History TearJerker / KirbyRightBackAtYa

** The Japanese version makes it even sadder with Kirby playing while [[SimpleScoreOfSadness a tear-jerkingly beautiful music-box melody]] plays, and a poignant classic film shout-out courtesy of King Dedede as he goes to join him.

* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job'' (''[[spoiler: Goodbye, Snowman Chilly!]]'' in Japan). It was implied that [[spoiler: Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking into the sea after he melts completely]]]].

* A rare one from King Dedede in the second episode. After Blocky falls into the sea and sinks, either [[SuperDrowningSkills drowning]] or [[AndIMustScream being trapped under the sea, still alive, until it erodes away]], Dedede is genuinely devastated after Kirby resurfaces without the monster. It shows that, unlike most of the others he ordered, he grew attached to Blocky throughout the episode.

-->'''(ENG) King Dedede [[OcularGushers (Crying his eyes out)]]''': I'm gonna miss my little blocky!

** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler: Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends being overjoyed at seeing him, before raising his sword and summoning a swarm of demon beasts.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: kills him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]

** This also leads to one of Dedede's most [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold humanising]] moments -- when he decides that before he perishes, he wants to make at least one person happy. As such, he destroys his own statue to build a playground for the children of Cappy Town as he originally promised. Once he's finished, he immediately goes to Kirby's house and takes him there -- as Kirby plays joyfully ([[WhileRomeBurns Blissfully unaware of what's to come]], which makes it even worse), Dedede finally accepts his fate. With that, he quietly joins Kirby on the swings and sings sadly to himself, crying TearsOfJoy at having finally succeeded in what he set out to do;

** The Japanese version makes it even sadder with Kirby playing while [[SimpleScoreOfSadness a tear-jerkingly beautiful music-box melody]] plays, and a poignant film shout-out courtesy of King Dedede as he goes to join him.

* ''Kirby Takes The Cake'', anybody? Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries -- yes, ''cries'', tears and all, as seen in the page image -- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].

* Episode 37 (''Watermelon Felon'') wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Pupu Village/Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu/Tiff sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].

* When Mable predicts the planet's destruction via collision with a giant meteor in ''Prediction Predicament'' (Part Two). At the meteor gets closer and closer, everyone resigns to their fates, and decide to all come together at Dedede's castle. There, they begin confessing and apologising amongst one another for past grievances and for anything they did wrong to each other. Doubles as a HeartwarmingMoment.

* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after taking a powerful fire blast from a Galbo [[HeroicSacrifice to protect him]]. It becomes even more so after [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo's apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[RageBreakingPoint completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge it. Doubles as a MomentOfAwesome.

* Watching [[spoiler: the whole town and Castle Dedede]] being absolutely '''totalled''' by [[MechanicalAbomination the Destroyer]] in ''Cappy Town Down.'' Especially sad is seeing [[spoiler:the tree at the centre of Cappy Town -- which had always been untouched by Dedede's schemes and the monster attacks -- reduced to a smouldering wreck. And then the entire town briefly turns on Kirby because they blame him for being Destroyer's target.]]

* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler: the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after taking a powerful fire blast from a Galbo [[HeroicSacrifice to protect him]]. It's made even more so after [[spoiler: its apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[BerserkButton completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge it. Doubles as a MomentOfAwesome.
** Sure, it turns out [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath the baby Galbo was OK in the end]] due to having a fireproof skin that it could molt off after some time]], but the fact that Kirby was essentially [[spoiler:its surrogate father]] made it one of the few times he was [[PapaWolf utterly focussed on destroying a monster for what they did to it]].

** The music used in the original Japanese version? A somber version of Friends and the Sunset from the Revenge of Meta Knight.

** The Japanese version makes it even sadder with Kirby playing while [[SimpleScoreOfSadness a tear-jerkingly beautiful music-box melody]] plays, and a poignant Japanese film shout-out courtesy of King Dedede.

** This also leads to one of Dedede's most [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold humanising]] moments- when he decides that before he perishes, he wants to make at least one person happy. As such, he destroys his own statue to build a playground for the children of Cappy Town as he originally promised. Once he's finished, he immediately goes to Kirby's house and takes him there -- as Kirby plays joyfully ([[WhileRomeBurns Blissfully unaware of what's to come]], which makes it even worse), Dedede finally accepts his fate. With that, he quietly joins Kirby on the swings and sings sadly to himself, crying TearsOfJoy at having finally succeeded in what he set out to do-

** The Japanese version makes it even sadder with Kirby playing while [[SimpleScoreOfSadness a tear-jerkingly beautiful music-box melody]] plays, with a poignant film shout-out courtesy of King Dedede.

-->'''Dedede (JP):''' (''Quietly singing'') [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Ikiru Sing a song, fall in love, Dedede...]]

-->'''Escargoon (JP):''' You did it, Your Majesty! You made someone else happy for the first time in your life!

** This also leads to one of Dedede's most [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold humanising]] moments- when he decides that before he perishes, he wants to make at least one person happy. As such, he destroys his own statue to build a playground for the children of Cappy Town as he originally promised. Once he's finished, he immediately goes to Kirby's house and takes him there- as Kirby plays joyfully ([[WhileRomeBurns Blissfully unaware of what's to come]], which makes it even worse), Dedede finally accepts his fate. With that, he quietly joins Kirby on the swings and sings sadly to himself, crying TearsOfJoy at having finally succeeded in what he set out to do-

* Watching [[spoiler: the whole town and the castle]] being absolutely '''totalled''' by [[MechanicalAbomination the Destroyer]] in ''Cappy Town Down.'' Especially sad is seeing [[spoiler: the tree at the centre of Cappy Town, which had always been untouched by Dedede's schemes and the monster attacks, a smouldering wreck. And then the entire town briefly turns on Kirby because they blame him for being Destroyer's target.]]

* The entirety of ''Forgotten Escargon'' (''Escar-Gone'' in the dub). Escargoon has been possessed by a demon beast known as Boukyakou/Erasem. Whoever it possesses will be forgotten by everyone they know. Poor Escargoon has been looked upon as a stranger by everyone he knew, from King Dedede to the Waddle Dees to all the citizens of Cappy Town to even Meta Knight. The clincher is when he bumps into Kirby- who isn't the most fluent communicator in the world, to say the least- but his replies of "poyo" allow Escargoon (who was getting desperate by this point) to finally seek some comfort when it looked like Kirby knows who he is. By the time they bond at the beach, Escargoon sees Kirby as his kindred spirit.

* ''Kirby Takes The Cake'', anybody? Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries (Yes, ''cries'' -- tears and all, as seen in the page image.) -- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' had a few that come to mind, the first being ''Kirby's Pet Peeve'' when [[spoiler: Kirby's robotic dog- whom he had bonded with over the course of the episode- exploded]]. Even worse than that is when Kirby is sitting on the beach that night, looking almost as though he's unable to comprehend [[spoiler: its death. Then he sees it as a constellation, running away from him]].

* ''Kirby Takes The Cake'', anybody? Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries (Yes, CRIES- tears and all, as seen in the page image.)- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].
* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joe's Father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler: both died]]. Knuckle Joe's Father [[spoiler: is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a Demon Beast by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler: was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]]- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].

** Of course, if you have a cruel enough mind, it's possible that Kirby really had forgotten Escargoon, and is just being nice because that's just how he is- but [[PokemonSpeak still speaking the way he always does]]. Not helping are the implications that this whole ordeal is making Escargoon feel ''suicidal.''

-->''[Dedede begins to tear up and walks past Escargoon, joining Kirby on the swing next to him]''
-->'''Dedede:''' ''[Quietly singing]'' Swing away, swing away, save your cares for another day. Save 'em for another...day.
-->''[Escargoon sadly watches on as the Waddle Dees [[CryIntoChest begin to cry into each other]] [[TheVoiceless silently]].]''

[[caption-width-right:350:It took 51 episodes, but they finally got him to cry. Is this what you guys wanted, [[ItMakesSenseInContext or did you just want exploding watermelons to kill him?]]]]

* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joes' Father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler: both died]]. Knuckle Joe's Father [[spoiler: is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a Demon Beast by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler: was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]]- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].

* Episode 37 wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Pupu Village/Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu/Tiff sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare Co./Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without Holy Nightmare/NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to rely on their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare Co./Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without Holy Nightmare/NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to pay for their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare Co./Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he always refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without Holy Nightmare/NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to pay for their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

* Episode 37 wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu/Tiff sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare/Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he always refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]]. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to pay for their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare/Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he always refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company in any way, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]]. Dedede likes to brag that he can handle just fine without having to pay for their services, and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

* Episode 37 wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him, but things got really bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare/Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he always refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company in any way, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]]. Dedede likes to brag that he can handle just fine without having to pay the services of Nightmare/eNeMeE, and we clearly see here that he may not have to...[[spoiler:You know, until the newspapers come to town]].

* Episode 37 wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him, but things got really bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute desperately fighting back against the urge to cry]].

* Episode 37 wasn't liked by too many people, and there's a good reason. Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him in television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him, but things got really bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute desperately fighting back against the urge to cry]].