Tear Jerker / Meerkat Manor

• "Journey's End" had one of the warmest moments in the show's history when the Whiskers adopted that Zappa pup... but then it had the moment that shattered the show, in the death of Flower. Especially knowing that Next Generation isn't as good, Rocket Dog has lost the might of the Whiskers.
• Shakespeare, always nice and caring with the pups, dying in the act of defending them against Big Cy from the rivalling group.
• The 2nd-to-last episode in the same season ends with the death of Mozart, who had been in Woobie territory for the entire series up until now. To make it worse, the episode seemed to show that she might have still had a chance for a happy ending, right before crushing it in the last few minutes. Really, season three was riddled with tearjerkers, with the loss of so many meerkats.
  • The Narration makes her passing away even worse. Sean Astin sounded just as heartbroken as the viewers, too.
  "The land that nurtured Mozart from the first moments of her life, now holds her in a final embrace."
• Because the researchers provide some public records of how the groups they monitor are faring, it can be sobering to know that generations have come and gone since the end of the series. Rocket Dog died shortly after filming of the fourth season ended, the Aztecs group has completely disintegrated, as have most of the Whiskers' rivals^note both the groups whose names were used (Commandos, Zappa), and the groups who primarily represented them in the show (Vivian, Young Ones), some of whom were part of the project since before 2000. But life goes on: Many bloodlines still run strong in the groups that exist today, and as of the end of 2017, Whiskers and Lazuli are still holding on.
  • Special mention goes to Zaphod, the other half of the iconic Whiskers pair. He remained a part of the Aztecs splinter group until his death by natural causes, just weeks after being declared the oldest meerkat in the project.

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