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{{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]].''|''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''}}
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-Trope]] of [[He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him]] and [[Tears of Joy]].
Contrast [[Cry Cute]], where crying makes a normally unsympathetic character more likable --
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* Ryoga from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is ''physically'' [[Made of Iron]], but emotionally... not so much. He's frequently seen bursting into tears, usually over his own plentiful misfortune and loneliness, but he also cries over Ranma after the latter has lost all of his strength and gets soundly defeated in battle. He also later cries when he realizes he can't bring himself to truly attack Ranma in his weakened state, even though it's necessary for Ranma to [[Time to Unlock More True Potential|learn a technique]] that will help him get his strength back.
* Kuma from ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' can't stop crying, even though he is still a [[Badass]] samurai.
* [[Complete Monster|Johann]] from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' can shed the most incredible
* 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 ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'', [[Anti-Villain|Kiyama-sensei]] gets these going after {{spoiler|the Child Errors she spent most of her screen time trying to help finally wake up. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|It is quite a sight]].}}
* [[The Messiah|Allen Walker]] of ''[[D.Gray-man]]''. Also [[Action Girl|Lenalee Lee]], whenever any of her [[Nakama]] die. D.Gray-man being the series [[Nightmare Fuel|it is]], however, it's hard to say if the same would still be true in less traumatic circumstances.
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* The Prioress weeps most piteously for her little dogs in ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' if any are hurt - though she doesn't seem to care so much about the poor.
* 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 ''[[The Tale of Genji]]''.
* [[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.
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== [[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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