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[[File:~~crying_freeman_1390~~.png|link=Crying Freeman|frame|"My God... it's such a finely-crafted sword!"]]

[[File:crying freeman 1390.png|link=Crying Freeman|frame|"My God... it's such a finely-crafted sword!"]]

For whatever reason, a character is moved. But this guy is made of strong stuff: He is beyond [[Inelegant Blubbering|blubbering]] and won't turn on the waters works. He dammed up the [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] and had his [[Ocular Gushers]] surgically removed. [[Trying Not to Cry|And he promised himself!]] He is not going to cry.

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Well, maybe just ''one'' drop.

A [[Single Tear]] happens any time someone (man or woman) cries ''only one teardrop''. If a being is [[Tears From a Stone|generally incapable of crying]], this is a sign that he is genuinely upset. The tear can be shed for anything, from patriotism to [[Crying Indian|pollution]], but the more traumatic, the better.

A '''Single Tear''' happens any time someone (man or woman) cries ''only one teardrop''. If a being is [[Tears From a Stone|generally incapable of crying]], this is a sign that he is genuinely upset. The tear can be shed for anything, from patriotism to [[Crying Indian|pollution]], but the more traumatic, the better.

Compare with [[Manly Tears]], which can often overlap with this.

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== Fan Works ==

* One hears, in parodies, of [[Mary Sue~~|Mary Sues~~]] crying a single perfect crystalline tear, but that may be a [[Dead Unicorn Trope]].

* One hears, in parodies, of [[Mary Sue]]s crying a single perfect crystalline tear, but that may be a [[Dead Unicorn Trope]].

* In [http://bobmin.fanficauthors.net/Healing_Harry/Healing_Harry/ Bobmin's Healing Harry], one of the flashbacks has past!Harry drop a single tear, which disturbs present!Ginny much more than anything else, given that she knows how he was treated at the Dursleys.

* In ''[[My Immortal]]'', Ebony cries a single tear when she's sent to her [[Ironic Hell]] in the hacker chapter.

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* ''A Matter of Life and Death'': When the ghost of Peter Carter kisses his one true love June, a single tear falls from his eye. More interestingly, although she is petrified and in another time altogether she also sheds a single tear - which is later used as proof of her love for him.

* The eponymous character in ''[[Cry-Baby]]'', as well as several others over the course of the film. It's mainly used for [[Rule of Funny|comedic effect]].

* Strangely enough, ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'s'' Michael Myers has a [[Single Tear]] moment in the fifth film... before reverting back to his [[Complete Monster]] self, of course.

* Strangely enough, ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'s'' Michael Myers has a Single Tear moment in the fifth film... before reverting back to his [[Complete Monster]] self, of course.

* In ''[[Transformers (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Sam sheds one when {{spoiler|it seems like he's about to be forced to watch Bumblebee, who's probably his closest friend in the world, be executed by Soundwave right in front of him. Fortunately, [[Big Damn Heroes|this doesn't happen]].}}

* In ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' after Jesus dies on the cross, a single drop of rain falls from the sky.

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== Literature ==

* As mentioned above, it pops in Dante's ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'', specifically in the first few cantos of ''Purgatorio''. There is a soldier mentioned who is a brutal, bloody bastard his whole life, but when he is struck down in battle he cries a single [[Tears of Remorse|tear of repentance]], which is enough to send him to Purgatory instead of Hell.

* Almost all of the flashback scenes in ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' involve ~~[[Single Tear|~~a single shining tear]]. This one happens so frequently that [[Anti-Shurtugal]], an [[Fan Hater|anti-fan's]] website's tagline was, "where we shed many single tears."

* Almost all of the flashback scenes in ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' involve a single shining tear. This one happens so frequently that [[Anti-Shurtugal]], an [[Fan Hater|anti-fan's]] website's tagline was, "where we shed many single tears."

{{quote|''[[Narm|A single tear rolled down her cheek, like a liquid diamond]].''}}

* This also shows up a lot in ''[[Chronicles of Blood and Stone]]'', including a two-tear variation (one per eye.)

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* Dean Winchester of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Heck, there's even a drinking game based on each time this happens.

* Jim [[Profit]] cries a single tear when he {{spoiler|[[Oedipus Rex|kills]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|his father]]}} in the pilot. Justified because he's a [[Heroic Sociopath]] who [[What Is This Feeling?|does not understand these strange human things called emotions]].

* Parodied in ''[[Hyperdrive]]'' when a robot sheds an oil tear in the [[~~Narm|narmy~~]] [[Show Within a Show]] ''Captain Helix''.

* Parodied in ''[[Hyperdrive]]'' when a robot sheds an oil tear in the [[narm]]y [[Show Within a Show]] ''Captain Helix''.

* Parker of ''[[Leverage]]'' cries a single tear when she hears Hardison pull off a difficult violin solo perfectly. It screws over the team's heist. Worth it? Hell yes.

* ''[[Skins]]''

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* ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' had, on some occasions, "a single tear of black liquid sorrow".

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has single tears in the intermission between Acts 4 and 5.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Whether listening to your son and husband quarrel as the son goes off to fighter school, separating from a woman because you must put [[Honor Before Reason]], reuniting with your long-dead little brother in the afterlife, hearing that someone will send a messenger to your home to see whether you can ~~return~~ ~~-- a [[~~Single Tear]] is the appropriate response in this webcomic. Possibly for ease of drawing.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Whether listening to your son and husband quarrel as the son goes off to fighter school, separating from a woman because you must put [[Honor Before Reason]], reuniting with your long-dead little brother in the afterlife, hearing that someone will send a messenger to your home to see whether you can return—a Single Tear is the appropriate response in this webcomic. Possibly for ease of drawing.

* ''[[Pibgorn]]'' [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2009/08/17/ in response to a] [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Vanamonde von Mekkan sheds one after an encounter with [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070625 the perfect cup of coffee.]