Oh god. That episode was simultaneously creepy and -really- depressing.
I always cry at the end of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind too.
And there’s one episode of Samurai Jack (Episode X, described as “Jack survives a cave full of challenges only to find an old warrior longing to reach Valhalla.” in the summaries) which makes me break down even though it’s technically a happy ending.
There was a touching moment in Monsters vs Aliens. Three of the heroes (the monsters) are trapped in what appears to be imminent death. Link shakes Dr Cockroach’s hand and says it’s been a honor knowing him. Dr Cockroach says he feels the same. And then Bob says “Gentlemen, I’ll see you…” and when you expect him to say something like “on the other side” he goes on to say “tomorrow for lunch. How’s two sound?”
The Missing Link and Dr Cockroach realize that Bob doesn’t understand they’re about to die. But rather than tell him, they agree that they’ll all get together for lunch tomorrow and have cake and candy and balloons. Bob says “This is going to be the best lunch ever.”
I’ve heard Grave of the Fireflies, but I’m reluctant to go to that emotional place right now.
The flying scene in Rescuers Down Under gets me.
The Fox and the Hound.
Oh damn, this one gives me the full-body quiver. I crawled straight into my spine in that episode. It was simultaneously the moment I realized that this show was incredibly remarkable and one of the most stomach-turning, terrifying, horrible, godawful saddest moments I can think of.
Off to see if I can get the whole series on my iPod…
I’ll see your “Jurassic Bark” & Luck Of The Fryish" and raise you “Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings” and the end of “Time Keeps On Slippin” also from Futurama.
Also the last episode of Cowboy Bebop always gives me a lump in my throat.
“Valse Triste” from “Allegro Non Troppo”…that poor kitty makes me cry every time I see that one.
The end of “Charlotte’s Web.”
And I’ll add myself to the list for “When Somebody Loved Me” and the Ellie/Carl montage from “Up.” I was trying desperately not to cry during that one in the theater, then I glanced over and noticed that the spouse was tearing up too. That was one powerful sequence.
Oh, also the sequence in “Cars” that showed what Radiator Springs used to be like and what became of it.
Another vote for “Jurassic Bark”, if that one doesn’t make you go shopping for a new AC filter, you’ve never owned a dog.
Dammit, I gotta go tell the dorm manager that the HVAC system in the dorms are kicking out dust again.
Here’s a new one for ya: The TV special Garfield’s Nine Lives. The sixth life I think it is, where Garfield is a cat named Diana, who loved to hear her owner play the piano. This chapter is narrated by a woman talking to a new kitten, talking about how she got Diana as a kitten when she was a child, on the same day that she began piano lessons. The chapter summarizes them growing up together, playing the piano together, etc., until late one night, when Diana was very old, she slowly and wearily climbed up the chair and onto the keys of the piano, where she lied down to die.
To a lesser extent, the end of Garfield’s 9th and final life also gets me, because he finally dies a hero’s death, his last words being “This will work. The hero always survives in the end!”
Watership Down.
The Last Unicorn. Makes me cry like a big girl, every damn time.
The first 15-20 minutes of Up. Stupid dust filled theater.
Yes, the “kitty!” scene in Monsters, Inc. choked me up a little.
This.
There’s been several Futurama eps mentioned, but I’ll also add The Sting.
I’ll second this. I always find the slo-mo shot of The General leaping for the dog moving, as well as Hazel’s final trip with the Black Rabbit of Inle.
And Plague Dogs.