History TearJerker / StreetFighter

* Even after Bison's death, the nightmare doesn't end for the Dolls. While a HopeSpot was given in E. Honda's ending, where the aforementioned character took in a few Dolls and gave them a place to stay until they recovered from their TraumaInducedAmnesia (while also teaching them sumo), here they were revealed to [[GirlInABox be kept]] [[PeopleJars in capsules]] since Seth plans to experiment on them all until they die, which is barely averted by the efforts of Cammy and Guile. But while Juni and Juli were rescued ([[BreakTheCutie without]] [[TraumaInducedAmnesia some]] [[EmptyShell repercussions]], of course); it's unknown whether the rest of the Dolls were saved from their intended fate, leaving a lot of open questions...

* Even on a leak stage, something has happened to our favorite American fighter Ken. [[spoiler:His new design made him look extremely haggard and has forgotten to shave. Once the story details has been revealed, it turns out that Ken has been framed for a crime he did not commit and has to leave his home in order to hide, leaving behind his wife and son. Considering that he's a HappilyMarried man as well as being a rich, yet decent guy, this turn of events is extremely heavy for Ken.]]

* Even on a leak stage, something has happened to our favorite American fighter Ken. [[spoiler:His new design made him look extremely haggard and has forgotten to shave. Whatever the reason, Ken looks absolutely broken and sad, nothing like the cocky and self-assured persona he's known for. We just don't know ''what'' sent him to a downward spiral like that, it's most likely he lost something absolutely dear to him and had a hard time coping.]]
%%Until there are confirmed story bits, probably better to limit it with just the designs.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRT9CMh3s8c Ryu: Then and Now]], an animated short made by Egoraptor (of Game Grumps and Awesome Series fame). The short begins with an [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic]] Ryu during the SFII days, getting ready to take on the world. It then skips ahead to 20 years later, in which [[spoiler:he is now a businessman. The short ends with him looking at a picture of his younger self and remembering the good ol' days, and starting to tear up as he does so.]] Anyone who grew up with the series is sure to shed a tear when watching this.
* The two short movies made by [=ChubbyBoyFilms=]:
** In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KvRDaIpbs Balrog: Behind the Glory]]'' documentary, we see Balrog's father clearly torn up over how teaching his son to defend himself from bullies (the only time they ever really bonded, at that) was a misguided first step that led to him becoming a murderer and infamous criminal. Also, what caused him, the Heavyweight Champion of the World, to become said criminal: his trainer and the public drove him to become more and more vicious and fouling until he killed a challenger with a headbutt, and that got him banned from boxing and made into a joke.
** While Vega's [[DarkandTroubledPast backstory]] is already sad enough, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOxXFflttyg El Matador]]'' manage to make it ''worse'' by having young Vega try to intervene before his stepfather can murder his mother - only for both of them to fall out of the window, killing her instantly. And the end shows why he works for Bison: [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe because he recognizes him as beautiful]].
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** While Vega's backstory is already sad enough, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOxXFflttyg El Matador]]'' manage to make it ''worse'' by having young Vega try to intervene before his stepfather can murder his mother - only for both of them to fall out of the window, killing her instantly. And the end shows why he works for Bison: [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe because he recognizes him as beautiful]].

* Even on a leak stage, something has happened to our favorite American fighter Ken. His new design made him look extremely haggard and has forgotten to shave. Whatever the reason, Ken looks absolutely broken and sad, nothing like the cocky and self-assured persona he's known for. We just don't know ''what'' sent him to a downward spiral like that, it's most likely he lost something absolutely dear to him and had a hard time coping.

%%Until there were confirmed story, probably better to limit it with just the designs.

* Ed's story mode can best be described as "a father-son/brotherly relationship falling apart", and arguably sets him as one of the biggest woobies of the franchise (while giving ''Balrog'', of all people, some JerkassWoobie traits). [[spoiler: During the Season 1 story, it's shown that Ed is constantly plagued by nightmares of Bison trying to take over his body, since him being a possible candidate as a vessel for Bison's soul is the reason he was kidnapped by Shadaloo in the first place, and he openly angsts over his RapidAging. While taking the chess piece from Guile and Zangief in India, Ed is visited within his mind by Menat, an Egyptian FortuneTeller who warns him that she foresees hard times for him and Balrog in the future. Sure enough, Ed's issues come to a head, and Balrog tries, in his own way, to reassure him that as long as Ed stays with him he'll be fine. Of course, since it's Balrog, [[PoorCommunicationKills his choice of words comes out wrong]], causing Ed to lash out at him, saying that Balrog would be nothing without him. The two fight, [[PartingWordsRegret and end up parting ways on a sour note]]. Balrog [[GetOut tells him to get lost]], and Ed walks away with a deeply hurt expression on his face. The fact that Balrog sounded like he was gonna cry when he told Ed to get lost and refusal to recover to fight back just shows how much he used to care for the young man (and probably still does afterwards), unlike the indifference and hostility he has for everyone else.]]

* While Urien isn't the nicest character, he ends up as a TragicVillain at the end of Gill's story mode. [[spoiler:After losing to his brother, Gill walks away stating that he has a destiny to fulfill and that through it, everyone will be free and to pursue a life for himself. Urien can't see that though, angry over being called a "spare" by his older brother and ends up screaming after his brother as the scene ends. It's hinted that what Urien wants the most is the good times with his brother before the Illuminati's plans split them forever.]]

* While Urien isn't the nicest character, he ends up as a TragicVillain at the end of his story mode. [[spoiler:After losing to his brother, Gill walks away stating that he has a destiny to fulfill and that through it, everyone will be free and to pursue a life for himself. Urien can't see that though, angry over being called a "spare" by his older brother and ends up screaming after his brother as the scene ends. It's hinted that what Urien wants the most is the good times with his brother before the Illuminati's plans split them forever.]]

** There's a brief CrowningMomentOfAwesome in there. Charlie manages to hold his own against Final Bison, explicitly stated to be the strongest Bison has ever been, for at least several minutes while already injured.

** Guy's ending has him [[spoiler: holding Rose in his arms after he rescues her from Bison, and begs her not to give into darkness]], which is pretty heartwrenching. However, it's followed up by a [[spoiler:CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in Rose's own ending, since she hears his voice and manages to wake up, [[EarnYourHappyEnding finally earning something similar to a happy ending]].]]

* Rashid's entire storyline can count. He desperately tries to rescue his friend, a female scientist forced to work for Shadaloo. He even went so far as to work with the Illuminati, who clearly don't care about his dilemma. [[spoiler: Tragically, he was too late as she was already murdered by F.A.N.G. Even worse, it happened just as Rashid was infiltrating the base, meaning he could have saved her if he didn't stop to rescue Li-Fen. Still, like Charlie above, he gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when he avenges her death by beating the crap out of F.A.N.G and using her final command code to stop the Black Moons.]]

* Creator/RaulJulia's whole performance, as he knew [[YourDaysAreNumbered he didn't have much time left]] and wanted to secure a big paycheck for his family, plus [[CrowningmomentOfHeartwarming do a role]] [[SoMyKidsCanWatch his kids wanted to see]]. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome And it was fucking awesome, too.]] Although the film as a whole is often ridiculed as being one of the sillier video game adaptations, Julia's final appearance is generally treated with well-deserved respect, to the point where he was even posthumously nominated for a Saturn Award.

* Charlie sacrificing himself at the end of Alpha 3. To elaborate; him, Chun-Li and Guile have just infiltrated Bison's base and are planting explosives to destroy the Psycho Drive. As they are doing so, Bison ambushes them and incapacitates the three of them. As he approaches Guile to kill him, Charlie tackles Bison and orders the others to leave while he holds Bison back. Several minutes later, the base explodes, taking Charlie and Bison down with it. Meanwhile, Guile is watching the explosion and is implied to be [[ManlyTears crying.]] Some time later, Guile holds Charlie's [[TragicKeepsake dogtags]] and swears to honor his memory, while at the same time holding some small hope that he is still alive somewhere.

* Charlie is mutated and tortured halfway into insanity, [[spoiler:and then he, and the man who tried to help him die in an explosion.]] Talk about ''depressing''.

* [[spoiler: In a '''very''' weird way, Bison's death. Yes, he '''totally''' deserves it, and his death scene is pretty awesome, but it's still a damn shame to see such an iconic villain who's been [[JokerImmunity constantly kept alive]] finally [[KilledOffForReal die for real this time]]. What sells it is that he [[FaceDeathWithDignity faces death with dignity]] and gives off one final EvilLaugh before his body and Psycho Power are dissolved away by the Power of Nothingness, while F.A.N.G cries out for him in anguish.]]

* The ''Street Fighter II'' manga reveals that [[spoiler:Guile was responsible for Charlie's death - Charlie was experimented on by Shadaloo to test a mind-controlling drug and he went insane from it. Guile intercepted him as Charlie was attacking unarmed villagers and was forced to perform a MercyKill on his best friend to prevent more lives from being endangered. While not canon, it certainly gave Guile a reason to hate Bison]].

* Juri's backstory, first revealed in the ''Super Street fighter IV: Juri OVA'' above, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaEEQAnOZk was expanded by UDON]]. [[spoiler:She was a Taekwondo prodigy who was frequently pressured to uphold her family name, and her parents, while loving, were strict and demanding. Her father's decision to prosecute Shadaloo led to Juri's mother being killed, and him being ransomed and publicly executed on camera. Juri, however, survived, but she lost her left eye to a stray bullet when Shadaloo attacked and fell into a coma for a month. All of this left Juri with a very intense hatred of Shadaloo, Bison in particular; it's ''jarring'' to see [[UsedToBeASweetKid the once innocent and shy Juri]] become [[TeensAreMonsters a broken, angry teenager]] hell-bent on revenge, screaming at her Taekwondo master to "serve" her and make ehr into an instrument of revenge.]].

* The Story Mode fight between [[spoiler:Cammy and the again BrainwashedAndCrazy Decapre]] is this, specially when [[spoiler: Decapre starts to struggle]] and then when [[spoiler: she leaves despite Cammy's pleas (flashback to Cammy's promise to protect her included), leaving her IronWoobie of a "big sister" all heartbroken.]]

* [[spoiler: Decapre's ending]] in'' Ultra Street Fighter IV''. Knowing Bison is the only one that can save her life, Cammy allows her "younger sister" to be taken away.]]

* It's worth mentioning that in every game in the series Charlie has starred in, all of his storylines result in a DownerEnding where he dies. In the ''Alpha'' trilogy, he's shot down in II and blown up in III. In the crossover X-Men vs. Capcom, his ending consisted of him being captured by Shadaloo and turned into the secret character Shadow. The endings where he doesn't die are labeled "non-canon".

* [[spoiler: Decapre's ending]] in'' Ultra Street Fighter IV''. To put it mildly; [[spoiler: Cammy may have [[FaceHeelTurn become an agent for Bison]] all over again, [[LoveMakesYouEvil just to]] [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl save her "younger sister" Decapre]].]]
** Actually, ''everything'' about [[spoiler: Decapre]] is a [[TheWoobie serious punch to the heart and guts]]. [[spoiler: Her]] prologue is completely heartbreaking, specially with [[spoiler: all these flashbacks to her and the other Dolls being experimented on, and the young Cammy taking a protective older sister role towards her, and Decrapre's confusion and rage that finishes with her getting out of the capsule she has been stashed inside, saying [[MadnessMantra "Killer Be... kill... kill... kill... kill them all...! KILL ALL!"]].]] [[WhamEpisode Quite the nasty, heartbreaking surprise.]]

* ''Generations'' may not be fully canon, but damn it is depressing. Specially in [[spoiler: the flashbacks to Akuma and Gouken's more or less happy lives before it went FromBadToWorse]], and the BittersweetEnding where [[spoiler: Akuma recovers some parts of his humanity after almost killing Ryu in battle (and this particular AlternateUniverse all but states that ''Ryu is Akuma's son'')]] and later [[spoiler: the OldMaster that Ryu befriends passes away, and Ryu leaves after mourning him.]]

* Before the final battle, Guile reminisces some happy memories he had with Charlie with ''Worth Fighting For'' by Angelique Kidjo playing.
* "¡Vaya con Dios!" ("Go forth with God!") [[note]]Raúl Julia (who was from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico Puerto Rico]], which has both Spanish and English as its official languages) died not too long after filming the movie, as said above. The film is dedicated to him, with these exact words.[[/note]]
* The whole "ButForMeItWasTuesday" scene in a strange sort of way. It's surprisingly and legitimately well-acted and staged; Chun-Li explains how Bison and his minions were stopped from destroying her village by Chun-Li's father. As Bison was forced into retreat, [[EvilIsPetty he had Chun-Li's dad shot by a sharpshooter, purely out of spite]]. She's wanted revenge/justice ever since and it's clearly driven her life. Bison then apologizes... and bluntly informs her that he doesn't know what she's talking about and can't remember the incident at all. And he doesn't mean it as a taunt, he sounds ''genuinely'' apologetic that he can't remember. It drives home how senseless Bison and his plans really are; he's done so much that it's all just blurring together for him.

** When Guile finds his friend in this sate, he barely manages to talk him out of killing him, then attempts a MercyKill on Charlie. Dhalsim quietly stops him, saying he has no right to do so.

* [[spoiler:Guile's (fake) death earlier on can qualify to those who watch the movie without much familiarity with the series, and so end up getting the impression he was KilledOffForReal.]]
* Creator/RaulJulia's whole performance, as he knew [[YourDaysAreNumbered he didn't have much time left]] and wanted to secure a big paycheck for his family, plus [[CrowningmomentOfHeartwarming do a role]] [[SoMyKidsCanWatch his kids wanted to see]]. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome And it was fucking awesome, too.]] Although the film as a whole is often ridiculed as being one of the sillier video game adaptations (and that's saying something), Julia's final appearance is generally treated with well-deserved respect, to the point where he was even posthumously nominated for a Saturn Award.

** Even more affection is when Dhalsim tries to undo his brainwashing by filling his mind with love, hope for the future, and happiness.

* Charlie is mutated and tortured halfway into insanity, [[spoiler:and then he, and the man who tried to help him die in an explosion.]] Talk about ''depressing''!