History TearJerker / FraggleRock

* The ImagineSpot from "Wembley and the Great Race," where Wembley imagines Gobo moving out because he lost to the former in the Rockbeetle Race.

-->'''The Ditzies:''' The glow of our bodies lights your caves. [[YouSeeImDying Now we are dying. We do not know why.]] We must save our strength. Help us... help us...! ''[They fade away.]''

* The Thirty-Minute Work Week": Despite his friends showing and describing their jobs to him, Wembley just can't decide what kind of job ''he'' wants. Then, on top of that, Gobo resorts to "getting tough" with him, telling him their friendship is over unless he gets on with it and finds a job.

** Junior's song, "The Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" certainly speaks to this event. It's an excellent, yet not melodramatic, performance from Richard Hunt that really sells Junior's anguish at having (or so he thinks) killed a Fraggle.

* If "The River of Life" doesn't make you sniffle at least once, you have no heart. Boober stands at the hole to Outer Space, begging the Silly Creatures to stop poisoning the caves, asking if the Fraggles or Gorgs have done anything to upset them. What Boober doesn't know is that Doc and Sprocket are out at the moment, and he's speaking to an empty, uncaring room—''except for us.''

-->'''Wembley:''' He was only testing my baloobius! ''[Picks up a piece of laundry and cries into it.]'' I'm so sorry, Boober. I'll... I'll clean this place up. I know you wouldn't have wanted to leave a messy room!

* "The Day the Music Died," when the Ditzies, the source of light in Fraggle Rock, introduce themselves after the Rock goes dark, explaining that they're dying and don't know why, begging the Fraggles to help them.

-->'''Mokey:''' Red Fraggle, you are being ridiculous! And I wouldn't touch your radish bars if they were the last radish bars in the whole world. ''[Her voice cracks.]'' And... and I'm not taking my blanket down until you apologize!

* In "Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe," Mokey realizes she's forgotten her promise to knit a new tarpaulin for the Trash Heap before the first snowfall. She rushes to see her, only to find her frozen. Philo and Gunge blaming themselves for not being able to have found a new tarpaulin for her only increases Mokey's guilt (though they quickly change their tune after realizing Mokey was the one who promised to make her a new one and forgot). Just try to listen to Philo, Gunge, and Mokey sing [[TitleDrop "Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe"]] without tearing up.

* "Home is Where the Trash is": When Philo and Gunge decide to leave Marjory to find 'home'. Marjory becomes heartbroken to the point of dying. Her moaning, which turns into soft crying, tugs, if not rips, the heartstrings.

* "Boober and the Glob": A Doozer-eating glob has come to the Great Hall. Thankfully, the Doozers are still alive inside the Glob, but Cotterpin, who has witnessed the eating, is understandably distraught. She tries repeatedly to get Boober's help... but he's too busy trying to run away from Joke Day and keeps saying he can't get involved. That's tear-jerking enough, but then Cotterpin's ''mother'' gets eaten, and still Boober wants to run away.

* "The Beast of Blue Rock" Gobo, after cruelly lashing out at Wembley for choosing Red's swim meet over the expedition to Blue Rock, leaves Wembley alone for (presumably) the first time to face the dreaded Beast. First, it's not hard to feel bad for Wembley after the hurtful things Gobo said to him. Second, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPDqfkp2iM song]] Wembley sings will haunt you forever. And yet, Wembley still cares enough about Gobo to take him the pickaxe he forgot, and the two make up with one of the most joyful songs of the series: "Wemblin' Fool."

* "The Beast of Blue Rock" Gobo, after cruelly lashing out at Wembley for choosing Red's swim meet over the expedition to Blue Rock, leaves Wembley alone for (presumably) the first time to face the dreaded Beast. First, it's not hard to feel bad for Wembley after the hurtful things Gobo said to him. Second, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPDqfkp2iM song]] Wembley sings will haunt you forever. And yet, Wembley still cares enough about Gobo to take him the pickax he forgot, and the two make up with one of the most joyful songs of the series: "Wemblin' Fool."

* "Home is Where the Trash is": When Philo and Gunge decide to leave Marjory to find 'home'. Marjory becomes depressed to the point of dying. Her moaning, which turns into soft crying, tugs, if not rips, the heartstrings.

* Gobo's song "Once Upon a Time (I Knew My Name)" in "Gobo's Discovery" is poignant and heartfelt, especially toward the end of the song when Gobo sounds on the verge of tears. One can't help feeling sorry for him even though he was a royal jerk to Wembley and Boober just minutes earlier.