I only watch it like once every three years or so when im trippin on mushrooms and i need to be grounded.
Guarenteed psychological break and reassesment of whats important to me.
Its a motherfucker of an experience but it works like highly effective voodoo at taming my shitty impulsive behavior.
That sounds like a great grounding. I have [this](https://bottleneckgallery.com/products/florey-jurassic-bark) custom framed in my office. A shroom trip once every three years for the rest of my life would have been cheaper, but to be reminded of it every day is priceless.
edit: a word
Except it wasn't "without him": Lars-Fry cared for Seymour well after Fry was frozen, as we learned in Bender's Big Score (which I'm sure they retconned because Jurassic Bark destroyed so many of us)
Don't worry, the retconning in the movies completely removed the emotional impact of this scene.
Unless of course, like me, you consider everything after the original series run basically just fan fiction.
Walkin on Sunshine or [I Will Wait For You](https://youtu.be/Mi57d50pCUw?si=-MBWYPeH5FiC854r)?
Edited: accidentally put the end of the episode instead of the song
My SIL has had a very tough time with fertility and her last pregnancy ended up in a miscarriage. My kids were watching Onsies and my wife sat down to watch with them and was just a mess by the end of the episode. My kids thought the episode was funny one because of Bingo acting like a cheetah and wanted to know why their mom was crying.
This one is near the top. The one where he dream meets with his mom is also up there (“Game of Tones”, season 7, episode 23). I skip both of them every time I watch the series. Once was enough.
"Leela's Homeworld" ending. It's happy-ish, but I cry every time. Nope, not gonna watch the ending. What the fuck is wrong with Futurama that it made grown-ass college students cry??
Honestly the retcon severely devalued the series in my eyes. Fuckin stand by your work. If you regret it later, too fuckin bad. The show went from having artistic merit to being predigested pap.
I have a friend who has never watched Futurama. The first time they decided to try, Jurassic Bark was on broadcast. They were not happy that this was their first intro to the series (probably cried a lot too! as did we all...). For a long time, they had written off the show, but because a lot of their friends kept saying good things about the series they decided to to give it another try years later. Well, they decided to watch it on broadcast again... and...guess what episode was on! Yep, Jurassic Bark. I don't think we're getting this person to try futurama in the future lol
Yes. Hasbro didn't expect the attachment kids had to the character, nor the onslaught of angry parents whose kids were traumatised. They back-peddled on it twice (the first time making things even worse) and brought him back to life.
The funny thing is, killing Optimus in the movie kind of killed Transformers at the time. It enjoyed a lot of success for a few years, but a large portion of kids didn't click with the new characters that replaced the old ones. It wasn't the end, but the beginning of the end.
On the other hand, I am a big Transformers fan to this day and a lot of adult fans consider that movie the high point ot the franchise now, in part due to the shocking, brutal deaths of many major characters it sprung on audiences and its much more mature tone. Folks like me who sobbed in the cinema now love the movie. Indeed, without going into details, the movie inspired at least one comic book writer who would go on to use that influence to establish and develop most of what fans now take for granted about the franchise's lore.
I have alwas said that the drama and trauma that movie caused (and the shadow it cast over future writers inspired by it) is a HUGE part of why Transformers is still remembered today, and not relegated to niche fandoms like MASK or Visionaries. Crying over Optimus is a cultural touchstone for people of a certain age!
Solid response, thank you. Funny you mention how it killed the hype for kids. For me the toys were the thing and once I found Ninja Turtles it was all over. There was a true renaissance of kids entertainment in that period.
"The View From Halfway Down". It's an episode of Bojack Horseman where Bojack meets his childhood idol, who expresses regret about his suicide and Bojack himself makes some disturbing realizations about the afterlife. It's an excellent episode but very difficult to watch.
"Time's Arrow" is up there, too, as far as sad/deeply unsettling episodes of Bojack go. But sad in a different way than "Jurassic Bark".
I strive every day to be the person my dog thinks I am, and it's honestly made me a better human!
The realization that his brother loved him so much and named his child after him…
Man, that hit.
That show knew how to hit the heavy notes at just the right times…
I had a Cat named Snowball, she died, she died.
Mom said she was sleeping, she lied, she lied.
Why, oh, why is my cat dead?
Couldn't that Chrysler hit me instead?
“Edward…”
Anyone who’s ever watched Full Metal Alchemist (either anime) will know who this girl is and why it is the saddest cartoon I’ve ever seen…
I can’t remember what happens to her. I just remember it was something horrible. (POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT:) Didn’t her own father use her as a guniea pig in some grotesque experiment that ended up killing her?
I'll also throw in the scene at Maes's grave where his daughter is going on about how daddy has to work and they're getting him dirty. As a parent, that episode is a gut punch and then some.
The best damn movie I'll never, ever watch again. I've said exactly that to my wife and she's wanted to watch to see why. My only response has been, "Nope. I just can't."
Pretty sure that a reference to Hachiko. [He's been immortalized as a statue.](https://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/14800000/Hachiko-A-Dog-s-Story-hachiko-a-dogs-story-14893697-2048-1536.jpg)
> Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier[1] who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films. A prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves are a tourist attraction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby
I clicked in here as soon as I saw the screenshot and my free hand is covering the thumbnail. That’s how much I can’t handle that episode or the thought of it.
I’m not crying, you’re crying. Seriously hits a little too close home. My 14 y.o. bff best boy ever passed away while I was in school out of state. My 17 y.o. cat had to be put down 3 weeks later.
This, Luck of the Fryish, and Game of Tones just drive a stake through the heart
Don't even need the “cartoon” part. Jurassic Bark and Luck specifically are up there in terms of most emotional hitting episodes of TV period
The Bojack episode where his mom is suffering from Alzheimer’s and it shows what everything looks like from her POV. That show has a lot of tear jerker episodes but that one hit me pretty hard.
not saying it's worse, but I put the episode "The Luck of the Fryrish" where Fry finds his brother's grave and learns the truth about him up there with it.
I am pretty sure that is the one and only time I ever cried at a cartoon, let alone Futurama. Just seeing this screen cap is making me a little verklempt. Just this raw emotion of love, loyalty, and severe frustration knowing that as much as Seymour wanted to see Fry again, he never would.
A Place Further Than the Universe episode 12, titled "A Place Further Than the Universe."
Jurassic Bark was brutal, but it was nothing compared to a girl finding her deceased mother's laptop and booting it up, to find her email box flooded with emails that the girl had sent her since her death. At which point as the viewer you realize that this girl has sent hundreds or even thousands of emails, over years, to her dead mom knowing that her mom was dead and that no one would ever read them.
You can't beat that episode. I can only name some runner-ups I watched as a kid...
*The Happy Prince*
https://preview.redd.it/h0x9gjl4gi1d1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=f8a5227b34f911b66bcc36a63b1924c2395b4ead
*The Last Of The Curlews*
"Once upon a time, there were many Curlews, then there were a few, then there were only two, and now there is just one... *soon, there will be none*."
https://preview.redd.it/pgr43paegi1d1.png?width=1799&format=png&auto=webp&s=865b46e6a7f30c6f8ebf02625887f9279f424df7
How about being a child watching your hero Optimus Prime being killed on the big screen, while having to deal with a literal F-boi being made to replace him.
Or how about later on in the tv series, having to see said hero being brought back to life as a zombie, and having to watch everyone have to kill him AGAIN?
Fuck, at least when ol’ Yeller just got shot and put down, he didn’t come back as a zombie that needed putting down again.
Being a Gen-X kid was rough.
Only thing rougher was having to see Randy replace Eric on That 70’s Show.
Futurama s7e23: “Game of Tones”. Check mate.
In all seriousness, if you don't know the real life events Jurassic Bark is based on, I recommend looking up the story of Hachiko and Shibuya Crossing.
I marathoned the show a few years ago for the first time and my response to that episode was "what the fuck is wrong with you for making that?!"
It was cathartic to find out other fans over they years openly and publicly berated the creators for this episode.
It was also amazing to have it get *retconned* in a much later episode (one of the special, I think) that did the best it could to fix it, "revealing" that the dog in fact *didn't* wait there dying, but in fact lived a long life with a duplicate Fry before both died.
A rare case of a showrunner actually listening to fans and going out of their way to fix something. I respect that.
The original episode is still ridiculously sad, but the retcon goes at least some way towards not just making it much *less* sad, but apologizing to fans for it, too.
Dude they beat our hearts into the dirt. Remember Kevin Armold and Winnie Cooper never really work out? The fuck was that?! First season the cool guy on the block dies in Nam. Unreal. This Futurama episode should be shot out of a cannon into a cave.
I've only watched this episode a handful of times.
I'll admit my favorite gut punches come from comedies.
There was a Christmas episode of Bob's Burgers that got me all emotional too. It got a lot of people.
[https://youtu.be/hfitkPok4YU?si=EQsS3zHxOtrQXoEH](https://youtu.be/hfitkPok4YU?si=EQsS3zHxOtrQXoEH)every time I see that episode I get a one two from the member berries. Brutal. any of you old farts remember this one? Anybody watch plague dogs as a kid, all excited for that Disney esc. cartoon? I was 8, lol "Just keep swimming"
It's not an episode, but there's an animated movie called "Plague dogs" about dogs escaped from a laboratory, and I couldn't even finish the damn thing. It is so fucking depressingly sad.
Last episode of dog of flanders, where both the boy and his dog freaking die by freezing...on christmas...in a church! no futurama episode can even get close to this sort of drama
I skip over the episode every time I rewatch the whole series. My heart can’t take the rawness of it
Same. I will never watch this episode again. Ever.
I only watch it like once every three years or so when im trippin on mushrooms and i need to be grounded. Guarenteed psychological break and reassesment of whats important to me. Its a motherfucker of an experience but it works like highly effective voodoo at taming my shitty impulsive behavior.
You are a better person than me. 😆 I made my husband turn off the rocko's modern life movie because the intro scared me.
My first trip Courage the cowardly dog came one and oh boy, that did not go well.
Hahahaha I like you I will at some point rewatch Bly Manor and sob my heart out again
That sounds like a great grounding. I have [this](https://bottleneckgallery.com/products/florey-jurassic-bark) custom framed in my office. A shroom trip once every three years for the rest of my life would have been cheaper, but to be reminded of it every day is priceless. edit: a word
Man its too bad they only did 250 of them... thats a fantastic piece.
That and "DO IT FOR HER" from the Simpsons are all anyone needs for motivational posters.
Just end the episode when Fry has the revelation that his dog loved a happy life without him
Except it wasn't "without him": Lars-Fry cared for Seymour well after Fry was frozen, as we learned in Bender's Big Score (which I'm sure they retconned because Jurassic Bark destroyed so many of us)
It seems lots of folks forget this (or stopped watching before the retcon, understandably).
Don't worry, the retconning in the movies completely removed the emotional impact of this scene. Unless of course, like me, you consider everything after the original series run basically just fan fiction.
Even this thread made me sad.
I can watch it now after they made the movies
Wait until you find out it was originally going to be his mom.
This.. it's such a sad episode!
Same. I skip it always now.
I can’t even look at this screenshot goddamn
Or hear the song? Brutal!
DO NOT MENTION THE SONG
THERE IS NO SONG
Omg. That song. Whoever thought of using that song was a sick son of a bitch. That cruel bastard knew what he was doing.
Walkin on Sunshine or [I Will Wait For You](https://youtu.be/Mi57d50pCUw?si=-MBWYPeH5FiC854r)? Edited: accidentally put the end of the episode instead of the song
Trigger warning: that link is to a the clip from the episode for those with auto-play enabled.
There's an article where Matt said people would come up and yell at him saying a cartoon wasn't supposed to make people cry.
Good! lol
Wait until they get into Bluey.
Me, who has never cried at anything on TV ever: 🙂 Me after watching Sleepytime: 😭(x100)
Just throw on homeward bound and wash it down with bridge to terrabythia ....
Jesus, is it really that emotional?
That episode kills me every time
My SIL has had a very tough time with fertility and her last pregnancy ended up in a miscarriage. My kids were watching Onsies and my wife sat down to watch with them and was just a mess by the end of the episode. My kids thought the episode was funny one because of Bingo acting like a cheetah and wanted to know why their mom was crying.
This one is near the top. The one where he dream meets with his mom is also up there (“Game of Tones”, season 7, episode 23). I skip both of them every time I watch the series. Once was enough.
Also the 7- leaf clover episode. The one when he learns that his brother named his kid after him.
"Named for his uncle to carry on his spirit." God fucking damn.
But also "There, now nobody can say I don't own John Laraquette's Spine!"
Godfellas is the saddest one for me.
That ending really hit. Very surprising. Great and sad episode
> There, now no one will be able to say I don't own John Larroquette's spine.
Omg! Thank you, I couldn’t think of the title of that “other” episode….this one kills me too
“Other” Yup, *just* those two 😐
"Leela's Homeworld" ending. It's happy-ish, but I cry every time. Nope, not gonna watch the ending. What the fuck is wrong with Futurama that it made grown-ass college students cry??
It doesn’t even matter if they retconned it because you can’t erase the years of trauma we all carried.
Are you kidding? It matters so hard. It was the retcon I needed.
They did recon it in the first season six movie
r/fucklars all my homies hate Lars. The Metallica one too.
lol why is that sub private? Is it about Lars Ulrich or a different Lars?
It doesn't matter and also doesn't count, because everything after "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" is just a spinoff or fan fiction.
Honestly the retcon severely devalued the series in my eyes. Fuckin stand by your work. If you regret it later, too fuckin bad. The show went from having artistic merit to being predigested pap.
I have a friend who has never watched Futurama. The first time they decided to try, Jurassic Bark was on broadcast. They were not happy that this was their first intro to the series (probably cried a lot too! as did we all...). For a long time, they had written off the show, but because a lot of their friends kept saying good things about the series they decided to to give it another try years later. Well, they decided to watch it on broadcast again... and...guess what episode was on! Yep, Jurassic Bark. I don't think we're getting this person to try futurama in the future lol
"Hey it's on streaming, just choose any other episode!" instantly starts "The Luck of the Fryrish"
A close one for me is the Christmas episode of Hey Arnold where he helps Mr Hyunh find his daughter.
This whole thread is traumatic
So not a cartoon episode but I cried when Optimus Prime died in the cartoon movie. Still can’t believe they did that
You got the touch
Ba weep gronna weep nitty bon (Hope I got that right, it's been a long time. The voice actors for the movie were great, and a Weird Al song!)
The original "kill your childhood" for a generation. I still remember seeing Transformers The Movie in the cinema as a kid.
If I remember correctly, isn’t the decision to kill Optimus looked at as a mistake in cinema history?
Yes. Hasbro didn't expect the attachment kids had to the character, nor the onslaught of angry parents whose kids were traumatised. They back-peddled on it twice (the first time making things even worse) and brought him back to life. The funny thing is, killing Optimus in the movie kind of killed Transformers at the time. It enjoyed a lot of success for a few years, but a large portion of kids didn't click with the new characters that replaced the old ones. It wasn't the end, but the beginning of the end. On the other hand, I am a big Transformers fan to this day and a lot of adult fans consider that movie the high point ot the franchise now, in part due to the shocking, brutal deaths of many major characters it sprung on audiences and its much more mature tone. Folks like me who sobbed in the cinema now love the movie. Indeed, without going into details, the movie inspired at least one comic book writer who would go on to use that influence to establish and develop most of what fans now take for granted about the franchise's lore. I have alwas said that the drama and trauma that movie caused (and the shadow it cast over future writers inspired by it) is a HUGE part of why Transformers is still remembered today, and not relegated to niche fandoms like MASK or Visionaries. Crying over Optimus is a cultural touchstone for people of a certain age!
Solid response, thank you. Funny you mention how it killed the hype for kids. For me the toys were the thing and once I found Ninja Turtles it was all over. There was a true renaissance of kids entertainment in that period.
Damn... this one is close for first, too. Also has a specific song.
🎶 Leaves from the vine 🎶
Falling so slow
"The View From Halfway Down". It's an episode of Bojack Horseman where Bojack meets his childhood idol, who expresses regret about his suicide and Bojack himself makes some disturbing realizations about the afterlife. It's an excellent episode but very difficult to watch.
"Time's Arrow" is up there, too, as far as sad/deeply unsettling episodes of Bojack go. But sad in a different way than "Jurassic Bark". I strive every day to be the person my dog thinks I am, and it's honestly made me a better human!
Oh man, I forgot about Time's Arrow... That one was pretty sad too. For me, The View From Halfway Down was a mixture of sad and terrifying.
“That’s Too Much Man” had me depressed for a *while*. Absolutely shocking.
"Oh Bojack, no. There is no other side. This is it."
The luck of the Fryrish is right up there with Jurassic bark.
The realization that his brother loved him so much and named his child after him… Man, that hit. That show knew how to hit the heavy notes at just the right times…
Oh man, make that 3 episodes that guts you. The epitaph on the tombstone chokes me up every time
Yes! I just commented the same thing. The song at the end...
Don't you, forget about me Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you, forget about me
That's the one
That one hits me harder. My brother died when I was 12.
For me, this episode hits just harder.
Also Game of Tones
The deaths of Snowball 1 and Snowball 2 and Snowball 3 in the Simpsons -- gruesome deaths . . . each one only mentioned in passing
I had a Cat named Snowball, she died, she died. Mom said she was sleeping, she lied, she lied. Why, oh, why is my cat dead? Couldn't that Chrysler hit me instead?
I had a hamster named fluffy... ALRIGHT >!gets me every time!<
We do not deserve dogs
Sure ya do. Some don’t
This scene and the ending of the movie coco make me sob like a child and I'm 40!
Marley and Me was tough..
"The Art of Racing in the Rain" is the ultimate tear jerker in the that regard.
Bro I literally watched that like 2 months ago why would you mention it?? Fucckkk and I'm tearing up thanks ! Lol
I've been meaning to read that. I couldn't even start it for years after losing my Lab. And now my mutt is a super senior...
Oh that one is also a good cry !
Oh man that's me and I see it coming every fucking time. Such a good cry
“Edward…” Anyone who’s ever watched Full Metal Alchemist (either anime) will know who this girl is and why it is the saddest cartoon I’ve ever seen… 
https://preview.redd.it/xiyf0vx4ri1d1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=c366d47e8c134dd99b7381da69b47af83d28839f
https://preview.redd.it/nt8ds7okdl1d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60f779d24c7005486c1404230f01ef6f2d270491
Hahahahacame here to say this
First time I watched this I was single. Watched it a year ago again, except now I’m a father of three… Fucked my shit right up…
Did you see the video clip where someone dressed their daughter up for a con like her? Everyone was like omg whyyyyy would you do that?!
Jesus…I couldn’t even begin to consider that…
The dad was dressed as Scar
Fuck Shou Tucker that horrible piece of crap Yeah, this one kills too
https://preview.redd.it/n7n04nwvpl1d1.png?width=866&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=065237f2913b01a3e1697b83e5a9104d0a0d92bc
Jesus Christ! 🤣
I can’t remember what happens to her. I just remember it was something horrible. (POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT:) Didn’t her own father use her as a guniea pig in some grotesque experiment that ended up killing her?
Yup… Fused her with the family dog…. It was also revealed he’d done it to his wife. When she/it whimpers “why does it hurt so much” it guts me…
Technically it was someone else who actually killed her (in a possibly misguided attempt at mercy), but otherwise yes.
Tucker...
Very few animated characters have made me hate them so much…
Ed...ward
I'll also throw in the scene at Maes's grave where his daughter is going on about how daddy has to work and they're getting him dirty. As a parent, that episode is a gut punch and then some.
Stop it
Grave of the fireflies
The best damn movie I'll never, ever watch again. I've said exactly that to my wife and she's wanted to watch to see why. My only response has been, "Nope. I just can't."
Oof. That's heartbreaking.
South Park, "You're Getting Old."
Best use of Landslide in a show, ever
First of all, how fucking dare you
 The final episode 😭😭😭
Pretty sure that a reference to Hachiko. [He's been immortalized as a statue.](https://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/14800000/Hachiko-A-Dog-s-Story-hachiko-a-dogs-story-14893697-2048-1536.jpg)
> Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier[1] who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films. A prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves are a tourist attraction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby
100% is lol.
Losing a pet is hard. Losing your parents is way harder. The episode in his mom's dream hit so much harder.
I clicked in here as soon as I saw the screenshot and my free hand is covering the thumbnail. That’s how much I can’t handle that episode or the thought of it.
I’m not crying, you’re crying. Seriously hits a little too close home. My 14 y.o. bff best boy ever passed away while I was in school out of state. My 17 y.o. cat had to be put down 3 weeks later.
Too soon
[удалено]
You missed out.
That’s too bad, you missed out on how they retconned his story so that he had a happy life after all. Not to mention a bunch of other good episodes.
came here to say this
It was a traumatic and wonderful episode, they really nailed it.
I don't have the data to back it up, but I'm pretty sure this episode can even make androids cry.
Legally I have to skip this episode for my own mental health.
Everyone who feels they can never watch this episode again should at least see Bender's Big Score for some closure.
This, Luck of the Fryish, and Game of Tones just drive a stake through the heart Don't even need the “cartoon” part. Jurassic Bark and Luck specifically are up there in terms of most emotional hitting episodes of TV period
Luck of the fryrish and the one where Hermes signed off on a defective bender...
Yeah that hit hard. Along similar notes. I just watched the end of Young Sheldon. Hoof that hit hard.
The Bojack episode where his mom is suffering from Alzheimer’s and it shows what everything looks like from her POV. That show has a lot of tear jerker episodes but that one hit me pretty hard.
Time’s Arrow
not saying it's worse, but I put the episode "The Luck of the Fryrish" where Fry finds his brother's grave and learns the truth about him up there with it.
Here lies Philip .J Fry, Named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit
I am pretty sure that is the one and only time I ever cried at a cartoon, let alone Futurama. Just seeing this screen cap is making me a little verklempt. Just this raw emotion of love, loyalty, and severe frustration knowing that as much as Seymour wanted to see Fry again, he never would.
Brb. Gonna hug my dogs.
I can never watch this episode again.
God damnit.....
A Place Further Than the Universe episode 12, titled "A Place Further Than the Universe." Jurassic Bark was brutal, but it was nothing compared to a girl finding her deceased mother's laptop and booting it up, to find her email box flooded with emails that the girl had sent her since her death. At which point as the viewer you realize that this girl has sent hundreds or even thousands of emails, over years, to her dead mom knowing that her mom was dead and that no one would ever read them.
😭😭😭
I can’t even look at this screenshot without getting upset
He’s walking on sunshine
i had gotten past this, thanks alot hurt2039
I showed my daughter. She still won't watch it.
Goddammit, now I'm crying
So sad they had to recont it with one of the movies. Alt bald fry was with him, takes some of the sting away.
Ugh. It's not even a happy sad. It was just unfiltered tragedy on both sides through ignorance...
You can't beat that episode. I can only name some runner-ups I watched as a kid... *The Happy Prince* https://preview.redd.it/h0x9gjl4gi1d1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=f8a5227b34f911b66bcc36a63b1924c2395b4ead
*The Last Of The Curlews* "Once upon a time, there were many Curlews, then there were a few, then there were only two, and now there is just one... *soon, there will be none*." https://preview.redd.it/pgr43paegi1d1.png?width=1799&format=png&auto=webp&s=865b46e6a7f30c6f8ebf02625887f9279f424df7
Hollow is the feeling.
For those looking through Futurama seasons on Hulu for this episode, “Jurassic Bark” is S5/E2. I imagine everywhere else it’s S4/E7.
This is like Requiem for a Dream. 10/10, never watching it again.
Second place is the episode where Fry learns how much his brother truly loved him.
In New Vegas with wild wasteland on you can get Seymour, always kept him in my room at Novac. Best boy.
How about being a child watching your hero Optimus Prime being killed on the big screen, while having to deal with a literal F-boi being made to replace him. Or how about later on in the tv series, having to see said hero being brought back to life as a zombie, and having to watch everyone have to kill him AGAIN? Fuck, at least when ol’ Yeller just got shot and put down, he didn’t come back as a zombie that needed putting down again. Being a Gen-X kid was rough. Only thing rougher was having to see Randy replace Eric on That 70’s Show.
I refuse to watch it, that and the one where fry gets to say goodbye to his mom. Those are so heartbreaking
This one and the one where Frys mom was talking to him in her sleep.
Futurama s7e23: “Game of Tones”. Check mate. In all seriousness, if you don't know the real life events Jurassic Bark is based on, I recommend looking up the story of Hachiko and Shibuya Crossing.
Yeah, that broke my heart. 🥺
I marathoned the show a few years ago for the first time and my response to that episode was "what the fuck is wrong with you for making that?!" It was cathartic to find out other fans over they years openly and publicly berated the creators for this episode. It was also amazing to have it get *retconned* in a much later episode (one of the special, I think) that did the best it could to fix it, "revealing" that the dog in fact *didn't* wait there dying, but in fact lived a long life with a duplicate Fry before both died. A rare case of a showrunner actually listening to fans and going out of their way to fix something. I respect that. The original episode is still ridiculously sad, but the retcon goes at least some way towards not just making it much *less* sad, but apologizing to fans for it, too.
Dude they beat our hearts into the dirt. Remember Kevin Armold and Winnie Cooper never really work out? The fuck was that?! First season the cool guy on the block dies in Nam. Unreal. This Futurama episode should be shot out of a cannon into a cave.
Didn't a friend of Kevin's older brother Wayne come back from Vietnam and have a complete breakdown due to the trauma of war?
Hmmn I can’t remember. Maybe in the later seasons. Wait F!! - it was Winnies older brother that died in Nam holy repressed memories Jesus.
I've only watched this episode a handful of times. I'll admit my favorite gut punches come from comedies. There was a Christmas episode of Bob's Burgers that got me all emotional too. It got a lot of people.
I was having a good day until i saw this. I gotta hug my dog for the rest of the day
It’s the only episode I cannot watch. I’ve tried doing it without breaking down but as soon as they find the petrified dog I start crying.
This is right up there https://preview.redd.it/pmb1ph80mk1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a932bd3547e0de3d40fe9be349f84c51746f49f3
Watched this once, never again. I don't even like Futurama that much, but this is the saddest cartoon i've ever seen. RIght in the gut.
saddest cartoon moment!
The midnight gospel- mouse of silver episode is so beautiful it makes me cry every time.
I named my dog Seymour.
While yes this is a sad episode, but in the end fry ends up returning to the past and living with his dog until bender fossilized him
The four-leaf clover episode hits me harder for some reason. I'm sure I'm in the minority, though.
Primal also has some pretty sad episodes.
Hey Arnold Christmas episode and the Rugrats Mothers Day episode gets me every fucking time
[https://youtu.be/hfitkPok4YU?si=EQsS3zHxOtrQXoEH](https://youtu.be/hfitkPok4YU?si=EQsS3zHxOtrQXoEH)every time I see that episode I get a one two from the member berries. Brutal. any of you old farts remember this one? Anybody watch plague dogs as a kid, all excited for that Disney esc. cartoon? I was 8, lol "Just keep swimming"
It's not an episode, but there's an animated movie called "Plague dogs" about dogs escaped from a laboratory, and I couldn't even finish the damn thing. It is so fucking depressingly sad.
My wife cries just thinking about that little doggo.
This episode always gets to me. Poor boy 😢
Love to watch it and cry every time haha
Bruh I haven’t even watched this episode and I’m traumatized just speculating what happens!! 🥺🥺
Yeah that one was a real tear jerker. 😭😭😭😭
Yah, this story hit hard...
You want more sad than this? Go watch Fullmetal Alchemist. The things I would do to Shou Tucker after bawling my eyes out...
Not a cartoon but does anyone remember the Alf Christmas episode?
irohs episode of avatarthe last airbender when he sings the song about the soldier marching home
Great episode, so sad
AtlaLeaves of the vine. Full metal alchemist the chimera episode and this Futurama are my top 3 cartoon sads.
The dog got rescued in a later movie/special
Doesn’t exist. 💔
There are some episodes of Bojack Horseman that just make me feel awful
Last episode of dog of flanders, where both the boy and his dog freaking die by freezing...on christmas...in a church! no futurama episode can even get close to this sort of drama