![]() In Android Kikaider: The Animation, Jiro (the titular android) can be seen shedding copious amounts of tears, despite the fact that robots obviously do not have tear ducts. ![]() Darker examples may involve Tears of Blood. They may also be used to show that the "stone" is actually a living person who has been Taken for Granite. Tears from a Stone may have magical properties, such as breaking a spell in much the same manner as a kiss. However, if said robot or creature is normally stoic, but cries in a moment of vulnerability, it could also count as this trope.Ĭynical souls may explain away in much the same manner as Sand In My Eyes - rain or the like. Crying from anthropomorphic robots or magical creatures, for example, is usually just crying. To count as Tears from a Stone, the tears should be one or a few and should be viewed as surprising or miraculous and played for pathos. But, if you really want to crank up the pathos or despair, have something that can't cry shed a tear-perhaps saline, or perhaps some more appropriate liquid. ![]() ![]() Neither do statues, nor robots, nor things that generally lack tear ducts. ![]()
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