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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Anzu (as the Magician of Faith) mourning for Jounouchi's sacrifice against Bakura leads to her Flip effect being activated. |
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Anzu (as the Magician of Faith) mourning for Jounouchi's sacrifice against Bakura leads to her Flip effect being activated. |
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* At the end of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', tears open the Rose Gate. |
* At the end of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', tears open the Rose Gate. |
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* To make a youth potion for himself, Happosai in ''[[Ranma |
* To make a youth potion for himself, Happosai in ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' needs one more ingredient: the tears of a beast that is both male and female. The rest of the chapter involves him chasing Ranma around with onions and tear gas. |
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** The Nanban Mirror, also from ''[[Ranma |
** The Nanban Mirror, also from ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'', is a magic mirror that can transport someone to a desired time (and place) and requires teardrops to activate it. They don't need to be emotional tears, though. |
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* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi's tears at Mamoru's apparent death ([[Death Is Cheap|the first of many]]) create the ginzuishou - in the manga, it simply forms from her tears, while in the anime, they cause the rainbow crystals to form it instead. |
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi's tears at Mamoru's apparent death ([[Death Is Cheap|the first of many]]) create the ginzuishou - in the manga, it simply forms from her tears, while in the anime, they cause the rainbow crystals to form it instead. |
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** Also in episode 170, Usagi wanted to fight Neherenia and help Mamo-Chan, but her friends told her it's a trap, as the heartbroken Usagi cried, her tear landed on her heart shaped brooch which caused it to turn into a eternal brooch and Usagi herself became eternal sailor moon. |
** Also in episode 170, Usagi wanted to fight Neherenia and help Mamo-Chan, but her friends told her it's a trap, as the heartbroken Usagi cried, her tear landed on her heart shaped brooch which caused it to turn into a eternal brooch and Usagi herself became eternal sailor moon. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', the petrified princess of the underground castle can shed a tear that upgrades the Magicite remains of her Esper suitor. |
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', the petrified princess of the underground castle can shed a tear that upgrades the Magicite remains of her Esper suitor. |
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* Used in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time]]''. The cure to the Shroob infection that devastated Mushroom Kingdom in the past was Baby Tears. Though it was somewhat subverted in that Professor E. Gadd whipped up a 'chemical equivalent' to do the job en masse. |
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* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', one of Fortune's tears {{spoiler|brings Vamp back from ''a bullet to the head''}}, but it's implied that contact with any water source can do this. |
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', one of Fortune's tears {{spoiler|brings Vamp back from ''a bullet to the head''}}, but it's implied that contact with any water source can do this. |
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* Inverted and also used in ''Legend of Mana''. Anyone who cries for a Jumi (basically [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]]) will turn to stone, but the Jumi's own tears have healing powers. |
* Inverted and also used in ''Legend of Mana''. Anyone who cries for a Jumi (basically [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]]) will turn to stone, but the Jumi's own tears have healing powers. |
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* ''The [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Movie'': SpongeBob and Patrick are captured by a diver who makes souvenirs out of dried-up sealife and are placed under a heat lamp. As they await their fate, they each shed one tear that join to form a heart. That one heart-shaped tear then drips down the power cord into the outlet, causing it to short and activate the sprinkler, which [[Doing in the Wizard|revives our heroes]] and all the other creatures as well. |
* ''The [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Movie'': SpongeBob and Patrick are captured by a diver who makes souvenirs out of dried-up sealife and are placed under a heat lamp. As they await their fate, they each shed one tear that join to form a heart. That one heart-shaped tear then drips down the power cord into the outlet, causing it to short and activate the sprinkler, which [[Doing in the Wizard|revives our heroes]] and all the other creatures as well. |
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** In the original series, SpongeBob loses his pineapple home after nematodes drink it dry, leaving a little "pebble" behind. Near the end of the episode, he plants it in the ground, and a single tear falls on it, restoring it back to normal ([[Butt Monkey|on top of Squidward]]). |
** In the original series, SpongeBob loses his pineapple home after nematodes drink it dry, leaving a little "pebble" behind. Near the end of the episode, he plants it in the ground, and a single tear falls on it, restoring it back to normal ([[Butt Monkey|on top of Squidward]]). |
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* In the Grand Prix-winning Rene Laloux short ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiXn6d13YC0&fmt=18 Les Escargots]'', A down-on-his-luck farmer discovers that crying on his lettuces makes them grow large and healthy. Unforunately, it has the side effect of attracting [[Attack of the 50 |
* In the Grand Prix-winning Rene Laloux short ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiXn6d13YC0&fmt=18 Les Escargots]'', A down-on-his-luck farmer discovers that crying on his lettuces makes them grow large and healthy. Unforunately, it has the side effect of attracting [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|snails the size of Mack trucks]] which go on a rampage in the nearby town once they've picked his field clean... |
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* Disney seems to like this trope. Belle brings back the Beast by weeping over him. (Admittedly, this comes from the source material.) And in ''[[Bambi]] 2'', the Great Prince sheds a [[Manly Tears|manly tear]] for his injured son, who is quickly revived. |
* Disney seems to like this trope. Belle brings back the Beast by weeping over him. (Admittedly, this comes from the source material.) And in ''[[Bambi]] 2'', the Great Prince sheds a [[Manly Tears|manly tear]] for his injured son, who is quickly revived. |
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* In ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', [[Metamorpho]] is brought [[Back From the Dead]] when his fiancee Sapphire Stagg cries into the puddle that used to be him. |
* In ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', [[Metamorpho]] is brought [[Back From the Dead]] when his fiancee Sapphire Stagg cries into the puddle that used to be him. |