History TearJerker / AnimatorVsAnimation

[[folder:Ep 12: ''TNT Land'']]
* In ''TNT Land'', Red is pushed of the ledge and falls into the void. His friends are understandably distraught, until it's revealed that he survived, thanks to an ocean underneath.

* One would think that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Purple]] getting a taste of his own medicine would be [[CatharsisFactor cathartic]] and [[KickTheSonOfABitch satisfying]], yes? Well, no. Purple's reaction towards [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness King abandoning him]] is a very quick, yet completely visible DespairEventHorizon. While he overcomes it literally just a second or two later in favour of [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere getting out of dodge]], you can see the betrayal he felt. This is even worse when you realise [[UndyingLoyalty King is the only person Purple showed true loyalty to]]. Also not helping is the fact that it takes ''two'' betrayals for it to sink in; the first time King smacks Purple aside, Purple seems to be in denial of that fact and still sics the Piglin Brute army on the FSF for King's sake.

* [[DownerEnding The ending]] shows Green and the Pig imprisoned by [[LargeAndInCharge Orange]], unable to break free because they will be shocked when trying. They just put their heads against the wall, arguably crossing the DespairEventHorizon.

* Green and Blue reacting to Orange and Purple successfully gaining the Master Block, even if we barely get to see it. While Red and Yellow stare in shock, it's made blatantly clear that Green and Blue crossed the DespairEventHorizon for the umpteenth time this season. Green just gives up and looks at the floor of his cell in despair, while Blue seems to be ''crying''.

* One would think that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Purple]] getting a taste of his own medicine would be [[CatharsisFactor cathartic]] and [[KickTheSonOfABitch satisfying]], yes? Well, no. Purple's reaction towards [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Orange abandoning him]] is a very quick, yet completely visible DespairEventHorizon. While he overcomes it literally just a second or two later in favour of [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere getting out of dodge]], you can see the betrayal he felt. This is even worse when you realise [[UndyingLoyalty Orange is the only person Purple showed true loyalty to]]. Also not helping is the fact that it takes ''two'' betrayals for it to sink in; the first time Orange smacks Purple aside, Purple seems to be in denial of that fact and still sics the Piglin Brute army on the FSF for Orange's sake.

[[folder:Ep 1:''The Box'']]

[[folder:''The Box'']]

* Purple's childhood is... [[DarkAndTroubledPast really messed up.]] He sings about how his father was abusive when he was a tyke, and when he tries to fight him back, he fails miserably. Twice. This kind of situation ended in a divorce, which caused Purple's mother to pass away. It's then implied that every mean thing he did [[WellDoneSonGuy was out of a wish to live up to his father's standards]], and he even seems to believe by the end that he's a monster and deserves the Stick Gang's rejection. Even though he's a sidekick to the King, [[JerkassWoobie it's REALLY hard not to feel bad for him.]]

* At first, after witnessing King's backstory, you might expect that everything he's done is in an effort to open some kind of portal into the void to bring his son back. You'd be wrong, [[KilledOffForReal King's son is simply]] ''[[CessationOfExistence gone]]'', there's nothing to bring back and he knows it. What he actually plans to do is [[OmnicidalManiac bring the same fate onto the entire world of Minecraft]] out of revenge.
* Notably, at no point during either the planning or execution of his scheme, [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum does he actually include an escape plan for himself]], despite destroying the entire world from the inside. Either he was so driven by despair from the loss of his son that he didn't care what happened to him, or him going down with the Minecraft world was actively part of the plan.

** It's worth noting that when the Stick Gang takes a (second) stand against King, Red is the first to attack him, and he punches him in the face multiple times, meaning that Red is pretty upset at the fact that King absorbed his new friends.
* When Purple decides to face King alone (with the risk of getting blasted into oblivion), Green (who's glitching out from the blast) refuses to let him do so. It's kind of sad when you realize that in the previous episode, Green and Purple had just made up and become friends. Also, the music during the scene makes it even more poignant.

* King absorbing the Minecraft entities that the Stick Gang (sans Green who reconciles with Purple) befriended throughout the entire season.

* When Purple decides to face King alone (with the risk of getting blasted into oblivion), Green (who's glitching out from the blast) refuses to let him do so. It's kind of sad when you realize that in the previous episode, Green and Purple had just made up and become friends.

* When Purple decides to face King alone (with the risk of getting blasted into oblivion), Green (who's glitching out from the blast) refuses to let him do so. It's kind of sad when you realize that in the previous episode the two had just made up and become friends.

* Notably, at no point during either the planning or execution of his scheme, [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum does he actually include an escape plan for himself]], despite destroying the entire world from the inside. Either he was so driven by despair from the loss of his son that he didn't care what happened to him, or him going down with the Minecraft world was actively part of the plan,

** Notably, at no point during either the planning or execution of his scheme, [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum does he actually include an escape plan for himself]], despite destroying the entire world from the inside.

* King's backstory in general, he was once a caring and protective father to his son such as going into trips together, but all of that changed during a festival due to his son being interested into the game called ''Minecraft''. After joining into the game's stand, his son entered into the simulation, everything was well until the simulation started to get a error and glitch out, with his son desperately trying to get out of the game, with his father desperately trying to save him, to no avail. He was so filled with gried that he beated up the stick figures that runned the simulation and later decided to destroy the game itself out of vengeance.

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[[caption-width-right:350:It's okay, [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist Green's not really gone]].]]

* Purple's childhood is... [[DarkAndTroubledPast really messed up.]] He sings about how his father was abusive when he was a tyke, and when he tries to fight him back, he fails miserably. Twice. This kind of situation ended in a divorce, which caused Purple's mother to pass away. It's then implied that every mean thing he did was out of a wish to live up to his father's standards, and he even seems to believe by the end that he's a monster and deserves the Stick Gang's rejection. Even though he's a sidekick to the King, [[JerkassWoobie it's REALLY hard not to feel bad for him.]]

** Even more tragic is the fact that initially, when Purple is very young, it seems that they're just having a friendly spar (considering fighting seems to be an integral part of, er, Stick People Culture?). But Purple's father is far too harsh even then, and consistently gets angry at Purple for losing to him, going as far as to take it out on their mother and leaving the family. There's something about watching the (unfair) fatherly disappointment evolve into abuse that brought this troper to tears.

* Purple's childhood is... [[DarkAndTroubledPast really messed up.]] He sings about how [[spoiler:his father was abusive when he was a tyke, and when he tries to fight him back, he fails miserably. Twice. This kind of situation ended in a divorce,]] which caused [[spoiler:Purple's mother to pass away]]. Even though he's a sidekick to the King, [[JerkassWoobie it's REALLY hard not to feel bad for him.]]