The Hunger Games (novel)/Tear Jerker

The Books:

 * . Even though it was inevitable, since Katniss had to win the Games since she was the Protagonist, it still made me cry when I read it.
 * Even worse, Katniss
 * Taken Up to Eleven in the movie.
 * This troper was ready for it. She knew it was coming, but the audience she sat with in the darkness had to let out small yet loud gasps the moment
 * The very premise of Catching Fire.  No, they're both
 * Even
 * This becomes huge Fridge Sadness when you think about what this might have been like for some of the other . Think having to fight strangers (with a maximum of one person you have even a chance of knowing) to the death is bad? These people are in a position   Even though , it doesn't get much worse than that.
 * And don't forget, Katniss says in the first book, when she meets Cinna, that most of the stylists are familiar faces, that they stay constant over the years. ...
 * and then a bunch of soldiers come barging in,
 * For This Tropette, the opening scene in Mockingjay where  really hit home for me. Even though I live in Southern California (where District 12 wouldn't be), I live in an almost-wooded area that would pass itself off as District 12 almost flawlessly. Add to that, that same area where I live is prone to wildfires pretty much year-round. So, yes, it means that my own neighborhood.
 * In Mockingjay, Katniss and  both breaking down and crying together after
 * The cat
 * The  makes This Tropette sad just by thinking about it.
 * How Johanna was tortured in the Capitol. Basically.
 * . It's just so sudden and shocking, and then you learn that
 * The book that  make at the end to honor the fallen. Gets this troper every time.
 * A few sentences, and the entire series suddenly feels pointless.
 * This troper was incapacitated for the week he finished this section. Needless to say it is a criminal understatement to say it broke his heart, made all the worse by
 * "I'm sorry, Mags. I can't do it." The fact that Mags committed suicide just to save Peeta made this tropette bawl.
 * Made even worse when you realise that Mags was Finnick's mentor, and that she volunteered so that Annie wouldn't have to do it.
 * Finnick and Annie reuniting
 * Katniss giving Johanna
 * Katniss and Peeta's conversation about colors in Mockingjay. Oh God.
 * Finnick's confession.  Nothing else is needed to make it a Tearjerker.
 * The ending of the book series. It is truly a Bittersweet Ending taken Up to Eleven. After reading the epilogue, This Tropette hugged her copy of Mockingjay to her chest and cried her eyes out.
 * Okay, just to put this out there, possibly the ENTIRE PREMISE of the series could count as a tear jerker! I mean, think about it, every tribute in the Games has been taken from their homes and forced to kill others for entertainment. It makes for good literature but, Heavens above, it's a horrible HORRIBLE situation! Especially for the careers, who have pretty much been conditioned to kill for the sake of entertaining the people of the Capitol. I know I'm repeating myself but, oh, sweet Heaven...it's an absolutely awful and equally chilling scenario...it's just...ugh...

The Movie:

 * When name is called at the Reaping, she begins the walk up to the stage, horrified but still strong enough to tuck in her shirt as she goes, just like  had told her to a little earlier. Actually, almost all the scenes that involved  were tearjerkers of some sort.
 * After Katniss has, she makes the three-finger-salute. We get to see , where they return the salute, and attacks the Peacekeepers, and soon everyone starts fighting. It's heartbreaking.
 * just before his death. In the book, he's portrayed as  In the movie, he's pretty much the same... until he's about to die.
 * All the kids' deaths are sad, really, with the exception of . Examples include
 * It's small, but
 * Haymitch seeing the Capitol citizens
 * Watching Katniss trying to nurse . She obviously doesn't know how to deal with it, and watching her bite down on the collar of her jacket to silence her screams as she dabs on it makes you tear up a bit.
 * Watching Katniss trying to nurse . She obviously doesn't know how to deal with it, and watching her bite down on the collar of her jacket to silence her screams as she dabs on it makes you tear up a bit.