History Main / OnionTears

* In one episode of ''{{Wings}}'', Joe sees Helen crying and asks what's wrong. She claims it's from the onions she's peeling. Except he doesn't fall for it, because she's actually peeling potatoes.

* On ''{{Shrek}} 4-D'' (the [=~3D Movie~=] that plays on Universal Studios) newlywed Fiona is crying because her carriage is an onion.

** WallBanger / DidNotDoTheResearch -- canned onions are cooked already and would be about as likely to make you cry as a Patton Oswalt routine.

* Wasn't something like that done in the unbowdlerised BeautyAndTheBeast by the stepsisters (who had to fake being sad about their lil sis leaving)?

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* This actually happens to Tommy in ''DigimonFrontier'', the kids are forced to make burgers so they can save a digimon from Arbormon. He puts onions in his, and he even comments on it with the line "Here come the tears".
* In ''{{Vandread}}'', Pai sees Dita and Hibiki in the kitchen, with Dita crying. She assumes that Hibiki upset Dita somehow, and uses this as an argument to get the men kicked off the ship. She feels bad later when she discovers that Dita was just chopping onions . . . because she and Hibiki were making her a surprise meal to celebrate her anniversary aboard the ship.
* One episode of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma½]]'' involved a mirror that could allow whoever held it to travel through time if their tears fell on it (which appeared in a previous episode). Genma tries to invoke this by shoving onions in Ranma's face.

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* ''LoadingReadyRun'' plays with this concept in [[http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/276/man-cooking the first Man Cooking]].

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* One episode of Ranma½ involved a mirror that could allow whoever held it to travel through time if their tears fell on it (which appeared in a previous episode). Genma tries to invoke this by shoving onions in Ranma's face.

* One episode of {{Ranma½}} involved a mirror that could allow whoever held it to travel through time if their tears fell on it (which appeared in a previous episode). Genma tries to invoke this by shoving onions in Ranma's face.

* Wasn't something like that done in the unbowdlerised {{BeautyAndTheBeast}} by the stepsisters (who had to fake being sad about their lil sis leaving)?

* Wasn't something like that done in the unbowdlerised {{Cinderella}} by the stepsisters (who had to fake being sad about their lil sis leaving)?

->''"A bold man is he who an onion shreds, yet not a teardrop sheds."''

-->'''Calvin''': Whatcha doin', Mom?\\
'''Mom''' (sobbing): I'm cutting up an onion.\\

* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. In the "British Showbiz Awards" sketch, when the master of ceremonies wants to cry, he pulls out an onion and holds it up to his eyes. Later on he has a bunch of onions around his neck in case he needs more.

* This happens in the movie ''Last Holiday'' with Queen Latifah. Chef Didier discovers Georgia (Latifah) is dying and uses the fact that he is chopping onions to pretend to conceal his sorrow when she asks him not to be sad.

* This happens in the movie ''Last Holiday'' with Queen Latifah. Chef Didier (check spelling) discovers Georgia (Latifah) is dying and uses the fact that he is chopping onions to pretend to conceal his sorrow when she asks him not to be sad.