Line #39 EyeBeams/WesternAnimation


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16	* ''WesternAnimation/AngelWars'': A {{Nephilim}} named Og (yes, really; he insisted on being called "Og" over being called "Ogrud Jr.") had the ability to fire wide orange magical beams from his eyes; he used these to battle his own father.
17	* Frylock from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' has laser-shooting contact lenses.
18	--> '''Oglethorpe:''' You prance around like you have laser eyes!
19	* [[HavingABlast Combustion Man]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' doesn't quite perfectly fit this trope, but he fires his beams o' doom out of an eye tattoo over his sixth chakra, located close to the eyes.
20	* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
21	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Ben can transform into an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].
22	** In ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'', Ben can transform into a flying alien named Jetray, who can not only shoot lasers from his eyes, but also from his tail.
23	* AffablyEvil Emperor Zurg from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' shoots red lasers from his eyes, apparently for the sole reason to look cool.
24	* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent leaving everyone ''speechless''.
25	%%* Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
26	* WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers has this power... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment though it's used only once]], to the surprise of the other characters, and not even Dodgers was aware he had that power.
27	-->'''Martian Queen''': I never knew you could shoot laser beams from your eyes!\
28	'''Dodgers''': Well, there's a lot you don't know abou- ''laser whats out of my where?!''
29	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Parodied. When Timmy wishes for his parents to have superpowers, his mother gets Heat Vision, while his father gets ''Meat'' Vision, the ability to shoot meat with his eyes. Timmy himself has heat vision courtesy of a prior wish, but [[IdiotHero forgets it most of the time]].
30	* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'': In the episode when they fight Galactus, ComicBook/GhostRider's infamous Penance Stare takes the form of flames shooting from his eyes. It succeeds in one-shotting the incredibly powerful villain without Ghost Rider even having to get off his bike.
31	* Rather inexplicably, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' version of physicist Stephen Hawking can shoot lasers from his eyes. [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands Even he was surprised.]]
32	-->'''Hawking:''' I didn't know I could do that.
33	* [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate, but also because ExecutiveMeddling requested that Godzilla not use his BreathWeapon too much, because they thought it would influence kids to commit arson (yes, really!).
34	* Several creatures in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' have this power;
35	** Time Baby, a massive, time-devouring monster in the form of an infant who will rule the world in the distant future, has this power.
36	** Bill Cipher, the triangular dream demon, has this power, though he can shoot lasers from his fingertips as well.
37	** Octavia, the mutant, multi-legged cow from the short, "[[Recap/GravityFallsMabelsScrapbook Mabel's Scrapbook: Petting Zoo]]", does this so that it can eat a freshly roasted hawk.
38	%%* ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel'': One of Gretel's (and, presumably, Hamster's, though he's never demonstrated it) superpowers.
39	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'': Zok, the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]].
40	* Mighty Ray from ''WesternAnimation/Hero108'' has magical eyes that can shoot electrical beams upon partaking a [[PowerupFood banana]].
41	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'': Smaug's got a non-lethal version of this. When searching the room for the invisible Bilbo, Smaug's eyes shoot out spotlight-like beams.
42	* The power of the Pig Talisman in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is the ability to shoot heat beams from the user's eyes. In one episode, Jade notes that it's hard to accurately see when you're shooting beams from your eyes. In another, a character gets the talisman and accidentally [[BlindWithoutEm destroys his prescription sunglasses]].
43	** [[CallingYourAttacks HEAT BEAM EYE BLASTS!!!!]]
44	** The talisman also counts as a MundaneUtility, as its original owner used it to melt chocolate at his factory in Bavaria.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/JamiesGotTentacles'', Jamie has the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes as seen in a few episodes including "The Attack Of The Mutant Mosquitos" and "Eye Contact 2.0".
46	* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'': The titular being of the episode "The Robot Spy" is a robotic {{Oculothorax}} with lasers built into its iris.
47	* Quack Quack the duck from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has the power to shine both light beams and laser beams from his eyes.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'': Like Superman himself, Krypto can use heat vision, too.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
50	** [[BigBad Vaatu]] fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler:When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster.]]
51	** The [[ApocalypseCult Red]] [[TheConspiracy Lotus]] member P'Li is another half-example; she utilizes [[HavingABlast the same unique firebending style]] as Combustion Man, complete with similar ThirdEye tattoo, although hers is a ([[SuperpowerLottery relatively]]) WeakButSkilled variant- trading the raw destructive power Combustion Man demonstrated for much more precise control, to the point that she can [[{{Roboteching}} curve her shots around barriers and obstacles]], eliminating one of the style's primary weaknesses.
52	%%** In the film-within-a-cartoon ''Nuk-Tuk, Hero of the South''. Cute little [[TeamPet Pabu]] of all creatures gets this ability. He can also talk, because he's Nuk-Tuk's sidekick.
53	* Ace Bunny of the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' has "laser vision" according to the show's intro. Strangely, Ace's beams don't burn or cut like a laser, but tend to be concussive instead.
54	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Curse of the Lion Men", the leader of the Lion Men, Tar, has eye beams. Instead of causing damage, they transform humans into more Lion Men that become loyal to him.
55	%%* XJ-9 has this ability in ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/OscarAndFriends'': In "A Dog's Life", a gnome (Oscar's family's garden gnome come to life) uses these to zap Bugsy, which turns him into a dog.
57	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'': The trailer briefly shows the unnamed superhero character firing lasers from his eyes to (ineffectually) fight the EldritchAbomination antagonist.
58	* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
59	** The Girls have this as part of their stock of superhero powers. It has been called several names, such as "laser vision", "heat ray", and "zappy eyes".
60	** In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', they have to fight a giant ant. In the same episode, Bubbles gets glasses. The ant is invincible until Bubbles' glasses amplify the beams, melting the ant in one shot. Blossom and Buttercup, who are in the line of fire, only get singed.
61	* In the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'', one character, Exile, had both heat vision ''and'' freeze vision. One episode even showed him with night vision.
62	* Aku uses these frequently in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
63	** In "Aku's Fairy Tales", Aku tells a version of "Little Red Riding Hood", making the protagonist into an amalgam of Little Red Riding Hood and himself.
64	--->'''Aku:''' The wolf attacked Little Red Hood, not knowing that Little Red Hood had... ''LASER EYE BEAMS!''
65	** When Aku attacks Jack in his dragon form, he uses both eye beams AND a mouth beam to combine them into ONE GIANT BEAM.
66	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs. the Monorail]]", Mr. Burns' act of hiding toxic waste in a tree is shown to have mutated a squirrel, giving it glowing teal laser eyes that it uses to cut down a hanging acorn.
67	%%* Lazerette's main attack in ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''.
68	%%* Lazzar's Guardian from ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
70	** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E12MechaStreisand Mecha-Streisand]]", Leonard Maltin is revealed to have laser eyes when he uses them to free the boys from their shackles in Barbara Streisand's condo. He can use it even when he's not Mecha-Maltin.
71	** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS12E11Pandemic2TheStartling Pandemic 2: The Startling]]", sparks shoot out of Craig's eyes when he stands on a special column due to being TheChosenOne of an ancient Incan prophesy involving pan flutes and giant, man-eating guinea pigs. He uses them to defeat [[BigBad the evil Guinea Pirate]] while remaining [[TheStoic utterly uninterested]] in the whole thing. They show up again as Incan Craig's special ability in ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer''.
72	** In Season 14's [[Recap/SouthParkTheCoonAndFriendsTrilogy Coon & Friends Trilogy]], Kyle's Superhero Alter-Ego, [[HumanAliens the Human Kite]], is known for shooting lasers out of his eyes, since according to him, kite aliens are known for this ability. It's even part of his powers in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', with his main ability "Laser Burn" and his [[LimitBreak Ultimate Power Move]] "Wrath of Kite".
73	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'':
74	** "The Space Ark". One of the Creature King's monsters is a giant bat that can fire energy beams from its eyes.
75	** "The Jungle Planet". The BigBad has eye beams that allow him to steal the mind of anyone he fires them at.
76	%%* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars'': Uglor, the BigBad, has this power.
77	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
78	** The FlyingDutchman has these, though he only uses them on Squidward in "Shanghaied" and as part of his boss battle in ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom''.
79	** Barnacle Boy has a variant he calls "sulfur vision." In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II," he attempts to use it to destroy a conch shell but is unable to make the beam travel more than a few inches from his face.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
81	** In "Star Comes to Earth", Star shows off the power of her magic wand by summoning a herd of adorable puppies with laser eyes.
82	** Ms. Heinous[[spoiler:/Meteora]] gains the ability to [[YourSoulIsMine suck out souls]] with a green beam from her eyes.
83	* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', whenever Static discharges powerful enough electricity, he could shoot electric streams from his eyes, but it's only a side effect that he doesn't use to full effect, and just a visual cue showing just how much power/how pissed he is at the moment.
84	* White Diamond from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is able to shoot white rays of light from her eyes. When a Gem is hit by these beams, it bleaches their bodies grayscale and assimilates them into extensions of herself, making them "perfect" (by her standards, anyway). Even these extensions of herself are able to do this, with White Diamond [[spoiler:launching a full assault on Pink Steven using herself, Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond, her Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl all at once]].
85	* The WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo Super Robot has this one. They can also be {{Freeze Ray}}s. [[{{Troperiffic}} As well as about every other Super Robot trope...]]
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Starfire gets this power after she goes through alien puberty. Her older sister Blackfire has it from the start, having already gone through said puberty.
87	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Despite these being a common {{Super Robot\|Genre}} power, few Transformers have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently as Eye Beams were their only forms of ranged attack; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first episode and when he was trying to open Tigatron's stasis pod. Unicron fires off several eye beams in the 1986 movie. Notably, he fired beams from only one eye because Hot Rod had already crashed the Quintesson ship through his other eye.
88	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'': In "The Thingy", the monster can shoot a beam from its eyes that causes random transformations in its targets.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'':
90	** The Walking Eye is based on the spider robot from ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'''s "The Robot Spy", a mechanical {{oculothorax}} with iris-mounted lasers. But subverted, in that the one Venture built does not seem to actually shoot beams (or even ''work'', for that matter, other than being able to stand). He later attaches Helper's head to it.
91	--->'''Doc Venture:''' He just wants to give you a hug!
92	** The Monarch has eye beams that can encase an adversary in ice... according to Hank and Dean's courtroom testimony. They also claim to be able to join forces and transform into a Mecha-Shiva.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': Shagon of the Knights of Destruction can fire green beams of energy from the eyes of his mask.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungSamsonAndGoliath'': When Samson's dog Goliath is changed into his giant lion form, he can fire power beams from his eyes to destroy things.

Context EyeBeams / WesternAnimation