy, until he falls in love with a Coffee Making Machine. Due to her falling in love as well, she is ruled defective and sent to "Dream Island", a garbage dump for machines that display emotions. When QT follows her there, he learns of a plot shared by the machines to destroy mankind for abandoning them, lead by the person Maker actually loved, Cash Register. After realizing Coffee Maker had fallen in love with Cash Register all along and not him, QT is heartbroken, yet still determined to save both the machines and people from mutual destruction. He's struck by a science experiment gone wrong, growing in size and trying in vain to fight them off, becoming highly damaged in the process. At this point, QT speculates once more:

"The universe is brimming with waste.
What is particularly wasteful are emotions, like 'love' and 'affection'."

** He has become completely unable to face the heartbreak of lost love, and instead attempts to convince himself in vain that it's a waste of time - even when he knows he wouldn't have done any of this if not for it. Coupled with the amazing battle music and scenery, if that doesn't bring the tears, nothing will.

[[AC:I Can't be the Only One, Baby]]
* Poor Emo Dandy...His Crew is a Cyborg that no one can understand and carries a helmet that he never wears and a whiny voiced man who says he's a robot...Kinda makes you think what his ship is like.

[[AC: There's Music in Darkness, Baby]]

--> '''Ukelele Man:''' [[spoiler: "I am? Really? And is it...is it a good smile?"]]

[[AC: Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Baby]]

[[AC: A World with no Sadness, Baby]]

[[AC: Lovers Are Trendy, Baby]]

[[AC: An Inter-Dimensional Tale, Baby]]

[[AC: Dandy's Day In Court, Baby]]

He has become completely unable to face the heartbreak of lost love, and instead attempts to convince himself in vain that it's a waste of time - even when he knows he wouldn't have done any of this if not for it. Coupled with the amazing battle music and scenery, if that doesn't bring the tears, nothing will.

** It's even worse if you've ever had to euthanize a dog, as the breathes before her death are very true-to-life.

* Really, Dandy refusing to talk throughout the entire court just showing how terrified he is that he's being charged with ''murder''. It's a very serious crime and it's understandable why he wouldn't want to talk. [[spoiler: At leasy [[SubvertedTrope until it's revealed he was actually]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny asleep the entire time.]]]]

* The episode ends with [[spoiler: Dandy and Scarlett coming ''this'' close to meeting again and resolving their feelings, only to kept from seeing each other by a train passing between the two of them.]]

[[folder: Season Two]]

* Carpaccio crossing the DespairEventHorizon when he returns to Planet Girlfriend and finds out that [[spoiler:his girlfriend hooked up with an arrogant JerkJock and that they both despise him]]. He is soon cast out by [[spoiler: [[IgnoredExpert his own people despite trying so hard to warn them about the approaching sun that will kill them all if they don't abandon their world]]]]. It gets so bad that he comes to believe that they've all become rotten from the inside and wishes them all death, culminating in him [[spoiler:running towards the hellish solar inferno so he can die as well]]. The last thing he sees is [[spoiler:a phantom of his girlfriend running towards him]].