Fantasia/Tear Jerker

• Pomp and Circumstance: Daisy and Donald Duck are the helpers on Noah's Ark, yet spend most of the sequence heartbroken, believing each other didn't make it on board. It Gets Better in a double Disney Death.
  • Also, Firebird, somewhat, if you have a soft spot for nature.
  • The baby whale who gets lost in the Pines Of Rome sequence
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier's ordeal.
  • Most of the "story" pieces follow this structure: happy beginning, sad middle, happy end.

• From the original, Ave Maria: There's just something about this mix of soothing and comforting animation and music immediately following the utter terror that was Night On Bald Mountain (not to mention the general intensity of the rest of the film) that it's almost impossible not to get a little choked up.
  • A bit of Fridge Brilliance, but Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria was based on dual concepts of the Judeo-Christian afterlife with the hell of Chernabog being contrasted with the heaven of Ave Maria. So the final scene of the cathedral leading out to the beautiful garden could be interpreted as someone's death and being welcomed to heaven.
  • While the music, animation and peaceful setting certainly do a lot to bring on the tears, the one moment that truly starts the waterworks is right when Julietta Novis comes in with her vocal solo. Her voice, combined with the rays of light that then open into the garden might just be one of the most simple yet profoundly beautiful moments ever committed to film or animation.
  • Before Ave Maria, there was this bit gloomy ending music of Night on Bald Mountain that almost had us in tears.