History TearJerker / Unbreakable

** David going to a priest after the church scene and tries to ask him if there’s some divine meaning for his survival. However the priest who has gone through TraumaCongaLine throughout his life and who has finally lost his faith after revealing his nephew was one the victims of the train crash that David survived, brutally tells David that he was just lucky and there is no divine reason for his survival.

---->'''Priest:''' My twelve-year-old nephew's neck was broken in (beat) four places. What's your point, David? That you were chosen? ...I don’t think so.

-->'''Priest:''' My twelve-year-old nephew's neck was broken in (beat) four places. What's your point, David? That you were chosen? ...I don’t think so.

* After David defeats the Orange-Suit man, he goes to the mother of the house that was hijacked, with her still bound to a heater. When he unties her, her arms slump and her body falls to the floor, dead. Although we don't see David's face, his posture is bittersweet, as although he just stopped a house invader and serial killer, he couldn't save the whole family.

-->''"It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the'' ''[[ArchEnemy Arch-Villain's]]'' ''going to be?'' ''[[EvilCounterpart He's the exact opposite of the hero!]]'' ''[[EvilFormerFriend And most times, they're friends, like you and me!]]'' ''I shoulda known way back when, you know why, David?'' ''[[KidsAreCruel Because of the kids!]]'' '''''[[DarkAndTroubledPast They called me]] [[StartOfDarkness Mr. Glass.]]'''''"

-->''"You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's... that's just an awful feeling. I almost gave up hope...there so many times I questioned myself...but I found you. So many sacrifices...just to find you. Now that we know who you are...(Voice cracking) I know who I am...I'm not a mistake...!"''

-->''"It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the'' ''[[ArchEnemy Arch-Villain's]]'' ''going to be?'' ''[[EvilCounterpart He's the exact opposite of the hero!]]'' ''[[EvilFormerFriend And most times, they're friends, like you and me!]]'' ''I shoulda known way back when, you know why, David?!'' ''[[KidsAreCruel Because of the kids!]]'' '''''[[DarkAndTroubledPast They called me]]''''' '''''[[StartOfDarkness Mr. Glass...]]'''''"

-->''"You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's... that's just an awful feeling."''

* After Elijah's disastrous attempt to pursue the man wearing camouflage outside the stadium, the bitterness in his eyes at the hospital afterwards speaks volumes; you can tell he truly wishes to do right and be like the heroes in his beloved comics, but due to his condition [[spoiler: he is destined only ever to be the villain to David's hero]].

* At the end, when [[spoiler: David learns that Elijah was responsible for the disasters he's been mentioning throughout the film and as he tries to justify his actions]].
-->''"[[spoiler:You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's... that's just an awful feeling.]]"''

*** Making it worse all the events that he lists that he lost family members and friends in [[spoiler: were all orchestrated by Elijah]].

* After Elijah's disastrous attempt to pursue the man wearing camouflage outside the stadium, the bitterness in his eyes at the hospital afterwards speaks volumes; you can tell he truly wishes to do right and be like the heroes in his beloved comics, but due to his condition [[spoiler: he is destined only ever to be the villain to David's hero.]]
* At the end, when [[spoiler: David learns that Elijah was responsible for the disasters he's been mentioning throughout the film and as he tries to justify his actions. "You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here... That's... That's just an awful feeling."]]

** Think of that scene from David's perspective too. He walked away from a potentially huge football career because he felt it was his duty to help people and now he must live with the guilt that hundreds of innocent people died horribly because of him, even if he didn't know it.

** A scene depicting David suffering SurvivorGuilt in the shower and crying. Bruce Willis performance really shows how much emotional toll David is going through with the reason Shyamalan took it out was because it was too powerful and a little to soon into the story.

-->'''Priest''': My twelve-year-old nephew's neck was broken in (beat) four places. What's your point, David? That you were chosen?... I don’t think so.

** David going to a priest after the church scene and tries to ask him if there’s some divine meaning for his survival. However the priest who has gone through TraumaCongaLine throughout his life and who has finally lost his faith after revealing his nephew was the victim of the train crash that David survived, brutally tells David that he was just lucky and there is no divine reason for his survival.

* The memorial service. The pastor's recitation of the names and professions of the train crash victims do a ''lot'' to defy AMillionIsAStatistic, and drives home how much SurvivorsGuilt David must be feeling, as ''all'' of the deceased people named - a leukemia researcher, a teacher, a community-center worker, a father of six - sound like they'd be more deserving to be SoleSurvivor than him.

** A scene depicting David suffering SurvivorsGuilt in the shower and crying. Bruce Willis performance really shows how much emotional toll David is going through with the reason Shamalyan took it out was because it was too powerful and a little to soon into the story.
** David going to a priest after the church scene and tries to ask him if there’s some divine meaning for his survival. However the priest who has gone through TraumaCongaLine throughout his life and who has finally lost his faith after revealing his nephew was the victim of the train crash that David survived brutally tells David that he was just lucky and their is no divine reason for his survival.
*** Making it worse all the events that he list that he lost family members and friends in [[spoiler: were all orchestrated by Elijah]].
-->'''Priest''': My twelve-year-old nephew's neck was broken in (beat) four places. What's your point David? That you were chosen?... I don’t think so.

*** Making it worse all the events that he list that he lost family members and friends in [[spoiler: we’re all orchestrated by Elijah]].
-->'''Priest''': My twelve year old Nephews neck was broken in (beat) four places. What your point David? That you were chosen?… I don’t think so.

-->'''Priest''': My twelve year old Nephews neck was broken in four places a- (beat) What your point David? That you were chosen?… I don’t think so.

** A scene depicting David suffering SurvivorsGuit in the shower and crying. Bruce Willis performance really shows how much emotional toll David is going through with the reason Shamalyan took it out was because it was too powerful and a little to soon into the story.

* The memorial service. The pastor's recitation of the names and professions of the train crash victims do a ''lot'' to defy AMillionIsAStatistic, and drives home how much SurvivorsGuilt David must be feeling, as ''all'' of the deceased people - a leukemia researcher, a teacher, a community-center worker, a father of six - sound like they'd be more deserving to be SoleSurvivor than him.

** Think of that scene from David's perspective too. He walked away from a potentially huge Football career because he felt it was his duty to help people and now he must live with the guilt that hundreds of innocent people died horribly because of him, even if he didn't know it.

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