History TearJerker / RegularShow

** In a really realistic example of grief, there's a scene in which Muscle Man, Mordecai, and Rigby are driving in Muscle Man's car with Muscle Dad's hat ashes. Muscle man is trying to stay composed, and is telling some nice stories about his dad. He suggests turning on some music to lighten the mood. When he tries to do so, the volume dial snaps off.... [[BerserkButton and Muscle Man starts screaming]] due to the accumulation of all the stress that he's undergone. He's freaking out so badly that Mordecai has to calm him down and assure him that the dial snapping off isn't a big deal.

* ''[[JerkassWoobie Benson]]''. As the series progresses, we learn more and more snippets of his backstory. And man was his life sad. Turns out he's not the rage-filled, unreasonable MeanBoss that we all thought he was.

* Even though the park and it's crew have had a massive location shift, the season [[ContinuityCameo references several long-forgotten visitors]] who are still there. Eileen and Skips find the frozen bodies of Gregg the caveman and his girlfriend in the freezer, while the floating, long-dead skull of Pops' rival Huge-Head is still floating over his dusty display.

* "Busted Cart". Holy hell. After Mordecai and Rigby's typical shenanigans with the golf cart put Benson through ''[[HumiliationConga a LOT]]'' [[JerkassWoobie of crap]] (getting yelled at by his boss and being forced to drive across the country to transport the cart to the dealership in a day before the warranty expires), Benson finally yells at the two about the consequences of their actions after they waste a lot of time in a roadside arcade overnight instead of waking him up so he can continue driving to the dealership. It's just another typical Benson rant... until he ''breaks down in tears'' midway through his speech and sobs about how his job is the only thing he's got. '''''Damn.''''' [[http://youtu.be/OCD8JAgzZO8 See here.]]

---> '''Mordecai''': RIGBY! THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! '''''THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!'''''

*** Its made worse when according to WordOfGod, while Margaret does indeed keep in contact with Mordecai, Rigby, and Eileen, and is on pretty good terms with them, CJ has cut all contact with them, meaning she and Mordecai's relationship truly was damaged beyond repair.

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* The entirety of "The End of Muscle Man" is equal parts TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, sometimes interchangeably (Okay, FunnyMoments too because of the ending).

* The entirety of "The End of Muscle Man" is equal parts TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, sometimes interchangeably.

* ''[[JerkassWoobie Benson]]''. As the series progresses, we learn more and more snippets of his backstory. And man was his life sad. Turns out he's not the rage-filled, unreasonable {{Jerkass}} of a boss that we all thought he was.

* ''Benson''. As the series progresses, we learn more and more snippets of his backstory. And man was his life sad. Turns out he's not the rage-filled, unreasonable, asshole of a boss that we all thought he was.

* "Eggscellent". Rigby being put in a near death coma and Mordecai trying to win the hat he wanted in the omelet eating contest. The biggest sucker punch is Mordecai punching Benson after he says [[DudeNotFunny "Maybe if you had been working, like you supposed to, none of this would've happened."]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and telling him they're only his friends because he's their boss.]] Most of the episode was almost like a more dark take on the duo's regular activities, especially if you were spoiled early by the official description of "Over the Top".

* "Eggscellent". Rigby being put in a near death coma and Mordecai trying to win the hat he wanted in the omelet eating contest. The biggest sucker punch is Mordecai punching Benson after he says [[TooSoon "Maybe if you had been working, like you supposed to, none of this would've happened."]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and telling him they're only his friends because he's their boss.]] Most of the episode was almost like a more dark take on the duo's regular activities, especially if you were spoiled early by the official description of "Over the Top".

** Then there is [[http://i.imgur.com/Yk9FZ.jpg this scene]] that was never animated from "Mordecai and the Rigby's"" which reveals that Benson had a girlfriend who left him for a business man and told him that he would never make it in the music business.

* Cartoon Network officially confirmed that Regular Show will end after season 8, on September 13, 2016, which is also the creator's (JG Quintel) birthday.
** Although he knew it before that, it's sad that he had to hear sad fans upset about the show ending on his birthday.
** On Facebook, Cartoon Network posted J.G. pretty much paying a tribute to his show on the day of its last episode. It's both this and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments beautiful]] to say the least.

* Rigby's death in "It's Time" is also considered a tear jerker, especially when Mordecai recalls his last moments with him.
** No mention of Mordecai's reaction?:

** A lesser moment occurs in the interrogation room, when [[FragileFlower Pops]] becomes so freaked-out with the guilt of having supplied the fake coupons, that he [[BreakTheCutie bursts into tears]] and starts ''bawling'' so much that Benson has to calm him down before he can bring himself to actually speak.

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[[caption-width-right:204:Benson still misses Dave.]]

** Easy to miss considering all we see, but going by the closing montage it seems that Margaret and CJ drifted away from the park crew entirely and there's no sign of Thomas/Nicolai in the closing scenes either.

[[caption-width-right:204:[[spoiler:Benson still misses Dave.]]]]

* "Meat Your Maker" is chock full of awful moments. The entire freezer thing [[spoiler: from Mordecai's growing annoyance to Rigby's increasingly desperate attempts to appease him to the whole near-death experience]] is pretty gut-wrenching. And then there's the fact that Benson was really looking forward to the barbecue and put a lot of money and effort into it, only to [[spoiler:take the blame for everything that went wrong]] when it wasn't even remotely his fault.

* [[spoiler:Rigby's death]] in "It's Time" is also considered a tear jerker, especially when Mordecai recalls his last moments with him.

* Benson's flashback in "Stick Hockey". [[spoiler:His apprentice and friend, Dave, was killed right in front of him [[OffWithHisHead in one of the worst ways possible]].]].
* "Skips Strikes" has Skips quitting the bowling team and the park members (with Pops replacing Skips as a team member) listening to some sad music while [[spoiler:knowing that if they would lose to their opponents, Death from a previous episode would take their souls and what's worse, Skips quits because of his real name, Walks, being an embarrassing name.]]

* The music that plays during [[spoiler:Muscle Man's suicide and the burning of the audience]] in "Terror Tales of the Park" that [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sounds very similar]] to "Winds of Change" by Music/{{Scorpions}}.

* In "House Rules", Old Mordecai implies that [[spoiler: Rigby dies young]]. It's a quick one, but it's hard to laugh at the rest of the episode after hearing it.
** What about how Mordecai feels about this? [[spoiler: He's been best friends with Rigby since they were little. So to learn that your long time best friend may die young... you can tell by the tone of his voice when he asks 'how is this happening' that he was so upset! He can't tell Rigby about it cause that would be like [[AwfulTruth telling your kid sibling they're going to die young]]! And Mordecai can't call for help from anyone like Skips or even Benson cause he doesn't trust anyone enough not to let it slip to Rigby. So he's suffering this knowledge alone.]]
* In "Think Positive", Benson is forced [[spoiler: by Pops, of all people]] to hold all of his anger in. He [[spoiler: buys an anger management tape, which triggers a flashback of his family. Apparently his family yelled a lot, and that's where his HairTriggerTemper stems from.]] It's sort of PlayedForLaughs, but children who can relate to such unhealthy family dynamics may find this part saddening.
** At the end, [[spoiler: after struggling desperately not to yell the entire episode, he floats in the air dramatically, with metal and trees rushing towards him and his fiery force field thing, as if he were a vacuum until he finally does let ALL of his anger out at Mordecai and Rigby, and says nothing positive about them. Not only that, but there were TEARS as he did so. And the rant itself is hard to listen to.]] May double as NightmareFuel and/or a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

* "Eggscellent". [[spoiler:Rigby being put in a near death coma and Mordecai]] trying to win the hat he wanted in the omelet eating contest. The biggest sucker punch is [[spoiler: Mordecai punching Benson after he says [[TooSoon "Maybe if you had been working, like you supposed to, none of this would've happened."]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and telling him they're only his friends because he's their boss.]]]] Most of the episode was almost like a more dark take on the duo's regular activities, especially if you were spoiled early by the official description of "Over the Top".

* "Busted Cart". Holy hell. After Mordecai and Rigby's typical shenanigans with the golf cart put Benson through ''[[HumiliationConga a LOT]]'' [[JerkassWoobie of crap]] (getting yelled at by his boss and [[spoiler: being forced to drive across the country to transport the cart to the dealership in a day before the warranty expires]]), Benson finally yells at the two about the consequences of their actions after they [[spoiler: waste a lot of time in a roadside arcade overnight instead of waking him up so he can continue driving to the dealership.]] It's just another typical Benson rant... [[spoiler:until he ''breaks down in tears'' midway through his speech and sobs about how his job is the only thing he's got.]] '''''Damn.''''' [[http://youtu.be/OCD8JAgzZO8 See here.]]

* "Trucker Hall of Fame". Muscle Man's dad died. At the funeral, he has a breakdown. Even High-Five Ghost is in tears. Just ''thinking'' about it puts Muscle Man in tears. When he was driving to spread his father's hat ashes, he reminisces about Dad's fun pranks. Mordecai and Rigby see Muscle Man's rivals and they repeatedly tease him (and remember at the end they wanted to [[spoiler:''kill'' the gang just because they hate Muscle Dad.]]). He's in a field and smashes a photo of Dad and has another emotional breakdown, and then finds a letter from his dad. Don't you wanna give Muscle Man [[TheWoobie a hug?]]
** [[spoiler:The ghost of Muscle Dad returns, though.]] And [[spoiler:he was a forklift driver, not a trucker.]]

* "Out of Commission". It starts off fine... until Benson announces that the old cart they had for quite a long time will be replaced. Mordecai and Rigby [[LibationForTheDead poured energy soda on the cart]] that drips into the engine--causing the cart to become alive. Seeing as they would cry if they had to decompose it, they take him out, for one last spin. At the end, the cart announces he wants to [[spoiler:commit suicide by drowning in an ocean, as well as exploding. DrivenToSuicide taken a literal (yet different) spin.]]
** [[FridgeLogic To up the ante]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime this wasn't the only show]] that had a similar episode that aired on the same night that involved [[spoiler:suicide]]...
* During the events of "Diary", [[spoiler:we learn why Skips always skips: many years ago, he would skip with a woman he loved. [[MayflyDecemberRomance After she passed away]], he vowed to always skip from then on, so that he would never forget her.]]

** Mordecai and Rigby believing that they were responsible for Thomas' [[DisneyDeath "death" ]] in "Starter Pack."

* "Steak Me Amadeus", Mordecai plans the perfect date in order to ask Margaret to be his girlfriend, [[spoiler: but Margaret reveals she's been accepted to her dream school and can't be his girlfriend, followed by her running out of the restaurant in tears. The final scene with Mordecai and Rigby on the roof hits you hard.]]
** You ''know'' it's sad when the [[EvenEvilHasStandards bad guys actually stop shooting]] in order [[spoiler: to let Margaret leave]], though this is more because one of the agents called for a cease-fire because they didn't want to hurt Margaret and the criminals complied.

* The Thanksgiving episode has a few, chief among them are Mordecai and Rigby's song at the Turducken Contest due to [[spoiler:Their families not being able to come for Thanksgiving, later revealed to be Thomas thinking their planes were delayed]].

* "Skips' Story". For context, Skips tells Mordecai and Rigby how he obtained immortality. [[spoiler:Walks was expelled from three other schools before transfering to another because he kept fighting. It results in him meeting the Immortal Student Council (and Glee Club) and befriending them, especially after standing up to Klorgbane. During lunch, he meets and falls for Mona. When she hears about his plans to fight Klorgbane, she almost leaves him because she didn't really want to associate with violent people until Walks backs out of the fight. She asked if Walks wanted to work on prom decorations, to which he agrees. Walks and Mona then date while The Student Council create the Fists of Justice. Klorgbane can only fight at the same time as prom, so when he doesn't find Walks, he breaks into prom and attacks. He also causes damage to the room, resulting in a piece of the ceiling to fall on Mona and kill her. Walks then dons the Fists of Justice and beats the tar out of Klorgbane. Klorgbane will return every 157 years to battle, so Walks is then offered immortality by the Guardians of Youth, and renames himself "Skips".]] Good thing WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}} came after this episode's initial airdate- that ought to cheer anyone up after seeing this episode.
** Makes you wonder [[spoiler:how Skips had to break the news of Mona's death to her parents.]]

** The end. [[spoiler:The Guardians warning Skips that immortality comes at a price and his response that he's already paid it with the death of Mona really cuts deep. It's almost like he was saying he had nothing else to live for and living forever to do battle with Klorgbane on behalf of the Guardians is his penance for being unable to save Mona]].

* Mordecai's [[spoiler: DisneyDeath]] in "Real Date". CJ's realistic-sounding crying just seals it.

** It starts with Muscle Man wanting his coworkers to help him complete his bucket list, since [[spoiler:he'll be "leaving this world tonight"]] at 7:00 pm at Wing Kingdom. But it's not the "bucket list" part that's the TearJerker..it's the "leaving this world" part. As 7:00 nears, Benson has everyone tribute him and give him their honor. As Muscle Man approaches the bathroom where fate [[spoiler:(and Death)]] awaits, there's a quick montage of past moments in the series, before he says "I LOVE YOU GUYS!" and [[EverybodyCries all of the coworkers burst into tears]].
** Then to make matters worse, ''Starla'' comes and sees Muscle Man [[spoiler:"dead"]]. Who could blame her for that emotional breakdown?

** Fives throughout that episode was just tragic to watch, considering he's Muscle Man's best friend. Him receiving the news from the doctor and blaming himself for [[spoiler:Muscle Man's declining health]] is absolutely tragic.

* Thomas [[spoiler: (Nikolai)]] leaving the park at the sunset.
-->'''Rigby:''' [[spoiler: Do svidanya, Nikolai. You'll always be Thomas to us.]]

* [[spoiler: The {{cliffhanger}} ending of "Merry Christmas Mordecai". After spending the entire episode stressed out, confessing to Margaret that he is in a happier relationship with CJ, and reminiscing on their good times together, Mordecai and Margaret accidentally share a kiss... right in front of CJ, who leaves the party in tears. Mordecai then discovers that Margaret is becoming Eileen's new room mate. The episode ends with Margaret confused, looking worriedly at Mordecai, though "Sad Sax" showed Mordecai deeply regretting what he did and trying to make things right with C.J. -- even Margaret apologized to Mordecai over the kiss and not once told Mordecai that she wanted him back, meaning that, while she does like Mordecai, she doesn't like him enough to take him back]].
* Eileen's situation in "I See Turtles: [[spoiler: She wants to hang out with both CJ and Margret but can't because of the lingering awkwardness between the two of them after Mordecai broke C.J.'s heart by kissing Margaret.]]

** Eileen's "breakup" with Rigby. It sounded so convincing that both Rigby ''and'' the viewers were wondering if it was actually sincere. [[spoiler: It wasn't, as seen in later episodes]].

** [[spoiler: The park being sealed off and rocketing to space, and everyone who wanted to go to the park to celebrate Rigby's graduation is stuck outside, unable to do a thing about it. Rigby's being separated from almost everyone singing his praises, Benson's date with Pam is cancelled by circumstances beyond everyone's control, and Eileen is oblivious to the fact she's leaving Earth because she's inside the house, making dessert as if everything was fine.]]
** Then there is also the fact that season it foreshadows is [[spoiler: the last one]].

** Then when he finally views a video tape the gang gave to him, he hears what they all have to say. Most notably that work just wouldn't be the same without him. Benson responds in tears and ''utterly'' regrets his decision of leaving them. [[spoiler: Thankfully, it all turned out to be a virtual simulation.]]

*** Another [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpretation of this scene]] could make it even sadder. Pops' breakdown could have started because [[spoiler: on some level, he knew that he wouldn't survive the final battle, and was coming to terms with his own death]].

** The series went out with a bang, but towards the end it gave us the saddest moment the show has ever seen: [[spoiler: '''The death of Pops'''. As the universe begins to cease, Pops finally realizes how to break the cycle of endless fighting with his brother Anti Pops - by embracing his positive energy. He goes to Anti-Pops and gives him a hug, his positive energy weakening his brother's negative energy. He flies towards a star, as Anti-Pops pleads. Mordecai and Rigby tear up, realizing what's about to happen but being completely helpless to do anything about it. Then Pops tells them to take care of each other before he and his brother fall into the star and incinerate, saving the universe at the cost of his own life.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Anti-Pops''': This can't work, Pops! The minute you let me go, I'm gonna blast you into nothing!]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Pops''': I know...So I'm not going to let go.]]
** And after that, the Park crew return to Earth, three years after they left. We see them reunite with their loved ones, and everyone is happy...except for [[spoiler: Mr. Maellard, who looks up in the sky, tears in his eyes as he silently mourns Pops. Mr. Maellard may have been more abrasive than Benson could ever be, but he truly loved his son.]]
** Doubles as a moment of Heartwarming, but seeing the Park crew [[spoiler: erect a statue in remembrance of Pops. And then, at the reunion 25 years later, they erect another statue in remembrance of Mr. Maellard, honoring both of these men who had been around since the beginning.]]
** It's incredibly fitting and poignant that it's ''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Benson]]'' who [[spoiler: places flowers on Pops' grave]]. Arguably, since the pilot, (and even in The Naive Man from Lolliland,) Benson [[spoiler: had the closest relationship with him]], more than any other character.

** Easy to miss considering all we see, but going by the closing montage it seems that [[spoiler: Margaret and CJ]] drifted away from the park crew entirely and there's no sign of [[spoiler: Thomas/Nicolai]] in the closing scenes either.

** In a really realistic example of grief, there's a scene in which Muscle Man, Mordecai, and Rigby are driving in Muscle Man's car with Muscle Dad's ashes. Muscle man is trying to stay composed, and is telling some nice stories about his dad. He suggests turning on some music to lighten the mood. When he tries to do so, the volume dial snaps off.... [[BerserkButton and Muscle Man starts screaming]] due to the accumulation of all the stress that he's undergone. He's freaking out so badly that Mordecai has to calm him down and assure him that the dial snapping off isn't a big deal.

** On Facebook, Cartoon Network posted J.G. pretty much paying a tribute to his show on the day of its last episode. It's both this and [[HeartwarmingMoments beautiful]] to say the least.

* Pops's crippling stage fright in "Dizzy." He's so terrified of having to give a speech at the statue unveiling ceremony at the park that he literally runs away crying. Mordecai and Rigby later find him sitting on a swing in the playground, weeping quietly to himself. Although Mordecai and Rigby's attempts at getting him used to public speaking are [[CrowningMomentOfFunny pretty funny]], such as getting him to speak in front of a crowd at a movie theater, his flustered terror is kind of painful to watch.

** Pops has a minor MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he sees what his good intentions as a boss have done to Benson, and his status as a PointyHairedBoss is painfully deconstructed. Fortunately, the two of them seem to have [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming made a compromise]] by the episode's conclusion.

* Pops in "Guy's Night." He's so eager to "be one of the guys" that he repeatedly makes himself sick in order to do so, by drinking several gallons milk (to beat the "Milk Challenge") and then throwing up so much that he becomes weak and shriveled-looking and has to lie down for a few hours to recover. Even Mordecai and ''Rigby'' tell Pops that he's being crazy and that the lengths he went to beat the challenge were admirable enough. Which only makes it [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming all the more sweet]] when he finally beats the challenge, is congratulated by everyone else, and the episode ends with him putting a picture in his scrapbook and giggling jovially.

* The entirety of "The End of Muscle Man" is equal parts TearJerker and HeartwarmingMoments, sometimes interchangeably.

* Pops' strange plight in "Win That Prize" was somehow a combination of this and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]]. All he wanted was to be on a game show, have a good time, and have an opportunity to win prizes- but he ended up with an executive job that he ''didn't even want'' and was pretty much forced into it. Throughout the episode he slowly starts to degrade physically and emotionally, aging up ''decades'' within the span of a few hours just from the stress being overworked and constantly promoted, (at one point witnessing the previous executive ''die of old age right in his arms''.) At one point he buries his face into his hands and just ''sobs'' because all he wants is to be on the game show but is pushed into a high-intensity job that he didn't even sign up for.