Line #108 Main/TenderTears


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3	->''"Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and [[TearsOfRemorse regret]]."''
4	-->-- ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''
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6	Sometimes tears are not a sign of weakness. Even when they come easily and often...
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8	Opposite ManlyTears are Tender Tears, where the character weeps more than most people because of the exquisite tenderness of their heart.
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10	Tender Tears result from someone else's misfortune. If they feel any guilt over the situation -- reasonably or unreasonably -- TearsOfRemorse will also occur.
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12	Seldom a SingleTear, but it's possible.
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14	A favorite trope of the Romantic movement, who regarded it as a mark of exquisite sensibility. Scorning them is a mark of a callous and hard-hearted soul; even those who do not cry themselves can appreciate the Tender Tears. Indeed, the tender character may explain the cause of the tears with such poignancy as to inspire ManlyTears in less tender characters.
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16	SuperTrope of HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim, TearsOfAwe, and TearsOfJoy.
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18	Contrast HumanizingTears, where crying makes a normally unsympathetic character more likable -- Tender Tears is part of a consistently sympathetic character. This trope is used a lot on ProneToTears and NiceGuy characters.
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20	!!Examples:
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24	* Kuma from ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' can't stop crying, even though he is still a badass samurai.
25	* The tears flow quickly and strongly in ''Manga/BattleRoyale'' from beginning to end. Usually they're tender tears. Occasionally ManlyTears, as well.
26	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
27	** The series manages to take tender tears and twist them in a disturbing manner when Slan of the Godhand weeps them [[spoiler: while Griffith/Femto rapes Casca.]] She apparently thought the scene was very beautiful.
28	** More traditional tender tears are shed by [[https://media.tenor.com/Qs3pfVlVbtQAAAAC/berserk-casca.gif Casca]] as well as [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTc_igE00JBPyzD3_AB967RpYkWhUbnz6hfaA&usqp=CAU Guts]] at various points, though the latter often crosses over to ManlyTears or BerserkerTears.
29	** In a more twisted take, Bishop Mozgus cries these as he sends a woman and her baby to be tortured to insanity and sniffing on her courage and how he hopes she will "overcome God's trial".
30	* [[NiceGirl Enju]] [[AllLovingHero Aihara]] from ''Literature/BlackBullet'' is [[ProneToTears prone to cry a lot]], [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer mainly due to the suffering she has endured as a cursed child]], and the emotional fragility of her character.
31	* Ran Mouri from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' sheds these as a trait of her kindheartedness and one of the manga chapters is even named "Ran's Tears". Both Shinichi Kudo and [[spoiler: Shuuichi Akai]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, especially when Ran and [[spoiler: Akai]] have a conversation on the phone booth in one of the cases:
32	--> [[spoiler: '''Akai''']]: You are crying again... You are always crying.
33	--> '''Ran''': Is it wrong?
34	--> [[spoiler: '''Akai''']]: No... I was just remembering. You remind me of a woman... One who was always crying in the dark trying to sound casual, a stupid woman.
35	* From ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', [[AntiVillain Kiyama-sensei]] gets these going after [[spoiler:the Child Errors she spent most of her screen time trying to help finally wake up. It is quite a sight.]]
36	* [[AllLovingHero Allen Walker]] of ''Manga/DGrayMan''. Also [[ActionGirl Lenalee Lee]], whenever any of her TrueCompanions die. D.Gray-man being the series [[NightmareFuel it is]], however, it's hard to say if the same would still be true in less traumatic circumstances.
37	* In ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'', protagonist Akira Fudo is prone to tears. It is noted in this adaptation that Akira does not cry for himself, but for others. Akira is extremely empathetic towards the suffering of others, often picking up on people's hidden emotions. Merging with a demon and becoming Devilman did not change this aspect of his personality at all, he remains the titular [[MeaningfulName crybaby]]. [[spoiler:That same empathy is also the source of his strength: after his childhood friend Miki is killed by a mob when the world descends into chaos, [[StoppedCaring he declares that he no longer has tears to shed]], and subsequently is killed by Ryo[=/=]Satan in the final battle.]]
38	* While it's usually most associated with ManlyTears, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is FULL of characters who shed these to show the sensitivity and kindness of their hearts; the most prominent being [[TheHero Kenshiro]] and [[BigBad Raoh]]. The latter case denotes Raoh as a NobleDemon.
39	* Tohru from ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. She's very sensitive to others' feelings, and is easily moved to tears, espeicially on others' behalf.
40	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
41	** Armstrong often. "The trait of tender compassion has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!"
42	** Van Hohenheim sheds tears of sorrow on more than one occasion, as well.
43	* ''Manga/{{Gals}}'': Aya is very prone to this, to the point where Ran assumes that "[Aya's] entire head must be filled with tears...!" in Volume 6.
44	* The cyborgs of ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' have a habit of crying in their sleep, as noted by the Agency doctors. Especially tragic as the audience knows [[DarkAndTroubledPast why they cry]], but the girls don't and can't remember their dreams so don't understand why they feel sad on waking up.
45	--> '''Claes''': Have you ever been tremendously sad, but the tears won't come out?\
46	'''Jean''': Sure... it happens.\
47	'''Claes''': That's how I feel right now. My heart is overflowing with tears, but they just won't come out of my eyes. At night when I'm asleep, they quietly spill out onto the pillow without my noticing.
48	* ''Manga/ImaizuminChiWaDouyaraGalNoTamaribaNiNatteruRashiiDeep'': Keita is prone to crying due to emotional sensitivity. He cries in cinema while on a date with Yukina, and also when she wins a practice basketball match.
49	* Misaki from ''Manga/JunjouRomantica''. In the first episode, he starts crying because his brother Takahiro insensitively announces his engagement to Akihiko who is in love with him (which Takahiro is unaware of). And this after Akihiko molested Misaki when Misaki found out about his feelings for Takahiro, the boy is definitely sensitive.
50	* [[GenderBlenderName Misaki]] from ''Anime/{{K}}'', in the flashback to Totsuka's death. The way he holds him seems to imply they were incredibly close (maybe more than friends), and this flashback comes after several episodes of him vengefully hunting down the killer.
51	* In [[DownerBeginning the first ten minutes]] of ''Manga/KotouraSan'', it shows that Haruka Kotoura had to deal with [[DarkAndTroubledPast very dark issues]] [[HowWeGotHere during her childhood]] like [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer social bullying]], [[TheScapegoat constant blame despite doing nothing wrong]], being called [[YouMonster a monster]] for simply being InnocentlyInsensitive with {{Telepathy}} [[note]] (which she could not have known about herself due to PowerIncontinence and that this setting's science cannot detect PsychicPowers)[[/note]], [[spoiler: ''[[IHaveNoSon deliberate]]'' ParentalAbandonment, and crossing the DespairEventHorizon ''twice'']]. She is [[JustifiedTrope well within her right]] to cue this trope because she was a {{Good Victim\|s Bad Victims}} throughout this entire TraumaCongaLine and still is one in the PresentDay. What's more is that this is also an ActorAllusion with Yayoi above since Creator/HisakoKanemoto voiced for these two characters.
52	* [[BigBad Johann Liebert]] from ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' can shed the most incredible Tender Tears known to man. Of course, given his [[ManipulativeBastard personality]], they are fake, [[MindScrew probably]].
53	* Deku and his mother in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' cry so often and so hard that it's been joked by fans that it's his second Quirk.
54	* Gau from ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' cries when he meets Raikou for the first time, when Raikou tells him about his past, when he gets slashed by Raikou, when he intervenes in [[spoiler: Raikou and Yukimi]]'s fight, when he calls Yukimi on the cellphone, when [[spoiler: Raikou gets stabbed]], etc, etc...
55	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', while several characters open the OcularGushers or ManlyTears, Franky easily cries more often than anyone else on the crew, and gets emotional at just about any touching story he hears (which is how he ended up helping the Straw Hats, who used to be enemies in the first place). [[SandInMyEyes He never admits it]], though.
56	* Subverted in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''. It was believed that most of the host club members are all able to cry on cue... until Haruhi finds the twins using eye-drops. It's played straight in Tamaki's case, though--he doesn't need eye-drops to get the tears flowing.
57	* Madoka Kaname of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' sheds these, usually combined with TearsOfRemorse. This is especially prominent when she sheds these for [[spoiler:Mami and Sayaka's deaths.]] Given the CrapsackWorld she lives in, she can't be blamed.
58	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
59	** Ryoga is ''physically'' MadeOfIron, but emotionally... not so much. He's frequently seen bursting into tears, usually over his own plentiful misfortune and loneliness, but he also cries over Ranma after the latter has lost all of his strength and gets soundly defeated in battle. He also later cries when he realizes he can't bring himself to truly attack Ranma in his weakened state, even though it's necessary for Ranma to [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential learn a technique]] that will help him get his strength back.
60	** Almost every character including Ranma himself and even Genma does this when someone else does something noble or selfless.
61	* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': Akio sheds a few tears when he talks about [[spoiler: how much suffering Anthy had to go through just because she wanted to protect him. Given this is from the same man who has raped her multiple times, they're obviously fake.]]
62	* Arguably, [[TykeBomb Kahlua]] from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' fits here. Every time she cries, it's because the person standing in front of her is about to be killed by ''her own hands''.
63	* Since Usagi Tsukino of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is a cry-baby who wears her heart on her sleeve most of the time [[OcularGushers her crying fits]] tend to be played for laughs. However, when something happens that is either truly moving or depressing, she will shed these types of tears which go to show [[AllLovingHero just how big-hearted she really is.]]
64	* Yutaka from ''Manga/ShounenNote'' is a highly sensitive boy who is prone to tears, especially when it comes to beautiful music.
65	* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace is easily the kindest and most timid of the Smile Cures.
66	* The titular character of ''Anime/SuperSonico'' cries in Toma's arms when the latter tells her that she's flying overseas.
67	* Fumi from ''Manga/SweetBlueFlowers'' has always been known as a crybaby. She tears up easily. People look at her and think she's a serious HugeSchoolgirl, but she's actually quite sensitive.
68	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''.
69	** Vash. He has a few ManlyTears moments, but he cries quite a bit as a sign of sensitivity and empathy to other people's suffering. Even when said suffering happens to be a completely made-up story. He's less teary in ''Anime/TrigunStampede'', because, "I don't deserve to cry," but he still turns on the waterworks more than once. [[spoiler:At the climax of the first season, he bursts into tears over the realisation that he can't save his brother from himself because they no longer understand each other.]]
70	** Rem in the manga has a [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming particularly moving]] case of this after averting Vash’s DespairEventHorizon suicide attempt and got him to give life a chance. She recalls a dream she had during her depression at Alex’s death, where she was on a train with a ticket to anywhere she wanted to go, she pleads with Vash to not let go of his “ticket” and live life to the fullest with her, swearing that people and the world are WorthLivingFor [[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-t3SX86P7jEjY54MxqAeZuXTrsPfOtU2wVxALGV02gog8eFTq6CoA7abv_1HIu6cN_i1PIWDnCbV3izyCj0BhiYy7dR4yjc7p0nfq-hNhksl5RYlkU3zPbfwJaK_jjpS644I0JRW36Kqf91DlqfZ3tj9wblNWYsyKS4PU7sbMmWQyi-RH9sXhbqc/s1449/25.jpg as she brims over with tears]].
71	* In ''Manga/{{Tsukigasa}}'', Azuma cries a few. They are somewhat comical considering his stated goal is to become more manly and these are definitely not ManlyTears.
72	* The soft-spoken Reiko Osumi from ''Manga/TheUnforgivingFlowersBlossomInTheDeadOfNight'' does this quite often when being bullied, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer which is often as she is a bully magnet]]. And even then, she [[ThePollyanna never loses her smile]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Which is because]] her tears are [[TheCorruption corrupting everyone around her]], getting them [[FantasticDrug hooked on bullying]], and [[BigBad Reiko/Sumire]] takes [[CardCarryingVillain sadistic pleasure]] from this.]]
73	* In ''Manga/WildRock'', Yuuen gets these, which reinforce the fact he is just not a manly man like the others.
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76	[[folder:Ballads]]
77	* In one variant of the Literature/{{Child Ballad\|s}} ''Literature/TheLordOfLornAndTheFalseSteward'', when the young lord has evaded ThePromise through ExactWords, the duke's daughter weeps over the tale she "overheard."
78	-->''But when he told the horse his tale\
79	The lady wept full tenderly.''
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82	[[folder:Comic Books]]
83	* An aching beautiful and sad example comes from ComicBook/{{Rogue}} in ''ComicBook/FantasticFour Vs ComicBook/XMen (1987)'' when she unthinkingly does her usual [[PowerParasite absorbing kiss]] attack on [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour The Thing]] in a fight and is instantly filled with the sorrow and bittersweet dreams that make up Ben’s mind. Rogue wells up with tender tears for Ben by the time her body has become orange and rocky like his.
84	--> Instantly, as her body is flooded with The Thing’s awesome strength, her awareness is filled with the totality of his being -- all he was and is and dreams/despairs of being. She thought she’d be attacking a toad. Instead she’s touched the soul of a prince.
85	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
86	** In the last scene of ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} cries when her cousin tells she should love Earth as much as him.
87	** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959'', Kara weeps quietly after telling how she lost her home and her parents.
88	** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Linda Lee weeps when she finds out that Superman doesn't know how to get her back home.
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91	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
92	* In "Literature/TheGratefulBeasts", the princess weeps when she hears of the last ImpossibleTask her father imposed on Ferko. (Her father [[GirlInTheTower puts her into a tower]] -- and, as it turns out, into safety.)
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96	* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': In chapter 4 Asuka cries when she finds Shinji’s birthday gift: [[spoiler:an engagement ring.]]
97	* In chapter 7 of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', Asuka cries after realizing what Kaji will never love her.
98	-->And with those well-chosen words, Asuka finally snapped, tears flowing from her eyes. "I don't WANT anyone else! I want KAJI!"\
99	"I... I'm sorry."\
100	He gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze.\
101	What happened next took him entirely by surprise.\
102	She suddenly turned around and cried on his shoulder, holding him tight as she sobbed. He didn't know how long she cried on his shoulder, and it didn't seem to matter. She was someone in need, and all he could do was be there for her.
103	* ''Fanfic/DuranAndKiyohimesOmakeTheater'': Natsuki begins crying in Chapter 10 after seeing the lengths Shizuru has gone to for her, and coming to the conclusion that all she's done in the relationship at that point [[AllTakeAndNoGive is accept Shizuru's ovations without returning them.]] She amends this with a promise by way of a kiss.
104	* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Both Shinji and Asuka shed them in moments of great emotional intensity, like when [[spoiler:he proposed her]].
105	* Invoked by Colonel Moran in ''[[Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime Every Good Fairytale]]''. Young Beth Lestrade is dead, and Literature/SherlockHolmes is being tortured within an inch of his life, repeatedly. Moran suggests that Beth's ghost (he's being metaphorical) will weep over Holmes's devastated state. Holmes says that he would not expect that honor from her, and Moran points out that she would have given it, anyway. [[spoiler:Not much later, she ''does'', in fact.]] Beth is portrayed in the 'verse as being very compassionate beneath a paper-thin exterior of snark, toughness, and the occasional StepfordSmiler act.
106	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's just say these, along with PuppyDogEyes, helped Italy convince Germany and Japan to not utterly murder Austria for the [[AbusiveDad hundreds of years of abuse Austria had subjected Italy to]].
107	* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': Shed by Shinji when [[spoiler:his father died in his arms,]] by Shinji and Asuka when [[spoiler:they met and hugged each other after the FinalBattle]] and by Shinji again when [[spoiler:Rei said goodbye.]]
108	* In ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'', Deborah does this when she sees [[spoiler:Barnacles with a broken leg]].
109	* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] cries with joy and happiness after coming back -for the first time in fifteen years- and cleaning up her hometown Argo City, which had become contaminated by Kryptonite radiation.
110	-->Tears came to Kara's eyes and evaporated instantly into the void. She floated them nearer, and then brought them both to a flat-footed landing on one of the main streets of Argo. <This is my hometown,> she said. <This is where I grew up.>
111	* Several examples in ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'':
112	** Asuka sobbed in Shinji's shoulder after he promised never leaving her.
113	--->Softly, Asuka wrapped her arms around him. Shinji followed her lead, and gently touched her cheek. His hand trembled, but his had lost control and allowed a natural instinct to take over. Their tear-streaked faces were only inches away. He could feel her breathing, just as she could feel his.\
114	He pulled her to him, feeling her warm, tear-stained cheek lightly brush against his, as she laid her head on his shoulders and quietly sobbed.
115	** Later on, Asuka sheds tears when Shinji tells that he wants to be with her forever despite everything.
116	--->Asuka blinked and for a stunned moment looked at him as though he had lost his mind, then, her eyes bristling with tears, she moved back. Even though a long, awkward silence followed, his last statement seemed to have a strange hardening effect on her. She did not cry. The tears remained unshed, clouding her eyes but doing nothing more. And she seemed braver somehow.
117	* ''Fanfic/SuperSentaiVsSuperSentai'':
118	** Miki, after hearing Youhei's anguish, shed one for the dead Bell Chime Bouma. Then again, after piling up sad moments in Chapter 8, first against those killed by Gedoushuu, and later for Juzou's parents after he made it clear what kind of person he is. Then AGAIN, when she was anguished seeing Youhei being inflicted with fear of women, which turned vital in getting him to get over his fear.
119	** Everyone shed one for Miki after seeing her mother killed. [[TheStoic Takeru]] uses [[SandInMyEyes something else]].
120	* In ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'', Bizarro sheds tears when his son says he's glad that his father has his back.
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124	* At the conclusion of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', Vanellope's eyes well up with tears as she wistfully tells Ralph he can stay in Sugar Rush if he wants, where he'd be appreciated in the way he wasn't in his game, ''Fix-It Felix Jr.''
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128	* Utterly hilarious example in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' as the usually reserved Morticia while captured sheds tender tears of sympathy listening to BlackWidow Debbie‘s “[[SarcasmMode tragic]]” FreudianExcuse rant over why she had to kill her parents and all her previous husbands (including a selfless doctor and a generous senator).
129	* ''Film/Bedazzled2000'': Elliot wishes to be "The most (emotionally) sensitive man" on earth, and end up blubbering at the least provocation, such as a typical beach sunset.
130	* In ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', true romantic Giselle, upon discovering the concept of divorce during her time in New York, cries openly when she witnesses a couple in the midst of a divorce arguing. However, her tears prove to make this couple realize that love is forever, and they ultimately call off the divorce, saying it was no accident meeting Giselle.
131	* In ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', Newt Scamander is shown with a great capacity for empathy despite his awkwardness, often visibly tearing up during the heavier moments of the film.
132	* In ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'', the titular character's little brother Arnie is completely inconsolable because he killed the cricket he was playing with. He snapped its head off with the lid of the mailbox and was left bewildered and wondering where the head was. Bit of a TearJerker when you consider that he has Down's Syndrome and even seems to think [[MoralEventHorizon he's reached a new low.]]
133	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
134	** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': A huge part of 1973 Charles' character development is centered around his huge capacity for empathy, and how he needs to learn to move past his own pain for the benefit of others, so he spends a good percentage of the film either on the verge of tears or outright crying.
135	** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': There's a lot of focus in this story on Xavier's sensitivity, and he's either close to tears, shedding a few of them, or openly weeping when someone he cares about is in pain.
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139	* In both ''Literature/AngelasAshes'' and ''Tis'', Frank [=McCourt=]'s family tells him "his bladder must be near to his eye" because of how easily he tears up.
140	* Margery Kempe of ''Literature/TheBookOfMargeryKempe'' is driven to such tears on many occasions, to other's confusion.
141	* In the world of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', men are [[GenderRarityValue rare and kept secluded]], and considered to be in need of protection. They're also considered softer and more emotional. Jerin, who's one of the most attractive men on the market, weeps several times over the course of the book.
142	* The Prioress weeps most piteously for her little dogs in ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' if any are hurt - though she doesn't seem to care so much about the poor.
143	* Dante (the character) does this often in Dante Alighieri's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. He laments at the misfortune of those condemned to the various circles of hell, though progressively less so as he go deeper and the sins of the damned get more and more heinous.
144	* Fitz, from the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', doesn't cry terribly often, but if his mum is BrainwashedAndCrazy and trying to kill him, he knows or strongly suspects one of his friends is dead, etc., he is going to cry about it. Two of the Doctor's female companions have stood by and kept a stiff upper lip about the matter while Fitz wept over the fact the Doctor [[NeverFoundTheBody seemed to be dead]]. He's generally surprisingly sensitive for a grown man -- the thought of worms getting acid-rained on upsets him a little.
145	* In Creator/AletheaKontis's ''Literature/{{Enchanted}}'', when the frog tells Sunday how much her stories mean to him, she cries.
146	* Hermione from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', especially in the last book when she and everything/everyone around her are in emotional turmoil, and it is described at least [[OncePerEpisode once during each chapter]] how tears have appeared in her eyes.
147	** Being the GentleGiant that he is, Hagrid does this a lot as well. When he sends the trio letters, informing them of Buckbeak's execution and later the death of Aragog, both letters are stained with tears.
148	* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel, ''The Flight of the Eisenstein'', Keeler cries over the [[BearerOfBadNews news they brought]] [[spoiler: Dorn; they have broken a brother's heart]].
149	** In another of his ''[=40K=]'' novels, ''Faith & Fire'', Verity stops counting how many times she administered last rites when she realized the number would make her cry.
150	* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Prim. She would cry whenever Katniss did without even knowing why, and get teary and hope to save any animal Katniss shot.
151	* In ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', Lucy cries over the end of Narnia while all the rest are gladly following Aslan. Tirian backs her up and asserts that crying over it is not unmanly.
152	* In ''The Moonbirds'' by Jenny Jackson, Ellie breaks down into hysterical sobs (possibly leaning more toward InelegantBlubbering) after she discovers an orphaned baby possum after its mum had been shot.
153	* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Juliet the Valentine Fairy cries a lot in her book because of the havoc the misplaced objects are wreaking on love.
154	* It really [[DependingOnTheAuthor depends on the author]], but there are still a number of times in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse that Luke Skywalker cries openly. Maybe the most notable examples are the times in the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' {{novelization}}. There's also a line in the ''Rebel Force'' series that implies he cries when some Imperials die horribly.
155	* Lucie Manette sheds these all the time in ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities.'' Meant to show off her great compassion and sensitivity - and to her credit, these tears are rarely for herself.
156	* The TinMan from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. He believes that because he has no heart, he has no feelings, so he consciously strives to be kind and loving to all. Dorothy is careful to keep a filled oil squirter in her basket, as he cries rather often, causing him to rust.
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160	* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine,'' Sgt. Terry Jeffords is very easily moved to tears by things that are especially sweet and heartwarming, especially where [[DotingParent his daughters]] are concerned.
161	* Troy Barnes from ''Series/{{Community}}''- an ex-jock- cries ''incredibly'' easily, and is, to quote Abed, "deeply ashamed of the fact." A gif of him panicking after knocking out a man with chloroform, arms flailing as he screams "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MY WHOLE BRAIN IS CRYING" sums it up pretty nicely.
162	** How about his giant breakdown when he meets his childhood hero from ''Series/ReadingRainbow'', Creator/LeVarBurton?
163	--> '''Troy''': I told [[JerkAss Peirce]] I only wanted a picture! You can't disappoint a ''picture''! AAAAAHHH!
164	* As a contrast to [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan the stoic Arthur]], {{Series/Merlin\|2008}} tends to cry every time something bad happens. And fangirls love him for it.
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168	* In "Nakimushi Kareshi" (Crybaby Boyfriend) by Music/{{HoneyWorks}}, Len is described as the sensitive one of the pair, because he cries so easily. Miku fondly the times they cried and laughed together, as she broke up with him.
169	* "Crybaby" by Music/MelanieMartinez is about the protagonist sympathizing with an emotional person. She then states she has similar issues, has been teased about it, but has learned to stop caring about the insults.
170	-->You've seemed to replace your brain with your heart.
171	-->You take things so hard, and then you fall apart.
172	-->You try to explain but before you can start, those crybaby tears come out of the dark.
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175	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
176	* Myth/ArthurianLegend: Myth/KingArthur and his knights in various media, especially the old stuff. Even more TearsOfRemorse and a lot of TearsOfJoy. And Malory has Gawain and Arthur do two rounds of synchronized swooning out of pure sorrow after Lancelot kills Gaheris and Gawain, who were ''on his side'' while rescuing Guinevere.
177	* In Literature/TheBible, Jesus goes to the grave of his dear friend Lazarus and meets with his sister Martha who is in mourning and asking Jesus why he didn't come to help her brother sooner. Martha proclaims that had Jesus arrived days earlier then he could have healed him and saved his life with his miracles, and Jesus seeing this is deeply moved by Martha's plight and the shortest sentence of the entire Bible states simply, "'''Jesus wept.'''" Jesus loved Lazarus and he is deeply saddened that death has such tyranny over Mankind, but he then proclaims to Martha that since he is the Son of the Living God and the Messiah anyone who believes in him yet shall he die he shall still live. Then in one of the greatest miracles in the Bible Jesus calls forth to Lazarus to rise and he comes back to life. In his humanity, Jesus wept for Lazarus and in his divinity, he raised him from the dead.
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179
180	[[folder:Theatre]]
181	* In ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'', Patty says she wants to cry out of sympathy for all the "poor, drab, little people" in Brooklyn. Don tells her not to talk like a play by Creator/WilliamSaroyan (whose plays she adores).
182	* In Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/PericlesPrinceOfTyre'', Marina on her own harmlessness:
183	-->''I never kill'd a mouse, nor hurt a fly:\
184	I trod upon a worm against my will,\
185	[[TearsOfRemorse But I wept for it]].''
186	** And in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' the player weeping for Hecuba appears to Hamlet as his {{foil}} while he dilly-dallies about his own father's death.
187	-->''Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,\
188	A broken voice, and his whole function suiting\
189	With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!\
190	For Hecuba!\
191	What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,\
192	That he should weep for her? What would he do,\
193	Had he the motive and the cue for passion\
194	That I have? He would drown the stage with tears\
195	And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,''
196	** Miranda in ''Theatre/TheTempest'', after the shipwreck. Prospero assures her:
197	-->''Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.\
198	The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd\
199	The very virtue of compassion in thee,\
200	I have with such provision in mine art\
201	So safely ordered that there is no soul--\
202	No, not so much perdition as an hair\
203	Betid to any creature in the vessel''
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205
206	[[folder:Video Games]]
207	* [[spoiler:Victorine]]'s weeping makes her even more beautiful in ''VideoGame/DarkTales: The Premature Burial'', but she's nothing even remotely approaching a Tsundere. Not to mention her tears are pretty justified, seeing as [[spoiler:her husband sealed her alive inside a tomb]].
208	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Sancho, honorary uncle to both the main character and his children, is prone to joyful tears, especially when you reunite with him in the second act. Also prone to the opposite and sobbing at reminders of all the tragedy in his life.
209	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
210	** A very heartwarming moment of tears comes from [[spoiler: G'raha Tia, the true identity of the Crystal Exarch]] towards the end of the Shadowbringers story in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. He feels personally responsible for placing the player character and their allies in great danger and looks like he is on the verge of tears. If you choose to call him by his true name, he completely breaks down and weeps in TearsOfJoy.
211	** In TheStinger for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', [[spoiler:after Noctis tells his TrueCompanions of his intent to perform a HeroicSacrifice, he confides that being with them around the campfire for the last time is "more than [he] can take" and briefly tears up. His friends support him, however, and are full-glad that Noctis took the time to open up to them, even if it means they may never see each other again...]]
212	** Yuna in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' is prone to this - she cries while doing her first Sending (i.e. sending the souls of the dead to the afterlife so they don't turn into monsters). She later tells Tidus that she's tried to train herself out of it - since people expect summoners to be a source of hope, she's practiced smiling when she feels sad.
213	%%* Neimi from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''.
214	* In the interactive romance novel ''VideoGame/{{Moonrise}}'', Rosario can and will cry when confronted with any emotional moment.
215	* Marona from ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave''. She's prone to crying whenever she's sad or happy. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer You really can't blame her]].
216	* Mallow from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' is described by some (including himself) as a crybaby. He causes rain to fall whenever he starts crying.
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Webcomics]]
220	%%** [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1180 What is it with you and crying?]]
221	%%Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'': [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/541 I always tear up when I do sad scenes.]]
222	* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-42.html Anna cries over the freed Klaus.]]
223	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'', [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2007/02/07/ Hippolyta, in the retelling]] of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.
224	%%-->''Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man.'''
225	%%* In ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=394 a tearjerker]].
226	%%* ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/04042003/ Why can't he just tell her he loves her?]]
227	* Jack from ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}''. Although he hasn't cried yet in the comic, crying is listed as one of his hobbies.
228	[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:Web Original]]
231	* Male version (it's a gay couple): anyone notices how many comments on [[http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4919867/ this picture]] are in the lines of "Awwww..."?
232	* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 3, [[TheBigGuy Yang]] does this [[TraumaCongaLine twice]]. The first time is when she's framed for assault on live television, left a HeroWithBadPublicity, disqualified from the tournament by Ironwood, and is then hit with the bombshell that her team-mate Blake doesn't believe her pleas of innocence. The second time is [[spoiler:in the epilogue, when she's bedridden and recovering from an amputation, she breaks into tears the moment Ruby walks in. Yang is seconds away from bursting into tears again when she mentions what happened to Blake. After Ruby leaves, Yang is seen wiping her eyes]]. It's an example of this trope being used to great effect: Yang is normally a tough-as-nails girl who oozes strength and confidence from every pore, so seeing her as a baby-faced, vulnerable sobbing girl leaves a big impact on viewers.
233	* In ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'', Salad Fingers asks a randomly wandering human (something unusual for the setting) to search for the fish in his oven. He accepts and Salad Fingers cry of gratitude.
234	* Orn "Dutchy" Ayers of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' frequently cries when he reads about the plight of the less-fortunate countries.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Western Animation]]
238	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'': In "Enter The Dragon", [[DeadpanSnarker Nikki]] [[AllPeriodsArePMS gets very emotional while she's on her period.]]
239	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': In "Doomie's Romance," Lydia cries quietly when the effort to bring the Mayor's former car alive fails. When Doomie's tears bring the car to life, Lydia and B.J. cry TearsOfJoy (although B.J. claims it was something in his eyes).
240	* Male version: Shifty Dingo from ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill''.
241	* Male version: WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} D. Bobcat is very often prone to these, such crying for two different missing persons victims on two different occasions.
242	* Male version: Max from ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' cries fairly easily.
243	* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, a KindheartedSimpleton, is quite easily moved to tears, especially in later incarnations. One example of note is the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode "A Goof of the People," wherein during Goofy's mayoral campaign, his political rival Pete tells a sob story about owning a puppy as a child. When Pete gets to the part where the puppy dies, Goofy bursts into tears. [[{{Jerkass}} Pete]] is disgusted by this and [[SayingTooMuch admits that he made the whole thing up]].
244	* Male version: Dukey from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' is kind of prone to this seeing as how he cried for nearly an entire episode because Johnny forgot his birthday.
245	* Male version: Bobby Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', due to being InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
246	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Bubbles does this a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNEfDqmqLu8 lot]], considering that she is ProneToTears. At least twice she cried over her sisters fighting and even broke down sobbing when KARR spoke about his sob-story. In "Stray Bullet", Bubbles even got tearful over seeing an injured squirrel.
247	* Male version: In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Let Them Eat Cake," Chas Finster, Chuckie's father, is shown crying into a handkerchief during Ben and Elaine's wedding.[[note]]Although both the "Mother's Day" episode and the fact that the closed captions on Hulu describe his crying as "[[ManlyTears weeping]]" seem to imply that Chas is in fact upset because the wedding reminds him of his own wedding to his late wife Melinda.[[/note]]
248	* Appears in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', where Tender Tears are the only thing that will cure Hordak of a magical poison.
249	* [=SpongeBob=] in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is a male example that's not always played for laughs.
250	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Steven is very prone to this, though at one point he claims that he's "too tough to cry".
251	--> '''Pearl''': Just today you were crying about snakes!
252	--> '''Steven''': ''(wells up a little)'' They don't have any ''arms''!
253	[[/folder]]

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