History Main / SuperNaturalGoldEyes

* The angel in Series/{{Constantine}} has strikingly golden eyes.

* In the Creator/HPLovecraft short story "The Terrible Old Man", the titular character is seen to have yellow eyes by a man who makes the [[MuggingTheMonster fatal mistake of trying to rob him]]. His exact abilities are [[NothingIsScarier left unseen]], but he's capable of doing something to three assailants that leaves their corpses looking like they were brutalized by an entire pirate crew, and ''might'' have the spirits of such a crew in glass jars on his desk...

*** In ''VideoGame/Persona2'', BigBad [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]] tends to go for gold eyes and a slit pupils when he's in human form. The Shadow Selves avert this by having RedEyesTakeWarning.

* ''Film/{{Howl}}'': The werewolves have these. In the [[spoiler:infected Jenny]], these seem to manifest around the same time that she loses her human identity and turns deadly feral.

* Queen Tara, a Mother Nature-like figure who oversees the balance between growth and rot, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Elfquest}}'':

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'':

** Probably inherited from his evil ancestor, Professor Zoom, arch-nemesis of [[Franchise/TheFlash the Flash]] family. The critical difference in depiction is their personalities (physically, they have the ''exact same eyes'', which is very unsettling, but that's it). Bart's joyful and friendly demeanour makes them bright like sunshine; Thawne is the exact opposite: his eyes burning like a raging wildfire -- to the point where they sometimes turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning reddish-orange]]. Bart's eyes can also turn into that fiery-orange color as well, but only under extreme rage or stress -- it's a signifier that he isn't [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} playing around]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes anymore]].

* Guilt [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], one of Bruce Banner's many alternate personalities, and a purely malevolent one at that.
** The non-Banner ComicBook/{{Red Hulk}}s as well, partly because it's part of their "demonic" look, and partly because of their association with fire.

* The manipulative and often malevolent personification of Desire from ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' is described as having "eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine."

* In ''{{ComicBook/Violine}}'', Francois has these to indicate his mind reading powers. Violine has violet ones in contrast.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} is often drawn with gold eyes to reflect the deal she made for her power.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': ComicBook/{{Circe}} has started opting for eerie bright yellow eyes as a subtle indicator of her immense power.
* Shapeshifter ComicBook/{{Mystique}} of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' series is often shown with yellow eyes. So is her son ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. Mutant ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is sometimes drawn with them as well.

* Medusa of ''Manga/SoulEater'' has these, likely to underline her connection to [[AnimalMotifs snakes]]. Death the Kid's eyes are ''not'' this, as in fact it is his [[SkunkStripe hair]] which indicates his [[HumanoidAbomination true nature]].

* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': People who have gold eyes (and often, though not always, red hair) are gifted by the goddess Dar, gaining [[ElementalPowers fire]] [[PlayingWithFire magic]] as Guardians. Mirabar is a main character with them who's also a redhead. We later meet Chaldan, a gold-eyed man too. The [[MakingASplash waterlords]] though have been hunting down and murdering them for years to prevent powerful enemies with opposing magic, so few are left. [[spoiler:Both Mirabar and Chaldan end up having children who will rule a free Sileria in the future.]]

** Ryoko has golden eyes, tying into the demonic/supernatural aspect of her character. Her name is even stated to mean "spirit caller" at one point. She's earned the FanNickname "Ol' Yellow Eyes" in some circles.

*** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' the main characters temporarily get golden eyes when they awaken their Personas. This comes in addition to the Shadow Selves and Personas who play this trope exactly as they did in the previous entry.

** Also, you know that Itsuki isn't [[TheReveal exactly a human psychic]] because of this trope and also because of his [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair color]]. [[spoiler:He's nowhere near a ''kitsune'', though; he's a shadow demon called a ''yaminade''.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[spoiler:every [[ArtificialHuman morph]] Nergal creates has gold eyes, along with other common unusual -- for the series -- traits like [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair jet-black hair]], which hints at their inhuman nature.]]

* In ''VideoGame/XenoGears'', ArtificialHuman Emeralda Kasim has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]] and gold eyes. Kind of a dead giveaway that she's not normal..

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheSims2'', werewolves have yellow eyes; interestingly, so do plant-sims.

* Ashley [=McFly=] of ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' has slightly grayish-yellow eyes, which turn bright yellow with slitted cat-ish pupils when she becomes Leather Ashes.
* Subverted in ''A Soul's Songbook: Out of Print'', a fanfic of ''Manga/SoulEater''. As mentioned above, the shinigami of Soul Eater have Eyes of Gold, and, well, if you are a naturally amber-eyed human with dark hair, there are UnfortunateImplications involved in that. One of New London's gangsters ([[{{Gayngster}} who also falls into a completely different spelling of such]]) is a former sex slave of such coloring, but is completely human.
* Kainatrol from ''Fanfic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon''. She's got the animalistic connection (her MindControl powers are based upon the concept of an animal tamer), she likes to be on top of things, and, sympathetic backstory or not, she's the most evil of the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Since everyone on Earth (known as the Land of Legends) has their CurtainsMatchTheWindow, naturally, Seira has yellow eyes, too, as does [[spoiler:Kore by virtue of being Kainatrol's identical twin]]; neither is evil or even devious, however.

* In ''Fanfic/UltimateReImaginings'', Joey's eyes turn amber because of his pyro kinesis activating. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what he ''thought''. As it is later revealed, he was really born with them and the ''brown'' eye color was fake.]]
* People with golden eyes are extremely rare in Midgard in ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' and are highly skilled and talented in anything they choose to do. When activated by the person being in utmost danger, they give the person superhuman reflexes and a HealingFactor at the cost of heavy strain on the human body, which may lead to death by overexertion.

* Main/CreepyChild Aura from ''Fanfic/DaughterOfTheSun'', who possesses a lot of knowledge and has the ability to see the future, is described as having pale gold eyes.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry's eyes start flashing gold when he gets angry and do so with increasing frequency as the story goes on. At first, it appears to be either his Asgardian powers kicking or [[spoiler: the Phoenix Force]], but eventually resolves into being a sign that he's using his PsychicPowers. Either way, you want to step lightly around him when he does it. Especially as it's occasionally accompanied by [[VoiceOfTheLegion 'a dangerous double harmonic']] even Harry himself finds rather unnerving, indicating that he doesn't have any conscious control over it (until the sequel, when he learns to use it at will as an intimidation tool).
** Once he fully embraces his powers in Chapter 60, they glow gold whenever he's about to do something big with his psychic abilities, though it's indicated that they don't necessarily have to and works as a sort of excess energy. Then, as he gets increasingly powerful in the sequel, they start burning golden-white, which generally means that he's about to try very hard to kill you.
* Kurosaki Karin gets these in the {{Manga/Bleach}} fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8222340/1/Chasing-the-Moon Chasing The Moon]]'' whenever she uses her bankai's ultimate technique. [[spoiler: The same thing happens with her sister, Kurosaki Yuzu, except with her, it's an example of Red Eyes, Take Warning.]]
* [[TheStoic Minato Arisato]] in ''Fanfic/ANecromancersWildCard'' has these instead of his regular gray eyes after he's resurrected by [[{{Necromancer}} Eucliwood Hellscythe]]. He isn't sure why his eye color changed, though.
* Harry inherited those in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10964874/1/Dark-Dynasty Dark Dynasty]]'', as his father is the Dark One. They slightly glow when he uses magic, too.

* In ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'', [[MadScientist Captain Grigori Vinci]] acquires these after [[spoiler: implanting himself with the King's Heart, a biological augmentation he designed, and which he needed to recover from an EyeScream delivered by [[MagnetismManipulation Eustass Kid]]]].
* In ''Fanfic/RisingOfTheSleepingSoldier'', the fact that [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow Alucard's eyes are as blonde as his hair]] is cited as being unusual once Motoyasu notices them. Alucard immediately starts to worry that this would give away his {{Dhampyr}} nature, unsure how Melromarc would react to a vampire in their midst or if they even have them. he quickly covers it up by pointing out that unusual eye-color could be expected due genetics in alternate worlds, citing the King's purple eyes as an example.

* In ''Fanfic/TheFableOfJoyfulWing'', the wolf king and queen both have golden eyes no matter what form they're taking, marking them as spirits instead of ordinary animals or humans.
* ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': while eyes are a general motif of the series, only one character has ''gold'' in their eyes- the BigBad. [[spoiler: Lucrecia has a bizarre, DualityMotif version of this; the eye she [[OrganTheft stole]] from Ifalna has white clamping down on the naturally green pupil and the sclera turning gold, while her natural eye has the pupil turning gold while the sclera turns a hard, marble white. She only unveils it when she's ready to fight Barret.]] Interestingly, because the character has a BigBadWolf AnimalMotif, the gold also harkens to the lupine descriptions above.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'', werewolves have yellow eyes; interestingly, so do plant-sims.

** Magnus Bane, who is a warlock ([[WitchSpecies they're always half demonic]]), has yellow-green eyes that look like the eyes of cats.

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* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': Karl has bright golden eyes and has the ability to time travel.

* ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': while eyes are a general motif of the series, only one character has ''gold'' in their eyes- the BigBad. [[spoiler: Lucrecia has a bizarre, DualityMotif version of this; the eye she [[OrganTheft stole]] from Ifalna has white clamping down on the naturally green pupil and the sclera turning gold, while her natural eye has the pupil turning gold while the sclera turns a hard, marble white. She only unveils it when she's ready to fight Barret.]]

** Cinder naturally possesses golden eyes. However, after stealing just half of the Fall Maiden's legendary magical power, her eyes begin to glow like golden fire whenever she taps into the power. By the time she obtains the Fall Maiden's total power, her golden eyes glowing like fire are a sign that she's about to do something extremely evil with her magical ability. To emphasise this, the camera often zooms in on her eyes just before they start to glow. Although the Fall Maiden possesses the power to use all types of elemental magic, Cinder's glowing golden eyes are a hint that her affinity lies with the fire element. Unlike the previous Fall Maiden whose power she stole, Cinder will only use the full range of elemental magic when necessary, as she favours defaulting to fire magic above all else.

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* Seine from ''Manga/HekikaiNoAion'' has greenish-gold eyes and is a 300 year old immortal girl who controls a black snake, who lives within her body called Aion.

** Naruto himself acquires these later on - [[spoiler:when in Sage mode, his eyes turn golden, although they're slitted sideways.]] However, this has more to do with his affinity for toads, instead of the fox in his belly.

* Hawk-Eye Mihawk from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has golden-orange eyes like a raptor's, and while he's not a Devil Fruit user, there's something...off about him and his abilities, as if he's been tainted with death.

* Mytho from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has golden eyes. He's not evil, but he ''is'' supernatural--he's the Prince from a fairytale.

* The wolves of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' all have amber/golden eyes in human form--except for Kiba, whose human form has pale blue eyes to denote his ChosenOne status.

** Probably inherited from his evil ancestor, Professor Zoom, arch-nemesis of [[Franchise/TheFlash the Flash]] family. The critical difference in depiction is their personalities (physically, they have the ''exact same eyes'', which is very unsettling, but that's it). Bart's joyful and friendly demeanour makes them bright like sunshine; Thawne is the exact opposite: his eyes burning like a raging wildfire - to the point where they sometimes turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning reddish-orange]]. Bart's eyes can also turn into that fiery-orange color as well, but only under extreme rage or stress - it's a signifier that he isn't [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} playing around]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes anymore]].

** Once he fully embraces his powers in chapter 60, they glow gold whenever he's about to do something big with his psychic abilities, though it's indicated that they don't necessarily have to and works as a sort of excess energy. Then, as he gets increasingly powerful in the sequel, they start burning golden-white, which generally means that he's about to try very hard to kill you.

* Naturally enough, possessed by Gold-Eye from Creator/GarthNix's ''Literature/ShadesChildren''. In his case, they only indicate his supernatural ability — precognitive power — rather than any sinister nature.

* In ''Series/TheXFiles'' season 1, the [[PickyPeopleEater liver-eating]] mutant Eugene Victor Tooms' eyes sometimes were a bright yellow-green. (The color of bile, appropriately.)
* In Season 2 of ''Series/AmericanGods'', Bast, the Egyptian goddess of cats and protection, has golden eyes both in cat and human form, although her role is so small and her appearance so short that her eye color is essentially a FreezeFrameBonus.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** As a Space Wolf inches closer to being overtaken by the Curse of the Wulfen and degenerating into a feral monster, his eyes turn a shade of gold.
** [[BigBad Abaddon the Despoiler]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Warmaster of Chaos]], has golden eyes from staring into the [[LighthousePoint Astronomican]] for too long.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
** Micaiah from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' has gold eyes. She is known for her ability to predict future events, and later [[spoiler:turns out to be descended from the Heron Tribe and the true Apostle of the Begnion Empire. And the avatar of a goddess of chaos.]]
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[spoiler:every [[ArtificialHuman morph]] Nergal creates has gold eyes, along with other common unusual - for the series - traits like [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair jet-black hair]], which hints at their inhuman nature.]]
--> '''Leila:''' ''“His eyes glow golden… You can’t miss them. They seem…inhuman.”''

** Golden eyes are associated with TheHeartless and, by extension, the power of darkness - the only Heartless not to have yellow eyes are the small number that [[TheFaceless don't have visible faces]].

* It's never directly commented on, but Alvin and Jude are the only two characters in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' with gold eyes. [[spoiler:This makes it an inversion of the trope, as both Jude and Alvin are of Elympion descent.]]

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** This is a trait of the Dremora in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', an intelligent race of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] who are most commonly found in the service of [[DestroyerDeity Mehrunes Dagon]] as his LegionsOfHell. (Other games give them [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] or [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]] eyes instead.)
** Golden GlowingEyes are a trait of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'''s ''Dawnguard'' DLC. It's implied that this is a trait which is InvisibleToNormals, and can only be seen by certain other supernatural beings (such as the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]], who has a draconic [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aedric]] soul).

* Dark Jedi in the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' series, especially Darth Revan, have yellow eyes (see the ''Franchise/StarWars'' example under Film, above). The player character can have them as well, if she/he goes over to the Dark Side. There's an awesome, but understated, moment where you get a close-up of them while you and [[spoiler:Bastilla]] are tricking the Republic.
** This was influenced by Emperor Palpatine, who also gained them when his face became corrupted by the Dark Side (in [[{{Retcon}} some continuities]]).
* ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore'' has a scene where the shapeshifting main villain masquerades as one of the player's allies. The only way to detect her (except trial and error) is by her eyes, which stay yellow regardless of form.
* Both Morrigan and her mother, "[[TheDreaded The Witch of the Wilds]]", Flemeth have gold eyes in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Morrigan being a powerful mage like her mother and Flemeth heavily implied to not even be human. They also both happen to be shapeshifters with Flemeth able to take the form of a high dragon. Flemeth's other known daughter has the same eyes. ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' introduces another group of people with gold eyes. Abelas and his followers are [[spoiler:ancient elves who guard a temple venerating Mythal, the elven goddess of love, motherhood, and justice.]] They all have the exact same eye color as Flemeth and her daughters. [[spoiler:Given [[PhysicalGod later revelations]] about Flemeth, it appears that gold eyes indicate a person with a direct connection to Mythal.]]
* Ultimecia in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' has gold eyes in addition to her various {{Power Tattoo}}s and other physical signs of being a Sorceress. Edea, who [[spoiler:inherits Ultimecia's powers and is possessed by her]], also has gold eyes while in possession of her Sorceress Powers. Does not happen to [[spoiler:Rinoa]] when controlled by Adel or Ultimecia, however.
* Chaos in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' has yellow/gold eyes. It noticeably picks out the demon from Vincent, and tells the player that a major level up in power terms just happened.
* [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Shamir Shamazzle]] in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'' has golden eyes, in all of his many forms. This helps the player identify him... just in case the various strangers encouraging the protagonist to do strange/dangerous/crazy things weren't obvious enough.
* Adelle from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' has yellow/golden eyes, [[spoiler:and she was part of "The Gifted, a group of people with extraordinary powers such as living for a long time. It is unknown if her yellow eyes have to do with the Gifted or not]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'', werewolves have yellow eyes; interestingly, so do plant-sims.
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'', werewolves have golden eyes.
* Vampires in ''Website/GaiaOnline'' have yellow eyes when they're about to do something badass; otherwise, they're pale gray with HellishPupils. PsychoForHire Zhivago apparently has this effect going constantly.
* The character Slayer from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has golden eyes. This makes sense, since he is a vampire.
* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', all vampires have pupilless golden eyes.

* In the original ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' games, whenever you pick up an invulnerability sphere or use the god mode cheat, the Marine's eyes turn solid gold.
* In contrast to most other demons in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series, [[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Fenrich]] the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] has gold eyes.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'':
** The Demon Hunter sports a glowing pair of these when she has a hood on, signifiying someone who has stared into the soul of a demon without going mad.
** [[spoiler:The mortal Tyrael sports a pair of these, signifying his former angelic status]].
** [[spoiler:Leah also sports a very creepy pair of these after her body is taken over by Diablo as the Prime Evil]].
* Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has golden eyes and is... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a Nine-Tailed Fox]] ([[FantasticFoxes a Korean-styled gumiho to be precise]]).
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'': Combines this with ProphetEyes; whenever Yeul and/or Serah have a vision, their eyes glow gold with the symbol of Etro over the pupil for the duration.
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games, one can identify Harbinger, the first, biggest, and most powerful [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] by the fact that his "eyes" are gold instead of red. In addition, the Collectors he controls erupt with glowing golden eyes, along with taking on a skin texture resembling golden magma, when he possesses them.
* In a cross of this and ElectronicEyes, the title character of ''VideoGame/GoldeneyeRogueAgent'' has a cybernetic yellow eye.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', yellow eyes are apparently normal in Lemuria, a city-state of Adepts with extraordinary longevity. One of the [=NPCs=] in Madra talks about Piers's eyes during his imprisonment there.
** This trope is far more pronounced at the very end of ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''. [[spoiler: Matthew's eyes glow golden while he and Sveta are SharingABody, and after the Apollo Lens goes off all of the beastmen in the blast zone have Supernatural Gold ''Everything''.]]
* [[spoiler: Avalon]], the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia Legaia II: Duel Saga]]'', has these. Originally known as simply "Gold Eyes" in his first appearance, you later learn that he is a [[spoiler:Star Shaper, a being who can manipulate the Source Forge, the beacon of creation.]] He is also a Mystic, and wields the Origin [[spoiler:Igohl, the Supreme Origin said to be of (nearly) infinite power.]]
* Everything from ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' when infected by Imulsion. When something is completely black, has golden eyes and explodes after death, you know that something is wrong...
* Lilith in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has golden irises which glow when she triggers her Siren powers. It's not clear if the golden eyes are precisely due to being a Siren, though, as Maya, Commandant Steele, and [[spoiler: Angel]] all have blue eyes.
* Antasma has these in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', as do many of the ghosts in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. Of course, neither are the kind of character whose eyes need to be used as a way to tell that they're evil, the rest of their appearance makes it blatantly obvious regardless.
* The Little Sisters in the ''VideoGame/BioShock'' games have these as a side effect of the ADAM slug in their bodies. Their eyes return to normal when it's removed.
* In ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'', Lavinia of the third generation party members sports these, along with being a DarkSkinnedRedHead, to showcase the fact that she's a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid who takes after her dark elf parent. If the protagonist, Thoma, chooses her to be his wife, then Duran, the protagonist of the fourth generation, inherits them from her.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** [[LandSeaSky Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza,]] a trio of [[TimeAbyss ancient]] OlympusMons [[WeatherManipulation with control over the weather]] [[note]] [[MakingASplash Kyogre]] summons rain, [[DishingOutDirt Grou]][[PlayingWithFire don]] summons intense sunlight and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Ray]][[BlowYouAway quaza]] acts as their mediator, with its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] summoning strong winds [[/note]] debuting in [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire the third generation]] all have yellow eyes.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lusamine]] briefly gains these while [[FusionDance fused to a]] [[EldritchAbomination Nihilego.]] ]]
* In the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'', Zasalamel's left eye is golden, and this never changes through [[BornAgainImmortality any of his reincarnations]], including his skeletal OneWingedAngel form Abyss. This is because his gold eye [[SoulJar contains his soul]].
* In the case of the ActionGirl, Mandana, from ''VideoGame/{{Unavowed}}'', they serve as the most immediately obvious sign that she a HalfHumanHybrid, with her father being a [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Genie]], sorry, ''[[InsistentTerminology Jinn]]''.
* Several monsters in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' briefly display gold eyes when using their magical attacks. Some examples include the [[ManaDrain MP-draining ability]] or the [[spoiler:Dark Lord's face-stealing attack]].
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'': [[spoiler:Sirin, Honkai cataclysm incarnate, has gold-orange eyes with ExoticEyeDesigns.]] After the events of Chapter 11-EX, [[spoiler:Kiana herself gains a right gold-orange eye as a symbol of her Herrscher power, minus Sirin's pupils]].
* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': Malady, a unique [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid elf-demon hybrid]] who acts as an AloofAlly to the player characters, has gold eyes and [[DimensionalTraveler powers]] unlike any other character in the game.

* ''Literature/MagicByTheNumbers'': In ''Master of the Five Magics'', the "sorcerer's eye" is a mysterious magical item in the form of a crystal sphere, in which a single closed eye is seen to float unsupported. When in use, the eye within the sphere opens, revealing its golden iris.

* All the full blooded elves in ''VisualNovel/SablesGrimoire'' have golden eyes, with a variety of eyecolours being one of the dofferences between them and the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-elves]] that appear.

* On ''Series/TeenWolf'', the default eye color werewolves have when they change is gold. Eyes that glow blue are a sign that the werewolf possessing them has killed an innocent, except for [[MonsterLord Alphas]], whose eyes are always [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] whether they have killed or not.

* When Bu-ling of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' transforms into Mew Pudding, her eyes turn yellow. Like [[RedEyesTakeWarning with Ichigo]], this doesn't mean she's evil, but she is playful and immature most of the time.

* The evil witch Madame Mim from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Sword in the Stone}}'' has yellow eyes and is the archrival of Merlin.
* The [[spoiler: Punch Monkeys]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'' flicker their eyes a supernatural gold before [[spoiler:kidnapping Grug, Guy, And Phil.]]