History TearJerker / BeastWars

* In "Law Of The Jungle", Tigatron's actions inadvertently lead to the death of Snowstalker, a female tiger he can...formed a bond with. OddFriendship or not, you can't deny the sadness when he mourns the loss of her, shedding a single tear in beast mode. [[note]]See page image above.[[/note]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Tears of a robot tiger.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:He lived a warrior. And died a hero.]]

*** He didn't just salute; he was the FIRST to salute. And this was after their last conversation was an argument over Dinobot's allegiance. The fact that this action made Rattrap of all Maximals salute him really puts it in perspective.

* [[spoiler:Tigatron and Airazor's abduction and deaths,]] as they clasp hands and vow that their sparks will always find one another.

--> '''[[spoiler: Dinobot]]''''s FamousLastWords.

** Thirded, majorly. It ruins me just thinking about it. If not for [[spoiler:the title character]]'s haunting, pain-filled wail while [[spoiler:trying to stop Rampage and Silverbolt from fighting]] then it was the underplayed, almost child-like final line:

** A subtle one from the same episode, but notable. Dinobot and Rattrap had destroyed the Predacon tower that was preventing the Maximals from warning [[spoiler: Tigatron and Airazor]] in the first place, and were sharing a rare moment of open comraderie with each other... until they are informed that they were "too late." Even Dinobot's spirits drop because of the loss of two respected allies.
* [[spoiler:The death of Dinobot. Transmutate. Blackarachnia's [[NotQuiteDead not-quite death]], and Silverbolt's reaction.]]
* [[spoiler:Dinobot]]'s death is singled out as one of ''the'' best moments of all {{Transformers}} history (arguably, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the greatest of them all]]).
-->'''Rattrap:''' [[spoiler:"[[VitriolicBestBuds You may just be a blasted slag-spoutin' saurian]], [[ItHasBeenAnHonor but... it's nice to know where you stand...]]"]]
** That he is the first of the Maximals to stand up to salute Dinobot's fading spark offers perfect closure to their relationship.
** It's [[spoiler:his funeral]] that really brings the tears - Optimus, Silverbolt and Cheetor fly overhead in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_formation Missing Man Formation.]]
** "He lived a warrior, and died a hero. May his spark join the Matrix... the greatest of Cybertron."
* For all the horrible things he does and has done, Rampages' pained wails over the death of [[spoiler:Transmutate]] indicates that he wasn't a ''complete'' monster.

-->'''Rattrap:''' [[spoiler:"[[VitriolicBestBuds You may just be a blasted slag-spoutin' saurian]], [[ItHasBeenAnHonor but... it's nice to know where you stand...]]"]] That he is the first of the Maximals to stand up to salute Dinobot's fading spark offers perfect closure to their relationship.

** A subtle one from the same episode, but notable. Dinobot and Rattrap had destroyed the Predacon tower that was preventing the Maximals from warning [[spoiler: Tigatron and Airazor]] in the first place, and were sharing a rare moment of open comraderie with each other... until they are informed that they were "too late." Even Dinobot's spirits drop because of the loss of two respected allies.

* [[spoiler:Tigatron and Airazor's abduction and deaths,]] as they clasp hands and vow that their sparks will always find one another.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShyWLONIcp8 This]] tribute to the fallen Maximals.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShyWLONIcp8 This]] tribute to the fallen Maximals. (WARNING: Spoileriffic.)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShyWLONIcp8 This]] tribute to the fallen Maximals.

* In "Feral Scream, Part 1," Cheetor appears to die when Megatron's Transmetal 2 machine explodes. The episode establishes pretty quickly he's still alive, but Depth Charge (thinking otherwise) takes back a piece of his armor and breaks the news to Optimus. The look on ol' Big Bot's face is downright heartbreaking.

** I'd like to add that it's also a tearjerker that [[spoiler: Depth Charge meets his death NOT wanting to fight Rampage, but willingly goes to try and disable Nemesis himself (following Optimal Optimus' orders without any snark or reluctance) against the whole Predacon crew including Transmetal II Dinobot and Megatron. And later, even knowing that both him and Rampage will die when he deals the killing blow and going along with it was.. just sad for this troper, considering Depth Charge was by far his favourite character.]]

* For this troper, the deaths of [[spoiler: Depth Charge and Rampage]] brought a tear to my eye. The two were locked in an endless cycle of mutual torment, and in the end, they both managed to find a semblance of peace.

** Seconded. Made worse by the fact that her episode IMMEDIATLY FOLLOWS [[spoiler:DINOBOT]]'S DEATH.