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* [[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War/Tear Jerker|Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]

== Crossovers ==

* The gigantic [[Star Wars]]/[[Star Trek]] crossover ''[http://www.sfdebris.com/unity.asp Unity] has quite a few, the most powerful is Seven of Nine being trapped in the Borg hive mind when it reboots unexpectedly early as she tries to shut it down. Back in the real world she sings the ending of Puff the Magic Dragon (which she mentioned a few times as a song her mother always sang to her) and falls into a coma.

* Even if a lot of the slash stories between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are sad, there's one that had me bawling all over my pc the first time I read it. Even so, it stills make me cry every time. It's an Avengers/Sandman crossover and it's the biggest [[Tear Jerker]] I've faced in my life. [http://aliana-iskassa.livejournal.com/40678.html#cutid1 ''"The Sound of Wings - Aliana Iskassa"''] You've been warned.

* Empatheia's House/Doctor Who crossover [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5064112/1/As_the_Crow_Flies As The Crow Flies] is intensely emotional without resorting to fan fiction's usual melodrama. It really rings out with a strange, haunting kind of sadness. But it doesn't really become a tearjerker until {{spoiler|you realize the Doctor, having been trapped on Earth by the Q - yeah - is going to ''become'' House. This doesn't seem so bad until you think about how intensely miserable House has been most of his life.}} A more blatant one is when {{spoiler|House steps off the "magic mountain" and the pain in his leg comes back. This is amplified by the fact that we now know this will be the Doctor's pain someday as well.}}

== 1-9 ==

* The ''[[9|Nine]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5374656/1/Fly_Fly_Little_Wing Fly, Fly Little Wing] (it may be helpful to read it's [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5374636/1/She_Knew prequel]), has {{spoiler|4 eventually [[Death by Despair|dying from despair]], in 7's arms, after 3 is killed by the Cat Beast}}. Listen to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5W4RjTW3zQ the song] the title was based off, particularly the final couple of lines.

{{quote|'' {{spoiler|"[7] sang again, louder now, for it to reach where ever her children played.}}''

== A ==

** The excellent [[Ace Attorney]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4297116/1/ Piano Man], in chapter 4. Edgeworth, the victim of {{spoiler|an attempted murder by Kristoph Gavin}} and is gravely injured and about to enter surgery. Phoenix is by his bedside, practically sobbing his eyes out, while Edgey feebly tries to comfort him. That alone is a tearjerker, but then what Phoenix ''says'':

{{quote|[[spoiler: "I can't keep you involved in this, trying to nail {{spoiler|Gavin}}, {{spoiler|trying to get my badge back. This isn't worth it. I'd lose a hundred badges, a thousand, I don't care; they aren't worth anything next to you. ... You're my entire world. You're my heartbeat; you're in the marrow of my bones and under my skin, and--if I lost you--I wouldn't be able to go on."}}}}

** Another excellent fanfiction, Trucy's Daddy, has Trucy Wright dying and Phoenix falling apart in grief and his return to normalcy, realizing that being Trucy's dad was better than being a defense attorney.[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5104141/1/Trucys_Daddy\]

* I'd like to nominate the [[Animaniacs]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3703685/1/Family Family]. It's a telling of the Warners' origins, and it really is full of moving moments. For example, there's the moment that the Warners' mother dies from drug and alcohol abuse, and Yakko has to try and explain to his siblings why she isn't there anymore. To make matters worse, the siblings' father is a con artist and doesn't want anything to do with the kids. Then there's the part where Yakko and Wakko are put in a home and seperated from Dot after being caught stealing in an attempt to help their father. And then there's the saddening death of Yakko's mentor. All of you should check out this fic; the author is an excellent writer and comes up with a lot of background information.

** I can't help but second that nomination as well as suggest this for any future [[Fan Fic Recommendations]] for [[Animaniacs]].

* A while ago I read an [[Animorphs]] fanfic that was so well written, it ruined the actual series for me. Everyone had already died, Rachel and Tobias were the last ones left as fugitives. The story ended with them bleeding to death and professing just how much they loved each other. Sadly, I have no idea what it was called or where to find it. :(

* The [[Artemis Fowl]] fanfic "The Sword of God": the part about {{spoiler|how Butler died}}.

* The ending of the Avatar:[[The Last Airbender]] fanfic ''[[Guide Me Home]]''. Thanks to identifiable [[Mommy Issues]], {{spoiler|when Azula shouts "You left me! Everyone left me! Everyone, but you most of all! You left me, Mom! ''You left me!''"}} I just sob. It can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5266050/1/ here].

** Ursa {{spoiler|and Zuko are reunited, ''finally'', after seven years and ''way'' too much suffering}}.

* In the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3759272/1/The_Chong_Sheng_Trilogy_War The Chong Sheng Trilogy], the story's second installment has a few of them: 1) {{spoiler|Jet's}} death, which results in Katara [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|getting her berserk on]], and then going into a full-blown [[Heroic BSOD]] once she realizes what she just did. 2) Zuko's final showdown with {{spoiler|Ozai}}, ''oh God.'' It's too good to even risk spoiling. 3) The author's OC Shen Lei confessing {{spoiler|his involvement in Lu Ten's death. To Iroh's face}}. 4) And lastly, {{spoiler|Pakku}}'s death and the beginning of the third installment. {{spoiler|His}} last words to Katara are {{spoiler|"I'll say hello to her for you."}} ''Dammit, I'm sobbing all over again.''

* The ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fanfic [http://zed-azrael.livejournal.com/12718.html Memory(Zikaron)]. Gives as it is about the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Israel, with a focus on the suffering during World War 2, it's no surprise. This is THE [[Tear Jerker]] of the millenium.

* The fancomic [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/380347.html Tale of Two Koreas] (locked, you have to join the comm): Most [[The Woobie|sympathetic portrayal]] of Yonsoo/South Korea EVER, IMHO - specially when {{spoiler|we see the treament it gives to the Korean War, with poor Korea having a heartwretching [[Heroic BSOD]] when he sees China, Russia ''and'' North Korea (specially the latter, of course; he might be an OC, but a damn good one) attacking him. Yonsoo's [[Big No|screams of despair]] as he fails to reach for his brother will stay in your memory for quite a while.}}

== B ==

* The excellent [[Babysitters Club|Baby Sitters Club]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3285609/1/ When Forever Wasn’t Enough]...dear GOD. Never since [[Bambi]] will you ever come across something that knowingly plays your emotions like a fiddle and yet you can fully appreciate it for that. There are a few chapters that can get you misty-eyed if you have ever gone through what most of these girls have, if only because of how ''true'' they are (such as Claudia’s insecurity about not getting high enough grades, or Abby realizing she’s gay and has a crush on Kristy)...but the moment that ''really'' gets the waterworks going? The suicide of {{spoiler|Stacey}}, the chapters depicing the aftermath of it, and the chapters leading up to it, especially the chapter featuring said character right before their last chapter, where they display a warning sign for suicide (namely, {{spoiler|giving away prized possessions}}). And then in the chapter featuring the suicide itself...apart from painfully illustrating the inner thoughts of the character as they are about to end their life, there are two songs featured which the character listens to as they die and go through their inner thoughts: “The Freshmen”, and “Come Home Soon”. As if this wasn’t sad enough, play these songs while reading said chapter...and then try listening to them afterwards ''without'' shedding a tear. I dare you.

** I really don't cry at fiction, but this fic is the joint closest (with {{spoiler|Jo's death}} in ''Spooks'') I've ever got. It wasn't really {{spoiler|Stacey's}} death that got me, but when they are sat in Claudia's room afterwards and want to {{spoiler|buy some flowers, but realise that without Stacey they have no-one to be treasurer}}. There's just something about that moment that made me well up.

* Chapter 10 of Batman Begins/Dark Knight fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5112256/1/Fear_and_Malice Fear and Malice] is actually painful to read. Beautiful, but holy crap. You've got a severely ill, scared little boy whose one desire is for his mother to visit him--after the woman ran off with a shiny new husband, mind you. She comes reluctantly at his father's request, refuses to comfort the kid, and is threatening to leave when her son nervously asks for a goodbye kiss. The response?

{{quote|''"I hate you, can't you understand that? I hate you. I can barely stand the sight of you, you filthy, disgusting little--it's a wonder your grandmother lets you live in the house." She paused, glaring steadily at him. "Do you think I even wanted you? You ruined me, you destroyed my reputation--no one wants an ugly, overweight whore who's tied down to a little freak with mental problems. You have no idea how lucky I am to have found Nathan--he loves me no matter what--''

And believe it or not, things still manage to get worse. Is it any great wonder Jonathan Crane became the Scarecrow? }}

* The [[Bleach]] fanfic ''The Night After'' has one in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5337188/16/The_Night_After Chapter 16] where {{spoiler|Gin, mortally wounded and having betrayed Aizen, carries Rangiku away to a secret location so that she will be with him as he dies.}} The scene is...M rated, let's say, but still very sad.

* The Penultimate chapter of Bleach Fanfic entitled ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4347506/17/Bleach_Gift_of_our_Fathers Bleach: Gift of our Fathers]'': Ichigo and Rukia are both trapped under the rubble of a destroyed building after defeating a demon-possessed Orihime, they both pretty much know they're about to die, so Rukia does the only think she can: she cuddles up to an unconscious Ichigo and mutters her last words, "Sleep... keep your strength... when you wake up... you will be somewhere better...I will find you again..." Ichigo proceeds to wake up and unknown amount of time later and finds a dead Rukia lying on his chest. After that, he snuffs it roughly a paragraph later, and then Yoruichi discovers their dead bodies.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3655216/1/A_Life_Rescued A Life Rescued], a [[Bridge to Terabithia]] fanfic, sounds in the summary like your average [[Peggy Sue]] fic, but it is actually very different and somewhat more realistic. {{spoiler|Instead of Jesse's soul or physical body being sent back in time, it is only a thought. Spefically, a few words which will hopefully lead to Leslie's life being saved.}} In the past, younger Jesse suddenly gets sick just before leaving with Ms. Edmond's for the Portrait Gallery {{spoiler|just after uttering the phrase that had been sent to him by his future self.}} This results in the trip being cancelled, and {{spoiler|Jesse going with Leslie to Terabithia, therefore being present when she falls in and able to save her. If the scene of Jesse frantically giving Leslie mouth-to-mouth isn't bad enough, later on, when Leslie and Jesse are in the hospital, Bill Burke informs his wife that he'd tried to get Jess to let him take over resuscitating Leslie but he wouldn't let him, and all while he kept muttering a single phrase under his breath, presumably the phrase sent back in time. What is the phrase? "Can Leslie come with us?"}}

** In that same chapter, there's this exchange between Leslie and her father:

Bill: Yes, I know. }}

* [http://www.virtual-mutant.co.uk/ Virtual Mutant], a website hosting many spin-off series in the [[Buffy Verse]] and continuations. At the end of Buffy Season 8, {{spoiler|Dawn is killed, as the Big Bad has taken over her body}}. It's heart-wrenching to read.

** Oh, and {{spoiler|Anya's}} [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in "The Offering". Especially how Xander keeps talking before he realises she's dead. Ow.

== C ==

* For a ''[[Care Bears]]'' fanfic this ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3643282/1/Return_To_Care_A_Lot\].

* Usually I wouldn't cry at a songfic, but [http://verizionkittypet.deviantart.com/#/d4g7l86 Left Behind] by [[Verizion Kittypet]] always gets me. {{spoiler|Poor C2. :'(}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2509100/1/ Cell Block F] by the Island Hopper: Taking place after the (remake) movie, we find that {{spoiler|not everything ended going as one had hoped for- especially for Charlie and Wonka in particular, as the latter lost everything thanks to jealous rivals...}}

* Not complete without mentioning another [[Tear Jerker]] in ''[[Tiberium Wars]]''. Specifically, {{spoiler|the suicidal Zone Trooper charge at the end of Chapter 15}}.

* The ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5840525/1/ Right Beside You]'' has two moments: where Coraline tells off Wybie and then, after he lets her, she realizes that, without him, she has no friends and in the last chapter where {{spoiler|the Beldam kills Wybie. Yeah, the Beldams kills Wybie! But it turned out that was a [[Disney Death]], but it doesn't make it less heartwrenching.}}

== D ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3277783/2/SongShots Song Shots]: First sad tears, then they turn to happy tears.

* The moment in the [[Danny Phantom]] fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4500910/1/Ghosts_in_the_Closet Ghosts in the Closet]'' when you realize what happened to Danny. This being a major part of the driving mystery behind the story, finding out that he {{spoiler|used his ghost powers to save a kid, despite knowing full well he'd be hauled in for government experiments or even killed for doing so}} was stunning, and really fit in with the overall tone of the story.

{{spoiler|''Damn straight he will.''}} }}

* [[Daria]] [[Fanfic]] definitly loves this trope. Two good examples are in Doggieboy's '' 'A Little Vacation' '', when Daria and the man she's falling for spend their last few moments together before {{spoiler|the ''Ringbearers'' modify their memories and then reset the timeline so that they never met, and their experiences together never happened}}. Even more heartbreaking; in The Angst Guy's '' 'Winter In Hell' '', Sandi and Quinn think they see a small white flash and think that it's Fluffy, Sandi's cat who ran off and got lost when her [[Jerkass]] brothers deliberately let the cat out. {{spoiler|They find that it's a scrap of white paper blowing along the road.}} A fic that is both [[Tear Jerker]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] from beginning to end is Richard Lobinske's '' 'A Home At Summer's End' '' (from his ''excellent'' [[Post Canon]] series ''Falling Into College''), where we see how the character of Bump, a homeless kitten, becomes Daria's pet.

* The [[Death Note]] fandom has a couple of pieces by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/498068/ Serria.] "The Golden Son, Light" is about Light's depression prior to the series, through his mother's eyes, and at the end, she relaxes, but the reader knows why Light seems all right: He's decided to be Kira. But that moment's got nothing on "It Rains On The Living", when Sachiko attends {{spoiler|Light's}} funeral and considers the wreck of her family. Basically, take [[Mama Bear]] rage and make it useless and impotent, and then add the bitterness of having lost ''everything''. It really rubs your nose in the easily-overlooked fact that at the end of the series this woman has been through {{spoiler|the death of her husband, the death of her son and the kidnapping and ''insanity'' of her daughter.}} What's she got left?

* The same fandom has [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1066534/ Bialy]'s pieces about several of the Wammy's boys. A couple standouts are "Evangelos" and "Where The Heart Is." The first is a brief, lyrical piece about seven halfway decent moments in Mello's life - the author calls it 'Mello in seven kisses' - and it's a heartwrenching examination of how he became who he is. In the second, [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Matt]] is searching for Mello, and he stops by Wammy's House to find his records. One-line character Linda meets him there, and thinks about him, and thinks about Mello, and thinks about how much Matt changed from the last time she saw him. And at the end, she discovers what became of them at the end of the series, and because she's a painter, she resolves to use that to tell their story. The whole idea that maybe they weren't completely gone...

* The [[Death Note]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4188630/1/Daddy_Eyes Daddy Eyes], especially the last line.

* [[Becky Tailweaver]] 's [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1196903/1/Im_Already_There I'm Already There] in the Detective Conan fandom.

* In this AU [[D.Gray-man]] fanfiction [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4384152/1/Of_Gangsters_and_Willow_Trees Of Gangsters and Willow trees], Kanda is a gangster who happened to stumble upon the [[Ill Girl|dying boy]] Allen. A strange friendship is struck up and Kanda often goes to the hospital to visit him. Allen wistfully wishes to die under a nearby willow tree, as anywhere else is better than dying in the hospital. Then, at the end of the story, {{spoiler|when Kanda tried to get out of his gang, they turned on him, badly injuring him and he dragged himself to the willow tree. His last thoughts (and the story's last words), as he laid dying under the tree, was:}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|I'll have to apologize to Moyashi; I stole his freakin' death bed.}}}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5874619/1/ This] AU Digimon fanfiction that involves one of the characters on a plane flying back home from America...on 9/11.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5771326/1/ Final Hope], another Digimon fanfiction, qualifies. It deals a lot with Hikari and Takeru, and {{spoiler|at one point both of them seem to die, and the news reports it, and the chapter that follows, with the parents and other kids learning what has happened or reacting to the news}} is wrenching.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5842378/1/ Challenge of Fatherhood], another Digimon fanfiction. The main idea of the story is based on the fact that Gatomon {{spoiler|dies right after giving birth to the daughter of her and Patamon. Not only is Patamon left completely devastated, but he also has to take care of an infant on his own}}. Not to mention, it seems that every major original character in this fic has more or less tragic backstory. Especially {{spoiler|the backstory of Neko, how BOTH OF his parents were killed when he was a baby, how they never came back so he had to grow up as an orphan, and later on how he was apparently destined to die}} brought me to tears.

* I found an [[Old Shame]] Digimon fic that, while badly written, ended in a tear jerker where the Digimon had to go back to the Digital World just like in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''. Except the Digidestined seemed like completely built to be woobies - these included a wheelchair bound [[Ill Girl|ill boy]], a social outcast who was bullied relentlessly, a kid with a fiery temper, a foster kid with [[Abusive Parents]], another girl with only one parent...so essentially, the Digidestined were saying goodbye to their ''only friends''. Well, there was at least themselves.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1738603/1/Waken Waken, a Frieza-centered story by Vickychan] It really says something when you fell sorry for ''Frieza.'' The worst part is not so much how it ends, but ''when'' it ends, for he's going to earth, and we all know what happened there...

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3159333/20/Crowns_of_the_Kingdom this] Disney fanfiction, Mickey gets to see {{spoiler|Walt Disney again during some sort of timey wimey situation}}...which was tear tugging enough, but it was trumped a few chapters later by the revelation of the identity of a mysterious benefactor: {{spoiler|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character Disney lost the rights to and on whom Mickey himself was based}}.

** There is a moment in this fic where Mickey and his friends hear ''Disneyland itself'' wail in anguish as Walt dies. Imagine for a second that you had to re-kill your father in order to save everything else. And for those of us who have always suspected that the [[Disney Theme Parks|Disney Parks]] are alive in some way to have to read about Disneyland screaming for its father...* sniff*

* [[Doctor Who]]: Think Reinette's death was depressing in canon? Try reading it from the Doctor's perspective if the alternate telling fanfic [http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=7495 On the Slow Path, or Two and a Half Centuries in Two and a Half Days] as he ponders the ways in which he could, actually, if he really tried, save her - but can't because that would change history. Or how about earlier, as she's explaining to him about the castle she wants to have built - and he can't tell her she'll never see it completed.

{{quote|He could do it, tell her what's going to happen. That she'll never see the palace built, that she'll be dead in a couple years. That little Louis-Auguste, who was sailing one of his toy boats around the fountain yesterday, is going to see the monarchy destroyed. That his future wife is a vapid but charming Austrian countess who once gave the Doctor a first-rate set of lock picks in the very castle that Reinette hopes to have built. And that they are going to be executed in a public square, which he knows, because he stood and watched.}}

== F ==

* The ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' fanfic [http://www.ficwad.com/story/725 "Go Not Gently"].

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1997923/1/Summoning_Courage Summoning Courage], a [[Final Fantasy X]] fanfic featuring a very uncommon pairing (Baralai/Isaaru). It's not so much the first three chapters, but the last one.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6661287/1/Handle_With_Care Handle With Care] and its sequel [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6808328/1/Mislabelled Mislabelled] are a pair of [[Final Fantasy 7]] fics that manage to be both mind-bendingly hilarious and gut-wrenchingly sad. In this fic, instead of burning down Nibelheim, Sephiroth destroyed Jenova and in doing so basically gave himself a psychic lobotomy. Severely brain-damaged and mentally ill, one day he mistakes a small trooper (Cloud Strife) [[It Makes Sense in Context|for a chocobo toy.]] Although both stories are generally sweet and heartwarming, they are peppered with many heartbreaking scenes (Sephiroth confronting Genesis and Angeal after they abandoned him, Cloud's desperation during Sephiroth's freak out in the sequel, the interlude with Genesis telling Angeal why he left in the first place), the sequel takes the cake when {{spoiler|Cloud is kidnapped. Sephiroth's breakdown without Cloud there to help him through day-to-day life is HEARTBREAKING}} and then when {{spoiler|Cloud is rescued}} he gets the courage to finally ask {{spoiler|if Cloud is really a toy.}} And that's not even looking at the alternate ending to the sequel, where {{spoiler|Cloud is killed before Sephiroth can rescue him and Sephiroth kills himself because he can't face life without Cloud. At least they can be together in the Lifestream - only NOT, because Cloud is absorbed into it and Sephiroth is not, leaving him alone and waiting forever for any tiny bits of Cloud that remain...}} *sob*

* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' has a number of these, mostly centering around [[The Woobie|River]], as the author makes a point to [[Break the Cutie|run her through the wringer]] at least once per "episode." They include several violent mental breakdowns on River's part, as well as {{spoiler|River and Jayne being tortured by Niska}}, and one bit at the end of the "Mosiac" episode where River has an [[Out, Damned Spot!]] moment while trying to wash off the blood of all the men she'd killed the previous chapter.

** One reviewer pointed out a particularly potent moment on River's part toward the end of "Business," when she starts shooting at the {{spoiler|Hands of Blue that are after her}}.

* The Firefly story [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2737227/1/Everything_Burns Everything Burns]. Basic premise: Serenity's crew didn't make it back in time to save the Tams during "Safe."

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4940194/4/Tabula_Rasa Tabula Rasa] is a [[First Encounter Assault Recon]] fic taking place in a AU post Project Origin. After getting some new team members, {{spoiler|one of which is Alma Wade}}, the FEAR teams see videos and listen to audio recordings concerning Alma as a child. You know that she is a monster in-game, but to see evidence that Alma was a child ( {{spoiler|She wanted to be a singer!}} ) makes you feel much more pity for her.

* The [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] oneshot [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2190414/1/Passing_Hands Passing Hands] is definitely a tear jerker (and twice as much for dog lovers).

== G ==

* There's a lot that's sad in Merlin Missy's ''[[Gargoyles]]'' series "[http://fanfic.gargoyles-fans.org/author.php?author=Merlin%2BMissy&sortorder=DESC Consequences]" but {{spoiler|Delilah's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} is absolutely heartwrenching, both in the thing itself and in the reactions from the whole cast.

* ''[[Glee]]'': [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5458582/1/Rescue_Me Rescue Me] is a great Puck/Quinn fic in general but the part that gets me is when anything about the six-word stories are brought up. Particularly {{spoiler|the Hemingway short story: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn". And Quinn's one: "I've changed my mind. Please rescue me."}}

* Another ''[[Glee]]'' is [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5560909/1/Controlled_Chaos Controlled Chaos]. The first chapter and the flashbacks in the middle chapters come close but it's the last chapter that'll have you sobbing.

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6930030/1/Hunting_the_Unicorn Hunting the Unicorn]'' is a Klaine fic drawing on ''[[The Last Unicorn (novel)|The Last Unicorn]]'', of all things. While it does have happier parts, it [[Cerebus Retcon|retroactively]] [[Deconstruction Fic|deconstructs]] their [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sugary,]] [[But Not Too Gay|chaste,]] [[Shallow Love Interest|"perfect"]] romance ''really'' thoroughly. To the point of [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|rescuing Blaine from the Scrappy Heap]].

* ''[[Good Omens]]'' fic ''[[The Sacred and the Profane]]'' pretty much exists to be this. The ending is the worst part for reducing readers to a sobbing wreck, but there's plenty of other bits to help.

* ''[[Manchester Lost]]'' is a hilariously funny ''[[Good Omens]]'' fanfiction, full of [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ridiculously awesome moments]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|moments that will reduce the reader to a helpless, gasping ball of mirth]], and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|moments that will make you squee]]. However, there are quite a few heartwrenching moments in it as well, particularly {{spoiler|the deaths of Aziraphale and Crowley. Sure, they get better, but Raphael and Crowley's reaction to Aziraphale's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Crowley's resigned acceptance of his own death, and Aziraphale's reaction to finding out that Crowley died, were genuinely heartbreaking.}} Even worse was {{spoiler|Crowley's response to God's offer to make him an angel, unaware that Aziraphale was already alive again.}}

* [http://library.good-omens.com/viewstory.php?sid=415&warning=4 Prodigal Son] and its remix, [http://library.good-omens.com/viewstory.php?sid=450 Safe Haven], about Crowley taking care of a broken Aziraphale who had been trapped in a Nazi concentration camp and has lost faith. {{spoiler|Especially when Crowley sacrifices the relationship they had developed to encourage Aziraphale to talk to God and restore his faith.}} Incidentally, it's by the same person who wrote Manchester Lost.

* [[Gorillaz]] fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3315543/14/A_Man_Out_Of_Time A Man Out Of Time], in which {{spoiler|a teenage Murdoc, referred to as "Mud" to avoid confusion, travels in time, meets teenage Noodle, falls in love with her, and ends up selling his soul to save her life even though he can't stay with her}}:

{{quote|"Do I ever regret this?" Mud asked quietly, his voice breaking. He looked up at his older self.

== H ==

* The [[Haibane Renmei]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1757765/1/Before_We_Had_Wings "Before We Had Wings"]. It's a prequel to the Haibane Renmei series, showing the events that led various Haibane to Glie. {{spoiler|And considering that it's strongly hinted that Haibane are the souls of children who died young...}}

* In ''[[Enemy of My Enemy (Fanfic)|Enemy of My Enemy]]'', {{spoiler|when the Hunter pair is overwhelmed and killed, the last one's final thoughts are of the sweet little girl who reached out and befriended them. Also, Rukth's death can be quite heart-wrenching, as can Vtan's reaction to it: "A wail of sorrow [that] echoed across the battlefield... the Jiralhanae... felt an irrational prick of fear... Something had awoken; [[Unstoppable Rage|something]] [[Tranquil Fury|terrible]].}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4155871/1/From_the_Mouths_of_Infants From the Mouths of Infants]; a chat between Flippy and Cub, at Cub's mother's grave.

* [[Fan Fic Recommendations|''Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness'']]

** Terry Boot tried {{spoiler|to use the Killing Curse on Michael Corner because he didn't want his best friend to suffer anymore}}.

* The seventh book of the excellent Harry Potter fic "Sacrifices Arc". {{spoiler|Regulus Black dies before Snape admits that he loves him; it was just as sad for its aftermath.}}

* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/quietwolf/herolove.html This] [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] fic. Especially the part where an ailing Hercules is cared for by an angelic Iolaus. (I'm not being metaphorical with the word "angelic", BTW.) We finally learn what Iolaus had to atone for in "Revelations".

{{quote|'"Close your eyes, Herc," Iolaus urged him warmly, stroking his hair. "And I'll tell you the story that Gabrielle told me that time I was wounded when we were trying to free Prometheus. Once, a long, long time ago, all people had four legs and two heads..."'}}

* A ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfic, entitled Into The Dark, focusing on Aradia's relationship with Sollux. There are comments from people who actually cried while reading it.

== I ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5308933/1/Haunted Haunted]. If you don't cry or cry inside when {{spoiler|Freddie's ghost is telling Sam how much he loved her and how his last living thought was about his love for her}} or {{spoiler|Valerie is brutally murdered by Missy for no reason at all}} you have no soul.

* An iCarly fanfic, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5455318/1/Bruised Bruised]'' gets the tears rolling from the first flashback. It follows a charecter from iCarly at a counseling session and basically investigates the Backstory of the character. Even though the entire story is a [[Tear Jerker]] it's when you realise that {{spoiler|The main charecter of the story isn't Sam as the story leads on but rather ''Carly''}}.

{{quote|{{spoiler|"Nobody needs to be perfect, kiddo." The counselor says resassuringly, You smile as you wipe your eyes and head towards the door and whisper loud enough for only you to hear. "I do."}}}}

* I can't find the fic anymore, it might be gone now, but...there was an [[Invader Zim]] fanfic where Zim was poisoned and slowly dying. While Dib, Tak, and Gaz frantically look for a cure, Zim vows he'll stay alive long enough to see Autumn, his favorite thing about Earth. The biggest gutpunches in the fic were Zim being forced to shut off GIR so he won't have to watch Zim slowly waste away (and the entire time, GIR is sobbing and pleading for Zim to take GIR with him), Zim and Dr. Membrane discussing the afterlife (and Zim confesses he's terrified of the thought of going to a place like Hell), and finally, {{spoiler|after all the hard work and sleepless nights everyone pulled, the group can see he won't last a day longer, so Tak uses one of her inventions to forcibly change Earth's climate so it becomes Autumn. Zim, who at this point has to be ''carried'' to the window to see outside, gives a satisfied smile, everyone admits he's a friend to them now...and then he dies not a minute later.}}

* I was reading through fanfiction and I found this story that was collection of songfics, all but one were all overly happy, the one that makes me cry every time I read it is the one based off of The One That Got Away, about Gaz being in love with Zim for a long time, and Dib exposing Zim, and Zim having to leave the planet, and Gaz regretting never telling him how she felt. The fact the lyrics were there, didn't really help anything. Here's the lnk, don't forget your kleenex. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7811507/8/Valentines_Day_Songfics IZ Songfics:The One That Got Away]

* An [[Iron Man]] [http://kijikun.livejournal.com/760523.html?mode=reply fanfic] dealt with Tony Stark, in the aftermath of the Civil War, raising Steve Rogers' little girl. No, not an m-preg fic, no, not a bastard Cap left behind with Sharon Charter. A little girl who was Captain America's X-23, his [[Opposite Sex Clone]], and had been raised since birth to be a [[Child Soldier]] [[Super Soldier]]. This child has a stoic face and robotic personality, having been giving nothing but routines and orders her whole life. She doesn't understand love, home, normalcy, and what's worse is we don't see this from Tony's perspective but HERS. She's so terribly confused and afraid at living with Tony and Jarvis, who are attentive and affectionate if flustered at raising a child. She doesn't understand and wishes to go back to the compound if only becase things are simpler there. Goddamn it's heartbreaking.

== J ==

* [http://storyfan.livejournal.com/12263.html#cutid1 Bertie and the Bowler Hat]: An elderly Bertie Wooster {{spoiler|is found dead with a picture of the late Jeeves in his hand}}. It was topped by the very last sentence: {{spoiler|"Mr. Wooster had given me the black bowler hat."}}

== K ==

* Quite a bit of the ''[[Ka Blam!]]'' fic ''[[Troper Works/Goodbye June|Goodbye June]]''. Especially the first chapter.

* ''[http://rex-dart.livejournal.com/433970.html Deae Ex Machina]'' is 13 chapters, plus a prologue, of a funny, slashy Kingdom Hearts fic where the Nobodes are reborn as humans, and have wacky hijinks with the heroes and other characters. It also contains an Epilogue, which is almost 3,000 words worth of being punched in the stomach.

* "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2948769/1/You_Dont_Miss_It_Till_Its_Gone You Don't Miss It Till It's Gone]", one of the recommended ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfics here has a couple of real ''kickers''. {{spoiler|Sora's fading away after going compltely insane, but finally being free of Antiform, leading to a [[Dying as Yourself]] moment in Kairi's arms}}, then later on on we have {{spoiler|Roxas and Namine fading away together}}. Although to some it may be a bit [[Narm|cheesy]], the last conversation they share is sob inducing, {{spoiler|ending with each telling the other that they love them,}} then giving us this line.

** {{spoiler|Larxene's backstory}} is almost as bad. While it's not as cry-your-eyes-out drama worthy as some of the other instances explained already on this page, seeing the normally snarky and caustic {{spoiler|Larxene}} crying and having a nervous breakdown because of {{spoiler|being raped and abused by her ex-husband for about three years}} is...jarring.

* This ''[[Kirby]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuPViUXIBh8 fanvid] is deliberately played for over-the-top comedy... but isn't quite over-the-top enough. After the block holding him in is freed, a Gordo drifts off into the sky... and far beyond. The music-and-imagry combination is enough to make you mist up. And while the ending is more giggle-worthy than tear-jerking--initially--you quickly begin to feel bad for the little guy that he didn't get to see ''everying'' before {{spoiler|getting boinked back to Pop Star by a stray asteroid.}}

== L ==

* [[Twilight Valley]] is alleged to have one. {{spoiler|When Ducky contemplates suicide after being rescued from her imprisonment.}}

* [http://forums.lfgcomic.com/index.php?s=2e777c54fbc467c693852792fe59a147&showtopic=4663 Warlocks and Witches] has a particularly tear-jerking moment when {{spoiler|Cale dies in a particularly sudden and tragic manner}}.

* While not sad, as such, Noriko's {{spoiler|speech after her entire family was killed}} in the [[Deva Series]] had me tearing up through sheer emotional powerfulness.

== M ==

* This [[Mass Effect]] one shot fic called [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5971356/1/The_bHundred_b_bYear_b_bDistance_b The Hundred Year Distance] is bittersweet at best. To sum up the story in basic detail without any spoilers: It's about Garrus and Shepard spending their last days together, as they are near the end of their lifespan.

* The [[Mass Effect]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6038495/1/Nothing_Ventured_Nothing_Gained Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained] has just featured a rather poignant moment, in the opening to the eighth chapter. {{spoiler|Kolyat Krios is trying to write a message to Thane, and can't find the words.}} It's simple, but it's so in character and right.

* Like the above troper<ref>Editor's note: this is referring to the troper who wrote “The Tyrant God”, whose entry is now listed below under the N section.</ref> I became misty-eyed writing a certain point in my [[Mass Effect 2]] fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5932238/1/ Pariah]. It shows a different angle on resident [[Complete Monster]] Morinth by introducing a character she can't control and turning everything upside down. {{spoiler|1=This character dies via [[Last Stand]]/[[Taking You with Me]] and sacrifices herself to ''protect'' Morinth. The half point of the chapter finishes with a [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]/[[Mercy Kill]] moment}} One reviewer drew [http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Crimmson/forum%20pics/AshiraPariah.png this] in reaction to that particular scene.

* Most of the reviews [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/717531/1/Mega_Man_X_Whispers_In_Time Whispers in Time] make mention of crying or causing heartbreak.

* [http://dh-chan.livejournal.com/159949.html This] ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' fanfic, which sort of... creeps up on you.

* ''[[Stray]]'' isn't depressing in its entirety, but it has its tearjerker moments. Particularly during the Shadow Moses section, when {{spoiler|Big Boss has his final conversation and [[Last Kiss]] with "his" Ocelot, whose spirit is currently being channeled by Adamska.}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5704545/1/Howling_At_The_Moon Howling At The Moon] is a fanfic recounting Sniper Wolf's life from slightly before Big Boss met her all the way to her death. You'd think that the tear-jerkiest moment would be her ever so famous death, right? WRONG. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5704545/4/Howling_At_The_Moon Chapter 4], at the very end, a sixteen-year-old Wolf leaves her home with FOXHOUND. The whole time, a fourteen-year-old Naomi is begging her, nearly in tears, not to go. The worst part of it is that Wolf mostly keeps her cool as she tells Naomi that she has to go, then breaks down when she's just a few yards down the road. And that's not even the tip of the iceberg.

* Another [[Metal Gear Solid]] fanfic, the excellent [http://what-we-dream.livejournal.com/4209.html Hold On]. (Everything Otasune by that author is highly recommended.) Meryl's {{spoiler|faked Otacon's death}} in order to get Snake to take out a mercenary group that's killing off members of New Foxhound. The scene in which Snake is shown {{spoiler|Otacon's "body"}} is heartwrenching. After {{spoiler|yelling "God fucking dammit, Hal!", spending several silent moments leaning against his "corpse", meticulously and tenderly cleaning the blood away from his mouth, and slipping Hal's glasses into his pocket,}} he says this, [[Dissonant Serenity|deathly calm]]: "Tell me where they are, and I will kill them." Later {{spoiler|Otacon wakes up and is informed by Meryl of his faked death. He's so distraught by this that he ends up severely damaging his hands in an attempt to tear out the hinges of his cell door.}} Raiden discovers the {{spoiler|faked death}} and correctly guesses that Snake will {{spoiler|let himself be killed on his mission to take out the mercenary group, as without Otacon he has nobody left to live for.}} The fic {{spoiler|ends happily, but man alive, will it wring out your heart.}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6684207/1/The_Last_Treasure ''The Last Treasure''].

** I may be overthinking this, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAPMsEweLQg this] AMV is both sad and heartwarming. It just seems to be about all the cynical adults who watch this innocent, adorable show about ponies and feel like kids again. "[[Growing Up Sucks|I'm never growing up.]]"

** The background character known as Derpy Hooves seems to attract [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RgkrBTryVCfmAARA5ZCMTY4nTa2ta2-mhmdpxvipEoA/edit?hl=en&pli=1#%20 a] [http://arch.413chan.net/MyMuffinDerpyDoesn%27tgotoSchool-%28n1296572189692%29.png lot] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xy28CF7zMdwfbmRnBnIXygJxnHR7UZqgSdjt7YX0dBA/edit?hl=en# of] sadfics. (Read these three in order for maximum effect.)

== N ==

* The Naruto fanfic "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3371184/1/Blind Blind]" has several of these...including one in the middle that manages to be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] as well. I'm not going to spoil that one for you, but the premise of the story is that {{spoiler|Sasuke blinds himself to prevent Orochimaru from taking control of him.}} (Alternate future fic--breaks off shortly after the beginning of Shippuuden.)

* A [[Naruto]] [[Self-Insert Fic]] where a girl ''intentionally'' made her [[Self Insert]] a [[Mary Sue]] (She said so in the description.) who thought her two team members and her sensei loved her and was so confident they'd take a sword for her. Turns out, the two other members of the team absolutely ''hated her'' '''guts''' because she was so show-offy and smug. Then they tried to stop Hidan and Kakuzu, they literally didn't even ''try'' to save her as the others were trying to save ''their Sensei'' instead and literally ''threw her right in the way of Hidan's scythe'' and let him taste her blood so he wouldn't do that to them. Hidan then decided to break her legs and watch Kakuzu murder her sensei ''right in front of all three'' while the two members finally showed what they really thought of her and said "So you finally lose, miss perfect!'' and are then murdered. Hidan decides she wasn't worth his time and instead just stabs himself through the stomach so she'll bleed to death, rejected by her friends and for the first time in her life, tasting failure.

** Naruto:"He sealed it...in me. Inside me. What I did there...was I pulled out some of its power. I wasn't fast enough to get that guy otherwise. I...I'm sorry I didn't, didn't tell you already, but...everyone else hates me for it. All the civilians...I just wanted...I wanted to have a friend...I'm sorry..."

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2480598/1/ ''At Death's Door'']: It is based on Shinji as a dying old man, the last person alive to remember the Angel Wars. Everyone else has died, Rei, Misato, Asuka, Toji, Kensuke etc. And Asuka. And Shinji, can't tell any more if it was real or if it was all just "a life he constructed for himself, to prove his own existence?". And then he remebers the image of Asuka and that he had one loved her, but not her name... And as he is dying, he desperately tries to remember her name: {{spoiler|He Does: 'Death smiled down at Shinji Ikari... and he smiled back. The old man opened his mouth, and breathed his last word."Asuka..."'}} DAMN IT IM CRYING AGAIN!!! It is wonderful, and heartbreaking and just...* sob* . Read it if you like A/S pairing. Or just tragic-romantic stories in general. Because you will NOT be able to find a NGE oneshot that tops this in sadness.

* To the above troper. Making statements like that is just asking for a contradiction. And thus do I present [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4354213/1/Die_With_Me ''Die With Me'']. It is NOT a tragic-romantic. It is just tragic. Kyoko's POV after the Unit 02 experiment. Here is the first paragraph: "I never paid enough attention to Asuka. My entire mind was on Unit-02. And now, I can concentrate on my beloved daughter. I hope she isn't still mad at me for ignoring her. No one but Asuka cares about me. The only person besides the doctor and my husband who comes to see us is that little girl. I think she just wants to tease Asuka. So Asuka must eat her dinner so the girl won't laugh at her." To those that don't know {{spoiler|'that little girl' is Asuka. Her mother has gone mad and thinks that the doll is her daughter. Yeah...}}

== O ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3442858/1/Icaruss_Curse Icarus's Curse] is about the friendship of Pell and Chaka. When they were younger, Chaka promised Pell if anything happened to him, he would pull him out of any sea that threatened to kill him. Then, flashforward to the scene {{spoiler|where Pell was killed}}, Chaka was useless to prevent it.

* Another [[One Piece]] one, where it was implied that {{spoiler|Zoro was killed in battle and they never found his body}}. The rest of the Straw Hats had continuously searched for him, clearly in denial, even when the years passed and they had fulfilled all their dreams. The most heartbreaking moment was when {{spoiler|Mihawk had found Zoro's treasured sword and gave it to Luffy and they were simply forced to accept that Zoro was gone.}}

'''Zoro''': " ... Sure, Captain." }}

* The one-shot fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5026261/1/Castle_Down Castle Down], detailing the life of Kyoya's mother. It starts off with {{spoiler|Yoshio more or less [[Rape as Drama|raping her on the wedding night]]}} [[It Got Worse|and just keeps going downhill from there until]] {{spoiler|she is inevitably [[Driven to Suicide]]}}. The most powerful part, however, is probably the final two lines of dialogue, spoken by Kyoya and his father {{spoiler|after his mother's funeral}}.

{{quote|'''Kyoya''': {{spoiler|It's ''your'' fault she died.}}

== P ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5194916/1/Persona_3_Fairly_English_Story Persona 3: Fairly English Story] Had a fantastic one in the already [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerking]] {{spoiler|Fortune Full Moon - Akihiko got there in time to take a bullet for Shinjiro and died.}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/395294/1/ Fractured Stars] (see also [[Fan Fic Recommendations]] for the entire trilogy). It starts going downhill around chapter 9 in terms of sadness; by 12-14, you're in impact-crater-like depths of despair. "In fact...I...I don't think anyone cares about me anymore."

* This author wrote a [[Pokémon]] story based on the song "The Green Fields of France" as performed by Dropkick Murphys. I intentionally wrote it to invoke a tear jerker and to get people thinking if war is really necessary. The end includes a scene where {{spoiler|the ghost of Willie McBride confronts the characters and salutes them before fading away.}} One reviewer said they would have cried had they known whom Willie McBride was.

*** Going by reviews, the teariest point appears to be the end of chapter 4, in which the kid reaches the [[Despair Event Horizon]], {{spoiler|gives up on trying to live his life and entrusts himself to his Pokémon}}.

** All sorts of Pokémon stories can have [[Tear Jerker]] moments, including [[Lemon|lemons]].

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3929110/1/ Five Days Of Midnight] is a pokemon fanfiction that starts out light enough..and then everything just goes- watching Ash panic when Misty, Brock and the others vanish is awful enough, but when {{spoiler|he finds what he thinks is misty's dead body, encased in magic!ice}} it's just way too much. but there are enough CMOH and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments Of Awesome]] to make it way worth the read.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6953776/1/Test_Of_Humanity Test Of Humanity] . Just seeing the normally cheerful and bumbling Wheatley in a suicidal depression in "Ch. 12" of the story is heartbreaking.

** The end of "Ch. 16" and most of "Ch. 17", especially when {{spoiler|Chell is begging him to [[Please Wake Up|get up]].}}

== R ==

* Without a doubt, ''[[Fanfic/The Bitter End|The Bitter End]]'' is perhaps the most depressing and sad story set in the [[Ranma ½]] universe, ever.

* Also includes fanart, but regardless; the [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=%22brian+jacques%22+tribute tributes from the fandom] upon the [[Author Existence Failure]] of [[Redwall]] creator Brian Jacques, particularly [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=%22brian+jacques%22+tribute#/d3925im this one].

* A Redwall Fic called Vengeance Quest. It starts with a young squirrelmaid seeing her father brutally killed by a wolverine...but that's not the sad part. She grows up filled with hate and revenge...still not the sad part. She ''tortures'' a stoat from the wolverine's hoard to ''death'' for information...still not the sad part. Meanwhile, some time ago a young subcaptain in the hoard was horrified at the wolverine's methods and left, leaving her fiercely loyal superior and good friend, Keirn (whom she also loved), behind. She left in the direction of the squirrel...and that, while gutwrenching, ''still'' isn't the sad part. The sad part is when you remember what that stoat's last words were: {{spoiler|"''Keirn...I'm so sorry...''"}}

== S ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3214402/1/bCyber_b_bMoon_b_Part_2_Chronicles Cyber Moon], a [[Doorstopper|very long]] ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fanfic, has an interesting way of avoiding [[Death Is Cheap]]: Sailor Saturn and OC "Dragon Saturn" have the power to resurrect, but each can only resurrect a given person once, so the third death is permanent. This finally comes into play near the end when {{spoiler|Yuichiro}} is killed for the third time {{spoiler|while protecting his and Rei's young daughter}}.

* Evremonde's ''[[Sesame Street]]'' fanfic "[http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/12/sanctuary.html Sanctuary]". (Yes, ''Sesame Street''.) Anything to do with the death of Mr. Hooper is a tearjerker by definition, but oh, that last line.

* Arguably, the entirety of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6914974/1/Alone_On_the_Water Alone On the Water]'' is this for almost anyone that reads it.

* Many of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] fics on [http://katieforsythe.livejournal.com/ The Seventeenth Step]. It doesn't help that they are actually very well written.

* The [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] fan comic ''[http://evanstanley.deviantart.com/gallery/ Ghosts of the Future]''. Before you get to know the characters, the opening slaughter doesn't have quite the same impact, but once the universe is established, there are tearjerkers every time Sonic thinks of the friends he lost... such as {{spoiler|when he [http://evanstanley.deviantart.com/art/GOTF-issue-3-page-5-72343709 uses Tails's Emerald Radar for the first time, and finds that Tails left a message on it]}}... but the clincher was during the {{spoiler|Arabian Nights}} issue, where he has to {{spoiler|apologize to Amy through Morgianna, and [http://evanstanley.deviantart.com/art/GOTF-issue-5-page-10-93472564 the line], "Amy... I know you're not really her and all, but I gotta say this..."}} Sniff...

** And it really plays rough with your heartstrings toward the end of Issue 6. {{spoiler|Shadow's Arabian Nights counterpart is forced to [[Mercy Kill]] Blaze's counterpart to save her from a [[Fate Worse Than Death]]. As he cradles her dead body, he tells a distraught Silver to go home, find his version of Blaze, then "look into her eyes and tell her, 'I love you.' Do it while you still can. Do it for me," while tears run down his cheeks.}} Just to twist the knife further, when Silver tries to fulfill his promise, {{spoiler|Blaze shuts him down, tearfully asking why he [[Locked Out of the Loop|hasn't told her what's been going on,]] then tells him that she doesn't want to see him any more.}} Ouch.

* Go read the ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' fanfic ''Atlas'', specifically [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5344838/4/Atlas chapter 4]. Now try not to choke up when Kirk gets his orders for the ''Enterprise''. While it loses quite a bit of impact without the other three chapters behind it, it is still a gut-punch (of the extremely awesome variety) all by itself if you know anything at all about the backstory.

* ''[http://www.thyla.com/jsc4-leaving.html A Meditation on Leaving]''. It's a ''[[Star Trek]]'' fanfic written from Spock's perspective just before he leaves for Gol. Rare is the fic about Spock that manages to be angsty and ''in character'', but this one manages it. It's written beautifully. Especially tear-jerking is this [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] moment:

{{quote|{{spoiler|"Is this love?" I asked him once as he lay full length on me, the warmth of his body augmenting mine, his lips sending flame along the webwork of my nerves, his hands gently tearing away uncounted centuries of Vulcan conditioning.}}

* We allowed to add our own fic? If so: "Circular Death" ([http://tanief-twen.livejournal.com/521.html on Livejournal] and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6610388/1/Circular_Death on Fanfiction.net]). ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' reboot setting with lots of original series reminiscing; the five times Spock Prime knew he'd die, sometimes correctly sometimes not. I was going for a [[Tear Jerker]] effect, and ended up crying over it myself.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3827340/1/MindWiped This] ''[[Star Wars]]'' fanfiction, about the very end of Episode III when C-3PO has his memory wiped...just...just read it, you'll see what I mean. *sob*

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5564442/1/Im_your_biggest_fan I'm your biggest fan] The part where {{spoiler|Abel dies protecting Fei-Long}} and his subsequent reaction to it is so sad. All in all, it's beautifully written.

* The ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' Flash cartoon ''[http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Rise_Of_The_Mushroom_Kingdom_3/rise_of_the_mushroom_kingdom_3.html Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom 3]'': the part where {{spoiler|Luigi dies}}.

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4949127/1/Deterioration_of_Reason Deterioration of Reason]'' has OC!Gabriel in the hospital watching {{spoiler|Castiel}} who was dying. Gabriel was given orders to end {{spoiler|Castiel}}'s life, even if following the command would break his heart. There was a brief recollection Gabriel had before doing the deed that simply drove his anguish further home.

{{quote|{{spoiler|"Am I getting too heavy for you Gabriel? You worry too much, brother." A gentle chuckle, the warmth of brilliant sapphire blue eyes - }}}}

== T ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6573271/1/If_You_Could_Have_A_Second_Chance If You Could Have a Second Chance], from the Tales of the Frog Princess section. This entire fic is one big [[Tear Jerker]]. Emphasis on Zoe's death, especially since the last thing she ever did was tell Francis she loved him.

** In Chapter 4, when Francis realizes {{spoiler|he can't use the stone to bring Zoe back to life after all...}}

** ''Happy'' tears when Francis {{spoiler|instead uses the stone to go back in time, and sees Zoe alive again}}.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2510204/1/Two_Worlds_Combined Two Worlds Combined]. [[Tales of Symphonia|The Tower of Salvation]]. Words cannot do it justice.

* This Jade/Guy [[Tales of the Abyss]] story: [http://sinestrated.livejournal.com/29846.html Untitled]. Even if you're not a Jade and/or Guy fan, this character death story will be bring forth many tears. Very sad and touching fanfic.

* [[Respawn of the Dead]]. Early in the story, Heavy gets stuck in the fence, and it's played for laughs. Then much later, {{spoiler|the team is fleeing, and he gets stuck again. They can't get him out, and are forced to leave him to the zombies. Poor Medic's distraught, as he's already had to kill his pet zombie, and can't bear to leave his beloved to die. He is convinced to do so, and he and Heavy share a [[Last Kiss]] before he is pulled away. The clincher may be the words Medic screams at the others: "YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HIM! I WOULD HAVE KILLED YOU ALL, IF ONLY IT WOULD HAVE SAVED HIM!"}} *SOB*

** Early in the story, {{spoiler|the BLU Spy succumbing to zobification, whilst wanting his mother and to go home}}, which leads to this line...

* [http://dotchan.com/?p=1593 ''Transcripts from a Series of Therapy Sessions'']. It really has to be read to be believed.

* [[Titan Legends]], the fanfic that's an alternate universe in and of itself, has three. All are spoilers, but, in order, {{spoiler|Noel being manipulated into betraying the Titans and going insane, the ending of the Zap Pack arc, and the ending of Boogeymen IV}}.

** The last one in that list is made even worse when you find out {{spoiler|the Lord of the Night had taken over Noel's mind against his will at the time, and what trying to fight it must have done to him}} afterward in Silent Night. Thank God for the memory wipe...

* And, by the same author as above<ref>Editor's note: "above" being the ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfiction "Forward", listed in the F section.</ref>, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4569311/1/Perfection Perfection]'', a ''[[Terminator]]: [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' fic that explores the screwed-up mental state of future John Connor, while also exploring a possible John Connor/Allison Young [[Shipping|ship]]. Anyone who's seen the episode "Allison From Palmdale" knows how this one is going to end, but the real hitter comes at the end of the story.

{{quote|'''John''': ''"Welcome back, {{spoiler|Cameron.}}"''}}

* [[That Guy with the Glasses in Space]] is a [[That Guy With The Glasses|TGWTG]] [[Dark Fic]] with a lot of gore and a lot of [[Tear Jerker]] moments, but the clincher is this bit between That Chick With The Goggles and Chester A. Bum:

{{quote|"Urgh!" she yelled and turned down to kick it away. Sheer shock registered on her face for the second time, "Chester?!"

The image vanished and Goggles was left gaping. }}

* The [[Touhou]] fanvid [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUdsjat_tA Alice Dere] makes me want to cry because it reminds me SO much of my own [[Incompatible Orientation]] crushes. {{spoiler|Granted, she does fair a bit better than me on that merit... but then it ends up as a [[Mayfly-December Romance]] , which doesn't help at all.}}

* Koishi Komeiji's Heart-Throbbing Adventure Part 7 - Before this, it introduces Kochiyah Sanae to be a sadist against youkais. And then her past is introduced.

* For all the Transformers fans out there who want a good cry should look no further than Oni-Gils [[Fan Fic Recommendations|''Rise'']] and its spin off works

** {{spoiler|In chapter 21, Thundercracker is shot down, the pain of his bond to Starscream and Skywarp being violently severed causes the blue seekers bond mates to colapse. An extra layer of sad is spread on with Nova thinking- 'They had lost their wingmate, their bondmate, and I was the one responsible.'}}

** {{spoiler|If you thought 21 was sad, 26 is even worse: Starscream is mortaly injured while he rescues Nova from captivity in Ratbats estate, and dies in the arms of his rescued son and Skywarp, his last remaining bond mate. The worst thing is Nova cant even remember his father because of mental blocks set in place by Ratbat and dosent quite grasp the inportance of Starscream until the red seeker sends him a data burst of memories and emotions (all of them about Nova growing up) The last thing Starscream mutters to Nova is 'Rise up', the Decepticons rallying call.}} I was a gnats wing away from breaking down while reading this at my work camp.

* ''[[Luminosity]]''. It goes into the psychology behind having someone whom your life really, truly and completely revolves around [[Despair Event Horizon|dying]].

** Demetri is a bad guy. There is no arguing this point. However, regardless of what he is doing, regardless of the fact that he did it, being forced to know and live {{spoiler|the five and a half ''years'' of his mate's life that he destroyed}}, and then trying, desperately, to pretend it wasn't so...

== W ==

* The ''[[WALL-E]]'' short story [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4401936/1/Where_Fires_Begin Where Fires Begin]. Very short and philosophical, but holy ''heck''; it can be sob-inducing if you understand what's happened.

** [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Darn]] you. Now [[King Sonn Dee Doo|I]] can't stop crying.

* The WALL-E fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4482677/1/Hold_My_Hand "Hold my Hand"] is just PACKED with these...The premise alone is sad enough: WALL-E is breaking apart and has no more spare parts for himself, so he and EVE go far away to find more. Trust me on this, you'll need a lot of tissues before it's over. ''Especially'' for the ending, which has {{spoiler|WALL-E being shot at so that his most important inner parts are destroyed. He and EVE spend his last hours alive dancing together, until WALL-E finally dies in EVE's arms.}}

* A short [[Warhammer 40000]] fanfic, about two Ogryns named Gav and Bob. Manly. Fucking. Tears.

** [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8382189/ Here it is, complete with /tg/'s reactions]

**** Rejoice! Here's a working [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Gav_and_Bob link.] Also, {{spoiler|Gav's continual habit of making dear friends with his innocence and love of the Emperor only to have them die or worse on him is heartrending, but the end when he finds himself as the bodyguard of an Inquisitor? With a ragtag group of new people that like him right away? [[Manly Tears]], man. MANLY. FREAKING. TEARS. Tears of joy!}}

* The ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' slash fanfic [http://community.livejournal.com/strapsandstars/21676.html#cutid1 The Little Match Boy] is nothing short of heartbreaking. Considering that it's basically a retelling of "The Little Matchgirl", you should have a pretty good idea of just how sad it gets...

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5020386/1/kindle_a_light "Kindle a Light"] is about the life of [[Watchmen (comics)|the original Silk Spectre]], which is tragic enough as it is. The ending is a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

* The West Wing fic [http://fwf.healthyinterest.net/sa/background.html Background] is still the only fic that's ever made me cry.

* Several in ''[[With Strings Attached]]'':

** Chapter 17, “Just an Earthbound Misfit,” Paul's drunken day of despair (one of many) as he struggles with not having any magic and being completely alone while the others soar around him.

== X ==

* One of the very first fics I read, Poi Lass's ''[http://www.tellingstories.net/beast/fanfic/dialogue.shtml Dialogue]'' is, hands down, the saddest X Men fic I ever read. The realisation, at the end, that Bobby {{spoiler|knows how screwed up he is and doesn't care...}} Breaks my heart every time.

== Y ==

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5808177/1/Good_Old_Days Good Old Days], a very short [[Yotsuba&!]] fanfic. We all know how innocent, outgoing and dependent on her father Yotsuba is. {{spoiler|Youtsuba grows up; and in turn outgrows all these. Gone is the little six year old we all knew and loved, replaced with a deadpan, apathetic teenager}}. Worse still that it's in {{spoiler|Mr. Koiwai}}'s point of view.

* ''[http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/689.html?thread=1000369 Hammurabi's Robin]'' is basically a retelling of the [[Batman: The Animated Series|B:TAS]] episode "Robin's Reckoning" in the ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' universe. During the climax, which consists of Robin dangling Zucco off an office building while the team tries to convince him not to drop him, pretty much everything out of Robin's mouth is a [[Tear Jerker]].

{{quote|'''Superboy:''' That would make you [[He Who Fights Monsters|like him]], and you hate him too much for that.<br />

{{quote|“I’m a horrible son,” he croaked.}}

* A scene in [[Le Diz]]'s ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfiction Akh. You wouldn't think that a fanfic with the major purpose of keeping Atem from dying could be packed with one [[Tear Jerker]] after another, but it is. It ''so'' is.

** In particular the beginning of chapter two, with most of the gang in hospital and an in-his-own-body Yami stressing the hell out over not being allowed to see Yugi while Anzu tries and fails to calm him down. Then he manages to get past her and find his way to Yugi's room and see him for the first time since the accident. In intensive care. Buried in every type of medical keep-you-alive device known to mankind. When Yami damn well breaks down, so do the readers.

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