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*** I was crying at the first commercial break. {{spoiler|Homer: Mom, are you asleep...asleep with your eyes open? (worried, tearful) Mom... MOM? 'cut to commercial.'}}. Not made any better by the fact that '''''this episode premiered on Mother's Day'''''.
** Perhaps even more heartbreaking is Abe's reaction. Abe ''never'' stopped hating Mona for abandoning him (which is why he lied to Homer saying his mom died while Homer went to the movies as a teenager, even though "Mother Simpson" revealed that Homer was only seven or eight when his mom left after the botched biological warfare lab raid), to the point that he openly bragged that he would "dance on her grave". But when {{spoiler|she does die, Abe solemnly declares that he no longer feels like dancing.}}
** On "Mother Simpson", the ending image of Homer sitting alone on the boot of his car for hours, well into the night, is possibly the saddest image this troper has ever seen (beaten only by Futurama's ''Jurassic Bark'').
** There was also this fact. At that time, Fox started ending shows with split-screen credits with ads for Fox shows playing over it. The Simpsons staff had to fight tooth-and-nail to have the full studio credits play over that beautiful shot. And we're glad they won.
** Not to mention "Lisa on Ice" with the climactic montage of Bart and Lisa remembering all the times they actually cared about each other and deciding to throw the hockey game and forgive each other (leading to them skating around the rink while the angry townspeople burn the hockey arena to the ground).
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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJN-HM5KHQ This video,] while in Spanish, keeps the emotion of that one.
*** Earlier in that episode has another sad one: Homer quitting his beloved job as a Pin Monkey and going back to the Power Plant. Most heartwrenching is the guys at the alley pitched in and bought Homer a nice jacket as a going away present but the acid rain near the plant dissolved it immediately after he got it.
** This troper was going through a tough emo phase when she was younger. When she saw that paper say "You are Lisa Simpson", this troper couldn't help tearing up.
** The ending of "Lisa's First Word", in which {{spoiler|Maggie says her first word, "Daddy"}}, reduced this troper's dad to tears. Understandably.
*** What's even sadder is the fact that all throughout the story, Bart and Lisa (as babies/toddlers) never called Homer "Dad" or "Daddy" and the one time a Simpson kid does call Homer "Daddy," he misses it (even though [[Word of God|the writers on the DVD commentary]] said that they had to go through a lot of takes to make [[Elizabeth Taylor]]'s "Daddy" line sound like something a one-year-old child would say and not a 20-year-old seductress perched on the lap of a squirming, blushing man as she's caressing his face and nuzzling his neck. Thank God for the clip from "Gump Roast" where Liz Taylor's "Daddy" line was redubbed with [[Nancy Cartwright]]'s voice).
** Does no one remember when {{spoiler|Bleeding Gums Murphy}} died? That episode had several tear-jerker moments: Lisa losing her friend, her desperate attempts to try to make people know who he was and remember him, and eventually ''Bart'' of all people selflessly donating his own money (which he won in a lawsuit over Krusty's crappy cereal) to help her cause when he sees how much she is hurting, and shrugging it off as no big deal. And the ending, {{spoiler|when Lisa jams one last time with Bleeding Gums' ghostly image in the clouds to Carole King's "Jazz Man"}}...all very moving. Although the character's overall lack of importance in the series is lampshaded in later episodes, more than once.
** Krusty mournfully revealing that his father never accepted him becoming a clown and hated him for it. Its even treated as a [[Tear Jerker]] in story, as Bart and Lisa are so moved by Krusty's story that they resolve to convince Krusty's father to accept who he is.
*** [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on this one, but if you watched the above episode, then you'll most likely bawl at the end of a related one ("Today I Am A Clown" from season 15). Because of the problems with his father, Krusty never had a Bar Mitzvah, and as such must have one as an adult. Most of the episode is Krusty using the situation for profit with a silly televisioned Bar Mitzvah, but after he sees his father's disappointment, he tells him they'll do a traditional one anyway. The episodes ends with the aforementioned ceremony and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heart warming moment between father and son]]. Seeing them like that after all those years of bad blood is really tear inducing.
*** Also Krusty-related: during the introduction to his comeback special, the modified "Send in the Clowns" duet he [[Talking to Himself|sings with]] Sideshow Mel can easily bring out the tears, rivaling the original song in the process. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6vAXv0KrA "They're al-re-dy heeeeere"]
** {{spoiler|Maude's}} death, and Flanders' reaction.
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** And then, the happy ending finally manages to actually make you cry, [[Tear Jerker|as Marge does when she finds out that Homer is alive.]] Let's just say that it's the only time that someone says "[[It Makes Sense in Context|Your drool is still warm]]" may make you weep like a little toddler.
{{quote|'''Marge:''' "Homer! Your drool is still warm! [[Tear Jerker|(crying) You're alive!]]"}}
* Despite being despised for screwing with show continuity (see [[The Simpsons/Dethroning Moment of Suck
* Bluella the whale's death in ''The Squirt and the Whale''.
* There was an episode where an artist drew an unattractive caricature of Lisa, and it caused her to become depressed and think that she was ugly. Seeing her lying on her bed sobbing over it really got to this troper, because I've always been self-conscious over my appearance. Later in the episode, Bart of all people cheers her up by telling her something that is very hard for him as her brother to admit: that she's not ugly. Coming from Bart, Lisa knew it had to be the truth. Then she hugged him and I proceeded to cry.
* In addition to the above mentioned scenes from ''Lisa's Sax'', there's also the new inscription on her new sax and then the montage of her and her sax set to the song ''Baker Street''. Made more of a tear jerker ever since I read that this is widely considered the last truly great episode of [[The Simpsons]]. It didn't occur to me that it was such then, but it truly is one of the last sweet, emotionally resonant episodes (that I saw, I stopped after season 12 or so)
* The majority of the episode "The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson" where Bart and Lisa go to military school (Bart because of his latest prank [unleashing a massive soundwave throughout the town using a row of police bullhorns]; Lisa, because public school isn't challenging enough for her) has its moments, but one of the biggest moments is the end of the first act where Lisa is alone from the other male cadets who despise her for receiving one of their cabins because she's a girl, is sitting alone listening to a recording of Marge singing "You Are My Sunshine" and tearing up while listening to it.
** Made even more of a tear jerker for this troper who has had problems with homesickness while away at camp and knows what it's like to want to go home but to not want to give up so easily.
* The recent episode "Oh Brother Where Bart Thou?" Bart had this Troper tearing up when he asks Marge for a little brother so he could bond with him the way Lisa does with Maggie.
* Homer's speech to Lisa before her wedding, in my all-time favorite episode: "Lisa's Wedding"
{{quote|'''Homer:''' Little Lisa, Lisa Simpson. You know, I always felt you were the best thing my name ever got attached to. Since the time you learned to pin your own diapers, you've been smarter than me.
'''Lisa:''' Oh, Dad...
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'''Homer:''' See? You're still helping me. }}
* The episode "Bart Sells His Soul" is undeniably one of the darkest episode of "The Simpsons" ever produced. It's also one of the most heartwrenching. When Bart starts praying to God that he be given back his soul, something you don't expect a hellion like Bart to do...gah, this troper is tearing up just typing about it.
** This is made even more powerful afterward when {{spoiler|Bart's soul paper drops in front of him, and he sees Lisa who explains that she bought it for him with the change in her piggybank, causing Bart to hug her and give her a kiss on the cheek.}}
* "I Love Lisa" is Ralph Wiggum's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. After Lisa has ripped his heart in two, he prepares to play George Washingtom for the President's Day show, with Lisa as his Martha. He tosses the valentine she gave him into the fire...and gives the performance of his friggin' life.
** George's final words:
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* The ending to "Life On The Fast Lane" where Marge decides to blow off her affair with Jacques the bowler and visit Homer at work (later repeated in the first clip show).
* In the first clip show, Homer is in a coma because of one of Bart's pranks. After remembering some good times they had together, Bart breaks down and tearfully admits he pulled said prank. This gets Homer to wake up...and strangle him.
* "Bart Gets An F": The part where, after Bart goes through Hell to try and pass his history exam, still fails it. He breaks down crying, telling Krabappel that he actually studied and took the assignment seriously. Anyone who has had this problem in school or any part of life will feel Bart's pain.
{{quote|'''Bart''': This is the best I will ever be, and I still failed.}}
** It gets better when Bart cites that his failure was similar to one George Washington encountered in a failed battle and Krabappel raises Bart's grade since he showed Krabappel that he did learn something, then it becomes hilarious when Bart kisses Krabappel, shouts to the world that he finally passed a test, then realizes he kissed his own teacher and spits in disgust.
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