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-->'''May:''' Don't hold back. If you want to cry, you should cry as much as you like.
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* Music/FrankOcean released a magazine titled [[MenDontCry Boys Don't Cry]], while being candid about his own grief and sorrow in many songs, from "There Will Be Tears" off of ''Nostalgia, Ultra'' to "Siegfried" off of ''Blonde''.
-->High flights, inhale the vapor, exhale once and think twice\\
Eat some shrooms, maybe have a good cry about you\\
See some colors, light hang glide off the moon
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* In ''Webcomic/LittleLapses'', Blue has doubts about her feelings being valid, but some adults reinforce to her that there's nothing wrong with being sad, and her friend Cinnabar shouldn't force her to be happy.
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* ''Theatre/TouMyu'': The song "Otokomichi" (The Man's Path) is a celebration of everything masculine and righteous, but during the bridge also advocates for men to have a good cry once in a while since letting out those emotions will help them take a step closer to getting stronger.

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* ''Theatre/TouMyu'': ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'': The song "Otokomichi" (The Man's Path) is a celebration of everything masculine and righteous, but during the bridge also advocates for men to have a good cry once in a while since letting out those emotions will help them take a step closer to getting stronger.
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* '''TheBible''': John 11:35. Jesus wept.

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* '''TheBible''': Literature/TheBible: [[Literature/TheFourGospels John 11:35. Jesus wept.11:35]]. '''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}''' [[ManlyTears wept]].
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* Throughout ''Film/TheIronClaw'', which follows a family of manly Texan wrestlers, Kevin follows his father's credo that nobody can see them shedding tears. At the very end, however, he can't help but cry watching his two young sons play, [[spoiler:because he has outlived his beloved younger brothers]]. When his sons come up to him, he apologizes for letting them "see [him] like this", but the children easily tell him that crying is fine. This clearly gets to Kevin and is a true sign that he is starting to move past his father's abuse.
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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': A subversion occurs when Sherria is feeling sad about her friend Wendy leaving the Lamia Scale guild after a temporary tenure there to reform Fairy Tail. She still fully supports Wendy and happily sees Wendy off, but once Wendy is out of earshot, her guildmate Lyon tells Sherria to cry if she wants. Her lip trembles, tears prick up in her eyes...and then she musters a bright, TearfulSmile and says she ''won't'' cry, because she wants Fairy Tail to come back just as much as Wendy does.

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': A subversion occurs when Sherria is feeling sad about her friend Wendy leaving the Lamia Scale guild after a temporary tenure there to reform Fairy Tail. She still fully supports Wendy and happily sees Wendy off, but once Wendy is out of earshot, her guildmate Lyon tells Sherria to cry if she wants. Her lip trembles, tears prick up in her eyes...and then she musters a bright, TearfulSmile and says she ''won't'' cry, cry because she wants Fairy Tail to come back just as much as Wendy does.



* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'': In chapter of the manga, Hayate tries to hide the pain of Reinforce's sacrifice, even chastising herself for being such a crybaby. Nanoha and Fate give her a double CooldownHug and encourage her to let out her pain instead of keeping it pent up.

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* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'': In a chapter of the manga, Hayate tries to hide the pain of Reinforce's sacrifice, even chastising herself for being such a crybaby. Nanoha and Fate give her a double CooldownHug and encourage her to let out her pain instead of keeping it pent up.



* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': During the Internship Arc, Todoroki makes a comment to Midoriya that he thinks there are probably times where a hero should cry.

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': During the Internship Arc, Todoroki makes a comment to Midoriya that he thinks there are probably times where when a hero should cry.



* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': The film's aesop is that sadness is a useful emotion. The climax has Riley, who's been holding in her depression the whole movie, finally cry to her parents about how upset she's been after they moved to San Francisco. They hug her and assure her that they're not upset with her.

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* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': The film's aesop is that sadness is a useful emotion. The climax has Riley, who's been holding in her depression the whole movie, finally cry crying to her parents about how upset she's been after they moved to San Francisco. They hug her and assure her that they're not upset with her.



* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': Topper Harley finds Harbinger trying to hide during the climactic battle and thinks he's TheMole in the team. However, Harbinger corrects him that he actually is the team's DirtyCoward who just can't find a reason to kill anymore. Topper is kind and understanding towards Harbinger when the latter cries, and Harbinger gets back into the fight after getting his emotions out. As Harbinger's line immediately afterward shows, the entire scene is PlayedForLaughs:

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* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': Topper Harley finds Harbinger trying to hide during the climactic battle and thinks he's TheMole in the team. However, Harbinger corrects him that he actually is the team's DirtyCoward who just can't find a reason to kill anymore. Topper is kind and understanding towards Harbinger when the latter cries, cries and Harbinger gets back into the fight after getting his emotions out. As Harbinger's line immediately afterward shows, the entire scene is PlayedForLaughs:



* ''Literature/GleamsOfAeterna'': In ''Sunrise'', Alva takes it upon himself to tell Robert that the love of his life, Marianne, has been dead for months and prearranges things like a pile of blankets and a bottle of extra-strong brandy, before revealing the truth in [[BrutalHonesty the bluntest and most unambiguous manner]] and telling Robert to grieve and to drink as much as he wants. Alva then listens to his ramblings or strums his guitar to fill the silence for the rest of the night. This turns to be the right approach, as Robert only takes a few days to go from a sobbing mess to a relatively functional officer that Alva needs him to be.

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* ''Literature/GleamsOfAeterna'': In ''Sunrise'', Alva takes it upon himself to tell Robert that the love of his life, Marianne, has been dead for months and prearranges things like a pile of blankets and a bottle of extra-strong brandy, before revealing the truth in [[BrutalHonesty the bluntest and most unambiguous manner]] and telling Robert to grieve and to drink as much as he wants. Alva then listens to his ramblings or strums his guitar to fill the silence for the rest of the night. This turns out to be the right approach, as Robert only takes a few days to go from a sobbing mess to a relatively functional officer that Alva needs him to be.



* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ Hide and Q]]", [[GreatGazoo Q]] puts Tasha into a "penalty box" and threatens to kill her if someone else makes a penalty. She cries, and is embarrassed about it, but Picard says that crying in the penalty box is fine.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ Hide and Q]]", [[GreatGazoo Q]] puts Tasha into a "penalty box" and threatens to kill her if someone else makes a penalty. She cries, cries and is embarrassed about it, but Picard says that crying in the penalty box is fine.



* ''Website/TheArtOfManliness'': Zigzagged in [[https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/when-is-it-okay-for-a-man-to-cry "When Is It Okay for a Man to Cry?"]] The article lists times where it's okay for a [[ManlyTears man to cry]] (i.e. when someone you love dies or [[TearsOfJoy when your crush accepts your marriage proposal]]), and times when it's ''not'' okay for a man to cry, such as [[SoreLoser when your favorite sports team loses a game]].

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* ''Website/TheArtOfManliness'': Zigzagged in [[https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/advice/when-is-it-okay-for-a-man-to-cry "When Is It Okay for a Man to Cry?"]] The article lists times where when it's okay for a [[ManlyTears man to cry]] (i.e. when someone you love dies or [[TearsOfJoy when your crush accepts your marriage proposal]]), and times when it's ''not'' okay for a man to cry, such as [[SoreLoser when your favorite sports team loses a game]].



* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E8TheBallPitCar The Ball Pit Car]]" by One-One. After Atticus is turned into a ghom, Sad-One tells Tulip "It's okay to cry," and she breaks down into tears. This actually ends up being important in hindsight; One-One telling Tulip that it's okay for her to feel sad hints as him being the real Conductor as the "Conductor" who confronted Tulip didn't care about her feelings and mockingly said "No more tears".

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* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E8TheBallPitCar The Ball Pit Car]]" by One-One. After Atticus is turned into a ghom, Sad-One tells Tulip "It's okay to cry," and she breaks down into tears. This actually ends up being important in hindsight; One-One telling Tulip that it's okay for her to feel sad hints as at him being the real Conductor as the "Conductor" who confronted Tulip didn't care about her feelings and mockingly said "No more tears".
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--> '''Baymax''': It's okay to cry. Crying is a natural response to pain.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': In "The Bad Hookup," Coach Steve suffers a SplitPersonalityTakeover from his Bad Mitten due to the kids' graduation triggering his abandonment issues. Jenna realizes he's lashing out from sadness and makes him a "Sad Mitten," who encourages Steve to cry it out.

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