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'''Basic Trope''': Someone cries while cutting/peeling onions.
* '''Straight''': Charlie is trying to cut onions, but his eyes can't stop watering.
* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie can't even be in the same ''room'' as raw onions ([[ArtisticLicenseBiology regardless of whether or not the onions are cut]]) without bursting into OcularGushers.
* '''Downplayed''': Charlie's eyes water a bit when he cuts onions, but not severely.
* '''Justified''':
** TruthInTelevision - onions can cause eye irritation when cut or peeled.
** Charlie is allergic to onions and they make his eyes water.
** [[CloudCuckoolander Charlie]] actually feels bad for the onion he's cutting.
* '''Inverted''': The onions cry when Charlie cuts them.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': [[RuleOfFunny Somehow]], even ''cooked'' onions can't stop but make Charlie burst into OcularGushers.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody ever cuts or peels onions.
** Charlie doesn't cry when cutting onions.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Someone uses raw onions to temporarily blind and distract Charlie.
* '''Defied''': Charlie uses a sharper knife, chills the onions before cutting them, and/or uses eye protection before cutting the onions.
* '''Discussed''': As Charlie is [[SandInMyEyes trying to deny that he's crying]], he asks "Who's cutting onions in here?"
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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