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6	[[caption-width-right:350:"Recognising a portrait through this much distortion is impossible", [[TomSwifty said Tom hyperbolically]].]]
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8	->''Things are about to get...'' bulbous.
9	-->--'''Strong Bad''', ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''
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11	The extremely wide-angle lens. Used to produce a sense of disorientation.
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13	The lens in a door's peephole is a fish-eye, so this lens is used when a visitor is viewed outside an apartment. Makes anyone look distorted. May also be used from a low angle to spice up long-winded dialogue sequences in anime.
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15	Also frequently used when shooting skateboarding and other extreme sports, as it can make big air look bigger from the appropriate angle.
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17	Since less-expensive security camera set-ups are often fitted with wide-angle lenses to allow one camera to cover more area, the resulting footage may show a fisheye effect. Simulated security-camera footage, therefore, is also often shot with a fisheye.
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19	Note that when seen in an animated format it is often a {{False Camera Effect\|s}}, although [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvilinear_perspective a technique]] for drawing this way exists independently and can be used for the same sense of disorientation.
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21	Nothing to do with FishEyes.
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24	!!Examples:
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27	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
28	* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' used this effect to emphasize Miyako's [[ForeheadOfDoom gigantic forehead]].
29	** The same gag is used on Yue in ''Manga/{{Negima}}'', as both were made by the same studio - one of the {{OAV}}s opened a scene with a fish-eye view of Nodoka as she talks to someone, then pulls back to show it was the reflection off Yue's ForeheadOfDoom.
30	* The first two ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' films have this on occasion, usually (but not always) when a character is getting reamed for screwing up.
31	* Done a couple times in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' when a character is going crazy or about to succumb to his dark side (or both).
32	** Mostly it's done just to [[LeaveTheCameraRunning show off]], it seems, as many of the shots are completely gratuitous..
33	** The ''manga'' often uses this for the traditional effect, or a lesser version for particularly intense full-page spreads ([[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/63133/fisheye-highres-kishimoto_masashi-kunai-male-narut this]] is probably the best example).
34	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did this often in Shinji's internal sequences, to heighten the sense of isolation around him. They're used in real-life scenes as well. There's a shot in episode 11 that's used to emphasize the implied menace of a locked door AND to visualize Asuka's self-centeredness. It's part of the SignatureStyle of Creator/HideakiAnno.
35	* This shows up rather frequently in ''Manga/OnePiece'' during the Water 7 Arc. Particularly when there's segments of exposition being discussed between characters.
36	* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', the Major and Batou are shown this way while they're piloting Tachikomas.
37	* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', this is used both to enhance the idea that the world shown is a mindscape (When focused on a character) or that the characters are alone (when focused elsewhere). The technique is used sparingly.
38	* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' was quite infamous for using the fish-eye effect on the most mundane of scenes, such as, for example, when a character is standing besides a fridge. [[BetterOnDVD These were fixed on the DVD version]].
39	* Invoked for a moment in ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'', to make you think Aiko had snapped. She didn't, but it was terrifying nonetheless.
40	* ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash'': The film adaptation makes use of a number of warped fish-eye lens type shots to make Gigi's seemingly prophetic abilities, Kenneth's ruthlessness, and so on seem that much more surprising and disturbing.
41	* Used a few times on Kyubey in later episodes of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
42	* Becomes increasingly frequent in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' with Okarin's close-ups whenever [[TraumaCongaLine something particularly traumatic happens]] or he gets closer to [[DespairEventHorizon snapping from stress]].
43	* Used during a short skateboarding sequence in ''[[Anime/ProjectK K]]'', complete with the requisite low down angle and [[TrackingShot tracking]] to [[FalseCameraEffects make it look like a skate video]].
44	* Used multiple times in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''. After [[spoiler:Itona's HeelFaceTurn]] he creates a miniature tank to use for assassination. The boys get in on it, repeatedly upgrading the tank and eventually realizing it's standard lense doesn't help them navigate it better, but Okajima figures out what they need is a fish-eye lense... and then they use it for peeping. Naturally, it doesn't go over well. During the Reaper Arc, the students are imprisoned in a cage with explosive collars while being monitored with a fish-eye lense camera. The figure out how to exploit it [[spoiler:by painting their clothes to match the walls and hiding in the distorted areas of the camera]].
45	* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'': Sometimes used when a character is having a particularly traumatic moment or memory (such as [[spoiler:a restored]] Casca getting a flashback to the Eclipse).
46	* Done a few times in ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'', notably one time right before Atsushi freaks out and once with a villain that was fighting Atsushi and [[spoiler:Akutagawa]] during the Cannibalism Arc.
47	* In a episode from the video game-based anime series Twinbee Paradise where one of the main characters woke up in a shrunken size shows a low angle shot of the door of her bedroom painted in a curvilinear perspective.
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50	[[folder:Film]]
51	* Action sports Films, such as skateboarding, used fisheye lens to capture the ride tricks while still be able to see the surroundings and the riders themselves in the action.
52	* [[TheComputerIsYourFriend HAL 9000's]] POV shots in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. His infamous glowing red eye was in fact made with a real fisheye lens. His POV shots are shot through one as well.
53	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' has one of these with Gaston through a peephole.
54	* ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance:'' There is a mild fish eye effect in some close-up shots of individuals, for example when Sam is telling Riggan [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech what's wrong with him]].
55	* ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' uses the wide-angle lens in several scenes to underpin the surreal and bizarre atmosphere of the movie.
56	%%* ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren''
57	%%* ''Film/EnterTheVoid''
58	* Used in ''Film/ErnestPWorrell'' to make Ernest look all the more obnoxious.
59	* ''Film/TheFavourite'': Makes frequent use of fish eye to heighten the emotions of the characters.
60	* The film ''Film/HotShots'' had a character afflicted with "Walleye Vision" that made the world appear this way. This was a problem because he was a pilot.
61	* The entirety of ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'' was shot through two paired fisheye lenses, a purposeful choice by director John Ford to show the open, sweeping landscape of the West. It works beautifully for its intended purpose, but when used for close-ups inside buildings... not so much.
62	* Just about every scene in ''Film/MotherGooseRockNRhyme'' uses it.
63	%%* ''Film/RequiemForADream''
64	* ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' uses these to give the effect of cameras hidden in the environment. Other shots where they couldn't be placed use wideangle lenses.
65	* A shot like this occurs in ''Film/{{The War Of The Worlds\|1953}}'' (1953), when the scientists are testing the Martian probe viewer device.
66	* In ''Film/PoorPrettyEddie'', Eddie takes Liz to a dam so she can take publicity photos of him against the waterfall. The lens is used while he forces her to walk across a narrow passageway above the chasm.
67	* ''Film/FragmentOfFear'' uses this for Tim's [[POVCam P.O.V. shots]] at his wedding to Juliet.
68	* In ''Film/GettingStraight'', this is used in two [[POVCam P.O.V. shots]] from Harry's perspective in a scene where Vandenburg is telling him to tell the student protestors about the small concessions the school has made to their demands, despite Harry's knowledge that giving them so little of what they want will just make things worse.
69	* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'': Used for [[ItCanThink the Jumanji game's POV]] when Alan and Sarah start the game in 1969.
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72	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
73	* ''Series/TheCrystalMaze'': When Richard was viewed through the computer in the Futuristic Zone, he would sometimes appear as if through a fish-eye lens.
74	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' director Graeme Harper has done this with nearly every new series story he has directed. [[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Image:MickeyJackieSJSWarped.jpg Example]] from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]].
75	* When [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] decided to put his peephole in backwards (so people could see in his apartment), we saw him like this.
76	* This is often used in establishing shots on TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive, because massive, all consuming piles of stuff apparently aren't freaky enough on their own.
77	* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Mind's Eye" used fisheye lens in a scene featuring Geordi La Forge when [[spoiler: he was being manipulated via mental reprogramming to assassinate a visiting governor]].
78	* As Series/{{Tosh0}} shows, everything looks cooler [[http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/everything-looks-cooler-through-a-fisheye-lens through a fish eye lens!]]
79	* Used in ''Literature/LessonsForAPerfectDetectiveStory'' in the "backstage" room where only characters who are aware of their fictional existence can discuss the story.
80	* How every telecast of the game show ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' opened.
81	* ''Series/TopOfThePops'' used a fisheye lens, back when the technology was still new, for Music/DavidBowie's performance of [[Music/AladdinSane "The Jean Genie"]]. The episode was one of many that Creator/TheBBC wiped during its junking policy, rendering it a MissingEpisode, but cameraman John Henshall kept a copy of the Bowie gig's footage, allowing it to be recovered in 2011 for use on the ClipShow spinoff ''Top of the Pops 2''.
82	* Used in a NightmareSequence from a episode of ''Series/FullHouse'' to show a disorientating effect of the family members in the nightmare, which is one of the most oddest dream sequences in the series next to the dream sequence of Michelle's fake feet growing while dressed up as a clown in one episode.
83	* Used in the first episode of ''Series/Alf'' PlayedForLaughs.
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86	[[folder:Music]]
87	* Some album covers use this effect:
88	** ''Mr. Tambourine Man'' by Music/TheByrds
89	** The American cover for ''Music/AreYouExperienced?'' by The Music/JimiHendrix Experience.
90	** ''Music/SafeAsMilk'' by Music/CaptainBeefheart and His Magic Band
91	** ''Carnival of Light'' by Music/{{Ride}}
92	** ''Don't Believe the Truth'' by Music/{{Oasis}}
93	** ''Hergest Ridge'' by Music/MikeOldfield
94	** ''Mars Audiac Quintet'' by Music/{{Stereolab}}
95	** ''On Your Feet or On Your Knees'' by Music/BlueOysterCult.
96	** ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren'' by Marilyn Manson.
97	** ''Gish'' by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins
98	** ''Psychedelic Jungle'' by Music/TheCramps
99	** ''Fine Line'' by Music/HarryStyles
100	* Invoked in Music/PinkFloyd's "The Final Cut", which compares the narrator's vision through his tears to the effect.
101	--> Through the fish-eyed lens of tear-stained eyes/I can barely define the shape of this moment in time.
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104	[[folder:Music Videos]]
105	* Music/BeastieBoys are well noted for their use of this in many of their music videos, (such as "Intergalactic" and "Shake Your Rump") to the point where any usage of it in music videos by other artists (such as Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Berzerk'') will almost certainly be as a homage.
106	* This technique was used a lot by music video director Harold "Hype" Williams in the mid- to late-1990s, especially ones that he directed for Music/BustaRhymes' songs.
107	* In several shots of {{Music/Garbage}}'s music video for "Breaking Up the Girl", a robotic fish eye lens is seen moving around lead singer Shirley Manson.
108	* Frequently used in Music/MonsterMagnet's "Space Lord" video, which was meant to parody hip-hop videos of the time, such as the ones the above mentioned "Hype" Williams was known for directing.
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111	[[folder:Video Games]]
112	* The aliens see like this in both ''Rebellion''-made ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredator'' games.
113	* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': A few areas in Skopp and Noctis City have doors that can be seen through this viewpoint. One in particular leads to a PeekABooCorpse.
114	* The version 2.0 update of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' adds a fisheye option to the photo app's filters.
115	* The ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' series has this as a temporary PowerUp. While gaining 180-degree peripheral vision is theoretically an advantage, [[PowerUpLetdown most players found it a disorienting annoyance]].
116	** ''Prime Target'' and ''Marathon Rubicon'' use this feature of the engine, accompanied by other special effects, to show the PlayerCharacter in a drugged/groggy state.
117	* ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme'', the {{vaporware}} ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' game for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, would have used this in all of the the main (non-boss) stages.
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120	[[folder:Web Comics]]
121	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' uses these on occasion -- [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=408 to convey a view of mini-camera]] and [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=514 along with]] some other [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=599 distortions]] for ethereal sight.
122	* At one point in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01918.htm (here)]] there's a through-the-peephole shot of Florence, which makes her look more like a bear than a wolf.
123	* Used in ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-1-page-32 to convey]] Max's shock and disorientation when the crowd of students around him turns out to be made up of ghosts.
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126	[[folder:Web Original]]
127	* Appears in ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' as the chestcam Jay [[spoiler:and more recently/earlier on (as the 'recent' footage is actually supposed to be from old tapes around 7 months ago), Alex]] wears.
128	* Parodied in a ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon where Coach Z and Strong Bad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvxlvSIIww make a rap song]] about how the fish-eye lens [[MundaneMadeAwesome makes things look cooler]].
129	-->With a fisheye lens, you don't need to know how to rap or skateboard or do anything well!\
130	Just put the camera on the ground and aim it up\
131	My kicks look huge and my crew looks tough
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134	[[folder:Western Animation]]
135	* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': In "Total Re-Carl", Frylock is shown from Carl's house peephole as he tries to get Carl's attention.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' once had Marge look out the peephole at Skinner to produce this effect.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' also did this, with Jay's ex-wife looking out the peephole at a grotesque Jay. She was even more disgusted to find he looked exactly the same when she opened the door.
138	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' revolved around Brendon trying to buy a fish-eye lens to use in his movies.
139	* A VerySpecialEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter looks at a distorted, [[PuppyDogEyes puppy-eyed]] Quagmire though the peephole on his door. He's surprised to find that Quagmire really does looks like that, having gotten that way from the lack of sleep due to the domestic violence that had kept him up all night.
140	* The ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' short "Tall Timber" has a scene where, after a boulder crushes Oswald into a rotund appearance, the camera cuts to a wonky fish-eye closeup of his face.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra gets shown in fisheye when the Red Lotus captures her and is about to subject her to metal poisoning.
142	* Percy de Rolo is the subject of one in the third episode ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' when the Briarwoods—who slaughtered his family and had him tortured—show up unexpectedly at a dinner party. The cast and crew are mostly anime fans, with Percy's voice actor Creator/TaliesinJaffe in particular having been involved in anime dubbing since the 1990s; this shot clearly hearkened back to the technique's particular use in anime to connote a character's fragile mental state.
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