DeaconKnowledge
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I remember your post from the last thread. I go back and read it on occasion when I feel nostalgic about the show. It just NAILED Optimus Prime so much.
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Saddest moments in a cartoon?
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I remember your post from the last thread. I go back and read it on occasion when I feel nostalgic about the show. It just NAILED Optimus Prime so much.
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Pagusas
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Sorry everyone, Grave of the Fireflies exists and trumps your paltry children's movies and shows.
Even worse is when you realize the author of the original story based it on his actual life and what happened to his sister.
This movie just made me angry at the stupidity of EVERYONE in it. Not sad, angry.
This was devestating as a child.Optimus Prime dying was the saddest thing to me when I was younger:
Ocarina_117
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Shadow_Lord
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"And yes, even you Kakarot"
The opening of Up was surprisingly mature and touching.
That shit wrecked me the first time I saw it. I was not prepared.
Bart building the dirty snowman by himself while his mom is disappointed in him always struck me as incredibly sad.
Yeah this ep was great.
The ending especially where Bart still appreciates that Marge got him a game even if its the wrong one.
Strong message.
blame space
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this is the very end of "speak like a child", the 18th episode of cowboy bebop. i don't reccommend watching just the end, because a big part of what makes it emotional is the amount of work put into finding the tape, and your expectations based on faye's character.
https://youtu.be/F5XiKGlZrUY
i recommend anyone who wants to watch a good episode of a good show to watch this one, probably because it was the first cowboy bebop episode i ever watched late one night on adult swim. it absolutely destroyed me, and it remains one of my favorite things ever because it touches on this horrible nostalgia and regret that we all experience as we get older; and whether or not you can control the people in your life knowing about your past, or if maybe you're just being too hard on yourself. sometimes it's not bad at all, sometimes it's really good and tells others a lot about you.
it's the kind of relic that will happen less and less as time goes on, because we live in a more instant world, where everyone is just a timeline click away from knowing everything you've ever done.. we're losing the mechanic of something special that people can find and hide. and that's fine, but the epiode is a really brilliant comment on that, I think.
https://youtu.be/F5XiKGlZrUY
i recommend anyone who wants to watch a good episode of a good show to watch this one, probably because it was the first cowboy bebop episode i ever watched late one night on adult swim. it absolutely destroyed me, and it remains one of my favorite things ever because it touches on this horrible nostalgia and regret that we all experience as we get older; and whether or not you can control the people in your life knowing about your past, or if maybe you're just being too hard on yourself. sometimes it's not bad at all, sometimes it's really good and tells others a lot about you.
it's the kind of relic that will happen less and less as time goes on, because we live in a more instant world, where everyone is just a timeline click away from knowing everything you've ever done.. we're losing the mechanic of something special that people can find and hide. and that's fine, but the epiode is a really brilliant comment on that, I think.
SchrodingerC
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You know, now that I'm an adult, I can recoginze how mature Hey Arnold was for a kids show. Helga's childhood episode still gets me every time I watch it.
Courage the Cowardly Dog has some tearjerker episodes amongst its surrealist nightmare.
Last of the Star Makers and Remembrance Of Courage Past still brings the tears.
Fushigi Yuugi: Tamahome discovers
Fruits Basket: The normally bubbly Momiji reveals to Tohru that
There are many sad moments in these two series, but I think they were particularly sad to me because these tragedies happened to young children. That always gets me.
his entire family has been murdered.
Fruits Basket: The normally bubbly Momiji reveals to Tohru that
he had to erase his mother's memory because she couldn't take the stress of giving birth to a cursed child.
There are many sad moments in these two series, but I think they were particularly sad to me because these tragedies happened to young children. That always gets me.
TheFNEffecT
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KenzinFive
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It only aired last week, but Monster Reunion from Steven Universe is yet another contender here. We go from expecting a cute scene involving crayons to some big lore drops and a few of the saddest moments the show has had in a while. I was unexpectedly affected when I saw
. Who would have thought that the "monster of the week" from the very first episode...
...would end up being one of the show's most tragic characters?
the half-corrupted Centipeetle crying over her drawing and then her desperately trying to reach her crew while she's turning back into a monster
...would end up being one of the show's most tragic characters?
sCHOCOLATE
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Good call. The death of Roy Fokker.
Erased. It's so good.
SporeCrawler
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Bojack horseman
When Marnie was there
Sarrah Lynn dying in bojack horseman
I watched the holiday episode after watching that and it really hit me
I watched the holiday episode after watching that and it really hit me
When Marnie was there
When it was revealed that Marnie was actually Annas Grandma that she remembered in her unconcious. Marnie had such a miserable life but loved her granddaughter so much although she died due to her poor health. Kinda hit me when Anna put the puzzle pieces together to learn who marnie was.
MarkMclovin
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Some scenes in Inside out. Probably because I have a daughter similar age.
The very end of Monsters Inc. Sully's smile at the very end gets me every time.
Beginning of UP. Wasn't prepared for that at all. Trying to hide that in the cinema was difficult.
Ending of Toy Story 3.
The very end of Monsters Inc. Sully's smile at the very end gets me every time.
Beginning of UP. Wasn't prepared for that at all. Trying to hide that in the cinema was difficult.
Ending of Toy Story 3.
TheFNEffecT
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Dammit....I just remembered something that ruined my day when I was 5.
Anyone ever see this bullshit? I was at my grandparents house when I was 5, turned the TV on and saw this cartoon, decided to watch it. 24 years later it still gets me, I actually showed my fiancé the end and she was surprised at how sad it ended and that I got teary eyed at the ending. That stupid ending.....fucking Kangaroo....fuck
https://youtu.be/epGvugk8jxA
Anyone ever see this bullshit? I was at my grandparents house when I was 5, turned the TV on and saw this cartoon, decided to watch it. 24 years later it still gets me, I actually showed my fiancé the end and she was surprised at how sad it ended and that I got teary eyed at the ending. That stupid ending.....fucking Kangaroo....fuck
https://youtu.be/epGvugk8jxA
today's episode was not good for amethyst either...
Another great example. What a wonderful movie! I was in awe when I first watched it. And yes, the soundtrack is fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0pq241QXJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJY1TomgkBs
What's this a reference to? Inu Yasha?
I wanted to post this, but didn't know what to say. Thank you. This scene absolutely destroyed me.
RadioHeadAche
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Maybe consider putting "Bojack S3 EpX" before the spoiler tag?
LurkerPrime
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Everything I can think to nominate has been mentioned... so I'll go with Roy Mustang's "It's raining," from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Both series do a great job of framing the whole thing, making it a powerful, emotional episode that neither the audience nor characters soon forget. And both series are only getting started.
No. It's from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. You'd need to see the episode to get the full context/impact, but the long and short of it is that (legit spoilers if you're curious)
the chimera, that dog creature, used to be a little girl, Nina, and her dog, Alexander; two separate entities forcefully and painfully fused into one being. The girl's father, Chou Tucker, experimented on them both to create it, the first talking chimera. Although Tucker succeeded in his goal, he sacrificied everything he had to get there... and it became all for nothing when it was found out. It is a cautionary tale on the limits alchemy needs to have.
Both series do a great job of framing the whole thing, making it a powerful, emotional episode that neither the audience nor characters soon forget. And both series are only getting started.
Okay, I finally finished Bojack Horseman S3 and... Yup. Episodes 9-12 fit the bill. Each and every one of them.
I mean, we talked about
, but
were all just rough, and in some cases, I'd argue even rougher than Episode 11's ending.
But hey, at least (Potentially Spoiler-ish Interview tidbit)
.
I mean, we talked about
Sarah Lynn's OD
Bojack's panic and both suicide attempts, Todd telling Bojack off and apparent discomfort regarding his asexuality, the tease that Diane/Mr. Peanut Butter'll probably have their relationship torn apart, and Princess Carolyn returning to her own self-destructive workaholic tendencies and expressing mutual positive feelings towards Bojack only for him to shut her out
But hey, at least (Potentially Spoiler-ish Interview tidbit)
S3 is supposedly the end of Bojack's self-destruction arc, according to Raphael Bob-Waksberg; writing just started, but maybe things'll be on an upswing for the guy? ... Granted, things aren't looking good for the others
hogendaz85
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The ending of Ashita no Joe - the final ending when
he sits down all burned out and then I forgot her name she looks at him and realizes he has died after his final match.
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