History Main / CreepyShadowedUnderEyes

* This is the identifying trait of Tomoko Kuroki from ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular''. While she's not exactly a bad person, it does reduce her physical appeal and self-esteem. Strangely enough, it seems to be genetic since her brother and (to a lesser extent) her mother have eye bags as well. The mother's are less pronounced, though, suggesting the siblings (or at least Tomoko) made theirs worse through poor sleeping habits.

%%* All human characters in ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' have them, but the most prominent belong to [[MadScientist Wilson]], [[CreepyChild Wendy]], and [[BigBad Maxwell]]

%%* Loki has these in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', especially notable in his first scene, to emphasise his BigBadSlippage between ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''The Avengers''. Completed with a KubrickStare. Attentive viewers will notice the people he mind controls also develop them, probably because he [[FridgeHorror doesn't let them stop working to sleep.]]

* Betelgeuse from, well, ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' has dark rings around his eyes. This is actually due to the fact that Creator/TimBurton originally conceived the character as having no eyes at all but changed his mind after noticing how expressive Creator/MichaelKeaton's were.

%%* Grí­ma Wormtongue from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' film series.

%%* The Medic in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has these. They're fairly subtle, but compared to the other characters it's a reasonably noticeable feature. It's probably to make his eyes stand out behind his [[FourEyesZeroSoul glasses]], show that he's no spring chicken, and suggest that he's the kind of person who likely stays up late doing [[MadDoctor horrible medical experiments]]. And maybe the stress of his thankless job is getting to him.

%%* Kanato Sakamaki from ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' has these, which go well with his CreepyChild demeanor.

* ''{{VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Sergei Dragunov has the LooksLikeCesare part down with black hair, pale skin and dark circles under his sunken eyes. In story, he is widely feared as the [[RedBaron "White Angel of Death"]].

* Mike's evil personality Mal from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama All Stars'' has two main distinguishing features from his good alter: his [[{{Peekabangs}} bangs covering one eye]] and the shadows under the eyes. When he impersonates Mike by putting up his hair, the shadowy eyes remain as a visual cue that it's Mal.

* In one epsiode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'', Ash is [[DemonicPossession possessed by]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext an ancient king in an orb]], complete with magic eyeliner.

%%* Tomoko Kuroki from ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' has these. While she's not exactly a bad person, it does reduce her physical appeal and reduces her self-esteem. Strangely enough, it seems to be genetic since her brother and (to a lesser extent) her mother have eye bags as well. The mother's are less pronounced, though, suggesting the siblings (or at least Tomoko) made theirs worse through poor sleeping habits.

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', all the vampires are described as having dark 'bruised' shadows under their eyes, implied to be a symptom of never sleeping.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:'' Gentle and La Brava both have thick black lines around their eyes. They're only natural in La Brava's case, the result of countless nights since a middle school love rejection spent in front of a computer in deep depression. When she made the decision to approach Gentle, she wasn't able to do anything about them and hoped he wouldn't be put off. On the contrary, he accepted her gladly and, upon noticing how much she stressed over them regardless, took up drawing dark rings under his own eyes to emphasize their parntership. In the present the rings look almost like domino masks when coupled with their costumes. %% Remember to do proper ExampleIndentation if you expand one of the below examples.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Akumatized victims almost always have a red stained patch around their eyes. A handful of corner cases[[note]]Catalyst and Chameleon (akumatized with consent rather than a MomentOfWeakness) lack the eye patches, while Startrain (akumatized by accident, far outside Hawk Moth's range) has them, and Qilin gains them long before Shadow Moth decides to akumatize her[[/note]] suggest that this coloration represents their negative emotions.

* Exaggerated with ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[BloodKnight Etna]], for the entirety of the area around her eyes is wreathed in shadow, to highlight her [[AttackAttackAttack manic nature]] in the ring.

%%* Exaggerated with ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[BloodKnight Etna]], for the entirety of the area around her eyes is wreathed in shadow.

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* In one epsiode of ''Anime/Pokemon'', Ash is [[DemonicPossession possessed by]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext an ancient king in an orb]], complete with magic eyeliner.

* In ''Machinima/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware'', the [[spoiler: main antagonist]] Benrey is depicted in the thumbnail art and in fan works with dark shadows under his eyes to distinguish him from other security guards.

* Colin from ''Webcomic/TwoKeys'' who is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette with huge dark circles around his eyes, which sometimes double as HiddenEyes, reflecting both his dark past and mysteriousness.

%%* DeadpanSnarker Colin from ''Webcomic/TwoKeys'' has this, as seen in the picture above. Which is actually a milder version. Sometimes he has this to the point where it looks like he's got the BlackEyesOfEvil. It's unclear whether he has this due to insomnia, [[spoiler: If his magic has a physically draining effect on him]] or if it has something to do with his MysteriousPast. Not to be confused with when he has his occasional moments of BlackEyesOfCrazy.

%%* Common in members of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': as an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette, Wednesday spots some, as does her Uncle Fester. Gomez has some slight but noticeable ones, unless, of course, they are to be interpreted as GuyLiner rather than actual eyebags.

%%* Creator/JimStarlin always draws [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]] this way.

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* In Half-Life But The AI Is Self-Aware, the [[spoiler: main antagonist]] Benrey is depicted in the thumbnail art and in fan works with dark shadows under his eyes to distinguish him from other security guards.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In the original Japanese, Gaara's darkly circled eyes are expressly stated to be {{Tanuki}}-like marks he was born with, signifying the animal the Tailed Beast [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan sealed within him]] resembles, much like the way Naruto has [[TanukiKitsuneContrast whisker-marks resembling those of a fox]] (whose own Tailed Beast is based on the {{Kitsune}}). In the English dub, they were explained to be caused by his insomnia, which not only makes sense (rather than just assuming the audience wouldn't know what a Tanuki was or just calling it a "raccoon demon") but significantly ups the creep-factor.