Top 10 Digimon Moments That Will Make You Cry

Digivolve into...depression? Join Ashley as we count down our picks for saddest moments to come from the Digimon franchise, as seen in series such as "Digimon Adventure", "Digimon Tamers", "Digimon Ghost Game", and more! Which digital monster made you weep? Let us know in the comments!
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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your anime lists

[@O-DogKubrick]

“DON’T CRY!! Hold it back! Let it turn to something else” -American actor Patrick Swayze as Jed Eckhart in “Red Dawn”, 1984.

[@Ferhatt399]

Blackwargreymon

[@sweetandsourdish3723]

Gammamon being forgotten. It made me feel sad.

[@sinsung4159]

Number 1 is S H I T. That boring sad ending is nothing to the original ending. Redo the F U C K I N G list watchmojo.

[@GainaxBoy]

Leomon's Death was certainly sad. But what really hit me emotionally was later on in the series during Beelzemon's Redemption. He flies up towards where Jeri is imprisoned and is doing everything in his power to free her and make things right. Then, he summons forth all of his will and desire to save Jeri by unleashing a Fist of the Beast King (Leomon's attack) to break through to Jeri and free her. That moment always makes me cry.

[@S4NSE]

bad guys truly reflecting on their actions and becoming a better version of themselves are always hitting a different spot deep within

[@KendallParker-po4yg]

SAME!!😭😭😭😭😭

[@Chaosgummi]

I'm 32 years old and I still cry to this day when adventure one wrapped up.

[@cunningsmile4166]

....yeah. me too

[@BDF-]

I'm almost 59 and Wormmon eating it still got me as did the end of Adventure when Palmon was yelling for Mimi.

[@v.r.m.891]

Wizardmon's death was so sad 😢 he turned out to be a good guy

[@coreynance3874]

V.R. M yep agreed. But at least Wizardmon he came back as a ghost in an episode on digimon season two.

[@v.r.m.891]

@@coreynance3874 yeah

[@animechic420]

I remember all the times I cried during Digimon: the 1st season when it ended. The 2nd season when it ended. The 3rd season when the Digimon floated away. I cried a lot during Digimon. 😅

[@cyberskull0053]

So did I. So did I. And still do to this day! 😊😊😊

[@phoenixjb3]

Facts

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

The reboot and ghost game is great

[@animechic420]

@@theartoonnerdologist411 I’m in the middle of the reboot right now and I’ll look into Ghost Games if it gets a dub.

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

well its in production sincr march@@animechic420

[@shaunamoran71]

Thomas trying to stop his mother’s death was heartbreaking.

[@KimojiTheGamer27]

I literally just watched this episode 2 days ago. That was so heartbreaking seeing him suffer so much in this nightmare. Digimon savers is so far one of the better seasons IMO. Didn't think I'd like it as much as I do.

[@jamesdayton2598]

The end of Digimon season 1 when the leave in the flying trolly made me ball over and over.

[@skip031890]

Same here.

[@zendroidy]

That song replacing Butter-Fly in the end takes _A LOT_ from the impact the original scene has. That upbeat tune doesn't hit you as hard as those raw vocals till the drums crash down on us, bringing back the energy from the original opening and making a full circle for the story. 😭😭😭

[@felipeaguena5289]

Yeah, american sound track was garbage

[@DragoonMyuutsu]

Although Season 2 wasn't my favorite, the entire episode devoted to Ken's backstory hit me hard since I am a little brother myself who often felt trapped under the shadow of my older brother especially at the time of airing. The end of the episode had Ken tearfully reunited with a newly reborn Leafmon (Wormmon) and reconnecting with his distraught parents cemented that whole episode as a tearkerker.

[@AdriennevsUncleJamesWashington]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@PokemonMaster-rp2ht]

Kizuna hits right in the feels.

[@unknownwolf1402]

I feel you man the one thing that made me sad was that Tai and Matt had to say goodbye to Agumon and Gabumon

[@inukaiser]

kizuna its stupid,they didn't lose their Digimon at all

[@inukaiser]

@@unknownwolf1402 hello,the epilogue in 02 it Canon.

[@treymykel]

Not really it was a false tearjerker because we already saw the end of the original digidestined series back in adventure 02 so we already know that's hiring Matt are going to see their partners against oh no it was fake it ain't hit nobody in the the fields when we already knew we were going to see them again

[@LadyLeomon]

@@unknownwolf1402 yeah … for about ten seconds until until you remember that Season 2’s Epilogue is canon 😂😂😂

[@WonderWhy66]

Tamers was truly ahead of it's time!

[@heroboygamebase2286]

Tamers' ending was depressing.😭

[@AndrewHager02]

I’m rewatching Tamers after so many years, and last night, I got choked up when Takato brought up Leomon’s death on the train ride. Whether it was Jeri or the D-Reaper clone he was talking to, I felt his pain when he wished there was a way he and the other tamers could’ve saved him before it was too late. 😭

[@heroboygamebase2286]

@@AndrewHager02 The finale breaks my heart.

[@lokephoenix1039]

Tamers is legit one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, Digimon fan or not it’s brilliant

[@sirussimon8711]

Rip Gutsomon and Pumpmon they were never evil :(

[@teamsteed1]

Nope. 😢

[@markperez9613]

Myotismon is a bastard😡

[@hannahmartin9705]

Don't worry, they later turned out to be alive

[@maryo274artworks4]

@@hannahmartin9705 I want my tears back for that

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

HerculesKabuterimon' sacrifice broke me... But in the process made me a life long Tentomon fan.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Wizardmon sacrificing himself to save Kari & Gatomon from Myotismon's Grizzy Wing attack. Never thought Digimon could make me cry before this episode.

[@cunningsmile4166]

"Not her! NO!"

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

Kizuna was the most heartbreaking moment of the entire franchise. Seeing all those Digidestined from other countries, the ones the season 2 kids met when they traveled the world, was the most stunning thing they could have thought of. Here's something weird though, at the end of season 2 the season 1 kids and season 2 kids still had their partners with them even as adults. So, either the writers forgot about that entirely and we'll have to feel the tearful parting all over again, or they're creating a way to bring the season 1 Digimon back. Kizuna was the most heart breaking moment in all of anime

[@treymykel]

No it really wasn't cuz 02 is canon and the ending of o2 we saw everybody with their Digimon last Evolution really wasn't much of nothing

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

@@treymykel that's what I said. So either the writers forgot that and we'll have to go through the heartbreak all over again or they'll create a way to bring the 01 Digimon back. But still, no anime moment has ever pulled at my heart so much than Kizuna

[@Kingdramana]

I mean it's hard to write a story without taking some liberties and I felt these were the right choices. To make a great movie

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

@@Kingdramana I agree but it doesn't make it any less painful

[@edsainmuramasa4751]

the 02 ending is still canon. they'll meet again but maybe not as partners in terms of digivice connection

[@sesshyandenvyfreak]

Blackwargreymon's sacrifice made me bawl my eyes out.

[@kyoden1928]

the jp ost for that moment is rlly good too

[@CalvinistEeyore]

You can conciveably make a list out of moments from JUST Digimon Tamers alone. I remember watching a retrospective on that once and thought "wow! They really thought that was okay for children?!"

[@lokephoenix1039]

Yeah, Tamers is my go to example when I need an example of a kids show that kids were not emotionally mature enough for

[@J.J.WylieJr9825]

The ending of the 1st & 2nd seasons actually made me cry because it was basically my childhood back when I watched this and seeing clips to this day still gives me chills and makes me a little emotional. 😢

[@chuumon95]

This should be a top 20. What about the ending for Digimon Tamers or the deaths of Labramon, Merukimon, Dobermon, Meicoomon, and Damemon

[@akarbit3r111]

For me personally, it's close between Blackwargreymon's death and the end of Digimon Tamers

[@felipeaguena5289]

There a lot of more adult moments you could have touched on also, TKs parents' divorce, a toddler Tai almost killing his sick sister because he wanted to play, Ken wishing for his brother to disappear and him getting hit by a car, Jerry's mom death...Digimon was kinda heavy for a kids show

[@melissamurray8307]

This is why even after all these years that I continue to be a Digimon fan to this day. These moments will stick with you for years to come .

[@DJomnific3nt]

#1 could be nothing else but Last Evolution: Kizuna. As much as I love the movie, it's still hard to watch years later.

[@sweetandsourdish3723]

Gammamon being forgotten, Leomon’s death, and saying goodbye makes me misty-eyed and emotional. 😭😭😭

[@LovelyCinccino]

Number 3: And that’s not even the end for poor Jeri. Long story short, she ends up being kidnapped and fed off of by a rouge program, ending with her wrapped up in cables while sitting in the thing’s brain and it actually nearly drives her into choking herself.

[@garfieldGG]

Wormmon dying gets me every time

[@SilverStormWolf]

One that always makes me cry, is Black Wargreamons Sacrifics!

[@MaelZack]

Wormons death was what shoock Ken most due to how it was second time Ken lost someone close to him.

[@andeeharry]

7:05 Wizzardmon's death was/ and is brutal.

[@axels3188]

I think that Final evolution was the number 1 time Digimon will make you cry.

[@inukaiser]

You must stupid to cry about such forced drama

[@emmanuelzermeno1588]

for me 1 of the saddest moments that made me cry was in Ghost Game, where Bokomon died protecting Gammamon and then when he turned back after becoming Gulusgammamon the way he just started to cry really hits u in the feels

[@WonderWhy66]

Leomon's death and the subsequent Megidramon! Man I miss Tamers.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your lists!😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@zohaibamin8836]

Every time I hear Kurata's name I want to let a digimon destroy him

[@danknhshinki73]

Tamers' finale was a tearjerker. 😭

[@Dark-kz2bq]

I will always love digimon frontiers no matter how much hate it gets.

[@midnightfox3157]

Definitely my fav season

[@chrisd1982]

Although not my favourite season I still enjoyed it a lot and has some of the most likeable characters in the franchise

[@bradtobin839]

Still gotta watch it sometime, but its got a fair share of great characters.

[@autumbreeze1129]

Something that bugs me about the Reboot in Tri is... doesn’t that mean Oikawa's sacrifice was for nothing, as the Reboot erased everything he did to restore the Digital World? It was the first thing I thought of when the Reboot was suggested in Tri and it bugs me no one ever brought it up

[@Matiasfv]

I wouldn't consider tri canon since even the creatives try to ignore tri ever happened.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video watch mojo of digimon saddest moments in the franchise,fantastic job. I’m happy that digimon frontiers made the list,it’s my favourite season of all digimon ever.

[@VoltMagnum]

mine was when beelzemon trying to save jerri, where he use leomons special move

[@NightoftheLivingcookies10]

Dude you could make an ENTIRE LIST from Digimon Savers, all that trauma has been imprinted in my head for YEARS *Kristy bonding with and then losing Biyomon (who comes back later but with no memory) *ALL THE DEATHS CAUSED BY KURATA F***K THAT GUY *Thomas being psychologically tortured being forced to live through the day his mother died *Kennan being brought to his biological family only for his father to tell him to f**k off so that his mother doesn’t suffer more trauma

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

It's always amazing when they tease a scene that didn't even make the list at the beginning.

[@brokenbridge6316]

You know when a series is a real success when it has tear jerking moments like this.

[@user-jc2lz6jb2e]

None of this is tear-jerking in the American dub.

[@treymykel]

​@@user-jc2lz6jb2e you a lie

[@SuperGuldo]

@@user-jc2lz6jb2e no one cares about you americans

[@skip031890]

​@@user-jc2lz6jb2e Stop hating. 🙄

[@melissamurray8307]

It truly is. It is why it is still so loved by the fans today.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Digimon Tamers - Lionheart Leomon sacrifices himself to save Jeri & The other Tamers from Beelzemon. This one honestly will make you more Angry than Sad.

[@jameswalkerparden30]

I to say Wizardmon death and goodbye thing in season one season one was the best of the best in my book

[@Erlisch1337]

man #4 hit me so hard

[@AiorosSagittarius]

Hah, what timing. I am rewatching 02 and just finished watching the episode with Ken regaining his kindness and Wormmon after his defeat as the Digimon Emperor. And then I hop on to KZbin to see this vid with Ken in the Thumbnail. XD Anyhow, because of that, I'd say that spot should not only contain Wormmon's death, but also the return of kind Ken too. I mean, his past was tragic, and he really suffered while looking for Wormmon. That entire episode was actually filled with tears - Ken's, his mother's, Wormmon's (or Leafmon's)... So yeah, I'd put Wormmon's death and the episode where Ken finds him in the Village of Beginnings again together, even though the episode in which Veemon first digivolves to Exveemon is between them.

[@BigguBosu117]

The last episode of the first Digimon show made me cry when Palmon had slipped while saying goodbye to Mime while Butterfly plays. So nostalgic watching that after a decade.

[@robertperez2262]

A lot of these sad moments led up to jaw dropping amazing moments.. like wizardmons death leading up to Gatomons digivolution

[@bulletcatcher02]

Can't forget teh downplayed sad monet tied to number 1 as one member couldn't even join the fight as their time had already expired and didn't have the heart to tell everyone else cause it hurt to much.

[@ElsocraTV]

I'm 35 and season 1 and 2 were my favorite and really the only ones I got into. Alot of emotional scenes here Wizarding spirit came back in season 2 and was a sad goodbye too

[@skip031890]

I was drowning in tears when I first saw the ending of Adventure where Palmon didn't want to say goodbye to Mimi. 😭😭😭

[@qamarzaman4247]

Oh lucemon the most strongest and the fallen angel digimon, surely a magnificent, lustrous and lovely looking digimon including his Fall down mode.

[@O-DogKubrick]

“DON’T CRY!! Hold it back! Let it turn to something else” -American actor Patrick Swayze as Jed Eckhart in “Red Dawn”, 1984.

[@LordTaboo11]

Each scene hit harder as they progressed good order for the video

[@hedgehogsaberx]

Ughhh I cried so hard when Herculeskabuterimon had to fend everyone off

[@petestephan1819]

I would say number 2 should have been the final episode of Tamers and Kizuna definitely has me even shedding tears even now.

[@kyoden1928]

i think adventure and tamers finale are equal but i'd say as an adult leaving my nostalgia glasses tamers wins

[@chrisd1982]

Im not a big fan of tri but id be damned if that scene with Herculeskabuterimon fighting the other partners isn't both awesome and crushing at the same time

[@jairurbanadventures]

Frigimon’s death in the original Japanese version is even sadder because you actually see the beam slice right through her. In the dub it only hits her in the back.

[@Digidragon55]

No somber moments from Fusion? What about Christopher’s sad backstory and Deckderdramon’s death.

[@stevec8800]

the memories of this was amazing, but the last one..,. i didnt even know about the last evolution movie, i got something to watch this weekend lol

[@scottallen3907]

Just have a ton of tissues handy…if you were an original digidestined (and got to reunite with them in Tri) this film will hit like a ton of bricks… it hit home hard with a lot of fans. I know there is a sequel (focusing of the 02 kids after the events of Kizuna) but I might skip it.. I frankly don’t want to risk having my heart almost broken by a movie again. Literally saddest I’ve ever felt after a film…

[@connorcook4888]

Every episode where they say goodbye always gets the tears going for me. 😭

[@T2NF]

How didn't Angemon's sacrifice make the list? That was some sad shit.

[@Shijishoutmon]

all of them made me cry

[@PrinceTrexus]

How is the scene in Tri when TK finds out Patamon's been infected not in this list!? Also when Patamon finds out himself? That scene when Patamon begs TK to kill him if he goes bad makes me cry every time and Johnny Yong Bosch gave an amazing performance as TK in that scene

[@TheRManProds]

ALL OF THESE MOMENTS WERE SO SAD!

[@salvadorramirez8399]

I watched the whole original advanture again. The other month and let me tell you. I cried once. And it was that damn palmon

[@skip031890]

Palmon had me sobbing terribly.

[@rmannayr2129]

THESE MOMENTS WERE SO SAD!

[@kertjoema9791]

I was 6 when digimon adventure ended the part were they all left digital world made me cry so hard :)

[@GamingFanactic911]

Nothing will hurt more than Bokomon from Ghost Game. Gammamon's reaction says it all. 😭😭😭❤❤Oh and Gammamon being forgotten hurt too. 🥺😭❤

[@WelshGiraffa]

Agumon and Gabumon disappearing killed as someone who grew up with the original series but for the original series has to be Wizardmon’s death

[@joe88john]

Digimon Tamer's Ending should be mentioned, as well as the Locomon/Parasimon movie. And while Wormmon's death is heart renching, it is the episode where Ken get's a second chance that is better IMO. In fact, I disagree with a lot of these choices. What about "Shadow of the Beast King" when Beelzemon is doing everything he can to try and make it up to Jerri? Or like I said, the last episode of Tamers when they have to say goodbye (props to Takato & Henry's VA). How about in 02 when Cody's Grandpa goes over Oikawa's past. The part where Oikawa is walking through the cemetery and the grandpa says he had never seen a person look so sad. Even the last episode of Tamers when Koji runs and gives Koigi a hug on the operating table. Man too many great moments. I will agree Last Evolution deserves number 1 though!

[@ashelygordon669]

I still remembered Frigimon’s death from Digimon Data Squad which was heartbreaking and Leomon’s death was definitely one of the saddest moments in Tamers but to me, Gammamon being forgotten struck me hard to be honest. It’s honestly my second favorite episode of Digimon Ghost Game because imagine of having your own existence and identity being forgotten is quite sad and horrifying yet the writers did an excellent job of showcasing a combination of identity crisis and psychological horror in the courtesy of Betsumon, I can’t help but feeling very emotional for Gammamon since he’s my all-time favorite personally. 😮😭 #Watchmojo

[@Shebeast3]

tri is so damn good.first time i saw the reboot i was in tears😢

[@g555ulgra4]

Ø555Ø Digimon Adventure 01 final goodbye should be number 1. Not only its really emotion but our favourite song. BUTTERFLY!

[@quinnfletcher3906]

Wait a minute didn't Watchmojo already have a list like this?

[@WonderWhy66]

Last Evolution Kizuna's ending hits like a train... 😭

[@danknhshinki73]

Or a truck.😭

[@GIEGIE192]

I couldn’t even make it through this list without crying

[@TheRhuen]

When did you work on this. I mean they announced not long ago a sequel to Final Digivolution, mainly to bridge this odd story back to the timeskip to adulthood we saw at the end of Adventure 02 which is still the same continuity.

[@jonathanwilson9936]

How the digi-destens and the digimon saying go is sooò hard!😢

[@MrMas383]

I was like "How hard could it be" Number 10: Frigimon.... "God damn these onion cutting Digimons...:´( "

[@aliancer]

#2 I cry not because the scene was vivid, but because I can’t go back rewinding how epic this scene as a kid Oh and also the Koji Wada’s Butterfly was there 😢

[@TheRManProds]

HEY DIGIMON HEY DIGIMON!

[@kit4796]

I remember watching this Digimon movie where there was this evil digimon that started out as a virus and then transformed into a huge unstoppable monster that none of the other good digimons could take out. In the end, I think the evil digimon kills himself bc all he wanted was to be loved or something like that. I don’t remember the name of the movie, but it made me cry everytime I watched it as a little kid

[@MABfan11]

Blackwargreymon's sacrifice should've been in the top 5

[@Wolf_Kenobi]

I found Blackwargreymon's death and Merukimon's death really sad

[@EdgarHernandez-uu4iw]

Forgot how tragic this series was at times.

[@denikehi4579]

i'd have replaced no.3 with "you're not Leomon" By that time Beelzemon was truely sorry, but the harsh and sad truth is "sorry" is not enough.

[@BDF-]

I've seen most of these, but the one that "got" me the hardest over the years was the death of Wormmon. :- (

[@theflash9693]

The fact that I couldnt finish the video cuz every scene made me tear up. My 11 year old self made a reappearance

[@AHAFHZS]

To me, Ken’s whole arc still hits me hard 😢😭💔

[@jamiewalsh3349]

We might need a box of tissues for the next movie too.

[@PrinceTrexus]

Oikawa's death was sad not just because he died but because his greatest dream was to see the Digital World alongside his best friend, who we find out was Cody's late father. Yet another life ruined by Myotismon

[@mayuthedemon33]

02 i think i cried alot

[@melissamurray8307]

What about BlackWarGreymon’s sacrifice or Beezlemon using “Fist of the Beast King,” to save Jeri as well as Taprimon’s sacrifice or Daigo’s fate?

[@Ginn31]

I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME at Oikawa's death. He really didnt deserve that end, it's just so damn bittersweet. It's all the more sob worthy for me is how Iori Begged for him not to go, and he just smiled that gentle smile. Ugh. Ill never Not cry.

[@rmannayr2129]

THE MOMENTS ARE SAD!

[@rockzs74r]

Sora losing Biyomon even before we understand what actaully happened is the saddest moment for me

[@BLUEANGEL.X.alias.Ricardo]

8:21 I Love Ken Ichijouji

[@PrinceTrexus]

RIP to Robert Axelrod aka Wizardmon

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

Here's an idea for a future Digimon video. The top ten HUMAN villains in the Digimon franchise.