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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]].''|''[[
Sometimes tears are not a sign of weakness. Even when they flow easily and often. . . .
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** Even when said suffering happens to be a completely made up story.
* Ryoga from ''[[Ranma One Half|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 ''[[
* [[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, though--he doesn't need eye-drops to get the tears flowing.
* 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.
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'''Jean''': "Sure... it happens."<br />
'''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 to Vampire]]'' fits here. Everytime she cries, it's because the person standing in front of her is about to be killed by ''her own hands''.
== [[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 40000]] [[Horus Heresy]] novel'' ''The Flight of the Eisenstein'', Keeler cries over the [[Bearer of Bad News|news they brought]] {{spoiler|Dorn; they have broken a brother's heart}}.
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* 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 man -- the thought of worms getting acid-rained on upsets him a little.
* ''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 On the Author|depends on the author]], but there are still a number of times in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] that Luke Skywalker cries openly. Maybe the most notable examples are the times in the [[Return of the Jedi]] [[Novelization]]. There's also a line in the ''Rebel Force'' series that implies he cries when some Imperials die horribly.
== [[Theater]] ==
* In [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Pericles,
{{quote| ''I never kill'd a mouse, nor hurt a fly:<br />
I trod upon a worm against my will,<br />
[[Tears of Remorse|But I wept for it]].'' }}
** And in ''[[
{{quote| ''Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,<br />
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting<br />
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That I have? He would drown the stage with tears<br />
And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,'' }}
** Miranda in ''[[
{{quote| ''Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.<br />
The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd<br />
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== [[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 [[
== [[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 Night's Dream
{{quote| ''Beshrew my heart, but I pity the man.'''}}
* In ''[[Sequential Art (
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4233 Lil' E cries over the shooting of an angel.]
* In ''[[Erstwhile]]'', [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]] ==
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