This Troper recently went to see a play about the story of Joseph from TheBible (The coat of many colors Joseph, not Mary's Husband Joseph). Two scenes in particular had him crying: Joseph's reunion with and forgiveness of his brothers (who threw him in a pit and sold him to slavery, due to him being Isaac's favorite son). The second was Joseph's reunion with his father Isaac, who was told that Joseph, his favorite son, had been eaten by wild animals, on a mission to deliver some stuff to his brothers out in the field. To make matters worse, the story embellished on that a bit: Isaac had argued with Joseph that morning, and NeverGotToSayGoodbye. What really got this troper going was Isaac, who walked with a limp, dropping his staff and literally running toward Joseph to hug him. Much Manly Tears were shed.

Who, exactly, wrote the script for this? Because Joseph was ''Jacob's'' son.

I happen to be female, but those were some seriously manly tears shed after episode 10 of Angel Beats considering I happen to be dead on the inside.

This Troper cried his eyes out after watching a school play, as well as the ending to AhMyGoddess The Movie.

This should've been your reaction when you heard Frank Frazetta had died.

''I'' cried so many ManlyTears on that day, I was able to freeze them all with liquid nitrogen and fashion a pile of skulls and a leg wench out of them! (Oh, come on, like that's any less plausible than half the Troper Tales examples.)

This (female) troper tends to be rather stoic, but has occasionally been known to cry. When she does, it's of the silent variety, as she dislikes drawing attention to herself under normal circumstances but ''especially'' when showing "weakness". She will not speak unless she knows her voice won't crack, and asking her what's wrong is as likely to get a glare as an answer.

Hello, doppelganger. Nice to meet you.

When I was a kid, I used to be a major crybaby, and was heavily mocked for it. The result is that nowadays, I rarely ever cry, and when I do, my expression remains pretty much straight and stoic. No quivering lips or trembling voice either. The only way you would know I'm crying is by seeing the tears flowing. Oddly enough, more than a few people (even my otherwise JerkAss father) have complimented me on this.

Shit, did I write this? Seriously this sounds exactly like me.

You two must be me through time shenanigans or some kind of alternate universe thingy. On topic, two words: [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina's death.]] Three more: [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Same series' finale.]]

During his school's September 11th ceremony last year, This Troper (CCharmanderK) silently shed manly tears as the ROTC officers slowly folded a United States flag, with a woman narrating over the P.A. system how each fold represents a different aspect of the tragedy, such as the loved ones lost, the Twin Towers themselves, and the families of those who were lost in the incident.

Averted hard with this troper, I haven't cried since my grandfather died. that was early 2001. I suppose the mortality logic bomb dropped and I've just never had circumstances that caused them. Wish I could though.

My high scool Rememberance Day service. Every Nov. 11, fighting back tears as a WarIsHell song played.

During a particularly epic guitar solo, I came very close to shedding a several manly tears.

When our marching band was the only one to get a 2 at the marching band state competition and everybody else got a 1, ''everybody'' in the band, from the normally tough percussionists and the husky low brass players to the normally goofy and hyperactive people just spent the next ten minutes crying.

My father admitted that he cried after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. He cried at his mother's funeral (which really shook me up, as I was only 13 at the time and had never seen him like that), and nearly broke down at my sister's funeral as well.

Last year, my minister and his wife had a baby girl delivered at 6 months. Several months later, with her still in the hospital, as he got up to give the sermon, he instead started crying, to the point where he had to ask the choir to sing to give him the time to get himself together.

I've only ever seen my generally stoic father cry once: after fighting a disease for almost a decade (a disease which most people recover from after a few years), my mother died. It was unsettling, but completely understandable. The rest of us weren't doing any better.

This female Troper shed some Manly Tears today after learning that the last known WWI vet in the United States, has died. Godspeed, sir.

The above troper just sent me into that beyond-tears shock.

There are only a few things that can make this troper cry, the prime one being the death of close family members and friends; that includes family of friends or really anyone I have the least bit of emotional investment in. After they go, you're never really the same again. I also have some WarriorPoet tendencies, so I tend to cope with it by eulogizing the deceased in verse.

A '''FOOTBALL PLAYER''' started crying in this tropette's history class when we were watching PearlHarbor and Evelyn said she didn't love Rafe anymore.

My dog had puppies. Unfortunately one had a birth defect and was dying. Cue nearly an hour waiting outside the vet's office with the pup wrapped in a blanket bleeding slightly from the mouth and mewling. I was then told there was nothing that could be done and it had to be put down. Closest I've been to actually crying in near enough a decade.

You do '''not''' mock the ManlyTears.