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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.

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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).

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).


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