Digimon Adventure 02/Tear Jerker

• Ken's backstory.
  • Considering the absolute bastard he was as the Emperor (at the time, seeing his illusions of control broken down piece by piece gave off a definite sense of "Ha! You so deserved that!") it's amazing that most of the things Ken Ichijoji does afterwards bring tears to this troper's eyes, resulting in her not not being able to watch the earlier season episodes anymore without feeling incredibly uneasy. From his first recognizing his own Mother after coming out of a not-at-all-Heroic-BSOD, to seeing his dead brother in an illusion caused by his own desire to see himself punished for his misdeeds, to Davis yelling that he's not alone anymore while he's struggling with the serious mental and physical pain of trying to close a Gateway to the Dark Ocean that's haunted him since he was seven... This guy really had to earn his happy ending.
  • Wormmon's death. It's just downright heartbreaking.
  • The scene where Ken goes into the Digital Nursery and all the Digimon start whining whenever he comes near them and he finds Wormmon's baby form and holds it in his arms and starts.....BAWLING his eyes out. Especially the flashback where he wishes his brother was gone and then he is.
  • The episode "Genesis Of Evil" in its entirety, especially in the English dub (Aside from maybe little Ken's dub voice, that is.)
• Yolei slapping Kari and telling her she's not alone anymore right before their Digimon go digivolve and merge into Sylphimon.
• The kidnapping was awful and borders into Nightmare Fuel. Especially when Oikawa's having the Dark Spore copied and replicated for a bunch of other children whom Ken knows are gonna turn into the same monsters he was as a result and he's in tears. Even the dub does this not at all badly, with Ken wondering where Davis and Wormmon are.

Ken: It's not like you think it'll be. You don't want to be like me.

• Oikawa's backstory ( specially when he recalls when he was offered his Deal with the Devil and how, right before that, he's bawling in despair since his beloved friend Hiroki isn't there with him to see the Digital World they believed in as children) in Digimon Adventure 02
• BlackWarGreymon's Heroic Sacrifice to save Cody's grandfather after finally realizing the true meaning of friendship, WarGreymon sounded like he was about to cry.
• And Oikawa's death scene? Where, for the first time since his possession by Myotismon, he wakes up long enough to see the Digital World for the first time. Then he finally gets his partner Digimon, seconds before he dies, dissolving into energy and using that to heal the damage Myotismon did. Both Cody's plea for him to hang on, and his partner Digimon's line "Are you leaving now? But we've only just met!" are particularly effective.
  • Just the look in Oikawa's eyes when he finally makes it to the digital world and sees his long lost Digimon partner for the first time in years is moving enough, even before he dies and restores the digital world.
• Mummymon's Villainous Breakdown following Arukenimon's death at the hand of MaloMyotismon. It's hard to feel sorry for a villain, even if they are part of the resident Team Rocket squad, but to see his emotional meltdown and subsequent death as well makes you really feel sorry for him.