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* In ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'', Elphaba's skin reacts to water like acid, including her tears. When her beloved teacher is murdered and all the students are consoling each other, she has to force herself to stand far away from the crowd and put on a cold face, lest she risk breaking down and burning her face.
* The eponymous character of the [[Eisenhorn]] novels in the [[Warhammer 40000]] universe is not only unable to cry but [[Frozen Face|express nearly any facial expression change due to nerve damage sustained under torture]], which he captor explicits taunts him over.
* The protagonist of Brian Keene's short story "The Garden Where My Rain Grows" suffers from this problem. He can get sad over the deaths of loved ones, but he's never been able to cry. Not before the apocalypse,<ref>which, ironically, comes in the form of a never-ending rainstorm</ref>
* In Teresa Frohock's ''[[Miserere: An Autumn Tale|Miserere an Autumn Tale]]'', Lucian freezes after {{spoiler|Catarina}} dies. Rachael holds him a long time, and nearly gives up before he sobs.
* In ''Blind Faith'' by Ben Elton, protagonist Trafford lives in a dystopian society where every detail of one's life is public to all, and people are frequently encouraged to "emote" and share their every thought with others. At one point, a colleague is unable to cry when she is urged to express her feelings over the death of her baby son. Others in the office are disappointed with her, but Trafford notes that her quiet dignity somehow makes a bigger statement than a flood of tears.
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* On ''[[Taxi]],'' when Reverend Jim's father dies, Jim is upset because he hasn't cried yet. Then he realizes he ''is'' crying. And he asks, "But am I crying because I miss you, or am I crying because I didn't cry?" He decides it doesn't matter and he's glad the tears have finally come.
* Ana Lucia's inability to cry (at least until Day 48) is mentioned on ''[[Lost]]''. Notable in that we don't see her cry during any of her traumatic flashbacks either, and when she finally ''does'' breakdown, it's likely that she was finally letting out the grief of the past few months of her life.
* Played extremely [[Narm
* [[Degrassi the Next Generation]]: Liberty, right after {{spoiler|JT's death}}, though she eventually does cry.
* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Data]], being an [[Ridiculously Human Robot|android]], had this problem, despite the [[The Woobie|multiple tragedies]] that informed his life. It was patently obvious to everyone but him (including the audience) that he could ''feel'', however. He loses this limitation after getting Soong's [[Personality Chip|emotion chip]]. The [[Expanded Universe|novel]] ''Immortal Coil'' has everything he didn't express all drop on him at once, to the point of what would be clinical depression in a human.
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