History TearJerker / GrandTheftAutoV

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favourite badass biker a shell of his former self, letting Trevor walk all over him and only half-ass'd trying to stand up to him. He's a broken man. Trevor might of done him a favior.

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favourite badass biker a shell of his former self, Trevor may of did him a favor.

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favourite badass biker a shell of his former self, a weak and pathetic man, who is way too forgiving.

* Amanda and Michael in general when you really stop to think about. All the love between them seems to be gone, and their marriage is on a slipperly slope. His relatonship to his kids isn't much better. Fortunately things do seem to get better.

* Amanda and Michael in general when you really stop to think about. Amanda cheats on him regularly, but it's strongly implied Michael ''started it''. And the only thing that seems to exist between them for most of the time is hatred and anger, honestly the time apart was needed. It's not much better with Jimmy and Tracy.

** Or at least, [[GovernmentConspiracy that's what they want the public to believe]].

* In Johnny Klebitz's cameo, we are treated to seeing [[spoiler: [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome Trevor violently stomping his head in]], and when he leaves, Ashley just collapses at Johnny's body crying.]]

** Or at least, [[GovernmentConspiracy that's what they want the public to believe]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0h09RpeMSY The pause menu music]] has become this for some players. After so many years of GTA V and GTA Online, it perfectly encapsulates the now nostalgic nature of the game, the only Grand Theft Auto game to be released in the 2010s, which for many people, were their childhood and teenhood. It's safe to say that GTA V is what GTA SA was to many players back in 2004 and the pause menu music is the perfect representation of those golden years.

** Or at least, [[GovernmentConspiracy that's what they want the public to believe]].

** Trevor's reaction to learning Franklin is there to kill him. He doesn't immediately freak out like he normally would, he just stands there in stunned silence, and asks Franklin ''"is this really happenin?"''

** Trevor's reaction. He doesn't freak out like he normally would, he just stands there in shock.

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favourite badass biker a shell of his formal self, a weak and pathetic man, who is way too forgiving.

* Despite the 3D ([=GTA=] 3 - [=VCS=]) and HD universe ([=GTA 4=] onwards) games not sharing any canon, it is sad to see [[spoiler: Grove Street now being run by Ballas, complete with a run down version of the Johnson house.]]

** Or at least, [[GovernmentConspiracy that's what they want you to believe]].

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favorite badass biker a shell of his formal self, a weak and pathetic man, who is way too forgiving.

** Johnny in general. Seeing our favorite badass biker a shell of his formal self, timidly confronting Trevor, and brutally dying for it.

** Treor's reaction. He doesn't go crazy, or try to turn you on Michael. He just pulls the "after everything we been though!?"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntxqZB31R6g This]]... Just, this. Pretty much the entirety of Michael's story summed up in one video [[spoiler:as he falls to his [[DrivenToSuicide death]]. The fact that by the ending, you can hear Jimmy talking to Franklin about Michael's disappearance and his mom freaking out over it, only makes it worse.]]

--> [[spoiler:'''Ballas Member''': "Hey, families got kicked outta here a long time ago!"]]

--> [[spoiler:'''Michael''': "You hypocrite! I shoulda clipped you when you broke into my house!......I'm all you've got! You made the wrong call!"]]

--> [[spoiler:'''Trevor''': "[[EtTuBrute YOU FUCKING JUDAS!]] ''YOU'RE JUST LIKE HIM!''"]]

--> '''Trevor''': [[spoiler: Man, that stuff is pointless, all it does is make me realize how awful everything about existence really is...]]

* [[JerkassWoobie Trevor]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds in general]], really. Think about his backstory for a while: implied abuse of an unspecified sort from his father, implied emotional and sexual abuse by his mother, the above-mentioned abandonment issues, loses his best friend first to a stripper and then to a bullet, finds out that friend has been alive and living in San Andreas, their friendship frays and tears throughout the course of the game, and in [[spoiler: 2 of 3 possible endings, he ends up either KilledOffForReal or back where he started with Michael really dead this time. Of course you can pick the GoldenEnding, too, but that's the only ending that's not a bummer for Trevor (other than the fact that he's now without a ride since Michael and Franklin drove off, and they'd just pushed the car he arrived in off a cliff).]]. Still, yikes. No wonder he became an AxCrazy meth addict/dealer and black market weapons dealer.

** Subjective Tear Jerker, but there's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS8Ge5tZNxA Youtube video]](Note: Spoilers in the video) that features all of the post-game conversations the protagonists can have with [=NPCs=] and each other. One spot in the video shows the part where [[spoiler: Franklin calmly makes peace with Tanisha getting married to her doctor fiancee the next day, hangs up the phone, ''then drives his car straight into the fucking ocean'' before cutting to black.]] It was probably supposed to be PlayedForLaughs and it's non-canon, but it can also come off as an incredibly depressing scenario where the usually logical Franklin has been DrivenToSuicide despite all of his newfound wealth and success.
** As noted in the Trivia section, [[spoiler:Ending C was originally supposed to be a "Kill Franklin," ending, with Lamar taking Frank out. There are no specifics available as to how the scenario would play out, leaving Lamar's motivations, any possible heated exchanges and Frank's ultimate demise to fans imaginations.]]

** The Lost in general, really. In just half a decade, they've [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen degenerated]] into a small enclave of dirt-poor, rapidly-aging desert methheads.[[spoiler: Trevor pounds the final nail in their coffin.]] It was sort of inevitable with the way ''The Lost and Damned'' ended.

* When the ending credits roll after you complete final mission, it might not be sad unless you realized ''this is the last GTA game for Main/PlayStation3''. If you are one of those who played GTA V between 2013 and 2014 (GTA V's first years, no less), you will probably feel nostalgic and a little depressed when you see the ending credits again, especially if you played it at a very young age.

*** [[spoiler: Although it's just as horrible, even Ending A felt like you were doing [[TragicVillain Trevor]] a favor and putting him out of his miserable, lonely life. Ending B is just unnecessary and dowright dumb.]]

* It's played for laughs, but when Trevor talks about how he joined the Air Force, he calls the person who grounded him a "witch". You get the feeling he honestly wanted to stay in the Air Force and that he would have been a great pilot for his country, and that he still feels some hidden sadness and anger that he lost his one chance at a life of glory and honor.

* [[JerkassWoobie Trevor]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds in general]], really. Think about his backstory for a while: implied abuse of an unspecified sort from his father, implied emotional and sexual abuse by his mother, the above-mentioned abandonment issues, loses his best friend first to a stripper and then to a bullet, finds out that friend has been alive and living in San Andreas, their friendship frays and tears throughout the course of the game, and in [[spoiler: 2 of 3 possible endings, he ends up either KilledOffForReal or back where he started with Michael really dead this time. Of course you can pick the GoldenEnding, too, but that's the only ending that's not a bummer for Trevor]]. Still, yikes. No wonder he became an AxCrazy meth addict/dealer and black market weapons dealer.

** [[spoiler: This also applies during the option where you kill Michael, as when Franklin told Trevor that he would be killing Michael, [[WhatTheHellHero Trevor angrily calls him out on this]], and in postgame text messages, [[ThisIsUnforgivable he says to Franklin that he is dead to him.]]]]