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9 fictional deaths that you will never, ever forget

Let alone get over.

Jun 6th 2013, 6:00 PM 24,875 Views 130 Comments

WE SHOULD PROBABLY warn you that this contains spoilers. Death-related spoilers.

But not for Game of Thrones. Anyway, here are the most traumatic on-screen deaths:

1. Mufasa in The Lion King

Dad. We gotta go home.

*BAWL*

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2. Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time

I mean, come on.

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3. Jenny in Forrest Gump

DAMN YOU, UNKNOWN VIRUS.

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4. Johnny in The Outsiders

Stay gold, Ponyboy.

*WEEP*

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5. Duke and Allie in The Notebook

Seriously. Not able.

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6. Marley in Marley and Me

So *sob* faithful *weep, slobber*.

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7. Bambi’s mother

“We made it, mum!” Oh no. Oh no you didn’t.

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8. Jack Dawson in Titanic

OK, so he’s a little annoying in retrospect. But if this didn’t make you weep like a garden hose as a teenager, your heart is a shard of Arctic iceberg.

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9. Carl’s wife Ellie in Up

Officially the most heart-rending montage of all time.

Hold us.

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9 fictional deaths that you will never, ever forget