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"I'm fine. I have something in my eye, that's all. [sobs] ...I have something in my other eye. [sobbing] I have something in my heart..."
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Some viewers are impassive when it comes to what they watch. They've seen it all. No fictional death, sacrifice, emotional display or confession can move them.
Except these.
Since most of these involve death scenes, shocking twists, or something just as major, expect many spoilers. However, they can also be as simple as the right imagery, tone, and music coming together - for the sole purpose of working those tear-ducts.
When an entire movie is made up of Tear Jerkers, Hollywood calls it a "weepie".
This being one of the Subjective Tropes, one person's Tear Jerker may be another's Narm, which is often a failed attempt to induce this. Some tearjerking moments, especially of deaths, can wind up being traumatizing.
Tropes that often result in Tear Jerker moments
- A Death in the Limelight
- Alas, Poor Scrappy
- Alas, Poor Villain
- Anguished Declaration of Love
- Break the Cutie
- Break the Haughty
- Despair Event Horizon
- Died in Your Arms Tonight
- Disney Death
- Driven to Suicide
- Dying Alone
- Dying Moment of Awesome
- Face Death with Dignity
- Face Heel Turn
- False Friend
- Fond Memories That Could Have Been
- Go Out with a Smile
- He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him
- Heroic Sacrifice
- It's a Wonderful Failure
- Kick the Dog
- Kill the Cutie
- Let Them Die Happy
- Meaningful Funeral
- Mercy Kill
- My God, What Have I Done?
- Never Got to Say Goodbye
- Not So Stoic
- Parting Words Regret
- Planning for The Future Before The End
- Please Don't Leave Me
- Please Wake Up
- Shoot the Dog
- Stay with Me Until I Die
- The Grotesque
- Together in Death
- Tragic Hero
- Tragic Villain
- Was It All a Lie?
- Yank the Dog's Chain
- You Are Worth Hell
Many Downer Endings and Bittersweet Endings include tearjerking moments. Either way, make sure to bring the Kleenex. If you want to avoid them altogether, then you might want to consider heeding the Snicket Warning Label.
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