We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the most heartbreaking Disney movie moments. Here are the tear-inducing results.
1. In Inside Out, when Bing Bong sacrificed himself so Joy could save Riley.
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2. In Toy Story 2, when Jessie's entire backstory was revealed to the tune of "When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan, and we found out that she was abandoned.
3. In The Fox and the Hound, when Tweed realized Tod was no longer safe with her, so she took him to the woods and left him there.
4. In Up, when Ellie found out she was pregnant, decorated the entire nursery, but then suffered a miscarriage.
5. In Mulan, when everyone sang "A Girl Worth Fighting For" but suddenly froze upon discovering their fallen soldiers and a decimated village.
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6. In Finding Dory, when Dory discovered the trail of shells that her parents left for her, and she was reunited with them after all those years.
7. In Dumbo, when Dumbo's mom was going to be taken away, so she rocked him in her drunk one last time while a haunting "Baby Mine" plays in the background.
8. In Monsters, Inc., when Sulley had to say goodbye to Boo, but she didn't understand that she'd never see him again.
9. In The Lion King, when Scar threw Mufasa off the cliff and convinced Simba that he was responsible for his father's death.
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10. In Cinderella, when the evil stepsisters violently tore apart her homemade dress.
11. In Oliver & Company, when every kitten got rescued except Oliver, and he was forced to live on the streets.
12. In Wall-E, when Eve put Wall-E back together, but he didn't recognize her, so she attempted everything possible to jog his memory.
13. In Coco, when Miguel sang "Remember Me" to Coco and she started singing along and remembered who her father was.
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14. In Zootopia, when Judy stood up for everyone but was brutally attacked by Gideon.
15. In The Incredibles, when Mr. Incredible listened to what he thought were his family's final moments during the missile strike.
16. In Bambi, when Bambi's mom was shot by a hunter, and Bambi didn't understand where she went.
17. In The Hunchback of Notre Dame, when the crowd started throwing tomatoes at Quasimodo and then tied him up and laughed at him.
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18. In Finding Nemo, when Martin woke up after the barracuda attack and realized that his wife and eggs were eaten, leaving only him and Nemo as survivors.
19. In Mulan, when everyone found out she was a woman, so they almost executed her and then abandoned her in the snow.
20. In Moana, when Grandma Tala said her final goodbye to Moana before dying.
21. In Tarzan, when Kala discovered Tarzan's dead parents who were mauled by the same leopard that killed her son.
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22. In Big Hero 6, when Hiro lost both of his parents, and then he watched his brother literally get blown up right in front of his eyes.
23. In The Princess and the Frog, when Ray accepted his own death, knowing that he'd be reunited with Evangeline as a star in the sky.
24. In Wreck-It Ralph, when Ralph destroyed Vanellope's kart to save her from being deleted from the game.
25. In Toy Story 3, when everyone was trapped in the giant furnace and kept getting closer and closer to being burned alive, and then they just gave up, held hands, and accepted their deaths.
26. And in Up, when the movie spent eight minutes creating a perfect love story, only to kill off Ellie and leave Carl alone for the very first time in his life.
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