History TearJerker / TheAmazingWorldOfGumball

** One of the things Larry loses is his girlfriend, Karen. While proposing to her on a date he sees Gumball and Darwin outside a window, and in an desperate attempt to shoo them away, [[PoorCommunicationKills accidentally throws everything at Karen while angrily screaming, "GET OUT OF MY LIFE!" Right in front of her face]]. ''Ouch''.

* Larry's explanation to the meaning of life in "The Question". He joyously states his day's schedule... until he realizes that most of his life revolves around work. [[HeroicBSOD He then suffers from a nervous breakdown]], [[LastKiss kisses his girlfriend and manager goodbye]], knowing he may ''never'' see them again, steals a car, and metaphorically drives himself to suicide. Poor guy just can't catch a break.

* In "The Laziest", despite being PlayedForLaughs, the entire scene in which Gumball and Darwin pester Larry until he has lost most of his possessions just so he can be lazy enough to join the kids' father in a competition is very upsetting.
** One of the things Larry loses is his girlfriend, Karen. While proposing to her on a date he sees Gumball and Darwin outside a window, and in an desperate attempt to shoo them away, [[PoorCommunicationKills accidentally throws everything at Karen while angrily screaming, "GET OUT OF MY LIFE!" Right in front of her face]]. Ouch.

** Karen then dumps Larry, kicking him out of his own house. Eventually we see the two in a relationship again ten episodes later with no issues whatsoever, but still... that had to hurt ''bad''.

* Gumball's reaction upon witnessing Darwin die in front of him in "The Phone"--he screams a BigNo, which then dissolves into helpless sobbing. Darwin gets better, but still.

'''Gumball:''' And how do you get rid of them?\\

* "The Helmet" has a DisneyDeath of Gumball when he attempted to get his helmet that was about to fall into the "dumpster's crusher". Anais ''[[SayMyName screams]]'' [[SayMyName his name]] in the most heartrending way possible, followed by her and Darwin weeping under the assumption that their big brother is dead.

* Gumball's reaction upon witnessing Darwin die in front of him--he screams a BigNo, which then dissolves into helpless sobbing. Darwin gets better, but still.

'''Gumball:''' Well, how do you get rid of them?\\
'''Rocky:''' Well, usually, I just close my eyes and open my heart! And when I open my eyes again, they're gone...

* The ending of "The Blame". While it's played mostly for laughs, it's kind of sad to see that the parents still learned nothing from this, especially Felicity. First, she has video games banned for being too violent and harmful to children when that isn't the case and then when the kids point out that books can be dangerous and more violent than video games, she agrees and it seems like she might change and ''[[TheDitz Richard]]'', of all people, [[DumbassHasaPoint actually suggests the parents should become more sensible and take better care of their children]] (which truly is a great lesson)...only for the next scene shows the parents burning books, much to the horror of their kids.

*** Imagine how Darwin must've felt when the Wattersons left him at a lake. The tragic misunderstanding was clearly taking a toll on him, shown most prominently when he ''explodes'' on them:

'''Anais:''' ''(tearing up)'' [[Understatement This is kind of harsh]].\\

-->'''Darwin:''' I'm sorry! I couldn't help you forget!
-->''(Out of the blue, the squirrel wakes up and [[EverybodyCries cries along with the brothers.]])''

-->'''Advertisement:''' [[YouAreFat Are you too fat?]]
-->'''Richard:''' [[SelfDeprecation Yes.]]
-->'''Advertisement:''' [[BaldnessAngst Are you too bald?]]
-->'''Richard:''' Maybe.
-->'''Advertisement:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you really the man she deserves?]]
-->'''Richard:''' '''''[[BigNo NO!]]''''' ''(angrily throws computer out the window)'' [...] It was a moment of weakness..and I crumbled, Nicole! ''I crumbled!'' ''(starts crying)''

--> '''Rocky:''' Seriously, though: no one likes you, Miss Simian. [[EverybodyHasStandards Not even me! And I like everybody!]]
** Later in the episode, when Nicole gets upset at Ms. Simian for being at her house, the latter takes a hint that Nicole doesn’t want her there and decides to leave. The following dialogue in which the Wattersons express pity for Ms. Simian is just as depressing, all while some sad music plays.
--> '''Darwin:''' ''(all choked up)'' It’s so sad.
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' ''(arriving at the front door to leave)'' This is me. On my way. I’m at the door.
--> '''Anais:''' ''(tearing up)'' [[Understatement This is kind of harsh]].
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' ''(opens the door)'' I’m turning the doorknob. I’m opening the door.
--> '''Richard:''' [[SuddenlyShouting I DON’T KNOW WHY]] [[ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy BUT I’M CRYING!]]
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' Gosh, it sure looks lonely out there... ''(She leaves and shuts the door behind her all while everyone else except Nicole are fueled with waterworks.)''

--->'''Gumball''': '''WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET''' '''''NOTICED''''' '''IN THIS HOUSE?!'''

-->'''Gumball:''' Enough! I have won! The game is over!
-->'''Nicole:''' Not until you've shot me. Then you'll finally join me, and be a winner.
-->'''Gumball:''' I don't ''want'' to be a winner! [[WhamLine I'd rather be a disappointment to you than live like this!]]

'''Rocky:''' Well, usually I just close my eyes and open my heart! And when I open my eyes again, they're gone...

** Gumball starts crying near the end of the episode, realizing that everyone has been making fun of him the whole time.

-->'''Darwin:''' I'm sorry I couldn't help you forget!

* In "The Party", when Rachel is crying outside because NONE of her friends showed up. This can be attributed to they not wanting to go to a "kids" party to her not actually having friends.

** Later in the episode, when Nicole gets upset at Ms. Simian for being at her house, the latter takes a hint that Nicole doesn’t want her there and decides to leave. The following dialogue in which the Wattersons express pity for Ms. Simian is just as depressing all while some sad music plays.
--> '''Darwin:''' (all choked up) It’s so sad.
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' (arriving at the front door to leave) This is me. On my way. I’m at the door.
--> '''Anais:''' (tearing up) This is kind of harsh.
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' (opens the door) I’m turning the doorknob. I’m opening the door.
--> '''Richard:''' (utterly sad) [[SuddenlyShouting I DON’T KNOW WHY BUT I’M CRYING!]]
--> '''Ms. Simian:''' Gosh it sure looks lonely out there. (She leaves and shuts the door behind her all while the Wattersons (sans Nicole) are fueled with waterworks.)

** When Gumball runs to his room after being ignored by his parents.
** Penny's reaction to Gumball's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial outburst that he doesn't like her.]]
--->'''Penny:''' Well... *sniff* T-thanks for being honest with me....
* "The Helmet" has a DisneyDeath of Gumball when he attempted to get his helmet that was about to fall into the "dumpster's crusher". The worst part? It made Anais scream at the top of her lungs.
** Similarly, though the circumstances were funny, Gumball's reaction to Darwin's DisneyDeath in "The Phone" is fairly sad - he drops to his knees and starts sobbing.

* This line from "The Fridge".
-->'''Gumball:''' I'd rather be a disappointment to you [Nicole] than live like this.
* Teri's (almost) death in "The Virus" is a combination of this and NightmareFuel. What's especially saddening is the characters' (Gumball and Darwin) completely heartbroken reactions. It makes it sadder that she's a pretty friendly and sympathetic character, and almost dying in such an horrible way (being decapitated) is quite uncomfortable, even for a kids' show.
* The fight scene from "The Words" where Gumball hurts Darwin's feelings in one of the saddest moments in the show.

* "The Voice" sheds some light on William. Poor guy, all he wanted to do was hang out with Gumball and Darwin.
* In "The Internet", Gumball reads a book called '''The Little Platypus Who Took The Wrong Bus'''. The book's cover is saddening, even more so when Gumball cries about the fact that a platypus needs its mother.
* All in all, it's pretty sad that both the Watterson siblings and Richard himself are so terrified of Nicole. Sure, they have perfectly valid reasons and we know they all love each other very much. But that doesn't diminish how sad it is. "The Limit" illustrates all of this quite nicely.

-->Maybe it's for the better
-->No one wants to stay a child forever
-->Remember the wonderful times we've had
-->Those happy thoughts now make me sad
-->They say it's not bad
-->It's just a new start,
-->So why do I have this pain in my heart?
-->Our childhood memories are getting hazy...

* Penny freaking out and running away in "The Shell", despite Gumball trying to tell her that he ''likes'' her true form. Patrick's reaction doesn't help much as he didn't even bother to ''tone down'' his comments to the point of calling his ''own daughter'' a monster despite Gumball's best effort to calm Penny down. It's satisfying that Gumball delivered a CallingTheOldManOut speech at him in behalf of Penny.
** Penny's reaction to her father also did not help make this scene better.
--->'''Penny''': Gumball! Please tell my father that the ''monster'' is going to live in the forest, with all the other beasts! (flies away)

** Even earlier after Gumball was kicked out by Patrick when he found out what happened and got Penny grounded as well when she wants to break out of her shell, Gumball didn't have dinner and goes to his bedroom depressed while Nicole is very concerned about him not eating because of it. When Gumball insists he's fine, he then ends up crying in his pillow as he thinks he won't see Penny again because he accidentally cracked her shell. To see Gumball defeated like that shows how much he loves her and that he may not see her again because he can't [[CannotSpitItOut convey his feelings]] to Penny very well that he ended up headbutting her when he was presented the chance. Thankfully, it all paid off in the end for him and Penny when she arrived.

* The reason why Chris Morris helps Gumball and Darwin avoid getting caught by the police in "The Burden", he doesn't want anyone to experience being caged like he did his whole life.
* "The Butterfly": Alison telling Rocky that she's been saving herself for marriage for so long that she became depressed, couldn't find a job, had to live in a van under the freeway with her cats, and ate nothing but squirrels and rust.
* "The Friend": The harmless shark-headed monster was left alone to wander the streets in search of friends after his creator died (or, in his words, "[[NeverSayDie didn't wake up]]") so Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to protect him from the police, only for the shark-headed monster to kill himself with cola and mints. (Fortunately, he gets better, but still has to leave town because of what happened).
** The revelation that Anais has no friends and she threw a party just so someone -- anyone -- could come. Her sadness in the second season's "The Pony" is justified after all.

* In "The Signature", Richard's long lost father, Frankie Watterson came back to just to betray them by taking the ownership of the family's home for himself until Richard looked at him with a very sad look. As pictured above, Frankie then remembered having to look back at a young smiling Richard who doesn't know he's actually leaving, waving goodbye to his unknowing son. Remembering this causes Frankie to have a HeelRealization and let his family pass through so Jojo and Louie can get married to claim home ownership back to the family.

** Richard spent decades convincing himself that his dad would eventually come back with milk. Frankie coming back without a carton in hand destroyed any chance that his dad left for a good reason.
* "The Love" has a surprising one. In the montage with Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, a lot of the scenarios are just them tormenting each other which is obviously funny. However, Margaret seems to catch a cough which is blown off the first time but the second time has her pass out. This can hit a little too close to home if you have or had a loved one go through that same process.

* Gumball has fun being a dumb superhero with Sarah and Darwin, but then they get mugged in the park. He starts crying quietly, throws his costume away and is seen after on the porch hugging his knees to his chest. Luckily Sarah cheers him up and Nicole beats the shit out of the mugger for trying to steal the car.

* "The Origins" has a ton of these. The entire scene in which Darwin gets locked in a cage in the pest control van is one big tearjerker. First, he came so close to his family only to be snatched away at the last moment, then some poor dog tells him the sooner he forgets about them the less it'll hurt, and he's speaking from experience. Darwin starts crying and repeating the words "I have to get back". Then Gumball gives up on ever finding Darwin and because of their connection Darwin knows that he gave up. He manages to escape and there's a bit of levity until Darwin runs into them at the pet store and sees himself getting replaced.

* The ending of "The Blame". While it's played mostly for laughs, it's kind of sad to see that the parents still learned nothing from this, especially Felicity. First, she has video games banned for being too violent and harmful to children when that isn't the case and then when the kids point out that books can be dangerous and more violent than video games, she agrees and it seems like she might change and Richard, yeah [[TheDitz Richard]], actually suggests the parents should become more sensible and take better care of their children, which is a great lesson... next scene shows the parents burning books! That's a real TearJerker because this does happen in real life and it's never shown if the video game ban was removed, so now the children won't have any video games to play or books to read. It's only a matter of time before Felicity buys a television set...
* "The Roots" clearly shows how much Darwin means to the Watterson family as they hate the thought of letting him go into the wild.
** Imagine how Darwin must've felt when the Wattersons left him at a lake. The tragic misunderstanding was clearly taking a toll on him, shown most prominently when he ''explodes'' on them:
--> '''Darwin''': YOU ABANDON ME, THEN ''GO FOR ICE CREAM?!''

* "The Disaster" is when the show is truly at its darkest. Rob uses a Universal Remote, a device that can warp reality to the user's whim, to make word on his promise to ruin Gumball's life. Gumball witnessed everything around him tarnished by Rob before him in suspended animation. Darwin is nowhere to be seen after his heart's broken, Nicole and Richard broke up (she is with Hank while Richard is [[DrowningMySorrows eating donuts out of sadness]]), Anais is lost and crying, and Penny is falling to her death after Gumball was controlled to push her off the second floor after she was heartbroken from seeing Gumball accidentally bumping and kissing Sarah. Gumball didn't even know what was going on until Rob makes his appearance known and shows [[LackOfEmpathy no regret]] for his actions.

'''Rob''': I did warn you... (takes the family photo out of Richard's wallet) I said I would destroy you and everyone you loved. (he rips the photo in half)
* The last thing Penny sees is Gumball slamming into her and, given the tears in her eyes as she falls, her last thought was likely "My boyfriend just killed me."

'''Rob''': You really don’t get it, do you? So happy to star in your "amazing" world. Can’t you see that none of this is real?!

* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and
** Nicole and Richard are rewounded back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her, even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs or legs from those events, ''he dies in front of his best friend.'' And Gumball can only cry in horror at his own brother's death. To add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocks him, saying, "​​​​​​I warned you! ''EVERYONE YOU LOVE!''"]] Enraged, Gumball [[BerserkerTears goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and has him fast-forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!'''

* In "The Choices", we witness how Nicole has a bad childhood due to her parents controlling every part of her life until she met Richard. She eventually told them off in her late teens before storming out on them and moving in with Richard, bringing her mother to tears. At the wedding, Nicole was hoping to see her parents attend as they were invited but... ''they didn't show up'', saddening Nicole from how her parents disowned her, until Richard assured her that she still got him around for the future.
** Just seeing how her father Daniel usually shows little to no emotion other than anger, while her mother Mary has her life literally planned out for her to the ''second''. Obviously, neither of these attitudes [[AbusiveParents are very healthy]]. Richard was probably the first person in Nicole's life who didn't care if she was a winner; [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe he just liked her for herself]] and encouraged her to make her own decisions about her life.

** The entire sequence - silent, with a tear-jerking piano piece and no dialogue - of how Nicole and Richard grew to be friends staring at the clouds to awkward teens trying to figure things out after Nicole leaving home to be with Richard (lip-reading showed "I love him!" in there) and Richard being forcibly ejected from his house with his suitcase by his mom as she didn't want him to be a BasementDweller. It is plain that by that time, they're in their late teens as Richard still has bad acne. Up to this point the sequence was in 8mm, then Super 8mm. It ends with now-homeless Nicole and Richard, each with a suitcase, walking hand in hand towards the camera. Then a new sequence starts, only now it's on VHS, still silent, same music. We see young adult Nicole and Richard in an apartment that makes Elwood's room in Blues Brothers look spacious, heating instant noodles on a hotplate while they get a JumpScare from a passing train. We see an inversion of the doctor's office scene in Up - Nicole is pregnant with Gumball. They get married, with Nicole's mom and dad absent. We see Gumball's hand for the first time, grabbing Richard's finger at the hospital. Then we see Nicole and Richard with Gumball and just a couple of suitcases walking up to the house they now live in. It was a wreck, but they fixed it by the time Gumball took his first steps. And finally, we see Darwin's arrival, then Anais's who, as a infant, corrected her own hospital wristband from "Anias" to "Anais" much to the shock of her family. The sequence ends with a typical Watterson family portrait. The entire sequence is almost half the episode and is very reminiscent of the "Married Life" montage in Up, only with a happy ending. We were in tears by the time we realized Nicole and Richard have been living together since their late-teens after leaving their respective homes. The scene where Nicole is owning up to her choices and decidedly being 100% happy with her current life, as shown as the main image in the heartwarming page, "Actually, you know what? I wouldn't change a thing," is this, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome]].
** A small one, but when Nicole walks away from her parents, her mother looked shocked at her daughter's leaving. She keeps her hands on her face till the last frame that we see her. It may be her disappointment at her daughter's decision(s), but it could well be because she just realized she pushed her daughter away. And from the look of things, forever.
** For her part, Jojo also kicks Richard out probably because she didn't want him to keep living with her as a BasementDweller and didn't want Nicole living with them too. While Jojo reconciled with her son by the time of his wedding, it's clear Richard had to deal with ParentalAbandonment again, too.

* The ending of "The Outside", Richard [[YankTheDogsChain loses his father]] [[HistoryRepeats for the second time]] when the Wattersons unintentionally drive Frankie away and get him sent to prison just after reconciling with his son in the previous season.
* In "The Matchmaker", Carrie had to suffer the ordeal in thinking Darwin is into Teri because of Gumball seeing Darwin's photo of her (actually Carrie who isn't reflected on photos for she is a ghost) and having to help them via Love Potion even using her own tears as an ingredient for it since she loves Darwin enough to make it work. After Gumball realized his mistake, they both tried to snap them out of it but the potion's effect was too strong to break the two apart... leaving Carrie in tears as she gave up for not being able to be with the one she truly loves. Thankfully, true love found its way with Darwin managing to snap out of it after witnessing Carrie in her sadness.
* In "The Weirdo", the treatment of [[CloudCuckooLander Sussie]] by almost everyone. Gumball and Darwin genuinely try to help her be more "normal" (mainly so other people will stop picking on her), but fail. When Sussie asks why they are trying to change who she is, Gumball and Darwin respond with this (which, unfortunately, is a ''very'' HardTruthAesop that is [[TruthInTelevision all too common in real life]]):

--> '''Darwin:''' It can be confusing, heartless, and cruel. It can turn on anything that is different, that goes against the norm.

* While being among the many SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, in "The News", seeing the Watterson kids and their mother after escaping a fire from their house can break your heart. Granted, the fire started all because they saw a spider, but Gumball and his siblings look genuinely terrified from the experience, which is rather hard to believe considering what occurs in their lives on a daily basis.

** When Frankie says that Richard is already a better father than him, Richard responds with this: "I didn’t start off as a good father. But your kids, they see you as [[ParentsAsPeople better than you are]]. [[GoodParents So every day you bust your chops and try to live up to that!]]"

-->'''Alan:''' Tell me how is that supposed to make me feel better,\\

Tell me why I shouldn't feel so deflated.

* "The Parents" as well. When Nicole meets her parents again, they spend most of the episode arguing, with Nicole stating how overprotective they were, and her parents complaining about how violent she was. They reconcile after Gumball sings a heartbreaking song called "If It's Too Hard To Forgive" (which was actually about the Christmas presents they owe him and his siblings).

* In "The Potion" when Hector realizes being small isn't as great as it seemed for him. He gets beaten up and hurt several times, can't walk because he never needed to take more than two steps before, and can't ride a bike because he never learned. He is later seen depressed sitting on a swing at the park, before the 8-bit dog tells him it's his turn, and reveals a line of depressed people.

* "The Understanding": There's something sad about Peter Pepperoni being completely incomprehensible simply because of his parents' incompetence as home-school teachers.

* While it definitely has funny moments, Gumball's ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Mr. Robinson in "The Heart" can definitely count as a tearjerker. Especially considering that after all of the hate he's shown the pair over the course of the seasons, Gumball and Darwin finally reached their breaking point after overhearing his true feelings about them:

-->'''Gumball:''' (in reference to his friendship with Mr. Robinson) What seemed sweet has turned out to be lethally toxic, like feeding a chocolate cake to a puppy next to the tailpipe of a 4x4 in the middle of an oil spill, while reading Elmore Plus comments. I'm sorry, Mr. Robinson, but you don't love us. You just love to hate us, and if you can't see the difference, then your heart is beyond saving.

* The final episode, "The Inquisition", has its awesome moments and its nightmare fuel moments. But the fact that this episode is the final episode [[note]] that we know of anyways [[/note]] hits every single fan in the chest, especially when it ends on a cliffhanger.

* "The Helmet" has a DisneyDeath of Gumball when he attempted to get his helmet that was about to fall into the "dumpster's crusher". It made Anais scream at the top of her lungs.

-->''(Out of the blue, the squirrel wakes up and '[[EverybodyCries cries along with the brothers.]])''

** The two make up but it's still extremely saddening to see. It reduces the two to tears and it's sad to see two friends who stick by each other through so much cry together.

** When Gumball thinks Richard has fallen to his death.
--->'''Gumball:''' He's gone... and I was laughing at him. Why didn't I tell him that in spite of everything I was proud, Darwin. I was proud of him! If he were still here I would tell him, if he were still here-*Gumball notices Richard is right behind him* oh, you're here.
** Gumball was a snarky dick all episode, even in peril, but when he's on a ladder in danger of being crushed, he's terrified and the show quickly flashes between him and Richard now and him as a baby getting encouragement from his dad.

* Near the ending of "The Kids", where Gumball and Darwin sing, opera style, about how they are growing up. They get better in the end... though they're not sure if that's better or worse.

** Nicole and Richard are rewounded back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her, even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs or legs from those events, ''he dies in front of his best friend.'' And Gumball can only cry in horror of his own brother's death. To add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocks him, saying, "​​​​​​I warned you! ''EVERYONE YOU LOVE!''"]] Enraged, Gumball [[BerserkerTears goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and has him fast-forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!'''

--> '''Gumball:''' I got the remote back, so that's good. That means I can fix everything. That's good... ''(snaps his fingers)'' ''That's'' it! I just doomed a guy with no family or friends to an eternity in limbo and made a stupid quip about it! ''(gasps in horror)'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone '''''I've''''' become the villain!]]

** Thankfully the next part of the song is incredibly uplifting and finally restores Alan's faith in the world.

--> '''Rocky:''' Seriously, though: no one likes you, Miss Simian. [[EverybdyHasStandards Not even me! And I like everybody!]]

-->'''Gumball:''' ''[[Suddenly Shouting THERE IS NO HAPPY PLACE!]]'' ''(the squirrel falls flat on his back, causing Gumball to burst into [[TearsofRemorse tears of remorse]])'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Oh, I'm sorry, little creature!]] ''(Darwin starts crying as well)''

* Darwin in "The Third", realizing he's almost lost his best friend by being too focused on Tobias.
* PlayedForLaughs with Rocky in "The Pressure":

* In "The Kiss":
--> '''Gumball:''' ''THERE IS NO HAPPY PLACE!''
* In "The Party" when Rachel is crying outside because NONE of her friends showed up. Which can be attributed from they not wanting to go to a "kids" party, to her not actually having friends.

--> '''Rocky:''' Seriously though, no one likes you, Miss Simian, not even me! And I like everybody!

--> '''Darwin''': YOU ABANDON ME?! THEN GO FOR ICE CREAM?!

* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and while Gumball attempts to avert the disaster, things were made even WORSE than what happened!
** Nicole and Richard were rewound back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her, even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs or legs from those events, ''he dies in front of his best friend.'' While Gumball cries in horror of his own brother's death, to add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocks him saying he warned him.]] Enraged, Gumball [[BerserkerTears goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and had him Fast Forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!'''
** Gumball ended up realizing that his attempt to avert the outcome was a whole lot worse than the first time, as he lost both his family and girlfriend again (only this time, two of them are babies who have no one to care for them, and the other two are straight-up ''dead.''). The only good thing coming out of it is that, this time, he managed to defeat Rob, send him to the void, and being able to put everything back to normal with the remote.

* While being among the many SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, in "The News", seeing the Watterson kids and their mother after escaping a fire from their house can break your heart. Granted, the fire started all because they saw a spider. Gumball and his siblings look genuinely terrified from the experience, which is rather hard to believe considering what occurs in their lives on a daily basis.

--->'''Darwin:''' Wow, glad you're not trying to be insulting.
--->'''Hector:''' Sorry, I apologize-
--->'''Darwin:''' Thank you-
--->'''Hector:''' -to cockroaches.

* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and while Gumball attempts to avert the disaster, things were made even WORSE than what happened. To wit, Nicole and Richard were rewound back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her, even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs or legs from those events, ''he dies in front of his best friend.'' Gumball was in tears of his own brother's death and to add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocks him saying he warned him.]] Gumball [[BerserkerTears screams and goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and had him Fast Forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!'''
-->Gumball ended up realizing that his attempt to avert the outcome was a whole lot worse than the first time, as he lost both his family and girlfriend again (only this time, two of them are babies who have no one to care for them, and the other two are straight-up ''dead.''). The only good thing coming out of it is that, this time, he managed to defeat Rob, send him to the void, and being able to put everything back to normal with the remote.

* "The Disaster" is when the show is truly at its darkest. Rob uses a Universal Remote, a device that can warp reality to the user's whim, to make word on his promise to ruin Gumball's life. Gumball witnessed everything around him tarnished by Rob before him in suspended animation. Darwin is nowhere to be seen after his heart's broken, Nicole and Richard broke up (she is with Hank while Richard is [[DrowningMySorrows eating donuts out of sadness]]), Anais is lost and crying, and Penny is falling to her death after Gumball was controlled to push her off the second floor after she was heartbroken from seeing Gumball accidentally bumping and kissing Sarah! Gumball didn't even know what was going on until Rob makes his appearance known and shows [[LackOfEmpathy no regret]] for his actions.

* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and while Gumball attempts to avert the disaster, things were made even WORSE than what happened! Nicole and Richard were rewound back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs from those events along with his legs, ''he dies in front of Gumball!'' Gumball was in tears of his own brother's death and to add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocked him saying he warned him.]] Gumball [[BerserkerTears screams and goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and had him Fast Forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!''' Gumball realized that his attempt to avert the outcome was even worse than the first time, as he lost both his family and girlfriend again, only this time, two of them are babies who have no one to care for them, and the other two are straight-up ''dead.'' The only good thing coming out of it is that, this time, he managed to defeat Rob, send him to the void, and being able to put everything back to normal with the remote.

* In "The Choices", we witness how Nicole has a bad childhood due to her parents controlling every part of her life until she met Richard. She eventually told them off in her late teens before storming out on them and moving in with Richard, bringing her mother to tears. At the wedding, Nicole was hoping to see her parents attend as they were invited but... ''they didn't show up''. Nicole was saddened from how her parents disowned her until Richard assures her that she still got him around for the future.

* In "The Choices", we witness how Nicole has a bad childhood due to her parents controlling every part of her life until she met Richard. She eventually told them off before moving out with him, bringing her mother to tears. At the wedding, Nicole was hoping to see her parents attend as they were invited but... ''they didn't show up''. Nicole was saddened from how her parents disowned her until Richard assures her that she still got him around for the future.
** Just seeing how Daniel usually shows little to no emotion other than anger, while her mother has her life literally planned out for her to the ''second''. Obviously, neither of these attitudes [[AbusiveParents are very healthy]]. Richard was probably the first person in Nicole's life who didn't care if she was a winner; [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe he just liked her for herself]] and encouraged her to make her own decisions about her life.

** The entire sequence - silent, with a tear-jerking piano piece and no dialogue - of how Nicole and Richard grew to be friends staring at the clouds to awkward teens trying to figure things out after Nicole leaving home to be with Richard (lip-reading showed "I love him!" in there) and Richard being forcibly ejected from his house with his suitcase by his mom as she didn't want him to be a BasementDweller. It is plain that by that time, they're in their late teens as Richard still has bad acne. Up to this point the sequence was in 8mm, then Super 8mm. It ends with now-homeless Nicole and Richard, each with a suitcase, walking hand in hand towards the camera. Then a new sequence starts, only now it's on VHS, still silent, same music. We see young adult Nicole and Richard in an apartment that makes Elwood's room in Blues Brothers look spacious, heating instant noodles on a hotplate while they get a JumpScare from a passing train. We see an inversion of the doctor's office scene in Up - Nicole is pregnant with Gumball. They get married, with Nicole's mom and dad absent. We see Gumball's hand for the first time, grabbing Richard's finger at the hospital. Then we see Nicole and Richard with Gumball and just a couple of suitcases walking up to the house they now live in. It was a wreck, but they fixed it by the time Gumball took his first steps. And finally, we see Darwin's arrival, then Anais's who, as a infant, corrected her own hospital wristband from "Anias" to "Anais" much to the shock of her family. The sequence ends with a typical Watterson family portrait. The entire sequence is almost half the episode and is very reminiscent of the "Married Life" montage in Up, only with a happy ending. We were in tears by the time we realized Nicole and Richard have been living together since their late-teens after leaving their respective homes. The CMOA is Nicole owning up to her choices and decidedly being 100% happy with her current life, as shown as the main image in the heartwarming page. "Actually, you know what? I wouldn't change a thing."

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* "The Helmet" has a [[spoiler:DisneyDeath of Gumball when he attempted to get his helmet that was about to fall into the "dumpster's crusher". It made Anais scream at the top of her lungs.]]
** Similarly, though the circumstances were funny, Gumball's reaction to [[spoiler: Darwin's DisneyDeath in "The Phone"]] is fairly sad - he drops to his knees and starts sobbing.

* [[spoiler:Teri's (almost) death]] in "The Virus" is a combination of this and NightmareFuel. What's especially saddening is the characters' (Gumball and Darwin) completely heartbroken reactions. [[spoiler:It makes it sadder that she's a pretty friendly and sympathetic character, and almost dying in such an horrible way (being decapitated) is quite uncomfortable, even for a kids' show.]]

-->'''Gumball:''' [[spoiler:''You'' are ''not'' my '''brother'''! ''You'' are just a ''pet'', '''who grew legs'''!]]

** When Gumball thinks Richard [[spoiler:has fallen to his death.]]
--->'''Gumball:''' [[spoiler:He's gone... and I was laughing at him. Why didn't I tell him that in spite of everything I was proud, Darwin. I was proud of him! If he were still here I would tell him, if he were still here-*Gumball notices Richard is right behind him* oh, you're here.]]

* "The Voice" sheds some light on [[spoiler:William]]. Poor guy, all he wanted to do was hang out with Gumball and Darwin.

* Near the ending of "The Kids", where Gumball and Darwin sing, opera style, about how they are growing up. [[spoiler: They get better in the end... though they're not sure if that's better or worse.]]

* Penny freaking out and running away in "The Shell", despite Gumball trying to tell her that [[spoiler:he ''likes'' her true form]]. Patrick's reaction doesn't help much as he didn't even bother to ''tone down'' his comments to the point of calling his ''own daughter'' a monster despite Gumball's best effort to calm Penny down. It's satisfying that Gumball delivered a CallingTheOldManOut speech at him in behalf of Penny.

* In "The Man", Richard reveals about his father that [[spoiler:the last time he saw him was that [[GoingToTheStore he went out for milk]] ''[[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore 42 years ago]]''. Richard thought he would come back eventually and even all these years, but even his mother, wife, and kids know that's not the case. In the end, he finally knows the truth and he let his tears out while Jojo comforted him. He actually grew up without a father which explains why Granny Jojo was so overprotective of him, as seen in "The Authority".]]
** And if their ages are to be put into consideration, [[spoiler: it's heavily implied that Granny Jojo gave birth to Richard when she's very young, and she didn't know what to do and thus went into extremes in protecting her son.]]
* The reason why Chris Morris helps Gumball and Darwin avoid getting caught by the police in "The Burden", [[spoiler: he doesn't want anyone to experience being caged like he did his whole life.]]

* "The Friend": The harmless shark-headed monster was left alone to wander the streets in search of friends after his creator died (or, in his words, "[[NeverSayDie didn't wake up]]") so Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to protect him from the police, only for the shark-headed monster to kill himself with cola and mints. ([[spoiler:Fortunately, he gets better, but still has to leave town because of what happened]]).

* In "The Signature", [[spoiler:Richard's long lost father, Frankie Watterson came back to just to betray them by taking the ownership of the family's home for himself until Richard looked at him with a very sad look. As pictured above, Frankie then remembered having to look back at a young smiling Richard who doesn't know he's actually leaving, waving goodbye to his unknowing son. Remembering this causes Frankie to have a HeelRealization and let his family pass through so Jojo and Louie can get married to claim home ownership back to the family.]]

* "The Origins" has a ton of these [[spoiler: The entire scene in which Darwin gets locked in a cage in the pest control van is one big tearjerker. First, he came so close to his family only to be snatched away at the last moment, then some poor dog tells him the sooner he forgets about them the less it'll hurt, and he's speaking from experience. Darwin starts crying and repeating the words "I have to get back". Then Gumball gives up on ever finding Darwin and because of their connection Darwin knows that he gave up. He manages to escape and there's a bit of levity until Darwin runs into them at the pet store and sees himself getting replaced. Ouch.]]

* While Anais's behavior in "The Parasite" can come off as [[NightmareFuel creepy]] [[spoiler: especially after she merges herself with Jodie]], it's also a little painful to see just how socially awkward and desperate for a friend she is. The fact that she's [[ChildProdigy a four-year-old in middle school]] probably doesn't help.

** Imagine how Darwin must've felt when [[spoiler:the Wattersons left him at a lake. The tragic misunderstanding was clearly taking a toll on him, shown most prominently when he ''explodes'' on them:]]
--> '''Darwin''': [[spoiler:YOU ABANDON ME?! THEN GO FOR ICE CREAM?!]]
* In "The Fury", Nicole putting up with Yuki's torment who wanted a rematch in their fight but refused because she wants to go back to being friends since [[spoiler:Nicole already lost her as a friend following their fated match at the Tournament Finals which she won. She even gave up training because of it.]]
* "The Disaster" is when the show is truly at its darkest. Rob uses a Universal Remote, a device that can warp reality to the user's whim, to make word on his promise to ruin Gumball's life. Gumball witnessed everything around him tarnished by Rob before him in suspended animation. [[spoiler:Darwin is nowhere to be seen after his heart's broken, Nicole and Richard broke up (she is with Hank while Richard is [[DrowningMySorrows eating donuts out of sadness]]), Anais is lost and crying, and Penny is falling to her death after Gumball was controlled to push her off the second floor after she was heartbroken from seeing Gumball accidentally bumping and kissing Sarah! Gumball didn't even know what was going on until Rob makes his appearance known and shows [[LackOfEmpathy no regret]] for his actions.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gumball''': What is this? What's going on?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Rob''': I did warn you... (takes the family photo out of Richard's wallet) I said I would destroy you and everyone you loved. (he rips the photo in half)]]
* [[spoiler: The last thing Penny sees is Gumball slamming into her and, given the tears in her eyes as she falls, her last thought was likely "My boyfriend just killed me."]]

* "The Re-Run" continues from where "The Disaster" left off, and while Gumball attempts to avert the disaster, things were made even WORSE than what happened! [[spoiler:Nicole and Richard were rewound back into babies, causing Anais to cease to exist and make Gumball and Darwin forget about her even after crying about her death. Then Darwin gets reverted back to being a normal fish to undo the events of how Richard bought him in "The Origins", and because he doesn't have lungs from those events along with his legs, ''he dies in front of Gumball!'' Gumball was in tears of his own brother's death and to add salt to the wound, Rob [[KickTheDog mocked him saying he warned him.]] Gumball [[BerserkerTears screams and goes to attack Rob]]... who dodges out of the way and had him Fast Forward into pushing off Penny to her death '''again!''' Gumball realized that his attempt to avert the outcome was even worse than the first time, as he lost both his family and girlfriend again, only this time, two of them are babies who have no one to care for them, and the other two are straight-up ''dead.'' The only good thing coming out of it is that, this time, he managed to defeat Rob, send him to the void, and being able to put everything back to normal with the remote]].

* In "The Slide", [[spoiler: Brydie brutally rejects Rocky because of everything he did to get her.]]
* The ending of "The Outside", [[spoiler: Richard [[YankTheDogsChain loses his father]] [[HistoryRepeats for the second time]] when the Wattersons unintentionally drive Frankie away and get him sent to prison just after reconciling with his son in the previous season.]]
* In "The Matchmaker", [[spoiler:Carrie had to suffer the ordeal in thinking Darwin is into Teri because of Gumball seeing Darwin's photo of her (actually Carrie who isn't reflected on photos for she is a ghost) and having to help them via Love Potion even using her own tears as an ingredient for it since she loves Darwin enough to make it work. After Gumball realized his mistake, they both tried to snap them out of it but the potion's effect was too strong to break the two apart... leaving Carrie in tears as she gave up for not being able to be with the one she truly loves. Thankfully, true love found its way with Darwin managing to snap out of it after witnessing Carrie in her sadness.]]
* In "The Werido", the treatment of [[CloudCuckooLander Sussie]] by almost everyone. Gumball and Darwin genuinely try to help her be more "normal" (mainly so other people will stop picking on her), but fail. When Sussie asks why they are trying to change who she is, Gumball and Darwin respond with this (which, unfortunately, is a ''very'' HardTruthAesop that is [[TruthInTelevision all too common in real life]]):

* In "The Cycle", it is revealed that Harold has been bullying Richard ever since [[spoiler: high school, where Harold tricked him into believing that Richard was the prom king and got him publicly humiliated as a result.]] This issue has been weighing on Richard since then.

* While being among the many SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, in "The News", seeing the Watterson kids and their mother after escaping a fire from their house can break your heart. [[spoiler:Granted, the fire started all because they saw a spider.]] Gumball and his siblings look genuinely terrified from the experience, which is rather hard to believe considering what occurs in their lives on a daily basis.

* "The Parents" as well. When Nicole meets her parents again, they spend most of the episode arguing, with Nicole stating how overprotective they were, and her parents complaining about how violent she was. They reconcile after Gumball sings a heartbreaking song called "If It's Too Hard To Forgive" ([[spoiler: which was actually about the Christmas presents they owe him and his siblings]]).

* [[spoiler: The final episode, "The Inquisition", has its awesome moments and its nightmare fuel moments. But the fact that this episode is the final episode [[note]] that we know of anyways [[/note]] hits every single fan in the chest, especially when it ends on a cliffhanger.]]