History Main / TastyTears

* ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'': Neurology keeps a pitcher of med student tears in his fridge, and considers a tall glass to be an essential part of a good lunch.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': One of the items produced by SCP-261, a magic vending machine, is a bottle of “Cute Girl's Tears” which has a picture of a crying anime girl on the label. It has a sweet taste with a hint of salt, and those who score the highest on the TSR-88 Cruelty Index enjoy the taste more. The label also encourages the consumer to try “Cute Boy's Tears” and “Sister's Tears.”

* In ''"Recap/AdventureTimeS4E2FiveShortGraybles"'' of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the penguins drink Ice King's "Salty Tears" that he makes after crying while in a deep depression.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FatBastard Eric Cartman]] is [[{{Understatement}} not a very nice person]].]]

* Done as part of a show of [[RatedMForManly machismo]] in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Blackened Sponge". One of [=SpongeBob's=] made-up stories about him fighting Jack M. Crazyfish ends with his defeated foe leaving behind a trail of tears that [=SpongeBob=] triumphantly "proceeded to scoop up in [his] victory tankard and enjoy a nice refreshing beverage."

* Occurs as part of a quest in ''VideoGame/FranBow''. While in the Fifth Reality, a realm of monsters and nightmares that feed off other's misery, the titular Fran Bow meets a monster who feels sick, claiming he is lacking enough misery to keep him healthy. Fran seeks help from a friendly monster named Okhula and gets her to cry, bottling her tears to give to the monster. The monster takes and joyfully drinks the tears, sufficiently giving him enough misery and claiming it "tastes like the most profound and darkest elixir [he's] ever tasted before". He even asks for more.

* ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'': In "[[Recap/InsideJobS1E7GhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]", Glenn reveals that UsefulNotes/AnnCoulter made him role-play as a liberal so she could drink his tears.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[FatBastard Eric Cartman]] is [[{{Understatement}} not a very nice person.]]]]

->''" Yes! Yesss!! Oh, let me taste your tears, Scott! Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet.."''

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* In ''ComicBook/XForce2019'', [[CreepyGood Phoebe]] from the Stepford Cuckoos playfully tastes one of tears of Quentin Quire after putting him through a mental therapy session to hash out his issues.

* ''Literature/{{Sunshine}}'' has a rare positive example: when Rae is trapped with a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who's trying to ResistTheBeast, he asks for permission to drink her tears, since they provide a bit of nourishment when they're willingly offered.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FatBastard Eric Cartman]] [[{{Understatement}} is not a very nice person.]]]]

Usually a form of HorrorHunger and almost always {{Squick}}y, and, depending on how they get the tears, may involve EyeScream. Very often a sign of a depraved {{Sadist}} or AxCrazy character, but not always. [[ObviouslyEvil You still would be]] [[DarkIsNotEvil (probably)]] [[ObviouslyEvil safer if you stay as far away from them as possible]].

* In ''ComicBook/XForce2019'', [[CreepyGood Phoebe]] from the Stepford Cuckoos playfully tastes one of tears of Quentin Quire (as shown in the page image) after putting him through a mental therapy session to hash out his issues.

[[caption-width-right:350:Eric Cartman is not a very nice person.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Eric Cartman is [[{{Understatement}} not a very nice person.]]]]

* In ''ComicBook/XForce2019'', [[CreepyGood Phoebe]] from the ComicBook/StepfordCuckoos playfully tastes one of tears of ComicBook/QuentinQuire (as shown in the page image) after putting him through a mental therapy session to hash out his issues.

* In ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', there is the extremely depraved Mason Verger, an affluent child-molesting sadist who brutally raped his own sister. After the mutilation mishap via Hannibal Lecter, the crippled Verger resorted to verbally and emotionally abusing children and afterwards drinking martinis made from their tears.

* ''Creator/JoshScorcher'' does this metaphorically sometimes, drinking from a bottle labelled "Brony Tears".
* The MemeticMutation of "Your tears are delicious" became viral since 2007 [[TropeCodifier thanks to]] the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, usually referring to haters' tears, accompanied by [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/66/20/ff662085c01d3d0dbf5badf2c5b5642c.jpg this image]] or similar ones (Cartman's scene included), o someone drinking from a mug (sometimes with a straw) with a PsychoticSmirk and a "your tears" inscription on the mug.

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* Gabe, KillerGameMaster extraordinaire from ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', has [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/03/29 this advice]] for dealing with players that try to break the game, implying he's personally done so himself:
-->'''Gabe:''' Lie to them. Rob them. Drive them mad. Concoct impossible scenarios whose only outcome is their death. And then, when their eyes glisten with shame and rage, ''drink their tears.''

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* The MemeticMutation of "Your tears are delicious" became viral since 2007 [[TropeCodifier thanks to]] the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, usually referring to haters' tears, accompanied by [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/66/20/ff662085c01d3d0dbf5badf2c5b5642c.jpg this image]] or similar ones (Cartman's scene included), o someone drinking from a mug with a PsychoticSmirk and a "your tears" inscription on the mug.
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* In ''Webcomic/SafelyEndangered'' , one [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-survive-in-the-wild comic]] that became a MemeticMutation had one character saying mean things to another to make them cry, since they steady needed a source of water to consume in the wild.

* ''Creator/JoshBurner'' does this metaphorically sometimes, drinking from a bottle labelled "Brony Tears".

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* Occurs as part of a quest in ''VideoGame/FranBow''. While in the Fifth Reality, a realm of monsters and nightmares that feed off other's misery, the titular Fran Bow meets a monster who feels sick, claiming he is lacking enough misery to keep him healthy. Fran seeks help from a friendly monster named Okhula and gets her to cry, bottling her tears to give to the monster. The monster takes and joyfully drinks the tears, sufficiently giving him enough misery and claiming it "tastes like the most profound and darkest elixir [he's] ever tasted before". He even asks for more.
* Occurs as part of a PowerUp in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' The item Lachryphagy lets a player feed tears to Isaac's own tears, increasing their damage and [[OcularGushers causing them to burst into 8 shots if fed enough.]]
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* In ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (based on the its namesake novel), there is the extremely depraved Mason Verger, an affluent child-molesting sadist who brutally raped his own sister. After the mutilation mishap via Hannibal Lecter, the crippled Verger resorted to verbally and emotionally abusing children and afterwards drinking martinis made from their tears.
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-->-- '''Eric Cartman''' from South Park

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Eric Cartman (as seen in the page image) licks the tears of despair off Scott Tenorman's face as another KickTheDog moment to add to his EvilGloating over successfully managing to make the boy eat the ground up remains of his parents in the form of chili.