Glee/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

*** You truly cannot mention "Grilled Cheesus" without bringing up Kurt's HEARTBREAKING rendition of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", complete with childhood home movie footage of a kid who looks exactly like Kurt. No matter how tough you are, you cannot watch that scene without feeling close to tears.

** And at least half of "Never Been Kissed" and "Furt".

* The montage at the end of ''Mattress''. The look on Will's face alone is heartbreaking. Combine it with their cover of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile"? It's gut wrenching.

* Admit it, you cried during the scene in 1x19 where {{spoiler|Artie uses arm braces to try and walk, crumples to the floor, and refuses to let Tina help him up.}} It's even more of a tearjerker when you know the things that got him excited were doomed from the start, then watching his disappointment as the inherent problems are spelled out. {{spoiler|Arm braces only work when your legs can carry ''some'' of the weight, and the experiments Tina looked up will take years before they reach humans (if successful).}}

* {{spoiler|Shelby telling Jesse about her regret at never knowing her daughter, Rachel, and singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on a cassette tape to Rachel because she cannot legally contact her until she's 18.}}

** *sobs*

And there are storms we cannot weather." }}

 

* Part of the reason why seeing Shannon Beiste crying is so incredibly effective is because she puts up such a strong front, possibly even moreso than Sue.

* The Piano Scene. Just the way Quinn's clearly given up on her dreams and ambitions, plus Rachel's reactions, should have anyone break down in sympathy for them

'''Rachel:''' [[Completely Missing the Point|I am not giving up on Finn. It is not ov...]]<br />

'''Quinn:''' Yes it is! You are so frustrating! And that is why you can't write a good song; because you live in this little school girl fantasy of life. Rachel, if you keep looking for that happy ending, then you are ''never'' going to get it right! }}

* For this troper, the whole "Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy" sequence had shades of this, with Kurt and Rachel's conversation before hand (because those are happy tears) and [[Soundtrack Dissonance|the song contrasting with scenes of Brittany eating alone at Breadstix and watching Artie from a distance.]] I've always found the song itself sad as well, mostly because of the fact that it's two very energetic, happy songs being mashed together and done at an much lower tempo and an almost melancholy tone.

* From "Funk".

* Brittany pushing a meatball across the table in Breadstix with her nose, alone. Keep in mind the entire episode has led us to believe that she was only dating Artie to make Santana jealous, but now we realize she was actually trying to have a relationship with him too and he turned her down.

* From "Born This Way".

** It's also one of the few times when Brittany shows some real energy in her voice and actions compared to her normal ditzy monotone. She may not have the words right but she is absolute in what she means.

* Quinn and Rachel's [[Crowning Music of Awesome|beautiful mashup]] of "I Feel Pretty" and "Unpretty." Rachel's miserable expressions throughout and Quinn's vague discomfort (the latter of which becoming a case of [[Fridge Brilliance]] later in the episode) are heartbreaking enough, and let's face it; how many teenage girls (or, hell, how many people in general) haven't been in Rachel's position before?

* Karofsky and Santana's faces at the end of watching the ND perform Born This Way. They both clearly want to join in, especially with Santana wearing her "[[It Makes Sense in Context|Lebanese]]" T-shirt.

* There's also Will's smaller one when talking to Emma, in regards to the New Directions' [[True Companions]] status:

* {{spoiler|In Rumours, when Artie says to Brittany "Why are you so stupid?" Seeing Brittany instantly tear up. "You're the only one in this school who never called me that!" }}

** To say that it's a [[Tear Jerker]] is quite possible a massive understatement.

* "Funeral": ''All of it.''

** {{spoiler|Becky being kicked off the Cheerios.}}

** {{spoiler|Sue telling Will how Jean died, and asking Kurt and Finn why it was Jean who died and not her.}}

** And the fact that {{spoiler|Jean's funeral was a full house.}} And Sue {{spoiler|not being able to finish her speech because she broke down in tears, and ''Will'' of all people standing up and continuing it for her.}}

* Rory's song during "Extraordinary Merry Christmas". "Blue Christmas" is the only sad moment in the whole episode. Combined with Rory's speech of how his parents can't come over to America and that this will be his first Christmas without, you'll be in tears.

** It was especially tearjerking for some tropers as it is they're also on the other side of the world from their family and it will their first time away from their family from Christmas.

** Will's heartfelt proposal to Emma and her getting chocked up as she said yes jerked quite a few [[Tears of Joy]] from at least one viewer.

** "I didn't ask him if [the reason he broke up with me] was because I had Down's. I didn't ask because I knew the answer was yes."

** Quinn {{spoiler|texting while driving and getting hit by a truck.}}

** Sebastian's {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]. Turns out he had met Karofsky before at Scandals, and told him to stay in the closet, and he clearly feels ''horrible'' about it.}}

** Sue {{spoiler|blaming herself for not helping Karofsky when she was the principal at the time.}}

** The quick cut away during that scene in the office when Sue says she can't stop thinking about {{spoiler|Daves dad finding him}}. Usually that type of really quick cut is comedic and silly, but it is utterly heart wrenching seeing this grown man shrieking in pain.

* Prom-asaurus is, for the most part, a fairly funny, non-tearjerking episode. Except for one part - Becky talking to Puck about how badly she wanted to be Prom Queen. She just wanted it so badly your heart hurts for her - and then when he crowns her and himself king and queen of the anti-prom and escorts her to the dance himself, you start crying harder but this time it's because of how awesome that is! Becky's sheer joy of being at the Prom with a crown on her head and a hot date is all kinds of tear inducingly adorable.

* "Props," when Puck breaks down in Bieste's arms about how he feels worthless. She subtly reveals that she's in the same boat as he is because of Cooter's abuse:

* The sneak preview to "Goodbye" is sad in of itself because it features the cast talking about how they're going to have to close a chapter in their lives now. Everybody cried a lot during the filming of that episode.

** From the actual episode, {{spoiler|only Rachel made it into NYADA. Kurt was denied.}}