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* On her deathbed, Maria Theresa prays to God that Marie Antoinette will realize the error of her ways and correct them before it's too late. We all know how it will end.

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* On her deathbed, Maria Theresa prays to God that Marie Antoinette will realize the error of her ways and correct them before it's too late. We all know [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution how it will end.end]].
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* Poor little [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbk8Crp15g0 Charlotte]]'s [[TheOphelia madness and suicide]] after being forced to marry a much older man. Yes, she was a SpoiledBrat, but when she's shown washing herself in the nearest fountain, then dancing madly on a balcony and tearfully yelling "I don't want to get married!" She was eleven years old.

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* Poor little [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbk8Crp15g0 Charlotte]]'s [[TheOphelia madness and suicide]] after being forced to marry a much older man. Yes, she was a SpoiledBrat, but when she's shown washing herself in the nearest fountain, then dancing madly on a balcony and tearfully yelling "I don't want to get married!" She was eleven years old.
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** How the Dauphin and his wife are informed that Louis XV has just died and they're now king and queen: a number of nobles barge in their room wearing [[TheUnSmile extremely creepy smiles]], and then the Countess of Noailles shouts the traditional words: "The king is dead, long live the king". Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette break down crying then and there.

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** How the Dauphin and his wife are informed that Louis XV has just died and they're now king and queen: a number of nobles barge in their room wearing [[TheUnSmile extremely creepy smiles]], and then the Countess of Noailles shouts the traditional words: "The king is dead, long live the king". Louis XVI and queen Marie Antoinette break down crying then and there.

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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie feigns indifference by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but sobs shortly after.]]
* Louis Joseph's death of tuberculosis, in its most painful form. To make it worse, knowledge of history reveals that his uncle (Louis XVI's older brother) died of the same illness. Even worse? He was a completely sweet, WiseBeyondTheirYears child who genuinely wanted to be a good king should he have survived his illness, [[PrecociousCrush with Oscar as his queen]]-but he ''never'' made it. Want to make it worse once again? He's the most likely responsible for [[spoiler:infecting both ''Oscar and Marie Antoinette'']].
* Nicole's death.

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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie Rosalie feigns indifference by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but sobs shortly after.]]
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** And even ''more'' when Polignac tearfully claims it was an accident, and that her daughter slipped and fell to her death. Everyone understands it was a suicide, but if she admitted it then Charlotte would have died in sin and would be buried under unconsecrated ground, and Polignac is trying to do at least ''something'' for the daughter she failed.
* Louis Joseph's death of tuberculosis, in its most painful form. To make it worse, knowledge of history reveals that his uncle (Louis XVI's older brother) died of the same illness. Even worse? He was a completely sweet, WiseBeyondTheirYears child who genuinely wanted to be a good king should he have survived his illness, [[PrecociousCrush with Oscar as his queen]]-but he ''never'' made it. Want to make it worse once again? He's the most likely responsible for [[spoiler:infecting infecting both ''Oscar and Marie Antoinette'']].
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* Nicole's death. death, accidentally ran over by Polignac's carriage. Especially once the circumstances are revealed: Nicole had spotted and recognized her and tried to stop the carriage to ask for help for Rosalie, but the driver couldn't stop in time - and Polignac, not seeing the body, doesn't understand who just died under her carriage, and when Rosalie arrives she panics and orders the driver to just leave.
** [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Polignac's sheer horror when Charlotte mentions Rosalie's full name and she realizes she's responsible for the death of the woman that raised her first daughter]] and she's been trying to ruin said daughter for months.
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* Diann's suicide after her fiance abandons her. Specially when Madame de Soissons tearfully explains what happened, and when Alain (''Alain'', of all people) [[CryCute cries]].

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* Diann's suicide after her fiance abandons her. Specially when Madame de Soissons tearfully explains what happened, and when Alain (''Alain'', of all people) [[CryCute cries]].cries.
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** A humbled Madame Du Barry sharing why she did what she did to Oscar. As a commoner, she had to survive. She admits that she got greedier. She affirms that she'll keep being a survivor in her exile (despite her eventual historical doom). She thanks Oscar for listening.

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** A In the anime, a humbled and exiled Madame Du Barry sharing why she did what she did opens up to Oscar. As a commoner, she had to survive.survive and lost her mother at the age of 5. She admits that she got greedier. She affirms that she'll keep being a survivor in her exile (despite her eventual historical doom). She thanks Oscar for listening.
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* In the anime, Nicole d'Olivia testifying at Jeanne's trial: Jeanne had planned to kill her specifically to prevent this in case she was caught but couldn't bring herself to do so, and at the trial was successfully defending herself when [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Nicole is brought in and proceeds to identify Jeanne as the woman who paid her to impersonate the queen]]. Worse still, Nicole is blind and so she has no idea she's testifying against Jeanne at her trial... And Jeanne can't bring herself to call her out.

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* In the anime, Nicole d'Olivia testifying at Jeanne's trial: Jeanne had planned to kill her specifically to prevent this in case she was caught but couldn't bring herself to do so, and at the trial was successfully defending herself when [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Nicole is brought in and proceeds to identify Jeanne as the woman who paid her to impersonate the queen]]. Worse still, Nicole is blind and so she has no idea she's testifying against Jeanne at her trial... And Jeanne can't bring herself to call her out. Despite her fuming, Jeanne actually seems to quietly understand Nicole is only doing what she was ordered to do.
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** A humbled Madame Du Barry sharing why she did what she did to Oscar. As a commoner, she had to survive. She admits that she got greedier. She affirms that she'll keep being a survivor in her exile (despite her eventual historical doom). She thanks Oscar for listening.

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* Jeanne's murder of her husband Nicholas and her subsequent suicide. Even worse because Nicholas' murder was an honest accident on Jeanne's part, Nicholas was one of the only things she truly loved.

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* Jeanne's murder of her husband Nicholas and her subsequent suicide. Even worse because Nicholas' murder was an honest accident on Jeanne's part, Nicholas was one of the only things people she truly loved.


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* In the anime, Nicole d'Olivia testifying at Jeanne's trial: Jeanne had planned to kill her specifically to prevent this in case she was caught but couldn't bring herself to do so, and at the trial was successfully defending herself when [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Nicole is brought in and proceeds to identify Jeanne as the woman who paid her to impersonate the queen]]. Worse still, Nicole is blind and so she has no idea she's testifying against Jeanne at her trial... And Jeanne can't bring herself to call her out.
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[[ForegoneConclusion It's set in]] UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. We really should have known it'd have a DownerEnding, but nonetheless, there are tears.

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*** Made worse by the fact Marie Antoinette was a smallpox survivor, so was immune and could have visited him... Except Louis XV too had survived a bout of smallpox at age 2, and got it again, and the doctors decided to keep her away to be safe.

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*** Made worse by the fact Marie Antoinette was a smallpox survivor, so was immune and could have visited him... Except Louis XV too had was thought to have survived a bout of smallpox (actually measles) at age 2, and got it again, and upon his apparent reinfection the doctors decided to keep her away to be safe.
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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts feigns indifference by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but sobs shortly after.]]

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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts feigns indifference by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but sobs shortly after.]]
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* Poor little [[http://a-mind-half-full.tumblr.com/post/141127301727/holy-shit-rov-just-pulled-out-the-stops-and-got Charlotte]]'s [[TheOphelia madness and suicide]] after being forced to marry a much older man. Yes, she was a SpoiledBrat, but when she's shown washing herself in the nearest fountain, then dancing madly on a balcony and tearfully yelling "I don't want to get married!" before falling to her death... it's heartbreaking. And remember that she is 11 years old.
** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts on a {{Jerkass}} act by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but then cries anyway.]]

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* Poor little [[http://a-mind-half-full.tumblr.com/post/141127301727/holy-shit-rov-just-pulled-out-the-stops-and-got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbk8Crp15g0 Charlotte]]'s [[TheOphelia madness and suicide]] after being forced to marry a much older man. Yes, she was a SpoiledBrat, but when she's shown washing herself in the nearest fountain, then dancing madly on a balcony and tearfully yelling "I don't want to get married!" before falling to her death... it's heartbreaking. And remember that she is 11 She was eleven years old.
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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts on a {{Jerkass}} act feigns indifference by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but then cries anyway.sobs shortly after.]]
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per Trope Repair Shop, Jerkass Facade is being cut in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold / Jerk With A Heart Of Gold.


** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts on a JerkAssFacade by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but then cries anyway.]]

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** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts on a JerkAssFacade {{Jerkass}} act by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but then cries anyway.]]
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* Prince de Guéméné shooting a starving young StreetUrchin in the back despite Rosalie's pleas. It's made all the worse by Oscar's rage and tears over the sheer injustice of the act.

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* Prince de Guéméné shooting a starving young StreetUrchin in the back despite Rosalie's pleas. It's made all the worse by Oscar's rage and tears over the sheer injustice of the act.



** On her deathbed, Maria Theresa prays to God that Marie Antoinette will realize the error of her ways and correct them before it's too late. We all know how it will end.
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** * On her deathbed, Maria Theresa prays to God that Marie Antoinette will realize the error of her ways and correct them before it's too late. We all know how it will end.
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[[ForegoneConclusion It's set in]] UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. We really should have known it'd have a DownerEnding, but nonetheless, there are tears.

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* Prince de Guéméné shooting a starving young StreetUrchin in the back despite Rosalie's pleas. It's made all the worse by Oscar's rage and tears over the sheer injustice of the act.
* Poor little [[http://a-mind-half-full.tumblr.com/post/141127301727/holy-shit-rov-just-pulled-out-the-stops-and-got Charlotte]]'s [[TheOphelia madness and suicide]] after being forced to marry a much older man. Yes, she was a SpoiledBrat, but when she's shown washing herself in the nearest fountain, then dancing madly on a balcony and tearfully yelling "I don't want to get married!" before falling to her death... it's heartbreaking. And remember that she is 11 years old.
** Even more when [[spoiler:Rosalie puts on a JerkAssFacade by saying she doesn't care about her half-sister's death, but then cries anyway.]]
* Louis Joseph's death of tuberculosis, in its most painful form. To make it worse, knowledge of history reveals that his uncle (Louis XVI's older brother) died of the same illness. Even worse? He was a completely sweet, WiseBeyondTheirYears child who genuinely wanted to be a good king should he have survived his illness, [[PrecociousCrush with Oscar as his queen]]-but he ''never'' made it. Want to make it worse once again? He's the most likely responsible for [[spoiler:infecting both ''Oscar and Marie Antoinette'']].
* Nicole's death.
* Andre trying to hide how he's going blind and Oscar being unable to say she knows the truth.
** Namely, Andre starts losing eyesight on his remaining eye, and at some point he stands next to Oscar's new portrait and starts giving a flowery false description of it to not let Oscar know his eyesight problems. Oscar then tearfully says the picture is as gorgeous as he says it is, not having the heart to tell Andre that she knows the truth.
* Diann's suicide after her fiance abandons her. Specially when Madame de Soissons tearfully explains what happened, and when Alain (''Alain'', of all people) [[CryCute cries]].
-->"Her tender smile and cheerful voice are gone. Until I can come in terms with this, I'll stay here... I'll stay by her side!"
* The fact that Andre dies the day after him and Oscar finally get together.
* The fact that Oscar was killed during the attack on the Bastille.
* In episode 39, when heartbroken Oscar wanders around Paris, she notices a girl carrying a body of the accordion player we sometimes saw during the second half of the series. Turns out, the girl is his daughter and is taking him to river Seine because he wanted his body to be thrown there after his death. And then, after the girl drops the body into water, she takes his accordion and starts playing instead of her father because he apparently told her to, while Oscar slowly walks away in the rain. This scene is rather short, but it’s also incredibly sad.
* Antoinette's separation from her children and what one of the soldiers tells her about his own child's death by starvation when she tries to stop them.
* A group of sans-culottes brainwashed Louis Charles into forgetting his parents and ''[[KickTheDog accusing Marie Antoinette of having molested him sexually]]''.
* Girodelle pulling an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and un-proposing to Oscar.
* Jeanne's murder of her husband Nicholas and her subsequent suicide. Even worse because Nicholas' murder was an honest accident on Jeanne's part, Nicholas was one of the only things she truly loved.
* Rosalie's fitful attempts to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim make Oscar hate her]] after Polignac pulls a ScarpiaUltimatum on her to force her to leave Oscar and marry the creepy old man Charlotte was previously betrothed to. Among other things, she pretends she was only ever interested in Oscar's [[GoldDigger money and status]]. It doesn't work, as Rosalie's a terribly BadLiar ... Which makes it ''even worse''.
* And after this, Oscar's and Rosalie's tearful farewell and related scenes when Rosalie nevertheless insists she must leave. Especially Rosalie's heartrendingly ''[[EmptyShell empty]]'' internal monologue as she is shuttled away in the Polignac carriage and resigns herself to her new life.
---> "Adieu, my youth. Adieu, my happiness. Adieu, my Lady Oscar ... "
* Rosalie's monologue in the first gaiden reveals that she envies girls like Caroline, a girl who also has a crush on Oscar, that look and pursue Oscar without hesitation. Then it hits home when she reveals [[spoiler: that her insecurities and hatred transformed into self-loathing, and she never tells anyone about this.]] One wonders if these issues were ever resolved.
* Louis XV's death and the events preceding to it.
** The future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette would have wanted to stay close to him in his illness... Then it was identified as smallpox, and they were exiled in the room the farthest from the king's to protect them.
*** Made worse by the fact Marie Antoinette was a smallpox survivor, so was immune and could have visited him... Except Louis XV too had survived a bout of smallpox at age 2, and got it again, and the doctors decided to keep her away to be safe.
** Madame Du Barry's prayer for him to survive out of fear of what would happen to her if he died... And then the King's confessor got her exiled ''before'' the king died.
** How the Dauphin and his wife are informed that Louis XV has just died and they're now king and queen: a number of nobles barge in their room wearing [[TheUnSmile extremely creepy smiles]], and then the Countess of Noailles shouts the traditional words: "The king is dead, long live the king". Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette break down crying then and there.
* Marie Antoinette overhearing her brothers-in-law saying they hope Louis Joseph will just hurry up and die of his tuberculosis and questioning the fact their other nephew Louis Charles is actually Louis XVI's son, just because if Joseph died and Charles was declared Fersen's son they would be the new heirs to the throne by default.
* By the end of a side story about Girodelle and Sophie von Fersen, [[spoiler:they promise to kiss each other if he ever made it out of France alive. He was never heard from again.]]
* Maria Theresa's horror and fear as she sees a portrait of Marie Antoinette in [[PimpedOutDress her usual clothes]], as she realizes it's the sign of her getting spoiled and wasteful. Her ImagineSpot of Marie Antoinette in a modest dress seals it.
** On her deathbed, Maria Theresa prays to God that Marie Antoinette will realize the error of her ways and correct them before it's too late. We all know how it will end.
[--[[SayMyName OSCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRR!!!]]--]

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