History TearJerker / TheSuicideSquad

** As this likely takes place after ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'', even after her emancipation, Harley is still haunted by her break-up and the implication that her exes (including the Joker) never left her alone.

** Despite coming off as a HeroicComedicSociopath for most of the movie, it’s clear that Peacemaker respected Flag and felt bad about having to kill him. The look on his face when Flag dies says it all. Notably, when Ratcatcher is tearfully begging for her life, Peacemaker seems like he’s just barely holding back tears of his own. And to top it all off, even in [[Series/{{Peacemaker}} his own show]], Flag's death still haunts him.

** Despite coming off as a HeroicComedicSociopath for most of the movie, it’s clear that Peacemaker respected Flag and felt bad about having to kill him. The look on his face when Flag dies says it all. Notably, when Ratcatcher is tearfully begging for her life, Peacemaker seems like he’s just barely holding back tears of his own.

* Flag isn't even surprised that Peacemaker was a DoubleAgent working for Waller. Why ''else'' would the Wall have put Flag on the team of sacrificial villain bait? He assesses, with tears in his eyes, that there is a fine line between being loyal to the government and letting them experiment on innocent people and ''children''. [[EveryoneHasStandards Peacemaker agrees]] but points out they have bigger fish to fry. Or starfish, as it were.

* Ratcatcher suffers a minor BrokenPedestal moment when she hears how Starro intended to be used by the Government as a pet. The parallels with her father and his work are too close for her to like it.

* Flag isn't even surprised that Peacemaker was a DoubleAgent working for Waller. Why ''else'' would the Wall have put Flag on the team of sacrificial villain bait? He assesses, with tears in his eyes, that there is a fine line between being loyal to the government and letting them experiment on ''children''. Peacemaker agrees but points out they have bigger fish to fry. Or starfish, as it were.

** Perhaps the saddest is when Shark finds a huge aquarium at the base filled with octopii who dance around, even forming a shape like him. He's downright giddy jumping about and playing, feeling he's found friends...and then, when the tank bursts, it's revealed those octopii are really genetically enhanced piranha-like creatures who try to ''eat Shark'' and were merely sizing him up, not playing with him.

* The MissionBriefing, in which Amanda Waller explains the situation in Corto Maltese. The country's previous rulers, the Herrera family, were publicly hanged after General Luna and Major General Suarez took control of the government. Keep in mind, ''three'' of the family members [[DeathOfAChild were just children]]. We're given disturbing footage of the family's hanged corpses after their execution, and Cleo and Abner are rightfully unsettled by it.

** The extended, deleted scene makes this a poignant moment all while set to 'Sola' by Jessie Reyez. Nanaue watches people in the outside world talking, playing, dating or fighting each other; this is something he doesn't have since he isn't human. He can't go out in the outside world since people would treat him like an animal. With his time being treated as a criminal, he really wants to understand and enjoy how a human life feels like.

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** Weasel drowning also counts. Poor guy just flails about and screams not knowing what to do. Though it later turns out he's okay.

---->'''Rick Flag:''' "Peacemaker." What a joke.

---> '''Harley:''' I know, I know. I know what you're trying to say. "Harley, why not just leave?!" And I'd say, "Why are you screaming at me?! I'm not deaf! I'm standing right here!" And then I'd say, “When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don’t just go away quietly. They slash your tires and they kill your dogs and tell you that the music you like ain’t real music at all.” And all the cruelty… tears you apart after a while.

--> '''Flag:''' [[TranquilFury ...They experimented on children...]]
--> '''Peacemaker:''' [[BlackAndGreyMorality No one is saying what they did is right--]]
--> '''Flag:''' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting THEY EXPERIMENTED]] [[MoralEventHorizon ON CHILDREN!]]'''''
--> '''Peacemaker:''' ''That information gets out, it causes an '''international incident'''!'' '''''[[LawfulEvil Keeping the peace]]''' [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans is worth any price]]'' - [[VillainRespect including the life of a hero like yours, sir]] - ''so '''please''', [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou don't make me do this.]]''

---> '''Rick Flag''': "Peacemaker." What a joke.

--> '''Bloodsport:''' Look, I know Flag wanted to give the drive to the press, but we just saved a whole bloody city. We can't have it all.
--> '''Harley Quinn:''' Flag was my friend.
--> '''Bloodsport:''' Mine too. And I haven't got many of those.

** Starro’s dying words. It gives a feeling that it never wanted any of this and ultimately drives home how tragic its entire being was.
-->'''Starro:''' I was happy. Floating. Staring at the stars.

* Polka Dot Man's backstory: his mother experimented on him and his siblings in the hopes that they would become superheroes. He survived. Most of his siblings didn't. This trauma has lead to him seeing his mother everywhere.

* Even though Harley proves that she is able to handle being tortured, there is something sad about her blissfully singing 'I Ain't Got Nobody' all while being electrocuted for information all backed by saddening background music. Along with the lyrics of the song she is singing to, it shows that Harley is still a troubled woman and states that she is still alone after nearly killed on the beach and previous break-ups. It may nearly come across as StepfordSmiler.