History TearJerker / MobileSuitGundamSeed

* In ''SEED'' Episode 40, during the HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler:Uzumi Athha, who tells his little girl Cagalli that although she was adopted, he was so glad to have been her father before spiriting her off to freedom]], Fiction Junction's ''Chariot of Dawn'' acting as a heartbreaking funeral march did '''not''' help to stop the tears from pouring down. Damn you [[Creator/YukaNanri Yuuka]] for your beautiful singing voice!
* Also in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', there are the nearly-simultaneous {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s of [[spoiler: Mu la Flaga]] and [[spoiler: Natarle Badgiruel]] in phase 49.
* She may have been the most controversal character on the show, but [[spoiler: Flay Allster]], especially after [[spoiler: her soul apologizes to Kira and promises to watch over him from them on.]]
** Another heartbreaking scene with Flay, much earlier in the series: [[spoiler: (crying): "Bring daddy back!"]]

** Which is HarsherInHindsight when he finds out that [[spoiler: they weren't the ones who made him a Coordinator. They're actually his maternal aunt and uncle, who took him in after he was given to them by his real mother, who took him and Cagalli away from their MadScientist of a father, the one who made Kira the Ultimate Coordinator. For that matter, it's this revelation by [[BigBad Rau Le Creuset]] that drops Kira to his biggest emotional breaking point, the last in a long list of him being dehumanized for his status as a Coordinator. As he starts to have an IAmAMonster upon learning of his controversial origins, it's really only Lacus' comforting presence, words, and love that keep him from fully buying into that mindset, but the universe really just keeps finding ways of putting this poor kid through the wringer]].
** Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for why [[spoiler: Flay's death was more tragic than she deserved was not just because she truly regretted her actions and behavior in the series, but because, in the end, she was never able to properly make amends with Kira or Sai, or anyone else, which is what she desperately wanted to do now. And, if that weren't enough, according to WordOfGod, Flay's spirit never actually appeared to Kira, meaning while we got to hear what Flay wanted to tell Kira, he never did. It's somewhat better, however, knowing that Kira still forgave and loved her regardless of her never being able to make things up to him. He's just that kind of guy.]]
* [[spoiler: Nicol's death.]] Made worse when you realize that the episodes leading up to it foreshadowed it to high heaven.
** Followed by [[spoiler: Tolle's death]]. My God, ''poor'' [[spoiler: Miriallia]]... *sob*
** And the scene that follows ''that'': [[spoiler:Kira and Athrun beat each other down in what is probably one of the most brutal Gundam fights ever animated. All while sad music is playing. Here are two best friends, who still care for each other after all these years... and they're trying as hard as they can to ''kill'' one another, both out of rage at the loss of their comrades, and out of a feeling of sheer futility in trying to deny that they are enemies now.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Damn it! I... I couldn't save you..."]]

* In ''SEED'' Episode 40, during the HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler: Uzumi Athha, who tells his little girl Cagalli that although she was adopted, he was so glad to have been her father before spiriting her off to freedom]], Fiction Junction's ''Chariot of Dawn'' acting as a heartbreaking funeral march did '''not''' help to stop the tears from pouring down. Damn you [[Creator/YukaNanri Yuuka]] for your beautiful singing voice!

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* In ''SEED'' Episode 40, during the HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler: Uzumi Athha, who tells his little girl Cagalli that although she was adopted, he was so glad to have been her father before spiriting her off to freedom]], Fiction Junction's ''Chariot of Dawn'' acting as a heartbreaking funeral march did '''not''' help to stop the tears from pouring down. Damn you [[Creator/YukaNanri Yuuka]] for your beautiful singing voice!!

** It's [[ViewersAreGeniuses incredibly subtle]], but Fllay's rant when she and Kira break up. She asks how he can feel sorry for her, when he's the one suffering, the one who does everything he can to protect his friends and suffers when he can't. At first glance, it seems like she's mocking him, but then it hits you: Fllay's been manipulating him, and [[BecomingTheMask slowly falling in love with him in the process]]. Thinking Kira pities her [[DontYouDarePityMe throws her own actions into sharp relief]], and the guilt is ''destroying her.'' Knowing this lends a new, heartbreaking quality to her last line "So how...how could [[MessianicArchetype you]] [[SympathyForTheDevil feel sympathy for]] ''[[TheFakeCutie someone like me?]]''"

* Kira and Athrun's reunion after the battle of JOSH-A is a textbook example of how much can be said without saying anything: happiness at seeing one's BestFriend, remorse for having hurt him and his friends, silent plea for forgiveness acceptance--it's all there, unspoken. And then Cagalli crashes the moment and cries for all three of them...

* She may have been [[BaseBreaker the most controversal character on the show]], but [[spoiler: Flay Allster]], especially after [[spoiler: her soul apologizes to Kira and promises to watch over him from them on.]]

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* When Shinn unknowingly killed Captain Todaka, the man who rescued him after his (Shinn) family's tragic death. The fact that they showed how he rescued Shinn in a flashback after his death was just as tear-jerking.
* There's [[spoiler:Stellar's]] death in Gundam SEED Destiny, in the arms of [[spoiler: her beloved Shinn, who had promised to protect her.]]. And we also have her FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "[[DyingDeclarationOfLove ... Shinn... I love you...]]"]] WAH! ;-;
** [[spoiler:Shinn]] actually ''succeeds'' in DefusingTheTykebomb, and [[spoiler:Stellar]] has a momentary fantasy of being reunited with him, and she looks so ''happy.'' Knowing what's coming makes that moment absolutely ''devastating.''
** The beginning of the following episode is also a real TearJerker, when [[spoiler:Shinn [[PietaPlagiarism carries Stellar's dead body in his arms]] and gently drops her into the depths of the snowy lake while uttering the words "Good night"]].
* Another of the few truly touching moments in ''Destiny'' was [[spoiler: Meer dying after TakingTheBullet meant for her idol, Lacus Clyne, and Lacus crying after she reads Meer's digital diary and learns about her backstory..]] The [[spoiler: FamousLastWords]] spoken there are among the saddest in the whole franchise: [[spoiler: "Lady Lacus... My life, my song... please don't forget them... I'm so sorry!"]]
** And then we have [[spoiler: her funeral, where she's mourned by everyone in Lacus's crew and her body's shot into space in a capsule.]]
-->[[spoiler: Lacus]]: "[[spoiler: Miss Meer]], I will ''never'' forget you"
* It's only a ClipShow, but Episode 29 of ''Seed Destiny'', "Fate". Durandal and Le Creuset's ghost arguing over the human experience while we flashback over every, single one of Seed's most depressing deaths is bad enough, but it's only made worse because [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Le Creuset]] is narrating for most of it, and we're treated to the flashbacks from the end of Durandal and Captain Gladys' relationship. The episode is absolutely emotionally draining to watch, as it shows you just how far gone Le Creuset was, and actually leaves you rooting for the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Chairman]], while giving you a lot of insight into how he got to be that way. The incredibly sad music does ''not'' help, nor does Durandal's obvious depression.
* The final confrontation. [[spoiler: Rey is moved by Kira's ideals that every individual can improve and betrays Durandal who has been following since an early age. Although Durandal is still happy since Thalia is besides him, Rey breaks out crying. As the ship where the three is falls and Thalia hugs Rey who in his last moment calls Thalia "mother."]]
* Shinn went through a sad fate during the final fight against the Archangel but it did not get as bad as Rey's. [[spoiler: After losing his mind fighting Athrun, Shinn is defeated and wakes up besides Lunamaria. The two embrance sad when they see Messiah falling and are rescued by Athrun. It's in the final minutes where we finally see Shinn meeting Kira again and accepting to work together for a better ending that we get a happy ending. ]]

* She may have been [[BaseBreaker the most controversal character on the show]], but this troper still found himself crying for [[spoiler: Flay Allster]], especially after [[spoiler: her soul apologizes to Kira and promises to watch over him from them on.]]

** It's [[ViewersAreGeniuses incredibly subtle]], but Fllay's rant when she and Kira break up always gets me. She asks how he can feel sorry for her, when he's the one suffering, the one who does everything he can to protect his friends and suffers when he can't. At first glance, it seems like she's mocking him, but then it hits you: Fllay's been manipulating him, and [[BecomingTheMask slowly falling in love with him in the process]]. Thinking Kira pities her [[DontYouDarePityMe throws her own actions into sharp relief]], and the guilt is ''destroying her.'' Knowing this lends a new, heartbreaking quality to her last line "So how...how could [[MessianicArchetype you]] [[SympathyForTheDevil feel sympathy for]] ''[[TheFakeCutie someone like me?]]''"

* When Shinn unknowingly killed Captain Todaka, the man who rescued him after his (Shinn) family's tragic death. The fact that they showed how he rescued Shinn in a flashback after his death really made [[{{Nirao01}} This Troper]] feel depressed... =(

** This troper finds the moment just beforehand even worse. [[spoiler:Shinn]] actually ''succeeds'' in DefusingTheTykebomb, and [[spoiler:Stellar]] has a momentary fantasy of being reunited with him, and she looks so ''happy.'' Knowing what's coming makes that moment absolutely ''devastating.''

* It's only a ClipShow, but Episode 29 of ''Seed Destiny'', "Fate" always leaves me feeling like I've just been kicked in the gut. Durandal and Le Creuset's ghost arguing over the human experience while we flashback over every, single one of Seed's most depressing deaths is bad enough, but it's only made worse because [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Le Creuset]] is narrating for most of it, and we're treated to the flashbacks from the end of Durandal and Captain Gladys' relationship. The episode is absolutely emotionally draining to watch, as it shows you just how far gone Le Creuset was, and actually leaves you rooting for the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Chairman]], while giving you a lot of insight into how he got to be that way. The incredibly sad music does ''not'' help, nor does Durandal's obvious depression. Probably one of my favourite, if saddest, Gundam episodes, and the one that got me hooked on ''Destiny''.

* In ''SEED'' Episode 40, during the HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler: Uzumi Athha, who tells his little girl Cagalli that although she was adopted, he was so glad to have been her father before spiriting her off to freedom]], Fiction Junction's ''Chariot of Dawn'' acting as a heartbreaking funeral march did '''not''' help to stop the tears from pouring down. Damn you [[YukaNanri Yuuka]] for your beautiful singing voice!!

* There is a short scene in one of the last episodes, showing the insight of a hangar full of damaged Strike Daggers and an Earth Alliance pilot holding another one in his arms, appearing to look for a medic, we then see the face of the carried pilots who has blank eyes, either an indication of being dead or in coma.

* Another small moment is the sinking of ''Vesalius'', with Captain Atus saluting Athrun, Dearka, and Yzak as fire engulfs the bridge.

** It's [[ViewersAreGeniuses incredibly subtle]], but Fllay's rant when she and Kira break up always gets me. She asks how he can feel sorry for her, when he's the one suffering, the one who does everything he can to protect his friends and suffers when he can't. At first glance, it seems like she's mocking him, but then it hits you: Fllay's been manipulating him, and [[BecomingTheMask slowly falling in love with him in the process]]. Thinking Kira pities her [[DontYouDarePityMe throws her own actions into sharp relief]], and the guilt is ''destroying her.'' Knowing this lends a new, heartbreaking quality to her last line "So how...how could [[TheMessiah you]] [[SympathyForTheDevil feel sympathy for]] ''[[TheFakeCutie someone like me?]]''"

* The final confrontation. Rey is moved by Kira's ideals that every human can improve and betrays Durandal who has been following since an early age. Although Durandal is still happy since Thalia is besides him, Rey breaks out crying. As the ship where the three is falls and Thalia hugs Rey who in his last moment calls Thalia "mother."
* Shinn went through a sad fate during the final fight against the Archangel but it did not get as bad as Rey's. After losing his mind fighting Athrun, Shinn is defeated and wakes up besides Lunamaria. The two embrance sad when they see Messiah falling and are rescued by Athrun. It's in the final minutes where we finally see Shinn meeting Kira again and accepting to work together for a better ending that we get a happy ending.

* There is a short scene in one of the last episodes, showing the insight of a hangar full of damaged Strike Daggers and an Earth Alliance pilot holding another one in his arms, appearing to look for a medic, we then see the face of the carried pilots who has blank eyes, either an indication of being dead or in coma. It's notable that such scenes are completely absent in Destiny, making the EA more faceless.

* Also in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', there are the nearly-simultaneous {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s of [[spoiler: Mu la Flaga]] and [[spoiler: Natarle Badgiruel]] in phase 49. And then ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' ruined [[spoiler: Mu]]'s completely... but that's for another time.

** And then we have [[spoilr: her funeral, where she's mourned by everyone in Lacus's crew and her body's shot into space in a capsule.]]

** And her talk with Natarle, where she cries and tells her how sorry she is for how badly she treated Kira... *SOB*

* There's [[spoiler:Stellar's]] death in Gundam SEED Destiny, in the arms of [[spoiler: her beloved Shinn, who had promised to protect her.]]. And we also have her FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "... Shinn... I love you..."]] WAH! ;-;

** It's [[ViewersAreGeniuses incredibly subtle]], but Fllay's rant when she and Kira break up always gets me. She asks how he can feel sorry for her, when he's the one suffering, the one who does everything he can to protect his friends and suffers when he can't. At first glance, it seems like she's mocking him, but then it hits you: Fllay's been manipulating him, and [[BecomingTheMask slowly falling in love with him in the process]]. Thinking Kira pities her [[DontYouDarePityMe throws her own actions into sharp relief]], and the guilt is ''destroying her.'' Knowing this lends a new, heartbreaking quality to her last line "So how...how could [[TheMessiah you]] feel sympathy for ''[[TheFakeCutie someone like me?]]''"

** Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for why [[spoiler: Flay's death was more tragic than she deserved was not just because she truly regretted her actions and behavior in the series, but because, in the end, she was never able to properly make amends with Kira or Sai, or anyone else, which is what she desperately wanted to do now. And, if that weren't enough, according to WordOfGod, Flay's spirit never actually appeared to Kira, meaning while we got to hear what Flay wanted to tell Kira, he never did.]]

* Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for why [[spoiler: Fllay's death was more tragic than she deserved was not just because she truly regretted her actions and behavior in the series, but because, in the end, she was never able to properly make amends with Kira or Sai, or anyone else. And, if that weren't enough, according to WordOfGod, Fllay's spirit never actually appeared to Kira, meaning while we got to hear what Fllay wanted to tell Kira, he never did.]]

* She may have been [[TheScrappy the most hated character on the show]], but this troper still found himself crying for [[spoiler: Fllay Allster]], especially after [[spoiler: her soul apologizes to Kira and promises to watch over him from them on.]]

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