History TearJerker / BatmanUnderTheRedHood

-->'''Red Hood''': "Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin, or Scarecrow, or Dent. I'm talking about him. Just him. And doing it because... ''Because he took me away from you''."
--> '''Batman''': "...I '''''can't'''''. I'm sorry."

--> '''Joker:''' ''(grabs Batman from defusing the bomb)'' '''''NO!''''' Don't spoil it! This is ''better''! ''I'm'' the only one who's gonna to get what he wants tonight! '''Yes! ''Bing bang boom!''''' We all go out together! Don't you just love a happy ending? ''[laughs/cries hysterically]''

-->'''Jason:''' ''(pulls a gun)'' Is that what you think this is about? That you let me die? I don't know what clouds your judgment worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is '''he''' still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done ''nothing'' but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage and sent him off to Hell!

-->'''Red Hood''': "Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin, or Scarecrow, or Dent. I'm talking about him. Just him. And doing it because... Because he took me away from you."

--> '''Batman''': "...I can't. I'm sorry."

** Made even worse when it shows a [[HappyFlashback flashback when Jason was in his younger kid-Robin days]], only followed by the somber credits roll afterwards. Those happy days will never again return...

** A meta example: watching that scene and knowing that ''fans actually voted for that to happen'' in the original comic. [[TakeThatScrappy They voted to kill Jason off]], and the writers permitted it [[TakeThatAudience in the most gruesome way possible to drive that fact home]].

* Jason mentions "The friends he's crippled" when talking about why the Joker should die. ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this universe. This adds another layer of tragedy to Jason's character: he wants to avenge Barbara as well as himself.
** He states that he doesn't advocate killing any other member of the RoguesGallery, just The Joker, because "he took me away from you."

* The hopelessness of the moment when Jason [[VillainousBSOD just sits in a corner]] while a madman is choking his mentor and a bomb is ticking away to kill them all.
** Two things make this scene all the more heartbreaking. One, when Batman does break out of Joker's grip, the first thing he does is actually reach out to grab Jason, totally ignoring the clown in favor of saving his surrogate son. Two, when the bomb goes off and reduces the building to rubble, Bruce begins to search through the rubble in the vain hope of finding what's left, if anything, of Jason.
*** The voice-acting also shines through, as you can ''hear'' the desperation in Jason's voice as he's giving Batman a SadisticChoice - he knows [[ThouShaltNotKill Batman's code]] and hopes that, for his sake, he'd be willing to make a single exception.
** Add a third thing: when Batman does grab Jason just before the bomb goes off, Jason has an obviously shocked look on his face, like he is surprised that Batman is bothering to save him at all...
* Amazingly enough, the Joker gets one of these moments as well, in the same scene as the previous example. While the Joker is choking Batman he laughs hysterically, with tears in his eyes, that he's finally going to get his wish of dying with Batman.
--> '''Joker:''' ''(grabs Batman from defusing the bomb)'' '''''NO!''''' Don't spoil it! This is ''better''! ''I'm'' the only one who's gonna to get what he wants tonight! '''Yes! ''Bing bang boom!''''' We all go out together! Don't you just love a happy ending? ''[laughs/cries hysterically]''

* Jason mentions "The friends he's crippled" when talking about why the Joker should die. ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this universe. This adds another layer of tragedy to Jason's character: he wants to avenge Barbara as well as himself.
** He states that he doesn't advocate killing any other member of the RoguesGallery, just The Joker, because "he took me away from you."
* Jason's speech, particularly these lines:
--> '''Batman''': I know I failed you, Jason. But I tried to save you. I'm trying to save you now.
-->'''Jason:''' ''(pulls a gun)'' Is that what you think this is about? That you let me die? I don't know what clouds your judgment worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is '''he''' still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done ''nothing'' but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage and sent him off to Hell!

-->'''Jason:''' I don't know what clouds your judgement worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is '''he''' still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done ''nothing'' but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage and sent him off to Hell!

* Jason mentions "The friends he's crippled" when talking about why the Joker should die. ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this universe. It adds another layer of tragedy to Jason's character as well, as he wants to avenge Barbara as well as himself.

-->'''Jason:''' I don't know what clouds your judgement worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is '''he''' still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done ''nothing'' but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage -and sent him off to Hell!

-->'''Jason:''' I don't know what clouds your judgement worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is '''he''' still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage... and sent him off to Hell!

-->'''Jason:''' I don't know what clouds your judgement worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is he still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he had beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would have done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshipping garbage... and sent him off to Hell!

** A meta example: watching that scene and knowing that ''fans actually voted for that to happen'' in the original comic. [[TakeThatScrappy They voted to kill Jason off]], and the writers permitted it [[YouBastard in the most gruesome way possible to drive that fact home]].

* Near the beginning of the film, when Jason sees the bomb timer, you can see in his eyes that he knows at that moment he's going to die and there's nothing he can do about it. He just squares his shoulders and waits for the end to come.

-->'''Young!Jason''': This is the best day of my life!

* Alfred's [[DramaticDrop reaction]] to seeing that Red Hood's blood is a perfect match to [[spoiler: Jason's]] is damn near heartbreaking. Especially since Bruce had never openly voiced his suspicions with anybody.

* The hopelessness of the moment when [[spoiler: Jason]] [[VillainousBSOD just sits in a corner]] while a madman is choking his mentor and a bomb is ticking away to kill them all.
** Two things make this scene all the more heartbreaking. One, when Batman does break out of Joker's grip, the first thing he does is actually reach out to grab [[spoiler: Jason]], totally ignoring the clown in favor of saving his surrogate son. Two, when the bomb goes off and reduces the building to rubble, Bruce begins to search through the rubble in the vain hope of finding what's left, if anything, of [[spoiler: Jason]].
*** The voice-acting also shines through, as you can ''hear'' the desperation in [[spoiler: Jason's]] voice as he's giving Batman a SadisticChoice - he knows [[ThouShaltNotKill Batman's code]] and hopes that, for his sake, he'd be willing to make a single exception.
** Add a third thing: when Batman does grab [[spoiler: Jason]] just before the bomb goes off, Jason has an obviously shocked look on his face, like he is surprised that Batman is bothering to save him at all...

* Batman admitting that he's ''always'' wanted to kill the Joker, but because he knows [[StartOfDarkness what that]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters would mean]] [[MoralEventHorizon for him]], will never bring himself to do so. Bruce's ''real'' SadisticChoice isn't the one offered by [[spoiler: Jason]], but the one he gives '''himself''': spare the Joker, which would mean allowing him to continue his endless rampage and let Jason go unavenged, or kill the Joker, and lose his own soul in the process. Undoubtedly one of the greatest victories for the Joker, resulting in a complete Win-Win situation for him: Batman either kills him, and in doing so, completely loses his soul and lets the Joker die knowing that in the end he had the ultimate victory of forcing Batman to break his [[ThouShaltNotKill oath]], or Batman doesn't kill him, and must instead live in sorrow/guilt for the rest of his life because the Joker has not only tainted the Robin legacy but successfully killed one of the few people Batman is close to.

* [[DownerEnding Nothing changed]]. The criminals killed by Red Hood will inevitably be replaced by more. Black Mask remains free, the Joker is back in Arkham, [[CardboardPrison for all the good that ever does]], and [[spoiler: Jason]], whether alive or dead, is still lost to Bruce, whose feelings of [[MyGreatestFailure failure]] have, if anything, only gotten worse than ever.

* Jason mentions "The friends that he's crippled" when talking about why the Joker should die. ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this universe. It adds another layer of tragedy to Jason's character as well, as he wants to avenge Barbara as well as himself.

-->'''Jason:''' I don't know what clouds your judgement worse: your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me... but why? Why on God's Earth - ''is he still alive''?! ...Ignoring what he's done in the past, blindly, ''[[LawfulStupid stupidly]]'' disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the friends he's crippled]]! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you ever let him hurt. If he had taken you from this world, I would have done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshiping garbage and sent him off to Hell!

* Alfred's reaction to seeing that Red Hood's blood is a perfect match to [[spoiler: Jason's]] is damn near heartbreaking. Especially since Bruce had never openly voiced his suspicions with anybody.

* Jason's Speech, particularly these lines:

-->'''Jason:''' "I don't know what clouds your judgement worse:Your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me, but why? Why on God's Earth is he still alive??! Ignoring what he's done in the past, BLINDLY, STUPIDLY disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, the friends he's crippled! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you ever let him hurt. If he had taken you from this world, I would have done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshiping garbage and sent him off to Hell! "

--> '''Joker:''' ''(grabs Batman from defusing the bomb)'' '''''NO!''''' Don't spoil it! This is ''better''! ''I'm'' the only one who's gonna to get what he wants tonight! '''Yes! ''Big bang boom!''''' We all go out together! Don't you just love a happy ending? ''[laughs/cries hysterically]''

** A meta example: watching that scene and knowing that ''fans actually voted for that to happen'' in the original comic. [[TakeThatScrappy They voted to kill Jason off]], and the writers permitted it [[WhatTheHellHero in the most gruesome way possible to drive that fact home]].

Jason's Speech, particularly these lines:
-->'''Jason:''' "I don't know what clouds your judgement worse:Your guilt or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me, but why? Why on God's Earth is he still alive??! Ignoring what he's done in the past, BLINDLY, STUPIDLY disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who've suffered, the friends he's crippled! You know I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you ever let him hurt. If he had taken you from this world, I would have done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshiping garbage and sent him off to Hell!!!!! "