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7->''"Her eyes! My God, what's wrong with her eyes?"''
8-->-- '''Shelley''', ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''
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10A character who is under the influence of hypnotism or mind control [[VirusVictimSymptoms will show this influence]] in his or her eyes with a visual change. This is mostly [[RuleOfPerception for the benefit of the audience]]. While people around the character may note they're "acting a little funny," usually nobody InUniverse ever notices the change.
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12In live-action and some forms of animation, the standard signal for mind control or possession is totally black or totally white eyes. In many Western cartoons and comics, hypnosis is represented by the eyes appearing as swirling spirals or concentric circles. Sometimes it's also represented by changes in the dilation of the pupil; the pupil will either get really small, or really large. In {{anime}}, their irises become dull, flat disks of their base color without any detail, [[ReflectionlessUselessEyes highlights, reflections]] or [[EmptyEyes even pupils]]. Obviously heavy eyelids surmount the altered eyes and sometimes drift into a half-closed position.
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14A rare variation involves severe walleye in both eyes. This is a ShoutOut to a traditional Japanese artistic device: a character performing superhuman feats of swordsmanship (Musashi slicing arrows out of the air... as they're coming at his ''back'') will be depicted as severely cross-eyed, indicating that they are using "inner guidance". Another extremely rare variation is sometimes where the pupil remains the same but the sclera (the white part of the eye) may change color.
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16It should be noted that in RealLife, hypnotized people's eyes are likely to ''dilate'' (i.e. the pupils get a bit bigger.) This is apparently not subtle enough for animation, which prefers to OpenTheIris. Also note that some art styles have eyes with less detail than others, and so the eyes may have some of these traits already; this doesn't make them an example of this trope.
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18This also counts as NightmareFuel for some people. Not to be confused with HypnoticEyes, which is about people who can hypnotize others just by looking into their eyes. See also RedEyesTakeWarning, which may be a form of this. Can be a variant of WingdingEyes. Sometimes these eyes will communicate to the audience that someone else is in control, resulting in overlap with EyeDentityGiveaway.
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24* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng12C7MKm8 this]] [[Advertising/TrixRabbit Trix]] commercial, the Rabbit gets hypnotized, and the kids notice that his eyes have spirals in them. For a time after the commercial aired, boxes of Trix featured the Rabbit with "swirling hypnotized eyes".
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28* In ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'', people under the effect of [[spoiler:Aoi]]'s CompellingVoice have these.
29* ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' has two episodes that feature mind control. In "Charisma BiyĹŤshi Monster!" ("Gigi the Great" in the dub), anyone hypnotised by the titular monster (Michel/Gilbert) has red eyes. In "Futari wa Torimakees!" ("Enter the Entourage" in the dub), people under the influence of the Torimakees get dark shadows under their eyes.
30* In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', the eyes of Baby's possessed minions glow completely red.
31** In the Garlic Jr. arc for ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', those infected by the Black Water Mist have pinkish eyes. Which leads to some FridgeLogic when it's revealed that Krillin was faking being infected even though he had pinkish eyes too, as he can't alter his body like Piccolo (also faking infection) can.
32* In the ''Mazinger'' franchise (the ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' trilogy and other ''Mazinger'' series...) brainwashing, mind-control and hypnotism happened constantly. Usually the way to show the color of the sclera changed or the eyes became completely blank. An example was when Boss was hypnotized by [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] Gumbina-M5: his sclera became greenish-yellow instead of white, and his pupils dilated.
33* Ryoko from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' gets MindControlEyes when Kagato directly controls her. As an extension, her eyes also change color to a light shade of green, the same color as Kagato's sword; a good example of ColourCodedForYourConvenience.
34* In episode 8 of the 2005 ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' TV show, Urd puts Keiichi under a kind of mind control to get him to kiss Belldandy, and he, of course, gets MindControlEyes.
35* Kohaku in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is often shown in this situation.
36** The same happens to Kagome Higurashi twice: when Tsubaki the Dark Priestess curses her and [[spoiler: when the evil baby Akago attempts to brainwash her through MoreThanMindControl]]. She breaks free pretty much on her own and delivers a ShutUpHannibal speech to the culprit.
37* In ''Anime/HellsingUltimate'', when Alucard mind-controls someone, their eyes will typically glow like candle-flame like his. This is best illustrated in the scene when Alucard mind-controls a SWAT soldier into opening the doors of an elevator that a whole bunch of the soldier's buddies are packed in to try to escape him so that he can slaughter the whole lot of them.
38* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Satomi's eyes are grey, but they occasionally turn [[GlowingEyesOfDoom day-glow blue]] during the early stages of the cyber drive project. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Once the process is complete]], they become blank white, like [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M. Bison's]], and she speaks in CreepyMonotone.
39* Subverted in ''Anime/ProjectAKo''. When B-ko arrives for a timely rescue, C-ko is found with MindControlEyes. B-ko thinks she's been drugged; however, on coming round, C-ko explains that she "wore herself out whining and crying".
40* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' features Sora and Matt sulking in psychically-induced angst with this kind of eyes.
41* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': This trope is played straight with Rika in the movie. Her eyes go dull when Parisitemon possesses her.
42* In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', [[spoiler:Kouichi has the dulled version of these while under the influence of Lucemon.]]
43* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
44** Lelouch's MagicalEye shows a variation, with a red sigil appearing when he uses his power. His targets, however, merely have a bright red outline around the iris that appropriately flickers, fades, and returns depending on whether the power is being fought, dispelled, or not in effect. Characters retain all normal ocular features. The staff actually reworked a scene from the first episode when it was released on DVD because the victims' reactions to Lelouch almost made this defy the "for the audience's benefit" part of the trope.
45** The manga adaptation of the series (the one that shares the exact same name, that is) uses a variation of the standard MindControlEyes where the victims are shown with one eye turning white with a copy of the sigil inside for the duration of the effect.
46%%* Fumi in ''Manga/MyHime'', after her Child is defeated.
47* Kirika's pupils disappear in ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' when she goes into "Gray" mode (essentially a HeroicBSOD).
48* Anime/SailorMoon, under the influence of "Wise Man." This also happens with Mamoru whenever he's brainwashed by the enemy, to the victims of the Death Busters and/or Dead Moon Circus in S and Super S. This trope happens a LOT in that series.
49** Although she isn't technically possessed, Usagi gets these when she turns into [[spoiler: Princess Serenity]] for the first time.
50** Similar to the above, [[spoiler:Sailor Moon]] gets these at the climax of S, when [[spoiler:she forcibly manifests her heart crystal and transforms into Super Sailor Moon without the aid of the Grail]].
51** Hotaru gets these when [[spoiler: [[TheAntiChrist The Messiah]]]] is in control. An especially creepy example since it comes with RedEyesTakeWarning and GlowingEyesOfDoom, which ''flicker on and off again'', as though there's somehow a loose electrical connection.
52* ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'':
53** In Act 1, the jewelry store customers under the thrall of the MonsterOfTheWeek Morga's {{Hypno Trinket}}s gain {{glowing|EyesOfDoom}} {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} eyes when she summons them as a mindless, BrainwashedAndCrazy army to attack Sailor Moon.
54** In Act 2, Ami has the more traditional blank, EmptyEyes when under the effects of the Dark Kingdom's {{brainwashing}} program. They also change from a deep marine blue to a deep, dull green.
55* Ikuto has them in ''Manga/ShugoChara'' on the first appearance of Death Rebel. Also the X-Egg/?-Egg victims usually have them.
56* The inhabitants of Winia's hometown in ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'' all fall under this when a powerful Mauser magician orders them to kill Pacifica.
57** Oh, and humans under the effects of Providence get red eyes with green pupil-less irises. D-Knights likewise have yellow, cat-slitted eyes with green whites (excuse the expression).
58* Anzu and Jounouchi get these eyes as well as an [[EvilSoundsDeep evil voice]] when they're mind-controlled by Marik in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' Something similar happens with Mokuba when he's under Pegasus' control just before his duel with Kaiba.
59** As 4Kids apparently didn't like those boring eyes, they decided to make it a little more "magic" and "mystical" using digitally-added red (Noah arc) and golden (Battle City finals) pupils.
60** Somewhat notably, Kaiba has these eyes when he calls Yugi in the first episode to tell him that he's kidnapped his grandfather, suggesting Kaiba was either not in complete control of himself or he was compelled by some outside force to call. However, this trope was seen for no reason during the first few volumes of the manga.
61** Mokuba also has these eyes during Kaiba's duel with Pegasus. In the dub, TĂ©a remarks that "It's like he's been hypnotized".
62** ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has Joey take on crazed red eyes when corrupted. Appropriate, as he's merged with the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
63** Aki also goes through this in her Black Rose Witch persona in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.
64** Asuka in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' gets these when the big bad puts her into an apparently heartless state. Oddly enough, it's actually visible to the other characters. Her brother even notes that Judai shouldn't bother treating her like his (former) friend right now, it's pointless.
65* Lina and Gourry in the last episodes of ''Literature/{{Slayers}} NEXT''. [[spoiler:Gourry gets them when he's captured and brainwashed by Phibrizzo. The same happens to Lina very briefly when she invokes the Lord of Nightmares through the Giga Slave and she takes over Lina's body to fight Phibrizzo in person.]]
66* In ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', most normal Torches have these.
67* Mizkuki from ''Manga/{{Mokke}}'' gets these when she is overtaken by a very powerful spirit.
68* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
69** In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', any human under mind control usually have their irises shrunk, sometimes to the point of being blank scleras. This happened to Blue and Anabel.
70** In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', anyone under mind control would have their pupils disappear, leaving behind blank irises.
71*** Though the move Attract typically immobilizes a Pokémon, giving them [[WingdingEyes heart eyes]], an evil Togepi from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' weaponizes Attract as a mind control method and thus the affected Pokémon have hypnotic, blank eyes.
72*** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' features a Nurse Joy under Mewtwo's mind control. The visual clue that something is off is her eyes, which are blank irises. When Mewtwo relieves her of the mind control, Joy's pupils return.
73*** ''Anime/Pokemon3''. After Entei's cry of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "You... are... MAMA!"]], Ash's mother Delia gains the eyes and is brainwashed into becoming little Molly's "mother". She snaps out of it when she sees Ash on television, trying to climb up the side of the huge crystal tower.
74*** In ''Anime/PokemonArceusandTheJewelOfLife'', the vilified Damos sports blank eyes when he seemingly betrays Arceus over the Jewel of Life. This is the first indication that Damos is not himself and sure enough, [[spoiler:it's revealed he was under Bronzong's Hypnosis, sent by [[TheStarscream his underling Marcus]] who wants to keep the Jewel of Life rather than giving it back to Arceus.]]
75* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', characters get these eyes when they start the 'bad' kind of reminiscing. It's a step below HellishPupils on the anime's "things to run away from really fast" scale, and any onlookers will ''probably'' survive.
76** More of a step above, considering that [[spoiler:the MindControlEyes are actually, well, real.]]
77** In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Battler has this happen to him when [[spoiler: he's forced to marry Erika Furudo in [=EP6=].]]
78*** And to similar effect in the anime, when [[spoiler:he surrenders to Beatrice and becomes her furniture.]]
79* [[spoiler:Mytho]] from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has this happen to [[spoiler:his eyes after Kraehe rips out his heart]]. They even change ''shape''.
80* In ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', this happens to Rosette when [[spoiler:Aion kidnaps and brainwashes her]].
81* In ''Anime/GhostStories'', Satsuki's best friend Momoko Koigakubo gets them thrice [[spoiler:when possessed by the ghost of Satsuki's mother, a dead but still powerful psychic and exorcist.]]
82* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': They're used in "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession17MushroomSamba Mushroom Samba]]" to indicate people under the influence.
83* Hikaru and Umi in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', when they come under control of the dancing [[MasterOfIllusion illusionist]] Caldina. The three girls also get this [[spoiler: when confronting the Masshin]]. And in the anime, Hikaru gets these on her own [[spoiler: when mentally-attacked by Nova as Sierra tries to re-create her sword.]]
84** When Lafarga [[spoiler: is brainwashed]], he gets MCE too.
85* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' Evangeline practices this on Setsuna for her apparent SecretTestOfCharacter; Setsuna assumed it was a battle to test her will. Eva went along with it.
86** Negi himself gets the Eyes when hit by [[spoiler:The WorldTree [[LovePotion love spell]]]].
87* Characters sport mind control eyes for different reasons in ''Manga/ZatchBell'': it usually happens when a character is shocked and at a loss for words. In Kiyo's case, it is usually accompanied by a [[TechnicallyASmile dumb-founded smile]].
88* Inverted in ''Manga/SoulEater''. Since Maka normally doesn't have pupils, when she ''is'' in a trance, she gains pupils instead of losing them.
89* Rhiannon from ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'' gets these eyes when she is forced to give up her [[IKnowYourTrueName True Name]] to the evil high priest Drwc. Ironically, the one who frees her spirit is [[spoiler:the same Demon King that Drwc wanted to sacrifice her to in the first place]].
90* Little boy Keto and the rest of the other villagers of the unnamed village in ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'' when the main characters happen upon their village.
91* Happens several times to various characters in ''Manga/DNAngel'', most notably when Daisuke is taken inside a work of art and hypnotized into painting a place for a spirit to live in.
92* In ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', Lady Clarisse has pupil-less eyes as a result of being drugged for her wedding so she would not speak up.
93* In ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe - Hachiyou Shou'' [[DarkMagicalGirl Ran]] gets these upon being taken over by her Dark Dragon/Kokuryuu powers.
94** On the other hand, in one of the ''Hachiyou Shou'' {{OAV}}s this effect is used on Yasuaki's shikigami to indicate that she is, well, a shikigami.
95** For people aside from Ran, ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV also uses a different variation -- pupils shrinking to dots, without visible iris (this happens to victims of Shirin's hypnotic abilities).
96* Flat eyes are used several times in ''Manga/GhostHunt'' to denote possessed people.
97* Subverted in episode 11 of ''Manga/TheDaughterOfTwentyFaces'' when Chiko ''notices'' the mind control eyes (which appear as concentric circles instead of flat).
98* Mafuyu in ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' when Minatsu brainwashes her into deciding Ken is her enemy. Then they turn {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}.
99* Shows up on occasion in the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' anime, but not in the manga. Usually, it's Ranma Saotome (particularly in male form) who gets them; one anime episode has him hypnotized by an evil sorceress's ghost, while another episode has him being controlled by his [[EnemyWithout evil side]] brought to [[LiteralSplitPersonality independent life]] as an OppositeSexClone.
100* Happens to Leo Aiolia in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' after the Pope uses his mind-control powers to bend him to his will.
101* Hansel from ''Anime/FairyMusketeers'' displays these for most of the series. It's later [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when his sister, Gretel notes that she can tell another character is being controlled by the same sort of spell by the look in his eyes.
102* In episode five of ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'' a little girl gets these when possessed by a demon.
103* An interesting version in ''Anime/{{Bakugan}} Gundalian Invaders''. When kids are brainwashed, their eyes turn gold with slitted pupils. Not only is this noticed by the heroes, but they check the eyes of everyone to tell who is brainwashed or not.
104* This happened to Eureka in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' starting end of vol 4. The Scab Coral took control of her.
105** That already was the case with Dewey's little soldiers.
106* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', a phantom image of the Sharingan's tomoes appears over the iris of people or creatures being controlled by one, though this is typically seen only when the control is established or weakens. Seen with Manda, [[spoiler:Yagura, and Kyuubi]].
107** A variation crossed with BlackEyesOfEvil is seen with [[spoiler:Kabuto's variation of Edo Tensei.]] The sclera of the victim's eyes are permanently black; the iris remains the same color unless full control is exerted, at which point they become dull and lifeless.
108** When the [[spoiler:[[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukiyomi]]]] is triggered by [[spoiler:Madara]], everyone who falls under its genjutsu has their eyes replaced by [[spoiler:the Rinnegan]].
109* This happens in ''Manga/DeathNote'', though oddly not with everyone whose actions are controlled by the Note - just the women controlled into committing suicide.
110* Mind control eyes are the indicator that Motoko of ''Manga/{{Change123}}'' has [[spoiler: [[SuperPoweredEvilSide let Zero out]]]] and whoever caused said eyes has about five seconds to make their peace, cause [[CurbStompBattle a major ass beating]] is about to ensue.
111* Subversion: [[spoiler:Stocking's]] eyes have a look very similar to these in the TheStinger of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', however, it is unknown if their appearance hold meaning at all.
112* Chrome gets these when under the influence of Daemon Spade's mind control in ''Manga/Reborn2004''.
113* Alviss gets this when being mind-controlled by Phantom in ''Manga/{{MAR}}''.
114* In episode 21 of ''Manga/DNAngel'' Daisuke gets these when under a trance by Freedert.
115* In one episode of ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', Tsukune falls prey to a very beautiful math teacher, who insists on giving him extra lessons ''alone together'' so that he can bump up his grade in the class. But it soon becomes obvious that Tsukune's sudden proficiency in math has caused him to become a formula-spewing zombie with hazy eyes and no personality. Turns out that the math teacher is a [[SnakePeople lamia]] and was controlling him via a weird flower-like appendage on the tip of her tail that latched onto his head and presumably fed him knowledge while sucking out unnecessary thoughts, like his friends and social life. He returns to normal after Moka kicks the lady's ass in her super-vampire form.
116* In ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'', when [[spoiler:Cruje Gapp]] gets mind-controlled, these eyes are shown.
117* In ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', Nagi gets these when she is being hypnotized.
118* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': Shokuho Misaki has [[ExoticEyeDesigns permanent golden star designs]] in her eyes, and these show up in the eyes of the people she mind controls. The stars in her eyes are commented on, but no one ever mentions the stars in anyone else's eyes, so it might just be something to [[RuleOfPerception show the audience what is happening]].
119* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': When [[spoiler: Nia]] is awakened as a ManchurianAgent, her eyes and hair become dim and less colorful.
120* ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}'': When the villainous Kaede entrances protagonist Natsuru seeing an opportunity to have him go and break his [[UnwantedHarem unwanted-haremette]] Shizuku (who trusts him and is a nuisance to her), Natsuru's eyes become flat-colored until he snaps out of it.
121* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': In episode 3, Jordy's pupils fade and only his blue irises are visible as his mind is being controlled by the spirit within [[HumongousMecha Galient]].
122* Happens to everyone who [[spoiler:got brainwashed by the Despair Anime]] in both sides of ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''.
123* In ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', anyone using Saika at any given time will have bright red eyes that somewhat glow. In the series, Saika Children are identified by these eyes, however the uninformed -- such as Vorona -- can mistake the possession for some kind of virus or infection.
124* ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'': Akira develops these after [[spoiler:running into Kosugi again and being browbeaten back into servitude. Akira's TraumaButton is so thoroughly mashed that his mind goes completely blank and he reacts on instinct the way he did back at work. He admits that he doesn't remember a thing between starting to work for Kosugi again and Shizuka snapping him out of it because of how terrified and mindlessly obedient he was.]]
125* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': When the Gogyosen [[PeoplePuppets take over]] [[spoiler:Boy Matsuri]], he has DullEyesOfUnhappiness that sometimes includes a glowing pentagram, the symbol the casters are sitting around.
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129* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: The Intriguing Alien Guests'', any time Wolffy is being controlled by [[PuppeteerParasite the Bacteria King]], his pupils turn purple.
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133* ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}'': When the protagonists acquire an animal's DNA, it goes into a trance, which is represented in the graphic novels by having swirly patterns in their eyes.
134* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
135** In the first issue, a bunch of ponies (including the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Silver Spoon, and some background ponies from the show) and various animals have these. Unlike in the show's season 2 finale, these eyes are noticed instantly.
136** In the short ''How Much Is That Pony In The Window?'' Pinkie Pie gets this when the jingle of an ice-cream wagon distracts her from modelling for Rarity.
137* When he is under Dracula's thrall in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 10, Xander's eye is a dull brown as if it has stopped reflecting light, which makes him look slightly off.
138* In the ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' comics, people under the influence of the [[HypnoRay Zorglonde]] (or Zorgwave) get pearly white eyes. This is noticed by at least one character.
139* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
140** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2008]]'' story arc ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s eyes emit a purple radiance as she's under a mind-controlling spell.
141** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', when Kara is being mind-controlled by Darkseid, their irises become red and without pupils, even though she isn't charging her heat vision.
142** In ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #77, Kara gets glowing red eyes when she is under the influence of Scarecrow's fear toxin.
143** Subverted in ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'': When Superman is attacked by Captain Marvel, he notices Marvel's eyes are giving off an odd intense glow, and he -and readers- assumes someone is controlling him. Shortly after, it is revealed the glowing eyes were part of a [[EvilSorcerer Karmang]]'s glamour spell disguising Black Adam.
144* In ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'', Francois gets these after being hypnotized by [[spoiler: Marushka]].
145* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
146** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Hypnota's victims have a ThousandYardStare and sometimes the blue of her "bule hypnotic ray" is visible in their eyes while under her control.
147** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': When Doctor Psycho fully takes over any of his victims their eyes look bulging with the veins around them sticking out.
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151* ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'' [[ParodiedTrope parodies the trope]] in [[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2020/08/02 this strip]]. When Phoebe tries to hypnotize Marigold, it seems to work until the unicorn reveals that she's "just showing off [her] new Spell of Eye-Swirling".
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155* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': In the final chapter Asuka’s eyes are blank as [[spoiler:Gendo]] is controlling her.
156-->''Her eyes appear to be empty of all life, suggesting that she's either sleepwalking, or...possessed by something...or someone.''
157* In the 5th chapter of the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1474579/1/NonNeglecting-Week NonNeglecting Week]]", Asuka hypnotizes Fuyutsuki. While he's under a trance, he's described as having a "glazed over" look in his eyes.
158* In ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', every pony under the control of Envy in the climax has her red eyes in place of their own. They also speak in her voice.
159* In ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife'', Ginny is left with these after she is hypnotised by the serpent Milikan, but WordOfGod affirms that Ginny's eyes will return to normal whenever she is not in Milikan's presence even if she will continue to obey Milikan's 'orders'.
160** Also applies to many of those hypnotised in the spin-off one-shots in ''Fanfic/TalesFromTheHypnoverse''.
161* In fanfic ''Fanfic/XMen1970'', the leader of an extremist group believes [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Marvel Girl]] has been captured by one of his men... until he sees his glassy eyes and realizes he has been under her control all along.
162-->"Walter," said Carter. "You were gone a long time. What went down up there, Walter? Walter?"\
163Walter wasn't answering. Jean moved away from in front of him. Carter saw Walter's eyes, as glassy as a zombie's.
164* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': According to Blanche, when someone is possessed by a Pokemon, their eyes may appear an unusual color or not reflect and they won't blink when exposed to bright light.
165* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonLostTracksOfTime'': Anyone hypnotised by Chandelure has visible blue flames in their eyes. Also, anyone under the control of the Red Chain has [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].
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169* A clip from ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' shows this happening to one of the characters due to some hypnoflashy lights. What makes this interesting is the aforementioned character is a sapient ragdoll and his eyes are camera shutters.
170* ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'':
171** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', those under the villain's mind-control spell get a green glow in their eyes.
172** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAFairySecret'': Crystal's love potion adds the color red to the eyes of the victim who drinks it; it turned Graciella's blue eyes purple.
173* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'': The students get glowing BlankWhiteEyes when on the receiving end of Poopypants' anti-humor ray.
174* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
175** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', upon seeing Vanessa singing on the beach for the first time, her seashell amulet emits a mist that entrances Eric. It can be seen filling the pupils of Eric's eyes with an eerie yellow glow. This shows up later, but it's not as obvious. It mostly shows up in a glint in his eyes, although you can tell mostly through his mannerisms.
176** Kaa's [[HypnoticEyes eyes]] in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' turn psychedelic and colorful, as do his victim's eyes when hypnotized. Though this is not the origin of this image, it may be the source of its popularity. Also happens to Baloo when he's caught up in the music of King Louie and the Monkeys.
177** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': This happens when Jafar hypnotizes the Sultan using his MagicStaff.
178** In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', when Kida is exposed to light coming from the Atlantean Crystal, her eyes actually become a much lighter shade of blue than usual.
179** In ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'', the cows get these when falling under the spell of Alameda Slim's hypnotic yodeling.
180* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', would-be vegetarian shark Bruce's eyes turn solid black (which is what great white's eyes normally look like anyway) when he [[OffTheWagon can't control his urge to eat fish]].
181* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', those who are "vampnotized" by Dracula get pulsing red eyes. In the [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries TV series]], they get concentric red circles instead.
182* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'', when [[spoiler:Abraham Van Helsing uses his music to control the Kraken]], its eyes burn [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red]].
183* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', everyone under the Screenslaver's hypnosis has a [[ThousandYardStare vacant stare]] on their face.
184* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'': When the ghoul girls are mind controlled by Revolta, their eyes get spinning spirals or outlined ripples in them.
185* Also happens in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', when Jeremy is mesmerized by Mrs. Brisby's "sparkly".
186* There is a variation on this in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''... when [[spoiler:WALL•E appears to have lost his personality after EVE repairs him, his normally expressive eyes appear non-emotional to the point of being disturbing.]]
187* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': When the beacon is lit, the Cy-Bugs' and Virus King Candy's eyes change from green to blue.
188* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Any animal who has been affected by Night Howler syrum will have their eyes change their appearance to resemble that of their species in real life (Mr. Otterton's eyes become dilated, Manchas' become slitted, etc.)
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192* In ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', Infection is signaled by the victim's eyes turning red (very shortly followed by lethal aggression against anyone nearby). In the sequel, ''28 Weeks Later'', one character's heterochromia offers some very valuable information this way.
193* An interesting variant in ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''. When Costello's character looks into the eyes of a woman hypnotized by Dracula, he sees the image of a flying bat in the irises.
194* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the eyes of David Lo Pan's two would-be brides turn pure white when they are being mentally controlled.
195* ''Film/BirdBox'': Those affected by the creatures have their eyes go bloodshot. Crazy survivors have less pronounced changes, but enough that it's easy to tell them apart with a quick look.
196* Cesare the Sohnambulist, in ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'', who is kept in a continuous state of hypnosis by the titular Dr. Caligari. The scene of Calagari awakening Cesare focusing heavily on him opening his entranced, blank eyes, is quite disturbing.
197* In ''Film/CubeZero'', the mind-controlled soldiers have green eyes whenever they're "activated".
198* In the 1996 ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie film]], the temporary companion of the Doctor had the Fully-Black eyes when she was under mind control. And it applied InUniverse because she couldn't activate an eye scan in this state.
199* In Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', whenever a character is possessed by a Kandarian spirit, they become grotesquely ugly, and their eyes in particular are affected, prompting a memorable line that serves as the page quote.
200* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Victor Krum, when under the Imperius Curse, has glazed-over eyes. It makes you wonder how Death Eaters got away with the Imperius defense at the end of the First Wizarding War when anyone could tell when someone was affected by it. It's noted that this is likely a change done for the purpose of giving a visual cue to the audience when someone is under the Imperius Curse since in the books, those under the spell's influence have a generic vacant expression.
201** {{Fanon}} often solves the problem by having it be very noticeable when done hastily, and perfectly hidden when done carefully.
202* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
203** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Those under the control of the Mind Stone in Loki's scepter have their eyes turn pitch black momentarily, then turning into the same shade of blue as the scepter.
204** Those under the influence of Wanda Maximoff's visions have a visible red mist in their eyes. And in ''Series/WandaVision'', those who are completely under her control have their eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning glow a bright red]], as seen when she possesses Tyler Hayward's men and compels them to point their guns at Hayward.
205** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Peter Quill's pupils change to a sky blue when under Ego's influence.
206* Creator/NeilGaiman uses this a fair amount as well: in ''Film/MirrorMask'', when Helena gets brainwashed, her eyes turn jet black (just like those of the Dark Queen), and it goes away after she is back to normal.
207* ''Film/{{Nightbooks}}'': The [[spoiler:original GingerbreadHouse]] is irresistibly alluring and gives rainbow swirled eyes as victims [[spoiler:mindlessly consume its candy building material.]]
208* In ''Film/ScannersIITheNewOrder'', Officer Gelson's eyes turn milky white when David and Julie take over his body to infiltrate Dr. Morse's lab.
209* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': People under the influence of Stryker's mind-control serum exhibit pale, colourless irises, a fact that's highlighted very early in the film by closeups of Nightcrawler's face during his attack on the White House, as he doesn't sport his distinctive yellow eyes until after a bullet to the shoulder awakens him from his trance. Later, [[spoiler: when Deathstryke is fatally wounded by Wolverine in their climactic battle, her eyes revert to their natural dark brown as a visual shorthand for her [[DyingAsYourself dying as herself]].]]
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213* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'', also written by Creator/NeilGaiman, involves sewing buttons onto people's eyes as a method of brainwashing. Both this and the ''Mirrormask'' equivalent are used by an EvilMatriarch clone of the regular mother, with these exact eyes herself.
214* In ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' by Creator/MadeleineLEngle, [[spoiler:Charles Wallace]] is subjected to telepathic mind control by an oversized brain referred to as IT. As this occurs, his pupils shrink until they disappear, leaving blank blue eyes.
215* Victor, Ginger, Dibbler and others swept up in the Holy Wood craze of ''Literature/MovingPictures'' have a tiny gold star appear at the center of each pupil.
216* The final book of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Mockingjay, uses a mix between the unfocused and dilated pupils. [[spoiler:Peeta's]] eyes are even shown to rapidly dilate and contract in short order when he's FightingFromTheInside.
217* Book the Fourth of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', The Miserable Mill. On the cover, Klaus is shown with what appears to be these. It is even implied in the book, with his blank stare and wide-open eyes.
218* Literature/ArtemisFowl has a variation: Someone who's been {{Mind Control}}led repeatedly has bloodshot eyes and jagged pupils, but no other symptoms.
219* In ''Literature/TheHost2008'' a Soul-possessed human's eyes develop a silvery [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum eye shine]] (given that the Souls' tissue and blood is silvery in color, this may or may not make a slight bit of sense). This is somewhat portrayed on the book's cover, though, as only ''part'' of the pupil appears silver, instead of the "all of it" kind of portion you'd get from eye shine. This is likely to show that Melanie is partially in control.
220* Gerard in Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's short story "Baby Is Three" (which is the central section of his novel ''More Than Human'') has this power. His psychiatrist's reaction to being put under his control:
221--> '''Dr. Stern:''' My God, I didn't look at those eyes before. I could have sworn those irises spun like wheels ...
222* During the aerial WizardDuel in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Harry sees Stan Shunpike fighting for the Death Eaters, but also sees in his eyes that he's been Imperioused. This prompts him to [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands disarm]] him rather than [[TheParalyzer stun]] him--and this, unfortunately, blows his cover.
223* In ''My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish'', anyone who is under Frankie the goldfish's influence develops what the narrator calls a "goldfish stare".
224* In ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', [[MadScientist Dr. Thornpaw]] captures Ernie Mortenson, an elderly human security guard at the Art/StatueOfLiberty, and uses him as a test subject for his [[MindControlDevice mind control formula]]. Ernie's eyes change hue several times before finally turning "an unearthly, sickly yellow color", indicating that the formula works.
225* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''The Place of No Stars'', Ashfur's enslaved ghosts are described as having pupilless, eerily blank eyes.
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229* ''Series/DoctorWho'' used to love doing the "unfocused eyes" version.
230* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Whenever Lestat de Lioncourt [[TimeStandsStill freezes time]], the humans under his spell have cloudy eyes.
231* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Kilgrave's victims don't look outwardly any different during the time period before his powers wear off, which is why people don't believe them afterwards. Their own vision, though, does take on purple tints.
232* Occurs in the 2013 Halloween Episode of ''Series/{{Jessie}}''. In a parody of ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', Luke and Emma become possessed by ghost to summon a powerful demon and have [[RedEyesTakeWarning extremely dark red eyes]]. Fortunately, it was {{All Just A Dream}}.
233* ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' has an interesting example. The series in general has a motif of eyes, but the third Rider in the series, Kamen Rider Necrom, has an iris pattern on his faceplate that is surrounded by a circular translucent visor when his transformation is completed. The other Riders have blank faceplates. Thus, when [[spoiler:Alain forces Makoto (Kamen Rider Specter) to transform using the Necrom Eyecon, putting him under mind control, the resulting transformation has the translucent visor over a blank faceplate, evoking the standard solid-color-eye image.]]
234* ''Series/LabRats'': Anyone who is under the effects of the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Triton App]] will have their eyes get green tech symbols in them.
235* When Kahlan confesses people in ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', both her and their eyes go totally black for a period. And it shows it every time she confesses someone.
236* ''Series/Merlin2008'': In the [[Recap/MerlinS02E01TheCurseOfCorneliusSigan Season 2 premiere]], when Cornelius possesses someone (Cedric, Merlin) their eyes temporarily turn black.
237* In the original season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', Tommy's eyes periodically glowed neon green when he was under Rita's control -- usually at points when the spell was asserting itself over what he would do normally, although it also happened whenever it would look the most menacing and nobody was around to see.
238* ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'': In "Hypnotic Halloween", the team gets swirling blue eyes when they get brainwashed by a movie.
239* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
240** "Hug": Chloe's eyes briefly turn green when she is mind controlled and [[spoiler:kisses Clark]].
241** "Delete": Lana's eyes briefly glow with green symbols when she is mind-controlled. She immediately [[spoiler:finds Chloe and beats the living daylights out of her.]]
242** "Persuasion": When Clark gets mind control as a temporary ability, Lois and Chloe's eyes both glow purple as he bends them to his will.
243** "Warrior": [[spoiler:Zatanna]]'s mind control causes the target's eyes to briefly glow blue.
244* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
245** One of the sure signs that someone is possessed by a demon is a flash of completely black eyes. Particularly powerful demons show other colors in the eyes they possess -- Azazel shows yellow eyes, while Lilith and Alastair show white eyes.
246** Sam's eyes glow blue when his body is being controlled by the angel Ezekiel.
247* In ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'', anyone on the receiving end of Allison's [[CompellingVoice "rumors"]] will have their eyes fog over and turn completely white before returning to normal after receiving the command.
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251* The music video for "Hypnodancer" by Music/LittleBig features these on people mesmerized by the hypnodance.
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255* Rudolf in the 2016 Toho production of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}''. It's very noticeable on the proshot, especially during "Yami ga hirogaru". His eyes flicker rapidly between blankness and distress as he struggles with Death's MindControl.
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259* In ''MARDEK RPG: Chapter 3'', when Qualna controlled the King of Goznor, his eyes glowed solid pink. Not to be confused with the three priests so far who have similar eyes; in them, it's proof of their devotion to YALORT or SOLAK and the power their deity has granted them.
260* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
261** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' [[spoiler:Batman's eyes glow red when he is under the effects of Scarecrow's gas]]
262** And, in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', [[spoiler:Batman's eyes glow ''green'' whenever Joker -- who spends the game as a Tyler Durden-esque figment of his imagination following his death in ''Arkham City'' -- gets close to/succeeds in coaxing the Dark Knight into indulging some of ''his'' character traits, chiefly his sadistic brutality.]]
263* Due to the large number of BrainwashedAndCrazy in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', this shows up a lot, especially on females.
264* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'':
265** The soldiers of [[TheFederation the Union]] often refer to the soldiers of TheEmpire as "red-eyed devils" because the only thing they can see out of their face-concealing helmets is the red glow of their eyes. Later, when Inuart is [[MoreThanMindControl brainwashed]] by [[BigBad the empress]], he also gains MindControlEyes similar to the Imperial soldiers.
266** Of course, [[spoiler:Manah (the Empress) herself is just a plaything for the local EldritchAbomination, and so her RedEyesTakeWarning are also Mind Control Eyes.]]
267* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERGiantFist'': Victims of magical mind control normally have their eyes dulled out, most commonly seen with Miku once she's under Blackberry's spell.
268* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] sports a pair of these while under [[MonsterClown Kefka's]] control in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012: Duodecim]]''.
269* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' [[spoiler: Terra and Zack Fair]] have this happen to them when [[spoiler: Maleficent and Hades manipulate the darkness within their hearts respectively]].
270* In the last one-sixth of ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[spoiler:everyone with Red Skull pins falls under Kitaniji's mind control, and their eyes turn solid red, and all they can say is:]]
271-->[[spoiler:To right the countless wrongs of our day, we shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise. What a wonderful world such would be...]]
272* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
273** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[spoiler:Ninian has these when she opens the Dragon's Gate. An arriving Nils is able to snap her out of it (''and'' regain her memory!) before she completely summoned a dragon. There is also a part later on when Nergal attempts to take Nils, and Nils likewise has pupil-less eyes to indicate that Nergal had put him in a trance.]]
274** And from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', [[spoiler: Takumi]] displays similar pupil-less eyes when he's under DemonicPossession from [[spoiler: the true BigBad of the game]].
275* Half-lampshaded in ''Digimon World''. A late-game boss's eyes look normal from the camera angle. The main character takes one look at the eyes and concludes it's brainwashed.
276* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin VideoGame/VsChira'': When singing one of the special spiral notes, Boyfriend makes a confused face with swirlies in his eyes and regains a significant amount of HitPoints. Whether he does this to go along with the song, or the opposite, to resist Chira's influence, is left to one's interpretation.
277* Two variations in the ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' series:
278** In ''United By Fate'', anyone under the influence of Justice High's brainwashing has red pupils.
279** In ''Project Justice'', the Darkside Council's ending has all the brainwashed students in the background with these eyes.
280* Kohak Hearts in ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' has these and a blank expression on her portrait after she becomes playable but before her soul is fully restored. After she's fully healed, she gets normal eyes and a smile.
281* Rika in the second of the ''Devil Angel Jibril'' games get flat red eyes when [[spoiler: she is corrupted by Rokoko]]. Also overlaps with RedEyesTakeWarning, since her eyes are normally brown (in civilian form) or green (Holy Angel form). Hikari in the third game averts this, since her eyes turn gold [[spoiler: when she is corrupted by Fateus]] but otherwise retain their luster.
282* Two different flavours are used in the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' series. The First season uses spinning spirals in the eyes to denote those under [[spoiler: Hugh Bliss's]] hypnotic control. The Third season have Girl Stinky and Sal being enthralled by an Eldritch Abomination, and their eyes (even Sal's normally completely black eyes) are entirely milky white.
283* In ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' characters under Hylden mind control sport glowing green eyes, which can flicker back to indicate a [[FightingFromTheInside battle for control]]
284* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'':
285** If a Mii is mind controlled by the "Pharaoh's curse" status effect, its eyes become Egyptian Pharaoh-shaped.
286** If a Mii has the "evil" status effect, it gets red eyes with black sclerae.
287* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo 7'', when under the influence of [[spoiler:Ecolo]], Arle's eyes turn into a flatter color, accompanied by a half-closed eyelid.
288** [[spoiler:Satan pretends to]] suffer the same fate in its sequel.
289** In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', Raffina, Rulue, and Feli lose the white dots in their eyes after getting controlled by the Puyo and Tetris worlds merging.
290** In the precursor game, ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'', the bosses under the control of the big bad have various forms of this.
291* Hex Maniacs have them in the Japanese releases of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''. For whatever reason, this was altered in international versions.
292** In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', the Hex Maniacs return, using the swirl-eye variant, and this is kept in the international versions.
293* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'', Kwolok gets [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[BlankWhiteEyes white eyes]] while possessed by the Stink Spirit, and the corrupted Mora has [[SicklyGreenGlow bioluminescent green eyes]] matching the ''Cordyceps''-like fungus parasitizing her.
294* ''Strange Flesh'': Anyone who stays too long in the titular bar will eventually gain pink hypno eyes.
295* In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', King Dedede is seen with bright red pupils to show he's under the BigBad's mind control.
296* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': When a dinosaur gets charmed by the Perfume-Shroom, their pupils are replaced by hearts.
297* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Any Goron who eats [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin marbled rock roast]] becomes completely obsessed with devouring as much as they can find, to the point of doing nothing but munch all day. As a sign that something evil is going on, affected Gorons' eyes glow a shade of fuschia that matches the color of the rock roast. [[spoiler: Once Link and Yunobo defeat Marbled Gohma in the Fire Temple, the rock roast vanishes and the Gorons are freed from its spell, which is signified by their eyes going back to normal.]]
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301* [[spoiler:Touko]] in one of the endings of ''VisualNovel/{{Suika}}''.
302* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Bad End 18. [[spoiler:When Caster takes control of Issei and uses him to kill Shirou, the whites of his eyes turn {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}]].
303* ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'': In the third game of the first trilogy, Eternal Lovers, Lushati's eyes turn dull and empty whenever [[spoiler:Wein]] is controlling her. It's explained that the tiara she wears is actually and mind-control device, and [[spoiler:as a Valfask]] [[{{Technopathy}} he's able to control it remotely]].
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307* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': At the end of the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "cartoon", Strong Bad gets swirling eyes from staring at the green lines on the Tandy for too long.
308* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Those in the presence of the monstrous Apathy - which drain one's willpower with their mere presence - have their irises become dull and monochrome, as well as partially shutting.
309* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'':
310** Those who stare into the [[EldritchAbomination Eyes of the Universe]] gain big, teal eyes and are rendered at least partially catatonic, and encourage others to look as well.
311** Characters gain small swirl eyes that slowly spin when under the control of the Piper's music.
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315* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', swirly mind-control eyes are [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0183.html visible to the other characters]], rather than [[PaintingTheMedium simply an artistic convention]]. (The X-eyes representing death are also visible to other characters. One character even [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0537.html draws them over a live character's eyes to fake death]].) [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0516.html In another case]], the paladin Thanh takes on Tsukiko's heterochromia when he's put under her "Dominate Person" spell. One comic also refers to the trope by using the swirl pattern on its panels to show what's going on in the mind of enchanted characters.
316* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', when Antimony almost becomes a victim of {{Body Surf}}ing, her pupils turn a flat blue. Loss of consciousness due to a head injury had a similar effect. Gamma, too, when she's passing out from exhaustion. This is actually the only time we get to see her eye color at all, which incidentally seems to be hazel.
317* A stick-figure filler strip for ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' lampshades and plays with the swirly-eyed version: Torg gets hit on the head and thus has swirly eyes to represent his concussion, but then when a convenient coincidence leads to him wearing a top hat and having a moustache drawn on, he immediately becomes a mind-controlling hypnotist.
318* Chris Mann (aka "Charisman") in ''WCI High'' finds his charisma-based superpowers useful for [[http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=296 getting dates]].
319* [[spoiler: Stephen's]] eyes after being possessed in ''Webcomic/FakeNewsRumble'' keeping in [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience theme]] with purple denoting the presence of evil.
320* Reginald in ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' [[http://nedroid.com/2010/05/agree/ knows a good trick]].
321* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-44/ Madeline's after she's been dominated by a vampire.]]
322* Those who fall under [[HiveQueen Zenith's]] MindControl in WebComic/CommanderKitty tend to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/04/25/plot/ turn blue and have their eyes bug out]]. [[spoiler: They're actually [[ReplicantSnatching robot clones]] briefly suffering GlamourFailure]].
323* The anime-style "blank eyes" occur all the time in ''Webcomic/SquidOps''.
324* [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/12/10/mountain-time-501/ Happens to an onion]] in ''Webcomic/MountainTime''. This despite the fact that the onions have been demonstrated not to actually HAVE eyes.
325* In ''Webcomic/BearNuts''. when Sara hypnotizes all of the male bears except for Gay and Tanked with her pheromones, their irises turn brown and their pupils disappear.
326* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler: Meulin]]'s eyes flash between shades of purple when she's being controlled by [[spoiler: Kurloz]]'s "chucklevoodoos".
327* Though the art of ''Webcomic/WakeOfTheClash'' does not usually portray eye color, save for extreme close-ups, Clash’s eyes can be seen to be purple once the effects of Sabre’s mind control have taken over. This is later reflected in Sabre’s own eyes in chapter 2, perhaps indicating his constant sustained hold over Clash.
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331* A red-write frame is used in ''Captain Gamer: OOC''. Slightly subverted in that it's actually noticeable for the characters, and would probably go unnoticed if the Captain hadn't [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/gamer/index.php?comic=68&num=1 called attention to it]].
332* In ''Literature/TheImpossibleMan'', characters who were subjected to mind control, had their eyes described as being red and pupil-less.
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336* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': In "[=DeVil=]-Age Elder", when someone is under the mindlessly happy curse of [=DeVil=] Ville, their eyes become pink swirls. The one-off character Rebecca has monochromatic pink pupils for eyes when under the curse herself unlike the others, which turn blue when Spot snaps her out.
337* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Characters normally have their pupils replaced with red spirals when hypnotized, usually by the effects of Jimmy's Hypno Beam.
338* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'': In "Oh, Brother!" when Mario is under control of Kooky von Koopa's Lame Brainer, his pupils turn red and he talks robotically.
339* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Both the film and TV series employ this. In the film, whenever Jafar uses his cobra-staff to entrance the Sultan, his eyes become spirals. In one episode of the TV series, when Mirage entrances the entire city of Agrabah into a sleeping spell save Aladdin himself everyone under its effects have their pupils completely vanish.
340* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
341** "[[Recap/AmphibiaS1E37ChildrenOfTheSpore Children of the Spore]]": Anne, Sprig and Polly get glowing purple eyes when being mind controlled by Apothecary Gary.
342** When Marcy is possessed by the Core in Season 3, she gets a myriad of orange eyes with yellow pupils on an EyeObscuringHat.
343** "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E18CommanderAnne Commander Anne]]": The wildlife of Amphibia have glowing violet eyes when under control of King Andrias' mind control collars.
344* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' used the spiral eyes version in a short involving Rasputin's hypnosis of the Czar.
345* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
346** "[[Recap/ArthurS2E19DWsNameGameFindersKeypers D.W.'s Name Game]]": Arthur gets the spiral variant in a fantasy sequence in which D.W. turns him into her "obedient hypno-brother."
347** "What Is That Thing?": When Francine hypnotizes her cat, Nemo, he gets the spiral variant briefly before his pupils contract.
348* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
349** The victims of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''-reminiscent brainwashing have their [[OpenTheIris pupils dilate]], nearly enveloping the iris.
350** "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheEmberIslandPlayers The Ember Island Players]]": Parodied; brainwashing is represented with ''googly eyes''.
351* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': Everyone who is under the mind control effect of The Purple Man has purple pupils.
352* ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'': "Hypno-a-Go-Go", those who are under hypnosis get black/gold spirals in their eyes.
353* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': When a mixture of Kryptonite dust and mind control spores are used on ComicBook/{{Superman}}, his eyes glow green.
354* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'':
355** "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS1E19 Blood Moon]]": The farm animals have [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] when under the spell of the [[BadMoonRising Halloween blood moon.]]
356** "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E17 Green Mirror]]": The Greens minus Tilly have shrunken pencil point eyes with ExhaustedEyeBags after becoming flawless in Gwendolyn Zapp's ''Flawless You'' project.
357** "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E26 Sellouts]]": The eyes of Tilly's customer Angela turn pink with yellow sclerae when attempting to make a "personal connection" with her through eye contact.
358** "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS3E1 Squashed!]]": The Big Citygoers get glowing pink-purple eyes when possessed by the mutated pumpkin zombies.
359* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'': In "All You Need Is...", when Oopsy douses himself with Grizzle's love perfume, the other bears get heart eyes when Oopsy passes by, followed by BigAnimeEyes when the perfume's spell takes full effect and they become clingy for him.
360* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': In Season 3, [[Characters/Castlevania2017Antagonists the Magician]]'s mind control magic causes those he enslaves to exhibit blank, green-glowing pupils and irises.
361* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'': In "Whalesong", Doc Terror hires frustrated composer Madame Arpeggio to create a phony whalesong that hypnotizes the peaceful creatures, then commands them to destroy all humans. The affected whales have bloodshot eyes that revert to normal when Terror's influence is broken.
362* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': Two episodes involve most of the Rangers getting mind-controlled. Those under its effects had their pupils go from being fully rounded to tiny little barely-there dots. However, thanks to some animation errors there's a couple of times in one of them where Gadget's eyes appear normal even though she's under mind control.
363* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': In "The Crown: Joancoming: It's a Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo World," Cleo goes power-hungry thanks to the Homecoming crown, which can hypnotize people. Anyone enslaved by Cleo gets pink rings around their pupils.
364* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Mind-controlled animals and humans have an interesting variation: their pupils are replaced with the "Eye of XANA" symbol. The protagonists can see it, if they are looking for it. And sometimes the "Eye of XANA" flickers a little (which makes it look cooler). However, if XANA needs mind-controlled humans to look normal, their eyes will change back to normal temporarily. This doesn't always happen, though.
365* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E2BOperationDATE Operation: D.A.T.E.]]", the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children]] mind control a lot of kids causing them to get glowing blue eyes. [[spoiler: "Operation: Z.E.R.O." reveals that the Delightfuls' own eyes -- icy blue with visible sclera -- are this, a result of the [[MindRape delightfulization process]] that Father inflicted upon them. When briefly transformed into their true selves -- [[FallenHero Sector Z of the Kids Next Door]] - they all have the same BlackBeadEyes as nearly every other character.]]
366* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': One episode Le Quack hypnotize Eustace and Muriel through television to steal money and gold for him. Their mind-control is noticed by the purple spirals in their eyes, which are emitting from the screen.
367* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': The color of the characters' eyes signal many things, including possessed characters having the same eye color as the ghost who possessed them. Usually, everyone seems unaware of this, [[spoiler:although when Danny Phantom splits himself into a ghost self and a human self in one episode and the ghost Danny overshadows the human Danny, the human Danny checked his eyes in a mirror as soon as he'd forced the ghost Danny out]]. In an example that crosses over with RedEyesTakeWarning, when Danny is hypnotized by Freakshow, his pupils turn red, and (as time goes on) he gains dark rings under his eyes.
368* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "[[Recap/DextersLaboratoryS2EP18 The Muffin King]]", Dad pulls a JediMindTrick on Dexter to entice him into getting Mom's muffins, causing his eyes to be replaced with red ripples. It works until Dee Dee arrives to snap him out of it.
369* ''WesternAnimation/DescendantsWickedWorld'': Mal gets an infernal green glow in her eyes when under the curse of her birthright jewel.
370* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'': In "Trick or Cheat", Sarah's friends easily tell that she's hypnotized because her expression is of one under a trance.
371* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS1E13LookIntoMyEds Look Into My Eds]]", whoever gets affected by the hypnosis pinwheel will get black and white spiral eyes like it, followed by BlankWhiteEyes once they receive an order.
372* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'':
373** "[[Recap/ElenaOfAvalorS2E26SongOfTheSirenas Song of the Sirenas]]": Elena gets glowing green eyes when under the spell of Marisa's siren song.
374** "[[Recap/ElenaOfAvalorS3E15TeamIsa Team Isa]]": Anyone who is under Tito's MindControlMusic will have a blue glow in their eyes.
375* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
376** Whoever is affected with Jorgon's memory erasing neuralizer device will get dizzy swirls for eyes.
377** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E7SuperBike Super Bike]]": Timmy has them when being manipulated by the epynomous bike into labandoning his family and friends to hang out woth him more. It stops working when Super Bike tries to convince him his father doesn't love him anymore.
378** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS3E6SoTotallySpacedOut So Totally Spaced Out]]": Cosmo and Wanda get them when the Gigglepies enchant them with their "fluffy alien cuteness".
379** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS7E10CrockerShocker Crocker Shocker]]": Mr. Crocker gets the spiral variant when his therapist is hypnotizing him into not believing in fairies.
380** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS9E4TurnerAndPooch Turner & Pooch]]": Sparky gets two-tone purple spiral eyes when being mind controlled by Mr. Crocker.
381** "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS10E6TheFairBears The Fair Bears]]": Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Chloe get swirling purple eyes when being mind controlled into a ForcedSleep by the Fair Bears. Timmy and Wanda later get heart-shaped pupils when under the bears' control.
382* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'': Oz gets swirling red spiral eyes in "[=HypnotOZed=]" when being mind controlled by a vintage [=BoomBot=] into selling everything in his store.
383* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': When [[Characters/FinalSpaceCelestialEntities Invictus]] is possessing someone -- be they Gary, Avocato or the horde of zombie Gary's -- it causes their eyes to turn into all-purple GlowingEyesOfDoom.
384* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In [[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]], [[spoiler:Bender gets squared spirals in his eyes to indicate mind control]].
385%%** All glory to the Hypno-Toad!
386* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
387** "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E13BossMabel Boss Mabel]]": Anyone seeing their worst fears conjured by the Gremloblin will have glowing yellow eyes.
388** "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E19Dreamscaperers Dreamscaperers]]": Stan gets [[MagicalEyeStreamers streaming blue eyes]] when Bill Cipher possesses his mind.
389** "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E4SockOpera Sock Opera]]": [[DemonicPossession Bipper]], Dipper Pines possessed by Bill Cipher, has Bill's [[EyeScream yellow-tinted, slit-pupiled eyes.]] It's unsettling at best, and downright creepy at worst, especially when Bipper ''slams his hand in a drawer'' whilst laughing insanely and saying;
390--->'''Bipper:''' AHAHAHAHAH! Pain is hilarious!
391** "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E14TheStanchurianCandidate The Stanchurian Candidate]]": Bud Gleeful gets glowing BlankWhiteEyes when Gideon casts a mind control spell on him.
392* ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel'':
393** "[[Recap/HamsterAndGretelS1E07CheerCheerBangBang Cheer Cheer Bang Bang]]": Anyone who is under the spell of Coach Haggerty's mind controlling whistle will have rippling grey disks in their eyes.
394** "[[Recap/HamsterAndGretelS1E23TheEarworm The Earworm]]": Hamster & Gretel have spinning blender-like eyes when they are being controlled by the Earworm.
395* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'': In the episode, ''Catula'', Catnip plays as the titular vampire. After [[AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade barricading the door to their room with furniture]], only for Chip and My Melody to turn around and see Catula, who came in ''through the window.'' Catula's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes immediately glows red]], hypnotizing the hapless bunny and seal as ''their own eyes'' glow in response.
396* ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'': In the Season 1 finale, when Arlo is brainwashed by the BigBad, his eyes get psychedelic red and gold rippling swirls in them.
397* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'': Two episodes involve brainwashing. Those who are brainwashed have red eyes.
398* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': When the [[Characters/Invincible2021Supervillains Sequids]] possess a human host, they cause the eyes to turn pitch-black with white iris-rims.
399* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'': In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueActionS1E20TheGoddessMustBeCrazy The Goddess Must Be Crazy]]", Franchise/WonderWoman knows right away ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is being mind-controlled because her eyes glow purple.
400* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': If a character gets put under mind control or hypnosis, their irises shrink and they open their eyes wider.
401* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'': One episode has Queen La deposed by her leopard-men and Jane chosen as her replacement. While she's holding La's mystical staff, her eyes go blank white and she's compelled to hold it aloft and do nothing else.
402* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': Sylas Briarwood can charm people into doing whatever he wants. [[SupernaturalGoldEyes His and his victims eyes glow gold when he puts them under his spell]]. The eyes of people that he has long-term control over occasionally flash gold.
403* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': Swirly (Experiment 383) gives anyone who's caught by his hypnotic gaze these while they're paralyzed, but it fades once the hypnotized victim has received a suggestion on which to act.
404* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Used in more or less every short involving hypnosis, both the constricted pupil and spiral-eye versions.
405* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh'': In "[[Recap/MonsterHighWhyDoGhoulsFallInLove Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?]]", Draculaura gets glowing pink eyes when being bewitched by a love curse by Valentine.
406* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'': Goofy gets these in "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E17ThirdWheel Third Wheel]]" when he suffers extreme hunger issues.
407* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
408** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]": Pinkie Pie gets the swirling spiral version every time she [[FantasticRacism sings about Zecora "putting people in trances"]].
409** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]", Discord puts the heroines (except Twilight) through a series of environments to reverse the part of their personality that keeps the friends and each one gets their own brainwashing to sweeten the deal, as shown by Kaa-esque rippling eyes.
410** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]": Ponies under the effects of the 'Want It, Need It' spell get [[WingdingEyes hearts for eyes]]. Humorously, Derpy Hooves remains ComicallyCrossEyed when she's affected.
411** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May the Best Pet Win!]]": Opalescence gets swirly eyes when the butterfly uses its wings to put her in a trance.
412** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]": Big Mac and Cheerilee get purple spiral eyes when under the influence of the LovePotion... which is actually a Love Poison, causing them to become SickeninglySweethearts.
413** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1]]: When Twilight's brother Shining Armor is under a villainesses' control, his eyes turn from blue to sickly green.
414** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 The Crystal Empire, Part 2]]: Twilight and Spike get King Sombra-like eyes with reptilian red irises and green scleras when they see their worst fears conjured by Sombra's dark magic.
415** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]": Discord gets red and white swirling eyes as he pretends to succumb to Fluttershy's Stare.
416** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E23InspirationManifestation Inspiration Manifestation]]": Rarity's eyes turn to a sickly green as she becomes more corrupted by [[ArtifactOfDoom the titular spellbook]].
417** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E21EveryLittleThingSheDoes Every Little Thing She Does]]": When Starlight casts the Fiducia Compelus spell on the Mane Six minus Twilight, their eyes constrict and become faded in color.
418** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E26ShadowPlayPart2 Shadow Play, Part 2]]": During the Pillars' flashback, the eyes of the Sirens' victims turn a sickly green when affected by their MindControlMusic.
419** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E2TheBeginningOfTheEndPart2 The Beginning of the End, Part 2]]": Ponies under Sombra's influence have agreen glow in their eyes.
420** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': The Canterlot High students have glowing monochromatic blue-green eyes while under the control of Devil!Sunset Shimmer.
421** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': Celestia and Luna have their eyes flash green when they are hypnotized by the sirens' MindControlMusic. The Canterlot High students' pupils shrink into pinpricks when being hypnotized by the sirens during the final battle.
422* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
423** "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E6HootysMovingHassle Hooty's Moving Hassle]]": Hooty's eyes get an eerie blue glow when under the spell of the Moonlight Conjuring.
424** "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E15UnderstandingWillow Understanding Willow]]": A variation occurs. Willow's pupils dilate to the point of obscuring her eye color when the accidental damage done to her memories kicks in.
425** "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E3WatchingAndDreaming Watching and Dreaming]]" [[spoiler:opens with Luz, Eda, and King trapped in their own respective nightmares by the Colletor, who takes control of ther captured friends and family to further torment them. Anyone being controlled has the highlights in their eyes notably absent. It briefly returns to Luz’s friends once they manage to resist the control.]]
426*** In the same episode, [[spoiler: while under the influence of the Collector's NightmareSequence LotusEaterMachine Eda and King both have glowing red and yellow eyes.]]
427* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
428** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRagingBully Raging Bully]]": Anyone affected by Doofenshmirtz's Slave-inator will have black spirals for eyes.
429** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasAndFerbInterrupted Phineas and Ferb Interrupted]]": Baljeet and Buford get spinning vortex-like eyes when falling into a dullness-induced trance by Phineas' boring weather facts.
430** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]]": Phineas gets giant and sparkly {{Animesque}} eyes when entranced by Mitch's cuteness.
431** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMindShare Mind Share]]": Morg and his friends get square-shaped pupils when hypnotized by the "quadrilateral voice commands" of the Danville Square Dance.
432** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The citizens of Danville have dull grey disks for eyes when they are mind controlled by Mama.
433* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' uses the rare wall-eye version. When a triggering noise is heard by one of the titular characters, he goes into an uncontrollable dance ("I'm a little teapot" for Brain when he hears a tinkly bell, and a stereotypical Russian squat-dance for Pinky when he hears a gong) with their dilated pupils swimming on the inside edges of their eyes.
434* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''.
435** In one episode Professor Utonium had [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] after Him [[HatePlague turned all of his love for the girls into hate.]]
436** In another episode, Blossom is hypnotized and her eyes are replaced with red spirals.
437** In a third episode, Mojo Jojo brainwashes the Mayor; the eye that can usually be seen through his monocle is replaced with a red spiral.
438** In a fourth episode, broccoli overlords invade earth and unleash mind-controlling spores which enchant all broccoli in Townsville so whoever eats it will be rendered in a brainwashed comatose state; those who are affected will have flashing green eyes.
439** In a fifth episode, Professor Utonium gets slitted cat eyes with green sclerae when he is hypnotized by an evil cat.
440* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'': In "[[Recap/RupertS05E02RuperAndTheGreatMephisto Rupert and the Great Mephisto]]", whoever is under the spell of the eponymous magician will have their eyes dilated and with a blank stare.
441* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'':
442** "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS3E2JackAndTheRave Jack and the Rave]]": The Ravers had [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] while under the influence of the evil hypno music.
443** "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS5E5XCVI Episode XCVI]]": The blue-furred children from the factory have the same eyes while being controlled by the Dominator.
444* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'':
445** Horde Prime's clones have green eyes, indicating that they are under his mind control. [[spoiler:When he mind-wipes Hordak, Hordak's expression goes blank and his eyes change from red to green.]]
446** In season 5, [[spoiler:when someone is under the influence of one of Prime's MindControl chips, their eyes go green as well, and white circles appear where the pupils would be when Prime uses his VillainOverride on them or one of his clones]].
447* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'': In "The Ballad of Sweet Strings", the characters get these when Johnny Strum's songs put them under his spell. Later, he briefly gets them after being overcome by Sheriff Callie.
448* ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine'': In "The Crystal Queen", the dragon Rohan normally has ice blue eyes, but when affected by Zeta's influence, they turn into purple spirals.
449* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
450** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E14BlackenedSpongeMermaidManVsSpongeBob Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob]]": Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy get red spiral eyes when Plankton uses mind control shampoo to brainwash them.
451** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E2PatrickManGarysNewToy Gary's New Toy]]": Gary's eyes turn a glowing infernal red as he stares at the squeeze ball on [=SpongeBob=]'s shelf.
452** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E4LittleYellowBookBumperToBumper Bumper to Bumper]]": When Mrs. Puff's mantra gets to [=SpongeBob=]'s head, his eyes turn into blue spirals.
453** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS10E1WhirlyBrainsMermaidPants Whirly Brains]]"" [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get the red spiral variant as they watch the Whirly Brains commercial, and in "Doodle Dimension" when mesmerized by Sandy's dimensional portal.
454** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS10E11FeralFriendsDontWakePatrick Feral Friends]]": The Bikini Bottomites get sickly green monochromatic pupils when entranced by the sight of Neptune's Moon.
455** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E14 SpongeBob's Bad Habit]]": [=SpongeBob=]'s eyes become red and white concentric circles when Hans hypnotizes him during his hypnotherapy session to find out why he has a habit of biting his nails.
456** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E23BubbleBasssTabKookyCooks Kooky Cooks]]": Mrs. Puff gets the red spiral variant at the end as she hungers [=SpongeBob=] again.
457* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': In "The Masked Masher", [[Characters/StormHawks Junko]] has swirly green eyes while under the influence of a Hypno Crystal.
458* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'':
459** Whoever is under the influence of Sugarby will get an [[GlowingEyesOfDoom eerie white glow in their eyes]].
460** The Brotherhood of the Dark Kingdom get glowing blue MonochromaticEyes when mind-controlled by Cassandra.
461* ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo'':
462** The victims of Hypnotheria's influence will either get contracted pupils (the Teamo in "Appetite for... Dessert") or spiral eyes (the Chief in another episode).
463** When Laser Pirate gets his hands on a device that emits "relaxing" frequencies, anyone who hears these has the alternating circle type Mind-Control Eyes and speak as though hypnotized.
464* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' has a subversion: in one episode the Rat King captures Irma and Vernon and begins exposing them to a chemical that will eventually brainwash them into his willing slaves. By the time the Turtles find them, Vernon's eyes are notably dilated and he starts mumbling incoherently, leaving everyone to think that he's succumbed to the chemical. It turns out he's actually just passed out into a daze from seeing one too many rats crawling around the area.
465* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
466** Glowing red eyes are used for normal mind control, as well as pink eyes in the episode "Mother Mae-Eye", when characters are under the titular character's spell.
467** "[[Recap/TeenTitansS1E10MadMod Mad Mod]]": Beast Boy gets spiral eyes when he's whammied by the hypnoscreens.
468%%** "Switched": Green eyes are used.
469* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': When [[spoiler:Soundwave mind-controls the Autobots]], their optics turn red. This is a callback to the G1 season 1 episode "Attack of the Autobots," in which the Decepticons do the same thing, signaled to the viewer in the same way.
470* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': The humans' eyes dilate when they are under mind control. The 'Bot's optics turn green.
471* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'': In "[[Recap/TrollzE22NewGirlInTown New Girl in Town]]", the girls minus Ruby get spirals in their eyes when being hypnotized by Simon's cookies. The eyes of their victims get the aforementioned effect in "When Good Girlz Go Bad" when they put Trollzopolis under their control. When the girls are fully evil in "Boys and Girls Together", the catchlights on their eyes vanish.
472* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'': In "[[Recap/TrollsTrollstopiaS2E2SmoothOperatorFUNtographyDay Smooth Operator]]", the trolls get pink/yellow rippling eyes when affected by Chaz's MindControlMusic.
473* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'':
474** "[[Recap/TUFFPuppyS1E1PurrfectPartnersDoommates Purr-fect Partners]]": The rats get a SicklyGreenGlow in their eyes when under the control of the Kruger Rat.
475** "[[Recap/TUFFPuppyS1E6DogDazeInternalAffairs Dog Daze]]": Dudley gets the spiral variant when he is hypnotized by Snaptrap.
476* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Iops gain exaggeratedly blank eyes as they are possessed by [[spoiler: ass kicking]].
477* ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowboysOfMooMesa'': "Circus Daze" features a stone that the Great Bovini uses to hypnotize people into stealing for him. The stone shrinks the victims' eyes. Boot Hill Buzzard, whose eyes are already that small, isn't affected.
478* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'':
479** Whenever a character may be under Mr. Big's trademark MindControl, their eyes have a hypnotic green glow to them.
480** Victoria Best has the power to hypnotize people with her recorder. Said victims have pulsating pink circles in their eyes.
481* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
482** When Bloom is corrupted by the Shadow Virus and turned into Dark Bloom by Darkar, her eyes turn yellow with slitted cat pupils.
483** When Roxy is possessed by Nebula through the White Circle, her eyes turn an infernal red.
484** Anyone who is hypnotized by the illusions conjured up by Tir Nan Og will have a flashing blue glow in their pupils.
485** Tecna has glowing monochromatic blue eyes when turned into a robot after Darcy curses her phone.
486** The Singing Whales get glowing violet eyes when mind controlled by Tritannus. Musa also has these when turned into a Mutant.
487** When Stella is BrainwashedAndCrazy by Selina's magic mirror, her pupils shrink.
488* ''WesternAnimation/TheXs''
489** "Boy's Best Fiend": The zoo animals get red rippling eyes when mind controlled by Sasquatch.
490** "Live and Let Diaper": Parodied. Tuesday, as part of a series of pop psychology parenting experiments, attempts to hypnotize the baby the family's watching. Using the familiar "You are getting sleepy" intonation, she chants "Your eyes are becoming spinning spirals". She accidentally ends up hypnotizing herself, though this trope is still averted: her eyes simply roll around before she falls asleep.
491* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': BrainwashedAndCrazy Morph has an odd variation. When he first comes BackFromTheDead, he's acquired an evil [[SplitPersonality alternate personality]] (which is enslaved by Mr. Sinister), which takes on a zombie-like form, complete with dark patches around his eyes. As he mentally shifts between personas, he physically shapeshifts between forms. Later in the season, it's averted, as he's more fully brainwashed and obeys Sinister/fights the X-Men in his "normal" form, making it unclear what side he's on at any given time.
492* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
493** Anyone who is entranced by Little Bits' cuteness will get two-tone green irises.
494** When Wander's personalities are separated from him, his pupils constrict into pen points.
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