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Grab your tissues, because these animated moments hit us right in the feels! Join us as we count down our picks for the saddest cartoon episodes that left us emotionally devastated. From heartbreaking goodbyes to tragic losses, these episodes proved cartoons aren't just for kids. Which tearjerker moment had you sobbing uncontrollably?
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00:00You don't got some, Mom, do you, Chucky?
00:02Nope.
00:03How come?
00:04I don't know. I just don't got one.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:08And today, we're looking at some of the most heartbreaking episodes of our favorite animated shows.
00:13We won't be including anime, as it's worth its own list.
00:17Expect spoilers ahead.
00:19And remember, it's okay to cry.
00:24Bye, Mommy. Bye, Daddy.
00:26Number 30. Twisted Sister. The Powerpuff Girls.
00:32Feeling run down from crime fighting, the girls decide to create a new sister to take the edge off.
00:38And thus, we're introduced to Bunny, the new Powerpuff.
00:42She's eager to please her big sisters, but she's a little bulky and not too bright.
00:47Bunny! Bunny!
00:49Okay, that's good. Okay, stop! Stop!
00:53Good.
00:53However, when every crook in Townsville attacks the girls, Bunny single-handedly saves her sisters.
01:00But instead of a happy ending, poor Bunny disintegrates as her unstable genetic structure gives out.
01:06The girls are left to mourn the loss of their sister, regretting the harsh words they said to her.
01:11It's so heart-wrenching that even the narrator breaks down in tears as he honors the departed hero.
01:16The day is saved, thanks to Powerpuff Bunny!
01:23Powerbubble!
01:28Number 29. The Titanium Ninja.
01:32Ninjago.
01:33Zane was a nindroid, an android ninja, but was no less a vital part of the team.
01:39That makes the following scene all the more painful.
01:41Here, you take it.
01:43No, you are vital to this mission. Don't worry about me.
01:50I shall see you again.
01:53In the Season 3 finale, the evil Overlord has evolved into the Golden Master and is laying waste to Ninjago City.
02:00Zane asks his friends to support him one last time as he makes his move.
02:05He gets up close and personal with Overlord and overloads himself, his life flashing before his eyes.
02:11Zane's sacrifice ensured the safety of his friends and the city, and he's given the proper memorial he deserves.
02:18He taught us that life should be a balance.
02:21Technology can improve our lives, but so can people.
02:26However, the final scene gives us hope that we haven't seen the last of the metallic ninja.
02:31Number 28. How Long Is Forever?
02:33Teen Titans
02:34Starfire is saddened to see her friends bickering and concerned about their friendship.
02:40The Titans assure her that she has nothing to worry about, or so they think.
02:44We're getting on each other's nerves a little. Big deal.
02:47Yeah, this is just typical roommate stuff.
02:51We're not going to drift apart, Star.
02:53During a battle, Starfire ends up stuck in the future, and it is a nightmare.
02:58The city has been devastated, and the Teen Titans have disbanded.
03:02The Titans have become isolated and miserable, showing how fragile their friendship was without Starfire.
03:08While the episode ends happily with Starfire returning to the present,
03:12it's gut-wrenching to picture a future where the Titans drifted apart after everything they've been through.
03:18Hopefully, this bleak scenario teaches viewers not to take their friendships for granted.
03:22Who knows how long they could last?
03:25I don't want us to drift apart.
03:27Does it all have to happen?
03:29Isn't there anything we can-
03:30Our friendship has already changed Warp's past.
03:34I believe it can also change our future.
03:37Number 27. Long Live the Queen.
03:40The Lion Guard.
03:41This episode premiered with a content warning in front because they knew it would be a tearjerker,
03:46and they did not disappoint.
03:48Janna, Rani's grandmother and the queen of her pack,
03:51is nearing the end of her journey in the circle of life.
03:54With her family and Kion around her,
03:57she bids a warm goodbye to each and every one of them before handing the crown to Rani.
04:01But I still have so much to learn.
04:04Rani, you have everything you need to be queen, and you won't be alone.
04:09She passes peacefully, and everyone is a weeping mess, especially the audience.
04:15Death is nothing new in the Lion King franchise,
04:18but it is never easy to face, even in a series aimed at a younger audience.
04:23I'm so sorry, Rani.
04:25Thank you, Kion.
04:30Number 26. Tale of X-49. Samurai Jack.
04:34Usually, Aku's robots are shown to be emotionless hunters,
04:39whose only goal in life is to destroy Samurai Jack for their master.
04:43This is not the case for X-49, an assassin robot programmed with emotions.
04:48See, one of the scientists installed an experimental emotion chip inside of me.
04:55Why?
04:56He was funny that way.
04:58He had retired from killing to be with his beloved puppy, Lulu.
05:02However, Aku blackmailed him into hunting the Samurai against his will.
05:07Hey, Katlulu.
05:10Sweet thing.
05:12I had no choice.
05:14Sadly, we all know what happens to a robot that crosses paths with the Samurai.
05:19Even though we're rooting for Jack to defeat Aku,
05:21X-49's story is devastating,
05:24and he's the first opponent Jack shows remorse for destroying.
05:27It feels weird shedding tears over one of Aku's minions, and yet, here we are.
05:33Number 25. Remember It. X-Men 97.
05:37While visiting the mutant nation of Genosha,
05:40Rogue is at a crossroads between rekindling relationship with Magneto and her feelings for Gambit.
05:45But just as she's made her decision, a monstrous sentinel crashes the party,
05:50laying waste to the island and slaughtering any mutant in its path.
05:54The carnage is intense and uncomfortable, paralleling real-world terrorist attacks.
05:59But the madness finally ends with Gambit making the most heroic sacrifice ever.
06:04Gambit, see your bed.
06:06And raise it!
06:13Because the cards always be in my favor!
06:16When the dust clears, we see Rogue clinging to the lifeless body of her beloved swamp rat
06:21and sobbing her heart out.
06:23All the while, we try to control our own tears as a beloved X-Man goes out in a harrowing display.
06:30The name's Gambit, or not me.
06:32Number 24. The last crash of The Sun Chaser.
06:45Duck Tales.
06:46Scrooge McDuck has come a long way since his nephews moved in with him,
06:50turning from a grouchy shut-in to an adventurous family man.
06:53However, tensions build when he confesses to the triplets what happened to their mom,
06:58and they want nothing more to do with him.
07:00You built her a crazy, dangerous super rocket, which she stole early.
07:04Then you encouraged her to keep flying through a cosmic storm?
07:07You could have called her down!
07:08There were too many variables!
07:09What's more tragic is that we see a flashback of Scrooge nearly going bankrupt trying to find Della.
07:15So hearing his nephews accusing him of not caring stings twice as much.
07:20Having pushed all his loved ones away, Scrooge is back to square one, bitter and alone.
07:25David Tennant's voice acting only adds more emotional depth to the richest duck in the world,
07:30hitting rock bottom.
07:31I hope you're happy.
07:38I am.
07:41Number 23.
07:42Forget Me Not.
07:43The Wild Thornberries.
07:45While in Africa, Eliza befriends an elderly elephant named Rebecca,
07:49whom her father rescued when he was a young man.
07:52The bond between Eliza and Rebecca is heartwarming,
07:54almost like a grandmother and granddaughter relationship.
07:58I'm not surprised that my old friend's offspring is so clever.
08:04Well, in a way, I owe it all to you.
08:06If my dad hadn't met you, he might have never become a naturalist.
08:09Sadly, Rebecca's time is running out.
08:11And at the end of the day, she passes away peacefully with Eliza tearfully by her side.
08:16It's never easy to say goodbye to a friend, even one you just met.
08:20But at least Rebecca got to live a long life, made more prosperous by having met Eliza and Nigel.
08:27I'll never forget today, or you.
08:30And neither will my father.
08:33Such a good man.
08:35Thank you for reuniting me with my old friend.
08:40We should all be so lucky to live life to the fullest as this wise old pachyderm did.
08:46Number 22, The Hardest Thing, Amphibia.
08:50The finale of this acclaimed Disney series has two tearjerkers for the price of one.
08:55The first gut-wrencher occurs during the final battle against the Corps.
08:59Please don't do this.
09:00Don't go.
09:01I don't know what I'll do without you.
09:04You're my everything.
09:06You changed my life.
09:08Anne sacrifices herself to save the city,
09:11and her loved ones gather around her as she disintegrates into thin air.
09:16Miraculously, she is revived from the dead,
09:18only to face something arguably worse, saying goodbye.
09:22It's time for Anne to return home,
09:24but not before having to part with the planters,
09:27the little amphibians who became a second family to her.
09:30Thanks for taking me in.
09:31I'm so lucky to call myself a planter.
09:34I'm the lucky one, Anne.
09:36I'm so blessed to have a granddaughter like you.
09:38The actual hardest thing is trying to make it through this episode with dry eyes.
09:43We guarantee it's impossible.
09:46Number 21.
09:47King's Tide.
09:48The Owl House.
09:49The draining spell is unleashed,
09:51and the final phase of Baelos' grand scheme has begun.
09:55To save everyone,
09:56King is forced to make the most difficult decision of all,
09:59release the collector,
10:00and allow him to turn the boiling aisles into his personal playhouse.
10:04Luz tries to stay behind to let her friends escape,
10:07but King forces her to leave him behind and return to the human realm.
10:11We gotta stick together.
10:14I'm sorry.
10:15Not this time.
10:17But I can keep you safe.
10:20No!
10:21The episode ends bittersweetly.
10:23Luz finally makes it home,
10:24and King manages to save his favorite big sister figure.
10:28But at a personal cost.
10:29The Owl family is separated and unable to protect each other
10:33at a time when they need it the most.
10:35Hey, Mom.
10:39I'm back.
10:41Number 20.
10:42The Wedding Squanchers.
10:44Rick and Morty.
10:45If we come back to Earth,
10:46can my family have a normal life?
10:48Whether transforming the protagonist into a pickle or channel surfing,
10:52this Adult Swim cartoon tends to be more concerned
10:55with eliciting a laugh than a tear.
10:57An alcoholic mad scientist on the run from the Galactic Federation,
11:00Rick repeatedly and unapologetically drags the rest of the family,
11:05particularly Morty,
11:06into all kinds of troublesome situations.
11:09In the Season 2 finale,
11:10the Smiths are forced to go on the lam
11:12due to the scientist's notoriety.
11:15In an uncharacteristically selfless move,
11:17Rick surrenders to the Galactic Federation
11:19in exchange for the family's freedom.
11:21It would appear that there is a heart
11:23underneath all those burbs and insults.
11:26Number 19.
11:27Epilogue.
11:28Justice League Unlimited.
11:30Could you stay with me?
11:34It's a sign of a great series
11:36when the demise of a minor character,
11:38who only appears in three episodes,
11:40succeeds in coming across as tragic.
11:43Ace is a powerful psychic capable of warping reality.
11:46As a child,
11:47the metahuman was subjected to governmental experimentation
11:50and ended up temporarily working for the Joker.
11:53Aware death is just around the corner due to an aneurysm,
11:56Ace's final hours are spent with Batman,
11:58arguably the only person
12:00to ever treat the psychic as a human being
12:02rather than a weapon.
12:06He sat with her until her time.
12:09Number 18.
12:10Remembrance of Courage Past.
12:12Courage the Cowardly Dog.
12:14Talk about finishing a series on a gut punch.
12:21Courage the Cowardly Dog is constantly creepy,
12:24frequently darkly comical,
12:26and occasionally deeply moving.
12:28While some other segments are sad,
12:30nothing comes close to the flashback
12:32revealing how Courage meets Muriel.
12:34As a puppy,
12:35Courage basically witnesses the murder of his own parents
12:38at the hands of plausibly the worst cartoon veterinarian ever.
12:42Thankfully,
12:42the episode's conclusion is quite cathartic,
12:45but there's no forgetting the image
12:46of a crying baby Courage
12:48waving goodbye to a rocket carrying the dog's parents.
12:55Number 17.
12:56Weirdmageddon 3.
12:58Take Back the Falls.
12:59Gravity Falls.
13:00Oh, uh, hey there, kiddo.
13:04What's your name?
13:05Following two years filled with mystery,
13:07suspense, and wonderful characters,
13:10Gravity Falls' finale brought everything to the table.
13:13In order to defeat the dream demon named Bill Cipher,
13:16Stan willingly sacrifices the memories
13:18created with Mabel and Dipper over the summer.
13:21These recollections are recovered
13:22once Mabel shows Stan a scrapbook
13:24with the trio's many adventures.
13:26But the real emotional kicker occurs
13:28when the kids finally leave Gravity Falls.
13:30In an incredibly touching montage,
13:33the episode briefly shows the futures
13:35of many of the town's residents,
13:37who fans had grown to love
13:38over the preceding 40 episodes.
13:41Number 16.
13:42A Regular Epic Final Battle.
13:44Regular Show.
13:46Enough!
13:47This battle starts now!
13:51Lasting for eight seasons and 261 episodes,
13:55Regular Show's finale needed to be almost perfect
13:57to live up to all the hype.
13:59If nothing else,
14:00the cartoon cannot be criticized
14:01for playing it safe.
14:03Stuck in a stalemate against anti-Pops
14:05and with the whole universe on the line,
14:07Pops ultimately concludes the only way to save everyone
14:10is to plunge both of them into the sun.
14:12The minute you let me go,
14:14I'm gonna blast you into nothing.
14:17I know.
14:18So I'm not going to let go.
14:20The battle's aftermath is also a tearjerker,
14:23culminating in a 25-year time skip,
14:25depicting a much older Mordecai and Rigby
14:28coming back together for a park reunion.
14:31Number 15.
14:32Code of Hero.
14:33Beast Wars.
14:35Transformers.
14:36Destiny has one great test in store for us all.
14:41Has mine already come?
14:45And have I failed it?
14:47Is a villain truly a villain
14:48if he sacrifices himself for the sake of good?
14:51After starting as a follower
14:53of the evil Predacon leader Megatron,
14:55Dinobot rebels against him
14:57and ends up with the heroic Maximals.
15:00Optimus here.
15:01What is it, Dinobot?
15:03Code red.
15:04Situation extreme.
15:06However, some still see him as evil,
15:09so Dinobot is determined to show them
15:11he's no longer the monster they think he is.
15:14I am a warrior.
15:17Let the battle be joined.
15:19He's given that opportunity
15:20when he finds himself facing a Predacon onslaught
15:23with no backup,
15:25and fights to the death
15:26to save a group of proto-humans
15:27that will eventually give birth to the human race.
15:30One lonely turncoat,
15:32battling on against impossible odds.
15:35I'm almost touched.
15:37Dinobot succeeds in thwarting their plans,
15:40but is mortally wounded in the process.
15:43Unable to help him,
15:44the Transformers leave their fallen comrade
15:46with one final salute.
15:48He lived a warrior
15:49and died a hero.
15:53Let his spark join the Matrix,
15:56the greatest of Cybertron.
15:58Number 14.
15:59Rose's Scabbard, Steven Universe.
16:02Sometimes I wonder if she can see me
16:05through your eyes.
16:06Everyone grieves the loss
16:08of a loved one differently.
16:09Pearl, you have to tell me what's wrong.
16:13Sometimes you even sound like her.
16:17In Pearl's case,
16:18she pushes away her friend Steven,
16:20the son of a woman she followed,
16:22respected, and loved deeply.
16:24After accompanying the Crystal Gems
16:26to the Strawberry Battlefield,
16:28Steven begins to uncover many new truths
16:30about his late mother,
16:31and starts to see that Pearl
16:33never got the closure she needed
16:34on their relationship.
16:35Why'd she keep so many secrets?
16:37She had to, Steven.
16:39It's the mark of a great leader.
16:41This becomes even clearer
16:43when Pearl lashes out
16:44after discovering that Rose
16:45may have kept secrets from her.
16:47She probably just wanted to protect you
16:49like everyone else.
16:50Why do you know?
16:51You've never even met her!
16:53Denying the fact that anyone
16:55was closer to Rose than she was,
16:57Pearl runs away upset.
16:59But eventually, she realizes
17:00there's no better way
17:01to stay close to her late friend
17:03than by sharing her memories
17:04of Rose with Steven.
17:11Number 13.
17:13Game Over.
17:14Reboot.
17:14You're all I have left.
17:16Now you be careful out there.
17:18I don't know what I'll do.
17:19Hey, don't get all mushy on me.
17:21You're a commander, remember?
17:23Unfortunately for the citizens
17:24of Mainframe,
17:25these games don't come
17:26with extra lives.
17:27We've got a problem.
17:29The user only has to beat
17:30five opponents to win the game.
17:31In the midst of a war
17:33against the virus Megabyte,
17:34the system's user
17:35sends a game down onto the city.
17:37How many more must suffer
17:39before Megabyte is stopped?
17:41In an attempt to save
17:42that section of the mainframe,
17:44Enzo, along with his friend
17:46Andrea and loyal dog Frisket,
17:48jump into the Mortal Kombat-style
17:50fighting game to defeat the user.
17:53You can't speak in these things.
17:55The game proves to be more
17:57than the young Guardian
17:57and his friends can handle, however.
17:59And after Enzo is dealt
18:01a crippling blow
18:02and loses an eye
18:03during the final battle,
18:04the story moves to the perspective
18:06of those outside the game
18:07as they wait for it to end.
18:09As the purple GameCube
18:10begins to disappear,
18:12we hear, for the first time,
18:14the most frightening words
18:15ever uttered in the series.
18:17Game over.
18:19Here it goes.
18:21Get ready.
18:22The user wins.
18:23Number 12.
18:24Heart of Ice.
18:26Batman the Animated Series.
18:27Humanity.
18:30Compassion.
18:32Charity.
18:33Where were those pretty words
18:35when she needed to hear them?
18:37Some Batman villains
18:38just want to watch the world burn.
18:40Some want to see it freeze.
18:42But the reason why
18:43might surprise you.
18:45Take it easy, man.
18:46I got you.
18:47Leave him.
18:51He should have been more careful.
18:54The Dark Knight has a tendency
18:56to fight baddies
18:57that are victims of circumstance.
18:59Take Mary Dahl, for example,
19:00whose eternal youth
19:01was more curse than blessing.
19:03However, Heart of Ice
19:04sees the caped crusader
19:05face the diabolical Mr. Freeze.
19:08Freeze.
19:10That's Mr. Freeze to you.
19:12The Daytime Emmy Award-winning episode
19:14follows Batman
19:15as he chases this former
19:17GothCorp scientist,
19:18whom he discovers
19:19is solely seeking revenge
19:20on GothCorp CEO Ferris Boyle
19:22for turning him into a monster
19:24and essentially sentencing
19:25his wife to death.
19:26Night, I mean to pay back
19:28the man who ruined my life.
19:31Our lives.
19:33Ultimately, Batman does apprehend
19:35the villain and sends him
19:36off to Arkham Asylum,
19:38where Freeze can only
19:39mourn his loved one.
19:40I can only beg your forgiveness
19:43and pray you'll hear me somehow.
19:47Number 11.
19:48I Remember You.
19:49Adventure Time.
19:50Stop acting crazy!
19:53I just wanna be loved!
19:55Sometimes it takes a true friend
19:57to remind you of who you really are.
19:59You like me?
20:02Of course I do, you old jerk!
20:04In a desperate attempt
20:05to win the affection of a princess,
20:07as is his way,
20:08the Ice King seeks out
20:09Marceline the Vampire Queen
20:11to help him write a song.
20:12Wow, I wrote that?
20:14Hot stuff!
20:15This songwriting session
20:16gets all too real
20:18when Marceline tries to remind
20:19the wizard of his life
20:20before he found the magic crown
20:22that drove him nuts
20:23and erased his memories.
20:24This magic keeps me alive
20:26but it's making me crazy
20:28and I need to save you
20:30but who's going to save me?
20:33Saddened by the reality
20:34of the situation,
20:35Marceline opts to bond
20:36with her old friend
20:37the only way she can,
20:39and we're left watching
20:40a touching flashback scene
20:41where we see how the two met
20:42and became friends
20:44in the aftermath
20:45of the Mushroom War.
20:47Ta-da!
20:50Ta-da!
20:53Number 10.
20:54Requiem
20:55Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
20:57Master Splinter
20:58was not only a wise sensei
21:00and mentor to the turtles,
21:01he was also their loving father
21:03and protector.
21:04Giving guidance to your brothers
21:06and friends
21:06does not come from here.
21:08It comes from here.
21:10That's why it was absolutely
21:12gut-wrenching
21:13to see him done away with
21:14in such a brutal fashion
21:15in the TMNT episode Requiem.
21:18Party at the Mutanimals crib, yo!
21:20And you can come too, sensei!
21:22Hmm.
21:24Perhaps I do need
21:25to get out of the sewers
21:26for a time.
21:27When the team is facing off
21:28against the mighty Mutanimals,
21:30Splinter finds himself
21:31in a one-on-one rooftop battle
21:33with a souped-up super shredder.
21:38It first seems like
21:39he stands a chance,
21:40having thrown Shredder
21:41off the rooftop.
21:42Yes!
21:44You did it, sensei!
21:45But suddenly,
21:46Shredder springs back
21:47into action,
21:49fatally stabbing Splinter
21:50with his razor claws.
21:54If that wasn't enough,
21:55we're then shown
21:56some of the turtles'
21:57cherished memories
21:58of their dear father.
22:01Papa!
22:06There's no amount
22:07of anchovies
22:08or pizza
22:08that can make this episode
22:10more bearable.
22:11Number 9.
22:12Free Churro
22:13Bojack Horseman
22:14My mom died
22:15and all I got
22:15was just free churro.
22:17Praised for its
22:18honest depiction
22:19of depression,
22:20substance use disorder,
22:21and various other
22:22challenging subjects,
22:24one of Bojack Horseman's
22:25saddest scenes
22:26pivots around,
22:27of all things,
22:28free churros
22:29and Ted Danson's
22:3090s sitcom,
22:31Becker.
22:32Season 4's
22:33Arrow suggested
22:34there was more
22:35to the protagonist's
22:36cold mother
22:37than meets the eye,
22:38but Beatrice
22:39and Bojack
22:40remain estranged
22:41until the very end.
22:43Taking place
22:44during Beatrice's
22:45apparent funeral,
22:46Free Churro
22:47frames Bojack's
22:48troubled childhood
22:48through an ongoing
22:49eulogy.
22:51Like always,
22:51Bojack Horseman
22:52finds a way
22:53to throw in
22:53a few laugh-out-loud
22:54moments,
22:55but a somber tone
22:56is maintained
22:56throughout the entire episode.
22:58Because now I know
23:00I will never have
23:01a mother who looks
23:02at me from across
23:03a room and says,
23:04Bojack Horseman,
23:06I see you.
23:07Number 8.
23:08The Tales of Ba Sing Se,
23:10Avatar The Last Airbender
23:11If only I could have
23:13helped you.
23:15Split into six vignettes,
23:17The Tales of Ba Sing Se
23:18is often quite lighthearted.
23:20Then you get to
23:21The Tale of Iroh.
23:23This segment mainly
23:24consists of Zuko's
23:25uncle helping strangers
23:26while traveling
23:27through Ba Sing Se.
23:28All these sweet
23:29acts of kindness
23:30lead to Iroh
23:31leaving town
23:32to memorialize
23:33the birthday
23:34of his late son,
23:35who died during
23:36a siege prior
23:37to the events
23:37of the cartoon.
23:38There will not be
23:39a single dry eye
23:40during Iroh's
23:41tearful rendition
23:42of Leaves from the Vine.
23:44Avatar The Last Airbender's
23:46vignette closes
23:46with a tribute
23:47to Iroh's voice actor,
23:48Mako Iwamatsu,
23:50who passed away
23:50a couple of months
23:51prior to the episode's airing.
23:53Number 7.
23:54Have you seen this snail?
23:56Spongebob Squarepants.
23:58Gary Runs Away
23:59might not seem
24:00like an especially
24:00creative premise,
24:02but Spongebob Squarepants
24:03produced an absolute
24:04gem of an episode.
24:06Due to being distracted
24:06by a meaningless task,
24:08Spongebob forgets
24:09to feed Gary,
24:10prompting the snail
24:11to pack and leave.
24:12Eventually,
24:13Spongebob notices
24:14Gary is gone
24:15and becomes increasingly
24:16distraught at the thought
24:17of never seeing
24:18the snail again.
24:18Come on, Pat,
24:19just take these flyers
24:20and hand them out.
24:21Along with an awesome
24:22antagonist in Granny,
24:23Have You Seen This Snail
24:25contains one of the cartoon's
24:26most extraordinary songs
24:27in the depressing
24:28Gary Come Home.
24:30If it was not
24:31for the happy ending,
24:32Have You Seen This Snail
24:33may have taken first place.
24:35If only I could hear you meow
24:37one last time.
24:39Meow.
24:40Yeah, like that.
24:42Number 6.
24:43Kenny Dies,
24:44South Park.
24:45Kenny's sick?
24:46Well, how sick?
24:47During the opening
24:48five seasons,
24:49South Park barely allowed
24:50an episode to pass
24:51without killing Kenny.
24:53After rendering death
24:54completely meaningless,
24:55season 5's Kenny Dies
24:56arrived to tear
24:57every fan's heart out.
24:59Hospitalized with
25:00a terminal illness,
25:01Kenny's health
25:02rapidly deteriorates,
25:03forcing the boys
25:04to come to terms
25:05with mortality.
25:06I know it's tough, okay?
25:07I know.
25:08But we have to be
25:09tough right now.
25:10Even though Cartman
25:10spends the majority
25:11of the episode
25:12attempting to find a cure,
25:13just as the title
25:14prophesied,
25:16Kenny eventually dies,
25:17and nothing about
25:18the moment
25:18is treated as a joke.
25:20I didn't get to see him.
25:22I didn't get to say goodbye.
25:26The boys grieve,
25:27Stan questions God,
25:29and Cartman duplicates
25:30a Shakey's pizza.
25:32Season 15's
25:33You're Getting Old
25:34Sobering Ending
25:35also merits
25:35a special mention.
25:37Number 5.
25:38A Charlie Brown Christmas.
25:40A Charlie Brown Christmas.
25:41I think there must be
25:42something wrong with me, Linus.
25:44Christmas is coming,
25:45but I'm not happy.
25:46I don't feel
25:47the way I'm supposed
25:47to feel.
25:48What is Christmas all about?
25:50The always emo
25:51Charlie Brown's
25:52depressive state
25:53reaches an all-time low
25:54in this classic
25:55Christmas special,
25:56as he contemplates
25:58why the holiday spirit
25:59eludes him.
26:00What's the matter,
26:01Charlie Brown?
26:01Don't you think
26:02it's great?
26:03It's all wrong.
26:05Against his
26:06better judgment,
26:07Chuck takes Lucy's
26:08advice and directs
26:09the school's
26:10nativity play.
26:11But this just makes
26:12matters worse
26:12when he's met
26:13with jeers
26:13from his classmates
26:14after failing to produce
26:15an adequate Christmas tree.
26:17What kind of a tree
26:18is that?
26:19You are supposed
26:20to get a good tree.
26:21Can't you even tell
26:22a good tree
26:23from a poor tree?
26:24Although Linus's
26:25poignant speech
26:26cheers him up temporarily,
26:28Charlie Brown
26:28is in such a deep
26:29emotional hole,
26:30the only thing
26:31that can yank him
26:32out of it for good
26:33is the sight
26:34of his friends
26:34showing his little tree
26:35some TLC
26:36and belting out
26:37Christmas carols.
26:39It's all so simple.
26:40Merry Christmas,
26:42Charlie Brown!
26:44Number 4.
26:45Life of Brian
26:46Family Guy
26:47We're all gonna miss him,
26:48Peter.
26:49We're all gonna miss him
26:50very much.
26:51After one of their
26:52many trips to the past
26:53goes awry,
26:54Stewie and Brian
26:55agree to destroy
26:56their time machine.
26:57This time machine
26:58has almost killed us
26:59a hundred times,
27:00Brian,
27:01and yesterday
27:01was just too close
27:02a call.
27:03However,
27:03fate is cruel
27:04and Stewie
27:05immediately regrets
27:06this decision
27:07when Brian
27:08is struck by a car
27:09and critically injured,
27:10ultimately uttering
27:11his last words
27:12from the operating table.
27:14Reality sets in
27:15for Stewie
27:15when he realizes
27:16that repairing
27:17the time machine
27:17is impossible
27:18and so the grieving
27:19process must begin.
27:21Oh dear,
27:22Rupert,
27:22without those capacitors
27:24it'll be completely
27:24impossible to build
27:25a functioning time machine.
27:27I guess that means
27:28Brian has
27:29really gone for good.
27:31To help the family
27:32cope with their loss,
27:33Lois and Peter
27:33bring home a new dog
27:34named Vinny,
27:35but while he is able
27:37to emote with Stewie
27:38about his lost friend,
27:39Vinny can't replace
27:40the void left by Brian
27:41in the Griffin household.
27:43He was my best friend.
27:44You're not supposed
27:45to lose your best friend
27:46at my age.
27:47You're not supposed
27:48to lose him ever.
27:49Number 3,
27:50Mother Simpson,
27:52The Simpsons.
27:53Well, how about this?
27:54This thing says
27:55my mother's still alive.
27:56She died when I was a kid.
27:58When a show's on
27:59as long as The Simpsons,
28:00it's bound to turn
28:01to the bittersweet
28:02every now and then.
28:03Oh, Mom.
28:04I'm sorry I never
28:05come to see you.
28:06I'm just not a cemetery person.
28:08The moment when Lisa
28:09says goodbye
28:09to her substitute teacher
28:11always gets us sniffling.
28:13But it's the mystery
28:14you never knew
28:14you wanted solved
28:15surrounding the whereabouts
28:16of Homer's mother
28:17that makes our list.
28:19I can't believe you're here.
28:21Dad always told me
28:22you died while I was
28:22at the movie.
28:23This melancholic episode
28:24sees Homer joyfully
28:26reunited with his long-lost
28:27mother, Mona,
28:28after 27 years.
28:30Hey, everybody.
28:31I got a big surprise for you.
28:34Presenting my mother.
28:36The two make up for lost time,
28:37but it's soon revealed
28:38that it's Mona's
28:39troubled history
28:40with the law
28:40that's kept her away so long.
28:42And it forces her away again,
28:44leaving her son
28:45with a hole in his heart.
28:46Don't worry, Homer.
28:47You'll always be a part of me.
28:50Don't!
28:51At least this time, however,
28:53they're able to share
28:54a heartfelt goodbye.
28:56At least this time,
28:57I'm awake for your goodbye.
28:58Oh, Homer.
29:00Number two.
29:01Mother's Day, Rugrats.
29:03I remember the first time
29:04I saw my mom.
29:06I think I was in a fish tank
29:07or something.
29:08Nothing prepares you
29:10for the heartbreaking reality
29:11of having to reveal
29:12this kind of truth
29:13to your child.
29:14It's all right, Chucky.
29:15Don't be scared.
29:17The babies celebrate
29:18their first Mother's Day
29:19experience by crafting presents
29:20for their beloved moms.
29:22We don't got presents
29:23for our mom, Phillip.
29:25I got a piece of candy
29:27I've been saving.
29:28But this only draws attention
29:29to the fact that Chucky
29:30doesn't have a mother.
29:32The episode sees him
29:33searching for a surrogate mom
29:34and thinking about
29:35what he's missing.
29:36I wish I could remember
29:37stuff like that.
29:39Don't you remember
29:40ever having a mom?
29:41Nope.
29:42It turns out that,
29:44due to Chucky's tender age,
29:45his father has withheld
29:46information about his son's mother,
29:48hoping he could shield him
29:50from the pain of missing her.
29:52Chucky,
29:52this is your mom.
29:56With support from
29:57the other parents,
29:58Chaz decides to introduce
29:59Chucky to his mother
30:00via a box of her belongings.
30:02Go ahead.
30:03We dare you not to cry.
30:04My sweet little Chucky,
30:07though I must leave you behind me,
30:09this poem will tell you
30:10where you always can find me.
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30:28If you're ever given
30:36the opportunity
30:37to travel a thousand years
30:39into the future,
30:40consider what you might
30:41be leaving behind.
30:42I won't be gone long,
30:43Seymour.
30:43Just wait here
30:44till I come back.
30:45In pizza delivery boy
30:46Philip J. Fry's case,
30:48one thing he abandoned
30:49was his lucky
30:50seven-leaf clover.
30:51But fortunately,
30:52as we learn
30:53in another tear-jerking episode,
30:55his nephew put that
30:56to good use.
30:57But Fry also left
31:05his dog Seymour
31:06back in the year 2000.
31:17When he unearths
31:18a fossil of his long-lost pal
31:20in the 31st century,
31:22Fry decides to bring
31:22Seymour back as a clone.
31:27However,
31:29he ultimately decides
31:30against the procedure,
31:32thinking that the pooch
31:32will have forgotten
31:33their friendship.
31:34I'll never forget him.
31:36But he forgot me
31:37a long, long time ago.
31:39All it takes
31:40is one heart-wrenching
31:41flashback for us to learn
31:42that he couldn't be
31:43further from the truth.
31:45What's he so worked up about?
31:46He's just upset
31:47because our boy's missing.
31:49Come on,
31:49the overgrown rat,
31:50lead us to Philip.
31:52Which episode
31:53did you cry the hardest over?
31:55Let us know
31:56in the comments.
31:57You see that spot
31:58down there?
32:00That's where
32:01your father saved me
32:02from those awful men
32:03all those years ago.
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