History Main / ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy

** Also in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D Dream Drop Distance]]'', when [[spoiler:[[TheMessiah Sora]] meets [[KingdomHearts358Over2Days Xion]] for the first time.]]

* Happens often in the ''KingdomHearts'' series from ''ChainOfMemories'' on, usually a character crying because of something they can't remember or a link to another character.

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* This happens in the end of KannazukiNoMiko; then Himeko, after her love Chikane is erased from existence, (including from Himeko's memory) looks at pictures that used be of her and Chikane, but now are only of her because of the erase, she starts to cry and she does not know why.

* [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] does this on two occasions in Episode 23 of {{Neon Genesis Evangelion}}.

* In the movie of ''Howl's Moving Castle'', this is implied to be the reason Sophie cries as she [[spoiler:escapes from Howl's childhood.]]

* JusticeLeagueOfAmerica: After their attempt to conquer earth fails when they are [[WeaksauceWeakness found vulnerable to fire]], the [[ShapeShifting fifty White Martians,]]face the [[PsychicPowers Martian]] [[MindManipulation Manhunter]]. At the end, the narrator tell us of a man that, every morning just after awakening, feels like he had once incredible power that is forever lost. [[HeelFaceBrainwashing This feeling of loss and frustration is shared by other fifty humans scattered in the earth]], and is so big, he wants to cry. [[DefiedTrope But he doesn’t, because he is an adult and has no time for such nonsense]]. So he smiles, goes out and [[LaserGuidedKarma begins his working day as a fireman]].

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* The DaffyDuck cartoon ''Ain't That Ducky'' has Daffy and a hunter (a [[InkSuitActor caricature and voice of actor Victor Moore]]) confronting a little yellow duck who does nothing but look into a satchel and cry pathetically. Nobody knows why until the end when Daffy and the hunter get hold of the satchel. A piece of paper that says "The End" is in it.

* Amy Pond does this in an episode of ''Series/DoctorWho''. [[spoiler: She's actually crying for Rory, whom she doesn't remember because he was erased from existence]].
** It happens to Amy again in the SeasonFinale [[spoiler: because she's forgotten The Doctor who was erased from existence but not his stories, which help her remember him and bring him back.]]

* In ''StarTrekGenerations'', Data cries when he finds his beloved cat Spot unharmed in the wreck of the ''Enterprise D''. Not understanding why he is crying in spite of this event making him happy, Data assumes that his emotion chip must be malfunctioning. Deanna tell him that [[TearsOfJoy it's working just fine]].

* This is the premise behind the [[SomewhereThisIndexIsCrying Somewhere An X Is Crying]] trope names.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''ElGoonishShive'', after Justin encounters a creature seemingly made of fire that doesn't burn. Cut to:

* This happens in the end of KannazukiNoMiko; then Himeko, after her love Chikane is erased from existence, (including from himeko's memory) looks at pictures that used be of her and Chikane, but now are only of her because of the erase, she starts to cry and she does not know why.

Perhaps it's a repressed memory that has just been triggered, or maybe something bad has happened somewhere else and their SpiderSense is tingling. Whatever the reason, it's usually because their subconcious knows something that the concious mind doesn't.

For characters who are just confused because they didn't know they were cabable of crying, see MyEyesAreLeaking.

* Happens often in the ''KingdomHearts'' series from ''ChainOfMemories'' on, usually a character crying because of something the can't remember or a link to another character.

** It happens to Amy again in the SeasonFinale [[spoiler: because she's forgotten The Doctor who was erased from existance but not his stories, which help her remember him and bring him back.]]

* [[ShyBlue-HairedGirl Rei]] does this on two occasions in Episode 23 of {{Neon Genesis Evangelion}}.

* In ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Sword'', if you fulfill certain requirements you'll get a secret gaiden chapter in Hector's route. After Nergal's defeat, if you unlocked that chapter [[spoilers: Nils will start crying for reasons he doesn't know, but the player has figured out: Nergal was his and Ninian's ''father'']].

* Amy Pond does this in an episode of ''DrWho''. [[spoiler: She's actually crying for Rory, whom she doesn't remember because he was erased from existence]].

* In ''StarTrekGenerations'', Data cries when he finds his beloved cat Spot unharmed in the wreck of the ''Enterprise D''. Not understanding why he is crying although this makes him happy, Data assumes that his emotion chip must be malfunctioning. Deanna tell him that [[TearsOfJoy it's working just fine]].

* In ''StarTrekGenerations'', Data cries when he finds his beloved cat Spot unharmed in the wreck of the ''Enterprise D''. Not understanding why he is crying although this makes him happy, Data assumes that his emotion chip must be malfunctioning. Deanna tell him that it works perfectly fine right now.

* In the ''{{Karin}}'' manga (not the anime), Karin's vampire family [[LaserGuidedAmnesia removes all knowledge of them from her mind]], so she can live happily without their burdens on her shoulders. When Kenta (who knows what her family did to her) asks about her family, Karin starts crying, but she doesn't know why. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Cue Kenta's marriage proposal to Karin.]]

* Happens often in the KingdomHearts series from ChainOfMemories on, usually a character crying because of something the can't remember or a link to another character.