Top 20 Saddest Cartoon Episodes of All Time

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • These cartoon episodes had no right to be this sad. For this list, we’re looking at the most heart-wrenching episodes from animated series. We will be excluding anime, as that is a list for another day. Please note, a spoiler warning is now in effect. Our countdown includes “Rose’s Scabbard” from “Steven Universe” (2013-20), “Mother’s Day” from “Rugrats” (1991-2004), “Heart of Ice” from “Batman: The Animated Series” (1992-95), “The Tales of Ba Sing Se” from “Avatar: The Last Airbender” (2005-08), and more! Which of these episodes left you emotionally devastated? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  2 года назад +113

    Which of these episodes left you emotionally devastated? Let us know in the comments!
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    • @mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551
      @mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551 2 года назад +8

      What about Amphibia Finale that was good episode

    • @mufasa9454
      @mufasa9454 2 года назад +5

      The fact that Seymour waited for fry his whole life made that episode even sadder😭❤️🐾🐕

    • @charlimander5683
      @charlimander5683 2 года назад +3

      @@mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551 It made me cry... it should have been on here. I also think that Kings Tide from The Owl House should be on here. If you watch it you should know why...

    • @mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551
      @mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551 2 года назад +3

      @@charlimander5683 sorry about I did watch owl house in king tide episode, yes agree is should in list. I also fan Owl House too

    • @charlimander5683
      @charlimander5683 2 года назад +2

      @@mohdsuliemanbinabdullah2551 There was just so many emotional parts excluding kinds final words 😭

  • @BigFella117
    @BigFella117 2 года назад +1004

    Interesting fact about Uncle Iroh’s voice actor after Mako died. Greg Baldwin (Iroh’s second VA) always politely refuses to sing the song Leaves From The Vine at conventions because in his own words, “Leaves From The Vine is Mako’s song, not mine.”

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 2 года назад +42

      I didn’t know that when I was a kid but it broke my heart

    • @berandom2000
      @berandom2000 2 года назад +30

      At least it’s respectable.

    • @adamd5849
      @adamd5849 2 года назад +21

      I love that

    • @BigFella117
      @BigFella117 2 года назад +11

      @@olvialee7221 I know, me too

    • @BigFella117
      @BigFella117 2 года назад +9

      @@berandom2000 agreed

  • @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121
    @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121 2 года назад +512

    Batman: The Animated Series gave us a few hard hitters. Baby-Doll and Heart Of Ice both immediately come to mind

    • @darkneon5637
      @darkneon5637 2 года назад +24

      As a child I always respect the heroes but as an adult I feel bad for the villains 😔

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад +2

      You mean the two episodes they mention in the video?

    • @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121
      @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121 2 года назад +4

      @@louiscyphre2267 yup. sometimes people type out comments before watching the whole video

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад +4

      Uh-huh...
      Sounds like bullshit to me.

    • @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121
      @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121 2 года назад +3

      @@louiscyphre2267 ....why would I make that up? What would I have to gain?

  • @KahnuevsKrake
    @KahnuevsKrake 2 года назад +194

    The Mothers Day episode in the Rugrats is heart wrenching. The thing that got me was how even after being told about his mum and what she wrote before she died, he was still oblivious to the concept of life and death, only ecstatic that he has a mother "in the trees and the clouds and in the wind".

    • @BunnyQueen97
      @BunnyQueen97 2 года назад +17

      That’s a healthy way for a toddler to understand death, I’m sure that’s why the show depicted it that way. It establishes the truth in a healthy way that he can grow into. He does still have a mother, in his heart and his family’s memory.

    • @COMPFUNK2
      @COMPFUNK2 2 года назад +5

      Back then, I don’t think Nickelodeon was allowed to actually say that someone died-on second thought, in the episode I Remember Melville, the babies mentioned several times that Chuckie’s pet bug Melville died.

    • @KahnuevsKrake
      @KahnuevsKrake 2 года назад +5

      @@COMPFUNK2 But still, even if they didn't mention death in an on the nose manner, kids all knew what it meant.

    • @dawg065
      @dawg065 2 года назад

      @btamamura 😭

    • @kenyasmith2652
      @kenyasmith2652 3 месяца назад

      The Rugrats in Paris movie shows how Chuckie later understands that his mom is gone and isn’t coming back. That’s why he tries to find a new mom.

  • @pepito2847
    @pepito2847 2 года назад +359

    The screaming of Courage’s parents begging for help as they were being carried away by the vet was absolutely traumatizing

    • @mirandabullard4809
      @mirandabullard4809 2 года назад +9

      The entire show was traumatizing fr

    • @professorhunter84
      @professorhunter84 2 года назад +4

      bruh thats what I say. the last scene wasnt the bad part, it was all the weird music and the creepy vet and his parents getting taken. everything about the episode is traumatizing

    • @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291
      @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 2 года назад +6

      @@mirandabullard4809 return the slaaaab...or suffer my curse.

    • @phillipclarke6924
      @phillipclarke6924 2 года назад +2

      @@mirandabullard4809 xxxxzvxc

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 2 года назад

      At least they were still alive at the end and got to give the vet a major ass kicking or even killing!

  • @SuperAttitudeera
    @SuperAttitudeera 2 года назад +273

    The Tom and Jerry episode where both of them sit on the train tracks waiting for their death after both got their hearts broken has got to be the saddest thing in cartoons ever. You cannot tell me there is anything worse than that.

    • @youkai3785
      @youkai3785 2 года назад +10

      It would've been if we saw any aftermath, like the duo floating up to heaven (or down to hell), or meeting up in the thereafter...

    • @charlimander5683
      @charlimander5683 2 года назад +7

      What about The Owl House, Kings Tide? That made me cry ALOT

    • @youreverydaysaltyiowastate5602
      @youreverydaysaltyiowastate5602 2 года назад +6

      Sad? Yes. Disturbing? YES!!!

    • @BrianD.Stringham1593
      @BrianD.Stringham1593 2 года назад +7

      The opening montage to Disney and Pixar’s “Up” (2009)!

    • @rueryuuzaki5448
      @rueryuuzaki5448 2 года назад

      I thought the episode was a little funny tho

  • @christopherfreitas-leonard7099
    @christopherfreitas-leonard7099 2 года назад +167

    The final flashback where Symore was waiting for Fry to come back was heartwretching, with the background music to boot. 😭

    • @smokeworlld
      @smokeworlld 2 года назад +15

      Hurts even more when you realize that symore led fry’s parents to him but they didn’t even care to notice

    • @mojo3318
      @mojo3318 Год назад

      @@smokeworlld Those were Fry's parents?

    • @smokeworlld
      @smokeworlld Год назад +2

      @@mojo3318 yea those were his parents that were walking him

  • @icefire2104
    @icefire2104 2 года назад +762

    Nothing can top “Jurassic Bark”. It is truly a gut punching episode from Futurama.

    • @TheWeaponshold
      @TheWeaponshold 2 года назад +49

      "The Luck of the Fryrish" comes close. Also The Owl House also gets an honorable mention from me for "Yesterday's Lie"

    • @timothymorris157
      @timothymorris157 2 года назад +18

      I wholeheartedly agree! I Will Wait For You by Connie Francis is a huge selling point that makes Jurassic Bark the most emotionally powerful episode of Futurama. Honestly i can’t help but cry every time i watch it on dvd. #RIPSeymour 😢🐶🌹

    • @jaycarrillojc
      @jaycarrillojc 2 года назад +36

      I can't remember the episode but the one where fry "goes back in time" through his memories and spends time with his mother had me weeping. What I would give to speak to mine again

    • @doctorjimrustlesmd
      @doctorjimrustlesmd 2 года назад +16

      As someone with a pet approaching that age, he just turned 15, that episode hits anytime I think about it.

    • @NobelTheKnave
      @NobelTheKnave 2 года назад +10

      I know the episode because there’s a refrence to it in Fallout New Vegas’ Lonesome Road DLC, where if you have Wild Wasteland, you can find a fossilized dog called Seymour

  • @nickrussell8279
    @nickrussell8279 2 года назад +265

    It's not that I disagree with Futurama's Jurassic Bark being at the top, but the fact that I agree with the list that I also have to go and cry for another 24 hours again because of how sad it was.

    • @lindsayeller8649
      @lindsayeller8649 2 года назад +13

      Futurama had a few episodes that really hit me in the feels. Such a great show!

    • @GrandInfernoElite
      @GrandInfernoElite 2 года назад +8

      @@lindsayeller8649 especially if your own dog had just passed a month prior. I almost had to change the channel.

    • @lanzo236
      @lanzo236 2 года назад +3

      I just realized you have the same name as the mystic force red ranger

    • @brendanrodriguez5111
      @brendanrodriguez5111 Год назад

      Because of my large amount of siblings, and because fire is a dumb, forgetful, dude who lost his family and constantly mentioned how his brother made life hell for him, luck of the frirish is more sad in my opinion. Also, there’s a comment in frie’s fantasy about life being a arcade game where he mentions that his brother used ot help mim defeat the final boss was heartwarming. 17:19

  • @tomoyakun9294
    @tomoyakun9294 2 года назад +83

    seriously, that justice league unlimited scene should go up more, the moment she said "will you stay with me?" my heart crumbled, that scene has never failed to make me emotional

    • @daneaki
      @daneaki 2 года назад +5

      I agree and where was Young Justice? That show does grief and loss better than most live action shows.

    • @rave123456v
      @rave123456v 2 года назад +1

      @@daneaki Exactly like Kid Flash being gone (although that episode got put in the turbine as Young Justice went through a serious on and off periods)

  • @silentassasin-q8l
    @silentassasin-q8l 2 года назад +124

    honorable mention: the hey arnold episode Arnold's Christmas, we learn about Mr Hyunh's backstory about giving up his daughter to a soldier on the last helicopter out of vietnam to save her life, then reuniting with her at the end

    • @huntertownsend5374
      @huntertownsend5374 2 года назад +3

      Holy hell you unlocked a deep memory

    • @rosemadder5547
      @rosemadder5547 2 года назад +3

      Omg! I remember that! Damn..... 🤯 I loved Hey, Arnold

    • @jennalaird
      @jennalaird 2 года назад

      I was convinced pre watching this video that the Hey Arnold episode was going to be on this list! Unforgettable cartoon moment.

    • @lauravega9517
      @lauravega9517 Год назад

      Me too and it be suprised if you see what I put in my other comment

  • @trivolution1
    @trivolution1 2 года назад +163

    The death of Homer's mom, Garry come home, Iroh's tribute to his son, were among the saddest

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 2 года назад +11

      As sad it is, I have Glenn Close’s autograph (voice of Homer’s mom)

    • @sonicspyrofan5237
      @sonicspyrofan5237 2 года назад +5

      The ending of the Simpsons episode Mother Simpson was very emotional 😭

    • @jasonrandom372
      @jasonrandom372 2 года назад +1

      That SpongeBob episode is actually called: Have You Seen This Snail?

    • @alexanderhopkins7837
      @alexanderhopkins7837 2 года назад

      @@jasonrandom372 ik but the episode is still pretty sad

    • @markperez9613
      @markperez9613 Год назад +1

      Seymour waiting for Fry and Iroh mourning his son are on my list of my saddest moments 😢

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 2 года назад +84

    Heart of Ice is so sad; people wonder why do the villain do what they are doing, but in Victor Freeze’s case he wanted to save his wife from an illness.

  • @Sephora0102-x7r
    @Sephora0102-x7r 2 года назад +61

    Number one on this list made me shed too many tears. Even now I get a bit teary eyed...thanks Futurama

    • @Sephora0102-x7r
      @Sephora0102-x7r 2 года назад +1

      @@thegamingcook785 that's where the tears finally started falling 🥲

  • @adamzabielski3685
    @adamzabielski3685 2 года назад +44

    The Wild Thornberrys gave us another tear-jerker: Forget Me Not.
    Rebecca's death was one of the few times I cried to a Nickelodeon show, the other being SpongeBob. Gary, Come Home made me sob so hard first time

  • @gedhoughton9523
    @gedhoughton9523 2 года назад +49

    Mother Simpson and the following episodes with Mona was incredibly sad. Particularly when (spoiler alert) she passes just as Homer was gonna say sorry for being mad at her. 😢

  • @mangrove
    @mangrove 2 года назад +79

    I knew that the Seymour episode would be #1 before clicking!
    Batman comforting a dying Ace hits even more once you consider that he named his dog after her.

    • @robertsissco2439
      @robertsissco2439 2 года назад +8

      And the fact that like Ace, Batman never really had a childhood either

    • @joeyg6561
      @joeyg6561 6 месяцев назад

      Ace deserved to be higher up on the list.

  • @jacklomas4218
    @jacklomas4218 2 года назад +68

    Yeah jurassic bark deserved that top spot definitely. Honestly one of the saddest things I've ever seen throughout tv, films, hell all of it. Bloody devastating even today it really is. Especially if you've got a dog.

    • @youkai3785
      @youkai3785 2 года назад +2

      Or had one.....or a couple throughout your life.

    • @jacklomas4218
      @jacklomas4218 2 года назад

      @@youkai3785 yeah that too. Honestly I'm fucking dreading that day when it comes. Ours is nearly 12 now but still doesn't do too bad for his age. Just enjoy as much time with him as he's got now though.

    • @andreacook7431
      @andreacook7431 Год назад

      That episode, and the M*A*S*H episode "Alybesinya Henry" are like the two most depressing tv episodes of all time

  • @ahlethescout8404
    @ahlethescout8404 2 года назад +49

    The hardest part about Requiem is is that we literally see the impact on screen with the blade protruding at all. There may be no blood but we see the blade going through splinter which is one of the darkest moments I have ever witnessed in any animated show, kids or not

    • @graphitebendy
      @graphitebendy 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely. Requiem was the only episode I wish I never saw.

  • @Spindler2007
    @Spindler2007 2 года назад +64

    I can understand how sad the mother's day episode of Rugrats is but to me, the saddest episode has to be 'I remember Melville' where we see Chuckie suffer the loss of his pet bug Melville and the stages of grief he goes through. I can never watch this episode without tearing up as it's so heartbreaking seeing Chuckie actually go through such a sad moment in his life.

    • @breanntheartist1989
      @breanntheartist1989 2 года назад +3

      I always felt bad for Chuckie as a kid. Which is why he's one of my favorites among the babies.

    • @andrewwatkins4852
      @andrewwatkins4852 2 года назад

      I know I was heartbroken when my dad passed away unexpectedly in 2016 haven't been the same since that warm June night oh and he wasn't alone my grandma join him that night

  • @kodoqbesar4301
    @kodoqbesar4301 2 года назад +68

    Pops will never be forgotten. Jolly good show.

    • @andrewpatterson3662
      @andrewpatterson3662 2 года назад +9

      I still occassionally think about Pop's death. It's almost surreal that it even happened.

    • @emohappymeal2798
      @emohappymeal2798 2 года назад

      Thx for the laugh at the end it really made my day after remembering waiting for that episode to see that

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze 2 года назад +20

    I think there are three that you didn't mention, but really needed to be on this list, and a reason why honorable mentions was especially needed for this top 20:
    The first one is that episode from Tom and Jerry which's name I unfortunately forgot, the one all about Tom's flashbacks on how he tried to impress a lady cat but miserably failed. And that ending scene, man... The horror it brought to me as a 5-year old watching the episode could not be understated.
    The other one is finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Other ones I can excuse, but this one I straight up can not, because you have covered this series _multiple times._ Seriously, not only it is one of the saddest episodes of any Animated Series ever created, it also elevates the OG Order 66 scene from Revenge of the Sith, because you got to know all the characters that got brutally assassinated throughout the runtime of the series, not to mention the ''soulless'' killers that turned against their masters as well.
    And the final one... Do I even need to say it? It's obviously The Hardest Thing, from Amphibia. I got genuinely baffled on how this one wasn't included on the list, for it is one of the only pieces of cinematic content, together with the ending scene of The Iron Giant, that managed to make tear me up a bit. I won't even dare to spoil a thing about this magnificent finale, because it needs to be experienced by oneself to be fully appreciated. Not even a single comment says a thing about it, how's that so?..

  • @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou
    @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou 2 года назад +40

    I love turtles, and I actually SCREAMED when Shedder killed Splinter
    Seeing those former brothers fight to the point one dies just destroyed my heart
    Mikey whimpering, "Papa" will forever make me want to cry-

    • @matrixmaster9616
      @matrixmaster9616 2 года назад +3

      It shattered my soul into pieces (imitating glass breaking)

    • @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou
      @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou 2 года назад +2

      @@matrixmaster9616 Felt that

    • @graphitebendy
      @graphitebendy 2 года назад +2

      I used to watch that show every day when I got home from school. When Requiem aired and I watched it, it was the only one I wished I hadn't.

    • @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou
      @Thepeopleinmybrainloveyou 2 года назад +2

      @@graphitebendy I know, everything about it just shattered the viewers. Like, it was beautiful, but horrifying

    • @CaffeineDeprivation
      @CaffeineDeprivation Год назад +1

      And it's even worse, because that was the SECOND time he died during the show
      The turtles managed to bring him back, only to loose him *again* soon after. And this time it was permanent

  • @DP3com
    @DP3com 2 года назад +22

    "Code of Hero"
    - Beast Wars
    I recall watching the reruns before school every morning and seeing this episode hit me hard. Hard to swallow feeling, teary eyed, and then having to push it aside to face the school day.
    "Life of Brian"
    - Family Guy
    Although in the back of my head I kept thinking they'd bring Brian back somehow, I couldn't help but shed a tear or two.
    "Mother Simpson"
    - The Simpsons
    I can't say I cried, but it was emotionally a lot to digest at once.
    "Jurassic Bark"
    - Futurama
    All the feels. Like holy guacamole I could not handle it.
    Honorable mention:
    "The Terror Beyond: Part 2"
    - Justice League
    When you take a one-note almost joke of a c-list villain and give them a tragic backstory as well as one of retribution, you have my attention. I was binging JL episodes on Netflix many years ago for a few back to back to back days and when Solomon Grundy sacrificed himself plus the funeral scene at the end with Hawk Girl deliverying the eulogy at the end played, I was in TEARS. I couldn't even play the next episode. There's an episode down the road in the Unlimited continuation of JL where his body is resurrected and Hawk Girl puts him, essentially her friend, down. It didn't make me cry, but I definitely needed a few minutes to stop and breathe after.

  • @xpeepo
    @xpeepo 2 года назад +60

    I thought the Teen Titans episode where Terra couldn't recognize BB could have made the cut ...

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 2 года назад +1

      Oh yeah the last episode? Yeah that was sad.

    • @thecodester6669
      @thecodester6669 2 года назад

      @@Cacowninja and then it just ends. Like that? Are we sure we couldn't had 1 last season and then the movie and then the trash years later?

    • @thedeepbluec1515
      @thedeepbluec1515 2 года назад

      @@thecodester6669 Though to be fair, the symbolic nature of the episode and the fact that Beast Boy was the only one who believed Terra was still alive implies that Terra was never actually there and only was a figment of his imagination. Which makes the episode even more depressing.

    • @rave123456v
      @rave123456v 2 года назад

      Man Teen Titans Tera dies man no if ands or buts straight up sad man

  • @crimsonclover9871
    @crimsonclover9871 2 года назад +18

    "Jurassic Bark" broke my heart when I first watched it. Even now, years later, just seeing a clip of the episode gets me tearful.

  • @steadxman
    @steadxman 2 года назад +20

    Jurassic Bark never fails to bring the tears. Especially that scene when he’s waiting for Fry to come back😕. Mother Simpson is also up there as well. This list may be one of their best lists.💯

  • @TheImaginator972
    @TheImaginator972 2 года назад +49

    Master Splinter's Death were truly one of the most saddest moment I ever got into tear when looking back on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

    • @dreamguardian8320
      @dreamguardian8320 2 года назад +4

      Of all the TMNT shows and series made over the years, I never thought there would be one that would have Master Splinter die. Quite shocking.

    • @sonicspyrofan5237
      @sonicspyrofan5237 2 года назад +4

      Splinters death broke my heart 🥺
      But at least Shredder got what was coming to him.

    • @orionsmithey3009
      @orionsmithey3009 2 года назад

      Yeah that was really damn sad.

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 2 года назад

      Was it from the original tv series from the late 1980s or the one from the early 2000s?

    • @sonicspyrofan5237
      @sonicspyrofan5237 2 года назад

      @@Cacowninja the 2012 one

  • @scarxyz-po5wy
    @scarxyz-po5wy 2 года назад +41

    I agree with most of them in the list. But what about blue cat blues from tom and jerry.
    One cannot forget that final track scene. Also it shows us that emotional pain hurted the duo more than than the physical pain.

    • @rueryuuzaki5448
      @rueryuuzaki5448 2 года назад

      I think that was meant to be more dark humor than actually flat out sad

    • @viviennemorgan7217
      @viviennemorgan7217 3 месяца назад

      they both survived.

  • @TheCommenterDragon
    @TheCommenterDragon 2 года назад +29

    And to think they say that the dad episodes are some of the best episodes of these particular shows, because you know they add such depth to the characters and all that.

  • @olvialee7221
    @olvialee7221 2 года назад +27

    You say “murder” but Courage’s parents were kidnapped. Kinda the same thing you said for Harold thinking he “injured” his dad in The Umbrella Academy. He killed his dad. Major difference from those words

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x 2 года назад +20

    Futurama: Jurassic Bark what's truly sad is Fry never learns how loyal Seymour was or how long he waited for him. 🐕

  • @funtimes7757
    @funtimes7757 2 года назад +15

    I always found luck of the fryish more upsetting tbh. I wasn't good to my brother when I was younger and I feel terrible to this day about it

  • @monsterhanna6691
    @monsterhanna6691 2 года назад +71

    Three words; Appa's Lost Days.

    • @jaycarrillojc
      @jaycarrillojc 2 года назад +7

      Omg much sadder than leaves from the vine

    • @donder91
      @donder91 2 года назад +11

      Appas lost days was an episode that was sad from start to finish. Yet the song Leaves from the vines was the saddest moment.
      I think they equally deserve to be on this list.

    • @jaycarrillojc
      @jaycarrillojc 2 года назад +5

      @@donder91 true. They are going for episodes tho and the majority of Tales is uplifting and fun. Even Iroh's bit is predominantly hopeful until the end.

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад +5

      I didn’t remember that episode until you mentioned it.
      Leaves From the Vine is a bigger standout.
      Especially since Mako died.

    • @monsterhanna6691
      @monsterhanna6691 2 года назад

      @@jaycarrillojc They're both sad in their own rights, but this was the first thing that came to mind since I've only seen the show twice now.

  • @NevermoreMadGirl
    @NevermoreMadGirl Год назад +11

    Was surprised that not one episode of "Hey Arnold" was featured here despite them having a good deal of hard hitting and solemn episodes. Neglectful, psychological and emotional abuse, theme of being ostracized by society, family forced apart by war, addiction, depression, the list goes on.

  • @Theprophet3928
    @Theprophet3928 2 года назад +19

    Tales Of Ba Sing Se is just heartbreaking.

  • @TheLovelyLadybug
    @TheLovelyLadybug 2 года назад +45

    Rose’s Scabbard broke my heart. Pearl deserved so much better than what she got, and the love she had for Rose was truly unmatched.

    • @olvialee7221
      @olvialee7221 2 года назад +5

      She does. I watched the entire seasons of Steven Universe. Pearl went through so much with Rose aka Pink Diamond. I can’t imagine the heartache she did to fake Pink Diamond’s shattering

    • @BunnyQueen97
      @BunnyQueen97 2 года назад +5

      Pink made Pearl feel like her own being for the first time, but unfortunately she didn’t care enough to realize that made her Pearl’s whole world. Maybe none of them were familiar enough with emotions to know how careless they were being with themselves and each other.

    • @TheLovelyLadybug
      @TheLovelyLadybug 2 года назад

      @@BunnyQueen97 This. Gems truly didn’t know how to be human.

    • @TheLovelyLadybug
      @TheLovelyLadybug Год назад

      @MeltedVelveeta CheeseSauce Pearl will always have a soft spot in my heart.

    • @viviennemorgan7217
      @viviennemorgan7217 3 месяца назад

      don't forget the steven universe future movie

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 2 года назад +40

    It was sad that Homer's mom had to leave again.

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 2 года назад +4

      Twice. The first time for being on the run, and the second time for good, as she dies in her second episode.

    • @jamesmoss3424
      @jamesmoss3424 2 года назад

      @@nevaehhamilton3493 yes that is sad but true.

  • @Krypton853
    @Krypton853 2 года назад +14

    I always cry at that episode where Chuckie finally knows his mom.

  • @jamalvargas6146
    @jamalvargas6146 2 года назад +13

    The Color Ruckus From The Boondocks the story behind Uncle Ruckus's self bigotry is a heartbreaking one at best great job Aaron McGruder

  • @Raziel21
    @Raziel21 2 года назад +21

    Glad to see other folks remember Dinobot's heroic final stand.

    • @rave123456v
      @rave123456v 2 года назад +1

      Dinobot's was combat sad fought it out won but still didn't make it combat sad earned a spot up there.

  • @user-Natsu2001
    @user-Natsu2001 2 года назад +15

    In the Simpsons, the heartbreaking episodes were Round Springfield and Season 11 episode 14 because of Bleeding Gums Murphy’s and Maude’s deaths

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад +1

      Maude’s death wasn’t sad to me.
      “Oh look a bobbie pin.”
      The writers kinda gave her the finger.

    • @claudioocampo5410
      @claudioocampo5410 2 года назад

      Lowkey Life of Bart is sad to

  • @jaycarrillojc
    @jaycarrillojc 2 года назад +16

    The rugrats episode made everyone in my family cry when we watched it.

  • @lavenderpants8695
    @lavenderpants8695 2 года назад +17

    Thank goodness they didn't show Seymore waiting by the door aging to the point he's old. That's the real gut puncher!

  • @danielferrieri7434
    @danielferrieri7434 2 года назад +34

    Top Ten Saddest Plot Twists Ever

    • @Negamare1
      @Negamare1 2 года назад +3

      Alice is Masquerade Bakugan Battle Brawlers.

    • @darkneon5637
      @darkneon5637 2 года назад +3

      Great idea

    • @joshuahecht6866
      @joshuahecht6866 2 года назад +1

      Stan pushed his brother away

  • @darthrage8673
    @darthrage8673 2 года назад +13

    I can’t decide which King of the Hill episode is worth getting an honorable mention. The episode were Bill gets so depressed around Christmas over Lenor leaving, that he eats the Hills every night, adopts an iguana and names it Lenor, attempts suicide, and starts to act like he is Lenor.
    The episode were Bobby falls in love with a girl named Marie, only to have her crush his heart, that they aren’t in a romantic relationship.
    The episode Boomhauer falls in love and wants to marry a woman, only to discover she is just like him. Someone who sleeps with other men and dumps them.
    Or were Cotton Hill is struggling to support DeeDee and GH and it’s costing him marching in Veterans Day parade.

    • @HarryPotter87
      @HarryPotter87 2 года назад +1

      The episodes regarding Buckley's passing even hurts

    • @awill3454
      @awill3454 Год назад

      The one where Buckley’s angel start jumping on the trampoline

  • @johnsidney4147
    @johnsidney4147 2 года назад +16

    Yep, Jurassic Bark definitely deserves to be number 1. I still can't watch that episode. I'm not even gonna watch that segment of this video. I just can't.

  • @DonovanOliver
    @DonovanOliver 2 года назад +18

    One thing that makes me feel sad is when Bunny from Powerpuff Girls was living temporarily, and exploded after saving the three adorable girls from being pummeled.

    • @crystalshaw8744
      @crystalshaw8744 2 года назад

      Lmbo. I guess it could have been a little sad.

    • @OverlordZeroULTIMA
      @OverlordZeroULTIMA 2 года назад

      I was thinking of the Bunny PPG episode too!
      While kid me didn't cry, adult me did. I probably realized what actually happened then.
      Kid me was just here for the show, didn't realize the hints of gore and blood then. Or the rather gross close ups from certain episodes, lol.
      Now I notice. XD

    • @viviennemorgan7217
      @viviennemorgan7217 3 месяца назад

      the scene where bunny popped is terrifying.

  • @ttrobertoproductions
    @ttrobertoproductions 2 года назад +9

    Thundercats(2011) remake has a great episode called The song of the Petalars. It is very emotional and impactful. Sad that the show got cancelled. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

  • @vladimyrsimon568
    @vladimyrsimon568 2 года назад +21

    This whole list was sad but the one show that actually made me cry was Ninjago when Nya turned into the sea and left

    • @timebomb42
      @timebomb42 2 года назад

      The only time I have ever cried during a TV show.

    • @nevaehhamilton3493
      @nevaehhamilton3493 2 года назад +1

      My first girlfriend turned into the sea.
      That's rough, buddy.

    • @timebomb42
      @timebomb42 2 года назад +1

      @@chickensandwich1432 it'll go down as one of the most underrated cartoons ever.

    • @Mobile-k4x
      @Mobile-k4x Месяц назад

      NINJAGO IS NOT UNDER RATED
      Also zanes sacrifice was the only thing that can make me cry and zanes death was in the extra 2

  • @keynanmartinez
    @keynanmartinez 2 года назад +13

    Sometimes it's good to happy cry and these shows proved it.

  • @PGHDude
    @PGHDude 2 года назад +10

    If Jurassic Bark wasn’t where it was I would have quit. Just hearing the episodes name gets be bawling my eyes out.

  • @hellhound_haunt
    @hellhound_haunt 2 года назад +7

    The Gravity Falls finale was and is iconic. It has horror, comedy, and tragitty all mixed into one. It was a perfectly executed display of the weird and the wacky that the show was. A perfect way to end an absolutely incredible series.

  • @andmikkelsen898
    @andmikkelsen898 2 года назад +16

    "Leaves from the vine" makes me cry EVERY time

  • @apizzaparty
    @apizzaparty 2 года назад +16

    You forgot the saddest part of number 1, where his dog is just waiting outside the pizza shop for years.

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 3 месяца назад

      Just like Haichi did at the train station

  • @sonicspyrofan5237
    @sonicspyrofan5237 2 года назад +8

    Batman has a heart of pure gold 🥹
    R.I.P Ace

  • @precious_muse
    @precious_muse 2 года назад +17

    I’d add the Samurai Jack episode when he finds the ruins of his home.

    • @oznelnavnaekal6679
      @oznelnavnaekal6679 2 года назад +2

      Or worse, the ending of the last episode of season 5 and the serie as a whole. 😢

  • @AshPrimeDCFC
    @AshPrimeDCFC 2 года назад +9

    I've seen Futurama countless times, but it was several years before I could watch Jurassic Bark again. I was an absolute mess.

  • @Highretrogamelord
    @Highretrogamelord 2 года назад +12

    "Heart of Ice" was the first time I felt extremely sorry for an animated villain.

    • @oznelnavnaekal6679
      @oznelnavnaekal6679 2 года назад

      Yeah same here. The two other villains in Batman TAS where I had compassion for when I saw what they were undergoing, are Baby Doll and Two-Face.

    • @ChibiProwl
      @ChibiProwl Год назад

      Ditto. The poor devil just wanted to heal his wife.

  • @kochspostulates6149
    @kochspostulates6149 2 года назад +9

    Without watching I already know number one is Jaurassic Bark. I can’t even explain the episode to people without crying. Second should be Game of Tones.

  • @Hero_of_Comedy
    @Hero_of_Comedy 2 года назад +30

    I'm honestly surprised they picked the Christmas episode to represent Charlie Brown when there was a Charlie Brown story about a girl suffering from Leukemia.
    Other sad episodes not on this list include "Forget Me Not" from the Wild Thornberrys, an elephant that was close to Eliza and her father passes away.
    "Edge of the World" from The Owl House, King thinks he's found his family, only to realize he's the last of his kind.
    and "Cookie Chomper" from Alvin and the Chipmunks, the boys find a stray cat, adopt him, love him, and watch him die.

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад +2

      I think the Christmas special is more well known.
      I didn’t even think about the girl with leukemia until you mentioned it.

    • @diamond13dog
      @diamond13dog 2 года назад

      Finally someone mentions The Owl House

    • @WraythSkitzofrenik
      @WraythSkitzofrenik 2 года назад

      Charlie Brown Christmas is more emotional than sad. I agree, "Why Charlie Brown, Why?" Is the better choice for this list.

    • @dawg065
      @dawg065 2 года назад

      i believe the Charlie Brown one was called snoopy come home.

    • @WraythSkitzofrenik
      @WraythSkitzofrenik 2 года назад

      @@dawg065 "Why Charlie Brown, Why?"
      "Snoopy Come Home" also had a girl in the hospital but it was totally different.

  • @doctorjimrustlesmd
    @doctorjimrustlesmd 2 года назад +22

    Was gonna say. Dinobot's sacrifice hit me in the feels

    • @drakedy2145
      @drakedy2145 2 года назад

      His Sacrifice in Kingdom made me saddened when he said Maybe and please help me

  • @aidanhever3369
    @aidanhever3369 2 года назад +6

    Here are some honorable mentions:
    - The Return of Hydro-Man: Part 2 (Spiderman: TAS)
    - Graduation Day (X-Men: TAS)
    - Twisted Sister (The Powerpuff Girls (1998))
    - Forget Me Not (The Wild Thornberrys)
    - Apokolips... Now!: Part 2 (Superman: TAS)

  • @Zyuemperoryoutubecreators.
    @Zyuemperoryoutubecreators. 2 года назад +17

    He lived a warrior died a hero

    • @deathscythe6682
      @deathscythe6682 2 года назад +3

      Let his spark join the Matrix. The greatest of Cybertron.

  • @Bradley_Stein
    @Bradley_Stein 2 года назад +5

    For me, the most heartbreaking animated episode was Phineas and Ferb’s “Act Your Age”. I still bawl at “What Might Have Been”.

  • @VIGLounge
    @VIGLounge 2 года назад +3

    Dinobot's death got me as he was my favourite character in Beast Wars and Optimus' words "he lived a warrior, he died a hero" are etched in my brain to this day.

  • @SonicmonE
    @SonicmonE 2 года назад +7

    Even if Courage didn't know, his parents weren't technically murdered as they appear alive on whatever alien planet the vet is sent to, along with all the other dogs who proceed to beat him up

  • @seanpeters3690
    @seanpeters3690 Год назад +5

    Futurama is one of my favorite shows, but I do not have it in me to ever watch "Jurassic Bark" again. I couldn't watch it until I saw "Bender's Big Score," and I knew there was a duplicate of Fry to live with Seymour. Even so, I cried my eyes out when I saw the episode, this is no doubt the number 1 saddest episode.

  • @gmmartines7331
    @gmmartines7331 2 года назад +8

    Man the Rugrats mother's day special still tears me apart 😭

  • @sarahm8695
    @sarahm8695 2 года назад +5

    Eda finally accepting the presence of her curse and comforting the entity in The Owl House will always leave me in tears. The fact that she was able to turn something that caused so much fear and trauma into something great was just such a powerful and bittersweet moment. I'm really hoping that it's on this list, given that I haven't finished the video yet. Edit: I'm super bummed that it wasn't included, TOH is so underrated :c

  • @earth5853
    @earth5853 2 года назад +12

    Zane’s death broke me when I was a kid. He was my favorite

  • @TheMightyGlizzy
    @TheMightyGlizzy 2 года назад +12

    I’m so pissed about the fact that they mention Jurassic Bark so much in “Saddest Scenes” but *never* mention the ending scene of that episode where it was revealed he waited for Fry to return

    • @louiscyphre2267
      @louiscyphre2267 2 года назад

      If you know what happened there’s no reason to be pissed.

    • @Mr.Goodkat
      @Mr.Goodkat 2 года назад +1

      It's so sad, they can't even bring themselves to say it.

  • @Panda72021
    @Panda72021 2 года назад +2

    Honestly, as one of the many people who get weirdly depressed around Christmas, Charlie Brown's Christmas always spoke to me on a personal level.
    It's always heart-wrenching when he describes it as "Not feeling how I'm SUPPOSED to feel". Because it just drives home how many people with mental illness are expected to act or feel happy; even during times when we're just trying to hang on and get through the next few hours.
    It also points out that things like commercialism totally ruins the holiday vibe.

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 2 года назад +21

    Are we going to see more episodes like these in the future? Which one of these episodes do you think is the most depressing?

  • @tygergamer
    @tygergamer 2 года назад +11

    All of these episodes have had time to marinate in sadness. But I would have loved to see a mention of Coven Of The Dammed from Gendy Tartakovky's Primal.

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x 2 года назад +7

    Final Space: Avocado sacrificing himself to save Gary & his son.

  • @coryakabueze4541
    @coryakabueze4541 2 года назад +6

    Justice league unlimited and Batman the animated series had some heart breaking moments

  • @there4you19
    @there4you19 2 года назад +10

    There will never be a Transformers episode like Code of Hero ever again.

  • @robertmason837
    @robertmason837 9 месяцев назад +2

    Jeez that Ninjago season 3 finale was gut wrenching seeing a beloved character sacrifice himself to save his friends and then cut to his funeral.

  • @matthewreist6530
    @matthewreist6530 2 года назад +7

    Fry hugging his mom on futurama

  • @crimsondeath84
    @crimsondeath84 2 года назад +1

    I lost my mother to a car accident when I just turned 13 in 1997 and her wake was on Mother’s Day. Even though it’s been over 25 years it still feels like the day I lost her. I was then hit by a brain tumor in 2009 and thankfully my little one was born and saved my life from self destruction later that year. He has helped me through every darkest time I’ve endured and I’m so blessed to have him with me.

  • @darthnickarentrooper
    @darthnickarentrooper 2 года назад +6

    Star Wars The Clone Wars: The Wrong Jedi. Star Wars The Clone Wars: Victory and Death. Cried during both finales mostly due to the music.

  • @zachtheowlhousefanhall973
    @zachtheowlhousefanhall973 2 года назад +4

    Honorable Mentions
    *The Hardest Thing and The Final Episode(Amphibia)
    *Understanding Willow,Agony Of A Witch,Echoes Of The Past,Yesterday's Lie,Reaching Out,Hollow Mind,Edge Of The World and King's Tide(The Owl House)
    *Ozzie's(Helluva Boss)

  • @jobrakai9395
    @jobrakai9395 2 года назад +8

    14:47. He always comes back and resurrects himself. Kenny is immortal
    Also, how is a Charlie Brown Christmas sad? It has a good ending!

    • @Rommy427
      @Rommy427 2 года назад +1

      Exactly! That made no sense. That wasn't even so much an episode in a TV series as much as it was a holiday special.

  • @BunnyQueen97
    @BunnyQueen97 2 года назад +2

    The episode with Marcelline and Ice King makes me cry without even seeing the whole thing. Marcelline’s whole story expands the world in a really deep way.

  • @randomreviews4278
    @randomreviews4278 2 года назад +6

    13:54 excuse no way this is number 7. Just how could you there's nothing depressing than this episode

  • @victoriaescobedo5458
    @victoriaescobedo5458 2 года назад +5

    The ending to Amphibia's season 2 episode 'Hopping Mall' had gotten me tearing up

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x 2 года назад +5

    Life with Louie: Louie Learns his Grandmother died.

  • @hcaballero57
    @hcaballero57 2 года назад +2

    The Futurama episode where Fry appears in his Mothers dreams is a very touching and emotional scene. Its hard not to shed a tear in that scene.

  • @dcptiv
    @dcptiv 2 года назад +5

    Fry's dog got me at the time because I knew thats what my dog (a very smart Kelpie x dingo) would be like if something happened to me. He died Dec 2020 aged 18. I miss my Muttley.

  • @Dopecheetah
    @Dopecheetah 2 года назад +3

    Goddamn you. I knew you were gonna do the Futurama episode! It’s to early to be crying WatchMojo!

  • @ricolinii
    @ricolinii 2 года назад +4

    THAT COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG EPISODE THO! whew , feels man. if you ain’t cry for that you’re a psycho

  • @grizzwith10zs78
    @grizzwith10zs78 2 года назад +4

    Zane sacrificing himself was so sad

  • @MatheusPereira-kl5tc
    @MatheusPereira-kl5tc Год назад +2

    Iroh first helps out a child, then a teenager and lastly an adult before arriving at his destination. He got to have a second chance through the lives of those who needed him in every phase of life
    Wiser, better. He became everything he wanted to be as a father and gave it to who needed most because he couldn't give it to his son

  • @Wildcatt1999
    @Wildcatt1999 2 года назад +3

    Life of Brian has ABSOLUTELY no business being on this list.

  • @lavenderpants8695
    @lavenderpants8695 2 года назад +2

    When I saw this list pop up as a video suggestion this morning, I immediately thought "well, somebody from WatchMojo is rewatching Futurama..."

  • @Harry-dw5vz
    @Harry-dw5vz 2 года назад +9

    Some classics in there 💯

  • @97Mizzo
    @97Mizzo 2 года назад +2

    Camping from Bluey deserves a mention. That episode will destroy anyone who had to say goodbye to a childhood friend.

  • @antoniokauley9171
    @antoniokauley9171 2 года назад +3

    My grandma had the Rugrats movie where Chuckie finds the box of his moms things I never really understood that until my own mom passed away....

  • @davidplace2849
    @davidplace2849 2 года назад +1

    That Futurama episode always gets to me. The last few minutes is just tear jerking seeing Seymour wait in that spot until his death, us knowing Fry will not return.