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* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' has [[ShrinkingViolet Mikan]] [[TheMedic Tsumiki]], who is so timid and insecure she can barely hold a conversation without bursting into tears or having a meltdown. This is PlayedForDrama, as Mikan has been so heavily bullied throughout her life that she instantly suspects anyone she talks to wants to abuse her and will willingly degrade herself so someone will pay her attention, even if it's negative. [[spoiler: This makes it all the more shocking when she's the killer of Chapter Three, and a double-murderer at that.]]

* Mater from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}''. He gets very upset over every little thing. He's a very sensitive person and there were signs that he got upset in the first film but he showed more emotions in the second film. He literally got very depressed after McQueen fired him from being a pit crew chief and felt guilty about and decided to go home. When others make Mater cry or upset, it’s considered an extreme act of cruelty because he is super sweet and he has special needs. He’s like a child. He’s a very caring helpful person whose purpose in life is to serve others out of kindness and love and to see him upset about any little thing is just extremely devastating. Even though we are supposed to laugh with Mater, he is definitely a person who is emotional enough to not be PlayedForLaughs.

* Aya Hoshino in ''Manga/SuperGals'', to the point where Ran assumes (in Volume 6) that "Her entire head must be full of tears...!"
* Matsuri in ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow''.
* Vanilla in ''Manga/SugarSugarRune''.

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* VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 has [[ShrinkingViolet Mikan]] [[TheMedic Tsumiki]], who is so timid and insecure she can barely hold a conversation without bursting into tears or having a meltdown. This is PlayedForDrama, as Mikan has been so heavily bullied throughout her life that she instantly suspects anyone she talks to wants to abuse her and will willingly degrade herself so someone will pay her attention, even if it's negative. [[spoiler: This makes it all the more shocking when she's the killer of Chapter Three, and a double-murderer at that.]]

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* Little Miss Shy of Literature/MrMen fame is such a ShrinkingViolet that if anyone upsets her, she'll burst into tears.

* WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} is a male example that isn't always PlayedForLaughs. In fact, making [[NiceGuy SpongeBob]] cry is considered a gross act of cruelty, and whoever is responsible for hurting his feelings almost immediately gets [[YouMonster scolded]] by whoever happens to witness it, or just feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty]]. It really doesn't take very much to make him cry, either - in one episode, a particularly mean customer yelled at him and threw a pizza box in his face, causing him to flop over on the ground, sob ''deeply'' for a while, and not stop until Squidward cheered him up.

* Shuuichi Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon''. In early volumes she to cry a lot, but with age and CharacterDevelopment she has gotten past that stage. She still lets things go to her head but doesn't cry as easily as she did in early chapters.

* Enju Aiahra from ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'' is sweet, [[NiceGirl kind-hearted]] 10-year-old girl and cursed child who, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer despite being treated as trash for being born with the Gastrea virus in her body like most cursed children]], [[ThePollyanna always maintain a]] [[CheerfulChild sunny disposition]]. Despite this, one her flaws of her character is she's a very sensitive person who is [[TenderTears prone to breaking down in tears easily]]. [[spoiler: It's highly implied that if Enju were to find out that she'll eventually die or turn into a Gastrea monster, this will be enough [[BreakTheCutie to completely break her forever]].]] At least only in the anime and manga adaptations. The light novels portrayed Enju more in the WiseBeyondTheirYears emotionally independent loli.
* [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DIrNEiChB8E/UJXnXltOkoI/AAAAAAAAAVk/sdbUuqxYuMQ/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-11-04-10h42m25s69.jpg Mallow]] from Creator/TatsuyamaSayuri's ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' Anime/Manga series is [[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/assas/imgs/3/b/3b24d247.jpg Clover's best friend.]] But when she first moved to Crescent Forest and was a new student in Clover's school taught by Professor Hoot. She was first seen hiding behind Professor Hoot and was mostly very quiet. [[http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f156/hazelhamster/2.jpg Kale's first impression of Mallow is that she has "weird ears"]] which caused Clover to scold him for that comment. Later Clover's parents see Mallow's mom and dad enter their house saying that Mallow's missing. They decide to go and start a search-party around the forest however after her parents leave her home. She decides to go and search for Mallow herself. While she starts searching for her, Kale see's Clover run right past his home and notices something suspicious going on. Finally, Clover finds Mallow after she falls down a hill and would later become friends. Suddenly, Kale and Shallot finds the two and uses a rope to rescue them from the pit. In the end, they get scolded by their parents. In later stories and volumes, she's still shy but starts to interact with others and becomes a nurse in the last volume.

* Kaoruko in ''Manga/ComicGirls'' is very sensitive and prone to negative thoughts (suicidal ones included). It has been pointed out being "too emotionally fragile" is the main barrier preventing her to become a successful SequentialArtist. She frequently cries in this series, on the magnitude of [[OnceAnEpisode Once a Chapter]].

* Mater from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}''. He gets very upset over every little thing. He's a very sensitive person and there were signs that he got upset in the first film but he showed more emotions in the second film. He literally got very depressed after McQueen fired him from being a pit crew chief and felt guilty about and decided to go home. When others make Mater cry or upset, it’s considered and extreme act of cruelty because he is super sweet and he has special needs. He’s like a child. He’s a very caring helpful person who’s purpose in life is to serve others out of kindness and love and to see him upset about any little thing is just extremely devastating. Even though we are supposed to laugh with Mater, he is definitely a person who is emotional enough to not be PlayedForLaughs.

* Every single darn character in ''Literature/TheTaleOfGenji'' male or female. The Shining Prince himself is incredibly lachrymose. Of course [[ValuesDissonance this was considered an attractive characteristic in Heian Japan]].

* In Zilpha Keatley Snyder's "The Changeling", it is abundantly clear early on that fearful, shy, clumsy Martha Abbott cannot fit in with the rest of her Perfect Suburban Family and ''no way to make them take her seriously''. She's treated almost like a pet (she's even called "Mouse"), and her only defense, indeed her only means of self-expression, is to cry. The author herself admitted later she didn't realize a lot of the subtleties she was creating with this book.

* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Marcia is by far the biggest crybaby of the Brady siblings. She cries when she doesn't get to go on a family ski trip, gets kicked out of a play, is rejected by a potential date to a school dance (and then several years later, after another date rejects ''her''), is treated rudely by her siblings while reading her campaign speech for student body president, when she wilts under pressure during her driving test ... she just had frail nerves. As an adult, Marcia wells up when she is unable to find work as an adult and after realizing she's humiliated her family at a ribbon cutting for one of Mike's office complex projects.
* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Virtually every one of the Ingalls, especially Charles(!) and Laura, who often cried at the drop of a hat. Except for possibly Nels Olesen and his son, Willie, most of the other people of Walnut Grove were more than willing to share their feelings ... from big, hulking men like Jonathan Garvey and the uncouth Mr. Edwards to the spoiled tantrums of Harriet Olesen and her daughters, Nellie (in her spoiled, wild years) and especially Nancy. This ironically is vastly different from the books, where despite numerous hardships the Ingall's were incredibly stoic and discouraged showing emotions or complaining when they were struggling.

* According to one of his less-effectual titles in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'', Nessiah--despite his status as the local MagnificentBastard--cries very easily when hurt or frustrated. If the player's performance is substandard, this happens often enough that his enemies start to mock him for being childish, and his subordinates have to devote a lot of time to taking care of him. As Nessiah's social skills are strange at best, he never really becomes cognizant of the burden he's putting on them.

* Neimi of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' is pegged a crybaby right from the start. Being childhood friends with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Colm]] doesn't help much. [[spoiler: Amusingly subverted in their final support conversation, where he hears her howling and asks why, rattling off a long list of reasons. Neimi tells him she's in a good mood and just had something in her eye this time, much to his consternation.]]
* Gokotai from ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', who almost constantly sounds like he's about to cry. Ironically, this doesn't change after his Kiwame training, despite TakingALevelInBadass—the first thing he says when he returns is a tearful apology for "only" defeating Uesugi Kenshin three times instead of five.

* WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} is a male example that isn't always PlayedForLaughs. In fact, making [[NiceGuy SpongeBob]] cry is considered a gross act of cruelty, and whoever is responsible for hurting his feelings almost immediately gets [[YouMonster scolded]] by whoever happens to witness it, or just feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty]]. It really doesn't take very much to make him cry, either- in one episode, a particularly mean customer yelled at him and threw a pizza box in his face, causing him to flop over on the ground, sob ''deeply'' for a while, and not stop until Squidward cheered him up.
* [[KindheartedSimpleton Pops]] from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is another rare male example that isn't always played for laughs- in fact, seeing Pops cry is absolutely heartbreaking sometimes. Pops is very sensitive and it doesn't take much to make him cry. When someone does greatly upset him, his friends immediately come to his aid and stick up for him.

* Bubbles in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is normally this (especially in the first season episode "Octi-Evil") but once in awhile she's not afraid to kick it up a notch.

--> '''Steven:''' I guess I'm just too tough to cry.
-->'''Pearl:''' Just this morning you were crying about snakes.\\

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' gives us a rare villainous example in Regine, who seems to be in a perpetual state of about-to-cry when in her civilian form. She's very soft-spoken, and when repeatedly asked to repeat what she said because they couldn't hear her, she'll suddenly yell and cause everyone in the room to jump. All of these traits melt away whenever she assumes her true form, however.

Penny Ling in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' is shy and prone to tearing up.

* The titular ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' apparently can't cry [[CentipedesDilemma on command]], but tears up easily:
--> '''Steven''': I guess I'm just too tough to cry.
-->'''Pearl''': Just this morning you were crying about snakes.\\
'''Steven''': (in tears, whimpering) They don't have any arms!

* Kaoruko in ''Manga/ComicGirls'' is very sensitive and prone to negative thoughts (suicidal ones included). It has been pointed out being "too emotionally fragile" is the main barrier preventing her to become a successful SequentialArtist.

* Fumi from ''Manga/AoiHana'', a trait that stuck with her since childhood.

--> '''AltText:''' [[http://blindsprings.com/comic/040 Imogen neither]] [[DamselFightAndFlightResponse fights not flights,]] [[TakeAThirdOption but rather]] [[FreakOut panics in place.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'''s Jacuzzi Splot (the show's primary source of man-{{moe}}) is prone to crying at the slightest misstep outside of his comfort zone. This, surprisingly enough, ''doesn't'' stop him from being a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass crazily heroic badass]] when the cards are down. Meanwhile, Lua Klein could be considered a subversion. She ''looks'' a lot like this type of character, but is in reality a [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] DeathSeeker.
* Kanae Ohtori from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. [[spoiler: Until Mikage puts the whammy on her and she goes CuteAndPsycho.]]

* Mitsuru, Ritsu Sohma [[GenerationXerox and his mom]] in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''.

* Shuuichi Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon''. She used to cry a lot, but with age and character development, has gotten past that stage. She still lets things go to her head but doesn't cry as easily as she did in early chapters.

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* Tiger I from Panzermadels, especially when it comes to the time when she ran over Erwin. We find out earlier that it's because she "breaks down a lot" which is a design flaw.

* PlayedForLaughs male example: Jimmy from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''.

%%* Penny Ling in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''

* Mater from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}''. He gets very upset over every little thing. He's a very sensitive person and there were signs that he got upset in the first film but he showed more emotions in the second film. He literally got very depressed after McQueen fired him from being a pit crew chief and felt guilty about and decided to go home. When others make Mater cry or upset, it’s considered and extreme act of cruelty because he is super sweet and he has special needs. He’s like a child. He’s a very caring helpful person who’s purpose in life is to serve others out of kindness and love and to see him upset about any little thing is just extremely devastating. Even though we are supposed to laugh with Mater, he is definitely a person who is emotional enough to not be PlayedForLaughs.

* WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}: The eponymous character and his baby sister are infamous for crying at the drop of a hat. [[http://caillou.wikia.com/wiki/Crying_Clips The wikia even has a list of the amount of times they cried.]]

* Ganryu from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series is a rare male example, but it's usually PlayedForLaughs. Examples include when he cries after defeating Jinpachi in Tekken 5, and also is the only male to cry in his lose pose when paired up with Jaycee.

* WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} is a male example that isn't always PlayedForLaughs. In fact, making [[NiceGuy SpongeBob]] cry is considered a gross act of cruelty, and whoever is responsible for hurting his feelings almost immediately gets [[YouMonster scolded]] by whoever happens to witness it, or just feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty]]. It really doesn't take very much to make him cry, either- in one episode, a particularly mean customer yelled at him and threw a pizza box in the face, causing him to flop over on the ground, sob ''deeply'' for a while, and not stop until Squidward cheered him up.

* Mater from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}''. He gets very upset over every little thing. He's a very sensitive person and there were signs that he got upset in the first film but he showed more emotions in the second film. He literally got very depressed after McQueen fired him from being a pit crew chief and felt guilty about and desided to go home. Even though we are supposed to laugh with Mater, he is definitely a person who is emotional enough to not be PlayedForLaughs.

* WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} is a male example that isn't always PlayedForLaughs. In fact, making [[NiceGuy SpongeBob]] cry is considered a gross act of cruelty, and whoever is responsible for hurting his feelings almost immediately gets [[YouBastard scolded]] by whoever happens to witness it, or just feels [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty]]. It really doesn't take very much to make him cry, either- in one episode, a particularly mean customer yelled at him and threw a pizza box in the face, causing him to flop over on the ground, sob ''deeply'' for a while, and not stop until Squidward cheered him up.

A fragile flower is that one character who always looks like she (or he) is just about ready to cry. In fact, they probably are. Sometimes, they will try to keep their emotions inside, but ultimately fail. One small incident and they are crying. It is possible for anything to cause them to cry, but it is most often a harsh insult directed at them.

* Penny Ling in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''