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* Having murdered the Seperatist leaders in cold blood, [[RevengeOfTheSith Anakin Skywalker]] looks out to the Hell that is Mustafar, and [[{{Tearjerker}} with what is left of his humanity,]] silently sheds a SingleTear of shame for what he has become.

* As mentioned above, it pops in Dante's ''DivineComedy'', 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 tear of repentance, which is enough to send him to Purgatory instead of Hell.

* From ''KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Terra [[spoiler:when Master Eraqus dies]] and Aqua [[spoiler:during the SayMyName segment of the secret ending.]] Quite the TearJerker in both cases, although the latter example is more hopeful.

-->'''Strong Sad:''' And we end on an extreme close-up of your reflection in the gooey filling of a jelly doughnut as\ [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/149pernt5.html you shed a single tear.]]

* The titular character of ''{{Bambi}}'' cries a single tear when he figures out his mom is [[MissingMom dead]].

* The titular character of ''{{Bambi}}'' cries a single tear when he figures out [[spoiler:his mom is [[MissingMom dead]]]].

* Metal Gear Solid 3 has Big Boss shedding a single tear at the end of the game. Course, at that point he did only have one eye left.
* From ''KingdomHeartsBirthbySleep'', Terra [[spoiler: when Master Eraqus dies]] and Aqua [[spoiler: during the SayMyName segment of the secret ending.]] Quite the TearJerker in both cases, although the latter example is more hopeful.

One reason for this is that it's difficult even for actors to cry on command, so filmmakers sometimes use an eyedropper to put liquid in the actor's eyes just before a crying scene. Of course, you can only squeeze so much water out before the next take, leading to this. It's actually [[OlderThanTheyThink older than film]], though: Dante mentions it in the ''DivineComedy''.