The Vampire Diaries/Tear Jerker


 * The final minutes of "Fool Me Once", from the moment Damon finds out, to the scene where Bonnie finds.
 * In the finale,
 * Stefan comforting Caroline during her breakdown over killing her first victim.
 * Caroline compelling her mother to forget their make up, because she couldn't risk her knowing about vampires.
 * In "Rose", Damon's moment, confessing his love for Elena and then compelling her to forget it so that it won't ruin things for her and Stefan.
 * Even most Stelena fans still found this scene touching and heartwarming.
 * "Katerina" shows the start of Katherine's descent into darkness. It was full of tearjerking moments, and portrayed Katherine (who previously had been seen as a Magnificent Bitch teetering into Complete Monster) surprisingly sympathetically.
 * Tyler's werewolf transformation. The pain that he went through was heartbreaking
 * Damon
 * Elena
 * Damon telling Stefan that  Stefan's expression is as heartbreaking as Damon's resignation.
 * In the season finale:
 * In the season 3 opener "The Birthday", the phone call between Stefan and Elena made even die-hard Delena fans tear up.
 * In "The Birthday", when Elena gets up and throws the curtains open, seeing how she has to steel herself before doing that and the fact that it's almost certainly been that way every morning since Stefan disappeared is heartbreaking.
 * Klaus compelling Stefan to  while Elena watches in horror. At first Stefan fights the compulsion of an Original, but inevitably, it works.
 * Anna  in "Ghost World.
 * The Original family's story itself is a Tearjerker, especially considering the fact that Mikael and Esther only turned their children so they could protect them from the werewolves, after their youngest son's tragic death. And then they all die and scatter.
 * The end of "Ordinary People", with Rebekah breaking down sobbing after learning that
 * YMMV but something about Elena
 * Caroline having to slowly
 * Damon's attempted Suicide by Sunlight, especially when one remembers his asking Elena to forgive him, her refusing, and his telling her to take all the time she needs - all the time knowing that he will die soon and keeping it from Elena.
 * When, and everyone comes to say goodbye to him. Subverted later when
 * Rebekah breaking down
 * And then It Gets Worse.
 * Seeing Elena's final moments with her dad during the car crash
 * Possibly subverted, since it remains to be established whether that was really
 * Though he's probably thinking about
 * Basically most of The Departed is a magical tear-generating machine. The flashbacks are upsetting since we know where they're going; the various tearful goodbyes, the melancholy musings...
 * Possibly subverted, since it remains to be established whether that was really
 * Though he's probably thinking about
 * Basically most of The Departed is a magical tear-generating machine. The flashbacks are upsetting since we know where they're going; the various tearful goodbyes, the melancholy musings...
 * Basically most of The Departed is a magical tear-generating machine. The flashbacks are upsetting since we know where they're going; the various tearful goodbyes, the melancholy musings...
 * Basically most of The Departed is a magical tear-generating machine. The flashbacks are upsetting since we know where they're going; the various tearful goodbyes, the melancholy musings...