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Tear Jerker / Puppet History

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  • Shane warned people that “Pieces Of Me” was genuinely emotional, even comparing it to later Hot Daga, and he wasn’t wrong. You WILL feel bad for a coin.
  • "Gore On The Shore" is also heartbreaking, being a duet between two ex-lovers who drifted apart due to circumstances beyond their control and don't know whether their relationship will ever be the same again. The fact that said ex-lovers are anthropomorphic oars will not stop you from bawling.
  • Jose's Book has a song that's rather quiet and quirky, but between the ominous clock ticking and the Book's final line (where it mentions that reading too much could cause jerks to want you dead for it, all while the music cuts out) you get the impression that the Book is rightfully resentful of its former master's death.
  • The final moments of "The Demonic Possessions of Loudun" are one big tearjerker. The Genie wins, not only returning all the guests back into the inanimate objects/animals they once were (essentially killing any of them that hadn't already been alive), but throwing The Professor into Cretaceous times where he's eaten alive by a T-Rex as well. For those who have watched the show since the beginning, seeing our beloved host canonically killed off can trigger quite the emotional response.
  • Near the end of "The Dreadful Demise of the Dinosaurs" it looks like the Professor and his dino parents are going to be stuck at ground zero for the Cretaceous asteroid impact. They affirm their love for each other and sing a song about accepting the end and the importance of being together. This is intertwined with the asteroid heading towards earth expressing its fear about finally stopping after a life spent on the move, but that earth looks like a really nice place if he has to stop (while a short montage of actual photographs of beautiful places on earth flashes over the screen). It's very emotional.
  • Antarctica's song about Sir Robert Falcon Scott that closes "The Deadly Race to the South Pole", despite being sung like a power balad, is rather somber and moving as Sarah notes.
    Send my regards to Captain Robert Falcon Scott
    'Cause he stepped foot upon my shores
    And before long he was no more
    It's a drag-out race to the bottom of the world
    I hope he found what he was looking for

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