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* '''Parodied''': Bob's eyes glow as bright as the sun, so he is hired by a power company to charge their solar panels.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob's eyes glow as bright as the sun, so he is hired by a power company to charge their solar panels.panels.
** Bob is a monster with an EyelessFace, so instead his nostrils glow when he unleashes his strongest technique.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob's eyes glow, but his ultimate technique turns out to be laughably pathetic.
* '''Double Subverted''': The laughable technique was merely a decoy in order to buy time for Bob to charge up his true ultimate technique, which also causes Bob's eyes to glow.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob's eyes glow, but his ultimate technique turns out to be laughably pathetic.
** Bob isn't human, and his eyes always glow.
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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The laughable technique was merely a decoy in order to buy time for Bob to charge up his true ultimate technique, which also causes Bob's eyes to glow.glow.
** But Bob is preparing to attack.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob's eyes do glow, but the beam is rather faint.
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** "I'd hate to get in a staring contest ith that guy..."

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** "I'd hate to get in a staring contest ith with that guy..."
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** "I'd hate to get in a staring contest ith that guy..."

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to tangibly show Bob's power before he actually unleashes it without resorting to [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]].

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to tangibly show Bob's power before he actually unleashes it without resorting to [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]].{{Informed Abilit|y}}ies.



* '''Defied''': Bob trains his eyes not to glow when powering up so that he doesn't give himself away.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob trains his eyes not to glow when powering up so that he doesn't give himself away.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': The glowing eyes may be effective, but the glow causes Bob to go blind.
* '''Reconstructed''': But Bob then becomes a BlindSeer whose vision is not obstructed by his glowing eyes.



* '''Deconstructed''': The glowing eyes may be effective, but the glow causes Bob to go blind.
* '''Reconstructed''': But Bob then becomes a BlindSeer whose vision is not obstructed by his glowing eyes.





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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': Bob has perpetually glowing eyes that lose their glow once he is sufficiently infuriated.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob has perpetually glowing eyes that lose their glow once he is sufficiently infuriated.



* '''Lampshaded''': "See that glow in his eyes? You are ''so'' screwed."

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"See that glow in his eyes? You are ''so'' screwed."

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and his nemesis have a climactic final battle that consists entirely of a contest to see whose eyes can glow brighter.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is trying to sneak into the BigBad's lair, but his glowing eyes could give him away, so he must carefully modulate his emotions so as to not make his eyes glow unintentionally.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Each time Bob charges his ultimate technique, either his eyes glow, they don't glow, only one eye glows, or they flash off and on rapidly like strobe lights.
* '''Parodied''': ???Bob's eyes glow as bright as the sun, so he is hired by a power company to charge their solar panels.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers want to tangibly show Bob's power before he actually unleashes it without resorting to [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]].



** Alternatively "How on earth can you see with glowing eyes?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberately uses his glowing eyes to intimidate his enemies.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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** Alternatively "How on earth can you see with glowing eyes?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob learns to channel power into his eyes to make them glow when he is angry or powering up.
* '''Exploited''':
Bob deliberately uses his glowing eyes to intimidate his enemies.
* '''Defied''': ???
Bob trains his eyes not to glow when powering up so that he doesn't give himself away.
** Bob always wears dark sunglasses, so we can't see whether or not his eyes glow.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"So tell me about these secret ninja techniques. Do your eyes glow when you use them or anything like that?"
* '''Conversed''': ???
"See, his eyes always start to glow around the climax of each episode. And the bad guys never take the hint and run like hell like they should."
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** Alternatively "How on earth can you see with glowing eyes?"

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