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17	->'''Lucy''': Do you think my eyes are beautiful, Charlie Brown?\
18	'''Charlie Brown''': Yes, they look like little round dots of India ink!
19	-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}, [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/07/18 07/18/1963]]''
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21	A fairly common trait amongst works with a simplistic art style is that the characters' eyes will be nothing more than a dot on their faces. Many fans of animated works will be openly familiar with this particular trope since it shows up in both Western and Eastern animation, the latter of which is usually in the form of [[SuperDeformed Super Deformed Chibis]]. In some cases, the characters may get SkintoneSclerae or SphereEyes when a shocked expression is needed.
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23	Manga and anime will often use this for a split-second gag where one or more characters is in StunnedSilence, and/or undergoing some kind of FlatWhat reaction. Goes well with the trusty SweatDrop.
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25	Could end up causing OnlySixFaces or in some cases, [[CastOfSnowflakes the exact opposite]]. The only eyes to show up in a more detailed StickFigureComic. Might be a way to add a touch of cuteness to the series. SuddenEyeColour occurs when ArtEvolution leads to a character with black bead eyes having colored eyes in later installments.
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27	In works which avert this trope, black bead eyes may be used for a character being drawn in the distance for simplicity.
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29	See also PieEyed for an old-school variant. ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes is this trope's visual inverse.
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32	!!Example subpages:
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34	[[index]]
35	* BlackBeadEyes/WesternAnimation
36	[[/index]]
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38	!!Other examples:
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40	[[foldercontrol]]
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42	[[folder:Advertising]]
43	* The 1980's PublicServiceAnnouncement "We're Not Candy" has the four singing pill puppets depicted with black button eyes.
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
47	* In the 1977 comic adaptation of ''Chirin no Suzu'' (''Chirin's Bell''), Chirin (as a lamb) [[https://puterboy1.tumblr.com/post/185301307681/guess-what-just-came-in-the-mail-today-sanrios and the other sheep]] [[https://puterboy1.tumblr.com/post/185301358716/part-two-of-the-chirin-no-suzu-lyrica-adaptation are depicted with black dot eyes.]] [[Anime/RingingBell Unlike the 1978 film adaptation]], and original book where Chirin and the sheep have pupils. For the 1978 film adaptation, some of the lambs and a few grown sheep are depicted with beady eyes while the majority are depicted with pupils.
48	* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': Riz, the GentleGiant bear of the drama club has small, beady eyes which furthers his presence as a reasonably nice guy despite his massive size. [[spoiler:It's indicated this is either a thing he does to keep herbivores fine around him, or side effects of the muscle atrophy medicine he is demanded to take. When he is off his meds, or actually acting violent, like when he ate Tem, his eyes become more in-line with everyone else's artstyle.]]
49	%%* The humans in ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' sport these.
50	* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' has a plethora of unique eye designs (and in turn, creates a CastOfSnowflakes), but characters will often be depicted with beady dot eyes during various comedic [[TheTake takes]]. However, Sumi, Kiyo, and Naho (servants of the Butterfly Estate) genuinely have these type of eyes by default.
51	* ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'': In [[Recap/DokiDokiPrecureEp05NoWayThatGirlIsCureSword Episode 5]], after Mana runs far off into the distance and turns around, her eyes are depicted as only black dots instead of her more detailed close-up eyes.
52	* Mayne, [[WrenchWench assistant engineer]] for the ship ''Quin Zaza'' in ''Manga/DriftingDragons'' is unique for having these. This makes her easy to spot, [[CastOfSnowflakes even in crowds]].
53	* Midori from ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'' has these and she is the only one of the daycare cast who does, as the other kids are drawn with more detailed eyes. This tends to be commented on by other characters. Even as a teacher in Usaida's dream, one simplified panel of her still uses these eyes.
54	%%* ''Manga/HaruhiChan'' and ''~Nyoron Churuya-Chan'' have Mikuru and Ashakura, and Churuya, respectively.
55	* Despite the [[ArtEvolution more realistic art]] in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'', the [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals race attendants]] and [[FightingSpirit Tusk]] [[MagikarpPower Act 1]] have black dot eyes.
56	* After her SuperDeformed character redesign, [[GhostInTheMachine Kaguya (Moron)]] from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is depicted with sketchy vertical slits for eyes. Before that, she just had normal TaremeEyes.
57	* ''Manga/LeaveItToPet'': Noboru and Pet have their eyes drawn in this manner. They seem to be the only characters that do, though.
58	* In the 1986 anime ''Anime/MapleTown''. Most of the [[FunnyAnimals anthropomorphic animal characters]] are [[https://poopmobileclub.webcindario.com/mapletownmonogatari.jpg depicted with black eyes]]. The only character in the series who is given pupils is a wolf who is the main antagonist of the show. He tries to kidnap Patty and the other young animals.
59	* Mirio Togata, also known as the hero Lemillion, in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' uniquely has these kinds of eyes as a NonStandardCharacterDesign, though rather than black they appear to be blue.
60	* Emiri Uchi and Hikari Itou from ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' have eyes with no outline (vertical slits for the former, circles for the latter), which no other characters have. This is even acknowledge in-universe, as it has earned Uchi the nickname "Emoji" from Tomoko.
61	* This is a plot point in the episode "Ditto's Mysterious Mansion" of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''. Ash and friends encounter a performer named Duplica, whose Ditto is unable to perfectly transform and instead [[MorphicResonance keeps its distinctive dot eyes]] when transforming into other Pokémon. The episode ends with the Ditto being able to resolve this issue with the help of Team Rocket.
62	* ''Manga/YuriotaNiYuriWaGohattoDesu'': Although normally the series uses BigAnimeEyes, when Miku blurts out a WallOfText about her crush on a fictional male idol in chapter 4, Fuyu's eyes shrink down into little black dots as she sits and listens.
63	[[/folder]]
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65	[[folder:Comic Books]]
66	* Marrina from ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' has big black glassy eyes.
67	* ''ComicBook/BunnyVsMonkey'': Pretty much everyone in the comic has black dot eyes.
68	* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] / Billy Batson in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]].
69	* Most everyone in ''ComicBook/{{Catstronauts}}'' has these. Waffles, however, has solid white eyes.
70	%%* Used occasionally in ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}''.
71	* ComicBook/EmmieAndFriends has this style for all the characters, though eye colors are sometimes described.
72	* ''ComicBook/GraveyardShakes'': [[UndeadChild Little Ghost]] has little black dot eyes.
73	* Johan from ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute''[[note]]But not in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' TV series.[[/note]]
74	* ''ComicBook/KidSherlock'': [[BeastMan Watson]] has little black dot eyes.
75	* A variant of this exists in ''ComicBook/MontyTheDinosaur''. Monty's eyes are all black, but they're more like straight vertical lines than little dots.
76	* ''ComicBook/SamiTheSamuraiSquirrel'': Every character in the comic has their eyes like this.
77	* Knives Chau from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', has giant black dots for eyes and unlike everyone else in the comic, lacks scalerae.
78	* ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': Noelle Stevenson's cute art for "Wonder World" gives all the characters black dots as eyes.
79	* Most characters from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' are drawn with black dots for eyes.
80	%%* Quite a few characters from ''ComicBook/{{Varmints}}'' have these. But so does Ned, one of the two lead characters.
81	* ''ComicBook/YorickAndBones'': This is the default character design for the characters of the comic. Though they become BlackDotPupils when they get scared by seeing [[DemBones Yorick]].
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84	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
85	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this]]. Characters usually have black dot eyes but their eyes get bigger and [[SuddenAnatomy have visible sclera]] when surprised, angry, etc.
86	* ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}''. Played with in that the title character is the only one who ''doesn't'' have them.
87	%%* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS''
88	* {{Zigzagged}} in ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''; most non-bespectacled characters have black dots for eyes, though, as in ''Calvin and Hobbes'', their sclerae occasionally become visible, usually to show surprise, disgust, or rage.
89	* All of the characters in ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' are drawn with black dots for eyes (unless they're wearing glasses).
90	%%* Akbar and Jeff in ''ComicStrip/LifeinHell''
91	%%* ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu''
92	%%* ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo''
93	* The twins Polly and Loly from ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane are sometimes drawn like this when they are background characters.
94	* ''ComicStrip/NittioettanKarlsson'': when Rudolf Petersson started drawing the series he used these for all characters, only drawing their sclera if the character was sufficiently surprised. In the strips drawn by latter artists, some parts of the cast (including the titular 91 and Elvira) still get depicted with black bead eyes [[https://seriewikin.serieframjandet.se/images/c/c9/Jonny_Nordlund.png regardless of whether the rest of the cast has detailed eyes or not.]]
95	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', which did [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trope [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/07/18 back in the 60's]]. Lucy actually averted this in [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness her early appearances]] (her debut appearance is [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1952/03/03 here]]); Schulz eventually dropped the look because he was never satisfied with it.
96	%%* Most of the characters in ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe''
97	* Some characters in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' have black dots for eyes, including the main characters, though their eyes often change to SphereEyes in order to show emotion.
98	* ''ComicStrip/PreTeena'': Only the central character, or those closest to the "camera", are drawn with detailed eyes: most of time the characters just have black dots.
99	* The {{Zigzagging\|Trope}} continues in ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'', where eyes visibly widen to show emotion.
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102	[[folder:Eastern Animation]]
103	* All of the characters in ''Animation/OurFriendXiongXiaoMi'' have small black dots for eyes.
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106	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
107	* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': For some reason, Milo's cat, Fluffy, is actually drawn with these type of eyes when he appears at the start of the film, but when we see the same cat again at the end, he has the eyes of an actual cat.
108	* Baymax from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has black dots for optical sensor devices, which is part of his [[CuteMachines cute design]].
109	* When Elinor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' starts losing her humanity while [[ForcedTransformation transformed into a bear]] her eyes change from humanoid to black and beady.
110	* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': Koda's mother has black dots for eyes, although her spirit notably has sclerae. Probably used to show emotion, considering it's the only time the viewer gets to see her be affectionate.
111	* Most Characters in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'' who don't wear glasses except for Melvin.
112	* Peach the starfish and the seagulls from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' have eyes like these.
113	%%* The main character and the other ducklings in ''WesternAnimation/TheFirstSnowOfWinter''.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/GlobehuntersAnAroundTheWorldInEightyDaysAdventure'': Some of the cast, such as the seals, a monkey, and Eddie have little black dot eyes.
115	%%* Some ground lizards that are occasionally seen in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' films have these.
116	%%* The groundhog/gopher in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
117	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', Emmet and Benny have the classic solid black dot eyes of older LEGO minifigures, while the rest of the characters have the more recent white dots in the middle.
118	** Rex Dangervest from [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart the sequel]] also has solid black eyes [[spoiler: hinting that he's actually a future version of Emmet]].
119	* One of Ms. Nesbitt's students from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (a blue sluglike monster who bites Mike Wazowski in the arm) sports eyes of this type.
120	* The characters of ''WesternAnimation/TheRedTurtle'' have tiny black dots for eyes.
121	* Many characters from ''Franchise/ToyStory'' have black dots for eyes. {{Justified}}, since they are toys and those often have simplistic designs. Hamm the piggy bank is the only one of the six original main characters that is an example.
122	[[/folder]]
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124	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
125	* The killer, after his face mysteriously turns into [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EC2RKhFAq64/TtC8B1YYK4I/AAAAAAAACFg/rOt-WP54P1c/s1600/mask2.jpg a mask]], in ''Film/{{Bruiser}}''.
126	* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'': Ditto has tiny bead eyes, even when [[spoiler: imitating a human]].
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129	[[folder:Literature]]
130	* Illustrator Nick Sharratt, well known for illustrating most of Creator/JacquelineWilson's books, draws his characters with black dot eyes.
131	* Creator/TomieDePaola frequently drew his characters with dots for eyes, wit the most well-known examples including ''Bill and Peet'' and ''Literature/StregaNona''.
132	* Literature/{{Babar}} and his cast mates have eyes like these, in keeping with author Jean de Brunhoff's drawing style.
133	%%* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' generally avert this, but when drawn from a distance they are drawn with this.
134	* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': The book's art style has the characters drawn with little black dots for eyes.
135	* ''Literature/CarsonCrossesCanada'': Most every character seen in the book has their eyes drawn in this manner. The only exception is the [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes pair of glowing yellow eyes]] seen in the bushes one day early in the book.
136	* Practically all characters in ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' have black dot eyes, with the giant version of the title character [[NonstandardCharacterDesign being the only exception]].
137	* All of the characters in ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' sport dot-like eyes in the original books, though they're given sclerae in the [[WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge2006 animated film]] to better express emotions.
138	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': Most characters have black dots eyes and are as simplistic stick figures which is fitting as they are supposed to be drawn by a 12 year old.
139	%%* ''Literature/FlyingWithSanta''
140	%%* ''Literature/GeorgesSecretKeyToTheUniverse''
141	%%* ''Literature/GrandpaGray''
142	* ''Literature/HurrayForTheDorchester'': If not in the book, then at least on the cover, all the humans are drawn with black dot eyes.
143	* ''{{Literature/Madeline}}'': The book's art style saw the characters' eyes drawn in this style.
144	* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknights'': All the male characters in the book have little black dot eyes, while all the girls in the book have black vertical line eyes. Possibly justified by the fact that it's in keeping with Lincoln Pierce's art style from the ''Literature/BigNate'' series.
145	* The ''Literature/MrMen'' characters had large black dots for eyes in the original illustrations, but in later editions, they have smaller black dots, with other lines round them, perhaps to make their faces more expressive.
146	* ''Literature/{{Oona}}'': Most of the characters in the book have little black dot eyes as part of the show's fuzzy, cutesy art style.
147	* ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'': Pretty much everyone in the book has their eyes drawn like this.
148	* ''Literature/SamuraiScarecrow'': All the characters in the book have these.
149	* ''Literature/StickDog'': Most humans in the books re drawn with little black dot eyes.
150	* ''Literature/TaroAndJiroTheSiblingEngines'': All of the human characters in the book and [[Literature/DrTomatoAndTheBeetle its sequel]] have their eyes drawn as little black dots. This is likely because all the humans are much smaller than [[SentientVehicle the protagonists]] (who have their eyes drawn as BlackDotPupils), so their faces can't hold quite as much detail.
151	* ''Literature/WelcomeToWonderland'': Pretty much every character has their eyes drawn like this.
152	* Most of the characters in ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' were drawn with ink dots for eyes. In the animated adaptations, most of the stuffed animal characters (except Eeyore, for some reason) retain these eyes (though Tigger has a [[ConjoinedEyes white "mask" on his face that doubles as sclera]]), while the "live" characters (Owl, Rabbit, and Gopher) are given realistic eyes.
153	** {{Zigzagged}} in the case of Christopher Robin. In the books and most of the animated movies and TV shows, he has SkinToneSclerae, but in [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 the 2011 movie]], his sclerae are white.
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156	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
157	* Glass black dots were used for the Legends and Lore Duck puppet, Bluebird puppet and the Bee puppet from "Baby's First Sounds" on ''Series/Baby Einstein''.
158	* ''Series/BananasInPajamas'': All the characters on the show had glass dots as the eyes on the actors' costumes.
159	* ''Series/LandOHands'': The puppets all used black dot glass eyes for their designs.
160	[[/folder]]
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162	[[folder:Music]]
163	* 2-D From Music/{{Gorillaz}} has these because his eyeballs are fractured.
164	[[/folder]]
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166	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
167	%%* Bear, Ojo, and Pip and Pop in ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', accounting for more than half the main characters (the other two, Tutter and Treelo, have regular eyes).
168	* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'': Some characters including Click and Announcer Bunny have these kind of eyes.
169	* Franchise/TheMuppets:
170	** Dr. Julius Strangepork has such eyes of this type.
171	** In her first appearance (the "Escape to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs" in ''The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence''), Miss Piggy had beady eyes, though her design was modified once production of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' proper began.
172	** In the ''[[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Play-Along_Video Jim Henson's Play-Along]]'' video series, a pair of Muppet characters named Kai-Lee and P.J. are designed with beady eyes.
173	%%* The titular character from ''Series/{{Nanalan}}'' has these, as do the rest of her family.
174	%%* The bunnies in Creator/JimHenson's ''The Tale of the Bunny Picnic'', most notably Bean Bunny, who went on to be part of the regular cast of Franchise/TheMuppets.
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177	[[folder:Toys]]
178	* Every Franchise/{{LEGO}} minifigure had simplistic eyes that were merely featureless black dots, to go along with the minimalistic design of the figures. Minifigures from mid-2000s onwards had smaller white dots within to create more reflective-looking eyes.
179	%%* All of the ''[[Toys/FunkoPop Funko POP!]]'' toys have these.
180	%%* Creator/FisherPrice has this for some of their products, such as with the Toys/LittlePeople figurines.
181	%%* Toys/Playmobil
182	* Several characters in ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'', primarily ones that were introduced in the original 90's toys, have little black dots or lines for eyes. SeriesMascot Mametchi was depicted in his LCD form with lines for eyes even after he was updated to have more detailed, oval-shaped eyes in official artwork, though later releases have since corrected this.
183	[[/folder]]
184
185	[[folder:Video Games]]
186	* ''VideoGame/{{Alekon}}'': A number of fictions in the game, like Jolly Flippers, Orashells, and Japley, have little black dot eyes as part of the game's cutesy art style.
187	* ''VideoGame/AyoTheClown'': A few characters in the game, like Ayo, Radish Boy, and the moon in the first level, have little black dot eyes.
188	%%* Every bear except Astoria from ''VideoGame/BattleBears''.
189	* Isaac from ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has these by default, though they may change into things like BlankWhiteEyes or [[RedEyesTakeWarning angry red eyes]] depending on the kinds of power-ups he acquires.
190	* VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} in most of his appearances, but there are some games where his eyes have a less-rounded, longer, "stick"-like shape.
191	* ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness'': The [[PlayerCharacter knight]], as well as villager [=NPCs=] in the game, have their eyes made up of about 2-3 black pixels.
192	%%* In ''VideoGame/DeltaRune'' Seam, the first shopkeeper you encounter, has this or his left eye.
193	* All the characters in ''VideoGame/DinoRun'' exhibit these, albeit coming in different colors.
194	* In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', it's a common trait among characters, mainly males, to have dot eyes. The exceptions are Webber, Woodie, and Warly who all have white MonochromaticEyes.
195	* In ''VideoGame/EverybodyEdits'', most of the [[DigitalAvatar smileys]] have black lines for eyes. A few smileys' eyes are in different shapes or colors, however.
196	* ''VideoGame/Flea2020'': Pretty much the vast majority of the characters in the game have little black dot eyes.
197	* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
198	** All the livestock in many of the games, as well as the overworld sprites of characters.
199	** The artwork for ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' has the characters with this style, mixed with SuperDeformed, probably to match the previous games' style. In-game artwork is more detailed though.
200	* In ''VideoGame/HauntTheHouse'', the ghost has black dot eyes, as do [[spoiler:the ghosts of the people you kill.]]
201	* The pigs in ''VideoGame/HayDay'' have these. Interestingly, no other character in the game does.
202	* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'': The Prince and his many, many cousins have black dot eyes to go with the simplistic artstyle of the series.
203	* ''VideoGame/KeepOut'': [[PlayerCharacter Mr. M]] has black bead eyes. You can see this when you get a close up of him.
204	* Many ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' characters have this style of eyes in keeping with their simple, cartoony designs.
205	* ''VideoGame/MadAgeAndThisGuy'': The player character's eyes make up two black pixels. His bird's eye make up one black pixel.
206	* Gorons from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' have dot eyes. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' even shows a close-up on Daruk's eyes, showing them like blue stones.
207	* The Switch remake for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' uses this style. Speaking that everyone and everything looks quite toyish, this was probably done to make the characters look like living Little People toys inhabiting the game's very toyish world, implying that it might be taking place in a world of LivingToys.
208	* The first few eyes that your Sackboy gets in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' are these. Justified in that his eyes really are only black beads or buttons. However, later on you get eyes that go beyond this, such as the cartoon eyes and the neon eyes.
209	* ''VideoGame/LUNATheShadowDust'': [[PlayerCharacter The boy]] has eyes that are big black dots. This is likely a part of the game's art style.
210	* Black dot eyes are in all of the ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series games, but it's a more obvious stylistic choice in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' and ''VideoGame/MOTHER3''. This also carries over when characters from the games appear in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
211	%%* ''VideoGame/NinjaBattleHeroes'': Kosuke Anayama has a set of eye like this. [[spoiler: So does Lord Yukimura.]]
212	* The characters in ''VideoGame/{{Oddity}}'' has black bead eyes as well, in lieu of the ''MOTHER'' series. Originally this was because ''Oddity'' started life as a FanSequel ''MOTHER 4'', [[OriginalFlavour and tried to stay true to the spirit of the series as closely as possible]], but well...[[SerialNumbersFiledOff not wanting the game to face]] [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues]] [[SerialNumbersFiledOff happened]].
213	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
214	** A good variety Pokémon have black dots for eyes. Most notably Ditto; while in the games and anime, it can transform into other Pokémon perfectly, merchandise naturally tends to have "Ditto versions" of the creatures [[MorphicResonance keep this feature]] to distinguish them.
215	** Up until Generation II, a lot of humans had a style similar to this. It took a while for the other adaptations to catch up, but Sophocles from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' stands out the most as most characters have normal eyes with scalerae.
216	* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'': A few characters (including Layton himself) have little black dot eyes.
217	* ''VideoGame/PrzygodyReksia'': Many characters, such as Reksio himself, have small black dots for eyes. Other eye types include eyes with white sclerae and black pupils but no irises, and more rarely, cross-shaped eyes or all white eyes.
218	* In Compile-era ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' games, Carbuncle had black dot eyes. Sega-era games tend to give him tiny white pupils, with the exception of ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7 7]]''.
219	* ''VideoGame/{{Pylons}}'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the game's nature as a {{Retraux}} game. Most of the characters in the game have little black bead eyes. One exception is the [[spoiler:possessed construction workers]].
220	%%* Used for Beartank on ''VideoGame/{{Rakugakids}}''.
221	* ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series:
222	** October has dots for his eyes in ''7'', ''9'' and the spinoff ''Fight''.
223	** Salonbus also has these eyes in ''7'', ''8'' and ''9''.
224	** There's also Wednesday from ''8'' who has these eyes, and interestingly, in ''4 Fun'' (which reuse character designs in ''8'',) he didn't enlarge his eyes when angered while October and Salonbus did so.
225	%%* The titular characters Sam and Max from ''Franchise/SamAndMax''.
226	* ''VideoGame/ShantaeRiskysRevenge'': Mayor Scuttlebutt has black dots for eyes right on his skin, compared to the pupil and iris look of everyone else who's not wearing glasses.
227	* Peacock of ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' is the ''only'' character in the game to have black dot eyes, as she is a parody of almost every old cartoon trope in existence. [[spoiler: Though in reality, they're not eyes: they're her [[EyeScream empty eye sockets]], and her real "eyes" are the six metal [[MeaningfulName peacock-feather-shaped ones]] on her [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic arms]] that also shoot [[EyeBeams lasers]]]].
228	* In ''VideoGame/{{Snapimals}}'', almost every character and animal has these, to fit the game's cutesy art style.
229	%%* The Coconut Crew, a group of koala [=NPCs=] from ''VideoGame/SonicRush Adventure'', have these.
230	* Black Bead Eyes are an option for creatures in ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' (a purely cosmetic option, but an option nonetheless).
231	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
232	** The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series uses black bead eyes for some supporting characters.
233	** Within the prequel Yoshi series Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and Baby Bowser all three have these, despite being well-known depicted with sclerae as adults.
234	%%** Mario, Luigi and the other characters (minus Bowser) are drawn with these in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
235	** Bowser Jr, the Toads, Boos, Piantas, Nokis, Lumas, Wigglers have these types of eyes as well.
236	** Sledge Bros, a recurring enemy, have small beady eyes to emphasize their heavy frame.
237	* Humans and once-humans in ''VideoGame/TheyBleedPixels'' have very large, oval-shaped black eyes, often with light shining off the center.
238	* The main character of ''VideoGame/TimeFcuk'' and Steven invert this, being pure black figures with white bead eyes.
239	* Part of the cutesy SignatureStyle for ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'' illustrator Yoko Yukiko, who draws almost every character in the franchise with beady black eyes. This even carried over to her depiction of Zero and Five in ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' (directed by her husband Creator/Yoko Taro) as {{Waddling Head}}s as part of CensoredForComedy joke.
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243	* Due to the simplistic artstyle of ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}'', every character has these save for a few close up reaction shots when their eyes are much more detailed (and veiny).
244	* Object shows are quite fond of this trope; however, some newer ones do have characters with human-like eyes, especially those that feature algebraliens. A notable example is BFB - the fourth season of ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' - whose host, Four, has more realistic eyes.
245	* Joel from ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'' had these up until his final art design. The first few characters introduced (except Elly, who had EyeGlasses) also had black eyes, but of differing shapes.
246	* ''Website/BrainPOP'': The human characters and animal characters all have black dots for eyes due to the simplistic artstyle of the website.
247	* ''WebAnimation/TheChampions2018'' has inconsistent eye designs for their characters. Whereas ones like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thomas Müller and Jurgen Klopp have eye whites, others, like Philippe Coutinho, Diego Simeone, Kevin De Bruyne and most notably Christian Pulisic have black beaded eyes.
248	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': From the main characters, there is Balloon, Duck, and Snake. Its worth noting all of them are kid characters.
249	* Tom, from ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' has black dot eyes. At times it's suggested that he doesn't actually ''have'' eyes, just eye sockets.
250	%%* ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded''
251	%%* Several characters from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' such as The Cheat, Strong Mad, Homsar, Trogdor, and most of the Old-Timey cast.
252	%%* Presto, from ''WebAnimation/PongoAndPresto''.
253	* Everyone depicted in ''WebAnimation/RoosterTeethAnimatedAdventures'' are drawn with dark blue dots for eyes, with eyelashes drawn on the women. The only exception is Geoff Ramsey, who's drawn with large hooded eyes with visible sclera.
254	* In the ''WebAnimation/SockSeries'', The titular hamster Sock, the smoking demon and the humans have eyes like this. Sock's owner have similar eyes but are more line shaped. Gaeous the god of dirt appears to have these but close-ups shows that he have holes instead of eyes.
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258	* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan comic ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'' (as well as other ''Doctor Who'' fan comics by [[Webcomic/RichsComixBlog the same artist]]), the Fifth Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe (and the Eleventh Doctor in [[http://gorpo.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d31gjue a DeviantArt sketch]]) all have black bead eyes. Due to the art style, other characters have it from time to time -- mostly when drawn in the background.
259	* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', with variants: Arthur's own eyes are heavily lidded; Nimue's have visible whites, perhaps because she's a WideEyedIdealist.
260	%%* ''Webcomic/BronzeSkinInc'':Many characters feature this trope, in the main cast we have Willian and Mike.
261	* All of the characters in ''Webcomic/CarawayTalesOfLucidity'' are drawn with dot eyes.
262	%%* In ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'' this applies to most of the characters.
263	* Taito from ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'', [[NonstandardCharacterDesign as opposed to]] the more {{Animesque}} eyes of the rest of the characters.
264	* Everypony in ''Webcomic/TheDailyDerp''. (Satirical, since Derpy is otherwise a character famous for her distinctive eyes.)
265	* Noah from ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' has these, and is notably the only main character to have them. They sometimes turn white when he's distressed in some way.
266	* ''Webcomic/{{Gronk}}'': This is the standard character design for everyone in the web comic.
267	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' uses black dot eyes when a character is too far away to show the normal level of facial detail.
268	* [[StockNessMonster The Loch Ness]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/547 Monster]] in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has a simple face design with black bead eyes — with [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics eyelashes, because she's a girl.]]
269	* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' depicts all eyes as ellipses with black fill and a line color that represents the iris. This survived through the series' "sorcery" ArtEvolution, but ended with the "beach" one.
270	%%* ''WebComic/MountainTime''
271	* ''Webcomic/MedicPics'': Every character sports these - except Exams, whose eyes are obscured in shadow.
272	* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'': Everyone in ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}'' and ''Webcomic/BardQuest'', almost everyone in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', and pretty much everyone except the trolls in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''([[ArtShift at least in the standard art style]]).
273	* Hakase from ''Webcomic/NextSoundOfTheFuture'' has small dots for eyes, unlike the other characters. Rather than make them look cutesy, they serve to emphasize the large goggles they wear by being smaller and simpler in contrast.
274	* Everyone in ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' has black dots for eyes, except for [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]]. Occasionally changed for reactions that can't be drawn easily on a bead, like [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0499.html eyerolls.]]
275	* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', everyone has black dots for eyes which makes characters who have GlowingEyes stand out prominently.
276	%%* ''Webcomic/{{Project0}}''
277	* [[BearyFriendly Teddy]] from ''WebVideo/QueerKidStuff'' has little black dot eyes.
278	%%* Everyone in ''Webcomic/QuestionDuck''.
279	%%* Some of the characters in ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}''.
280	* All the characters in ''Webcomic/SheldonTheTinyDinosaur'' has dots for eyes, probably due to RuleOfCute.
281	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': This is occasionally used for certain stylized [[SuperDeformed chibi]] and reaction shots, some good examples being the group shot in the third panel [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-16-page-16 here]] or the first panel [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-21-page-10 here]]. It's used rather sparingly, though, as [[TechnicolorEyes eye color]] is usually very significant in this series.
282	* Also seen on every pony character in ''Blog/SliceOfLife'', though the beads are colored differently for each character.
283	%%* A common trait for characters in ''WebComic/TonyComics'', though it's not universal.
284	%%* About half the characters in the ''Webcomic/WalkyVerse'' and ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', notably Walky, Sal, Joe, Danny, Becky, and Jason.
285	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-10/ Yokoka]] and [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-4-page-40/ Raya]] have on occasion had just black dots for eyes, giving them a slightly [[SuperDeformed chibi]] appearance.
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289	* The "Have a Nice Day" smiley face has these. Moreover, many basic "smiley faces" or "frowny faces" (including "smilies" used in online forums or chatrooms [also known as emoticons or emojis]) will often have these.
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