Tropescilloscope: Manly Tears

Even a badass is permitted to shed tears. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Apocalypse How Peek-a-Boo Corpse The Ditz Dressing as the Enemy No-Sell Blood from the Mouth Rule of Funny The Load Eagleland Death by Irony Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Knight Templar Suspiciously Specific Denial Scary Black Man Overly Long Gag Parental Substitute Woman in White Hong Kong Films Straight Gay Together in Death Brother–Sister Incest Sci-Fi Horror The Ghost Big Applesauce Shipper on Deck Took a Level in Jerkass Dramatic Irony Downer Ending Bound and Gagged Well-Intentioned Extremist Face–Heel Turn More Dakka Room Full of Crazy Silence Is Golden Black Dude Dies First '80s Hair Cluster F-Bomb Chase Scene Cool Shades You Killed My Father Flashback Damsel in Distress Let's Get Dangerous! 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Stalker with a Crush Evil Is Petty Camera Abuse Disguised in Drag Historical-Domain Character Here We Go Again! Cool Old Lady Better to Die than Be Killed Meet Cute Famous Last Words Leitmotif Riddle for the Ages Death Seeker Rape as Drama Catch-Phrase Bury Your Gays Random Events Plot Public Domain Feature Films "Well Done, Son!" Guy Hope Spot As the Good Book Says... 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Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Victoria's Secret Compartment And Starring Jerk with a Heart of Gold Stealth Hi/Bye Failed a Spot Check Ironic Echo Word of God Market-Based Title La Résistance Did Not Get the Girl Obfuscating Stupidity Star-Crossed Lovers Bolivian Army Ending Actually Pretty Funny The Dreaded Accidental Misnaming Break the Cutie Crapsack World A Date with Rosie Palms The '50s Historical Hero Upgrade Science Fiction Films Dogged Nice Guy Good Is Not Nice Retired Badass Manipulative Bastard Oh, Crap! 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Is a Crapshoot Same Language Dub Cassandra Truth Anguished Declaration of Love Last-Name Basis The Faceless Bottomless Magazines Hero Antagonist Film Noir Index Eureka Moment Double-Meaning Title Dark and Troubled Past Kick the Dog Evil Cannot Comprehend Good The Hero Dies Horror Comedy Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Early-Bird Cameo Improbable Aiming Skills Make It Look Like an Accident Cool Old Guy Scenery Gorn Closed Circle Reckless Gun Usage Anti-Villain In Name Only Obviously Evil Big Fancy House My God, What Have I Done? Never Trust a Trailer Corpsing She Cleans Up Nicely Ungrateful Bastard Took a Level in Badass Gold Digger Arch-Enemy The '70s Credits Gag The Musical Black Best Friend Shout-Out Fun with Acronyms Truth in Television The Stoic Adaptational Badass Insult Backfire Spiritual Successor Camp Gay Captain Ersatz Documentary Spared by the Adaptation Mugging the Monster Aside Glance Yandere Badass Grandpa The Lancer Chiaroscuro Action Prologue Very Loosely Based on a True Story I'm a Humanitarian Off-into-the-Distance Ending Femme Fatale Gratuitous English Big "NO!" Shower Scene Your Cheating Heart British Films Hoist by His Own Petard Jerkass Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Really Gets Around Jitter Cam Russian Films Redemption Equals Death Honor Before Reason Brutal Honesty Alpha Bitch Red Eyes, Take Warning You Have Failed Me timeperiod Impaled with Extreme Prejudice 20 Minutes into the Future Abhorrent Admirer Motor Mouth Air-Vent Passageway You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Cool Guns Even Evil Has Standards Arranged Marriage Developing Doomed Characters Badass Longcoat Real Life No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Fantastic Racism Cat Scare Combat Pragmatist Extreme Doormat Darkest Hour Toplessness from the Back Major Injury Underreaction Vampire Fiction Black Comedy Rape Red Oni, Blue Oni Danny Peary Cult Movies List Rule of Three Action Girl Christmas Movies Index Armor-Piercing Question The Mole Even Evil Has Loved Ones Death of a Child Punch-Clock Villain Gone Horribly Right Lock and Load Montage Offscreen Teleportation Bavarian Fire Drill Creepy Child Rasputinian Death Hypocritical Humor Heel Realization Foil Not So Stoic Film Noir Ambiguous Disorder Spiteful Spit Real Life Writes the Plot Our Vampires Are Different Nothing Is Scarier Scare Chord My Greatest Failure Canadian Movies Establishing Character Moment Disney Villain Death Woman Scorned Dissonant Serenity Guns Akimbo Beauty Is Never Tarnished Parental Abandonment Shirtless Scene Corrupt Corporate Executive Gorn Bare Your Midriff Trailers Always Spoil The End... 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Fatal Family Photo Too Dumb to Live How We Got Here Casting Gag Every Car Is a Pinto Butt-Monkey Mighty Whitey Dying Moment of Awesome Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Freudian Excuse Hollywood Law Due to the Dead Deal with the Devil Contrived Coincidence Babies Ever After Stuff Blowing Up Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Revenge