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* "Those You've Known," "Left Behind," "And Then There Were None," and "Whispering" from ''[[Spring Awakening]]''
* Moritz's monologue after "Don't Do Sadness" is what does it for me. I could barely enjoy "Totally Fucked" when I first saw it because I was still crying.
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* "There are those who still know, they're still home. ''We're still home...''"
* "You watch me, just watch me. I'm calling, I'm calling. And one day all will know..."
** "You watch me, just watch me. I'm calling... [[Tear Jerker|from longing]]."
* This troper didn't care for the show [[Fan Hater|at all]] the first time she heard it... until reaching both the German and English versions of "The Dark I Know Well". God-fucking-dammit.
** Martha and Ilse clinging to each other in pretty much every version, and the various ways the song has been staged since then (including one in Vienna where Ilse helps Martha [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|symbolically stab a pillow]] ''[[Blood
** [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|"Ilse! Ilse!]] ''[[Abusive Parents|Story time!]]''"
** Martha and Ilse's actresses frequently get contacted from fans who suffered abuse, and too many people seem thankful that it captures helpless/embittered ''rage'' instead of sadness or fear.
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** In the original play {{spoiler|Melchior's giving Moritz's ghost a farewell (after the ghost deviously tried to drive Melchior to suicide) and telling his friend something among the lines of "if my personality was to change a hundred times, you might be my closest friend". The Masked Man last lines "To you [Moritz] the soothing consciousness that you have nothing, to you [Melchior] the enervating doubts about everything." Although Moritz is upset that he will continue to rot in his grave, he realizes he can smile in dignity as he lays down to eternal rest.}} This can also be partially listened to in the 2001 Workshop.
* The painful conversation between Wendla and her mother about her "little girl dress". ''"But Wendla, you are already -- in bloom."'' (And in the Workshop Cast, {{spoiler|when Frau Bergmann finds out about the pregnancy. Her mother screaming at her and Wendla just completely uncomprehending, crying and saying that she didn't understand what happened or why she was bleeding afterward. This troper came into the show expecting a [[Virginity Makes You Stupid|cloyingly "innocent" heroine]] and instead found a frightened, confused little girl.}}
* Ilse and Moritz's last scene together is an uncomfortable [[Truth in Television]]; a lot of depressed people are either too afraid to accept help even if they want it, or [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|they can't stand needing it in the first place.]]
* At {{spoiler|Moritz's funeral}} when each are taking their turns to put flower on the open casket. Everyone pretty much reacts the same, except Ilse. It usually depends on the actress, but she seems to be the only one to cry.
* One of the times this troper saw the show, they also had Martha not only cry, but kiss the flower before dropping it in the grave. Given the fact that it is established that she had a crush on Moritz, this adds a whole new tear jerker to an already very sad scene.
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