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* For the duration of the "[[{{Animesque}} Action Delivery Force]]" segment in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Reincarnation," [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead Fry's eyes are green]], Leela's is blue, and Amy's are [[TechnicolorEyes lavender]].
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** Christopher Robin was usually portrayed with BlackBeadEyes or SkintoneSclerae in Disney's ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise, until he got more realistic eyes with white sclera and black iris in ''Disney/WinnieThePooh''.

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** Christopher Robin was usually portrayed with BlackBeadEyes or SkintoneSclerae in Disney's ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise, until he got more realistic eyes with white sclera and [[BlackDotPupils black iris iris]] in ''Disney/WinnieThePooh''.

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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'':
** ''Sonic the Comic'' had this happen in-universe. Originally, Sonic had black eyes that "glowed green with Chaos energy" when he went [[SuperMode Super Sonic]]. Later, he was attacked by [[EnergyBeing a creature of pure Chaos energy]], and the experience turned his eyes permanently green (or red in Super Sonic mode), in order to match the changes to his videogame design. According to one post-series cover, this might have been {{retcon}}ned away so that he gained green eyes in the same accident that [[LockedIntoStrangeness caused his blue fur.]]
** To follow with the games changing art style, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' gave the Freedom Fighters new eye colors part-way into the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' adaptation. Amy and Tails have brown eyes, while Johnny and Porker Lewis both have blue eyes. Knuckles has IcyBlueEyes as well.
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': Mighty, Ray, and Nack were given redesigns to make them fit amongst the post-''Adventures'' redesigns. All three characters received blue eyes.

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** *** ''Sonic the Comic'' had this happen in-universe. Originally, Sonic had black eyes that "glowed green with Chaos energy" when he went [[SuperMode Super Sonic]]. Later, he was attacked by [[EnergyBeing a creature of pure Chaos energy]], and the experience turned his eyes permanently green (or red in Super Sonic mode), in order to match the changes to his videogame design. According to one post-series cover, this might have been {{retcon}}ned away so that he gained green eyes in the same accident that [[LockedIntoStrangeness caused his blue fur.]]
** *** To follow with the games changing art style, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' gave the Freedom Fighters new eye colors part-way into the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' adaptation. Amy and Tails have brown eyes, while Johnny and Porker Lewis both have blue eyes. Knuckles has IcyBlueEyes as well.
* ** ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': Mighty, Ray, and Nack were given redesigns to make them fit amongst the post-''Adventures'' redesigns. All three characters received blue eyes.



* As a part of the redesigns for ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', most of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters went from having BlackBeadEyes to having colored ones. Sonic has green, Tails has blue, Amy also has green, and Knuckles has violet.

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* As a part of the redesigns for ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', most of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters went from having BlackBeadEyes to having colored ones. Sonic has green, Tails has blue, Amy also has green, and Knuckles has violet.

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** Traditionally, Mystery Inc. all have black eyes, but Daphne has been depicted with both green and blue eyes. ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' gives her purple eyes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Mayor Tompkins and Sheriff Maguire, who are direct {{expy}}s of Mayor Jones and Sheriff Stone from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' to the point of even sharing their source material's {{Ink Suit Actor}}s, Creator/GaryCole and Creator/PatrickWarburton accordingly, have brown eyes and light blue eyes respectively in ''Young Justice'''s more realistic artstyle.
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy''. Several characters (such as the originally green eyed Sheila) were redesigned to have black eyes.

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* ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' changed the traditionally animated segments of ''Series/CodeLyoko'' to live action segments. The CGI "Lyoko" parts are [[ArtEvolution higher quality]] as well. Instead of generic "black" eyes, the characters have eye colours in animated form. Odd has light brown eyes, Aelita has green eyes, Yumi has brown eyes, and Ulrich has brown eyes.

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* ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' changed the traditionally animated segments of ''Series/CodeLyoko'' ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' to live action segments. The CGI "Lyoko" parts are [[ArtEvolution higher quality]] as well. Instead of generic "black" eyes, the characters have eye colours in animated form. Odd has light brown eyes, Aelita has green eyes, Yumi has brown eyes, and Ulrich has brown eyes.
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** Characters/BugsBunny suddenly gains irises just after the Monstars burst into Schlesinger's Gym to assess the opposition. Michael Jordan asks, "Who are they?" Bugs's response is, "Remember the little aliens I told you about?" then hides behind Michael's shoulder and points at the towering bruisers, eyes wide with fear. For the record, Bugs has dark brown irises.
** Characters/DaffyDuck demonstrates some ToonPhysics to Michael Jordan by getting his neck stretched BeyondTheImpossible, stating, "See? No sweat. This is Looney Tune Land." with Daffy shows his darling blue irises at that moment.

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** Characters/BugsBunny WesternAnimation/BugsBunny suddenly gains irises just after the Monstars burst into Schlesinger's Gym to assess the opposition. Michael Jordan asks, "Who are they?" Bugs's response is, "Remember the little aliens I told you about?" then hides behind Michael's shoulder and points at the towering bruisers, eyes wide with fear. For the record, Bugs has dark brown irises.
** Characters/DaffyDuck WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck demonstrates some ToonPhysics to Michael Jordan by getting his neck stretched BeyondTheImpossible, stating, "See? No sweat. This is Looney Tune Land." with Daffy shows his darling blue irises at that moment.
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* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' gave the plush inhabitants of the Hundred-Acre Wood more realistic glass doll eyes in various colors. Tigger's eyes are bright green, Eeyore's are amber, and Piglet, Kanga and Roo all have dark brown eyes. Only Pooh himself retains his animated counterpart's BlackBeadEyes.
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** DependingOnTheArtist (and the shot), Rubies usually have black eyes or red eyes.
** Onion normally has black eyes, though different lightings will sometimes show his eyes as red.

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** DependingOnTheArtist (and the shot), Rubies (yes, all of them) usually have black eyes or red eyes.
** Onion normally has originally had black eyes, though different lightings will sometimes show his eyes as red.which were changed to red in later appearances.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', distinct irises made their debut on [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2013-09-13 the last strip]] of the Family Tree storyline in the second last panel. The first time colored irises were seen was in [[http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/2013-09-14 a sketchbook strip]] the next day. Dan has continued to include irises ever since though, since the story comics are in grayscale now, colored irises have been seen only in sketchbook strips and in the Squirrel Prophet storyline (the last time the story comics were in color).
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* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': The chipmunks have had their signature eye colors already established, however, this didn't happen until ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', and subsequent episodes of the 1980s series that were produced by Creator/DiC, when Alvin and Simon were given blue eyes, and Theodore was given green eyes; prior to that, the Ruby-Spears produced episodes and previous incarnations gave each of them plain, black eyes.

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* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': The chipmunks have had their signature eye colors already established, however, this didn't happen until ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', and subsequent episodes of the [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks 1980s series series]] that were produced by Creator/DiC, when Alvin and Simon were given blue eyes, and Theodore was given green eyes; prior to that, the Ruby-Spears produced episodes and previous incarnations gave each of them plain, black eyes.
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* An {{animesque}} ArtShift in the finale for ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' shows Dipper with brown eyes and Wendy with green.
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* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': Mighty, Ray, and Nack were given redesigns to make them fit amongst the post-''Adventures'' redesigns. All three characters received blue eyes.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', nearly all characters have BlackBeadEyes. In one episode though, Numbuh Four starts to hallucinate from heat and hunger. His irises grow large, showing that he has green eyes.
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* The ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' characters traditionally drawn with black eyes, but are occasionally depicted with iris colors (for example, Betty had blue eyes went when {{goth}}, but normal eyes in her normal attire). Spinoffs have a tendency of giving them eye colors:

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* The ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' characters traditionally drawn with black eyes, but are occasionally depicted with iris colors (for example, Betty had blue eyes went when {{goth}}, but normal eyes in her normal attire). Spinoffs have a tendency of giving them eye colors:




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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy''. Several characters (such as the originally green eyed Sheila) were redesigned to have black eyes.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'' Owen has green irises, Gwen's are blue and Courtney's are brown. In the main series, all characters' irises were black.
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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/13735326/chapters/31557945 Ruby Stars]]'', while Sadie's DreamingOfTimesGoneBy [[spoiler:as her mother Kay]], her eyes are red instead of black. The following chapter also reveals [[spoiler:that her eyes have turned red]].

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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/13735326/chapters/31557945 ''[[Fanfic/RedSadie Ruby Stars]]'', while Sadie's DreamingOfTimesGoneBy [[spoiler:as her mother Kay]], her eyes are red instead of black. The following chapter also reveals [[spoiler:that her eyes have turned red]].
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** A short scene in "Keep Beach City Weird" shows Peedee Fryman with brown eyes.
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* The normally black-eyed WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck has purple eyes in ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack''. Future incarnations remove her eye colour.

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* ''VideoGame/PacMan'': Pac-Man has almost always been depicted as PieEyed. Even when he's not, his eyes were always black, except for an old international design that had red ''sclera''. The 2010 game ''Pac Man Party'' gave most of the characters a redesign, which included giving Pac-Man blue eyes.

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* ''VideoGame/PacMan'': Pac-Man has almost always been depicted as PieEyed. Even when he's not, his eyes were always black, except for an old international design that had red ''sclera''. The 2010 game ''Pac Man Party'' gave most of the characters a redesign, which included giving Pac-Man blue eyes.



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* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': Most of the characters are drawn with plain black eyes with lead character Joyce being the most obvious exception. Glasses-wearing Ruth was given black eyes as well initially, until cartoonist David Willis looked at his older art of her and remembered that he had given her green eyes. In order to fit the change into the story, he had the switch-over happen the moment Ruth's love interest Billie first started to see Ruth as a person rather than an antagonist, so it works as visual symbolism.

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* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': Most of the characters are drawn with plain black eyes with lead character Joyce being the most obvious exception. Glasses-wearing Ruth was given black eyes as well initially, until cartoonist David Willis looked at his older art of her and remembered that he had given her green eyes. In order to fit the change into the story, he had the switch-over happen the moment Ruth's love interest Billie first started to see Ruth as a person rather than an antagonist, so it works as visual symbolism.



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This is a sub-trope to ArtEvolution and is often a sub-trope to EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference.

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* In Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Monique had black eyes with SkintoneSclerae, unusual since no other character in the show had those. As of Season 2, she was given brown eyes with the same design as every other character.

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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/13735326/chapters/31557945 Ruby Stars]]'', while Sadie's DreamingOfTimesGoneBy [[spoiler:as her mother Kay]], her eyes are red instead of black. The following chapter also reveals [[spoiler:that her eyes have turned red.

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* In Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Monique had BlackBeadEyes, unusual since no other character in the show had those. As of Season 2, she was given brown eyes with the same design as every other character.

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** In one episode, Marge complains that Homer doesn't remember what her eye color is. For that one episode, and in fact for only one closeup shot, she had irises. (They're [[spoiler:hazel]].

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** Inverted with Red Action. She typically has green eyes but in "Back in Red Action", her appearance gets re-designed and now her eyes are black like everyone else.

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It was once quite common for characters to have BlackBeadEyes or PieEyes instead of having irises. While it's in no way rare these days, it's also not quite as typical as it was before. In remakes, sequels of older media, or (in the case of LongRunners) as the [[ArtEvolution series progresses]], the characters will often be given coloured irises instead of their traditional dots.

Another variation is for irises to appear coloured during special circumstances, such as an ArtShift to a less simplistic style or when a character undergoes a transformation.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** In the anime, Ash had always been depicted with brown eyes, but they only normally looked brown during close-up shots or in dramatic moments. Come "Best Wishes" and he got redesigned to have his eyes colored brown at all times.
** Other characters have followed suit over the years, such as Charmander's original owner Damian having purple eyes in a flashback instead of BlackBeadEyes.
** This also occurs to the Pokemon themselves. For example, Flareon were originally depicted with completely black eyes that had blue shading in certain scenes. Starting with ''Best Wishes'', they consistently have green eyes. Meowth had almost black eyes with only mild blue shading in the Original Series, but his eyes eventually became full-on blue.
* Yellow from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' had BlackBeadEyes in her colored artwork until the ''Firered and Leafgreen'' arc gave her an eye color. Fans are [[BrokenBase torn on]] whether it's stylized brown, green, or yellowish-green.
* Inverted with Red's Pikachu in ''Manga/PocketMonsters''. He originally had green eyes, but by ''Ruby and Sapphire'' was rebooted to having BlackBeadEyes like most Pikachu.
* The general style of anime has changed since the 1990s. While characters did have eye colors, often times they were quite dark looking (either due to the animation or the art-style). Newer sequels and remakes done in the 2000s and 2010s give the characters bigger and brighter eyes; compare the first season of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' to the final season, or the 90s ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime to ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal''.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Konohamaru had this occur to him post-series. When shown as a teenager and an adult in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' he has either blue or brown eyes, in contrast to the BlackBeadEyes he had throughout Part 1 and Part 2.

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* The ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' characters traditionally drawn with black eyes, but are occasionally depicted with iris colors (for example, Betty had blue eyes went when {{goth}}, but normal eyes in her normal attire). Spinoffs have a tendency of giving them eye colors:
** It's never been too consistent, but Archie almost always has InnocentBlueEyes, while Veronica, Betty, and Jughead either have blue eyes or brown eyes.
** Sabrina from ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' originally had black eyes, but in the 2000s, Archie's began giving her blue eyes, though prior dialogue stated that she had green eyes.
** The ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015'' reboot has a far less stylized art style then before, and everyone now has colored eyes. Archie is now a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead, Betty has blue eyes, Veronica has brown eyes, etc.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'':
** ''Sonic the Comic'' had this happen in-universe. Originally, Sonic had black eyes that "glowed green with Chaos energy" when he went [[SuperMode Super Sonic]]. Later, he was attacked by [[EnergyBeing a creature of pure Chaos energy]], and the experience turned his eyes permanently green (or red in Super Sonic mode), in order to match the changes to his videogame design. According to one post-series cover, this might have been {{retcon}}ned away so that he gained green eyes in the same accident that [[LockedIntoStrangeness caused his blue fur.]]
** To follow with the games changing art style, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' gave the Freedom Fighters new eye colors part-way into the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' adaptation. Amy and Tails have brown eyes, while Johnny and Porker Lewis both have blue eyes. Knuckles has IcyBlueEyes as well.

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* Aside from the addition of limbs, the ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' characters gain colored irises in the [[WesternAnimation/AngryBirds 2016 movie]]. Pictures for comparison: [[http://angrybirds.wikia.com/wiki/File:Screenshot_-_10_28_2013_,_1_56_15_PM.PNG Red, Chuck, and Bomb in the cartoon series]], and [[http://www.rovio.com/UserFiles/Angry%20Birds%20High%20Res.jpg the same characters in the movie]].
* ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'':
** Christopher Robin was usually portrayed with BlackBeadEyes or SkintoneSclerae in Disney's ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise, until he got more realistic eyes with white sclera and black iris in ''Disney/WinnieThePooh''.
** When Rabbit freaked out in ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'', his eyes changed from generic black to blue.
* Occurs twice in ''Film/SpaceJam'':
** Characters/BugsBunny suddenly gains irises just after the Monstars burst into Schlesinger's Gym to assess the opposition. Michael Jordan asks, "Who are they?" Bugs's response is, "Remember the little aliens I told you about?" then hides behind Michael's shoulder and points at the towering bruisers, eyes wide with fear. For the record, Bugs has dark brown irises.
** Characters/DaffyDuck demonstrates some ToonPhysics to Michael Jordan by getting his neck stretched BeyondTheImpossible, stating, "See? No sweat. This is Looney Tune Land." with Daffy shows his darling blue irises at that moment.

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* The [[Film/{{Garfield}} film adaptation]] of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' made the titular cat into a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.

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* Rare live-action example-- Leela in ''Series/DoctorWho'' originally had brown eyes as a hangover from an original plan to have her AmbiguouslyBrown. The actress, Louise Jameson, had naturally blue eyes, and had a lot of trouble with the colour-changing contact lenses she had to wear, so at the end of the story "Horror of Fang Rock", Leela's eyes are explicitly turned blue in story due to looking too closely at a laser beam and/or exploding spaceship.
* ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' changed the traditionally animated segments of ''Series/CodeLyoko'' to live action segments. The CGI "Lyoko" parts are [[ArtEvolution higher quality]] as well. Instead of generic "black" eyes, the characters have eye colours in animated form. Odd has light brown eyes, Aelita has green eyes, Yumi has brown eyes, and Ulrich has brown eyes.

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* ''VideoGame/PacMan'': Pac-Man has almost always been depicted as PieEyed. Even when he's not, his eyes were always black, except for an old international design that had red ''sclera''. The 2010 game ''Pac Man Party'' gave most of the characters a redesign, which included giving Pac-Man blue eyes.
* Alex from ''VideoGame/AlexKidd'' had BlackBeadEyes in his source games. His appearance in ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'' has him with green eyes, while his appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' has him with blue eyes.
* In general, the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' characters began having eye colors around ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', with most adaptations following soon afterwards, instead of generic black eyes. For example, Red and Blue gained brown eyes in their remakes, while Ethan and Silver gained blue and grey ones, respectively.
* As a part of the redesigns for ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', most of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters went from having BlackBeadEyes to having colored ones. Sonic has green, Tails has blue, Amy also has green, and Knuckles has violet.
* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
** Diddy Kong from the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series gained blue eyes in ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' and kept them in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', but lost them once Creator/{{Rare}} was sold to Microsoft.
** Dixie Kong originally had black eyes. Post-Rare games show her with green eyes.
* Early games in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' franchise did not show Link's or Zelda's eye colors. Later games give Link InnocentBlueEyes and Zelda usually has blue eyes too.
* Crash's eyes were meant to be green in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'', but his model only shows BlackBeadEyes. His higher poly model from the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack sequel]] shows his eye color.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': The earlier games (like ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamland'') had the titular Kirby having simple dots/lines as eyes. Later games would show him having dark blue eyes.

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* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'': Most of the characters are drawn with plain black eyes with lead character Joyce being the most obvious exception. Glasses-wearing Ruth was given black eyes as well initially, until cartoonist David Willis looked at his older art of her and remembered that he had given her green eyes. In order to fit the change into the story, he had the switch-over happen the moment Ruth's love interest Billie first started to see Ruth as a person rather than an antagonist, so it works as visual symbolism.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', all of the main characters were originally drawn with just their pupils, but as the series started to use more sophisticated art styles, it was revealed that the main characters have irises matching their writing color, with the exception of Karkat (red eyes) and Sollux (red and blue sclerae with no pupils or irises).

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* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** Traditionally, Mystery Inc. all have black eyes, but Daphne has been depicted with both green and blue eyes. ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' gives her purple eyes.
** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', Lena gains brown eyes for a close-up shot.
* In the {{Animesque}} art shift of one ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode, Mandy was depicted as having blue eyes.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** All the boys gained colored eyes in their anime versions for "Good Times With Weapons".
** Kenny has been explicitly shown to have blue eyes on at least one other occasion, when his [[EyeScream eye was pulled out]] in "Starvin Marvin".
* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': The chipmunks have had their signature eye colors already established, however, this didn't happen until ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', and subsequent episodes of the 1980s series that were produced by Creator/DiC, when Alvin and Simon were given blue eyes, and Theodore was given green eyes; prior to that, the Ruby-Spears produced episodes and previous incarnations gave each of them plain, black eyes.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', almost all of the characters typically had standard cartoon eyes, though on occasion during the later seasons, Heffer was shown to have green pupils (not irises), and Filburt and the Bigheads were show to have purple pupils. Rocko's are blue, but are only seen during his freakouts.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In one episode, Marge complains that Homer doesn't remember what her eye color is. For that one episode, and in fact for only one closeup shot, she had irises. (They're [[spoiler:hazel]].
** In a realistic ArtShift, the Simpson children were all depicted with blue eyes.
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' gives the characters newer models and, most noticeably, eye colors.
* Initial drafts of the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' had the six heroes appear without irises or pupils while in uniform. Fan outcry compelled Warner Brothers to redesign the characters with colored irises and pupils, except while using their superpowers.
*In ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', Wander only gets irises when under stress or making puppy dog eyes. Hater already has green eyes, but gets irises of a darker shade when he's stressed.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In the unaired pilot, Tommy's eyes are shown to be blue in a close-up.
** The short lived spinoff ''Angelica and Suzie's Preschool Daze'' uses a different artstyle from other ''Rugrats'' series. All the characters consistently have eye colors. Angelica has blue eyes, Suzie has brown eyes, and Harold also has blue eyes.
** Toys often gave Angelica purple eyes for whatever reason.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** DependingOnTheArtist (and the shot), Rubies usually have black eyes or red eyes.
** Onion normally has black eyes, though different lightings will sometimes show his eyes as red.
* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'':
** KO is shown to have brown eyes in "You're Level 100!", when he gets his eyes scanned for a Pow Card.
** In "I Am Dendy", an anime style ArtShift shows K.O.'s eyes as brown and Dendy's as blue.
** Inverted with Red Action. She typically has green eyes but in "Back in Red Action", her appearance gets re-designed and now her eyes are black like everyone else.
* Scorpi from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' has near-permanent PuppyDogEyes consisting of a black pupil with highlights. However, when he emphasizes his cuteness, he gains silver irises.
* When Daffy Duck and Sylvester of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' are given irises, they are normally green.
* The SoftReboot of ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain'', uses a new art style that gives everyone eye colours.
* In Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Monique had BlackBeadEyes, unusual since no other character in the show had those. As of Season 2, she was given brown eyes with the same design as every other character.

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