Line #27 TearJerker/Goblins


1	* Targoth, a dwarf toddler, standing over his murdered orcish adoptive father with a tiny wooden sword and tears in his eyes as Kore stares coldly down at him and monologues [[KnightTemplar about how this innocent little kid has to die too]].
2	* Taps' death at the hands of Kore - [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/04032006/ the imagery is the kicker]], [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/04042006/ highlighting how the world would seem to him]] due to blindness.
3	* When [[spoiler:Fumbles is begging the [[BigBad Goblin Slayer]] to let him go]].
4	* Fluffles the owlbear. Most of the other occupants of Dellyn's dungeon are various kinds of intelligent monster races, while Fluffles... [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals isn't.]] When it gets free and massacres some guards in a rage, Dellyn decides to slowly torture it to death over several months as retribution. At that point, the closest thing to a happy ending it could get was a MercyKill via NeckSnap.
5	* [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/03152009/ This]] and [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/03222009/ this]] strip. Anything with those two is a tearjerker. [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/04062009/ This]] will make you cry [[spoiler: of relief when they find each other again. Also doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}}.]]
6	* In the escape from Brassmoon City, [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/07292009 one elderly couple]] is making their way out, the woman leading the man by the hand, when the man is struck down by crossbow bolts. The woman desperately tries to move him, face stricken and with tears pouring down. When they're seen again on [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/08042009 the next page]], they're dead, the man having bled out and the woman having taken a bolt through the eye.
7	* [[spoiler: Klik is dying]], and all he wants is to be held.
8	** [[spoiler: Klik is dead, and all is wrong with the world.]]
9	*** Even worse, it turns out [[spoiler:this state is not a true "death" for a Klik. Another Klik could have revived him... but his dust has been scattered in the wind, forever out of reach to his comrades.]]
10	* Kin being recaptured by the elite guard.
11	* [[spoiler: ...Chief's death. After being tortured by Kore, Complains struggles to save him while Ears and Thaco try to defeat the villain. However...he can't stop Chief's bleeding...and...he grasps Complain's face...and dies after getting the -10 thing...you feel like crying as well, just like Complains...]]
12	** [[spoiler:The fact that his last act is to weakly and pathetically reach for Complains, as if begging for comfort in his final moments, easily clinches the tragedy of the moment.]]
13	* Dies [[spoiler: [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/10212011/ surrendering his soul to a demon in exchange for (what they believed to be) the Bloodlight Orb]]. The whole page, but also in particular the panel where he is snatched out of Fox's arms while tears comes down her face]].
14	* Minmax from reality 98. His reality differs from the protagonists' in that his Kin didn't kill Goblinslayer. So Goblinslayer tracked them down, killed her, and tortured Forgath to death. He gets his revenge by torturing Goblinslayer to death, using every torture technique that Goblinslayer used on his friends. That isn't the tearjerker: the sad part is that he, too, went to find the Jade Teapot [[DeathSeeker and use it to join his friends in the afterlife]].
15	** An AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is that he wants to join Dellyn in hell and continue torturing him for all of eternity. This is NightmareFuel but also a Tear Jerker of its own right, when you think about how badly Dellyn's actions have affected Minmax for him to turn from a silly goofball whose heart is in the right place into an empty shell where nothing but vengeance remains.
16	* [[spoiler: Minmax dropping through the hole in the Maze of Many to retrieve all the keys. Especially [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/03062013/ his line]] before he jumped: "I just realized almost every moment we've had together has been taken away like it never happened. I don't want this moment taken away."]]
17	* [[spoiler: Minmax, upon realizing the injury that Kin had received from Psi-Minmax begins crying BerserkerTears and Kin gently calms him down, assuring him it's going to be okay.]]
18	* The backstory of "Sapphire", one of the alternate Kins in the Maze of Many. When she left to seek the Jade Teapot, she brought four of her close friends with her. Dellyn captured them all, and made Kin his slave, but unlike our Kin, he didn't want her for sex. He wanted a personal assassin who couldn't refuse an order. So when his captives started escaping, her friends tried to rescue her, only to be killed by her, unable to stop herself. When she was finally rescued by Minmax and Forgath, out of grief, she got Forgath to apply a magic tattoo to her, which caused her to forget everyone who has died. So even when Minmax and Forgath died in the maze, she forgot about them immediately. She believes nobody she has ever known has died, and that she has never killed anyone.
19	* Thanks to Kin #80, [[spoiler: the most triumphant SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} in the comic [[RetGone has been undone]].]]
20	** And now, it's far, far [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/10222013/ worse]]. Even worse is that [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/04272013/ he was telling the truth about "Seeing" her]].
21	* In the wake of these events, we see Minmax [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/11012013/ feeling absolutely helpless]].
22	-->'''Minmax''': Did you tell her I'm sorry?
23	* Kin realizes [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/11162013/ in panel five]] that [[spoiler: Minmax was telling the truth about [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/11062013/ "seeing" her...]]]] [[HopeSpot far too late for it to do any good.]]
24	* The look on Minmax's face when he realizes that Forgath is most likely about to be killed by Kore. Made even worse when you stop and realize that he just lost Kin. If something happens to Forgath, Minmax will be completely alone.
25	* After [[spoiler: Forgath is trapped outside to die at Kore's hands]], Minmax is so utterly broken that [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/01152015/ neither Big Ears nor Thaco]] can stomach the idea of Names killing him, [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown considering it to be totally wrong]].
26	* [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/01242015/ Thaco]] tries to talk Complains out of attacking Minmax, and learns in the resulting fight that [[spoiler: Complains [[SuicidebyCop wants Thaco to kill him]] because [[ILetGwenStacyDie he failed to save Chief.]] ''Ouch.'']]
27	* A Fridge version, but [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/comic/01022017-2/ Minmax starts tearing up]] [[spoiler: when he and the Goblins discover a wall practically identical to the one in the Maze of Many - the last time he'd seen Kin on good terms]].
28	-->'''Fumbles''': Maxo, are you crying?\
29	'''Minmax''': No. (''sniff'') Shut up.
30	* The author, Ellipsis Stephens, suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalized for a few weeks, upon which a second condition was found that had a 10-15% of killing her each year it existed. Her beloved wife Danielle was there almost constantly beside her. She's recovered, despite a constant chance of stroke during her operations, but knowing her time very well could have been up, she made sure to try and pass on as much as he could of her planned story for the comic to her wife, so that she could have carried on for her. The woman wanted Goblins to outlive her, and to not disappoint the community she's built.
31	* When the Goblin Adventuring Party encountered a golem with a helmet that allowed them to control it for a few turns, they made great use of it. When it came to Big Ears' turn to use the helmet, he couldn't put it on because his ears were... well, too big. Eventually, though, he does manage to get the helmet on. How, though... [[spoiler: well, to put it delicately, [[LifeOrLimbDecision Big Ears needs a new name now.]]]]
32	* The GAP [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-24-2019 discover]] that though it's only been days since Chief's death, for Chief, whose soul has been trapped in Kore, [[YearInsideHourOutside it's felt like years]]. He says that there's "so much suffering in there. So much screaming." Then his time is up and he starts to get sucked back. He and Ears hold onto each other desperately, only for Chief's form to slip away from between Ears' arms.
33	-->'''Chief:''' ''[starting to dissipate]'' Oh no. ''[embraces Big Ears]'' Hang onto me! Just hang onto me as tight as you can and maybe I won't go back!\
34	'''Ears:''' ''[hugging back]'' I've got you. I won't let go.\
35	'''Chief:''' I'm sorry. I'm sorry I wasn't a better chief.\
36	''[Chief's form is but wisps now]''\
37	'''Ears:''' ''[eyes closed]'' I won't let go.\
38	''[Chief dissipates completely, leaving Big Ears kneeling on the floor, eyes screwed shut and hugging thin air]''\
39	'''Ears:''' I won't let go.
40	* Minmax, not knowing a thing about what's going on below, [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-25-2019 believes the GAP died as a result of the fall]], and sullenly says "Everyone I care about, dies."
41	* After Big Ears and Plush had started to bond, they come across an AntiMagic wall, and [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-3-2022 Plush asks Ears]] to MercyKill him by throwing him through it. Ears is unable to bring himself to, and Plush goes silent in response.
42	* Minmax temporarily becomes a god. [[BeingGodIsHard It sucks.]] He [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-18-2022 recounts]] how everything he tried to do backfired and [[GoneHorriblyWrong only caused more suffering.]]
43	-->'''Minmax:''' Kin. I… I can't handle… I'm not smart enough for this. Please help me. ''[Kin embraces him.]'' I don't wanna be a god. I don't wanna be a god. I don't wanna be a god.

Context TearJerker / Goblins