The 22 Saddest Moments From Kids Movies

[litebright]

Mar 10, 2014 11:42:57 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Mar 10, 2014 11:40:00 GMT -5 litebright said:

LOL @ @gypsy. I got sucked in and now I'm all weepy.

I remember ugly-crying during My Girl. Fuck. And that damn horse in the swamp of sadness, I swear, scarred me for life.

Some of these I don't get, though. When Wilbur met Charlotte's babies, *that* was the sad moment? When Belle fell in love with the beast? I don't think those deserve top-sad-moment status compared to Bambi and Dumbo.

Where's Where the Red Fern Grows? OMG, the book made me sob and then we had to watch the movie in class. Who does that to kids?!?! Or Old Yeller?

I remember I had anxiety so bad after Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows (the book on that one - blood bubble from his mouth - GROSS). Old Yeller made me terrified of rabies. lol
I think Wilbur meeting Charlotte's babies is sad, because he was so happy to see them, and then they just all floated away.

I still remember how they described the one dog with her intestines all over the place and God, you just knew there was no saving her. OMG. 

[CurlyQ284]

I put on Dumbo for DS when he had all his breathing treatments for the back to back RSV last year. We would watch 10 minutes at a time and pick up where we left off. We got to that scene and i sobbed so so hard. I don't even remember that movie from childhood but ITS HORRIBLE!!!!

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Why the hell did I open this post???

[terpsfan]

Mar 10, 2014 11:32:15 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

What about the "when somebody loved me" song/flashback in Toy Story 2 with Jessie and Emily??? I cry every fucking time that comes on. And now I can never give away any of M's toys.

YES!!  Every single time.  I apologize to my toys I left behind

I cry at the end of Toy Story 3 every single time too.  I've seen it a thousand times now and EVERY SINGLE TIME it gets me.  My kids are never leaving for college, nope nope nope

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In second grade, we were having a movie day at school. I remember the teacher asking the class if anyone had the fox and the hound at home so that we could watch it for movie day. I totally had it and didn't speak up because I didn't want to cry in front of everyone at school.

[thebuddhagouda]

Mar 10, 2014 11:50:07 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I kind of want to Phoebe Buffay my kid and not let her see the sad parts to movies. It's just too much!

Natalie started watching James and the Giant Peach this weekend and kept asking what happened to James' parents. Uhh..I'm not sure honey?

My kid still doesn't know that John Lennon and George Harrison are dead. When we watched the Beatles 50th Anniversary, he kept asking why Old John and Old George weren't there With Old Paul and Old Ringo. 

"Uh, they couldn't make it"

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH CHILDRENS' MOVIES???!!!

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#8 and #16 hit me right in the feels.

[BaliHai]

Mar 10, 2014 11:52:08 GMT -5 thebuddhagouda said:

Mar 10, 2014 11:50:07 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I kind of want to Phoebe Buffay my kid and not let her see the sad parts to movies. It's just too much!

Natalie started watching James and the Giant Peach this weekend and kept asking what happened to James' parents. Uhh..I'm not sure honey?

My kid still doesn't know that John Lennon and George Harrison are dead. When we watched the Beatles 50th Anniversary, he kept asking why Old John and Old George weren't there With Old Paul and Old Ringo. 

"Uh, they couldn't make it"

You're a good mom. I was obsessed with Gordon MacRae from Oklahoma! when I was six, wanted to marry him and all, and I kept asking my mom if he was still alive. She didn't want to answer, so she finally said we could look it up the next time we went to the library. He died in 1983; I was DEVASTATED. I cried in my room for hours that afternoon, lol. She says she still regrets not letting me believe he was alive and would marry me someday!

[iammalcolmx]

I didn't have to click the list my mind immediately went to DUMBO. I refuse to watch anything but the end of that movie.

[mrsbro]

I can't even with All Dogs Go to Heaven.

[Dumbledork]

Mar 10, 2014 11:32:15 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

What about the "when somebody loved me" song/flashback in Toy Story 2 with Jessie and Emily??? I cry every fucking time that comes on. And now I can never give away any of M's toys.

Have you seen the theory that Emily is actually Andy's mom? 

Something about Emily and Andy's hats are nearly identical. Andy's is obviously older and missing the ribbon, but isn't it strange that Andy is such a big fan of Woody but has a hat like Jessie's? Theory is that Andy's hat is a hand-me-down from his momma Emily. Jessie doesn't recognize her because she's all grown up.

There's also a tidbit about Woody being "an old family toy" and that's why she doesn't want to sell him at the garage sale, especially since she feels guilty about getting rid of her own favorite childhood toy.

The Pixar universe theories are all kinda bananas though.

Anyway, I agree with PP. Most of these movies didn't really affect me as a kid, but as an adult it's just tears. All the time. Boo and Sully are worst offenders. As far as Up, I think I cried more when she lost her baby than when she actually died. I watched it pg though, which probably didn't help.

[Dumbledork]

Mar 10, 2014 12:18:09 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I also start crying in the movie Tangled when the parents of the taken Princess are about to do the lantern lighting and the dad is all choked up and they are so sad. Also again, when the guy runs into the room all out of breath because they found her and the parents running down the hall to see their long lost daughter.

OMFG. Kills me every damn time!!

Yesssss. That breaks my heart every time. It's a weird mix though, not just sad. I don't know if it belongs on the list of saddest moments. 

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Mar 10, 2014 11:25:56 GMT -5 @mjmksb04 said:

Mar 10, 2014 11:11:49 GMT -5 hilwithonelary said:

That scene from Up always gets me.

But I want to know where is the flashback scene from Kung Fu Panda 2? His mother hid him from the wolves and sacrificed herself to save him! I cried so hard the first time I saw it. Granted, I was pg at the time, but still... She knew she was saying goodbye forever!

/Cosigned.  That part was the worst!

My kid had legit nightmares about this. Like - had to sleep with me - held on tight - full on ugly crying after that scene kind of stuff.


I just thought that movie was about a funny panda.


Never again.

[stacyb1983]

Weeks after seeing frozen my son asked me if the mommy and daddy were on the boat that sank. I about swallowed my tongue, he's 3 1/2.

[leeann]

We saw UP in the theater when it came out and it took me a few minutes to be like: Wait- did their BABY DIE? WTF kind of cartoon is this?

[Nonny]

I don't think Dumbo is sad. Is that because I'm not a parent?

Where the Red Fern Grows was soul crushing. I've read it a lot of times because it's a good story, but OMG, Big Dan and Little Ann.

I don't see how Old Yeller didn't make the list but Babe and Beauty and the Beast did.

I also think the original Incredible Journey is way more upsetting than the remake. Every time when the cat gets swept down the river just wrecks me nerves, even know the cat survives and meets back up with the dogs.

[mcsangel2]

Mar 10, 2014 13:26:06 GMT -5 leeann said:

We saw UP in the theater when it came out and it took me a few minutes to be like: Wait- did their BABY DIE? WTF kind of cartoon is this?

That was what I thought the first time I saw it. After subsequent viewing though, I think you're supposed to get the idea that they couldn't have kids.

[dancingnancy]

Mar 10, 2014 11:46:32 GMT -5 terpsfan said:

Mar 10, 2014 11:32:15 GMT -5 jillianashley6 said:

What about the "when somebody loved me" song/flashback in Toy Story 2 with Jessie and Emily??? I cry every fucking time that comes on. And now I can never give away any of M's toys.

YES!!  Every single time.  I apologize to my toys I left behind

I cry at the end of Toy Story 3 every single time too.  I've seen it a thousand times now and EVERY SINGLE TIME it gets me.  My kids are never leaving for college, nope nope nope

When Andy's mom says, "I wish I could always be with you..."...*tears*

[sydney02]

I'm not a parent but daaaamn if hearing the song Baby Mine doesn't just hit me in the gut. OMG. Damn you Dumbo.

And I saw another Buzzfeed on why the Fox and Hound is the saddest movie or something like that. It went through all of these scenes that just kill you. No wonder I remember that movie tearing me up as a kid. Still does.

I'm surprised ET wasn't on this list though. Come on!

[sydney02]

Mar 10, 2014 13:46:12 GMT -5 dancingnancy said:

Mar 10, 2014 11:46:32 GMT -5 terpsfan said:

YES!!  Every single time.  I apologize to my toys I left behind

I cry at the end of Toy Story 3 every single time too.  I've seen it a thousand times now and EVERY SINGLE TIME it gets me.  My kids are never leaving for college, nope nope nope

When Andy's mom says, "I wish I could always be with you..."...*tears*

Yes Toy story 2, "When somebody loved me" aaaaaagghghgahgahah! That's me moaning in pain.

Toy Story 3, then end. OMG. Even DH was teary and that never happens. 

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

I had to skim first to see if My Girl was on the list. That one ruined my life forever. If it wasn't on the list, it wasn't a legit list.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

Mar 10, 2014 11:40:00 GMT -5 litebright said:

Where's Where the Red Fern Grows? 

That one tops all others. I remember watching it in middle school and NOBODY would look at each other after. We walked out of class red faced, swollen eyed, and silent. 

[DotAndBuzz]

Mar 10, 2014 12:18:09 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I also start crying in the movie Tangled when the parents of the taken Princess are about to do the lantern lighting and the dad is all choked up and they are so sad. Also again, when the guy runs into the room all out of breath because they found her and the parents running down the hall to see their long lost daughter.

OMFG. Kills me every damn time!!

And in Frozen, where Elsa is crying by herself after the thing happens (trying not to give away spoilers for the 4 people left on Earth who haven't seen it)?  No other noise, no action, just her ugly crying?

Ugh, that is rough. 

And when Hermione wipes her parents' memories, and erases herself from their lives.  Gets me every time.

[thebuddhagouda]

They forgot the "Not in Nottingham" song from Robin Hood when pretty much the whole town is in jail and hungry and miserable

[AmeliaBedelia]

Oh my god, that scene in Dumbo. It kills me.

[nahoku]

Mar 10, 2014 14:26:59 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Um. Flameful? I get choked up just hearing that song "Do you wanna build a snowman" because I think of my two girls being apart.  Sisters, man. *sob*

H HATES that song.  He thinks it's so terribly sad (b/c it is) and if he hears it he will go on and on about how a song about a lost childhood should not be a form of children's entertainment and he wishes he never had to hear it again (DD is obsessed, so good luck with that, H).

I haven't seen most of the movies on this list.  But I think I'm glad to have no idea about apparent horror that is the Swamp of Sadness.

[simplyinpenguin]

I thought the final scene of Toy Story 3 was epic sadness and something that EVERYONE can relate to. I found myself apologizing to my long-gone childhood toys for not finding another child to take them and start more adventures.

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Dumbooooo :sobs: I should not have opened this today.

[hopecounts]

Mar 10, 2014 15:04:57 GMT -5 nahoku said:

Mar 10, 2014 14:26:59 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Um. Flameful? I get choked up just hearing that song "Do you wanna build a snowman" because I think of my two girls being apart.  Sisters, man. *sob*

I haven't seen most of the movies on this list.  But I think I'm glad to have no idea about apparent horror that is the Swamp of Sadness.

You really really are. It is heartbreakingly sad.