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We all know the expression "to cry oneself a river" is a figure of speech, right? Well, not always in Fictionland. This is for when a character's tears could at least fill a bathtub, but sometimes they could fill an entire ocean.

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We We're all know familiar with the expression saying "to cry oneself a river" is river," aren't we? It's usually just a figure of speech, right? Well, not always but in Fictionland. This is for when Fictionland, things can get a bit exaggerated. Instead of just a river, a character's tears could at least fill up a whole bathtub, but sometimes they could fill or even an entire ocean.
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* In "WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, and as a result, he begins to cry overnight until the treehouse is completely flooded.

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* In the "WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, and as a result, he begins to cry overnight until the treehouse is completely flooded.
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* Used in the ImagineSpot scene in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Postcards from Buster". Buster's mom Bitzi cries so much that her tears flooded the airport terminal when she sees her son leaving for a trip to New York City followed by two airport attendants coming by on a pedal boat and taking her away.



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* ''Coyote in Love'' sees Coyote pining for a blue star that comes near a mountain every night. Coyote then races up to the top of that mountain and asks the star to be his wife. When she refuses, he grabs her as she ascends until she drops him down to Earth. After Coyote's landing creates a gaping hole in the mountain, Coyote cries OcularGushers of blue tears from his heartbreak. The book explains that this is how Crater Lake was formed and why it's so blue.
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* In "WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, as a result she begins to cry overnight, until the treehouse is completely flooded.

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* In "WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, and as a result she result, he begins to cry overnight, overnight until the treehouse is completely flooded.
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* In "WesternAnimation/Brandy&Mr.Whiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, as a result she begins to cry overnight, until the treehouse is completely flooded.

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* In "WesternAnimation/Brandy&Mr.Whiskers" "WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, as a result she begins to cry overnight, until the treehouse is completely flooded.
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* In "WesternAnimation/Brandy&Mr.Whiskers" episode "Believe in the Bunny", Brandy yells at Mr. Whiskers telling him that there is no Easter bunny, as a result she begins to cry overnight, until the treehouse is completely flooded.


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* "WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge": In the episode "Curious George's Bunny Hunt" When George let Bill's rabbits escape because he left his cage open, he imagines Bill's reaction, crying a lot, flooding his garden until a rabbit bursts his thought bubble.


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* "WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo": In the episode "Pinky's Great Big Concert", Pinky forgets the tuba for the school concert, so he imagines as his first option, crying until the bus floods with Nicholas Biscuit who was holding an umbrella.
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From what I can tell, the river was already there and isn't formed by Dragon's tears. (I could be wrong, though; feel free to add the example back if I'm incorrect.)


* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', Donkey goes to lie next to a lake mourning that Shrek won't let him stay in the swamp. It then turns out the lake is actually a pool of tears shed by the dragon he was flirting with.
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* ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'': In the first episode, Yin goes home crying after Yang stays at the gym without her, and Master Yo comforts her. Later in the episode, she ends up flooding the dojo with tears.

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* ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'': In the first episode, Yin goes home crying after Yang stays at the gym without her, and Master Yo comforts her. Later in the episode, she ends up flooding the dojo with tears.

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