History TearJerker / Madeline

** The special makes it worse, because before getting appendicitis, she feels tired and sits dolefully on the bench instead of skating. She even loses her appetite, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome one of the more realistic symptoms of appendicitis]]. Also, when she's in hospital, the other girls go through a HeroicBSOD to the point where they can barely do anything.

* Miss Clavel's BigNO when Madeline falls into the River Seine. Doubles as NightmareFuel if you freeze the movie at the right moment.

* The girls fearing for Madeline's safety after she and Pepito are kidnapped. Vicky, who has been nothing but a bully to Madeline all through the movie, is crying her eyes out and declaring how much she misses Madeline.

-->'''Girls''': We love our bread. We love our butter. But most of all, we love GENEVIEVE! (''all sobbing'')

->'''Madeline''': ''Have you seen our dog? Have you seen our dog?\\

** Madeline's final farewell with her friends and Miss Clavel, as it culminates with [[EverybodyCries her and the girls crying]]. And the saddest part comes when Pepito comes with his present for Madeline, only for Miss Clavel and the other girls to tell him with heavy hearts that she's already left. Granted, his present may have been a [[MakesSenseInContext fake shrunken head]], but he's certainly devastated that he's seemingly [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye lost his chance to say goodbye]] and potentially tell her how he really feels about her.

* The fact that Pepito's final voice actor, James Street, died in a skateboarding accident in 2007. He was only 13 years old.

** The special makes it worse, because before getting appendicitis, she feels tired and sits dolefully on the bench instead of skating. Also, when she's in hospital, the other girls go through a HeroicBSOD to the point where they can barely do anything.

* The girls crying in bed when they're too sick to go home for the holidays in ''Madeline's Christmas.'' Thankfully, they get cured with magic porridge and their families end up coming to spend Christmas at the school with them, but still, they're sad when they think the holiday is ruined.

** Madeline's final farewell with her friends and Miss Clavel, as it culminates with [[EverybodyCries her and the girls crying]]. And the saddest part comes when Pepito comes with his present for Madeline, only for Miss Clavel and the other girls to tell him with heavy hearts that she's already left. True, his present may have been a [[MakesSenseInContext fake shrunken head]], but he's certainly devastated that he's seemingly [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye lost his chance to tell her good-bye]].

** Also, the fate of the other girls working at the lace shop. Not long ago, they were orphaned without families or close relatives to turn to. The BigBad of the movie promised [[BlatantLies they would be well-cared for]]. Instead, they're abused and essentially enslaved by their bitter guardian. It's like [[{{Foil}} the flipside of Madeline and her life with Miss Clavel.]]
* The very first book and special, where Madeline wakes up crying in pain because of [[RupturedAppendix her appendix]]. It's every bit as upsetting as it is frightening to see a small child brought to tears as she is being rushed to the hospital. [[EverybodyCries All her friends cry too]] as the doctor takes her away.

** The ballet teacher rejecting Madeline and ''no one else'' from his production of ''The Happy Swan'' because she's too short and can't pull off the leap correctly. Thankfully, prima ballerina Tatiana gives her a hand.
** Madeline hiding and crying uncontrollably after her failed attempt to dance in toe shoes causes a chain of accidents that ruin the dress rehearsal. Thankfully, once again Tatiana comes to her aid.

** Madeline's final farewell with her friends and Miss Clavel, as it culminates with [[EveryoneCries her and the girls crying]]. And the saddest part comes when Pepito comes with his present for Madeline, only for Miss Clavel and the other girls to tell him with heavy hearts that she's already left. True, his present may have been a [[MakesSenseInContext fake shrunken head]], but he's certainly devastated that he's seemingly [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye lost his chance to tell her good-bye]].

You bet this show was real darn sad if this page had so many sad moments. If people find more sad moments, we might have to split this page up!

''Oh, Genevieve, where can you be?\\
''Genevieve, come back to me!\\

* Another CINAR-era song, "Home, Home, I Want to Go Home" from ''Madeline and the Gypsies'', especially the soundtrack version on the "Madeline's Favorite Songs" CD. Even the animals listening nearby are crying.

* The fact that Pepito's final voice actor, James Street, died in a crash in 2007. He was only 13.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Genevieve, come home...]]]]

** It gets even worse if we take all the animated stories as part of the same canon, including the CINAR specials. In the first special, based on the first book, her hospital room is filled with gifts from her Papa, and both parents appear alive and well in ''Madeline's Christmas.'' Since the girls [[NotAllowedToGrowUp don't look any older]] in ''Lost In Paris,'' her parents' deaths must have been fairly recent.

* The girls crying in ''Madeline and the Singing Dog'' when they think Genevieve is happy as a singing star and better off without them, and Genevieve herself crying and whimpering because she misses the girls after her fans all leave. Really, any time the girls are separated from Genevieve is a TearJerker.

* In ''Madeline and the Toy Factory,'' Madeline is accidentally packaged in a doll's box and sent to a toy store, where she's bought as a present for a crippled, sickly LonelyRichKid named Giselle. For fun she pretends to be a remarkable doll who can walk and dance, and Giselle adores her, but a few hours later Miss Clavel arrives and the truth is revealed. It's a sad sight as Giselle cries when her precious new "toy," which she had started to view as her only friend, is taken away. The next morning she's [[ForgetsToEat too depressed to eat breakfast]], as is Madeline in her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilt]] for having tricked her.