There’s a scene in the ‘90s Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats where Stu wakes up in the middle of the night to make chocolate pudding. “It’s four o’clock in the morning,” his wife exclaims. “Why on Earth ...

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These are “the 20 science fiction moments that will make absolutely anyone cry,” as selected by io9. All of them are true tear jerkers, but the best is probably the ending of a cartoon, the Futurama ...