Ratchet & Clank/Tear Jerker

"Ratchet: I know how you feel; a couple of years ago, I would have done the same thing... but rushing in unprepared isn't going to bring them back."
 * Don't give me that look. This ordinarily snarky series took a turn for the emotional towards the end of A Crack In Time when
 * Don't I know it-- just thinking about "The Plumber's Advice" was enough to make me tear up for months after I finished the game. To those reading who haven't memorized the cutscene titles, "The Plumber's Advice" is the scene where
 * Captain Slag's death in Tools of Destruction. Although Played for Laughs at first, it would deeply affect Rusty Pete in Quest for Booty. Pete holds on to Captain Slag's head and talks to it like a puppet, telling it how the rest of the crew hate him and that Slag was his only real friend.
 * Ratchet
 * Early on in Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, on the last cutscene for Pokitaru, Ratchet snatches the Technomite artifact from Qwark's hand. Keep in mind that Qwark just wants to tag along after feeling sad that he doesn't know his real parents, and the look he gives after Ratchet says "Stay out of our way" is just heartwrenching.
 * Call me sentimental, one of Zogg's final lines in the comic series made me tear up.
 * The ending of Tools of Destruction.
 * The music that accompanies that scene qualifies, as well. It's a Recurring Riff that also happens to be the very first thing you hear in the game. Where it was warm and inviting in the beginning, it seems so lonely and small at the end.
 * The fact that everybody in Apogee Station just walks over and looks at him stings, too-- but not for the reason listed above. Given his usual attitude, you'd think that Ratchet would be one to fall squarely into Don't You Dare Pity Me!, but the protest never comes. The camera zooms out and we're hit with the music. It says a lot more than dialogue could have.
 * "Sigmund's Secret".
 * As silly as All 4 One happened to be, one of Ratchet's interactions with Susie (a young Tharpod girl) definitely qualifies. When she's trying to mount an attack on Ephemeris-- which is the reason she's an orphan-- Ratchet steps up and stops her.

"Clank: My father would be so proud."
 * One of the 'victory' lines from All 4 One (used when a player completes a challenge first or does well in combat) counts:


 * The after-credits scene in All 4 One: