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The entire ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise is full of moments that will have you [[Tear Jerker|reaching for the tissue box...]]

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* The very first is {{spoiler|Ryu's}} sacrifice to protect White Base, even when he's badly injured. Though, in the TV series version, the aftermath is [[Narm|maybe a bit overdone]] with the whole crew standing at the end, all blaming themselves.

* Dunno about you guys, but I felt real bad for {{spoiler|both Garma and Iserina. Garma's death scene was ''really'' tragic, and Iserina's useless [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] wasn't much better. }}

* For some reason, {{spoiler|the destruction of ''White Base'': That ship was their home from the destruction of the first colony. No matter how fierce the battle, whether it was in space or on Earth, and what comrades they lost, they always returned there. To see them floating outside and watch it break into fiery pieces... well}}.

* Another tear jerker for this series is when {{spoiler|Kamille kills his "little sister" Rosamia. She was basically [[Brainwashed and Crazy|mindscrewed by the Titans]] and only wanted a normal life; Kamille felt bad when he killed her, because he wanted to see her have a normal life in the end. }}

** What really makes it hit home is {{spoiler|her last words, "Brother, I've found you."}}.

* The final scene in the show hits home HARD. Fa finding Kamille alive, only to realize {{spoiler|he's been brain damaged by Scirocco}} Just seeing her expression sort of sums up the show...

* Not even ''ZZ'' is free of tear jerkers, despite its beginnings. {{spoiler|Cecilia's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], which her old boyfriend Torres never knew about since Judau, who *did* know, didn't have the heart to tell him? Leina's fiery "death" and Judau's ''creepy'' [[Heroic BSOD]] after that? Emily's death and the destruction of the La Vie En Rose? Hayato's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]? Princess Sarasa's death, which emotionally crushes her boyfriend Mondo? Elpeo Puru's pointless and tragic death trying to protect the only true family she knew? Puru Two's death after her [[Heel Face Turn]]? }}

** Gundam Evolve has retconned {{spoiler|Puru Two}}'s death. Too bad {{spoiler|everyone else that died in the series, including Sarasa, is gone for good. Plus, the whole thing with Masai's heart-wrenching considering how fighting the Gundams was the only thing she could do to honor her brother's death and after her Gelgoog got destroyed [[Heroic BSOD|she was left in a catatonic state]].}}

* Hell, even {{spoiler|Glemy's}} is a little sad, considering it's {{spoiler|Roux who kills him}}.

* This series is packed with the motherload of Gundam Tearjerker moments- the {{spoiler|brutal death of Uso's mother}}, the {{spoiler|death of Odelo}}, even {{spoiler|Chronicle's demise as he pleads for his sister to save him.}}

** YMMV on that last one; something about the sudden "thunk" right before the commercial break just made it seem [[Narm|narmy]] to me.

** Ah, no. [[Orihime|I]] get what you mean. ''So well''. *hugs you*

* I don't know about anyone else but {{spoiler|the death of Ghinius Sakhalin}}.

** More than the death itself, {{spoiler|his exchange with his sister Aina, where he mentions [[Parental Abandonment|how their mother walked out on them]] and Aina asks him if he designed the Apsalus as a sort of metallic womb to replace their [[Missing Mom]].}}

* The scene in Episode 8 of ''08th MS Team'', during Shiro Amada's proving grounds recon mission {{spoiler|which would serve the purpose of proving he was not a traitor. He ended the mission firing a bazooka into a Zaku cockpit, killing the pilot inside, who had previously been established as a conscientious and more-or-less friendly person. Even though both she and Shiro were forced into the situation due to extenuating circumstances, it was the despair on Shiro's face before he fired the bazooka that was the real hit: due to his growing relationship with Aina Sahalin and his understanding that one's side was not related to one's humanity, he had promised himself that he wouldn't kill anyone. In the end, he found himself personally pulling the trigger, betraying the promise he had made, and all to end the life of someone who really didn't deserve it.}}

* The final episode, when {{spoiler|Bernie dies trying to save the colony from a nuke that's already been stopped, fighting against his romantic interest Christina without either of them knowing it, and almost manages to win the duel despite being hopelessly outclassed piloting a repaired and poorly armed Zaku against her new [[Super Prototype]] Gundam, with his death unfolding right in front of Al, a boy who had looked up to him like a kid brother. Then there's Bernie's last video, and the new school ceremony}}--the whole of episode 6, in short.

* What about the death of {{spoiler|Master Asia}}? {{spoiler|After a very last, gruelling battle, Domon tops his Master out, only to find out that he wasn't really as much as an SOB that he thought he was, he was misguided by his mistake to be absorbed in Gundam Fights that ravaged the Planet Earth and that everyone only cared about the Fights, not the planet. And then, Master reveals that he still retained his honor, not infecting himself with the DG Cells. Finally, for one last time, master and disciple recite the motto of School of Touhou Fuhai (''Look, the East is burning REEEEDDD!!!''), and Master Asia finally perishes after finishing the reciting, followed with a very crushing cry of Domon... ''[[Say My Name|"SHISHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"]]''}}

* And {{spoiler|Domon crying the epithome of [[Manly Tears]] as he's forced to kill [[Cain and Abel|his once-hated, now-again-beloved older brother Kyouji]] to [[Shoot the Dog|free him (and his clone, Schwarz Bruder) from the Devil Gundam...]] Once it sinks that Kyouji ''never'' was really to blame since he was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]], and that he used his last bits of sanity to create Schwarz Bruder and [[Must Make Amends|try fixing whar went so utterly wrong]]... the ''"NIIIIIISAAAAAAAAN!"'' is a slap to the face for both Domon ''and'' us watchers.}}

* Don't forget the death of {{spoiler|Dr Mikamura, killed for becoming [[The Atoner]] after realizing [[My God, What Have I Done?|how all of his sins destroyed the Kasshu family and made his little girl Rain suffer as well]].}} The guy's [[Famous Last Words]] don't help.

* Also the very final episode is... depending on the viewer's opinion either a [[Tear Jerker]] or a [[Narm Charm|hilarious scene.]] At the very least it is very impressive, when {{spoiler|Domon saves Rain and they use the Love-Love Sekiha Tenkyoken together}}

* A more subtle one: Chico and Gina Rodriguez's backstories. Yeah, the Tequila Gundam is ''very'' stereotypical, but the pilot and his [[Ill Girl]] sister's [[Break the Cutie|story of sickness, poverty and desolation]] is ''very'' sad.

* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye|Saette and Rain]]. That's all.

* The episode where Domon upgrades to the God Gundam - Rain remotely controls the nearly-totaled Shining Gundam to get Domon's battle data to the God Gundam. The scene is both heartwarming and sad, as Domon had been fighting alongside the Shining Gundam for almost a year...

* Dorothy, when she shreds her [[Magnificent Bitch]] facade [[Cry Cute|and panics]] after {{spoiler|Zechs}} decides {{spoiler|to reject Treize's peace offer and blast his mobile suit}}. This is the first time that she ''ever'' shows raw and real emotions without bothering to restrain them (like when {{spoiler|Duke Dermail}} died and she was shocked for a while, then recovered and {{spoiler|used it for a [[Rousing Speech]]}}) and ''begs'' him to not do that, going as far as {{spoiler|screaming a [[Big No]] and struggling with Zechs while still pleading for Treize's life}}.

* {{spoiler|Treize's}} death got me misty eyed. The way he went down with such grace really had me about as emotionally tinged as {{spoiler|Wufei.}}

* The mangas also have their share of sadness. I.e.: {{spoiler|the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] of King Peacecraft}} (which is also a tear jerker ''in story'' as {{spoiler|his former butler Pagan tells Relena how her biological dad died to save both of them ''and'' the man who would adopt her as his own child}}, {{spoiler|Duo's}} backstory as a whole (specially {{spoiler|Sister Helen's death}}), the passing of {{spoiler|Heero's caretaker Odin Lowe Jr.}}, {{spoiler|No-name}}'s confrontation with {{spoiler|Middie Une, the girl who loves him and yet still betrays their group to help her family.}}, and {{spoiler|the death of Wufei's [[Plucky Girl]] wife Meiran}}.

* Jamil's {{spoiler|reunion with Lucille, albeit through Tiffa.}}

* When {{spoiler|Tiffa gets kidnapped by someone from the SRA}}. Garrod literally {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD|loses it]]. He does get better afterward though.}}