Transformers Animated/Tear Jerker

""Shut me down. I want to sleep again.""
 * Admit it, you cried when Optimus Prime died. And again when Transformers Animated had Optimus die in the Five Episode Pilot, even though you knew he'd be Back From the Dead in short order (in fact, it took seventy-five seconds).
 * Sari's breakdown in the episode "Return Of The Headmaster" after finding out that she has no home and doesn't legally exist, and then Bumblebee and Bulkhead comforting her.
 * Omega Supreme's line to Ratchet when.

""It's not that I don't want to remember. I have to remember… for those who can't.""
 * And the first time he shuts down, with Ratchet reassuring him that he's still a good person.
 * Everything about Omega Supreme. Everything.
 * in Endgame Part 2. *weeps*
 * I actually can't look at a shot of him smiling without tearing up.
 * What makes his smile so much more symbolic and poetic is how he does it. Pretty much every episode before has him either pull off a simple, normal smile (which is rare) and a smug grin. Cue the last episode when he dies and pulls that particular smile which he has never done before. It culminates all the Character Development he got (the selfish, stoic loner to a willing soldier and loyal friend) and works perfectly for his Heroic Sacrifice. When I saw that smile, I was devastated, but ultimately satisfied.
 * I am normally pretty stoic when it comes to movies and such. It takes a lot to make me cry. Yet watching  brought on the waterworks like I couldn't believe. No audible sobbing, but lots and lots of tears. It's official. Every time I watch the scene, I tear up. Every. Single. Time.
 * The part that upset the most was . I really liked him, especially in Transformers Prime and I thought he was so cool. His fearfulness of how he went was quite upsetting. Also, in deleted never made it past the drawing board found in Allspark Almanac 2, Wreck-Gar kicks it.
 * I still can't stand to watch . How crazy is it to spend an entire week distraught over the death of a cartoon character ? But still...
 * I agree that  is hard to watch. Especially considering  and just that it must have been so traumatic to be.
 * In Allspark Almanac 2, Dugbase's entry said that he, Blurr and Wheelie were a Power Trio because of their unique speach patterns (or lack thereof).
 * It's implied that, since his colors hadn't actually faded to black and white. This either makes the entire thing better or much worse.
 * Optimus’ final flashback in “Along Came a Spider”. Not totally because of Elita’s death, but because of Sentinel’s reaction. Oh dear God. After watching their none-too-subtle characterizations as boyfriend / girlfriend before it all started to go down the toilet, the way they had each other’s back while fending off the spiders, the way he covered Elita’s and Optimus’ retreat… The way Sentinel screamed her name as she fell… That is the cry of a man whose heart is about to be broken in the worst way, and to this day I still can’t watch that episode without wanting to cry and/or hug the poor guy.
 * Blackarachnia in the episode warranted some hugs too.
 * Add to that the eventual follow-up. in the end, the whole experience clearly hits him hard. You can really feel for the guy when he walks off by himself with such a defeated look on his face.
 * Ratchet in "The Thrill of the Hunt" summing up his war experiences:


 * When Bumblebee rushes to help Sari, while she screams for him to stay away...  Later, Ratchet gets one when   Made even worse when remembering that the first thing Bumblebee said upon waking up was "Where's Sari?", followed by him trying to get up to find her. I and my younger sister started BAWLING.
 * No mention of "Lost and Found"? How about Ratchet's confession to Sari (after she tried to sabotage the ship) that the Autobots had to leave Earth or else the humans, including Sari would be wiped out by the Decepticons. The one that hits is his saying that he would never forgive himself if that were to happen in a quiet voice.