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* Derek gets one of these in TheSarahConnorChronicles. Mostly a cold, lone and aloof cynic, he's [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming moved to tears when he accidentally sees Cameron dancing ballet by herself.]]
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* ''The Odyssey'' consists of Odysseus crying on a rock,Odysseus defeating sea monsters, Odysseus crying on a rock, Odysseus defying Poseidon, Odysseus crying on a rock...

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* ''The Odyssey'' "The Odyssey" consists of Odysseus crying on a rock,Odysseus defeating sea monsters, Odysseus crying on a rock, Odysseus defying Poseidon, Odysseus crying on a rock...
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* ''The Odyssey'' consists of Odysseus crying on a rock,Odysseus defeating sea monsters, Odysseus crying on a rock, Odysseus defying Poseidon, Odysseus crying on a rock...
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* FinalFantasyVII Gives us the scene at the end of the Cave of the Gi. Even in Stone, Seto sheds ManlyTears for his son's acceptance. You may find yourself with your own afterwards.
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** Castiel's vessel, Jimmy, almost loses it a few times when faced with the prospect of losing or endangering his family because of his association with the angel. The scenes [[HotDad with his daughter]] are particularly heartbreaking.


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** Make that three times--in the sixth season finale, he sheds a few tears [[spoiler:while having sex with Franka Potente. Now that's manly.]]
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** Hilarious?! It's fucking tragic! But not as much as Amos, Cedric's father, completely breaking down when he sees his son's body. "That's my son! ''That's my boy''!" Good God, [[HystericalWoman this troper is choking up just typing it out.]]
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* In the season 5 episode of ''CriminalMinds'' entitled "100," the usually-stoic Hotch cries after [[spoiler:hearing his ex-wife die over the phone and also after finding her body]].
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*** Nine definitely came close at the end of "Dalek," just after he lowers the gun. He goes from raging about the Daleks to choking on his words in about five seconds, and it's very well done.
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** [[TheDumbledore Dumbledore]] sheds a single tear when he explains Harry his mistakes at the end of ''Order of the Phoenix'', and sheds a couple more in ''Half Blood Prince'' when Harry says he told Minister Scrimgeour he ''is'' "Dumbledore's man through and through."

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** [[TheDumbledore Dumbledore]] sheds [[SingleTear a single tear tear]] when he explains Harry his mistakes at the end of ''Order ''[[HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix'', Phoenix]]'', and sheds a couple more in ''Half Blood Prince'' when Harry says he told Minister Scrimgeour he ''is'' "Dumbledore's man through and through."
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* One of the best is in the complete TearJerker of a movie ''Brian's Song'' when Gale Sayer reveals to to the entire Chicago Bears locker room that Brian Piccolo has dying of cancer. Every single man in that room (and those watching at home) break down in tears.

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* One of the best is in the complete TearJerker of a movie ''Brian's Song'' when Gale Sayer reveals to to the entire Chicago Bears locker room that Brian Piccolo has dying of cancer. Every single man in that room (and those watching at home) break breaks down in tears.tears that simply will not end all the way through the ending of the movie with Brian Piccolo's death.
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* Another one for Football, when Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants sacked Joe Theismann of the Redskins, accidently breaking his leg (the re-play of which was shown over, and over, and over again). Taylor felt so bad that he frantically screamed for the paramedics and broke down in tears on the sidelines.
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** The same goes for White Sox fans when they won the World Series a year later.
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* [[{{Asterix}} Asterix and Obelix]] occasionally invoke this trope, especially when making up after a quarrel. Since they never do anything halfway, their ManlyTears are more Manly ''Loud Howling.''

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* In the second season premiere of ''ArchieBunkersPlace'', "Archie Alone," Archie sheds these as he [[spoiler:laments the death of his wife Edith, who died of a stroke shortly before the episode's premiere.]]
--> '''Archie''': [[spoiler:It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to be the first one to go. I always used to kid you about you going first. You know I never meant none of that, and that morning when you were laying there. I was shaking you and yelling at you to go down and fix my breakfast. I didn't know. You had no right to leave me that way!]]
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* Jounichi/Joey from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' had these as well, after Yugi Muto [[spoiler:promised to give the prize money from his Duelist Kingdom victory to Joey to pay for his sister's eye surgery]]. He cries again [[spoiler: when Yugi attempts an HeroicSacrifice for him after Yugi wins against a Jounouchi who was BrainwashedAndCrazy * and* with their friend Anzu [[IHaveYourWife taken as a hostage]].]]
** Yami Yugi has a mental breakdown after he [[spoiler:looses the duel to Rafael and Yugi's soul is taken by the Orichalcos.]] Later, when he [[spoiler:fights and beats a (seemingly) evil ghost-like Yugi in order to overcome his own darkness,]] he cries again, [[spoiler:[[TearJerker holding onto little Yugi and vowing to save him.]] ]]

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* Jounichi/Joey from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' had these as well, after Yugi Muto [[spoiler:promised to give the prize money from his Duelist Kingdom victory to Joey to pay for his sister's eye surgery]]. He cries again [[spoiler: when Yugi attempts an HeroicSacrifice for him after Yugi wins against a Jounouchi Jounouchi, who was BrainwashedAndCrazy * and* and with their friend Anzu [[IHaveYourWife taken as a hostage]].]]
** Yami Yugi has a mental breakdown after he [[spoiler:looses [[spoiler:loses the duel to Rafael and Yugi's soul is taken by the Orichalcos.]] Later, when he [[spoiler:fights and beats a (seemingly) evil ghost-like Yugi in order to overcome his own darkness,]] he cries again, [[spoiler:[[TearJerker holding onto little Yugi and vowing to save him.]] ]]
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* There are a couple moments in JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited where the entire team breaks down, the classic was when Superman "returns from the dead" and despite her name implying something, Hawkgirl's character doesn't show emotion well, so it is significant when she broke down in ManlyTears at [[spoiler: Grundy's Death]]. Green Lantern keeping the film OldYeller for just such a reason is a recurring gag through out the entire series.
* [[BeastWars Ratrap]] sheds Manly Ocular Fluid during [[spoiler: Dinobot's death]], which only adds to the sequence's power.

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* ''SavingPrivateRyan'' good lord, the ending not only had the Titular Ryan crying at the Cemetery decades later asking his wife if he was a good and decent man, echoing the captain's comments to earn this, but it makes an audience of veterans break down every time.
** The whole movie is a sobfest, and one of the few movies that is ok for men to watch and weep bitterly: Mrs. Ryan finding out that 4 of her sons were killed in action at the same time, Irwin Wade's death where he lays bleeding to death in the arms of his squad mates crying out for his mother, and Private Mellish's death when he is slowly stabbed through the chest by a German soldier that comforts him as he is killing him.... ouch...

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* ''SavingPrivateRyan'' good lord, the ending not only had the Titular Ryan crying at the Cemetery decades later asking his wife if he was a good and decent man, echoing the captain's comments to earn this, but it makes an audience of veterans break down every time.
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** It's really the opening that gets Tropers. The Elder Ryan is walking through the Cemetary purposefully with his family a short distance behind him, he pauses for a lengthy shot of the rows upon rows of white crosses, then continues on until finally arriving at one cross [[spoiler:(Tom Hank's character's grave)]] where he falls to his knees and breaks down sobbing. [[TearJerker And the audience does too.]]
** The whole movie is a sobfest, and one of the few movies that is ok for men to watch and weep bitterly: Mrs. Ryan finding out that 4 3 of her sons were killed in action at the same time, Irwin Wade's death where he lays bleeding to death in the arms of his squad mates crying out for his mother, and Private Mellish's death when he is slowly stabbed through the chest by a German soldier that comforts him as he is killing him.... ouch...ouch...
*** Not to mention Tom Hanks shortly after Wade's death, when he hides from his squad and breaks down crying for a a few moments before he gets control of himself.
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* In [[KyonBigDamnHero Kyon: Big Damn Hero]], Kyon after he learned Rika's backstory.

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* In [[KyonBigDamnHero ''[[Fanfic/{{Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]], Hero]]'', Kyon after he learned Rika's backstory.

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* Invoked in FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami with the titular character. "HE started crying with happy but then stopped and man cried instead which was more manly."
* ''[[Fanfic/TiberiumWars Tiberium Wars]]'' has these shed by Commander Karrde when [[spoiler: the survivors of the 4th Recon Battalion unanimously volunteer to help serve as recon troops for the armored attack on the White House, after having suffered fifty percent casualties under his command just a day earlier]].



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* Invoked in FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami with the titular character. "HE started crying with happy but then stopped and man cried instead which was more manly."
* ''[[Fanfic/TiberiumWars Tiberium Wars]]'' has these shed by Commander Karrde when [[spoiler: the survivors of the 4th Recon Battalion unanimously volunteer to help serve as recon troops for the armored attack on the White House, after having suffered fifty percent casualties under his command just a day earlier]].
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* Gerard Butler in ThePhantomOfTheOpera indulges in a few in the BittersweetEnding. Give him credit, he manages to still look manly whilst crying and simultaneously wearing a frilly shirt.
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** Surprisingly, Harry also sees Snape break down crying twice while [[spoiler: going through Snape's memories: once when Lily died and once when he found part of a letter she had written]].
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** Out of the possible ways this attack can be carried out, I think this way inflicts the most damage. Just goes to show how powerful Manly Tears can be.
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** Tony Almeida also briefly bursts into ManlyTears when [[spoiler:he finds out his wife isn't going to die after all.]]
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* A big TearJerker occurs in SoylentGreen, when Sol is [[spoiler: committing suicide]], bringing Thorn to tears. The real kicker about the scene? Sol's actor, Edward G. Robinson was dying of cancer. Only Charlton Heston knew. Those tears aren't good acting, they are ''real.''

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* A big TearJerker occurs in SoylentGreen, when Sol is [[spoiler: committing suicide]], bringing Thorn to tears. The real kicker about the scene? Sol's actor, Edward G. Robinson was dying of cancer. Only Charlton Heston knew. [[EnforcedMethodActing Those tears aren't good acting, they are ''real.'''''real.''']]
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** Then played straight later. ''Nobody'' is laughing at Rock for crying over how messed up Gretel is. To elaborate for those of you who don't care about spoilers: [[spoiler: the way she chooses to go about thanking a man who shows her kindness is to proposition herself to him. It's implied (s)he's undergone some kind of horrible genital mutilation. Oh, yeah, and even if that's not the case - Gretel is maybe ten.]]

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** Then played straight later. ''Nobody'' is laughing at Rock for crying over how messed up Gretel is. To elaborate for those of you who don't care about spoilers: [[spoiler: the way she chooses to go about thanking a man who shows her kindness is to proposition herself to him. It's implied (s)he's undergone some kind of horrible genital mutilation. Oh, yeah, and even if that's not the case - Gretel is maybe around ten.]]
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* Pegas in the ''TekkamanBlade'' finale.

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* Pegas in the ''TekkamanBlade'' finale. This is made even more badass by the fact that he is a ROBOT.
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* Even ''TheExpendables'' has a moment where Tool lets out a few at the end of his story about a time he saw a woman about to jump from a bridge and decided to turn his back on her. He heard the splash moments later.
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* In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Harry returns from the graveyard to the stadium by Portkey with Cedric's body. Upon landing, Harry bursts into uncontrollable sobs. [[YMMV]] on how believable it was, and based on that the scene could either be considered [[NARM]] or a [[Tearjerker]].

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* In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Harry returns from the graveyard to the stadium by Portkey with Cedric's body. Upon landing, Harry bursts into uncontrollable sobs. [[YMMV]] [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on how believable it was, and based on that the scene could either be considered [[NARM]] hilarious or a [[Tearjerker]].
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* In ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Harry returns from the graveyard to the stadium by Portkey with Cedric's body. Upon landing, Harry bursts into uncontrollable sobs. [[YMMV]] on how believable it was, and based on that the scene could either be considered [[NARM]] or a [[Tearjerker]].


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** In Deathly Hallows, Ron breaks down and cries after [[spoiler: defeating the Horcrux in the locket]], and also after [[spoiler: he watches his brother Fred die]].
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* Averted by ConanTheBarbarian, who is too tough (being a Cimmerian and all) to shed tears over Valeria's demise, so his loyal sidekick Subotai [[HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim cries on his behalf]].

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* Averted by ConanTheBarbarian, ''ConanTheBarbarian'', who is too tough (being a Cimmerian and all) to shed tears over Valeria's demise, so his loyal sidekick Subotai [[HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim cries on his behalf]].



* In ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno, when Miri says Zack only came up with the porno idea so he could fuck her, Zack points out how little sense this makes as they've known each other twenty years, and mockingly wobbles his lower lip.
* In ''The Thin Red Line'' Sgt. Welsh (played by Sean Penn) [[spoiler:cries over the grave of pvt. Witt]].

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* In ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno, ''ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', when Miri says Zack only came up with the porno idea so he could fuck her, Zack points out how little sense this makes as they've known each other twenty years, and mockingly wobbles his lower lip.
* In ''The Thin Red Line'' ''TheThinRedLine'' Sgt. Welsh (played by Sean Penn) [[spoiler:cries over the grave of pvt. Witt]].

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