Bathos

14 clues
Schmaltz
Maudlinism
Anticlimax
Mawkishness
Mush or gush
Sentimentalism
Sentimentality
Crocodile tears
Mawkish emotion.
Trite anticlimax
Insincere compassion
Insincere sentimentality
From the sublime to the ridiculous
False emotion, à la the weepy soap opera.