History Main / InelegantBlubbering

Liable [[{{Narm}} to turn drama into unintentional comedy]] if mishandled. This can be done intentionally, as a form of {{Bathos}}. Compare DeterioratesIntoGibberish.

May be done by a HystericalWoman. Contrast CryCute.

* Whenever Miyoshi cries in ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', it starts with CryCute and devolves into this -- for example, when Mashiro and Takagi get their first serialized manga.

* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'': Although most of the tears tend to fall in-between the two extremes of Inelegant Blubbering and CryCute, Rosette has a full-blown snot-dripping sob fest towards the end of the manga [[spoiler:in the afterlife when she realizes that she's dead and admits "Chrono! I don't want to leave you!"]]

* ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'': When Makoto cries, it is full-force waterworks and wailing without an ounce of CryCute. She most notably does this on the school roof when she believes that she's screwed everything up and can do nothing to fix it.

%% ** This is played straight on several other occasions, though; when crying characters in this series don't just look [[CryCute adorably sad]] or [[OcularGushers hilarious]], this does happen.

** [[spoiler:Sakura tries to comfort Saki who's having a moment of CryCute after experiencing heartbreak towards her PrecociousCrush. [[MoodWhiplash Sakura then starts hilariously sobbing herself]].]]

** Later, midway through the film, during the "Very Good Advice" song, she does some more bawling (this time borderline between this and CryCute) when she worries that she's not going to find her way home, blowing her nose when she finishes.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Creator/JimButcher does not like CryCute. He does not like it at all. While the female characters are rarely weepy, on the times when they do cry, it is always described as incredibly unflattering. Of course, the protagonist being [[ChronicHeroSyndrome who he is]], that only pisses him off even more. He's [[LampshadeHanging fully aware]] of this flaw, and is getting better about overcoming it. And Harry himself does not [[ManlyTears weep manfully]] -- he curls into a ball of whatever misery has currently landed on him and sobs his heart out.

--->'''Titus''': Now I'm lying on the floor in a fetal position and I'm crying. And I don't mean "[[CryCute crying]]", I mean "snot-coming-out-of-my-nose, booger-bubbles bursting all over the place..."

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', depending on the episode, the titular character's crying can either be this or CryCute.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lori Loud and her boyfriend Bobby Santiago don't exactly CryCute. In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E13TheLoudestMissionRelativeChaos The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos]]", they both weep uncontrollably in each other's arms at the prospect of Bobby being away for the weekend, to the point where Lori's brother Lincoln and Bobby's sister Ronnie Anne have to drag them apart. In Lori's case, this trope overlaps with YourMakeupIsRunning.

* Most crying in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is pretty much split between this and [[CryCute cry cute]] depending on how serious the scene is supposed to be taken.

* Another famous operatic tenor example is Canio in ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'', at the end of his iconic aria "Vesti la giubba." The sobbing isn't called for in the libretto, but it's a firm tradition, and depending on the singer it can be [[LargeHam very]] undignified. Thanks to Pop CulturalOsmosis from film, TV, and cartoons, an inelegantly blubbering tenor in a clown suit is probably the main image that the title ''Pagliacci'' evokes for most people.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* In the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', both Sasha and Grime let out a comical cry after bidding farewell to each other.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has perhaps one of the [[UpToEleven most brutal examples ever]] in its Season 7 premiere. After smashing in the skulls of [[spoiler: Abraham and Glenn]] with a barbed-wire baseball bat, Negan literally has the entire group shaking and sobbing on the ground. And then, just to further show everyone how helpless they are, Negan tells Rick that he'll have to [[AnArmAndALeg cut off Carl's arm]] if he doesn't want the remaining group members to die equally horrible deaths. It's this threat that [[BreakTheHaughty finally breaks Rick down]] to the point where he's nothing more than a blubbering, runny-nosed mess at Negan's feet.

* Virtually everyone in ''Manga/ElfenLied'' ... at least while they are not violently disemboweling someone. Considering [[BreakTheCutie what happens to everyone throughout the story]], it's not surprising.

** Sting's bawling when Jiemma [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals "kills" Lector]] sounds HORRIFIC. Jiemma's persistent [[KickTheDog verbal abuse]] to him wailing over "lousy cat" pushed [[TheDogBitesback Sting]] too far where he [[GuttedLikeAFish brutally tears open Jiemma's stomach out of rage]].

* Sting's bawling when Jiemma [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals "kills" Lector]] sounds HORRIFIC. Jiemma's persistent [[KickTheDog verbal abuse]] to him wailing over "lousy cat" pushed [[TheDogBitesback Sting]] too far where he [[GuttedLikeAFish brutally tears open Jiemma's stomach out of rage]].

* In Creator/JaneYolen and Midori Snyder's ''Except the Queen'', crying like this is one of the multiple indignities heaped on Serana by her exile.

* ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'': When Ransom is meeting with a restored Merlin, Merlin ends up 'blubbering' at one point when he realizes he may have no choice but to take on a suicidal mission. After Ransom orders him to GetAholdOfYourselfMan, they continue on as if nothing happened (essentially "it's out of my system, why focus on it?").

* Played for laughs with JP in ''Grandma's Boy''. There were multiple strings of spit coming from his mouth, and his eyeliner was smudged as well.

** EddieRedmayne's performance of "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables."

* Rodolfo traditionally does this after [[spoiler:Mimí's death]] at the end of ''Theatre/LaBoheme''. This might be the reason for the above-mentioned ''Film/{{Moulin Rouge}}'' example since that film draws considerable inspiration from this opera.
* Another famous operatic tenor example is Canio in ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'', at the end of his iconic aria "Vesti la giubba." The sobbing isn't called for in the libretto, but it's a firm tradition, and depending on the singer it can be [[LargeHam very]] undignified. Thanks to {{Pop Cultural Osmosis}} from film, TV, and cartoons, an inelegantly blubbering tenor in a clown suit is probably the main image that the title ''Pagliacci'' evokes for most people.

** In ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'', [[TheHero Gentaro]] cries inelegantly after JerkJock Shun Daimonji breaks down in tears and tells him about [[WellDoneSonGuy how much pressure and stress his father puts on him to be the "King" of the school]]. [[MoodWhiplash It is hilarious.]]

*** This trope is used all over the place much less humorously in Fourze's penultimate episode. After [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kengo]] breaks down crying over [[spoiler: having to leave Earth and his friends behind]], [[AllLovingHero Gentarou]] and [[GenkiGirl Yuki]] try to cheer him up but similarly burst into tears themselves, to the point where they can barely even speak.
** In episode 40 of ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'', [[PsychopathicManchild Parado]] goes into this as he [[ObliviouslyEvil realizes]] the weight of his actions. It leaves him in a broken heap on the floor before long.

%%* Matt's reaction to Bald Pete's death in ''Literature/RonjaTheRobbersDaughter''.

** Later, midway through the film, during the "Very Good Advice" song, she does some more bawling (this time borderline between this and CryCute) when she worries that she's not going to find her way home.

* ''Anime/LupinIII'': Zenigata is prone to these, [[AntagonistInMourning usually when he thinks Lupin has been killed]].

** In the 2018 adaptation, ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'', Akira has to break the news to Miki [[spoiler: that her entire family has died]]. As Miki wordlessly retreats to her room, a close-up shows Akira's face contort as tears begin streaming from his eyes. Akira tilts his head back and sobs loudly in an almost childlike manner. Miki, alone in her room, hears Akira crying and is finally hit by what has happened. Soon both Miki and Akira are heard wailing.

** ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'' has a painfully realistic portrayal of this in Episode 20 as two years of trauma comes crashing down on [[spoiler: Hiroto after he had to kill the artificial intelligence girl he'd fallen in love with to save GBN from falling apart]]. There is ''nothing'' dignified about the grief in this episode--it is an obvious and still-raw emotional wound.

* Matt's reaction to Bald Pete's death in ''Literature/RonjaTheRobbersDaughter''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdyWpkHljk See attached]]

* Matt's reaction to Bald Pete's death in ''Film/RonjaTheRobbersDaughter''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdyWpkHljk See attached]]