History TearJerker / TheSantaClause

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[[folder:The Santa Clause 2]]
* Charlie's tearful confession that he can never admit to anyone that when all his friends brag about their father's jobs, he has to lie despite the fact that his dad has the best job of them all.
** Okay, let's face it, any time Eric Lloyd cries it's a TearJerker; the guy has got some serious talent.
* The scene that gets to the root of Charlie's behavior. He's so jealous that other kids always get to be with their dads and resents having to be a SecretKeeper when his dad has the coolest job ever.
** Not helping is that Charlie ends up on the ''naughty list'' when he begins lashing out and becomes a full-blown delinquent at school. You can hear the disbelief in Scott's voice when he sees his son's name on the list and thinks it's a mistake. Unfortunately, he quickly finds out that things really have gotten that bad at home.
* The way Scott sadly says "You cost me, Pamela" after listening to her at the community center, using up some of his rapidly dwindling magic to do so. Scott can't ''not'' be Santa, and he is quickly losing his ability to do so.
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[[folder:The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause]]
* Everything is worse for Scott's family in the alternate timeline where he doesn't become Santa and instead becomes the CEO of his old company from the first movie:
** Scott and Carol never fell in love, Carol never over came her iciness, and she has since moved away after, according to Laura, "running out of kids to terrorize."
** Neal and Laura have gotten divorced, in big part because of Scott's absence. Due to Scott constantly prioritizing work over being a father to Charlie, Neal was stuck trying to pick up his slack. Trouble was, although Charlie liked Neal, he preferred Scott to be his father. But Scott couldn't be bothered to help, Neal was forced to continue trying to bond with him alone, and Charlie kept resisting, which strained and ultimately destroyed Laura and Neal's marriage. As much as Scott found Neal to be a dork, he was just as upset to have split them up.
** Due to his father's absence throughout his life and his mother's second divorce, Charlie has grown to become a Christmas-hating delinquent, to the point where he bitterly greets Scott and leaves Laura all alone on Christmas Eve to hang with his friends.
** Due to Scott's absence and her family's various problems, Lucy never bonded with him as a surrogate niece or had many positive influences growing up, and has become a spoiled brat, a contrast to the sweet little girl she is in the true timeline.
* The look on Scott's face in the third film when he sees what Jack Frost has done after the escape clause has taken effect. The elves look very unhappy at having to help the new Santa run his amusement park in the North Pole. The reindeer are upset at being reduced to petting attractions. Frost has shamelessly taken the commercialization of Christmas to the extreme, allowing parents to ''pay'' to have their kids on the Nice list or having toys made for them even if they don't deserve them. And worst of all, most of the children present have embraced Frost's changes of the holiday, with many of them becoming spoiled and demanding brats urging and pressuring their parents to spend whatever money possible on whatever toys or merchandise they want, regardless of whether they deserve it or not. Frost has ruined the most giving and uniting holiday all for his own gain, and it's a real heartbreaker to those who embrace the true spirit of Christmas.
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[[folder:The Santa Clause]]
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* The scene where the judge revokes Scott's visitation rights. Not only does Scott look utterly devastated, but imagine the betrayal Charlie feels: he's a kid, who's probably always been told that it's best to be honest with the authorities, but doing this only led the judge to agree with Laura and Neal's opinion that Scott is delusional. You can faintly hear Charlie crying in the background as they leave.
** Just before said scene, we see Charlie eagerly tell his father not to worry and that he told the judge everything about their North Pole escapades, as if he thinks that he just solved their problems once and for all. Poor Scott doesn't have the heart to tell the kid that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he pretty much did the exact opposite]].
** Even Laura, who had been fretting over what she sees as Scott's negative influence on Charlie, is having second thoughts about whether they should go through with it, as Charlie's belief in Santa wasn't actually harming anyone.
** A scene which doesn't air on TV features Neal and Laura sitting on the front stoop discussing what else they can possibly do about the situation. A HardCut to the scene with the judge suggests revoking Scott's visitation rights was Neal's idea in the first place.
* The scene where Neal hangs Charlie's stocking is touching, especially since they had been fighting right before Scott took off with him.
* The scene where Scott gives Charlie the snow globe.
* Laura and Neal's stories about when they stopped believing in Santa Claus. All Laura wanted was a "Mystery Date" game, and she sounds so heartbroken when admitting that she never got it. Neal's story is very sad when he admits that he stopped believing in Santa when he was ''three'' all because he didn't get an Oscar Meyer weenie whistle.
* The scene where Scott is being arrested. Knowing how young they are, one can imagine how it looks to the children.
** "Let him go! Let Santa go!"

** Due his father's absence throughout his life and his mother's second divorce, Charlie has grown to become a Christmas-hating delinquent, to the point where he bitterly greets Scott and leaves Laura all alone on Christmas Eve to hang with his friends.

* The scene where the judge revokes Scott's visitation rights. You can faintly hear Charlie crying in the background.