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{{quote|'' Are you surprised at my tears, sir? ...Strong men also cry...strong men also cry.
|''[[The Big Lebowski]]''}}
Somewhere down the line, it became the "norm" that [[Men Don't Cry|boys don't cry]]. It doesn't matter the scenario; shedding any tears is the ultimate no-no in terms of what you can and can't do as a man (in Western societies, anyway). But there comes a time when a man's emotions do get the better of him, and they pour forth - prerequisite impassioned speech may or may not be present - by cascading down his cheeks. These are what we like to call
Just like it may or may not involve a [[Rousing Speech]], they may or may not be someone's crowning moment, be it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]], [[Tear Jerker|tear jerking]] or [[Narm|otherwise]]. [[My God, What Have I Done?]] may produce [[Tears of Remorse]]. Tears may be [[Due to the Dead]], and so feature at a [[Meaningful Funeral]] or during [[To Absent Friends]]. Attempts to comfort may provoke [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]].
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Also see Les Murray's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019110357/http://www.lesmurray.org/pm_aor.htm greatest poem].
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* An American anti-littering ad featured a (fake) Native American viewing the littered landscape and finally [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ozVMxzNAA a single tear escapes him]. Thus creating the trope [[Crying Indian]].
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** Even ''[[The Stoic|Sasuke]]'' tears up when {{spoiler|Madara tells him about how [[Aloof Big Brother|Itachi]] was actually a good guy, ''right after he killed him''.}}
* Vash the Stampede from ''[[Trigun]]''. He frequently gets like this when donuts are involved.
** Though some (including characters from the
** Vash's seiyuu, Onosaka Masaya, also voices the [[Cloudcuckoolander]] thief Isaac of ''[[Baccano!]]!'', also prone to tears most manly.
* Jounichi/Joey from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' had these as well, after Yugi Muto {{spoiler|promised to give the prize money from his Duelist Kingdom victory to Joey to pay for his sister's eye surgery}}. He cries again {{spoiler|when Yugi attempts an [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for him after Yugi wins against a Jounouchi, who was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and with their friend Anzu [[I Have Your Wife|taken as a hostage]].}}
** Yami Yugi has a mental breakdown after he {{spoiler|loses the duel to Rafael and Yugi's soul is taken by the Orichalcos.}} Later, when he {{spoiler|fights and beats a (seemingly) evil ghost-like Yugi in order to overcome his own darkness,}} he cries again, {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|holding onto little Yugi and vowing to save him.]] }}
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** Kamina plays this straight when he finds his father's skeleton in the desert, and for comedic purposes a couple more times.
** Let's not forget that in the beginning of episode 26 when he {{spoiler|crushes one of the faces on the Anti-Spiral ships after Kittan's manly death}} he's [http://randomc.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2026%20-%20Large%2001.jpg shown] shedding tears of ''blood''.
** [[Austin Powers|When Simon gets teary,
** Take a look at the final scene of the episode where {{spoiler|Kamina}} dies. The way the rain is flowing down Lagann's face, it looks like as if ''the mecha is mourning too''.
*** Mirrored again when {{spoiler|Kittan dies too}}. The Chouginga Gurren Lagann has spiral energy flowing down it's cheeks as if it's crying.
* Jean-Pierre Polnareff of ''[[
** The series has several memorable and impacting cases of this trope, including but not limited to {{spoiler|Joseph's reaction to the death of Caesar Zeppeli, Josuke finding out that Okuyasu wasn't killed by Killer Queen's attack and Johnny witnessing the death of Gyro Zeppeli}}
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is famous for this (especially in the case of Kenshiro, pictured above). However, the main type of tears shed in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is actually ''[[Tender Tears]]'' from soft-hearted, sensitive and kind men rather than this macho variety.
** His previous incarnation, Kenshiro Kasumi of ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky]]'', is also given to shedding these tears.
* Guy Shishioh in ''[[GaoGaiGar]] FINAL'' has this when confronting a replica Mamoru, when his enemy destroyed his allies Goldymarg and Choryujin (though it's later revealed to be one [[Disney Death]]). It's immediately followed by uttering the legendary line [[GaoGaiGar/Awesome|"Have you forgotten, Mamoru? Victory goes to...]] '''[[
** Note ''why'' Guy is crying in this manly way: he doesn't know Mamoru is a Replijin. As far as he knows, his friend and sidekick has injured humans and killed two of his allies, and he is [[Tear Jerker|apologizing to Mamoru for having to open up his trademark can of courage and rage.]]
** You forgot Episode 5 of ''FINAL''. Guy has been [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed by Palparepa's Chemical Bolts]], and has been sicced on GGG using a Replijin of [[Gao Figh Gar]]. Upon unleashing the Replion Hammer against his comrades, cue a close-up of his face in the cockpit (along with some [[Hot-Blooded|trademark hot blooded shouting]]. He's crying his golden eyes out.)
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Roy sheds a single manly tear at the funeral of {{spoiler|his best friend Maes Hughes}}, insisting that "it's raining" although the sky is clear.
** Armstrong is the definition of this trope, both as a parody and a straight example. He simply cannot hold back his tears at {{spoiler|Hughes'}} funeral.
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** And in the previews for the next OAVs, {{spoiler|Oishi is seen screaming and crying his heart out, VERY possibly for Tezuka after the animated version of the Tezuka v/s Sanada match.}}
* In the fifth season of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime, the normally [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] and [[Loners Are Freaks|distant]] chimera Zelgadis breaks down after learning that {{spoiler|he may never be able to revert back to his human state, ever. The fact that his own great-grandfather is telling him this makes it even worse.}} While only a few tears are shown, it's painfully obvious that he's wailing and distressed, and given his nature, it's painful to see.
* Kouji Kabuto from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' has several VERY memorable tears moments. One is in the beginning, when his grandfather dies in his arms. Another happened in the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness movie, when {{spoiler|he was crying in his bedroom at the night, thinking he was going to die at the next battle.}} Other three are in the ''[[Mazinkaiser|Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness movie]]'', {{spoiler|with Loru Lori and Dr. Morimori's [[Heroic Sacrifice
** Tetsuya Tsurugi from ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' also got his moments. One of them was {{spoiler|when his adoptive father died.}}
** Duke Fleed from ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' also shed
* Souichi from ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' breaks down into tears after a long, impassioned rant to Morinaga on how he ''does'' have feelings and ''was'' hurt by Morinaga's attempt to disappear from his life, and also after saving Morinaga who managed to get himself trapped underneath an altar in a burning house, while berating him on not thinking about how'd he'd feel again (though he makes the excuse of splashing himself with water as a safety precaution).
* Tough guy {{spoiler|Tsume}} mourning [[The Woobie|woobie]] {{spoiler|Toboe}} in ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''. (Actually the tears are only part of his human illusion because he's a wolf, but they're necessary to show his emotions.)
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*** Also, when he finds out that {{spoiler|Ace died in Luffy's arms and.}} While he is not openly weeping, you can see that the man is on the verge of tears.
** Of course, Franky deserves special mention, being brought to tears rather easily (and always being in denial of it).
** Upon successfully escaping Impel Down, the entire getaway crew shed
** Luffy and Ace together. Enough said
** Let's not forget the first time we see the Gaon Cannon.
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** Don't forget the time when {{spoiler|Guts suffered a breakdown in the midst of consummating his relationship with Casca when he relives his childhood rape.}} Casca was the first member of the Hawks that he openly cried in front of.
** Remember: true [[Testosterone Poisoning|testosterone-poisoned]] badasses aren't afraid to cry.
* ''[[Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
* {{spoiler|Jeremiah}} cries ''blood'' when he {{spoiler|pulls his [[Heel Face Turn]]}} in ''[[Code Geass]]''. And before that, {{spoiler|he cries when he talks to Viletta in the Picture Dramas.}}
** Lelouch himself does this more than once especially when {{spoiler|a woman important to him, be it Euphie or Shirley, dies}}. He definitely puts the "hero" part back into [[Anti-Hero]]...
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Suzaku crying his heart out when he tragically loses Euphie. And then crying again when he, as Zero, kills Lelouch}}
** He cried in relief after his classmates were saved from the JLF.
** Due to [[Memetic Mutation]] it has been said that Kallen also cries
* {{spoiler|When Lockon dies}} in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', not only does the audience cry, but so do the Gundam Meisters (especially Tieria).
** In the second season, [[Shoot the Dog|Setsuna is forced to kill]] [[Manchurian Agent|Anew]]... the same Anew Lockon confessed to an episode earlier. Absolutely nothing in the series trumps [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdzPjR8VFnc#t=2m58s Lockon's reaction after the credits] in terms of sheer emotional impact.
* In [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', both Athrun and Cagalli cry after the reality of {{spoiler|Kira's apparent death}} hits them. Athrun is crying because {{spoiler|he just killed his best friend}} and Cagalli is crying {{spoiler|because her brother is now dead at Athrun's hand and she cares for Athrun too much to kill him in revenge}}.
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' uses this trope
* Manly tears are shed often in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', mostly by Sakuraba Haruto. Used much more often, however, are ''pathetic'' tears shed by guys like benchwarmer Yukimitsu (who can't start no matter how much he tries), ace quarterback Harao (who knows he's just an average player who depends entirely on the defensive line), and the hard-boiled Habashira (who put forth a Herculean effort in the Fall tournament, only to find his teammates couldn't muster his level of enthusiasm.) And don't forget Poseidon's towering tough guy lineman Ohira, who is usually seen with streams of tears down his cheeks with no explanation.
* Averted in ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' when {{spoiler|Mitsui breaks down after the gym fight, and when Sakuragi cries after the loss against Kainan.}} Played straight when {{spoiler|Shoyo loses and Fujima calmly but tearfully accepts his loss, and when Sakuragi remembers his [[Disappeared Dad]].}}
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* Pegas in the ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]'' finale. This is made even more badass by the fact that he is a ROBOT.
* At several points in ''[[Saikano]]'', multiple male characters, ''especially'' Shuji, are reduced to tears for various reasons.
* In ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', Tamiya and Ohtaki both shed
* After the death of {{spoiler|fellow warrior Nuriko}} in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Tasuki is seen slumped by himself with tears pouring silently down his face. Tamahome himself breaks down in tears (and into a [[Heroic BSOD]] for that matter) when {{spoiler|Suboshi avenged his brother's apparent death by killing Tamahome's entire family}}.
* Despite [[Keet|not being particularly manly]], Watanuki from ''[[
* In another ''[[CLAMP]]'' example, Syaoran in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' cries (and then passes out) when he is treated to an extremely vivid replay of {{spoiler|Kurogane's}} tragic past. It's doubly shocking since he's rather [[The Stoic|stoic]] for a [[Kid Hero]].
** Considerably more stoic in the anime version than in the manga, in fact; in the anime he really only seems to have one expression.
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* [[Played for Laughs|Parodied extensively]] in ''[[Ranma ½]]'', usually when a character pulls off some sort of (unwilling!) sacrifice and the others [[Converse with the Unconscious|gather over his unconscious body to thank him for it]], to his immense annoyance.
** Played for drama when {{spoiler|Akane is thought to be dead.}} You see a single tear slide off Ranma's cheek and onto hers, before he starts crying harder and screams her name out of anguish.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni
* Skewered brutally (as [[Lighter and Softer]] tropes tend to be) in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', where the [[Those Wacky Nazis|neo-Nazis]] break down and start blubbering like infants at their leader's [[Stylistic Suck|cheesy]] speech.
** Then played straight later. ''Nobody'' is laughing at Rock for crying over how messed up Gretel is. To elaborate for those of you who don't care about spoilers: {{spoiler|the way she chooses to go about thanking a man who shows her kindness is to proposition herself to him. It's implied (s)he's undergone some kind of horrible genital mutilation. Oh, yeah, and even if that's not the case-- Gretel is around ten, and the fact is the only way the girl can think of thanking him is SEX. Not a nice kiss on the cheek, not a flower s/he picked, not a cherished toy. Sex.}} [[Tear Jerker|No, Rock isn't crying manly tears... those are ''humanly'' tears.]]
* Tenma in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', mostly as a result of [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death|seeing his friends murdered]] and such.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'' {{spoiler|Renji}}, when Ichigo beats the crap out of him and breaks his sword in Soul Society ark, and he crying, grabs Ichigo and begs him to save {{spoiler|Rukia}}.
** Also contains unique example of Womanly
** Ichago sheds
* Lots of this in the manga of ''[[Riki
** Basically, the whole manga's about the debate of euthanasia.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' has Trowa quietly asking himself what the strange liquid droplets that are floating in his cockpit are after he destroyes Deathscythe.
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* Chapter 279 of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': {{spoiler|Negi does this when [[Obi-Wan Moment|Rakan dies]]. Chisame even more so, showing [[Cry Cute|more emotion]] [[Kuudere|she ever did before]].}}
* Kimura-sensei from ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' cried as he bade farewell to his graduates.
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* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', it looks like normally stoic Silver is about to burst into tears when saying how Gold performed a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to take down the [[Big Bad]] and save them all...but it's subverted as Green chooses ''that moment'' to declare that Silver's under arrest for a crime that happened in the beginning of the arc. {{spoiler|Thank god Gold lived and provided the [[Facial Composite Failure]] wanted poster, pointing out that Silver doesn't look anything like the image there. Gold then further kills the mood by rubbing Blue's ass, and enrages Silver enough to slug him.}}
** Subverted? Averted? with N's first appearance, as he looks more like he came out of a shoujo series. Many fans couldn't help giggling.
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** Kurono also cried when {{spoiler|he discovered he was the sole survivor of the Buddha mission, mourning for the loss of his friend Katou and love interest Kei Kishimoto.}}
** And the most [[Tear Jerker|heart-wrenching moment]], when Kei Kurono breaks down completely and sobs after {{spoiler|his girlfriend's murder.}}
* Otonashi and Naoi in ''[[Angel Beats!]]'', especially in Episode 13. {{spoiler|The normally arrogant Naoi starts crying as he thanks Otonashi for helping him find peace.}} Later, Otonashi ends up sobbing while {{spoiler|holding Kanade in his arms and telling her he loves her. It's even worse once she finally disappears.}}
* In ''[[Battle Royale]]'', Hiroki Sugimura weeps over his friend Takako Chigusa as she slowly dies from a gunshot wound, maintaining his stoic expression despite the tears flowing down his face.
** Subverted near the end of the series when Hiroki has every reason to cry after {{spoiler|fighting viciously to protect his love interest, only to be mortally wounded and forced to see her shot in front of him}}. Yet his remaining eye is devoid of tears.
* Deconstructed in ''[[Ichi the Killer]]'', as protagonist Ichi is usually meek and neurotic... Until [[Berserker Tears|he starts crying]]. When that happens, '''''[[Unstoppable Rage|RUN.]]'''''
* In ''[[Girls Bravo]]''{{'}}s penultimate episode Miharu was kidnapped, and after other characters unsuccessfully tried to use [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] to spear Yukinari into action he ran out of his house crying. He bumped into a [[Voiceless]] [[Recurring Extra]] simply called The Boss who would randomly appear with his loudmouthed associate. After a bit of mocking by the associate the boss was [[Suddenly Voiced]] and gave [[The Hero]] a speech about when it is alright for a man to cry saying he had to earn his tears. This is what Yukinari needed to take action and rescue his girlfriend.
* ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'' has plenty of manly tears. The most powerful undoubtedly had to be the ones Master Asia shed as he was dying and underwent [[Heel Realization]], as well as the tears Domon shed to mourn his master's death.
** Don't forget that a mere episode before that, Domon was {{spoiler|forced to put both his brother and his other mentor down to stop the Devil Gundam's rampage}}.
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** Episode 57 has [[The Stoic]] Yusei shedding a tear as he confessed his guilt over {{spoiler|his father's research ruining his friends' lives}}.
* Played for comedy, but shed fairly often by Harima Kenji on ''[[School Rumble]]''.
** In last chapter of ''[[Sakigake Otokojuku]]
* Happens a lot ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' Makarov and Laxus when the former {{spoiler|
** Natsu and Erza both cry after the latter attempts to {{spoiler|Sacrifice herself}} and
* ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'', influenced by the super robot genre as it is, naturally has a very powerful moment of this. In the fight against NeoVamdemon, Shoutmon DX displays this trope. What happened was that the numerous Lopmon the villain had fused to himself in a grab for immortality had willingly sacrificed their existence in order to give Shoutmon and Greymon the power to Xros together and escape, and DX explains that he's going to keep his promise to stop NeoVamdemon from hurting anyone ever again, then beats the hell out of the bastard.
** A few episodes earlier, Taiki was on the verge of this trope when the purified Grademon sacrificed himself to help the heroes in a defiant act against his former master.
* Okabe Rintarou, a.k.a. [[Large Ham|Hououin Kyouma]], of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' gets this a few times, particularly {{spoiler|on the numerous occasions where Mayuri dies}} and when {{spoiler|he and Kurisu resolve themselves to having to erase the D-mail that prevented her from getting stabbed in order to save Mayuri... [[Tear Jerker|right after they've confessed their love to one another.]]}}
* If you look very, '''very''' closely, you can actually see Shinji shedding a few
* Shed in ''[[Saint Seiya Omega]]'' by Kouga during his futile attempt to rescue Saori from Mars, right before {{spoiler|he gains the power of the Pegasus Cloth}}.
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* Happens quite a lot in ''[[Elf Quest]]''. In fact it may hold some kind of record for it.
* The whole team of the [[New Mutants]], even the cybernetic Warlock, broke into tears upon {{spoiler|failing to avoid Cypher's death}}.
* [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] in the final issue of [[Marvel Universe|Marvel's]] ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''.
** Tony later produces a manly tear at {{spoiler|Cap's}} funeral, and has a full-on sobbing fit over the body in The Confession.
** In ''[[Iron Man]]'' issue 172, Cap confronted Tony about his alcoholism and Tony said that he just couldn't stop drinking. Cap stoically left the room and after he left the building, he smashed a wall with his fist in pure frustration while tears flowed from his face.
* DC's The Ray foolishly caused his father to go into respiratory arrest and saved him with mouth-to-mouth. His father immediately berated him for his stupidity, but Ray ignored him in his relief that he was alive, which was so great that he
* A recurring trope in the limited series ''Pride and Joy''. The teenage [[Slacker]] son often sheds tears of frustration during arguments with his tough guy father. Tough guy father never cries until the final scene where he's dying and his son has made him proud.
* Gambit during {{spoiler|the last moments of Rogue's life during ''[[X-Men]]: The End''.}}
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|
* The Vision, when he's accepted into [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. In a story called "Even An Android Can Cry".
* Johnny in ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' cries a single tear at {{spoiler|Wulf's funeral}}.
* ''[[Asterix
* In the first novel of the New Jedi Order series, Chewbacca is killed when a moon crashes into its planet. Not long after, a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|series of one shot comics was released in tribute to the big walking carpet]]. The gist is that R2-D2 and C-3PO go around to various heroes and ask them for their thoughts on Chewbacca and any stories they have to share. Luke Skywalker talks about feeling Chewie's death through the Force and adds comic panels of what happened to his words. At the very end, [[Tear Jerker|Han Solo is shown standing alone in the Millennium Falcon's cockpit, face in one hand and tears streaming down his cheeks]].
* Roy Harper when he finally sees his daughter's corpse in a morgue. He begins crying as he imagines what she must have gone through as Star City was being destroyed, and wonders if the last words she spoke were "Daddy. Help." as he hugs her dead body on the slab with his remaining arm.
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* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon after he learned [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|Rika's backstory]].
* Invoked in ''[[Light and Dark -
{{quote|''HE started crying with happy but then stopped and man cried instead which was more manly.}}
* ''[[
* Lots of them in ''[[Guide Me Home]],'' especially at then end when {{spoiler|Ursa and Zuko are reunited.}} Then again, given [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the source material,]]
* In ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' fanfiction ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6902784/1/A_Game_Well_Played A Game Well Played]'', Arthur cries (but only two, silent, desperate tears, one at a time; thus, ''manly'') because he can't save Merlin from [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] without betraying Camelot. And he ''won't'' betray Camelot.
* In the ''[[Blinky Bill|The Adventures Of Blinky Bill]]'' fanfic ''[
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* ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'': after Blofeld and his crony kill [[James Bond]]'s wife. There were two takes of the scene: the one ''without'' actual tears was chosen.
* Matthew McConaughey's defense summation in ''[[A Time to Kill]]''; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7f-BgDgpmE done in one take.] The tears were genuine and ''unscripted.''
* Aragorn from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', after seeing how Merry and Pippin were apparently caught up in the Rohirrim's slaughter of Uruk-Hai, furiously kicks a helm, and collapses in tears after seeing how his friends were apparently killed. [[Throw It In|Viggo Mortensen broke two toes when he kicked the helm and actually collapsed in pain, but used it; Peter Jackson thought it looked appropriate]]. He does cry in the book (and the extended edition) immediately after Boromir's death. Most Middle-Earth societies don't have such a taboo against men crying, and there are many instances of manly men weeping.
** Éomer cries desperately when he discovers {{spoiler|Éowyn's}} body on the battle field and then goes on a rampage, making this also an example of [[Berserker Tears]].
** Theoden in front of Theodred's barrow.
** The entire group breaks into manly tears following Gandalf's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] against the Balrog in Moria. He gets better eventually but it takes away none of the emotional power from the [[Tear Jerker]] that follows their desperate escape from the mines.
** Many [[Inelegant Blubbering|manly]] [[Ocular Gushers|tears]] were shed by the viewers. Especially
* John McClane bitterly ''wept'' when he failed to save a plane of innocents from being murdered in ''[[Die Hard 2]]'', [[Tear Jerker|and the audience wept with him.]]
* When Gabe failed to save his best friend's girlfriend in ''[[Cliffhanger]]''.
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* The whole 'manly tears' thing is skillfully averted in ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''; when we see the wounded Mr Orange and later Mr White in tears, it's decidedly unmacho, undignified and all the more effective for it.
* The title character in ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' is seen crying in solitude after the ransom note arrives for his wife. {{spoiler|It turns out that it was all a ruse, and he was glad.}}
* Spock weeps for V'Ger in ''[[Star Trek: The
* John [[Rambo]]'s final breakdown in ''[[First Blood]]'' is perhaps the one moment in movie history that defines this trope.
* ''[[Field of Dreams]]:'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XS2UtAlmX4 "Hey Dad. You wanna have a catch?"]
* Nathan Algran in ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' does this twice towards the end of the movie. Of course, he was very much justified in doing so (and any members of the audience with at least one functioning tear gland were probably already way ahead of him).
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'': Good lord, the ending {{spoiler|not only had Ryan crying at the Cemetery decades later asking his wife if he was a good and decent man (mindful of the captain's charge to "earn this")}}, but it makes an audience of veterans break down every time.
** It's really the opening that gets people. The elder {{spoiler|Ryan}} is walking through the
** The whole movie is a sobfest, and one of the few movies that is okay for men to watch and weep bitterly: Mrs. Ryan finding out that 3 of her sons were killed in action at the same time, Irwin Wade's death where he lays bleeding to death in the arms of his squad mates crying out for his mother, and Private Mellish's death when he is slowly stabbed through the chest by a German soldier that comforts him as he is killing him.... ouch...
*** Not to mention Hanks's character shortly after Wade's death, when he hides from his squad and breaks down crying for a a few moments before he gets control of himself.
** Private Ryan's own restrained tears when he finds out about his brothers' deaths {{spoiler|("Which ones?" "All of them.")}} are just as heartbreaking.
** [http://artofmanliness.com/ The Art of Manliness] even listed it as one of 18 movies that warranted
* Gloriously averted in [[Equilibrium]] where upon witnessing {{spoiler|Mary's death}} Preston calmly leaves the building and collapses into a completely undignified heap of sobs on the steps.
* [[The Emperor]] in ''[[Hero (film)|Hero]]'' is the historical Qin Shi Huang, who unified China and built a great big chunk of what would become the Great Wall by being a really, really nasty guy. He sheds a single, extremely manly tear when he realizes the man who most understands him is his most hated enemy.
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* Subotai in ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'', who [[He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him|weeps on behalf of Conan]], who is too manly even for Manly Tears.
* ''[[The Green Mile]]''. Oh, you meant ''in'' the movie: the chief {{spoiler|when John Coffey is healing his wife}} and the three guards {{spoiler|during Coffey's execution}}.
* The 1958 film version of ''[[The 47 Ronin]]'' has
* In ''[[Legend of the Eight Samurai]]'', [[Ninja|Shinbei]] barely holds it together when, after rescuing the orphaned [[The Ojou|Princess]] [[Love Interest|Shizu]] from [[Vain Sorceress|Tamazusa]]'s clutches, he must return her to the care of a neighboring daimyo, knowing that [[Samurai in Ninja Town|he won't be welcome in their company]] and an [[Arranged Marriage]] for her is a foregone conclusion. After he convinces her to go, he turns away with misty eyes and a manly lip quiver.
* In ''[[The Thin Red Line]]'' Sgt. Welsh (played by Sean Penn) {{spoiler|cries over the grave of Pvt. Witt}}.
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** This is in contrast to an earlier scene where the Don famously commands singer Johnny Fontane to "act like a man" and stop "crying like a woman".
* One of the best is in the complete [[Tear Jerker]] of a movie ''Brian's Song'' when Gale Sayer reveals to to the entire Chicago Bears locker room that Brian Piccolo is dying of cancer. Every single man in that room (and those watching at home) breaks down in tears that simply will not end all the way through the ending of the movie with Brian Piccolo's death.
* In In ''[[Gods and Generals]]'', General "Stonewall" Jackson breaks down into
** The commander of a Confederate Irish regiment also sheds manly tears at the Battle of Fredericksburg at the slaughter of his fellow Irishmen, after a
* In the historical drama ''Japan's Longest Day'', the Japanese Emperor finally breaks down when he comes the realization that the American forces won't give them the chance to defend their homeland in a final decisive ground battle, and that if he wants to save his people from more nukes he has no choice but to surrender unconditionally. The sight of their Emperor, a symbol of their country's strength and divinity, breaking down causes many generals and leaders in the room - themselves hard and implacable men - to cry, some even falling to their knees in tears.
* ''[[I Am Legend]]'': [[Will Smith]] manages to cry and beg a mannequin to "say hello to [him]" and not only make it not [[
* ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]'': when forced to confess his almost-affair to his wife, Stu breaks down and tells her that he's sorry and he "just loves her so fucking much." Surprisingly effective, especially considering that Colin Farrell pulled it off in one take.
* In the ridiculously [[Mood Whiplash]]-y ''[[In Bruges]]'', Colin Farrell again cries very convincingly when he confesses {{spoiler|that he accidentally murdered a little boy during a hit, and is distraught to the point of suicide over it.}}
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* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'': the opening scene goes from oddly funny to horribly chilling when Landa passively intimidates LaPerdite into admitting that he is {{spoiler|sheltering the Dreyfus family}}, and he begins to cry - out of shame, presumably.
* Suicidal Roy breaks down a few times in ''[[The Fall (film)|The Fall]]'', but mostly when he visits Alexandria after she has broken her arm {{spoiler|trying to get the medicine he requested to kill himself with}}, and he continues telling her the story, making it steadily more tragic. ("Why are you making everybody die?" she asks.)
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
** Hilarious?! It's fucking tragic! But not as much as Amos, Cedric's father, completely breaking down when he sees his son's body. "That's my son! ''That's my boy''!"
** The Potter series being the way it is, each film ending that followed ''Goblet of Fire'' featured this trope: ''Order of the Phoenix'' has {{spoiler|the death of Sirius}}, {{spoiler|Dumbledore's death}} in ''Half-Blood Prince'', and then {{spoiler|Dobby's death}} (and the scene at Harry's parents' graves) in ''Deathly Hallows''.
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* At the end of ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', Eddie Darko is holding his youngest daughter Samantha and trying (but failing) to hold back tears {{spoiler|after his son's death}}.
* Crying at the end of ''[[Schindler's List]]'' is acceptable, as Oskar Schindler himself demonstrates. As he frees his factory workers and prepares to go on the run (though his actions were of the highest degree of selflessness, it still appears to the world that he was a war profiteer), he suddenly berates himself for not trading his fancy car to [[Complete Monster|Amon Göth]] for more Jewish workers. He has a catastrophic meltdown over not saving ''more'' people and breaks down in tears. [[Tear Jerker]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when the people he did save crowd around him to hold him.
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* Richard Kimble breaks down several times in ''[[The Fugitive (film)|The Fugitive]]'', most notably during and after his futile attempts to revive his wife.
* Sam Flynn in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' is visibly misty after his reunion with his father.
* ''[[Apollo 13]]'', with Gene Kranz. When the capsule splashes down and he knows his astronauts are safe, he falls back into his chair and holds his hand up to his face in
** This scene was actually based on an interview with the real Gene Kranz, who got visibly choked up while describing Apollo 13's homecoming; the interview took place over 20 years after the mission, but the events still had a strong effect on him.
* In ''[[Batman Forever]]'', Dick Grayson cries
* Both Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in ''[[X-Men:
** The beach scene was full of this as well.
* Jason's apology in ''[[Mystery Team]]'' makes him do this. Granted, he WAS drunk.
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* ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'' consists of Odysseus crying on a rock, Odysseus defeating sea monsters, Odysseus crying on a rock, Odysseus defying Poseidon, Odysseus crying on a rock...
* In [[Virgil]]'s ''[[The Aeneid]]'', Aeneas and indeed many other heroic characters break down and cry on several occasions. This is further expanded upon in the notes, where it says that it was not prohibited for a Roman man to cry under extreme duress.
* [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'': It is acceptable to shed
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'':
** In ''Deathly Hallows'', Ron breaks down and cries after {{spoiler|defeating the Horcrux in the locket}}, and also after {{spoiler|he watches his brother Fred die}}.
** Surprisingly, Harry also sees Snape break down crying twice while {{spoiler|going through Snape's memories: once when Lily died and once when he found part of a letter she had written}}.
** Dumbledore sheds a [[Single Tear
** Hagrid is also prone to this.
*** Hagrid is often described as ''blubbering''.
* [[Played With]] in the ''[[Belisarius Series]]''. The fierce autocrat Justinian is blinded by a rebel torturer in a failed coup. One of his dearest desires is to have his eyes back to cry, not for himself but for his wife who is doomed to die in ten years.
* [[C. S.
* In one of the last chapters of ''[[Moby Dick]]'' Captain Ahab sheds a single tear, which "was worth more than all the water in the ocean".
* In John Barnes's ''[[One for the Morning Glory]]'', Prince Amatus weeps at Gorlias's death.
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* Sandor 'the Hound' Clegane has several emotional breakdowns but his crying doesn't seem to affect his status among fans as their favorite [[Badass]] in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]. In fact the fangirls seem to like it.
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer
** At the end of ''The Armour of Contempt'', when the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] salutes the troopers whom he has been abusing to make Guardsmen out of them, Dalin Criid realizes that he's a lot older than he had first thought, and feels himself tearing up. The sergeant pronounces them "proper bloody Guardsman''
** In ''Only In Death'', after Varl describes how {{spoiler|Gaunt}} had cut ropes that were holding him and their enemies to the wall and fallen, he shows them his sword, and tears were running down his face.
** Again in ''Only In Death'', Hark cries {{spoiler|when he finds [[A Fate Worse Than Death|Soric]]}} -- and describes himself as years of sorrow bursting through.
** Rawne pulls this off
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos|Fugitives of Chaos]]'', after Amelia explains to Colin that a certain picture shows {{spoiler|his loving parents being forced to [[Parental Abandonment|give him up at birth]] as a hostage, and Colin contemplates how he has lived his entire childhood in the care of hostile strangers}}, Colin cries.
* Invoked in ''[[Flashman]] at the Charge''. Flash [[Water Works|bawls his eyes out with shock, fear and self-pity after the prince he was minding gets killed]]. A brother officer remarks "The most heartbreaking thing I have seen today was Flashman, the bravest of your soldiers, weeping at that dear boy's death. He would have given his own life a thousand times, I know, to bring him back." The moral, according to Flashman, is "It's all right to blubber with funk and self-pity as long as there's a gullible idiot around who'll mistake it for manly grief."
* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' Mowgli weeps on leaving the jungle.
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"What is it? What is it?" he said. "I do not wish to leave the jungle, and I do not know what this is. Am I dying, Bagheera?"
"No, Little Brother. That is only tears such as men use," said Bagheera. "Now I know thou art a man, and a man's cub no longer. The jungle is shut indeed to thee henceforward. Let them fall, Mowgli. They are only tears." So Mowgli sat and cried as though his heart would break; and he had never cried in all his life before.'' }}
* While we don't actually see him cry, Cyrano's tearstains are found by Christian on a letter to Roxane in ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]''.
* [[Elizabeth Gaskell]]'s novel ''[[North and South]]'' has an amazing example of this when Thornton tearfully confesses to his mother that his marriage proposal has been rejected:
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"No one loves me,--no one cares for me, but you, mother."
He turned away and stood leaning his head against the mantelpiece, tears forcing themselves into his manly eyes.'' }}
* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', when Legolas and Gimli find Aragorn after Boromir's death, he is weeping, and they are afraid he is mortally injured himself.
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** Gandalf ''encourages'' Merry, Pippin, and Sam to cry when Frodo and Bilbo are leaving Middle-Earth forever.
** All in all, in most Middle-earth societies crying is acceptable, and there are many instances of manly men weeping.
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer
** In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''Fulgrim'', the dying Solomon foresees what the [[Horus Heresy]] will do and weeps.
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer
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* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer
** In ''Deus Sanguinius'', when open conflict broke out in the chapter, Arkio weeps again, and insists that the geneseed from the other side be harvested, as they might have stood beside him had they had the choice. Later, when {{spoiler|Arkio is dying, [[Dying as Yourself|having regained himself]], he puts a hand to Rafen's face, and is grateful to find it wet; he says he is surely condemned but begs Rafen's forgiveness.}}
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|Gods of Mars]]'', when [[Contrived Coincidence]] has finally let one young man know that his companion is John
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* Near the end of ''[[Artemis Fowl
* The ''[[James Bond (novel)|James Bond]] novels'' ''[[Casino Royale]]'', ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'', ''[[Dr. No]]'', and especially ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' show Bond crying after a nasty incident or in a cathartic moment:
** In ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'' {{spoiler|after defeating Mr. Big}}.
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** In ''[[Dr. No]]'' {{spoiler|when Honey Ryder splashes disinfectant into his cut and bloody back}}.
** And when Blofeld {{spoiler|guns down Tracy only an hour after their wedding}} in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''.
* In
** In fact, Jack weeps several times throughout the series, especially at funerals of his crew. It is established in one book that he sees it as a manly act.
* Invoked on an epic scale in the Old French ''[[The Song of Roland|Chanson De Roland]]'', in which, on discovering the eponymous hero's death, among the French everyone weeps, Charlemagne sheds tears and tears his beard, and twenty thousand faint away for sorrow.
* Many male characters in ''[[The Fionavar Tapestry]]'' weep openly, including Loren Silvercloak, Matt Soren, Kevin, and {{spoiler|Paul after he hangs on the summer tree}}
* A 1980 book called ''It Takes A Man To Cry'' by Steve Whalen. In this case, he's crying because six men from his fire company have died fighting a tenement fire.
* From ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' : "As he turned aside his face a minute, I saw a tear slide from under the {{spoiler|sealed}} eyelid, and trickle down the manly cheek."
* ''[[The Epic of
* In ''[[The Kalevala]]'', [[Kung Fu Wizard|Väinämöinen]] freezes in the ocean [[Plot-Powered Stamina|for eight days and nights]] after his [[Cool Horse|magic horse that runs on water]] is shot down, is picked up by [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|the thunder bird]] and finally dropped off into the cosmological equivalent of Hell. He [[Heroic BSOD|breaks down]] and begins to cry for three days and nights. The [[Evil Matriarch|Hag of Northland]] hears it from miles away and remarks that the sound is not the bawling of a child or the lament of a woman, but the wail of a bearded hero.
* In ''[[The Quest for Karla|Smiley's People]]'' by [[John Le Carre]], only the police superintendent who is managing Vladimir's murder investigation notices that George Smiley is crying. The superintendent recognizes it for what it is: not exactly grief, more a general weariness and futility.
* In ''[[Dune]]'', Paul Atreides inadvertently impresses the Fremen when he cries at the funeral of a man he was forced to kill in ritual combat. Bodily fluids being as precious as they are in the desert, "giving water to the dead" is a profound gesture, indeed...
* In ''[[A Million Open Doors]]'' by John Barnes, the first person narrator Giraut is experiencing and [[Invoked Trope|invoking]] this:
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* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', Lord and Lady O'More had come to America in hopes of finding their orphaned nephew. The trail had gone cold at the orphanage, and they are returning to Ireland in despair, when Angel, reversing their path, finds them, and assures them that the [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]] makes the relationship clear. Lord O'More drops in a chair to cry
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* In Elizabeth Kerner's ''[[Tales of Kolmar|Song in the Silence]]'', Lanen describes Jamie as the most manly guy she's known, but at the end he cries when {{spoiler|Akhor/Varien sings a song he wrote at his wedding to Lanen}}.
* When his firefighters try to fight a fire without Ben Ladradun's help and fail, some of them dying in the process, Ben goes to see the bodies and weeps. Witnesses think it's from grief for the firefighters, when
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** Castiel's vessel, Jimmy, almost loses it a few times when faced with the prospect of losing or endangering his family because of his association with the angel. The scenes [[Hot Dad|with his daughter]] are particularly heartbreaking.
* Jack Bauer has a big manly cry at the end of Season 3 of ''[[24]]''.
** Tony Almeida also briefly bursts into
** Jack also breaks down after the deaths of {{spoiler|Teri Bauer, David Palmer, Tony Almeida, Curtis Manning, Bill Buchanan, and Renee Walker}}.
* Derek gets one of these in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''. Mostly a cold, lone and aloof cynic, he's [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|moved to tears when he accidentally sees [[Summer Glau|Cameron]] dancing ballet by herself.]]
* The Doctor of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', aside from being fairly [[Hot-Blooded]], expresses either amusement, indignation or rage more than any other emotion, which makes the flow of tears in the second and third season finales of the new series incredibly potent.
** He was also clearly close to tears at the end of "Journey's End", "Last of the Time Lords" (during a particularly emotional scene between the Doctor and the Master), and {{spoiler|just before his regeneration in}} "The End of Time".
** Wilfred Mott is good for these moments in the fourth season, especially in "Turn Left" and ''especially'' in "Journey's End". He usually accompanies his tears with a manly salute to add that extra kick. Ramped [[Up to Eleven]] in "The End of Time".
** One of the characters in "Family of Blood" is a boy about to serve in World War I. At the end, the Doctor and Martha offer to take him with them, but he declines, saying a war is coming, and that he must take part (he saw the future from a bit of [[Phlebotinum]]). The Doctor and Martha's next stop is in the present day, where the boy is one of the last living soldiers of the Great War, as a memorial is held. Both the speech and the sight of that terrible and wonderful Doctor moves him to some well deserved manly tears.
** In the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' novel ''Halflife'', the Doctor cries because, due to a situation that blurred the line between [[Freaky Friday]] and [[Personality Swap]], he experienced firsthand just how scary it is to be one of his companions, following around an [[Determinator|incredibly brave]] [[Walking Disaster Area]]. He really doesn't cry often at all - it's mentioned at the beginning of the same book that no one ever saw him crying when his daughter died. He mourned, all right, but was never seen to shed so much as a single tear.
** The Ninth Doctor goes through a hell of a lot in his one season, from once again [[Not Quite Dead|meeting the enemy he literally gave up everything to defeat]], to getting a [[Hannibal Lecture]] from a prisoner he's about to kill, to seemingly watch Rose die ''twice'', and though his expressions of anguish are heart-wrenching, he doesn't break down crying. In all of his time onscreen, the Doctor cries [[Single Tear|one single tear]]: for the loss of the Time Lords as seen in "The End of the World". [[Tear Jerker|And it is very well deserved.]]
*** Nine definitely came close at the end of "Dalek," just after he lowers the gun. He goes from raging about the Daleks to choking on his words in about five seconds, and it's very well done.
** More recently, and in a particularly [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] example, "A Good Man Goes To War". Rory breaks down a little when he {{spoiler|first sees his baby daughter, Melody.}}
* Sam Tyler, ''[[Life On Mars]]'', almost every single episode of the first series. So much that you're left wondering what the hell happened if he doesn't burst into tears at least once per episode. In the second series, John Simm put a moratorium on crying until the final episode, at which point it was more effective.
* ''[[Farscape
* On ''[[Sliders]]'', the [[Ethnic Scrappy]] Rembrandt used to make a whole career out of being able to cry real tears on command and took pride in the title "Crying Man."
* Dr. Cox from ''[[Scrubs]]''. He loses two patients due to a risky and quickly-made decision to transplant organs that turned out to be infected, but keeps it together. {{spoiler|Then, he loses a third patient who he liked and could have waited a month for an extra kidney. He loses it. Cue the}} manly tears.
** Much more visible in "My Screwup", where he lost his best friend. Cox in tears at the funeral -> [[Tear Jerker|Audience in tears in front of the TV]].
** Also, ironically, while J.D. is often made fun of for being girly and for crying easily, when he's actually seen in tears onscreen, in "My ABCs", it's an example of this trope.
* Played with in the finale of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''. Michael has been accused of being a "robot" for his inability to cry, mainly by his brother GOB, who cries in a decidedly unmanly, blubbering fashion when any of his family demonstrates actual affection for him. Then when Michael is making a speech about how the past couple of years of trying to save the Bluth company have paid off, he sheds a few
* While [[House (TV series)|House]]'s eyes have welled up plenty of times, he's only really cried twice. Once when he was apologizing to his hallucination/shooter in ''No Reason'' and the other time was when he found out what was wrong with Amber in ''Wilson's Heart''. And as with the Dr. Cox example above: House crying equals [[Tear Jerker|the audience suddenly having allergies]].
** Make that three
** As if House crying out of all his guilt in ''Wilson's Heart'' wasn't bad enough, we get Wilson breaking down in tears about ten minutes later ''while holding on to Cuddy for dear life''. For the love of God, writers, do you want me to dehydrate myself?
** Taub finally breaks down crying in the hallway after a day of denying his sadness over {{spoiler|Kutner's suicide}}. Or he may have done; I was bawling too hard to really tell.
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* Spike wept pretty hard at the season five finale of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
** Giles broke down in Buffy's arms after {{spoiler|Angelus killed Jenny. Giles goes to confront Angelus, nearly gets himself killed, and Buffy rescues him and begs him, "Don't leave me. I can't do this alone."}} He's not the only one sobbing by that point.
** Giles also comes close to weeping in
** When Buffy returns to her friends and family in
** Oz cries when leaving behind Willow and Sunnydale.
* ''[[The Daily Show]]''{{'}}s first episode after September
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* In ''[[Scorpion]]'', Walter O'Brian is usually more of a [[The Spock|Spock]] then Spock himself. But he cries when his beloved sister dies.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* The series after, ''[[Star Trek:
* Parodied/juxtaposed in the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' season 9 episode "The Serenity Now," when Jerry finds himself surprised at the fact that he is crying over the end of another short-lived relationship.
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'''Elaine''': Oh my God. You're crying.
'''Jerry''': This is horrible! I care! }}
* In ''[[Torchwood]]'', Jack is seen crying {{spoiler|when having memories of Grey forced on him by Adam, when putting away Owen and Tosh's things after both have died, when holding a dying Ianto in his arms, and when killing his grandson to save the world.}} Looking at what Jack has gone through, it's a miracle he doesn't spend half his time bawling.
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** Ianto is seen crying {{spoiler|throughout "Cyberwoman" (in which his girlfriend has been partially cyber-converted and thus has a completely perverted conception of "love", and while she goes around trying to kill Torchwood, they go around trying to kill her; oh, and Jack gives Ianto this ultimatum: either Ianto kills Lisa, or Jack kills Ianto), when he thinks Jack is dead and breathes in the scent of his coat, and when he's dying in Jack's arms.}} Yeah, Jack and Ianto have an interesting relationship.
* Kintaros, one of the main Imagin characters in ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]''. Period. {{spoiler|His catchphrase is "You'll cry!", and he tends to shed said tears whenever Ryoutarou (or anyone else, for that matter) displays any kind of notable strength or determination.}}
* ''[[The West Wing]]'' has a few
* [[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]] tend to do this on occasion, especially when one is worried for the other's safety. Most notably in "Gillian" {{spoiler|when Hutch cries in Starsky's arms when he finds Gillian dead}} and in "Bloodbath" {{spoiler|when both titular cops cry in each other's arms after Hutch rescues Starsky from a murderous cult.}}
*
** ''Fire In Space'' - Tears were seen in Apollo's eyes during the aftermath of the fire raging in the Galactica that he and Starbuck had to put out.
** ''War of the Gods'' Part 2 - Starbuck cries {{spoiler|when Apollo takes the hit of Count Iblis' attack meant for Sheba, and again when the Beings of Light resurrect the said warrior.}}
*
** Tough veterans Bill Adama and Saul Tigh weep on several tearjerker occasions.
** The normally cantankerous Dr. Cottle looks very close to shedding some manly tears after President Roslin heartfully thanks him for keeping her alive for so many years.
** Helo breaks down terribly after {{spoiler|shooting Sharon so she can resurrect on board the Cylon ship and rescue their daughter}}.
* [[Rescue Me|Tommy Gavin]] is a veritable ''geyser'' of manly tears.
* Invoked
* Oddly enough, the only male character shown crying on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' is [[Jerkass|Chuck Bass]]. He shows up on Blair's bed crying after {{spoiler|the death of his father}}, which is quite understandable. But he also cries in the season two finale when Blair professes her deep love for him and he shoots her down.
** And then he weeps some more in season three, when confronted with his guilt for running away when they {{spoiler|pulled the plug on his dad}}.
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** And again in the fifth season finale. {{spoiler|After his not-so-dead father takes his company away from him and points out that he's risked everything time and time again for Blair even though she's done nothing but toy with him; Blair shows up, gives him a little speech on how she loves him even though she doesn't want to love him and expects him to take her back. Cue angry, manly tears.}}
* Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]'', of all people, after completing the Britcar 24-hour endurance race.
* In ''[[The Wire]]'', Omar Little sheds tears of pain while fixing up his broken leg. This isn't the only time he has cried on the show, either; he is also shown shedding a few tears for {{spoiler|his dead boyfriend Brandon}} on more than one occasion, as well as over {{spoiler|the accidental death of
*
* ''[[Chris Ryan's
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' has an episode so memorable that [[Will Smith]] has said people just call it "The Crying Episode": when Will's father visits only to [[Daddy Didn't Show|abandon him yet again]], and Will goes into a rant about how he doesn't need his father and never has... before breaking down and asking "how come he don't want me, man?" while tearfully embracing his Uncle Phil. Further proof that Will Smith is the foremost pretty-crying expert in Hollywood today.
** The look on Uncle Phil's face indicates that he's very close to bursting into tears himself.
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* Jack Shephard of ''[[Lost]]'' cries so frequently that fans (and not-so-fans) have a specific name for it -- "Jears." Most of the male characters break down at one point or another, but Jack is the king and reigning Manly Tears champ of that island.
** Other highly memorable moments include a suicidal John Locke in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" {{spoiler|right before he is murdered by Ben}}, Ben's own tears for his {{spoiler|murdered daughter Alex}}, and Desmond's absolute despair and breakdown after reading Penny's letter in "Live Together, Die Alone."
* Brian Kinney on the first season finale of ''[[Queer as Folk]]'' weeps silently in the hallway of the hospital after Justin {{spoiler|is gay-bashed outside of his prom.}} Bonus points for the beautiful, bloodstained white tuxedo scarf that he is still
* Ross on ''[[Friends]]'' breaks down when Rachel ends their relationship over his indiscretion with the copy girl, saying "This can't be it." She replies "Then how come it is?" Their fight and breakup was so devastating that the writers purposefully made all of Monica and Chandler's fights funny and not [[Serious Business]].
** He also cried when Rachel got on the plane to Paris despite his profession of love at the gate ("I really thought she'd stay")...but we all know she {{spoiler|got off the plane in the end.}}
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** This also shows that while he says he's one, he really isn't a [[Complete Monster]]. {{spoiler|Killing his brother was not what he wanted to do. The only reason he did it was to [[Papa Wolf|protect his sister]]. The Ice Truck Killer was the kind of monster Dexter would be without the Code of Harry and certain people supporting him.}}
* In the second season premiere of ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'', "Archie Alone," Archie sheds these as he {{spoiler|laments the death of his wife Edith, who died of a stroke shortly before the episode's premiere.}}
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* In the season 5 episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' entitled "100," the usually-stoic Hotch cries after {{spoiler|hearing his ex-wife die over the phone and also after finding her body}}.
* On ''[[ER]]'', after mishandling a delivery that results in the death of the mother, Dr. Green dissolves into tears while on the train ride home.
* At the end of the ''[[JAG]]'' episode "Critical Condition," Harm breaks into tears of relief after learning that Bud has survived his operation.
** The ''[[Jag]]'' episode ''Each of us Angels'' is a tribute to America's Nurse Corps that would make [[John Wayne]] or [[Clint Eastwood]] cry. [[Charlton Heston]] would fill the ocean over that one.
* ''[[Castle]]'' is not the [[The Dandy|manliest]] of men, but he doesn't cry {{spoiler|until Beckett gets shot in front of his eyes.}} It's a bit too messy to be a [[Single Tear]], however: his face while the tears are dropping down his nose is [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking.]]
* ''[[The Rifleman]]'' had a couple memorable ones. Once when Lucas was challenged by a kid that was the son of a man he killed in the war, the first man he ever killed, he went home and broke down in front of Micah as he told the story. It worked well for the scene and really showed off Chuck Connors' acting chops. The situation was completely reversed when Micah heard that a man who was going to kill him a long time ago was only a town away, and he reverted back to his former drunken self. He didn't hold himself together nearly as well as Lucas, though.
* The ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' mini-series had its share of
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'''Clara:''' I reckin' he's been lookin' for his wife for a long time. He's heartsick.
'''Daughter:''' But he's a man.
'''Clara:''' Men have tears inside 'em, just as you. }}
* The finale of the first series of ''[[Sirens]]'' has Stuart attempting to come to grips with losing a father he never really knew. Stuart believes he is incapable of crying, but by the end he climbs on top of a ambulance, strips down to his boxers, stretches out on the roof and cries in the sun.
* Uther Pendragon on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', when his son Arthur is mortally wounded, falls to his knees and sobs his heart out in front of half the knights and people of Camelot. Later he sits by Arthur's bedside, tears still drying on his cheeks, trying to ease Arthur's suffering. For someone who's been the series' resident hardass up until that moment, it's incredibly moving.
** Half the cast spends most of the episode ''Beauty and the Beast'' discussing that the only way to make Uther cry (in order to break an enchantment) is to endanger Arthur's life. And it
*** Arthur has also had his fair share of
* Mulder cried fairly frequently on ''[[The X-Files]]'', almost as often as Scully cried in seasons 1-7. Most often it had to do with his missing sister or something bad happening to Scully. The most notable example being when he finally breaks down about his mother's death in season 7 episode ''Closure''.
* ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' has numerous instances of Manly Tears:
** In
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** In
** In the series finale
* In the Russian TV version of Sherlock Holmes, Watson spends most of his time early in the reunion episode Hunt for the Tiger crying over presumed dead Holmes. But when Holmes finally reveals himself, alive, to his oldest friend, it's Holmes -- "brain without a heart" Sherlock
== Music ==
* "Cry Like A Man" by Dan Penn (covered by Christy Moore):
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''If you don't let them out they're going to freeze up your heart
''You'll never be in love again
''Until you cry like a man }}
* "Rise" by [[Disturbed]] is basically about the energy of a performance. It ends on this note:
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''Pure emotion
''Falling from my eyes
''You were vindicating, liberating
''Saviors of my soul }}
* "Man Enough to Cry" by [[Accept]]
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''Hearts are burning
''I am man enough to cry }}
* "Growing Young" by Rich Mullins
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''Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie
''That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons
''Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old
''And our Father still waits and He watches down the road
''To see the crying boys come running back to His arms }}
* The title track to the [[Christian Rock|Lost Dogs]] album, ''Real Men Cry''
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''I never thought that it was true
''Maybe I could tough this one out
''Be strong enough to make it through
''But now there's tears in the eyes of this stubborn fool
''Do real men cry?
''Baby, now you know that real men do }}
** The album title is also a [[Double Meaning Title]]; while the song is ostensibly about a romantic relationship, the album ''Real Men Cry'' was the first album released after the death of founding member Gene "Eugene" Andrusco.
* "Grown Men Don't Cry" by Tim
* [[Creed]]'s "With Arms Wide Open," about a man welcoming his newborn into the world:
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''It seems my life is gonna change
''I close my eyes, [[Real Men Love Jesus|begin to pray,]]
''And tears of joy stream down my face }}
* "I Heard it through the Grapevine", when sung by a man:
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''But these tears I can't hold inside
''Losing you would end my life, you see
'''cause you mean that much to me }}
* "Boys Don't Cry" by KCAT. The singer states that "it takes a real man to show you what's inside", and that the difference between a boy and a man is that boys are too afraid to show who they are.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* [[Ric Flair]] cried during his final match with [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], cried at his Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and cried during his farewell speech, and if you didn't shed a few tears yourself, you're either not a true fan, or you have no soul.
** Ric's final match at [[Wrestlemania]] 24 was so [[Tear Jerker|tearjerking]], his ''opponent'' cried. Then again, [[Shawn Michaels]] is one of Ric's [[Intergenerational Friendship|closest friends]] and called it an honor to wrestle Ric in his final match with WWE.
* [[Shawn Michaels]] repeated the Flair farewell experience two years later, after being beaten by [[The Undertaker]] at [[Wrestlemania]] 26. He shed tears after the match and the next night on Raw. [[Triple H]] got in on the
* Paul Heyman at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005'', though he insisted that the reason his eyes were red and watery was because [[Sand in My Eyes|he was smoking a joint with Rob Van Dam]].
** Paul also mentioned in the ''Rise and Fall of ECW'' that ''everybody'' cried after ECW finished their first pay-per-view, ''Barely Legal.''
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== Sports ==
* Soccer players, such as John Terry after Chelsea lost the 2008 Champions League Final on penalties and almost the entirety of the England team when they lost to Portugal in the 2006 World Cup. What made it worse for JT (as Chelsea fans call him) was that it was his penalty which would have given Chelsea their first ever UEFA Champions League Trophy in their first ever final...and he slipped as he took it.
* In the Monday Night Football game immediately following his father's death, ''undeniably'' the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] of his career, Brett Favre broke down in the manliest of
* Another one for Football, when Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants sacked Joe Theismann of the Redskins,
* Roger Federer - both after having won and lost grand slam finals (Australian Open). Win or lose, a wrenching experience going five sets for the world championship.
** On a similar note, Andy Murray recently played this trope during the 2009 Wimbledon semi-finals. He was definitely approaching tears when the camera was on him after he lost to Roddick. To be fair, though, he ''did'' pretty much have the hopes and expectations of most of Britain on his shoulders.
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== Theater ==
* [[Shakespeare]]'s heroes, when they cry, always apologize for the way their emotions overcame them. (To be sure, the character does have to ''say'' something to let the watchers know he's supposed to be crying.) One of the better-known (if not well-known) of these is the scene in ''[[Macbeth]]'' where MacDuff receives the news of his wife's murder. From one man to another:
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Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break." }}
* Cyrano insists in Act I of ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'' that he never cries, but in Act IV, Christian notices a tear drop on his most recent love letter to Roxane.
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** It's rare to have any kind emotions towards a villain. And especially not after fighting a [[Boss Fight|Boss]], who gave you a nerve wrecking sniper chase in the middle of a snow storm, and repeatedly shot your friend while she was lying in the open to lure you out of hiding. But you '''will''' cry for {{spoiler|Sniper Wolf}}, as Snake stays with her during her final moment. [[The Woobie|Otacon does]]. Snake doesn't. Because he [[Tear Jerker|hasn't any tears left]].
*** True to the boss torch being handed down in 4, {{spoiler|Crying Wolf runs through the same vein as well, complete with [[Blatant Lies|what can't possibly be Sniper Wolf]] returning to take the fallen body of her "sister}}.
** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' it gets even worse for Otacon. Things seem to repeat themselves, but this time {{spoiler|it's his own lost sister, who slowly bleeds to death from a single stab wound}}.
** And then there's the ultimate Master of Manliness, [[Even the Guys Want Him|Big Boss]], at the very end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3''. And he has every god damn right to. {{spoiler|His best friend made him believe that she was a traitor and forced him to kill her, as a completely
*** [[Tear Jerker|In memory of a patriot who saved the world.]]
** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', it once again hits Otacon the hardest {{spoiler|when his [[Love Interest]] for [[Incurable Cough of Death|the time after Snake]] decides to shut down the nanites that have kept her alive for the last years, while he can only watch through the camera of a remote controlled robot drone.}}
** While he doesn't cry (at least, on camera), ''Snake'''s eyes well up with tears during the finale as {{spoiler|Big Boss is about to die}}.
* ''Warcraft III''.
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Thrall: No, old friend. You've freed us all.
''* Violin and battle cries* '' }}
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' There are plenty of moments, but one of the most gut-wrenching ones has to be the encounter with Deathbringer Saurfang in Icecrown Citadel, ending with [[Memetic Badass]] High Overlord Saurfang weeping over the corpse of his son.
** The short story "Cut Short" reveals [[Emperor Scientist|Gelbin Mekkatorque]], irritatingly-cheerful and unsinkable leader of the gnomes, finding a private location and breaking down over the circumstances of his people.
* Zack in ''[[Final Fantasy VII|Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII]]'' after {{spoiler|he's forced to kill Angeal}}
** Of course, it hurts even more when you remember the guy's gonna die in the future.
*** And the girl.
** Hell, the tagline for the game is 'Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades.'
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' Gives us the scene at the end of the Cave of the Gi. Even in Stone, Seto sheds
* In the ending of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', {{spoiler|apparently as a last attack from Ultimecia, Squall is shown several
* Dan Hibiki from ''[[Street Fighter]] Alpha'' goes to Manly Tears at the thought of his dear, departed father. OYAJI!
** He sheds them most epically in his "Fight Your Rival" section with Sakura.
* Averted in the radio ad for a movie in ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: Vice City'':
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* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Z'', Rand's mech, the Gunleon, transforms into what can only be described as [[GaoGaiGar]] slammed straight into a construction weapon. He proceeds to absolutely [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7WaRZpOV_I beat the asshole right off of whatever he's fighting at the time,] complete with splitting it in half with his wrench. And then? The ''Gunleon itself'' cries manly tears for its fallen foe, and screams into the sky, [[Pillar of Light|firing a laser into the heavens for its death]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And it is absolutely awesome.]]
** SANGER ZONVOLT, of all people, has done this at the end of Alpha Gaiden. Considering the circumstances, I cried along with him, because he tried his best to avert the reason for said tears, but he just couldn't. This scene does not detract from his [[Badass]], it merely exemplifies his humanity and possibly his [[Determinator]].
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*** The scene itself, yes, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8qG4AlK1qk the voice acting] unfortunately brings it into [[Narm]] territory.
* Ayane in ''[[Dead or Alive|Dead Or Alive 3]]'', {{spoiler|at the funeral pyre of her adoptive father Genra}}, seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvIgXzUns0I here.]
* Beat from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' is arguably the most masculine character in the game, and yet (thus?) he is the only character that ''really''
* There's a few of these in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''
** Sora, upon meeting Riku again, breaks down in tears and whispers that he'd looked everywhere for him.
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** {{spoiler|Master Eraqus before the boss fight with him as Terra,, along with Terra after the fight.}} ''Definitely'' a tearjerker for the audience as well.
* In ''[[Brutal Legend]]'', there's this one scene. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
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'''Eddie''' (As tears begin to form): You start a revolution, Lars. }}
* In ''[[
** Out of the possible ways this attack can be carried out, I think this way inflicts the most damage. Just goes to show how powerful Manly Tears can be.
* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', [[Hitman with a Heart|Thane Krios]] is reunited with his lost son, and when Thane explains why he wasnt there, His son proves that even arid desert toads can cry.
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== Webcomics ==
* The obligatory ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]'' [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/495 example ]
*
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0445.html By an opponent, and by Elan],
** And again after an afterlife meeting [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html here].
* Torg from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' sheds a few of these after {{spoiler|Alt-Zoe dies}}. Oddly enough, he's not particularly manly most of the time, ''except'' when crying like this.
* Davan's plan to prove that Jason can cry in ''[[Something
* Blu Sniper in ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'' when {{spoiler|Red Spy (his lover) pushes him out of the way of the Red Sniper's bullet and is killed instead}}.
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Tarvek tears up when he {{spoiler|tells his sister Anveka that she was [[Dead All Along]] and that the clank body she was using as her puppet had taken over her identity completely. He adds that he loved his sister, and having the clank body around was comforting - right before shutting down the puppet body.}}
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== Web Original ==
* Happens a couple times in ''[[Broken Saints]]''
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* It is not the first time we see one of the Specialists crying, but in ''[[Winx Club]]'' season 4's episode 25 we see [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Riven]] crying after {{spoiler|Nabu died in the previous episode.}}
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' sheds these as he's about to get the cake he never got in childhood. Jimmy then ruins it for him.
* There are a couple moments in ''[[Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' where the entire team breaks down, the classic was when Superman "returns from the dead" and despite her name implying something, Hawkgirl's character doesn't show emotion well, so it is significant when she broke down in
* [[Beast Wars|Ratrap]] sheds Manly Ocular Fluid during {{spoiler|Dinobot's death}}, which only adds to the sequence's power.
* ''[[Futurama]]''{{'}}s Bender is not only manly, but a manly robot. Yet he cries (while denying it) when he see the poor turles suffering during a heat wave.
* This happens to the weasel of ''[[I Am Weasel]]'' a few times, most notably in the episode My Friend The Smart Banana.
* Big Macintosh of ''[[My Little Pony:
* Hank Hill of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', who's known for his traditional nature (including the "Boys Don't Cry" belief) cried rather manly tears during a touching movie.
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* St. Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the [[Badass Preacher|Jesuits]] and whose hobby was ''planning a military campaign to permanently retake the Holy Land'', also cried so often his tear-ducts were damaged, which may have adversely affected his vision in his later years.
* [[Sam Taylor Wood]] created a series of photographs called "Crying Men" depicting Hollywood's leading men crying.
* ''[[Badass of the Week]]'' is a website which is pretty much guaranteed to invoke this with many of its articles, particularly the ones discussing [[Badass Pacifist
* When Abraham Lincoln's body was lying in state in the White House, General Ulysses Grant, Commander of the Union Army and unequivocal [[Badass]], sat off to one side of the room, weeping unashamedly.
* Speaker of the House John Boehner is well known for this, though how sincere his tears are [[Your Mileage May Vary|depends on your politics]].
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'''[[The Stinger|Waldorf]]:''' Yes, indeed. But it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man.
'''[[The Muppet Show|Both]]:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoh! }}
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