History TearJerker / CloneHigh

* From the first episode: poor Van Gogh calls a teen crisis hotline as he's alone in his room, curled up in a TroubledFetalPosition. He pours his heart out, only for Ghandi to put him on speaker and declare his secrets to what looks like the ENTIRE student body, who laugh as Van Gogh admits the only thing keeping him holding on is thay nobody knows how lonely he is. The tears of rage Van Gogh cries as he asks Ghandi how he could do something like that are just icing on his {{Woobie}} cake.

* "Spring Broken" reveals that Confucius is his foster family's UnFavorite. His foster mom takes the rest of the family on an expensive vacation and tells him not to get lost in the desert because "no-one will be around to care", and he later reveals that his parents are always travelling the world without him. It's a womder the kid's as upbeat as he is.

*** What makes this worse is that Abe really ''did'' try to do the right thing. It would've been so easy to just reveal the kiss to Joan because of his feelings for her, to use this opportunity to break up JFK and Joan to get together with Joan. But Abe never even ''considered'' doing that; he was just concerned about her health, and deciding to keep the secret despite his reservations. Unfortunately for Abe, Joan felt more betrayed about him keeping the secret than JFK and Harriet kissing in the first place, to the point that despite feeling understandably betrayed by JFK and Harriet, she was able to forgive ''them'', but could not forgive Abe for keeping their secret. It is heartbreaking that Abe tried to do the right thing and be a good friend to Joan by keeping the secret for her, only for it to backfire on him in the worst way possible. You really want to give Abe a hug after losing his best and only friend in this episode

** It is revealed that from the fire from the previous episode, the Grassy Knoll restaurant burned down; while it was played for laughs, with how much the restaurant has good memories for the cast and how the food was horrible, the restaurant owner reveals that this isn't a memorial for the restaurant, but for his wife who died in the fire. While not focused on, it's heartbreaking to know that the restaurant owner's wife died because of the fire, and in the previous episode, Joan had said nothing of lasting consequences went wrong...as the owner begged for help, and asked where his wife was. Ouch.

** It is revealed that from the fire from the previous episode, the Grassy Knoll restaurant burned down; while it was played for laughs, with how much the restaurant has good memories for the cast and how the food was horrible, the restaurant owner reveals that this isn't a memorial for the restaurant, but for his wife who died in the fire. While not focused on it's heartbreaking to know that the restaurant owner's wife died because of the fire, and in the previous episode, Joan had said nothing of lasting consequences went wrong as the owner begged for help and asked where his wife was.
** It is revealed that Joan has a disease called Psylly Legs, where too much nostalgia can threaten her health to the point where she can die. Joan is not only saving the Grassy Knoll to preserve the memories of her past but because her life depends on it.
*** The fact that not once Ghandi was mentioned in this episode. When Joan and Abe are talking about memories of hanging out and eating at the Grassy Knoll, not once was Ghandi mentioned despite being close friends with both of them in season 1 and him also hanging out at the restaurant with them. While Joan was not the closest to Ghandi and could be annoyed with him, they were still friends, and it is heartbreaking that she would not even remember him when a place she used to hang out with him is being destroyed, and the fact that Abe, Ghandi's best friend did not mention him (especially when he did in the first episode of that season) is also heartbreaking.
** JFK and Harriet dealing with the fact that because they kissed, they may have feelings for each other; neither of them wants to hurt Joan, so they kiss to see if they have any feelings for each other; when they find that they don't have feelings for each other they realize that the kiss could be seen as a betrayal by Joan, so they decide to keep the kiss a secret, but unknownst to them Abe saw the whole thing; concerned, but not wanting to stress Joan because of her disease, he decides to keep it a secret, despite the promise of not keeping any secrets from each other.
** The ending of the episode is bittersweet and heartbreaking: the Grassy Knoll has been saved, and all of Joan's friends know about her disease and promise not to coddle her, but support her; things seem to be looking up...and then JFK and Harriet confess that they kissed just to see if they have any feelings for each other (they thankfully don't). Joan is devastated, and cannot decide if she should forgive them; then she learns that Abe knew they kissed and kept it a secret. Joan is devastated, feeling that the Abe she knew in the past would not do that, and her view of Abe is damaged (if not destroyed). Seeing her disease make a resurgence because of this, Joan decides to take her doctor's advice that she previously ignored: she needs to accept that things change, and and she has to grow and get over it. When Abe ask what that means, Joan tells him that she needs to let go of their friendship and move on. Abe is devastated, and the episode ends with Joan and her friends eating at the rebuilt Grassy Knoll, while Abe looks at them from outside the restaurant, with tears in his eyes.
*** What makes this worse is that Abe really ''did'' try to do the right thing; it would've been so easy to just reveal the kiss to Joan because of his feelings for her, to use this opportunity to break up JFK and Joan to get together with Joan. But Abe never even ''considered'' doing that; he was just concerned about her health, and deciding to keep the secret despite his reservations. Unfortunately for Abe, Joan felt more betrayed about him keeping the secret than JFK and Harriet kissing in the first place, to the point that despite feeling understandably betrayed by JFK and Harriet, she was able to forgive ''them'', but could not forgive Abe for keeping their secret. It is heartbreaking that Abe tried to do the right thing and be a good friend to Joan by keeping the secret for her, only for it to backfire on him in the worst way possible. You really want to give Abe a hug after losing his best and only friend in this episode.

** JFK and Harriet dealing with the fact that because they kissed, they may have feelings for each other; neither of them wants to hurt Joan, so they kiss to see if they have any feelings for each other; when they find that they don't have feelings for each other they realize that the kiss could be seen as a betrayal by Joan, so they decide to keep the kiss a secret, but unknownst to them Abe saw the whole thing, concerned but not wanting to stress Joan because of her disease he decides to keep that a secret despite the promise of not keeping any secrets with each other.
** The ending of this episode was bittersweet and heartbreaking; The Grassy Knoll has been saved and all of Joan's friends know about her disease and promise not to cuddle her but support her. Things seem to be looking good, then JFK and Harriet confess that they kissed just to see if they have any feelings for each other, but they thankfully don't. Joan was devastated and could not decide if she should forgive them; then she learned from Abe that he knew they kissed but kept it a secret because he was afraid for Joan's health. Joan was devastated that Abe kept that a secret even though he did it because he was concerned for her health. Joan felt that Abe in the past would not do that, and her view of Abe was damaged if not destroyed. Seeing the disease that's threatening her, Joan decides to take her doctor's advice that she previously ignored; she needs to accept that things change and grow and get over their friendship. When Abe ask what does that mean, Joan tells him that she needs to let go of their friendship and move on, Abe has a devastated face, and the episode ends with Joan and her friends eating at the rebuilt Grassy Knoll while Abe looks at them outside at a restaurant with tears in his eyes.
*** What makes this worse is that Abe really did try to do the right thing; it would've been so easy to just reveal the kiss to Joan because of his feelings for her, to use this opportunity to break up JFK and Joan to get together with Joan. But Abe never even considered using this info to get together with Joan and break her up with JFK, just being concerned with her health and deciding to keep the secret despite his reserves. Unfortunately for Abe, Joan felt more betrayed about him keeping the secret than JFK and Harriet kissing to the point that despite feeling understandably betrayed by JFK and Harriet, she was able to forgive them but could not forgive Abe for keeping the secret. It is heartbreaking that Abe tried to do the right thing and be a good friend to Joan by keeping the secret for her, only for it to backfire on him in the worst way possible because Joan considered him keeping the secret a worst betrayal that destroyed her a view on him to the point that for her health she had to end your friendship. You really want to give Abe a hug after losing his best and only friend in this episode.

* Season 2, episode six, Saved By The Knoll Hass, has to be the biggest tearjerker of the second season and the whole show.
** It is revealed that from the fire from the previous episode, the Grassy Knoll restaurant burned down; while it was played for laughs, with how much the restaurant has good memories for the cast and how the food was horrible, the restaurant owner reveals that this isn't a memorial for the restaurant, but for his wife who died in the fire. While not focused on it's heartbreaking to know that the restaurant owner's wife died because of the fire, and in the previous episode, Joan had said nothing of lasting consequences went wrong as the owner begged for help and asked where his wife was while begging for help.
** It is revealed that Joan has a disease called Psylly Legs, where too much Nostalgia can threaten her health to the point where she can die. Joan is not only saving the Grassy Knoll to preserve the memories of her past but because her life depends on it.
*** The fact that not once Ghandi was mentioned in this episode. When Joan and Aba are talking about memories of hanging out and eating at the Grassy Knoll, not once was Ghandi mentioned despite being close friends with both of them in season 1 and him also hanging out at the restaurant with them. While Joan was not the closest to Ghandi and could be annoyed with him, they were still friends, and it is heartbreaking that she would not even remember him when a place she used to hang out with him is being destroyed, and the fact that Aba, Ghandi best friend did not mention him is also heartbreaking.
** JFK and Harriet dealing with the fact that because they kissed, they may have feelings for each other; neither of them wants to hurt Joan, so they kiss to see if they have any feelings for each other; when they find that they don't have feelings for each other they realize that the kiss could be seen as a betrayal by Joan, so they decide to keep the kiss a secret, but unknown to them Aba saw the whole thing, concerned but not wanting to stress Joan because of her disease he decides to keep that a secret despite the promise of not keeping any secrets with each other.
** The ending of this episode was bittersweet and heartbreaking. The restaurant Grassy Knoll has been saved; all of Joan's friends know about her disease and promise not to cuddle her but support her. Things seem to be looking good, then JFK and Harriet confess that they kiss just to see if they have any feelings for each other, but they thankfully don't have feelings for each other. Joan was devastated and could not decide if she should forgive them; then she learned from Aba that he knew they kissed but kept it a secret because he was afraid for Joan's health. Joan was devastated that Aba kept that a secret even though he did it because he was concerned for her health. Joan felt that Abe in the past would not do that, and her view of Aba was damaged if not destroyed. Seeing the disease that's threatening her, Joan decides to take her doctor's advice that she previously ignored; she needs to accept that things change and grow and get over their friendship. When Aba ask what does that mean, Joan tells him that she needs to let go of their friendship and move on, Abe has a devastated face, and the episode ends with Joan and her friends eating at the rebuilt Grassy Knoll while Aba looks at them outside at a restaurant with tears in his eyes.
*** What makes this worse is that Aba really did try to do the right thing; it would've been so easy to just reveal the kiss to Joan because of his feelings for her, to use this opportunity to break up JFK and Joan to get together with Joan. But Aba never even considered using this info to get together with Joan and break her up with JFK, just being concerned with her health and deciding to keep the secret despite his reserves. Unfortunately for Aba, Joan felt more betrayed about him keeping the secret than JFK and Harriet kissing to the point that despite feeling understandably betrayed by JFK and Harriet, she was able to forgive them but could not forgive Aba for keeping the secret. It is heartbreaking that Aba tries to do the right thing and be a good friend to Joan by keeping the secret for her, only for it to backfire on him in the worst way possible because Joan considered him keeping the secret our worst betrayal that destroyed her a view on him to the point that for her health she had to end your friendship. You really want to give Aba A hug after losing his best and only friend in this episode.

* The way Gandhi is written out of the show come season 2 is pretty upsetting, as the poor guy is seemingly left to languish on ice indefinitely - combine that with a brief shot of his redacted name on a file in the new opening, and it creates the impression that the SBSF actively chose not to thaw him out because they considered him [[YouHaveFailedMe a failure]] to live up to the standard set by his clonefather. Sure, the guy was a bit obnoxious, but he certainly didn't deserve ''that''.

* Every time Abe goes on about how much he loves Cleo in front of Joan.
* From the first episode: poor Van Gogh calls a teen crisis hotline as he's alone in his room, curled up in a TroubledFetalPosition. He pours his heart out, only for Ghandi to put him on speaker and declare his secrets to what looks like the ENTIRE student body, who laugh as Van Gogh admits the only thing keeping him holding on is thay nobody knows how lonely he is. The TearsOfRage Van Gogh cries as he asks Ghandi how he could do something like that are just icing on his {{Woobie}} cake.

* To a lesser extent, Joan [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan pretending to be a slutty airhead to trick Abe into liking her]]. It's kind of sad to see a character as self-respecting as her be desperate enough to act like everything she hates if it means attracting the man she loves. The ditzy laugh she puts on when she tells JFK he's so funny is heartbreaking. [[spoiler:And it still doesn't work]].

** Van Gogh inherited his clone father's depression, to the point that he spends many a night alone in his room, crying. When he tries to reach out to the school's hotline for help, [[{{Jerkass}} Gandhi]] mocks him and puts him on speaker phone at a party, so that everyone can laugh at his misery. [[spoiler: Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack.]]

** Then there's the FridgeHorror of what's to become of [[spoiler:Scudworth and Mr. B., now that they have to live with the fact that they've left dozens of people in suspended animation]].

* ''Litter Kills; Literally'' is what happens when the writers parody [[TonightSomeoneDies a cliche]] [[UpToEleven so hard]] that it [[CrossesTheLineTwice does a complete 180]] and [[SpringtimeForHitler becomes the saddest episode of the whole series]], mainly because the episode is less about Ponce himself as much as it is watching JFK be so completely broken up over his death (and if you personally lost a close friend at a young age, the episode will be impossible to watch).

** Gandhi in particular, whose namesake is extremely highly regarded in his home country to this day (to the point that it was what got the show canceled). He's almost ''proud'' of the fact that he snapped under the pressure and became a party animal. *** Making it worse is the fact that "party animal" is just what ''he'' thinks of himself, he's actually an unpopular social pariah who's utterly desperate for popularity and acceptance, to the point that he was apparently Cleo's foster brother originally, until she convinced her parents he wasn't good enough for her image, and he was transferred to another family. Abe is the only person who treats him with any real respect. In a moment of dark irony, this makes him a downplayed LighterAndSofter high school version of an Untouchable, the outcasts his clone father spent his life supporting.

** Gandhi in particular, whose namesake is extremely highly regarded in his home country to this day (to the point that it was what got the show canceled). He's almost ''proud'' of the fact that he snapped under the pressure and became a party animal. Making it worse is the fact that "party animal" is just what ''he'' thinks of himself, he's actually an unpopular social pariah who's utterly desperate for popularity and acceptance, to the point that he was apparently Cleo's foster brother originally, until she convinced her parents he wasn't good enough for her image, and he was transferred to another family. Abe is the only person who treats him with any real respect. In a moment of dark irony, this makes him a downplayed LighterAndSofter high school version of an Untouchable, the outcasts his clone father spent his life supporting.

** Gandhi in particular, whose namesake is extremely highly regarded in his home country to this day (to the point that it was what got the show canceled). He's almost ''proud'' of the fact that he snapped under the pressure and became a party animal.

*** It goes deeper than that: as one commenter on [=YouTube=] pointed out, Cleo's only parent is her emotionally abusive, alcoholic mother, who never showed her any genuine love or affection; it's very likely that Cleo's promiscuity is (partially) due to having never received any love at home.
*** It gets worse. Like most of the clones, Cleo only embodies the pop culture idea of her clone original; many contemporary records state that the Cleopatra history remembers wasn't particulary physically beautiful -- she was considered attractive because she was an intelligent and savy woman in an era when that wasn't common. Cleo threw away all the aspects her clone mother embodied just to cling to a false image of her. What's more, Cleo's foster mom very likely ''encouraged'' it.

* In the makeover episode, Joan running off sobbing after Abe spends all day giving her a series of horrible makeovers (and ''still'' is oblivious to the fact that she's in love with him). Which leads to an exchange that, in spite of its pariodic nature, is still rather sad:

*** It gets worse. Like most of the clones, Cleo only embodies the pop culture idea of her clone original; many contemporary records state that the Cleopatra history remembers wasn't particulary physically beautiful - she was considered attractive because she was an intelligent and savy woman in an era when that wasn't common. Cleo threw away all the aspects her clone mother embodied just to cling to a false image of her.

** It gets worse. Like most of the clones, Cleo only embodies the pop culture idea of her clone original; many contemporary records state that the Cleopatra history remembers wasn't particulary physically beautiful - she was considered attractive because she was an intelligent and savy woman in an era when that wasn't common. Cleo threw away all the aspects her clone mother embodied just to cling to a false image of her.

* In the makeover episode, Joan running off sobbing after Abe spends all day giving her a series of horrible makeovers (and ''still'' is oblivious to the fact that she's in love with him). Which leads to this exchange:

** Van Gogh inherited his clone father's depression, to the point that he spends many a night alone in his room, crying. When he tries to reach out to the school's hotline for help, Ghandi mocks him and puts him on speaker phone at a party, so that everyone can laugh at his misery. [[spoiler: Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack.]]

* Abe refusing to high five Ghandi in front of Cleo. While Ghandi saying that he "[[ARareSentence never thought the world would see Abe Lincoln dissing Mahatma Ghandi]]," and the two of them having kitschy friendship lockets, is hilarious, Ghandi [[SincerityMode looks and sounds genuinely hurt]] that his best friend finds him embarrassing.

[[caption-width-right:350:Poor JFK.]]

** To a lesser extent, Cleo only knows the historical Cleopatra as a beautiful, glamourous, seductive, powerful ruler; as a result, she focused only on her looks and popularity, and becomes a [[AlphaBitch vain, promiscuous queen bee]].