Line #40 TearJerker/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:It's okay, big guy... let it all out.]]
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4	Yes, even a show as silly as [[WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants this]] can [[TearJerker seriously tug at the heartstrings]] sometimes.
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6	* In "The Vexing Villainy of the Vile Vimpire", some of the things Captain Underpants says after being bitten by the titular villain are just downright heartbreaking, especially if you take into account that [[FridgeBrilliance these are most likely]] ''[[FridgeBrilliance Krupp's]]'' [[FridgeBrilliance memories and subconscious feelings]]. And Captain Underpants' crying is really upsetting...
7	-->'''Captain Underpants:''' I've never felt truly ''loved''!
8	** Also, from the same episode, this exchange between George and Harold after they're bitten.[[note]]And this becomes even more heartbreaking when you remember how they met in the books.[[/note]]
9	--->'''George:''' We can't win!\
10	'''Harold:''' We won when we met. And since we're never gonna be happy again... I want you to know that was the happiest day of my life!\
11	'''George:''' Not as happy as every day I got to spend with you!
12	* Even with how mean [[ChildHater Mr. Krupp]] is, you can't help but feel sorry for him when he sees [[GratuitousFrench Ms. Yewh]] [[DidNotGetTheGirl hit it off with none other than]] ''[[AlmightyJanitor Mr. Ree]]'' in "The Terrifying Perilous Misfortune of the T.P. Mummy".
13	-->'''Mr. Krupp:''' I ate a ''snail'' for her...
14	* "The Flustering Mindless Woe of the Flushable Memory Wipes", where we learn that Mr. Murdsly's whole reason for brainwashing the kids is to get revenge on the people who wronged him as a kid. The humiliation stuck with him throughout his whole childhood and it embittered him in his adulthood, especially since the cruel nickname they gave him, "Ted Turdsly" is still being used by the kids to this very day, which is TruthInTelevision. George and Harold actually sympathize with Mursdly and decide to end the cycle.
15	* The flashback to Krupp's childhood in episode 11. I mean, getting [[ProducePelting publicly humiliated]] by not only his classmates, but ''[[AbusiveParents his own mother]]''? You just wanna give the poor little guy a hug...
16	* In the Season 1 finale, after the boys finally get Mr. Krupp's rule book so they can give it to the Superintendent and have him fired before he can expel them, Harold sees Mr. Krupp look fondly at a framed picture of the day he first started work as Principal, which makes him and George realize that they can't go through with it.
17	-->'''Harold:''' If we get expelled, we've still got each other. But... ''being Principal is all Mr. Krupp's got''. We gotta give the book back to Krupp.\
18	'''George:''' That’ll be Visit 500.\
19	'''Harold:''' Yep...
20	** Then comes the scene right afterwards where they give Krupp's rule book back to him.
21	--->'''Mr. Krupp:''' What...? My rule book? How did you get this?\
22	'''Harold:''' It doesn't matter.\
23	'''George:''' We were going to give it to Dr. Vil Endenemys, to get you fired before you could expel us.\
24	'''Harold:''' But that felt like a really mean thing to do. And we thought, we're not like that! We're not like...\
25	'''Mr. Krupp:''' (''looks like he's about to start crying'') ...''M-Me?''\
26	'''Harold:''' Yeah... you. So, we're giving it back to you instead. We were wrong, and we accept our fate. And... sorry.\
27	'''George:''' We apologize.
28	* In the Season 2 finale, Melvinborg explains that his nanobots, which took over Captain Underpants' body, are slowly taking over his brain, and once they do, they will [[DeathOfPersonality effectively destroy who he is]]. Upon this revelation, and realizing that if they don't act fast, Captain will be gone forever, George and Harold actually start ''crying''.[[note]]This is a FAR cry from [[AngstWhatAngst how they reacted to his "death" at the end of the book series]].[[/note]]
29	* [[{{Cliffhanger}} The ending of the Season 2 finale]]. After spending the entire season trying to keep their grades up so they can go to summer camp, George and Harold are all set to go... only to discover that they're going to ''two different camps''. The sad piano music playing over the end credits doesn't help.
30	** Actively made ''worse'' in a Season 3 trailer that revealed they've ended up at the same camp anyway, to their delight, but then Krupp appears, reveals it was all his doing and that he intends to keep them separated for the entire summer. The montage of George and Harold trying and failing to interact through the massive fence Krupp somehow got put up is heartbreaking.
31	* The animals’ whole reason for becoming hostile in "The Angry Abnormal Atrocities of the Astute Animal Agressers". How would you like it if you were forced to eat garbage while your boss eats fresh food?
32	* In "The Confounding Concoction of the Crooked Combatato", while locked in a bathroom with nothing but his toupee and Ms. Anthrrope, Mr. Krupp gets more open with himself and acknowledges that [[AbusiveParents his mother never truly loved him at all]]. He all but outright admits that she only had him so she could have free labor on the family cattle farm. [[FreudianExcuse No wonder he's so messed up…]]
33	* The flashback scene in "The Ghastly Danger of the Ghost Dentist", where Other Sophie's birthday party is ruined by rain and [[WithFriendsLikeThese Jessica stealing her presents]].
34	* The moment in "[[HalloweenSpecial The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-A-Ween]]", when George and Harold realize why Melvin hates Halloween and wanted it cancelled; because they never invited him to go Trick-or-Treating with them.
35	* In one of the endings in the interactive special "Epic Choice-o-Rama", the boys and Captain Underpants come up with an idea to go back in time to move the treehouse away from Mr. Cleveland’s house, but they change their minds when they meet a younger Cleveland and find out he’s friends with the tree’s tire swing and is actually Viper Chai. So when they go back to the present, they see that Melvin is very close to destroying the treehouse, and all 3 tear up as they can only watch their beloved treehouse about to be destroyed. Had not it been for Mr. Cleveland’s last minute BigDamnHeroes moment, Treehouse Comix Inc. would’ve been no more.
36	-->'''Melvin:''' Say goodbye to your precious treehouse, and your creativity, ''and'' your bean bag!
37	-->'''Captain Underpants:''' [[BigNo NOOOO!!!]] (''tearing up'') [[ItMakesSenseInContext Not Beany! That’s my best friend!]]
38	-->'''Harold:''' (''tearing up'') I can’t believe it… this is the end of our treehouse…
39	-->'''George:''' (''tearing up'') We played there every afternoon. Nothing will ever be the same…
40	-->(''A memory montage of the treehouse plays with sad music in the background'')
41	-->'''Harold:''' It made us who we are, now it’s over.
42	* In the Season 4 opener, Captain Underpants seemingly pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save George and Harold. That's tearjerking all on its own, but what makes it worse is the boys' reaction. George lets out a BigNo as he and Harold are both in tears. Thankfully, Cap is fine, but it was still painful to see the boys in such heartbreak.

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