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If a fanwork has its own page, refer to that main article for its Tear Jerker or YMMV tab.

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Fan Art

Egophiliac is known for two things in the fandom, her super adorable version of Luna and her depiction of the relationship between the royal sisters. Any time she draws the two it's either heartwarming or a massive tear jerker. Matter of fact, you'll notice a lot of these fanon examples involve Celestia and/or Luna - what they are, and what they've been through, lends itself to this.
- Doing the right thing is never easy.
- Celestia through the ages. Third panel will get to you if you stare at it for too long.
  - Its thematic sequel is no less heartwrenching.
- Endless night...^{[dead link]}
Poor Luna.
Sad party^{[dead link]}.
Alone.
Celestia remembering.
Being a Goddess is hard, so very hard.
- Being an all-powerful being is just as hard.
Celestia tried to save her...she really did...
- Try reading that while listening to "Luke and Leia" from Return of the Jedi.
A young Granny Smith and the origin of "Sweet Apple Acres".
The Elements lost their power...because she lost the friend she loved the most...
- Made even more tragic because it turns out that really is how the Elements Of Harmony can lose their power.
This comic tells a saddening tale of Trixie's origin.
This picture pretty much sums up "The Return Of Harmony" in pure heartbreaking detail...
The end of "The Return Of Harmony Part 1" from Twilight's perspective. Really captures how depressing it is...
Nightmare Moon won but with nothing left to hate, Princess Luna is left to ask herself Was It Really Worth It? No, it wasn't.
What if Twilight Sparkle finally fell to Discord?
- (facepalm) Aw, jeez...
This will make you feel sorry about making retard jokes about the fandom's favorite background pony.
- Sending apology muffins to Derpy...
If you don't believe the rock farmer story, here's an alternate take on how Pinkie Pie really got her cutie mark. Tears. You will shed them.
- Another one from PashaPup, this time on Rainbow Dash's childhood.
Pinkie Pie remembers.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal...
Celestia waited so very, very long...
"Then she took off my wings..."
"Daddy?"
The End.
Poor little Luna, irony really bites hard. It'll bite extra hard if you realise how she acheived this particular wish.
"You never will, Luna."
"I don't really want to talk about the baby right now..."
Luna's diary of her exile on the moon. Also serious Nightmare Fuel (pun intended).
This illustration for a scene in the Pony POV Series. The picture does a great job of showing how sad it must be for Applejack to realize she's Alone in a Crowd with all her friends trapped in Princess Gaia's Lotus Eater Machine.
Not every little filly has Celestia on hand to suppress their first bout of Wild Magic...^{[dead link]}
"I know we're strange, but I don't want my family to ever change. Because this is my family, and I love it."^{[dead link]} You will shed tears, and they will most likely not be manly.
Ok, admittingly, it ends on a funny note, but this fancomic will make you feel sorry for poor Twilight.
All she saw was a monster.
- Part two and part 3 on the otherhand were quite scary.
- Then part 4 comes and it gets even more depressing.
Now, granted, there's a big divide among fans concerning the Mare-Do-Well episode, but hey, at least no one got hurt, right?
"Happy Birthday, Twilight..."
Discorded Derpy. While most go the Crowning Moment of Funny route with her Discording, this one goes a completely heartbreaking one. Poor Dinky...
- It says something when about half the comments say things along the lines of "Discord dies for this"...
- The following strip can pretty much go under CMoH. And as a CMoA, too.
Sniff.
This is home.
"A Brony's Blue" is about how a man named George Crawford finds meaning in his empty life when he becomes friends with a pony named Neon. But, as the cruel reality of his world sets in and starts bring pain and misery into Neon's life, George sacrifices his happiness and their time together to give her the life she deserves in Equestria.
Seeing Derpy crying over an ill, bed-ridden Dinky is upsetting enough. This is even sadder.
It's Your Life.
All things considered, Rainbow Dash took the Mare Do Well revelation pretty well. What if she hadn't?
- The other parts of this story are pretty sad too, especially the cliffhangers at the end of parts 4, 5, and 6.
A battle between Spike and his friends.
- Just seeing Spike in a monstrous form about to finish off the ponies he considered his friends and family is bad enough. But when you read the description to the comic, you realize that he turned into a beast due to being everyone's personal Butt Monkey. You can only imagine the amount of guilt each of them must have for causing their dear friend to turn into a monster they hardly recognize as their friend.
A darker backstory for Derpy and Dinky. Still heartwarming, but in a crushing way.
The "Save Derpy" campaign over the controversy of the threat of changing Derpy's canon appearance and mannerisms to appease people who think she's mocking people with disabilities.
- And when that movement failed and the official iTunes release of her appearance "un-derped" her, it led to some very angry reactions, but led to some very sad artwork.
  - Short but very effective, the story in the comments on this picture^{[dead link]}
He was her #1 assistant.
Heart's Desire. Readers who dislike ships were touched. Readers who dislike the particular ship were touched. A few non-fans of the show itself were tearing up..
Seeing Fluttershy crying for her mother will cause your soul to shatter.
If there's two things this guy can do, it's tell tramatic back stories and work with MS Paint.
The part in My Little Pony the Mentally Advanced Series where Twilight mentions what happened to Mrs. Buzzy was a Crowning Moment of Funny. In context, less so.
- The other Abridged Series isn't devoid of heart(drive)breaking art either. At least the other two Snooty Snark Evaders believe in Sweetie Belle's humanity...
This picture may be a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming but think of the Fridge Horror of this picture being one of last memories Big Mac, Applejack and Applebloom had of their parents...
- Then comes This.
Here.^{[dead link]} Big Mac read a certain fanfic involving him and his sister, doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming of sorts.
- On a similar note, Dashie reads^{[dead link]} a certain fanfic involving her and Scootaloo.
But it was her birthday cake.
Why Scootaloo wasn't at the Sisterhooves Social
What a costume party...
Place your bids.
Thick scales don't cover the heart...
Poor Cadence...
Could be funny as well, but what if Discord and Queen Chrysalis^{[dead link]} had a Freudian Excuse?
Despite her Complete Monster status by many fans, there are others who can't help but giving her a sad^{[dead link]} back^{[dead link]} story.
You may be thankful that the other Derpy Censoring Art isn't so sad as this piece of sh*t!
Don't cry Sweetie Belle. You do have a soul.

Fan Videos

This PMV (Twilight's Lonely Day) will be sure to make you weep in sorrow for the poor filly.
- followed with Applejack's Grief.
Try watching this video without being moved to tears. This video will move even the strongest people, especially the ending.
"When She Loved Me.", made by the aforementioned Egophiliac using one of the most Tear Jerky songs from Toy Story 2.
Somehow, this video, however upbeat. Especially 3:00.
- Another alternate ending to "Party Of One" manages to combine the tearjerking of that episode with another...
The Girl Who Lost the Stars, using The Girl Who Stole the Stars and flashbacks to make Twilight's corruption in The Return of Harmony Part 2 even more heartbreaking.
- Turns into Crowning Moment of Heartwarming territory near the end. Maybe even a little awesome.
Luna's Lament, while also containing a great deal of Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, also contains some truly sad moments as it explores how difficult it must be for Luna to return after 1000 years.
This "All This Time" video had this troper tearing up. It just worked on so many levels.
Even if you don't like Titanic, if this video of Lyra and Bon Bon doesn't make you cry, then |you are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity.
A Silly Filly Like Me. Derpy/Ditzy just seems to be a magnet for heartwrenching fanworks. Although, this one also combines it with an uplifting CMoH.
The first episode of an audio adaptation of the Pony POV Series manages to make Applejack's Discording (from her perspective) even more of a Tear Jerker thanks to the music and just how absolutely broken the voice actress makes her sound!
The Eventual Goodbye. Basically in a nutshell, Twilight believes that all will last forever with Spike and then she thinks on it some more as Spike starts to grow into an adult dragon and in turn, Twilight has to say goodbye to him forever. Sure it's all sketches, but it's nicely done that will leave many manly tears behind at the sentimental value of what could possibly happen in the end. And the music that's played the entire time doesn't help matters either. Very sad indeed.
This flash video starring a down on her luck Trixie who has essentially hit rock bottom. The music goes perfectly with the video as well. Though it ends on a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, thanks to what seems to be Luna.
Carnations and Forget-me-nots.
"Doctor? I got a question..." It's not canon for the Doctor Whooves and Assistant series, and thank the heavens for that.
- Thankfully, it later turns out that this wasn't the Doctor's Ditzy, but Inky's.
I'll Be Waiting. A song about Derpy and her simple wish to be needed by someone...
Twilight is Ronrey
True Friendship. A flash video based on the comic when Spike grows up, from Ask Twilight Sparkle.
Derpy's Censored. Part of it is the actress' very real sorrow, and part of it is thanks to a spot-on Meaningful Echo: "I just don't know what went wrong..." Added to how it's performed by who is considered to be the de facto Fanon!Derpy voice actress!
- It's funny how peple considered the character so very insulting and upsetting because of how her name could be interpreted, yet none of these people seem to notice how a lot of her fans were choosing to interpret it. Say what you like about the reactions to the changes (like all fandoms, we have our own bucket full of crazy who went over the top about it), but the fans weren't using the word 'Derp' as an insult. Balddumborat's pain is as real as any of the insulted parties. Not only did we have a chance to portray a disabled character in the media instead of locking them away like disability is shameful, but we had a chance to completely change the meaning of a word amongst a huge circle of people, and make it so that when people heard the word 'derp' they thought of something cute and friendly and kind rather than something hurtful. There's another Tear Jerker right there.
- Now is animated to be even more gut wrenching!
This video, too. *Sniff*
This Shining Armor/Princess Cadance PMV, set to "Far Longer Than Forever".
The Sisters Despair A PMV that shows the heartache and pain the fight with Nightmare Moon caused Celestia, all with just music and images, not a single spoken word.

Other

A real Tear Jerker is from the fanfic adaptation of the "After the Gala" comics. Not only are the reactions of some of the Mane Cast this, the one that really takes the case is Fluttershy's My God, What Have I Done? reaction to her bout of insanity at the Gala. She breaks down and sobs her eyes out at the fact she did something so cruel and horrible. Her friends are just left distraught at the fact they have no idea what they can say to comfort her. The writer even admitted to crying while writing that part! Though of course this just makes the rest of the fic that much more of a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in the end.
Mommy Nearest will make you cringe and cry at how much agony Rainbow Dash is suffering. It has a happy ending, but Mare, that's just sadistic.
- Be warned; it's not just a Tear Jerker, it also contains Body Horror and Nausea Fuel.
Yet another Tear Jerker of a Fanfic, My Little Dashie is based on a comic from Equestria Daily in which someone finds a baby Rainbow Dash in our world. He raises his 'daughter' and they have happy lives together for fifteen years. And then he gets a knock at the door, opens it to find Celestia and the other Mane Six members, all there to take Rainbow Dash home. And he knew they'd be coming the entire time.
- And there's one sequel in which Dashie returns to her human father after spending three weeks in Equestria, only to discover that 20+ years have passed on Earth, he married and had a daughter (giving Dashie a sister she never knew she had), and is dying from cancer. The last thing he says to her before being wheeled in for an operation that will most likely kill him is, Goodbye, Dashie. You're my daughter and I love you.
- Azekahh read this fanfic out, and even he was moved to tears by the story of a Rainbow Dash who was adopted into a loving home. Somehow, having the story read out makes it even more heartwarming and heartrending at once. In particular, the way he goes from being skeptical of the heartwarming/rending content to barely holding in his tears will move you. Near the end, he spends at least a minute sobbing uncontrollably in sympathy towards the main character for his loss. He doesn't just read the story at this point, he almost becomes it.
The Bad Future segment of the Pony POV series. Discord reigns supreme, Twilight and her friends now willingly serve as his top enforcers, and we're given a detailed look into just how horrific Discord's rule is. The segment ends with Evil!Twilight getting ready to murder a group of fillies simply for practicing magic.
- And now here's a sequel to it that ends with all the girls, now Discord's immortal slaves, remembering themselves just long enough to die. There will be tears.
  - Though of course that all happened because Twilight Tragedy Set Right What Once Went Wrong and will be reborn in their new timeline selves and Discord is finally overthrown. Still, it doesn't change how some parts are legitimently sad.
- Even the Lighter and Softer second half of the series has one in Screwball's fate. She was a patient at a Bedlam House who escaped during Discord's rampage. Even after things go back to normal, she's still insane and has to be taken back, mumbling about how everything had "finally made sense" just a few hours earlier. This becomes even worse when you learn that, in this continuity, she's Diamond Tiara's mother.
  - From said Lighter and Softer second half, Applejack's story. Applejack is invited to Canterlot in order to fully understand just how painful the honest and absolute truth is. She starts by seeing many of the ponies around Ponyville, and the full weight of their pain almost forces her to close the shutter if she hadn't stopped it with her own hoof. The images get more drastic and dramatic, and several painful truths come rushing to Applejack. Truths such as we all die eventually, your sister had a nightmare adventure, and Twilight will outlive you all and face the pony of death with new Elements of Harmony. Yet the thing that breaks her down the most is the fact that she could have had a child if she chose to stay in the city and earn a cutie mark from there. Perhaps the most tearjerker part is just how broken AJ is once they force her to stop, or how upset Celestia is at Applejack just not giving in.
  - Trixie's story, especially when Trixie explains why she is so concerned of what the audience thinks of her.
Speaking of Trixie, her two breakdowns in Kindness's Reward where she starts thinking she deserved what happened to her.
Someone took Singing Telegram and put the BGM from Shenkai Summit. In the original song, Pinkie Pie is getting tired as she sings to each of her friends, but in this it makes it seem like she's slowly breaking down and crying.
Both of the stories here. For an extra kick, read the second story while listening to this. You're going to need some alone time. It's quite possibly one of the most beautiful combinations of text and audio you'll ever be honored to witness. Your soul will be cleansed.
Today, Tomorrow, and Forever. Derpy Hooves mysteriously takes a day off for the first time anyone can remember, to celebrate Dinky's birthday, despite it being four months away. What at first seems to be just part of her usual weirdness turns out to be that she's been declared an unfit mother, and this is her last chance to spend time with Dinky before she's taken to a foster home. What somehow makes it worse is that the people taking Dinky away are completely sympathetic to Derpy, knowing how much she loves her daughter, but is just too mentally unstable to be trusted with her.
- She is mentally stable -- hard-working, accomplished, and attentive to her daughter. And that's the worst part of it all.
To Forgive Is Equine has a few, but one that takes the cake is Pinkie Pie breaking down in tears while talking to the unconscious Twilight at the thought she's going to lose one of her best friends. Also, The Reveal that Trixie's father died of the same illness now threatening Twilight.
Of Mares and Magic Is BRIMMING with these.
- Can somepony explain the story in layman's terms? Not everypony has time to read all 12 chapters.
What's Eating Rainbow Dash? does a very good job of giving Rainbow Dash a What the Hell, Hero? moment about the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" as well as a depressing backstory. Her popularity with the ponies went to shit (with the exception of the construction worker she saved) and Junior Fliers academy was really a remedial flight school for bad fliers or fliers needing attitude adjustments and RD had only Glida as a friend after flunking out of Summer Flight Camp. The Mane 5 atually feel horrible for their treatment towards her they want to apologize... only to hear that she's moving to Apple-Loosa for their weather branch. Then RD chews them out by saying that she never asked for a fan club or wanted accidents to happen. Then she points out she doesn't have a little sister, a dragon assistant, a apprenticeship with the Princess, a farm, a dress shop, critters that come to her or ponies that treat her like a daughter. And weather service? That's a lowly position for her and something that will never get her noticed by the Thunderbolts despite winning flying contests. Then she points out her friends left her out of pet day until she got a pet. The ending is happy though.
This short fic about Luna. Luna had only planned to keep it night for seven days. She never told Celestia that.
The last-minute derail of Cupcakes: Consequences. Long story short, after being saved by Twilight Sparkle and Applejack, it's revealed that there's a Parasprite in her head, crushing and poisoning her brain and cure her, but fail to rehabilitate the traumatized Pinkie back into the community. But, it gets even more heart-rending: In the end, she begs Celestia (After several attempts to take her own life, no less.) to be punished as Discord was punished, and is, and remains in statue form in the garden forever, endlessly alone with her torment.
The story behind this picture. *sniff*
The stark, existential horror of Bad End. Could... Could someone else describe it? It's making my heart hurt, giving me heart palpitations, chest pains.
- It's based on what happens if you fail in the fan-game Story of the Blanks. Apple Bloom returns home as a zombiefied filly, leaving a frantic and disgusted Applejack and Big Macintosh to handle having a flesh-craving zombie as a sister. Meanwhile, the rest of the town become increasingly desperate to find out what happened to Apple Bloom when Twilight returned to without her the night before. It's incomplete at three chapters so far.
Students of Celestia opens with a scene where Celestia visits a funeral for her student Manalight. It ends with both Luna and Celestia attending Twilight Sparkle's funeral.
Bubbles, the fanfic origin behind Derpy's cutie mark. Her mother, who hated her with a passion and called her retarded, leaves her in the woods all by herself to get rid of her like Hansel and Gretal. She leaves Derpy with a bubble blowing wand to play with. Mother of god, this made me tear up and I was like a rock during Up and Toy Story 3. There's an alternate ending that can be considered Earn Your Happy Ending material.
Circus Days focuses on Spike, and how he feels about being left behind by the mane 6 all the time, to do work while they go on exciting adventures. It's especially sad, when Spike finally calls them all out for always leaving him behind and never appreciating him. And if that wasn't bad enough, he then leaves them all, to live at the circus with some ponies he befriends. This story is just full of Break the Cutie and tear jerking moments, that if you don't shed at least one tear, you're not human.
Scootaloo's Mistake Is a very sorrowful story... how sorrowful you ask? Rainbow Dash dies saving Scootaloo in the first chapter
Depending on which story you're reading, The Flu ffy Pon ies phenomenon can count as this.
This troper in particular cried his eyes out at the Family & Friends fanfic by Raefire. Made especially more effective if you've ever lost a pet.

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 If a fanwork has its own page, refer to that main article for its [[Tear Jerker]] or YMMV tab.
-If you're looking for [[Ask a Pony (Blog)|Ask a Pony]] examples, they have their own page now.
+If you're looking for [[Ask a Pony]] examples, they have their own page now.
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 ==  Fan Art ==
 * [http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/ Egophiliac] is known for two things in the fandom, her super adorable version of Luna and her depiction of the relationship between the royal sisters. Any time she draws the two it's either heartwarming or a massive tear jerker. Matter of fact, you'll notice a lot of these fanon examples involve Celestia and/or Luna - what they are, and what they've been through, lends itself to this.
-** [http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/every-night-Day-17-212936628 Doing the right thing is never easy].
+** [https://web.archive.org/web/20111022121913/http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/every-night-Day-17-212936628 Doing the right thing is never easy].
-** [http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/celestia-through-the-ages-217745111 Celestia through the ages.] Third panel will get to you if you stare at it for too long.
+** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120627151426/http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/celestia-through-the-ages-217745111 Celestia through the ages.] Third panel will get to you if you stare at it for too long.
-*** [http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/atg-sleeping-the-years-away-256764577 Its thematic sequel] is no less heartwrenching.
+*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130317201619/http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/atg-sleeping-the-years-away-256764577 Its thematic sequel] is no less heartwrenching.
-** [http://fav.me/d4e6diu Endless night...]
+** [http://fav.me/d4e6diu Endless night...]{{Dead link}}
 * [http://inkypad.deviantart.com/art/Descent-into-Madness-Luna-227284735 Poor Luna].
-* [http://img.ponibooru.org/images/1d/1d389374099701e88bd9392d43ec2f9c Sad party].
+* [http://img.ponibooru.org/images/1d/1d389374099701e88bd9392d43ec2f9c Sad party]{{Dead link}}.
 * [http://smockhobbes.deviantart.com/art/ATG-17-Banished-Luna-212883999 Alone].
-* [http://rizcifra.deviantart.com/art/quot-You-remind-me-of-someone-quot-212495190 Celestia remembering].
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140428125534/http://rizcifra.deviantart.com/art/quot-You-remind-me-of-someone-quot-212495190 Celestia remembering].
 * [http://misteraibo.deviantart.com/art/Curse-of-Longevity-228243107 Being a Goddess is hard, so very hard].
 ** [http://misteraibo.deviantart.com/art/Curse-of-Blue-Blood-217781516 Being an all-powerful being is just as hard].
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 * [http://shadow-dancer-666.deviantart.com/art/MLP-FiM-Always-There-for-You-208695898 A young Granny Smith and the origin of "Sweet Apple Acres"].
 * [http://feather-chan.deviantart.com/art/End-of-Harmony-258546188 The Elements lost their power...because she lost the friend she loved the most...]
-** Made even more tragic because it turns out [[I Knew It|that really is how the Elements Of Harmony can lose their power.]]
+** Made even more tragic because it turns out [[I Knew It!|that really is how the Elements Of Harmony can lose their power.]]
 * [http://matrix541.deviantart.com/art/Trixie-s-Story-258755970 This comic] tells a saddening tale of Trixie's origin.
-* [http://themiles.deviantart.com/art/Path-of-Discord-259072394 This picture] pretty much sums up "The Return Of Harmony" in pure heartbreaking detail...
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207110613/http://themiles.deviantart.com/art/Path-of-Discord-259072394 This picture] pretty much sums up "The Return Of Harmony" in pure heartbreaking detail...
-* [http://devorer.deviantart.com/art/Strike-of-Discord-259154479 The end of "The Return Of Harmony Part 1" from Twilight's perspective.] Really captures how depressing it is...
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002103841/http://devorer.deviantart.com/art/Strike-of-Discord-259154479 The end of "The Return Of Harmony Part 1" from Twilight's perspective.] Really captures how depressing it is...
-* [[The Bad Guy Wins|Nightmare Moon won]] but with nothing left to hate, Princess Luna is left to ask herself [[Was It Really Worth It]] [http://laurenmagpie.deviantart.com/art/Luna-s-Victory-261982471 No, it wasn't.]
+* [[The Bad Guy Wins|Nightmare Moon won]] but with nothing left to hate, Princess Luna is left to ask herself [[Was It Really Worth It?]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421085307/http://laurenmagpie.deviantart.com/art/Luna-s-Victory-261982471 No, it wasn't.]
 * [http://death-driver-5000.deviantart.com/art/Corrupted-Twilight-Sparkle-259390898 What if Twilight Sparkle finally fell to Discord?]
 ** (facepalm) [[Harsher in Hindsight|Aw, jeez...]]
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 ** Another one from PashaPup, this time on [http://pashapup.deviantart.com/art/After-the-Rain-Goes-Part-1-260752610 Rainbow Dash's childhood].
 * [http://krinlin.deviantart.com/art/Every-time-260404339 Pinkie Pie remembers.]
-* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/20253 Death leaves a heartache no one can heal...]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625044011/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/20253 Death leaves a heartache no one can heal...]
 * [http://grayma1k.deviantart.com/art/Years-to-go-261012224 Celestia waited so very, very long...]
 * [http://fav.me/d47llch "Then she took off my wings..."]
 * [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HNnR69QqbJM/ToAf8QeopEI/AAAAAAAAMyc/WHjoMOpxqas/s400/daddy__by_qaxis-d4atzy7.png "Daddy?"]
-* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/73963 The End.]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120731051913/http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/73963 The End.]
 * [http://fongsaunder.deviantart.com/art/ASTROWOONA-264509677 Poor little Luna, irony really bites hard.] It'll bite extra hard if you realise ''how'' she acheived this particular wish.
 * [http://draikinator.deviantart.com/art/My-Favorite-Princess-264745733 "You never will, Luna."]
 * [http://fav.me/d4ed09c "I don't really want to] [http://fav.me/d4ed1kn talk about the baby] [http://fav.me/d4ed3eh right now..."]
 * [http://moongazeponies.deviantart.com/art/Luna-s-Moon-Diaries-203241434 Luna's diary of her exile on the moon.] Also serious [[Nightmare Fuel]] (pun intended).
-* [http://firedrake368.deviantart.com/art/Request-Princess-Gaia-s-Fog-266715351 This illustration] for a scene in the ''[[Pony POV Series (Fanfic)|Pony POV Series]]''. The picture does a great job of showing how sad it must be for {{spoiler|Applejack to realize she's [[Alone in A Crowd]] with all her friends trapped in Princess Gaia's [[Lotus Eater Machine]].}}
+* [http://firedrake368.deviantart.com/art/Request-Princess-Gaia-s-Fog-266715351 This illustration] for a scene in the ''[[Pony POV Series]]''. The picture does a great job of showing how sad it must be for {{spoiler|Applejack to realize she's [[Alone in a Crowd]] with all her friends trapped in Princess Gaia's [[Lotus Eater Machine]].}}
-* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/6471?search=filly%20trixie Not every little filly has Celestia on hand to suppress their first bout of Wild Magic...]
+* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/6471?search=filly%20trixie Not every little filly has Celestia on hand to suppress their first bout of Wild Magic...]{{Dead link}}
-* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/82565 "I know we're strange, but I don't want my family to ever change. Because this is my family, and I love it."] You will shed tears, and they will most likely [[Inelegant Blubbering|not be manly]].
+* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/82565 "I know we're strange, but I don't want my family to ever change. Because this is my family, and I love it."]{{Dead link}} You will shed tears, and they will most likely [[Inelegant Blubbering|not be manly]].
 * Ok, admittingly, {{spoiler|it ends on a funny note}}, but [http://scyphi.deviantart.com/art/quot-Discordiphobia-quot-269876813 this fancomic] will make you feel sorry for poor Twilight.
 * [http://crappyunicorn.deviantart.com/art/discordantly-1-259123093 All she saw was a monster.]
 ** [http://crappyunicorn.deviantart.com/art/discordantly-2-259288104 Part two] and [http://crappyunicorn.deviantart.com/art/discordantly-3-259431933 part 3] on the otherhand were quite scary.
 ** Then [http://i.imgur.com/CPrFo.jpg part 4 comes] and it gets even more depressing.
-* Now, granted, there's a [[Base Breaker|big divide]] among fans concerning the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell Mare-Do-Well] episode, but hey, [[Sarcasm Mode|at least no one got hurt,]] [http://chadrocco.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-Lessons-Learned-271885281 right?]
+* Now, granted, there's a [[Base Breaker|big divide]] among fans concerning the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well|Mare-Do-Well]] episode, but hey, [[Sarcasm Mode|at least no one got hurt,]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313132022/http://chadrocco.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pony-Lessons-Learned-271885281 right?]
 * [http://diegotan.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-didn-t-take-Spike-for-her-Birthday-Party-272680088 "Happy Birthday, Twilight..."]
 * [http://alfa995.deviantart.com/art/Discorded-Derpy-274946292 Discorded Derpy]. While most go the [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] route with her Discording, this one goes a completely heartbreaking one. {{spoiler|Poor Dinky...}}
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 * [http://pashapup.deviantart.com/art/Twinkle-Twinkle-Little-Star-Lineart-275006142 Sniff.]
 * [http://moonlightscribe.deviantart.com/art/Home-for-the-Hoildays-275313601 This is home.]
-* [http://escagorouge.deviantart.com/art/A-Brony-s-Blue-275549858 "A Brony's Blue"] is about how a man named George Crawford finds meaning in his empty life when he becomes friends with a pony named Neon. But, as the cruel reality of his world sets in and starts bring pain and misery into Neon's life, George sacrifices his happiness and their time together to give her the life she deserves in Equestria.
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207174559/http://escagorouge.deviantart.com/art/A-Brony-s-Blue-275549858 "A Brony's Blue"] is about how a man named George Crawford finds meaning in his empty life when he becomes friends with a pony named Neon. But, as the cruel reality of his world sets in and starts bring pain and misery into Neon's life, George sacrifices his happiness and their time together to give her the life she deserves in Equestria.
 * Seeing Derpy crying over an ill, [http://jake-heritagu.deviantart.com/art/Dinky-is-Sick-255846674 bed-ridden Dinky] is upsetting enough. [http://lemonyhooves.deviantart.com/art/Wake-up-please-wake-up-Dinky-203509470 This] is even sadder.
-* [http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/It-s-Your-Life-276845993 It's Your Life.]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818051430/http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/It-s-Your-Life-276845993 It's Your Life.]
-* All things considered, Rainbow Dash took the Mare Do Well revelation pretty well. [http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-1-277324461 What if she hadn't?]
+* All things considered, Rainbow Dash took the Mare Do Well revelation pretty well. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207023654/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-1-277324461 What if she hadn't?]
-** [http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-2-277712604 The other][http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-3-278285063 parts of][http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-4-279119794 this][http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-5-280867425 story][http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-6-281241186 are] pretty sad too, especially the cliffhangers at the end of parts 4, 5, and 6.
+** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307090522/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-2-277712604 The other][https://web.archive.org/web/20120307061315/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-3-278285063 parts of][https://web.archive.org/web/20120309050255/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-4-279119794 this][https://web.archive.org/web/20120313193123/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-5-280867425 story][https://web.archive.org/web/20120314011244/http://yuki-orin.deviantart.com/art/Alone-page-6-281241186 are] pretty sad too, especially the cliffhangers at the end of parts 4, 5, and 6.
 * [http://mangaka-girl.deviantart.com/art/The-Last-Battle-rough-draft-271941700 A battle between Spike and his friends.]
 ** Just seeing Spike in a monstrous form about to finish off the ponies he considered his friends and family is bad enough. But when you read the description to the comic, you realize that he turned into a beast due to being everyone's personal [[Butt Monkey]]. You can only imagine the amount of guilt each of them must have for causing their dear friend to turn into a [[Fridge Horror|monster they hardly recognize as their friend]].
 * [http://beavernator.deviantart.com/art/A-Lesser-Known-Tale-of-Dinky-Hooves-279142766 A darker backstory for Derpy and Dinky.] Still heartwarming, but in a crushing way.
-* [http://savederpy.com/ The "Save Derpy" campaign] over the controversy of the threat of changing Derpy's canon appearance and mannerisms to appease [[Stop Having Fun Guys|people who think she's mocking people with disabilities.]]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140101002751/http://savederpy.com/ The "Save Derpy" campaign] over the controversy of the threat of changing Derpy's canon appearance and mannerisms to appease [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|people who think she's mocking people with disabilities.]]
-** And when that movement failed and the official iTunes release of her appearance "un-derped" her, it led to some very angry reactions, but led to some very [http://ryumuramasa.deviantart.com/art/For-Derpy-287020741 sad] [http://sterlingpony.deviantart.com/art/Farewell-Derpy-287023603 artwork].
+** And when that movement failed and the official iTunes release of her appearance "un-derped" her, it led to some very angry reactions, but led to some very [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120185401/http://ryumuramasa.deviantart.com/art/For-Derpy-287020741 sad] [http://sterlingpony.deviantart.com/art/Farewell-Derpy-287023603 artwork].
-*** Short but very effective, the story in the comments on [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/138585 this picture]
+*** Short but very effective, the story in the comments on [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/138585 this picture]{{Dead link}}
-* [[http://sierraex.deviantart.com/art/The-ones-you-lose-284248495?q=gallery<!-- 3Asierraex2F29759398&qo=1 He was her #1 assistant.]] -->
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191216055820/https://www.deviantart.com/sierraex/art/The-ones-you-lose-284248495?q=gallery%3Asierraex%2F29759398&qo=1 He was her #1 assistant.]
 * [http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/art/Heart-s-Desire-285284708 Heart's Desire]. Readers who dislike ships were touched. Readers who dislike the particular ship were touched. A few non-fans of the show itself were tearing up..
 * Seeing [http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/fluttershy-origins-287894382 Fluttershy crying for her mother] will cause your soul to shatter.
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 * The part in [[My Little Pony the Mentally Advanced Series]] where Twilight mentions what happened to Mrs. Buzzy was a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]. In context, [http://petirep.deviantart.com/art/Mrs-Buzzy-Isn-t-Real-243985969 less so].
 ** [[Friendship Is Witchcraft|The other Abridged Series]] isn't devoid of [http://thisisbalooga.tumblr.com/post/19451693144/soul-searchy-sketches-in-the-morning-because heart(drive)breaking] art either. At least the other two Snooty Snark Evaders believe in Sweetie Belle's humanity...
-* [http://773her.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Sister-280504420 This picture] may be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] but think of the [[Fridge Horror]] of this picture being one of last memories Big Mac, Applejack and Applebloom had of their parents...
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120124032943/http://773her.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Sister-280504420 This picture] may be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] but think of the [[Fridge Horror]] of this picture being one of last memories Big Mac, Applejack and Applebloom had of their parents...
 ** Then comes [http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/279/548/a97.jpg This.]
-* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/149073?search=apple_bloom Here.] Big Mac read [[Fan Fic/Sweet Apple Massacre|a certain fanfic involving him and his sister]], doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] of sorts.
+* [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/149073?search=apple_bloom Here.]{{Dead link}} Big Mac read [[Fan Fic/Sweet Apple Massacre|a certain fanfic involving him and his sister]], doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] of sorts.
-** On a similar note, [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/127392 Dashie reads] [[Rainbow Factory (Fanfic)|a certain fanfic involving her and Scootaloo.]]
+** On a similar note, [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/127392 Dashie reads]{{Dead link}} [[Rainbow Factory|a certain fanfic involving her and Scootaloo.]]
 * [http://silfoe.deviantart.com/art/Even-the-Princess-293325590 But it was her birthday cake].
-* [http://jammaren.deviantart.com/art/On-the-Day-of-Sisterhooves-Social-284296636 Why Scootaloo wasn't at the Sisterhooves Social]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217195239/http://jammaren.deviantart.com/art/On-the-Day-of-Sisterhooves-Social-284296636 Why Scootaloo wasn't at the Sisterhooves Social]
 * [http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/279/499/591.png What a costume party...]
 * [http://alsatianvdk.deviantart.com/art/The-price-for-dashie-295513350 Place your bids.]
 * [http://blackgryph0n.deviantart.com/art/Thick-Scales-206867943 Thick scales don't cover the heart...]
 * [http://icaron.deviantart.com/art/Replaced-Forgotten-298431584 Poor Cadence...]
-* Could be funny as well, but what if [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/174436?search=Chrysalis Discord and Queen Chrysalis] had a [[Freudian Excuse]]?
+* Could be funny as well, but what if [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/174436?search=Chrysalis Discord and Queen Chrysalis]{{Dead link}} had a [[Freudian Excuse]]?
-* Despite her [[Complete Monster]] status by [[Your Mileage May Vary|many fans]], there are others who can't help but giving [[Draco in Leather Pants|her]] [http://shealshpal.deviantart.com/art/Chrysalis-Reflection-297906727 a] [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/173073?search=Chrysalis sad] [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/173565?search=Chrysalis back] [[Dark and Troubled Past|story.]]
+* Despite her [[Complete Monster]] status by [[Your Mileage May Vary|many fans]], there are others who can't help but giving [[Draco in Leather Pants|her]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120703022734/http://shealshpal.deviantart.com/art/Chrysalis-Reflection-297906727 a] [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/173073?search=Chrysalis sad]{{Dead link}} [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/173565?search=Chrysalis back]{{Dead link}} [[Dark and Troubled Past|story.]]
-* You may be thankful that the other Derpy Censoring Art isn't so sad as this [http://dx11.deviantart.com/art/So-long-derpy-hooves-287018616 piece of sh*t!]
+* You may be thankful that the other Derpy Censoring Art isn't so sad as this [https://web.archive.org/web/20120707090644/http://dx11.deviantart.com/art/So-long-derpy-hooves-287018616 piece of sh*t!]
 * [http://hemmamann.deviantart.com/art/Soulless-Automaton-301720893 Don't cry Sweetie Belle.] You do have a soul.
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 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FMnm-nYns followed with Applejack's Grief.]
 * Try watching ''this'' video without being moved to tears. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtwq6RM9Og This video will move even the strongest people, especially the ending.]
-* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujiEeZje_M When She Loved Me.]", made by the aforementioned Egophiliac using one of the most Tear Jerky songs from [[Toy Story]] 2.
+* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujiEeZje_M When She Loved Me.]", made by the aforementioned Egophiliac using one of the most Tear Jerky songs from [[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2.
 * Somehow, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R677MV--WI this video], however upbeat. Especially 3:00.
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jERuovcS0Ec Another alternate ending] to "Party Of One" manages to combine the tearjerking of that episode with [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|another]]...
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVIoEaZNaU8 The Girl Who Lost the Stars], using [[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|The Girl Who Stole the Stars]] and flashbacks to make {{spoiler|Twilight's corruption}} in The Return of Harmony Part 2 even more heartbreaking.
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVIoEaZNaU8 The Girl Who Lost the Stars], using [[Chrono Cross|The Girl Who Stole the Stars]] and flashbacks to make {{spoiler|Twilight's corruption}} in The Return of Harmony Part 2 even more heartbreaking.
 ** Turns into [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] territory near the end. Maybe even a little [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome.]]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkpRUhdVNmU&feature=player_embedded# Luna's Lament], while also containing a great deal of [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], also contains some truly sad moments as it explores how difficult it must be for Luna to return after 1000 years.
 * This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTF7_Sh2poM "All This Time"] video had this troper tearing up. It just worked on so many levels.
-* Even if you don't like Titanic, if [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOfmXHa3Asg this video] of Lyra and Bon Bon doesn't make you cry, then [[Toy Story|you are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity]].
+* Even if you don't like Titanic, if [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOfmXHa3Asg this video] of Lyra and Bon Bon doesn't make you cry, then [[Toy Story (franchise)||you are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity]].
 * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_y8uRYI8Y A Silly Filly Like Me]''. Derpy/Ditzy just seems to be [[The Woobie|a magnet for heartwrenching fanworks]]. Although, this one also combines it with an uplifting [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMoH]].
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMeWbsJ7wQ&feature=feedu The first episode] of an audio adaptation of the ''[[Pony POV Series (Fanfic)|Pony POV Series]]'' manages to make Applejack's Discording (from her perspective) even ''more'' of a [[Tear Jerker]] thanks to the music and just how absolutely ''broken'' the voice actress makes her sound!
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMeWbsJ7wQ&feature=feedu The first episode] of an audio adaptation of the ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' manages to make Applejack's Discording (from her perspective) even ''more'' of a [[Tear Jerker]] thanks to the music and just how absolutely ''broken'' the voice actress makes her sound!
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xc0eGxYNlI The Eventual Goodbye]. Basically in a nutshell, Twilight believes that all will last forever with Spike and then she thinks on it some more as Spike starts to grow into an adult dragon and in turn, Twilight has to say goodbye to him forever. Sure it's all sketches, but it's nicely done that will leave many manly tears behind at the sentimental value of what could possibly happen in the end. And the music that's played the entire time doesn't help matters either. Very sad indeed.
-* [http://fav.me/d4i7p59 This flash video] starring a down on her luck Trixie who has essentially hit rock bottom. The music goes perfectly with the video as well. {{spoiler|Though it ends on a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], thanks to what seems to be Luna.}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191216055554/https://www.deviantart.com/tiarawhy/art/Flash-Trixie-Alone-272456973 This flash video] starring a down on her luck Trixie who has essentially hit rock bottom. The music goes perfectly with the video as well. {{spoiler|Though it ends on a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], thanks to what seems to be Luna.}}
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_I8egbYIg&feature=player_embedded Carnations and Forget-me-nots.]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHdg1YeBG0 "Doctor? I got a question..."] It's not canon for the Doctor Whooves and Assistant series, and thank the heavens for that.
-** Thankfully, {{spoiler|it later turns out that this wasn't the Doctor's Ditzy, but ''[[Laser Guided Karma|Inky's]]''.}}
+** Thankfully, {{spoiler|it later turns out that this wasn't the Doctor's Ditzy, but ''[[Laser-Guided Karma|Inky's]]''.}}
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45RTzZdsJTE I'll Be Waiting]. A song about Derpy and her simple wish to be needed by someone...
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GUPjqVNA-E Twilight is Ronrey]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q806j1_xs_A True Friendship.] A flash video based on the comic when Spike grows up, from [http://ask-twilightsparkle.tumblr.com/post/10358515119 Ask Twilight Sparkle.]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_L5kTIiXs&feature=channel_video_title Derpy's Censored]. Part of it is the actress' very real sorrow, and part of it is thanks to a spot-on [[Meaningful Echo]]: "I just don't know what went wrong..." Added to how it's performed by who is considered to be ''the'' de facto Fanon!Derpy voice actress!
 ** It's funny how peple considered the character so very insulting and upsetting because of how her name ''could'' be interpreted, yet none of these people seem to notice how a lot of her fans were ''choosing'' to interpret it. Say what you like about the reactions to the changes (like all fandoms, we have our own bucket [[Fan Dumb|full of crazy]] who went over the top about it), but ''the fans'' weren't using the word 'Derp' as an insult. Balddumborat's pain is as real as any of the insulted parties. Not only did we have a chance to portray a disabled character in the media instead of locking them away like disability is shameful, but we had a chance to completely ''change the meaning of a word'' amongst a huge circle of people, and make it so that when people heard the word 'derp' they thought of something cute and friendly and kind rather than something hurtful. There's another [[Tear Jerker]] right there.
 ** Now is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-_HeVNYOk&feature=related animated] to be even more gut wrenching!
 * This video, too. [http://swomswom.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Goodbye-my-friend-FLASH-292023374 *Sniff*]
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 == Other ==
-* A real [[Tear Jerker]] is from the fanfic adaptation of the "[http://aleximusprime.deviantart.com/art/quot-After-the-Gala-quot-255397965 After the Gala]" comics. Not only are the reactions of some of the Mane Cast this, the one that ''really'' takes the case is {{spoiler|Fluttershy's [[My God What Have I Done]] reaction to her bout of insanity at the Gala. She breaks down and sobs her eyes out at the fact she did something so cruel and horrible. Her friends are just left distraught at the fact they have ''no idea'' what they can say to comfort her.}} The writer even admitted to crying while writing that part! Though of course this just makes the rest of the fic that much more of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the end.
+* A real [[Tear Jerker]] is from the fanfic adaptation of the "[http://aleximusprime.deviantart.com/art/quot-After-the-Gala-quot-255397965 After the Gala]" comics. Not only are the reactions of some of the Mane Cast this, the one that ''really'' takes the case is {{spoiler|Fluttershy's [[My God, What Have I Done?]] reaction to her bout of insanity at the Gala. She breaks down and sobs her eyes out at the fact she did something so cruel and horrible. Her friends are just left distraught at the fact they have ''no idea'' what they can say to comfort her.}} The writer even admitted to crying while writing that part! Though of course this just makes the rest of the fic that much more of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the end.
-* [http://fairy-slayer.deviantart.com/art/MLP-FiM-Mommy-Nearest-195124067 Mommy Nearest] will make you cringe and cry at how much agony Rainbow Dash is suffering. It has a happy ending, but Mare, that's just sadistic.
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130708150550/http://fairy-slayer.deviantart.com/art/MLP-FiM-Mommy-Nearest-195124067 Mommy Nearest] will make you cringe and cry at how much agony Rainbow Dash is suffering. It has a happy ending, but Mare, that's just sadistic.
 ** Be warned; it's not just a [[Tear Jerker]], it also contains [[Body Horror]] and [[Nausea Fuel]].
 * Yet another [[Tear Jerker]] of a Fanfic, [http://robcakeran53.deviantart.com/#/d4b27q4 My Little Dashie] is based on a comic from Equestria Daily in which someone finds a baby Rainbow Dash in our world. He raises his 'daughter' and they have happy lives together for fifteen years. And then he gets a knock at the door, opens it to find [[Physical God|Celestia]] and the other Mane Six members, all there to take Rainbow Dash home. ''And he knew they'd be coming the entire time.''
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 ** Azekahh [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tESDlYTkzsI read][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP3nMrrU8p8 this] fanfic out, and even he was moved to tears by the story of a Rainbow Dash who was adopted into a loving home. Somehow, having the story read out makes it even more heartwarming and heartrending at once. In particular, the way he goes from being skeptical of the heartwarming/rending content to barely holding in his tears will ''move'' you. Near the end, he spends at least a minute sobbing uncontrollably in sympathy towards the main character for his loss. He doesn't just read the story at this point, he almost ''becomes'' it.
 * The [[Bad Future]] segment of the ''Pony POV'' series. {{spoiler|Discord reigns supreme, Twilight and her friends now willingly serve as his top enforcers, and we're given a detailed look into just how horrific Discord's rule is. The segment ends with Evil!Twilight getting ready to murder a group of fillies ''simply for practicing magic''.}}
-** And now here's a sequel to it [http://ardashir.deviantart.com/favourites/47106860#/d4lrntt that ends with all the girls, now Discord's immortal slaves, remembering themselves just long enough to] ''[[Dying As Yourself|die]]''. There will be tears.
+** And now here's a sequel to it [http://ardashir.deviantart.com/favourites/47106860#/d4lrntt that ends with all the girls, now Discord's immortal slaves, remembering themselves just long enough to] ''[[Dying as Yourself|die]]''. There will be tears.
 *** Though of course {{spoiler|that all happened because Twilight Tragedy [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] and will be reborn in their new timeline selves}} and Discord is finally overthrown. Still, it doesn't change how some parts are legitimently sad.
 ** Even the [[Lighter and Softer]] second half of the series has one in {{spoiler|Screwball's fate. She was a patient at a [[Bedlam House]] who escaped during Discord's rampage. Even after things go back to normal, she's still insane and has to be taken back, mumbling about how everything had "finally made sense" just a few hours earlier. This becomes even worse when you learn that, in this continuity, she's Diamond Tiara's mother.}}
-*** From said Lighter and Softer second half, [http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Healed-Ponies-POVs-Applejack-260585443 Applejack's story]. {{spoiler|Applejack is invited to Canterlot in order to fully understand just how painful the honest and absolute truth is. She starts by seeing many of the ponies around Ponyville, and the full weight of their pain almost forces her to close the shutter if she hadn't stopped it with her own hoof. The images get more drastic and dramatic, and several painful truths come rushing to Applejack. Truths such as we all die eventually, [[Story of the Blanks|your sister had a nightmare adventure]], and Twilight will outlive you all and face the pony of death with new Elements of Harmony. Yet the thing that breaks her down the most is the fact that she could have had a child if she chose to stay in the city and earn a cutie mark from there. Perhaps the most tearjerker part is just how broken AJ is once they force her to stop, or how upset Celestia is at Applejack just not giving in.}}
+*** From said Lighter and Softer second half, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141108220521/http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Healed-Ponies-POVs-Applejack-260585443 Applejack's story]. {{spoiler|Applejack is invited to Canterlot in order to fully understand just how painful the honest and absolute truth is. She starts by seeing many of the ponies around Ponyville, and the full weight of their pain almost forces her to close the shutter if she hadn't stopped it with her own hoof. The images get more drastic and dramatic, and several painful truths come rushing to Applejack. Truths such as we all die eventually, [[Story of the Blanks|your sister had a nightmare adventure]], and Twilight will outlive you all and face the pony of death with new Elements of Harmony. Yet the thing that breaks her down the most is the fact that she could have had a child if she chose to stay in the city and earn a cutie mark from there. Perhaps the most tearjerker part is just how broken AJ is once they force her to stop, or how upset Celestia is at Applejack just not giving in.}}
 *** [http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Healing-Ponies-POV-Trixie-263163009 Trixie's story], especially when Trixie explains why she is so concerned of what the audience thinks of her.
 * Speaking of Trixie, her two breakdowns in [http://averystrange.deviantart.com/art/Kindness-s-Reward-Chapter-1-217206740 Kindness's Reward] where she starts thinking she deserved what happened to her.
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 ** She ''is'' mentally stable -- hard-working, accomplished, and attentive to her daughter. And that's the [[Fiction Isn't Fair|worst part of it all.]]
 * [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7216936/1/To_bForgive_b_is_Equine To Forgive Is Equine] has a few, but one that takes the cake is {{spoiler|''Pinkie Pie'' breaking down in tears while talking to the unconscious Twilight at the thought she's going to lose one of her best friends. Also, [[The Reveal]] that Trixie's father died of the same illness now threatening Twilight.}}
 * [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-of-mares-and-magic.html Of Mares and Magic] Is BRIMMING with these.
 ** Can somepony explain the story in layman's terms? Not everypony has time to read all 12 chapters.
-* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Tr1F_PtCDS3j3LfdiUacQH1avOzRyOx7_4jjgCesUs/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1 What's Eating Rainbow Dash?] does a very good job of giving Rainbow Dash a [[What the Hell Hero]] moment about the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" as well as a depressing backstory. Her popularity with the ponies went to shit (with the exception of the construction worker she saved) and  {{spoiler|Junior Fliers academy was really a remedial flight school for bad fliers or fliers needing attitude adjustments and RD had only Glida as a friend after flunking out of Summer Flight Camp. The Mane 5 atually feel horrible for their treatment towards her they want to apologize... only to hear that she's moving to Apple-Loosa for their weather branch. Then RD chews them out by saying that she never asked for a fan club or wanted accidents to happen. Then she points out she doesn't have a little sister, a dragon assistant, a apprenticeship with the Princess, a farm, a dress shop, critters that come to her or ponies that treat her like a daughter. And weather service? That's a lowly position for her and something that will never get her noticed by the Thunderbolts despite winning flying contests}}. Then she points out her friends left her out of pet day until she got a pet. The ending is happy though.
+* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Tr1F_PtCDS3j3LfdiUacQH1avOzRyOx7_4jjgCesUs/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1 What's Eating Rainbow Dash?] does a very good job of giving Rainbow Dash a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment about the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" as well as a depressing backstory. Her popularity with the ponies went to shit (with the exception of the construction worker she saved) and  {{spoiler|Junior Fliers academy was really a remedial flight school for bad fliers or fliers needing attitude adjustments and RD had only Glida as a friend after flunking out of Summer Flight Camp. The Mane 5 atually feel horrible for their treatment towards her they want to apologize... only to hear that she's moving to Apple-Loosa for their weather branch. Then RD chews them out by saying that she never asked for a fan club or wanted accidents to happen. Then she points out she doesn't have a little sister, a dragon assistant, a apprenticeship with the Princess, a farm, a dress shop, critters that come to her or ponies that treat her like a daughter. And weather service? That's a lowly position for her and something that will never get her noticed by the Thunderbolts despite winning flying contests}}. Then she points out her friends left her out of pet day until she got a pet. The ending is happy though.
 * [http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=190728 This short fic] about Luna. {{spoiler|Luna had only planned to keep it night for seven days. [[Poor Communication Kills|She never told Celestia that]].}}
 * The last-minute derail of [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wlDkZDiGhp6W2eaviU0OL-LFWFKRByGrhwWJwEP4G0A/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1# Cupcakes: Consequences.] Long story short, after being saved by Twilight Sparkle and Applejack, it's revealed  {{spoiler|that there's a Parasprite in her head, crushing and poisoning her brain}} and cure her,  {{spoiler|but fail}} to rehabilitate the traumatized Pinkie back into the community. But, it gets [[Up to Eleven|even more heart-rending]]: In the end, she begs Celestia (After several attempts to take her own life, no less.) to be [[Taken for Granite|punished as Discord was punished]], and is, and remains in statue form in the garden forever, endlessly alone with her torment.
-* The story behind [http://atlur.deviantart.com/art/In-memoriam-281922131 this picture]. *sniff*
+* The story behind [https://web.archive.org/web/20130322021037/http://atlur.deviantart.com/art/In-memoriam-281922131 this picture]. *sniff*
-* The stark, existential horror of [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4519/Bad-End Bad End]. Could... Could someone else describe it? [[Friendship Is Magic Bitch|It's making my heart hurt, giving me heart palpitations, chest pains]].
+* The stark, existential horror of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615170643/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4519/bad-end Bad End]. Could... Could someone else describe it? [[Friendship Is Magic Bitch|It's making my heart hurt, giving me heart palpitations, chest pains]].
 **  {{spoiler|It's based on what happens if you fail in the fan-game Story of the Blanks. Apple Bloom returns home as a zombiefied filly, leaving a frantic and disgusted Applejack and Big Macintosh to handle having a flesh-craving zombie as a sister. Meanwhile, the rest of the town become increasingly desperate to find out what happened to Apple Bloom when Twilight returned to without her the night before. It's incomplete at three chapters so far.}}
 * [http://legomaster00156.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4htga5 Students of Celestia] opens with a scene where Celestia visits a funeral for her student Manalight. {{spoiler|It ends with both Luna and Celestia attending Twilight Sparkle's funeral.}}
 * Bubbles, the fanfic origin behind Derpy's cutie mark.  {{spoiler|Her mother, who hated her with a passion and called her retarded, leaves her in the woods all by herself to get rid of her like Hansel and Gretal. She leaves Derpy with a bubble blowing wand to play with}}. Mother of god, this made [[Tropers/Spider Fan 14|me tear up]] and I was like a rock during Up and Toy Story 3. There's an alternate ending that can be considered [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] material.
-* [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/10314/Circus-Days Circus Days] focuses on Spike, and how he feels about being left behind by the mane 6 all the time, to do work while they go on exciting adventures. It's especially sad,  {{spoiler|when Spike finally [[What the Hell Hero|calls them all out]] for always leaving him behind and never appreciating him.}} And if that wasn't bad enough, {{spoiler|he then leaves them all, to live at the circus with some ponies he befriends.}} This story is just full of [[Break the Cutie]] and [[Tear Jerker|tear jerking]] moments, that if you don't shed at least one tear, you're not human.
+* [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/10314/Circus-Days Circus Days] focuses on Spike, and how he feels about being left behind by the mane 6 all the time, to do work while they go on exciting adventures. It's especially sad,  {{spoiler|when Spike finally [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls them all out]] for always leaving him behind and never appreciating him.}} And if that wasn't bad enough, {{spoiler|he then leaves them all, to live at the circus with some ponies he befriends.}} This story is just full of [[Break the Cutie]] and [[Tear Jerker|tear jerking]] moments, that if you don't shed at least one tear, you're not human.
 * [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/10817/Scootaloo%27s-Mistake Scootaloo's Mistake] Is a very sorrowful story... how sorrowful you ask?  {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash dies saving Scootaloo in the first chapter}}
-* [[Depending On the Writer|Depending on which story you're reading]], [http://mlpfanart.wikia.com/wiki/Fluffy_Ponies The] [[Sugar Apocalypse|Flu]][[The Woobie|ffy]] [[Break the Cutie|Pon]][[Butt Monkey|ies]] phenomenon can count as this.
+* [[Depending on the Writer|Depending on which story you're reading]], [http://mlpfanart.wikia.com/wiki/Fluffy_Ponies The] [[Sugar Apocalypse|Flu]][[The Woobie|ffy]] [[Break the Cutie|Pon]][[Butt Monkey|ies]] phenomenon can count as this.
-* This troper in particular cried his eyes out at the [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18822/Family-<!-- 26amp3B-Friends Family & Friends]] fanfic by Raefire. Made especially more effective if you've ever lost a pet. -->
+* This troper in particular cried his eyes out at the [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18822/Family-%26amp%3B-Friends Family & Friends] fanfic by Raefire. Made especially more effective if you've ever lost a pet.
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