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Facial moles on their own [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs aren’t tropes]]. Here’s a list of tropes that "Beauty Mark" may refer to:
* DistinguishingMark: A character’s facial mole or birthmark is remarkably unique.

* FashionableAsymmetry: When a facial mole adds an asymmetrical appeal to a character’s design along with other elements in their appearance.

* MeaningfulAppearance: When a character’s facial moles indicate something about their personality or background.
* SpottingTheThread: A character’s facial mole reveals their true identity.

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Facial moles on their own [[PeopleSitOnChairs aren’t tropes]]. Here’s a list of tropes that "Beauty Mark" may refer to:

Facial moles on their own aren’t tropes. Here’s a list of tropes that "Beauty Mark" may refer to:

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* FashionableAsymmetry: When a facial mole adds an asymmetrical appeal to their design along with other elements.

* SpottingTheThread:A character’s facial mole reveals their true identity.

Facial moles on their own aren’t tropes Here’s a list of tropes that "Beauty Mark" may refer to:

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[[caption-width-right:320: Like a cute little ink drop.]]

->''"I used to date this one girl; she had a beauty mark on her cheek. That's sexy, we fellers like that. Like Creator/CindyCrawford. Well we get to kissin' and stuff. I get a look at it. ''It was a tick!''"''
-->-- '''Creator/LarryTheCableGuy'''

Beauty marks are facial moles. They are called that because, over the course of history, they have at times been considered an attractive feature. Generally, to be considered attractive, a mole has to be small, not protrude from the person's face, and definitely not have any hairs growing from it. They will usually be either above the lip or below the eye. Fake beauty marks have sometimes been fashionable, especially in the 18th century. Most fake moles were made of silk or velvet, and were sometimes cut into shapes like stars or hearts.

This trope is about how facial moles have been handled in fiction, whether they were true Beauty Marks or just plain disgusting moles. There have been dozens of stories resolved because of the discovery of "the family birthmark". A common gag in comedies featuring a character with a mole is having it explicitly revealed to be fake, or else have the mole spontaneously move around the character's face between close-ups. Occasionally, the ChosenOne has this. And occasionally, just occasionally, the presence of a mole means a skin cancer plot is approaching.

In {{anime}}, a tragic character will sometimes have a mole near the outside corner of one eye, because in Japan such a mark symbolizes a hard, sad life--the placement calls to mind a tear of sorrow. A beauty mark on the upper lip, however, is more closely linked to sultry and sassy characters due to many prominent sex symbols and models bearing them.

A sub-trope to FashionableAsymmetry. Not to be confused with Franchise/MyLittlePony's "Cutie Marks".

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/ToTheAbandonedSacredBeasts'': Liza has one on her left breast.
* The sweetheart upperclassman Suga in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' has one by his left eye.
* Adam's left-hand man Tadashi in ''Anime/Sk8TheInfinity'' has one under his right eye.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** Kyon has one on his neck. A mole on the back of the neck means the person is in danger, which being the LoveInterest of a {{Tsundere}} who [[RealityWarper subconsciously can alter reality, he certainly is.]]
** Mikuru has one in the shape of a star on her left breast. It's a plot point because [[spoiler:older Mikuru uses it to identify herself to Kyon]].
* Kagehoshi in ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' has two on her chin, and when she's described as having "two moles" Recca corrects the person who says it and calls them "beauty marks".
* Ritsuko in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. In one darkly flirtatious scene, Kaji even [[LampshadeHanging reminds her of the connection to tragedy]] while touching her cheek.
* From ''Manga/TheDemonOroron'', Ororon and Othello are rare male examples. The former has three moles underneath the left eye, and the latter has only one.
* Rui Kisugi, resident heroic FemmeFatale from ''Manga/CatsEye'' has one on her cheek.
* Chiyoko Fujiwara in ''Anime/MillenniumActress'' has the classic {{anime}} tragic mole near the corner of her left eye.
* White in ''Anime/TekkonKinkreet'' also has the traditional 'tragic' mark [[http://highdefdiscnews.com/reviews/tekkonkinkreet/image2full.jpg underneath his right eye]].
* Yukina from ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' has one mole on each cheek.
* Sasha in ''Seikon No Qwaser'' has one to go with his brusque AntiHero attitude.
* Albert from ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' has a tragic mole by the corner of his left eye.
** Mercédès, Albert's mother, has one under her mouth.
* Elliot Nightray of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' has a tragic mole by the corner of his left eye.
* Tyki Mikk of ''Manga/DGrayman'' has one under his left eye. It seems to foreshadow moral conflict, except that he really ''isn't'' the TokenGoodTeammate so much as he's perfectly okay with killing humans but still finds them fun.
* Ayumu Yamazaki of ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'' has one near the corner of her mouth.
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' CreepyTwins Yu Lan Xia and Xia Yu Fan both have one at the corner of their eyes.
* Yukio Washimine of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' has one under her mouth.
* ''Manga/{{Karin}}'': there's one near the corner of Fumio Usui's right eye.
* Kohane of ''Manga/XxxHolic'' has one near the corner of her left eye.
* Maria Ross in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has one too. When Envy impersonates her, he forgets to add it, so Hughes [[SpottingTheThread realizes something's up]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't save him.]]
* Nuriko of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' has one under his left eye. It gets quite the focus in a ''very'' tragic scene of his past, when his child self's face is shown while he cries his heart out [[spoiler: after the death of his younger sister Kourin]].
* Vash from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' has the standard teardrop mole under his left eye. In the manga [[spoiler:his twin brother Knives has one under his right eye.]]
* Matsumoto of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has one beneath her lower lip.
* Yukio from ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' has three (two under the left eye and one on his chin).
* Neu from ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' is revealed to have the tragic variety when Youji breaks her [[SunglassesAtNight visor]]. [[spoiler:As does Asuka, Youji's dead love interest. Guess what: they're the same person, and it... fits.]]
* Wapourif from ''Anime/{{Simoun}}'' has a beauty mark under her mouth.
* Hisaya Miki of ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' has two, one under the outside corner of each eye. Considering his rather traumatic middle school experiences, it's apt.
* Lancer from ''LightNovel/FateZero'' has a small beauty mark under one of his eyes. This not only serves as the usual shorthand for a tragic life, but is also indicates that his true identity is [[Myth/CelticMythology Diarmuid ua Duibhne of the Love Spot]].
* Akashi and Hanuki from ''Anime/TheTatamiGalaxy''.
* In ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', the twin sisters Noel and Caren both have beauty marks. Caren has one under her right eye and Noel has one under her left eye.
* Chizuru "Chizu" Honda and her older sister Ichiko, both their respective class beauties, in ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''. Chizu's placement near her eye falls under the "tragic" category considering her [[spoiler:pregnancy from either a gang rape (manga) or [[{{Bowdlerize}} an illegal relationship]] with her teacher (anime)]] backstory.
* Mimina from ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'' has a heart-shaped one above her tailbone.[[note]]This is actually a "Mongolian Spot", a mark that appears on around 90% of Asian children, usually on or near the buttocks. Because these bruise-like marks almost always disappear by the third to fifth birthday, having one has been associated with near-infantile immaturity, thus often being a source of much embarrassment.[[/note]]
* Sakaguchi from ''Manga/TheHighSchoolLifeOfAFudanshi'' has one under his left eye.
* Shirotani from ''Manga/TenCount'' has one below his left eye.
* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Satomi's is on her left cheek, just under the corner of her eye. Fans of the series consider it to be [[UnkemptBeauty one of her charm points]], along with her [[BoyishShortHair short mussy]] hair.
* Joseph from ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride'' has one under his right eye.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:Hatake Kakashi]] has one on the left side of his chin, under the corner of his mouth. He hides it [[spoiler:under his mask]], and it fits ''very'' well in the Tragic astereotype: his life has been incredibly hard since very early, what with him losing [[spoiler: his father (and even found his corpse)]] and [[spoiler: his two best friends (one of them [[SuicideByCop killing herself at his hand]] [[HeroicSacrifice to save their village]], and the other [[BreakTheCutie losing it]] and becoming the BigBadFriend)]].
** Also Uchiha Izumi.
* ''{{Manga/Tomie}}'' has an example on the face of the titular character and series BigBad.
* Both Tamura and Satoshi from ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' have beauty marks on their cheeks. Tamura is a tragic example, being very troubled due to [[spoiler:past sexual abuse]], while Satoshi is an [[{{bishonen}} attractive]], flamboyant boy.
* Tanizaki Naomi from ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' has one under her left eye.
* Tomoka from ''Ro-Kyu-Bu!'' has one under her left eye. It symbolises how she led a sad, friendless life due to her strong focus on winning in basketball, something which nearly made her give up the hobby until she met the other 4 girls in her new club, who accept her the way she is.
* Kati Mannequin from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has one just below the right side of her lower lip.
* Chizuru from ''Manga/YouAndMe'' believes his best physical feature is the beauty mark under his eye. He uses the "attractive" cliche rather than the "tragic" one.
* [[PrincelyYoungMan Austria]] of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has one on the left side of his chin, and according to WordOfGod, it's an [[FantasticArousal erogenous zone]] for him. The Austrian micronation [[LargeHam Kugelmugel]] also has one underneath his left eye. [[PerpetualSmiler Portugal]] has one underneath his right eye.
* In ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', Xun Yu has two teardrop moles, one under each eye. His nephew Xun You has one mole at the end of each eyebrow.
* Suzu from ''Manga/InThisCornerOfTheWorld'' has one above her chin, on the right side of her face. It's how her husband Shuusaku was able to remember her after they first met when they were children.
* From ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Nana Shimura, the seventh wielder of One For All and [[TheParagon All Might's]] mentor, had one on the side of her cheek. [[spoiler: This mark was also inherited by her grandson, Tenko Shimura, a.k.a [[BigBad Tomura Shigaraki]].]]
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': Kobeni has ''two'' moles below the corner of her left eye, not symbolizing tragedy so much as [[ButtMonkey extreme misfortune]]. She also has a third on her left cheek and fourth on the right side of her chin.
* Mori Morino in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' has one under her left eye, and is part of the reason for her InSeriesNickname being "[[Creator/MarilynMonroe Monroe]]". Despite located in a position frequently referred to as a "sorrow" mole, this wasn't raised at all to date.
* In ''Manga/CherryMagicThirtyYearsOfVirginityCanMakeYouAWizard'', Adachi discovers he has a mole beneath his while listening to Kurosawa's thoughts about how attractive it is.
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[[folder:Art]]
* The young Earl in the ''Art/MarriageALaMode'' series has a large false beauty mark on his neck to hide a syphilitic sore. The older woman in ''The Inspection'' also has false beauty marks on her face for the same reason, and the young girl will likely need to start wearing one where she is dabbing her mouth with a handkerchief. And in ''The Lady's Death'', the Earl and Countess' daughter is also wearing a false beauty mark on her cheek, having inherited syphilis from her father.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Wolnie, the wife of the villain Wolffy, has a beauty mark right next to her left eye.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Mole Man in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'': There are some really gross close-up shots to emphasize this.
* Ari, the Gorgon actress from ''ComicBook/TheDemonMages'', has one under her mouth.
* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'': Star, a skater from the Bristol Township across the river from Gotham has a beauty mark on her left cheek.
* In ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', a con-woman claiming to be "Mrs. Superman" has a star shaped one under her eye. The novelization goes into a bit of detail over it, stating it was difficult to tell whether it was fake or not.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Paula von Gunther had a little mole to the side of her mouth, she lost it after her face was horrifically burned while she disabled an explosive device in a burning munitions factory.
** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Glamora Treat has a little mole right in the same spot as Marylin Monroe's beauty spot. Her original iteration in ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' did not.
* ''ComicBook/DangerGirl'': Abbey Chase has one on the left side of her face just under her eye.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* In ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}'''s girlfriend, Sonja has one on her cheek. Considering she's a cat so her face is covered with fur, how it's actually visible is anybody's guess.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' has one behind her right eye.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Nancy}}'': An early strip has Nancy reading a magazine with beauty tips stating that having a mole increases a woman's attractiveness by 10%. So she starts marking her face with dots until she's full of them.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Invoked in Chapter 18 of ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant''. Ruby and Yang get Pyrrha some different clothes to help disguise her so that she can hide from any obnoxious fans. To complete the disguise, Ruby pokes her face with a sharpie marker, creating a fake beauty mark so that no one will recognize her.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Bertie of ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'' has one on her right cheek, just near her eye. Ansel is a male example, having one on his lower left lip.
* Miguel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' is a rare male example, though in his case its more to enhance his cuteness.
* Roxanne from ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', in the "meant to make her more attractive" way.
* Norma Jean of ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' has a noticeable one on her left chest, making her the most distinguishable of the female Emperor penguins.
* Po's mother in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' has one by her chin.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameGoldenFilms'': Melody has one on her left cheek.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', Charlotte adds a fake one in one of her vainer and sillier moments.
* Mocked in ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', where Queen Gnorga does put on moles. Since GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood is her society's norm, said moles look hideous.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* TheMole has a '''huge''' hairy one above his lip in ''Film/AustinPowers'', culminating in a memorable rant as Austin tries to get it out of his system.
* In ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'', Prince John's mole moves around his face, seemingly at random.
-->'''Sheriff of Rottingham:''' Correct me if I'm wrong but, wasn't your mole on... the other side?\\
'''John:''' I have a mole?
* In ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'', Julie Andrews has a false beauty mark that sticks to a guy's face when she's making out with him.
* In ''Film/TheArtist'', George draws one on Peppy, telling her she needs something to make her stand out if she wants to be famous. It works almost too well.
%% * In ''Film/{{Willow}}'', even the infant queen Elora Danaan had one.
* In the original film version of ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Buffy had "the mark of the ChosenOne", a mole. Buffy was less than impressed.
-->'''Buffy:''' "All I want to do is graduate from high school, go to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die. Now it may not sound too great to a sconehead like you, but I think it's swell. And you come along and tell me I'm a member of the hairy mole club so you can * throw* things at me?"
* In ''Film/BatmanForever'', Edward Nygma subconsciously idolizes Bruce Wayne, so when he pretends to be a rich industrialist, he copies everything Bruce does, including having a (fake) mole.
-->'''Edward Nygma:''' How's my mole?\\
'''Sugar:''' ''[exasperated]'' Fine.
* In ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'', Michelle Huddleston gives Topper Harley a mole from her face after sleeping with him. It later becomes a plot point.
* There's a mole gag in the film remake of ''Film/TheProducers'' that serves mainly to showcase (again) how over-the-top the CampGay director and his assistant/lover are.
* Constantine, Kermit's CriminalDoppelganger in ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', has one.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' by Thomas Harris, Clarice Starling has gunpowder burned into her cheek. It's noted that it is placed in a way that the French call 'courage'.
* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', the [[LivingLegend legendary]] general Ituralde wears small velvet beauty marks in keeping with courtly fashion, and briefly considers how his choice of design might play into the PolitenessJudo of a meeting with rebel commanders.
* Subverted in ''Literature/GorkyPark''. Irina's mark is actually damage from a forced drug injection given to her in a Soviet mental hospital for dissidents; it doesn't detract from her beauty, but she's also blind on that side of her face.
* In ''Literature/MirrorProject'', Lynn finds that her robotic body has none of the moles her flesh-and-blood one did, except one on her right cheek that her husband always liked.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* An episode of ''Series/TheNanny'' had Fran accidentally discover that a famous celebrity's famous beauty mark was fake and accidentally tell Cindy Adams.
* In Brazilian historical Soap ''Xica da Silva'' slutty dressmaker Elvira has a fake one, specially brought up from France. She places it in her cleavage.
%% * [[MsFanservice Audrey Horne]] in ''Series/TwinPeaks'' has one next to her left eye.
%% * Since she's played by Creator/AngelCoulby, Gwen in ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' has one of the "nice" kind.
* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Jasper's MailOrderBride Tatiana has a comically huge one on her chin.
* ''Honey West'''s "Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me" has this as a plot point - the title character has one on the left side of her mouth under the lips (along with her actress Anne Francis), and the episode has Honey being impersonated by a member of a gang. Our heroine takes her place, but the bad guys catch her out because [[ImpostorForgotOneDetail the woman pretending to be Honey doesn't have a mole...]]
* In Season 7 of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' contestant Max is clocked by her competitors for always incorporating a fake beauty mark into his weekly runway looks.
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[[folder:Music Videos]]
* A supermodel in the video for "Music/BestFriend" has one. ''This gets her [[SwallowedWhole swallowed]] [[EatenAlive alive]]'' by a rival model [[YouAreWhoYouEat who then gets the beauty mark herself.]]
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[[folder:Myths and Religion]]
* In Myth/CelticMythology, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne had his "love spot" facial mole, so iconic that he is sometimes known as "Diarmuid of the Love Spot". It was in fact a magical mole that caused any woman who saw it to fall in love with him. [[BlessedWithSuck This caused a lot of problems]] for Diarmuid, particularly when his lord's fiancee, Grainne, betrayed her intended and pursued Diarmuid instead, leading directly to his death.
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* WWE wrestler Wrestling/JillianHall had a disgustingly mutated fake one when she debuted. To make matters worse, she ditched that gimmick when Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} ''ate'' it. She moved on to [[HollywoodToneDeaf horrible singing]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'': As in the OVA adaptation, Satomi's mole is just beneath the corner of her left eye. Which is best seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9el6TjEYJeM in her character portrait and her ending.]]
* VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} has a beauty mark located right under the right corner of her lips. It's so iconic for her, that for her portrayal as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for 3DS and Wii U'', whenever {{Franchise/Kirby}} uses it's PowerCopying ability on her, he gets her beauty mark in addition to her BoyishShortHair.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' features an old animation studio that brought its [[{{Toon}} cartoon characters]] to life. One such character is an AngelicBeauty, Alice [[SpeciesSurname Angel]]. Part of the character's basic design is a mole under her right eye.
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZeroIII'': [[spoiler: Leibniz has a beauty mark at the corner of her right eye.]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Debora Briscoletti, beautiful but smug rich girl, has one mole just under her left eye.
* ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'': WordOfGod stated that the two of them are related, though how this is so has not yet been made clear.
** Rei Kurosawa from ''[[VideoGame/FatalFrameIIITheTormented III]]'' has one beneath one of her eyes.
** Hisoka Kurosawa from ''[[VideoGame/FatalFrameVMaidenOfBlackWater V]]'' has one near her lip.
* From ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lulu]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Fang]] both have beauty marks to accentuate their statuses.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'':
*** Cloud in is given several - one above his left eyebrow which seems to imitate the Materia-above-Meteor logo of the game, and ones under his left and right eyes in the "teardrop" style, which features in the closeups of his eye during his mental breakdown scenes. They also all draw attention to his [[WhatBeautifulEyes eyes]], which in the story are regarded as especially striking and beautiful.
*** Sephiroth has a mole on his left upper lip that draws attention to his [[PerpetualSmiler signature smirk]] in his MouthScreen shots.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'':
** Queen Mikoto is a YamatoNadeshiko with a beauty mark under her lower lip. Her life is quite the tragedy since she went through lots of losses in both past and present: not only she lost her child aka the PlayerCharacter, but also [[spoiler: her homeland, her big sister, [[StarCrossedLovers both her first love/the Avatar's father and her second love/her husband]]... and ultimately, [[HeroicSacrifice her own life]].]]
** The Avatar's looks can be customized, which includes giving them beauty marks that can be located under their left eye or the left corner of their mouth ([[StrongFamilyResemblance like Mikoto's]]). And the story puts them [[BreakTheCutie under the wringer]] no matter what path is chosen by the player.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', Clive has a mole between his lower lip and chin. True to the "moles on the face are signal of tragedy" myth, he faces lots of difficulties through the story: the struggles of the Deliverance, his sister Claire and girlfriend Mathilda's captivities (and possible deaths), [[spoiler: his best friend Fernand's FaceHeelTurn and eventual death, ''his own early death'' if Mathilda kicks it...]]
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', resident MsFanservice Manuela has a mole beneath her left eye.
* Izmir of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has one below the left side of her lower lip.
* Prier of ''VideoGame/LaPucelle'' has one too, under her left eye. Indeed, she also has a tragic backstory like in the anime examples.
* The Three Sisters in ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' are perfectly identical in every way except for the color of their clothes, and the location of their respective beauty marks.
* Dr Strangelove in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid: Peace Walker'' has one below her lower lip, although in her case it's possibly a symptom of her sun sensitivity caused by her albinism. The Boss has a Japanese teardrop mole.
* [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] has a beauty mark on the side of her chin, starting in Videogame/MetroidOtherM. The creators had wanted to give her one sooner, but the technology wouldn't allow it back in the day.
%% * We finally see that [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] has one in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''.
* General Sanshi from ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' has one below the left corner of his mouth.
* Margaret Moonlight of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has one on her lower left cheek. It makes sense when you see her picture...
%% * Nouhime, wife of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga from ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''. Also, [[LadyOfWar Zhen]] [[MusicalAssassin Ji]] of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''. Both are stunningly beautiful.
* Carmelita from ''VideoGame/SlyCooper.'' Bonus points for her mole actually being visible, even though she's an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic fox]].
%% * Hilde of ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur IV'' has a rather prominent one just to the left of her mouth.
%% ** Tira (debuting in ''III'') also sports one, under her right eye.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', the Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie, have a beauty mark underneath their eye (Callie's left eye and Marie's right eye). Their successors in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'', Pearl and Marina, also have beauty marks, albeit below their bottom lips on Pearl's right and Marina's left.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' tends to use this on characters who have tragic back-stories or suffered heartbreaks.
** Maki Sonomura of ''VideoGame/Persona1'' has one under her lip.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona2'', Ulala Serizawa has one under her right eye.
** Ryoji Mochizuki of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has one under his left eye.
** Hiroko from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' has one beneath her left eye.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' pulls a double-whammy with this: Kasumi Yoshizawa has one beneath her left eye, [[spoiler: but the "Kasumi" that the player interacts with lacks it. Turns out you've been interacting with her twin sister, Sumire, and the real Kasumi died roughly a month before the story began.]]
* In ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', Kashuu Kiyomitsu has one below his mouth and Yamatonokami Yasusada has one below the corner of his right eye. In this case, their moles are a visual reminder of their connection to each other (they had the same master, Okita Souji of UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi) and the fact that they're each other's RedOniBlueOni.
* ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'': Reina has one close to the outside of her left eye, in the "tragic anime"-mold [[spoiler: She falls in love with a physically and emotionally abusive mobster, and is eventually killed trying to leave him.]]
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Mia Fey has one on her chin, and when she possesses Maya and Pearl it shows up as well.
** Franziska Von Karma also has one on the left side of her face, [[AmbidextrousSprite or the right when she is looking to that side.]] Interestingly, it's ''her'' who has the "teardrop" mole, and not Mia who is the one who dies.
%% * JB in the ''[[VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia Grisaia]]'' series has a little mole just below her left eye.
* Mikan Tsumiki from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has one next to her left eye. She was ''terribly'' abused in her past, as a result she is ''deeply'' traumatised [[spoiler: '''and''' she's ultimately executed in one of the cases]]; therefore, she plays the "tragic character" sub-trope ''very'' well.
* Hikari Hinomoto of ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' has a mole at the bottom outside corner of her left eye. It's a visual trademark of hers ; however, she [[AvertedTrope averts]] the Japanese symbol mentioned, as she's a GenkiGirl who's [[EasierThanEasy very likely]] to become the Main Protagonist's VictoriousChildhoodFriend.
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* Lapoleon in the ''WebAnimation/BestFiends'' web shorts has a faint brown one added to his left cheek, in contrast with his video game sprite. It helps emphasize his flamboyant and vain personality.
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* Ellie's entire family in ''Webcomic/ShotgunShuffle'' each has a unique pair of strange moles. Hers are shaped like the letter "N," Anise's are "H's," and so on. Apparently, it sometimes skips a generation, since their parents are normal, while Ginger's sons all have it.
%% * Rallidae Ylagan from ''Webcomic/CatNine'' has one.[[http://cat-nine.net/comic/she-seems-friendly/]]
%%* Amical from ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' has one under his left eye.
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* A ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode featured Dexter freaking out due to a lunch lady's rather unsightly mole, and of course it happens on the day when a failed experiment was causing him to broadcast his thoughts to everyone.
%% * Bea of ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks''.
%% * Cousin Mel from ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''.
%% * Mystique Sonia from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hero 108}}''.
%% * Tak from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.
%% * Jez on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''.
%% * Warmonga from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'':
** TheFashionista Zoe Trent has one right near her mouth. She is a pampered dog who wants to become a professional singer.
** Madame Pom, a character introduced in the episode ''Eve of Destruction'', has one. She is Zoe's rival and a FashionModel.
* Marco Diaz from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' has one right past the right corner of his right eye. Star comments on his "cute li'l mole" while doing a playful impression of him in "Sleep Spells".
* Master Cyclonis, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', has one on her left cheek. On the rare occasions she's [[WhenSheSmiles legitimately smiling]], it adds a real sense of adorableness to her.
* Wendy O. 'Kootie Pie' Koopa has one on her right cheek in both ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (especially in her human form in the episode "The Beauty of Kootie"), and in the ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros Super Mario World]]'' TV series. Though, at times, you can or can't see it due to both the show's [[OffModel animation errors]].
%% * Kuvira from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
* Penny Proud from ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''. It was revealed in TheMovie that she drew it.
%% * Peter Parker of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is a very rare male example, with a beauty mark underneath his eye.
%% * Chimera in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''.
* [[SilverFox Befitting her character]], Mei Ling from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' has one on her cheek.
* In the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' episode "The Tick vs. the Mole People", supermodel Mindy Moleford has one suspiciously close to where Cindy Crawford's is located.
* The series finale for ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish'', Dot was stated to desperately need an operation. In the end she finally gets it. Turns out the operation was plastic surgery to have a beauty mark implanted on her cheek.
-->'''Dot:''' I call it a "cutie mark". Cindy Crawford, eat your heart out!
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': One of Two-Tone's spots placed just beneath her right eye functions as one of these for her.
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* Creator/MarilynMonroe's beauty mark (now pictured above) generated a new vogue for the things.
** So did that of Creator/CindyCrawford (although people suggested she get it removed, and at least one ''Vogue'' cover had it airbrushed out).
%% ** As did Niki Taylor.
* Creator/ElizabethTaylor also had [[http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii322/qquila89/128.jpg?t=1272143536 a mole on her cheek]]. She recalled that in her teens, the studio wanted her to remove it, but she resisted.
* Robia La Morte has a beauty mark on the left side of her neck - shown or not shown depending on the role (shown in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'').
* Music/MarinaDiamandis temporarily sported a black painted-on heart beauty mark during her ''Electra Heart'' era, inspired by both Marilyn Monroe and Marie Antoinette, who is commonly depicted wearing a heart on her cheek when used as a Halloween costume/cosplay.
* The Chinese [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090426025237/http://www.marthatierney.com/A_moles.htm predict a person's personality]] and love life based on the position of facial moles, much like palm reading.
%% * Koji Seto, best known for starring on ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'', has a few; the most noticeable are the three under his left eye (shown [[http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9716/tumblrl9tyozppzo1qb2iqy.jpg here]].)
* Koshi Inaba of Music/{{Bz}} has one on his [[http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8145/16283620.jpg chin]]. Among B'z fans, it has reached memetic level with many joking it is his source of power.
%% * Creator/AngelCoulby has one on her cheek, near her nose.
%% * The late pornstar Britney Madison.
%% * Like Creator/CindyCrawford and Niki Taylor, fellow model Kate Upton sports one (on the right side of her face just above her upper lip).
%% * Creator/BlakeLively has one near her nose on the right.
%% * Music/PaulaAbdul's left cheek has one.
* Creator/GingerRogers had a rather large one on her jaw just below the left corner of her mouth. It was usually covered up with makeup in most movies and publicity photos from early in her career.
%% * Dylan O'Brien of ''Series/TeenWolf'' fame, has a fair number of them.. the most noticeable one? On his right cheek, as seen [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcyd8wXlKX1qgannvo1_1280.jpg here]]
* There was a fashion for false beauty marks made of cloth in pre-Revolution France, called mouches (flies). Their placement gave information about the wearer's mood. They were also used to hide skin sores from syphillis.
* Ukrainian pop idol Ani Lorak has two, on the left side of her jaw.
* Creator/GillianAnderson has one on her upper lip.
* [[IdenticalTwinIDTag The one way you can tell]] Creator/TiaAndTameraMowry apart is that Tamera has one under her left eye.
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In {{anime}}, a tragic character will sometimes have a mole near the outside corner of one eye, because in Japan such a mark symbolizes a hard, sad life--the placement calls to mind a tear of sorrow. Beauty mark on the upper lip however is more closely linked to sultry and sassy characters due to many prominent sex symbols and models bearing them.

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* The one way you can tell Creator/TiaAndTameraMowry apart is that Tamera has one under her left eye.

* In the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' episode "The Tick vs. the Mole People, supermodel Mindy Moleford has one suspiciously close to where Cindy Crawford's is located.