History TearJerker / FinalFantasyVII

*** Oh God YES! And on top of everything else mentioned here, somehow the description text for the Seraph Comb you receive after this, "Memento of father", makes me tear up every time I see it. And when the FridgeLogic sets in, and you realize that even though he's paralyzed in stone, Seto is [[AndIMustScream left alive like that forever]], never able to go home and be with his son... It was enough to make me want to role-play a scenario in which Aerith ([[SchalaLives who had either never died or was resurrected]]) unpetrified Seto, and he got to journey with Nanaki and fight by his side. Sadly, the RP never took off...
*** What gets this troper is when Nanaki starts referring to himself as "Nanaki, son of Seto!" He just says it with such ''pride''...
* Like with Aerith's death, the music here, the light piano reprise of the Cosmo Canyon theme, really helps drive it home.
* this moment holds a rather special place in this tropers Heart. i lost my father rather young, and after replaying the game, after watching this scene once more, realized what i had thought of my own father, and immediatly forgave him. if it were'nt for seto and nanaki, i might not have realized how much i loved my father. the tear from Seto's Eye might have been the thing that got me.

** This troper actually found this scene second only to [[spoiler:Cait Sith's prior HeroicSacrifice.]] I mean, it ended up being NotQuiteDead, but it was still so touching...
**** What always got this troper was when [[spoiler:the moogle tripped and Cait Sith fell on the floor, then turned to the camera and made that adorably cute shrug. "Even I can save the world!"]]
**** So this troper's not the only one? On my second play through the game I was pretty ambivalent about Aerith, but [[spoiler: at Cait Sith's scene I actually started crying, even knowing the circumstances.]] I blame the music [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfelCeKaaIE "Words Drowned by Fireworks']] and [[spoiler: the moment when he swings his arms cheerfully, then stops and slumps over for a second...]] Jeez, darn you, Square.

*** This troper insists on the opposite reaction being taken: keep playing to the end of the game and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge give that son of a bitch Sephiroth what's coming to him!]]

*** We're three now.

** This troper was also deeply affected when he chose to take Yuffie, of all people, into the City of the Ancients with him...and after Aerith dies, and the members of your party come forward to comfort Cloud...[[spoiler:the previously annoying, perky, selfish thief hugs him, then runs away crying.]] Made the scene afterward, when she basically bitch-slaps Cloud and tells him he's not going after Sephiroth alone because of course they're all coming along, all the sweeter. It was this moment that convinced him Yuffie actually had a heart after all.

* Was I the only one that cried when Cait Sith was telling Aerith that her and Cloud were perfect for each other? The way that Tifa ran out crying and Cloud didn't even do anything about it made me tear up.

* I can't believe Kadaj's death isn't here yet. This troper cries every time she sees that scene; first, Cloud catches Kadaj when he falls (still wonder the reasons for it, tho); second, Kadaj still calls Cloud "brother", and god, the way he does (and how Cloud is looking at him) starts to break me; third, and here's when I start to get teary eyes, Aerith comforting Kadaj (damn, Maaya Sakamoto did a good job), he thinks that it's his "mother"; and last but not least, when this troper is fully crying like a abandoned baby, Aerith telling Kadaj to go back together, and the last one, [[AlasPoorVillain smiling]] and [[TheWoobie crying]] of happyness. And of course, having NobuoUematsu as music director, with the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMOA]] (or sadness) "The [[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858611150/ Promised]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYh3uQpqXc Land]].

* I can't believe Kadaj's death isn't here yet. This troper cries every time she sees that scene; first, Cloud catches Kadaj when he falls (still wonder the reasons for it, tho); second, Kadaj still calls Cloud "brother", and god, the way he does (and how Cloud is looking at him) starts to break me; third, and here's when I start to get teary eyes, Aerith comforting Kadaj (damn, Maaya Sakamoto did a good job), he thinks that it's his "mother"; and last but not least, when this troper is fully crying like a abandoned baby, Aerith telling Kadaj to go back together, and the last one, [[AlasPoorVillain smiling]] and [[TheWoobie crying]] of happyness. And of course, having NobuoUematsu as music director, with the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMOA]] (or sadness) "The [[Promised http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858611150/]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYh3uQpqXc Land]].

* I can't believe Kadaj's death isn't here yet. This troper cries every time she sees that scene; first, Cloud catches Kadaj when he falls (still wonder the reasons for it, tho); second, Kadaj still calls Cloud "brother", and god, the way he does (and how Cloud is looking at him) starts to break me; third, and here's when I start to get teary eyes, Aerith comforting Kadaj (damn, Maaya Sakamoto did a good job), he thinks that it's his "mother"; and last but not least, when this troper is fully crying like a abandoned baby, Aerith telling Kadaj to go back together, and the last one, [[AlasPoorVillain smiling]] and [[TheWoobie crying]] of happyness.

*** Orchestrated, oh, the water works flow. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3gMMQqMVnQ&feature=related If you click this, get some tissues ready.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Aerith''': Let's go back together.]]

Starting with the "iconic scene" [[ItWasHisSled on the right]], ''FinalFantasyVII'' may very well be the embodiment of ItGotWorse when it comes to {{Tear Jerker}}s in video games. You'd better equip tissues instead of swords, really.

** The fact that in the boss battle right after that scene, Jenova's music is replaced by Aerith' sad, slow theme is what got this troper. Screw knowing from the instant you picked up the controller that this scene was coming - hearing that tune after what just happened ripped my heart out.

** This troper feels like an ass hole for not feeling much after Aerith died, but felt like collapsing with Tifa after she finds Cloud in his unresponsive state because it felt similar to someone being in a coma and you know they are there and alive but you can't do anything for them. Just having to imagine someone you grew up with your whole life and shared lots of happy moments together is now effectively brain dead makes me want to keep some of my own friends even closer.

* Barrett's complete breakdown after the sector seven plate collapses and crushes everything under it should receive a small mention especially since Biggs, Wedge and Jessie got killed in that situation. Also Dyne's speech just before his death.

** While the whole FMV of Aerith's death of course made this troper cry, it was specifically the shot of her sinking slowly into the water and disappearing from view that turned on the major waterworks. Who cares that it's WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic? That only adds to the sorrow.

* If you already knew about Zack/ were playing the game through again, meeting Zack's parents in Gongaga. They wonder why Zack hasn't written to them, not knowing that he's dead.

** Cloud screaming in despair when the ''first thing he sees'' after breaking out of his catatonia is his first real friend dying. Crisis Core's ending is depressing as hell.

* [[DirgeofCerberus Dirge]] was full of this. To name a few:

--> [[spoiler: Nero: Let us become one. Let us come together, so that no one may ever tear us apart.]]

Starting with the "iconic (according to TheOtherWiki) scene" [[ItWasHisSled on the right]], ''FinalFantasyVII'' may very well be the embodiment of ItGotWorse when it comes to {{Tear Jerker}}s in Video Games. You'd better equip tissues instead of swords, really.

*** [[UnitOmega This Troper]] equipped Cloud with a Water Ring before-hand, so even when the rest of the party had been KO'd, Cloud kept fighting. It seemed very appropriate.

*** [[AckSed This Troper]] too. Not to mention the precise timing of the start of the theme in the cutscene. Way to push the knife in.

* Why is it no one has mentioned Cloud's breakdown at the Northern Crater? After being tormented and mind-screwed by Sephiroth since the start of the game, Cloud still turns to Tifa and sadly tells her "I hope you find the real Cloud". Made worse by the fact that Tifa, the only one who could snap him out of it, had been rendered mute by Sephiroth for the moment. ThisTroper cried more at his sad, ashamed resignation than at Aerith' death. The later revelations in Mideel have convinced ThisTroper that Sephiroth's actions throughout the first disk were nothing more than a convoluted revenge plan to emotionally crush the puny, unknown kid who managed to defeat him when not even SOLDIERs could.

** Ditto, this Tropper always uses Yuffie, his personal fav. in all the battles, and this scene specifically. it seems the most heartfelt and touching reaction, second only to Clouds. it feels like she lost a big sister, or even a mother-figure. i was already crying and almost berserk in the battle, but seeing her hug cloud brought all the tears back, all the way to the save point, and well after i turned the game off for the night.

Starting with the "iconic (according to Wikipedia) scene" [[ItWasHisSled seen on the right]], FinalFantasyVII may very well be the embodiment of [[ItGotWorse ItGotWorse]] when it comes to {{Tear Jerker}}s in Video Games. You'd better equip tissues instead of swords, really.