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1	[[quoteright:251:[[ComicBook/GreenLantern https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GLC37_-_alphalanternsstillexist_3593.jpg]]]]
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3	->''"Turn on your heartlight''\
4	''Let it shine wherever you go''\
5	''Let it make a happy glow''\
6	''For all the world to see."''
7	-->-- '''Neil Diamond''', ''"Heartlight"''
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9	As dictated by the RuleOfCool, aliens, robots and magical creatures in fiction have a tendency to give off light [[BioluminescenceIsCool from various places on their bodies]], including [[GlowingEyes eyes]], [[ThroatLight mouths]], [[VolcanicVeins veins]], and [[TronLines markings]]. This trope is about creatures who have a single light source on their chest, which is usually either centred straight in the middle (as is the case with most robotic examples) or off to one side if it represents their actual heart. If the HeartLight shoots some sort of beam, it's a ChestBlaster.
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11	Some forms of ChestInsignia may overlap with this trope if they glow or emit light. May overlap with HeartInTheWrongPlace. Compare HeartDrive.
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14	!!Examples
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18	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
19	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has the [[RedBaron Demon Cyborg]] Genos and his power core. It comes in handy when charging attacks.
20	* Franchise/SailorMoon's final form consists of her having wings and a glowing lotus symbol on her chest.
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23	[[folder:Comic Books]]
24	* ComicBook/IronMan's power source resembles one of these.
25	* The circles on the armor of ComicBook/TheMightyThor are sometimes portrayed as glowing.
26	* The post-''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' costume of ComicBook/{{Nova}} has these all over the place.
27	* As shown in the page image, the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Alpha Lantern Corps]] makes use of these. Most of them are both aliens ''and'' robots/cyborgs.
28	** The Green Lanterns themselves sometimes employ this when the lantern symbol on their costumes light up.
29	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity: The Adjudicator is an extra-dimensional OmnicidalManiac who has a bright glowing light in the middle of his chest.
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32	[[folder:Film]]
33	* ''Film/{{ET\|The Extraterrestrial}}'' has the organic variant, and is probably the TropeCodifier.
34	* In all versions of ''Film/IronMan,'' the power source of the suit is the same as the magnet keeping the shrapnel out of his heart. In the film version, and most animated versions that came after the first film, the "arc reactor" in Tony Stark's chest always generates a light that can be seen through his shirt.
35	* In ''Film/RaOne'', both (video-game escapee) villain and hero have these. For additional points, the villain's (red-glowing light) is in the center of his chest, while the hero's blue light is off-center, on the left.
36	* HumongousMecha Gipsy Danger from ''Film/PacificRim'' is powered by a glowing “nuclear vortex turbine” mounted in its chest. It serves as a ChestBlaster in a pinch.
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39	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
40	* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': The Ultras always have one of these. The faster it's flashing, the closer they are to running out of power.
41	-->'''Narrator,''' OncePerEpisode in the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': "The energy Ultraman receives from the sun diminishes rapidly in Earth's atmosphere. The warning light begins to blink! If it should stop, Ultraman will never rise again!"
42	** There are some exceptions though, because the Showa universe Ultras only receive their color timers if they are enlisted in the Space Garrison. Since he is a scout charter, [[Series/UltraSeven Ultraseven]] doesn't possess a color timer, and neither does his expy, [[Series/UltramanNeos Ultraseven 21]] (although they possess a similar light on their heads). In [[Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends the Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends]] movie, civilian Ultras could be seen in the Land of Light without color timers, signifying that they are not part of the Space Garrison.
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45	[[folder:Music]]
46	* The song by Neil Diamond quoted at the top of the page is the TropeNamer, having been inspired after seeing the TropeCodifier "E.T."
47	* Music/OwlCity's music video for "Shooting Star"
48	* Music/KatyPerry's video for "Firework" has Katy bringing together a crowd of bullied and neglected people, and they run through the city shooting fireworks and light from their hearts.
49	* Music/MegAndDia's music video for "Monster", coupled with AndShowItToYou with the heart still beating/glowing.
50	* Music/WeyesBlood's ''And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.''
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53	[[folder:Toys]]
54	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': The Transmetal 2 characters in the cartoon [[ToylineExclusiveCharacter and toyline]] had glowing orbs called spark crystals [[ChestInsignia with their faction insignia on it]] that represented their [[HeartDrive sparks]], and were often located on the robot mode chest.
55	* All the people of the Matoran Universe in ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' have these, at least [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy according to the books and movies.]] They're even ''called'' heartlights.
56	* Similarly, the Hero Cores in ''Toys/HeroFactory''.
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59	[[folder:Video Games]]
60	* Orion in ''VideoGame/AtlasReactor'' has a huge glowing scar on his chest from the experiment that created him. In-game, Orion absorbs all energy he gains from his EmpathicHealing through the scar, and consumes his shards into it when using his [[LimitBreak ultimate]].
61	* Icarus from ''VideoGame/DysonSphereProgram'' has a nuclear fusion reactor in the middle of his chest, which glows orange.
62	* Ganondorf in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has a white, glowing scar in the middle of his chest, left over from when the Sages tried and failed to execute him with a sword.
63	** Ghirahim in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', during Link's [[RecurringBoss third battle]] with him, develops a similar one, and for similar reasons.
64	* The [[TheGreys Sectoids]] in ''VideoGame/{{XCOM Enemy Unknown}}'' and ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' have a glowing organ in their chest or abdomen, while the [[KingMook Sectoid Commanders]] in the first game add GlowingEyesOfDoom and a glowing [[MyBrainIsBig brain]].
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67	[[folder:Western Animation]]
68	* The symbol on WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet\|AndThePlaneteers}}'s chest.
69	* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', when a drunk Roger switches on a flashlight under the sweatshirt he was wearing, in a ShoutOut to Film/{{ET\|The Extraterrestrial}}.
70	-->'''Roger:''' gasp I can see my heart light!
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