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* In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', the protagonist's eyes on the status bar become glowing and golden when an invulnerability power up is taken (or God Mode is enabled). Combine with a Berserk Pack, and you too can have fun with puns!

** Aang gets these when he's in [[UnstoppableRage the Avatar State]]. Every young Avatar gets Glowing Eyes of Doom 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 -- there would never be another Avatar again. 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". [[spoiler:Aang also uses the master method in the finale, after finally learning to control the Avatar State to keep himself from breaking his Moral Code and killing Fire Lord Ozai.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra gets her own glowing eyes in the Season 1 finale, when she too goes into the Avatar State for the first time. It's every bit as awesome as ever.

** Twilight Sparkle gets these when she uses some of her more powerful spells.
** Princess Luna also gets these when angry.
** The Mane Six whenever they break out the Elements of Harmony.
** Whenever Rarity uses the magic found in the ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]'' spellbook, her eyes glow a sickly green color and she becomes more and more obsessed with making everything pretty.
** King Sombra may just have the most-elaborate [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/d/d7/King_sombra_vector_by_vaderpl-d5l38s4.png/revision/latest?cb=20130116183804 ones]] of all.

** Emperor Belos has infernal glowing blue eyes through his skeleton mask, to just show how intimidating he is to the entire Boiling Isles. While unmasked, his eyes are a regular, non-glowing blue, though they lack the eye-shines the other characters have, and glow when he's particularly upset. [[spoiler:Possessing other creatures gives them the same blue glow in their eyes, and when he's possessing a creature that no longer ''has'' eyes, a glowing blue dot manifests in the empty eyesocket.]]

** When animated [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]]'s eyes go from green with green-tinted whites to solid, glowing green, you don't want to be in her way. And once she gets EyeBeams, this happens whenever they're used. ([[ComicBook/TeenTitans Comicverse]] Starfire's eyes are always [[MonochromaticEyes solid green]].)
** Raven's eyes generally glow solid white when she's using her powers. And if her eyes ever start glowing solid red, it's advisable to run. Especially when they split from two into four. But then, it's probably already too late if that's happened. (Happened in "Aftershock", in season two, without recourse to the Season Four Arc.)
** Terra's eyes glow bright yellow when she's pissed or can't control her powers.

* ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'': When Phobos, the "little boy god of fear", is using his fear power, his eyes glow purple. Sometimes, notably seen in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', the power coming from his eyes actually escapes, and he has trails of purple energy around his eyes. This occasionally scares people before he starts using his power, such as when he uses them on Norman Osborn.

* In the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' comic from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', Fox [=McCloud=] gets these on two occasions. One is right at the beginning, where Falco hits Fox's BerserkButton by suggesting raiding commercial freighters instead of the Imperial ships the team usually targeted in the beginning ("Feathers for brains! For the last time, we are '''NOT THIEVES!'''"). The other is right at the end when Fox goes into UnstoppableRage mode after learning the truth about what happened to his mother and father.

** When animated [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]]'s eyes go from green with green-tinted whites to solid, glowing green, you don't want to be in her way. And once she gets EyeBeams, this happens whenever they're used. ([[Comicbook/TeenTitans Comicverse]] Starfire's eyes are always [[MonochromaticEyes solid green]].)

* [[http://www.levelmanga.com/level.php?page=44&episode=4&large=true&cover=false leveL]]'s main character combines this with some glowing goo oozing from his wrists. Sure, he's always been a pretty timid guy, but when you see a kid that glows that much, and advances towards you with a creepy smile, you have to admit that something ain't right.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' has the Reverse-Flash combine this with vibrating his face and vocal cords to disguise his identity.

** ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s eyes normally just [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn red]] when she's under the effects of the trigger scent, an indication that she's about to turn anyone who gets in her way into meat confetti. However in one arc of her solo series they actually started ''glowing''.
** When she is in someone else's form, Characters/{{Mystique}}'s eyes glow yellow when she is about to resume her "[[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default]]" form, or whenever she is angry, tired, stressed, excited, or whatever...

** Emperor Belos has infernal glowing blue eyes through his skeleton mask, to just show how intimidating he is to the entire Boiling Isles.

*** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E5SplittingImages Splitting Images]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after he voiced his idea of stuffing frogs down Dash's pants.

---> ''Danny's eyes look indifferent, then glow green with mischief as frogs jump in their reflection.''

*** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E5SplittingImages Mystery Meat]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after he voiced his idea of stuffing frogs down Dash's pants.

*** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E1MysteryMeat Mystery Meat]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after turning a dumpster partially intangible, burying Dash in said meat.

*** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E5SplittingImages Mystery Meat]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after voicing his idea of stuffing frogs down Dash's pants.

->''"Whatever it is... it's got glowing [[DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment evil eyes of evil!]]"''

->''"Whatever it is... it's got glowing evil eyes of evil!"''

** Sutekh from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]] has glowing green eyes whenever he uses his powers to MindRape the Doctor.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening "The Awakening"]], the Malus has glowing green eyes.
** The Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]] has constantly glowing green, cat-like eyes which he conceals behind sunglasses and uses to instantly hypnotise Lee. The eyes are a continuity nod to the final story of the original series, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]], in which the Master was infected and under the influence of the Cheetah Planet that gave his ''last'' incarnation SupernaturalGoldEyes.
** Rose when she absorbs the Time Vortex energies in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]. When the Doctor takes it out of her, his eyes glow too.
** Actually justified in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones Smith and Jones]]", where the villain's eyes are glowing because they're reflecting the discharges coming from the MRI scanner.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 42]]": Those who become possessed by the sentient sun — including the Doctor — have burning orange eyes.

** Idris/the TARDIS' eyes briefly glow in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]], when she gives power to a cobbled-together TARDIS.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'', [[TheBerserker Grom Hellscream]] had glowing red eyes, caused by his embracing demon rage with open arms. The glow dies away a moment before his death because he killed the demon who caused the rage. In the expansion Frozen Throne, Arthas gets glowing blue eyes after fusing with the Lich King Ner'Zhul.
* Mara, the undead nun antagonist of ''VideoGame/Wick2020'', has these, combined with RedEyesTakeWarning, though they aren't always visible due to her upper face being partly hidden by her wimple.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':

* In ''WebAnimation/HololiveERROR'' (specifically the animated manga version), Shino Misora's [[OccultBlueEyes Occult]]/InnocentBlueEyes are occasionally depicted as glowing, and, well... While Shino isn't exactly a bad person, being around her is not a good idea due to her {{Yandere}}-esque, "won't take no for an answer" mentality after her death.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Victims of the holo-virus shown in Quarantine gain [[RedEyesTakeWarning red versions of these]] when they are about to fire off their [[EyeBeams hex vision]]. This winds up happening to Dr.Hildegard Lanstrom and [[spoiler: Rimmer]] in said episode.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'':

* The army of robot children from ''Film/SpyKids1'', including [[EvilDoppelganger Carmen and Juni's clones]], have eyes which flash like this, accompanied by an electronic sound effect. The robot children return in [[Film/SpyKids3DGameOver the third film]] to assist the Cortezes in the final battle against the Toymaker.

* The evil robot kids from ''Film/SpyKids1'' have eyes which flash like this, accompanied by an electronic sound effect.