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| 9 | [[quoteright:200:[[Manga/{{Trigun}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_Trigun_vash_glowing_eyes_of_doom.jpg]]]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:200: [[ThisIsUnforgivable NO MERCY]]]] |
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| 12 | ->''"Whatever it is... it's got glowing evil eyes of evil!"'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''Fidget''', ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' |
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| 15 | Whether a permanent indication of malevolence, the emergence of the SuperpoweredEvilSide, or perhaps the result of a BerserkButton or RageBreakingPoint, these eyes are ''clearly'' not a good sign. However, they aren't necessarily the province of villains — particularly powerful heroes often manifest this trope when it's [[LetsGetDangerous time for the gloves to come off.]] Unlike RedEyesTakeWarning, these ''always'' mean immediate trouble and thus are near the top of the hierarchy of UhOhEyes. Thanks to the description of Pallas Athena in Homer's ''Literature/TheIliad'', this trope is OlderThanFeudalism. |
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| 17 | ''Very'' good for giving the DeathGlare. A SlasherSmile or other happily murderous expression doesn't hurt, either. |
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| 19 | You can usually tell the trouble is over when the [[EyeLightsOut eye lights go out]]. [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath Unless they come back]]. |
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| 21 | Unsurprisingly, a SubTrope of GlowingEyes. Compare TheDarknessGazesBack. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * When Chika finds a photograph of Tina and Kaoru In ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'', Tina gets perfectly round Glowing Eyes Of Doom combined with HiddenEyes-style shadowing. After the cutaway for various spooky imagery, Tina's bright and cheery, while ''Chika's'' [[BlankWhiteEyes petrified]]. |
| 29 | * Near the climax of the Assassination Island arc in ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes Nagisa's]] eyes glow menacing green when [[spoiler: [[DrillSergeantNasty Takaoka]] blows up the antidote used to cure the students.]] |
| 30 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': A pack of Titans briefly demonstrate this after [[spoiler: receiving orders from Eren to kill Reiner and Bertolt]]. Results in an OhCrap moment for the latter. |
| 31 | * ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'': Whenever a Battler's eyes start glowing it always means trouble as it's the first sign that their Aura is going "Hyper". A transformation that gives them god like power...[[spoiler:[[DeadlyUpgrade at the cost of their own life]].]] |
| 32 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'''s Yukari-sensei, after Tomo accidentally hits her in the face with a tray. |
| 33 | * Rail Tracer in ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' enjoys this trope almost as much as it enjoys dragging people under moving trains and grating their limbs and faces against the rails, which is a lot. |
| 34 | * In a ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' episode, Drago's eyes began to glow. And then the stadium exploded. |
| 35 | * In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', the houndlike "Beast" that sometimes appears in Guts's dreams and that represents his darker side post-Eclipse has two really evil-looking red glowing eyes, and when Guts is under its sway, his good eye will often glow red like the hound, best illustrated in the [=PS2=] game which focuses on the Millennium Falcon arc. |
| 36 | * [[BigBad Creed]] from ''Manga/BlackCat'' did this when his precious time with Train was constantly interrupted by others. And no, it wasn't played for humor. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' managed to pull this off in a late episode when Rock upset Balalaika - she stood over him at an angle at which light reflected off her glass eye, evoking the trope. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has a few examples. |
| 39 | ** [[TheHero Ichigo's]] eye sockets were completely empty for one fight until one brief moment when and for a moment all that's visible through the smoke are his glowing SupernaturalGoldEyes.This becomes a major OhCrap moment for Ulquiorra due to Ichigo's unusual and uncontrollable SuperpoweredEvilSide upgrade. His eyes changed to RedEyesTakeWarning when the fight was re-animated for the fourth film. |
| 40 | ** Ikkaku's eyes glow when he activates bankai against Edorad. It does not end well for Edorad. |
| 41 | ** Episode 217 of the anime when [[VillainousCrossdresser Cuulhorne]] has [[BloodKnight Yumichika]] at his mercy and unleashes his [[DespairEventHorizon final technique]]. Yumichika simply ''thanks'' him for doing that as his eyes begin to glow with [[AlmightyJanitor hidden power]]. CurbStompBattle is the only description for what happens next. |
| 42 | ** In Episode 303, several highly seated officers engage in a [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast Men-versus-Women]] card [[ThisMeansWar competition]]. The final card to be competed over is a picture of [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Yoruichi]]. The surviving competitors charge for the card only to stop at the build-up of power behind them. They find themselves staring down the [[ArmCannon barrel]] of Soi Fon's [[NukeEm bankai]] as her eyes glow wildly with her [[LawOfDisproportionateResponse determination]] to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill obtain Yoruichi's card]]. |
| 43 | * In ''Manga/BlueDrop'', Hagino Senkouji's eyes glow a brilliant blue right before she [[LoveAtFirstPunch tries to strangle another character]]. It also happens when she summons her space ship. |
| 44 | * Compared to most of the other entries on this page, the settings and characters in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' are realistic. However, during one case set at a hotel's onsen, Conan inadvertently mortifies Ai several times while delivering the case's resolution. Ai not only gains this trope, but also ''a malevolent aura'' on top of that. |
| 45 | * Casshern's cyan eyes in ''Anime/CasshernSins'' glow during combat. |
| 46 | * In the ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' anime, the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] tend to have Glowing Eyes Of Doom when they're unleashing their full powers. Chrono in particular seems to get these when he's being overcome with UnstoppableRage. |
| 47 | * In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', Kyou's eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning glow red]] as she strangles Tomoya and Sunohara after they pull a prank on her sister. |
| 48 | ** In the game, though, anytime she's mad (which is quite often), Kyou will pull this off. |
| 49 | * The eponymous Manga/{{Claymore}}s get this when they activate their Yoma powers. |
| 50 | * Lelouch in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' (and everyone else with Geass) does this every time the Geass is used. |
| 51 | * When the [[TheBully Archdemon]] ravaged the kids eight years before the current ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' plot, [[spoiler:she]] has red, glowing eyes. |
| 52 | * In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', Contractors' eyes glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] when they use their powers. [[GlamourFailure It's almost the only way of identifying them]]. |
| 53 | * One of the shinigami in ''Manga/DeathNote'' gains these eyes at one point while going for some dramatic kills. Light tends to do this, as well, to reflect his Kira persona. Mikami and Misa, too. |
| 54 | ** Near the end of the manga, Ryuk sports a pair of these while [[spoiler:laying out for Light how absolutely fucked he is after writing his name in the Death Note]], showing us that for all of his goofiness, Ryuk is still a {{Shinigami}} to the core. |
| 55 | --->'''Ryuk:''' [[spoiler:Once a name is written down in the Death Note, you can't do anything about it. [[VillainProtagonist You]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard more than anybody else here should know that]]. [[IronicEcho Goodbye, Light Yagami]]]]. |
| 56 | * In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the anime adaptation added more fanfare to Zenitsu’s absolute body stress to initiate the steps to augment the power of his Thunderclap Flash attack, in the manga it showed white eyes, the anime made it go white and then added glowing effects of light and thunder. |
| 57 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 58 | ** Happens often in the first half of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', most often pertaining to Gohan, who would occasionally fall into a superpowered [[UnstoppableRage psychotic rage]], during which his eyes would lack pupils and become more pronounced, at least during the loss of control. |
| 59 | ** Goku also does this during his first Super Saiyan transformation. |
| 60 | ** Happens later in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' with any characters possessed by Baby. |
| 61 | ** When Future Trunks powers up to Ultra Super Saiyan against Perfect Cell, his eyes briefly flash and glow white, similar to Broly in his Legendary Super Saiyan form. |
| 62 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' and ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', when the Time Breakers interfere with time and give another character a power boost, the victim's eyes glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning an ominous shade of red]]. |
| 63 | * Vincent's eyes start to glow when he becomes Anime/ErgoProxy. This generally does not bode well, [[AmnesiacGod considering what he is]]. Similarly, the other Proxies also exhibit this trope when initiating aggressive action. |
| 64 | * Towards the end of the Tower of Heaven arc in ''Manga/FairyTail'', Natsu [[spoiler:eats some of the Etherion]] Initially his eyes glow ice blue, the same color as the Etherion; then he starts choking, and his eyes [[FireballEyeballs blaze up into flames]]. Much ass kickery ensues. |
| 65 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Kenshiro has a '''seriously''' evil-looking pair of ''[[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]'' Glowing Eyes Of Doom whenever you get him seriously angry. The original anime also gives him a set of white glowing eyes when his BattleAura kicks in and his shirt comes off. |
| 66 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 67 | ** Although it still isn't common, a lot of characters exhibit this trait -- including both Elrics, Izumi, Winry, most (if not all) homunculi and some others. |
| 68 | ** On a more humorous note, Ed's eyes occasionally do it too when someone insinuates that [[BerserkButton he's short]]. |
| 69 | ** Roy did it [[GreenEyedMonster (hilariously)]] when Barry the Chopper was hitting on [[SubordinateExcuse Hawkeye]]. [[spoiler:He pulls a much less hilarious and much more terrifying version of this when completely curbstomping Envy, especially when the latter tried to kill Riza.]] |
| 70 | ** In ''Brotherhood'', Kimblee once does this while giving Ed a [[BreakThemByTalking Breaking Speech]] [[spoiler:and then proceeds to blow him up with a hidden Philosopher's stone]]. |
| 71 | *** Hilariously in "Brotherhood", during Mustang's siege of Central, when Captain Buccaneer's platoon of Briggs troops are revealed with Izumi Curtis being the only one that does it further proving she is the champion badass of the series as each Briggs soldier is able to defeat a bear in unarmed combat. |
| 72 | ** Averted with [[GentleGiant Al's]] eyes which appear as small pools of light, that disappear when he is unconscious. |
| 73 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' after Sagara [[TrainingFromHell trains]] the rugby team this is what happens to the peaceful rugby team from Kaname and Sagara school. |
| 74 | * One of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s later villains, Tenkou, makes his first appearance as just a pair of glowing white eyes amidst flames. And a [[EvilSoundsDeep creepy disembodied voice]]. |
| 75 | * The Count in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' does this a few times. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'': When informed of the fact that she could turn Genshiken into a cosplay research club as president, Ohno gets Glowing Eyes Of Doom. In fact she gets Glowing Eyes Of Doom whenever she gets sufficiently obsessed about something, mainly cosplay-related. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': Humorously done by Lisa, Kosame, Fukuyama when they're pursuing Yukinari, Kirie, and Koyomi respectively, as well as Kirie at one point. |
| 78 | * ''Literature/GoblinSlayer:'' Whenever Goblin Slayer's KillingIntent and utter hatred for the goblins he wants to murder on the spot peaks, a single red, glowing and undefined eye is clearly visible shining out from within his helmet, sometimes even leaving a trail when he's at his most murderous. In many depictions, it is his left eye that glows like this, [[spoiler:the same eye through which he saw his sister get raped and murdered by the goblins when they attacked his village]]. |
| 79 | * In the hilarious ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' OAV episode "Omoi no Arika", [[SidekickCreatureNuisance Kotengu]] manages to induce these in, [[YoungerThanTheyLook of]] [[TheStoic all]] [[ArtificialHuman people]], '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} Yasuaki]]'''. |
| 80 | * The title character of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' resorts to this after being hit by a car. The occupants instantly surrender. It gets used a little more in the manga than the anime, but mostly by Hayate [[spoiler:such as coming back from a CurbStompBattle against Machina because the latter tried to take the Stone of Bonds]] or funny moment [[spoiler: such as when Hayate actually does something nice for Kotetsu and promptly takes him out with a vicious elbow to the chest when he tries to propose again]]. |
| 81 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': |
| 82 | ** Both Alucard and Anderson invoke this trope whenever they stop screwing around and are about to curbstomp someone into the ground. |
| 83 | ** Seras Victoria gets it later on when she becomes a true vampire and regenerates her eyes. The effect is enough to terrify a horde of Nazi vampires. They're right to be frightened, considering [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge what she does to them next.]] |
| 84 | * ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': Try and Hurt [[ChivalrousPervert Issei]]'s Harem when he's around. [[OhCrap God have mercy on soul if you do]]. Shalba found this out the [[CurbStompBattle hard way]]. |
| 85 | * Most of the cast of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' do this both humorously and seriously. Not being able to tell which is which amps up the creep factor. |
| 86 | * Even HumongousMecha do this at times: |
| 87 | ** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': When the eyes of the titular HumongousMecha glowed, you knew you had to run for cover. Often it happened when [[TheHero Kouji]] [[HotBlooded was really, REALLY fired up]] or even panicked and somehow his state of mood affected his mecha (which suggests Mazinger was sentient, a point plot later versions have explored). A memorable example happened in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero''. Mazinger was chained by a {{Robeast}} and unable to get free as another Mechanical Beast was disintegrating [[LoveInterests Sayaka's]] HumongousMecha. Then Kouji got REAL MAD, and Mazinger's eyes glowed right before he shattered the chains binding it and delivered a CurbStompBattle to both {{Robeast}}s. |
| 88 | ** Zeon mecha from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' in particular are notable for a [[CyberCyclops single mono-eye]] that seems to have no purpose other than to swivel towards the camera and glow menacingly. |
| 89 | ** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' took it a step further, with the image of a Gundam or other mobile suit appearing in front of an enemy bridge, eyes glowing, before the bridge explodes (usually due to a beam saber strike) becoming so visually impressive that every series since has copied it. |
| 90 | ** Also in ''Gundam Wing'', characters unable to control the [[ForgottenSuperweapon ZERO System]] enter an UnstoppableRage, marked by glowing golden eyes. |
| 91 | ** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', when the innovators use [[{{Telepathy}} quantum brainwaves]] to send messages to each other. Or, alternatively, when "fucking Ribbons" uses said quantum brainwaves to hijack their minds. |
| 92 | ** Also, the Evas' eyes in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' glow white when they enter 'Berserk Mode', which generally means their opponent is [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doomed]]. ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' takes this a step further at the end of the second movie when Shinji, his EVA out of power and the 14th angel beating the hell out of him, finally snaps. We are treated to an absolutely terrifying scene of his eyes glowing '''''[[RedEyesTakeWarning Blood Red]]''''' before, in an explosion of pure rage, he ''re-activates EVA-01 through sheer force of will'' and begins one of the most ''awesome'' beat-downs in the franchise's history. If there is any possibility for his Eva to look even scarier than it normally is while berserk, this is it. |
| 93 | *** When Mari switched Unit-02 into Beast mode, her eyes turned into an almost white hue of green. [[spoiler:Asuka later gets glowing blue eyes when she puts Unit-02 into Beast mode, even her left eye (under the eye-patch) glows.]] |
| 94 | *** In conclusion, it seems that taking the Entry Plug to unsafe depths causes this trope as a side effect. It may have something to do with all those warnings that a pilot who does this risks losing their humanity. |
| 95 | *** Additionally, some of the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] indicate the charging of their [[EyeBeams energy]] [[StuffBlowingUp attacks]] with glowing eyes. |
| 96 | ** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'''s title mech, the Gurren Lagann, does it as well, usually combining it with [[IncendiaryExponent something lighting on fire]] as the heroes become even more [[HeroicResolve resolved]]. The one time this is used against them is phenomenally awesome, as the main bad guy of the first part of the series [[spoiler:gets out of his Ganmen, walks over it, on foot, with his head on fire, with glowing eyes of doom raging, and PUNCHES THE SHIT OUT OF LAGANN BARE-HANDED. Lordgenome is a force to be feared.]] |
| 97 | * The most powerful fighters in ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' get these when they summon their inner dragons. |
| 98 | * If you see this in ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' it's guaranteed that that person is possessed by a daemonia. |
| 99 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'': A sign of {{Youkai}} malevolence and/or power-activation. In particular, it happens whenever [[TheHero Inuyasha's]] SuperpoweredEvilSide starts taking over or when [[AloofBigBrother Sesshoumaru]] begins to transform into his [[CanisMajor true form]]. Neither event is a good thing. |
| 100 | * Kazuma's eyes in ''Literature/KazeNoStigma'' glow blue when he taps into his full powers, and ''[[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]'' when he's reverted to his SuperpoweredEvilSide. |
| 101 | * In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' pretty much every single master in Ryozanpaku shows Glowing Eyes Of Doom periodically, and not even when fighting other masters, but rather during the {{training|FromHell}} [[ColdBloodedTorture sessions]] with their own disciple. |
| 102 | * PlayedForLaughs in episode 4 of ''Manga/KotouraSan'', when the rest of the ESP Club did this to Haruka so that they could "catch" her. |
| 103 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': |
| 104 | ** Subaru invokes this trope when [[spoiler:the Numbers abduct her sister and she activates her Combat Cyborg nature in response]] before [[UnstoppableRage going completely berserk on them]]. |
| 105 | ** Fate did this in the first season of the show during her second appearance, appearing as a black silhouette with Alucard-style glowing yellow circles. |
| 106 | * Momoyo in ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'', whenever she's about to get serious. It helps that [[RedEyesTakeWarning her eyes are red]]. |
| 107 | * Patchouli gets these in ''Anime/MusouKakyouASummerDaysDream'' after [[BerserkButton getting hit in the face with one of her own books]] during an argument by Marisa and Aya. The next shot is Patchy busting out her [[PlayingWithFire Royal Flare]] spell card. |
| 108 | * Two characters from ''Anime/MyHime'' get these -- Mikoto (gold) and Nao ({{red|EyesTakeWarning}}). Also Shizuru, when she arrives to help Natsuki against Nao, knocking her and her Child off a cliff (although she still appears to be sane at the time). |
| 109 | * ''Manga/NagasareteAirantou'': Humorously, as the women close in on their "prey" like zombies. |
| 110 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The main character's eyes start glowing red when he [[SuperpoweredEvilSide lets his emotions get the better of him]]. However, upon reaching the [[FourIsDeath 4-tailed state]], his eyes turn completely white, and his eyes and [[ThroatLight mouth]] glow like a Jack-O-Lantern. |
| 111 | * The eyes of Tohno Shiki and Ryougi Shiki from the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'' glow a bright blue; it is the result of their Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Ryougi's eyes only do this when she activates them but Tohno's eyes are always activated. They become more apparent when he takes off his glasses, though, a sign that he is in his "killing mode." When either Shiki has the Eyes on, it's generally a sign that whoever or whatever is opposing them is going to die, and not even would-be immortals are safe. |
| 112 | * Yato in ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'' gains those in the final episode of the anime. |
| 113 | * Used occasionally in ''Manga/OnePiece''. One notable scene is during the battle with Oz. |
| 114 | * Used for dramatic effect in ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' Retrace LXI on Vincent's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eye right when he [[spoiler:uses Demios to behead Duke Nightray]]. |
| 115 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': If Mewtwo does this and he's looking at you, kiss your ass goodbye. Same goes for Psyduck. |
| 116 | * Himeno of ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' occasionally gets these when she is angry. |
| 117 | * Parodied in ''Anime/PrettySammy Magical Project S'' when Ginji Kawai (Sasami's father) gets a little over-enthusiastic while flying Washu's rocket. |
| 118 | * Though he... she... [[AmbiguousGender they]] normally just have a pair of creepy {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} [[WeaselMascot Kyubey]] of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' pulls the glowing eyes of doom off [[http://geekrevolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Kyubey-Creepy-Red-Eyes.jpg rather well]] after [[spoiler: getting shot by Homura and coming back]] |
| 119 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ryoga's eyes go entirely pink-red and glow with similar-coloured energy to his attack & aura when he's channelling a particularly powerful (or Perfected) [[AngstNuke Shi Shi Hokodan.]] |
| 120 | * While not particularly malevolent, the Bus Driver and school Chairman both have glowing, white eyes in ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire''. |
| 121 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': |
| 122 | ** Kenshin does this when he goes into [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Battousai mode]]. |
| 123 | ** Makoto Shishio from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', after being shot through a wall, looks menacingly at the main characters with Glowing Eyes Of Doom. |
| 124 | * Lime in ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' has these when first activated, and again when Hanagata pisses her off. |
| 125 | * In Act 1 of ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal,'' the jewelry store customers under the thrall of the MonsterOfTheWeek Morga's {{Hypno Trinket}}s have glowing {{Red|EyesTakeWarning}} MindControlEyes when she summons them as a BrainwashedAndCrazy army to attack Sailor Moon. |
| 126 | * Powerful characters in ''Anime/SaintSeiya'' sport these as a visual cue that either anger and rage is surfacing, or that an ungodly amount of power is going to be unleashed and that some ass kicking is in order. |
| 127 | ** Anger examples would include Dragon Shiryu vs Cancer Deathmask, Gemini Saga in the Abel NonSerialMovie (just a second to hint at his repressed anger against Abel killing Athena) |
| 128 | ** Power examples include : Silver Saint Spartan using his psychokinesis to bring down a plane, Phoenix Ikki vs Cerberus Dante, Poseidon unleashing his godly power to destroy the Bronze Saints' Cloths, Abel in his own movie also does this quite often. |
| 129 | * The Shin Red Eyes in ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the Glowing Eyes Of Doom upgrade of the Mibu clan's regular {{Red Eyes|TakeWarning}}. |
| 130 | * Takeda Shingen from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' whenever an epic beatdown is in order. Young BloodKnight Date Masamune also does this whenever he's ''really'' enjoying a fight. |
| 131 | * Zelgadis in ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' gets these when Rezo takes control over him when he needs to stall for time. A few scenes later and Rezo manages to summon Shabranigdo -- only to learn that Shabranigdo was actually sealed inside his own eyes. Naturally, this leads to more glowing eyes to signify that Shabranigdo is taking over Rezo's body. |
| 132 | * ''Manga/SoulEater'': Multiple: |
| 133 | ** Medusa is fond of this. |
| 134 | ** [[spoiler: Death the Kid]] also starts glowing toward the end of the anime. |
| 135 | ** Might be the intended look of how Noah's eyes are occasionally drawn in the manga. |
| 136 | ** Members of the Star Clan gain golden star pupils. |
| 137 | ** [[TheHero Maka]] only has flat green eyes normally, without any pupils, but when she is angry, scared, or in a fight, her eyes glow yellowish-green and pupils appear. Interestingly, if she is shocked they glow red for a moment, but only in the anime. |
| 138 | * In the ''Manga/{{Strider}}'' manga, whenever Hiryu is [[BerserkButton pissed off enough]] and [[LetsGetDangerous just about to deliver a]] [[CurbStompBattle massive curb-stomp]], his eyes start glowing a creepy white. Those about to be brutally maimed then freak out, or call him a monster. |
| 139 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Ryoko does this sometimes. It's not too big a deal if they're glowing yellow -- that just means she's a bit narked -- but when they glow red, she's ready to kick booty at the planetary level. If they turn green, well, let's just say she's not being herself. |
| 140 | * Quant and Yuri from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' sometimes sport red glowing eyes in the dark. They stem from a technique that enables them to see in the dark. Which coincidentally is when they are mist willing to grievously injure people. |
| 141 | * Vash The Stampede of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is usually an easy-going [[ObfuscatingStupidity harmless goofball]], but when you force his hand, he will put on the ScaryShinyGlasses and [[LetsGetDangerous start fighting you for real]], though you won't be in any danger of actually dying. However, when you do something bad enough to actually make him angry, he will jump straight into this trope and proceed to ''[[CurbStompBattle utterly trounce you]]''. When this happened in the episode "Diablo", [[UnstoppableRage it was the closest he ever got]] to [[BewareTheNiceOnes deliberately killing a person]]. [[spoiler: Until Legato.]] |
| 142 | * ''Anime/UtaKata'': Ichika gets glowing eyes when she gets afflicted by her powers, leading one very spooky scene when she approaches Manatsu while she sleeps. |
| 143 | * ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'': Lucia is not an antagonist but when her golden eye starts glowing nothing good occurs. There's a reason it's usually under a special eyepatch. |
| 144 | * Yuya in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''. After pushed into a corner during a duel and seemingly accesses [[spoiler: Yuto]] inside him, he's overtaken by a SuperpoweredEvilSide, complete with glowing eyes. (Said glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning is red]], but his eyes are normally red regardless.) The glowing eyes and dark disposition notably freak out both his opponent, and the audience, as Yuya finishes the match in an OTK. |
| 145 | ** This later is shown to be something a lot worse than previously assumed, getting scarier the more glowy and doomy the eyes get. |
| 146 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': |
| 147 | ** Yusuke gets these several times; once during his fight with Suzaku when [[spoiler: he's about to use up all his life energy to win]], once while glaring at Younger Toguro from the stands of the Dark Tournament, and occasionally thereafter while powering up or in the middle of a particularly intense fight - especially when, at the end of the Chapter Black saga, he [[spoiler: is taken over by his ancestor, Raizen, shortly after being killed and returning to life as a demon. Where before Yusuke's Glowing Eyes Of Doom have always been blue, these are red, possibly to signify either his new demonic nature or the foreign presence in his body]]. |
| 148 | ** Also Sensui when he releases his sacred energy does it in an eerie and gradual way, followed by a powerful laugh that literally stresses the planet as he powers up. |
| 149 | %%What work is this from?* [[WinterRoyalLady Ooyuki]] will do this when she gets mad. Making her angry is as difficult as it is a [[BewareTheNiceOnes bad idea]]. |
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| 152 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 153 | * PlayedWith in ''Animation/BoBoiBoy''; [=BoBoiBoy=]'s eyes glow white when he loses control of his powers, but his eyes show ''visible fear'' instead of murderous intent like the usual instances of this trope. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 157 | * ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': And in an {{Eyedscreen}} to boot, when Bombshell finally had Diamondback at her mercy. But then, she decides that she's NotWorthKilling. |
| 158 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The entire Bat-family seems to have glow-in-the-dark lenses in their masks. RuleOfCool excuses this for the most part. |
| 159 | * ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': When they use their magic Wismerhill and Haazheel Thorn's eyes are burning red and green respectively. [[spoiler:Because they're both half-demons.]] |
| 160 | * ''ComicBook/ClanDestine'': DependingOnTheArtist, Walter, when transformed, may or may not have RedEyesTakeWarning in addition to this trope. |
| 161 | * ComicBook/DoctorStrange sometimes gets these when spellcasting. Considering that he has a lot of dangerous spells which don't make his eyes glow, these are a good cue that he's ''really'' getting serious. |
| 162 | * Sistah Spooky from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' seems to get these under extreme emotional stress. [[spoiler: How extreme? Picture watching the love of your life die as you are literally seconds from saving her, then having your worst enemy (in your own mind) show up to gloat.]] If things get that bad, running is not even an option. [[spoiler:Said 'enemy' [[HeroicBSOD breaking down]] because she chose to save her over herself, is.]] |
| 163 | * Due to their connection with the Speed Force, [[Franchise/TheFlash Flashes]] and other speedsters sometimes get glowing eyes (or, as Bart likes to put it, "lightning eyes"). This is ''mostly'' involuntary, but it usually does happen at moments clearly meant to be significant, so it all works out. |
| 164 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': |
| 165 | ** Green Lanterns and the members of the various other Corps are sometimes depicted with eyes that glow the same color that they are wielding. When feeling their Corps emotion especially strongly, the respective [[WingdingEyes Corps symbol]] may also appear in their eyes. |
| 166 | ** If any character in a Lantern book's eyes start glowing a different color from their Corps, it's a good sign that they're being overtaken by another emotion, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy usually against their will.]] |
| 167 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Devil Hulk and Guilt Hulk, the darkest parts of Bruce's psyche, have glowing eyes - red for Devil, and gold for Guilt. Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk have glowing golden eyes. [[spoiler:In the physical world, the Devil Hulk's eyes permanently glow green, and while he's not completely evil, he's not ''nice''.]] |
| 168 | * In ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'', the end of issue 3 had the Robot Masters standing behind Dr. Wily with their eyes glowing. |
| 169 | * The dangerous users of Strader Pharmaceuticals' untested PsychoSerum in ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' have eyes that start glowing red-orange as they get angry, and as a side effect of the serum they are ''very'' quick to anger and doling out lethal repercussions to those who accidentally irritated them. |
| 170 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'': When Phobos, the "little boy god of fear", is using his fear power, his eyes glow purple. Sometimes, notably seen in ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'', the power coming from his eyes actually escapes, and he has trails of purple energy around his eyes. This occasionally scares people before he starts using his power, such as when he uses them on Norman Osborn. |
| 171 | * ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'': The [[ProtagonistTitle titular character]] sometimes takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes when he's in a particularly bad mood]], as his eyes emanate trails of energy complete with KirbyDots. |
| 172 | * In the ''ComicStrip/StarFox'' comic from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', Fox [=McCloud=] gets these on two occasions. One is right at the beginning, where Falco hits Fox's BerserkButton by suggesting raiding commercial freighters instead of the Imperial ships the team usually targeted in the beginning ("Feathers for brains! For the last time, we are '''NOT THIEVES!'''"). The other is right at the end when Fox goes into UnstoppableRage mode after learning the truth about what happened to his mother and father. |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 174 | ** When Superman wants to be intimidating, he likes to appear in shadow with [[https://web.archive.org/web/20121114173714if_/http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/evil-superman.jpg his eyes glowing a fierce red]] as if ready to fire his [[EyeBeams heat vision]]. |
| 175 | ** ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'': |
| 176 | --->'''Superman:''' '''[[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/burn.jpg Burn.]]''' |
| 177 | ** When ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s eyes glow or -God forbids- flare it's a very scary sign that she's getting really pissed off, and someone is about to be pummelled and/or blasted. |
| 178 | ** In the ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline they glowed red when she fought Lobo and beat him up brutally, when she accepted the Red Ring of Rage, before smashing down a whole alien invader force... |
| 179 | ** In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Supergirl's eyes glow red when she decides that she is going to kill Lex Luthor. |
| 180 | ** In ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns'' one-time villain Rebel taunts Kara, and she proceeds to describe [[ToThePain what she will do]] if he is dumb enough to attack her when she is upset. And [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/23321781d930e965af08f7d913b0f3fb/tumblr_obnsxftAmx1relmroo1_1280.jpg her eyes glow golden all along]]. |
| 181 | ** It happens many times in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004''. Kara's eyes shine crimson after Batman pisses her off. Superman's eyes glow when Darkseid [[spoiler:appears to have disintegrated Kara]]. |
| 182 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2010]]'' storyline ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'' story arc [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0ELZ9b065w8/TOL0JnqNpWI/AAAAAAAABbk/OyOnrRfJ0Ts/s400/Supergirl-58-06.jpg her eyes glow red]] as she faces Toyman and suggests that he answers her questions... or ''else''. |
| 183 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', the titular character's eyes give off a red glow when Jimmy calls her "Bizarro Supergirl" loudly. Later, Supergirl's eyes give off an ominous glow when she faces up to a godship's spawn. |
| 184 | ** ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'': After discovering her family is gone, Kara has a breakdown during which she starts tearing [[GhostCity Argo City]] down until she stumbled upon Reign. Believing the unknown woman responsible for her father's death, Kara's eyes glow red before she charges Reign. |
| 185 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'', Kara's irises give off an eerie crimson glow right before she utterly crushes [[BigBad Krem]]'s goon like he was a bug. |
| 186 | ** ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'': When the titular villain is about to kill her best friend, her boyfriend and her mother's boyfriend, Thara Ak-Var's pupils disappear and her eyes go electric golden right before her rage triggers her transformation into [[GodOfFire Flamebird]], which lets Thara crush Reactron mercilessly. |
| 187 | ** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': Supergirl's eyes give off a menacing, eerie red glow while she shatters her crystalline prison, blasts one giant critter attacking Gangbuster, and demands answers. |
| 188 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen2001'': Subverted. Storm's eyes get electric blue when she's about to attack Sabertooth, but he easily dispatches her. |
| 189 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 190 | ** When a villain is ''really'' getting on [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]' nerves, a glow can be seen through/around his shades or visor. As his EyeBeams are [[PowerIncontinence always on]], this probably indicates that their blast is becoming far more intense. |
| 191 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]'s eyes become solid white and glowing when she uses her powers. This carries into almost all adaptations. |
| 192 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]: When the titular character gets angry, his eyes glow as well, independent of power usage. |
| 193 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]]'s eyes have been known to give off red energy when he's intended to look particularly badass. |
| 194 | ** ComicBook/{{Cable}} and his alternate-universe half-brother, [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey]], both have glowing left eyes - though in Nate's case, both will glow when he's particularly mad, once veering into RedEyesTakeWarning during his AntiVillain period (after Apocalypse had done something that particularly annoyed him. [[EvilerThanThou In this case, speaking]]). |
| 195 | ** Being related to Cyclops will do that. His other brother Vulcan has them, and his alt-reality daughter [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]] does as well. |
| 196 | ** Sometimes [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] is shown with Glowy-eyes when he's lurking in the shadows. |
| 197 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] and anyone else possessed by the Phoenix Force tends to have solid glowing gold eyes when they use the Phoenix powers. |
| 198 | ** Her daughter, [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]], (who actually was the Phoenix host for far longer Jean) has a glowing left eye, just like her male siblings; see above), except that in addition to the glow it's surrounded by a glowing Phoenix emblem. Normally it's yellow, but an upgrade turned it blue. These days, the emblem's gone, but both eyes have known to glow, like her younger brother Nate. |
| 199 | ** ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s eyes normally just [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn red]] when she's under the effects of the trigger scent, an indication that she's about to turn anyone who gets in her way into meat confetti. However, in one arc of her solo series, they actually started ''glowing''. |
| 200 | ** When she is in someone else's form, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]'s eyes glow yellow when she is about to resume her "[[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default]]" form, or whenever she is angry, tired, stressed, excited, or whatever... |
| 201 | * ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': Wiccan has these when using his spellcasting/reality warping abilities, but the most memorable examples are when he put everyone in Central Park into a magical coma, and later when he knocked all of the Avengers senseless and teleported his team halfway around the world within the span of about half a second. |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 205 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': |
| 206 | ** Monster X's eyes glow with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red light]] when one or [[TwoBeingsOneBody both]] of its minds are sufficiently enraged or agitated. |
| 207 | ** The {{Artificial Zombie}}s made from experiments with San's Ghidorah head exhibit creepy eyeshine in the darkness. |
| 208 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': From chapter 44 onwards, you do ''not'' want to be in the way when Harry's eyes start glowing gold. If he starts doing [[VoiceOfTheLegion the double voice thing]], then you'd better start running. [[UnstoppableRage It's usually the cue for]] [[PlayingWithFire something being violently]] [[KillItWithFire immolated.]] |
| 209 | ** If they start glowing white, you're beyond screwed. It means that [[spoiler: the Phoenix is in control]]. Or worse, he's [[spoiler: gone Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 210 | ** In a case of like father, like son, you know that you're in trouble when Thor's eyes go entirely electric blue, usually accompanied by the build up of a massive storm. And it usually happens because someone has threatened/tried to hurt Harry, as both Gravemoss and Hera found out. |
| 211 | ** The Iron Man and War Machine armours have this, and you do ''not'' want to upset their owners... |
| 212 | ---> '''Steve''': [[NoodleIncident Last time someone kidnapped Pepper, a domestic terrorist organisation and three blocks of flats got wiped off the map.]] |
| 213 | ** The wielder of the Green Lantern Ring gets glowing green eyes. |
| 214 | ** Doctor Strange also tends to make his eyes glow white when he's doing something serious - though he mostly seems to do it for dramatic effect and/or to screw with people, because he's TheGadfly. However, it's still generally a sign of trouble. |
| 215 | ** Magneto displays a proclivity for this in chapter 77 and on his appearances in the sequel. Like auroras and geomagnetic storms, it's a sign that he's really flexing his muscles. And unlike most of the above, he's got an extensive sadistic streak. |
| 216 | ** On the dark side, if someone's eyes are glowing crimson, it means that Chthon is possessing them and that their troubles are only just beginning. |
| 217 | * ''Fanfic/DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns'': |
| 218 | ** The dwarven noble protagonist, being a [[spoiler:[[MagicKnight Spirit Warrior]] of sorts]], suffers from this effect whenever he calls on the energies of the Fade. The glow is pure white and can extend to his whole body and even become something like a shroud of mist-like gossamer strands around him, depending on how much power he pumps out. |
| 219 | ** Alim Surana has a true sight spell that makes his own eyes glow blue. His irises can shine crimson too, when he [[spoiler:uses blood magic]]. |
| 220 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Peoples' eyes glow when they're connected to a large amount of magical energy, or for certain styles of magic. In any case, it means something: |
| 221 | ** The local type of EvilOverlord, a Dungeon Keeper, have eyes that glow {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}, getting brighter the longer they've been a Dungeon Keeper, eventually hitting a baseline glow, which still intensifies when angry. |
| 222 | ** When the Light Gods are speaking through their Avatar, his eyes glow white. |
| 223 | ** As said in [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/post-6355718 "The Duel"]], when [[spoiler:Jadeite]] casts his magic, he gets a "soft, blue-white glow" in his eyes. |
| 224 | * In ''Fanfic/FrozenFractals'', Elsa's eyes start glowing a faint blue when she starts going berserk [[spoiler:due to hearing Anna being tortured]]. |
| 225 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'': The [[spoiler:automatons in the Garden of Time]] acquire these when they have to protect something. A.k.a, when [[spoiler:the Jewel Seed tied into the defense system activates]]. |
| 226 | --> '''Vesta:''' [[LampshadeHanging ... I'm fairly sure evil glowiness is bad, mistress]]. |
| 227 | * ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': When [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]'s eyes glow red, someone is about to suffer untold pain. And Kryptonian nigh-invulnerability will ''not'' protect them. |
| 228 | -->'''Dev-Em:''' If we'd have been any better, maybe we could have attacked him when it started letting up. But we didn't have that kind of time, or maybe that kind of strength. All I knew was what I saw. I saw that beggar's eyes glowing red. Then I felt like I was being taken apart." |
| 229 | * ''WebAnimation/HoloChronicles'': |
| 230 | ** When Ina gets hijacked by [[EldritchAbomination the Ancient Ones]], her face becomes covered in shadow with atleast one glowing white eye. |
| 231 | ** After Gura's SuperpoweredEvilSide kicks in after a [[CurbStompBattle speed-blitz]] by Anya and she gets up to keep fighting, she is briefly obscured by dust with only a pair of shining [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eyes peering through. |
| 232 | * In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', some Bloodliners have their eyes glow orange-brown when they use their powers. |
| 233 | * ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': |
| 234 | ** Corona's eyes glow entirely white (except on very rare occasions). It's deliberate on her part, as a show of her raw power, but also happens to make her look even more threatening and insane than she already is. |
| 235 | ** On at least two occasions in ''Nightmares Yet to Come'', glowing golden eyes are a sign that MindRape is about to happen (and possibly someone acting as the MouthOfSauron). |
| 236 | * ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': After discovering what SEELE had done to his and his family’s mothers, Shinji was so incredibly furious that "his eyes were actually crackling with blue lambent light" due to the massive amount of energy that he was channelling. |
| 237 | * ''Webcomic/WhatIfIKnowTooManyReasonsICanBeStrong'': Chapter 12 depicts Tanjiro as a silhouette with a glowing eye as Muzan talks to Kokushibo and Akaza about how he's slain Doma, Hantengu, Gyokko, and Nakime. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Jafar in his genie form has glowing yellow eyes, visible for about two seconds before he gets stuffed in a lamp. |
| 242 | * ''WesternAnimation/AllegroNonTroppo'' also has a segment with such a villain; [[spoiler: an evil ape]]. |
| 243 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': Joker's eyes glow red in the shadows. So do his teeth. |
| 244 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Human!Mor'du. |
| 245 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': Chernobog, the Slavic dark god, in the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment. |
| 246 | * ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'' features the Firebird, whose glowing eyes will give you [[EyeAwaken the fright]] [[ScareChord of your life]]. |
| 247 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'', Smaug the dragon's eyes actually shine like headlights, and illuminate what he is looking at. |
| 248 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', the title character's eyes glow red whenever he sees a weapon or is fired upon. If his rage becomes too great, he transforms into a nigh-unstoppable killing machine capable of taking out tanks (and possibly battleships). |
| 249 | * ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'': Stitch's eyes glow green whenever he glitches, during which he temporarily reverts to his original destructive programming. |
| 250 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': [[spoiler:Titan's]] eyes tend to glow when he gets ''really'' pissed off. |
| 251 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'', Human!Twilight Sparkle's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide "Midnight Sparkle"]] form has glowing electric-blue eyes with magenta HellishPupils. |
| 252 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' has a more benign application of this. Both Nicodemus and the Great Owl have glowing eyes to indicate that they are beings of mystical wisdom. And if you've never read [[Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH the book]], you'd be forgiven if you assumed that implied they were the same being (what with the glowing eyes and wispy grey fu manchus...) |
| 253 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSnowQueen1995'' and its sequel end with the Snow Queen glaring at the camera to show she's still alive. |
| 254 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': When Bowser beats up Mario near the end of the film, his usual red eyes start glowing, signifying that he's angry that his plan is going wrong. |
| 255 | * Zurg's eyes glow yellow in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' via lightpiping, explained in the {{Defictionalization}} of ShowWithinAShow ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' as being related to heat vision. |
| 256 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, the stone dragon's eyes glow red as Lord Farquaad's ghost brings it to life. |
| 257 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming's eyes glow red after transforming into her panda form. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 261 | * {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Film/AttackTheBlock''. We see an alien in the dark with what looks like glowing eyes--the glowing bits turn out to be teeth, and the aliens ''[[EyelessFace don't have eyes]].'' |
| 262 | * In ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'', both humans and animals who have succumbed to [[EldritchAbomination the Color]]'s mental influence occasionally light up in the same sickly magenta color as the Color itself. |
| 263 | * Played with in ''Film/TheCrazies1973''. A boy's father has gone literally AxCrazy. When he enters his son's room, he's a shadowy figure with glowing points of light over his eyes. His son [[BlindedByTheLight shines a flashlight in his eyes to blind him]], and it's revealed to be moonlight reflecting off his glasses. |
| 264 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 265 | ** In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Batman has glowing white eyes due to his PoweredArmor while trying to kill Superman, while Clark has glowing red eyes due to his [[EyeBeams heat vision]] a few times, most notably when he discovers that Lex Luthor has [[spoiler:kidnapped Martha Kent]]. |
| 266 | ** In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Enchantress has glowing eyes. It's most pronounced during the FinalBattle, where she appears as little more than a black shadow with glowing white eyes. |
| 267 | ** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', [[EvilOverlord Darkseid]] has glowing eyes when he's seen among his court on Apokolips in present-day. |
| 268 | * In ''Film/DraculaUntold'', after becoming a vampire Vlad has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] while using his VeinOVision. |
| 269 | * In ''Film/Dune1984'', the entire Freman race has glowing blue eyes, as a side-effect of their addiction to [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Spice]]. In the [[Literature/{{Dune}} original novels]], however, it was simply altered pigmentation, and their eyes were just a weird kind of blue. |
| 270 | * When Mephisto the demon is summoned by ''Film/{{Faust}}'', his eyes are bright shining lights. |
| 271 | * ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'': |
| 272 | ** Louis Tully in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' gets [[RedEyesTakeWarning red glowy eyes]] after being possessed by Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer. |
| 273 | ** Dr. Janosz Poha in ''Film/GhostbustersII'' gets them when possessed by Vigo the Carpathian; his actually shine out like headlights. |
| 274 | * ''Film/TheGillymuck'': [[spoiler:The titular monster]]'s eyes start glowing bright white [[spoiler:when it gets upset. So do the eyes of the only girl remaining in the tent]]. |
| 275 | * ''Film/TheJurassicDead'': One of the symptoms of zombification is glowing green eyes. |
| 276 | * ''Film/LightsOut2016'': Diana's irises and pupils glow white. |
| 277 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 278 | ** ''Film/IronMan1'': The eyes in Tony's Iron Man armor glow. But the trope is really invoked when, in the darkness, the Iron Monger suit's eyes switch on. |
| 279 | ** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'': Emil Blonsky sports these after he transforms into the Abomination. |
| 280 | ** ''Film/IronMan3'': People injected with the Extremis virus exhibit glowing eyes [[VolcanicVeins and veins]]. |
| 281 | ** If a character gained powers courtesy of an Infinity Stone, and their eyes start to glow, it's a sign that they are tapping into their full power and things about to go ''very'' badly for whoever they're fighting. |
| 282 | *** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Carol Danvers got her powers from blowing up a lightspeed drive powered by the Space Stone. When she fully accesses her power after taking off the inhibitor the Kree placed her, and she enters Binary Mode, her eyes and her whole body start glowing golden. |
| 283 | *** [[Characters/MCUScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch]] got her existing magic enhanced by the Mind Stone. Her eyes turn red when she uses her magic. Notably the glow is focused more on when she's a bad guy than when she's good. It's re-emphasized during ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', after she is resurrected. Her eyes are glowing as she beats the crap out of Thanos. During ''Series/WandaVision'', her eyes begin glowing when she expands the Hex to save Vision's life, and at several points during her fight with Agatha Harkness. |
| 284 | ** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': |
| 285 | *** [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath The zombie warriors that make up Hela's undead army]] all have sickly green glowing eye sockets. |
| 286 | *** Starting in this movie, as Thor realizes that he doesn't need Mjolnir to harness his storm powers, his eyes crackle with the same color of his lightning. Initially just his left eye for the climax (since Hela took his right one), but this extends back to both eyes when he gets an {{Electronic Eye|s}} from Rocket during ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. |
| 287 | * ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'': Godzilla's eyes glow blue from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' onwards along with his dorsal spines' PowerGlows when charging up his Atomic Breath. King Ghidorah's red eyes tend to glint brightly and ominously in dark settings. The Mutos from ''Film/Godzilla2014'' have red glowing slits for eyes, which lack any kind of pupils and may be heat sensors or compound eyes. Mechagodzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has red-glowing optics. |
| 288 | * In ''Film/{{Platoon}}'', Barnes' eyes glow in [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] in Chris' hallucinogenic experience of the final battle. |
| 289 | * The creature's mask's eyes in ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' occasionally flash a yellow glow. This trick is brought back in ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'', as well as in ''{{Film/Predators}}''. |
| 290 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 291 | ** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Darth Vader's eyes glow a bright yellow when he goes off to kill all the Separatists. He covers his head with a hood, but you can tell that they glow in the shadow. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he is wearing eyeliner]]. [[EvilMakeover That's what happens when you go Dark Side]]. |
| 292 | ** Yellow eyes seems in fact to be a side effect of being a Sith. Darth Maul and the Emperor have them as well. |
| 293 | * In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Todd (a.k.a. ex-boyfriend #3) has eyes that glow whenever he uses his [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum vegan superpowers]]. |
| 294 | * The army of robot children from ''Film/SpyKids1'', including [[EvilDoppelganger Carmen and Juni's clones]], have eyes which flash like this, accompanied by an electronic sound effect. |
| 295 | * Ra in ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' has eyes that glow, especially when he is angry. This was adopted by the TV series adaptation. |
| 296 | * If you're in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' and "God"'s eyes are glowing in response to your query to why he needs a starship, let's just say you're [[EyeBeams not going to get an honest answer]]. |
| 297 | * In ''Film/TaiChiZero'', once, when Lu Chan is hit on his horn and his powers manifest, his eyes glow white. |
| 298 | * Scott Howard, the titular werewolf from ''Film/TeenWolf'' uses this to hilarious effect along with a demonic voice to procure beer from a curmudgeonly old liquor store keeper without having to show ID. |
| 299 | * Shows up in ''Film/TowerOfTerror'' as a trick by the ghosts. |
| 300 | * ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995'': The {{creepy child}}ren have eyes that glow bright blue or orange whenever they use their PsychicPowers. |
| 301 | * ''Film/TheWolfman2010'': When Lawrence begins his first transformation, his father moves into the shadows, with his eyes creepily glowing in the darkness (albeit only for a moment). |
| 302 | * In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', the dopplegangers' eyes [[ThroatLight and mouths]] glow with a blinding white light when they attack. |
| 303 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 304 | ** Storm's eyes glow when she's using her WeatherManipulation powers. |
| 305 | ** The [[KillerRobot Sentinels]] from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' have glowing yellow eyes. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Gamebooks]] |
| 309 | * An interesting variation occurs in the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' {{Gamebook|s}} ''The Kingdoms of Terror''. Lone Wolf is being attacked by a very fast monster with glowing eyes in a pitch-black castle. If you choose to fire an arrow at its eyes you actually get a bonus to your success roll since, because they're glowing, they're ''an easier target.'' |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 313 | * ''Literature/BeyondTheImpossible'': Noriko’s silver eyes shine when she’s using her super-intelligence, especially in the early issues. They become especially bright whenever she’s angry. If they turn completely black, run. |
| 314 | * The vampires in ''Literature/BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' reverse this: their eyes glow like lighthouses when they see their mates. When they actually battle the bad guys, no glow. |
| 315 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'': |
| 316 | ** Drool Rockworm's permanently red-glowing eyes are a typical example of this. On the other hand, Caerroil Wildwood with his silver-glowing eyes is not, being neutral to the good guys and doom for the bad guys. |
| 317 | ** Lord Foul's eyes are definitely this, especially since they're the only things that are in focus; his default form is a roughly humanoid LivingShadow whose glowing yellow eyes are its only clear feature. |
| 318 | * ''Literature/TheDarkestDark'': The "aliens" who invade Chris' room after dark have little glowing balls of light for eyes. |
| 319 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 320 | ** {{Subverted|Trope}} with [[DontFearTheReaper Death]], who has glowing ''[[ColourCodedForYourConvenience blue]]'' [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath eyelights]] (unless he's angry) and is a lovable example of TheSpock. It should be pointed out that the blue eyes in question are ''stars'' and that in moments of "emotional" stress (Death can't really do emotions; no glands), they go supernova. Yes, his eyes explode when he's angry. |
| 321 | ** Also {{subverted|Trope}}, and {{inverted|Trope}}, with the {{golem}}s. They all have red glowing eyes as a byproduct of the magic that keeps them alive, but are innately harmless, and indeed most of them are [[RestrainingBolt prohibited]] from acts of violence even in their own self-defense. However, because of their implacable work ethic, near-human appearance, and glowing eyes, people tend to be creeped out by them, and unprovoked attacks of humans on golems are not uncommon. |
| 322 | ** In ''Literature/MovingPictures'', an actual golden star appears in the pupils of Victor, Ginger and Dibbler when they come under the influence of Holy Wood. [[spoiler:While the spirit of Holy Wood itself doesn't seem evil, its emergence ''attracts'' doom in the form of the Dungeon Things, so it's played straight in a sense.]] |
| 323 | * In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' tie-in novel ''Forever Autumn'', the aliens attack the Doctor and co. using [[spoiler:possessed cats, and later, children]] whose eyes glow green. |
| 324 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 325 | ** White Court Vampires have this as a gauge of how far into their "super vamp" mode they've gone. If they're normal, you're looking at a dangerous predator. If they're all white, back away slowly and then get out of dodge. If they're ''silver'', [[OhCrap make]] [[MemeticMutation your]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs time]]. |
| 326 | ** Denarians also exhibit glowing eyes — specifically, the Fallen themselves will manifest eyes (usually green) when they are startled, angry, or in combat. They're not required to be in the same places as their hosts' eyes (which, due to VoluntaryShapeshifting, can be whatever shape, color, or number the host wants), and are usually on the forehead. As for the "of Doom" part, well, start with a FallenAngel and go from there. |
| 327 | ** When Bob is awake, his skull sanctum's orbital sockets develop glowing orange sparks for "eyes". Normally they're not this trope, but when they turn blue in ''Literature/DeadBeat'', it means his ''very scary'' hidden evil side has taken control. [[spoiler:In ''Literature/GhostStory'', his Evil Bob side has become an independent entity with creepy blue eye-sparks.]] |
| 328 | * JC Chance of the ''Literature/GhostFinders'' novels acquires brilliantly-shining eyes from the mysterious Light after his near-death experience in the London Underground. Unlike most heroic examples, it's not temporary or limited to battle, so he has to wear heavy dark sunglasses to go out in public. |
| 329 | * Precision, does this a lot in ''Literature/HellsChildren'' by Andrew Boland. |
| 330 | * In ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', the first definite sign Prendick sees that M'ling isn't just an ugly human is when he sees the beastman's eyes flash in the darkness, reflecting light like an animal's. |
| 331 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 332 | ** The Nazgul are often depicted in art as having glowing red eyes. As they are normally invisible, this is their only visible feature. |
| 333 | ** The [[EyeColourChange colour]] of the light shining from Gollum's eyes indicates which personality is in control. |
| 334 | * The ghost of Madeline Stanhope exhibits these after bonding to the Venebretti necklace in ''Literature/TheNecromanticMysteriesOfKyleMurchisonBooth''. |
| 335 | * In ''Literature/ANightInTheLonesomeOctober'', a "funny light" comes into Jack's eyes when he's in the grip of the curse that makes him UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. |
| 336 | * This is a characteristic of the most powerful Dead in ''Literature/TheOldKingdom'', particularly the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Greater Dead]], who are usually described as having eyes that look like fiery pits. Also counts as GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath. |
| 337 | * ''Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters'': Ryn has eyes with matte black sclera and rings of blue fire for irises. They are an immutable and unmistakable sign of her divinity, so she wears dark sunglasses most of the time and claims they're prescription. As it turns out, she's hunted humans [[TimeAbyss long enough]] that any human who sees her eyes is instinctively terrified. No, humans aren't scared of the eyes of her ''species'', but of ''hers'' specifically. |
| 338 | * Is an reccuring theme in ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'', [[TheHeavy Tarkan]] has red glowing ones, [[ChaoticEvil Ezau]] has white glowing ones, and Azur has them, although he's not one of the antagonists. |
| 339 | * ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In Episode 2, in combination with RedEyesTakeWarning when [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]] is enraged: |
| 340 | --> [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]]'s eyes glowed brightest, in a deep bloody scarlet. |
| 341 | * Sorcerers in ''Literature/SecondApocalypse'' have very bright glowing eyes (and mouth) when they sing their spells. In cases where extreme power is invoked this extends to a whole-body glow. |
| 342 | * ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': |
| 343 | ** The eyes of the Valar shone (likely constantly) with the power of their spirit that the physical forms they wore could barely contain. |
| 344 | ** Fingolfin, High King of the Noldor during the First Age. After a particularly disastrous battle, he [[spoiler: went berserk and rode alone to the gates of Angband, where he challenged Morgoth himself, the most powerful being on Arda, to single combat (he got killed due to the vast power difference, but he did manage to fairly seriously wound Morgoth -- the only non-Ainu to ever do so).]] Those who saw him pass said his eyes glowed then like the eyes of the Valar do. |
| 345 | * In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the wights, corpses on the control of The Others, are described to have piercingly blue eyes, in this vein. |
| 346 | * In ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'', when a demonseed goes into GodMode, their eyes start to glow yellow. This is your last warning to turn tail and run before everything goes to hell. |
| 347 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 348 | ** The yellow glowing eyes is common to all Dark Side practitioners in the ''Star Wars'' universe, and usually comes as a result of deep immersion in the Dark Side of the Force. Golden-yellow irises with a bloodshot rim, they are often referred to as "Sith Eyes" due to their obvious association with the most illustrious of Dark Side sects. Some Sith are even in this state permanently (Darth Maul, Darth Sidious after revealing himself.) |
| 349 | ** [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]] from Creator/TimothyZahn's novels is a Chiss, a race of aliens closely related to humans but with blue skin and featureless glowing {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. He's a [[WickedCultured gentleman]] [[TheStrategist military]] [[MagnificentBastard commander]] of a villain, rather than someone who will flip out and burn you with laser beams from his eyes, and while he's definitely a bad guy he's complex and not strictly ''evil''. The glow is nonetheless unsettling, and [[EyeLightsOut goes out when he dies]]. |
| 350 | ** Other Chiss show up elsewhere in the EU. While the most antagonistic any of the named ones has been was around the level of an ObstructiveBureaucrat, they ''all'' have eyes like that, and they all tend to have a little of Thrawn's inscrutability. |
| 351 | ** [[Literature/HandOfThrawn Flim]] simulates the glow with "self-powered surface inserts". |
| 352 | * Both the good and bad guys of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' have them. {{Justified|Trope}} in the case of the heroic Knights Radiant, whose eyes glow when they've inhaled a bunch of [[{{Mana}} Stormlight]] and are about to annihilate some evil. [[spoiler: On the bad side, ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' reveals that Parshendi eyes glow red when they become Voidbringers.]] |
| 353 | * In Fiona Patton's ''Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm'' novels, royals have literally flaming eyes. In one book a four-year-old sovereign stares so hard at one of her vassals as she argues with him that her eyes grow hot and a "red-hot nimbus of flame" rises up between them. The man, old enough to be her grandfather, hastily submits to her will. |
| 354 | * ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': ''Literature/BekaCooper'' doesn't have any evil side or DemonicPossession, just IcyBlueEyes that get really ''intense'' when she's angry. People who see her like this assume she's a mage laying a curse, a fear she uses to her advantage on a couple of occasions. |
| 355 | * In ''Literature/VoidCity'', vampires have the power to make their eyes glow bright red. Though they can choose to do it consciously, it also tends to happen subconsciously when they are extremely angry. |
| 356 | * Ba'alzamon from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' has eyes that occasionally appear to be pits of fire. After he's defeated, his body has its eye sockets burned out. |
| 357 | * ''Literature/WhenTheStormCame'': The story ends with "the Storm", the otherwise indescribable entity laying waste to the town, looming over the protagonist with glowing eyes. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 361 | * Robbie Reyes on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' gets these whenever the Rider’s about to come out, as a prelude to the Rider’s FireballEyeballs. |
| 362 | * Lyta on ''Series/BabylonFive'' has both a Glowing Eyes Of Doom mode when under Vorlon influence and a glossy black eyes mode when resisting (or influenced by) the Shadows. |
| 363 | * ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'''s robotic Cylons have one glowing red eye that slide back and forth with a scary metallic noise. Also, in some posters/still images for [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 the reimagined series]], the humanoid Cylons sport glowing red eyes as well, though this isn't in the actual show. |
| 364 | * Most werewolves on ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'' have eyes like this. Tommy being the most obvious example. |
| 365 | * In ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'', the Homelander and Starlight do this, but Homelander's RedEyesTakeWarning are either used to threaten or just before he unleashes his EyeBeams to deadly effect. Meanwhile, Starlight may occasionally use her golden glowing eyes as a GoodIsNotSoft warning, it's usually to prevent violence, and her eyes also glow when she orgasms. |
| 366 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
| 367 | ** When Willow does some serious white magic in the last episode, she gets a pair of completely white glowing eyes. |
| 368 | ** Buffy gets a pair in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E21Primeval Primeval]]" as a result of the enjoining spell. |
| 369 | * ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'': Ben Hawkins sometimes has glowing white eyes when doing something seriously holy. |
| 370 | * This trope was also a regular standby of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. For example, Cole's eyes glowing with fire after a YouKillItYouBoughtIt turns him into the BigBad in season four. |
| 371 | * ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'': When Deet harnesses the ''Darkening'', her eyes have a purple glow to them. |
| 372 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 373 | ** Sutekh from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]" has glowing green eyes whenever he uses his powers to MindRape the Doctor. |
| 374 | ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E2TheAwakening The Awakening]]", the Malus has glowing green eyes. |
| 375 | ** The Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]] has constantly glowing green, cat-like eyes which he conceals behind sunglasses and uses to instantly hypnotise Lee. The eyes are a continuity nod to the final story of the original series, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]", in which the Master was infected and under the influence of the Cheetah Planet that gave his ''last'' incarnation SupernaturalGoldEyes. |
| 376 | ** Rose when she absorbs the Time Vortex energies in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]". When the Doctor takes it out of her, his eyes glow too. |
| 377 | ** Actually justified in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones Smith and Jones]]", as the villain's eyes are glowing because they're reflecting the discharges coming from the MRI scanner. |
| 378 | ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 42]]", those who become possessed by the sentient sun -- including the Doctor -- have burning orange eyes. |
| 379 | ** Donna in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]" when [[spoiler:her Time Lord metacrisis brain kicks in]]. |
| 380 | ** Idris/the TARDIS' eyes briefly glow in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" when she gives power to a cobbled-together TARDIS. |
| 381 | * ''Series/TheFlash2014'' has the Reverse-Flash combine this with Glowing Eyes of Doom and vibrating his face and vocal cords to disguise his identity. |
| 382 | * ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Isaac and Peter [[spoiler:along with Sylar -- once he steals Isaac's power -- and later Matt, for no apparent reason,]] get glowy eyes when their in their precognitive trances. Ted, the Radioactive Man, gets glowy eyes when he's about to ''[[SuperpowerMeltdown explode]]''. |
| 383 | * ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'', the Sinners combine this with RedEyesTakeWarning, gaining glowing red eyes for a second or two when they get angry or feel particularly "evil". |
| 384 | * In an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' entitled "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap", we see Lily's "you're dead to me" look, which is kind of an overly dramatic DeathGlare. The camera zooms in on her face, her hair starts swirling around, she starts breathing intensely, and her eyes light up with a fiery glowing. |
| 385 | * ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': |
| 386 | ** When Tommy Oliver is BrainwashedAndCrazy, his eyes would occasionally glow neon green. |
| 387 | ** The original Megazord, the Mega Dragonzord, and the Thunder Megazord would have their eyes flash while performing their {{Finishing Move}}s. |
| 388 | * Johnny B. of ''Series/MisfitsOfScience'' developed glowing eyes when his electricity-based powers were fully charged up. |
| 389 | * ''Series/NowhereBoys'': The dogs under DemonicPossession. [[spoiler:People the demon possesses also show this, but only at first, for a couple of seconds.]] |
| 390 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'': Victims of the holo-virus shown in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine Quarantine]]" gain [[RedEyesTakeWarning red versions of these]] when they are about to fire off their [[EyeBeams hex vision]]. This winds up happening to Dr.Hildegard Lanstrom and [[spoiler:Rimmer]] in said episode. |
| 391 | * In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', when The Janitor makes the grave mistake of saying a new attractive Latina nurse looks like a "young Carla", Carla gets glowy eyes and conjures up a powerful wind that blows all throughout the hospital (in an obvious ShoutOut to [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]) and emits a high-pitched scream that breaks Dr. Kelso's glasses and shatters Turk into a million pieces. ("So ''that's'' why they call him Glassman!") This all happens in an ImagineSpot by the way. |
| 392 | * ''Series/{{Search}}'': |
| 393 | ** The murderer has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. |
| 394 | ** The first warning the soldiers have of the wild dogs' attack is when they see the dogs' glowing eyes. |
| 395 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': |
| 396 | ** The Goa'uld do this for intimidation, as well as involuntarily when taking on a new host or dying. Slightly subverted in the fact that the Tok'ra, the good alien cousins of the Goa'uld, also show off their glowing eyes. But they usually nod before, and that's an indication that the symbiont is going to talk, not the host. The glowing is usually accompanied by a characteristic sound. |
| 397 | ** The Doci in seasons 9-10 does this when possessed by the Ori, as does Adria on her own, both before and after ascending. |
| 398 | * In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]] ", Gary Mitchell [[spoiler: is zapped by the galactic barrier, his eyes start to glow, and his psi powers grow exponentially. He goes [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity power-mad]] and [[FallenHero murders]] a [[RedShirt crewmate]]. In the end, Kirk is forced to kill him]]. |
| 399 | * Angels from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' would occasionally have glowing eyes especially when using their power. The big example would be Sam whose eyes would glow [[spoiler: whenever Gadreel would take over]]. |
| 400 | ** Jack, who recently lost his soul but regained his arkangel powers, displays his terrifying eyes as he emerges from the concrete dust from having blasted his way out of a warded box trap. [[MassOhCrap Dean, Sam, and Cass collectively shit themselves]] |
| 401 | * ''Series/TheThundermans'': |
| 402 | ** In the crossover episode called "[[Series/TheHauntedHathaways Haunted]] [[Series/TheThundermans Thundermans]]" when the Green Ghoul possesses [[spoiler: Chad and then Phoebe]], their eyes glow green. |
| 403 | ** Nora's eyes will also glow as she prepares to use her [[EyeBeams superpower]]. |
| 404 | ** In "Happy Heroween", the second ghost story that Dr Colosso tells had Chloe as a zombie who comes to her family's rescue, have glowing eyes and a demonic voice to scare and threaten Mrs Wong. |
| 405 | * ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'': played for laughs in the B'ougar sketch about a life-size bear that sounds like a cougar to place in your bedroom so that when you wake in fear at night, you can have a justification for being afraid. |
| 406 | * Keylla from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' is a weaponized example; its giant, insectoid compound eyes can flash brightly, blinding its opponents and causing explosions. |
| 407 | * Brocken from ''Series/UltramanAce'' is a parasitic monster that possesses an innocent astronaut; prior to revealing itself, it's human host's eyes suddenly glows orange before transforming kaiju-sized seconds later. |
| 408 | * ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': |
| 409 | ** In nightmares Ba'alzamon appears in a mask with glowing eyes, nose and mouth. Like in the books, all ''four'' of the ''ta'veren'' protagonists see those dreams. |
| 410 | ** In Perrin's dream Laila's eyes start to glow. |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 414 | * Some of the kids in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo "Total Eclipse of the Heart"]] by Bonnie Tyler. They're vampires. The song was originally written for an unproduced vampire musical and was later reused for ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''. |
| 415 | * Music/{{Disturbed}}'s {{Mascot}}, "The Guy". |
| 416 | * Music/MichaelJackson in the infamous TwistEnding of his music video Music/{{Thriller}}. |
| 417 | * Music/PeterGabriel has them on [[http://www.hardformat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/peter-gabriel-1-4.jpg the innersleeve]] of his first solo album, whose cover art was by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} |
| 418 | * Music/TwentyOnePilots has a song called “Glowing Eyes”, which uses the term as a metaphor for anxiety. |
| 419 | * Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer's eyes begin to glow when he becomes an evil reindeer overlord in Music/WithinTemptation's "A Gothic Christmas". |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 423 | * ''Literature/TheIliad'': From [[https://home.ubalt.edu/ntygfit/ai_01_pursuing_fame/ai_01_tell/iliad01.htm Book 1]] when Athena has to come down from the heavens to stop Achilles from killing Agamemnon. |
| 424 | --> Pallas Athena! the terrible blazing of those eyes, |
| 425 | * The West Virginia crypid Mothman's eyes are legendarily red, and often the ''only'' thing the witness will see (and sometimes be hypnotized by). |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 429 | * Skull the Bone Head in ''Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports'' has these. |
| 430 | * The Phantom in ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has these, thanks to two well-placed lamps. |
| 431 | * The EvilSorceress in ''VideoGame/RuinerPinball'' has glowing neon green eyes. |
| 432 | * In Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Sorcerer}}'' pinball, the Sorcerer's eyes on the backglass glow and flash during the game. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 436 | * The main villain on ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', known as The Hood, has eyes that glow yellow when he uses his mesmeric powers. |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 440 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 441 | ** Tieflings in the 4th Edition. Technically, they don't actually ''glow'', but the fact that they're always a solid, often metallic, color seems to create a similar effect. For bonus points, they're often gold or {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}. |
| 442 | ** In 3rd Edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'', psionic characters gain glowing eyes whenever they use many of their powers. |
| 443 | ** Certain spells such as "Arcane Sight" make a person's eyes glow blue, and Darkvision can make a character's eyes flash or glow red. |
| 444 | ** First Edition's ''Oriental Adventures'' has the "Fiery Eyes" spell, which makes the caster's eyes glow with an unnatural fire. |
| 445 | ** When a swamp landwyrm is angry, its eyes glow like yellow lanterns. |
| 446 | * In ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'', the nigh-immortal, dimension-hopping godlike wizards known as "Planeswalkers" have these eyes while using their stronger powers, as well as anyone affected by said powers (if the magic in question CAN effect other beings, such as necromancy or mind magics). |
| 447 | * In ''TabletopGame/PalladiumFantasy'', a character could be "cursed" with glowing red eyes, which actually give him increased stats for the purposes of intimidation. |
| 448 | * You can give yourself custom cybereyes in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' with this effect. |
| 449 | * In ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'' some espers are depicted with these when using their powers. |
| 450 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warcraft}}'': At least in the first one, night elves (and perhaps high elves also; don't have now the sourcebook) are described to have no pupils and glowing eyes, especially under the moonlight. |
| 451 | * Seemingly ''everyone'' in ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}}'' has these. It can only be assumed that any face-concealing helmet will have [=LEDs=] in the eyepieces. That said, the Salamanders chapter of the Adeptus Astartes actually DO have them: glowing red orbs that emit heat, with no pupil or iris. |
| 452 | * Happens in ''TabletopGame/{{Werewolf the Forsaken}}'', among the adherents of the Temple of Apollo. When on their Sacred Hunt, if the target has trespassed in one of their holy places and once the adherent uses enough abilities towards their prey, Apollo's power pours through the werewolf. Light spills from their mouth and eyes, granting them a number extra advantages and lighting up the area. |
| 453 | * In the original ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', the single-dot Protean power was "Eyes of the Beast" or "Gleam of Red Eyes" depending on the edition. Aside from making the vampire in question's eyes glow red, which was great for intimidating some characters, a vampire using it could see in deepest night as though it was a clear day at noon. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 457 | * ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': In the 2017 Broadway retool, the squirrels' eyes glow yellow at first, but then glow red as they [[spoiler: tear Veruca apart]]. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 461 | * In ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', the PerversePuppet that [[CreepyChild Lieselotte]] carries around has these as a side-effect of her dead sister possessing it. |
| 462 | * In the ending of ''VideoGame/AlphaPrime'', [[spoiler:Arnold]] appears to come back from the dead with glowing green eyes. This is not a good sign for the people he's on the ship with. |
| 463 | * Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' after climbing out of Naraka has eyes permanently in this state, and they glow their former red color on occasion. His master Augus has these naturally, but [[spoiler: they are white holes because Augus is blind]]. They only return to normal once [[spoiler:Asura destroys Chakravartin and frees Mithra]]. |
| 464 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'': Sarevok's eyes glow yellow/golden, at least sometimes. Even [[spoiler:in his portrait in ''Throne of Bhaal'' when he's no longer a Bhaalspawn]]. |
| 465 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}},'' Rodin and Bayonetta are talking in the [[spoiler:Gates of Hell Bar]], and Rodin is using [[spoiler:bottles to describe the relationship between Paradiso, Inferno, and the Human world. When he says that heaven and hell are going "straight for each others' throats]]," his eyes glow red behind his sunglasses. |
| 466 | * The Little Sisters in ''VideoGame/BioShock'' have glowing eyes until they're rescued. |
| 467 | ** In addition, the Big Daddies that protect the Little Sisters also have these eyes (or at least it looks so, given the portholes in their diving helmets glow). The Little Sisters can't harm you. If you hit a Big Daddy with a stray shot, though, they won't stop chasing you until you or they are dead. |
| 468 | ** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has the combination of both in the Big Sister, a grown Little Sister in a Big Daddy-esque suit, with very visible [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] and the ability to [[LightningBruiser quickly wreck anyone in sight.]] |
| 469 | * Some of the characters in ''VideoGame/TheBlackHeart'' have these; Animus' single eye glows yellow, so do Hashi's eyes. Final has two huge glowing yellow eyes, and their glow amplifies whenever he casts powerful magic. In a particularly sinister variation, Janos is always portrayed as a dark silhouette, and generally with a single red eye glowing. |
| 470 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': |
| 471 | ** The Kaka clan have glowing eyes. All. The. Time. They're descended from a living weapon, but are largely comical and harmless. Even the playable member, Taokaka, is a comic relief {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. |
| 472 | ** Hazama/[[spoiler:Terumi]] has Glowing Eyes Of Doom in the ''Continuum Shift'' trailers, [[spoiler:and when revealed as the TheManBehindTheMan in ''Calamity Trigger'']] |
| 473 | * All zombies in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' are characterized by distinct glowing eyes, with varying colors to indicate who is controlling them (orange for Samantha/Maxis, blue for Richtofen, red for Apothicons). |
| 474 | * Dracula of ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' fame has glowing {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} - as if it weren't already obvious that he's not someone you want to mess with... |
| 475 | ** Joachim of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' and Walter of the same game display this, too, when they're showing the hell off with magic - Walter in a cutscene notably creepier than most of the others. |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': |
| 477 | ** Several different forms of these are costume options. These range from a face-type (which predates costume auras) with solid-color eyes, to Electric Eyes, Fiery Eyes, Smoky Eyes, Sparkly Eyes, and more. |
| 478 | ** Also, human-form Kheldians' eyes glow when using their powers as an indication that they're channelling power from their alien halves. |
| 479 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' uses this in a rare combination with RedEyesTakeWarning to denote amped-up versions of regular baddies you encounter throughout the game ([[NintendoHard not that the "regular" baddies are any walk in the park either]]). Here, the eyes are both red and glowing and you'd best look lively. Generally you can expect red-eyed enemies to move faster, hit harder, have more health and be more resistant to stun-lock than their generic counterparts. [[OhCrap And then there are the bosses whose eyes start to glow midway through the fight...]] |
| 480 | * The Raincoat Killer in ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' has what appear to be red-tinted headlights where his eyes should be. |
| 481 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': |
| 482 | ** Subverted with Sparda. He's a demon with distinct glowing eyes in his true form, but had a HeelFaceTurn long before the games' events to become a sort of [[MessianicArchetype savior figure]] to parts of the human race. |
| 483 | ** Dante has these towards the end of [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]] when he stops fooling around with Mundus and gets ''really'' [[OhCrap pissed off]]. |
| 484 | --->'''Dante:''' SILENCE! |
| 485 | ** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'', Tateobesu uses its eyes' glow to [[BlindedByTheLight temporarily blind Lucia before their fight]], though the flashing lights have no effect on her during gameplay. |
| 486 | ** Beowulf, whose single glowing {{red eye|sTakeWarning}} becomes more evident as he TurnsRed in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''. |
| 487 | ** [[spoiler:Nero]]'s eyes glow red in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' once Agnus manages to [[UnstoppableRage piss him off enough]], [[spoiler:unlocking a spectral Devil Trigger]]. |
| 488 | ** In ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Mundus has glowing eyes when in combat, and Vergil gains these [[spoiler:after absorbing [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hollow Vergil]] towards the end of ''Vergil's Downfall''.]] |
| 489 | ** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Urizen is a powerful demon with eyes that glow bright blue. Likewise, the playable characters' eyes permanently glow red if their [[PurposelyOverpowered Super Costumes]] are equipped. |
| 490 | * The three core characters in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' have these. Laharl and Etna show them when they're angry, whereas Flonne also sports them when she's [[{{Otaku}} overly excited]]. Bonus points for her eyes lighting ''on fire'' either way. In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', Raspberyl also gets these when she's mad. |
| 491 | * In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', team member Io Nitta has them [[spoiler:when she channels the spirit of Lugh, an Irish sun god, as a (temporary) enemy. Toxic green eyes, to be precise]]. |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'': TheProtagonist's eyes on the [[StatusLine status bar]] become glowing and golden when an invulnerability power-up is taken (or God Mode is enabled). Combine with a Berserk Pack, and you too can have fun with puns! |
| 493 | * ''VideoGame/HeroOfSparta'' have Hades in the first game, as a TinTyrant clad in armor whose face is covered in shadows, save for a pair of glowing eyes sticking out. |
| 494 | * Similarly, the protagonist in ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' -- but only on enabling of God Mode (no invincibility powerups in that game). |
| 495 | * In the arcade version of ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon II'', the boss Abore has glowing red eyes and ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' style {{sunglasses|AtNight}}; is he supposed to be a cyborg? |
| 496 | * ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': |
| 497 | ** [[spoiler:Meredith]] has these when you fight [[spoiler:her as]] the FinalBoss thanks to the ArtifactOfDoom. That is, the [[spoiler:Lyrium Idol found in the Primeval Thaig]]. |
| 498 | ** Anders also gets these when he goes into Vengeance mode at various points throughout the game (or, [[SuperMode when you manually activate Vengeance to increase his damage in combat]]). How doom-y the eyes are is somewhat open to interpretation. |
| 499 | * Whenever a villain is possessed by Towa in ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' and ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse''. |
| 500 | * The vendor in ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' has, as Fidget puts it, "glowing evil eyes of evil". As it turns out, he's not evil at all and quite eager to do business with you. |
| 501 | * In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', [[GlowingEyes glowing]] [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden eyes]] are a trait of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'''s ''Dawnguard'' DLC. It's implied that this is a trait which is InvisibleToNormals, and can only be seen by certain other supernatural beings (such as the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]], who has a draconic [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aedric]] soul). Given that most in-universe consider vampires to be AlwaysChaoticEvil, the "of Doom" part easily applies, though there are individual exceptions. |
| 502 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' being fully evil causes your eyes to glow red. By this point, you also have demonic horns, insects buzzing around you, a red mist emanating from your footsteps, and townspeople flee at the sight of you. |
| 503 | * The Heartless of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, at least those with visible eyes, do this constantly. So does Sora in his Anti Form. |
| 504 | * In the Steam game ''Finding Bigfoot'', Bigfoot's eyes glow green. This is also one of his more monstrous portrayals, being a violent [[ToServeMan man eater]]. |
| 505 | %%* ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'': [[DemonicSpiders Replica Ninjas]]. |
| 506 | * The four fiends of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' seem to have this, whether or not it's due to graphical limitation is debatable. |
| 507 | * ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has Freddy himself. His blue eyes glow when the power is out, and his endoskeleton's eyes glow white when he's moving around on later nights. The [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 sequel]] has Shadow Bonnie and Shadow Freddy (mysterious beings that have glowing white eyes) and a purple guy in one of the mini games (you can see that his eyes look very similar to Freddy's eyes). |
| 508 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'', Nomad-infected people in cut-scenes make their eyes glow blue when they really mean business. |
| 509 | * ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'''s Shivans have ''seven'' Glowing Eyes Of Doom. [[http://www.nightsolo.net/fs2guide/shivan1.bmp In a V shape.]] All of them are {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}. |
| 510 | * ''VideoGame/GachaWorld'': The characters that become infected by [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Final Boss]] all start to antagonize TheProtagonist putting them through difficult boss fights after their eyes start glowing. Eyes glowing is a very accurate tell-tale signs of being corrupted and having to be fought to return back to normal in Gacha World. [[spoiler:The FinalBoss when defeated returns to normal which is nothing different from before as he was in character the entire time anyways so he doesn't change and just straight up corrupts your friend Ellie before fading away.]] |
| 511 | * Even ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' has this; sometimes played straight, sometimes averted. The Locust Horde (the main antagonists of the series) outfits many of their war beasts with helmets that have multiple glowing eye-pieces to fool human on-lookers that they're fighting multi-eyed, alien beast. The truth is, few Locust creatures actually have more than two eyes, let alone glowing ones. The exceptions being the Kryll, who have two eyes, and the Corpsers, who have four. |
| 512 | ** A perhaps even greater example of this are the Lambent. Once something is exposed to Imulsion, the series' fictional fuel, it starts mutating into a horrible beast, twisting, shifting or even mummifying... but every single Lambent to date (that has eyes, mind you) has had glowing eyes. Seeing how the Lambent want to consume everything and every time you kill them, they explode, this trope is pretty justified. |
| 513 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'', people who use many canisters frequently develop glowing eyes. They're not necessarily evil, but they are {{power|Glows}}ful and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity frequently unstable]]. It may be {{in|vokedTrope}}tentional, rather than a random side effect -- a character in the first game says glowing eyes are "designed to engender respect." |
| 514 | * In ''VideoGame/GodHand'' the mooks will gain glowing eyes when there's a {{demon|icSpiders}} about. |
| 515 | * The ''Series/DoctorWho'' adventure game ''The Gunpowder Plot'' features a shapeshifting Rutan called Lady Winters, who when in human and cat form has bright green glowing eyes. |
| 516 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Guilty Spark 343 is basically a floating mechanical eyeball. His eye goes [[RedEyesTakeWarning from blue to red]] when he's enraged beyond rationality. |
| 517 | * In ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'', Jak's Light form has glowing white eyes--a stark contrast to his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark form]]'s BlackEyesOfEvil. While he might ''look'' rather angelic with those massive, radiant wings, he can also freeze time and then blast the hell out of you with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the Supernova]]. |
| 518 | * In ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' and all ascending games, when you fail, the King's eyes will glow and make a speech on how much you fail. |
| 519 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'', the Helghast combine their {{gas mask|Mooks}}s with these. |
| 520 | * In ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'', your character gets these eyes, complete with small flames of power seeping through, when he casts spell or enter [[BulletTime Reckoning Mode]]. |
| 521 | * ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': For some no doubt insane reason, Kim Kaphwan's eyes have been known to become sparkling white spotlights when he decides to start kicking evil in the ass. |
| 522 | * In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'', you can recognize a shapeshifting genie, trying to lure you to your death, by his flashing golden eyes. |
| 523 | %%* The Witch from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. Oh God, the witch... |
| 524 | * In the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' franchise, the Hylden and [[MindControlEyes those possessed by them]] have glowing green eyes. The Hylden seen at the time are AlwaysChaoticEvil. [[spoiler: Being in the local idea of Hell for untold millenia does that.]] Oh, and they try to take over the world and kill everyone. And [[GenreBlindness most humans have no idea]]. |
| 525 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 526 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime,'' Ganondorf's eyes start glowing hellishly just before he goes into OneWingedAngel mode. |
| 527 | ** In the HD remake of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' a new graphical effect added to the game is that enemies' eyes have a noticeable glow to them. |
| 528 | * ''VideoGame/LochNess'': Nessie's eyes glow in the darkness, and she'll attack you if she finds you. |
| 529 | * ''VideoGame/LostSoulAside'': The stone figure boss in the 2017 gameplay trailer has eyes glowing bright blue. |
| 530 | * [[spoiler:Morrighan's]] eyes in ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'', [[spoiler:when they aren't shut]], are this trope combined with DeathGlare. Needless to say, if you ever see them like this, chances are some serious shit is about to go down. |
| 531 | * Although the Hummer robots of ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' are pretty much a joke, their eyes glow in the dark and may cause pants-crapping. Oh yeah, and what's worse is when you see the juggernaut's eyes... The only difference is that the juggernaut is DAMN FAR FROM A JOKE. |
| 532 | * Waluigi exhibited these whenever he scored a point in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' for Platform/{{Nintendo 64}}. |
| 533 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 534 | ** In the [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 first game]], [[BigBad Saren]] had these, as well, due to his Reaper implants. [[spoiler: Exactly the same. They're an early hint that he's a Reaper thrall.]] |
| 535 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': |
| 536 | *** If Shepard moves toward the Renegade side of the KarmaMeter, their eyes begin to glow red as their more violent, aggressive, and ruthless nature exacerbates the cybernetic implants in their body. |
| 537 | *** Also invoked when Harbinger takes control of a Collector soldier. |
| 538 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': |
| 539 | ** Ridley has a pair of yellow-orange ones; his Space Pirate lackeys share this trait in the original ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''. |
| 540 | ** The main villain of ''Prime'', Metroid Prime itself, has glowing eyes, but in deep crimson. |
| 541 | ** Phazon-corrupted characters in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' sport glowing blue eyes, including [[spoiler: Rundas, Ghor, Gandrayda, and Samus herself - the last being visibly reflected in her visor, and growing worse throughout the game]]. |
| 542 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' |
| 543 | ** The [[GiantSpider Spiders]] have glowing red eyes, which fits as they are fully hostile at night while they'll only attack you if you bother them during the day. |
| 544 | ** The Endermen have glowing violet eyes and if you make [[DontLookAtMe eye contact with them, they'll go attack you]]. |
| 545 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': |
| 546 | ** A lot of monsters exhibit this themselves, though usually when enraged. All of the aquatic monsters have it when fighting them underwater, which works as a gameplay element to help you see where they are more easily as it is very hard to see underwater, and also to inspire terror as you may not see the monster behind you until it rears its head and shows you the glowing eyes. |
| 547 | ** ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'': Nargacuga, who is usually fought at night and whose eyes glow bright red. They glow more intensely when the monster is enraged, leaving trails as it moves around. This is mitigated somewhat if you break its face, which has the result of [[EyeScream a scar where one eye used to be]], though the other eye still glows. This also applies to the subspecies Green Nargacuga in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'', only its eyes glow ''orange''. |
| 548 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'': |
| 549 | *** A hunter can forge the Helios/Selene armor set, in which the "eye slots" glow a sort of light blue. It doesn't really inspire doom (in fact you'd probably get some praise from fellow hunters) except for the monster you hunted to make it, an ''Elder Dragon'' named Ceadus. Who is nearly 60 meters long and causes earthquakes to an ''entire island'' whenever he rams it with his horns. |
| 550 | *** Lucent Nargacuga in ''3 Ultimate'' takes this a step further when compared to its black and green cousins: though its eyes still glow, it is capable of turning completely invisible, so its eyes (when in rage mode) are the only means by which you can effectively track its motion. |
| 551 | * Those infected by the UnstoppableRage in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' have this. |
| 552 | %%* The EvilSorcerer in ''VideoGame/MysteryOfMortlakeMansion'' has these - they're all we can see of his face. |
| 553 | * ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': A character reaching twentieth level as a monk will get glowing eyes, presumably reflecting their becoming more than mere mortals as per the 20th-level class property. |
| 554 | * ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' features these with Sarah (if you're fast enough to see her in the bedroom at the start of the game) and Tony. All of the other vampires have them as well, but only when they show their fangs. |
| 555 | * ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': When in his [[SuperMode Shadow Form]], one of Oswald's eyes disappears and the other glows red. |
| 556 | * ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'': Kuro sports these. [[spoiler:During a flashback to her StartOfDarkness, you can see what sparked the pure hatred that made them start glowing like that]]. |
| 557 | * In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'', Kwolok and Mora both have glowing eyes while [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the control of]] TheCorruption; silver-white for the former, and a SicklyGreenGlow for the latter. The BigBad, Shriek, who was corrupted from birth, has glowing blue-white eyes [[EyeLightsOut until her death]]. |
| 558 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'', [[PlayerCharacter YOU]] have these. |
| 559 | * Monsters' eyes glow a [[SicklyGreenGlow sickly greenish shade]] when they're subjected to MindControl in ''[[Creator/{{Nitrome}} Parasite]]''. |
| 560 | * Killian in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'' has glowing red eyes, likely due to cybernetic augmentation. |
| 561 | * All of ''VideoGame/Persona4'''s shadows have glowing golden eyes when in human form and if a person denies their shadow as being a part of them, then they'll get attacked and killed by them. |
| 562 | * The [[InvincibilityPowerUp Pentagram of Protection]] in ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' makes the Ranger's eyes glow. |
| 563 | * ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'': When [[spoiler:Arma is]] possessed by [[spoiler:Terme Finance President, Avall]], and made to fight, her eyes glow yellow. |
| 564 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': |
| 565 | ** Albert Wesker from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' has this in addition to {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} with [[HellishPupils slitted pupils]]. Strangely enough, they visibly glow through his [[SunglassesAtNight trademarked sunglasses,]] but not when he takes them off, so it's probably more for dramatic effect than anything. |
| 566 | ** The zombified members of Wesker's private army have glowing red night-vision goggles. Wesker's eyes flashing red through his shades may be a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. |
| 567 | * Continuing from the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' example in the anime section, in a number of games, most mobile suits will have their eyes momentarily glow before some of the more dramatic attacks. By ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration Spirits'', pretty much every single Mobile Suit in the game will have a freeze frame where nothing moves except the background and the glowing eyes of the attacking unit. Occasionally matching certain suits with certain pilots will give even more dramatic glowing eye shots. The best is whenever Char Aznable pilots his Sazabi, which provides a particularly menacing image. Of course, it IS a Zeon MS.... |
| 568 | * In ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', "[[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eyes]]" is a condition that makes the user go into a form of BerserkerRage, becoming stronger and more resilient. The downside is they become much more vulnerable to fire. [[spoiler:Several Ashina clan soldiers take on Red Eyes during the Central Force invasion, but even with it they're hopelessly outmatched, especially since they brought fire]]. It can be induced on yourself by consuming a "Red Lump", which are hard to come by. It also disables resurrection on you while it's active. |
| 569 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowMan'': Michael Le Roi in his role as Shadow Man has them, to the point where the glow grows to resemble the Mask of Shadows. [[spoiler: Surprisingly, none of the villains have them...]] |
| 570 | * All of the colossi in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' have these. When they're simply moving around, their eyes are blue, but when they're attacking or being attacked, they [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn orange.]] |
| 571 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'': ''All'' demons. It's a callback to the earliest days of the series. |
| 572 | * The last stage of 1985 coin-op ''Son of Phoenix'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle '99: The Last War]]'') is set in a place which has the Parthenon, the Pyramids ''and'' the Easter Island Statues (presumably replicas of these things). At some points of the battle, one or more of the statues' eyes glow red. |
| 573 | * Sam Fisher of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'' is nearly always pictured wearing his night-vision goggles, with the glowing green eyepieces as a visual reference to this trope. He's not superpowered, but he's certainly not someone you'd ever want to anger. |
| 574 | %%* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', all the Protoss (and most of the Zerg) have glowing eyes. |
| 575 | * In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire, the scion Heskal's eyes glow brightly while he questions the Outlander as to what the Outlander intends to do to Arcann [[spoiler: shortly before attacking them]]. |
| 576 | * Common in {{fighting game}}s, especially with possessed or boss characters. Akuma and Evil Ryu from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series always have their eyes glowing red to show they're under the influence of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Satsui no Hadou]]. M. Bison has glowing white eyes in every game he's appeared in outside of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. |
| 577 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'': |
| 578 | ** Fighters put their eyes all glowy and get a fiery BattleAura when they grab a Smash Ball, which gives them a somewhat diabolic look. [[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_uk/characters/images/mario/mario_070529b-l.jpg Check out yourself]]. |
| 579 | ** However, Captain Falcon and Meta Knight already have these to begin with, and Mr. Game & Watch averts this by having no eyes to speak of... |
| 580 | ** Speaking of ''Brawl'', Link and Toon Link both have "dark" alternate costumes featuring ebony skin, white hair and, yes, glowing red eyes. |
| 581 | * ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'': The Zuul are depicted with glowing eyes in the artwork. |
| 582 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': |
| 583 | ** Standard for anyone on the receiving end of an [[NighInvulnerability Ubercharge]]. |
| 584 | ** The Demoman can get them (well, ''[[EyepatchOfPower one]]'') by taking heads with the [[EvilWeapon Eyelander]]. |
| 585 | ** A Professional {{Killstreak}} weapon will add a variety of special eye effects to a player once they've amassed a sufficiently high killstreak. |
| 586 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Kazuya Mishima's left eye glows red as of the 4th game, either because of the Mishima bloodline's Devil Gene, or his resurrection by G Corporation. Mokujin, as well, though his aren't really evil as much as an indicator of evil. |
| 587 | * ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'': In the E3 2015 trailer, Chrom from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is depicted with these. [[DarkIsNotEvil He's still a heroic character, though.]] |
| 588 | * ''VideoGame/ATotalWarSagaTroy'': Cerberus' eyes glow red with the fires of the underworld. |
| 589 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': The MoonRabbit Reisen Udongein Inaba can drive people [[MindRape insane]] by using her eyes to screw around with wave lengths, which also allows her to make illusions and such. When you fight her, a pair of seriously giant red eyes appear in the background to signal that she's screwing with you. All the more fun, considering that her last [[CallingYourAttacks spellcard]] turns her bullets invisible. |
| 590 | * ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'': |
| 591 | ** In the opening cutscene, it is shown that the Gorgons' tendency to turn people into stone with their gaze is voluntary; you can tell when one is about to use this power because her eyes will glow. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation they never try doing this to player characters.]] |
| 592 | ** The 1.69 patch gave the Valsharess glowing eyes, which made her look a lot less realistic. |
| 593 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Quan-Chi offers a variation of this in later installments. The whites of his eyes are always pure bright white regardless of the surrounding lighting, making [[BigBad Shinnok's]] [[TheDragon dragon]] look suitably [[http://www.primagames.com/media/images/news/quan_chi_big.jpg creepy and inhuman]]. |
| 594 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tsioque}}'': The evil Wizard's eyes are always glowing to be seen, since his whole figure is pitch black. |
| 595 | * ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsMagicalAlbum'': |
| 596 | ** The sarcophagus' eyes glow when you put the scorpions into the pit. |
| 597 | ** Once the statuettes are placed in the treasure room, their eyes glow for a bit. |
| 598 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', a single Glowing Eye of Doom is possessed by [[spoiler: Sans, the game's hardest boss, if the player has satisfied the [[GottaKillEmAll necessary conditions]] for fighting him]]. |
| 599 | ** Despite what fanart would lead you to believe however, you only ever get to see it twice, during his opening attack [[spoiler:and his final attack]]. |
| 600 | ** [[spoiler:Undyne The Undying (the second hardest boss in the game)]] has a single glowing eye in her left eye socket (Right from Frisk's POV). As to be expected, it is in the shape of a spear. |
| 601 | * In ''VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'', Lapis's eyes glow white whenever she successfully charges Focus or uses her LimitBreak, staring down her enemies while at it. |
| 602 | * ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': In the Chaos Wastes, {{Cult}}ists of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Daemon Prince]] Be'lakor are distinguished from normal units by their glowing purple eyes and enhanced stats. |
| 603 | * In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', [[TheBerserker Grom Hellscream]] had glowing red eyes, caused by his embracing demon rage with open arms. The glow dies away a moment before his death because he killed the demon who caused the rage. In the expansion Frozen Throne, Arthas gets glowing blue eyes after fusing with the Lich King Ner'Zhul. |
| 604 | * Mara, the undead nun antagonist of ''VideoGame/Wick2020'', has these, combined with RedEyesTakeWarning, though they aren't always visible due to her upper face being partly hidden by her wimple. |
| 605 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (see also GlowingEyes for less sinister examples): |
| 606 | ** The Warlock class's demon {{summon|Magic}}s have glowing eyes (except the Felhunter, whose eyes are so tiny as to be practically invisible). |
| 607 | ** The demonic eredar have glowing yellow eyes (although that differs from their non-demonic draenei counterparts only in colour). |
| 608 | ** Fel Orcs, who achieved their state by drinking a demon's blood, have glowing red eyes. |
| 609 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': |
| 610 | ** Many mechon, most notably the Face units, have mechanical light-up eyes. |
| 611 | ** [[spoiler: The Mechonis sports a pair of glowing eyes when it awakens, as does the Bionis.]] |
| 612 | * ''VideoGame/ZombieClaus'': The titular undead Santa has brightly glowing eyes. |
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| 615 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 616 | * The dragon's eyes and the dragonslayer's eyes in ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' glow blue and red respectively when using their abilities. Or at least, the armor's eyes glow. Comes to the same thing. |
| 617 | * Rider in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' when she actually shows her eyes... Probably because they aren't really eyes so much as (apparently) crystallized magical energy that happen to be what she sees with. Oh, and she's [[spoiler: Medusa]]. Figure out the 'of doom' part. |
| 618 | * ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'': Dahlia Hawthorne does this [[spoiler: in the first case after she is revealed to be the murderer of Doug Swallow]]. Also, [[spoiler:her mother]] Morgan Fey tends to do this when she gets angry. |
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| 621 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 622 | * Haiku Melon from ''WebAnimation/BananaNanaNinja'' has eyes that glow orange when he's about to unleash [[PsychicPowers Psychic Watermelon Powers]]. |
| 623 | * ''WebAnimation/ChickenAndMoose'': The titular Chicken sometimes has these, usually coupled with bursts of frightening lucidity.* ''WebAnimation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures'': Kuromi sports a pair when Piano and a frog girl find the figure she's been hunting for all episode. Downplayed as Kuromi then politely, if a bit desperately, asks them to trade the dozens of Empress figures she's acquired for the "Wandering Servant " they have, to which they agree |
| 624 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E3ExesAndOohs Exes and Oohs]]", Millie's eyes glow yellow as she [[WeddingSmashers crashes]] Moxxie's ArrangedMarriage and prepares to [[RoaringRampageOfRescue fight her way through the entire mafia to rescue him]]. |
| 625 | -->'''Millie:''' You want my husband? ''[[ViolentlyProtectiveWife You're gonna have to fucking kill me!]]'' |
| 626 | * In ''WebAnimation/HololiveERROR'' (specifically the animated manga version), Shino Misora's [[OccultBlueEyes Occult]]/InnocentBlueEyes are occasionally depicted as glowing, and, well... While Shino isn't exactly a bad person, being around her is not a good idea due to her {{Yandere}}-esque, "won't take no for an answer" mentality after her death. The intensity becomes rather understandable when it's revealed that [[spoiler:her and the transfer student are one and the same, and she wants nothing more than for her counterpart to ditch the LotusEaterMachine she had trapped herself in. Notably, the less-outwardly-dangerous third Shino is ''never'' shown with her eyes glowing.]] |
| 627 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Hyperboy}}'': [[spoiler:The Hypersuit]]. |
| 628 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Epsilon [[spoiler:Church]], embodied by a Monitor (basically a floating eyeball) from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. When the eye shifts from blue to red, it indicates that the Monitor is about to fire a [[EnergyWeapon laser beam]]. |
| 629 | --> '''Epsilon:''' You will fear my laserface!! |
| 630 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Cinder Fall manifests these when she starts throwing fire around. [[spoiler: Amber the Fall Maiden (whom Cinder stole her power from) also had glowing eyes when using her ElementalPowers.]] The creatures of Grimm also often feature glowing red eyes. [[spoiler: But all those pale to Ruby's mysterious Silver Eye Power, which creates a blinding wave of light and energy strong enough to petrify a Grimm the size of a building.]] |
| 631 | * ''WebAnimation/SquimpusMcGrimpus'', a Youtube channel that specializes in found-footage Fnaf content, has a couple of examples: The Puppet in The Bonnie Movement Test video, Circus Baby in sad_girl.mp4 and Funtime Freddy in birthday_boy.mp4 being the most prominent. |
| 632 | [[/folder]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 635 | * ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': [[HeroicComedicSociopath Black Mage.]] Complete with the hellish aura that was last seen when Black Mage confronted the personification of his sins ([[spoiler:himself]]), and before that, seen on Black Mage when he [[HellHasNewManagement took over hell]]. [[spoiler:Not surprisingly, Black Mage was using the power he gained from killing the personification of his sins.]] |
| 636 | * Spoofed in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207042548/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20050129.html these]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207043146/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20050201.html two]] ''{{Webcomic/Adventurers}}'' comics. |
| 637 | -->'''Tesla:''' I can't believe you would do something like that! We lost people on the force to glowy-eye-soul-stealing-related complications! |
| 638 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Dr. McNinja's eyes glow yellow when he goes into the mode where he can fight ghosts. |
| 639 | * In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120526205741/http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=017&chapterid=1 Karmavore]]. |
| 640 | * In ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'': |
| 641 | ** When Alice's SuperpoweredEvilSide starts to emerge, her eyes glow fierce red. |
| 642 | ** AlwaysChaoticEvil Nightmares have glowing white eyes. |
| 643 | * ''WebComic/Aurora2019'': Chimeras, animals mutated into monsters by life magic, have glowing green eyes. |
| 644 | * ''Webcomic/AverageJoe'': Fatale normally has her eyes glowing red behind her mask. It seems to only occur when she's angry, but [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=152 she]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=242 spends]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=470 a lot]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=591 of]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=665 time]] [[http://ajcomic.com/?p=672 angry]]. |
| 645 | * In ''Webcomic/AxeCop'', after his gaining superpowers including eye beams, Fwinky Dog's eyes can emit a fierce green radiance when stuff gets real, as [[http://axecop.com/comic/episode-125/ here]]. |
| 646 | --> "I think those dogs might be ''bad guys'' trying to ''steal my Fwinkys''. I'm gonna ''fight them''." |
| 647 | ** The Water Queen's eyes light up for some major uses of her [[MakingASplash water powers]], such as stabbing an evil alien to death with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the entire ocean.]] |
| 648 | * ''Webcomic/TheBoxer'': Invoked when indicating a character's using their full potential. Yu's eyes glow and leave a trail when he's not holding back. |
| 649 | ** [[spoiler:Yuto's eyes glow as he stands back up and unlocks "the freedom all geniuses share."]] |
| 650 | * In ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', Dave's eyes glow when he's about to unleash his laser beams. |
| 651 | * ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'': [[GamerChick Lilah]] likes playing ''[[VideoGame/TheSims Sims 3]]''... for a very [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/they-track-all/ particular reason]]. |
| 652 | * ''Webcomic/{{Dogfight}}'': This is a common trademark during fight scenes, which only serves to make them more epic and to highlight that the fighters are getting more serious in their performances. |
| 653 | * ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan: Oracle for Hire'': Magic users have their eyes glow when particularly focused. |
| 654 | * In a ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' fan-fic, Dan's eyes glow red when doom takes over him. |
| 655 | %%* The [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-04-18 Bulldog Dragon]] from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has these. |
| 656 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', rocking the Banestone, or the ArtifactOfDoom, [[http://endstone.net/2011/06/23/6-04/ gives Jon glowing eyes]]. |
| 657 | * ''Webcomic/FreakAngels'': The title characters have this when they use their [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090131215911/http://www.freakangels.com/?p=75&page=4 powers.]] |
| 658 | * In ''Webcomic/TheGlassScientists'', werewolf's eyes glow pale white when it's rampaging through the city. Subverted in that Jasper proves to have good intentions, only bad execution of them. |
| 659 | * The title race of Tarol Hunt's ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' sport something close when angered. It's not quite glow — it's their widened pupils. Big Ears on the other hand did receive these when he acquired his enchanted paladin gear. |
| 660 | * Characters who go into Berserk mode in ''Webcomic/GoldCoinComics''. |
| 661 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': |
| 662 | ** Reynardine does this occasionally. |
| 663 | ** [[spoiler:His cousin]] Coyote's eyes (and he has many) glow when he's [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=492 showing off his awesome power]], which, if he wanted to use it that way, could mean certain doom for just about anyone. |
| 664 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 665 | ** After JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, [[spoiler:Rose]]'s eyes glow white. Inverted with [[spoiler: Kanaya]], however; after [[spoiler: coming back from the dead]], everything glows ''except'' [[spoiler: her]] eyes. |
| 666 | ** More literally, Sollux has glowing red/blue eyes -- and is a "Mage of Doom". |
| 667 | * ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': When one of Scarlet’s eyes glow red, it’s a sign she’s about to reap a sinner. |
| 668 | * As the resident SealedEvilInACan of ''Webcomic/{{Iron Crown}}'', Shard is introduced with these - the relative brightness is an excellent barometer of how particularly murderous he is at the moment. |
| 669 | ** Most notable on [[http://ironcrowncomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-9 on this page]] when our protagonist pisses him off unwittingly. Oops. |
| 670 | * ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'': The SevenDeadlySins have glowing eyes, including the titular character, whose eyes grow black and become pin pricks of light when he's ticked off. The Devil subverts the trope by having completely [[BlackEyesOfEvil dark black eyes.]] |
| 671 | * In ''Webcomic/TheKamics'', the ex-valkyries, Gertrude, Brunhilda & Nikki's, eyes glow when they are angry. Oddly enough they usually glow the same color as their hair color. |
| 672 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': While not ''literally'' glowing, Viktor's eye is often noticeably shaded lighter than his surroundings would logically cause it to be, giving it a "glowing" look (aka The Glare Beam). This is especially noticeable during the firefight with the pig farmers, which takes place in a darkened garage. During this scene, everything is shaded so as to give an impression of pitch blackness... except for Viktor's scary, glare-y eye. The fact that he's a ''cat'' doesn't hurt either. |
| 673 | * ''Webcomic/{{Level}}'''s main character combines this with some glowing goo oozing from his wrists. Sure, he's always been a pretty timid guy, but when you see a kid that glows that much, and advances towards you with a creepy smile, you have to admit that something ain't right. |
| 674 | * ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': |
| 675 | ** Richard has glowing yellow eyes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g One could say he fits the trope.]] (But then, he ''is'' [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath undead]].) |
| 676 | ** And Maikos too. |
| 677 | * ''Webcomic/LosingIsFun'': When Bembul removes his goggles his eyes glow revealing that he is possessed. |
| 678 | * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Anyone in the universe with a sufficiently powerful BattleAura (mainly [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent powerful devils]] and [[GodOfHumanOrigin Demiurges]]) get glowy eyes of doom when sufficiently riled. Jagganoth's eyes are a permanent, monocoloured red, and were stuck that way even before he became a Demiurge. |
| 679 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': |
| 680 | ** Celia's eyes glow blue [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0070.html when she's angry]], or possibly when she shoots lightning, as these tend to happen at the same time. She also likes to use them [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0529.html against her mother]], apparently. |
| 681 | ** This is common with enraged spellcasters. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0160.html Samantha the Sorceress]] and later [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0597.html Vaarsuvius]] both glow with an awesome power. |
| 682 | * ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'': |
| 683 | ** Bud and Tiff during Autumn's paranoid delusion about their museum trip. Tiffany again after consuming an entire pot of coffee. |
| 684 | ** The attic minis do this. They're white at first but turn red when their creepiness gets to higher levels. |
| 685 | * Ciro and Kareems eyes glow when they "go dark" in ''[[http://centralcitytower.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5miak2 Project 0]]''. Played with in that it doubles as [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes a cartoonish trick]]. |
| 686 | * Played pretty straight in ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', whenever Freija's eyes [[HairTriggerTemper start glowing]], it usually means that something bad is about to happen to someone. |
| 687 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': Played straight and subverted. If a demon's eyes are glowing, it could be [[TheBerserker enraged and about to rip you apart]]... or it could just be trying to [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes improve its night vision.]] |
| 688 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': |
| 689 | ** Lord Horribus's eyes glow so fiercely when he's mad that ''flames'' start to creep out of them (which almost always goes along with a fiery BattleAura). |
| 690 | ** Also Gwynn, when she gets so angry that the powers of K'Z'K or the ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Book of E-Ville]]'' activate in her automatically. |
| 691 | ** Bun-bun once manifests {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} (not unambiguously drawn as glowing, but ''he'' starts glowing red next) when he gets absolutely enraged. |
| 692 | * ''Webcomic/VampireGirl'': [[BigBad The Vampiress]] has glowing red eyes, and [[TheFaceless they are among the only parts of her face that are visible to anybody to see]]. |
| 693 | * ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': The golem girls [[spoiler:and Monica]] can make their eyes glow, essentially causing them to function as flashlights. It is fueled by fear, doubt, or anger. A {{golem}} feeling any of those certainly spells danger. |
| 694 | * ''Webcomic/{{Zomgan}}'': In the first episode, the Zomgan guards' eyes start glowing ominously as they approach Mirae On, taunt him and talk about how they got a human feast on their hands. |
| 695 | [[/folder]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 698 | * This became an internet meme mid-2018, usually connoting things like PerverseSexualLust or UnstoppableRage. |
| 699 | * In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the eyes of demons and half-demons start glowing when they channel their demonic powers and are about to kick some major ass. |
| 700 | * In ''[[WebVideo/TheCartoonMan Journey of the Cartoon Man]]'', [[spoiler: Oswald Sherzikien's OneWingedAngel form includes glowing red eyes]]. |
| 701 | * ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Frozen Flame", Mr. Storm has the glowing eyes to be expected of a mage able to cast thunder and lightning. |
| 702 | * [[BigBad Red/the Hellbeast]] in ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta''. It's very unnerving. |
| 703 | * After Creator/MaraWilson got revenge on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic by {{exploit|ed trope}}ing his OldShame, her eyes glowed white as everything else turned red. |
| 704 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': |
| 705 | ** Tennyo's got some. Her irises sometimes go {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} when she's very angry. But actually, it's when they glow ''green'' that you ''really'' need to start worrying - that means the Star Stalker has taken the wheel, and people are going to start hurting and dying. |
| 706 | ** From [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/359 VAMP]]: |
| 707 | --->"Vamp!" Tara said running my way, “They’re getting UP, and they look PISSED!” And, sure enough, both Poppin’ Fresh and Bravo were indeed getting up, and from the energy shows coming from their eyes, they were indeed pissed and burning some serious fuel for some serious butt–whupping. |
| 708 | [[/folder]] |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 711 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': [[TeensAreMonsters Katie Ka-Boom]] gains these when she begins one of her famous anger-induced transformations. |
| 712 | * On ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Frylock's eyes glow blue before he zaps you. |
| 713 | * ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 714 | ** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] gets these when he's in [[UnstoppableRage the Avatar State]]. Every young Avatar gets Glowing Eyes of Doom when they enter the [[SuperMode Avatar State]] before they learn to control it. However, when they master it and become full-fledged Avatars, they only need to enter it for about half a second to gather power, then they break out the ass-kicking with normal eyes. This is extremely important, because an Avatar killed while in the State breaks the cycle of reincarnation -- there would never be another Avatar again. Avatar Kyoshi is shown using this method (her eyes pulse, then she bends all four elements simultaneously to move ''tectonic plates'') during the episode "Avatar Day". [[spoiler:Aang also uses the master method in the finale, after finally learning to control the Avatar State to keep himself from breaking his Moral Code and killing Fire Lord Ozai.]] |
| 715 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Korra]] gets her own glowing eyes in the Season 1 finale, when she too goes into the Avatar State for the first time. It's every bit as awesome as ever. |
| 716 | * Gwen in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' gets these with some uses of her powers. The pilot of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' has Ben getting the same for a moment after using Spidermonkey's SuperMode. |
| 717 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': In "[[Recap/CentaurworldS2E3MyTummyYourHurts My Tummy Your Hurts]]" Durpleton's eyes light up sinisterly when he's about to drop Horse from the stratosphere. |
| 718 | * In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' the title character can make his eyes glow green when he gets serious or angry; it's one of the effects of his ghost powers. Appropriately mocked by Vlad, the series' resident MagnificentBastard, when Danny tries to intimidate him. |
| 719 | -->'''Vlad:''' Ooh, the scaaaaary eyes. ''(fires his {{eye beams}})'' |
| 720 | ** Danny's eyes also glow green when he gets a mischievous idea. Some notable examples include: |
| 721 | *** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E1MysteryMeat Mystery Meat]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after turning a dumpster partially intangible, burying Dash in meat. |
| 722 | ---> '''Dash:''' (''Pokes head out from meat pile.'') FENTON! A little help? |
| 723 | ---> '''Danny:''' (''Looking pleased.'') Whatever you say, Dash. (''Looks at camera.'') Whatever you say. (''Danny's eyes glow green as the screen closes in on them.'') |
| 724 | *** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E2ParentalBonding Parental Bonding]]'', Danny's eyes glowed when he got the idea to overshadow Tucker. |
| 725 | ---> ''Danny thinks for a moment, then smiles mischievously and flashes green eyes at Tucker.'' |
| 726 | ---> '''Tucker:''' No way. Forget it. Absolutely not. No! |
| 727 | ---> ''Scene cuts to Tucker's hand knocking on Sam's front door.'' |
| 728 | *** In ''[[Recap/DannyPhantomS1E5SplittingImages Splitting Images]]'', Danny's eyes glowed after he voiced his idea of stuffing frogs down Dash's pants. This example also doubles as ReflectiveEyes. |
| 729 | ---> '''Danny:''' Or twelve. In his pants. (''Looks at the box of frogs.'') |
| 730 | ---> '''Sam:''' (''Picks up box.'') Oh, no. You're not gonna exploit innocent amphibians for some juvenile revenge scheme. |
| 731 | ---> ''Danny's eyes look indifferent, then glow green with mischief as [[ReflectiveEyes frogs jump in their reflection]].'' |
| 732 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Like his daughter, [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Viren]] eyes change color when he performs magic; only hers are white while his eyes are green. |
| 733 | * The eponymous robot in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E2Armstrong Armstrong]]", when it becomes clear that he's turned on Scrooge. |
| 734 | -->"I...AM...ARMSTRONG. I...AM...YOUR...''FRIEND.'" |
| 735 | * ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Malevolent celestial entities with glowing eyes include [[BigBad Invictus]] (along with anyone or anything it possesses) who exhibits purple eyes or, in its astral form, yellow eyes; the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] Werthrent; and the Lord Commander's eyes glowing yellow when he uses his powers. This trope is also common among the Titans, all of whom except for Bolo are Invictus' slaves. {{Subverted|Trope}} with Phil as part of his ObviouslyEvil subversion. |
| 736 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': |
| 737 | ** Gargoyles develop these when angered; males's eyes glow white, while females' glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]. Originally, the writers only gave Demona the glowing red eyes of doom, but the creators thought that would be too silly to base it on evil alignment, and changed it to a natural, sexually dimorphic trait. |
| 738 | ** The gargoyle ''clones'' reverse this: Males have glowing red eyes and females white, though this may have more to do with being rapid-aged in tanks rather than their being clones, per se. |
| 739 | * In ''WesternAnimation/GerryAndersonsNewCaptainScarlet'', Captain Black and [[KillAndReplace anyone possessed]] by the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Mysterons]], their eyes will glow green either to show the viewer who's working for them, [[MindControlEyes hypnotizing a victim]], or ready to fight the title Captain. |
| 740 | * In ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'', Godzilla's eyes would glow a vibrant orange, in addition to blue flashes along his spine fins, whenever he used his BreathWeapon. |
| 741 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': The Gremloblin's eyes glow yellow when people look into them and see their worst nightmare. |
| 742 | * [[RobotBuddy GIR]] in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. His eyes are always glowing, but when he goes into [[RedEyesTakeWarning Duty Mode]], there's a brief flash from his eyes. |
| 743 | * On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this happened to Heloise once to go along with a SlasherSmile. |
| 744 | * Green Lantern John Stewart from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has glowing green eyes as long as he's wearing his power ring -- {{Word of God}} says that it's because he's been a GL for so long that it's more or less "infected" him. He's also one of the few Green Lanterns who doesn't wear a mask. A few other maskless Lanterns have this same effect. |
| 745 | * In the 105th episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Mr. Cat is portrayed with glowing white eyes while [[EvilLaughter laughing evilly]] in an alternate version of the theme song. |
| 746 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': |
| 747 | ** A few episodes end with the band members' eyes glowing red, notably "Performanceklok", which ends with them watching their therapist being ripped apart by wolves. |
| 748 | ** Mr. Salacia's eyes glow white whenever he [[spoiler: uses his EldritchAbomination powers]]. Also, Gen. Crozier's glow any time he is [[spoiler: being controlled by Mr. Salacia]]. |
| 749 | --->"Gosh. Maybe this is weird to say, but... am I the only one who's being made to feel hungry by watching... this? " |
| 750 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 751 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] gets these when she uses some of her more powerful spells. |
| 752 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessLuna Princess Luna]] also gets these when angry. |
| 753 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheManeCast The Mane Six]] whenever they break out the Elements of Harmony. |
| 754 | ** Whenever [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]] uses the magic found in the ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]'' spellbook, her eyes glow a sickly green color and she becomes more and more obsessed with making everything pretty. |
| 755 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]] may just have the most-elaborate [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/d/d7/King_sombra_vector_by_vaderpl-d5l38s4.png/revision/latest?cb=20130116183804 ones]] of all. |
| 756 | ** When the Kirin get mad first their eyes glow and they get [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack GREAT FLAMING EYEBROWS]]. Then they turn black, sprout fangs, burst into flames, and become [[SuperpoweredEvilSide very aggressive monsters called Niriks]]. Basically if you see glowing eyes it's probably a good idea to put some distance between you and them. |
| 757 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 758 | ** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] has infernal glowing blue eyes through his skeleton mask, to just show how intimidating he is to the entire Boiling Isles. While unmasked, his eyes are a regular, non-glowing blue, though they lack the eye-shines the other characters have, and glow when he's particularly upset. [[spoiler:Possessing other creatures gives them the same blue glow in their eyes, and when he's possessing a creature that no longer ''has'' eyes, a glowing blue dot manifests in the empty eyesocket.]] |
| 759 | ** Hooty gets glowing blue eyes when he falls under control of the Moonlight Conjuring in "Hooty's Moving Hassle". |
| 760 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': |
| 761 | ** when Matrix's bionic eye spins around and glows red, you know ''something'' is either going to blow up or die. Even when he doesn't get to shoot something, he obviously wants to. |
| 762 | ** Hexadecimal's eyes are ''always'' like this [[spoiler:except for the time she became a sprite]]. |
| 763 | * The Minions of Set from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' have bright blue glowing eyes. They also happen to be super strong, super fast, nigh-invulnerable juggernauts that simply cannot be defeated by normal mortal methods, even with enchanted holy weapons like Jack's sword. |
| 764 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', Zak Saturday's eyes glow yellow-orange whenever he uses his cryptid-controlling powers. His antimatter counterpart Zak Monday bears a bright green glow. |
| 765 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]' eyes glow brightly. So does his mouth when it opens. |
| 766 | * ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' in the {{Creator/HBO}} [[WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn animated series]]. That's pretty much ALL you see of his face most of the time. Also Clown/Violator. |
| 767 | * In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', many [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Bang Babies]], good or bad, have glowing eyes while using their powers. The protagonist's eyes don't glow, but they do have sparks flying in them. |
| 768 | * M. Bison from ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' while explaining that he does not whine about it! Well, he '''[[LampshadeHanging did]]''' [[LampshadeHanging state that he got his power]] from a GodOfEvil. |
| 769 | * ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': In "Painter's Block", whoever Sugarby puts under her spell will have glowing white eyes. |
| 770 | * Pretty common in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'': |
| 771 | ** When animated [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Starfire Starfire's]] eyes go from green with green-tinted whites to solid, glowing green, you don't want to be in her way. And once she gets EyeBeams, this happens whenever they're used. ([[ComicBook/TeenTitans Comicverse]] Starfire's eyes are always [[MonochromaticEyes solid green]].) |
| 772 | ** [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Cyborg Raven's]] eyes generally glow solid white when she's using her powers. And if her eyes ever start glowing solid red, it's advisable to run. Especially when they split from two into four. But then, it's probably already too late if that's happened. (Happened in "Aftershock", in season two, without recourse to the Season Four Arc.) |
| 773 | ** [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Terra Terra's]] eyes glow bright yellow when she's pissed or can't control her powers. |
| 774 | ** Trigon has red eyes that glow constantly, Brother Blood's eyes glow red when he uses any of his powers, Blackfire's eyes are purple and glow when she's angry or charging up a starbolt, and Jinx's glow pinkish-purple. |
| 775 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 776 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Megatron's {{red eyes|take warning}} glow fiercely whenever he's being particularly malevolent. |
| 777 | ** Although most of the Transformers in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' have glowing eyes, Dinobot's normally red eyes shine bright green when he's charging up his EyeBeams. On top of that, they ''blink'' by having the lights switch off and then back on, while the actual physical eyes don't close. |
| 778 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', [[spoiler:Qilby's]] eyes gain an eerie glow after he [[spoiler:merges with the Eliacube]]. |
| 779 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': Animated Cable's left eye glows white when using his telekinesis (or at dramatically appropriate moments) and red when using his cybernetically enhanced vision. |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 783 | * While not strictly a glow, the Eyeshine caused by the Tapetum lucidum in nocturnal animals is often regarded as disquieting. Experienced outdoorsmen can often identify a creature by the colour of the eyes peering at them in the darkness, with the greenish-gold of big cats and coyotes, and the distinctive yellow of wolves and bears more than living up to the trope. |
| 784 | [[/folder]] |
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