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{{quote|''For every laugh, there should be a tear.''|'''Walt Disney'''}}
Chances are, if Disney movies don't [[Heartwarming (Disney film)|warm your heart]], [[Disney Animated Canon/Awesome|make you jump up and cheer]], or [[Nightmare Fuel
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== [[Disney Animated Canon]] and its sequels, prequels, midquels, etc. ==
* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)/Tear Jerker|The Jungle Book]]''▼
* ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)/Tear Jerker|Liloand Stitch]]''▼
=== Bambi ===▼
▲* ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Literature)/Tear Jerker|Beauty and The Beast]]''
▲* ''[[Dumbo (Disney)/Tear Jerker|Dumbo]]''
▲* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney)/Tear Jerker|The Jungle Book]]''
▲* ''[[The Lion King (Disney)/Tear Jerker|The Lion King]]''
▲* ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney)/Tear Jerker|Liloand Stitch]]''
▲* ''[[Tangled (Disney)/Tear Jerker|Tangled]]''
▲== Bambi ==
* ''Bambi's mom''. Quite possibly '''the''' [[Tear Jerker]], simply because everyone saw it as a kid, and no one watching this movie was cold-hearted enough not to shed a tear.
* Arguably Bambi's [[Disney Death]] in the midquel. Yeah, not a single person watching is gonna believe Bambi is dead, but [[Papa Wolf|the Great Prince]] [[Manly Tears|sure did...]]
=== [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] ===
* Jafar has been beaten, the Genie has been freed, everything's okay, right?
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'''Aladdin''': Genie... I'm really gonna miss you.
'''Genie''': ''[with tears in his eyes]'' Me too, Al. No matter what anybody says, you'll always be a prince to me. }}
* After her escape plan has spectacularly failed, Jasmine weeps in her garden, believing that she's the one responsible for the execution of the boy who saved her life in the marketplace. [[Empathy Pet|Rajah]] comes over to comfort her, and she says, "I didn't even know his name!" Think for a moment about how this ''feels'' for her: making a deep connection with a stranger, then losing him in the same day and believing that it's all her fault.
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* There's a bit in the third movie when we see a bit of Aladdin's past as an orphan, watching a happy family together that makes me depressed just thinking about it...
=== [[Beauty and
* In addition to all the scenes mentioned on the Tear Jerker page for the original movie, the Dungeon scene from ''[[Beauty and
=== [[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]] ===
* Kala losing her baby and subsequently finding the infant [[Tarzan]], set to Phil Collins' "Two Worlds", a song which itself has made people cry when hearing it.
* [[The Musical]] adds in a reprise of "You'll Be in My Heart" (sung as a duet between Kala and Tarzan) after Tarzan decides to leave the jungle and return to society to be with Jane. While the musical was seen as [[So Okay It's Average]], every critic admitted that that scene would reduce the entire house to tears every time.
* Tarzan's parents and what happened to them. Picture it: Victorian-age Englishfolk, lost in the rainforest with their infant son, yet determined not to just lie there and die. They built a treehouse, working together (when the beam slips on the father's shoulders and the mother joins him to help carry it, that's when the tears start), and then [[Cats Are Mean|Sabor]] showed up...
* The death of {{spoiler|[[Jerk
* And also:
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'''Kala:''' And you will always be in my heart. }}
** The fact that Tarzan is dressed in his father's clothes during that scene doubles the emotional impact. Something about a well-dressed gentleman hugging a gorilla and reassuring her that she is his mother just increases the poignancy.
** Phil Collins' "You'll Be In My Heart" instrumentally played in the score during this scene reeeeaaaally gets the eyes to leak.
* When {{spoiler|Jane and Tarzan say goodbye at the end of the film}}. Yes, it only lasts for a couple of minutes, but the heartwrenching tension is PAINFUL. And then Disney thinks, "Oh wait, this scene isn't emotional enough," so what do they do? {{spoiler|Make Jane lose her glove in the wind and conveniently fly over to Tarzan, who picks it up and gives Jane one of the most pitiful looks in the history of Disney animated canon.}} Oh GOD.
*
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"I came ''home''." }}
=== [[The Fox and
* The scene where [[The Woobie|Tod]]'s owner has to [[Shoo the Dog|abandon him in a game preserve]] for fear that the hunter will eventually kill him (he even threatens her with "You can't keep him locked up forever!").
** The abandonment scene is made even worse by the fact that Tod has no concept of ''why'' she is doing it, and he tries to follow her. And the tearjerking song the woman sings about how she really doesn't want to do this.
* The echo of one of the early lines played at the end:
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'''Copper:''' And you're mine too Tod.
'''Tod:''' And we'll always be friends, forever, won't we?
'''Copper:''' Yeah, forever! }}
* The scene where Tod reunites with Copper, after the latter had spent the winter evolving into a prime hunting dog. After noting how big they've both grown, Copper says that Tod shouldn't have come.
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'''Tod:''' Hey, I just wanted to see you again. We're still friends, aren't we?
'''Copper:''' Tod...those days are over. I'm a hunting dog now. }}
:: Upon hearing this, Tod recoils in disbelief...then hangs his head and closes his eyes, crushed by the finality of Copper's statement.
* The song "The Best Of Friends".
=== [[
* The finale when <s>Lewis</s> Cornelius is brought into his room, and you can see in his eyes the realization: This is where I belong. Everything from here on out is going to be all right.
** Happy tears, it goes without saying. It's enough to pull any lost, forgotten, or downright blue nerd out of their funk.
* The scene near the end after {{spoiler|Doris is defeated and Lewis asks Goob to join the Robinsons}}. The look on {{spoiler|Goob's}} face as he walks away is so sad.
* {{spoiler|Lewis tries to fix the PB&J maker and it explodes}}. The family responds with "You failed! And you did it so magnificently!"
* During the credits when they showed a quote from Walt Disney, the whole "Keep moving forward." is tear inducing.
* Also touching is when, {{spoiler|after the battle with the T. rex}}, Lewis says, "Wow. You all risked so much for me," and the family responds, "Of course we did. You are one special kid."
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** Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We '''keep moving forward''', opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
=== [[
* {{spoiler|The emperor, then ''everybody'', [[Kneel Before Frodo|bowing to Mulan]]}} gets me every single time.
* At the very end of ''Mulan'' where {{spoiler|Mulan brings the sword and medal to her father, and he proceeds to throw them aside, get down on his knees, and tell her that the greatest honor in life is having her as a daughter.}}
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** Even sadder is when Mulan is {{spoiler|revealed as a woman}} and he has to make the decision to {{spoiler|kill her}}, or let one of his best friends, {{spoiler|who also saved his life}}, go free. Made worse when Mulan tells him she did it to save her father's life, especially when you realize {{spoiler|Shang just lost his own father to the war and knows exactly how she feels.}}
** It wasn't just the fact that {{spoiler|Shang's father, the leader, had been killed, it was that ''every single soldier and innocent civilian'' in that village had been killed along with him. You realize that all of those dead men lying down there were someone's husband, someone's brother, someone's father/son/cousin/uncle/nephew, and now they're never going home, which was why Mulan stole her father's war things and took his place to begin with, so she didn't lose him like that. Mulan finding the abandoned doll amongst the burned wreckage -- one of the most cruel implied inversions of [[Infant Immortality]] I've ever seen -- only drives the point home even harder: the Huns are merciless, bloodthirsty, '''''evil''''' bastards, [[Fridge Horror|and if they aren't stopped]]...}} Brrr.
* For some reason, the dinner scene early in the movie always makes me tear up... When Mulan is trying to tell her father he'll be killed if he goes to war, and he, frustrated, shouts at her to learn her place, causing her to run outside and cry privately.
* How about the ending exchange between Mulan and her father? "The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter."
=== [[
* When Mittens finally lets her past slip. {{spoiler|"No, Bolt. See, that's what [[Humans Are
* Bolt, trapped in a burning building and seeing no way out, curling up beside Penny, intending to die with his person. Oh, man, and the fade to black. Intellectually, you know they're not going to let the kid and the dog die, but still...
** The worst part is that there ''is'' a way out; Bolt is small enough to fit through the vent. Penny isn't. And there's no way Bolt is going to leave her behind.
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* The whole 2nd half of the movie is one tearjerker after another with a few non-depressing scenes thrown in. The part where Penny meets the 'replacement Bolt' ... The viewer knows it's not really him, but seeing her face when she realizes it's some other dog is ''heartbreaking''. And it just gets sadder from there. {{spoiler|It turns to [[Happy Tears]] when we get to the ambulance scene and Penny sees the nearly-unconscious Bolt wagging his tail.}} Have tissues when you watch it.
=== [[Snow White and
* There are stories of how ''Snow White'' was allegedly the first animated anything to make an audience cry at the premiere. After months prior to the release of people calling the movie "Disney's Folly," saying that an hour and a half of color/animation would drive people mad, etc., a bunch of grown celebrities/film industry members broke down over the sight of a dead cartoon character. Seeing Dopey sob into Doc's shoulder probably didn't help...
* Grumpy being way back in a corner, covering his face and turning away sobbing is even worse.
* It's an especially masterful one, as in some versions of the film after the sheer musical chaos of the chase and death of the queen the scene of the dwarfs with the "dead" Snow White cuts to complete and total silence for a full minute, it's the cinematic equivalent of a punch in the gut.
* The most Tear Jerking thing about this movie is not actually a part of the story. In Don Bluth's guide to animation, Bluth himself, former Disney employee, described the point during production where Disney ran out of money halfway through the film. With no way to finish, he had to go to the bank and beg for another loan in front of a board of executives. As an aid, he brought along fragments of the half finished film, fragments which astounded the entire board. When finished, the Head Executive got to his feet and made what, for a business man at that time especially, constitutes a ''tremendous'' leap of faith into the complete unknown:
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* Dopey who sobs on Doc's shoulder during Snow White's "funeral".
** Grumpy can't even ''look'' at her.
=== [[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]] ===
* Gepetto's [[Adult Fear]] scene when he walks the raining streets in search of his puppet-son who never returned home from school is hard to watch... Gepetto wanted this little puppet boy to be real so he could have someone to love and care for... and now that person isn't there...
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* Also when Jiminy discovers the pen where the Coachmen keeps the donkeys that {{spoiler|can still talk.}}
** Made all the more hauntingly tragic since unlike so many examples here {{spoiler|there is no uplifting conclusion to this. This is the last we see of those poor boys as they are [[The Bad Guy Wins|likely sent to some horrible fate by the Coachman for the rest of their lives]]. The endearing designs and voices used for the donkeys doesn't help one bit.}}
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** This line from Jiminy when he discovers this atrocity. He's abandoning Pinocchio and his duties as conscience, but when he see what the boys on Pleasure Island end up becoming, he rushes back to save Pinoke.
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* May not be a common thing for audiences nowadays but apparently {{spoiler|Pinocchio's apparent death scene}} contributed handsomely to the well of tears Disney seeks to reap from its audiences.
* "When You Wish Upon A Star" (the original 1940 version) So happy that it brings tears.
* "Solid gold, too! Oh I think it's swell."
=== [[
* The scene with the song "I'm Still Here" accompanied by images of Jim's father leaving him and his mother. Especially the one where Jim runs down the stairs in the morning to find him mother crying then in desperation runs outside to where his father is taking off on a ship and he tries to get to it before it takes off but fails. The sequence was done beautifully.
* Completely in agreement. Because: Hello there, [[Parental Abandonment|long-standing issues]]! Back again, eh? Eyes mist up as well at James stacking plates and overhearing his mother fretting over him; the guilt and frustration with himself is obvious, and anyone who's ever seen ''their'' parent at their wits' end over ''you''...
* The part where Silver encourages Jim after the boy thinks he has royally screwed up and caused the death of one of the crewmembers.
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** Which makes the scene in the purp barrel that much more of a [[Tear Jerker]]! The look on Jim's face when he overhears Silver denying that he cares for Jim and is only pretending to keep Jim off of the pirates' tail...
** It was Jim's monologue right before Silver comforts him. Fellow teenagers, raise your hands if you've ever felt this exact feeling!
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* The scene where Silver leaves. The whole speech he gave about why he needs Jim to take Morph, when really he's talking about himself is emotional, then after a certain point both characters are sniffling and concealing tears right along with the audience. The part where Silver flies away to freedom and lets out the most joyful laugh ''ever'' is the final straw.
=== [[The Princess and
* ''[[The Princess and
** So seconded it hurts. {{spoiler|Ray deserves his own pair of awesome triangular shades. That bug's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] is something [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Kamina himself]] would be proud of.}}
* Tiana's ten-second reprise of "Almost There", when it looks as if the dream she has spent most of her life working toward has been anticlimactically shot down. It's arguably one of the movie's highlights. Er... [[That Came Out Wrong|that didn't sound right]].
* That little scene where Facilier makes an illusory version of Tiana's dream appear for her. And the bit where Tiana, feeling betrayed and upset, lashes out at Ray by telling him Evangeline is only a star. And in a moment of [[Fridge Logic]] tear-jerkeriness in regards to
* Dr. Facilier's speech about Tiana's father; how hard he worked, how tired he was, and how he tried to hide this all from Tiana. It's even more tear Jerking when you consider that he probably died of a stress and/or exhaustion related illness.
** [[Word of God]] says that he died [[World War
** Ironically it's this scene above all else that convinces Tiana that there's more to her dream than just business success. Her father never lived to see the dream they had been fighting for for so long, a silly little dream which "never got off the back porch", but that he still had the most important thing of all: his family.
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* Despite having been prince-obsessed the entire movie, Charlotte instantly puts it on hold when she sees that Naveen and Tiana love each other, and offers the magic kiss with no strings attached so they can be human and happy together. And then ''it doesn't work'', because midnight's passed and she's no longer the Mardi Gras princess. Just that quiet, "Oh, honey. I'm so sorry." as she sets Naveen down, knowing there's nothing she can do to help her best friend at all, is crushing.
* The movie itself. Just... a ''good'', traditionally animated, fairy-tale-ish Disney movie. It's like being a little kid again. It was just like going to see a movie at the cinema for the first time. Sometimes it's nice to feel like a little kid again.
=== [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]] ===
* ''How'' on God's green earth did this movie not get a single mention on this page before?! This movie deserves its own ''page'' of tear jerkers! Including, but not limited to:
* The sheer intensity of "The Bells of Notre Dame" informing us of Quasi's backstory:
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You can claim that you haven't a qualm
But you never can run from
Nor hide what you've done from the eyes
The very eyes of Notre Dame..." }}
* When Quasimodo is tormented by the townspeople during the Feast Of Fools.
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** ALSO: Quasi limping back to Notre Dame in the pouring rain, and then shutting the massive door behind him with... Oh God, that heartbreaking look on his face...
* Every song Quasimodo sings is, if not tragic (my God, "Heaven's Light (Reprise)") is unbelievably beautiful and uplifting
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Though I might wish with all my might
No face as hideous as my face
Was ever meant for Heaven's Light... }}
** "God Help The Outcasts". It might be the most beautiful Disney song ever created.
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* The song at the end, with the line "Who is the monster and who is the man?" because it sums up the theme of the film, and causes you to flash back through the events of the story and appreciate Quasi's journey.
=== Other ===
* The "Firebird Suite" sequence in ''[[
** The sprite restoring the beautiful tree that she had made after it was destroyed. And the ''soaring'' music through the whole end sequence.
** Also from Fantasia 2000, the "Pomp and Circumstance" sequence about Donald Duck on Noah's Ark has a brief shot of a unicorn, dragon and gryphon pointing and laughing at all the other animals getting on the ark. The knowledge that those creatures were going to drown and never be seen again (shades of The Unicorn by Shel Silverstein) not only made me tear up, but deeply upset my then-six-year-old niece.
*** Both Donald and Daisy fail to witness each other get on the Ark before the flood sweeps away their home, so they believe their true love to be gone forever. Sure, [[Foregone Conclusion|they get back together in the end]], but the idea of feeling so alone amidst ''a boat full of millions of couples'' is heartbreaking, and the parallels with [[An American Tale]].
* In Disney's ''[[The Sword in
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'''Arthur''': Greater than gravity?
'''Merlin''': Well, yes, boy, in its way, I'd, uh- Yes, I'd say it's the greatest force on Earth. }}
** It's the moment when he pulled the sword from the stone in front of everybody. Just the look of wonder and amazement on the people's faces were just... [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|it was a good kind of tearjerker]].
** The song in the beginning is so melancholy...*sniff*
* The song "Very Good Advice" from ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
** Oh...''GOD''...where to begin? We have Alice utterly lost and giving ''herself'' a "[["The Reason You Suck" Speech|Reason I Suck Speech]]" which eventually ends with ''her and everyone around her in tears'', and then '''''everyone else disappears, leaving her alone and dejected'''''. '''''WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.'''''
* Ariel's "I love you, Daddy..." at the end of ''[[
** The scene where Triton destroys all her treasured possessions. No child should ''ever'' be put through watching this.
** That even brought ''Sebastian'' to tears. To see a crab who would normally approve of Ariel getting punished tear up and walk away after he tries to comfort her is just heartbreaking. [[It Got Worse|Then Flotsam and Jetsam showed up...]]
** And later, Triton's [[My God, What Have I Done?|"What Have I Done"]] moment.
* ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]''. [[Heartwarming Orphan|Penny]]. [[The Woobie|Poor, poor little Penny]]... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHX71Z6M7s This song] made it all the more heartbreaking.
** In the sequel, the tiny, silent bit where the rangers give Cody's mother the torn backpack, and she thinks her son is dead.
* Gurgi's "death" in ''[[
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove
* ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' doesn't sound like a title that would jerk tears, and true, it's very funny indeed...but it jerks tears as well. Fortunately, all of them are tears of joy. May go as far as to deserve its own page.
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'''Max:''' I'm not your little boy anymore, Dad! I'm grown up! I've got my own life now!
'''Goofy:''' I know that! I just wanted to be part of it! (pause) You're my son, Max. No matter how big ya get, you'll always be my son. }}
* ''[[
** And then there's after C.L. rings the bell to alert the whole town about the aliens invading. Unfortunately, the ship goes back to camouflage mode, and no one believes him, not even Buck, who finally appreciated his son after the Acorns baseball team won.
* ''[[Hercules (
** The end. When a constellation is created for Hercules, his trainer, Philoctetes is awed. Someone points out the constellation, saying, "That's Phil's boy!", and Phil sheds a single tear of joy, having just realized his life's ambition.
** The part where {{spoiler|Meg dies}}. Hercules is racing as fast as he can to make it back as soon as possible and he is one second too late.
** Hercules loses his super strength after fully realizing his betrayal by Meg and his betrayal of Phil. Cyclops is yelling for him to come fight, and he goes.
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'''Hercules:''' There are worse things. }}
** Megara telling Hades she won't help him hurt Hercules.
** Herc being [[All of the Other Reindeer|bullied]] by everyone else in town he grew up in. Herc is REALLY good at [[The Woobie|looking like a kicked puppy]].
* The "No Way Out" sequence in ''[[
** The moment just a few scenes later between Rut and Tuke over what it meant to be a brother, right in front of Koda, who realizes despite the mistakes his ''brother'' made, he saved him several time, showing that he did love him and that he could change, just like the moose brothers.
** What about the scene where Kenai is forced to fight his brother to try and protect Koda and they're trying to kill each other and they're ''brothers''... That really gets me.
* ''[[
** The song "Good Company".
* Kocoum's death in ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJQHSK-_rhI This tribute is not for those who want to sleep with a dry pillow tonight.]
** Whatever else you say about ''Pocahontas'', don't try and pretend that the final two minute don't bring a tear to your eye... the music, the animation, the silent goodbye...
** "Colors of the Wind"
** When Pocahontas goes to see John Smith the night before his execution; made even better (read: more-likely-to-make-you-cry) in the cut sequence by the beautiful rendition of "If I Never Knew You" performed by Mel Gibson and Judy Kuhn.
** Also, Pocahontas' heartfelt speech as she begs her father to spare John Smith's life.
* ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXM3Zg0eBo Not In Nottingham].
** {{spoiler|Robin's [[Disney Death]], with Little John and Skippy ''crying.''}}
== Disney TV ==
=== Other Disney TV ===▼
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' [[Wham! Episode|"Homecoming"]]▼
▲* [[Darkwing Duck (Animation)/Tear Jerker|Darkwing Duck]]
▲* [[Gargoyles (Animation)/Tear Jerker|Gargoyles]]
▲* [[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)/Tear Jerker|Phineas and Ferb]]
▲* [[Recess (Animation)/Tear Jerker|Recess]]
▲== Other Disney TV ==
▲* ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' [[Wham! Episode|"Homecoming"]]
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh|The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' episode "Find Her, Keep Her". In it, Rabbit cares for Kessie, a baby bluebird that grows up to be a surrogate daughter. Sooner or later, Kessie has to fly south for the winter, much to Rabbit's dismay.
** "Stripes", in the New Adventures Of Winnie the Pooh. In a nutshell, Tigger loses his stripes after everyone forces him to have a bath...they then insist that [[With Friends Like These...|he can't be a tigger]], since tiggers have stripes. He sings a song toward the end of the episode, tearfully, about being "nothin' but stuffin'" and not having a name.
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''But on the inside, I feel the same''
''Maybe someday, I'll know who I am''
''But as of right now... somehow''
''I don't have a name'' }}
** In "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too" when Pooh has lost the letter to Santa in a gust of wind. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_I3NTDrsD8#t=22m00s His cries of "Please come back! I'm supposed to take you to Santa!" are for naught.] His face falls into an expression of pure despair. He's failed in his mission; and now has to trudge back home and tell everyone that they're not getting anything for Christmas. It all works out in the end, but you can't help but feel his pain.
** Then we cut back to his friends, who are all anticipating their gifts from Santa, except Piglet, who acknowledges that Pooh won't make it back home in time for Christmas due to sending their letter. He spent the whole episode confused as to what he actually wanted for Christmas, now he knows, he wants Pooh.
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
** The third part of "To The Rescue" has a moment: Gadget has just met the chipmunks and seen Monty for the first time since she was a little girl, and Monty asks for her father. She says he's gone, in a tone that tells everyone that he's gone permanently... everyone, that is, except Dale, who asks when he'll be back. She reveals that he won't be coming back; she had lost him about a year prior. To compound this, when Monty says he'll be missed, she tells him, "He already is." {{spoiler|Then she cheerfully offers to make them a chair. That's right, ''make them a chair''.}}
** "The Case of the Cola Cult" when Gadget decides it's better for the Rescue Rangers if she leaves them. She packs her tools and walks out in the rain, crying. Not only is this a sad scene, it's also hard to see Gadget cry.
* In ''[[Kim Possible|A Sitch In Time]]'' right at the start where Kim and Ron are saying their goodbye's as his family is moving to Norway and the two of them are standing on the top of a hill desperately trying not to cry and in proper teen fashion completely unable to tell the other how much this separation hurts.
** Also, in ''So The Drama'', when Kim ends up betrayed by [[Romantic False Lead|Eric]]/[[The Mole|Synthodrone 901]] and is on the verge of the [[Despair Event Horizon]], bitterly declaring, "Drakken's won. I should have stuck to babysitting," until Ron talks her out of it.
* ''[[
* ''Witch'' in "H is for Hunted". Nerissa turns a soulless clone of Will into an actual living optimistic girl with a huge passion for life, with the plan to drive her to such desperation she'll kill the real Will Vandom to take her place. {{spoiler|The plan itself fails when both Will and her altamere realize they aren't actually enemies. Nerissa uses the distraction to try to kill Will more directly with a lightning bolt ... which the altamere jumps in front of. Fading rapidly she manages to say "that's what sisters do... right?"}}
* [[PB and J Otter]]. ''Hope Castle''. ''Nothing Lasts Forever''. *sob*
* The ''[[Timmy Time]]'' episode "Timmy's Snowball". In it, Timmy makes a snowball which he cherishes deeply and wants to take everywhere with him. He then tucks it into his lunchbox with a handkerchief, and, not surprisingly, it melts and Timmy becomes understandably upset and confused. Anyone who has ever lost something they loved dearly as a small child can definitely relate.
* The finale of ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' as well, it reminds you to never let go of your friends.
* ''[[
** There's the "Time is Money" multi-parter that introduces Bubba. The cave duck spends the first three episodes being hated or dumped on by Scrooge, and this culminates in the fourth episode where he accidentally gets Scrooged locked out of the Money Bin by the Beagle Boys, leading Scrooge to chew him out and completely reject him. The two meet up again when they're both tossed in prison for different reasons (Bubba accidentally caused some property damage; Scrooge was framed by the Beagle Boys). Bubba then gives Scrooge a coin he found earlier in the episode to say he's sorry for what happened earlier. Since Scrooge has mellowed out a bit since last time and also had a chewing out of his own thanks to his own conscience, Bubba's action moves him so much he starts crying. So does this troper.
** "Nothing to Fear" has Magica using everyone's fears against them, with the worst ones being the nephews being abandoned by Scrooge and vice versa. Their looks of heartbreak are just too damn sad not to tear up at. And then shortly after when the four reunite it also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
== [[Classic Disney Shorts]] ==
* The ending of ''Mickey's Good Deed''. Just earlier in the short, Mickey sold Pluto to a rich family just so he could buy presents for a poor widow and her large litter of kittens, and spends the time after, cold and alone, bemoaning how he'll never see Pluto again. Thankfully, Pluto escapes the family and rejoins his old companion in a very heartfelt scene.▼
* The ending of ''[[The Old Mill]]''.▼
* ''Elmer Elephant'', when the other animals are taunting Elmer for his nose and send him sulking away crying. Anyone who was bullied as a kid would remember how much that kind of treatment hurt.▼
* The second ''Silly Symphonies'' version of ''The Ugly Duckling'' (as if that story weren't depressing enough).▼
* ''Puppy Love'' in which Mickey and Minnie get into a huge fight when she thinks Mickey put a bone in her box of chocolates (it was really Pluto and Fifi) and they nearly break up.▼
* [[Downer Ending|The ending to]] ''[[Did Not Get the Girl|The Barn Dance]]''.▼
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* [[Tear Jerker/Disney/Live Action|Others]]
== Pixar ==
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▲* [[Pixar (Creator)/Tear Jerker|Pixar]]
== Other Film Animation ==
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' had some really sad moments. Let's see, there's Jack's Lament, which the lead character laments that he is tired of being the Pumpkin King and wishes that he could give it all up. I.E. Jack's ''depressed''. Then there's Sally's Song, singing about her unrequited love for Jack and wondering "what his actions lead us then". THEN there's when Jack is shot down and we see everyone in Halloweentown grieving for Jack. ''Then'' we see all the kids in the Real World crying as the police tells them that there is no sign of Santa. And '''then''' there's the first half of "Poor Jack" with Jack regretting the harm that he's done. '''[[Tear Jerker|DAMN.]]''' Luckily, Jack and Sally getting together at the end brings more [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|positive tears]].
* The entirety of ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' is absolutely heartbreaking, when it isn't [[Nightmare Fuel|giving you nightmares]]. It was also a very good film with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|epic music]].
* ''[[James and
* ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy:
** There's such utter despair from ''Mickey Mouse'', and it didn't help that five minutes later [[Drowning Pit|the tide comes in]] and he comes within a hair's breadth of drowning - passing out and sinking and everything - [[Dying Alone|believing himself to be completely alone]].
** Seconded, thanks. Gimme those tissues.
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** Then in the subplot, Mickey feels guilty for yelling at Pluto and goes to his dog house to apologize, but finds his collar and [[Oh Crap|discovers he's run away]]. He then frantically starts posting "Lost Dog" posters around town until he gives up and [[My God, What Have I Done?|feels sorry he even yelled at him in the first place]]. He's so desperate, he turns to ''Santa Claus'' for help (however, it's not a [[Mall Santa]], but the real guy). Santa then returns to the North Pole with a picture of him and Mickey to show Pluto that he really does care about him and reunites the two.
** And in "Donald's Gift", Donald is sick of hearing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" everywhere he goes and in the process, wrecks a Christmas display at the department store he took Daisy and the nephews to. Donald is then shunned by his nephews and told off by Daisy.
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=== Pooh Sub-Franchise ===
* In the short "Winnie The Pooh and A Day for Eeyore": the red balloon Piglet brought for Eeyore's birthday pops.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPdDK88X9lU "Wherever You Are."] Have fun.
** That entire movie is traumatic.
* ''The Tigger Movie'', a video in which Tigger discovers the [[Fridge Logic|implications]] of being "the only one": He has no family.
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** {{spoiler|Just after the above "NO" scene, an avalanche starts. Everyone runs for the nearest object, the tree Tigger believed to be his family tree. Tigger starts bouncing with all his might to get everyone else to safety, and as soon as he tosses up his last friend, Rabbit, he gets swept away by the avalanche. Roo then goes in to rescue him. A shock chord plays when Tigger gets attacked by the avalanche, cue lots of flinching and shocked gasps.}}
*** {{spoiler|For that extra touch, listen carefully, who is the person giving the most shrill and horrified reaction to Tigger's supposed demise? [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Rabbit]].}}
** Roo's role in the story is even more heartbreaking, spending the entire movie trying to cheer up Tigger and get his idol to notice and love him like a 'big brother', though is either ignored in Tigger's obsession to find his family, or makes things worse. This hits even harder during the climax where he repeatedly attempts to just hug Tigger [[Aren't You Forgetting Someone?|though is distracted or ignored each and every time]], until about the final two minutes when Tigger finally accepts his friends as his real family and thus gives special notice to his "bestest little brother". Having been mostly a side character in previous Pooh features, an enormous [[The Woobie|Woobie]] role was a good way to start Roo's ascention as a [[Breakout Character]], suitingly just like Tigger himself.
** And then there's the end credits song, "Your Heart Will Lead You Home." In fact, the end credits period, still drawing replicating events of the story but in the style of E. H. Shepard, the original illustrator of the Winnie The Pooh novels. The same heartbreaking story with an added nostalgic tear for fans of the original A. A. Milne books.
* Rabbit and Kessie. Made worse when {{spoiler|Kessie falls from the tree.}}
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** ''The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh'' had a lot of tear jerkers, most notably the above mentioned episode. There's also the episode where Tigger, Rabbit, and Piglet pop Christopher Robin's balloon, and Pooh, who was taking care of it at the time, believes it to be his fault, just to name an example. This one is called ''Balloonatics'', for those wanting to watch this particular one.
* Rabbit's vision of his future in "Springtime With Roo", showing that he's such a [[Control Freak]], all his friends have abondoned him. Finding all their houses completely empty and covered with dust and cobwebs is just...
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'''Narrator:''' Spring Cleaning Day, was it?
'''Rabbit:''' No...''Easter.'' }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3RjBViON8&feature=related "Forever and Ever"] hits even harder when you find out [[wikipedia:Christopher Robin Milne|how much the real Christopher Robin]] [[Creator Backlash|grew to resent Winnie-the-Pooh...]]
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* The Partners statue in the [[Disney Theme Parks|Magic Kingdom]] - the one with Walt and Mickey holding hands. Especially for those who still see Walt as Mickey's father. ▼
=== Theme Parks ===
▲* The Partners statue in the [[Disney Theme Parks|Magic Kingdom]] - the one with Walt and Mickey holding hands. Especially for those who still see Walt as Mickey's father.
* Just walking through the train station gate into the park sets a lot of people off. Many of them have been saving up their whole lives to be able to come to Disneyland/Walt Disney World and the realization that they finally made it just hits them.
** Seeing the Castle will do it too, a lot of the time.
* The Characters. While some people may not like them, there is absolutely nothing more adorable than watching a four-year-old go up to Mickey - or Minnie, or Tigger, or their favorite Princess - for the first time and watching their face light up. The real Tear Jerkers, though, come when you watch kids on the Make a Wish program light up, because you know that it very well could be the last time they'll ever see the Characters, and many of the Make a Wish kids only have a limited time to live. And as a Cast Member, we're not supposed to cry...* sniff*
** I'm not a Cast Member or even work at Disney, but I felt like crying in that moment too. Just seeing small children run up to their characters in delight makes me want to go, "Awwwwww". The only thing that ruins the whole moment is the moms that constantly want to take pictures of their kids. Even the older kids that are at least twelve years old running up to the characters is relieving, especially since they're a kid at heart. While many kids those age these days are more preoccupied with Justin Bieber and crap, the ones that actually care for Disney makes me want to cry.
* On the Kilimanjaro Safari ride at Animal Kingdom you chase down poachers that have captured Little Red, a baby elephant, after shooting Big Red, the mother. Unfortuntately, the ride is often unclear as to whether Big Red survived. I think so, but jeez...
** [[Word of God]] says she does, if that makes you feel better. It's in the radio broadcast at the end. Still, just the idea of the baby elephant, who can't survive away from Mommy, being forced away like that...
* For the bad kind of Tearjerker, leaving the Magic Kingdom, your favourite place on Earth, on the Ferry, seeing the castle all lit up and beautiful, and knowing that it's the last time you're going to see it.
* The end of Fantasmic! Just seeing Mickey steering the Mark Twain and knowing that, in Disneyland, good always conquers evil...
* The finales of Spectromagic and Wishes. They're just such a wonderful sight to see and it stays true to the Disney magic. Illuminations: Reflections of Earth always does it too during the We Go On finale.
* "So Close" from ''[[
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▲* The ending of ''Mickey's Good Deed''. Just earlier in the short, Mickey sold Pluto to a rich family just so he could buy presents for a poor widow and her large litter of kittens, and spends the time after, cold and alone, bemoaning how he'll never see Pluto again. Thankfully, Pluto escapes the family and rejoins his old companion in a very heartfelt scene.
▲* The ending of ''[[The Old Mill]]''.
▲* ''Elmer Elephant'', when the other animals are taunting Elmer for his nose and send him sulking away crying. Anyone who was bullied as a kid would remember how much that kind of treatment hurt.
▲* The second ''Silly Symphonies'' version of ''The Ugly Duckling'' (as if that story weren't depressing enough).
▲* ''Puppy Love'' in which Mickey and Minnie get into a huge fight when she thinks Mickey put a bone in her box of chocolates (it was really Pluto and Fifi) and they nearly break up.
▲* [[Downer Ending|The ending to]] ''[[Did Not Get the Girl|The Barn Dance]]''.
* The numerous deaths of veterans of the Disney Studios - including Walt Disney, Roy O. Disney, the Nine Old Men, Roy E. Disney, Eddie Carroll (Jiminy Cricket) and Wayne Allwine (Mickey Mouse).
** And Disney's two longest-performing stage actors, Wally Boag and Betty Taylor (as Pecos Bill and Slue Foot Sue) [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/wally-boag-cowboy-comedian-at-disneyland-dies-at-90.html?src=mv&ref=arts died within a day of each other].
** Ilene Woods of ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' fame contracted Alzheimer's in her final years. She reportedly spent that time sitting in a retirement home, unable to understand the events of her surroundings, while listening to "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes", which made her feel happy for reasons she probably couldn't remember.
** The death of legendary song writer Robert B. Sherman, who (with his brother Richard), wrote many songs for "Mary Poppins", "The Jungle Book", and the [[Disney Theme Parks]].
*** Robert, before writing such happy and uplifting songs with Robert, witnessed the horrific results of the Holocaust while serving in the US Army, as he was one of the first soldiers to liberate the Dachau concentration camp.
** At Wayne Allwine's tribute service, after his friend and fellow voice actor Tony Anselmo (aka Donald Duck) said a few words before saying in Donald's voices "I'm sure gonna miss you, Mickey".
=== Video Games ===
* Soon after [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] was revealed to return to Disney, and appear as a main character in ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', the internet quickly made him look like [[The Woobie]], or an [[Eldritch Abomination]]. A comic appeared where a little girl, named Priscilla I believe, goes to hug Oswald, and tells him "My friends call me crazy, but you're my favorite". As she gets pulled away by her mother, she says "Good bye! I love you Mickey!" {{spoiler|The last panel shows Oswald, crying, a forced smile on his face, waving to the girl.}}
** [http://4chanarchive.org/images/co/20989839/1288887098609.png Here's the link]{{Dead link}}.
*** Seriously, if you can [http://igaki.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2brpl5 read] [http://igaki.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2brprf these] without breaking up, ''you have no soul''...
** Speaking of ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', during one of the cut-scenes, Mickey and Gus come across the iconic statue of Walt holding Mickey's
** When you finally manage to enter {{spoiler|at Walt's apartment at the Wasteland. Not only because Gus says "Mickey... you know what's this place, right? I can't say it. I'm going to start crying", but because the fact that it's Walt's apartment on the Wasteland, the place "where forgotten characters go".}} And the image of Walt Disney actually becoming depressed after losing Oswald, not creating Mickey Mouse and making us lose the best animation company in history just knocks me off.
* The Beast's self-hating monologue in ''[[
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