An Unexpected Cry

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The Lone Wanderer

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Are their any animated films or even cartoons where at one point you cried or felt an extreme wave of sadnesss/emotion wash over you without even expecting it?

For me it would have to be Toy Story 3. I read from spoilers that the ending was a little sad, so I had already prepared for the worst. But even after figuring out how it was going to end, I still bawled like a ten year old. The way it was executed was just amazing and a great way to end the trilogy. I have it on DVD so I plan on watching it over and over and over.

Another was My Neighbor Totoro. I have two younger sisters and it really hit home for me what the fear felt like when she disappeared. I was even a bit jealous of the girls for having the family that I always wanted. Sure, their mother was sick but they had both parents that loved them and loved each other.
 
I remember when I was about 6 or 7 this happened to me alot when I watched The New Adventures Winnie the Pooh. The one that I remember the best was the episode that was a Frankenstein spoof.
 
I never expected to cry from a "Garfield" cartoon, but there are a couple times they made me teary-eyed. The scene in Here Comes Garfield where Garfield and Odie are in the pound, and the song, "So Long, Old Friend" plays as Garfield remembers them having fun, always brings a tear to my eyes. The "Diana's Piano" segment from Garfield: His 9 Lives is also a bit heart-wrenching.

But for me, the most I've ever cried at a cartoon is in Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron. The scene where Spirit is on the train and "Sound The Bugle" plays has made me cry probably more than any movie I've ever seen. It's a very emotional scene, and the fact that the song has a very personal meaning to me makes it even more sad. I also get teary-eyed at the very end when Spirit returns home, though that's more from happiness than sadness.
 
I remember crying when Kerchak was dying, after getting shot by Clayton, when I saw Disney's Tarzan in theaters, in 1999.

My eyes also got watery, and I might have even cried a little bit, at the ending of Toy Story 3, when I saw the movie on DVD.
 
In Spirited Away when Chihiro and Haku are falling after they realize Haku's real name and they're crying. I have no idea why, it just gets to me for some reason.
 
Ahh ditto! Unlike a lot, I'm glad they didn't kiss, for that simple forehead-touch as the tears fell were enough to melt my heart. Spirited Away was one of those movies where it took me a second time around to really appreciate the story.
 
now me, im usually a stoic person. Meaning i have seen some of the above mentioned, without crying (specifically the scenes from dot and the kangaroo, tarzan, wakkos wish, and yes grave of the fireflies)

However, there have been only two scenes in movies that have affected me.

One was in the original lion king where Mufasa dies. That whole scene was just so emotional, and the idea of it happening....brings a tear to my eye.

The other was in a movie called allegro non troppo.

Known as the italian version of fantasia, there is one scene that involves a kitty, and the remains of what appear to be apartment buildings. Words cannot really express the emotion that goes into that scene. So here is a link to the video, so you can judge for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Oc_J1Lu-o
 
The song "Long Ago" from Eight Crazy Nights. Seeing Davey, a complete mess of a person, looking back on a happy time from his childhood that he spent with his parents, knowing that they are now dead, then looking back on his childhood love, knowing that she has a child of her own now and has no interest in him, is just heartbreaking to watch.

I didn't really cry, but I did fight back a few tears.
 
Up, for sure. Now, the opening scene - I expected that. That one scene in the middle, where the house catches on fire? Kind of felt that coming.

But the final shot in the movie - the house on the cliff - I dunno... something about it was just touching. My gut suddenly dropped. Just a wave of sadness, but a sort of, you know, touching sadness. Very moving, in any case.

Probably one of my favorite shots of all time.
 
Usually I can see it coming but the only one that really caught me off guard was Up. I took the kids I was watching to see it, I hadn't looked into it at all so the whole montage at the beginning and the revelation in the middle completely got me.
 
Toy Story 3 - During the beginning when Woody called a meeting with all the toys, and Slinky Dog said that they were all there, and the camera showed everyone, I had this sudden meloncholy feeling that wouldn't let up. I didn't cry, but I started to ruminate about how lively, fun and childlike Andy's room use to be. And how when you grow up, for a lot of people that atmosphere changes. And I thought about something that I had read recently before I saw the movie that even happy memories are sad memories. :(

When they were moving towards the fire, I started to cry. I didn't think they were going to dye, but the fact that they excepted their fates, is what got to me.

Walle - This is my favorite movie of all time. The first 20 or 30 minutes, when it's just Walle going through his daily routine, resonated with me big time. I to get lonely, and I work a job that has me thinking there's more to life than this. When I get home and walk in my room, I have all of my toys surrounding me. I add to my collection if I go to the toy story before work and find something cool that I gotta have. He has his "treasures" that he finds and adds to his collection. He turns his Hello Dolly VHS, and starts singing along. I walk in my room, and I put in a SImpsons DVD, and I say the lines verbatim. I see romantic moments in movies or tv shows that I watch, and I live vicariously through those scenes. Sometimes, I can just think about the beginning of Walle while I'm out somewhere, and I'm almost moved to tears. But when I'm in the privacy of my own room, I totally lose it. When I saw Walle look into the sky and I stared into his eyes during the teaser before I saw Ratatouille in the theaters in 07, I knew that there was something special about this movie.
 
I would have to nominate one of my favorite Pixar shorts, Partly Cloudy, as something that was about to make me cry. I think it might have to do with how the opening gives off a light hearted feel, and how much laughs it got out of me seeing the Stork, Peck, getting injured from everything the Cloud, Gus was making. But I was on the verge of tears after seeing Peck go to another Cloud, seeing Gus get angry, then upset made me about to cry, well, up until it was revealed that the only reason Peck went to another cloud was to give him armor to protect him from Gus's babies.
 
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