History Main / GlowingEyesOfDoom

** Korra gets her own glowy eyes in her sequel-series

** And not forgetting that "Eye-based Powers" are a staple of the series. The Uchiha's Sharingan, the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, and Pain's Rin'egan. When used, all 3 powers create some manner of intimidating "altered eye-state."

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* In the ''SilverSurfer'' cartoon, {{Galactus}}' eyes glow brightly. So does his mouth when it opens.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer'' cartoon, {{Galactus}}' eyes glow brightly. So does his mouth when it opens.

** {{TheHero Maka}} only has flat green eyes normally, without any pupils, but when she is angry, scared, or in a fight, {{OpenTheEye her eyes glow yellowish-green and pupils appear.}} Interestingly, if she is shocked they glow red for a moment, but only in the anime.

* In ''[[CaptainScarlet the 2005 New Captain Scarlet]]'', Captain Black and [[KillAndReplace anyone possessed]] by the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Mysterons]], their eyes will glow green either to show the viewer who's working for them, [[MindControlEyes hypnotizing a victim]], or ready to fight the title Captain.

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* Used for dramatic effect in ''PandoraHearts'' Retrace LXI on Vincent's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[MismatchedEyes eye]] right when he [[spoiler:uses Demios to behead Duke Nightray]].

A subtrope of KaleidoscopeEyes or TechnicolorEyes. See also: DemonHead, ScaryShinyGlasses, HellishPupils and MindControlEyes. Part of a [[PowerMakeover package deal]] with an EvilMakeover. Often paired with a ThroatLight or SinisterSilhouettes.

SubTrope of GlowingEyes, which merely indicate power. SuperTrope of GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath. This trope sounds like it should go hand-in-hand with ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes, but it doesn't.

* Cars, if you think of their headlights as "eyes". And it certainly ''looks'' like a giant glowy-eyed monster's bearing down on you if you're standing on a dark road with a car coming in your direction. No wonder deer are paralyzed with fear.
* Night vision goggles make other people's eyes look like this. The pupils appear either white, whitish green, or greenish white.

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* In the ''SilverSurfer'' cartoon, {{Galactus}}' eyes glow brightly. So does his mouth when it opens.

* Fatale from AverageJoe normally has her eyes glowing red behind her mask. It seems to only occur when she's angry, but [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=152 she]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=242 spends]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=470 a lot]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=591 of]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=665 time]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=672 angry]].

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* Yuusuke from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' gets these several times; once during his fight with Suzaku when [[spoiler: he's about to use up all his life energy to win]], once while glaring at Younger Toguro from the stands of the Dark Tournament, and occasionally thereafter while powering up or in the middle of a particularly intense fight - especially when, at the end of the Chapter Black saga, he [[spoiler: is taken over by his ancestor, Raizen, shortly after being killed and returning to life as a demon. Where before Yuusuke's GlowingEyesOfDoom have always been blue, these are red, possibly to signify either his new demonic nature or the foreign presence in his body.]]

* Played pretty straight in ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', whenever Freija's eyes [[HairTriggerTemper start glowing]], it usually means that something bad is about to happen to someone.

* Johnny B. of ''MisfitsOfScience'' developed glowing eyes when his electricity-based powers were fully charged up.
* ''{{Series/Battlestar Galactica|Classic}}'''s robotic Cylons have one glowing red eye that slide back and forth with a scary metallic noise. Also, in some posters/still images for [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined the Reimagined Series]], the humanoid Cylons sport glowing red eyes as well, though this isn't in the actual show.

* {{Music/Disturbed}}'s {{Mascot}}, "The Guy".

* MichaelJackson in the infamous twist ending of his music video Music/{{Thriller}}.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', the title character's eyes glow red whenever he sees a weapon or is fired upon. If his rage becomes too great, he transforms into a nigh-unstoppable killing machine, that's capable of taking out tanks (and possibly battleships).

** Some of the zombies also inexplicably have glowing eyes. Wesker's eyes flashing red through his shades may be a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.

* Aang from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has these when he's in [[UnstoppableRage the Avatar State]]. Every young Avatar gets GlowingEyesOfDoom when they enter the [[SuperMode Avatar State]] before they learn to control it. However, when they master it and become full-fledged Avatars, they only need to enter it for about half a second to gather power, then they break out the ass-kicking with normal eyes. This is extremely important, because an Avatar killed while in the State breaks the cycle of reincarnation. Avatar Kyoshi is shown using this method (her eyes pulse, then she bends all four elements simultaneously to move ''tectonic plates'') during the episode "Avatar Day".

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** Fate did this in the first season of the show during her first appearance, appearing as a black silhouette with Alucard-style glowing yellow circles.

** Gambit's eyes have been known to give off red energy when he's intended to look particularly badass.

** Also, the Evas' eyes in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' glow white when they enter 'Berserk Mode', which generally means their opponent is doomed. DOOMED. ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' takes this a step further at the end of the second movie when Shinji, his EVA out of power and the 14th angel beating the hell out of him, finally snaps. We are treated to an absolutely terrifying scene of his eyes glowing '''''[[RedEyesTakeWarning Blood Red]]''''' before, in an explosion of pure rage, he ''re-activates EVA-01 through sheer force of will'' and begins one of the most ''awesome'' beat-downs in the franchise's history. If there is any possibility for his Eva to look even scarier than it normally is while berserk, [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12975793/images/1291101363061.jpg this is it]].

** Although it still isn't very common, a lot of characters exhibit this trait -- including both Elrics, Izumi, Winry, most (if not all) homunculi and some others.

-->[[Awesome/FullmetalAlchemist "There's no need to say anything more, Envy]]. [[CurbStompBattle The first thing]] [[PlayingWithFire I'm gonna burn]] [[StuffBlowingUp to ash]] [[UnstoppableRage is your tongue."]]
** Roy also did it [[GreenEyedMonster (hilariously)]] when Barry the Chopper was hitting on [[SubordinateExcuse Hawkeye]].
** In ''[[CompressedAdaptation Brotherhood]]'', Kimblee once does this while giving Ed a HannibalLecture [[spoiler:and then proceeds to blow him up with a hidden Philosopher's stone.]]
** Averted with [[GentleGiant Al's]] eyes which appear as small pools of light, that disappear only when he is unconscious.

[[caption-width-right:200:... NO MERCY.]]