Tear Jerker / Full House

Jesse will miss Michelle.

• The Thanksgiving Episode of the first season. It's bad enough when Stephanie and DJ feel guilty for dropping the pie and messing up cooking the turkey, but when Jesse tries to make Stephanie feel better by showing her pictures of her mother as a child, he ends up hurting badly as he realizes how much he misses his sister. He's almost in tears. Thankfully, Jesse lightens the mood by showing Danny a picture of Pam with pudding and finger paint in her hair.
• In the Season 2 episode "Baby Love", toddler Michelle meets and falls in love with Rebecca's visiting nephew Howie, but becomes heartbroken, after he has to leave. Jesse sings her a touching song, which in of itself it enough to evoke tears.
• The ending of "Goodbye, Mr. Bear", where the family watch a video of Pam Tanner bringing home baby Michelle. They watch with sad faces, as Pam makes Michelle wave her hand, saying "Hi daddy. We love you."
  • The whole episode had Stephanie desperately looking for her favorite toy, Mr. Bear, because it was a gift from her mother from when she first came home with newborn Michelle. Then she watches the above video with the whole family and points out DJ’s resemblance to their mother, DJ points out Stephanie resembles their mother as well. Then it turns out Michelle hidden Mr. Bear and gives it back to Stephanie.
• In season 3 episode "The Greatest Birthday on Earth", Jesse, Stephanie and Michelle are stuck inside the car repair shop (the owner didn't know they were in the restroom). Michelle is sad because they'll miss her big birthday party, and Stephanie gives her a big hug. But they're able to give her one, which she loved (and she's still able to get a ride on the elephant).
• The ending of "Honey I Broke the House" is a major Tear Jerker. Eight-year-old Stephanie is so guilt-ridden over accidentally driving Joey's car into the kitchen that she plans to run away because she sincerely thinks Danny won't love her anymore.
• Season 3's "Just Say No Way" can be this, because D.J.'s reaction to being falsely accused of drinking is pretty wrenching, especially when you consider she's only in seventh grade at the time.
• The episode "Shape Up" dealt with DJ desperately trying to lose weight for Kimmy's pool party by not eating. The family finding out and DJ's outburst really is emotional for people dealing weight issues.
• The Season 4 episode "The Slumber Party" is a Tear Jerker in that the Honeybee slumber party Stephanie gets invited to is for mothers and daughters. Joey offers to stand in, but just isn't great at the feminine activities, which causes Stephanie to cry and leave the party.
• The episode where Jesse moves out to live with his new wife Becky, Jesse and Michelle say good-bye. And as Jesse leaves Michelle's room, the two both shed a Single Tear.
• In "The Volunteer" from Season 5, D.J. participates in Adopt A Grandparent through the local nursing home. The man she befriends has Alzheimer's, which Danny finds out from an aide. D.J. gets pretty upset when Danny explains that her adopted grandparent's disease will only get worse. The Tear Jerker potential doubles when Danny adds that D.J. can't help the Alzheimer's, but she can help by brightening her friend's days and being there for him.

• When Danny emerges from the closet in DJ's room (he was installing shelf paper), thus revealing that he's overheard the entire family complaining about his neat freak tendencies and that they're bordering on OCD and legitimately making everyone hate him.
• "Silence is Not Golden," which has a strikingly realistic case of child abuse. The following exchange after Jesse reports it to the police and the kid in question ends up in a foster home hits particularly hard.
  Stephanie: What's gonna happen to Charles?
  Jesse: Well, Charles and his father need help, and now they're gonna get it. Sweetheart, please believe me: you did the right thing.
  Stephanie: Then why do I feel so lousy about it?
  Jesse: It's a lousy situation, kid. Listen, I realize how hard this was for you. But the bottom line is: thanks to you - thanks to Stephanie - Charles's father can't hurt him tonight.
  Stephanie: What made his father so mean?
  Jesse: I don't know. I look at you girls, and I look at Nicky and Alex... How can anyone hurt their child?
• "The Last Dance", where Papouli dies just after he and Michelle formed a special bond. So the scene from the next day where the family has to break it to her is just heartbreaking.
  Danny: Well, Michelle...this morning, after you went to school, we went upstairs to wake Papouli...Michelle, he died in his sleep last night.
  Michelle: What?
  Danny: I'm sorry. It's just he was old and his heart gave out.
  Michelle: No! He's not dead! (smashes the popsicle stick house she made for him)
  • Jesse's speech near the end.
    Jesse: He used to always take care of me. Now he comes to visit me and I can't even take care of him.
    Michelle: It wasn't your fault. His heart was old.
    Jesse: I know, but it still hurts.
  • It's especially painful when you realize this isn't the first time Jesse's been hit by the death of a beloved family member, and that the pain from Pam's loss doesn't just go away after the first season.
• In "Under the Influence," D.J. tells Kimmy that she took her home from the party because her mother was killed by a drunk driver, and didn't want her best friend to suffer the same fate.
• The scene in which an amnesiac Michelle finds out her mom died during the final episode. She was only a baby when her mom died. She becomes afraid that she still won't remember her, even if she does get her memories back. Thankfully, she does in the end.
• "Another Opening, Another No Show": Jesse goes through enormous stress when he opens the Smash Club, and starts angrily berating everyone over the various mistakes. Jesse and Kimmy end up locked on a closet, where Kimmy reveals that his insulting her clown costume drove her to tears. Jesse realizes what a tool he's been and apologizes.
• "Is It True About Stephanie?" The Escalating War of pranks between Stephanie and Gia. Gia's report card is blown up for one and all to see in the hallway of the campus. The look on her face as she turns to face Stephanie indicates a Prank Gone Too Far.
• “Matchmaker Michelle”: Teddy and Michelle are playing together, but quickly gets tearjerking with this realization.

  Michelle: Let's play house.

  Teddy: Okay, I'll be the daddy.

  Michelle: I'll be Uncle Jesse.

  Teddy: Uncle Jesse? You should be the mommy.

  Michelle: I don't know how to be the mommy.

  Teddy: Why not?

  Michelle: I don't have a mommy.

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