# Cartoons that made you CRY! :( **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035 "2001-11-29T23:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/21 "2001-11-30T03:12:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsWhatsit \* > \*\*Does anime count? If so, I have to say that “Grave for Fireflies” was absolutely THE saddest movie I have ever seen. I was weeping like a baby by the time the credits rolled. Emotionally devastating. \*\* _Hotaru no haka_. I think English versions were released both as _Grave of the fireflies_ and _Tombstone for Fireflies_. And you are absolutely right in your description. Incredibly powerful. Incredibly tragic. Brilliant film. I also second _Iron giant_. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/22 "2001-11-30T05:57:57Z")
There’s an episode of CN’s “Courage the Cowardly Dog” that’s just gorgeous; it’s called “[The Hunchback of Nowhere](http://couragede.tripod.com/episodes/episodehunch.html).” It’s almost a parable, really. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/23 "2001-11-30T06:13:00Z")
I can’t believe that no one has mentioned **The Last Unicorn**. When Molly chastizes the unicorn, asking where she was when she was a young lass. I blubber like a bee-stung kid every time. Hell, I got all misty just flipping through “The Velveteen Rabbit” in the bookstore the other day. Makes me think of all my toys that got thrown out. As for _Jerkules_. The black women singing gospel refrains to the various Greek mythological passages in the movie is disjointed as a jellyfish. **What were they thinking???** ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/24 "2001-11-30T06:43:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hodge \* > \*\*C’mon, nobody’s mentioned **Iron Giant** yet? > > _Suuuupermannnn!!!_ > > Powerful stuff, indeed. \*\* And then they %#$! it all up in the end. I felt cheated. Marc ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/25 "2001-11-30T07:04:08Z")
bouv wrote: > [@](#): > > When Optimus Prime dies. My God, do you know how traumatic that is for an eight year old? Seeing his most beloved idle, DIE right in front of his eyes? First, I think you meant “idol”, not “idle” – unless you were talking about the guy who performed Wreck-Gar’s voice. 😉 Second, to me the impact of Prime’s death was somewhat blunted, because (A) they plastered it all over the TV commercials for the movie, and (B) we got to see a shuttle full of other Autobots (including our beloved Ratchet!) die first. When Ratchet’s eyes turned black and smoke poured from his mouth and he collapsed and was **dead** , I was in shock. No Autobot or Decepticon had **ever** died in the TV series before. That very instant, I knew that in this movie, the kid gloves were gonna come **off!** ---
**Author:** ![dtaylor404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dtaylor404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtaylor404)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/26 "2001-11-30T08:14:57Z")
**The Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special**. It doesn’t matter how many times I see it. Every time the Brain opens that stupid keychain, I lose it. I’m tearing up _now_ just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Second\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Echo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/27 "2001-11-30T11:05:18Z")
I gotta agree with **Jet Black** on the video game music. FF7, of course. Also, and perhaps sadder, is the excellent and lesser-known Xenogears, another PSX RPR from SquareSoft. The ending movie, the scenes showing what happened to Fei and Elly in their past lives…but easily the saddest is the scene near the start of Disc 2 where Lacan is painting the portrait of Mother Sophia. And Lacan talks about how much he cares about Sophia and how he just wants to keep painting forever. But he knows he can’t, but manages to stall for a couple days by claiming he is out of one of his paint colors and will need venture out to a mountain or something in order to mix a new batch. The painting never ends up finished, and Lacan and Sophia are forced apart by circumstances beyond their control. I know I’ve seen a script of the dialogue of that scene somewhere on the net, but darned if I know where it is anymore. Darn. I’d like to read it again. ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/28 "2001-11-30T11:18:27Z")
The Jungle Book, Bambi and Dumbo have all made me cry. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/29 "2001-11-30T11:31:33Z")
The _Valse Triste_ segment from Bruno Bozzetto’s **Allegro non Troppo** , about a cat walking through a war-ravaged city and remembering the happy past, always makes me bawl like a baby. [sub]God, I’m such a softie…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/30 "2001-11-30T11:32:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*I can’t believe that no one has mentioned **The Last Unicorn**. > > When Molly chastizes the unicorn, asking where she was when she was a young lass. I blubber like a bee-stung kid every time. > > * * * I read that book!! Jeez … 14 years ago. Forget the plot though. I agree that “What’s Opera, Doc?” is a really good one for this. It feels so much larger then the mere small screen that I have seen it on. It just feels epic. If it weren’t for Bugs’ quip it would be almost opressively depressing. A couple of bits in the one of the “Fantasia” movies get to me. The ones where naive and pure things get put upon but evil. “Dumbo” is also quite powerful, I’ve been working on memorizing “Baby mine” since it is an awesome lullabye and I must know it. ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/31 "2001-11-30T12:06:02Z")
**The Simpsons**. Or to be more specific, the episode where Homer is reunited with his mother after 27 years. I always lose it when I see the final scene and the credits. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/32 "2001-11-30T12:26:07Z")
When I showed my wife the underappreciated Will Vinton film **The Adventures of Mark Twain** she got very choked up at the end of the “Diary of Adam and Eve” sequence. If you haven’t seen this film, track it down and watch it. One of my all-time favorite animated flicks, but almost totally ignored by everyone. Great Will Vinton Claymation, combined with the stories of Mark Twain (also one of my faves). Vinton’s images and his vision are brighter and more optimistic than Aardman animation’s stuff. Watch TAOMT and **Chicken Run** and you’ll see what I mean. Have to agree about **The Iron Giant** , another underappreciated and badly marketed film. But I choked up at the very end, as his parts are coming together. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/33 "2001-11-30T12:47:53Z")
Dumbo. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/34 "2001-11-30T13:13:20Z")
**Charlotte’s Web** **Bambi** Another vote for **Dumbo**. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/35 "2001-11-30T13:18:49Z")
Bambi. ---
**Author:** ![SlickUSA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SlickUSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickUSA)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/36 "2001-11-30T13:34:38Z")
Disney’s Tarzan ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/37 "2001-11-30T14:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\*the looney tune with the bulldog and the kitten, and the kitten gets into the cookie dough and the dog thinks it’s dead, and carries a kitten-shaped cookie around on its back. that still makes me cry. \*\* Oh, thank god, it wasn’t just me. **Nausicaa** , when she’s trying to keep the baby gorgon from crawling into the acid sea… **Laputa,** when the robot dies… **Watership Down,** when Hazel dies… ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/38 "2001-11-30T14:57:14Z")
When Jessie sings “When she loved me” I lose it. (almost to the point that if you said you didn’t I would tell you you have no soul) By the way, I think _Fantastic Planet_ is what J. Lo is seen watching in _The Cell_ Brian ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/39 "2001-11-30T15:03:17Z")
I cried whenever I would see _Snoopy Come Home_. Snoopy leaves Charlie Brown to go back to his first owner, a little girl with some terminal disease. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035/40 "2001-11-30T16:02:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I cried whenever I would see _Snoopy Come Home_. Snoopy leaves Charlie Brown to go back to his first owner, a little girl with some terminal disease. \*\* Finally – someone nails it! _Snoopy Come Home_ hit me hard when I was a kid. That movie definitely tugs at the heartstrings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoons-that-made-you-cry/96035.md?page=3)