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=== ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka (live-action series)]]'' ===
* The live action ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'' episode where Tomoko pours her heart out during the public speaking part of the competition.
=== [[Hell Girl (live-action series)]] === ▼* In episode 2 of the live-action ''[[Hell Girl]]'' series, Enma Ai's client is a [[Hikikomori]] whose father has been murdered. There's a heartbreaking flashback sequence in which we see all the times his father talked to him through the door of his room, patiently trying again and again to reach his son. They love each other, but whatever sorrow has taken hold of the boy won't let go. And now it's too late -- he'll never see his dad again, never get to make things right. You'll need to hug someone you love after watching this. ▼
=== ''[[Kasou Taishou]]'' ===
* Chuck visiting Lily after Dan's book has been released, lamenting his loneliness and saying he doesn't want to end up like Charlie Trout, his character in the book.
* Everything after the accident in Season 5. Blair losing the baby, praying just for Chuck to be alive, and eventually deciding that she can't be with Chuck if there's any chance he'll be the one punished for it. Chuck's confusion as he desperately searches for a reason why she abandoned him and her constantly-about-to-break-down expression just breaks your heart.
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▲=== [[Hell Girl (live-action series)]] ===
▲* In episode 2 of the live-action ''[[Hell Girl]]'' series, Enma Ai's client is a [[Hikikomori]] whose father has been murdered. There's a heartbreaking flashback sequence in which we see all the times his father talked to him through the door of his room, patiently trying again and again to reach his son. They love each other, but whatever sorrow has taken hold of the boy won't let go. And now it's too late -- he'll never see his dad again, never get to make things right. You'll need to hug someone you love after watching this.
=== [[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] ===
* Right from the start in "The Wrong Path." Hercules' wife and children are murdered by Hera... in front of him... before the opening credits. Before setting out to settle the score with Hera, Hercules buries his family and grieves.
* "The Other Side": While on a mission to the Underworld, Hercules is briefly reunited with his family. Though overjoyed to see his loved ones again, Hercules knows full well this is only temporary, which clearly gnaws at him. Additionally, his family is unware they're dead, so the big guy has to carry this load by himself. And what viewer couldn't be moved by:
{{quote|'''Ilia''': Daddy, I missed you.
'''Hercules''': I missed you, too, Ilia. I missed you all so much.
'''Ilia''': Are you crying, Daddy?
'''Hercules''': ...No, the wind just blew something in my eye. }}
* "Judgment Day": Hercules is framed for the murder of his second wife, Serena, by Ares. Though Hercules clears his name, Serena is still lost. The big guy blames himself for what happened to Serena, and viewers can't help but feel for him.
** The end of the Serena arc is almost as sad. Herc is able to save her through time-travel, but in the new reality, she's married to someone else, and only Hercules and Autylocus (who went to the past with him) remember his second marriage at all.
* "Twilight": Hercules' mother is dying. He struggles to save her, but even though he accepts that it's her time, he is no less saddened by this turn of events - particularly as he, Iolaus and Jason are there as she dies. The 3 heroes being on the edge of tears and not outright bawling is an accomplishment.
* Iolaus died several times. While fans may mock the repetitiveness of it, in-show it was always treated seriously. Hercules always grieved over losing his best friend and never took for granted the possibility that Iolaus could come back. It's a testament to the actors that Iolaus' death was moving, whether it be the second or third time viewers had seen it.
* Strife's death in "Armageddon Now, Part 1." You know it's bad when even ''Ares'' expresses regret over it and anger at Callisto for doing it.
{{quote|"He wasn't so bad. He-he tried real hard. He was just no good at his job. You didn't have to do this!"}}
* The end of the flashback in "Twilight," in which a young Hercules returns home from his first war.
{{quote|'''Hercules:''' This belonged to a friend of mine - a kid about my age. I had to watch him die to realize you were right, Mother. There's no glory in war.
'''Alcmene:''' For every boy that's not coming home, one hundred more will and that's because of you.
'''Hercules:''' Then why do I feel like I failed? }}
=== [[Higher Ground]] ===
* The end of the ''[[Higher Ground]]'' episode "Innocence" where {{spoiler|Peter's previously estranged father dies, in the midst of a recollection of their visits to Central Park, with the words "I love you too, son" on his lips.}} If ''that'' doesn't get you, the episode's last shot of a 7-year-old Peter muttering "'bye, dad" as his father strides in slow-motion across a bridge ''will''.
** The end of "Daised (sic) and Confused", when Daisy opens her father's photo album, and finally grieves for her dead mother, after spending the entire episode resenting her and blowing up at her father (and showing up at the funeral in the very Goth getup that led her to the school in the first place).
*** How is "Exposed" missing? The scene in which [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuxvEtW7BPE#t=3m13s Scott confronts Shelby in the woods] and she loses it is heartbreaking.
=== [[Hogan's Heroes]] ===
* ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', for all that it's a comedy, still has moments of acknowledging that they're in the middle of a war. In one notable episode, Hogan attempts to seduce a female SS officer for information. She then confesses that she has no way out of her job without dying and is probably going to get shot soon anyway, ending with a pitiable "Help me...". Then it turns out she's going to the exact place where Hogan knows Allied forces are going to bomb and he can't tell her a word of it even to save her life. {{spoiler|She eventually doesn't go, but still.. the look on their faces}}
** Another is when General Burkhalter steals a painting from the Louvre and brings it smugly to Stalag 13. LeBeau, enraged at this further pillaging of his country, sneaks into Klink's office and steals the painting. When he removes it from its frame and holds it up in front of him, the surge of sorrow and anger causes him to start crying.
=== [[Homicide: Life on the Street/Tear Jerker]] ===
* Lewis talking Kellerman out of suicide in "Have A Conscience" with a Heartbreaking invoking of Crosetti
* "Bop Gun" is one long Tear Jerker with Robin Williams as a man who just saw His wife Murdered.Highlights include Him becoming furious after hearing the Detectives humourously banter about the Murder and the investigation and the final moments in which He says He is now a member of a "Special club where only the initiated can recognize the other members"]]
=== [[Horatio Hornblower]] ===
* Horatio saying goodbye to Archie, after he confessed to pushing Captain Sawyer into the hold to save Hornblower from hanging. "Just take what I have to offer... and say goodbye." Sniffle.
** Not only that scene, but a few scenes before, just after the battle has ended. Complete with some in-universe [[Mood Whiplash]]. The audience saw Archie get shot, but Horatio didn't, and as soon as the battle is over he and Archie are chatting, poking a bit of fun at Buckland ... then Horatio looks over at his friend, notices, asks "Is that your blood?" and it goes downhill from there.
* "Sniffle". That whole plot twist. And that scene in ''[[Horatio Hornblower|The Wrong War]]'' when {{spoiler|after Archie saves Horatio from being blown up with a bridge,}} Major Edrington tells Archie gently, "And just ... take care of him [Horatio]." Though it's a [[Tear Jerker]] in itself, it certainly makes the "goodbye" scene more painful in hindsight.
=== [[House (TV series)/Tear Jerker]] ===
* In 'Symphony of Illumination' {{spoiler|Robin is narrating the episode to her and Barney's future kids. Until she finds out she can't ever have children. "So I can't have kids. Big deal. This way, there's no one to hold me back in life. No one to keep me from travelling where I wanna travel, no one getting in the way of my career. If you wanna know the truth of it, I'm glad you guys aren't real." And the kids fade away.}}
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=== [[Inspector Lynley/Tear Jerker]] ===
* When {{spoiler|Barbara Havers is shot in the abdomen, throwing herself in front of a bullet to save someone else}}. Even though [[Like You Would Really Do It|you know they wouldn't really do it]], ''Lynley'' doesn't know, and his reaction is absolutely heartbreaking.
=== [[K9]] ===
* In the finale of season 1 "Eclipse Of The Korven", {{spoiler|K-9 destroys the Korven, burning out his power core, and because he had his regeneration circuit removed in the previous episode, he could not repair himself, killing him. His regeneration circuit does manage to home itself back to him, and revives K-9.}}
=== [[Kamen Rider]] ===
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