History Main / MindcontrolEyes

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': [[spoiler: Kotonoha gets Mind Control Eyes when she snaps from [[BreakTheCutie all the abuse the series has piled up on her]] and goes mad. Her eyes go back to normal when Makoto [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight makes her react]], but turn back to MCE when she finds him dead.]]

* Seen temporarily in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' with [[spoiler:Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage, when under Madara's control]].
** A variation crossed with BlackEyesOfEvil is seen with [[spoiler:Kabuto's variation of Edo Tensei. The sclera of the summoned individual's eyes are turned black; at first the iris remains the same, but when Kabuto exerts full dominance, they become dull and featureless]].

* NeilGaiman uses this a fair amount as well: in ''MirrorMask'', when Helena gets brainwashed, her eyes turn jet black (just like those of the Dark Queen), and it goes away after she is back to normal.

* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'', also written by NeilGaiman, involves sewing buttons onto people's eyes as a method of brainwashing. Both this and the ''Mirrormask'' equivalent are used by an EvilMatriarch clone of the regular mother, with these exact eyes herself.
* In ''AWrinkleInTime'' by MadeleineLEngle, [[spoiler:Charles Wallace]] is subjected to telepathic mind control by an oversized brain referred to as IT. As this occurs, his pupils shrink until they disappear, leaving blank blue eyes.

!!Examples

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* In Creator/SamRaimi's ''The Franchise/EvilDead'', whenever a character is possessed by a Kandarian spirit, they become grotesquely ugly, and their eyes in particular are affected, prompting the film's memorable line, "Her eyes! What happened to her eyes?"
* NeilGaiman uses this a fair amount as well: in ''MirrorMask'', when Helena gets brainwashed, her eyes turn jet black (just like those of the Dark Queen), and it goes away after she is back to normal.
* The Kurgan in ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' (the only ''Highlander'') has very black eyes shortly after he is beheaded. Immortals also have completely white eyes when they experience the Quickening.
* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the eyes of David Lo Pan's two would-be brides turn pure white when they are being mentally controlled.
* In ''Film/HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire'', Victor Krum, when under [[spoiler:the Imperius Curse, which controls his mind]], has glazed-over eyes.
** Makes you wonder why it was such a problem during Voldemort's reign (according to Moody) when anyone could tell when someone was affected by it. [[ViewersAreMorons Probably a case of the studio deciding the audience were too dumb to understand without a visual hint.]]
** {{Fanon}} often solves the problem by having it be very noticeable when done hastily, and perfectly hidden when done carefully.
* In the 1996 ''Series/DoctorWho'' film, the temporary companion of the Doctor had the Fully-Black eyes when she was under mind control.
** And it applied in-universe, because she couldn't activate an eye scan in this state.
* In ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', Infection is signaled by the victim's eyes turning red (very shortly followed by lethal aggression against anyone nearby). In the sequel, ''28 Weeks Later'', one character's heterochromia offers some very valuable information this way.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', would-be vegetarian shark Bruce's eyes turn solid black when he [[OffTheWagon can't control his urge to eat fish]].
** Which is what great white's eyes normally look like anyway.

* In {{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', upon seeing Vanessa singing on the beach for the first time, her seashell amulet emits a mist that entrances Eric. It can be seen filling the pupils of Eric's eyes with an eerie yellow glow. This shows up later, but it's not as obvious. It mostly shows up in a glint in his eyes, although you can tell mostly through his mannerisms.
* Kaa's [[HypnoticEyes eyes]] in Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' turn psychedelic and colorful, as do his victims eyes when hypnotized. Though this is not the origin of this image, it may be the source of its popularity.
** Also happens to Baloo when he's caught up in the music of King Louie and the Monkeys.

* In ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', when Kida is exposed to light coming from the Atlantean Crystal, her eyes actually become a much lighter shade of blue than usual.
* Victims of Loki's mind control scepter in ''Film/TheAvengers'' have their eyes turn pitch black momentarily, then turning into the same shade of blue as the scepter.
* In ''Film/ScannersIITheNewOrder'', Officer Gelson's eyes turn milky white when David and Julie take over his body to infiltrate Dr. Morse's lab.

** Sam's eyes glow white when his body is being controlled by the angel Ezekiel.

* Shokuho Misaki from [[LightNovel/ToAruMajutsuNoIndex A Certain Scientific Railgun]] has [[ExoticEyeDesigns permanent golden star designs]] in her eyes, and these show up in the eyes of the people she mind controls.

* In ''Manga/LupinIII and Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged.

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A character who is performing or under the influence of hypnotism or mind control [[VirusVictimSymptoms will show this influence]] in his or her eyes with a visual change. This is mostly [[RuleOfPerception for the benefit of the audience]]. While people around the character may note they're "acting a little funny", usually nobody {{In-Universe}} ever notices the change.

* In ''Manga/LupinIII and the Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged.

* In ''Manga/LupinIII and the Anime/CastleOfCagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged.

* In ''{Puyo Puyo}} 7'', when under the influence of [[spoiler:Ecolo]], Arle's eyes turn into a flatter color, accompanied by a half-closed eyelid..

* In ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', Infection is signaled by the victim's eyes turning red (very shortly followed by lethal aggression against anyone nearby). In the sequel, ''28 Weeks Later'', one character's [[MismatchedEyes heterochromia]] offers some very valuable information this way.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', swirly mind-control eyes are [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0183.html visible to the other characters]], rather than [[PaintingTheMedium simply an artistic convention]]. (The X-eyes representing death are also visible to other characters. One character even [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0537.html draws them over a live character's eyes to fake death]].) [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0516.html In another case]], the paladin Thanh takes on Tsukiko's [[MismatchedEyes heterochromia]] when he's put under her "Dominate Person" spell. One comic also refers tot he trope by using the swirl pattern on its panels to show what's going on in the mind of enchanted characters.

* In ''Manga/LupinIII and the Castle of Cagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged.

* In ''Anime/LupinIII and the Castle of Cagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupilless eyes as a result of being drugged.

* Exception: In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch's EvilEye shows a variation, with a red sigil appearing when he uses his power. His targets, however, merely have a bright red outline around the iris that appropriately flickers, fades, and returns depending on whether the power is being fought, dispelled, or not in effect. Characters retain all normal ocular features. The staff actually reworked a scene from the first episode when it was released on DVD because the victims' reactions to Lelouch almost made this defy the "for the audience's benefit" part of the trope.

In live-action and some forms of animation, the standard signal for mind control or possession is totally black or totally white eyes. In many Western cartoons and comics, hypnosis is represented by the eyes appearing as swirling spirals or concentric circles. Sometimes it's also represented by changes in the dilation of the pupil; the pupil will either get really small, or really large. In {{anime}}, their irises become dull, flat disks of their base color without any detail, highlights, reflections or even pupils. Obviously heavy eyelids surmount the altered eyes, and sometimes drift into a half-closed position.

* Those who fall under [[HiveQueen Zenith's]] MindControl in WebComic/CommanderKitty tend to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/04/25/plot/ turn blue and have their eyes bug out]]. [[spoiler: They're actually [[ReplicantSnatching]] robot clones briefly breaking their {{Masquerade}}]].

* In SamRaimi's ''The Franchise/EvilDead'', whenever a character is possessed by a Kandarian spirit, they become grotesquely ugly, and their eyes in particular are affected, prompting the film's memorable line, "Her eyes! What happened to her eyes?"

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', swirly mind-control eyes are [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0183.html visible to the other characters]], rather than [[PaintingTheMedium simply an artistic convention]]. (The X-eyes representing death are also visible to other characters. One character even [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0537.html draws them over a live character's eyes to fake death]].) [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0516.html In another case]], the paladin Thanh takes on Tsukiko's [[MismatchedEyes heterochromia]] when he's put under her "Dominate Person" spell.

* In the second season premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Return Of Harmony" the [[CompleteMonster cruel]] and [[TricksterArchetype cunning]] Discord puts the heroines through a series of environments to reverse the part of their personality that keeps them friends, and each one gets their own brainwashing to sweeten the deal, as shown by Kaa-esque rippling eyes.