History TearJerker / ConkersBadFurDay

* ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' is basically the ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' of games. Sure, it's full of toilet humor, but it was so silly, comical and innocent all the way through... and then, the SuddenDownerEnding appears out of nowhere and [[PlayerPunch unexpectedly punches the player in the gut]]. What really makes the absolute tragedy of the conclusion and feelings of sadness hit so hard are Conker's last few lines before the credits about [[AnAesop not knowing what you have until it's gone]], and [[SimpleScoreOfSadness the music that plays after said scene]] during the credits; you'll probably find it very hard to find a game with humor like ''Bad Fur Day''[='s=] that uses such a sad track in an actual serious moment, rather than a part parodying another thing's sad moments.
-->'''Conker''': (''bitterly'') So there I am. King. King of all the land. And who'd have thought that? Not me. I guess you know who these guys are now. I certainly do. I didn’t want to know them. And, yep, I may be king and have all the money in the world, and all the land, and all that stuff, but, you know, [[LonelyAtTheTop I don't really]] [[MoneyIsNotPower think I want it]]. I just wanna go home, with Berri, and... I don't know... have a bottle of beer. Hmm. ''(sighs despairingly)'' [[DespairEventHorizon It's not gonna happen.]] It's true what they say: the grass is always greener, [[TheLostLenore and you don't really know what it is you have until it's gone. Gone. Gone....]]

-->'''Bartender:''' (''with sympathy, as he hands Conker the bottle of Scotch'') Lookin' a bit down. What's the matter?

-->--'''LetsPlay/RabbidLuigi'''

* ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' is basically the ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' of games. Sure, it's full of toilet humor, but it was so silly, comical and innocent all the way through, and then, the SuddenDownerEnding [[PlayerPunch hits the player unexpectedly in the face]]. What really hammers the downer ending and feelings of sadness in your face is Conker's last few lines before the credits about not knowing what you have until it's gone, and the music that plays after said scene during the credits; you'll probably find it very hard to find a game with humor like ''Bad Fur Day''[='s=] that uses such a sad track in an actual serious moment rather than a part parodying another thing's sad moments. Really, the end credits theme is a pretty powerful track that just adds to the feeling of sadness in ''Bad Fur Day'''s ending.

** Conker's alcoholism provides a sad parallel to how his story goes. Anyone who's known someone like him can tell you that eventually alcoholics start just seeming really sad, even pathetic if it gets bad enough. Conker's story starts out lighthearted and goofy, if darkly so, but as it marches on the comedy aspects start falling by the wayside and eventually we're left with Conker, shell-shocked from witnessing firsthand the horrors of war against the Tediz, in mourning over the death of his beloved girlfriend Berri, and wracked with guilt over blowing [[BackFromTheDead his one and only chance to save her]], in favor of something [[GrassIsGreener it turns out he never really wanted]].
* Berri's death, and her heavy breathing as she succumbs to the wounds and dies in Conker's arms before the final battle. This is made even more cruel when she has her arm around his neck, showing that they really were affectionate with each other. To twist the knife in even further, Conker even blows his chance to revive Berri when he has it. He realizes this mistake just after the programmers have left, and tries in vain to get them back. Truly a morbidly CruelTwistEnding.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVJ2nfM2I4 This is the song that plays during the ending]]. Keep in mind this plays in the same game that has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8C2fjdOW0 this]] play on the very first stage.

** Look around the Cock and Plucker during the finale. The same bar that, in the opening and as the games main menu, was humming with life, packed full of good friends and good times. It's now barren, save for Conker and the bartender. All of his friends are gone, with only the mournful king to remember any of them. Just one more thing he took for granted that this one bad day stole from him forever.
* Franky the Pitchfork's suicide attempt is played for laughs, but still an example nonetheless. He fails to defeat Conker, and his 'friends' harshly tell him to kill himself, which he is disturbingly quick to agree to do. Then, upon his failed attempt, they laugh at him and call him a stupid bastard because he tried to hang himself despite lacking a neck. With friends like those, is it any wonder he was so quick to latch onto Conker as a new friend?

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[VideoGame/LiveALive Alone, victorious.]] [[DownerEnding Thus ends his tale.]]'']]

** Look around the Cock and Plucker during the finale. The same bar that, in the opening and as the games main menu, was humming with life, packed full of good friends and good times. It's now barren, save for Conker. All of his friends are gone, with only the mournful king to remember any of them. Just one more thing he took for granted that this one bad day stole from him forever.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVJ2nfM2I4 This is the song that plays during the ending]]. Keep in mind this plays in the same game that has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWh7crjCWlM this]] play on the very first stage.

-->'''Conker''': So there I am. King. King of all the land. And who'd have thought that? Not me. I guess you know who these guys are now. I certainly do. I didn’t want to know them. And, yep, I may be king and have all the money in the world, and all the land, and all that stuff, but, you know, [[LonelyAtTheTop I don't really]] [[MoneyIsNotPower think I want it]]. I just wanna go home, with Berri, and... I don't know... have a bottle of beer. Hmm. ''(sighs)'' [[DespairEventHorizon It's not gonna happen.]] It's true what they say: the grass is always greener, [[TheLostLenore and you don't really know what it is you have until it's gone. Gone. Gone....]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[LonelyAtTheTop Alone, victorious. Thus ends his tale.]]'']]

->''You wait for the punch line and there isn't one....''

[[caption-width-right:350:"I don't wanna talk about it."]]

** Conker's alcoholism provides a sad parallel to how his story goes. Anyone who's known someone like him can tell you that eventually alcoholics start just seeming really sad, even pathetic if it gets bad enough. Conker's story starts out lighthearted and goofy, if darkly so, but as it marches on the comedy aspects start falling by the wayside and eventually we're left with Conker, shell-shocked from witnessing firsthand the horrors of war against the Tediz, in mourning over the death of his beloved girlfriend Berri, and wracked with guilt over blowing his one and only chance to bring her BackFromTheDead.

-->'''Sergeant:''' [[WarIsHell All these fine young men, sent off to do the dying.]] While those bigwigs, those pen pushers, those guys who never ever see a single bullet whizz past their heads... We want to get them down here, those so-called generals in their big, fancy houses twenty miles behind enemy lines. Who are they to tell us? Who are they indeed?

-->'''Conker''': So there I am. King. King of all the land. And who'd have thought that? Not me. I guess you know who these guys are now. I certainly do. I didn’t want to know them. And, yep, I may be king and have all the money in the world, and all the land, and all that stuff, but, you know, [[LonelyAtTheTop I don't really]] [[MoneyIsNotPower think I want it]]. I just wanna go home, with Berri, and... I don't know... have a bottle of beer. Hmm. ''(sighs)'' [[DespairEventHorizon It's not gonna happen.]] It's true what they say: the grass is always greener, and you don't really know what it is you have until it's gone. Gone. Gone....
** Conker's alcoholism provides a sad parallel to how his story goes. Anyone who's known someone like him can tell you that eventually alcoholics start just seeming really sad, even pathetic if it gets bad enough. Conker's story starts out lighthearted and goofy, if darkly so, but as it marches on the comedy aspects start falling by the wayside and eventually we're left with Conker, shell-shocked from witnessing firsthand the horrors of war against the Tediz, in mourning over the death of his beloved girlfriend Berri, and wracked with guilt over blowing his one and only chance to bring her back.

-->'''Conker''': So there I am. King. King of all the land. And who'd have thought that? Not me. I guess you know who these guys are now. I certainly do. I don’t want to know them. And, yep, I may be king and have all the money in the world, and all the land, and all that stuff, but, you know, I don't really think I want it. I just wanna go home, with Berri, and... I don't know... have a bottle of beer. Hmm. ''(sighs)'' It's not gonna happen. It's true what they say: the grass is always greener, and you don't really know what it is you have until it's gone. Gone. Gone....

-->'''Conker''': "So there I am. King. King of all the land. And who'd have thought that? Not me. I guess you know who these guys are now. I certainly do. I don’t want to know them. And, yep, I may be king and have all the money in the world, and all the land, and all that stuff, but, you know, I don't really think I want it. I just wanna go home, with Berri, and... I don't know... have a bottle of beer. Hmm. *sighs* It's not gonna happen. It's true what they say: the grass is always greener, and you don't really know what it is you have until it's gone. Gone. Gone...."

--> '''Sergeant:''' "[[WarIsHell All these fine young men, sent off to do the dying.]] While those bigwigs, those pen pushers, those guys who never ever see a single bullet whizz past their heads... We want to get them down here, those so-called generals in their big, fancy houses twenty miles behind enemy lines. Who are they to tell us? Who are they indeed?"

* Franky the Pitchfork's suicide attempt is played for laughs, but still an example nonetheless. He fails to defeat Conker, and his 'friends' harshly tell him to kill himself, which he is disturbingly quick to agree to do. Then, upon his failed attempt, they laugh at him and call him a stupid bastard because he tried to hang himself despite lacking a neck. With friends like those, is it any wonder he was so quick to latch onto Conker as a new friend?

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