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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and [[Tears of Remorse|regret]].''|''[[
Sometimes tears are not a sign of weakness. Even when they flow easily and often.
Opposite [[Manly Tears]] are
Also opposed to [[Water Works]] where the character cries because he is weak.
Seldom a [[Single Tear]], but it's possible.
A favorite trope of the Romantic movement, who regarded it as a mark of exquisite sensibility. Scorning
[[Super
Contrast [[Cry Cute]], where crying makes a normally unsympathetic character more likable --
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▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* While it's usually most associated with [[Manly Tears]], ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is FULL of characters who shed these to show the sensitivity and kindness of their hearts; the most prominent being [[The Hero|Kenshiro]] and [[Big Bad|Raoh]]. The latter case denotes Raoh as a [[Noble Demon]] rather than a [[Complete Monster]].
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist|The trait of tender compassion has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!]]
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* Vash from ''[[Trigun]]''. He has a few [[Manly Tears]] moments, but he cries quite a bit as a sign of sensitivity and empathy to other people's sufferings.
** Even when said suffering happens to be a completely made up story.
* Ryoga from ''[[
* Kuma from ''[[
* [[Complete Monster|Johann]] from ''[[Monster (
* Akio from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' sheds a few tears when he talks about {{spoiler|how much suffering Anthy had to go through just because she wanted to protect him. Given this is from the same man who has raped her multiple times, they're obviously fake.}}
* In contrast to his image, and what he wants you to believe, Franky from "[[One Piece]]" embodies this trope. Because he's just a big, metal plated, perverted, delinquent, softie.
* Misaki from ''[[Junjou Romantica]]''. In the first episode he starts crying because his brother Takahiro insensitively announces his engagement to Akihiko who is in love with him (which Takahiro is unaware of). And this after Akihiko molested Misaki when he found out about his feelings for his brother, the boy is definitely sensitive.
* Subverted in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. We see Hikaru, Kaoru, Honey, and Tamaki are all able to cry on cue... until Haruhi finds they're using eye-drops. It's played straight in Tamaki's case,
* From ''[[
* [[The Messiah|Allen Walker]] of ''[[
* Gau from ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'' cries when he meets Raikou for the first time, when Raikou tells him about his past, when he gets slashed by Raikou, when he intervenes in {{spoiler|Raikou and Yukimi}}'s fight, when he calls Yukimi on the cellphone, when {{spoiler|Raikou gets stabbed}}, etc, etc...
* The tears flow quickly and strongly in ''[[Battle Royale]]'' from beginning to end. Usually they're tender tears. Occasionally [[Manly Tears]], as well.
* The cyborgs of ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' have a habit of crying in their sleep, as noted by the Agency doctors. Especially tragic as the audience knows why they cry, but the girls don't and can't remember their dreams so don't understand why they feel sad on waking up.
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'''Jean''': "Sure... it happens."
'''Claes''': "That's how I feel right now. My heart is overflowing with tears, but they just won't come out of my eyes. At night when I'm asleep, they quietly spill out onto the pillow without my noticing." }}
* In ''[[
* ''[[Berserk]]'' being...''[[It Got Worse|Berserk]]'' manages to take tender tears and twist them in a disturbing manner when Slan of the Godhand weeps them {{spoiler|while Griffith/Femto rapes Casca.}} She apparently thought the scene was very beautiful.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', while several characters open the [[Ocular Gushers]] or [[Manly Tears]], Franky easily cries more often than anyone else on the crew, and gets emotional at just about any touching story he hears (which is how he ended up helping the Straw Hats, who used to be enemies in the first place). [[Sand in My Eyes|He never admits it]], though.
* Arguably, Kahlua from ''[[Rosario
== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Tin Man]] from ''[[
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Last Battle]]'', Lucy cries over the end of Narnia while all the rest are gladly following Aslan. Tirian backs her up, and asserts that crying over it is not unmanly.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer
** In another of his ''40K'' novels, ''Faith & Fire'', Verity stops counting how many times she administered last rites when she realized the number would make her cry.
* Dante (the character) does this often in Dante Alighieri's ''[[Divine Comedy]]''. He laments at the misfortune of those condemned to the various circles of hell.
* Lucie Manette sheds these all the time in ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]].'' Meant to show off her great compassion and sensitivity - and in her credit, these tears are rarely for herself.
* The Prioress weeps most piteously for her little dogs in ''[[
* In both ''Angela's Ashes'' and ''Tis'', Frank McCourt's family tells him "his bladder must be near to his eye" because of how easily he tears up.
* Fitz, from the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]], doesn't cry terribly often, but if his mum is [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and trying to kill him, he knows or strongly suspects one of his friends is dead, etc., he is going to cry about it. Two of the Doctor's female companions have stood by and kept a stiff upper lip about the matter while Fitz wept over the fact the Doctor [[Never Found the Body|seemed to be dead]]. He's generally surprisingly sensitive for a grown
* ''Everybody'' in ''[[
* [[King Arthur]] and his knights in various media, especially the old stuff. Even more [[Tears of Remorse]] and a lot of [[Tears of Joy]]. And Malory has Gawain and Arthur do two rounds of synchronized swooning out of pure sorrow after Lancelot kills Gaheris and Gawain, who were ''on his side'', while rescuing Guinevere.
* In [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Shadows of the Apt|Dragonfly Falling]]'', Che over {{spoiler|Totho}}.
* In [[
* It really [[Depending
== [[Theater]] ==
* In [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Pericles
{{quote|
I trod upon a worm against my will,
[[Tears of Remorse|But I wept for it]].'' }}
** And in ''[[
{{quote|
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting
With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her? What would he do,
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have? He would drown the stage with tears
And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,'' }}
** Miranda in ''[[
{{quote|
The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd
The very virtue of compassion in thee,
I have with such provision in mine art
So safely ordered that there is no soul--
No, not so much perdition as an hair
Betid to any creature in the vessel'' }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* If you look closely, [[Ax Crazy|Jack]] is crying throughout the Paragon romance scene right before the suicide mission in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''.
* Neimi from [[Fire Emblem:
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1180 What is it with you and crying?]
* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'': [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/04042003/ Why can't he just tell her he loves her?]
* ''[[Pibgorn]]'', [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2007/02/07/ Hippolyta, in the retelling] of ''[[A Midsummer
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* In ''[[Sequential Art (
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'',
* In ''[[Erstwhile]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130902124323/http://www.erstwhiletales.com/littleshroud-04/ the little boy's ghost starts to cry when he sees his mother is crying.]
* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Orn "Dutchy" Ayers of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]" frequently cries when he reads about the plight of the less-fortunate countries.
* Male version (it's a gay couple): anyone notices how many comments on [http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4919867/ this picture] are in the lines of "[[Heartwarming Moments|Awwww...]]"?
* [[Sinfest]]: [
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Appears in an episode of ''She-Ra'', where
* Male version: Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' is kind of prone to this seeing as how he cried for nearly an entire episode cause Johnny forgot his birthday.
* Male version: Shifty Dingo from ''[[Blinky Bill]]''. Dear lord, Shifty Dingo.
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