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3	* The curse that Stanley's "no good, dirty, rotten, pig stealing great-great grandfather", Elya Yelnats brought upon his family. He's great friends with Madame Zeroni and she helps give him a chance to marry the most beautiful girl in the village, Myra Menke, in exchange for Elya to carry her to the top of the mountain and sing a special lullaby as she drinks from the stream. He eventually rejects Myra because she can't make up her mind about which suitor she wants and brokenheartedly leaves for America...not fulfilling his promise to Madame Zeroni. The fact he brought the curse upon his family is actually the last thing on his mind. Instead, he's upset that he failed to do something kind for his friend, who he never sees again.
4	* Despite becoming a SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment later on, the first time Stanley hears the nickname "Caveman", he thinks it's the nickname of the bigger boy who is giving him trouble and resigns himself to being alone. His self-esteem is so low that he scarcely believes it when he realizes that the nickname is for him and that it's a sign the boys are accepting him.
5	* Poor Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow and Sam.
6	** Kate eventually runs out of things for Sam to fix and that rainy night, begins crying because "her heart is breaking". Sam takes her hand and pulls her into a loving kiss, which unbeknownst to them, was being watched by Trout.
7	** Kate returns to the ruins of Green Lake after twenty years of robbing and killing across the state of Texas. As she trudges through the dried-up lake bed, she laments that [[TheMourningAfter she still misses Sam badly]].
8	--->"It's so hot, Sam, but I feel so cold..."
9	*** Right after that, Kate sees a vision of Sam and feels like he's hugging her, telling her [[{{Catchphrase}} "I can fix that"]], and feels warm again.
10	** The film version of Kate's death. In the book, the lizard randomly pops out, bites her, and leaves. In the film, she picks up the lizard and puts it to her arm, [[DrivenToSuicide prompting it to bite her]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Can you really blame her?]]
11	** Sam's death. Both the book and film versions are tragic:
12	*** In the book, Katherine finds Sam with his donkey, Mary Lou, and warns him that the town wants him killed for kissing her. He is forced to leave Mary Lou behind, as Katherine says that she would only slow them down. [[HopeSpot Despite giving up Mary Lou, they get into Sam's boat and Sam starts rowing as fast as he can. Then Trout's mortor boat comes through...]]
13	*** The film is just as heartbreaking, especially if you were watching this as a kid. The events of the book revolving around the school getting burnt down and the sheriff refusing to help are the same, but Katherine sees Sam out on the lake in his boat, Mary Lou dead on the ground. The camera keeps going from her perspective, Sam's boat, and Trout's boat with the music playing until the bullets are shot and strike Sam. Katherine's cries of agony are heartbreaking. The worst part, Katherine was never able to get to Sam in time and NeverGotToSayGoodbye.
14	** In the film version of Kate starting her killing spree by killing the crooked sheriff, we have Kate's demeanor after she shoots him. She goes in, looking deceptively pretty and sweet, but the moment she pulls the trigger, the look in her eyes can only be described as [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness empty]].
15	** When Trout threatens to make her wish she was dead if she doesn't tell him where her loot is buried, Kate simply says she's wished she was dead for years. There is ''nothing'' they can do to her, because the day Sam died, they took everything that mattered.
16	** How about Kate's ''former student'', [[UsedToBeaSweetKid Linda Miller]], now threatening to kill her?!
17	** Even the way she delivers her last words ("Start digging, Trout.") is sad. While it's awesome to hear Katherine get the last laugh, she just sounds so ''broken''. She can't even really enjoy her victory because without Sam, what's the point?
18	** When she gets word that Sam is in trouble for kissing a white woman, Katherine tells the sheriff that he has to shoot her too because "I kissed him right back". The sheriff responds that's not going to happen...then propositions that she kiss him (the implication being very clear that it's a ScarpiaUltimatum). She's disgusted and runs off to warn Sam, leading to his death. Later on, the sheriff is shot by Katherine while he's enjoying a cup of coffee and she kisses him, leaving a lipstick stain. He's her first victim.
19	* When Squid catches Stanley writing to his parents, he mocks him about it. When Stanley tells him he doesn't want them to worry, Squid bitterly tells him that his parents are probably glad to be rid of him and dumps the letter in the trash. Later on, we find out that his mom is an alcoholic and his dad walked out on him.
20	* When Zero finally reveals to Stanley that he was the one who stole Clyde Livingston's shoes and inadvertently got Stanley arrested and sent to Camp Green Lake. In the movie especially, it's shown through the way he talks that he feels a lot of shame and regret, especially since Stanley's the only friend he's ever had. What's worse is that Zero makes it clear that he didn't steal the shoes out of greed and pettiness, but because he was broke and homeless and desperately needed new shoes and didn't know of their importance because he couldn't read the signature on them.
21	** Clyde Livingston’s backstory about how he was an orphan and he claims that anyone who would steal from a person in need is no fan at all. Then, you realize that Hector is a person in need.
22	** Some happy tears: Clyde finds out that Stanley was innocent and WrongfullyAccused thanks to Ms. Moreno getting his alibi. As an apology for disparaging a boy that idolizes him, he stars in the Yelnats' Sploosh commercial.
23	* It's hard not to feel even just a ''little'' sorry for the Warden when she begs Stanley to let her see the contents of the briefcase before he leaves the camp. She had literally built up her whole life around finding it and likely wanted at least ''some'' closure to see just what she'd been trying to look for. Stanley, of course, denies her that, and [[AlasPoorVillain she looks genuinely heartbroken and defeated]] to have it be rendered {{all for nothing}}. Even sadder is that this wasn't even originally ''her'' quest; her ''grandfather'' basically forced her to adopt this obsession from childhood, never giving her a chance to find her own purpose in life. And now the only purpose she ''did'' have has just evaporated into thin air.
24	* There's also a happy one at the end when it finally rains at Camp Green Lake and everyone (except the villains) celebrates.
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