History TearJerker / CriticalRole

** It starts early with Liam; when Sam says (Liam's wife) "Amy must be upset", Liam's answer was a blasé "I would presume". Liam adjusts really quickly to being a vampire and having to drink blood to survive, taking to drinking human blood by two hours into the stream, before any of the others. He's willing to do anything to guarantee his own survival, including compelling his best friends to be his bodyguards with his newfound powers. When Travis (with a slight hysterical edge to his voice) questions one of his decisions, he just smiles and says "But everybody likes me here, Travis." Travis ''immediately'' changes his tone to match Liam's, "I- I know they do." By the time they get into the sewers, Liam is the one most in favor of never trying to become human again.

* The general ConditionedToAcceptHorror state of the Geek & Sundry staff members after all the horrors they've gone through.

* Orion left the show permanently after Episode 29, after being absent for Episodes 28 & 29. Thankfully, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments the fans have been very understanding, Matt reassured everyone that the players and Orion are still friends, and everyone wishes him well.]]
** Unfortunately not entirely, Orion has visibly had a hard time since leaving the show, and is no longer considered a part of the Critter Community.
** Overall, the situation with Tiberius and Orion. While Orion's attitude is inexcusable, and the community is entirely justified in disowning him, Tiberius was a beloved character many is sad to see gone.
* [[http://geekandsundry.com/the-saga-of-trinket-the-surprising-first-meeting-between-vex-and-her-companion/ How Vex'ahlia and Trinket first met.]]

* At the beginning, after Ashley points out how being kids in-game means they all get the chance to have the close friends they wish they had had when they actually were that age, that's already sad enough for viewers who were unaware of this. ''Then'' the cast share snippets of why they were isolated at those ages -- Matt was doing other kids' homework for them, Marisha was covering for friends' drug habits, and Sam, Taliesin, and Ashley were working child actors -- and it gets sad in a very real way, because that's not even part of the game -- that stuff actually happened!

-->'''Taliesin/Dr Wiser:''' [[SincerityMode They did it...]]

** And when his turn comes up, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he ditches any kind of plan he previously had and just runs at the Demogorgon]], [[CrusadingWidower fists clenched, tears streaming down his face]]. It doesn't work for long, but he nets a DyingMomentOfAwesome going out.

* Dr. Nomen loses her snake and only friend Virgil early on, and searches for him and misses him throughout the entire one shot. She sadly cradles his snake skin before killing herself to prevent the inevitable chest-bursting.
** Because she was born in the Johnson Corp labs, Nomen considers Mother (the ship's AI) as her own mother, and tells it "I love you" before she kills herself. Mother, for its part, assures her she successfully completed her mission and is proud of her.

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** There is no indication that Eadwulf was religious in the comic book. In Campaign Two, however, he is a follower of the Raven Queen. He could have turned to religion as a coping mechanism for the death of his parents (he is shown strangling his father to death as his mother is already dead, while his partners looked on, or any of the deaths he caused before and during his career as a Volstrucker.

* The ''Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast'' comics deliver a few kickers.

** There is no indication that Eadwulf was religious in the comic book. In Campaign Two, however, he is a follower of the Raven Queen. He could have turned to religion as a coping mechanism for the death of his parents (he is shown strangling his father to death as his mother is already dead, while his partners looked on, or any of the deaths he caused before and during his career as a Volstrucker.

** Eodwulf, Astrid, and Bren forming a codependent relationship to survive their horrific training and abuse from Trent. In different, better circumstances, the three of them could have come by these feelings and acted on them in a genuine unadulterated manner, but the implication is heavy that Trent fostered (and thereby tainted) this relationship. This is possibly why (according to Creator/LiamOBrien) Caleb does not identify as polyamorous, even though he was in a polyamorous relationship. They did what they had to do to survive regardless of possible orientation.

** Overall the situation with Tiberius and Orion. While Orion's attitude is inexusable, and the community is entirely justified in disowning him, Tiberius was a beloved character many is sad to see gone.

* While Critical Recap is usually a comical affair, the Recap for episodes 48-69 ends with Yasha being mind controlled by Oban. As the party runs, the last thing they see as the doors close is Yasha with berserker rage in her eyes... [[FightingFromTheInside and tears.]] The [[AlternateCatchphraseInflection tone]] of Dani Carr's usual "Oh Mighty Nein" {{Catchphrase}} is downright ''heartbreaking''.

* '''Campaign Three:''' [[TearJerker/CriticalRoleCampaignThree Campaign Three]] (2021-present)

* Liam mentions in a Q&A session that he took a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HST2xot5cRs&t=333s vine of the very moment Pike died]]. It's...actually pretty hard to watch. Travis and Laura are both screaming off-camera, and Taliesin gives a complete deadpan "Oh hell no." Not to mention Ashley's ''expression.''

* ''Exandria Unlimited'' episode 2 has two Ashari survivors, from a party that was nearly wiped by fire elementals, learning how Fearne had not only tamed one of them with little effort but turned it into a regular-looking monkey for a TeamPet. Having seen all their friends die horribly, one of them is unable to even stomach its presence.

* While Saggett and Nomen die due to the alien parasite, Glass and Forrest choose to steer the ship away and blow it up to prevent any chance of it infecting the rest of the human colony. Dr. Wiser is the only one who survives.