25 Childhood TV Moments Guaranteed To Make You Ugly Cry
"How come he don't want me, man?" —Will Smith to Uncle Phil
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the saddest moment from their favorite childhood TV shows. Here are the heartbreaking answers.
1. Uncle Phil consoling Will because his father doesn't love him.
Submitted by Ashley Edinger, Facebook
2. Chet Hunter passing away on Boy Meets World.
Submitted by Allie Gerds, Facebook
3. And Mr. Feeny's last legendary lesson in the classroom.
Submitted by katelynh4
4. Steve leaving Blues Clues for college, and Joe taking over.
Submitted by Kayla Elizabeth Hunt, Facebook
5. Helga's parents ignoring her on her first day of pre-school and only paying attention to Olga.
Submitted by Caitlin Perryman, Facebook
6. Porkchop almost being put down because he bites Beebe to save her from drowning.
Submitted by Katlyn Minard, Facebook
7. When they had to write John Ritter's real-life death into 8 Simple Rules.
Submitted by Rebeccatilly
8. The poem Chuckie Finster's mom writes him before she dies.
Submitted by Katyna Singleton, Facebook
9. Ash encouraging Pikachu to leave to join his own kind.
Submitted by Emily Anne Hart, Facebook
10. Learning Kevin and Winnie don't end up together in the last episode of The Wonder Years.
Submitted by RoGina Montgomery, Facebook
11. And also realizing in the Roseanne finale the entire show is actually a fictional book she's writing.
Submitted by Caitie Shuttleworth, Facebook
12. Arnold discovering his father's journal and reading about his parents' adventures before they died.
Submitted by Hannah Bosman, Facebook
13. Timmy Turner growing up in the "Channel Chasers" episode and forgetting who Cosmo and Wanda are.
Submitted by Jonathan MacDougal, Facebook
14. Homer Simpson finally reuniting with his mother after 27 years, only to watch her leave him again.
Submitted by Ivan Torres, Facebook
15. Iroh singing a song to his dead son in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Submitted by Musicals15
16. Fry thinking his dog Seymour forgot about him after he's blasted into the future...
...but Seymour actually waits for him to come home for the rest of his life.
Submitted by Jolie Doggett, Facebook
17. Big Bird not understanding why Mr. Hooper dies, and the adults explaining he's never coming back.
Submitted by Laura Kahl, Facebook
18. Bunny, the twisted Powerpuff Girl, exploding after she saves the girls from evil.
Submitted by Patricia Mejia, Facebook
19. Learning that Donnie is taken in by the orangutans because his parents were killed in The Wild Thornberrys.
Submitted by Alex Harrity, Facebook
20. Tom and Jerry taking their own lives on the train track because their girlfriends dumped them.
Submitted by Eva Lynn Gonzalez, Facebook
21. Rabbit letting his adopted bird Kessie go free and fly with the rest of the birds.
Submitted by Megan Schwartz, Facebook
22. Ginger's dad abandoning her and not showing up to poetry night.
Submitted by Lutz Aris, Facebook
23. Courage remembering the day he lost his parents because they were sent to the moon by an evil veterinarian.
Submitted by Andre L. Marcelin, Facebook
24. Mr. Hyunh giving up his daughter to protect her from the war in Hey! Arnold.
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25. And the heartbreaking Full House episode when Jesse's grandfather, Papouli, passes away.
Submitted by Stephanie Cassandra McCall, Facebook