History Main / ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy

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* In ''Film/{{Soldier}}'', when Todd gets cast out by the junkyard community. As he cries, he wipes and looks at his tear and his reaction to it seems surprised.

* After the defeat of Shere Khan, Mowgli from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' is amazed to see tears falling down his face. Bagheera assures him that this is normal and let him let the tears fall.

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-->'''Student''': Why are you crying, Dr. Physics Professor?
-->'''Professor''': I... I'm not ''sure''...
* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToRoom305'' after Jung Hyung calls Rose a pervert and says any relationship with her would be impossible to Yoon Sung (Rose was eavesdropping), Rose tells Kyung Ah what happened and says she's glad they learnt about their differences now otherwise they'd fight. She begins to cry and has no idea why.

-->"Why are you crying?"
-->"I don't know. It's just something that's happening."

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** After the DoomedByCanon protagonists of ''Birth by Sleep'' have met their fates, the four-year-old Sora starts crying without realizing it, to Riku's confusion.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', Princess Sapphire established herself as someone who is incapable of crying. When [[spoiler: Almaz]] dies, she doesn't shed a tear, only going on about how [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry sad she is.]] When [[spoiler: Almaz]] comes back to life, she's overjoyed, then confused at the [[TearsOfJoy tears streaming down her face.]]
* The final ending of ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' has Kaine start crying when she finds the flower given to her by the title character, who just sacrificed his very existence to save her own (meaning she can't remember him).

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* Amy Pond does this three times ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** The first time, she thinks she's happy, but [[spoiler: she's sad because Rory was erased from existence, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vincent Van Gogh can sense it]] ]].
** The second time, Rory thinks she's sad, but [[spoiler: she's happy because she's found Rory, even though she still can't remember him]].
** The last time, she's at [[spoiler: her wedding]], so naturally Rory thinks she's happy, but [[spoiler: she's said because she got River Song's TARDIS-themed diary and it reminds her of the Doctor, who got erased from existence, but he gets better because she remembers his stories]].
* On ''Series/{{LOST}}'', Daniel cries while watching a news report about the Oceanic 815 crash. He says he doesn't know why.
* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Phoebe goes through rapid mood swings later in her pregnancy. When she goes from hysterically laughing to bawling her eyes out, she just says "I don't know." in response to Rachel and Monica's concern.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': Sento Kiryu starts crying after tasting the sweet omelette made by Kyoka Katsuragi. She always prepared it that way for her son and just happened to have it at hand to serve to Sento, when he visited. [[spoiler: Turns out, he is her son, who had his identity stripped away instead of being flat out murdered as she was led to believe.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In the episode "Steven's Dream", [[TheEmpath Steven]] starts crying heavily in his sleep while having dreams where he's SeeingThroughAnothersEyes. What he sees in his dreams doesn't directly explain what's going out, but he follows the clues to find [[spoiler:[[BigBad Blue Diamond]] (who is later shown to have EmotionBomb powers) mourning on the site of Pink Diamond's death]].

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingSword'', 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 [[spoiler:Nils will start crying for reasons he doesn't know, but the player has figured out: Nergal was his and Ninian's ''ArchnemesisDad'']].

* Happens often in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' on, usually a character crying because of [[WistfulAmnesia something they can't remember]] or a link to another character. It happens to Sora more often than anyone else.

* In the ''Manga/{{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 about the memory adjustment) asks about her family, Karin starts crying, but she doesn't know why. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Cue Kenta's marriage proposal to Karin.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In the episode "Steven's Dream", [[TheEmpath Steven]] starts crying heavily in his sleep while having dreams where he's SeeingThroughAnothersEyes. What he sees in his dreams doesn't directly explain what's going out, but he follows the clues to find [[spoiler:[[BigBad Blue Diamond]] (who is later shown to have EmotionBomb powers) morning on the site of Pink Diamond's death]].

* ''ComicBook/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]].

* 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 [[spoiler:Nils will start crying for reasons he doesn't know, but the player has figured out: Nergal was his and Ninian's ''ArchnemesisDad'']].

For the nasal equivalent,o see SneezeCut. SubTrope of MySignificanceSenseIsTingling.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', [[BadassPrincess Princess Sapphire]] established herself as someone who is incapable of crying. When [[spoiler: Almaz]] dies, she doesn't shed a tear, only going on about how [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry sad she is.]] When [[spoiler: Almaz]] comes back to life, she's overjoyed, then confused at the [[TearsOfJoy tears streaming down her face.]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Chopper learns that the zombies, rather than people brought back to life, are actually just corpses that have been animated by a Devil Fruit power. He gets especially infuriated when the evil Dr. Hogback treats his zombie made Cindry like an ExtremeDoormat, lamenting that a human has more freedom than that, and for Cindry's current state. At some level his words strike a chord, causing tears to pour for Cindry's eyes, but as she says, she doesn't know what's going on. As Robin said afterward, it was probably the only ''true'' miracle on Thriller Bark.

* StevenUniverse: Steven starts having episodes of this near the end of season 4.

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* In ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', Empath's crying spell during his first visit to the Smurf Village was given this reaction by him, since he knew very little about emotions.

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For the nasal equivalent, see SneezeCut. SubTrope of MySignificanceSenseIsTingling.

* ''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]].

* Autobiographical example in ''HyperboleAndAHalf'' with the effects of Allie's antidepressants.

* ''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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* ''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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