It happens to the best of us: We get emotionally invested in a movie, book, or TV show and when a character dies, we are devastated, and we sometimes feel like it is the death of a real person. Here is my list of the 10 fictional characters whose deaths I will never get over.
(Warning: Proceed with caution, this list may contain spoilers.)
1. Mufasa from The Lion King
When watching Simba shake his dad and try to get him to "wake up," there isn't a dry eye in the house. It gets me every time.
2. Dobby from the Harry Potter series
Up until the very end, Dobby was a kind and loving elf who would do anything for his friend Harry Potter. At least he got to a die as a free elf.
3. Prim from The Hunger Games series
Prim's death is so heartbreaking and frustrating, because all of Katniss' work to save her sister's life now means nothing.
4. Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars
Another one that gets me every time. It's just so unfair that someone so young and so in love doesn't get to enjoy his life.
5. Marley from Marley and Me
I'm sure that this movie really hit home for all of the dog owners/lovers out there. Our pets become like our best friends, so this death really struck a chord.
6. Jack Dawson from Titanic
You knew going into the film that it couldn't end well, but that doesn't make Jack's death any less emotional. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" doesn't help the tears stop either.
7. Tris Prior from The Divergent Series
If you haven't finished the series or are waiting to see the movie, I'm sorry that I ruined it for you. I did give you a warning! This death makes me sad, because her and Four were such a great couple, and no one likes to see the death of a main character once you've read so much about them, and you feel like you actually know them.
8. Thomas from My Girl
"He can't see without his glasses" is one of the most heartbreaking phrases I have ever heard. The love and pure joy these two had for one another just makes the death of a young child even more painful.
9. Emma from Terms of Endearment
Watching Emma say goodbye and give some final advice to her children gets me every time. You just imagine this family having to move on after such a devastating loss, and the tears just won't stop.
10. Seemingly half the cast of Grey's Anatomy
There are so many devastating deaths on Grey's Anatomy that I couldn't pick just one. I can still picture Izzie in her pink prom dress, laying in bed with the dead Denny Duquette. I can see George tracing 007 into Meredith's hand before he dies. And the plane crash episodes are devastating, where we lose both Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan. There are so many other deaths that are heartbreaking as well. This show certainly isn't for those who can't deal with some tears.
So, there's my list. Kudos to you if you made it through this whole article without some crying of your own (or at least the urge to cry).