Pluto/Tear Jerker

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  • The death of Robbie the police robot in Pluto, complete with Gesicht visiting his wife. Mind you it's only chapter 1. This editor already has several bedsheets handy, just in case.
    • Oh, yes. When they started this scene, this troper was like "robot families? And they want to make this sad and moving? Are you kidding?" Few more panels had this troper cry like a baby. Other scene worth mentioning is main character's "child" getting cruelly and pointlessly killed by some fanatic
    • Lets not forget a flashback, juxtaposing the two families of two robotic children killed by the same guy who also killed Gesicht's child. The human family showed grief and pain emotionally and visibly. The robotic family...they had no visible emotions, however...it's like the Simpsons' quote, "Why was I programmed to feel pain?", except played horrifyingly straight for drama.
  • Chapter 6 is like this too. "Don't sing out there. Come back to me. It's time to practice your piano." Sorry, got something in my eye...
  • Chapter 24. The robot dog. The little robot dog trying to stand up and play as it's DYING. Hackeneyed or not, DAMN YOU URASAWA.
  • In Chapters 33 and 34, Hercules recalls seeing a shell-shocked robot after a battle, desperately trying to wash his hands under a broken water pipe, saying "It just won't come out."
  • Chapter 46, Gesicht is utterly heart-broken when he sees Ali who then points a cluster cannon at him.
    • Actually, just about anything having to do with Gesicht is a major tearjerker.
  • Chapter 47, especially the ending. "Excellent. It can be for pretend, first...The pretense will turn real with time. You will learn to truly cry, as I do.".
  • I was close to tears (then crying)during chapter 54, especially the last few pages Epsilon throwing his arms away to protect Wassily now defenceless against Pluto. Then wondering where "myself" is killed. What tipped me over was the guard robot saluting such a brave robot. And then It Got Worse.
  • "We're keeping you with us 'til the end of the world."
  • Brando's death. Even better is that he's patched in with Atom, Gesicht and Hercules at the time, so they all get to listen to him die.
    • What even makes this worse is the fact that Brando's attempts to give the group anything as to see what they're all dealing with is rendered pointless as Brando's life flashes before his eyes, mainly images of his family who he won't be returning to.