History TearJerker / Cats

** It would be so easy to mock him, but the other cats are so caring of him, and in part because of Sir John's performance.

* The 'Gus the Theater Cat' number in the movie version is very emotional when Gus attempts to repeat his last lines and can't because it makes him so emotional. It's made even more sad by the fact that the man who played Gus, Sir Creator/JohnMills, is now dead.

* Old Deuteronomy. He's so ancient that the village elders blink at him and wonder if he's the "Old Deuteronomy" they used to know when ''they'' were kids.

** Oh, yeah. That's three-hanky moment, in part because it would be so easy to mock him, but the other cats are so caring of him, and in part because of Sir John's performance.
** Thirding. "Gus the Theater Cat" is absolutely a tearjerker, especially the line:

** Cried like a little girl with a skinned knee.

* It's probably highly mockable, but when Grizabella sings ''Memory'' in Cats, numerous people bawl every single time. Although the [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic whole "rising to a higher plane" symbolism]] staging helps, the song alone can make you cry.

* Old Deuteronomy. He's so ancient that the village elders blink at him and wonder if he's the "Old Deuteronomy" they used to know when ''they'' were kids.

** Even with the horrendous reception the 2019 film's trailer got, Jennifer Hudson's rendition of the song is up there with Anne Hathwaway's [[Film/LesMiserables2012 "I Dreamed a Dream."]]

** I cry every time. The way they look at each other, even though you can really only see their silhouettes, speaks so clearly of true love...

* The 'Gus the Theater Cat' number in the movie version is very emotional when Gus attempts to repeat his last lines and can't because it makes him so emotional. It's made even more sad by the fact that the man who played Gus, Sir John Mills, is now dead.

** I cry every time. The way they look at each other, even though you can really only see their silhouettes, speaks so clearly of true love...

** During the song she lays down on the ground seemingly intent on giving up on life and dying there and then when suddenly Jemima the youngest of the kittens looking on and begins to sing. Her voice sung by Helen Massie is so beautiful it can move anyone to tears.

* The looks on all the cats' faces at the end, when Grizabella is finally accepted. Your heart. It will be warm.

--->''There's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell, that moment of mystery when I made history . . .''

* It's probably highly mockable to everyone else, but when Grizabella sings ''Memory'' in Cats, I bawl every single time. Although the [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic whole "rising to a higher plane" symbolism]] staging helps, the song alone makes me cry.
* This troper agrees that the last reprise of the song is very emotional. Also according to this troper, the 'Gus the Theater Cat' number in the movie version is very emotional when Gus attempts to repeat his last lines and can't because it makes him so emotional. It's made even more sad by the fact that the man who played Gus, Sir John Mills, is now dead.
** Oh, yeah. That's three-hanky moment, in part because it would be so easy to mock him, but the other cats are so caring of him, and in part because of Sir John's performance.