Minimonsters/Tear Jerker

Even in a comic full of hilarious hijinks, there's some sad moments sprinkled in-between:

El Veneno de Porcelana (Porcelain Poison)

 * In one of the first pages, Victor has a conversation with his mother the day before starting school. His mother pleads him to make friends, since in Miedópolis they had to pay some kids to be Victor's friends. While admittedly funny, it also means Victor never really had friends in his previous hometown. Worse, it's pretty obvious he has zilch knowledge about the concept of true friendship and what it entails. It's pretty sad to think about.


 * There's also a moment that marks Victor as a Jerkass Woobie: Anyone who would go to those lengths just to return to his normal life speaks volumes about how miserable Victor is, and how much he suffers for the whole "moving to a completely different lifestyle" experience.

El Perfeccionator (The Perfeccionator)

 * This album introduces Henrietta, who quickly establishes herself as a Broken Bird in her introductory scene by crying in front of Frank's house. It gets worse once known why she was crying:, and you have possibly the greatest woobie of the entire series.

"Frank: *witnessing Henrietta* A girl? Why is she crying? Henrietta: Is a horrible monster! Frank: ...for me."
 * Frank's entire Break the Cutie process: At the end of the story, you just want to give him a hug.
 * A particularly heartbreaking part is the reveal of his Inferiority Superiority Complex: He tries to keep his insecurities over his physical appearance under wraps due to him being The Leader of the Frank's Gang and finding solace in his invention skills (which, to make things worse, is a Bungling Inventor). This complex is played completely straight, and this quote shows how low his self-esteem really is:


 * As if things couldn't get any worse than they were...
 * Thankfully,


 * Miss Hit's Alas, Poor Villain moment at the end, which seals her status as a Tragic Villain. It gets worse when thinking about it:  That's right, folks: Henrietta is such a Woobie,


 * On a positive note,

Historias Para No Dormir

 * While the third album is largely comedic, in the "Lupo y sus Hermanos" (Lupo's Siblings) story, we get a peek on Lupo's home life. It shows his family is very poor, with his parents and older siblings (who are teenagers, by the way) busy working. Lupo is stuck taking care of his little siblings and has to reject his BFF Momses' offer to play with him. Keep in mind Lupo is a kid/preteen. Is comparatively minor to other tearjerkers mentioned in this page, but qualifies for people who were/are in a similar situation.
 * Luckily for him, Momses' decides to help him in taking care of them. Aww, how touching.

El Partido de Calabacesto

 * The aforementioned event is very similar to the previous tearjerker moment mentioned in the first album. While he deserved most of it, it's still quite sad.
 * From this moment until Piruja returns, you can see Frank with a melancholic expression on his face.
 * You think Frank has it bad? Imagine poor Piruja! As if having to deal with her mom and a giant spider wasn't enough already...
 * You think Frank has it bad? Imagine poor Piruja! As if having to deal with her mom and a giant spider wasn't enough already...


 * It's hard to not feel bad for Billy over what happens to him in this album. Let me rephrase that:  That's not crossing the line, that's polevaulting the fuck over it!

"Piruja's mom: Oh, my poor Piruja! It's so hard to find a requited love, sweetie! That's why you'll have to settle down with whatever you get in life."
 * Piruja's mom's Serial Romeo behavior becomes sadder once you see that Piruja doesn't have a dad. The implications are terrible, and she's clearly emotionally damaged by the experience, given how she clings to everything she comes across. She even gives her daughter a sad warning after she's rejected by Victor again.

El Cazador de Monstruos & Extras

 * When told about the Snow Mandrake, Henrietta wants to use it to forget Miss Hit. That already is bad enough, but the reason why she wants to forget it? She wants to stop hurting her Love Interest Frank. Just... ouch.
 * Made worse that, in the end, The kid just can't win, really.


 * An In-Universe example is present in the "Stephanie Queen" story, when Gus explains the plot of his mom's latest novel, "The Curse of the Scarecrow". It follows the typical horror movie plot of "monster who goes haywire scaring humans, with said humans defeating him once and for all", but from the minimonsters' perspective, it's the tragic tale of a friendly monster who got cursed and wanted to play with the humans, only for said humans to capture and ultimately kill him. Piruja, Mienai and Mr. Abra end up in tears.

Meta

 * The ¡Dibus! magazine's cancellation, meaning there will be no more Minimonster comics, is this for most people. While Word of God allegedly confirmed he's still working with the series, the fact many years have passed and the comic was Left Hanging when the magazine was cancelled is quite the downer for most fans, at least until the "Todo Minimonsters" collection was released years later.


 * The collection had a lot of interesting characters and planned stories that never came to fruition due to said cancellation. Unless he plans to continue publishing, this truly marks the end of a promising comic series.