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Most women do not look pretty when they cry. Their eyes puff up and turn red. Their face becomes all splotchy. So fits of tears are rarely attractive. More often they are used with a character the audience already finds sympathetic to generate an [[The Woobie|emotional response]]. There is a major exception to this rule.
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Nine times out of 10, unfortunately, having felt embarrassed for daring to be vulnerable, the once adorable woobie will ''immediately'' thereafter turn into a [[Jerkass|tyrant of epic magnitude]] worse than the mere [[Tsundere]] she was to compensate for her brief moment of weakness.
Note that this can also occasionally apply to a male character. What differentiates this from [[Manly Tears]] is that whereas [[Manly Tears]] shows the sensitive attributes of an ''already'' decent male,
Sometimes includes [[Biting the Handkerchief]].
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* Kaname Chidori, resident [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] of [[Full Metal Panic!]] has more than one moment when she breaks down crying, probably to keep her sympathetic despite her abrasive personality.
* Evangeline of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Thousand-Year-Old Vampire-Tyrant and Evil Sorceress, cries adorably as she asks Nagi to [[Tear Jerker|pat her on the head like a little girl one last time]] at the end of the Mahora Budokai Tournament.
** She's not the only one. [[Deadpan Snarker]] and [[Tsundere]]-turned-[[Sugar and Ice Personality]] Chisame breaks down and cries when {{spoiler|Rakan dies}}
** Now {{spoiler|Shiori, the fake Asuna}}, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c283/18.html tears up] {{spoiler|upon being exposed, due to the feelings she absorbed by copying Asuna}}. It's not possible to feel unsympathetic for {{spoiler|her}}.
* C.C of the ''[[Code Geass]]'' franchise, when her [[Deadpan Snarker]] facade slips and she shows her [[Sugar and Ice Personality]].
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{{quote|'''Ranma:''' [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|Gosh, you're cute when you cry.]]}}
** But careful (because that only applies whenever Ranma makes Akane cry): if ''someone else'' makes Akane cry, Ranma ''will'' hunt down and crush whoever is responsible. Given that he's generally a forgiving guy who rarely holds grudges, the fact that he went on a humiliating [[Martial Arts and Crafts]] contest ''purely'' to pay back the cheerleader who made Akane cry (and pay her back ''in combat'') is certainly cause for alarm.
* Even [[Implacable Man|unstoppable]] [[Badass|ultra-badass]] [[Dark Action Girl
* Both {{spoiler|Berg Katse and Raoul}} break down crying in ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' {{spoiler|after Riki and Iason go [[Together in Death]].}}
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' has {{spoiler|Lady Une}}, who breaks into sobs ([[Tear Jerker|and we cry too]]) when {{spoiler|Relena tells her that she shouldn't wish for death anymore and refuses to kill her as punishment for having killed her adoptive father.}}
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