History Tearjerker / Mysticons

* Season 2 episode 18 [[spoiler: dread bane having turned good dies and his last act is restoring the king and queen.]]

* The Mysticons losing [[spoiler: Arkayna's parents]] in the ocean, as well as [[spoiler: the codex]] to Kymwa.

* This episode is the beginning of a two-part DramaBomb storyline. Zarya rejoins her old SkyPirate pals the Pink Skulls because she's upset at the other Mysticons for (correctly) suspecting them in a series of robberies. She makes things worse by seemingly joining in the Skulls' attack on the Mysticons, even though she soon realizes the pirates have been EvilAllAlong and [[TheAtoner sabotages their plans as best she can]]. It all leads to a {{Cliffhanger}} DownerEnding in which Arkayna denounces her as "[[WeUsedToBeFriends a disgrace to the Mysticons]]" and tells her to GetOut. Piper can't even bring herself to forgive her beat friend, and Zarya is left [[HeroicBSOD breaking down, crying.]]

* Zarya, Kitty, and Kasey were forced to become sky pirates when they were younger, and the captain (Captain Kaos) used personal mementos to force them to do as he says. When they finally escaped, they had to leave their momentos behind, including a necklace that Zarya had to remember her mom.

* In episode 20, it turns out Arkanya had a twin sister, but she was taken away by the head member of the council and her mother's memory was wiped of the second child. Arkanya's anger when finding this out is one of the saddest scenes in the show especially when you remember her mother's mind was erased of ever having twins and her father was away so he never knew she had twins. For all those years, her mother was under the assumption she only had one child.

* season 2 episode 18 [[spoiler: dread bane having turned good dies and his last act is restoring the king and queen ]]
** Also, Arkayna saying that she's given up hope that her parents would be revived, and admitting that she stopped writing letters to her mom.

[[caption-width-right:350:A disgrace to the Mysticons…]]

** Also, Arkayna saying that she's given up hope that her parents would be revived.

* This story centers on Emerald's interactions with her father. He's so upset at her for leaving their [[SmallTownBoredom "boring" village]] to have adventures in the big city that he says she's not a real engineer. The look in her eyes as she tears up sells the scene, getting her to resent her father and run away. Then she hears he's in danger, and desperately tries to clear away the rocks blocking the cave-in.

* The series kicks off with Arkayna crying seeing while hugging her mom, who is turned to stone.

* "Heart of Gold" has Emerald's interactions with her father. He's so upset at her that he says she's not a real engineer. The look in her eyes as she tears up sells the scene, getting her to resent her father and run away. Then she hears he's in danger, and desperately tries to clear away the rocks blocking the cave-in.
* In "Scourge of the Seven Skies", Zarya rejoins her old SkyPirate pals the Pink Skulls because she's upset at the other Mysticons for (correctly) suspecting them in a series of robberies. She makes things worse by seemingly joining in the Skulls' attack on the Mysticons, even though she soon realizes the pirates have been EvilAllAlong and [[TheAtoner sabotages their plans as best she can]]. It all leads to a {{Cliffhanger}} DownerEnding in which Arkayna calls her "[[WeUsedToBeFriends a disgrace to the Mysticons]]" and tells her to GetOut. Piper can't even bring herself to forgive her beat friend, and Zarya is left [[HeroicBSOD breaking down, crying.]]

* The follow-up to the above episode, "Lost and Found", will also give you the feels.

** Zarya [[spoiler: finally comes back to the Mysticons]], only to see Piper being swallowed by a diamondback cave worm, who went into a lava pit, with everyone believing Piper to be still inside it.
* "The Astromancer Job" shows that Necrafa wasn't just Dreadbane's queen, but [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his lover]]. It's understandable for him to want to bring her back so badly now.

* In "Scourge of the Seven Skies", Zarya rejoins her old SkyPirate pals the Pink Skulls because she was upset at the other Mysticons for (correctly) suspecting them in a series of robberies. She makes things worse by seemingly joining in the Skulls' attack on the Mysticons, even though she soon realizes the pirates have been EvilAllAlong and [[TheAtoner sabotages their plans as best she can]]. It all leads to a {{Cliffhanger}} DownerEnding in which Arkayna calls her "[[WeUsedToBeFriends a disgrace to the Mysticons]]" and tells her to GetOut. Piper can't even bring herself to forgive her beat friend, and Zarya is left [[HeroicBSOD breaking down, crying.]]