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11	->''"Has anyone ever noticed that Sonic doesn't have two eyes, but one hideously malshapen eye with two pupils? Seriously, look at it! There's nothing dividing his eyes, it's like two egg whites that have fused together."''
12	-->-- '''Linkara''', ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''
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14	Eyes say a lot about a character. Color, size, and even placement can tell you if the character's built for a certain genre. For example, eyes set very close together tend to belong to characters destined for cartoon fantasy.
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16	Sometimes artists go overboard and draw eyes where the sclerae meet in the middle, with the two pupils still occupying their own sides, never crossing into the other. With this particular physiology, the character actually has "pupula duplex", or [[BodyHorror one gigantic eyeball in their head with two pupils on it]].
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18	Funnily enough, this passes as an AcceptableBreakFromReality as the eyes, strangely constructed as they are, still do the job of conveying emotion just as well as separate eyes do. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Although nobody in-universe ever seems to point out how strange it is.]]
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20	Compare SphereEyes, which uses two giant eyeballs that have either tiny little dots for pupils or just normal pupils.
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23	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
27	* Manga/TensaiBakabon has one of the oldest and most famous examples in Japan, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Mr. Cop]]. Since that's not very distinct, he is officially referred to as Mentama Tsunagari no Omawari-san, or "Eye-joined Mr. Cop." There's probably a catchier translation.
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30	[[folder:Comic Books]]
31	* ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark has no division between his eyes, this is even drawn attention to when he has to have one eye bandaged for a while. In contrast, the other two aardvarks who appear, Suenteus Po and Cirin, have separate eyes.
32	* ComicBook/TheSmurfs, especially in the [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 animated series]]. Although this probably isn't intentional, as a division between their eyes is implied.
33	* ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK, DependingOnTheArtist.
34	* The SuperDeformed style in the comic adaptation of ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'' shows most characters as this, though the shading implies a separation most of the time.
35	* The main and most recurring characters in ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''.
36	* Phil [=DeLara=] would give ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' conjoined eyes in the Gold Key stories of him, which is odd since [=DeLara=] was a layout artist at Warner Bros. under the Robert [=McKimson=] unit.
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39	[[folder:Film]]
40	* Many characters in the Disney/Pixar ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' franchise. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as it's basically their windshields. This was even applied to characters whose bases in real life do not have windshields, such as Francesco Bernoulli, and characters whose bases otherwise have asymmetrical cockpits (such as the dump truck Mater knocked over in the prologue, whose cockpit is actually moved to the center of his body, and the double-decker buses in London, whose cockpits are changed into monocles). Also, for some reason there are no convertibles (they all have their roofs down) in this universe, with their windows being completely opaque, implying that they all may not be hollow.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVoyagesOfYoungDoctorDolittle'' has the two-pupil eyeball variant on a ''lot'' of animal characters.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'': Vultor, The Penguins and some of the animal citizens have these eyes.
43	* In a creepy variant, Sutter Cane's agent in ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' goes berserk after reading the manuscript for Cane's latest work, and a close-up shows that each of his eyes has acquired overlapping double pupils.
44	* Interestingly (but for [[BodyHorror obvious reasons]]), Sonic's [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 movie]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 self]] actually ''[[AvertedTrope averts]]'' this trope, having two separate eyes (albeit with a small patch of white fur between them to give the illusion of his eyes being conjoined). [[spoiler: Ditto for Shadow, as can be seen in TheStinger of the second movie.]]
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', for stylistic purposes, the Koopa General loses the border between his eyes when expressing overly sadistic glee during the Rainbow Road ambush.
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48	[[folder:Live Action Television]]
49	* Just about every character in BJ and the Dirty Dragon Show/Gigglesnort Hotel.
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52	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
53	* Several characters in ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' and its follow-ups, particularly Opus. When the strip was rebooted as ''Opus'', the title character had a line drawn between his eyes.
54	* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'': The titular viking himself has these eyes. Lucky Eddie may also have these or SphereEyes.
55	* The default style for ''{{Tumbleweeds}}''.
56	* Wanda from ComicStrip/BabyBlues, even though the default style is two eyes.
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59	[[folder:Video Games]]
60	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The hedgehogs (Sonic, Amy, Shadow, Silver) appear to have eyes that are connected, but almost none of the other characters with some exceptions like Mighty, Ray, Vector and Charmy. WordOfGod [[https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/06/10/more-burning-questions-about-the-sonic-the-hedgehog-franchise-answered.aspx confirms]] that Sonic ''does'' have two separate eyeballs; the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 2020 film]] depicts Sonic with visibly separate eyeballs, albeit with a little white spot of fur between them to give the illusion that they're conjoined.
61	* ''VideoGame/BubbleAndSqueak'': Due to the games art style, a great many of the characters in the game, including [[PlayerCharacter Bubble]] and Squeak, have their eyes like this.
62	* Nearly everybody in ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' has eyes designed like this, with the bonus of the eye depicted as a single arc from one side of the head to the other--in other words, everyone really IS drawn as a cyclops with two pupils.
63	* ''VideoGame/CutTheRope'': Om Nom has these eyes.
64	* In the ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'' series, you have Diddy and Dixie. It's also rather hard to tell behind his specs, but Cranky also has this going on. [[PutOnABus More obscure examples]] include Donkey Kong Jr., Kiddy Kong, and (oddly) Swanky Kong.
65	* In ''VideoGame/TokiTori'', the titular egg-shaped chick has large eyes connected so close together that they seem to be one big eye with two pupils.
66	* In ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'', the cute monsters' eyes gradually become like this as you evert from World X-1 to X-3. Evert to X-4 and beyond, and their eyes fuse into one eye.
67	* Inverted with Duskull from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': It has two eye sockets sharing a pupil!
68	* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': Crabs have one black eye hole that holds a fused pair of yellow scalera eyes with two black dot pupils.
69	* The squid form of Inklings in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' have conjoined eyes. This is somewhat reflected in their humanoid form, with their eyes being connected by one black marking. Their sister species, Octolings, avert this trope by having two separate eyes even in octopus form, which is reflected by having disconnected black markings around their eyes in humanoid form.
70	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
71	** The Nintendo 64-era 3D models of Koopa Troopas and Yoshi had this quirk.
72	** The Broodals in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' all have different styles for their eyes, with Spewart having a subtle case of this trope. His eyes are clearly delineated by an arch, but it doesn't quite connect to form the bridge of his nose, and there is no apparent division between the eyes that can be seen in the gap.
73	* ''VideoGame/SonicDreamsCollection'' takes this too far. [[spoiler:During the "My Roommate Sonic" segment, as you look into Sonic's eyes, the pupils move closer together until they merge into a swirling vortex that sucks you in.]]
74	* In ''VideoGame/MolesWorld'', the lahms that are kept as pets by the moles have eyeballs that are fused together.
75	* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'': Turbo Man, Astro Man, Galaxy Man, and Bounce Man are justified examples: they each have a single digital display with twin pupils where the eyes should be.
76	* ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'': Ty and his brother Sly have these eyes.
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79	[[folder:Web Comics]]
80	* Virus from ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'', explicitly based on the ''Sonic'' look. [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2011-08-16/comic/the-cesspool/super-bar-fighter-ii-turbo/ Example (last panel)]]
81	* Captain Kaff Tagon from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', as well as his father, Gen. Karl Tagon (ret), and both his brother and grandfather (all male members of Tagon family).
82	* All characters in ''Webcomic/BreakpointCity'' have these to begin with. Minor characters began showing up with separate eyes in late 2002, and the main characters gained them one by one over time. So far, Dan is the only one of the main and minor characters who still lacks separate eyeballs.
83	* ''Webcomic/DummyDuck'' all three main characters' eyes when fully opened.
84	* In ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', the "generic" anthro furries that have more or less replaced the featureless "bubblehead" no-neck humans all tend to have conjoined eyes, although much of the older, more regular cast have eyes that are separate from one another.
85	* Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/?s=487 #487 Sonic's Eyes.]] Tails finds a single conjoined contact lens.
86	* And a [[http://bonus-kun.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-s-Eye-Infection-98655916 rather horrifying version here.]]
87	* In [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/bluetooth this comic]] of ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'', VideoGame/PacMan eats several ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' characters including Sonic, leaving only their eyes. Eating Sonic leaves behind a big eye with two pupils.
88	* Subverted in [[https://imgur.com/gallery/ZigtPit one webcomic]], where Sonic reveals that his "eye" is a pair of goggles, and what people assume are his irises are actually his full eyes.
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91	[[folder:Web Original]]
92	* ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'' remarked on this trope during one of the episodes on a Sonic game. They also noted that, with more modern graphics and pre-rendered cinematics, it makes Sonic's eyes (eye?) look particularly creepy, as the more "realistic" detailing from the CGI clashes with this otherwise cartoonish design.
93	* Cordie from ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'' is a Spider/Scorpion CuteMonsterGirl who technically has four eyes in each of her eyesockets that only look like she's PieEyed. It also helps her do WingDingEyes for comic effect.
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97	* When WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil meet the Wildman of Wildsville, he paints TV knobs on Cecil's nostrils. He turns one which causes Cecil's eyes to conjoin and the pupils to form [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope the CBS eye]].
98	* The "[[NonStandardCharacterDesign puppies]]" are the only characters in ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' and ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'' to have this type of eyes compared to the other characters who have BlackBeadEyes. This is one of the signs that they come from another world rather than being native to the Storybook World as revealed on "The Legend of the Blue Puppy" story arc.
99	* Zipper from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
100	* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, and WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} from the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts.
101	** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse is an interesting example. In his first two cartoons he has large googly eyes with a clear separation, but by "Steamboat Willie" the outlines disappear and the pupils become the eyes, while the rims become eyebrows. Occasionally, however, the "eyes" would move around the face, and if it's dark the whole eye-brow area lights up. As animation became more realistic, Mickey's design began to seem weird and unnatural, so he was redesigned with eyes that have pupils. To complicate the issue, in early cartoon shorts and 2013 revival Mickey's face the same colour as his sclera would be, hinting that he has conjoined eyes that simply blend into the rest of his face due to them both being white. When he's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/7/73/ByU1sVZIEAEoBzn.jpg depicted]] with glowing eyes it becomes more explicit.
102	* Many WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters have these during [[WildTake wild takes]], even characters like WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, whose eyes are usually not that close together.
103	** Tasmanian Devil (a.k.a Taz) is a straight example for the most part regardless rather it's WildTake or not.
104	* [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts The Disney animated short]] ''Suzie the Little Blue Coupe'', which apparently inspired the character designs for ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''.
105	* Similar to many ''Looney Tunes'' characters, Oggy from ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' normally does not have any conjoined eyes, but he gains a pair on a few shots.
106	* Brain and a few MAD henchmen from ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' had them from time to time (usually in episodes with lower budgets).
107	* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' short "Fusion", Ruby is drawn with these. Since her design normally has two separate eyes, fans found this hilarious and nicknamed this design "Ruby the Hedgehog".
108	* Not only do ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'' have these, they take up over 50% of their faces.
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111	[[folder:Real Life]]
112	* In some cases of the congenital abnormality [[BodyHorror cyclopia]], which is caused by the failure of the forebrain to split into two hemispheres, there is what appears to be two eyes fused together in a single socket. [[SchmuckBait Google image search]] at your own risk. Babies with cyclopia don't survive more than 10-13 hours.
113	** Coincidentally, one of the factors of Cyclopia is the mutation of the [[PopCultureOsmosis 'sonic hedgehog']] gene. [[FridgeBrilliance Now we know why the gene is named after Sonic!]]
114	* ''Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' once showcased a man who had two pupils per eye, except he had two normal-sized eyes, making for four pupils on his face.
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