Trying Not to Cry: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|"So of course as a young boy, I'm sitting there thinking 'I'm tough. It's just a cartoon. It aint' gonna leave an impact on me--oh no, not Grumpy. Not Grumpy, no he was the tough one! Not Grumpy, not Gr--oh there's no hope for humanity!'"|[[Doug Walker]] on [http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/disneycember-snow-white-5787345 the funeral scene] in ''[[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''}}

{{quote|"So of course as a young boy, I'm sitting there thinking 'I'm tough. It's just a cartoon. It aint' gonna leave an impact on me--oh no, not Grumpy. Not Grumpy, no he was the tough one! Not Grumpy, not Gr--oh there's no hope for humanity!'"|[[Doug Walker]] on [http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/disneycember-snow-white-5787345 the funeral scene] in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''}}

Basically, it's trying to hold back any crying in a situation. The simple fact is that tears are often seen as a sign of weakness. Therefore characters hold them back to try to be strong, either to [[The Paragon|appear so as an example to others]] or because it's expected of certain people.

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** Also, this is why Kumi Sugimoto ran away from Tsubasa {{spoiler|after he gently but firmly rejects her affections}}

* After Satoko of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' lost her parents, she cried easily and became overly reliant on her big brother Satoshi. After he disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Satoko convinced herself that he had run away because she was too much of a burden for him, and she resolved never to cry or depend on others in the hope that Satoshi might return one day. This is the reason she gives for refusing to cry even when {{spoiler|she's being tortured to death by the maddened Shion, who actually calls her out on her crybaby past while torturing her.}}. For the record, Satoko is still just a prepubescent girl when this happens.

* ''[[Mai-Otome]]'': When Arika Yumemiya finally meets her {{spoiler|long-dead}} [[Missing Mom|mother]] {{spoiler|(revived to participate in [[Magnificent Bastard|Grand Duke Nagi's]] [[Evil Plan|plan to bring down the Otome]])}}, she thinks she'd have a lot to say, but after introducing herself ([[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|"Look, mom! I'm an Otome! Doesn't it suit me?"]]), she finds she can't bring herself to say the rest. Queen Mashiro looks on and, knowing that {{spoiler|they must destroy Lena to free the Otome}}, admonishes herself that she promised she wouldn't cry anymore. Of course, she [[Tear Jerker|and the audience]] have trouble keeping that promise. Showing Arika {{spoiler|finally embracing her mother for one first and last moment}} doesn't help that promise, either...

* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', just before Mamoru gets [[Put on a Bus|put on a plane]] Usagi comes to say good-bye to him at the airport. She starts crying and says "Oh no! I wanted to see you off with a smile!"

* Chillingly deconstructed in (what else?) ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. After the nightmarish circumstances surrounding her mother's demise, Asuka swore to herself that she will never cry or depend on someone else ever again. When she breaks this during her [[Mind Rape]] (sobbing and calling out for Kaji), she gets a ''very'' nasty mental breakdown that eventually [[Heroic BSOD|drives her comatose]].

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== Comic Books ==

* In the last volume of Neil Gaiman's ''[[The Sandman]]'' {{spoiler|during Morpheus' funeral}}, the witch Thessaly reminisces on her past relationship with the king of Dreams and mentions that she swore never to cry for him, with tears streaming down her cheeks.

* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', Jessie Custer as a child swore never to cry again after Jodie called him a "fucking little crybaby" when Jodie shot his father right in front of Jessie. At the very end of the series, Jessie cries as he begs Tulip to give their relationship one more chance as she is about to leave him. The tears more than anything convince Tulip that he means it.

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{{quote|"Whatever happens, I must not cry. You cannot make...me...cry..." (gives up)}}

* ''[[Treasure Planet]]''

* The scene mentioned in the page quote, when Grumpy tries --and fails-- to keep from breaking down in tears over Snow White's casket. If you didn't cry, you don't have... Oh, what the hell are we saying? You totally cried at that.

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== Live Action Television ==

* Parodied on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' on March 19, 2010, when Jon Stewart [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian viciously sent up Glenn Beck.] "I promised myself I would cry..."

* Hilariously invoked in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Homecoming."

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Off Centre]]''.

* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "A Good Man Goes to War", when Rory {{spoiler|meets his baby daughter.}} "I was gonna be cool..."