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8
9	!Main episodes
10	[[folder:''Animator vs. Animation IV'']]
11	* The Second Coming desperately trying to save his friends from having their tasks ended, giving Green a hug before he too vanishes.
12	* And then after that, when the Animator tries to end his creation, the Second Coming calmly resists and gives the Animator a rather sad PreAsskickingOneLiner.
13	--> '''The Second Coming:''' You ended my friends. [[RoaringRampageofRevenge Now I will end you.]]
14	* When the Animator prepares to delete the havoc the Second Coming, he quickly realises that everything this stick figure has drawn is better than anything he's ever made. It's mostly a heartwarming moment, but rather sad in its own way.
15	[[/folder]]
16
17	[[folder:''Animator vs. Animation V'']]
18	!!The Virus
19	* The titular [=ViraBot=] eats the Animator's mouse cursor. He tries to retrieve a new one like he did in ''IV'', only for [=ViraBot=] to destroy the start menu. He's already seen that [=ViraBot=] can dissolve anything with a single bite. At that point he's completely powerless to protect his friends against this monstrosity, and it certainly looked like [=ViraBot=] was about to kill the Second Coming before the Chosen One entered the scene.
20
21	!!The Chosen One's Return
22	* At the end, the Chosen One succeeds in defeating the Virus, but he opens up a portal to leave, either because he has to return to wherever he had been roaming before his return, or he still cannot help but feel as if staying in the Animator's computer takes away his freedom due to past events. Also, the state of the computer is devastatingly ruined.
23
24	!!The Flashback
25	* Seeing the Chosen One and Dark Lord's friendship collapse. They were each other's only friends, and they had to go back into being enemies because one of them became too evil.
26
27	!!The Showdown
28	* It's heartbreaking to see the Dark Lord kill off the whole Stick Gang, especially due to everyone else's reactions; they are very clearly ''heartbroken'', Blue charging at TDL in rage and Yellow trying to save Blue when TDL stabs the latter, all of them remaining DefiantToTheEnd. Similarly, it's quite depressing to see the Second Coming thrown to his lowest, horribly maimed, CoveredInScars and barely hanging on to life.
29	[[/folder]]
30
31	[[folder:''Animator vs. Animation VI'']]
32	!!Wanted
33	* Once again, the Stick Gang is separated, the Fighting Stick Figures being able to do nothing but watch as TSC and TCO are taken away by the Mercenaries.
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35	!!The Box
36	* The Chosen One's whole situation: Brutally tortured, having his memories searched against his wall, and then left strapped to a chair. It's the lowest point in his life since the Animator's slavery, which was more comical in comparison.
37	* The poor eel that the Second Coming drew, decapitated for trying to not be killed.
38	* The ending is even sadder than the previous episode, all the heroes at their lowest point as TSC and TCO are imprisoned, Red, Green and Blue knocked out after a brutal CurbStompBattle and Yellow taken away due to knowing how to summon the Animator to the Outernet, clearly about to go through the same thing the Chosen One did.
39	* [[CryForTheDevil Victim himself]], in a more subtle way: Monstrous as he is, it's clear he's traumatized by what the Animator did to him, his torture of the Chosen One seemingly being an attempt to feel in control despite the fact he was made and named to be helpless. And even that fails, as he was ultimately being carried by "Agent" and would've been burned alive if not for his right hand's last-minute rescue.
40	[[/folder]]
41
42	!!Standalone Episodes
43	[[folder:''Animation vs. Minecraft'']]
44	* The Second Coming has a GoodTimesMontage of all the fun times he had with his friends while Herobrine's obsidian mech beats him to within an inch of his life.
45	* When Red is freed from his DemonicPossession, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he's horrified at what he almost did to his friends]]. When the others initially approach him for their GroupHug, he flinches as if he thinks they're going to beat him up in retaliation.
46	[[/folder]]
47
48	[[folder:''Animation vs. [=YouTube=]'']]
49	* While the [=YouTube=] face is gloating after undoing the Second Coming's near victory with a refresh, the Second Coming is huddled on the ground holding his face in his hands, clearly at a loss.
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	[[folder:''Animation vs. League of Legends'']]
53	* Similar to the ''vs. Youtube'' moment, near the end, Purple's worm-creature is destroying everyone else's main crystal while everyone sans Second Coming is lying nearby in defeat. Green struggles to stand at one point but fails, and when Red tries to continue to fight back, Green stops him; subtitles or no, it's clear they all think it's a lost battle.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	!''[=AvM=] Shorts''
57	!!Season 1
58	[[folder:Ep 7: ''[=PvP=]'']]
59	* Everyone mourning Green's (apparent) death, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone especially the Second Coming]]. When Green respawns from the original "Stick Figures Fight" window, he finds everyone building a memorial shrine for him and laying down flowers.
60	[[/folder]]
61
62	[[folder:Ep 10: ''The End'']]
63	* When faced with a FriendOrIdolDecision, Purple chooses to go for the Dragon Egg rather than save Blue and Green about to fall into the void. As they watch the "Levitation" effect timer tick down, the two of them [[EtTuBrute toss their crowns into the void]] and embrace in one last hug.
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Ep 11: ''[=SkyBlock=]'']]
67	* After a Creeper blew their Mob Grinder, which allowed the other monsters to invade and take over their paradise. The Fighting Stick Figures are forced to huddle just for some warmth.
68	* The Second Coming begins to miss the others after he opts out of their decision to go through one of the portals shown at the end of "The End". Made worse when he tries to go help them and is cut off by a Ghast deactivating the portal with a fireball, forcing the Second Coming to jump into a different portal to save himself on top of trapping the other stick figures in the [=SkyBlock=] universe, separating them indefinitely.
69	[[/folder]]
70
71	[[folder:Ep 12: ''The Killer Bunny'']]
72	* Red is pushed of the ledge and falls into the void. His friends are understandably distraught and believe he's gone, until it's revealed that he survived, thanks to an ocean underneath.
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder:Ep 13: ''The Dolphin Kingdom'']]
76	* After barely surviving a Drowned attack, Green actually ''[[HeroicBSOD breaks down crying]]'', thinking that they will never find the Second Coming again. Again, it's mitigated, since it's revealed that the Second Coming is literally [[DramaticIrony only a few blocks away from them]]. In addition, Alan decided to be a TrollingCreator and make it look like the scene was gonna end with them still separated like that. Fortunately, it continues long enough for them to reunite.
77	** Even worse when you remember that Green was the one that disagreed with the Second Coming about whether or not to go through the portals at the beginning of "[=SkyBlock=]". While that last meeting was amicable enough that we can likely assume there was no PartingWordsRegret, it's easy to imagine that Green is ''really'' regretting not listening to the Second Coming and backing out of the adventure.
78	* Similarly, the prior scene with the Second Coming has him pull out his picture of his friends and forlornly hug it, after he was forced into yet another different portal by Nether mobs.
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	!!Season 3
82	[[folder:Ep 20: ''The Piglin War'']]
83	* The brief moment when Blue is falling into the lava; he frantically searches his inventory for something that could help him, and curls into a TroubledFetalPosition to brace for death when he fails.
84	* As Blue sinks into the lava, all he can do is hold the Piglin Child as high as possible to give them the best chance of being saved as he starts to go under.
85	* Despite their faces never changing, one can imagine the fear in the leader's eyes as they watch what might as well be their son being close to drowning in the lava.
86	* It is rather sad to know that all of Blue's work to get more Nether Wart was AllForNothing considering the amount of trouble and danger it took for him to get there.
87	* The fact that the stick figures are once again separated with Blue being in possible danger at the hands of a fake Second Coming.
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Ep 21: ''The Witch'']]
91	* At the end of the episode, Purple returns and leads the Stick Gang to another Nether portal, very clearly excited. However, remembering the events of Season 1 and what they just went through, the Second Coming refuses to come and orders all of the heroes to go back home. The Fighting Stick Figures are very clearly sad about not coming to another adventure, and when Red looks behind himself, he sees Purple sitting on the grass, even sadder than the Fighting Stick Figures. We don't know just ''what'' Purple wants the Stick Gang to see, but he's very clearly excited that they are here, and he must have felt betrayed when they abandoned him.
92	** This gets significantly HarsherInHindsight when the very next episode shows Purple was manipulating them.
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder:Ep 22: ''Parkour'']]
96	* Even without dialogue or facial expressions, Green's body language when confronting Purple just screams EtTuBrute.
97	* [[DownerEnding The ending]] shows Green and the Pig imprisoned by [[LargeAndInCharge King Orange]], unable to break free because Green will be shocked when trying and the pig being... a pig. They just put their heads against the wall, arguably crossing the DespairEventHorizon.
98	[[/folder]]
99
100	[[folder:Ep 24: ''Lush Caves'']]
101	* Seeing the Second Coming and Red arguing with each other and eventually fighting each other. Since ''Animator vs. Animation IV'', the five stick figures were always best friends with each other, and now seeing two of them battling each other with such vitriol can make it feel like that friendship has broken. It even seems like the Second Coming fully intends to kill him right before the fight ends!
102	** Even worse is how it starts; Red crumples, overwhelmed by hunger and despair, and the Second Coming basically tells him to QuitYourWhining. What follows is a back-and-forth BlameGame as both of them blame the other for getting them into this mess.[[note]]The Second Coming blames Red because following Purple was his idea while the Second Coming [[DidntWantAnAdventure just wanted to go home]]. Red counters that they at least had fun on the parkour course instead of dying of boredom back home, and adds that it was the Second Coming's idea to do that teleport glitch that sent them to the desert in the first place.[[/note]] Seeing TrueCompanions fall apart so quickly is just heartbreaking.
103	** Look at Red's body language as he gets up and approaches the Second Coming after the latter throws the first punch; it's near-identical to Green's as he confronted Purple back in "Parkour". You can tell Red isn't feeling any less betrayed at how the Second Coming has turned on him, and probably isn't happy about having to fight back.
104	[[/folder]]
105
106	[[folder:Ep 25: ''The Ultimate Weapon'']]
107	* Red's pig, who's accompanied the heroes since the start of Season 3, fades away and gets absorbed into the ''Minecraft'' Game Icon after Purple gets it. Thanks to how dire the situation is, [[ForgottenFallenFriend they don't even have time to mourn for it]].
108	* Green and Blue reacting to King Orange and Purple successfully gaining the Game Icon, even if we barely get to see it. While Red and Yellow stare in shock, it's made blatantly clear that Green and Blue have given up and think it's all doomed. Green just gives up and looks at the floor of his cell in despair, while Blue seems to be ''crying''.
109	** Red and Yellow also deserve a mention, even if their reactions aren't even nearly as sad. Red first covers his eyes due to the light before staring in shock, while Yellow barely moves, with his single movement indicating surprise than shock, sadness or horror. The ''In Real Time'' edition of Season 3 clarifies that he is as horrified/depressed as the others.
110	* One would think that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Purple]] getting a taste of his own medicine would be [[CatharsisFactor cathartic]] and satisfying, yes? Well, no. Purple's reaction towards [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness King Orange abandoning him]] is a very quick, yet completely visible DespairEventHorizon. While he overcomes it literally just a second or two later in favour of [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere getting out of dodge]], you can see the betrayal he felt. This is even worse when you realise [[UndyingLoyalty King Orange is the only person Purple showed true loyalty to]]. Also not helping is the fact that it takes ''two'' betrayals for it to sink in; the first time King Orange smacks Purple aside, Purple seems to be in denial of that fact and still sics the Piglin Brute army on the FSF for King's sake.
111	** When Purple jumps off the tower after losing his elytra, we don't see the ground. While it turns out he just ran off to go through a Nether portal, for a moment it seemed like he was DrivenToSuicide and jumped into the lava.
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	[[folder:Ep 26: ''The Warden'']]
115	* The Warden's flashback of when the Deep Dark City was a thriving town of villagers and itself their beloved Golem, brought on by the Second Coming playing its old music on his flute. The BearHug the Second Coming receives from the Warden says it all.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Ep 27: ''Monster School'']]
119	* Red being unfairly targeted by the monster students can certainly strike a chord with anyone who was a victim of bullying in the past. Not helped by the fact that the teacher doesn't care and just fails him after each sabotage.
120	* Red's group during the final team race being {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s when he decides to come back and help them. For a second, it looks like they're just gonna bolt for the finish line and leave him at the mercy of the other monsters.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Ep 28: ''The Raid'']]
124	* The first thing Blue and Yellow see upon entering the village they previously saved is it being raided and destroyed, followed by them being imprisoned alongside the villagers. The Pillagers are even shown raiding the automatic farm they built just to rub it in.
125	* The Titan Ravager cowering upon seeing Yellow's command block staff, remembering its companions being offed by a similar staff. Fortunately, Yellow isn't there to finish the job.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:Ep 29: ''Note Block Universe'']]
129	* It's subtle, but Purple's Note Block speaking is very discordant at first, as an audio cue of how distressed he is. It gets worse with every ArmorPiercingQuestion Green throws at him.
130	* Purple's childhood is... [[DarkAndTroubledPast really messed up]]. First, he sings about how his father was abusive when he was a tyke, beating him up in a misguided attempt to raise him into a warrior and then getting angry when Purple is too weak to get back up. This kind of situation ended in a divorce after severeal years, which caused Purple's mother to pass away. Every mean thing he did [[WellDoneSonGuy was out of a wish to live up to his father's standards]], and he even seems to believe by the end that he's a monster and deserves the Stick Gang's rejection. Even though he's a sidekick to the King, [[JerkassWoobie it's quite difficult not to feel terrible for him]].
131	* Even more tragic is the fact that initially, when Purple is very young, it seems that they're just having a friendly spar (considering fighting seems to be an integral part of, er, Stick People Culture?). But Purple's father is far too harsh even then, and consistently gets angry at Purple for losing to him, going as far as to take it out on their mother and leaving the family. Seeing the (unfair) fatherly disappointment evolve into abuse is downright depressing.
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:Ep 30: ''The King'']]
135	* King Orange's backstory in general; he was once a caring and protective father to his son Gold, playfighting and going onto trips together, but all of that changed during a festival due to his son being interested into the game called ''Minecraft''. After joining into the game's stand, his son entered into the simulation, everything was well until the simulation started to get an error and glitch out, with Gold dying once the game crashed with him inside. ''[[StartOfDarkness This]]'' is how King Orange became an OmnicidalManiac.
136	** At first, after witnessing King Orange's backstory, you might expect that everything he's done is in an effort to open some kind of portal into the void to bring his son back. You'd be wrong, [[KilledOffForReal Gold is simply]] ''[[CessationOfExistence gone]]'', there's nothing to bring back and the King knows it. What he actually plans to do is [[OmnicidalManiac bring the same fate onto the entire world of Minecraft]] [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery out of revenge]].
137	** Of course, we also have to give sympathy to Gold himself: He's a little kid that was killed in a horrific way all because he wanted to have fun.
138	** Notably, at no point during either the planning or execution of his scheme [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum does King Orange actually include an escape plan for himself]], despite destroying the entire world from the inside. Either he was so driven by despair from the loss of his son that he didn't care what happened to him, or him going down with the ''Minecraft'' world was actively part of the plan. This is nulified once you realise he is unkillable with the Game Icon, but still, we have no idea what he would do if he won.
139	* King Orange absorbs the various mobs that the Stick Gang (sans Green, who reconciles with Purple) befriended throughout the entire season, and it's obviously a sad thing to watch: The Titan Ravager, Spider and Endie [[FaceDeathWithDespair desperately try to run away]], Herobrine and Skellington remain DefiantToTheEnd, while the Warden uses his last moments to save the Second Coming's life.
140	* It's worth noting that when the Stick Gang takes a (second) stand against King, Red is the first to attack him, and he punches him in the face multiple times in angry. Outside of just being [[LeeroyJenkins the impulsive one in general]], it's quite clear he's heartbroken by the loss of his teammates.
141	* When Purple decides to face King Orange alone (with the risk of getting blasted into oblivion), Green (who's glitching out from the blast) reaches out as if pleading for Purple not to do it. Green and Purple had ''just'' made up and become friends, and now it seems like they're about to lose each other; and you ''do'' see Green wipe away tears upon Purple's death. Thankfully, Purple is resurrected.
142	* Listen closely to the music as Purple makes his final stand against King Orange; the melody is a more dramatic return of the background music that played during Purple's backstory one episode earlier, specifically during the part after Purple's mother passed away, as he tried desperately to get his father's attention. It's as if Purple is once again lamenting the loss of a father figure that never truly cared about him. Thankfully, he's wrong this time, and King ''does'' care.
143	* During the montage where the Stick Gang are racing through the collapsing Nether to get the Combined Game Icon Staff through the portal, Blue tries to rescue some of the Piglin Tribe members he befriended in "The Piglin War". One of these is the Piglin Child, only for Yellow and Red to force him to ditch the kid and keep running.
144	[[/folder]]
145
146	!!Season 4
147	[[folder:Ep 33: ''Lucky Block Staff'']]
148	* The Beeper made by Red has to be sacrifice its life to stop the Orb-haunted Lucky Block Staff. Red is clearly heartbroken about it, and makes a grave for it later.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	!Other
152	[[folder:''Actual Shorts'']]
153	* "My Ghast Friend" ends with Blue thinking Yellow and the Ghast's tickle fight is the Ghast attacking Yellow, and responding by shooting the Ghast; which drops a Ghast Tier just for extra salt in the wound.
154	* "Cherry Blossoms" leads with Purple gathering Cherry Blossoms in a ''Minecraft'' world, before returning to the Outernet and putting those flowers on his mother's grave.
155	* It's a bit sad to see Red [[AllForNothing accidentally crush the Turtle Eggs he was protecting]] in the short of the same name.
156	* While he ''was'' a dick and the whole thing is [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilariously dark]], it's easy to feel bad for Bob in "Bob Is Always There". Bad as he was, he ''did not'' deserve being stuck inside an empty pit for the rest of his life, hearing the Stick Gang have fun above him.
157	* "Rainstorm" makes it easy to feel bad for Endie, and how he's unable to hang out with his friends because of the rain hurting him. Thankfully, Red tries to fix it, although it doesn't work out.

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