It's Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry

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"It's Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Earl Devereaux in the film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Since the character says the line twice in the movie, the scene has inspired several reaction image macros series used to express being overwhelmed with emotion.

Origin

On February 27th, 2013, Sony Pictures Entertainment released the first trailer for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. In the trailer, Early Devereaux (voiced by Terry Crews says, "It's enough to make a grown man cry, but not this man" (shown below, left).

Later that, on September 27th, the film was released in the United States.^[1] In the film, Devereaux says the line again, amending his comments. He says, "It's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok."

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On April 3rd, 2013, YouTuber Brian Brzezina posted an isolated clip of Devereaux saying the line. The post received more than 100,000 views in less than seven years (shown below).

On September 23rd, Imgur ^[2] user kgirl924 posted a GIF of the second half of the quote: "Get back in there tear." the psot received more than 4,800 views (shown below, left).

On January 31st, 2017, Facebook ^[3] account Memes.fr posted a meme from the website MemeCenter.com in which the Devereaux reaction is used in response to a drawing entitled "A very powerful picture drawn by the child of a coal mine worker." The post received more than 1,000 reactions, 70 shares and 30 comments (shown below, center).

Two years later on April 5th, 2019, Redditor ^[4] SmokoMan shared a variation in which the image is in reaction to the caption, "When I see Stan Lee in any Marvel Movie." The post received more than 12,000 points (96% upvoted) and 100 comments in less than on year (shown below, right).

A very powerful picture drawn by the child of a coal-mine worker. IT'S enouGH TO MaKe a GROWN man CRY MemeCenter.com

When I see Stan Lee in any Marvel Movie It's enough to make a grown man cry.

On November 1st, 2019, iFunny ^[5] ANIME__CHICK posted a variation in which the meme is reacting to a Reddit post about Doge. The post recieveed more than 110,000 reactions and 1,300 comments in less than one week (shown below).

r/memes u/TBjosh 4h Our poor doge Kabosu the Doge is getting old, but she is still pure and good t's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok

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r/Minecraft u/crb135000 S 4h Recently my sister passed away and we always played Minecraft together throughout our childhood. To remember her I made a replica of her house on our childhood world nubflubbagus with some updates to new blocks she likes in the world I'm playing on. 14 4 21 1Share 5.7k 164 it's enough to make a grown man cry

@BBCWorld 1h Old People Line Up To Clean Radiation in Japan ввC News NEWS WOMD Alexandra R. Mr. Yamada: "I am 72 and on average I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live. Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop. Therefore us older ones have less chance of getting cancer. Alexandra R. Basically a group of 200+ retirees are volunteering to expose themselves to high levels of radiation so the younger men and women don't have to. Making the ultimate sacrifice to protect the lives of their children, and their children's children. <3 It's enough to make a grown man cry.

This sweet girl just had a 24 hours open heart surgery and when she was asked why she was up so quickly she responded that "her hello kitty slippers made everything better" It's enough to make a grown man cry

just a reminder to give credit to the man of the year, Ashton Kutcher who slowed down his acting career to pursue efforts in stopping human trafficking with help from the CIA and FBI.He also saved 6,000 children from this terrible part of society. Thank you. REAL MEN DON'T BUY GIRLS It's enough to make a grown man cry.

The bride's father died ten years ago and his heart was donated. The man who received the transplant walked her down the aisle. it's enough to make a grown man cry

This is a shirt I used to wea Whenever you Holdit know I amthere Love Grandad It's enough to make a grown man cry

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External References

^[1] IMDB – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

^[2] Imgur – It's enough to make a grown man cry

^[3] Facebook – memes.fr's Post

^[4] Reddit – /r/memes

^[5] iFunny – ANIME__CHICK's Post

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