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Tear Jerker / Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

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  • Bunnidharma Heroic Sacrifice, he gets mortally wounded after getting hit by a qi blast meant for Po, he ends up passing away in Po's arms.
  • After failling to seal Jindiao in the urn. Nu Hai, Bao, Jing and Fan Tong are all turned into statues and die. Luckly they get better, but still.
    • There's also the reaction of Nu Hai and Bao's grandma when she finds out that her grandkids have died.
  • After working with Jindiao for all of her life, Jade Tusk finds out that Jindiao never cared for her once she outlived her usefulness.
  • Xiao crying on her father's throne after he passes away.
  • Shi Long's backstory: she was Happily Adopted by the emperor and his wife as they were unable to sire a child of their own, but once they were able to sire a child they started to ignore their adoptive daughter and focus more on their biological daughter.
  • The Reveal that Shi Long poisioned her adoptive father
  • After Po uses the Wu Xi Finger Hold on himself yet again to stop Jindiao and send him to the Spirit Realm like he did with Kai, Ping and Li Shan are left crying at losing their son yet again.
  • Xiao's Break the Cutie moment, in where she's taken by her adoptive sister to a nearby village, which Shi Long's threatens to destroy terracotta guardians if she doesn't abdicate the throne to her, Xiao does so to spare the villagers, but Shi still destroys the village as a punishment for trying to escape with Jade Tusk and forces her sister to watch.
  • Xiao is later locked in a cell in where remains in a fetal position and refuses to escape with Jade Tusk when she arrives to rescue her, fearing any possible repercussions that may arrive.
  • Xiao's reaction after Shi Long is eaten by the White Bone Demon, despite everything that Shi's done to her during the entire season, Xiao still doesn't want to see her adoptive sister be killed.

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