Beast Wars/Tear Jerker

"Optimus Primal: He lived a warrior and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix... the greatest of Cybertron."
 * 's death - and Shakespearean death speech. I knew it was coming, having been in the fandom for two years already, and still cried.
 * Also his funeral immediately afterwards, where the other Maximals fly over his funeral in the "missing man" formation.
 * I was staring with open mouth and tearing eyes. My mom asked me what was wrong when she came in to watch the episode with me (got her hooked on Beast Wars, we watched the whole series together), I just replayed the tape. We were both sobbing by the end.
 * I knew it was coming and managed to hold it together until salutes! I'm tearing up just remembering it.
 * He didn't just salute; he was the FIRST to salute. And this was after their last conversation was an argument over Dinobot's allegiance. The fact that this action made Rattrap of all Maximals salute him really puts it in perspective.
 * 's death was one of the best death scenes I have seen on anything from TV or a Movie. It was one of the best cartoons I have ever seen.
 * I agree, thinking that Optimus Primal's words to were especially touching, in light of recent events.

": Friend...good. Friend...dark. I...am...hurt."
 * Also touching was Rattrap's final goodbye:
 * I cried buckets over the episode "Transmutate".
 * Seconded. Made worse by the fact that her episode IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS 'S DEATH.
 * Thirded, majorly. It ruins me just thinking about it. If not for 's haunting, pain-filled wail while then it was the underplayed, almost child-like final line:


 * During the series finale, I began tearing up as soon as
 * For this troper, the deaths of  brought a tear to my eye. The two were locked in an endless cycle of mutual torment, and in the end, they both managed to find a semblance of peace.
 * I'd like to add that it's also a tearjerker that
 * In "Feral Scream, Part 1," Cheetor appears to die when Megatron's Transmetal 2 machine explodes. The episode establishes pretty quickly he's still alive, but Depth Charge (thinking otherwise) takes back a piece of his armor and breaks the news to Optimus. The look on ol' Big Bot's face is downright heartbreaking.
 * This tribute to the fallen Maximals.
 * as they clasp hands and vow that their sparks will always find one another.