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== Literature ==
* Mentioned in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', where the [[Lemony Narrator]] uses peeling an onion as a metaphor for reading his tragic
** Which also proves that he's terrible at his chosen profession of acting. Good actors can usually make themselves cry on command, right? Well, there you go.
** Good actors can make the -audience- cry on command. Being able to make -yourself- cry isn't necessary, especially in stage acting.
* In Mme LePrince de Beaumont's ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', Beauty's sisters use
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer 40000]] [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Blood Pact'', Criid blames her tearfulness on the onions. Given that she had just commented that grief last a long time. . . .
* Remember Oliver North (American politics, 1980s)? [[Dave Barry]] joked of him that "his eyes moist, he gestured patriotically with his hand and knocked over his bottle of Revlon Eye Moistener."
* In ''[[The Kite Runner]]'', the narrator (Amir) writes a story about a man whose tears turn into pearls when he sheds them into a magic
* Used in "Overture To Death" by [[Ngaio Marsh]]. {{spoiler|The murderer's plan depends on everyone thinking she's in a great deal of pain. She uses a hidden onion to provide the tears as she "sobs".}}
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== Video Games ==
* [[Sam and Max]] pay a hefty sum for a "Tear gas gun" but it turns out to be an onion launcher. But it works!
* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'', one of the Drama clips of [[Tsundere|Mei Ijuin]] 's ''Blooming Stories'' CD has her cooking a meal for the main protagonist she has begun to fall in love with. As she's cutting an onion ([[Picky Eater|her]] ''[[Picky Eater|most hated]]'' [[Picky Eater|food]], which speaks for [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|how much she cares for him]]), she reminisce about their childhood and how his selfless attitude towards her hasn't changed since then. Moved to tears by these thoughts, but [[
* In ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]'' the "sad onion" is an item that doubles your tears (fire rate).
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* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', when Sid thinks his voodoo-doll he carved out of soap has actually succeeded in killing the principal, one of the contrived coincidences keeping him in that illusion is someone coming to the door crying, which is immediately revealed to the audience to be caused by onion-chopping.
* In ''[[Shrek]] 4-D'' (the [[3D Movie]] that plays at [[Universal Studios]]), newlywed Fiona is crying because her carriage is an onion.
** It's also referenced in the original ''[[Shrek]]'' movie during the "ogres are like onions"
* One episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had Timmy's parents making friends with a (disguised) Cosmo and Wanda and running off on adventures every day, leaving him with his evil babysitter. Eventually, they decide that they can't keep neglecting Timmy, as proven by Timmy's tears... which are from Vicky forcing him to peel onions.
* Happens in ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' with Constance Koala and Mr.Thickley in the episode "Heartbreak Taz".
* A vintage [[Popeye]] cartoon has him and Bluto trying to cheer up a bawling Swee'Pea. Naturally it escalates into fighting, and while Bluto is pummeling Popeye like a speed bag, Popeye reaches for a can of spinach, and grabs a can of onions instead. Very soon, Popeye, Bluto, and Olive are all wailing loudly...which causes Swee'Pea to laugh uproariously.
** [[Did Not Do the Research]]
** Another later cartoon had Bluto in court accusing Popeye of assault, and giving [[Unreliable Narrator|heavily one-sided examples.]] We then cut to Wimpy, the judge, who at first appears to be crying over Bluto's story, but it's quickly revealed that he's simply cutting an onion for his hamburger.
* In one of the old ''Harveytoons'' Little Audrey has to get spirits in the clouds to cry so it will rain. She starts out by singing a sad song, but produces several onions from nowhere to get the crying started.
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