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'''Basic Trope''': A character, grieved by his own guilt, cries.
* '''Straight''': Jack realizes he did a lot of harm and cries.
* '''Exaggerated''': Jack realizes he caused Jill to stub her toe and weeps.
* '''Justified''': Jack cries because he is genuinely sorry.
* '''Inverted''': Tom laughs until he cries, remembering his evil deeds.
** [[Tears of Joy]]
* '''Subverted''': Tom weeps and sobs over his deeds, because he didn't get away with it.
* '''Double Subverted''': But he admits that he deserves his punishment.
* '''Parodied''': Sally sobs over having stolen a jelly bean until her pool of tears drowns everyone else -- whereupon she eats the jelly bean. 
* '''Deconstructed''': Jack's tears are stem from a mood he's in, caused by external circumstances that primed him to be sad, and his remorse will dry up as quickly as the tears.
* '''Reconstructed''': After he gets out of it, Jack realizes how [[Not So Different]] he is from his victims, and decides to become a better person anyway.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Two characters argue about whether Jack is sincere in his tears, or only faking, or...
* '''Averted''': No one realizes his guilt.
** No one does anything bad.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to show that evil actions provoke grief and regret, possibly in preparation for a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "Ah, his grief is sincere -- as long as those aren't [[Water Works]]."
* '''Invoked''': "You will not believe how much I wept over that, Jack."
* '''Defied''': Jack refuses to show any remorse or grief whatsoever.
* '''Discussed''': "He might really be sorry -- look at how he cries."
* '''Conversed''': ???
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[[Category:Tears of Remorse]]
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