Line #43 Main/CyberCyclops


1	[[quoteright:252:[[Franchise/MassEffect https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_1geth_9543_8962.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:252:It doesn't need depth perception to destroy you.]]
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4	->'''Shepard''': The geth are perfect ambushers. They don't move, they don't sleep, they don't even breathe.\
5	'''Ashley''': Sir, they have flashlight heads!
6	-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''
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8	It seems that if you want to give a ({{Killer\|Robot}}) {{Robot}}, {{Cyborg}}, or HumongousMecha a really sinister look, you have to build it with just one eye.
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10	Similar to the UncannyValley, by deliberately giving androids a characteristic that is not human, you're making the audience realize how creepily ''in''-human they actually are. For more standard robots or HumongousMecha, a single eye denotes a sinister asymmetry not found anywhere in nature. It doesn't help that these eyes are lidless and usually [[GlowingMechanicalEyes glow]] a [[RedEyesTakeWarning relentless red]], creating the illusion of a singular and evil focus.
11	Can easily be justified by the inclusion of a rangefinder of some kind, removing the need for stereoscopic optics. After all, the stereoscopic bit is just one component of human depth perception.
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13	Almost always a type of GlowingMechanicalEyes. Contrast FacelessEye. Frequently prone to EyeLightsOut. A CreepyOldFashionedDivingSuit might give this effect due to the window on its helmet. For the organic version, see {{Cyclops}}.
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20	* The MS-06 Zaku II isn't the only example from ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', simply the best known. All the antagonistic factions in the Universal Century use monoeyes (normally in the colour of red) for all their mobile suits; Zeon, the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Titans]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Axis Zeon]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Neo Zeon]] almost exclusively.
21	** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' is more egalitarian: both the [=AEUG=] and the Titans use Mobile Suits with monoeyes (Rick Dias for the AEUG, and the Zaku-based Hizacks for the Titans).
22	** Even the non-SuperPrototype Federation suits from the UC Gundam series, specifically the GM and its derivatives, also feature monoeye cameras. They're just less obvious since they don't glow and are hidden behind a visor. This is most clearly shown in the [=OVA=]s such as ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket War in the Pocket]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Stardust Memory]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]]''.
23	*** The late UC era works, from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' onwards have most antagonist factions forgoing the monoeye design, partly as though to say "[[BlatantLies We're not like Zeon]]."
24	** The Death Army/Dark Army Mobile Suits from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' carry unique monoeyes that actually do look like a giant green eye with a pink lens. Meanwhile, Neo Japan's Busshi has a traditional-style monoeye.
25	** The only reason [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing OZ]]'s Mobile Suits don't count is that ''their'' eye sensor is so large, it takes up nearly the entire "face", and makes them TheBlank.
26	*** The WMS-03 Maganac used by the eponymous Maganac Corps also feature a monoeye camera, but the pink eye is shaped more like a glowing grill than a traditional, spherical eye.
27	** The Space Revolutionary Army of ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'' have Mobile Suits with the traditional glowing monoeye; they are commonly hid behind a slit visor, which the eye glows underneath of. In contrast, the early [=MS=] designs of the United Nation Earth have the more unusual triple-eyes.
28	** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', ZAFT follows the same trend as Zeon with its numerous mecha all carrying bright pink monoeyes, such as the mainstay GINN. The sequel series, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny SEED Destiny]]'', goes even further when the next generation of ZAFT {{Mooks}} are actual knock-offs of Zeon's suits, and not simple [[{{Expy}} expies]]. The only mecha that ZAFT does ''not'' stamp monoeyes onto are its [[SuperPrototype Gundams]], which carry the usual two eyes.
29	** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' the Human Reformation League's Tieren sports the traditional monoeye, while the Union Flags and [=AEU=] Enacts (and their predecessors) have one visible eye (if you look closely) above the reflective mask (with a scar like marking down the left side that lights up, for dramatic effect) that covers most of the robot's face. The alien-like GN-X series, in contrast, have four eyes.
30	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'', there is an Earth Federation mobile suit named the Genoace, a mass-production unit with one big eye (similar to the OZ-MS from Wing). The Genoace Custom has a smaller eye (actually a small visor, but it's still its eye). On the other hand, there are the MS used by the Vagans, which all possess a single strip-like sensor across their faceplate.
31	*** And now, with the mobile suits used by Zalam-Euba Alliance, the series has its own share of Zeon-looking mobile suits. And then there is the Sid Mobile Armor.
32	** The Graze Frame Mobile Suit in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' has a spherical eye sensor with single camera hidden behind the visor. [[spoiler:And then there is Graze Ein, which is [[ManInTheMachine Ein Dalton]] having been ''transformed'' into a Cyber Cyclops himself.]] The Graze's successor, the Reginlaze, has three cameras on its eye sensor instead.
33	*** There is also the Rodi Frame Mobile Suit, which has a trapezoidal monoeye.
34	* Generation 4 and 5 Knightmare Frames in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' have a single large sensor, also known as a Factsphere, though they have a sort of "four-eyed" plate covering it (similar to the Graze and Reginlaze from ''Gundam'' above). Played straight with the Black Knights' Gekka and Akatsuki series, and averted with any of the {{Ace Custom}}/{{Super Prototype}} suits (sans the Zangetsu, being a customized Akatsuki).
35	* The I- and M-versions of the Codarl from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic''. The prototype has three eyes; actually, the others kept them as well, they just remain unused. In a way, the mass-produced M9 Gernsback fits this trope as well since it has a single, rotatable eye behind a green visor which is lowered when ECCS is engaged (the prototype has two eyes, as do every other mecha in the series).
36	* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', EI-14 has two eye-sockets, but only one eye that keeps changing place, thus making it qualify as a Cyber Cyclops. Then again, it is a Zaku...
37	* Anime/GunBuster, unlike most of the examples on here, is another instance of the protagonists using a one-eyed machine. [=GunBuster=] has even been referred to [[MemeticBadass the god of all Zakus]].
38	* Subverted in ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', as the very first Valkyrie had a single eye (although it was blue, usually a "heroic" color). With the exception of the Sound Force mechs in ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', all other Valkyries either go for the mono-eye, multiple distributed eyes (Michael's unit in ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''), or, most frequently, visors.
39	** The Zentraedi mecha play this straight in the original ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', since all of them have glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red mono-eyes]]. That said, Zentraedi are as often allies as not in subsequent series.
40	** And speaking of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', The Inbit of ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' have this as a dominating theme to all their mecha. It also just happens to be [[GoForTheEye their weak point]].
41	* Having been made by the same company as ''Mospeada'', the Paranoid mecha in ''Anime/GallForce'' bear a strong resemblance to he Invid, right down to the sensor eye.
42	* The series being based upon ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Ulysses in ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}'' had to fight a cyclops of course. A gigantic mechanical cyclops.
43	* In ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'', when [[TheDragon Baron Ashura]] captures Anime/MazingerZ, he/she modifies it to his/her own tastes. One of the eyes, damaged in the fight, is left unrepaired, which is actually a hindrance as that cut the Kyoushouryuku Beam attack's power in half.
44	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has Unit 00. On a side note, unit 01 had two eyes, and 02 had four.
45	** ...and the Mass Production Type EVA units have no apparent eyes.
46	** 1+2+4=7, and seven eyes shows up a lot in the Book of Revelation ([[spoiler:and under Lilith's mask]]). Thus, there weren't any more eyes to go around for the Mass Production Units.
47	*** [[FridgeBrilliance My God...]]
48	** We also have Jet Alone, who, much like Maximillian mentioned in ''Film/TheBlackHole'' (see Film section), appears to have a "furrowed" cyclopean eye, that doesn't even resemble an eye that well. Also, much like Maximillian, it resembles a very sinister grin.
49	* Drive Knight from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', a mysterious hero clad in black armor. He has a single shining red eye on his face. He is also hinted to be not so heroic. Various Organization robots and cyborgs (which are outright villainous) also have a single eye.
50	%%* The Shapes in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.
51	* The [[RedShirtArmy Phantoma's]] and [[{{Mooks}} Raptors]] in ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
52	* In ''Manga/CellsAtWork'', the Steroid (used to treat pollen allergy) is depicted as a KillerRobot with a red laser shooter as an eye.
53	* Briareos from ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' is a weird subversion; he certainly ''looks'' like a Cyber Cyclops, but that big eye in the center of his face is actually his central sensor, which is closer in function to a nose. He really has eight eyes distributed around his head (four around said sensor, two on the sides, and two on the tips of his antenna).
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57	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 5 episode 22, when the Planet Gray virus activates within him, the construction worker, one of the normal two-eyed robot citizens, becomes a one-wheeled robot with a single, red-colored eye.
58	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': The alien robot Ninjamera has one large eye on a cuboid head shaped like a video camera, which he uses to record others' embarassing moments and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube upload them on the internet]], all the while trapping them in a back-and-forth TimeLoopTrap.
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62	* M-11, the Human Robot, from ''ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas''. His monoeye primarily adds to his inscrutable nature.
63	* ''Comicbook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'' has Bucky's RobotBuddy, Blinky.
64	* The Artisan Class droid in ''ComicBook/TheKillLock'', whose overall design, combining the monoeye with a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth and a spindly, sinister appearance, really helps sell his role as the TokenEvilTeammate of the group.
65	* Crash of ''ComicBook/{{Killtopia}}'' is a non-villainous example, as he wants to be more than a mech.
66	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'':
67	** The comic actually provides a reason for why some robots have cycloptoid heads. [[BodyHorror It's a fantastical form of mutilation called Empurata]], where their faces were removed and their hands chopped off, and they were left with just a singular optic and unwieldy claws. Because it was only ''supposed'' to happen to criminals, they were publicly humiliated and shamed for speaking against the corrupt government. With their ability to express themselves taken away, they were seen less as people and more as objects, made easier to ignore. Some examples are Autobot Whirl and Senator [[spoiler:Shockwave]].
68	** Javelin has a single optical sensor, but unusually, hers is a vertical slit that splits the middle of her face above her mouth and nose. According to the artist that created her, it wasn't supposed to be a reference to Empurata but simply because [[RuleOfCool he thought it gave her a cool and distinctive appearance]].
69	* Subverted in ''ComicBook/XFactor''. In an alternate future, Cyclops has become a cyborg with several robotic limbs, but while he's still ''named'' "Cyclops", he also seems to have mastered his optic powers and no longer wears the distinctive one-eyed visor.
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73	* The Fabrication Machine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' bears a striking similarity to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]].
74	* Baramanda's personal guards from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ark}}'' are hulking, robotic brutes towering over the main characters, whose sole facial feature is their red central eye. It's also their only weak spot, where shooting it directly will put them out of commission.
75	* ''Anime/DoraemonFilmSeries'':
76	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' has the foot soldiers of the Mechatopian army having a single eye on their face. In the 2011 remake their eyes can shoot EyeBeams.
77	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'' have a deactivated, one-eyed KillerRobot prototype kept in the titular museum's restricted area, which predictably activates and goes haywire at the end of the film to attack the heroes.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' villain Doris is a cyber cyclopian bowler hat.
79	* The giant alien probe in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens''.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'':
81	** AUTO, the sinister auto-pilot, is a nod to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]. Deconstructed in that his lack of depth perception contributes to his defeat.
82	** The "keyboard robot" from the scene where WALL•E and EVE are going into the elevator is a subversion, since it waves good-bye in a friendly manner as they are leaving, having learned the behavior from WALL•E's earlier greeting.
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86	* HAL 9000 from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' couples a CreepyMonotone with multiple unblinking, cyclopean eyes positioned all over the ''Discovery'' spacecraft.
87	* The titular drones from ''Film/{{APEX}}'' has a single slit-like eye on their faces.
88	* Maximillian from ''Film/TheBlackHole'', who also has a "furrowed" brow added for increased evil value. It's also easy to mistake as a grin, all the more disturbing when he's chopping people up.
89	* ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren'' has a religious cult of blind men with one electronic eye who kidnaps kids.
90	* Gort from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' fires his disintegration beam from a single ominous point under his opened visor. Probably the TropeMaker. In [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008 the remake]], Gort has a single glowing red eye behind the visor -- there's a good moment when one of the characters realises the eye is following him as he walks across the room.
91	* ''Film/CyberneticGrandma'': The title character's head is a black sphere, the only features of which are a stylized eye and mouth.
92	* ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'': Gigan is a giant space cyborg kaiju with only one eye...that can shoot a cluster of laser beams.
93	* ''Film/IronMan2'': All of the Hammer drones built by Ivan Vanko have a single large eye and no other visible features on their face.
94	* The film adaptation of ''Film/LostInSpace'' featured "The Robot" with a big red eye and was reprogrammed by Dr. Smith to kill the crew. After being rebuilt and reprogrammed with loyalty, his new shape has a bubble head much like the one in the [[Series/LostInSpace TV show]].
95	* GERTY from ''Film/{{Moon}}''. Monotone, HAL-like voice? Check. Single, camera-like eye in the middle of his control panel? Check. Subverted in that [[spoiler:we don't know for the first half of the film if he's on the protagonist's side or not. It turns out he very much is.]]
96	* ''Film/PacificRim'': [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pacificrim/images/3/3a/Crimson_Typhhon_Blueprint.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131006214334 Crimson Typhoon]] and [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pacificrim/images/6/65/Jaeger-02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131120025642 Horizon Brave]] are both mono-eyed robots.
97	* AMEE from ''Film/RedPlanet''. Not a scary cyclops at all until the inevitable malfunction turns it decidedly unfriendly.
98	** It's not just the malfunction, though. The malfunction only makes its self-defense the highest priority. So when the crew start to openly talk about removing its power source, AMEE perceives it as a threat to itself and switches to combat mode.
99	* In ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004), the Giant Mecha that stomp through New York and the Squid Robots that search the Flying Legion airbase have only one eye. Other Killer Robots in the movie have two, though.
100	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
101	** Non-sinister example: R2-D2 and most other astromech droids, such as BB-8.
102	** However, there are many sinister robots with this feature in the same series. The IG series of assassin droids, for instance, along with the G0-T0 Infrastructure Planning Systems, and the IT-0 Interrogator droid.
103	*** The IG units actually have many eyes, though one large one is most noticeable as it tends to face front while the others stare off in all directions.
104	* ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'':
105	** Ravage has been designed with a single eye in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''. And he's a giant, one-eyed panther with guns that's ''made out of razors.''
106	** ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' has Shockwave being a spot-on example with all tropes present and correct. He's a giant mecha, with a single glowing-red-eye-of-evil. What more could you ask for?
107	* ''Film/UltramanStory'' ends with the Ultra Brothers battling Juda's robotic [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]], the dreaded Grand King. With a single glowing ''[[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]'' eye it use to blast the Ultra Brothers with EyeBeams. Subsequent incarnations of Grand King (ever since it's reintroduction in ''Series/UltramanGinga'') would avert the trope though, where it's redesigned with two eyes.
108	* ''Film/TheWhispererInDarkness''. The [[StarfishAliens Mi-Go]] don't have eyes, just a head-like growth with tendrils, but wear helmets with a single ocular lens during the mid-air battle.
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112	* ''Literature/AlanAlone'': Downplayed with Dede; although he's featured in illustrations to have one eye which makes up most of his head, and Alan feared his {{robot buddy}}'s destructive capabilities, Dede remains as friendly as ever.
113	* ''Literature/CakesInSpace'' has a non-villainous example of this trope in Pilbeam. He's a robot with a single eye, and is helping Astra to save the ship from an infestation of sentient cake monsters, veering off course, and looting Poglites.
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117	* ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'':
118	** The Cylon Centurions from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''. Notable in that their "eye" is a horizontal red LED light that swoops from side to side.
119	** Centurions and Raiders in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' continue this. Humanoid Cylons aren't one-eyed, though their spines do light up during, err, more intimate moments-- and it's an internal lighting up that only the audience can see, rather than one visible to their partners. [[spoiler:Sam Anders's eye also glows red in response when a Raider identifies him as a humanoid Cylon]]. Speaking of secret humanoid Cylons: [[spoiler:Saul Tigh is technically a cyber cyclops after he loses an eye on New Caprica]].
120	* Gig Fighters from ''Series/ChouSeiShinGransazer''.
121	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
122	** Daleks have a single eye-stalk protruding from their travel machines, which has changed colour over the years. The short-lived "New Paradigm" Daleks even had obvious pupils, as the production team wanted it to look like there were actual organic eyes at the end of the stalks.
123	*** Davros, creator of the Daleks, lost his eyes when his eyelids were melted shut by a nuclear explosion. As a result, he had a creepy blue artificial eye implanted in his forehead. This cyborg implant can apparently feel pain, and in one story could shoot bolts of electricity.
124	** [[MeaningfulName WOTAN]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines "The War Machines"]], named after a one-eyed god from Saxon mythology.
125	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E2FourToDoomsday "Four to Doomsday"]]: On Monarch's spaceships, the protagonists were sometimes followed by floating metal spheres with one eye (basically alien CCTV cameras).
126	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]]: The villain uses some non-humanoid (and non-speaking) androids as muscle. They have smooth white (metal?) heads, featureless except for a sort of large slightly recessed circle in the middle of the "face", resembling a high-tech CCTV camera.
127	** Lady Cassandra's little spider-like robots (in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]) have one glowing eye.
128	* KITT in ''Series/KnightRider'', another Glen Larson production, had a similar array of lights on the car's nose as a ShoutOut to his earlier series. Since this light array is KITT's scanner, it could be considered an eye of sorts.
129	* Another heroic example is Gypsy and Cambot of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', though Cambot's eye is the camera. It's hard to tell, though, if Tom Servo counts as this as well.
130	* In ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''/''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' - [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame Oculous]] of the Ten Terrors/[[ColdSniper Cyclops]] of the [[GodOfEvil Infershia Pantheon]] had a single red eye, but he was merely the most techno-based of the ten and not an actual robot.
131	** Venjix in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' is a more typical example, in what is almost certainly a deliberate homage to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]] -- but only when he's in his massive computer cylinder form. His robotic bodies throughout the season all have two eyes.
132	* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' has its share of MechanicalMonster foes terrorizing the Ultras, some which inevitably fits in this design:
133	** The iconic ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'' enemy, King Joe, has a single glowing visor on its head which serves as a visual organ, giving off this vibe. Said visor can fire EyeBeams capable of sinking ships.
134	** ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'' brings back the iconic Ultraman foe, the one-eyed space monster Zetton, but because of AdaptationSpeciesChange, this time Zetton is instead a robot created by the Baltanians, while retaining the original Zetton's cyclopean features, making it fall under this trope.
135	** ''Series/UltramanTiga'' has the monster, Ligatron, which used to be a spaceship called Jupiter 5 before being assimilated by cosmic energy and transforming into a rampaging monster -- with the spaceship's cockpit as its "eye".
136	** ''Series/UltramanGaia'' have more than one of these: Out of the trio of Nature Control Machines tasked with resetting earth, Tenkai and Shinryoku have their "eye" being their sole facial feature.[[note]]The exception is the beetle-like Enzan, who has two eyes.[[/note]] There's also Sigma-Zuigul, whose one eye contain a TractorBeam capable of absorbing targets.
137	** One of the strongest monsters from ''Series/UltramanNeos'' is Zamu Revenger, a giant robot with a single green eye that can generate an energy barrier around itself. Goes without saying that the moment Neos got around Zamu Revenger's defenses the first thing he did is to [[EyeScream smash its eye]], it's just too tempting as a target.
138	** Hellzking from ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' is a TransformingMecha has a single yellow eye, which serves as a beacon when it's in ship form.
139	** ''Series/UltramanMax'' has the second Basark, Satellite, being the cyclops, although it's debatable how much the "cyclops" part applies since its head is shrunken all the way into its chest area.
140	** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' has a {{Cyborg}} monster, the FlyingSaucer beast Roberuga with a glowing V-shaped orange eye that's visible in both flying saucer and kaiju form. Said eye can fire energy blasts almost non-stop.
141	** Vadoryudo from ''Series/UltrasevenX'', another alien weapon not unlike King Joe, and once again it comes with a single red eye as its sole facial organ.
142	** The later spinoff/sub-franchise, ''Franchise/UltramanZero'', has a RobotMe of Ultraman Zero called Darkclops, whose name is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- a dark robotic cyclops version of Zero.
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146	* The start-up image, advertising image, and "logo", for lack of a better term, of the Android smartphone operating system is a single red robotic eye that looks suspiciously like [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL's]].
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150	* The attacking HumongousMecha in the Pinstar conversion kit ''Pinball/{{Gamatron}}'' has one of these.
151	* The main character in Creator/DataEast's ''Pinball/RoboCop,'' of course.
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155	* ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'':
156	** The ''[[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cyclops Cyclops]]'' assault [[HumongousMecha BattleMech]] has a head which is totally dominated by a red/black eye, which is where the cockpit is housed. In ''Videogame/MechWarrior 4'', the eye is the mounting point for a [[EyeBeams laser cannon]], while the cockpit has been moved down into the torso.
157	** The very first 'Mech, the ''[[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Mackie Mackie]]'', was originally designed with a large, squat head and a prominent round cockpit viewport made of one-way glass. The effect was said to be 'eerie' and prompted the use of normal windscreens in later models.
158	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Numerian robots typically have a single glowing red or blue eye.
159	%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': The armor of the New German Republic.
160	* ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'': The [[RedRightHand dangerous kind]] of Ancient Martian robomen frequently have a single slit shaped eye, ala ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' or ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
161	* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': Omnitron and his drones are strongly associated with a single glowing red eye. Even his heroic version from the future, Omnitron-X, has one.
162	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
163	** The [[ScaryDogmaticAliens T'au Empire's]] armor gives their soldiers this appearance (though they can have two such "eyes", stacked vertically.)
164	** One of the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Ork]] heads in the Nobz kit also has a bionik bonce with a single slit eye. And an exhaust that makes it look like the Ork is smoking with it.
165	** [[MechanicalLifeforms Necron]] examples:
166	*** All Crypteks, and many of their Canoptek constructs, sport a single large eye at the centre of their robotic faces, giving these techno-sorcerers a distinctive and sinister appearance.
167	*** Deathmark snipers possess a single glowing eye that can track the hunter's mark that the sinister assassins place on their target through five dimensions, ensuring that their victim has nowhere to hide.
168	** The drones that guard the Blackstone Fortress in ''Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress'' have a single red eye in the center of their bodies, which is also one of their few weak spots.
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172	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Keetongu. Subverted in-story, where it's explained he has his real eyes hidden behind the visible one.
173	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
174	** This is Shockwave's defining feature in any Transformers property.
175	** There's also Whirl, who (like Shockwave) got his inhuman appearance from being imported from an earlier toyline.
176	** There actually quite a few of these in the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries movie]] toyline, for example, Dropkick. None of them are in the movie itself, but some of them show up in the tie-in video games and/or comics. Nearly all of the "extra" Decepticons or non-sentient drones have one eye for a face while the Autobots have regular humanoid faces and two eyes.
177	** In addition to the more traditional cyclops-types, there are also some Transformers with a "visor" that goes across the face rather than separate eyes. While most come across closer to CoolShades[[note]]the various incarnations of Jazz in particular[[/note]], there are some, such as [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Tarantulas]], that can be seen as a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed version]] of this trope.
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181	* In ''VideoGame/AlienHominid'', a one-eyed robot is the boss at the end of the first level. Near the end of the game, that robot's now-disembodied eye comes back in a much larger body for a much tougher fight.
182	* ''VideoGame/AscentCrashLanding'': [[PlayerCharacter Bluu's]] RobotBuddy, Blip, has a single eye.
183	* Most robot-based enemies from ''VideoGame/AtomicRoboKid'' have a single red eye as their sole facial feature, including a giant sentient set of spinning blades with a single red eye in its center that Robo-Kid must shoot at to avoid getting shredded. The titular character himself averts this by having two eyes and a robotic "nose", humanizing it in comparison to the {{mooks}}.
184	* Marquis from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' is a robot BattleButler sniper with a single eye designed like [[HighClassGlass a monocle]].
185	* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
186	** The [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/05/30/e90530f2fdea9860febf493601d81498.jpg "Rosie"-style Big Daddies]] from [[VideoGame/BioShock1 the first game]].
187	** The "Big Sister" of ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' [[https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/0/26/1263549-bigsister.jpg certainly evokes this trope.]]
188	* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'''s RobotGirl boss Nu-13 and Lambda-11 both have two forms: an apparently human form with a fancy eyepatch, and an obviously mechanical battle form with a single visor eye.
189	* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, '''every''' robot has one eye -- or at least is not stereoscopic. The only exceptions are the "geisha-bot" Sereena (who is never seen in person), Gortys from ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'', and some "Torgue" bots that are obviously Hyperion loaders with human helmets stuck on top. Many of these robots are menaces, but some (such as the [=CL4P-TP=] units) are not, so the trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]].
190	* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9'' has the titular mecha. Not visible during gameplay because of the First-Person POV, but cutscenes reveals the BRAHMA robots as having a sole green eye for its face.
191	* ''VideoGame/BrawlStars'': Seems to be the default design for robot characters, which includes Rico, Barley, Nani, Darryl, Stu and Pearl. Most of them share the design trait of yellow eyes and a rectangular pupil. Same applies for the Mouse Bots, Sniper Bots, Boxer Bots and Boss Bot.
192	* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' features one of these as a boss.
193	* Most of the generic robot enemies (specifically, the Proto and Bugger lines) in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' qualify.
194	* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
195	** The Avatar and Purifier are the epitome of this concept, although some could say they have in fact seven eyes, just the other six are in the chest, yet, they have a really dark badass look and just one glowing red eye in the head. There's also the Redeemer, which is significantly larger.
196	** The Brotherhood of Nod also has Enlightened cyborg infantry, with a distinctive cross-shaped eye.
197	* ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen 5'' has robotic enemies that have a disc shaped body with a black bar on the equator. The bar has a cylon-style red dot that move around until it locates the player.
198	* ''VideoGame/CommandoSteelDisaster'' have a giant scorpion mecha in the desert stage whose sole facial feature is its huge, glowing red eye. Incidentally that's also its weak spot.
199	* In the ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' series, this is a common trait in robotic bosses. However, it also features [[RobotBuddy Browny]] and [[DistaffCounterpart Brownie]], who are two heroic examples.
200	* Enemy robots in the ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' series typically have either a single glowing red eye or a Cylon-style oscillating eye.
201	* The [[HiveMind Vex]] in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' come in many forms, but they all have a glowing red eye. This even includes the Cyclops, which is a type of turret instead of a real Vex unit.
202	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
203	** Many soldiers wear glowing visors to obtain an air of CyberPunk inhumanity, such as the NSF, MJXII, and commandos.
204	** Also, the artificial intelligence Icarus uses a singular eye with metallic plating surrounding it as an avatar. Its successor Helios also has a prominent eye, but the rest of its "face" looks vaguely biological, almost like a cephalopod.
205	* KAOS's third head in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble''.
206	* The Killing Machines and their variants in the ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' series have wildly different designs that set them apart from one another, but their single, [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]-like eye is their defining trait. They're also one of the few generic enemies that can attack twice per round, and starting in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' they can shoot lasers from their eye.
207	* Some of the Cyber units in ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth''. Fittingly, the first combat cyber is named Cyclops.
208	* Bucket from ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'', as well as all the repair droids his body was based on.
209	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
210	** The [[AttackDrone alien drones]] in ''VideoGame/Fallout3: Mothership Zeta''.
211	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'''s Assaultrons are {{Fembot}} cyclopses with WaveMotionGun EyeBeams. Subverted, though, as the robot looks cyclopean, but their laser weapon's prominent emitter isn't what they use to see. The Assaultron's "eyes" are actually the two smaller black sensors directly above the emitter.
212	* ''VideoGame/{{Gizmo}}'': The PlayerCharacter is a one-eyed robot.
213	* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': The white-armored Overwatch Elite have only a single, big red eye. This is probably done to suggest they are highly modified EliteMooks with wires coming out of their eye sockets and connecting to a big camera. This is {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d in the parody webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' with the EliteMooks suffering from poor depth perception because they have only one eye.
214	%%** And the ever-elusive, doggedly persistent Combine Assassins.
215	%%** Not to mention the flying sentries.
216	* ''VideoGame/{{Hangzo}}'' has a one-eyed giant robot serving as its first boss, though its lower body is a SpiderTank on wheels.
217	* ''VideoGame/HonkaiStarRail'' has Svarog, the BadassLongcoat-wearing robotic protector of [[MysteriousWaif Clara]] who form a BadassAndChildDuo together in Belobog's underworld on Jarilo-VI. Svarog, himself LostTechnology who was built [[spoiler:centuries]] before Jarilo-VI's Stellaron-driven [[EndlessWinter climate disaster]], considered himself the [[ThreateningMediator arbiter of peace]] between Boulder Town's miners and the desperate vagrants fleeing the encroaching [[TheCorruption Fragmentum]]. Svarog was a boss enemy before the Trailblazer and the Astral Express crew managed to [[DefeatMeansFriendship defeat him and talk some sense into him]], and he's effectively playable as part of Clara's kit.
218	* Many of the MechanicalLifeforms in ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' have this type of design.
219	* In ''VideoGame/HornOfTheAbyss'', Dreadnoughts and Juggernauts, tier 7 creatures of the new town Factory, have a single "eye" on their tiny spherical heads. They both can use it to fire {{Herd Hitting\|Attack}} [[EyeBeams heat beams]].
220	* Krimzon Guard scuttler robots and the Uber-Bot 888, in the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series.
221	* The robots in ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject''.
222	* The ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series has a number of cyclopean enemies, the following of which are mechanical:
223	** Heavy Mole from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' is some kind of underground digging machine with a single half-closed eye. It also shoots missiles with a similar monoeye on the head.
224	** HR-H from ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' is a strange lighthouse/crab robot that serves as the boss for Shiver Star.
225	** Capsule J from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' is basically a mechanical Waddle Doo with a jetpack instead of EyeBeams. It was redesigned and renamed for the DS remake, though, and no longer looks like this.
226	** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' has Metal Guardian, a floating orb with a single eye that shoots lasers.
227	** Mecha Kracko from ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'' is a RobotMe version of [[{{Cumulonemesis}} Kracko]], who also has a single eye.
228	** The mini-boss Dubior EX from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' has one eye, while regular Dubior has two.
229	** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has a greater number of these, due to the game's mechanization theme:
230	*** Dubior EX returns, now called Dubior 2.0.
231	*** Mecha Knight (Meta Knight undergone UnwillingRoboticisation) has a single mechanical eye in the eye hole of his mask that can move left and right. It can fire EyeBeams.
232	*** Star Dream appears to be a large, [[LightIsNotGood angelic]] computer with one single orange-colored eye. [[spoiler:Star Dream Soul OS has a blood-red colored eye instead.]]
233	* ''VideoGame/LilasSkyArk'': "Dr.-Father-Sir", a large, intelligent computer of some sort who gives Lila her objectives over the course of the game -- and who has a single, round eye (which can be given half-glasses).
234	* ''VideoGame/MadAgeAndThisGuy'': One of the [[MechaMooks robot enemy]]-types you face in the game has a single eye, which is only visible when it's pursuing you.
235	* ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'': Adaptoid robots have a single eye-like light in the middle of their faces.
236	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
237	** The Geth have heads consisting essentially of one eye at the end of a thick tube.
238	** Reaper Destroyers in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' are also given one [[RedEyesTakeWarning giant red eye]] to serve as a sort of (very intimidating) face. The fact that it also happens to be an [[EyeBeams eye-mounted]]-WaveMotionGun makes them even scarier.
239	* ''VideoGame/MazinSagaMutantFighter'' have a recurring one-eyed giant robot enemy, taller than your character, who attempts to rough you up via ArmCannon.
240	* ''Franchise/MegaMan'': Various enemies, including Big Eye, the various Joes, the Pantheons, Variants, Galleons, and Devils.
241	** ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'': Proto Man has a single glowing eye behind his visor when he was sporting his Break Man disguise.
242	** ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' has the Reaverbots, each of which is one eyed in the first game. In the others some have more.
243	%%** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': A digital example: [=LaserMan.EXE=].
244	* One of the signature characteristics of the Neuropa faction in ''VideoGame/MetalFatigue''.
245	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series:
246	** ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'': Although Cyborg Ninja Gray Fox does have two eyeholes in his mask, the single glowing red sensor in the middle is far more conspicuous.
247	** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'': The unmanned mass production Metal Gear [=RAYs=] have monoeyes.
248	* ''Videogame/MetroidDread'' has E.M.M.I., whose head has a single red glowing eye. That can also be turned into a drill for an instant kill move if they incapacitate Samus.
249	* The ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' game ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' has Jugger, a robotic officer for Black Hole, although it's questionable whether he's actually a robot in the first place...
250	* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': Nearly every robot has this design, from the huge {{Spider Tank}}s to the small playable [[ADogNamedDog Robot]] character.
251	* Ceres' dream self, Bismuth, in ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}'' resembles a rusted-down robot elf made of scrap metal with a spotlight for a head.
252	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
253	** Bastion has a single slit-shaped eye, except in its Woodbot and Antique skins where it has two smaller but equally rectangular GlowingMechanicalEyes. The other glowing blue components on its chest and shoulder armour [[EyesDoNotBelongThere may also be eyes]], since they follow the colour of its main eye when it [[RedEyesTakeWarning changes]].
254	** The majority of the Null Sector NPC enemies are Nulltroopers and Eradicators, who also have slit-shaped eyes, with a handful of [[EvilCounterpart Bastion units]]. They also have Slicers, with two eyes arranged vertically, OR-14s, which have four eyes apiece, and Detonators, which have no distinguishable eyes.
255	* Magnemite and Beldum from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
256	* All of Aperture Science's robots in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series are one-eyed: the Sentry Turrets, [=GLaDOS=], the Personality Constructs, Atlas and P-Body, and the Rocket Sentry.
257	* The monster in ''VideoGame/SimCity 2000'' is a large, flying mecha/UFO with four mechanical legs and a blinking red eyeball.
258	* Servos in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and some Plumbots (via CharacterCustomization) in ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' are one-eyed, but they're only evil if you want them to be ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential and why wouldn't you?]]).
259	* ''VideoGame/{{Spyborgs}}'' has a mono-eyed KillerRobot, Eighty-Six, as its first boss.
260	* The Scuzzer droids from ''VideoGame/{{Startopia}}'' each have a single red lens, in a fairly obvious homage to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]].
261	* ''VideoGame/{{Stormland}}'' has a few of these, notably the robot doctor Sypher whose sole facial feature is a gigantic red eye. The player character, Vesper, averts it by having two eyes and a mouth.
262	* ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'':
263	** The Medusozoa enemies are large, jellyfish-like robots with a single large eye. By default, this eye is blue, but it [[RedEyesTakeWarning turns red]] as the Medusozoa locks onto its target and prepares to fire its WaveMotionGun.
264	** Panzers resemble [[VideoGame/BioShock Big Daddies]] with jetpacks, and their helmets, while having a few different designs, always sport a single "eye".
265	* The Aeon Galactic Colossus of ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'' is perhaps the perfect representation of this. Not only is it immense, but has a single eye, which also doubles for its EyeBeams projector.
266	* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', ships with the AI command section have a [[Series/KnightRider KITT]]-style eye in place of a bridge.
267	* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', one of the enemy types found in [[UnderwaterRuins the city of Thor]] is a family of robots that possess a single eye and hover above the ground.
268	* {{Justified\|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Mann vs. Machine game mode. The Demoman robot has a single eye, but the actual Demoman has one eye as well, with his missing eye covered by an [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]].
269	* ''VideoGame/TerminatorRampage'' has a mono-eyed robot mook called the Meta-borg, with a slit containing a moving light as its sole "eye". This particular enemy seems to be exclusive to the game and doesn't appear in any of the films.
270	* Lots of Titans from the ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' games feature this design (or something similar). Ion from ''VideoGame/Titanfall2'' is able to [[EyeBeams fire a giant laser out of her singular eye]] as her core ability.
271	* The CY prototype from ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger 2'' has a mono-eye that glows a reassuring yellow. Plus, it looks like it's made of scrap and a strong wind could shatter it.
272	* V1, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'', and its rival V2 sport this aesthetic.
273	* The [[{{Mooks}} Gorgies]] and a few other robots in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}''.
274	* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' Update 10.5 has General Sargas Ruk wearing a face mask with a single glowing "eye".
275	* The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Robo Knight]] boss in ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair'' has a [[Franchise/BattlestarGalactica Cylon]]-type mono-eye.
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278	[[folder:Webcomics]]
279	* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'': [[http://axecop.com/index.php/acepisodes/read/episode_2/ PSYDROZON is outside!]]
280	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': While standard Wulfenbach clanks have three "eyes" at least one of those that attacks the people of Mechanicsburg has a single lens.
281	* Roofus the Robot and W2-9000 from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''.
282	* ''WebComic/NeverMindTheGap'': Gretel is a one-eyed robot -- but she's [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human]], actually quite nice, and maybe a little bit ditzy. Still, under one page in which she is shown enjoying a hot spring, the comic's author commented on the inhumanity of her face by noting that "it's a real challenge drawing Gretel relaxing, because she's got a big round eye that never blinks or narrows."
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285	[[folder:Western Animation]]
286	* A few ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
287	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' has Shockwave, although [[spoiler: he doesn't always just have the one eye.]] There's also [[BattleButler Lugnut]], but he's defined by the very human trait of zealous loyalty to his leader (also, WordOfGod is that those things on the side of his head are eyes, so that means he has ''five'' of them).
288	** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has Shockwave again, largely based on his ''Fall of Cybertron'' appearance.
289	** Nearly every ''Transformers'' property has Shocky in there somewhere. Sometimes due to trademark loss, he's called Shockblast instead. One thing remains in all incarnations, though, and that's the single eye in the center of his head in lieu of anything like a face.
290	** The in-universe reason for the NonStandardCharacterDesign is never explained in any of the cartoons.
291	* [=TriClops=] from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''. He's a cyborg who has three eyes, but can only use one at a time. Each one has a different power and color.
292	* The WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "WesternAnimation/ModernInventions" had a one-eyed robot footman. Not evil, really, but rather imposing... and insists on taking one's hat, much to Donald's chagrin.
293	* ''WesternAnimation/ToonBops'': A non-villainous example. The robot in "I Want A Robot" only has one eye.
294	* On ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the giant computer [=HARDAC=] in "Heart of Steel" had a single glowing red lens that flashed in time with his speech.
295	* The successor series, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', has the GOLEM labour robot, which has a single ''yellow'' eye, but doesn't speak.
296	* ''Franchise/Ben10'': Upgrade and all [[MechanicalLifeforms Galvanic Mechamorphs]] are devoid of any facial features save for a singular eye that can shoot out EyeBeams. This eye transfers to whatever technology he possesses, along with TronLines.
297	* The second ''{{WesternAnimation/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2003}}'' cartoon has a couple, including killer robots created by Baxter Stockman and Viral, a rogue A.I. in the year 2105, whenever she's in "her" physical form.
298	* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' has these too, as a shoutout/parody of the Gundam's Zakus. In the last episode, Rearview Mirror, we see an army of these things. Coop, the Glorft, and an AlternateUniverse Jamie proceed to kick their collective asses. And of course the Glorft mechas themselves are a prime example.
299	* Heloise's snow-making mecha from the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "A Cold Day in Miseryville", though it looks more cute than scary since its appearance was modeled after Cerbee.
300	* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s1ep1_9907.png Nox's outfit]] in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' is meant to intentionally invoke this look, despite Nox not actually being a robot. His strongest creation, Razortime, also has this appearance.
301	* Professor Ojo (Spanish for "eye") has a cybernetic helmet that invokes this aesthetic in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''.
302	* The robot spy, from the ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode of the same name, is an iconic example.
303	* Monban in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' sports a visor-like area with one glowing red light, and is used as a security guard for the Largest Ever Pet Shop.
304	* All KVN units in ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace''.
305	* The ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' episode "Sentinel" was about UNECOM creating a giant robot with one eye and the Renegades using him in a scheme to wipe out all organic life.
306	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "Ultrajerk 2000", Dexter creates a robot assistant to help him in lab operations. The "Ultrabot 2000" has a sinister appearance with a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black casing, a single red eye,]] and a frowning mouth. It eventually turns on Dexter and plans to take over the lab and destroy Dexter until Dee Dee manages to fool its robotic guards and destroy it instead.
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309	[[folder:Real Life]]
310	* Many washing machines, especially at laundromats, have a large, round window in the front. It is hardly designed to evoke fear, but it still has the look of a one-eyed machine.
311	* Lots of actual robots, usually running on simple primitive sensors, have this design. This is because visual inputs are surprisingly not useful in terms of how machines perceive their surroundings. Robots in general struggle to make sense of visual data as we know it. While a bunch of new programs and experiments are trying to correct that, there is still a long way to go, and most robot builders don't have access to such programs. Instead, robots tend to use other inputs like touch or even sonar and radar to help build a useful map of the world around them. Without the need for 3d binocular vision, a single camera will service any of the visual needs they do have.
312	** However, this trend is slowly being broken by more advanced robots such as the Atlas from Boston Dynamics, which are beginning to employ stereoscopic (i.e., binocular) cameras to great effect thanks to their powerful processors running advanced image processing software. Such cameras are also being considered for upcoming self-driving cars as an alternative (or a complement) to radar and lidar.
313	* AIBO, a Japanese company that manufactures {{Robot Dog}}s with varying efficiency, have their first few generations of robotic canines built with a single blue visor as its sole facial feature. Later models avert it, however, with their newer canines having two eyes resembling a real puppy.
314	* Most military drones have their cameras and other sensors packed into a rotating globular module, which frequently resembles a single, large, unnatural-looking eye. There can be as many as five actual camera lenses, but that just makes it look like a multifaceted eye.
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