History Tearjerker / Hercules

* Hercules being [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer bullied]] by everyone else in the town he grew up in. He is REALLY good at [[TheWoobie looking like a kicked puppy]].
** To put this into perspective, it is not just Hercules' fellow teenagers who insult him. The ''adults'' do it as well. Yes, Hercules was clumsy and had caused a huge amount of damage/destruction, so their anger was at least partially justified, but see an entire community openly insult a teenage boy, without mincing their words or considering his feelings (since he was truly sorry) just because of his clumsiness and inability to control his strength is just uncalled for. At the end of the scene, more than a few people wanted to give Hercules a hug.

** What Hercules' says before he starts singing is truly upsetting as well. When [[PapaWolf his father]] tries to comfort him, Hercules makes it clear that he ''agrees'' with everything his tormentors said.

** To make matters worse, Phil failed to hear Meg's refusal to help Hades on two separate occasions ''in the same conversation''. The first time can be forgiven since he was still unconscious from falling off of Pegasus, but on the second occasion, he was so desperate to warn Hercules that he didn't think to wait until he heard the end of Meg and Hades's conversation before going to notify Hercules of his discovery and rushed out too early. Had he waited just a few seconds more, Phil would have not only learned of Meg's reluctance, but might have also realised what Hades intended to do and been able to help both her AND Hercules.

* Meg's death. The movie gives a lot of focus to her agony as she lies dying while Hercules is headed to Olympus to defeat Hades and the Titans and rescue the Gods. Once Hades throws the knowledge back at him as a last taunt, Hercules [[OhCrap stops in his tracks]] and rushes back to try and see her one last time before she dies (even though there's not a whole lot he can do), while the Fates prepare to snip her thread. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight And she]] ''[[DiedInYourArmsTonight doesn't]]'' [[DiedInYourArmsTonight get the dignity to die in his arms]]. She dies without even get to see him, and Phil, who decided to stay behind with her, can only helplessly hold her hand before he feels it go limp as the Fates cut her thread of life. Hercules arrives to see her just lying there, clearly dead, as Phil sadly shakes his head at him with a look that says "She didn't make it, kid, her wounds were too serious. There was nothing I could do. I'm sorry to say it, but she left us.". And when Herc comes back, he ''doesn't'' get to tell her he's won, or say sorry for keeping her waiting, or that he loves her. No, he can only cradle her limp and cold body in his arms and sob ManlyTears. As he lays Meg's lifeless body onto the rock she was earlier, Hercules, still on his knees, just stays there crying with his face into his hands, and Pegasus watches sadly, feeling sorry for his friend and master despite his previous dislike of Meg until she untied him to alert Phil. Not just that, but even ''Phil'' himself is reduced in tears; like Pegasus, he too hated Meg from when she rejected him when he tried to flirt with her up until she came to tell him that Hercules was in trouble, yet now that he knows her better and is aware of her real intentions, from her warning him to her sacrificing herself for Hercules, he's just as upset as his pupil, and now he's crying over her. Both Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/DannyDeVito's [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct voice acting is just amazing for this]].

** The line previously in the movie, "My friends call me Meg, if I had any friends, takes on new meaning with the additional FridgeHorror. The original implication was that no one wanted to be friends with her due to her caustic attitude. The new implication is that she uses her attitude to push people away, both potential lovers and potential friends, because of what happened to her.

** Because of this, Phil now has to deal with his mistakes and their consequences: he didn't pay enough attention to the conversation between Hades and Meg, which left him ignorant of Meg's true intentions, got pissed off when Hercules didn't believe him and thought that he was kidding, he has fallen out with him for something that he didn't know enough to have real proof of, especially since the subject of the argument was a girl that he despised without even knowing anything about her, he got on his bad side when he insulted Meg, enraging Hercules and leading to his slap, and then gave up on him on the spot, leaving him unprepared for what whas going to happen. Since Pegasus, his only ally left, was captured by Pain and Panic via a trick, Hercules was on his own and thus vulnerable when Hades showed up, causing him to lose his super strength and suffer a broken heart at the same time, all while the Titans are attacking Olympus and capturing the Gods, and now he's against a Cyclops without even trying to fight, but worst of all, he is still in Thebes, in danger, badly injured and possibly on the verge of dying all alone in a fight that he lost from the start, all because of Phil's wrong decisions and the fact that this was the moment he needed his help the most and he abandoned him in the worst possible time. Unable to stay mad at Hercules anymore, Phil accepts to go back to his aid, aware that it will be all his fault if he dies today. Gods know what was going through his head.

** Just watching Hercules go through all of this is heartbreaking. We've been with him when he was just an awkward kid trying to fit in to becoming the Disney version of ''Film/Superman'', and now he's been broken by one of the only people to actually love him for him for who he is besides his family and Phil.

** Pain and Panic also enthusiastically take advantage of Hercules' despair, mocking him with a sing-songy "Our hero's a zero, our hero's a zero!" while Panic douses him with Herculade and Pain throws dirt on him. Hercules is in such a funk he just takes it, and Meg can only watch in tears as the man she's grown to love is humiliated and mocked mercilessly.

** Although the scene stops here and switches to the Gods' point of view as they get captured, as soon as Meg makes it clear that Hercules won't survive if he doesn't do something immediately, Phil immediately stops in utter shock, realizing that he made a really big mistake, as he was wrong in ditching Hercules in his darkest hour. What's more, he doesn't even know that this is the day of the planetary allignment, which allows Hades to release the Titans as part of the plan he hatched after the Fates' prediction when Hercules was born eighteen years prior, nor that Hades himself enfeebled Hercules with a deal that caused him to lose his superhuman strength for the rest of the day while he was gone.
** Because of this, Phil now has to deal with his mistakes and their consequences: he didn't pay enough attention to the conversation between Hades and Meg, which left him ignorant of Meg's true intentions, got pissed off when Hercules didn't believe him and thought that he was kidding, he has fallen out with him for something that he didn't know enough to have real proof of, especially since the subject of the argument was a girl that he despised without even knowing anything about her, he got on his bad side when he insulted Meg, enraging Hercules and leading to his slap, and then gave up on him on the spot, leaving him unprepared for what whas going to happen. Since Pegasus, his only ally left, was captured by Pain and Panic via a trick, Hercules was on his own and thus vulnerable when Hades showed up, causing him to lose his super strength and suffer a broken heart at the same time, all while the Titans are attacking Olympus and capturing the Gods, and now he's against a Cyclops without even trying to fight, but worst of all, he is still in Thebes, in danger, badly injured and possibly on the verge of dying all alone in a fight that he lost from the start, all because of Phil's wrong decisions and the fact that this was the moment he needed his help the most and he abandoned him in the worst time possible. Unable to stay mad at Hercules anymore, Phil accepts to go back to his aid, aware that it will be all his fault if he dies today. Gods know what was going through his head.

* Meg's death. The movie gives a lot of focus to her agony as she lies dying while Hercules is headed to Olympus to defeat Hades and the Titans and rescue the Gods. Once Hades throws the knowledge back at him as a last taunt, Hercules [[OhCrap stops in his tracks]] and rushes back to try and see her one last time before she dies (even though there's not a whole lot he can do), while the Fates prepare to snip her thread. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight And she]] ''[[DiedInYourArmsTonight doesn't]]'' [[DiedInYourArmsTonight get the dignity to die in his arms]]. She dies without even get to see him, and Phil, who decided to stay behind with her, can only helplessly hold her hand before he feels it go limp as the Fates cut her thread of life. Hercules arrives to see her just lying there, clearly dead, as Phil sadly shakes his head at him when he comes back, all but saying something like "She didn't make it, kid, her wounds were too serious. There was nothing I could do. I'm sorry to say it, but she left us.". And when Herc comes back, he ''doesn't'' get to tell her he's won, or say sorry for keeping her waiting, or that he loves her. No, he can only cradle her limp and cold body in his arms and sob ManlyTears. As he lays Meg's lifeless body onto the rock she was earlier, Hercules still on his knees, just stays there crying with his face into his hands, and Pegasus watches sadly, feeling sorry for his friend and master despite his previous dislike of Meg until she untied him to alert Phil. Not just that, but even ''Phil'' himself is reduced in tears; like Pegasus, he too hated Meg from when she rejected him when he tried to flirt with her up until she came to tell him that Hercules was in trouble, yet now that he knows her better and is aware of her real intentions, from her warning him to her sacrificing herself for Hercules, he's just as upset as his pupil, crying over her. Both Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/DannyDeVito's [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct voice acting is just amazing for this]].
-->'''Phil:''' I'm sorry, kid. There some things you just can't change...

** Because of this, Phil now has to deal with his mistakes and their consequences: he didn't pay enough attention to the conversation between Hades and Meg, which left him ignorant of Meg's true intentions, got pissed off when Hercules didn't believe him and thought that he was kidding, he has fallen out with him for something that he didn't know enough to have real proof of, especially since the subject of the argument was a girl that he despised without even knowing anything about her, he got on his bad side when he insulted Meg, enraging Hercules and leading to his slap, and then gave up on him on the spot, leaving him unprepared for what whas going to happen. Since Pegasus, his only ally left, was captured by Pain and Panic via a trick, Hercules was on his own and thus vulnerable when Hades showed up, causing him to lose his super strength and suffer a broken heart at the same time, all while the Titans are attacking Olympus and capturing the Gods, and now he's against a Cyclops without even trying to fight, but worst of all, he is still in Thebes, in danger, badly injured and possibly on the verge of dying all alone in a fight that he lost from the start, all because of Phil's wrong decisions and the fact that he left him on his own in the worst possible time, in the moment he needs his help the most. Unable to stay mad at Hercules anymore, Phil accepts to go back to his aid, aware that it will be all his fault if he dies today. Gods know what was going through his head.

* Meg's death. The movie gives a lot of focus to her agony as she lies dying while Hercules is headed to Olympus to defeat Hades and the Titans and rescue the Gods. Once Hades throws the knowledge back at him as a last taunt, Hercules [[OhCrap stops in his tracks]] and rushes back to try and see her one last time before she dies (even though there's not a whole lot he can do), while the Fates prepare to snip her thread. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight And she]] ''[[DiedInYourArmsTonight doesn't]]'' [[DiedInYourArmsTonight get the dignity to die in his arms]]. She dies without even get to see him, and Phil, who decided to stay behind with her, can only helplessly hold her hand before he feels it go limp as the Fates cut her thread of life. Hercules arrives to see her just lying there, clearly dead, as Phil sadly shakes his head at him when he comes back, all but saying something like "She didn't make it, kid, her wounds were too serious. There was nothing I could do. I'm sorry to say it, but she left us.". And when Herc comes back, he ''doesn't'' get to tell her he's won, or say sorry for keeping her waiting, or that he loves her. No, he can only cradle her limp and cold body in his arms and sob ManlyTears. As he lays Meg's lifeless body onto the rock she was earlier, Hercules sits down crying with his face in his hands, and Pegasus watches sadly, feeling sorry for his friend and master despite his previous dislike of Meg until she untied him to alert Phil. Not just that, but even ''Phil'' himself is reduced in tears; like Pegasus, he too hated Meg from the moment she rejected him when he tried to flirt with her up until she came to tell him that Hercules was in trouble, yet now that he knows her better and is aware of her real intentions, from her warning him to her sacrificing herself for Hercules, he's just as upset as his pupil, crying over her. Both Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/DannyDeVito's [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct voice acting is just amazing for this]].

** To put this into perspective, it is not just Hercules' fellow teenagers who insult him. The ''adults'' do it as well. Yes, Hercules was clumsy and had caused a huge amount of damage/destruction so their anger was at least partially justified. To see an entire community openly insult a teenage boy, without mincing their words or considering his feelings (since he was truly sorry) is just uncalled for. At the end of the scene, more than a few people wanted to give Hercules a hug.

* Phil reacts with sadness after it seems like Hercules [[DisneyDeath dies]] along with the Hydra. Even though it didn't last long, it really looked like his last chance to make his dream come true was gone, and that he had failed yet again.

* Hercules loses his strength after fully realizing his betrayal by Meg and his betrayal ''to'' Phil, who left him for not listening to him. The Cyclops is yelling for him to come fight, and there he goes, ignoring Meg's warnings and ending up in mortal danger, powerless and alone.

** Although the scene stops here and switches to the Gods' point of view as they get captured, as soon as Meg makes it clear that Hercules won't survive if he doesn't do something immediately, Phil immediately stops in utter shock, realizing that he made a really big mistake, as he was wrong in ditching Hercules in his darkest hour. He doesn't even know that this is the day of the planetary allignment, which allows Hades to release the Titans as part of the plan he hatched after the Fates' prediction when Hercules was born eighteen years prior, nor that Hades himself enfeebled Hercules with a deal that caused him to lose his superhuman strength for the rest of the day, and he now has to deal with his mistakes: he didn't pay enough attention to the conversation between Hades and Meg, which left him ignorant of Meg's true intentions, got pissed off when Hercules didn't believe him and thought that he was kidding, he has fallen out with him for something that he didn't know enough to have real proof of, especially since the subject of the argument was a girl that he despised without knowing anything of her, even less than Hercules himself, he got on his bad side when he insulted Meg, enraging Hercules and leading to his slap, and then gave up on him on the spot, leaving him unprepared for what whas going to happen: since Pegasus captured by Pain and Panic via a trick and Phil ditched him, Hercules was on his own and thus vulnerable when Hades showed up, causing him to lose his super strength and suffer a broken heart at the same time, all while the Titans are attacking Olympus and capturing the gods, and now he's fighting without even trying against a Cyclops, but worst of all, he is still in Thebes, in danger, badly injured and possibly on the verge of dying all alone in a fight that he lost from the start, all because of Phil's wrong decisions and the fact that he left him on his own in the worst possible time, meaning that it will be all his fault if he dies today. At this point, Phil can't stay mad at Hercules anymore and accepts to go back to his aid. Gods know what was going through his head.

* Meg's death. The movie gives a lot of focus to her agony as she lies dying. Once Hades throws the knowledge back at him as a last taunt, Hercules [[OhCrap stops in his tracks]] and rushes back to try and see her one last time before she dies (even though there's not a whole lot he can do), while the Fates prepare to snip her thread. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight And she]] ''[[DiedInYourArmsTonight doesn't]]'' [[DiedInYourArmsTonight get the dignity to die in his arms]]. She dies without even get to see him, and Phil, who decided to stay behind with her while Hercules headed to Olympus to defeat Hades and the Titans and rescue the Gods, can only helplessly hold her hand before he feels it go limp as the Fates cut her thread of life. Hercules arrives to see her just lying there, clearly dead, as Phil sadly shakes his head at him when he comes back, all but saying something like "She didn't make it, kid, her wounds were too serious. There was nothing I could do. I'm sorry to say it, but she left us.". And Hercules ''doesn't'' get to tell her he's won, or say sorry for keeping her waiting, or that he loves her. No, he can only cradle her limp and cold body in his arms and sob ManlyTears, as Pegasus watches sadly, feeling sorry for his friend and master. And even ''Phil'' is in tears during this scene; he hated Meg up until she came to tell him that Hercules was in trouble, yet his opinion of her has changed in the span of a few minutes, from her warning him to her sacrifice for Hercules, and now that he's aware of her real intentions, he's crying over her like his pupil. Both Creator/TateDonovan and Creator/DannyDeVito's [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct voice acting is just amazing for this]].