History Main / BlueEyes

Please note that blue eyes in general is not a trope. If you found your way here from an example, please take a moment to correct it to be one of the above.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black or brown, it is found mostly in Caucasian people. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color. Biologically, with blue eyes have a malfunction with their ability to limit the amount of light their eyes can absorb. Blue eyes have an advantage in lower light conditions (incidentally enough, blue is more common in the colder regions of the world where there is less light and is a common sight amongst Arctic predators), but environments with harsh light are more likely to inflict permanent eye damage.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black or brown, it is found mostly in Caucasian people. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color. Biologically, with blue eyes have a malfunction with their ability to limit the amount of light their eyes can absorb. Blue eyes have an advantage in lower light conditions (incidentally enough, blue is more common in the colder regions of the world where there is less light and is a common sight amongst artic predators), but environments with harsh light are more likely to inflict permanent eye damage.

--"Behind Blue Eyes", '''Music/TheWho'''

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black or brown, it is found mostly in Caucasian people. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color. Biologically, with blue eyes have a malfuntion with their ability to limit the amount of light their eyes can absorb. Blue eyes have an advantage in lower light conditions (incidentally enough, blue is more common in the colder regions of the world where there is less light and is a common sight amongst artic predators), but environments with harsh light are more likely to inflict permanent eye damage.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black, it is exclusive to Caucasians. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color. Biologically, with blue eyes have a malfuntion with their ability to limit the amount of light their eyes can absorb. Blue eyes have an advantage in lower light conditions (incidentally enough, blue is more common in the colder regions of the world where there is less light and is a common sight amongst artic predators), but environments with harsh light are more likely to inflict permanent eye damage.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black, it is exclusive to Caucasians. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color. Biologically, with blue eyes have a malfuntion with their ability to limit the amount of light their eyes can absorb. Blue eyes have an advantage in lower light conditions, but environments with harsh light are more likely to inflict permanent eye damage.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black, it is exclusive to Caucasians. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why brown and black tend to be more likely in people's eye color.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait exclusive. Like most eye and hair colors lighter than black, it is exclusive to Caucasians. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why green, brown and other more dominant colors tend to be more likely in people's eye color.

The color blue in eyes is a recessive genetic trait. To actually get blue eyes, both parents genetic material must select for it. Thus it is a rare trait, which is why green, brown and other more dominant colors tend to be more likely in people's eye color.

->''No one knows what it's like''\\

''Behind blue eyes''\\
-->--"Behind Blue Eyes", '''Music/TheWho''

-- Behind Blue Eyes, TheWho

If a blue-eyed character has a magic talent or "element", it's most likely [[MakingASplash water-related]], except MidnightBlueEyes, who are capable of using wind or lightning (much like a storm), though blue (or gray) is the eye color of choice for many wizards who are eerie or sophisticated instead of mysterious.

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[[color:blue: '''Blue''']]-[[color:green:'''green''']] sometimes marks a dreamy personality, but is nonetheless also a good "default" shade of blue eyes for the hero/heroine. The blue then indicates the heroic qualities and the green the independent personality associated with GreenEyes.

In some cultures, blue eyes are seen as a witch's eyes and are supposedly capable of [[HypnoticEyes controlling people]]. However, this is a rare superstition and considered little more than a cultural quirk even in the places where it originated, so it usually doesn't come up in fiction.

GrayEyes as a characterization tool have a lot in common with BlueEyes.

It should be noted that these eye color tropes are not just for characters who have eyes of this color, but when the color actually stands for something significant to that character, like blue for water, green for earth, red for evil, ect. Please do not add characters who just happen to have eyes of this color without a substantial reason behind it.

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* While this can happen in many forms of media, BlueEyes in anime and manga almost always signify that the bearer has had a DarkAndTroubledPast, will experience in series trauma, or both.
* The entire Koon Clan from ''TowerOfGod'', draped by blue hair.
* Belldandy of ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Oh My Goddess!]]'' fits the first variation of BlueEyes quite well--complete with HairOfGold ([[PowerDyesYourHair usually]]). However, her element is wind--the water powers go to her [[BrattyHalfPint little sister Skuld]], who is brown-eyed. [[MagicMisfire When she can make her powers]] ''[[MagicMisfire work]]'', that is.
* In ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', Fay's magic is explicitly tied with the blue COLOR in his eyes, which is weird.
** To expand; when Fai [[spoiler: gives away his magic in exchange for Kurogane's prosthetic arm, he draws out the blue and his eyes are left a golden colour.]]
* Touga and Nanami from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' have eyes that are such a dark blue that they can look {{purple| eyes}}. In Nanami's case, they were once described as "being the type where when you look into them you don't know what she's thinking". Utena herself has sky blue eyes, and they fall under the innocence type, as do the Kaoru twins, Miki and Kozue, though Kozue's seem intended to invoke [[IcyBlueEyes ice]].
* Evangeline in ''MahouSenseiNegima''. She uses [[AnIcePerson ice magic]] and is [[GrumpyBear highly cynical]].
* Three of the four regulars in ''{{Slayers}}'' fit the spectrum of blue eyes: [[ThePollyanna Amelia]] has the innocent kind, [[IdiotHero Gourry]] has a more neutral pair, and [[JerkassWoobie Zelgadis]] has icy, turquoise eyes. A lot of secondary characters also have blue eyes.
* Blue-eyed characters in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' usually fit into one of two groups: harmless and ([[BlackAndGrayMorality relatively]]) innocent ([[TheIngenue Eve]], [[TheDitz Isaac]], [[TokenMiniMoe Carol]], [[DamselInDistress Mary]]) or completely off their rocker ([[AxCrazy Ladd]], [[MadLove Lua]], [[TalkativeLoon Graham]], [[PsychopathicManchild Christopher]]).
* ''SaintSeiya'': several characters, for various reasons. All three of the Gods (Athena, Poseidon, and Hades), Hyoga for being AnIcePerson, and most of the Gold Saints. Strangely adverted in the Manga with Aquarius Camus who, despite being AnIcePerson as well, had red eyes.
* Eda from BlackLagoon hides her baby blues behind a pair of sunglasses, [[SunglassesAtNight even at night]]. The reason for this becomes obvious ([[AnimatedAdaptation particularly in the show]]) because they're such a brilliant blue that [[http://homepage.mac.com/uhsieh/Blog/Black_Lagoon/02/09.jpg they practically glow]].
* The Arume of ''BlueDrop'', natch. Since they're aliens, they get the glowing blue variant.
* Kiba's human form from ''WolfsRain'' has eyes that look either blue (icy, piercing variant) or blue-gray. It denotes his ChosenOne status, since the other wolves keep their [[EyesOfGold amber eye color]] even in human form.
* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'': Natsuru has blue eyes. The irony is that he [[PlayingWithFire uses FIRE attacks instead of the usual ice]].
* [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji's]] deep blue eyes fall into the "pure" or "innocent" category (at least when he first started out) and were chosen for that exact reason — although the Manga depicts him with brown eyes.
** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mari]], on the other Hand, goes well with the classical stereotypes for blue-green eyes.
* ''FullMetalAlchemist'''s Winry has very bright blue eyes, which she got from her parents. Her eyes probably fit the first meaning. Most people coming from Amestris also have them. It's actually used in Brotherhood to distinguish Amestrian soldiers from the Ishvalans, who have red eyes. Though the soldiers' eyes are more the 'piercing and icy' kind.
** Partly subverted. Almost all of the "good" characters (save for Winry) DON'T have blue eyes. Reference Ed and Al (EyesOfGold), Mustang (BlackEyes), Hohenheim (also [[EyesOfGold gold]]), Hawkeye (BrownEyes) and the list goes on. The only one who DOES is Armstrong [[spoiler:who deserted the front before the above scene took place.]]
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Hitsugaya and Ishida have blue eyes of the "piercing, icy" variety. Hitsugaya has elemental ice powers and Uryuu is the last practising member of a clan of "magic"-using hollow-hunters.
* Both Keiichi and Rena from ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' have blue eyes, though Keiichi's are {{purple| eyes}} in the anime adaptation. They fit both the innocent and piercing trope.
* A lot of characters from ''{{Trigun}}'': both Vash and Knives (being twins), with Vash having a softer, kinder turquoise and Knives having a lighter, icy (almost beau) blue. This difference may represent their different personalities. Also, Milly sports a bright pair of blue-green eyes, that matches her kind and happy-go-lucky character, while Wolfwood's eyes are a very dark, almost gray blue, again, reminding us of his morally gray, ambiguous personality.
* Seto Kaiba of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' has cold, blue eyes. And then there's, of course, his "Blue Eyes White Dragon". Other blue-eyed characters are Kisara, Isis, and Anzu.
** Often, the {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s involving Kaiba are derived from shared eye colours. Blueshipping (Kaiba/Kisara), Azureshipping (Kaiba/Anzu), etc.
** Also, Weevil/Haga has blue eyes. They may be of the piercing variety as they are somewhat unsettling, but they're more likely just blue because he [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow has]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair light blue hair]].
* Every CharClone from the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. At best they tend to be cold and icy, at worst, {{omnicidal| maniac}}. Oddly they tend to switch between the cold version of the eyes, and a rather tortured-looking version of the innocent one.
* In contrast to the majority of characters in ''{{Durarara}}'' (who typically have BrownEyes of varying shades), Mikado Ryuugamine sports innocent blue eyes that mark him as the NaiveNewcomer [[spoiler:unless he snaps, at which point they go disturbingly icy.]]
* Reinforce Zwei of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has the [[MonochromaticEyes bluest eyes of the series]], emphasizing the childlike innocence of the character, as well as her magical nature (the first [[ArtificialHuman Unison]] [[PureMagicBeing Device]] created since the days of Ancient Belka) and her [[AnIcePerson affinity to ice]].
* Midou Ban of ''GetBackers'' has almost preternaturally blue eyes, as well as being an actual case of association with witches, as noted above.
* Amati from ''SpiceAndWolf'' has the "baby blues" variant, emphasizing his youth. He even has HairOfGold.
* November 11 from ''DarkerThanBlack'' has very light blue eyes that can most definitely be described as "icy". This is appropriate, since he's a sociopath [[AnIcePerson with ice powers]].
* In ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', TheHero has these eyes in mermaid form or idol form. (In human form, she has EyesOfGold).
** All Blue mermaids have these eyes too, but they are just a racial trait, as mermaids are ColorCodedForYourConvenience and those from different countries tend to have themed hair and eye colors. By extension, Hanon has blue eyes as well (although, in human form, she has HazelEyes).
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', Shiki's eyes are a piercing icy blue when he's not wearing his glasses.
* Ahiru/Duck in ''PrincessTutu'' has wide, blue eyes...even in her duck form! It's probably to make her look cute and innocent.
* ''GuardianOfTheSacredSpirit'' has Prince Chagum, who [[spoiler:carries the egg of a benevolent water spirit]]. He also has a noble, innocent personality typical of blue eyes.
* Asakura Ryoko of ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' has quite beautiful blue eyes. This matches up with her outward appearance, but [[UncannyValleyGirl definitely not]] with her inner workings.
* SailorMoon[=/=]Usagi herself has big innocent blue eyes, and several people comment on how beautiful they are.
** Sailors Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Neptune also have blue eyes of one shade or another. Venus and Uranus follow Usagi and pair them with blond hair, while Neptune and Mercury's CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* Mello of Manga/DeathNote has blue eyes of the piercing, icy variety.
* Mireille Bouquet of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' is a fairly major aversion; she's got bright baby blues and HairOfGold to match, but she's anything but innocent. Unless, by "innocent", you mean "cold-blooded assassin".
* The OVA and TV series of ''YoureUnderArrest'' gave Miyuki Kobayakawa the clear blue variety.
* In the ''{{Macross}}'' series, Hikaru Ichijo has baby blues, while Misa Hayase's vary between blue and blue-green. The colors and the corresponding personalities carry over to their ''{{Robotech}}'' counterparts, Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes.
* Both [[TheStoic Heero Yuy]] and [[SixthRanger Zechs Merquise]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' have the "piercing and icy" type, as does [[MagnificentBastard Treize Khushrenada]].
** [[BewareTheNiceOnes Quatre Winner]] has the 'innocent' type, as well as Duo Maxwell.
** [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Marina Ismail]] from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' is [[ActualPacifist pure and innocent]] with blue eyes.
** [[{{Jerkass}} Asuka's]] light blue eyes are definitely of the "piercing, icy" variant, though they could also be blamed on the common PhenotypeStereotype for Germans.
* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'', all three of the Sky Arcobaleno, Luche, Uni, and Aria, have deep blue eyes that are always resolute, according to Genkishi, who was unable to fight Tsuna with full force because Tsuna's eyes looked so much like Uni's. According to Gamma, Tsuna, and many of the other characters, their eyes tend to look as if they expect an event would happen. [[spoiler:Actually, it's really true, since the Sky Arcobaleno have the ability to see the future.]]
* ''ChronoCrusade'' has a couple of different examples. Siblings Rosette and Joshua Christopher both have blue eyes with HairOfGold--as children, they both seemed to have it to represent innocence, but as they get older, Rosette becomes TheHero, while Joshua [[ComesGreatInsanity goes insane]] after being [[BlondGuysAreEvil recruited by the villains]], and then they're ''definitely'' the "icy" version. Joshua's eye color could also represent his lost innocence. Father Remington also has blue eyes, although that could just be part of the PhenotypeStereotype.
* Yusei Fudou of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' has incredible, bright, piercing blue eyes.
* Renamon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has the "piercing and icy" variant. The effect is magnified ten-fold by the ''black'' whites.
** Agnimon from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' has them as well, even though Takuya doesn't as a human.
*** Speaking of [[Anime/DigimonFrontier "Frontier"]], once he's recovered from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy his stint as a villain]], the group's SixthRanger [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Koichi/Kouichi/however you spell it]] has the "innocent/deep blue" variety. Interestingly, his eyes are still blue [[BrainwashedAndCrazy when he's Duskmon]]; they're just washed out so they look kind of creepy. Amusingly, his twin brother [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Koji/Kouji/however you spell it]] shares the shade of blue but, [[TheLancer considering his group position]], he takes in it in the "piercing and icy" direction most of the time.
** Interesting fact: TheLancer of each [[FiveManBand group]] from each series has always had blue eyes - [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Yamato]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 both Takeru and Ken]], [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Kouji]], [[Anime/DigimonSavers Touma]], and [[Anime/DigimonXrosWars Kiriha]] all had some shade of blue. A case could even be made for [[PurpleEyes Ruki]], considering how PurpleEyes tend to actually occur in real life.
* KimbaTheWhiteLion has the innocent/deep-blue varient.
* {{Naruto}} has more of the innocent type and [[spoiler:his father]] Minato can go from friendly to his TrueCompanions to piercing to his enemies.
** Deidara and Ino possessed them as well.
** Naruto's can now also go lava-chillingly cold when pissed, to an extent that even the [[SealedEvilInACan Kyuubi]] backs off after a [[DeathGlare look]] from him.
* Chizuru from ''ShinryakuIkaMusume'' is the [[IcyBlueEyes piercing type]] but usually, she [[EyesAlwaysShut keeps them closed]].
* I will not stand for the non-existence of a Satoshi Hiwatari/Hikari entry. His eyes of blue are cold, though they are dark. [[spoiler:Though it's not his fault; he's got the Homicidal Blonde to deal with.]]
* ''TenshiNiNarumon'': Noelle's big baby-blue eyes totally fit into the "pure and innocent" category, together with HairOfGold. Besides, she is a heroine.
* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' uses this a lot, though they may just have blue eyes to signify European blood. In particular, America has blue eyes, which seems to signify his lighthearted, hopeful personality.
* The Thompson sisters in Manga/SoulEater have blue eyes and blonde hair, but [[DarkAndTroubledPast neither]] are innocent. Probably used to indicate they're [[PhenotypeStereotype American]].
** Chrona's eyes are sometimes a very pale shade of blue, which fits an odd variant of "cold piercing" in that they usually signal [[UhOhEyes him/her going into 'kill mode']] (or the closest thing to a GameFace Chrona gets).
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nico Robin fits the second type.
* In ''FushigiYuugi'', Nakago fits the second type. He and the rest of his tribe are described as having hair like gold and eyes the colour of the sky.
* Yuuen of ''WildRock'' has absolutely huge blue irises of the innocent sort and HairOfGold to match.
* Johan Liebert from ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', and given [[CompleteMonster the kind of man Johan is]], they are VERY creepy.
* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', Rin Okumura seems to fit the fourth type (being the son of {{Satan}} and all). His fraternal twin Yukio fits types one and two better.
* Kamijou Touma of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' has type 1, being the main hero. He's not pure or innocent though, just idealistic.
* The pregnant woman in the first ''{{Mononoke}}'' story has huge, innocent blue eyes, plus HairOfGold. She looks like a stereotype of an American, but no one comments on her appearance, just like how [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight no one notices the medicine peddler's weird clothes, facepaint, or pointy ears]].
* BlueEyes is actually the name of a character in ElCazadorDeLaBruja. Her eyes are actually more of a teal color, but her personality fits the second profile. Additionally, Both of the main characters have blue eyes. [[ActionGirl Nadie]] [[SubvertedTrope doesn't actually fit with the personality aspect of the trope]], but [[CuteWitch Ellis]] is definitely a Type-1, complete with HairOfGold. However, when she is using her powers, her pupils expand and start to fall into Type-4 or 5 territory.
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* Blue eyes were popular for Golden and Silver Age comic characters because they are easy to render in color: simple blue instead of a blue-yellow mix (for green) or a blue-yellow-red mix (for brown).
* Fairly common in TheDCU, but perhaps most iconic with {{Superman}}, who has the innocent baby blues to play up his heritage as a naive, good-hearted farmboy.
** Superman's eyes are steel blue. Man of steel, remember. They are [[WhatBeautifulEyes supposed to be so intense and uncommon]] that Clark needed to hide them with glasses even before becoming Superman.
*** His eyes look more baby blue when he wears his glasses, which fits the whole "mild-mannered reporter" guise.
** Both {{Batman}} and Nightwing (the first Robin) have blue eyes, though theirs are of the piercing variety. As they're both SherlockScan experts, this shouldn't be too surprising. The three other Robins also have blue eyes — in Steph's case, more of the bright and innocent variety. However, as Robin, her eyes were green. As Batgirl, they are definitely blue, and they varied sometimes as Spoiler, though are usually and now definitively blue. In the Robin/Spoiler special, they were blue-green.
* Storm from the Comicbook/{{X-Men}} has blue eyes, which is extremely rare among non-Europeans. In her case, it's a mark of her family's magical heritage, in addition to the white hair.
* ''SinCity'' has an assassin named Blue Eyes. [[SchmuckBait Guess why that's her name]].
* One of [[FantasticFour Ben Grimm's]] nicknames is "The ever loving blue-eyed THING!"
* On [[TheMultiverse Earth-982]], an alternate universe where [[SpiderMan Peter Parker's daughter lived]], [[SpiderGirl May Parker]] was shown with blue eyes.
* Played with, with {{Batman}}'s [[DarkMistress Harley Quinn]], whose baby-blue eyes (plus classic HairOfGold) are matched with a villainous and mad/obsessive personality, but who is still dementedly naive and almost innocent when it comes to her MadLove with TheJoker.
* CaptainAmerica has blue eyes, along with HairOfGold.
* Betty from ''ArchieComics'' is typically drawn with BlackBeadEyes. Occasionally we'll see her eye color and it's most often blue. Archie, Jughead, and occasionally Veronica have been shown with BlueEyes on various occasions.
* Two-Face's "good" eye is usually portrayed as a blue one. Whether the "evil" side's eye matches or not is all dependent on the artist.

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[[folder:Film]]
* The BigBad from ''BeverlyHillsCop'' had the watery blue type.
* CillianMurphy gets this ''so much''. In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', he's got the icy, piercing, creepy variety (when he takes off his glasses in the first mask scene, the director basically choreographed them to glitter), and in ''Film/RedEye'', he's got the 'please blink, please blink' villainous variety, to ratchet up the perceived threat to the poor, virginal heroine. In ''TwentyEightDaysLater'', his wide-open baby blues leave him looking innocent and rather bewildered (right up until the[[EyeScream ...rescue scene]]), and in ''BreakfastOnPluto'', his eyes are probably the most feminine thing about him. He's like a living, breathing MarySue. Spooky.
** In ''{{Inception}}'', Cillian's eyes go from cold businessman to cool and collected under stress, to devastatingly [[TheWoobie woobieish]] near the end. Tip: if you don't want your whole audience to start sobbing, don't let CillianMurphy cry. Ever.
* ChristopherEccleston's blue eyes can go from a happy light blue to an intimidating icy blue, depending on the tone of the scene. It's so noticeable and rather attractive. Example: every episode of series 1 of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* Blue-green marks a dreamy personality? Can you say "Giselle from ''{{Enchanted}}''"? Or Ellie Fredrickdon from ''Film/{{Up}}''?
* [[StarWars Luke]] and [[ExpandedUniverse Ben Skywalker]] both have blue eyes that can swing from innocent to icy at fancy's whim, and often quite suddenly, to the point where it scares Ben (to a small extent, anyway). As a side note, Luke has HairOfGold, while Ben is a FieryRedhead (with the typical personalities ascribed to those hair colors).
* In the 1978 film ''TheBoysFromBrazil'', a number of boys have been cloned and are having their lives socially engineered with the intent that they'll grow up into "Hitlers" and bring about a new Reich. They are described as having the "piercing" variety of blue eyes.
** Including Indians with (artificially) blue eyes.
* Asa Butterfield, who played the title character in Hugo has the type 1 variety, but they can easily change to type 2, shown when he played Mordred in Merlin
* Steve [=McQueen=] also had piercing blue eyes, which makes one wonder if the "blue-eyed, pretty-boy {{badass}}" could be considered its own character type. It seems to have been especially prevalent in the '60s, though Daniel Craig has assumed this role in recent JamesBond flicks.
* MichaelKeaton got the Batman role mainly for his frightening blue eyes. Otherwise, he had little in common with Batman.
* Both JodieFoster and AnthonyHopkins' piercing blue eyes were used in ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' to great effect.
* Michelangelo's eyes in the recent CGI ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie are blue, while the other Turtles have brown eyes. This gives Mikey a more innocent look, befitting his personality.
* A big reason Creator/StevenSpielberg hired Paul Freeman to play Belloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' was because he had "striking (blue) eyes that could see right through Indiana Jones".
* WordOfGod says that one of the reasons DanielCraig got hired for ''RoadToPerdition'' was that his eyes are as piercing blue as PaulNewman's.
* In the adaptation of ''SinCity'', Becky has blue eyes, which stick out, given how much of the movie is in black and white. Given Becky is played by Alexis Bledel, you can understand why RobertRodriguez and FrankMiller kept those blue eyes. The final scene of the movie, [[spoiler:when Becky meets the Salesman, caused some WildMassGuessing that Becky will actually become the assassin Blue Eyes if a Sin City sequel is ever made.]]
* Alisa in ''Film/GuestFromTheFuture'', played by NataliaGuseva.
* Jean Jacques-Annaud mentioned in the commentary for ''EnemyAtTheGates'' that one of the reasons he so wanted Ed Harris for [[ColdSniper Major Koenig]] was because of his icy, unusually blue eyes. When he plays villains, critics often note the intensity of his glare. (One of the critics, reviewing ''Film/TheRock'', said "Here's a guy whose glare could give Clint Eastwood chills.")
* MalcolmMcDowell in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' has blue eyes of the "Grade-A psycho" [[http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/may08/7ds7b.jpg variety]]. They look even creepier/cooler now that his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EqD_yWiiS5U/RyD94ArNo0I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/2_EM5tQ2Iwo/s400/Malcolm%2bMcDowell.jpg hair's turned pure white and his face has gotten all craggy]].
* JonathanRhysMeyers' blue, blue eyes have been used for several different effects - ice-cold as Chris in ''MatchPoint'', creepy-pale as Pitt Mackeson in ''RideWithTheDevil'', innocent woobie eyes as Bruno in ''BMonkey'', and psychotic just about everywhere else.
* [[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] may have but one eye, but that eye is of the "piercing, icy" variety and ends up creating quite a striking effect; even leading other characters (notably, the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills in the [[EscapeFromLA sequel]]) to [[WhatBeautifulEyes comment]] upon it.
** Come to think of it, just about any movie KurtRussell's appeared in. His eyes even seem to ''glow in the dark'' at times.
* Timothy Spall, as well, has extremely blue eyes. They can make his characters downright charming (i.e. Nathaniel in {{Enchanted}} or [[RockStar Mats]]) or just plain farking creepy ([[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet The Beadle]] and [[Film/HarryPotter Wormtail]]).
* Manon of ''[[ManonOfTheSpring Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring]]'' gets many close shots of her face, focusing on her intensely blue eyes. Because of this, we see her constantly discerning the strange events going on around her, even at a young age.
* Frank's eyes in ''OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' get a lot of focus. Originally, Henry Fonda wanted to wear brown contacts, as he felt these were more suited to a villain, as opposed to his innocent looking blue eyes, but director Sergio Leone told him to take them out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'', Lír and Lady Amalthea have dark blue eyes.
* Most of the characters in the film adaption of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' have blue eyes, most notably Frodo. Aragorn and Boromir both seem to have blue-green eyes.
* [[JamesMcAvoy James [=McAvoy=]]] has made a [[TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe career]] out of his ability [[{{Atonement}} to break an audience's heart]] with his big, [[ManlyTears teary]] baby blues. The more frightening it is when those seemingly InnocentBlueEyes suddenly belong to a driven-mad-by-power [[ShakespeareReTold chef]], or a homicidial, strung-out rent boy.
* PeterOToole's big blue eyes are used to great and varied effect in ''LawrenceOfArabia'', and to more conventional leading-man effect in ''HowToStealAMillion''.
* Italian actor Terence Hill has such blue eyes that he was suspected of wearing special contact lenses in his films, a fact he denies.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The beautiful Fleur from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has captivating blue eyes, of course. Dumbledore (and his brother, Aberforth) famously have "piercing blue eyes."
** Mad-Eye Moody's magic eye is blue.
* Rand Al'Thor in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' is first described to have wide blue eyes. As the books progress, they change into the piercing, ice cold type. They switch between gray and blue as well.
** Siuan Sanche has the piercing type too.
* Having blue eyes, or at least light as opposed to dark, is very rare in the community in which ''TheGiver'' is set and seems to be a sign that one is capable of "seeing beyond".
* Chiyo/Sayuri of ''MemoirsOfAGeisha'' stands out because of her blue-gray eyes, unusual in Japan. Characters often remark that she has a great deal of water in her soul.
* In DarknessVisible, [[BlueBlood Lord Lewis]] has blue eyes, whilst William and Amelia Marsh have blue-green ones. In Lewis' case, they're certainly the uncomfortably piercing sort, while Amelia's are more in order to show innocence. William starts out as innocent, but is veering definitely towards piercing and cynical by the end of the book.
* St. John Rivers, the noble but often insufferable cousin of JaneEyre, has piercing blue eyes (and, arguably, innocent blue as well, to indicate the extreme purity of his soul).
* The last Kingpriest of Istar from the ''{{Dragonlance}}'' series of novels is a KnightTemplar and is described as having the third type, watery blue eyes.
* VigilanteMan Mack Bolan's icy blue eyes are mentioned on numerous occasions in ''TheExecutioner'' series. For many villains, it's the last thing they ever see.
* In MercedesLackey's HeraldsOfValdemar series, ''any'' powerful magic-user is going to wind up with blue eyes regardless of what they were born with as a side effect from the amount of magic they use. [[CoolHorse Companions]] also have their blue eyes frequently mentioned, with newly [[CallToAdventure Chosen]] Heralds usually spending a while staring into them when they first meet.
* [[XWingSeries Kell Tainer]] is mentioned to have very pale blue eyes, very slightly too dark and narrow to make him look like a madman. If this actually meant anything, the author was fairly subtle about it, but it does seem odd. Hardly anyone in the series has eye colors mentioned.
** Tycho Celchu gets the 'piercing' variety — an incredibly fast thinker, reserved, calm, and a ''very'' good AcePilot. Also incorruptible and a Woobie.
** [[BigBad Ysanne Isard]] has ''a'' blue eye (called "Hoth-cold" in one book). Her [[MismatchedEyes other eye]] is [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]. She's not good people.
* Branching off into the rest of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse...
** Anakin Solo is the only blue-eyed child in his family (his eyes are always described as icy, though not ''cold''); his brother, sister, and parents are all [[BrownEyes dark-eyed]].
** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bria_Tharen Bria Tharen]] has blue-green eyes; she's somewhat naive at first (blue), but grows much more strong-willed later on (green).
* In the second book in the ''DarkestPowers'' trilogy, Tori mocks Chloe for having blue eyes and HairOfGold, saying she is “just like [her] sister” - essentially useless and always in need of saving. Chloe, though angry about Tori’s insults, has to admit that this is ''kind of'' true, since Derek has to come running to her rescue quite a few times in all three books. Liam also comments on her eyes, saying they make her look cute and scared [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and thus very desirable]], much to the anger of Derek.
* This is a Tully family trait in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', along with Red Hair. All but one of the children of Catelyn Stark (nee Tully) inherited them; Sansa's are said to be particularly vibrant and lovely, arguably an indication of her innocence and goodness (at least, to [[BrokenBird start with]]). The royal Baratheons are known for deep blue eyes and dark hair, traits which all of Robert's ''bastard'' children inherited — wonder why his ''"trueborns"'' didn't?
** [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon Brienne]] [[KnightInShiningArmor of]] [[FailureKnight Tarth]] is a very large, very strong, very ugly woman. Her one beauty is her [[WhatBeautifulEyes innocent, sky-blue eyes]].
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'', where there is a startlingly high number of blue eyes for a feral cat colony (inbreeding? mutation?). Not to mention, there are many ''solid-colored'' cats and non-bicolor tabbies with blue eyes, which is genetically impossible except in purebreds. The authors seem to particularly like blue eyes on gray fur, a combination that at least six major cats sport. Most blue eyes belong to either gentle cats or cats known for being bitter or sarcastic. There's also the example of Hawkfrost, who was named for his cold blue eyes (and who is one of the few cats with a coat/eye combination that ''is'' possible).
* Of immense importance in ''[[AWrinkleInTime A Swiftly Tilting Planet]]'', when the blue eyes among the People of the Wind (Native Americans) can be traced back to Madoc, a Welsh prince who married into them. Also, for some reason, Charles Wallace, the main character, has the intensely piercing kind (they can ''summon a unicorn from a star'', they're that piercing.
* All witches in the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series have pale blue eyes.
* In Kate Griffin's ''[[MatthewSwift A Madness of Angels]]'', much is made of Matthew's formerly dark eyes having changed to a bright, unsettling blue.
* In ''MaraDaughterOfTheNile'', the titular character has blue eyes, which are extremely rare in AncientEgypt. Most characters, including her love interest, see them as exotically beautiful, making them a type 1, but a few of the characters find them creepy or demonic.
* [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Variel the Flayer]] stands out from his [[NightLords brothers in arms]] not only because he isn't a native born/genebred [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Nostraman]], but because he trades their BlackEyesOfEvil for type two Blue Eyes. He's one of the [[TheStoic emotionally coldest]] members of a company made of [[TheDreaded Dreaded]], AxCrazy {{Torture Technician}}s.
* In {{Dune}}, anyone exposed to the spice for long gains blue eyes with no scleras.
* Granny Weatherwax and Susan Sto Helit from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' have the piercing kind. Susan may have inherited them from [[TheGrimReaper her grandfather]], although, in his case, they're a [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath blue glow within hollow eye sockets]]. Jonathan Teatime in ''Hogfather'' has ''one'' blue eye. With a pinpoint pupil. And he's completely AxCrazy.
** Vetinari, as well.
* Roland Deschain of ''TheDarkTower'' has faded blue eyes to go along with a piercing stare (in the series, they're often called 'bombardier' eyes). He's still basically a good guy, if a complete and utter {{badass}}.
** Jake also has blue eyes which, at the beginning of the series, fit into type 1, but as the story goes on, they're described as being [[CharacterDevelopment eerily similar to Roland's eyes]].
* The [[RedRightHand identifying trait]] of Saint Dane's various forms in ''ThePendragonAdventure'' is his icy blue eyes.
* Athos the [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers musketeer]] has "azure" eyes, presumably as a symbol of his pureness.
* Subverted in ''{{Redwall}}'' with Ferahgo and his son Klitch, who both have beautiful blue eyes but are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil pure evil]]. May have a dash of subversion of WhatMeasureIsANonCute, since they're weasels.
-->"That chappie could charm the birds from the trees with his baby-blue peepers, wot? Though I'd hate to be the bally bird that fell into his claws."
* ErastFandorin, a steely, "piercing" type.
* [[MadScientist Ter Borcht]] in ''MaximumRide'' has "pale, watery blue eyes"...and repeatedly states that the flock are overdue to be terminated.
* ProfessionalKiller Anton Chigurh from ''NoCountryForOldMen'' has eyes that are described as the color of Lapis and are supposedly very unsettling.
* Leodegarius in GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''The Killing Grounds'' has the piercing variety. Particularly when he is Mind Probing Uriel and [[EvilEye meets his eyes to do it]].
* In C.S. Goto's ''BloodRavens'' trilogy, Ahramin has burning blue eyes — burning with sorcery.
* In TamoraPierce's ''[[TortallUniverse Provost's Dog]]'' series, Beka's ice-blue eyes are piercing, especially when she's angry.
* In JohnCWright's ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos Fugitives of Chaos]]'', Mortimer has innocent blue eyes as well as the mind of a five-year-old.
* Creator/RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian. More burning than flashing, actually.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosDaughter Prospero Lost]]'', the eye color of the immensely powerful but benevolent Father Christmas.
* Dallas Winston from ''TheOutsiders'' is specifically mentioned to have blue eyes like "blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world". Darry Curtis, determined and tough, also has "cold" eyes like "two pieces of pale blue-green ice".
* Martie Rhodes of DeanKoontz's ''FalseMemory'' has type 1. Not the innocent aspect, but she's an optimistic, determined woman fighting a severe case of induced autophobia. The BigBad is fascinated by them and often remarks on them in his internal narration, even composing haiku about them. At one point, when he's put her in a trance to program her, he shows her disturbing images that make her cry. Being the creep that he is, he ''[[{{Squick}} licks her tears]]'' and remarks on how tasty they are.
* Annie comments that Paul Sheldon has lovely blue eyes in ''{{Misery}}''.
* Rhodry in Katharine Kerr's {{Deverry}} Cycle has "cornflower blue" eyes.
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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Gibbs has the piercing variety. Very piercing. Kinda scary, actually...
-->'''Tony:''' His steely gaze can cool a room by ten degrees!
* HughLaurie fans make a really big deal out of Hugh Laurie's; Series/{{House}} has the "piercing stare" variety.
* Geordi La Forge gets electric-blue cybernetic eyes to replace his VISOR in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. An Expanded Universe novel (taking place between ''Generations'' and ''First Contact'') that depicts the changeover has him leaving them that color as an act of protest against the {{jerkass}} Admiral that essentially blackmailed him into getting the procedure.
* Though [[RobotGirl Cameron]] of ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' has brown eyes normally, she can light them up with her "actual" eyes, which glow blue, contrasting the normally red eyes of Skynet's Terminators.
* Sheldon Cooper of ''TheBigBangTheory'' has large, expressive sky blue eyes of the innocent variety. They [[WildMassGuessing may or may not be]] a physical manifestation of how clueless he is when it comes to social interaction, despite his intellectual brilliance. And the fangirls praise them to no end.
* Series/{{Merlin}} has those beautiful blue eyes that contribute to his adorableness and sweet nature.
** Actually, if you look, you'll find that the ''entire'' central cast, apart from Guinevere (who has soft [[BrownEyes brown]] doe-eyes), are of the baby blues persuasion, though they do tend to settle into two camps: Upstanding-Member-of-the-Royal-Community-Blue (I.e., Arthur, Uther, Gaius) or Nefarious-Druid-With-The-Dark-Hair-Blue (I.e., Mordred, Morgana). Merlin himself, interestingly enough, could be taken as either of these.
* Piercing blue eyes are a racial trait of the Vorta on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
* Illyria from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' looks like Fred with her whole body turned blue: just as Fred has brown hair, pale-brown skin, and brown eyes, so Illyria has blue hair, blue skin...and an unnnatural shade of blue for her eyes. Of course, this use of blue eyes has the effect of making her look [[EldritchAbomination as eerie as possible]].
* [[{{Jesus}} The titular character]] of Franco Zeffirelli's miniseries ''Jesus of Nazareth'' has pure, penetrating blue eyes ''that never blink''.
* ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'': in the reimagined series, Lee "Apollo" Adama has blue eyes, as does his father, William Adama (EdwardJamesOlmos wore blue contacts over his brown eyes so he and the naturally blue-eyed JamieBamber would look more convincing as father and son).
* Archie Kennedy of the ''HoratioHornblower'' mini-series has the "innocent and sweet" variety, adding greatly to his appeal; they're popular enough with the fans to be nicknamed "sapphire bullets".
** Basically, this trope applies to all characters played by JamieBamber, and with good reason - he really does have [[http://i55.tinypic.com/2ij6aes.jpg beautiful eyes]].
* Lynda Carter, star of the 1970s ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV show, has such beautiful blue eyes that she once starred in a TV commercial for contact lenses.
* The cast of ''BreakingBad'' hosts a variety of interesting eye colors, but the award has to go to Jesse Pinkman, who even gets an in-story mention:
-->'''Cashier:''' He had really... blue eyes. Really, ''really'' blue.\\
'''Hank:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's dreamy, okay.
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Doctor had nine consecutive [[TheNthDoctor incarnations]] with blue eyes, which were quite often piercing. Or at least strikingly wide and protuberant. He's heroic, unearthly, and has his [[GeniusDitz naive]] moments, so it's fitting.
** Harry Sullivan has bright blue eyes of the friendly, innocent type. Although one particular scene from ''Terror of the Zygons'' shows Harry's Zygon duplicate glaring out of the shadows. A closeup of his eyes shows that they have noticeably darkened.
** Captain Jack Harkness of ''Doctor Who'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has eyes that go from Type 1 to Type 2, depending on his mood and the situation.
* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]] from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has the pretty-but-scary variety. Would you just fricking blink, already?
** Fanfic always makes a big deal out of them, and with good reason: they're lovely.
*** Jared Padalecki [Sam's actor] cites those "big, pretty blue eyes" as a reason why Misha Collins [Castiel's actor] couldn't have played a demon.
* In ''Series/{{Mash}}'', Hawkeye's big, blue, soulful eyes are still much-loved by fangirls.
* [[TheVampireDiaries Damon Salvatore]] has startling blue eyes, which further adds to his creepiness.
* In ''Series/{{Lost}}'', you have Claire's and Aaron's baby blues, Sawyer's shifty blue, and Juliet and Ben's piercing blues. Kate's mom, Diane, also has blue eyes, as does Claire's mom, Carole, and Ben's mom, Emily. Interestingly enough, blue eyes are usually paired with blond hair. This may be an intentional reference to Disney's ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''.
* Naomi from ''{{Skins}}'' has very, ''very'' pale blue eyes, which look almost gray on occasion. Effy's blues are more the piercing [[DefrostingIceQueen (defrosting)]] IceQueen variety, while her brother Tony's eyes are a slightly darker blue.
* ''HumanTarget'': both Chance and Guerrero have blue eyes. Even with his Harry Potter-like glasses, Guerrero's eyes are quite piercing.
* ChrisColfer of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is sometimes blue-eyed, sometimes green, sometimes gray, depending on the lighting. Just look at his eyes when he's with his father in any scene, they're likely to be of the wide and innocent type. Judging by his intentional lash-fluttering when Finn tells Puck to stop pushing Kurt into lockers, the character appears to be aware of this trope.
* Cain of SyFy's ''Series/TinMan'' has blue-gray eyes, which go back and forth between piercing and warm (the former to threats, the latter to his TrueCompanions). DG has big blue eyes of the "innocent" type.
* Dr. [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has normally friendly blue eyes that can nevertheless pull off an intimidating glare.
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* The quote up top from the song "Behind Blue Eyes" by TheWho.
* The CrosbyStillsAndNash song "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes". The title is taken from Stephen Still's ex girlfriend, singer Judy Collins, who had piercing blue eyes.
* FrankSinatra, nicknamed "Old Blue Eyes".
* Music/AliceCooper posesses the icy, piercing variant.
* BillyJoel has a song called "Blonde Over Blue", which includes the line, "They shine as though you're burning inside."
* One of EltonJohn's less-popular songs is called "Blue Eyes" and seems to fall under the first type mentioned.
* The song "The Bluest Eyes In Texas" by Restless Heart is about a girl with Type 1 eyes.
* Bono's trademark shades hide his blue eyes.
* "Diamond Lights" by Glenn and Chris, a SoBadItsGood OldShame song performed by a couple of footballers, mentions "Eyes that freeze like ice, cold electric blue those diamond lights".
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[[folder:Other]]
* Just about every DumbBlonde stereotype out there is [[InnocentBlueEyes innocently blue-eyed]].
* Noel, one of the main characters of ''FanFic/TitanLegends'', has eyes that have been described as ice-blue, which would translate to the piercing variety here. His intellectual and somewhat overly-serious personality supports this.
* In German, "blauäugig" (blue-eyed) can have the non-literal meaning of "naive".
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* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'', Bahamut is depicted as having blue eyes. Often times, they are of the intimidating kind like that of a raging storm. Justified, since he is the deity of good dragons.
* Keeping with the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} tradition of canon flipflops and {{Retcon}}s, Sanguinius is depicted mostly with type one Blue Eyes, but sometimes with RedEyesTakeWarning, especially in older editions where he's more likely to have RavenHairIvorySkin instead of HairOfGold.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Thrall from ''{{Warcraft}}'' has blue eyes that are actually both "baby blue" ''and'' piercing. That is, the colour looks both innocent and quite striking on an orc. Given his personality, that is probably exactly the intended effect. It also stands out, considering many orcs have ''[[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]'' eyes as a result of the demon blood they drank (Thrall's parents didn't). Of course, Arthas also has blue eyes ({{Glowing| Eyes Of Doom}} blue eyes, since his [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath transformation]] into the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]] [[BigBad King]]). They were originally [[GreenEyes blue-green]].
* Many {{Nintendo}} "mascot" (first-party) characters in general seem to have blue eyes.
** Link and Zelda from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', though the latter's eyes are slighty {{violet| eyes}} in color. Link's eyes were made to be green-tinted black in the Toon variants.
*** Interestingly enough, while the official artwork for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' gives it's Link the black eyes, his in-game sprite has blue eyes.
* Slippy, Falco, and Katt of the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' franchise all have blue eyes of an indeterminable type, while Krystal has blue-green eyes. Fox's eyes were blue in earlier games, but since ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'', they have settled on {{green| eyes}} instead.
* ''DevilMayCry'' has Dante, Vergil (playing the piercing-ice straight), Nero, Eva, Trish (being a copy of Eva), and Sparda in human form.
* A ''lot'' of ''FinalFantasy'' characters have this characteristic.
* The Prince character in the ''PrinceOfPersia'' games.
* KOS-MOS from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'''s eyes occasionally change from [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] to blue. When her eyes are blue, she changes from an emotionless weapon to a seemingly caring woman [[spoiler:with enough firepower to destroy nearly anything.]]
* The English version of PhoenixWright saw fit to change his eyes to blue, probably to invoke the "innocence bordering on [[GoodIsDumb stupidity]]" archetype. His hair, however, remains jet black, so the combination is a bit odd, to say the least.
* ''PhantasyStarIV'' has a number of characters with blue eyes, all of whom fit the trope:
** Rune, whose hair and eyes are the same shade of ice blue, is a powerful wizard who [[spoiler:is an Esper and grew up on Dezolis, the frozen planet]]. He also has a sharp personality most of the time.
** Kyra, who is an Esper and psychic healer — also a bit of a subversion, as she's stubborn and hotheaded.
** Rika, who fits the "innocent" bill and the "magical" bill, being possessed of an unexplained but definitely present sixth sense.
* Square Enix seems to really like this trope. In ''KingdomHearts'', our hero, Sora, has big, blue eyes. Other blue-eyed cast members also include Kairi, Roxas, and Namine. As of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]], we now also have Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.
* Most of the classes from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' have blue eyes (with the obvious exceptions of Demoman and [[TheFaceless possibly Pyro]]). The trope really comes into play with Engineer (type 1), Spy (type 2), and Medic (extremely type 2, [[HoYay unless he's looking at Heavy]]).
* Wheatley from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' is basically one big, blue eye. He's pretty much innocent [[DumbIsGood stupidity]] incarnate...at first.
* The Mario Brothers, Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina from ''SuperMarioBros'', though Rosalina's are slightly lighter in color.
** [[KidIcarus Pit]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
** [[{{Metroid}} Samus]] usually has the icy blue variant.
** Lip, the main character of ''PanelDePon'', has light blue eyes.
* Garrus Vakarian from ''MassEffect'' has extremely pale blue eyes. Then again, he ''is'' an alien. Liara T'Soni has bright, innocent blue eyes, matching both [[TheIngenue her personality]] and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe her skin color]]. [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]], of course, can be customized to just about any eye color you want, including several shades of blue.
** Liara's eyes make for an interesting commentary on her alignment throughout the series. In the first game, she had the innocent blue variety, in stark contrast to her mother's darker, more piercing shade. In the second game, Liara's eyes become a darker but no less vibrant shade of blue, reflecting her hardening nature as she becomes more ruthless and vicious while hunting the Shadow Broker. It is most noticeable in the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC, where her face is visible without being lit by multiple orange holographic displays. However, if you carried a relationship over from the first game and re-established that relationship after the mission, she's back to the same baby blue she had before - perhaps reflecting your influencing her back to her old, optimistic worldview.
** On the AntiHero[=/=]BigBad side of things (depending on your alignment), both Saren and The Illusive Man have similarly creepy, glowing blue cybernetic eyes.
** Also, Grunt has blue eyes which is very unusual for his species. He is very young, though, and the eyes are probably meant to help give him his baby-like appearance.
* A ''boatload'' of characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'': the good, beautiful [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Hilda]] of LaResistance; minor character [[spoiler:until you play as him in Soul Of Rebirth]] Prince Scott, noble and true; Leila, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold pirate captain but good through and through]]; and [[WhiteMagicianGirl Minwu]], whose blue eyes both serve to underscore his purity and idealism as well as look very striking against his [[AmbiguouslyBrown dark skin]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': [[TheHero Cecil]] and [[WhiteMagicianGirl Rosa]] both have the classic kind and heroic blue eyes.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI:'' Celes has icy blue eyes to match her [[AnIcePerson ice-based magic affinity]]. The clear-and-pure variant on blue eyes are given to the Figaro twins, [[HandsomeLech Edgar]] and [[BareFistedMonk Sabin/Mash]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (and the Compilation thereof) gives extra significance to blue eyes: all members of the SOLDIER force have very bright blue eyes as a result of their exposure to mako energy. SOLDIERS are thus recognizable for their "mako eyes", Zack and Cloud having the [[WhatBeautifulEyes Most Triumphant Example]] of Gorgeous! Pure! Blue! Eyes! The original SOLDIER, Sephiroth, has eyes of a more greenish shade.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Squall Leonhart has the "piercing, icy" variety.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Tidus has cheerful, innocent, ocean-blue eyes.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' gives these eyes to Penelo (pure, sweet, innocent child), Basch (good and noble knight, mixed well with HairOfGold), and Ashe. Interestingly, despite Ashe's personality best fitting the "piercing and icy" variant, her blue eyes are the warmest and richest of all the cast's.
** And, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Snow is a subversion of the "icy blue" type--despite his name and his very pale blue eyes, he's one of sweetest, warmest, and friendliest characters in the cast; if anything, his eye color is meant to signify his [[AnIcePerson primary element]]. His fiancee, Serah, has the innocent-and-sweet blue eyes. On the other hand, Lightning plays icy blue and midnight blue straight.
* In the {{Disgaea}} series, Adell, Yukimaru, and Almaz are depicted as having blue eyes in the art work. All three of them have dark piercing eyes. Justified, as Adell and Almaz are front line fighters. Yukimaru also covers the elemental trait, which is a clan trait.
** Flonne, too, who also has HairOfGold.
* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Darkrai has the really creepy, icy kind of blue eyes (made more unsettling by the fact that they are not steely but neon-bright); it IS the Nightmare Pokémon after all!
** Likewise, Celebi has large sky-blue eyes; the species as a whole is mostly playful and innocent.
** As with many other characters from the franchise, both human and Pokemon alike.
** In fact, ''[[PokemonRanger Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]'' even has a villain actually named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue Eyes!]]
* [[AntiHero Alex Mercer]] and [[MoralityPet his sister Dana]] from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''. He has the "creepy stare" version, but hers are normal. Both fall pretty close to GrayEyes on the scale of colors, but especially Alex, due to graphics issues.
** Early teasers and concept art indicate that piercing, creepy blue eyes were a characteristic of Alex from his first incarnations onward. A trailer depicts his irises glinting from beneath his hood's shadow and his shapeshift sequence changing every aspect of his body but leaving his eyes until last.
* Lucifer Cyril of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' has piercing, cold blue eyes.
* In ''BlazBlue'', the eyes of RobotGirl [[OmnicidalManiac Mu-12]] are of the creepy variety. Especially in contrast to the red eyes of Nu-13 (who was either an EmotionlessGirl or a {{Yandere}} if Ragna's about) and the hidden eyes of their predecessor, Lambada-11 (who was treated as an EmptyShell), but most of all, compared to [[spoiler:Noel's green eyes, until she was MindRaped and forcefully converted (or finished being built by some arguments) into Mu (don't worry, she gets better).]]
** Carl and Tsubaki, however, have blue eyes by nature. Carl can be type two at times, but for the most part, both are the shining type one. Carl's sister, Ada, also had blue eyes (also type 1) before being turned into Nirvana.
* Tear and her brother, Van, from VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss are more of the piercing type. The former [[DefrostingIceQueen loosens up]].
* The default female Hawke from ''DragonAgeII'' has piercing, aqua blue eyes.
* Pharos from [[Persona3Portable Persona 3]] has both innocent and piercing blue eyes. They may also be unnerving to some who see him as a CreepyChild.
* Faye from [[{{Amya}} Amya Chronicles]] has crystal blue eyes of the beautiful and innocent type.
* Tails from SonicTheHedgehog has blue eyes. Eggman does as well, but you almost never see them.
** Maria Robotnik and Tikal the Echidna have blue eyes as well - they're both innocent, optimistic, and very wise. [[spoiler:Both of them commit a HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Jet the Hawk also has blue eyes of the piercing variety (being a hawk, of course), but his characterisation suits midnight blue eyes more. His name is also air-themed and was originally going to be 'Wind'. Of course, the real design reason he has them is because his fur and eye colours are Sonic's swapped and made lighter.
* In ''MetalGearSolid 3'', a couple of characters remark on Big Boss having beautiful InnocentBlueEyes. Solid Snake in ''MetalGearSolid 4'', his clone, has eyes the exact same colour, but they are ''definitely'' IcyBlueEyes and described as 'blue-{{gray| eyes}}' in his records (Big Boss's are just 'blue').
* Even though blue eyes should go well with the armor of the [[FanNickname Blue Bomber]], only the Original ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' (along with his sister Roll) and ''VideoGame/MegaManZero's'' Zero have them. As for the rest of the franchise, green eyes are usually the default choice ([[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes even for the original Rock & Roll]]).
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* In the [[TypeMoon Nasuverse]], [[EvilEye the eyes that can see the death of all things]] are bright blue.
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', BlueEyes seem to be common in characters of a magical nature: Beatrice, Ronove, Gaap, EVA-Beatrice, Maria, Zepar, Fufur, and Ange all have them. [[spoiler:Considering his eventual ascension to the title of Endless Sorcerer, it might also be why {{adaptation| dye job}}s and official art are so fond of giving the otherwise [[BlackEyes black-eyed]] Battler these.]]
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* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', the entire [[http://www.drowtales.com/~wiki/index.php/Val%27Sullisin%27rune Val'Sullisin'rune]] clan all have [[MismatchedEyes Heterochromia]], with one blue eye. They have a reputation as [[TheEmpath empaths]] [[GoodBadGirl who like to party]].
** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3038 Sil'lice]] also has blue eyes, but hers are definitely intended to invoke ice [[AnIcePerson since it's her magical specialty]]. Concept art also shows that [[BabysitterFromHell Syphile]] of all people had these before she was [[RedEyesTakeWarning tainted]], which might serve to emphasize just how much BreakTheCutie she went through afterward.
* [[LackadaisyCats Roark 'Rocky' Rickaby]]. Despite the comic itself being sepiatoned for flavor, color portraits of the Rocky character and of Rocky the cat show them both to possess blue-within-blue eyes. In the case of Rocky, this definitely falls under the purview of 'insane-blue' in terms of character.
* In ''AModestDestiny'', people with blue eyes are considered to be innately evil and untrustworthy. Significantly, one character hides [[spoiler:their heterochromia]] due to this.
* In ''{{Strays}}'', [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/134.htm here]]. Perhaps the WhiteHairedPrettyBoy may be good after all.
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3799 the angels.]]
** And Blue as well, of the icy kind on occasion.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': John Egbert, initially according to WordOfGod and later confirmed in-comic through a dramatic zoom-in on his eyes in response to [[spoiler:seeing his dead father]]. They match his text colour. Similarly, in accordance with their [[AlienBlood blood colours]], Vriska and Equius would have developed blue eyes had they reached adulthood [[spoiler:and not been KilledOffForReal]]; their ancestors, Mindfang and Darkleer, had them.
* Ashton from ''Webcomic/WintersInLavelle'' has piercing, almost glowing blue eyes. This has caused much grief for him, since the most definitive trait of the universally hated "Blue Princes" is their "cold, dead" blue eyes.
* Having BlueEyes in ''OffWhite'' indicates that your [[ItMakesSenseInContext spirit is white]]. The three blued eyed characters we've seen so far have been a innocent, if useless, wolf; a [[LightIsNotGood malevolent snow leopard]]; and a wolf's raven minion/messenger.
* Klaus Wulfenbach from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', of the piercing variety.
** Othar Tryggvassen, GentlemanAdventurer!, has a pair of stunning baby blues. You don't get to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080125 see them]] often, however.
* ''SamuraiPrincess'''s Austin has some icy blue eyes which are in odd contrast to his powers of combustion.
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* Craig Tucker in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has blue eyes. Most fans believe he has gray-blue eyes.
* Most members of the Water Tribe from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' have [[ElementalEyeColors blue eyes because they're the, well, Water tribe]], even though they're based off the very brown-eyed Inuit.
** Oddly, in book three, no one guesses that Katara and Sokka are from the Water Tribe based on their eye color, except [[spoiler:possibly the sword master.]]
*** They ''did'' say they were from the colonies. Fire Nation natives would probably not say anything, as pointing out their supposed diluted blood could be extremely offensive in their nationalistic society.
* Korra from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
** Tenzin and his son Meelo, despite being Airbenders, have blue eyes from their Water Tribe heritage.
* The DisneyAnimatedCanon is full of blue-eyed characters.
** Very notable are the eyes of [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast]]. The character design placed special emphasis on them so that it would seem as if he were still a human, trapped inside a beast's body.
** Nala from ''TheLionKing'' also has blue eyes, [[GreenIsBlue but sometimes, they're]] {{green| eyes}}.
** Disney/{{Tarzan}}'s eyes are [[color:blue:blue]]-[[color:green:green]].
** [[TheHighQueen Kida]] from ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has large blue eyes to go with her {{white hair|ed pretty girl}}, unlike all of the other Atlanteans in the film, even the Caucasian characters.
* Several DonBluth movies have characters with blue eyes:
** Mrs. Brisby from ''TheSecretOfNIMH'' to reflect her timid personality.
** Fievel Mouskewitz from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' has them in the variety of innocent blue in some pictures, but not the movie itself.
** Ducky from ''TheLandBeforeTime''.
** Anne-Marie from ''AllDogsGoToHeaven''. Coincidentally, both she and Ducky are voiced by Judith Barsi.
* In ''TransformersGeneration1'', all the Autobots have blue eyes, while all the Decepticons had {{red eyes| take warning}}. ''[[TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' continues this tradition, with a few exceptions (like [[PlayingWithFire Jetfire]], whose eyes are orange, and [[HonestJohnsDealership Swindle]], who has PurpleEyes).
* Bubbles from ''The PowerpuffGirls'' has [[InnocentBlueEyes innocent light blue eyes]] and Boomer, her EvilTwin, has darker blue eyes.
* June in ''KaBlam'' has light blue eyes ([[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matching her hair]]), though her innocence and cuteness seems to fade fast when she's angry. Loopy of the same show also has blue eyes matching her hair, though a slightly different shade.
* Cheatball (the Cheat's anime alter-ego) from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': [[LegacyCharacter Kid Flash]] was portrayed with blue eyes, like in the {{DCAU}}. It's in stark contrast to his comics depictions, where he's a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.
* WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor: The Delightful Children From Down The Lane have blue eyes, while most other characters in the show just have [[BlackBeadEyes black dots for eyes]]. [[spoiler:This is most likely just an effect of delightfulization, though.]]
* Mumble from ''HappyFeet'' is the only penguin in the film that has blue eyes. All of the other penguins, including his own parents, have BrownEyes, much like actual penguins.
* T.J. Detweiler from ''{{Recess}}'' has robin's egg blue eyes, according to WordOfGod (this is never seen in the show, due to the BlackEyes eye style). In the pilot, he had GreenEyes.
* Duncan from the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' series has blue eyes, probably to [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100814013307/totaldramaisland/images/0/0e/EveryTenthNote.png counteract]] his mohawk, face piercings, and skull shirt to let the audience know he really is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Cody, Lindsay, and Geoff have them for the regular 'innocent' appeal.
* Famous Studios/Harveytoon character ''LittleAudrey''.
* WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants himself. He is a hero in the movie, at least, and he has an innocence about him, or rather, he did, when the show first began. This would make him Type 1.
* The FairlyOddParents: Timmy Turner is Type 1. He is, arguably, the hero of the series, albeit a DesignatedHero many times.
* {{Disneyesque}} Stewie Griffin from ''FamilyGuy''.
* Tillie, in the 1991 film adaptation of ''TheLittleEngineThatCould''.
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* CillianMurphy gets this ''so much''. In ''BatmanBegins'', he's got the icy, piercing, creepy variety (when he takes off his glasses in the first mask scene, the director basically choreographed them to glitter), and in ''Film/RedEye'', he's got the 'please blink, please blink' villainous variety, to ratchet up the perceived threat to the poor, virginal heroine. In ''TwentyEightDaysLater'', his wide-open baby blues leave him looking innocent and rather bewildered (right up until the[[EyeScream ...rescue scene]]), and in ''BreakfastOnPluto'', his eyes are probably the most feminine thing about him. He's like a living, breathing MarySue. Spooky.

** And, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Snow is a subversion of the "icy blue" type--despite his name and his very pale blue eyes, he's one of sweetest, warmest, and friendliest characters in the cast; if anything, his eye color is meant to signify his [[AnIcePerson primary element]]. His fiancee, Serah, has the innocent-and-sweet blue eyes. On the other hand, Lightning plays icy blue straight.

* Alisa in ''GuestFromTheFuture'', played by NataliaGuseva.
* Jean Jacques-Annaud mentioned in the commentary for ''EnemyAtTheGates'' that one of the reasons he so wanted Ed Harris for [[ColdSniper Major Koenig]] was because of his icy, unusually blue eyes. When he plays villains, critics often note the intensity of his glare. (One of the critics, reviewing ''TheRock'', said "Here's a guy whose glare could give Clint Eastwood chills.")

* In Film/TheLastUnicorn, Lír and Lady Amalthea have dark blue eyes.
* Most of the characters in the film adaption of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' have blue eyes, most notably Frodo. Aragorn and Boromir both seem to have blue-green eyes.

* Every CharClone from the ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' franchise. At best they tend to be cold and icy, at worst, {{omnicidal| maniac}}. Oddly they tend to switch between the cold version of the eyes, and a rather tortured-looking version of the innocent one.

* The Thompson sisters in SoulEater have blue eyes and blonde hair, but [[DarkAndTroubledPast neither]] are innocent. Probably used to indicate they're [[PhenotypeStereotype American]].

* [[PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]]'s big blue eyes are used to great and varied effect in ''LawrenceOfArabia'', and to more conventional leading-man effect in ''HowToStealAMillion''.

* Rand Al'Thor in ''TheWheelOfTime'' is first described to have wide blue eyes. As the books progress, they change into the piercing, ice cold type. They switch between gray and blue as well.

* Branching off into the rest of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse...

** [[KidIcarus Pit]] in ''[[SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

* Klaus Wulfenbach from ''GirlGenius'', of the piercing variety.

* Craig Tucker in ''SouthPark'' has blue eyes. Most fans believe he has gray-blue eyes.

* SpongebobSquarepants himself. He is a hero in the movie, at least, and he has an innocence about him, or rather, he did, when the show first began. This would make him Type 1.

* Every [[BlondGuysAreEvil Char Clone]] from the MobileSuitGundam franchise. At best they tend to be cold and icy, at worst, {{omnicidal| maniac}}. Oddly they tend to switch between the cold version of the eyes, and a rather tortured-looking version of the innocent one.

* Both [[TheStoic Heero Yuy]] and [[SixthRanger Zechs Merquise]] from ''GundamWing'' have the "piercing and icy" type, as does [[MagnificentBastard Treize Khushrenada]].

** [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Marina Ismail]] from ''[[MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' is [[ActualPacifist pure and innocent]] with blue eyes.

* WordOfGod says that one of the reasons DanielCraig got hired for ''RoadToPerdition'' was that his eyes are as piercing blue as Paul Newman's.

* Peter O'Toole's big blue eyes are used to great and varied effect in ''LawrenceOfArabia'', and to more conventional leading-man effect in ''HowToStealAMillion''.

* [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]]'s deep blue eyes fall into the "pure" or "innocent" category (at least when he first started out) and were chosen for that exact reason — although the Manga depicts him with brown eyes.

** [[{{Jerkass}} Asuka]]'s light blue eyes are definitely of the "piercing, icy" variant, though they could also be blamed on the common PhenotypeStereotype for Germans.

* Betty from ''ArchieComics'' is typically drawn with BlackBeadEyes. Occasionally we'll see her eye color and it's most often blue. Archie, Jughead, and occasionally Veronica have been shown with BlueEyes on various occasions.

* [[{{Warhammer 40000}} Variel the Flayer]] stands out from his [[NightLords brothers in arms]] not only because he isn't a native born/genebred [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Nostraman]], but because he trades their BlackEyesOfEvil for type two Blue Eyes. He's one of the [[TheStoic emotionally coldest]] members of a company made of [[TheDreaded Dreaded]], AxCrazy {{Torture Technician}}s.

* Granny Weatherwax and Susan Sto Helit from ''{{Discworld}}'' have the piercing kind. Susan may have inherited them from [[TheGrimReaper her grandfather]], although, in his case, they're a [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath blue glow within hollow eye sockets]]. Jonathan Teatime in ''Hogfather'' has ''one'' blue eye. With a pinpoint pupil. And he's completely AxCrazy.

* Leodegarius in GrahamMcNeill's {{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''The Killing Grounds'' has the piercing variety. Particularly when he is Mind Probing Uriel and [[EvilEye meets his eyes to do it]].

* Keeping with the {{Warhammer 40000}} tradition of canon flipflops and {{Retcon}}s, Sanguinius is depicted mostly with type one Blue Eyes, but sometimes with RedEyesTakeWarning, especially in older editions where he's more likely to have RavenHairIvorySkin instead of HairOfGold.

* Mireille Bouquet of ''{{Noir}}'' is a fairly major aversion; she's got bright baby blues and HairOfGold to match, but she's anything but innocent. Unless, by "innocent", you mean "cold-blooded assassin".

** Actually, if you look, you'll find that the ''entire'' central cast, apart from Guinevere, are of the baby blues persuasion, though they do tend to settle into two camps: Upstanding-Member-of-the-Royal-Community-Blue (I.e., Arthur, Uther, Gaius) or Nefarious-Druid-With-The-Dark-Hair-Blue (I.e., Mordred, Morgana). Merlin himself, interestingly enough, could be taken as either of these.