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=== Animated Film ===
* Mufasa's demise. The scene where Mufasa is killed shows the body is pulled about by his son, because he can't understand why his father won't ''wake up''...
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** The scene also became a tearjerker for the film's creators, as they received a letter from a young boy who had lost his father, thanking the creators for the film as it helped him deal with his loss. The staff were moved to tears by it.
** The scene is even more heartbreaking in theaters, in 3D...
** This scene may be '''worse''' than the death of [[
** There's also the fact that, unlike Bambi's mom (who's a 'standard mom' character), Mufasa is a *real* character with heart and humor who the audience has come to love and sympathize with. To see him snuffed out so cruelly is just...
** And if nothing else gets to you with Mufasa's death, how about when Simba crawls under Mufasa's limp arm [[Cradle of Loneliness|so it will almost be like his father is holding him one last time]]...
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** One of Scar's lines during that little guilt trip: [[Manipulative Bastard|"Oh, what will your mother think?"]] That broken little look in poor Simba's eyes... Scar, you [[Complete Monster]].
* The first few lines of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", sung by Timon, never fail to turn me into a sobbing wreck. I actually walked out of the movie theater (I couldn't have been older than ten) because the most heartbreaking sentence I'd ever heard got a huge laugh from the audience.
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And they don't have a clue
They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
''Our trio's down to two'' }}
** What about the end of the song, with Timon and Pumbaa having those big "sad" eyes.
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It can be assumed
His carefree days with us are history
''In short, our pal is doomed''
(cue Timon, Pumbaa, and the audience crying hysterically) }}
* The reactions of the lionesses when Scar [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|takes the throne]] and the hyenas and eerily creeping in.
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* When Scar freakin' ''obliterates'' the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by sending Sarabi flying for mentioning Mufasa's name. Naturally, Simba was '''PISSED.'''
** Keep in mind, up until that point Simba had probably been hoping that he could work things out peacefully with Scar. He didn't know about all the horrible things his uncle had done. For all he knew, Scar was just guilty of being a crummy king. However, as soon as he sees Scar [[Berserk Button|strike his mother,]] he's out for blood.
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* Simba's mothers reaction when Simba is confronted by Scar and is forced to tell what happened at the stampede.
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'''Simba:'''' ...It's true. }}
** Followed right after by Scar [[Kick the Dog|repeatedly slapping the blame on Simba]].
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'''Simba:''' No! It was an accident!
'''Scar:''' If it weren't for you, Mufasa would still be alive! It's ''your'' fault he's dead! Do you deny it?
'''Simba:''' No.
'''Scar:''' ''Then you're GUILTY.''
'''Simba:''' No. I'm not a murderer.
'''Scar:''' Oh Simba, you're in trouble again. But this time, daddy isn't here to save you. And now, ''everyone knows'' '''''WHY!''''' }}
** What really hurts about that scene is the fact that after all these years, even though he is now an adult and no longer an impressionable cub, Simba still blames himself for what happened to Mufasa. ''He spent years thinking he killed his own father.'' It just goes to show how badly [[Complete Monster|Scar]] screwed with his head. Just imagine the amount of guilt Simba must have been living with during his time with Timon and Pumbaa. {{spoiler|Thank God Scar was [[Genre Blind]] enough to tell him the truth.}}
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*** This is actually made quite clear in ''Lion King 1 1/2'', when cub Simba can't sleep because he "had a bad dream". The utter look of suffering on Simba's face is heartbreaking, and even though he has no idea what the dream was about, Timon's comforting reaction is so sweet and shows he really is a [[Jerk
* There's a very understated bit during the stampede. Zazu is flying through the gorge searching for Simba and finds him desperately clinging to a tree branch over the rampaging wildebeest. Simba cries out for Zazu to help him, and all Zazu can do is reassure him that his father is coming and tell him to hold on. Simba has caused Zazu plenty of irritation in the past, but [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s excellent voice acting definitely gives the impression that right now Zazu would give anything to be able to pull Simba out of harm's way.
** Nasty [[Fridge Horror]] when considering Zazu for this whole thing. After Mufasa goes down into the gorge to save Simba, Zazu tries to fly back to Pride Rock and get help, only to be smacked into a wall by Scar and knocked unconscious. Imagine what happened when Zazu woke up. He probably thought he panicked and hit the wall himself and failed to get potential help for Mufasa and Simba because of it. Until the truth comes out later, it's not unreasonable to think that he blamed himself and felt that he failed both Simba and his king.
* The look of utter horror and betrayal on Mufasa's face when he realizes his own little brother is about to throw him to his death. In spite of the vitriol shown between Scar and Mufasa at the beginning, Mufasa is still a good and noble character and he probably still cares about his brother and is completely unaware of Scar's hatred for him until the very end. Someone he knew as family, someone he probably loved and wanted to see happy, tricked and brutally murdered him.
** Even moreso when you consider that at that moment, he probably realized that Scar wanted his son dead too, and there was nothing he could do about it.
* While Scar is telling the lionesses about the stampede and Simba and Mufasa, there is a close up of Nala crying. We also see poor Sarabi weeping while Zazu tries to comfort her. The poor woman has just lost her husband and (she thinks) her young son. Just imagining how utterly wracked with grief she must be is heartbreaking.
* "Hey, where you going?" "I'M GOING BACK."
* Zazu’s story throughout the film, as explained under the Woobie section of the YMMV page, is a lot sadder than most people realize. Disney seemed to be going with the “when in doubt, hurt the bird” pattern they’d used with Iago a few years earlier in Aladdin. The difference? Iago is a Jerkass who sided with the villain of the film, whereas Zazu is a snarky but overall NiceGuy who is unambiguously on the side of the heroes. Two very different scenarios.
=== The Lion King II ===
* "When you first came here, you asked for judgement! And I pass it now...{{spoiler|[[What the Hell, Hero?|EXILE!!!]]}}
* The death of {{spoiler|Nuka}}.
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* Kovu being rejected by Simba, and seeing Scar as his reflection. Made even worse by the fact that {{spoiler|he loves Kiara and didn't want to kill Simba.}}
** That entire scene was sad, with the song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrMRmEeCfJM Not One of Us], being one of the most emotional songs in the movie. Kovu looked so heartbroken while he was being cast out of the Pride Lands.
* After all this time, it turns out Simba is ''still'' not completely over his father's death and he shuns the Outlanders thinking Mufasa would have done the same to Scar and his clan for their actions. Plus, he has a nightmare of not being able to save him in the stampede. Makes you wonder who's the ''real'' [[The Woobie|woobie]] in this.
** But at the end, he welcomes the Outlanders back into the Pridelands. And he gets this message from his father...
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out|"YOU WILL NEVER BE MUFASA!!!"]]
** The utter shock on Simba's face when he hears that shows that he knows he screwed up big time. The lionesses looking on as Kiara runs crying into the den just kills it.
* Simba's [[No
=== Theater Production ===
* Although a great deal of ''The Lion King'' is deeply emotional and affecting (as is the film it was based on), [[Adaptation Distillation|one particular addition not in the movie]] always brings this editor to tears: the solo number performed by Simba, "Endless Night." In particular the lines: "You promised you'd be there/Whenever I needed you/Whenever I call your name/You're not anywhere/I'm trying to hold on/Just waiting to hear your voice/One word, just a word will do/To end this nightmare." Also, the earlier lines "Sleepless, I dream of the day/When you were by my side/Guiding my path/Father, I can't find the way." By the time the end of the song comes, Simba sings such a stirring, heartfelt testimonial to hope for the future, but the way the song uses actual lines from the movie and builds upon them to reference both the deep love Simba and Mufasa shared (and how he was such a perfect father) and the guilt, despair, and suffering Simba went through as mentioned above is just so overpowering and gut-wrenching.
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* Seeing Mufasa's death live.
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