History TearJerker / LifeOfPi

* The death of Irrfan Khan (who played the adult version of Pi) in 2020.

--> '''Pi:''' ''(sobbing)'' "I am sorry. I AM SORRY! Thank you Lord Vishnu for coming in the form of a fish!"

* There's also the part in the movie where Pi makes up the second version of the story for the insurance people. He just looks so tired and broken from his journey. The entire time he tells the story, he stares straight ahead into space, talking with no emotion, as tears run down his face.

* Pi crying as \he's being taken to civilization after washing up on shore, because Richard Parker left before he could say thank you and goodbye.

** For context, this version had no animals in it, since that's what the insurance people wanted. Instead, Pi describes how his mother floated on bananas, the Buddhist sailor (who gets a cameo in the film) fell and broke his leg, and the French chef had claimed his spot. The chef makes Pi an accomplice by eating their rations, and lies to him and his mother that they'll only cut off the sailor's broken leg to save him. When the chef reveals his true intentions, to use it as bait, Pi's mother says God is not here for them and it scares him. On a day where Pi couldn't hold onto a turtle, his mother made him go on the tiny raft, and the chef beheaded her. He tossed her head to Pi, who let it sink into the current. When Pi returned to the boat, the French Chef didn't put up a fight when Pi picked up a knife, stabbed him in the heart, and fed on his body.

* Pi crying as [[spoiler:he's being taken to civilization after washing up on shore, because Richard Parker left before he could say thank you and goodbye]].
* The look of sheer despair on Pi's face when Orange Juice is killed by the hyena, followed by him glaring furiously at the monster.
* The look of despair on Pi's face when the boat sinks is truly heartbreaking, especially knowing that his family and everything else he loved was on the boat.
* Let's not forget Pi losing his entire family when the severe storm sinks their ship, leaving him as the only survivor (and whether you believe the story that you see or the alternative one that he makes up, this is still the result either way). Sure, it's kind of a ForegoneConclusion, but it doesn't make it any less heartbreaking. They had a much less significant part in the book, but in the movie, you very well ''do'' get the chance to become emotionally attached to them, making Pi's loss much more heavily felt.
** Really, the fate of everybody save Pi and Richard Parker from the boat. Or the [[{{Jerkass}} racist Cook]] [[AssholeVictim who nobody liked]].
* During Pi's hallucination, we get [[http://www.artofvfx.com/LOP/LOP_BUF_VFX_01.jpg this haunting image of various animals swimming helplessly in the deep ocean]], [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNPdC4lnqW8/UmaK4MN-ckI/AAAAAAAAU6s/nTHdzL2rt-c/s640/pi_280.jpg as well as an image of a lotus flower turning into Pi's mother]].

* When the ever optimistic and resourceful Pi finally loses hope.

* There's also the part in the movie where Pi makes up the second version of the story, for the insurance people. He just looks so tired and broken. The entire time he tells the story, he stares straight ahead into space, talking with no emotion, as tears run down his face.

** Really, the fate of everybody save Pi and Richard Parker from the boat. Or the [[{{Jerkass}} racist Cook]] who nobody liked.
* During Pi's hallucination, we get [[http://www.artofvfx.com/LOP/LOP_BUF_VFX_01.jpg this.]]

** Really, the fate of everybody save Pi and Richard Parker from the boat.

--> [[WhamLine We're dying, Richard Parker...]]

* Let's not forget Pi losing his entire family when the severe storm sinks their ship, leaving him as the only survivor (and whether you believe the story that you see or the alternative one that he makes up, this is still the result either way). Sure, it's kind of a ForegoneConclusion, but it doesn't make it any less heartbreaking, especially in the movie since we actually get to know Pi's family for a good while before the tragedy. They had a much less significant part in the book and you barely got to know them, but in the movie, you very well ''do'' get the chance to become emotionally attached to them, making Pi's loss much more heavily felt.
** Really, the fate of everybody save Pi and Richard Parker from the boat.

* The look of despair on Pi's face when the boat sinks is truly heartbreaking, especially knowing that his family and everything he loved was on the boat.

* The look of despair on Pi's face when the boat sinks is truly heartbreaking.

* Let's not forget Pi losing his entire family when the severe storm sinks their ship, leaving him as the only survivor (and whether you believe the story that you see or the alternative one that he makes up, this is still the result either way). Sure, it's kind of a ForegoneConclusion, but it doesn't make it any less heartbreaking, especially in the movie since we actually get to know Pi's family for a good while before the tragedy. They had a much less significant part in the book and you barely got to know them, but in the movie, you very well ''do'' get the chance to become emotionally attached to them, making Pi's loss much more heavily felt.

* Pi crying as [[spoiler:he's being taken to civilization after washing up on shore, because Richard Parker left before he could say thank you and goodbye]].