Upon viewing "Finding Dory" twice in its first two days of coming out, I am qualified to say it was wonderful, but y’all, it was sad. The first time, I was a constant stream of tears, and the second time, I still cried a good bit. To be fair, I am a cryer, haven’t kept a dry eye during a cheerios commercial in years. But many people, especially my age, had the same review of "Finding Dory": “Disney is trying to make us cry more and laugh less.” But maybe we’ve just gotten older and more sympathetic because "Finding Dory" is, yes, very sad, sweet and heartfelt, but still, it’s not nearly the saddest thing Disney has created. But just to keep it all in perspective, here are some of the saddest, sweetest, and overall tear jerking things Disney has forced upon us in no particular order.
1. When the toys almost die in "Toy Story 3"![]()
2. When Andy gives his Toys to the little girl in "Toy Story 3"![]()
3. When Jesse gets abandoned in "Toy Story 2" to a freakin' Sarah McLachlin song![]()
4. When they find the doll in the destroyed village in "Mulan"![]()
5. When Olaf sacrifices himself to save Anna in "Frozen"![]()
6. When Anna sacrifices herself to save Elsa in "Frozen"![]()
7. When Trusty gets hit by the car in "Lady and the Tramp"
8. When anything at all happened in "Fox and the Hound"![]()
9. I think I am gonna put "Fox and the Hound" in general on here twice because that’s how sad it is![]()
10. When Dumbo is separated from his mom but she cuddles with him through the bars in "Dumbo" because it has the added pain of animal cruelty![]()
11. When King Triton gets turned into a worm for Ariel in "The Little Mermaid"![]()
12. When Sully says goodbye to Boo but then she opens the closet looking for him in "Monsters, Inc."![]()
13. The beginning of "Up"![]()
14. The end of "Up" (They bookend you in tears.)![]()
15. When Genie is willing to sacrifice his freedom to help Aladdin find love and Aladdin is willing to sacrifice his love to give Genie freedom in "Aladdin"![]()
16. When the townspeople are ridiculing Quasimodo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"![]()
17. When Flik is trying to help but ruins EVERYTHING and gets sent away in "A Bug’s Life"![]()
18. When Tarzan realizes he’s not an ape and never will be in "Tarzan" and they play "You'll Be In My Heart" in case you didn't already have enough emotions![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20597%20360'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
19. When Nani has to give Lilo up because that's how much she loves her in "Lilo & Stitch"![]()
20. When the barracuda kills Carol and the other babies in "Finding Nemo"![]()
21. When Dory says to Marlin, “I look at you, and I … I’m home,” in "Finding Nemo"![]()
22. When Eve goes all closed mode and Wall-E still holds her hand in "Wall-E"![]()
23. When Bambi’s mom dies in "Bambi"![]()
24. When Mufasa dies in "The Lion King" but maybe the saddest part is that Simba lives his life thinking it was his fault
25. When Gerry is paralyzed and Julius comes into see him and the racist nurse says it’s only family and Gerry says, “Alice, are you blind? Don't you see the family resemblance? That's my brother,” in "Remember the Titans" (This one is my kicker if you can't tell.)
26. When Bing Bong tells Joy to "take her to the moon" in "Inside Out"![]()
27. "Old Yeller" (and I don't have to tell you why).![]()
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