History TearJerker / WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader

* The way Clayface's [[https://m0vie.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/whateverhappenedtothecapedcrusader.jpg expression becomes sorrowful]] when recalling how Batman sacrificed his life to save him. Being made of moldable clay, his entire ''face'' slumps, when recalling Batman told him ''everyone'' deserved to be saved.

* Selina's version has her betray Bruce. When Batman comes to her for help, having already lost a lot of blood, Selina ties him up and lets him bleed out completely. As he does, she explains it as a MercyKill since she can't stand watching him destroy himself. One of the few times Catwoman is shown to kill, and it's ''Batman.''
* Superman's story of Batman's death, and that he knew it was suicide, but if it saved ''one'' person...

* The Riddler during the main eulogy actually had a deep and saddening line concerning Batman's death, reminding us that most Batman villains really are still human...

* ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' version of the Joker's story of [[https://i.redd.it/d6vsquli820z.jpg killing Batman]] by injecting him with a massive overdose of Joker venom using a gigantic hypodermic needle. Batman gives him a variation of the same retort he did in the classic story.
-->'''Joker:''' And I screamed -- "Smile, damn you, why don't you smile? You've got enough Joker venom to finish off a regiment of elephants. Why don't you smile? [[WhyWontYouDie Why don't you die?]]"\\

'''Joker:''' And, after too long, he went down. He ''died''. But he ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' didn't smile. (''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Joker stops smiling]]'') And he was ''right''. It ''wasn't'' funny. But it ''should'' have been...

* The Riddler during the main eulogy actually had a deep and saddening line concerning Batman's death. reminding us that most Batman villains really are still human...

'''Joker:''' And, after too long, he went down. He ''died''. But he ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' didn't smile.(''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Joker stops smiling]]'') And he was ''right''. It ''wasn't'' funny. But it ''should'' have been...

* [[spoiler: Bruce's mother telling him that the only reward he gets for being Batman, is to be Batman again, and worse, he only gets to have a few years of happiness.]]
* [[spoiler:"Goodnight, Bat-Signal. Goodbye, stars in the big night sky. Goodnight. Goodbye. Goodnight."]]

* [[spoiler:"Hello, Bruce." Seeing Martha Wayne cradle her newborn son in her arms, smiling lovingly at him, [[ForegoneConclusion knowing what awaits them both in eight years time...]]]]

* The ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' version of the Joker's story of [[https://i.redd.it/d6vsquli820z.jpg killing Batman]] by injecting him with a massive overdose of Joker venom using a gigantic hypodermic needle. Batman gives him a variation of the same retort he did in the classic story.

* [[spoiler:"Goodbye, moon."]]

'''Joker:''' And, after too long, he went down. He ''died''. But he ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' didn't smile.(''Joker stops smiling'') And he was ''right''. It ''wasn't'' funny. But it ''should'' have been...

* [[spoiler:"Hello, Bruce." Seeing Martha Wayne cradle her newborn son in her arms, smiling lovingly at him, [[ForegoneConclusion knowing what awaits her in eight years time...]]]]

** For added poignancy, the Deluxe Addition features the short "When Is A Door", where Riddler's lament about the shift from the Silver Age to the Iron Age (featured on the Tearjerker/{{Batman}} page) just meshes perfectly with the above.

* The way Clayface's [[https://m0vie.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/whateverhappenedtothecapedcrusader.jpg expression becomes sorrowful]] when recalling how Batman sacrificed his life to save him. Being made of moldable clay, his entire ''face'' slumps, when recalling Batman told him ''everyone'' deserved to be saved. You can tell the entire episode rocked him to his core.

'''Joker:''' And, after too long, he went down. He ''died''. But he ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' didn't smile. And he was ''right''. It ''wasn't'' funny. But it ''should'' have been...