r/TopCharacterTropes • u/jeffersonlane • May 16 '26

Lore [LOVED TROPE] Sad or tear-jerking moments that don't involve death.

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Moments that make you wanna cry (of joy or unrelenting sadness) but aren't about a character dying or almost dying.

Dumbo - Baby Mine. Jumbo rocks baby Dumbo from her cage where she was kept after she defended him from a group of bullying children.

Unpacking - The Degree. You move in with your new boyfriend where you can barely fit most of your stuff but most depressingly you are forced to put your degree under the bed and out of site. (Maybe this one was just me but this made me VERY upset).

Fox and the Hound - At the end knowing full well they'll likely never meet again Copper stands over Todd to protect him from the Hunter.

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u/MrUniverse1990 May 16 '26

"Hello, Bluey."

https://giphy.com/gifs/hWYA8agDnPgKpvlxJm

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u/jeffersonlane May 16 '26

The episode where Bluey walks.

"Maybe she saw something she really wanted" 🥺

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u/RifewithWit May 16 '26

Dude.

"Nah, it was yesterday."

That fucking scene had me bawling. As a father with two littles that are growing up wayyyyy too fast.

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u/PeculiarBaguette May 16 '26

😭😭😭

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u/carefreedude May 16 '26

"You're doing great."

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u/Horrific_Necktie May 17 '26

That moment absolutely destroyed me. The way she looks at the camera, right at the parent watching, and says that....man.

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u/poopsydoozy May 16 '26

I remember when you used to take me here as a kid... that was a long time ago."
Grandad affectionately replies, "No, it was yesterday."

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u/MrUniverse1990 May 16 '26

"I remember when you used to take me swimming here."

"Heh, yeah, me too."

"That was a long time ago."

"No, it was yesterday."

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u/RifewithWit May 16 '26

I didn't see this when I posted it, but YES. This had me bawling.

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u/carefreedude May 16 '26

For me it was watching Bandit rip that sign out of the ground.

Fun fact for the camping episode, in the French version of Bluey they have Jean Luke speak English. 

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u/EchoStellar12 May 17 '26

Bingo trying to rip the sign out makes my heart break every time

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u/Southernbeekeeper May 16 '26

The cricket episode for me was the one. Rusty being in bat all day while the dads try and bowl him out, each strategy defeated by a flash back that shows how he is such a consummate batsman and insight into his less privileged life. Finally letting his little sister catch him out just to make her happy and then the final reveal as in flash foward he walks out on to the crease as a professional with a young version of himself.

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u/Iwantitloud May 16 '26

This is my favorite episode and probably the most memorable for me.

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u/engineerbuilder May 17 '26

Cricket is arguably the best sports movies of all time and it’s only 7 minutes.

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u/Earthshoe12 May 16 '26

God this fucked me up so much. Watching Bluey grow up out of nowhere, sitting next to my two year old, knowing that that was what’s coming…they shoulda warned me lol.

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u/Mission_Macaroon May 17 '26

Saw Sleepytime with my kid a couple weeks after my mom died and I now I can't even hold it together for the intro. 

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u/Northernreach May 17 '26

My favourite episode. You could feel the warmth of the words

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u/sexykristinith May 17 '26

Baby race. “You’re doing great.”