History TearJerker / XMenApocalypse

** Erik's RageAgainstTheHeavens is also heartbreaking in itself. He kills all the officers with a metal necklace, immediately recognizing it as a wrongful act, and he shakes the bloodied necklace in the air as he screams "'''Is this what you want from me!? Is this who I am!?'''" And then he repeats, in a lower, more sobbing tone "Is this who I am?" He truly believes that he's ''fated'' to remain a murderous monster no matter what.

* After [[spoiler:Magda and Nina are killed]], Erik ''completely'' crumbles. As if the poor guy hadn't already suffered enough during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII--[[spoiler:the death of one's child is the ''worst'' pain that anyone can experience in terms of personal loss, and losing his beloved wife at the same time just compounds his grief even more]].
-->'''Erik:''' [[spoiler:''([[ManlyTears weeping]])'' Nina, Nina, Nina, no, no, please. Please! Please. Please. ''(sobs)'' Not my babies. ''(sobs)'' Not my babies.]]
** Even more so, [[spoiler: the death of Erik's family was an accident as some of the officers are [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] at what happened and rebuke the officer who unwittingly shot the arrow that killed Magda and Nina.]]
** [[spoiler:Erik's RageAgainstTheHeavens is also heartbreaking in itself. He kills all the officers with a metal necklace, immediately recognizing it as a wrongful act, and he shakes the bloodied necklace in the air as he screams "'''Is this what you want from me!? Is this who I am!?'''" And then he repeats, in a lower, more sobbing tone "Is this who I am?" He truly believes that he's ''fated'' to remain a murderous monster no matter what.]]

* Apocalypse transports Erik to [[spoiler:Auschwitz]] through his portals to convince him to join his side. [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Some bad memories]] then rise again in Erik's mind.
** Even Storm, Psylocke, and Angel look quite horrified when they realise where they are.

* Apocalypse only even comes into contact with Charles because Charles contacts Erik. Charles didnt contact Erik because of their fights or he's in danger. He contacted Erik because, despite everything he's done Charles wanted to be there for him after the loss of his family and help him avoid being captured. Once again Charles offers Erik is hand in friendship and once again it ends in personal tragedy. Erik is even the one who kidnapped Charles outright, using his power on Charles' metal chair.
* The scene where Quicksilver [[spoiler:saves everyone in Xavier Mansion from the explosion that Havok accidentally caused might seem like an awesome and hilarious moment at first, until you realize that Quicksilver ''failed'' to save Havok. If you look closely when Quicksilver was standing in front of the explosion in the basement, Havok was nowhere to be seen, ''he had already been consumed by the explosion, and Quicksilver had just witnessed his death and didn't even know that it happened''.]]
** Lends an entirely different weight to his line, "Fast as I am, I always seem to be too late."
* [[spoiler:Scott losing his brother Havok in the school's explosion. Scott left to go watch a movie as an act of petty teenaged rebellion, during which his brother is killed. He gets there as Peter is confidently declaring that he got everyone, until it's pointed out Alex was closest to the blast. After Stryker comes in distracting them and Scott has time to process, he tearfully declares that it should have been him who died, not Alex, since Alex was the one who had his life together and was likely to accomplish great things.]]
** [[spoiler:Also a tragic moment for the 'First Class' X-Men team as well, as now the only original members who are still alive are left with Hank, Raven, Charles and Erik. Raven solemnly notes this when she talks with Jean Grey as they are on their way to battle Apocalypse.]]
* It turns out that Quicksilver uses his sense of humour to distract himself from his angst of growing up fatherless. This is a case of TruthInTelevision because many comedians are emotionally troubled individuals.

* The predicament that [[spoiler:Wolverine has to endure in Stryker's labs; scientists have erased his memories and made him a feral animal, as Cyclops somberly notes. Wolverine looks angry, but empty at the same time as he goes through the base killing Stryker's goons in cold blood. When Jean catches him, his expression turns from angry into that of a confused animal. He just doesn't know who he is and why he is doing that. And this is just the beginning of Wolverine's torture fest throughout the series...]]
* Quicksilver not only ''doesn't'' tell Magneto that he's his son, but finds out that his father had started a new family somewhere else (and one that Erik loves), [[spoiler:and they have died quite recently]]. That must really mess Peter up emotionally, who is already carrying a ton of daddy issues.
* Charles [[spoiler:breaking down sobbing and slamming his fist against the wall, hearing and watching in his mind as Mystique, his foster sister and former friend almost choked to death, and he is unable to stand to help her, paralyzed and helpless.]]
** Worse still, it's not because he's paralyzed that he can't help her. [[spoiler: He can't save her because the only thing he could do for her is to give himself up and doing so would allow Apocalypse to take over the world.]] It's not his weakness that stops him, it's his strength.
* [[spoiler:Apocalypse's MindRape on Charles is just heartbreaking to see. He's constantly bombarded by Apocalypse with taunts such as "You lack strength," plus the mental NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in Charles' mind, all the while helplessly having to see his friends being [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by Apocalypse one by one. Throughout the scene, [[ManlyTears he cries hard]] and begs Jean to save him.]]

* When Charles wakes up after [[spoiler:Apocalypse's assault on his mind, he's disoriented and still in great mental and physical pain, with Moira and Hank kneeling over him, much like he was in Cuba after just having been shot in the spine]]. When Moira asks if he knows where he is, his first groggy response before giving Moira back her memories is:

* [[spoiler:In the forest, Erik sings the Polish lullaby to Nina one last time, as his beloved daughter will never wake up again.]] Be prepared to grab some kleenex.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME?"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"'''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME?! Is this what I am?!]]''' [[ManlyTears Is this what I am...?]]"'']]

* The scene where Quicksilver [[spoiler:saves everyone in Xavier Mansion from the explosion that Havok accidentally caused might seem like an awesome and hilarious moment at first, until you realize that Quicksilver ''failed'' to save Havok. If you look closely when Quicksilver was standing in front of the explosion in the basement, Havok was nowhere to be seen, ''he had already consumed by the explosion, and Quicksilver had just witnessed his death and didn't even know that it happened''.]]

** [[spoiler:Erik's RageAgainstTheHeavens is also heartbreaking in itself. He kills all the officers with a metal necklace, immediately recognizing it as a wrongful act, and he shakes the bloodied necklace in the air as he screams "'''Is this what you want from me!? Is this who I am!?'''" And then he repeats, in a lower, more sobbing tone "Is this who I am?" He truly believe that he's ''fated'' to remain a murderous monster no matter what.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"'''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME? Is this what I am?]]''' [[ManlyTears Is this what I am...?]]"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]

** [[spoiler:Erik's RageAgainstTheHeavens is also heartbreaking in itself. He kills all the officers with a metal necklace, immediately recognizing it as a wrongful act, and he shakes the bloodied necklace in the air as he screams "'''Is this what you want from me!? Is this who I am!?'''" And then he repeats, in a lower, more sobbing tone "Is this who I am?"]]

** [[spoiler:Erik's RageAgainstTheHeavens is also heartbreaking in itself.]]

-->'''Erik:''' [[spoiler:''([[ManlyTears weeping]])'' Nina, Nina, please, please... ''(sobs)'' My babies... my babies...]]

-->'''Charles''': I'm on a beach... in Cuba, with you.

-->'''Raven:''' We all do.
** After the explosion she is revealed to the kids in her blue form (Raven needs to concentrate to maintain any form except her natural blue form). Many mutants see Raven as their hero.

** Throughout the film, Erik is just broken. In every other film he's either the main villain, or he [[HijackedByGanon hijacks]] the main villain's plots to [[MagnificentBastard turn to his own ends]]. In this film, he's not Magneto. He doesn't do anything clever or cunning. He's the same kid that was dragged into Auschwitz.

* The scene where Quicksilver [[spoiler:saves everyone in Xavier Mansion from the explosion that Havok accidentally caused might seem like an awesome and hilarious moment at first, until you realize that Quicksilver ''failed'' to save Havok. If you look closely when Quicksilver was standing in front of the explosion in the basement, Havok was nowhere to be seen, ''he's already consumed by the explosion, and Quicksilver had just witnessed his death and didn't even know that it happened''.]]
* [[spoiler:Scott losing his brother Havok in the school's explosion. Scott left to go watch a movie, as an act of petty teenaged rebellion, during which his brother is killed. He gets there as Peter is confidently declaring that he got everyone, until it's pointed out Alex was closest to the blast. After Stryker comes in distracting them and Scott has time to process, he tearfully declares that it should have been him, not Alex, since Alex was the one who had his life together and was likely to accomplish great things.]]

* The predicament that [[spoiler:Wolverine]] has to endure in [[spoiler:Stryker's labs have erased his memories and made him a feral animal, as Cyclops solemnly describes. He looks angry but empty at the same time as he goes through the labs killing Stryker's goons in cold blood. When Jean catches him, his expression turns from angry into that of a confused animal. He just doesn't know who he is and why he is doing that. And this is just the beginning of Wolverine's torture fest throughout the series...]]
* Quicksilver not only ''doesn't'' tell Magneto that he's his son, but finds out that his father up a started a new family somewhere else, who have already died quite recently. That must really mess him up.
* [[spoiler:Apocalypse's MindRape on Charles is just heartbreaking to see. He's constantly bombarded by Apocalypse with taunts such as "You lack strength," plus the mental NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in Charles' inner mind, all the while helplessly having to see his friends being [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by Apocalypse one by one. Throughout the scene, [[ManlyTears he cries hard]] and begs Jean to save him.]]
* When Charles wakes up after [[spoiler:Apocalypse's assault on his mind. He is disoriented and still in great mental and physical pain, with Moira and Hank kneeling over him, much like he was in Cuba after just having been shot in the spine]]. When Moira asks if he knows where his is, his first groggy response before giving Moira back her memories is:
-->'''Charles''': I'm on a beach... in Cuba.