History TearJerker / TalesFromTheBorderlands

* [[spoiler: The tired heartbreak in the Stranger's voice as they finally tell their side of the story before TheReveal just oozes sadness. From his point of view during the entire sequence of events ingame he has been dedicated to them beyond any other, given them his all despite escalating damage to himself and saved their lives multiple times. The only time he had ever asked them for anything was to save and protect Gortys but he instead witnesses them killing her.]]

--->'''Rhys:''' ''"No!"''

--->'''Rhys:''' "''No!''"

---> '''Rhys:''' ''[[BigNo NO!]]''

--->'''Rhys: "''No!''"

** Sasha asks why he's [[spoiler: crying over him, and he feebly says that maybe those stories about [[SwissArmyTears tears being able to heal people are true.]] She tenderly wipes his cheek and says that this isn't one of those stories.]]

** Sasha asks why he's crying over him, and he feebly says that maybe those stories about [[SwissArmyTears tears being able to heal people are true.]] She tenderly wipes his cheek and says that this isn't one of those stories.

--->'''Rhys:''' Wait wait wait, stop ''STOP!'' We both can't fit in that!

* Jack's final moments are appropriately pathetic. Going from undignified begging to insane raving, Jack comes across as desperate, sad and very alone, trapped in his own broken mind. And adding to that is Rhys. The proud Hyperion employee and Jack fanboy, watching his idol reveal his true nature as a broken loser among the burning wreckage of Helios.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mRkDA13us&index=127&list=PLoAPkrji16yH51NfEDlVp-r7YXvWon5aW The song that plays in the beginning]] as [[spoiler:Helios blows up in shambles in outer space as Rhys looks on in horror. It's rather dark and sad compared to the more previous songs. And as you listen to it, you can see the sadness and regret Rhys is suffering in the pod.]]

--->'''Rhys:''' Wait wait wait, stop ''STOP!'' We both can't fit in that![[labelnote:*]]Missubtitled as: Wait! Wait! No. We both can't fit in that![[/labelnote]]

--->'''Rhys:''' No! Wait! Loader Bot, no! (Loader Bot fistbumps the front of the pod) ''No!'' (Kroger guns Loader Bot down) ''[[BigNo NO!]]''

* Loader Bot's HeroicSacrifice to get Rhys into an escape pod at the opening of the episode only to get gunned down by Kroger like [[WhatMeasureIsAMook a Vault Hunter would any other Hyperion Loader.]] as Rhys tries desperately to save him. [[spoiler: Sure it gets revealed as a DisneyDeath in the same episode, but still.]]
** The "We both can't fit in that" option makes Loader Bot's sacrifice absolutely ''heartbreaking''

--->'''Rhys:''' No! Wait! Loader Bot no! (Loader Bot fistbumps the front of the pod) ''No!'' (Kroger guns Loader Bot down) ''[[BigNo NO!]]''

* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]] All that friendliness and loyalty at the beginning ''was an act''-she's just another greedy, egotistic asshole like everybody else and never really cared about [[spoiler: you and Vaughn]] at all, something [[spoiler: a disguised Rhys]] comes to accept after unsuccessfully trying to find something redeemable in her words and actions.
--->'''[[spoiler: Yvette]]''': They were dead the moment they set foot on Pandora. [[spoiler: If I was going to lose them anyway, I might as well get something out of it]]

* Reject Hyperion ending is just as much a TearJerker as it is NightmareFuel. Handsome Jack genuinely opens up, offering to give Rhys everything he wanted - and ''fully'' intends to follow through with it (at least for now) - and Rhys brashly throws the offer back in his face. Its one more betrayal in a lifetime of allies-turning-traitors for Jack. As terrifying as he is in the reject ending, its a little sad too. He ''really'' hoped Rhys would be different.

--->'''Rhys:''' Wait wait wait, stop ''STOP''! We both can't fit in that![[labelnote:*]]Missubtitled as: Wait! Wait! No. We both can't fit in that![[/labelnote]]

* Loader Bot's brofist.

* [[spoiler: Scooter's]] death, and the option to trade [[spoiler: hats]] with him as well as everything he says. And then you get the chance to honor him with all the epicness that he deserves. [[spoiler: See you, Space Cowboy!]]

** The fact that the game makes you [[spoiler: pull the lever to send him on.]]

* [[spoiler: The tired heartbreak in the Stranger's voice as they finally tell their side of the story before TheReveal just oozes sadness. From his point of view during the entire sequence of events ingame he has been dedicated to them beyond any other, given them his all despite escalating damage to himself and saved their lives multiple times. The only time he had ever asked them for anything was to save and protect Gratys but he instead witnesses them killing her.]]

* [[spoiler: The tired heartbreak in the Stranger's voice as they finally tell their side of the story before TheReveal just oozes sadness.]]

** [[spoiler: The destruction of Helios itself can be sad for some. Even ignoring the catastrophic loss of human life it caused, and even ignoring the sadness caused by Loader Bot's apparent HeroicSacrifice, Helios was a constant fixture in the sky for players of [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}} Borderlands 2]] and you actually got to visit in in [[VideoGame/{{BorderlandsThePreSequel}} The Pre-Sequel]]. It's a little sad knowing that it's gone forever.]]

* [[spoiler: The tired heartbreak in the Stranger's voice as they finally tell their side of the story before TheReveal just oozes sadness.]]

[[AC:Episode 1 - Zer0 Sum]]

[[AC:Episode 2 - Atlas Mugged]]

[[AC:Episode 3 - Catch a Ride]]

[[AC: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo]]

[[AC:Episode 5 - The Vault Of The Traveler]]

* [[spoiler:Your mileage may most ''definitely'' vary, but Jack's final moments are appropriately pathetic. Going from undignified begging to insane raving, Jack comes across as desperate, sad and very alone, trapped in his own broken mind.]]
** [[spoiler:And adding to that is Rhys. The proud Hyperion employee and Jack fanboy, watching his idol reveal his true nature as a broken loser among the burning wreckage of Helios. Jack's point that Rhys likely just killed more people at once than Jack did in total makes the scene even more painful.]]
*** [[spoiler: This is mitigated slightly when it's revealed that a large number of Hyperion employees survived and formed the Children of Helios under Vaughn, meaning Jack was possibly wrong about that. Still, Rhys didn't find this out for a while afterwards, so he would have had to live with that guilt anyway.]]

** [[spoiler: Hearing Gortys, the happy-go-lucky robot that is so rarely upset by ''anything'', desperately beg you to kill her is ''heartrending''.]]
** [[spoiler: Thankfully, Gortys gets rebuilt for the finale and is still alive by the actual end of the game.]]

* [[spoiler: Bit of FridgeHorror. Reject Hyperion ending is just as much a TearJerker as it is NightmareFuel. Handsome Jack genuinely opens up, offering to give Rhys everything he wanted - and ''fully'' intends to follow through with it (at least for now) - and Rhys brashly throws the offer back in his face. Its one more betrayal in a lifetime of allies-turning-traitors for Jack. As terrifying as he is in the reject ending, its a little sad too. He ''really'' hoped Rhys would be different.]]

** [[spoiler:And adding to that is Rhys. The proud Hyperion employee and Jack fanboy, watching his idol reveal his true nature as a broken loser among the burning wreckage of Helios. Jack's point that he likely just killed more people at once that Jack ever managed makes the scene even more painful.]]

* [[spoiler: Although she gets better, Sasha's death scene is a big tearjerker. Especially when the player as Fiona has to choose how to say goodbye to her sister.]]