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Tear Jerker / Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

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  • For all her optimism and determination, Kimmy's whole life story is just downright heartbreaking.
  • Lillian tells Kimmy that she should just move on from Dong and save her hope for something that is worth her time.
    Lillian: Kimmy, the sooner you quit something that stinks, the sooner you can find something that doesn't.
    • And this is coming from Lillian, who herself tends to live in the past.
  • "Kimmy Does A Puzzle"
    • Titus is forced to reveal that he lied about a lot of things regarding his cruise job. The boat didn't sink due to a fire, and he didn't eat Dionne Warwick on a lifeboat. Instead, he got busted for poisoning Dionne Warwick after he went onstage in her place for two nights, and he sprayed her baby corn with pool cruise water. Titus was wracked with guilt that he hurt the woman that said he was like a son to her. 
    • Kimmy is horrified that Titus poisoned his mentor and everyone on the ship by accident to keep his stardom. Nevertheless, she maintains that he made a mistake when Drunk with Power...then she finds out that he hid all the board game pieces around the apartment. This makes her question if Titus is a good person.
  • In the sixth episode of Season 4, Kimmy decides to throw away her old backpack, which symbolizes the playfulness and imagination of her youth, to help her embrace adulthood. Her imagination projects the backpack as an adorable, Muppet-like character, who starts begging not to be killed. It's written as comedy, but the combination of Kimmy's internal struggle and the pleas of the backpack character are absolutely heartbreaking. At the last minute, Kimmy gets a call which makes her realize that her imagination still has value, and she decides not to go through with it.

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