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A character spontaneously starts crying, seemingly for no reason. When asked about it, even ''they'' don't know why they're doing it. There is inevitably a plot-relevant reason behind this. |
A character spontaneously starts crying, seemingly for no reason. When asked about it, even ''they'' don't know why they're doing it. There is inevitably a plot-relevant reason behind this. |
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Perhaps it's a repressed memory that has just been triggered, or maybe something bad has happened somewhere else and their [[Spider Sense]] is tingling. Whatever the reason, it's usually because their subconscious knows something that the conscious mind doesn't. |
Perhaps it's a repressed memory that has just been triggered, or maybe something bad has happened somewhere else and their [[Spider Sense]] is tingling. Whatever the reason, it's usually because their subconscious knows something that the conscious mind doesn't. |
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For the nasal equivalent, see [[Sneeze Cut]]. [[Sub-Trope]] of [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]. |
For the nasal equivalent, see [[Sneeze Cut]]. [[Sub-Trope]] of [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]. |
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For characters who are just confused because they didn't know they were capable of crying, see [[My Eyes Are Leaking]]. |
For characters who are just confused because they didn't know they were capable of crying, see [[My Eyes Are Leaking]]. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* Happens often in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series from ''[[Chain of Memories]]'' on, usually a character crying because of something they can't remember or a link to another character. |
* Happens often in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series from ''[[Chain of Memories]]'' on, usually a character crying because of something they can't remember or a link to another character. |
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** Also in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D|Dream Drop Distance]]'', when {{spoiler|[[The Messiah|Sora]] meets [[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days |
** Also in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D|Dream Drop Distance]]'', when {{spoiler|[[The Messiah|Sora]] meets [[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days|Xion]] for the first time.}} |
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* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Blazing Sword'', if you fulfill certain requirements you'll get a secret gaiden chapter in Hector's route. After Nergal's defeat, if you unlocked that chapter {{spoiler|Nils will start crying for reasons he doesn't know, but the player has figured out: Nergal was his and Ninian's ''father''}}. |
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Blazing Sword'', if you fulfill certain requirements you'll get a secret gaiden chapter in Hector's route. After Nergal's defeat, if you unlocked that chapter {{spoiler|Nils will start crying for reasons he doesn't know, but the player has figured out: Nergal was his and Ninian's ''father''}}. |
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* At the end of ''[[Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals]]'', Tia, who previously had been [[Unable to Cry]] due to overly toughening herself since childhood, suddenly finds herself crying uncontrollably without knowing why. {{spoiler|It's because her [[Unrequited Love]] Interest, Maxim, has just died}}. |
* At the end of ''[[Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals]]'', Tia, who previously had been [[Unable to Cry]] due to overly toughening herself since childhood, suddenly finds herself crying uncontrollably without knowing why. {{spoiler|It's because her [[Unrequited Love]] Interest, Maxim, has just died}}. |
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