History Main / ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': In the flashback showing Zeetha destroying her pirate captors her eyes are the only thing visible in the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103 dark behind the bars where she was kept imprisoned.]]

* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'': Occurs a few times in the series.
** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'': Rosella at one point must navigate a pitch-black cave with a resident troll and a chasm opening into a BottomlessPit... all without any light for the player to see by.
** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'': In the large labyrinth, one room is so dark that all the player can see of Alexander is his white eyes against the black surroundings. If the player doesn't have a source of light, rumbling noises and a growl are heard as the Minotaur enters the room, while Alexander's eyes are lifted up, shaken, and... well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8_cUuSaSU that's gotta be painful.]]

* The player in the 1982 UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game ''VideoGame/HauntedHouse'' is only visible by his eyes and a lit match.

* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' has this in a more realistic manner for E-102 (a robot) and in a more cartoonish manner for Big (a cat); their eyes are unaffected by lighting and so appear to "glow" in dark rooms. Only in the UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} version, though.

** ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': Midna tends to attract these, when the lighting is poor enough.

* ''Webcomic/FreddyFox'': In [[https://www.freddyfoxcomic.com/comic/fearsome-predator/ the 64th strip]], the only part of Cathy the cat that can be seen during her nocturnal prey hunt is her eyes for three panels... until she gets her tongue caught in a mousetrap, waking up Angie in the process.

* In ''Fanfic/YesterdayUponTheStair'', Izuku has ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum tapetum lucidum]]'' (see RealLife below), which makes his eyes glow in the dark.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigTim'': After Tim gets sent to the sheds for Kid Friction causing him to wreck his first train, all we see of him is his eyes in the darkness. The other engines open their eyes to signify they're there when talking to TIm.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', both times the player encounters Ridley, his glowing yellow eyes are the first things to appear, before the room lights up and the rest of his body becmes visible.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'' does this a lot. Zombies and melee-oriented demons[[labelnote:+]]ranged ones dish out very bright fireballs that give away their exact location[[/labelnote]] who tend to appear in especially dark areas have glowing eyes, both for RuleOfScary and as a gameplay trait that, as in the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' example above, marks the thing that you want to unload on without forcing you to illuminate it with your torch.

* In the first ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' game, if Freddy isn't on stage or at your door, he's only visible by this on camera.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' when the animals wake up in crates being shipped to Africa.

* Seen also in the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon after Yoshi swallows Mario in the "Mama Luigi" episode. [[MemeticMutation "Ugh, now I know how a meatball feels."]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', this is one of Thunt's favourite effects. When a character is seen in silhouette, you can generally see their eyes, mouths, significant scars, and occasionally magical effects. In general, their major identifying marks -- you see Chief's tattoo, for instance, or Kore's helm's eye-hole.

* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''. The secret level Who Turned Out the Lights?

* ''Manga/KonohanaKitan'': In Episode 6, as soon as Satsuki mentions she's afraid of the dark, a ghost leaves her and Natsume in complete darkness with only Satsuki eyes visable for a moment.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Look at the Princess", John Crichton and the eponymous princess are trapped in a room being filled with DeadlyGas. Suddenly they see [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] advancing on them through the clouds of white gas, but instead of an assassin it turns out to be their alien servant who guides them to safety.