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* Zus Belieski in ''Defiance'' is a cold hearted bastard. When his younger brother was sobbing helplessly over the recent deaths of their parents, Zus shook him roughly and shouted at him to stop crying. The one [[Tear Jerker|heartwrenching]] moment when his armor cracks comes after he learns that the wife and son he'd left in a then-safe city had been killed by the Germans.

* The famous scene from ''[[Schindler's List]]'' when Oskar Schindler breaks down in front of all of the Jews that he saved. As the [[Tear Jerker]] page will attest, many tropers found this moment to be more than they could bear.

* A disturbing example in [[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]] ''A Game of Shadows'' is Moriarty cheerfully enjoying {{spoiler|his chilling torture of Holmes.}}

 

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** Basically, the main shtick of Professor McGonagall, who spends most of her time being a stoic [[Stern Teacher]] and the rest weeping unashamedly.

* In ''[[The Westing Game]]'', Judge J.J. Ford consciously ''decided'' to stop smiling when she began her law career, the better to maintain a serious, dignified demeanor, conserving her upbeat facial expressions for when they were really needed. It worked, too: she's so good at appearing as [[The Stoic]] that when she realizes a mistake she's made and starts chiding herself aloud, everyone present is shocked at this out-of-character display of emotion.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "The Phoenix on the Sword", Thoth-amon has one, bursting out with the truth to Dion—who isn't listening.

 

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* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', Kratos Aurion rarely shows anything beyond mild annoyance in the time you spend traveling with him. This makes it rather startling when [[Complete Monster|Kvar]] starts badmouthing Anna, Lloyd's mother {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|and Kratos' dead wife]]}}, and it's Kratos who angrily snaps at him [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead|not to speak ill of the dead]].

** And then he gets a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when he stabs Kvar to death after the boss fight later on.

* Vergil from ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' is pretty cold for most of the third game...except when his attempt to fully open Temen-Ni-Gru doesn't work (Arkham {{spoiler|deliberately}} left out a few steps). Then he gets pissy: "'''''Why''' isn't this working?!?''"

* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', there's [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Wrex]], who is cynical and almost devoid of emotion the entire game, until he nearly suffers his [[Heroic BSOD]] when he learns that the villain, Saren, is making a cure for a sterility plague infecting his people and it has to be destroyed.

** At the start of Chapter 37, we get Antimony's emotionless monologue as [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1005 everyone worries over her] - and, then, after ushering everyone out of the room, Kat's dad [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1006 offers her a glass of water]...

* Ozy from ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' nearly breaks down upon hearing about his birth mom.

* Higgs from ''[[Girl Genius]]'', when [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101018 Zeetha] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101025 is wounded].

* Dave Strider from [[Homestuck]]. He does not take his friends and family dying well.

* Raven of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' strives for utter calm and control over her emotions—making it that much more frightening when she lets her temper show. The episode "Nevermore" begins with Raven torturing a villain, and the fourth season's [[Half Arc Season|Trigon arc]] features her angrily attacking and yelling at both Slade and Trigon.

** Justified, though, because it was mentioned once in a [[Freaky Friday Flip]] episode that her powers are controlled by her emotions. Cue [[Love Freak|Starfire]] exploding things without noticing when she had Raven's body, or Raven accidentally kidnapping all other Titans and creating an army of monsters when she was scared by a horror movie.

** And the episode "Heartburn," when she finds out she may actually like Irwin. Also: "Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure." The Boogey man has Mandy (asleep) observing her greatest fears, and later she brushes tears from her eyes when she thinks the Kraken has eaten Billy.

* Very few things can make Prowl of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' lose his composure. Unfortunately for Prowl, one of those things is his annoying teammate [[Kid Appeal Character|Bumblebee]], who can provoke uncharacteristic displays of frustration in Prowl without even trying.