History TearJerker / FatalFrame

* Some of the ghosts, despite being freaking ''terrifying'', can still make you tear up. Take Chitose Tachibana from the second game, who is alone, terrified, and spends all her time crying and hiding. That was the only ghost this troper felt bad about exorcizing, especially since you have to repeatedly hunt her down. Or take the Kiryu twins (yes, those creepy "Why do you kill?" twins), who were forced to undergo the Crimson Sacrifice at around age ''five'', and Akane Kiryu, the survivor, going into total depression aftwerwards, eventually having her soul stolen by a life-size doll of her sister that her father made to comfort her.

* In this troper's first playthrough of Fatal Frame, she noticed in the Second Night: Demon Tag a letter the third child left before [[spoiler:his death via the hands of the Long Arm Man]]. It's the statement of him waiting for his friend to find him and having a crush on her, and the fact that waiting [[spoiler:caused his death]] that brought this troper to shed a tear.

** Miu desperately searching for her mother [[spoiler: [[DeadAllAlong who is already dead]], dying shortly after leaving her when she was only three.]] Then it seems like she finds her alive and everything will be okay, but then her mother disappears again and she has to go out and rescue her:

*** In Miu's good ending: [[spoiler: Her mother stays with her, but considering she's actually dead, it is unknown how long she'll be able to remain with her daughter.]]

*** In Miu's bad ending: [[spoiler: Her mother vanishes immeadiately after the curse is lifted, leaving Miu crying all alone.]]
*** In Miu's good ending: [[spoiler: Her mother stays with her, but considering she is still dead it is unknown how long she will remain with her daughter.]]

*** And the best part? [[spoiler: Her mother is none other than Miku Hinasaki! Fatal Frame has no happy endings for anyone...]]

** The fifth game reveals that Miku was so unable to get over the loss of her brother that [[spoiler: she goes through a ritual to spiritually ''marry'' him. It's also strongly implied that Mafuyu is the ghostly father of Miku's half-ghost daughter Miu.]]

** [[spoiler: [[TogetherInDeath The final shot of the twins, who have become spirits like the other villagers of Minakami Village]].]]

* The song of ''The Tormented'', "Koe" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_EWumK_ebI Link]] with lyrical translation). Even sadder when you understand the lyrics [[spoiler: strongly imply it's being sung from Reika's perspective]].

** [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath The final shot of the twins, who have become spirits like the other villagers of Minakami Village.]]

** [[spoiler: [[TogetherInDeath The final shot of the twins, who have become spirits like the other villagers of Minakami Village.]]

** [[spoiler: [[TogetherInDeath The final shot of the unmoving twins, holding hands. *sniffle*]]]]
*** [[spoiler: Besides from the fact that they were visibly breathing.]]

* When you think about it, Kei's life is pretty heartwrenching with what he went through and how lonely he must be. [[spoiler:His close friend Yuu is dead (to which Rei was too depressed to inform Kei of), both his friend Mafuyu and his niece Mayu were spirited away, and his other nice Mio is affected by the Tattoo Curse. Indigo, the color of his tattoo, is the ink that represents taking on the grief of others. While he is not the one who mourns for them directly, he is still affected by their death. What drives it in is him crying in his sleep for his friends and family not to leave him behind.]]

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Fatal Frame has plenty of sad moments in between all of the HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

* Despite having been terrorized by her for the last three nights or so, the flashback near the first game's climax where you see [[spoiler:[[VirginSacrifice Kirie]]]] being dragged by her implacable guardians to her gruesome fate will rend your heart. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel As well as terrify the living daylights out you]].

* In the second game when you go to Itsuki, the only person in the village who doesn't want to kill/mame you, for help, [[spoiler:and his window is closed. So then you finally go into the locked building...and see his lifeless body hanging from a noose in a vision. What's worse, if you then check the window from the inside, it says that it is rusted shut and hasn't been used in a very long time.]]

* ''Fatal Frame III'' makes it worse by making it canon that [[spoiler:neither Miku nor Mio ever really recovered properly from their loss, and if they ever came close, then the sight of Mafuyu and Mayu respectively must have thrown them into an enormous state of guilt and depression, so much so that they were perfectly willing to accept their fate. Especially Mio]].
* In the second game there's nothing more heartbreaking than realising that [[spoiler:''you'' are the one who is supposed to kill your sister]] and then watching Mio, realising ''what she just did'', [[spoiler:run after Mayu's butterfly/spirit begging to not be left behind]].

* The BigBad's story in ''Fatal Frame III'' is one hell of a contender, never mind the actual ''ending'' of the game, which is more of a BittersweetEnding. After longing to see [[spoiler:Kaname for the last time, even to the point of having hallucinations, she finally has the chance to do so when he comes to the Chamber of Thorns to take her away with him to live happily ever after. She looks up... she smiles... then watches in horror and the inability to do anything as he is murdered right in front of her eyes by Yashuu, and is forced to spend her eternity of sleep staring into the cold dead eyes of her lover until Rei comes along.]] Damn, Fatal Frame. Damn.

* In the second game when you go to Itsuki, the only person in the village who doesn't want to kill/mame you, for help, [[spoiler:and his window is closed. So then you finally go into the locked building...and see his lifeless body hanging from a noose in a vision! What's worse, if you then check the window from the inside, it says that it is rusted shut and hasn't been used in a very long time.]]

* Some of the ghosts, despite being freaking ''terrifying'', can still make you tear up. Take Chitose Tachibana, who is alone, terrified, and who spends all her time running away from you and hiding, or sobbing in terror as you fight her. That was the only ghost this troper felt bad about exorcizing, especially since you have to repeatedly hunt her down. Or take the Kiryu twins (yes, those creepy "Why do you kill?" twins), who were forced to undergo the Crimson Sacrifice at around age ''five'', and Akane Kiryu, the survivor, going into total depression aftwerwards, eventually having her soul stolen by a life-size doll of her sister that her father made to comfort her. Oh, and she killed her father on the doll's orders, because she thought her father was trying to kill her sister again (actually he'd learned that the doll was possessed and was trying to save Akane).
* Misaki finally remembers [[spoiler:Sakuya]], and begins weeping while embracing [[spoiler:the doll that came to represent them both. Sakuya]] slowly steps forward and embraces Misaki, who is weeping inconsolably... [[spoiler:and then Misaki collapses.]]

* The [[DownerEnding sad endings]].
* That might have been so for the first game, but the second and third games just make you terribly sad and depressed. ''Fatal Frame III'' makes it worse by making it canon that [[spoiler:neither Miku nor Mio ever really recovered properly from their loss, and if they ever came close, then the sight of Mafuyu and Mayu respectively must have thrown them into an enormous state of guilt and depression, so much so that they were perfectly willing to accept their fate. Especially Mio]].

* The [[DownerEnding sad endings]], to the point that they feel like {{DarthWiki/WallBanger}}s.

* The [[DownerEnding sad endings]], to the point that they feel like WallBangers.