History Tearjerker / Vinesauce

* Molly, Vinny's 16-year-old family Bichon dog, got old to the point where she was frail and barely eating. After the 2016 charity stream, she was taken to be put down. This was very heartbreaking news to chat members who saw Molly in past streams. Vinny was devastated; as he put it, "It's hard to say goodbye to a dog you've known half your life," adding that he was there for anyone else who had lost a pet, in contrast to how he doesn't usually consider himself to be a good role model.

* [=VappyVap88=], Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22nd, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter]] focuses on his personal life and declining health, the latter of which was made worse due to the pandemic. Both videos are incredibly heartwrenching to watch.

* In the middle of playing a VideoGame/SuperMario64 Rom Hack based around WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow,[[MoodWhiplash Vinny went eerily quiet for a little bit]], before asking the question to the chat, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfkLdOXIHQk&t=1170s if they remember the most heartbreaking moment as a child, when you realized your favorite TV Show has a finite number of episodes]]. He talks about how he slowly experienced it with the aforementioned Super Show, and how he couldn't comprehend why the show he loved just...stopped. What makes it a little bit worse, is that you can tell through his tone, he's actually quite saddened by the memory. Vinny loved the show to this day, even through all the MemeticMutation and thoughts of it being SoBadItsGood. It's applicable to the fact that it can be rather disheartening when one of your favourite shows from your childhood just ceases to be.

* Joel laments the loss of Cursor Mania in his "Windows 8 Destruction" Stream. Yes, that's right, Joel (and the viewers too) get upset about a piece of dead malware. For many late '90s and early-to-mid ‘00s kids, the super death sword cursors were their childhood, and part of that died with them.

-->Executive Producer\\

-->'''Joel''': Oh shit, it is! '''''[[BigNo NO!!]]''''' OH MY GOD, NO- IT'S ACTUALLY DOING IT! OH SHIT!! OH NO!! HOLY SHIT...'''''[[ThisCannotBe IT'S ACTUALLY RED-RINGING!!]]''''' OH MY GOD!! NO!!! NO, GODDAMMIT... ''''' [[HeroicBSOD *cries*]]'''''

-->'''Luigi:''' "I don't even fucking care anymore. Everything that I've ever loved, it's '''GONE!''' Mario. The princess. Brooklyn. ''I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY!'' ''Everything is gonna die!'' '''You hear me, Mario?! THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO ME, MARIOOOOOO!"'''

* Just one day before his 2017 Charity Stream, Vinny discussed the unfortunate suicide of [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] and how depression is very real, even in people who are successful. Vinny, who very rarely opens up about himself or his personal life, discussed that at times he has suffered from depression too, but has managed to overcome it using various methods like {{Music}} and VideoGames, or with the help of some good friends. His voice noticeably breaks during this speech, and he encourages people who suffer from depression to [[YouAreNotAlone seek help]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Suicide}} because there is always a better option than taking one's own life]].

* [=VappyVap88=], Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter]] focuses on his personal life and declining health, the latter of which was made worse due to the pandemic. Both videos are incredibly heartwrenching to watch.

** Jen said that when she heard the news, all she could do was cry for a couple of hours. Made worse by the fact that Iwata died from the same type of cancer that killed Jen's mother. Jen then went on to stream ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (a game that had notoriously shoddy programming until Iwata cleaned it up, resulting in the game actually becoming playable) in Iwata's memory. During that run she named Jeff 'Iwata' because she believed that, like Jeff, Iwata was a genius.

* In his ''Fighter Maker'' stream, and later in ''Druggy Final Fight'', Joel plays "Hulkster in Heaven", a song that Wrestling/HulkHogan wrote in tribute to a young fan of his who died.[[Note]]Hogan actually made this up.[[/Note]] It sounds like it should be ridiculous. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9JfhANM9B0 It's not.]]

* In his ''Fighter Maker'' stream, and later in ''Druggy Final Fight'', Joel plays "Hulkster in Heaven", a song that Wrestling/HulkHogan wrote in tribute to a young fan of his who died. It sounds like it should be ridiculous. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9JfhANM9B0 It's not.]]

* In the 'Toad Games' stream, Vinny [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEbQnvTqnwI&t=916s encounters]] an [[HellIsThatNoise Ear Rape]] 'fangame' planted in the collection he was sent, supposedly by 'Zedrin', who had provided him with the collection of games used in this stream, and one for the third Quality Android Games stream which had taken place a few days prior. His reaction is more that of abject disappointment than anger. It turns out that this 'Zedrin' was an impostor, who aimed to slander the real Zedrin by placing a piece of the latter's {{NSFW}} flash artwork in the previous Android Games stream in addition to planting the Ear Rape 'games' in the Toad Games collection. To say that the rest of the stream was tense was an understatement - even after the real Zedrin personally apologised in the impostor's place and proved he wasn't behind it - as everyone (including Vinny) were hoping anxiously that there wasn't more pornography or ear-splitting noises in the collection.

* While he has a fun time playing the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', Vinny is then rendered silent by the scene in Kendo's gun shop involving Robert Kendo and his daughter Emma, which ends with the implication that Kendo had to euthanise the poor girl. While at first Vinny thinks Emma is about to attack her own father, he's still left somber when that doesn't happen and Kendo tearfully carries Emma into a side room to end her misery.

* While he has a fun time playing the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', Vinny is then rendered silent by the scene in Kendo's gun shop involving Robert Kendo and his daughter Emma, which ends with the implication that Kendo had to euthanise the poor girl. While at first Vinny thinks Emma is about to attack her own father, he's still left somber when that doesn't happen and Kendo tearfully carries Emma into a side room to end her misery.

* [=VappyVap88=], Vinny's former editor, passing away on April 22, 2020. Vinny's Extra Sauce channel and Vappy's channel both have a video each on the topic, the latter being uploaded by his sister. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1goDSUAQw The former]] focuses on Vappy's past involvement with Vinny and his impact on the Vinesauce community, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tww_fV0mp8g the latter]] focuses on his personal life and declining health, the latter of which was made worse due to COVID-19. Both videos are incredibly heart-wrenching to watch.

** For the final battle against The Masked Man, aka Claus, as he fires off his lightning one final time to have it reflected back onto himself]], what Vinny says is heartrending:

** [[https://youtu.be/eYk892O8-YE?t=2h22m37s Joel's response]].

** This continues during his next ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'' stream, where he beats Octo Valley (single-player) mode, as several Miiverse tributes get him kind of sad. ''Then'' he gets to the end of [[https://youtu.be/o9yZSADLcxg?t=7398 the credits]]:
--> Executive Producer\\

---> '''Joel:''' ''(in the comments)'' "video games like these make me drink ( [[DrowningMySorrows seriously by the end of this I had downed like 4 beers]] )"

--> '''Vinny:''' Think of all the virtual graveyards that now exist. They're leaving behind a lot. Stuff that had years of work put into it. It's just, y'know-- so what, it's virtual. Still stuff that meant a lot to some people.

--> '''Joel''': Oh shit, it is! '''''[[BigNo NO!!]]''''' OH MY GOD, NO- IT'S ACTUALLY DOING IT! OH SHIT!! OH NO!! HOLY SHIT...'''''[[ThisCannotBe IT'S ACTUALLY RED-RINGING!!]]''''' OH MY GOD!! NO!!! NO, GODDAMMIT... ''''' [[HeroicBSOD *cries*]]'''''

* Hootey audibly breaking down sobbing [[https://youtu.be/o0PPArJbKRA?t=11274 while playing "That Dragon, Cancer"]] during the 2016 Charity Stream

-->'''Vinny''': ''"We did it. We beat the final boss of Vinesauce. I'll just retire now."''

-->'''Luigi''': "I don't even fucking care anymore. Everything that I've ever loved, it's '''GONE!''' Mario. The princess. Brooklyn. ''I AM MY OWN WORST ENEMY!'' ''Everything is gonna die!'' '''You hear me, Mario?! THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO ME, MARIOOOOOO!"'''

-->'''The Ancestor''': I remember days when the sun shone, and laughter can be heard from the tavern.\\
'''Vinny''': I remember those days when we all used to laugh... This is a [[TearJerker Vine-Sponge moment]]. It's a shame. We lost Willoughby.

* In the middle of playing a VideoGame/SuperMario64 Rom Hack based around WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow,[[MoodWhiplash Vinny went eerily quiet for a little bit]], before asking the question to the chat, [[https://youtu.be/JfkLdOXIHQk?t=1170 if they remember the most heartbreaking moment as a child, when you realized your favorite TV Show has a finite number of episodes]]. He talks about how he slowly experienced it with the aforementioned Super Show, and how he couldn't comprehend why the show he loved just...stopped. What makes it a little bit worse, is that you can tell through his tone, he's actually quite saddened by the memory. Vinny loved the show to this day, even through all the MemeticMutation and thoughts of it being SoBadItsGood. It's applicable to the fact that it can be rather disheartening when one of your favourite shows from your childhood just ceases to be.
* [[SignatureScene Chapter 6]] of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''. Vinny starts out making a joke but cuts himself off when [[spoiler: the ghost/vision of Hinawa appears]] and is mostly silent and somber for the rest of the scene.
** For the final battle against [[spoiler:The Masked Man, aka Claus]], as he fires off his lightning one final time [[spoiler:to have it reflected back onto himself]], what Vinny says is heartrending:
--->'''Vinny''': Oh no... [[spoiler:He wants to die. He's just a fucking kid!]]

* While he has a fun time playing the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', Vinny is then rendered silent by the scene in Kendo's gun shop involving Robert Kendo and his daughter Emma, [[spoiler:which ends with the implication that Kendo had to euthanise the poor girl.]] While at first Vinny thinks Emma is about to attack her own father, he's still left somber when that doesn't happen and Kendo tearfully carries Emma into a side room to [[spoiler:end her misery.]]

* During the end of his ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' stream, when he starts [[spoiler: reading the goodbye notes to the victims of Mindcrash]], Vinny gets heavily silent and starts sounding choked-up when he starts speaking again.

* The first episode of Vinny's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' playthrough has him comparing Midgar to New York City (mostly the Manhattan area), spending most of his time in awe. Then he [[https://youtu.be/AuJdsbDTsXc?t=5231 talks about]] being homesick for NYC and getting a little emotional over said fact, not having traveled there for the better part of two months, due to unspecified "real life reasons" that are quite obvious given the video's date.[[labelnote:Context]]Aired on April 10, 2020, when New York City was just hitting the peak of the then-current [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 outbreak]][[/labelnote]] For those that survived said "real life reasons" and had their sense of normalcy taken away from them, this hits home a little too hard. Later on in the same episode, he presents another sadly relatable situation in the form of anxiety welling up even at the sight of fictional people crowded together, as he found out when seeing the rest of AVALANCHE on a train together.

** This continues during his next ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' stream, where he beats Octo Valley (single-player) mode, as several Miiverse tributes get him kind of sad. ''Then'' he gets to the end of [[https://youtu.be/o9yZSADLcxg?t=7398 the credits]]:

* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsfPjbYLRBKBuEGmU00YBObB4RoGStj38 GPM's playthrough]] of ''Youtubers Life'' stops being funny and starts being depressing at around part 2, as Chet never leaves his house, stops eating, sleeping and going to school, blows off his friends and family, and is solely focused on money and [=YouTube=]. Highlights are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUQHACCKN4 here]].

* Music/DavidBowie passed away on the night of January 10, 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' album. Vinny was streaming at the time and when he found via the chat that he had passed away. He first dismissed it as a hoax, until later finding out that it was actually real during his BRB, while a David Bowie song was being played as background music. You could hear the disbelief and sorrow in his voice. Later that night, he played a music video of Bowie's entire "My Death" song. When the song ended, Vinny said "fuck cancer", and you can tell he wasn't able to hold his tears.

* Vinny being accused of sexual misconduct actions on April 2021 and his subsequent inactivity/limited streaming on Twitch (and at one point, [=YouTube=] again) soon afterward. While serious doubt was cast on those accusations due to considerably weird behavior that doesn't really reflect how he would professionally (namely with the language involved in said evidence claimed to be against him), it still negatively affected Vinny emotionally, to the point where he could not truly stream certain games properly like he normally would. What probably didn't help manners was that weeks earlier, Dan from the WebVideo/GameGrumps was falsely accused of grooming young fans himself. While Vinny still ended up streaming games in a more private, prerecorded manner from around May-August 2021, returning to livestreaming properly (if only briefly) for the incoming Variety Is Hope 2021 event, it's clear to long-time viewers that things became very serious for him by this time.

* Vinny being accused of sexual misconduct actions on April 2021 and his subsequent inactivity/limited streaming on Twitch (and at one point, YouTube again) soon afterward. While serious doubt was cast on those accusations due to considerably weird behavior that doesn't really reflect how he would professionally (namely with the language involved in said evidence claimed to be against him), it still negatively affected Vinny emotionally, to the point where he could not truly stream certain games properly like he normally would. What probably didn't help manners was that weeks earlier, Dan from the WebVideo/GameGrumps was falsely accused of grooming young fans himself. While Vinny still ended up streaming games in a more private, prerecorded manner from around May-August 2021, returning to livestreaming properly (if only briefly) for the incoming Variety Is Hope 2021 event, it's clear to long-time viewers that things became very serious for him by this time.

* The first episode of Vinny's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' playthrough has him comparing Midgar to New York City (mostly the Manhattan area), spending most of his time in awe. Then he [[https://youtu.be/AuJdsbDTsXc?t=5231 talks about]] being homesick for NYC and getting a little emotional over said fact, not having traveled there for the better part of two months, due to unspecified "real life reasons" that are quite obvious given the video's date.[[labelnote:Context]]Aired on April 10, 2020, when New York City was just hitting the peak of the then-current COVID-19 outbreak[[/labelnote]] For those that survived said "real life reasons" and had their sense of normalcy taken away from them, this hits home a little too hard. Later on in the same episode, he presents another sadly relatable situation in the form of anxiety welling up even at the sight of fictional people crowded together, as he found out when seeing the rest of AVALANCHE on a train together.

* During Vinny's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5JrfDsrdo 11th stream]] of ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', he [[FinalDeath loses]] Willoughby, a MemeticBadass and a fan favorite bounty hunter of his team during a boss fight going south. Despite managing to kick some serious ass [[HopeSpot right before the boss battle itself]], Willoughby dies from a bleed effect that Vinny couldn't heal. In contrast to most of his party losses where he usually delves into anger (and occasionally {{Angrish}}) over the RNG, he wails out a BigNo and [[HeroicBSOD falls silent as he abandons the quest]].

* Joel laments the loss of Cursor Mania in his "Windows 8 Destruction" Stream. Yes, that's right, Joel (and the viewers too) get upset about a piece of dead malware. For many '90s kids, the super death sword cursors were their childhood, and part of that died with them.

* Vinny was hit by [[https://twitter.com/VS_Experiences/status/1378068779054235650 supposed "sexual abuse" allegations]] early April 2021. Despite the flimsy attempt at a smear campaign[[note]]e-mails where "Vine Sauce" was liberally using memes and emojis, the complete opposite of how Vinny actually treats these things on stream, and "audio proof" that looks obviously spliced when inspected via spectrogram[[/note]] and relatively mild accusations even if true[[note]]The "crime" was two adults having consensual sex with an age gap that ''might'' raise eyebrows at worst - even news channels like [=DramaAlert=] thought the allegations [[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/vinesauce.9958/post-8684292 were too insignificant to cover]][[/note]], Vinny was concerned enough about it that he sounded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOAzftS08Y clearly distraught]] in his response regarding the situation. The man sounds like he's on the verge of tears at one point - it's hard not to feel sorry for him. On a more positive note, the allegations were apparently so implausible and out-of-context that even the supposed "victims" stepped in to defend Vinny.

* Vinny was hit by [[https://twitter.com/VS_Experiences/status/1378068779054235650 supposed "sexual abuse" allegations]] early April 2021. Despite the flimsy attempt at a smear campaign[[note]]e-mails where "Vine Sauce" was liberally using memes and emojis, the complete opposite of how Vinny actually treats these things on stream, and "audio proof" that looks obviously spliced when inspected via spectrogram[[/note]] and relatively mild accusations even if true[[note]]The "crime" was two adults having consensual sex with an age gap that ''might'' raise eyebrows at worst - even news channels like [=DramaAlert=] thought the allegations [[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/vinesauce.9958/post-8684292 were too insignificant to cover]][[/note]], Vinny was concerned enough about it that he sounded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOAzftS08Y clearly distraught]] in his response regarding the situation. The man sounds like he's on the verge of tears at one point - it's hard not to feel sorry for him.

* Vinny was hit by [[https://twitter.com/VS_Experiences/status/1378068779054235650 supposed "sexual abuse" allegations]] early April 2021. Despite the flimsy attempt at a smear campaign[[note]]e-mails where "Vine Sauce" was liberally using memes and emojis, the complete opposite of how Vinny actually treats these things on stream, and "audio proof" that looks obviously spliced when inspected via spectrogram[[/note]], Vinny was concerned enough about it that he sounded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOAzftS08Y clearly distraught over it]] in his response regarding the situation.