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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
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
Not to be confused with a [[My Little Pony|cutie mark]].
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* Konata Izumi (as well as her dad) in ''[[
* [[Haruhi Suzumiya
** And Mikuru has one in the shape of a star on her left breast. It's a plot point.
* Kagehoshi in ''[[Flame of Recca]]'' 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".
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* From [[The Demon Ororon]], Ororon and Othello are rare male examples. The former has three moles underneath the left eye, and the latter has only one.
* Chiyoko Fujiwara in ''[[Millennium Actress]]'' has the classic [[Anime]] tragic mole near the corner of her left eye.
* White in [[Tekkon Kinkreet]] also has the traditional 'tragic' mark [http://highdefdiscnews.com/reviews/tekkonkinkreet/image2full.jpg underneath his right eye]
* Yukina from ''[[Senko no Night Raid]]'' has one mole on each cheek.
* Sasha in ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]'' has one to go with his brusque [[Anti
* In ''[[Ravages of Time]]'', Xun Yun has two teardrop moles, one under each eye.
* Albert from ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' has a tragic mole by the corner of his left eye.
** Mercédès, Albert's mother, has one under her mouth.
* Elliot Nightray of ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' has a tragic mole by the corner of his left eye.
* Tyki Mikk of ''[[D
* Ayumu Yamazaki of ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' has one near the corner of her mouth.
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' [[Creepy Twins]] Yu Lan Xia and Xia Yu Fan both have one at the corner of their eyes.
* Yukio Washimine of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' has one under her mouth.
* ''[[Karin]]'': There's one near the corner of Fumio Usui's right eye.
* Kohane of ''[[
** So does Akira Toudou of ''[[Special A]]''.
** And Tomoka Minato from ''[[Ro
* Maria Ross in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has one too. When Envy impersonates her he leaves it out, so Hughes realizes something's up.
* Nuriko of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''.
* Vash from ''[[Trigun]]'' has the standard teardrop mole under his left eye. In the manga {{spoiler|his twin brother Knives has one under his right eye.}}
* Austria from ''[[
* Matsumoto of ''[[Bleach]]'' has one beneath her lower lip.
* [[Bishonen|Fried]] from ''[[Fairy Tail]]''.
* Yukio from ''[[
* Neu from ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' is revealed to have the tragic variety when Youji breaks her [[Sunglasses
* The eponymous ''[[Tomie]]'' can be identified by the beauty mark below her eye.
* [[Simoun|Wapourif]] has a beauty mark under her mouth.
* Hisaya Miki of ''[[
* ''[[The Idolmaster (
* Lancer from ''[[Fate
* In ''[[Kuroshitsuji]]'' Vincent Phantomhive, Ciel's father, has one in the corner of his left eye and Patrick Phelps in the corner of his right eye. Charles Phipps has a spot near the left corner of his mouth.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Mole Man in ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'': There are some really gross close-up shots to emphasize this.
* Both Silk Spectres from ''[[Watchmen (
* Scandal Savage and Jeanette from ''[[Secret Six]].''
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[The Mole]] has a '''huge''' hairy one above his lip in ''[[Austin Powers]]'', culminating in a memorable rant as Austin tries to get it out of his system.
* In ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', Prince John's mole moves around his face, seemingly at random.
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'''John:''' I have a mole? }}
* In ''Thoroughly Modern Milly'', Julie Andrews has a false beauty mark that sticks to a guys face when she's making out with him.
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* In ''[[Willow]]'', even the infant queen Elora Danaan had one.
* In the original film version of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy had "the mark of the [[Chosen One]]", a mole. Buffy was less than impressed.
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* In ''[[
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'''Sugar:''' (exasperated) "Fine." }}
* In ''[[Hot Shots]] Part Deux'', 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 recent film remake of ''[[The Producers]]'' that serves mainly to showcase (again) how over-the-top the [[Camp Gay]] director and his assistant/lover are.
* And who could forget the principal from ''[[Uncle Buck]]''?
* Of course there's the classic movie ''[[The Court Jester]]''. The heir to the throne had a royal birthmark, on his royal backside. This frequently involved [[Danny Kaye]] flashing the baby's bottom at crowds of people, when they would instantly bow down in reverence.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* WWE wrestler Jillian Hall had a disgustingly mutated fake one when she debuted. To make matters worse, she ditched that gimmick when The Boogeyman ''ate'' it. And now she has [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|horrible singing]].
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* Hilde of ''[[Soul Series|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.
* From ''[[Final Fantasy]]'': [[Final Fantasy X|Lulu]] and [[Final Fantasy XIII|Fang]] both have beauty marks to accentuate their [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] statuses.
* [[Lady of War|Nou]][[Eerie Pale
* Hikari Hinomoto of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial
* Dr Strangelove in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Peace Walker'' has one below her lower lip, although in her case it's possibly a symptom of her sun sensitivity caused by her leucism. The Boss has a Japanese teardrop mole.
* We finally see that [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] has one in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
* I-no of ''[[
* Prier of ''[[
* The Three Sisters in ''[[Lufia]]: Curse of the Sinistrals'' are perfectly identical in every way except for the color of their clothes, and the location of their respective beauty marks.
* [[White
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* A ''[[
* Mystique Sonia from ''[[Hero: 108]]''.
* Warmonga from ''[[Kim Possible]]''.
* Jez on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.
* Wendy O. 'Kootie Pie' Koopa has one on her right cheek in both ''[
* Master Cyclonis, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[
* Roxanne from ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''.
* Tak from [[Invader Zim]].
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** As did Niki Taylor.
* [[Elizabeth Taylor]] also had [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii322/qquila89/128.jpg?t=1272143536 a mole on her cheek].
* Robia La Morte has a beauty mark on the left side of her neck - shown or not shown depending on the role (shown in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'').
* The Chinese [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 ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', has a few; the most noticeable are the three under his left eye (shown [http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9716/tumblrl9tyozppzo1qb2iqy.jpg here].)
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