History TearJerker / FraggleRock

* "Gone, but not Forgotten": Wembley befriends a Mudbunny named Mudwell, but finds out his new friend has a very short life span.

* The scene from "Scared Silly" where Wembley is wracked with guilt because he's convinced he made Boober so scared that he blew up. Though we know that Boober's okay, it's hard not to feel sorry for Wembley when he's alone in Boober's room, sobbing into a pile of laundry, wishing that he had never tried to get back at Boober for scaring him.

* In "Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe," Mokey realizes she's forgotten her promise to knit a new tarpaulin for the Trash Heap before the first snowfall. She rushes to see her, only to find her frozen. Philo and Gunge blaming themselves for not being able to have found a new tarpaulin for her only increases Mokey's guilt (though they quickly change their tune after realizing Mokey was the one who promised to make her a new one and forgot). Just try to listen to Philo, Gunge, and Mokey sing "[[TitleDrop Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe]]" without tearing up.

** After this, Mokey running off in tears, after catching her friends bad-mouthing her poetry, just as she enters from behind them, about to introduce Rags.

* The scene from "Scared Silly" where Wembley is wracked with guilt because he's convinced he made Boober so scared that he blew up. It's hard not to feel sorry for him when he's alone in Boober's room, sobbing into a pile of laundry, wishing that he had never tried to get back at Boober for scaring him.

* "Wembley and the Great Race" includes a scene, after Wembley wins against Gobo for the second time, when Wembley accepts his prize sadly, convinced that in winning the race he's lost his best friend. Gobo then apologizes for having been so petty earlier and assures Wembley they're still friends.

** Let's face it, any time Red has a sad song is heartbreaking, especially given her personality. That includes [[Series/FraggleRockBackToTheRock the reboot]], where ''she'' gets to sing "Once Upon a Time (I Knew My Name)" - a song that was originally Gobo's - after injuring herself again.

-->'''Uncle Matt:''' He beats me and bites me-
-->'''Gobo:''' -He just wants to fight me-
-->'''Uncle Matt:''' -Sneering and jeering-
-->'''Gobo:''' -He keeps interfering-
-->'''Uncle Matt:''' He yells—

* If "The River of Life" doesn't make you sniffle at least once, you have no heart. Boober stands at the hole to Outer Space, begging the Silly Creatures to stop poisoning the caves, asking if the Fraggles or Gorgs have done anything to upset them. What Boober doesn't know is that Doc and Sprocket are out at the moment, and he's speaking to an empty, uncaring room - ''except for us.''

** Let's face it, any time Red has a sad song is heartbreaking, especially given her personality.

** Gobo's story about losing his pet Thimblebug is also particularly poignant when one remembers that Nelson was still mourning the passing of his daughter Christine, whom he'd lost to cystic fibrosis a few years earlier.

!!Meta
* Outside of the series, one line uttered in an interview that Gerry Parkes gave after the series ended: "I miss my Sprocket."
* Pretty much '''everything''' about this show, now that Gerry Parkes (Doc) has passed away. The last two episodes, "The Honk of Honks" and "Change of Address", might be the worst, since both episodes featured Gobo ''finally'' meeting Doc after five seasons[[note]]technically four, but the last season was split into two smaller seasons due to ExecutiveMeddling[[/note]]. Keep in mind that Gobo's puppeteer Jerry Nelson (also the voice of Pa Gorg, The Trash Heap and [[ManOfAThousandVoices many others]]) had passed away two years earlier, in 2012; to see their characters onscreen together is almost too much to bear.
** The aforementioned "I miss my Sprocket" line becomes more poignant as well.
** [[http://www.toughpigs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rip-parkes.jpg This tribute]].
* In the children's book ''Wembley and the Soggy Map'', Wembley accidentally spills a radish shake all over a map on which Gobo had been working very hard, and his attempts to fix the map—including trying to wash it in Boober's laundry tub—only make things worse. He's so convinced Gobo will hate him for destroying his map that he decides to move away, and in one particularly poignant moment looks tearfully at a painting Mokey did of him and Gobo together, thinking his friendship with Gobo is over. Gobo's not thrilled about his map being ruined, but assures Wembley they're still friends.
* "[[https://vimeo.com/139422651 The Fraggles Look For Jobs]]" is a video made by the puppeteers after the series finished production in 1986, and it was shown at the wrap party.[[note]]Most of the jokes are {{In Joke}}s and name drops of crew members.[[/note]] While it's mostly funny, the very end of the video, where the Fraggles sing about how they'll meet again someday, is gorgeous as well as gutwrenchingly depressing—topped off by someone giving Mokey a kiss at the very end.
** The puppeteers stepping out to reveal themselves as they performed the final song as the Fraggles was the show's equivalent of the "taking off the wigs" scene from the final episode of ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''.
** The fact that the show wrapped ''exactly'' four years before Jim died has some rather eerie parallels.
* The final credit from the final episode: "This show is for [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Sahlin Don Sahlin]]".
** Jim Henson and Jocelyn Stevenson recalled that they came up with the name "Doozers" ''at the same time'' while sitting on a bench that had been Don Sahlin's favorite, and chalked it up to Sahlin lending his expertise from beyond the grave.

* "The Great Radish Caper," when Junior, having found that Geraldine is missing, is wandering about in search of her while singing "What If a Friend," a song about true friends not deserting each other.

-->'''Wembley:''' I've had lots of happy moments with Mudwell... but I--I don't feel like part of him is still alive... because I'm not used to all of him being gone.

--> ''[Red begins sobbing.]''

''[She tearfully begins to sing a reprise of "The Joy."]''

* "[[https://vimeo.com/139422651 The Fraggles Look For Jobs]]" is a video made by the puppeteers after the series finished production in 1986, and it was shown at the wrap party.[[note]]Most of the jokes are {{In Joke}}s and name drops of crew members.[[/note]] While it's mostly funny, the very end of the video, where the Fraggles sing about how they'll meet again someday, is gorgeous as well as gutwrenchingly depressing - topped off by someone giving Mokey a kiss at the very end.

* In the children's book ''Wembley and the Soggy Map'', Wembley accidentally spills a radish shake all over a map on which Gobo had been working very hard, and his attempts to fix the map - including trying to wash it in Boober's laundry tub - only make things worse. He's so convinced Gobo will hate him for destroying his map that he decides to move away, and in one particularly poignant moment looks tearfully at a painting Mokey did of him and Gobo together, thinking his friendship with Gobo is over. Gobo's not thrilled about his map being ruined, but assures Wembley they're still friends.

-->'''Mokey:''' ''[holding Agnes' cocoon]'' No Fraggle has ever made it to the top of Chimney Hole Cavern... and I don't think they'll ever move that rockslide. Oh, Agnes, it doesn't look good. I'm so sorry, my little friend. I only meant to save you. I just didn't know.\\

--> [''Boober nods sadly.'']

--> [''Red begins sobbing.'']

-->'''Red:''' No, no, it wasn't her. [''tearfully''] She's my best friend.

--->'''Mokey''' [''sniffling'']: They don't even like my poetry. Even Gobo. Oh, how dare they call my "White Birds and Death" poem boring! Well... it ''has'' to be long, to give the birds time to migrate.

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** "Just a Dream Away" has lyrics that are particularly profound: ''Once I wasn't here, and then I suddenly appeared... just like water flowing, I know where I'm going... you got to leave, to stay.'' Richard Hunt's death does not help matters.