History TearJerker / CaveStory

* The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by [[PlayerPunch the player having to kill Toroko themselves]] after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum. As she ''can’t be changed back'' the only thing that can be done, is to ''kill her.''

* The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by [[PlayerPunch the player having to kill Toroko themselves]] after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum.

* The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by [[PlayerPunch the player having to kill Toroko themselves]] after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum. This is only made worse when you see the max level of the Blade. King ''himself'' appears as a ghost, attacking your enemies. And then, a couple levels later, you lose Dr. Booster and if you fail to get the rope, Curly Brace too. Curly doesn't even get a death scene. Just "There is no reply." from her drowned body after she gives you her air bubble. Thanks heaploads for the survivor's guilt, Cave Story. When you leave, the shutter closes behind you, leaving her to drown. Add in the spooky dark music, and the result is just... ugh. Even worse is when the entire island is breaking down, and it goes through screenshots of the island falling to pieces. And the second to last one you are forced to see is the exact same place where you left Curly to die. All set to gut-wrenchingly sad music. The dog you meet in the Plantation tells you to, "Say hi to Curly for me!" If you didn't save her, it's a real sock in the gut. And as if one evil moment wasn't enough, The Doctor then goes on to turn Sue and Misery into hideously mutated, mind-controlled puppets when he goes OneWingedAngel as he possesses the dying core. To say nothing of whatever the hell happened to the Egg Corridor while you were in the Labyrinth.
** And if you do figure out that you have to get the Tow Rope by skipping the Booster v0.8 to save Curly, but not that [[GuideDangIt you have to time a jump precisely to get to an cabin that will barely catch a player's attention unless they've checked a guide]], then you will carry Curly with you till the next boss fight, except then in addition to Curly being separated from you after you win, a text box appears saying: [[PlayerPunch "Curly's life functions have ceased."]]
** Toroko's transformation can be gutting because it's a really hard boss fight, so you will probably have to watch it over, and over, and over...
** Not to mention [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2tAindOZuc Toroko's theme]]. It's so carefree and happy, yet if you've played the game before, you know what's going to happen.
** A small but important attention to detail: When [[PlayerCharacter Quote]] [[MercyKill Mercy Kills]] Toroko after she's forced to eat a Red Flower against her will, the text "Defeated Rabid Toroko" is displayed, but the usual victory {{fanfare}} is [[SilenceIsGolden replaced with complete silence]]. [[BeingGoodSucks You're not supposed to feel any sense of accomplishment from killing her]].

* Visiting the Egg Corridor after the explosion. All the dragon eggs are hatched, and most of the hatchlings are dead. The ones that are alive just sit there, breathing fire, seemingly crying out in pain. They do attack you if you get close, but can you blame them? They're clearly injured and terrified, and you may have to MercyKill them. (In fact, one is killed by a falling stalactite anyway unless you kill it first]]. All of the hatchlings, living and dead, appear to be crying tears of blood.

* [[ColdBloodedTorture Bal]][[AndIMustScream los]]'s story. Once a powerful magician who did nothing with his powers but use them for the benefit of his fellow citizens, his king decides that he's too good for his kingdom and has him captured and tortured beyond belief. The end result? He goes ''completely'' insane, and ends up destroying the kingdom whose people he once bore nothing but love for. Sealed off by his sister to keep his powers from harming the outside world, it's no wonder that when you finally meet him, [[ICannotSelfTerminate he begs you to]] [[MercyKill kill him]]. [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil While maniacally threatening to kill you.]]

* The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by the player having to kill Toroko themselves after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum. This is only made worse when you see the max level of the Blade. King ''himself'' appears as a ghost, attacking your enemies. And then, a couple levels later, you lose Dr. Booster and if you fail to get the rope, Curly Brace too. Curly doesn't even get a death scene. Just "There is no reply." from her drowned body after she gives you her air bubble. Thanks heaploads for the survivor's guilt, Cave Story. When you leave, the shutter closes behind you, leaving her to drown. Add in the spooky dark music, and the result is just... ugh. Even worse is when the entire island is breaking down, and it goes through screenshots of the island falling to pieces. And the second to last one you are forced to see is the exact same place where you left Curly to die. All set to gut-wrenchingly sad music. The dog you meet in the Plantation tells you to, "Say hi to Curly for me!" If you didn't save her, it's a real sock in the gut. And as if one evil moment wasn't enough, The Doctor then goes on to turn Sue and Misery into hideously mutated, mind-controlled puppets when he goes OneWingedAngel as he possesses the dying core. To say nothing of whatever the hell happened to the Egg Corridor while you were in the Labyrinth.

* The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by the player having to kill Toroko themselves after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum. This is only made worse when you see the max level of the Blade. King ''himself'' appears as a ghost, attacking your enemies. And then, a couple levels later, you lose Dr. Booster and if you fail to get the rope, Curly Brace too. Curly doesn't even get a death scene. Just "There is no reply." from her drowned body after she gives you her air bubble. Thanks heaploads for the survivor's guilt, Cave Story. When you leave, the shutter closes behind you, leaving her to drown. Add in the spooky dark music, and the result is just... ugh. Even worse is when the entire island is breaking down, and it goes through screenshots of the island falling to pieces. And the second to last one you are forced to see is the exact same place where you left Curly to die. All set to gut-wrenchingly sad music. The dog you meet in the Plantation tells you to, "Say hi to Curly for me!" If you didn't save her, it's a real sock in the gut. And as if one evil moment wasn't enough, The Doctor then goes on to turn Sue and Misery into hideously mutated, mind-controlled puppets when he goes OneWingedAngel. To say nothing of whatever the hell happened to the Egg Corridor while you were in the Labyrinth.

[[AC:The game itself]]

* [[ColdBloodedTorture Bal]][[AndIMustScream los]]'s story. Once a powerful magician who did nothing with his powers but use them for the benefit of his fellow citizens, his king decides that he's too good for his kingdom and has him captured and tortured beyond belief. The end result? He goes ''completely'' insane, and ends up destroying the kingdom whose people he once bore nothing but love for. Sealed off by his sister to keep his powers from harming the outside world, it's no wonder that when you finally meet him, [[ICannotSelfTerminate he begs you to]] [[MercyKill kill him]]. [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil While maniacally threatening to kill you.]]

[[AC:Meta / Fan works]]
* The ''Cave No Story'' GameMod, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0YbX96oto presented by]] Vinny of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} becomes this over time. At first, there's [[NothingIsScarier next to nothing]] throughout each area--no enemies, no [=NPCs=], and no deathtraps. But then you see an NPC, namely Curly, under a pair of blocks obstructing a path in the Sand Zone. You do the puzzle to make the blocks move...but when you come back, Curly is gone. As you proceed further, you see more and more [=NPCs=], [[YankTheDogsChain but they're all out of reach or retreat from you faster than you can chase them]]. In the ending, you wake up in a "House with a Beautiful View", with Kazuma, Balrog, and Curly keeping you company as you lay unconscious, but when you wake up, they've all left. The MindScrew nature of the mod leaves it open to WildMassGuessing; at least one comment has made the theory that it's an {{After The|End}} [[MultipleEndings Bad End]] scenario with Quote going insane from loneliness and hallucinating everyone's presences.
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->[--[[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 127]]-]
->[-[[OneHitKill You have died.]]-]
->[-Would you like to try again? [[[TearJerker/CaveStory Yes]]/[[VideoGame/CaveStory No]]]-]
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* [[spoiler:The deaths of King and Toroko, made worse by the player having to kill Toroko themselves after she's forcibly given the game's PsychoSerum. This is only made worse when you see the max level of the Blade. King ''himself'' appears as a ghost, attacking your enemies. And then, a couple levels later, you lose Dr. Booster and if you fail to get the rope, Curly Brace too. Curly doesn't even get a death scene. Just "There is no reply." from her drowned body after she gives you her air bubble. Thanks heaploads for the survivor's guilt, Cave Story. When you leave, the shutter closes behind you, leaving her to drown. Add in the spooky dark music, and the result is just... ugh. Even worse is when the entire island is breaking down, and it goes through screenshots of the island falling to pieces. And the second to last one you are forced to see is the exact same place where you left Curly to die. All set to gut-wrenchingly sad music. The dog you meet in the Plantation tells you to, "Say hi to Curly for me!" If you didn't save her, it's a real sock in the gut. And as if one evil moment wasn't enough, The Doctor then goes on to turn Sue and Misery into hideously mutated, mind-controlled puppets when he goes OneWingedAngel. To say nothing of whatever the hell happened to the Egg Corridor while you were in the Labyrinth.]]
** [[spoiler:And if you do figure out that you have to get the Tow Rope by skipping the Booster v0.8 to save Curly, but not that [[GuideDangIt you have to time a jump precisely to get to an cabin that will barely catch a player's attention unless they've checked a guide]], then you will carry Curly with you till the next boss fight, except then in addition to Curly being separated from you after you win, a text box appears saying: [[PlayerPunch "Curly's life functions have ceased."]]]]
** [[spoiler:Toroko's transformation]] guts you because it's a really hard boss fight, so you will probably have to watch it over, and over, and over...
** Not to mention [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2tAindOZuc Toroko's theme]]]]. It's so carefree and happy, yet if you've played the game before, you know what's going to happen.
* [[spoiler:[[ColdBloodedTorture Bal]][[AndIMustScream los]]'s story. Once a powerful magician who did nothing with his powers but use them for the benefit of his fellow citizens, his king decides that he's too good for his kingdom and has him captured and tortured beyond belief. The end result? He goes ''completely'' insane, and ends up destroying the kingdom whose people he once bore nothing but love for. Sealed off by his sister to keep his powers from harming the outside world, it's no wonder that when you finally meet him, [[ICannotSelfTerminate he begs you to]] [[MercyKill kill him]]. [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil While maniacally threatening to kill you.]]]]

* The ''Cave No Story'' GameMod, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0YbX96oto presented by]] Vinny of WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} becomes this over time. At first, there's [[NothingIsScarier next to nothing]] throughout each area--no enemies, no [=NPCs=], and no deathtraps. [[spoiler:But then you see an NPC, namely Curly, under a pair of blocks obstructing a path in the Sand Zone. You do the puzzle to make the blocks move...but when you come back, Curly is gone. As you proceed further, you see more and more [=NPCs=], [[YankTheDogsChain but they're all out of reach or retreat from you faster than you can chase them]]. In the ending, you wake up in a "House with a Beautiful View", with Kazuma, Balrog, and Curly keeping you company as you lay unconscious, but when you wake up, they've all left. The MindScrew nature of the mod leaves it open to WildMassGuessing; at least one comment has made the theory that it's an {{After The|End}} [[MultipleEndings Bad End]] scenario with Quote going insane from loneliness and hallucinating everyone's presences.]]