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Tear Jerker / [Work Name]
aka: Work Name Injokes

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"Sad quote that's much less sad out of context."
  • Example for every single character death, including the unsympathetic villain and the death that was obviously a joke.
    • Badly-indented bullet point describing the characters' reaction to the death.
      • Extra Fridge Horror about how the death might affect some other characters who weren't there to see it.
    • Character's death. The position of the spoiler tag makes it obvious that it's about the character dying, not that spoilers are allowed on moments pages anyway.
  • Example about that time your favorite character was slightly unhappy.
  • Example for the sad moment of the work, usually a major Character Death.
    • Unnecessary detail regarding the scene.
    • Another unnecessary detail regarding the scene.
    • Sub-bullet about the dialogue in the scene.
    • Sub-bullet about the scene’s soundtrack.
    • Sub-bullet about how the other characters react.
    • Sub-bullet about the acting.
    • Fridge Horror regarding the scene.
    • Meta stuff that makes the scene sadder.
  • Example calling you a black-hearted monster if you didn't cry while watching it.
  • Example which tells you that if Moment A of some scene doesn't make you bawl, then the following Moment B certainly will.
  • Example which simply cannot be articulated. This moment was... gah! Just... gah!
  • Example that would fit better on Heartwarming Moments, but is listed here because This Troper cried Tears of Joy when it happened.
  • A spoilered example, even though Spoilers Off is in effect.
  • "Quote without context"
  • Example mentioning that it brought This Troper, his mom, and his cat to tears!
  • An example also listed in Heartwarming.Work Name.

Meta

  • Gushy meta-example about the show being canceled after 27 seasons.
  • Example about some real person involved with the work passing away or going through hard times. Totally doesn't count as a Real Life example.
  • Meta-example claiming that it's sad people are stupid enough to like or have made this show.
  • Meta-example about how it's sad that some people don't like the show; surely the creators must be heartbroken seeing bad things being said about something they put so much effort into.
  • Meta example about the fact that the work exists.
  • Meta-example about the work not doing well critically and/or commercially.
  • Long list of every single death of anyone related to the work.
    • The film's second assistant director passed away in 2009 at the age of 102. He will be missed.
      • And we recently lost Alice A. Alberts, whose extra work on this film will be remembered forever.
  • Meta-example about the poor circumstances the work was started in.
  • Meta-example about someone who worked on the work leaving the crew.

Alternative Title(s): Work Name Injokes

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