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. It gets worse when thinking about it:  That's right, folks: Henrietta is such a Woobie,


 * On a positive note,

Other examples

 * 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.


 * In the fourth album,
 * 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.


 * An In-Universe example is present in one short 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.

Outside examples

 * 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.