History PlayingWith / SwissArmyTears

** Bob's tears can heal small wounds, but aren't powerful enough for to fix heavy damage or bring someone back to life.

* '''Parodied''': Alice's tears revive people... As zombies.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob's tears can heal small wounds, but aren't powerful enough for to fix heavy damage or bring someone back to life.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob's tears can heal small wounds, but aren't powerful enough for to fix heavy damage or bring a character back to life.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''':
** The powers of said tears are magical in nature and only work at certain conditions that are unfriendly to industry.

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are arrested, [[IndustrializedEvil enslaved and tortured en masse]] for their tears, which are harvested as an important ingredient for the pharmaceutical industry. As a result, WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture, at least if we can afford it, but our perfectly healthy utopia is [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Powered by Forsaken Children]].

** The powers of said tears are magical in nature and can't be accessed by just anyone.
** We will still have that perfect health in the Future, but there are laws to ensure that people with SwissArmyTears are protected from human trafficking, and compensated for their efforts.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob pulls off a HeroicSacrifice and dies in Alice's arms. She begins to cry, but he still remains dead.

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up, [[IndustrializedEvil enslaved and tortured en masse]] for their tears, which become a revolutionary ingredient in the pharmaceutical industry. As a result, WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture, at least if we can afford it, but fuelled by the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild eternal crying and sobbing of tortured little magical girls]].

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up, [[IndustrializedEvil enslaved and tortured en masse]] for their tears, which become a common active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals. As a result, WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture, at least if we can afford it, but fuelled by the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild eternal crying and sobbing of tortured little magical girls]].

** We will still have that perfect health in the Future, but there are laws to ensure that people with SwissArmyTears are protected from human trafficking.

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up, enslaved and tortured [[IndustrializedEvil en masse]] for their tears, which become a common active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals. As a result, WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture, but fuelled by the [[PoweredByAForsakenChild eternal crying of tortured little magical girls]].

** Crying becomes a job and people with SwissArmyTears are compensated for their crying efforts.

* '''Exaggerated''': A single tear brings everyone who died during the series back to life, restores areas destroyed in battle and causes the BigBad to instantly make a HeelFaceTurn.

* '''Reconstructed''': The powers of said tears are magical in nature and can't be accessed by just anyone.

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up and enslaved for their tears, which become a common active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals. Disease and other ailments become a thing of the past, at least for those who can afford the treatment, at the cost of [[PoweredByAForsakenChild this utopia being powered by the eternal crying of tortured little magical girls]].

* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up and 'farmed' for their tears, which become a common active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals. Disease and other ailments become a thing of the past, at least, for those who can afford the treatment, at the cost of these people being held and doused in pepper spray.

* '''Played for Drama''': Bob pulls off a HeroicSacrifice and dies in Alice's arms. She begins to cry, but he still remains dead.

* '''Parodied''': Alice's tears revive people... as zombies.
* '''Deconstructed''': People with SwissArmyTears are rounded up and 'farmed' for their tears, which become a common active ingredient in many pharmaceuticals. Disease and other ailments become a thing of the past, at least, for those who can afford the treatment, at the cost of these people being held and doused in pepper spray.
* '''Reconstructed''': The powers of said tears are magical in nature and can't be accessed by just anyone.

* '''Defied''': Alice is knocked out in a fight. Bob knows his tears would probably help her, but he [[MenDontCry wouldn't be caught dead crying]].
** Alternatively, villain carves Bob's eyes out so he wouldn't cry resurrecting tears!

Back to SwissArmyTears.
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* '''Justified''': The character who cries is a magical being whose tears are [[ChekhovsGun explicitly said to have magical qualities.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': Even though the show hands lampshades on it repeatedly, Bob's tears don't always work, which props a lot of invoking and [[conversational troping]] when the characters start realizing it... even when they KNOW most instances from that point are not actual applications of the trope.

* '''Averted''': Alice cries and nothing happens.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Alice tears revive people... as zombies.

* '''Parodied''': Alice starts crying and Bob wipes away a tear with his hand and is turned into a ferret. Alice apologizes, explaining about her tears having magical abilities and tries to return him to normal by letting a few more teardrops fall on Bob, which just turn him into different creatures.
** Alice is very gullible, and some characters keep lists of horrifying revelations about her on hand whenever they need some tears. These lists include items like 'you have testicular cancer and have six months to live.' She believes them every time, even when they reuse them. Even if they're BlatantLies (since Alice, because she's female, can't actually get testicular cancer.)

* '''Straight''': Bob is knocked out during a fight, Alice's tears help him recover.

* '''Defied''': Alice is knocked out in a fight. Bob knows his tears would probably help her, but he [[{{Ptitlevag6plkz}} wouldn't be caught dead crying]].

* '''Enforced''': ???

** Alice is very gullible, and some characters keep lists of horrifying revelations about her on hand whenever they need some tears. These lists include items like 'you have testicular cancer and have six months to live.' She believes them every time, even when they reuse them.

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

*'''Inverted''': ???