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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.
* Eomer in the [[The Lord of the Rings]] films is a mix between [[The Stoic]] and [[The Berserker]], depending on whether he's in battle or not. But in the extended edition of [[Return of the King]] when he finds {{spoiler|Theoden nearly dead and Eowen mortally wounded}}, he runs over to them screaming wordlessly in horror and grief. It's so at odds with his normal persona it's actually quite effective.
* Done in a particular [[Tear Jerker|heartwrenching]] way in ''[[Harry Potter and
* 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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{{quote|"Give me a reason to do it, Black. Give me a reason and I swear I will."}}
** Basically, the main shtick of Professor McGonagall, who spends most of her time being a stoic [[Stern Teacher]] and the rest weeping unashamedly.
* Zal of ''[[Quantum Gravity]]'' manages to do this despite being...NotSoStoic. He is completely [[The Stoic|cool]] in battle situations, and can keep that together for as long as he needs to...usually. Then he hears that/how {{spoiler|Dar}} died and can't keep it together.
* 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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** 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.
* Naal'suul of ''[[Drowtales]]'' is [[The Woobie]] extraordinaire and surprises people by even being alive after being tainted so badly (and acknowledges that she doesn't have much time left), but has a stoic demeanor [
* 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.
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