History TearJerker / TomAndJerry

Yes, even a slapstick cartoon about a cat and mouse chasing each other can be sad at times.
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** When Tom loses his last life and is sent to Cat Heaven, most of the cats ahead of him in line show how they died in a comedic way, e.g. the flat cat that was squashed hit by a steamroller, but [[MoodWhiplash the last has an oddly dark twist.]] A wet burlap sack bounces up to the gate and opens; out come three kittens, gaily mewing as they bound towards Heaven. That's right: their owner put them in a bag and ''drowned'' them. What's worse is the gatekeeper's resigned reaction, implying that he's seen it many times before meaning this isn't the first time it happened.

** When Tom loses his last life and is sent to Cat Heaven, most of the cats ahead of him in line show how they died in a comedic way, e.g. the flat cat that was squashed hit by a steamroller, but [[MoodWhiplash the last has an oddly dark twist.]] A wet burlap sack bounces up to the gate and opens; out come three kittens, gaily mewing as they bound towards Heaven. That's right: their owner put them in a bag and ''drowned'' them. What's worse is the gatekeeper's resigned reaction, implying that he's seen it many times before.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''"[[TheWoobie Poor Tom and Jerry]]. [[DownerEnding In a few seconds, it will all be over]]. [[DidNotGetTheGirl And for the first time since they met them]], [[DrivenToSuicide they'll be happy]]."'']]

** When Tom loses his last life and is sent to Cat Heaven, most of the cats ahead of him in line show how they died in a comedic way, e.g. the flat cat that was squashed hit by a steamroller, but [[MoodWhiplash the last has an oddly dark twist.]] A wet sack rolls up to the gate and opens, and out come three kittens, gaily meowing as they bound into Heaven. That's right; ''they were drowned by their owner''. What's worse is the gatekeeper's not-so-surprised reaction, implying this happens a lot here.

* At the end of "The Two Mouseketeers", Tom gets decapitated after failing his job to guard the king's meal. Not only is Tom's fate disproportionate, but it's also undeserved considering Jerry and Nibbles were the ones who were making Tom's job difficult, despite being on the same side as him.

** The kicker is Tom immediately knows why Jerry is there, and shifts to the side to make room for Jerry next to him.
* ''Down and Outing'': Tom spends the entire cartoon getting clobbered by his [[HairTriggerTemper easily-provoked]] {{Jerkass}} master, and the cartoon ends with him getting brutally beaten (offscreen), tied up and placed in the fish bucket getting caught fish tossed at him while he's sobbing.

* Quacker being self-conscious about his looks in ''Downhearted Duckling''. To make matters worse, he [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to kill himself]]. When he [[spoiler:gets his HappyEnding, you can't help but to smile]].

** If this was all a conjunction of being AllJustADream, it paints a depressing view of how Tom saw his daily life on constantly chasing Jerry, as [[https://www.deviantart.com/regulas314/art/1001-Animations-Heavenly-Puss-519606483 this review from an entry on Deviantart]] may have pointed out: The gatekeeper of Heaven represented his own conscience that believed that his constant chasing of Jerry was not that necessary and could be outright cruel, and Devil!Spike represented his own fear that continuing to do so will land him into something troubling based on his status as a housecat: It was his job to chase mouse, but since Jerry is smart and constantly outwitting him, one day his owner could get fed up with his failures, kick him out of the house, leaving Tom in a miserable state of living in the streets in poor condition and dying unwanted there; the equivalent of Hell itself. And even moreso, Jerry's constant refusal to forgiveness until the very end where it turned out to be too late means that Tom thought that he was facing a sociopathic mouse who's totally smarter than him and enjoyed his suffering. If this is taken to be a review of Tom's own psyche... well, he was always in a depressing life from get-go.

** What makes it even more sadder is that,in the middle of the episode,Jerry knew about his endless torturing of Tom while sleepwalking and was doing anything he could to keep himself from sleeping. He was not drinking several cups of coffee for the heck of it after all.

* At the end of "The Two Mouseketeers", Tom gets decapitated after failing his job to guard the king's meal. Not only is Tom's fate disproportionate, it's also undeserved considering Jerry and Nibbles were the ones who were making Tom's job difficult, despite being on the same side as him.

* Quacker being self-conscious about his looks in ''Downhearted Duckling''. To make matters worse, he attempts to kill himself.

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-->"What some people won't do."

* Jerry helps a runaway circus lion stowaway on a ship back to Africa. Despite getting what he longed for, the lion tearfully bids his newly made friend farewell, who is both happy for him yet crying to see him go.