* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'' has several moments:
** Daisy, Rand's mother, sacrificing herself to save Rand from a deathtrap.
** Nina's little sister, Mina, sacrificing her humanity to become The Great Bird (sparing Nina from making the sacrifice herself).
*** The music (Left Unspoken), Mina's final words to Nina, everything about it... [[spoiler: The fact that, not too long afterwards, ''you lose her for the rest of the game'' was just the final twist of the knife: Short of getting you to one little location, Mina's sacrifice ends up being for ''nothing.'']] Capcom, you ''bastards.''
** NPC rebel leader Tiga charging the BigBad (who turns out to be the game's true [[TheDragon Dragon]]) Habaraku, to save the woman he (just realized he) loves. Only to have Habaraku brutally (especially for a sprite based RPG) murder them both. ([[spoiler: The shot of a broken Tiga crawling towards Claris' body, just to have Habaraku vaporize them both with lightning WILL HAUNT YOU.]])...
*** All the while, the bloodthirsty [[spoiler: brainwashed]] audience is watching and cheering.
** ...Which is immediately followed by a fight to the death with Ray, the guy who you thought was TheDragon at this point, who's seen what an evil bastard his boss is, but still feels [[MyCountryRightOrWrong compelled by honor to follow his orders.]]
** When Nina is faced with the task of becoming the great bird, the true extent of her feeling of worthlessness comes about, she practically throws herself at the task, her strong will only guiding her to what she sees as the best thing she can do for the friends she has gained at the cost of her life (effectively). She can even ask Ryu to tell her that he wants her to become it as if she were trying to complete her resolve. [[spoiler:Turns into a moment of heartwarming if you refuse to do it and Nina gets the message that, no, Ryu doesn't want to lose her. This optional moment shows her wavering resolve and growing love for him.]]
** The Dragon Rock at the edge of the city revealing itself to be Ryu's mother, just in time for her to [[HeroicSacrifice give up her life]] in order to clear the way for Ryu and company to track down the true BigBad. (The seal could only be broken at the cost of the life of a member of the Dragon Clan).
** The bad ending shows what happens if Ryu prevents Valerie from sacrificing herself. He finally gets to meet his mother and live with her for several years. Oh, and the BigBad gets strong enough to break the seal and slaughter everything. He's the last thing you see before resetting the game.
** The "default" ending (the one you get if you beat the BigBad, but don't complete a certain set of subquests) has Ryu taking his mother's place as living seal to the demon's realm.
*** This ending comes with reactions from some of your party, when they run back to see why he is not following them anymore, and it's gut wrenching to see them cry over Ryu's decision. Katt or Nina generally gets priority here and their desperate cries for Ryu to turn back are a major downer for this ending.
* Oh God, so many. The Church of St. Eva sequence is good for about three or four alone.
** For a tear jerker musical equivalent, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ46IMnPT_E "Don't Even Think About Dying"]]
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