History Main / TearsOfFear

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'': During the final chapters [[TagalongKid Emporio]] spends most of it crying in sheer terror, and it's no wonder why: [[Spoiler: [[BigBad Father Pucchi]] just succeeded in killing all the heroes, including the previously undefeated Jotaro, using a stand which accelerates time, causing the Earth to start completely eroding and changing, eventualy leading to ''the whole universe being reset'' with every living being being unnafected and conscious about the whole thing. So, from a group including a convicted killer that can destroy his victims from the outside out and someone who can freeze time, the only survivor is a kid with a power that has no combat use, and he's being chased by a villain who doesn't want to leave any loose ends.]]

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''[[Literature/BloodAngels Deus Encarmine]]'', Adept Pellis as the Dark Apostle breaks into his rooms.
* In ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', Atticus Finch is {{Implied}} to cry some TearsOfFear after the lynch mob departs. It's likely that he was reacting to the fear of the mob hurting his children. As Scout describes:
-->I turned to Atticus, but Atticus had gone to the jail and was leaning against it with his face to the wall. I went to him and pulled his sleeve. "Can we go home now?" He nodded, produced his handkerchief, gave his face a going-over and blew his nose violently.

* At one point in ''Literature/TheVorGame'', Miles Vorkosigan begins crying in front of the villainous commander of a rival mercenary fleet. She thinks it's hardly in his nature to weep in fear, and she's right; he's just violently allergic to her perfume, which she finds hilarious.
* In ''{{Literature/Flashman}}'' at the Charge, Flash bawls his eyes out with shock, fear, and self-pity after the prince he was minding gets killed. Fortunately for him, it is taken for 'manly grief'.
* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' "The Ersatz Elevator" after Esme pushes the children down the elevator shaft they find the Quagmire siblings locked in cages, terrified, and looking like they've been crying.

* They aren't shed - [[MenDontCry big girls don't cry]] in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' - but Princess Rennsaellaer has to blink back tears when her fiance is kidnapped, as she's trying to enact a RoaringRampageOfRescue.
* Tash sheds some of these while running from [[spoiler: TheVirus]] in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Spore''.
* ''Literature/MythAdventures'': At the very end of ''Myth-ing Persons'' Skeeve catches up with Vic, the vampire fugitive he's been chasing for the entire book; when Vic starts crying out of sheer terror, Skeeve realizes that he's been running so hard because he thinks Skeeve is here to ''kill'' him.
* In ''Literature/AMacabreMythOfAMothMan'', Tony Reisman cries some of these when he learns that [[spoiler:he was "impregnated" with hundreds of wasp larvae, which are currently chewing their way out of him through his stomach.]]

* ''ComicBook/FigmentDisneyKingdoms'': When separated from Figment, Blair, and Fye in the Nightmare Nation, Chimera curls up and starts sobbing after being reminded of her (unrevealed to the audience) fears by the voices that partially make up the location.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Misha Collins (no, not Castiel, [[BreakingTheFourthWall Misha Collins]]) in ''The French Mistake''.

* WebAnimation/NoEvil: Corn is known for this, seen in "And the Raven Brought Fire" and "Soft Child."

** Katara also does this when Hama controlled her with bloodbending.

* In the climax of ''Jason's Lyric'', Lyric breaks into tears when she's cornered and held at gunpoint by her boyfriend, Jason's, {{Jerkass}} younger brother, Joshua.

* As said above most people do this for many reasons especially children.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spawn}}'': Jason Wynn (of all people) is utterly terrified when Spawn confronts him and is in tears when he thinks Spawn is about to kill him.

* ''Manga/{{Karin}}'': A little girl [[http://www.mangareader.net/317-22209-53/karin/chapter-13.html does this]] in chapter 13 when confronted with a serial killer who escaped from the CreepyDoll Boogie-kun.
** Karin [[http://www.mangareader.net/317-22209-60/karin/chapter-13.html does this]] when asked by Anju if she wants to listen to her tell the history of her collection of [[CreepyDoll creepy dolls]].

When humans cry, their tears are used to convey various emotions -- most commonly, [[BerserkerTears anger]], [[TearfulSmile happiness]], [[TearJerker sadness]], and when having [[BrokenTears a breakdown]]. But tears also fall [[OhCrap if people are scared out of their wits]]. If this happens, it may or may not be an indicator that they are slipping into insanity or panic as a result of the fear.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': Two guys do this in chapter 38 of the second manga season after Akuha threatens them.

* ''Series/{{Raven}}'' has a few instances of the child contestants who are scared of heights crying from fear during their attempts at the challenge Leap of Faith, Kinia sobbing during her failed attempt at it being the most notable one.

* ''Series/Raven'' has a few instances of the child contestants who are scared of heights crying from fear during their attempts at the challenge Leap of Faith, Kinia sobbing during her failed attempt at it being the most notable one.