20 Most Shocking TV Character Deaths EVER

20. Seymour - Futurama

At their best, stories surprise us, twisting our expectations against themselves. That's certainly what happened here, in the otherwise silly Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark," when the audience is treated to a montage showing how Fry's beloved dog Seymour spent his final days. 

Throughout the episode, we're told that Seymour was suddenly fossilised one day and that the Professor has the ability to bring him back. Fry embraces the chance to see his best friend again, but changes his mind when he learns Seymour lived for 12 years after Fry was frozen. 

In a beautiful moment, Fry lets his dog go, safe in the knowledge he had a good, full life. But then the final scene of the episode shows Seymour waiting for Fry for over a decade, aging and dying without leaving the spot he'd so often be picked up from. All of this is set to Connie Francis's rendition of "I Will Wait For You." 

Seymour never forgot him, and Fry will never know. Cue an entire generation's tears.