Crying

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This article is about the running gag. For the Strong Bad Email, see crying.

"Don't cry for me, The Cheatentina..."

Sometimes a character can be so deeply saddened, they will start crying. Such reactions can range from quiet sobbing to completely breaking down in tears.

[edit] Appearances

• The King of Town DVD New Version — The King of Town cries, fearing that his sheep had been eaten by a dragon.
• Homestarloween Party — Strong Sad's depressing additions to the Goblin story causes everyone to cry except Strong Bad and Homestar; the latter replies with a depressed sigh and sarcastically thanks Strong Sad for coming to his party.
• Where's The Cheat? — Strong Mad weeps over a signed picture of The Cheat.
• A Decemberween Pageant — The Cheat cries whilst in character as The Popular Vote during the pageant.
• Email impression — Homsar claims that he's "cryin' on the inside" after Coach Z, mistaking him for Strong Sad, tells him to go home.
• Email crying — Strong Bad's drawing of Li'l Brudder causes Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Strong Sad and nearly Strong Bad himself to break down in tears.
• Email virus — Strong Bad cries hysterically over the death of the Compy 386.
• The Li'l Brudder Show — The opening credits for The Li'l Brudder Show causes Homestar to cry uncontrollably.
• Email long pants — Homestar cries in bed after Strong Bad refuses to believe that he wears pants.
• A Folky Tale — Saddy Dumpington manages to make a little girl and the squirrel cry.
• Sick Day — A sick The Cheat cries whilst sitting in the puke pail.
• Drive-Thru — The Cheat sobs heavily when he learns that the week's crappy toy is brown, rather than blue.
• Toikey TV — Saddy Dumpington makes a turkey cry by threatening to gut it, rip its entrails out by hand, grinding them up with some rosemary and sage before stuffing them back in.
• Play Date — Strong Mad sobs a little when Strong Bad arrives to take him home at the end of his play date with Homestar.
• SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer — A clip of Coach Z crying in the locker room is shown.
• Strong Badia the Free —
  • After finding the pilot badge, Strong Bad lets it slip that he earned it by making it through an entire flight without crying.
  • If the draft wheel lands on Li'l Brudder, Homestar will start to break down crying. In addition, Strong Sad can cause The Cheat to cry during the Maps and Minions game.
• Baddest of the Bands —
  • When finding the defaced album cover, Strong Bad will mention how Strong Sad cried for days after finding it ruined.
  • If Strong Bad examines the pond after tricking Limozeen into pouring bleach in it, he will look at it and shed a tear before wiping it away and saying that he must have gotten bleach in his eye.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Perducci cries hysterically after Dangeresque gets the plans following the urging of the movie director.
• Kick-A-Ball — Strong Mad sobs quietly when Strong Bad chooses The Cheat to join his team over him.
• Email independent — Strong Sad is shown weeping into the wrong end of a saxophone in order to create the soundtrack to his independent movie.
• Crystal Fortress — The toon features a crying unicorn.
• Punkin Stencils — Homestar chokes up when commenting on the Li'l Brudder stencil.
• Poker Night at the Inventory — Strong Bad says "Oh man, I'm so sorry, this is going to make you cry, 'cause I'm all in".
• Strong Bad Classics! — The trailer for the short features a drawing of The Cheat crying, captioned "teh Ch8t weeps".
• I Killed Pom Pom — Homestar cries when he first thinks he killed Pom Pom, as he begins to miss him.
• Mr. Poofers Must Die — Strong Mad sobs a little after Strong Bad tells him that no one knows what his costume is.
• Quickstart Overview — The Cheat cries after Strong Mad hugs him.
• @StrongBadActual tweet (13 Sep 2019) — Strong Sad breaks down weeping at the end of his tribute to Daniel Johnston.
• Death Defying Entertainment — Strong Bad declares that they won't leave until someone's mom is crying.
• 2022 Costume Pack Now Available — Once again, the cast cries at Strong Sad's story ending.
• Front Facing — The Cheat weeps at the Brothers Strong's house after not being able to turn his body straight to the camera.