History Main / TearsOfJoy

* ''Literature/TheNightingale'': The first time the Emperor hears the nightingale's BeautifulSingingVoice, he's left with tears rolling down his cheeks.

To many, tears are an expression of sadness or weakness. Sometimes it can even indicate [[BerserkerTears ultimate]] [[ManlyTears Badassery]], since only the hardest badasses can get away with shedding them. In any case, tears are always connected to emotions too strong to contain and are to be used sparingly and wisely, else the character passes off as {{wangst}}y or just plain {{w|hatMeasureIsANonBadass}}eak, even [[RealWomenDontWearDresses if they're female]].

* ''Franchise/XMen'': It happens at Scott Summers and Jean Grey's wedding. At the reception, she saves the last dance for Xavier, which would seem awkward since he's in a wheelchair, but she uses her telekinesis to lift him up and they proceed to share a proper dance. A few of the X-Men shed joyful tears watching them.

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[spoiler:Moira [=MacTaggert=] experiences this when Charles Xavier restores her memories of their romantic relationship in 1962.]]

* Very funny example in ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' when Jacuzzi shows Nice his new face tattoo. He thinks she's crying out of sadness and he starts crying too because he hates making her upset, but she's actually happy.

** Krillin does this when he reunited with Goku at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament in the Piccolo Jr. Saga, because this was the first he'd seen Goku since he'd been brought back to life after Tamborine had murdered him, and he had never gotten the chance prior to thank Goku for restoring him and the others to life.

* Mingchao in ''Manga/EtCetera'' does this a few times, [[spoiler: when she finds Baskerville again after losing him in a cave-in; when they are reunited after he gets his memory back; and at the end when he decides to travel with her back to Hollywood she has dewy tears in the corners of her eyes.]]

* ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'': Many times and by men! Sometimes witnessed in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' as well.

* ''Franchise/XMen'': It happens at [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott]] and ComicBook/JeanGrey's wedding. At the reception, she saves the last dance for Xavier, which would seem awkward since he's in a wheelchair, but she uses her telekinesis to lift him up and they proceed to share a proper dance. A few of the X-Men shed joyful tears watching them.

--> “Princess, why are you sad?” asked Ray. “Please don’t cry.”\\
“These are tears of Joy, little Ray,” answered the Princess. “I am reminded of how very happy I am to be here.”
* In ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'', Shinji cries those aplenty when he learns Rei has "survived" the [[spoiler:Bardiel]] fight (or rather, a new clone has been activated, of course).

* Occurs in ''Fanfic/TheChampionAndTheSinger'' when Weiss is moved by how much she trusts her girlfriend Pyrrha, and vice versa:

--> ''"the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count. It fell upon his ears like the echo of all the joys he had ever known. But he himself burst into tears."''
--> ''"And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness."''

* Very funny example in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' when Jacuzzi shows Nice his new face tattoo. He thinks she's crying out of sadness and he starts crying too because he hates making her upset, but she's actually happy.

* Kanae in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' fanfic ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' when she truly realizes, after begin lost traveling though worlds escaping from an AlienInvasion for years, [[TiredOfRunning she doesn't have to keep running anymore]] because she has the [[TrueCompanions SOS Brigade]] [[YouAreNotAlone to help her]].

** From ''LightNovel/KonohaHidenThePerfectDayForAWedding'': Iruka does this again when Naruto asks him to come to [[OfficialCouple his and Hinata's]] wedding as [[ParentalSubstitute his father]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, what are you so happy about?]]

[[caption-width-right:255:Oh, what are you so happy about?]]

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
** After being recovered from being injured by an earth golem and fully knowing [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder Keith's]] circumstances, Catarina literally barges in to Keith's room in order to apologize to him for breaking his promise to the Duke not to use his magic when she was the one who insisted to do so that lead to the accident. Furthermore, her declaration that he is not a monster and that she will stay with him really puts the young boy into this trope and finally smiles again. Considering that Keith spent his formative years being abused by his paternal family after being abandoned by his prostitute mother and fully expects that his second family will treat him like crap (just like what happened in the original game where he was horribly abused by [[CainAndAbel Catarina]] and [[WickedStepmother Duchess Claes]]), his reaction is understandable.
** Following Catarina's declaration that she finds her white hair and red eyes pretty, along with wanting to be her friend, Sophia, who had only heard others [[AlbinosAreFreaks saying bad things about how she looks]], gives a tearful smile due to how incredibly happy Catarina's words made her.
** He didn't shed tears outright in the anime, but [[SugarAndIcePersonality Nicol]] is on the verge of this when Catarina genuinely says he's blessed with such a loving sister, especially since all he ever heard from others is how much of a burden [[AlbinosAreFreaks Sophia]] was to him and false accusations at him for having an unfortunate family, even if they're nothing but GoodParents to him.
** [[TheCutie Maria]] is confronted by a group of bullies and threatened with fire magic, but is saved when Catarina intervenes, sticks up for Maria, and scares the bullies off. Afterwards, Catarina sees Maria crying and thinks that Maria was scared due to being threatened with fire magic. What really happened though was that in sticking up for Maria, Catarina pointed out how hard a worker and how wonderful a person Maria is. Maria had up to this point been [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized by everyone due to being a commoner with light magic]] and had lost hope that anyone would see her as anything other than "the girl with light magic". Catarina's words and actions instead restored that hope suddenly, and Maria began crying out of pure joy that anyone, much less a high-ranking noble like Catarina, would see her for who she is and be her friend.

** [[spoiler: Shanks]] is sobbing after a full night of [[spoiler: listening to the SBS, hearing the Straw Hats face down Lily Carnation, and finally hearing Luffy triumph]].
** [[spoiler: The SBS's]] talk about tolerance and the stupidity of hatred for hatred's sake elicits these tears from both Koala and Jimbei, especially when the latter hears some fishchildren say how stupid racism is.
** Abound from everyone when [[spoiler: Merry ''lives''.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Near the end, Mama Elena sheds tears when [[spoiler: Miguel's singing of "Remember Me" brings her mother back to lucidity and she recognizes her daughter for the first time in years]].
* ''[[WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge2006 Curious George]]'': Mr. Bloomsberry when he thinks Ted found the real idol and the idol is bigger than it was told to be when in fact the idol is tiny. [[spoiler: (or rather, a map to the ACTUAL idol.)]] Ted mistakes it for the opposite.

** Elsa's TearsOfRemorse in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' becomes a joyful one upon [[spoiler: seeing her sister thaw out as a result of her ActOfTrueLove to the point of hugging her in happiness for the first time in forever.]]

* ''Fanfic/MaFille'':
** PlayedForLaughs in "Bloom of the Red Peony"; Katrina, who is having her first period, bawls over a puppy on TV because he's so cute, and asks if that's what hormones are.
** Played straight in "Wedding Bells", where Joe sheds a few happy tears on his wedding day.

Compare ManlyTears and TearsOfRemorse.

* ''WesternAnimation/Luck2022'': Sam starts crying after [[spoiler:Bob's YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech. Bob tells her that he didn't mean to make her cry, but Sam reassures him that it's a happy cry.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', the title character tends to cry [[OnceAnEpisode once a chapter]] but at [[https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/RAIN-p342-343-No-More-Fake-Smiles-367845617 the end of chapter 14]] she cries for a happy reason.

* Isabella in ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin'', after Will comes to rescue her.

* In ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'', Edea and Agnès are overcome with joy after the party breaks Tiz free from his medically-induced coma after the events of [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault the previous game]].
* Although it's not seen on-screen in ''VIdeoGame/{{Breed}}'', your commander references the trope in the opening FMV where he "sheds tears, but they're in joy" when it's time to deploy you and your fellow platoon of SuperSoldiers on your first mission.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'', Mr. and Mrs. Porgie shed happy tears when their son George returns home after remaining kidnapped by the Order of Zugzwang for seven years. After seeing their reactions, the Hero's daughter comments sometimes people cry when they are incredibly joyous.

* Yuna cries these at the end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' if you get the good ending [[spoiler:and she is reunited with Tidus]].

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', [[spoiler:Aqua sheds these tears after learning that Sora, who was just an ordinary young boy when she met him, has grown into [[MessianicArchetype the one who will restore balance to the multiverse]]]].
** [[spoiler: And again in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' when Sora and Riku successfully save Aqua from the Realm of Darkness and she wakes up on the sunny beaches of the Destiny Islands. The poor girl can barely believe she's been rescued.]]
* In ''VideoGame/LaterAlligator'', [[TheParanoiac Pat]] cries from happiness when [[spoiler:he arrives at the hotel ballroom for the event his family planned, and realizes it's a surprise birthday party for him, and that they weren't planning to [[DeadlyEuphemism "rub him out"]] as he thought.]]

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', Orca cries, apparently for the first time in a long while, after Link masters the sword technique he never could.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'':

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', [[spoiler:Hilda cries out of strong gratitude for Link and Zelda's SelflessWish to restore Lorule's Triforce]].
* If certain steps are taken, Junpei from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' gets these when he learns that [[spoiler:Chidori is alive.]]
* Follow [[GoldenEnding the good ending]] and girls do this in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' [[spoiler: when Nanako is revealed to have been successfully resuscitated.]]
* Hassel from ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' has a tendency of sobbing when he's happy for or proud of someone, such as when Brassius relates how he got out of his artistic slump or when the player character becomes a champion.
* [[JokeCharacter Dan Hibiki]] in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series upon winning.
%%* Colette tends to do it a lot in the optional cutscenes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, numerous girls shed those when their confession of love get reciprocated by the protagonist in their [[GoodEnding Happy Ending]]. To cite a few of them: [[TheAce Shiori]], [[GenkiGirl Hikari]], [[{{Bokukko}} Nozomi]], [[TeamMom Saki]] (in the Drama Series), [[TheAce Yuu]], [[TheHero Maki]], and [[{{Bokukko}} Itsuki]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has a variation: When Sandy finds out the Bikini Bottom threw her a [[EverythingsBigInTexas Texas-themed]] party for her when she’s feeling homesick, she starts laughing, which makes her eyes water. This makes her realize that [[AnAesop home is not strictly about location, but rather, where you are surrounded by people who care about you.]]

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants SpongeBob Squarepants]] has a variation: When Sandy finds out the Bikini Bottom threw her a [[EverythingsBigInTexas Texas-themed]] party for her when she’s feeling homesick, she starts laughing, which makes her eyes water. This makes her realize that [[AnAesop home is not strictly about location, but rather, where you are surrounded by people who care about you.]]