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* ''VideoGame/Rayman2'' has Jano and the Mini Janos. They dig into the ground, breathe fire at Rayman and try to eat him.

A subtrope of {{Cephalothorax}}, a character's body is primarily an eyeball. Common variants include a character made of several smaller eyes (which may or may not be [[EyeOnAStalk on stalks]]) around one giant center eye or a single eyeball at the center of the body above a wide mouth. A third common variation is a single disembodied eye with a pair of demonic wings. These creatures will generally move by simply floating in the air like a bubble if wingless. If they have limbs, they tend towards tentacles or wings rather than arms and legs. May attack using special eye-related attacks such as [[TakenForGranite petrifying]] gaze or EyeBeams. Because of the symbolism between [[FacelessEye disembodied eyes and creepiness]], creatures like this tend to be evil more often than not. At any rate it is a good way to make something appear [[StarfishAliens truly alien]].

The name comes from the Latin: "Oculus" meaning eye and "Thorax" for the chest.

See also (and please do not confuse with) {{Cyclops}} and FacelessEye. Often combined with GiantEyeOfDoom.

** The Beholders are the TropeCodifier for this type of monster in fantasy settings.
** The Eye of the Deep: An underwater Beholder-like creature with a large central eye that sends out a blinding flash of light that dazzles and stuns its victims.
** Floating Eye: A fish with a single large eye that hypnotizes its target.
** Eyewing: A creature of the Abyss with bat wings and an 8 foot long rat's tail. Has a 4 foot wide eye that weeps an [[PoisonIsCorrosive acidic, poisonous]] blue liquid. The liquid forms into a 1 foot diameter sphere when the Eyewing drops it on its target below.

* Mike, one of the lead characters of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The Preeminent, leader of the Cursed Realm [[spoiler:(and in fact [[GeniusLoci the realm itself]])]], is an eye with tentacles coming off of her. [[spoiler:When she crosses over into the realm of Ninjago, she becomes a {{Kaiju}} EldritchAbomination and uses ghost-ified houses and buildings to enhance her physical form and give herself limbs.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The Preeminent, leader of the Cursed Realm [[spoiler:(and in fact [[GeniusLoci the realm itself]])]], is an eye with tentacles coming off of her. [[spoiler:When she crosses over into the realm of Ninjago, she becomes an {{Kaiju}} EldritchAbomination and uses ghost-ified houses and buildings to enhance her physical form and give herself limbs.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The Preeminent, leader of the Cursed Realm [[spoiler:(and in fact [[GeniusLoci the realm itself]])]], is an eye with tentacles coming off of it, [[spoiler:and later when she crosses over into the realm of Ninjago she becomes a giant EldritchAbomination version of this and uses houses and buildings to enhance her physical form and give herself limbs.]]

** The very first game ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' has [[https://zelda.gamepedia.com/Digdogger Digdogger]]. Its not clear from the old in game graphics this is what it is but concept art and Oracle of Seasons show it more clearly.

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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemSacredStones'': The Mogal and its upgraded form, as part of the Demon Hordes.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike Wazowski is mostly a giant eyeball, with a small mouth and spindly arms and legs. Wazowski may be the only monster on this page who [[PlayedForLaughs wears a contact lens]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': Many of the enemies and bosses in the series are like this. In no particular order, there's Waddle Doo, Kracko, [[spoiler:Dark Matter, Dark Nebula, Zero, Zero-Two, Drawcia Soul, Dark Mind's second form, Dark Crafter, and Star Dream's first and second form]].

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'': The Discworld has Bel-Shamharoth, the fact that he has the giant eye [[BlindingCameraFlash bites him on the tentacled butt.]]

** The very first game ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' has [[https://zelda.gamepedia.com/Digdogger Digdogger]]. Its not clear from the old in game graphics this is what it is but concept art and Oracle of Seasons show it more clearly.

** Unown, Magnemite, Magneton and Magnezone are made up of floating metal spheres with a single eyeball in their centers. Duskull plays with this in that it wears a skull mask to hide the single eye visible through the eyeholes.

* The Oculi in ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' resemble giant mechanical eyes that the reapers use to disable starships.

->-- [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E01TheCrawlingEye Joel]] on ''Film/TheCrawlingEye''

The name comes from the Latin: "Oculus" meaning eye and "Thorax" for the thorax.

* Ganmons/Opticorn from The Toku version of ''Series/GiantRobo'' is an early example of this in the tokusatsu genre.

* Ganmons/Opticorn from The Toku version of ''Series/GiantRobo''is an early example of this in the tokusatsu genre.

* One of the monsters in ''Voyage into Space'' is a giant floating eyeball.

The name comes from the Latin: "Oculus" meaning eye and "Thorax" [[CaptainObvious for the... well, thorax]].

* From ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Mike Wazowski, who is mostly a giant eyeball, with a small mouth and spindly arms and legs.
** Wazoski may be the only monster on this page who [[PlayedForLaughs wears a contact lens]].