Tales (series)/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

** Not just the Tower of Rem, but the scenes preceding and following it, as well. {{spoiler|Tear is heartbroken knowing that Luke is going to die and then Asch tells Luke to die in his place. After realizing that he wants to live, Luke finds out that he's actually dying; the hyperresonance created such a tremendous strain on his body that his fonons are separating and he will eventually fade out of existence. He doesn't want anyone to know because he's afraid that they'll treat him differently.}}

** The part before the Tower that gets this troper each time is the conversation with Jade, who has just {{spoiler|proposed that Luke commit mass suicide, rather than Asch}}. Luke asks Jade if that's really what he thinks is best, expecting a 'yes'. Jade does say yes, and then...

*** What got me was hearing Jade actually saying [[OOC Is Serious Business|"I'm sorry."]] to Luke. [[Wham! Line|Never saw that one coming.]]

* The ending. {{spoiler|First with "You have to come home. You have to! I'll be waiting... always" and then the happy tears after the credits.}}

* A tear was shed for Genis in the sequel when he reminds us that, because of his elven blood, he and his sister will greatly out live the rest of their [[Nakama]]. Lloyd also knows of this in the first game, as he tells his beloved pet Noishe to stay with Genis and Raine when he dies. Noishe will actually outlive them even, but it's rather tear-jerking how Lloyd says it, thinking of their longevity as a good thing, compared to other humans who are terrified of it * coughPOPEcough* .

** If you've realized this, and have chosen Genis for the late-game talks, a seemingly innocent talk about how Genis intends to stay with Lloyd "As long as you're alive" becomes startlingly tragic.

** Even the ''Good'' ending is a [[Tear Jerker]] if you think about it. Richter and Aster, two of the most brilliant minds of their generation, who could have been a shining example of half-elf/human friendship in the struggling new world are {{spoiler|locked underground burning and dead respectively}} ultimately because of a hate that was born millenia before, and about which they knew nothing. {{spoiler|Richter}} may deserve his punishment, but damn, what a waste. Even Emil doesn't get off easy since eventually {{spoiler|he will die and return to the Ginnungagap, where he'll live forever without Marta. And while he is alive he'll have the burden of being reminded of his crime every time he looks in a mirror. Also [[Fridge Logic|good luck living figuring out how to relate to the relatives and neighbors of the ''other'' kid who's identity you stole Emil...]]}}

** Okay, how many people ''didn't'' get the bad ending on the first try?! This troper is a die-hard [[Yaoi Fangirl]] who had been shipping Emil with all the males in the game, but the bad ending made her scream at her TV screen for the Marta/Emil [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]. Her heart was already breaking {{spoiler|at thinking she ''had'' to attack ''Marta''}}, but then... then... She couldn't even pick the game back up to get the good ending until a good hour later (which of course [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|made her cry again]])

* {{spoiler|Botta's sacrifice}} at the end of the Remote Island Human Ranch always gets to this Troper. He's a [[Mauve Shirt]] who has every reason to dislike the heroes' party, since they've been working at cross purposes for most of the game and are now more or less stuck in an [[Enemy Mine]] situation, but his devotion to his duty (and possibly [[Ho Yay|his leader]]) supersedes anything else he might feel, even to the point of {{spoiler|giving his life so that they can escape and carry the message of what happened}}.

* Where's the love for Regal? The guy {{spoiler|killed the woman he loved on HER request, closed himself in a life of prison, and then had to travel with the sister of the same woman he killed. Not to mention this same sister is being used in the same experiment that caused him to kill her. Not to mention a 33 year old, not to mention the most mature character in the game, cry.}}

* Kratos has perhaps the saddest story of all the characters.<br /><br />[[spoiler: After a brief happy life together, Kratos killed his wife in an attempt to protect their infant son when she transformed into a monster. The attempt fails however, and his son falls off a cliff to his death, or so Kratos thought, until he happened upon said son years later. Not only is he burdened with the knowledge that the only woman he's ever loved died by his hands, he finds out that had he simply looked hard enough he would not have lost his only child. It's no wonder he's a [[Death Seeker]].<br /><br />He keeps their relation to himself for his own reasons, but Yuan spills his secret, and Lloyd goes into denial and rejects him. This doesn't stop Kratos from heroically protecting him.<br /><br />Kratos needs to die to release Origin's seal, and he's picked Lloyd out for this task. Lloyd spares him, so Kratos suicidally releases Origin's seal, but Kratos doesn't get his wish to die granted. Yuan saves him.<br /><br />Now at this point it sounds like it's going to [[Earn Your Happy Ending|end happily]], but instead it actually gets worse for Kratos: Kratos leaves for derris-kharlan, and we find out in the sequel that he is never coming back, ever. The comet drifted so far all contact between it and the word of TOS was severed, ending Kratos only connection to his son and his last living friend from over 4000 years ago. Lloyd doesn't even get one last goodbye. He doesn't know he will never see his father again.]]<br /><br />You're welcome for the tissues.

* Zelos's introduction {{spoiler|after Colette becomes a doll. It was bad enough that she actually kicked a DOG (those animals she would ALWAYS name when she came across one), but then here comes Casanova and his fangirls. The girls insult her and make this troper want to slap them upside the heads and tell them that this poor girl just had her heart taken away, can't talk, can't sleep, can't feel. She doesn't even remember the three people she's known for like, EVER. Scratch that, the entire time Colette is in vessel mode is just heartbreaking.}}

 

 

** The sequel of the game had this on the flashback scenes, especially on Loni and Nanaly. In Loni's case, watching in full blown detail on how {{spoiler|Stahn was killed by Barbatos}} and how he blames himself for initially causing all of them by getting taken as a hostage was just crushing. Nanaly, on the other hand, after being given an alternate world where her dear brother was alive instead of dying, had to face the truth full blown that it's just fake happiness and while her brother constantly tells her that he exists, ALL WHILE CRYING, Nanaly had to say good bye on him, in tears, as the brother vanished. And she ends up bawling on Loni's shoulders. Seeing the usually [[Tsundere|strong hearted girl]] like her to eventually break down like that is just... * sniffle* .

** Later in the sequel we see Harold a [[Genki Girl]] and also a rather [[Mad Scientist]], when her brother Karell just do a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] right in front of her they have a heartbreaking conversation, it goes like this

'''Karell''': Harold...no matter what...i'll always be...with...you... }}

** Even sadder when you realize that this happens in the past timeline. Cue to the future, {{spoiler|Karell's soul got kicked from the Swordian to be replaced by Miktran, ''the very guy he sacrificed his life to defeat'', and then used to manipulate Hugo Gilchrist and caused all the troubles in the first series. You can't help but to feel sorry to ''both'' the Berseliuses.}}

== ''[[Tales of Legendia]]'' ==

 

** {{spoiler|Stella's death}}, especially, hits particularly hard. {{spoiler|After making every possible effort to save her life, it doesn't work, and Stella ends up dying in the arms of her little sister and the man who loved her.}}

** Senel and Shirley have a particularly powerful scene afterward, too. Shirley finally works up the courage to tell Senel that {{spoiler|she loves him,}} only to end up {{spoiler|getting her heart kicked to the curb by Senel because Senel "has to stay with Stella," who was dead by this point in the game.}} It's enough to make you want to jump through your TV and strangle {{spoiler|Senel}}.

* For this troper, she was actually looking forward to kicking the crap out of {{spoiler|Estelle}} due to hating the character, but the music. The music got me misty-eyed and I loved it so much. I paused the game and listened to it for a few moments, associating it more with Yuri then I did {{spoiler|Estelle}} because it made me think of a softer side of him. Another Tear Jerker was the events BEFORE going to Zaphias to {{spoiler|save Estelle}}, when you end up fighting {{spoiler|Raven/Schwann in Baction. Rita and Raven were my favourite characters, so to hear Rita screaming, so close to tears, "I....I HATE YOU!!" and him replying with, "Heh. A lot of people hate me." just blew me away. And after the fact, when he risks his life to save everyone from the cascading ceiling, blood pouring from his head and his blastia heart giving him the strength to carry the rubble as everyone runs to safety. Then there's the fact that Rita and Karol were always so close to crying, it just broke my heart. But then when we fight Alexei in Zaude and when he cries, I wanted to cry. Just. AGH. And Duke, he made me want to cry too after I beat him! "Elucifer's wish..." Damn these people and making me saaaaad.}}

* This troper tends to be very good at seeing what will happen next from a mile away, and the Tales series isn't exactly the most original series ever made, and while {{spoiler|Raven in actuality being Schwann}} wasn't a big surprise, the way {{spoiler|Schwann}} deflects their questions in such a flat and stolid tone really made the twist convincing, let alone dispelling the possibility that {{spoiler|he'd switch sides again.}}

{{spoiler|'''Schwann''': I am ALWAYS ready to die in battle, so I fight with everything I have.}} }}

 

== ''[[Tales of Rebirth]]'' ==

 

*** [[Your Mileage May Vary]]: This troper considered Naira's reasons for her actions a huge [[Wall Banger]]. If you know ahead of time your kid might get killed because of a certain circumstance, then just tell your kid! Angrily rejecting them won't work at all. However, I consider Hilda's trial the better [[Tear Jerker]], especially how Tohma [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|easily kills her father with one hit with his force]] (which her father obviously didn't have) and then [[Adult Fear|kidnapping baby Hilda with the same force]]. The cruel subversion of the [[Papa Wolf]] trope was much sadder.

* {{spoiler|Don't forget the death of Agarte...}}

== ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'' ==

 

* There's also the part where {{spoiler|Clinoseraph trapped Richea in his spir maze. [[Moral Event Horizon|He made her watch the day of calcification of Quartia over and over again, repeatedly looping it while all she could do was watch in horror]]. And after the 388th playback of it, all she could say was...}}

** W-w-w-What?! I know that [[Tear Jerker]] is supposed to be a [[Subjective Tropes]] but this troper honestly thinks that it's more like a [[Nightmare Fuel]] than a [[Tear Jerker]].

 

== ''[[Tales of Eternia]]'' ==

 

 

== ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' ==

== ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' ==

 

* {{spoiler|Lambda}}'s flashback scenes. Every single one of them. Makes you almost completely forget that he's a [[Eldritch Abomination]].

* [[Narm]] or not, you have to admit that the infamous "TOMADATCHIIIII" scene is also saddening when (at least in th Wii version), Richard sounds like he's crying, and he [[Despair Event Horizon|honestly feels betrayed]]. [[Your Mileage May Vary]], of course.

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