Tear Jerker / Pippi Longstocking

• In-universe for both the original books and the 1988 and 1997 films, this is why Pippi decides to stay in Villa Villekula rather than go traveling with her father. She sees Tommy and Annika crying and tells her father that she can't leave her friends behind and make them miserable. He agrees while promising that he will visit and they can come with her when they go to the South Seas.
• The scene where the shark nearly eats Tommy in Pippi in the South Seas. He escapes with a cut on his leg thanks to Pippi, but that's not what makes it sad. What does is Pippi's O.O.C. Is Serious Business moment; once he's out of the water, she hugs him and then breaks down into tears. She lies that she's sad the shark didn't get any breakfast, but everyone knows she was scared Tommy would die.