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This is an increasingly common tactic used by [[Manga]] and [[Anime]] authors who have created thoroughly unsympathetic [[Tsundere]] characters yet still wish the audience to sympathize with them, or merely wishing to convincingly give a feminine side to an otherwise [[Tomboy|overly-masculine]] or [[Emotionless Girl|unemotional]] [[Sugar and Ice Personality|girl]].
''Occasionally'' this moment acts as a roadstop, a turning point in which the character [[Character Development|starts to slowly become a better person]].
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.
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Sometimes includes [[Biting the Handkerchief]].
A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Cry Into Chest]].
Contrast [[Inelegant Blubbering]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Lampshaded in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', when Roy fondly remembers the [[Not So Stoic|generally stoic]] Riza crying and tells her he'd like to see her 'pure tears' again.
* 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}}--and it's the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|most touching moment ever.]] Some readers [[Manly Tears|even started to tear up right along with her.]]
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* An earlier (and rare male) [[Gundam]] example is Universal Century's Commander Bright Noa, during ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]''.
* Along with the aforementioned Nagi, [[Rie Kugimiya]]'s characters [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|do this a lot]]:
** Pictured above: Louise of ''[[Zero no Tsukaima]]''. Too bad she needs to be under the influence of a love potion to allow herself to be so emotionally honest.
** The roar of a wounded tiger in Episode 8 of ''[[Toradora!]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdqs-iGryRc "Ryuuji is mine!!! Everyone stay off him!!!"] And also: by Episode 19 {{spoiler|Taiga realizes she ''does'' love Ryuuji, but thinking it's too late once she sent Ryuuji off to meet Minori, runs outside crying}}; and by Episode 24 {{spoiler|the normally cheerful Minori finally breaks down after sending Ryuuji and Taiga off, upon recognizing her affection for both Ryuuji and Taiga}}.
** Rizel of ''[[Rizelmine]]'' also does this a lot, though she is a fairly cute character most of the time anyway.
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* Miu of ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'', though she's more of a [[Jerkass]] than a [[Tsundere]].
** When she {{spoiler|forces [[Cool Big Sis|Nobue]] to decide whether she likes her or Ana better, and Nobue chooses Ana. Miu's display is such that Nobue chooses to tell her that it was a poor attempt at a joke, that she likes Miu best, and have her share her bed rather than risk making it worse or longer}}. She doesn't put a stop to her [[Jerkass]] tendencies, but in the meantime...
* [[Little Miss Snarker|Vita]] crying in Hayate's arms during the finale of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As]]''.
** Also, [[Tsundere|Teana Lanster]] during the talk she and Nanoha had after Teana's [[Rage Against the Mentor]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]''. She soon matures into a downright competent leader and [[The Smart Girl]] afterwards.
* For all her attempts playing [[Sugar and Ice Personality|cool-headed and reasonable]], [[K-On!|Azusa Nakano]] finally breaks down crying in front of her senior bandmates after Graduation Day, venting out all her pent-up feelings since they hit third-year (and she second-year) of melancholy and loneliness, begging them to not leave her all alone.
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** Tomoka, normally a [[Plucky Girl]] [[Tsundere]], tears up in Sakuno's arms after Ooishi and Eiji lose a match despite all of their efforts. Similarly, in the manga An cries when Shinji and Kamio lose ''badly'' to {{spoiler|Kenya Oshitari and Gin Ishida}}.
* England from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is a diehard [[Tsundere]] (and ''extremely'' heavy on the 'tsun', especially when [[Love Freak|America]] is [[I Shall Taunt You|around]]), but his tears in {{spoiler|"Cleaning Out the Storage"}} were so damn genuine that [[Tear Jerker|everyone in fandom cried for and with him]], tagging him as an [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] and sort of [[Woobie]]. America also pulls this a little in Episode 48 when {{spoiler|England is dying.}}
** ''Russia'' does this in the [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]], when he saw General Winter being defeated.
* Haruhi Fujioka from [[Ouran High School Host Club]] manages to do this due to a contact lens almost coming out. Tamaki thought it was totally [[Moe]].
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Fakir]] of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' spends the first half of the series being an [[Ineffectual Loner]]; it's not until he cries by the lake (admittedly [[Pet the Dog|hugging the duck]] didn't hurt) that he starts to become a sympathetic character.
* All of the main female characters in ''[[Boku No Tsukuru Sekai]]'' manage to include this trope.
* [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]] has an example, after Rena [[The Reveal|reveals]] Keiichi's [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. Luckily for his fandom, Rena does this [[Hannibal Lecture|in such a brutal manner]] that Keiichi breaks down almost instantly into [[Tears of Remorse]]. Rena's [[Kick the Dog|refusal to forgive him]] leaves him just crying on the ground pitifully, which is even more sympathetic. {{spoiler|Rena gets her own instance of this at the end of the chapter, although Keiichi's reaction is [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni/Heartwarming|quite different]].}}
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* ''[[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.}}
** Also {{spoiler|Dorothy Catalonia, after Quatre manages to get to her and then Trowa rescues him and calls her out.}}
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' when Usagi was on the ground crying over her transformation and {{spoiler|Hotaru sacrificing herself}}, Michiru and Haruka are in the background watching her with tears in their eyes. Enjoy it, because this will be the only time you'll ever see it. A more common one is Makoto's more often breakdowns over her friends.
** Episode 172. {{spoiler|Usagi withstands Chibiusa's erasure from reality and Nehelenia's [[Hannibal Lecture]]-like recollection of her past, and offers Nehelenia to let her kill her in exchange of letting the frozen-in-mirrors Seishi go}}. Not only Haruka and Michiru were '''openly weeping''', but also Setsuna, Hotaru, ''every single Seishi'', [[Tear Jerker|and the audience.]]
* Toward the end of the final episode of ''[[Eve no Jikan]]'', {{spoiler|Sammy}} has two adorable seconds of this.
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** Also {{spoiler|Fukiko}}, when {{spoiler|Rei dies.}}
** And im the anime, {{spoiler|Mona Lisa Komabayashi, when she has her [[Heel Realization]].}}
* Both ''[[Junjou Romantica]]'' and ''[[Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (Manga)|Sekaiichi Hatsukoi]]'' use this trope on the [[Tsundere]] characters to show how adorable or sympathetic they can be. Most noticeably used by Misaki of the Junjou Romantica pairing, Hiroki of the Junjou Egoist pairing and Ritsu in the Nostalgia pairing.
** One of the more [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking examples]] in ''[[Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (Manga)|Sekaiichi Hatsukoi]]'' is when {{spoiler|Yanase}} starts crying after being rejected a second time by Chiaki. {{spoiler|Well, while he did deserve the punch that was handed to him for forcing himself on Chiaki (but at this point, it was desperation for him to acknowledge that he had feelings instead of treating it like it was all a joke)}} you can't help but pity him especially when Hatori barges into his house and [[Kick Them While They Are Down|makes the situation worse.]]
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': An interesting variant occurs with {{spoiler|Homura. When she breaks down crying in Episode 8, it's adorable, sad and [[Out-of-Character Moment|REALLY STRANGE]] since up until now she's been the [[Emotionless Girl]]. Then comes Episode 10, and [[Break the Cutie|suddenly it all]] [[OOC Is Serious Business|makes sense]]. [[Tear Jerker|*sob*]]}}
* ''[[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]'' has this trope [[Played for Laughs]] with Sena Kashiwazaki, a [[Rich Bitch]] who loves lording herself over her male schoolmates at the school her father runs. This is usually triggered by her [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]], resident [[Jerkass]] Yozora Mikazuki, saying or doing something outright mean to her. This is followed by Sena retorting with childish insults before running away crying.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Arguably Faith in the episode of ''[[Angel]]'' she first appears in, though a much more extreme example.
** Faith is more of a [[The Woobie|woobie.]] Rewatch ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' Season 3, particularly Faith's first appearance and the Xmas ep "Amends."
* Subverted, lampshaded, deconstructed or... something... by Vala Mal Doran in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Daniel accuses her of using sex as a weapon, and she starts looking hurt and crying, but about halfway through a very heartfelt apology, Daniel realizes that she's just messing with him. She doesn't deny it.
** Played painfully straight later when [[Beware the Nice Ones|Daniel]], having had enough of her antics, gives one of the most vitriolic [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|diatribes for how screwed up she is ever]]. Vala can't even look at him.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m_wQEtafm8 Watch]
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* Unbelievably, [[Heroic Sociopath|Caim]] of ''[[Drakengard]]'' {{spoiler|when his pact partner [[Our Dragons Are Different|Angelus]] is being turned into the [[Barrier Maiden]] of the world, and Caim thinks he'll never see her again. He's wrong, [[Tear Jerker|but...it doesn't work out at all...]]}}
* [[King of Fighters]]: {{spoiler|Poor Elizabeth...}}
* In [[
* Even when [[Blaz Blue|Ragna]] is utterly exhausted, {{spoiler|his left arm destroyed}}, and would probably like a good long rest after {{spoiler|changing Mu-12 back into Noel}}, its not going to stop Noel from crying, screaming, and calling him stupid at the top of her lungs.
* Serra from [[Fire Emblem Elibe]], during her A supports with either Hector, Oswin and Lucius. Fan interpretation suggests this happens in her A support with Erk as well, which considering the circumstances may not be that far from the truth.
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== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' in its Unlimited Blade Works route has [[Tsundere|Rin]] doing this after {{spoiler|Shirou stumbles out of bed after getting nearly chopped in half the day before, only to look around for her in a pained stupor and risk his life to save her when he does find her.}}
* Claire from the ''[[Fading Hearts]]'' [[Visual Novel]] manages this in most scenarios, when she's not putting up a tough front with Ryou.
* {{spoiler|Franziska Von Karma}} at the end of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]: Justice for All''.
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