History TearJerker / Other

** Reading earlier stories about, say, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Loki helping Thor disguise himself as Freya in a bridal gown]] make it feel like they were almost... well, [[HarsherInHindsight friends]]. There's just something tragic about how it all ended... and something beautiful about how the world will all begin again, eventually.

* TearJerker/TheWorldCup

* Educational videos about drunk driving and its consequences:

** A video about drunk driving features a couple dancing and laughing at their wedding, with the date of death being ''the day after''.

** In a "home movie" drunk driving promos, you'd see happy healthy kids doing something and then "Killed by a drunk driver" and the date. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILd9pK0ogw This one]] had a teenage girl who was mostly paralyzed, being taken gently through some physical therapy. It was clear she'd never walk again or have any kind of normal life. "Jesselyn Rose was hit by a drunk driver and died... ''Eleven years later.''"
** A video features a couple dancing and laughing at their wedding, with the date of death being ''the day after''.

* Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas:
** While most of their concerts tend toward warm and fuzzy, they do sneak a tear jerker in every now and then. One notable occasion was their 2002 concert, where they portrayed the story of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Christmas truce, narrated by Creator/WalterCronkite.

* One educational video about the horrors of drunk driving and the consequences that came from it: It was showcasing several instances of the consequences of drunk driving, and although the video had a very somber tone overall, one woman in particular stood out. She was very young, and pretty, and had been hit by a drunk driver. It didn't kill her, but she was completely immobilized and mentally handicapped. She spent the rest of her life rotting away in a bed. Her parents came to visit her, and you could tell she recognized them, but all she could do was stare at them, and her dad held her hand while he was there. Her hand was so tiny, and weak looking, and limp, and just kind of lay there, and she just looked so helpless.
** A variation on that was one of the "home movie" drunk driving promos, you'd see happy healthy kids doing something and then "Killed by a drunk driver" and the date. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILd9pK0ogw This one]] had a teenage girl who was mostly paralyzed, being taken gently through some physical therapy. It was clear she'd never walk again or have any kind of normal life. "Jesselyn Rose was hit by a drunk driver and died... ''Eleven years later.''"
** Or one featuring a couple dancing and laughing at their wedding, with the date of death being ''the day after''.

* Pretty much any mythology with a built-in Twilight of the Gods event. Norse mythology being the king of this, giving us Ragnarok, where a string of tragedies climaxes in the apocalyptic war that slays ''everything'' except for a small handful of the gods (two of which have to be resurrected from Hel) and two humans.
** Given how [[DeathSeeker furiously determined]] the gods are/were to do the whole "End of the World" thing properly, it's also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. An unusual pairing, but one that makes perfect sense when viewed through the [[ValuesDissonance particular lens]] of Norse culture.
** Loki is a shockingly tragic figure. He goes from the prankster to the one who brings about Ragnarok, probably partially due to being chained with his own son's intestines with caustic poison down on his face for who-knows-how long. In the original version, he apparently wasn't even the one who didn't cry for Baldur -- he was punished for something else. Before that, his [[MouthStitchedShut lips were sewn shut]] after wriggling out of a bet with some dwarves. Yes, he wasn't exactly morally upstanding, but did he really deserve all the gods laughing at him, and then being tortured constantly?

%%* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' has plenty:

%%** The online serials. The body count just keeps getting higher. Off the top of my head, there's Botar, Ancient, possibly Lewa, and several matoran. The death of a troop of Ta-Matoran who attempted to find refuge on the island of Mata Nui... not realizing that the "island" is actually the massive robot's face, and that face is, along with the rest of the robot, currently flying through the vacuum of space.

%%** The epilogue of the book ''Time Trap'' is of the happy variant, as Vakama and his fellow Turaga, along with the entire population of Mata Nui return to Metru Nui's shores and are greeted by friends (and Turaga Dume, their former governor) they haven't seen for over a thousand years.

* TearJerker/BurkaAvenger
* TearJerker/DisneyThemeParks
* Tearjerker/MxBones
* TearJerker/GeorgeCarlin

* TearJerker/TowerOfGod and TearJerker/RavagesOfTime have their own pages

* Somewhat obviously, the TearJerker [[{{Postmodern}} pages.]]

* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' has plenty:
** The DisneyDeath of Jaller in ''Bionicle: Mask of Light''.
** The death of Lhikan in ''Bionicle: Legends of Metru Nui''.
** The death of [[NobleDemon Krika]] in ''Bionicle Legends: The Final Battle''.
** Matoro's HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Downfall''
** The ending of ''[[DownerEnding The Final Battle]]''
** The online serials. The body count just keeps getting higher. Off the top of my head, there's Botar, Ancient, possibly Lewa, and several matoran. The death of a troop of Ta-Matoran who attempted to find refuge on the island of Mata Nui... not realizing that the "island" is actually the massive robot's face, and that face is, along with the rest of the robot, currently flying through the vacuum of space.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgSCzSXxYuI&feature=channel_video_title This]] utterly heartbreaking tribute to Bionicle and all those who grew up with it.
** The epilogue of the book ''Time Trap'' is of the happy variant, as Vakama and his fellow Turaga, along with the entire population of Mata Nui return to Metru Nui's shores and are greeted by friends (and Turaga Dume, their former governor) they haven't seen for over a thousand years.

* TearJerker/CittaAlveare
* TearJerker/JusticeAvengers

* Creator/PBSKids had its "You Are the New Day" spot in the '90s. For a promo shown on children's television, the tone of the a capella tune accompanying the footage sounds rather melancholy.

* Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas

[[AC:{{Alternate Reality Game}}s]]
* The original ''WebVideo/MaddisonAtkins''.
* [[http://www.hourofarrival.net/ Hour of Arrival]]. For this part:
-->the stars are blowing out like candles, danny jane\\
make a wish make a wish make a wish make a wish make

* The Daft Punk RockOpera ''Interstella 5555'', specifically Shep's death. How what is basically a extended music video with no dialogue can make you care about one of the characters enough to get choked up when they die is a mystery but somehow they manage it.
** Reinforced by the next segment, where the band drives out into the countryside to bury Shep. The juxtaposition of the beautiful day, cheery families, and the solemnity of the band in their van drives Shep's sacrifice home.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OL6QM_mMyA The Ghost of You]], oh God. The almost-insane terror on Gerard's face as Mikey dies is absolutely heart-wrenching.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtrNZwqpCY No One There]] by Sentenced. "Let's dance one last dance, my love."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztNroG_M-A When we Die]] by Bowling for Soup. All of it, but especially the ending.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk&feature=kp Coffee and TV]] by Blur. The ending...

[[AC: Sports]]
* See the top of the page for UsefulNotes/OlympicGames and UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQwkO3Rxr4 Watch this video.]] Lots of great sports moments, with a great song.
* [[http://www.jimmyv.org/ Jimmy Valvano.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKPsqCLtmsI John Cappelletti's Heisman Trophy speech.]] He dedicated his award to his younger brother Joey, who was battling leukemia. Joey would pass away a few years later.
* Lou Gehrig, the star first baseman of the New York Yankees, was forced to retire after being diagnosed with ALS. The disease is now sometimes referred to with Gehrig's name. As a segment of his retirement speech:
-->'''Gehrig:''' ... and some people might say that I've been given a bad break... but today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
* Watching Muhammad Ali get pummeled around the ring in 1980, so far past his prime, already suffering early symptoms of Parkinson's and weakened by the prescriptions given to him by a quack doctor, by his SpiritualSuccessor and former protege Larry Holmes moved many boxing fans to tears. Even Holmes, who has a bit of a JerkAss reputation and a huge chip on his shoulder about getting respect, was disturbed and sought Ali out after the fight in tears saying how sorry he was and that he'd never wanted to hurt Muhammad.
** ... repeated at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
* Similar to the Ali anecdote, any fight in mixed martial arts where it's shown that a legend either just doesn't have it anymore, or has actually been surpassed ''by'' the sport. [[http://www.cagepotato.com/10-most-notorious-breaking-points-mma-history Here]]'s some sad examples, among which Cro Cop's probably takes the cake for the saddest (especially when reading his [[http://www.cagepotato.com/worn-out-cro-cop-ponders-retirement-after-rough-outing-ufc-103 critical self-examination]] afterward) while Sakuraba's is the ugliest... because since he went unscathed in early October against a boxer so shot that he was barred from ''The Contender'' he's supposed to fight ''again'' before the end of October.
** In the unfortunate case of Chuck "Iceman" Liddell, after the Evans KO he reportedly changed his partygoing ways to train hard for a fight with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, as he had to not only win but win big in order to continue, and showed up looking fit. Unfortunately, in the first round both of them threw a left hook almost simultaneously, their right hands ''well'' below their unprotected right cheek... but Shogun had his chin tucked, was lunging forward (Liddell was standing upright/slightly rearward), and landed first.
** Speaking of the Shogun, Shogun lost to Forrest Griffin when he debuted in the UFC in 2007 in a fight that many people thought was a giveaway victory. Then when he finished his rehabilitation from blowing out his ACL (which could potentially end a career) not once, but twice - only to barely win a fight against Mark Coleman at UFC 93, many people thought that his best days were behind him, and he wasn't even 30 yet. Then he came back and beat Chuck Liddell in April of 2009, winning impressively and showing a glimpse of the Shogun that plowed through PRIDE. With this fight, he earned the title shot against the LHW Champion Lyoto Machida. He spent months training hard for this title fight, not being able to tend to his wife who was pregnant with his unborn daughter. That October, the Shogun that fought Lyoto Machida came out in the best shape of his life and exposed weaknesses in Machida's karate style, but at the end of the fight it was Machida's hand that was raised in victory - in a judge's decision that shocked, upset, and enraged the vast majority of those who watched that fight. Even the UFC President, Dana White - was so shocked at the decision that he offered Shogun an immediate rematch. Shogun, one of the most dangerous men in the world, was reduced to sobbing into his hands backstage in his locker room - robbed of the victory that many felt he deserved.
*** Cheer up -- Dana White had the UFC cover the taxes on Shogun's purse (leaving his family with more money for their now-newborn daughter), and even Lyoto's own father -- who'd developed the Machida family style -- complimented Shogun on his successes against that style.
*** So much for that, he knocked Machida out cold in their rematch on May 13th, 2010.
** Wrestling/KenShamrock's fall from grace as the "World's Most Dangerous Man". In particular the Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz "trilogy", which was essentially three straight fights of Tito Ortiz beating the hell out of Ken Shamrock.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPudQF2PWBE Courage - MMA Is Just A Sport]]. Possibly the greatest and most touching highlight video ever to a fan of PRIDE-era MMA.
** The scene in HBO's documentary "The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr", where he's in the hospital after he overdoses on narcotics. His old friends joke with him about the experience for a second... and then tell him how badly they want him to get help for his drug addiction, very emotionally. Seeing this giant of a man, a guy nicknamed "The Smashing Machine", who you grew up watching him EARN this nickname, break down in tears is heartbreaking.
* The entire last minute of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybk_V_c6LBw game]] [[http://vancouverviewpoint.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/linden4.jpg six]] of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Even moreso with what happened in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhPVw5y7_uU game seven]].
* On April 1, 1996, the Cincinnati Reds as tradition played their first game of the season at home. Seven pitches into the game, home plate umpire John [=McSherry=] called time and signaled for one of the other umpires to replace him. Suddenly, [=McSherry=] collapsed on the field with efforts to resuscitate him unsuccessful; he died at a nearby hospital within the hour. The remaining umpires tried to continue but the grieving players and managers (Ray Knight had to console umpire Tom Hallion) convinced them otherwise and the game was postponed. To have anyone pass away like John [=McSherry=] did would hit anyone close to home.
* The end of Michael Jordan's basketball career. In his final game against the Philidelphia 76ers, Jordan only scored 13 points before getting benched with 4 minutes and 15 seconds left in the third quarter. The crowd at the First Union Center, basically began chanting for Jordan to get back in the game. He did, and he was intentionally fouled by 76ers player Eric Snow, just so he could step to the foul line one last time. After making both shots, and with 1:45 left in the fourth quarter, Jordan stepped off the court for the final time, earning him a three minute standing ovation from everyone in the stadium. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4A2FhPLnB0 Signaling the end]] of an era for basketball fans everywhere.
* The 2004 World Series. After 86 years of heartbreak and disappointment, the Boston Red Sox finally reclaimed their champion status. Tears were shed throughout New England, and there were news reports of fans going to their loved ones' graves leaving copies of the Boston Globe with the victory headlines.
** Joe Buck's quote as the camera pans the 2004 Red Sox team celebrating their World Series title. "It has been 86 years, generations have come and gone and for the first time since 1918 the Boston Red Sox are champions of baseball"
** The 2004 ALCS where the Red Sox shook off the ghosts and defeated their most heated rival, the New York Yankees, by coming back from a 3-0 series deficit. On the same night where they won Game 7, a student was accidentally shot by Boston police. The Red Sox were shaken by this with Trot Nixon saying he would have gladly given up that game if she could live again.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg The finish to the Plano East Panthers/John Tyler Lions Texas high school football game on November 26th, 1994]] John Tyler had [[CurbStompBattle decimated]] Plano East throughout the game and with 3:00 left in the fourth quarter, led 41-17. Then Plano East began a miraculous comeback in which they scored four touchdowns, recovered three onside kicks and somehow managed to take the lead, 44-41, with just 24 seconds left in the game. Then on the ensuing kickoff following the go-ahead score, the John Tyler returner ran the ball back for a touchdown, nullifying the incredible comeback and giving John Tyler a 48-44 victory that moved them ahead in the playoffs.
* Michael Irvin's induction speech at the 2006 Pro Football Hall Of Fame ceremony.
* On December 17, 2009, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was killed in a car accident. His mother made the decision to donate his organs, and his corneas, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver and pancreas were transplanted. Four lives were saved as a result of this donation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hynrMuIkBY Around Thanksgiving 2010, Henry's mother met with the families of those her son's organs saved.]]
* Bernard "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion was a Montreal Canadiens (the New York Yankees of hockey for the uninformed) legend from the 1950s dynasty who was known as one of the originators of the use of the slap-shot. The Canadiens announced that his number 5 would be retired on the night of March 11, 2006. Sadly, Geoffrion died that exact same morning. With heavy hearts, the banner-raising ceremony went on as planned, with Geoffrion's surviving family in attendance, including his wife Marlene, the daughter of former Canadiens legend Howie Morenz, who tragically died in 1937 due to injuries sustained during a game (Morenz's number 7 was the first number the Canadiens ever retired). If all that wasn't enough, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsFTbIuhtw here is how Geoffrion's banner was raised to the rafters.]]
* The [[UsefulNotes/FormulaOne 1994 San Marino Grand Prix]], just... all of it, Friday Qualifying to the end of the race was a complete tragedy.
** To elaborate:
*** Friday: Rubens Barrichello's car flew into the air and crashed into the tire barrier, rolling many times before stopping. He suffered a broken nose and arm. ''He was lucky.''
*** Saturday: Roland Ratzenberger, in only his third race, lost control of his car and crashed, dying of a basal skull fracture.
*** Sunday: A crash between two cars at the beginning of the race injured nine spectators with flying debris. After the race restarted, three time world champion Ayrton Senna crashed at Tamburello corner-the site of accidents before. Debate still ensues on what caused his crash and when specifically did he die. The tragically ironic part was that in response to Ratzenberger's death the day before, the drivers reformed the Grand Prix Drivers Association (a safety organization) with him as leader. To make things even worse, Senna had been carrying an Austrian flag with him in the car - intending to wave it after he won the race, in memory of Ratzenberger (who was Austrian).
* Dan Wheldon's death was bad enough, but adding to the tearjerking nature of it was how ESPN announcer Marty Reid signed off after everything was over:
-->'''Marty Reid''': Many people ask me why I sign off 'til we meet again.' It's because goodbye is so final. Goodbye, Dan Wheldon.
* The entire end of the 2001 [[UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} Daytona 500]]. What should have been a celebration for Michael Waltrip as he got his first victory in 462 consecutive cup races -- and it was the ''Daytona 500'' -- turned to tragedy ''very'' quickly as emergency personnel rushed to the car of Dale Earnhardt, who had hit the wall in turn 4 on the final lap. And then the press conference after, where we learned what happened: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTHN59CcjUk "We've lost Dale Earnhardt."]] Going back and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXGKys62TXw watching the crash as it unfolded]], ''especially'' listening to Darrell cheering his brother on and then suffering the MoodWhiplash, is heart-rending.
* After what was considered one of the worst off-seasons in hockey (3 deaths of recent NHL players from suicide and the loss of an entire KHL team, most of whom had NHL connections), the NHL provided a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mrk_Ly6IQo tribute video to be played before the first game in each arena]]. It that wasn't enough, during the entry draft, the New York Rangers had the brother of one of the deceased players [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2sUXV9Qeow to make their draft selection]].
* Mario Lemieux's comeback game against the Phildelphia Flyers after he was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma, he recieved a standing ovation from the Flyers fans (Who hate the Pittsburgh Penguins).
* An UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball example: the Richmond Tigers, famed for finishing ninth, just one place outside of the finals, finally made the finals for the first time in more than a decade in 2013. At long last their suffering fans would have something to smile about, and when Richmond led by 32 points in the 3rd quarter against bitter rivals the Carlton Blues, things finally seemed looking up. Then Carlton proceeded to kick twelve goals to Richmond's three for the rest of the match, eliminating Richmond in their first final. The kicker? Carlton had technically finished ninth, and had only made the finals because another team had been suspended.
* When the Dodgers left Brooklyn for Los Angeles after the 1957 season -- at least from Brooklyn's perspective. Sports teams move all the time, but what set the Dodgers apart from most was the fact that the team was doing well in a market that actively loved and rallied around its team. Brooklynites protested the move with public demonstrations and even a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8XpKwc3A0 musical single]], to no avail. Imagine that you're a kid, and your favorite team leaves your hometown, and then two years later your favorite stadium is torn down to make room for an ugly apartment complex. Even to this day, people are ''still'' reeling from it in some quarters of Brooklyn.
** Commemorated in Music/FrankSinatra's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9kVd6a3ajc There Used to Be a Ballpark]]".
* Wouter Weylandt's life ending crash during stage 3 of the 2011 edition of Giro d'Italia.
* Young Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away in a boating accident at the age of 24, two days before he was supposed to make his next start. He was beloved throughout Miami, as "Jose Day" would cause spikes in game attendance and television ratings. Tributes came pouring in throughout the league, with stories being shared by numerous players. He was an incredible talent, but also had a huge sense of passion and joy for the game. The Marlins canceled their game that day, and the next day, all the players wore his jersey, #16. The game was one long TearJerker and also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** First, the team held an emotional [[https://twitter.com/FOXSportsFL/status/780557708961296384/video/1 pre-game ceremony]] for him, which included an incredibly sad rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
** Then, Marlins teammate Dee Gordon bats right-handed, as Jose did, for one pitch. He continues batting... and hits [[https://twitter.com/Marlins/status/780553982930321408/video/1 a home run]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome on the second pitch of the game]], rounding the bases in tears.
** The Marlins would win the game, afterwards [[https://twitter.com/Marlins/status/780606639896350720/video/1 circling the mound]], saying a prayer, and leaving their hats on the field to the crowd's song of "[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Joseeeee, Jose Jose Joseeeee, Joseeeee, Joseeeeeee]]"...
* On October 22, 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 National League pennant against the Dodgers, earning the team's first trip to the World Series in ''71 years'', meaning 71 years of misery and heartbreak were finally over for the North Side of Chicago. Even better, on November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs, annually hailed as "lovable losers" because of their infamous longstanding championship drought, won the World Series, coming back from a three games to one deficit against the Cleveland Indians. That's a whopping ''108 years'' of championship heartbreak concluded, with the supposed "Curse of the Billy Goat" dead and buried. To say that many ManlyTears were shed in Chicago that season is an understatement.
** Speaking of the Cubs, what happened to poor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident Steve Bartman]] at Wrigley Field in 2003 is utterly heartbreaking, especially if you've seen the ''[[Creator/{{ESPN}} 30 for 30]]'' documentary about it.
** Ninety year old Cubs fan Dorthy Farrell, a Cubs fan since 1984, was interviewed by Fox Sports after the final game. Her father, mother, and two brothers were all Cubs fans who never got to see the team win the championship.
** And like Red Sox fans 12 years prior, Cubs fans across the nation have flocked to cemeteries, to tell loved ones that have passed away, that their beloved Cubs had finally won the World Series. One man even went to his father's grave and sat there through Game 7 [[http://www.koaa.com/story/33627432/cubs-fan-shares-win-with-late-father playing an audio broadcast]] so he can hear his team win it all.
** Hours after the Cubs won the Series, Cubs fans went to the brick walls outside of Wrigley Field to write down family members names who never got to see the Cubs win it all. And while the messages are going down to make room for more renovations, the owners have promised to take pictures of the wall to immortalize the tributes.
** Many Cubs fans have also flocked towards Harry Caray's grave site to plant what else? Green apples, Cub mementos and of course Budweiser
** One must spare a thought for the Indians, who hadn't won a World Series for 68 years, and who wanted this title just as much as the Cubs did (and who now take the dubious honor of 'Longest Drought Since Their Previous WS Win' from the Cubs).

** Of course, given how [[DeathSeeker furiously determined]] the gods are/were to do the whole "End of the World" thing properly, it's also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. An unusual pairing, but one that makes perfect sense when viewed through the [[ValuesDissonance particular lens]] of Norse culture.

*** Reading earlier stories about, say, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Loki helping Thor disguise himself as Freya in a bridal gown]] make it feel like they were almost... well, [[HarsherInHindsight friends]]. There's just something tragic about how it all ended... and something beautiful about how the world will all begin again, eventually.
*** It's no wonder the poor guy makes such a TragicVillain in {{Film/Thor}}.

* {{Determinator}} and its example sections, especially the real-life section for obvious reasons, are often tearjerkers, both when it pays off and [[DownerEnding when it doesn't]] for different reasons.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
* Various pages of famous people who died young/horribly.

* The DownerEnding trope is almost always this.

[[AC: Dance]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrb6i7gJAk This dance]] is performed by a woman with only one arm and a man with only one leg. It is beautiful.

[[AC: EasternEuropeanAnimation]]
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3xoKrgabY The Tree and The Cat]]."
** "For without the cat, the tree would have no story to tell."

[[AC: Podcast Fiction]]
* Two Words: [[http://scottsigler.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=the+rookie Mitchell Fayed]].
* Two More Words: [[http://jchutchins.net/2006-2007-character-list/ Father Thomas]].

[[AC: Animals/Extinction]]
* Endlings. Don't know what they are? They're the [[LastOfTheirKind LAST animals alive in their species]], after they die their species is completely extinct.
** Seeing any film of the now extinct Golden Toad is pretty depressing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx38UNrMcgc Just look at this.]]
*** The mutations/extinctions of frogs and toads on a global scale due to pollution and the rise of the chytridomycosis fungus.Hardly anything is done for the poor things because people don't see amphibians as "cute" or "companion-like" compared to a dog or a cat...
*** Seeing the only known footage of a thylacine (as well as any video of an now extinct animal) makes me want to cry.
*** Joining the thylacine and Golden Toad in extinction (Forgive me if that sounded cheesy) is the [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45236688/ns/world_news-world_environment/t/africas-western-black-rhino-declared-extinct/ Western Black Rhino]]. And its extinction happened just two weeks after the extinction of the [[https://news.mongabay.com/2011/10/vietnamese-rhino-goes-extinct/ Vietnamese Javan Rhino]].
* The baiji, also known as the Yangtze River dolphin, was declared functionally extinct in 2006.
* [[TheAloner Lonesome George]], the [[LastOfHisKind world's last]] Pinta Island Tortoise, [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18574279 died in 2012]].

** But hey, most cats don't make it that long.

* While most of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas concerts tend toward warm and fuzzy, they do sneak a tear jerker in every now and then.
** One notable occasion was their 2002 concert, where they portrayed the story of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Christmas truce, narrated by Creator/WalterCronkite.
** Another came from the 2004 concert, called ''A Christmas Bell for Anya''. It tells the story of a Russian village renowned for their bell makers, and their traditional bell ringing by 12 young girls around the village's scene of the Christ child, and Anya is having her own bell crafted for her by her father. The bell is completed three days before Christmas and Anya eagerly awaits the day. The day before, a band of marauders roaming the country in the chaos of the Russian Revolution come to the town. When the dust settles, Anya's father is found cradling her body. As Christmas approaches he suddenly has the sense that she is near and asking that he ring her bell on Christmas.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EswrrM8rLKM This anti-drunk driving PSA]] was designed to appeal to people of Native American heritage. The father is played by Gary Farmer (Cayuga) who played the father in ''Film/SmokeSignals.''
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1xfUMObORk An earlier anti-alcoholism PSA for/about Indian people]] focused on alcoholism as a symptom of deprivation and talked about how this affects all poor people.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eBUcBfkVCo This]] Website/{{TED}} conference about depression. It goes into detail about it and how you can help it. While it has some funny and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments hopeful]] moments, the worst parts is when he describes it and how others describe it. If you have depression, it may help, but you're probably not going to get through all twenty minutes without some shedding some tears.
* [[https://youtu.be/vOHXGNx-E7E This video.]] The girl reveals herself in the end to be Amanda Todd, who committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]] less than a month later, on October 10th, 2012. What makes it worse is that when she attempted suicide before, ''her bullies didn't stop,'' [[NoSympathy instead taunting her further and hoping that she dies the next time.]] Truly heartbreaking.
* To a lesser extent than the first one, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYgauDotzRs this video]]. This [=YouTuber=], Dan, films his pet Cockatoo Max shortly after his pet cat, Angel was put down. For those who don't know, this is the same bird that's extremely goofy and lovable for those who can stand his... well, being a bird. But in this video? The poor thing barely makes any sounds. He just cuddles with his daddy, trying not to think about the reality of his little sister not coming home.
* A rare statuary example: the story of UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}} on its own is a TearJerker, a CanineCompanion demonstrating UndyingLoyalty to his fallen master, [[IWillWaitForYou patiently waiting for him at the trains every day]] for long years after Prof. Ueno's death until Hachiko himself passed away. For decades he has been honored with a bronze statue placed at the train station where he waited, but in 2015, the University of Tokyo also erected a statue showing [[http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2015/03/08/hachi-new-statue_n_6825348.html a joyful Hachiko reunited with Prof. Ueno, together again at long last]].

* Young Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away in a boating accident at the age of 24, two days before he was supposed to make his next start. He was beloved throughout Miami, as "Jose Day" would cause spikes in game attendance and television ratings. Tributes came pouring in throughout the league, with stories being shared by numerous players. He was an incredible talent, but also had a huge sense of passion and joy for the game. The Marlins canceled their game that day, and the next day, all the players wore his jersey, #16. The game was one long TearJerker and also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome:

** Then, Marlins teammate Dee Gordon bats right-handed, as Jose did, for one pitch. He continues batting... and hits [[https://twitter.com/Marlins/status/780553982930321408/video/1 a home run]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome on the second pitch of the game]], rounding the bases in tears.
** The Marlins would win the game, afterwards [[https://twitter.com/Marlins/status/780606639896350720/video/1 circling the mound]], saying a prayer, and leaving their hats on the field to the crowd's song of "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Joseeeee, Jose Jose Joseeeee, Joseeeee, Joseeeeeee]]"...

** Of course, given how [[DeathSeeker furiously determined]] the gods are/were to do the whole "End of the World" thing properly, it's also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. An unusual pairing, but one that makes perfect sense when viewed through the [[ValuesDissonance particular lens]] of Norse culture.

*** Reading earlier stories about, say, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Loki helping Thor disguise hismelf as Freya in a bridal gown]] make it feel like they were almost... well, [[HarsherInHindsight friends]]. There's just something tragic about how it all ended... and something beautiful about how the world will all begin again, eventually.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eBUcBfkVCo This]] Website/{{TED}} conference about depression. It goes into detail about it and how you can help it. While it has some funny and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming hopeful]] moments, the worst parts is when he describes it and how others describe it. If you have depression, it may help, but you're probably not going to get through all twenty minutes without some shedding some tears.

* [[http://rememorable.deviantart.com/art/You-Wanna-Speak-WHAT-191474193 This]] Comic. Its really heartbreaking that genuine interest in a culture is dismissed as childish.

* TearJerker/OlympicGames

* TearJerker/ParalympicGames

* TearJerker/RogerEbert
* TearJerker/JasonDavidFrank

* TearJerker/DapperDeoxys

* TearJerker/LittleKuriboh

* Creator/{{PBS}} once showed a documentary on parrots, and near the end it showed a segment on what would happen if they're not given proper stimuli. It shows the poor birds in what is basically a parrot equivalent of a mental hospital, with the parrots painfully squawking and plucking their own feathers out because [[GoMadFromTheIsolation they didn't have anything or anyone to interact with in their previous homes.]]

* The Chinese 2009 short animated film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRrIu3NOejs "Miss Daizi"]], is about an [[AnimateInanimateObject anthropromorphic plastic bag]]. During use and after being discarded by humans, she established a romantic relationship with a cup. After a period of time in the snow, [[spoiler: the cup dies and dissolves, but not the bag, because [[WhoWantsToLiveForever she can't biodegrade]]. When Earth is being trashed and when the plastic bag realized that she harmed the environment, she attempts to commit suicide but fails and later in the future, [[FateWorsethanDeath she's hopeless]]. It ends with the Earth landfilled and the protagonist in solitude forever]].

* Chapter 28 and 29 (the comic has very short chapters) of ''Webcomic/OrangeMarmalade'' has Ma-ri, a vampire, have to deal and cope with all the racism around her, coming from all the friends she had been trying so hard to make. It's so heart-breaking when she [[spoiler:has to make racist jokes about herself and her family to stop her cover from being blown]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OL6QM_mMyA The Ghost of You]], oh God. The almost-insane terror on Gerard's face as [[spoiler:Mikey dies]] is absolutely heart-wrenching.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg The finish to the Plano East Panthers/John Tyler Lions Texas high school football game on November 26th, 1994]] John Tyler had [[CurbStompBattle decimated]] Plano East throughout the game and with 3:00 left in the fourth quarter, led 41-17. [[spoiler:Then Plano East began a miraculous comeback in which they scored four touchdowns, recovered three onside kicks and somehow managed to take the lead, 44-41, with just 24 seconds left in the game. Then on the ensuing kickoff following the go-ahead score, the John Tyler returner ran the ball back for a touchdown, nullifying the incredible comeback and giving John Tyler a 48-44 victory that moved them ahead in the playoffs.]]

* An UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball example: the Richmond Tigers, famed for finishing ninth, just one place outside of the finals, finally made the finals for the first time in more than a decade in 2013. At long last their suffering fans would have something to smile about, and when Richmond led by 32 points in the 3rd quarter against bitter rivals the Carlton Blues, things finally seemed looking up. [[spoiler: Then Carlton proceeded to kick twelve goals to Richmond's three for the rest of the match, eliminating Richmond in their first final. The kicker? Carlton had technically finished ninth, and had only made the finals because another team had been suspended.]]

* If you thought [[spoiler:Chip leaving]] in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' was sad, the [[WildMassGuessing WMG theory]] about [[spoiler:him actually DYING]] is even worse.

** The death of [[spoiler: [[NobleDemon Krika]]]] in ''Bionicle Legends: The Final Battle''.
** [[spoiler:Matoro's HeroicSacrifice]] at the end of ''Downfall''
** The ending of [[spoiler: ''[[DownerEnding The Final Battle]]'']]
** The online serials. [[spoiler: The body count just keeps getting higher. Off the top of my head, there's Botar, Ancient, possibly Lewa, and several matoran.]]
*** The death of a troop of Ta-Matoran who attempted to find refuge on the island of Mata Nui... [[spoiler: not realizing that the "island" is actually the massive robot's face, and that face is, along with the rest of the robot, currently flying through the vacuum of space.]] Guess what happened next.

* The ''Series/ChildrenOfDune'' miniseries: The end of part 1, and the section in part 3 where [[spoiler: Leto meets his father.]]

** Another came from the 2004 concert, called ''A Christmas Bell for Anya''. [[spoiler: It tells the story of a Russian village renowned for their bell makers, and their traditional bell ringing by 12 young girls around the village's scene of the Christ child, and Anya is having her own bell crafted for her by her father. The bell is completed three days before Christmas and Anya eagerly awaits the day. The day before, a band of marauders roaming the country in the chaos of the Russian Revolution come to the town. When the dust settles, Anya's father is found cradling her body. As Christmas approaches he suddenly has the sense that she is near and asking that he ring her bell on Christmas.]]

* To a lesser extent than the first one, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYgauDotzRs this video]]. This [=YouTuber=], Dan, films his pet Cockatoo Max [[spoiler:shortly after his pet cat, Angel was put down]]. For those who don't know, this is the same bird that's extremely goofy and lovable for those who can stand his... well, being a bird. But in this video? The poor thing barely makes any sounds. He just cuddles with his daddy, trying not to think about the reality of his little sister [[spoiler:not coming home]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEBFhVMZpU This. Oh God, this.]]

* 2016, where an insane amount of celebrities that many people have grown up with passed away, such as Music/DavidBowie, Creator/AlanRickman, Music/{{Prince}}, and Creator/GeneHackman, amongst others. But easily the most heartbreaking is that of Creator/CarrieFisher's and her mother Creator/DebbieReynolds' deaths, with Fisher suffering a heart attack on December 23rd, 2016, and then dying three days later. On the same day, her mother Debbie Reynolds suffered a stroke as a result of grief, and was sent to the hospital shortly afterwards. She died the next day, with her last words being "I want to be with Carrie". Either this broke your heart, or you don't have one.

* [[http://SynDuo.deviantart.com/art/Then-n-Now-94849067 This]] picture, ''especially'' if you remember classic Disney, remember going to Disneyland as a kid and meeting those mascots, and...

** The 2004 ALCS where the Red Sox shook off the ghosts and defeated their most heated rival, the New York Yankees, by coming back from a 3-0 series deficit. On the same night where they won Game 7, a student was accidentally shot by Boston police. The Red Sox were shaken by this with one member saying he would have gladly given up that game if she could live again.

* TearJerker/LurleneMcDaniel

* A rare statuary example: the story of UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}} on its own is a TearJerker, a CanineCompanion demonstrating UndyingLoyalty to his fallen master, [[IWillWaitForYou patiently waiting for him at the trains every day]] for long years after Prof. Ueno's death until Hachiko himself passed away. For decades he was honored with a bronze statue placed at the train station where he waited, but in 2016 that statue was eventually removed... to make way for another statue showing [[http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2015/03/08/hachi-new-statue_n_6825348.html a joyful Hachiko reunited with Prof. Ueno, together again at long last]].