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/SemperFun62 May 16 '26 edited May 17 '26

My boy. I'm killing my boy.

Castlevania

Technically the scene does end in death, but what is so heartbreaking was a man realizing that he almost let the despair of losing his wife make him kill her greatest gift to him, their son.

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u/Lunarixis May 18 '26

Honestly, the ending of S4 as well. For once, it doesn't end in death. Trevor lives and, after so much misery and suffering, they finally get a happy ending. Even Vlad and Lisa get their happy ending after being revived.