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* This troper finds the final battle with {{spoiler|Red}} in GSC to be uncharacteristically poignant for the series. No words, not even a flashy departure.
** This troper felt extremely bad about beating him, due to his silence and his {{spoiler|whiting out and scurrying off to the nearest Pokemon Center.}}
* In a rarely-noticed bit of [[Fridge Horror]], the realization regarding your rival in ''Pokemon Red/Blue''. You see him in the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town, and he asks you if you're there visiting a dead Pokemon. Last time you fought him, he had his Raticate, which you likely swiftly defeated and which he no longer has in his party. Now, this isn't to say that you're necessarily to blame...but keep in mind this ''is'' Red/Blue.
* '''[[This Is Sparta|Pokemon. Mystery. Dungeon.]]''' Especially in the second one, namely {{spoiler|Grovyle and your player's sacrifice.}} My ''god.''
** The ending for Grovyle's special episode in ''Sky''. Oh. My. God. {{spoiler|The [[Delayed Ripple Effect]] catches up with them as Primal Dialga is defeated, the world starts growing brighter as time begins moving again. [[The Atoner|Dusknoir]] vanishes while asking if his soul shined, and then Grovyle and Celebi watch the sunrise together as they too begin to vanish from history.}}
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** Thirded. Normally, I skip credits where I can, but these were excellent, especially when {{spoiler|the backgrounds switch to clouds and you walk up to Lance, and then the part with your mom}}. The last section of the normal credit music is also surprisingly tearjerker-y.
* Not a scene but rather a music piece (and fan-made, at that), but this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xWhnpFhNk remix] of the Dark Cave from GSC/HGSS is just...ugh, why must you make me cry in the middle of the night...?
* In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Kangaskhan's phrase upon reaching low health qualifies. "I'm done... Please, take care of my baby..."
* [[Cry for the Devil|Cyrus's backstory]]. Just...nngh. Especially when you find out that his grandfather KNEW he was going insane and almost intervened...but for some reason didn't.
* In Pokemon FR/LG, in the Sevii Islands, there's a boy who's Onix died, and he is polishing a monument for it. It got me a bit more than it should have.
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*** {{spoiler|"There are plenty of criminals out there... they are caught and punished, but... but... truly bad Pokemon... don't really exist anywhere."}} Cue horribly tear-jerking credits music! :D This Troper ''still'' cries playing that episode.
* The very first ''Pokemon'' generation, as well as their remakes, include the Lavender Town plot. The Lavender Town music is slow and kinda sad on its own, and its biggest feature is Pokemon Tower, a graveyard for departed Pokemon. That's not why the town's plot is so heartbreaking. Apparently, Team Rocket tried to capture a rare Cubone, but its mother saved it - and the Rockets killed her. You actually meet both the little Cubone and the vengeful spirit of mama Marowak... and it's up to the player to calm her spirit by facing her in battle. ''Mr. Fuji is praying alone for Marowak's spirit...''
** Pearl and Diamond manage to pull this off with one hell of a [[Player Punch]] as well. The main character arrives at Lake Verity too late, and Team Galactic has already set off a bomb in order to drain the lake and capture the Legendary pokemon living in it. As a consequence of the explosion, you see Magikarp and Gyarados that were also in the lake, now flopping feebly on the dry lake bed in their ''death throes''. A nearby Galactic Grunt just shrugs and states that those pokemon are useless, so their mass slaughter is acceptable in order to [[Take Over the World]]. This troper was fully aware of just exactly [[Com Mons|how useless Magikarps are in battle]] and ''still'' was ready to reach through the screen and personally choke a bitch in a fit of [[Berserker Tears]].
*** This troper couldn't find a way to get past the screen either, so she did the next best thing: she put her [[Magikarp Power|Gyrados]] at the front of her party and [[Unstoppable Rage|proceeded to kick some Galactic ass]] in the name of [[And This Is For|Gyrados' brethren]].
* While [[It Was His Sled|it's common knowledge now]], fighting through [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|a game]] that can take 120+ hours to beat and finding {{spoiler|The first game's protagonist isolated and alone}} at the very end was a kick in the face.
* For this troper, it was finding Cinnabar Island completely desolated in Gold and Silver. This troper was so excited, surfing south from Pallet Town to go back to his favorite place from the first game...[[Player Punch|and it's gone.]] The saddest part is the story about [[The Woobie|Blaine]], and how he's now all alone on the Seafoam Islands, no trainers, no gym, just him and what Pokemon he has left. Thank God he's at least got company and a renovated gym in the remakes.
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