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A cartoon show isn't supposed to make you cry. I can honestly say that in twenty years, I've never seen aepisode that made me cry. That's whyhas taken so many of its fans by surprise by throwing some surprisingly emotional moments over its short run. Here are the five most touching moments on the show...so far.WARNING: This list will spoil these episodes for you if you haven't seen them. Also, if you have seen them, this list alone might make you cry.- Desperate to get Leela's attention and prove his love for her, Fry makes a deal with the robot devil to switch hands in order to play the holophonor.Of course, being a deal with the devil, things don't go according to plan. Yet in the end, when Fry gets his hands back and can no longer play as beautifully as he wanted, Leela asks him to finish his song. The moment comes in the end, when a crudely-manifested version of Fry and Leela walk off into the distance. This moment was made a lot sadder when it seemed like the episode would be the end of the series forever, but Comedy Central revived the series.When Fry is apparently killed by a giant space bee, Leela finds herself tormented by hallucinations of Fry begging her to wake up. Leela awakens to find herself in the hospital. It turns out that Fry was only wounded, and Leela has been comatose and dreaming. The moment is when we find out that Fry is not only alive, but has been at her bedside for weeks, talking to her in hopes that his voice will bring her back, which it did. This moment touches us because the whole episode is about how Leela copes with losing Fry, but it turns out that Fry's love and devotion for Leela is so much deeper.- When Fry goes on a quest to find his beloved seven-leaf clover, he finds an ancient statue that looks like him with a seven-leaf clover, and dedicated to "Phillip J. Fry - First Person on Mars." Enraged by the belief that his older brother Yancy stole his clover, his name, and his dream of going to Mars, Fry heads out to find the grave. In the end, Fry discovers that what he thought was a final jab was really a dedication to him. Yancy missed Fry so much that he named his son after Phillip, and Philip J. Fry II was the one who achieved Fry's dream. It tugs at us because just when Fry thought his brother hated him, it turns out Yancy loved him more than he ever knew. - This episode reveals the true origins of Leela; that she's not an alien at all, but a mutant. Since mutants are forbidden to live above ground, her parents secretly placed her in the orphanarium so she would have a better life. The end shows a montage of Leela's childhood and adolescence. It shows her parents' hands and tentacles coming out of the walls at various moments to care for her; stopping her from falling down stairs, covering her with a blanket, leaving a birthday gift for her, etc. It touches us because we see that Leela has always felt alone, but in reality, she was never alone - her parents were always there.- Well, you knew this was coming. Of all the episodes,is the one that getsfans the most. Some fans won't even watch this episode again or will skip past the ending . The story is about Fry finding the fossilized remains of his beloved dog Seymour in the 20th Century. Professor Farnsworth attempts to bring the dog back to life, until Fry discovers that Seymour is much older than he remembered. Fry stops the experiment, believing that Seymour lived long after him, and doesn't want to interfere with what he assumes are happy memories. The moment is a montage of Seymour sitting outside Panucci's Pizza, waiting, as the years go by, until the dog lies down and closes his eyes. Why does this moment capture us? Because Seymour spent the rest of his life faithfully waiting for Fry, the essence of every dog's devotion to its master. It also gets us choked up knowing that if Fry hadn't stopped the process, Seymour could have seen him again.