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->''It's no surprise that I got lost''\\
''In your brown eyes''

''In your brown eyes''\\
-- '''Music/LadyGaga''', "Brown Eyes"

'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character. A character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]]. Its very rare in both Eastern and Western animation, and even film, for a Caucasian of either gender to have brown eyes. This is due to their apparent plainness and association with the generic, as most fiction is focused around characters with special traits. However, brown eyes can be used to emphasize a character's charming or seductive nature.

* Please remember that Phedre no Delauny of ''KushielsLegacy'' has eyes that are, not brown as you plebes would describe it, but [[PurpleProse bistre]].

* The wise, calm and caring healer Tanda from ''[[Anime/SeireiNoMoribito Guardian of the Sacred Spirit]]''.

* A few ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' protagonists, all others have blue eyes or gray eyes. [[MemeticBadass Red, Leaf]], [[{{Moe}} Lyra]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Brendan]] and [[MemeticSexGod Hilbert]], specifically.

* Five of the official {{Disney Princess}}es, e.g., Disney/SnowWhite, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]], Disney/{{Pocahontas}}, Disney/{{Mulan}} and [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]]. This is due to four of them being of different races, which all have brown eyes. Pocahontas's and Mulan's eyes are slightly darker and not very obvious. However, the majority of animated female human Disney characters (official or otherwise) actually have blue eyes.

* In DevonMonk's Literature/AllieBeckstrom novel ''Magic to the Bone'', Zayvion has brown eyes with flecks of gold -- until [[KaleidoscopeEyes he leaves the magic grid]], whereupon they are brown. When he drives back, his eyes turn pure gold with only flecks of brown.

* With the exception of JJ's [[InnocentBlueEyes baby blues]], [[Series/CriminalMinds the whole BAU team,]] even Garcia, have brown eyes, but Spencer Reid truly has PuppyDogEyes. How many times have you looked into the Boy Genius' caramel brown orbs and went "Awww"?

* {{Storm}} of the ComicBook/{{X-Men}}, as a minor sign of her genetic mutation, is a black woman with blue eyes.
** Gambit has been shown to have brown eyes when his mutation is switched off.

The majority of humans have brown eyes. They are seen as the norm and don't often symbolize anything significant. In fact, they may be used to symbolize that a character is ''not'' naturally special. As such, brown-eyed characters are only notable when their personalities are particularly matching, so NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

* Luna (as a cat in the anime) in ''Manga/SailorMoon'' has brown eyes and is the (supposedly) down-to-earth mentor to the main heroine.

* Kasumi and Mila from ''DeadOrAlive''.

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* [[Literature/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]] has brown eyes. Mad-Eye Moody has one brown eye. Don't forget about Ginny and Molly Weasley. It even becomes a minor plot point in the [[HarryPotter/HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows seventh book]].

* Gregory Maguire subverts this in ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', giving dark brown eyes flecked with gold to, of all people, the Wicked Witch of the West.

** Lampshaded in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' when Clyde meets the hazel-eyed Eleventh Doctor and is shocked that his eyes have changed with [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]]. "For some reason I thought [[WindowsToTheSoul your eyes]] would stay the same..."
* PunkyBrewster has brown eyes.

** In SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' the rise of mixed marriages and burgeoning multicultural centers sees certain characters [[AvertedTrope avert]] ElementalEyeColors. of the 3 children of a mixed Air Nomad, and Earth Kingdom {{Muggle}} marriage have their father Tenzin's Airbending talent, but the eldest Jinora is the only one in the family with brown eyes, being the sensible one of her siblings. Their mother Pema herself is very down-to-earth, and makes reference to being harried by her quite literally [[NotQuiteFlight flighty]] children when her mother-in-law predicts her fourth child will be ''another'' Airbender, but averts the trope by haveing green eyes.

* {{Deconstructed}} and {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'', where two {{Catfolk}} characters with this eye color in common are both noted for being neither fully trustworthy nor down-to-Earth. TheDragon, Grune, is a {{Turncoat}} former general who always had {{ambition| is evil}}s of becoming King of Thundera through a military coup. Tygra, who, as a boy, admired and was tutored by Grune, is a HappilyAdopted member of Thundera's royal family, who struggles with [[TheResenter resentment]] and jealousy that his younger brother Lion-O's RoyalBlood guarantees him the throne and a sword that OnlyTheChosenMayWield. Both Tygra and Grune are driven to succeed and dislike that the throne is a special privilege [[KingOfBeasts reserved for Lions]] (all of whom have {{Occult Blue| Eyes}}-{{Green Eyes}}), instead of more ''typical'' hardworking Cats, like themselves.

'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character. A character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]]. Its very rare in both Eastern and Western animation, and even film, for a Caucasian of either gender to have brown eyes. This is due to their apparent plainness and association with the generic, as most fiction is focused around characters with special traits. However, brown eyes can be used to emphasize a character's charming or seductive nature.

Brown eyes make the best PuppyDogEyes. Light brown or hazel eyes are seen as very striking, with honey brown or gold being a particularly extreme example of how stunning brown eyes can be. These colors are often used to show a character's uniqueness in Eastern Animation or as an indicator of a nationality other than Caucasian.

* [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is, more often than not, the ''only'' European nation with brown eyes. They're usually [[EyesAlwaysShut closed]].

** Lampshaded in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' when Clyde meets the [[GreenEyes hazel-eyed]] Eleventh Doctor and is shocked that his eyes have changed with [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]]. "For some reason I thought [[WindowsToTheSoul your eyes]] would stay the same..."

* Music/LadyGaga has a song "Brown Eyes" on her debut album, allegedly dedicated to [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]].

* In a setting that is filled to the brim with blue eyes, green eyes and yellow eyes, the only two {{original| generation}} characters that have brown eyes in the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series are Hayner and Pence, who are, fittingly, a pair of {{Ordinary High School Student}}s.

* Kasumi and Mila from ''DeadOrAlive''.

* Five of the official {{Disney Princess}}es, e.g., Disney/SnowWhite, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]], Disney/{{Pocahontas}}, Disney/{{Mulan}} and [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]]. This is due to four of them being of different races, which all have brown eyes. Pocahontas's and Mulan's eyes are slightly darker and not very obvious. However, the majority of animated female human Disney characters (official or otherwise) actually have blue eyes.

* {{Deconstructed}} and {{Inverted}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'', where two {{Catfolk}} characters with this eye color in common are both noted for being neither fully trustworthy nor down-to-Earth. TheDragon, Grune, is a {{Turncoat}} former general who always had {{ambition| is evil}}s of becoming King of Thundera through a military coup. Tygra, who, as a boy, admired and was tutored by Grune, is a HappilyAdopted member of Thundera's royal family, who struggles with [[TheResenter resentment]] and jealousy that his younger brother Lion-O's RoyalBlood guarantees him the throne and a sword that OnlyTheChosenMayWield. Both Tygra and Grune are driven to succeed and dislike that the throne is a special privilege [[KingOfBeasts reserved for Lions]] (all of whom have {{Occult Blue| Eyes}}-{{Green Eyes}}), instead of more ''typical'' hardworking Cats, like themselves.

** Jamie Bennett also has brown eyes, along with [[spoiler:Jack's sister]].

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'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character. A character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]]. Its very rare in both eastern and western animation, and even film, for a Caucasian of either gender to have brown eyes. This is due to their apparent plainness and association with the generic. As most fiction is focused around characters with special traits. However, in contrast, brown eyes are usually used to emphasize a characters Charming or seductive nature. Brown being the most classically romantic and sensual eye color.

Brown eyes make the best PuppyDogEyes, light brown or hazel eyes are seen as very striking. With honey brown, or gold, being a particularly extreme example of how stunning brown eyes can be. These colors are often used to show a characters uniqueness in eastern Animation. Or of a nationality other than Caucasian.

The majority of humans have brown eyes. Caucasians having Blue as their most common colour. They are seen as the norm and don't often symbolize anything significant. In fact, they may be used to symbolize that a character is ''not'' naturally special. As such, brown-eyed characters are only notable when their personalities are particularly matching, so NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

A common way of showing that character is ''special'' in some way, or at least part of the core cast is by giving them non-brown eyes. It is particularly glaring if the character isn't Caucasian, since non-brown eyes are ''extremely'' rare among non-white people; it can be just as bad as PurpleEyes as a MarySue marking when they have them.

'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character. A character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]]. Its very rare in both eastern and western animation, and even film, for a Caucasian of either gender to have brown eyes. This is due to their apparent plainness and association with the generic. As most fiction is focused around characters with special traits. However, in contrast, brown eyes are usually used to emphasize a characters Charming or seductive nature. Brown being a classically romantic and sensual eye color.

'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character. A character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]]. Its very rare in both eastern and western animation, and even film, for a Caucasian of either gender to have brown eyes. This is due to their apparent plainness and association with the generic. However, in contrast, brown eyes are usually used to emphasize a characters Charming or seductive nature. Brown being a classically romantic and sensual eye color.

Brown eyes make the best PuppyDogEyes, and if they're particularly dark, they can be mysterious and sensual. ''Very'' dark, and they border on black eyes and often even reach it in cheaper art styles. Very light brown eyes are striking, and can get into hazel or gold eyes territory.

'''Brown eyes''' are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character, a character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]].

The majority of humans have brown eyes. They are seen as the norm and don't symbolize any special personality traits. In fact, they may be used to symbolize that a character is ''not'' naturally special. As such, brown-eyed characters are only notable when their personalities are particularly matching, so NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

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, etc. Please do not add characters who just happen to have eyes of this color without a substantial reason behind it.
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* Ken Hidaka from ''WeissKreuz'', at least in the original manga. After that, [[AdaptationDyeJob all bets are off]].

* The wise, calm and caring healer Tanda from ''GuardianOfTheSacredSpirit''.
* Seiya in ''SaintSeiya''.
* Rocket from ''GingaDensetsuWeed'' has rather striking light-brown eyes.

* Fujioka Haruhi from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has moderately dark brown eyes. Honey has lighter brown eyes and blond (or very light brown) hair.

* Saya Otonashi from ''BloodPlus'' has brown eyes. [[RedEyesTakeWarning Usually]].
* Rock from ''BlackLagoon'' has these, and is the closest thing to a "good guy" in the series.
* [[NationsAsPeople Italy]] from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' is, more often than not, the ''only'' European nation with brown eyes. They're usually [[EyesAlwaysShut closed]].

* In the ''XWingSeries'' comics, [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Isplourrdacartha_Estillo Plourr Illo]] is brown-eyed and a rare female BoisterousBruiser. She's a pilot, a brawler, a mechanic, and secretly a princess with a dark, Anastasia-inspired past. Rather awesome.

* Midnighter of ''TheAuthority'', the only brown-eyed Caucasian on his team.
* Essentially, every main character in ''SonicTheComic''. However, Knuckles has blue eyes, Sonic was eventually retconned into having GreenEyes once he turned Blue, Tekno has GreenEyes and Tails was eventually retconned into having blue eyes.

* Elene from ''TheNightAngelTrilogy'' has brown eyes, in accordance to her calming and patient role in the story.

* In the ''AnneOfGreenGables'' series, Anne and Gilbert's son and daughter, Shirley and Nan, both have [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow brown hair and brown eyes]]. It's ironic, as their mother had always wanted this combination in her youth. Shirley, especially, is nicknamed "Little Brown Boy" by the familiy's hired help, Susan, for his brown hair, eyes and dark complexion.
* Samwise Gamegee is the ''only'' character in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' who isn't described as gray-eyed (other than maybe a few minor bad guys). He's pretty much the designated closer-to-Earth character.

* Emily from ''{{Skins}}'' has huge brown eyes and {{puppy dog| eyes}}s the hell out of them on [[TheWoobie several occasions]].

* Niles Crane on ''{{Frasier}}'', in contrast to his brother's blue eyes — while he is more rigid, neurotic and fussy than Frasier, he is also more down-to-earth and practical (not to mention {{Woobie}}ish) and often plays the StraightMan to his brother's overblown, self-deluding shenanigans.

* Cameron of ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' (played by SummerGlau, the same actress who portrayed River above) also has brown eyes, which ''do'' fit with the notion of stability and trustworthiness; since she's a [[RobotGirl machine]] whose primary purpose is protecting John, she is pretty much incapable of not being trustworthy. [[spoiler:Until her processor gets damaged.]]
* Jim Moriarty from BBC's ''{{Sherlock}}'' has large brown eyes that can be haunting, (the flashback scenes of [[spoiler:him being tortured by Mycroft Holmes's men in Reichenbach Fall]] are a good indicator of this), threatening, [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zujzUQxf1qirhm0o3_1280.jpg really, really cute]], and even [[http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk3zz2Yfv1qhotnko1_500.jpg dead-looking]].

* Leonard from the BigBangTheory has big, brown PuppyDogEyes.
* The Tenth Doctor from DoctorWho has brown eyes with extreme heart-melting abilities, only adding to his [[TheWoobie woobie]] skills. This physical trait also suits the more human nature of this incarnation of the Doctor.
** Lampshaded in TheSarahJaneAdventures when Clyde meets the [[GreenEyes hazel-eyed]] Eleventh Doctor and is shocked that his eyes have changed with [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]]. "For some reason I thought [[WindowsToTheSoul your eyes]] would stay the same..."

* The Pogues, "A Pair of Brown Eyes".
* Chuck Berry's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man".

* In the "Another Day" number from {{Rent}}, Roger mentions Mimi's brown eyes as another attribute of hers that he's trying in vain to ignore. Mimi, meanwhile, is trying to encourage him to enjoy what time he has on earth.

* In a setting that is filled to the brim with blue eyes, green eyes and yellow eyes, the only two {{original| generation}} characters that have brown eyes in the ''KingdomHearts'' series are Hayner and Pence, who are, fittingly, a pair of {{Ordinary High School Student}}s.

* There's also Prince Fluff from ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''.

* Five of the official {{Disney Princess}}es, e.g., Disney/SnowWhite, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]], {{Pocahontas}}, {{Mulan}} and [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]]. This is due to four of them being of different races, which all have brown eyes. Pocahontas's and Mulan's eyes are slighty darker and not very obvious. However, the majority of animated female human Disney characters (official or otherwise) actually have blue eyes.

* Dib from ''InvaderZim'' has brown eyes; somewhat fitting, since he is possibly the sanest character in the show.

* In ''RiseOfTheGuardians'', [[spoiler:Jack Frost used to have light brown eyes before he died saving his sister, becoming an immortal winter spirit - they transformed along with his hair (brunette to silvery-white), turning [[IcyBlueEyes blue]].]]

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** Lampshaded in TheSarahJaneAdventures when Clyde meets the [[GreenEyes hazel-eyed]] Eleventh Doctor and is shocked that his eyes have changed. "For some reason I thought [[WindowsToTheSoul your eyes]] would stay the same..."

[[color:brown: '''Brown eyes''']] are a sign of a trustworthy and stable character, a character who's "[[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]]". It can even mean that they have [[DishingOutDirt earth-based powers]].

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* Half of the official {{Disney Princess}}es, e.g., Disney/SnowWhite, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]], {{Pocahontas}}, {{Mulan}} and [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]]. This is due to four of them being of different races, which all have brown eyes. Pocahontas's and Mulan's eyes are slighty darker and not very obvious. However, the majority of animated female human Disney characters (official or otherwise) actually have blue eyes.

* In ''RiseOfTheGuardians'', [[spoiler:Jack Frost used to have amberish-brown eyes before he died saving his sister, becoming an immortal winter spirit - they transformed along with his hair (brunette to silvery-white), turning [[IcyBlueEyes blue.]]]]

* Storm of the XMen, as a minor sign of her genetic mutation, is a black woman with blue eyes.

* In ''RiseOfTheGuardians'', [[spoiler:Jack Frost used to have amberish-brown eyes before he died saving his sister, becoming an immortal winter spirit - they transformed along with his hair (brunette to silvery-white), turning from brown to [[IcyBlueEyes blue.]]]]

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* In ''RiseOfTheGuardians'', [[spoiler:Jack Frost used to have amberish-brown eyes before he died saving his sister, becoming an immortal winter spirit - they transformed along with his hair (brunette to silvery-white), turning [[IcyBlueEyes blue.]]]]