History TearJerker / Mother

[[caption-width:350:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming This picture]] [[TearJerker does not reflect how they end up in the game]].]]

* I teared up more than enough to spill a few tears when Reggie said this- "''We can forget happy things. We can probably forget sad things too. People have the power to forget."'' It was a true whammy in that you slowly realize throughout the game that forgetting and moving on is a huge theme. The people of Tazmily [[spoiler:had all forgotten their previous lives, driven to destruction by society and technology. They exist on a perfect plane of harmony and happiness. Claus had forgotten who he was, forced or no. Porky has forgotten kindness and love, and Flint refused to accept his wife's sacrifice.]] Lucas seemed to be stuck in this stagnant form of grieving for the entire game, never dwindling on his happy memories. It's especially apparent when he looks into the mirror later in the game, the one he looked into in the beginning. Tazmily village [[spoiler:quickly forgot their peaceful ways to usher in a newer, modern age, completely accepting it and transforming Tazmily, even going so far as to shove the elderly into a decrepit home and abandon their hometown for the city.]] Even taken out of context, in application to your life- it's a heartwrenching thing to say. In relation to the game, in relation to your own, personal trauma... people have the power to forget. To move on.

[[spoiler:'''Claus''']]: Everyone's here, Lucas. Everyone's waiting to spit on you, throw rocks at you, and make your life Hell. Who's "Everyone"? ... Everyone you love.

** This troper simply cannot stress enough the pure Tear Jerker that is the final boss fight. The simplicity of it- the simple ''actions themselves'' can completely obliterate your composure. When you factor in Hinawa, whispering to Claus the entire time, Flint's drive to protect his sons, and finally seeing Claus return, seeing the mask gone and hopelessly hitting your brother... Lucas breaks down at the same time the player does, and if you have played this game, you understand the feeling of reading ''Claus... fired an intense bolt of lightning.'' This troper could not forward the text, as reading this one line shattered her so completely, she was crying harder than she could ever remember crying.

** This troper simply cannot stress enough the pure Tear Jerker that is the final boss fight. The simplicity of it- the simple ''actions themselves'' can completely obliterate your composure. When you factor in Hiniwa, whispering to Claus the entire time, Flint's drive to protect his sons, and finally seeing Claus return, seeing the mask gone and hopelessly hitting your brother... Lucas breaks down at the same time the player does, and if you have played this game, you understand the feeling of reading ''Claus... fired an intense bolt of lightning.'' This troper could not forward the text, as reading this one line shattered her so completely, she was crying harder than she could ever remember crying.

* Seconded. My mother walked in my room just as I had finished the game, and I was so broken down and out of breath from ''literally sobbing until my stomach ached'' she immediately thought a close friend had died.

* Seconded. My mother walked in my room just as I had finished the game, and I was so broken down and out of breath from literally sobbing until my stomach ached she immediately thought a close friend had died.

* Seconded. My mother walked in my room just as I had finished the game, and I was so broken down and out of breath from literally "sobbing until my stomach ached" she immediately thought a close friend had died.

** What ''really'' got this tropette was examining a mirror, and getting the message "What does a smile look like again?"

When a game series' taglines are [[{{MOTHER}} No crying until the end]], and [[{{MOTHER3}} Strange, Funny, Heartrending]], you know have a series with immense Tear Jerkers.

* Teddy's near-death at the hands of R7038. [[spoiler: Hell in the original version in Japan on the NES Teddy does die after that fight however in Mother 1 + 2 on the GameBoyAdvance version uses the intended North American release's ending so he survives in that version and the never released American version intended for the NES that Nintendo canceled it]].

* Playing through the whole game, then starting again. You know what's going to happen to everyone eventually...

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* The true ending screen. The credits were sad enough but then you see the wooden mother 3 logo see The End writen down and the music is one of the saddest things i ever heard in a game.

* This troper would have cried his eyes out in Chapter 6 if he hadn't gone the wrong way for 45 minutes.
* "Claus": Everyone's here, Lucas. Everyone's waiting to spit on you, throw rocks at you, and make your life Hell. Who's "Everyone"? ... Everyone you love.

* Sesame seeds. That is all.

* The true ending screen, The credits were sad enough but then you see the wooden mother 3 logo see The End writen down and the music is one of the saddest things i ever heard in a game.

* Teddy's near-death at the hands of R7038.