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* Surprisingly enough, pop country's sweeetheart and noted dork Music/TaylorSwift has an excellent one, often seen when hitting a line in one of her TakeThat songs. Most notable when she reaches the front of the stage during her performance of "Mean" at the 54th Grammy Awards.

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* Surprisingly enough, pop country's sweeetheart sweetheart and noted dork Music/TaylorSwift has an excellent one, often seen when hitting a line in one of her TakeThat songs. Most notable when she reaches the front of the stage during her performance of "Mean" at the 54th Grammy Awards.
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** A literal example in "Happy Trails Part 2": Flaky is given several after her quills pop the raft they needed to escape the deserted island. Cue a tombstone being nailed down.
** In "See What Develops", Toothy gives one to Splendid when he carelessly pops Giggles's balloon hat.

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** A literal example in "Happy "[[Recap/HTFJumpingTheShark Happy Trails Part 2": 2]]": Flaky is given several after her quills pop the raft they needed to escape the deserted island. Cue a tombstone being nailed down.
** In "See "[[Recap/HTFSeeWhatDevelops See What Develops", Develops]]", Toothy gives one to Splendid when he carelessly pops Giggles's balloon hat.
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:'' Even Steve Rogers himself is not incapable of this, if pushed far enough. At the end of "The Captain", he breaks into the office of the ObstructiveBureaucrat who's been on his case for the entire arc. As they're talking, the man's phone goes off. Steve just... ''stares'' at him, and coldly tells the man he should answer the phone.

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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:'' Even Steve Rogers himself is not incapable of this, [[BewareTheNiceOnes if pushed far enough.enough]]. At the end of "The Captain", he breaks into the office of the ObstructiveBureaucrat who's been on his case for the entire arc. As they're talking, the man's phone goes off. Steve just... ''stares'' at him, and coldly tells the man he should answer the phone.



** Often, Superman uses this look in concert with his heat vision, giving him [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes.]]

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** Often, Superman uses this look in concert with his heat vision, giving him [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes.]]eyes]].



* The {{Cockatrice and Basilisk}} are both good examples of creatures in mythology with literal death glares. Legends say a single glance from either creature can kill (or [[TakenForGranite petrify]]) a man.

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* The {{Cockatrice [[BasiliskAndCockatrice cockatrice and Basilisk}} the basilisk]] are both good examples of creatures in mythology with literal [[DeadlyGaze literal]] death glares. Legends say a single glance from either creature can kill (or [[TakenForGranite petrify]]) a man.
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* The Cockatrice and Basilisk are both good examples of creatures in mythology with literal death glares. Legends say a single glance from either creature can kill (or [[TakenForGranite petrify]]) a man.

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* The Cockatrice {{Cockatrice and Basilisk Basilisk}} are both good examples of creatures in mythology with literal death glares. Legends say a single glance from either creature can kill (or [[TakenForGranite petrify]]) a man.



* Richard Pryor told the story of two of these. He was working a Las Vegas casino when he became angry at his pay and/or treatment. He burst into the boss's office and gave him what he called his "Wild [n-word]" stare guaranteed to terrify any white man. The casino boss laughed and embraced him with a "this guy", unafraid. However, one of his henchman displeased the boss and when Pryor saw the boss's expression he thought, "Oh, man, this guy is dead. He's still breathing and walking around, but he is dead."

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* Richard Pryor Creator/RichardPryor told the story of two of these. He was working a Las Vegas casino when he became angry at his pay and/or treatment. He burst into the boss's office and gave him what he called his "Wild [n-word]" stare guaranteed to terrify any white man. The casino boss laughed and embraced him with a "this guy", unafraid. However, one of his henchman displeased the boss and when Pryor saw the boss's expression he thought, "Oh, man, this guy is dead. He's still breathing and walking around, but he is dead."
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': two legal justices turn out to be flaming gays gossip about a constable in the case just heard.

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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': two legal justices turn out to be flaming gays gossip gossiping about a constable in the case just heard.
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': two legal justices turn out to be flaming gays gossip about a constable in the case just heard.
-->There's nothing else I could do except bang me gavel. I did the "silence in court" bit! Ooh, if looks could kill, that prosecuting attorney would be in for thirty years!
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-->If looks could kill it would have beennus instead of him

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-->If looks could kill it would have beennus been us instead of him
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* Verse three of Music/TheBeatles' "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", entailed a tiger hunt:
-->The children asked him if to kill was not a sin,
-->"Not when he looked so fierce," his mummy butted in
-->If looks could kill it would have beennus instead of him
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* The Northern White-faced Owl, popularly nicknamed the Transformer Owl, has a very interesting threat display. When faced with a competitor of similar size, it raises its wings to make itself look bigger, but when faced with a larger competitor, it adopts a "concealing posture", holding its feathers tight against its body, covering the paler feathers on its chest by holding a wing over its front as if it were a cape, and focusing its eyes intently on the competitor, giving an impressive glare in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-GFZ4bdSiQ Here's one in action, carrying out both versions of its display]].

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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_white-faced_owl Northern White-faced Owl, white-faced owl]], popularly nicknamed the Transformer Owl, has a very interesting threat display. When faced with a competitor of similar size, it raises its wings to make itself look bigger, but when faced with a larger competitor, it adopts a "concealing posture", holding its feathers tight against its body, covering the paler feathers on its chest by holding a wing over its front as if it were a cape, and focusing its eyes intently on the competitor, giving an impressive glare in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-GFZ4bdSiQ Here's one in action, carrying out both versions of its display]].
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* According to the book ''Japan's Favorite Mon-star'', Creator/RaymondBurr shut down an attempt by the executives in charge of the ''Godzilla 1985'' dub for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' to include him in ProductPlacement for Dr Pepper not through words, but simply by giving a long, cold and completely silent stare to one of the execs until they backed off.

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* According to the book ''Japan's Favorite Mon-star'', Creator/RaymondBurr shut down an attempt by the executives took his role as Steve Martin in charge of the ''Godzilla 1985'' dub for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' very seriously. He was reportedly so offended by New World Pictures' intention to include him in ProductPlacement for Dr Pepper that he shut that plan down not through words, but simply by giving a long, cold and completely silent stare to one of the execs until they backed off.
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* [[https://www.wikiart.org/en/auguste-toulmouche/the-reluctant-bride-1866 The Hesitant Fiancée]] (1866) by Auguste Toulmouche went viral on Website/TikTok in late in 2023 for the central figure's death glare being described as "embodying female rage", it was paired with statements that she's supposed to be reacting too or thinking.

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* [[https://www.wikiart.org/en/auguste-toulmouche/the-reluctant-bride-1866 The Hesitant Fiancée]] (1866) by Auguste Toulmouche went viral on Website/TikTok Platform/TikTok in late in 2023 for the central figure's death glare being described as "embodying female rage", it was paired with statements that she's supposed to be reacting too or thinking.

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