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| 6 | ->'''Victim:''' Uh... about your eyes, sir, did you injure them?\ |
| 7 | '''Jei:''' ''They merely reflect one whose soul has been touched by the Gods.'' |
| 8 | -->-- ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', [[TheFarmerAndTheViper "The Nature of the Viper"]] |
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| 10 | In RealLife, some people have different colored irises, but what they can't have is a pupil, iris and sclera be the same color. In fiction, however, this isn't an issue, and you can get characters with eyes that have only one color. |
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| 12 | This trope is used to highlight the unnatural and the alien in a work. One common application is MindControlEyes. In some anime and manga, BlankWhiteEyes are used to indicate shock. In speculative fiction, ProphetEyes are used to indicate prescience or clairvoyance. |
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| 14 | Many modern comic books have [[IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery superheroes' eyes turn pure white while wearing masks]]. Apparently, this is to make them look more "disguised" than they would with just their (normally pretty flimsy) half-masks. This does, however, have the drawback of dehumanizing them in the eyes of some fans. Blank eyes coupled with GlowingEyesOfDoom usually indicate that someone is using his/her power (e.g. spellcasting) or about to. |
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| 16 | Specific subtropes include BlackEyesOfEvil (pure black eyes indicating that serious evil is present) and RedEyesTakeWarning (pure red eyes means something really bad is going to happen). |
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| 19 | !!'''Examples:''' |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 24 | * ''Manga/DGrayMan'': |
| 25 | ** General Winters Socalo has completely white eyes. This serves to enhance that fact that he is AxCrazy. |
| 26 | ** Skin Bolic as well. Interestingly he didn't have them prior to his Noah awakening which means he gained those while losing his sanity under the influence of the Noah memory. |
| 27 | * In earlier adaptations of ''Manga/Cyborg009'', Albert Heinrich (Cyborg 004) has white eyes with no irises or pupils. In the 2001 anime series, his eyes have light blue sclera and dark blue irises with no pupils. |
| 28 | * ''Manga/DragonBall'': Several aliens are drawn with entirely red eyes, like the Saiyan Great Apes, Burter, and Cooler's final transformation. Broly is also notable for always being drawn with BlankWhiteEyes as a Legendary Super Saiyan, emphasizing his {{Berserker}} status. In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', Baby starts out with pupiled white eyes but develops reflective, solid blue eyes that look more like lenses as he develops. |
| 29 | * ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'': [[Characters/GodzillaSingularPoint Salunga]] possesses blank white eyes. |
| 30 | * Several ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' characters have this, including Japan, Norway, and Liechtenstein. |
| 31 | ** Also, Turkey's eyes are white with his mask. |
| 32 | * Although he always wears a mask, Meta Knight from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' usually seems to have yellow eyes. His eye color changes with his emotional state, but it's always a single color (although it does phase between two or three colors on occasion). In the games, he has solid white eyes when unmasked though from ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' onwards, his eyes are yellow with or without the mask. |
| 33 | * In ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', performing a [[FusionDance Unison]] with either [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Reinforce]] gives you solid blue eyes. [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Reinforce Zwei]] herself also has solid blue eyes. |
| 34 | * A couple characters in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' are drawn this way (not counting ones that may just have black iris which don't stick out from their pupils), including Gaara, Ino, Kakuzu, Karin, and Kurotuchi. |
| 35 | ** The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan comes pretty close to monochromatic. The iris and sclera are both white, but just barely different enough shades to be distinguishable. The pupil, on the other hand, blends in completely with the iris. |
| 36 | * This is used for characters in the future of ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere.'' No explanation was offered about why they all have it, except for Abelia. |
| 37 | * Most ordinary residents of Tokyo/New Townsville from ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' have solid eye colors. |
| 38 | * Cheza the Flower Maiden from ''Anime/WolfsRain'' has wholly red eyes. You can see the different parts, because there are darker areas, but no other colours. One creator interview explains that they first considered just red irises, but that had been done before, and they wanted her to look not-so-human. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': Haazheel Thorn has some pretty scary eyes, as he lacks pupils. This is just one hint [[spoiler:that he's only half-human.]] |
| 43 | * ComicBook/{{Concrete}}'s eyes go completely black when he uses his [[InnateNightVision "night vision"]], but otherwise look "human" despite their inhuman vision. He {{squick}}s out a kid out trying to show them off. |
| 44 | -->'''Concrete:''' I have owl eyes when I want 'em. See?\ |
| 45 | '''Boy:''' [[ScreamingAtSquick EUHHH]]! Change 'em back! |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/NewGods'': [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] has solid red eyes. DependingOnTheAuthor, when looking very, very close, he actually has barely-distinct square-irises similar to those of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]. |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Most Heralds of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]], like the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, have a pair of these. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner get this effect from their masks. |
| 49 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', both Hellboy and Roger the Homunculus have solid yellow eyes, while Abe Sapien has solid blue eyes. |
| 50 | * In ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'', everybody has blank white eyes. |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/LunarGirlAndScarletSparrow'': When a girl, a fire fighter, and a cat are staring in awe at Lunar Girl and Scarlet Sparrow arriving on the scene, the cat's eyes are shown to be solid white. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'': Xadhoom has solid green eyes. The Evronians have solid azure eyes (except the mutants, that have regular eyes). [[SlaveRace The coolflames]] have those DependingOnTheArtist. |
| 53 | * Essence from ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' has solid black eyes. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'' antagonists Kittyhawk and Napalm have solid white eyes. |
| 55 | * Lord Morpheus from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has starfield eyes, although usually they're depicted as pure black. |
| 56 | * Johnny Alpha of ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' has pure white eyes, because he's a mutant. |
| 57 | * ComicBook/{{Starfire}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' has solid green eyes. Her [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 animated counterpart]] has green irises and green-tinted whites. Her eyes do turn to a monochromatic glowing green when she uses her powers, however. |
| 58 | * [[AxCrazy Jei-san]] of ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' [[spoiler:and anyone he "possesses"]]. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Dr. Manhattan has white eyes with no visible pupils. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 61 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': |
| 62 | *** The somewhat inconstant coloring of Golden Age comics results in Queen Atomia being depicted with solid green eyes which give her an even more inhuman appearance--mostly in smaller panels--though it's clear she's meant to have a thin slit pupil splitting the poisonous green. |
| 63 | *** The Gremlins (which are extraterrestiral) have large solidly dark blue to black eyes. |
| 64 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': The Gargareans have solid milky white eyes, as they are an army of the dead their eyes are made to resemble those of the dead whose eyes end up with a milky film under the lens. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 66 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]] and his mother [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] both have solid yellow eyes. In adaptations, it's different (and whether it's the whites or irises that are yellow varies). [[DependingOnTheArtist Sometimes]], they're given narrow, black, cat-like pupils. |
| 67 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] has eyes that turn solid white when she uses her powers. |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 71 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures The Many]] apparently have a tendency to turn their infected hosts' eyes a dead, milky white. When [[AdaptationalHeroism Monster X]]'s fury reaches GlowingEyesOfDoom levels, their eyes' pupils apparently disappear amidst the red light. |
| 72 | * In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'', Paul's eyes turn fully golden when he uses his power/magic sight. He was stuck with them that way for a few chapters until Cirelle helped him gain control over them. Also, the wizard Shaamforouz has golden orbs for eyes. |
| 73 | * In ''FanFic/LifeIsWorthLiving'' it is explained why the future people from ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' have monochromatic eyes: Over the years a genetic mutation arose where this showed up and regular-eyed people were driven out of the gene pool. The reason that Abelia has regular eyes is because [[spoiler:she was brought into the future from the past.]] |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 77 | * ''Film/BrahmsTheBoyII'': One night, when Liza is trying to find Brahms' identification number, she shines her flashlight in his face. His eyes go solid white, and he [[{{Jumpscare}} vomits a cloud of bugs in her face]], which was just an episode of Liza's. |
| 78 | * The ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' Monster has completely black eyes. This was deliberately chosen to evoke Great White Sharks. |
| 79 | * [[Characters/GodzillaTheGodzillas Godzilla]] in ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' has pure-white eyes to indicate that he's the BigBad of the film. That, and he's also [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the ''original'' Godzilla resurrected/controlled/fueled by the vengeful spirits of the forgotten soldiers who died in WWII]]. |
| 80 | * Pinhead, of ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' fame, is eerie enough with over a hundred nails sticking in his head - but the solid black shark eyes he has make it ''worse''. |
| 81 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'': The [[Characters/IndependenceDay aliens]] eyes appear to be silver, with no pupils or irises. |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheJurassicDead'': The undead dinosaur's eyes are a solid white. |
| 83 | * ''Film/{{Kuntilanak}}'': Sometimes, a characters' eyes will go solid white, which indicates that they're a spirit. |
| 84 | * In ''Film/MirrorMask'', the queen of the city of shadows and [[spoiler: Helena, once she is hypnotized and made to be the princess as a replacement for the queen's runaway daughter, who has now taken over Helena's life,]] have monochromatic black eyes. [[spoiler: Helena's eyes turn back to normal once Valentine helps her remember who she really is.]] The one servant who [[spoiler: sees Helena after she has her normal eyes back]] doesn't seem to notice. Granted, he was far away and the room was dark. |
| 85 | * Franchise/MonsterVerse: |
| 86 | ** [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju Methuselah]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' has blank, beady eyes, visible while he's emerging out the ground, and they [[GlowingEyesOfDoom seem to be glowing ominously]]. |
| 87 | ** The Dark Titan Camazotz in the spin-off graphic novel ''Kingdom Kong'' appears to be missing one eye, but the other one is milky white and blind. |
| 88 | * The Spirit of Christmas Past in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', making it terrifying. |
| 89 | * ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'': In his inhuman endoskeletal form, the [[Characters/TerminatorGenisys T-3000]]'s true eyes are cloudy white with no pupils on a black sclera. |
| 90 | * ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': En Sabah Nur's and Storm's eyes turn white when they actively use their mutant abilities. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 94 | * When the Elimist from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' takes on a humanoid form to speak to the teens, he is described as having eyes that look like a starfield - black with myriad little white dots in the distance. |
| 95 | * In ''Literature/BrimstoneAngels'', Farideh and her sister Havilar have these, being ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tieflings (see TabletopGames below). Farideh has one solid gold eye, one silver one, while Havilar's are both gold. |
| 96 | * ''Literature/TheBrokenSword'' by Creator/PoulAnderson downplays this: though elves' eyes have pupils, they're "hard to see" and the eyes glow dim blue. |
| 97 | * Blanc Isolde, ''Literature/CerberusHigh'''s resident [[AnIcePerson frosthound]]-[[LittleBitBeastly canid]], has pure white eyes and MysticalWhiteHair. As a result, he is treated like a unicorn around the school. |
| 98 | * In Louise Lawrence's post-apocalyptic young adult novel ''Children of the Dust'', a mutation arises among the survivors of a nuclear holocaust, resulting in offspring whose eyes are white with black pin-prick pupils. Most animal species, including humans (who are also born with white fur all over their bodies) are affected. |
| 99 | * The di'Taykan of Creator/TanyaHuff's ''Literature/ConfederationOfValor'' have this. Rather than a single discrete pupil and iris their eyes are made up of hundreds of microscopic pupils embedded in a solid, single coloured mass of muscles that widens and shrinks them depending on ambient light conditions and is capable of shutting them completely, giving this appearance. |
| 100 | * A rule of magic on Literature/{{Discworld}} is that the [[EyeDentityGiveaway eyes are the one thing no-one can magically disguise]]. Most Literature/{{Discworld}} gods have some sort of monochromatic eyes, depending on the nature of the deity in question; The Lady has blank emerald green, and Fate has a starfield. Illustrations show the others as having blank golden-white glowing eyes. |
| 101 | ** Vorbis, the villain of ''Literature/SmallGods'', has eyes of pure black. |
| 102 | ** Kaos has all-black eyes that turn silver when he's angry. |
| 103 | ** Ymper Trymon, when possessed by the [[EldritchAbomination Things from the Dungeon Dimensions]] trying to enter reality through his head, had eyes that were holes into blankness. |
| 104 | ** Coin the Sourceror had many-faceted eyes of solid gold colour. |
| 105 | * ''Literature/TheDoorwayAndTheDeep'': Nash's eyes go solid white whenever he uses his keen, which allows him to see long distances, making him an excellent look-out. |
| 106 | * The Fremen in ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' have all-blue eyes. It's a sign of long-term Melange consumption. |
| 107 | * Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin has used this trope a couple of times in her ''Literature/{{Hainish}}'' novels. In ''City of Illusions'', Falk has yellow irises that fill the whole visible part of his eyes, indicating that [[spoiler:he comes from another planet]]. In ''Four Ways to Forgiveness'' Havzhiva, a Hainishman, is practically the only person on Yeowe whose eyes ''aren't'' monochromatic. [[spoiler:His lover finds them exotic, as you'd expect.]] |
| 108 | * The Star-Eyed Goddess of the Shin'a'in in Mercedes Lackey's ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, as her name suggests, appears as a woman with starfield eyes. |
| 109 | * The elves of Creator/MichaelStackpole's novel ''Fortress Draconis'' and its sequels have Monochromatic Eyes, usually in metallic colors, as juveniles. Since elves are immortal, they gain adulthood status (and regular eyes) through a ceremony, and the inability of a group of elves to do this because their island is in enemy hands is a plot point. |
| 110 | * In Creator/DavidEddings' ''Literature/{{Malloreon}}'', the protagonists keep running into ambushes set by one particular villain, Naradas. They know it's always the same guy because witnesses and captured enemies always described the same way; his eyes are pure white, with only pupil being anything other than white. |
| 111 | * In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians,'' [[CowardlyLion Briares]] has monochromatic brown eyes. |
| 112 | ** [[BigBad Kronos]] ([[spoiler:possessing Luke]]) has creepy [[GoldColoredSuperiority golden]] eyes. |
| 113 | * In one of Creator/StephenKing's short stories, "The Man in The Black Suit", a boy out fishing in the forest meets the Devil. Among his other inhuman attributes, said Devil had eyes that lacked irises, pupils and whites. Instead they were completely orange like the flickering flames dancing in a stove. |
| 114 | * In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse novels, the Damiani race have eyes of solid white or silver, while Seleneans have monochromatic green eyes. |
| 115 | * Arkanians, of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, have pure white eyes. Chiss, on the other hand, have glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] - it's never mentioned in Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy if they're solid red or just the iris, but Pellaeon is never able to read his admiral, although in Literature/OutboundFlight Car'das can see Thrawn's gaze shifting from one thing to another. The cover to one of the Hand of Thrawn books seemed to hint that there are whites to Thrawn's eyes, even if they're not white, but the comic books and other visual depictions always make the eyes solid red. |
| 116 | ** [[Literature/HandOfThrawn Flim]] used "self-powered surface inserts" to simulate this when [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating]] Thrawn. |
| 117 | * Jorenians, from the ''Literature/{{Stardoc}}'' universe, have solid white eyes. In ''Blade Dancer'', Jory—a [[PlanetTerra Terran]]/Jorenian hybrid—has solid ''green'' eyes. [[RuleOfCool No reason is given for this]]. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 121 | * ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'': |
| 122 | ** [[SinisterMinister Brother Justin Crowe]], whose eyes go completely black [[spoiler: when he's feeling especially demonic]]. |
| 123 | ** [[spoiler: As do Sofie's.]] |
| 124 | * John Locke had one black eye and one white eye in a dream sequence in ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 125 | * ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': A Grimm's eyes appear the deepest possible black but only to Wessen. |
| 126 | * Data (Brent Spiner) from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' as an android has completely yellow eyes with a small dot of a pupil. Referenced by Spiner when he released a musical album entitled "Ol' Yellow Eyes is back". |
| 127 | ** A better example is Geordi (while still wearing the VISOR), whose eyes were entirely white due to a birth defect. |
| 128 | * Meg and Ruby [[spoiler: and Sam, as of Season 4's finale]] have black eyes in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''; Lilith's eyes are white. Oddly enough, the Yellow-Eyed Demon--Azazel--only gets yellow irises. |
| 129 | ** To indicate different ranks, maybe? All of the [[{{Mook}} lower level demons]] have [[BlackEyesofEvil black eyes]], but of the demons with different eye colours - Azazel (yellow), Alastair and Lilith (white), the Crossroads demon (red) - Azazel, Alastair and Lilith are all much more powerful than than your standard Mook. The Crossroads demon wasn't particularly hard to kill, but has a special job and therefore a different 'paygrade'? |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 133 | * The singer 2-D of the band ''{{Music/Gorillaz}}'' has entirely black eyes. They look like BlackEyesOfEvil, but he's actually quite a nice guy, if a bit of a [[GeniusDitz ditz]] and a [[ExtremeDoormat doormat]]. They come from when the band's bassist Murdoc hit him with his car, twice, causing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphema eight-ball fractures]] in both eyes. |
| 134 | * Russian rapper [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldzhey Eldzhey]] always wears white lenses, so his eyes look monochromatic, which increases recognizability of his image. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 138 | * Seen on the alien leaders in ''Pinball/{{Firepower}}'' |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 142 | * In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 143 | ** Common in 4[[superscript:th]] edition races. They appear on the eladrin, an elf variant with an extra-strong connection to the [[LandOfFaerie Feywild]]; tieflings, diabolically tainted descendants of an empire-wide DealWithTheDevil; the NobleSavage Goliaths; and the {{reincarnati|on}}ng, SemiDivine Deva. |
| 144 | ** Some depictions give the Drow elves solid {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} or white eyes to accentuate their AlwaysChaoticEvil status. |
| 145 | ** Metallic and red dragons' eyes slowly become monochromatic as they age. The pattern goes: silver for silver dragons, gold for gold dragons, green for bronze dragons, aqua or teal for copper dragons, a sort of off-gold for brass dragons, and glowing red-orange for red dragons. |
| 146 | ** The default form of [[{{Humanshifting}} changelings]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' usually have them sport colorless or blank white eyes. |
| 147 | * When ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s fairy-tale world Lorwyn is transformed into the dark and gloomy Shadowmoor, the kithkin's eyes grow huge, lose their pupils, and glow faintly gold. It symbolizes the {{Hobbit|s}} {{Exp|y}}ies' change from slightly superstitious rustic folk with empathic powers to paranoid castle-dwellers with a full-blown hive mind. |
| 148 | * Downplayed by ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' elves: they have very large, shiny irises, which make their eyes look monochromatic and come across as disconcertingly alien to observers. |
| 149 | * The elves in ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' have monochrome eyes. They're actually humanoid plants. |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 153 | * Mephisto, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Alundra 2}}'', has a pair of these. |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/Bark2022'': [[PlayerCharacter The puppy]]'s owner is shown with solid white, angry eyes. This is meant to make him look scarier in the dog's eyes. |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/{{Basingstoke}}'': All of the characters in the game have their eyes as one solid colour. |
| 156 | * The player character(s) in the ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' series have all-red eyes, likely related to their service to Tchernobog prior to the first game. |
| 157 | * The PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/Buddy2016'' has these, as does a giant MonsterClown. |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/BurgerAndFrights'': The bloody woman you see throughout the game has solid white eyes. |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/ClawsOfFurry'': All four [[PlayerCharacter cat ninjas]] have these. |
| 160 | * In ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'', the player character's eyes become completely white in Hollow form. |
| 161 | * War from ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' has these ones. |
| 162 | * In ''VideoGame/DeltaRune'' Seam's left eye is a black orb and his right eye is a orange button. |
| 163 | * In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', it's a common trait among some characters to have solid white eyes. The only exceptions are Wickerbottom's BlackBeadEyes and Woodie, Warly, Webber, Wilbur, and Woodlegs which are all males with solid white eyes. |
| 164 | * Fubuki from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' has eyes that are completely white. Incidentally, they're not because of his supernatural nature (he's a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]], but so is everyone else in the game), but because his eyes were severely damaged when he was young, making him blind. |
| 165 | ** One of the defining characteristics of Majins and its expys (besides their jacked-up stats) in any Creator/NipponIchi game are their monochromatic eyes. [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Lord Zetta]], whose appearance also resembles Disgaea's Majins, has white, iris-less eyes. Interestingly, his offspring Petta has white irises. |
| 166 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': |
| 167 | ** Some Bosmer (Wood Elves) in the series have all-black eyes, while some Dunmer (Dark Elves) have all-red eyes. |
| 168 | ** Sheogorath, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[MadGod Madness]], has variously appeared either with all-green eyes or with cat-like eyes. Given that all Daedric Princes are [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifters]] who can choose to manifest in whatever form they like, this is rather justified. |
| 169 | ** Characters who have been [[{{Necromancy}} resurrected]] using the [[MagicStaff Staff of Worms]] have all-black eyes. |
| 170 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 171 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Most illustrations of Cecil Harvey as a [[CastingAShadow Dark]] [[BlackKnight Knight]] give him a helmet with solid white eyes. |
| 172 | ** Many of the animals and monsters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' have a singular eye color. Aside from human enemies, the number of enemies that avert the trope are exceedingly rare. |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/GingerBeyondTheCrystal'': If you look closely at the druids' eyes, you'll see that they're solid yellow. |
| 174 | * In ''VideoGame/IansEyes'', all the zombies have these. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' - In his OneWingedAngel form, Ansem's eyes turn completely orange, with paler spots where his irises should be. |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'''s zombies have all white eyes. This is partly because it's creepy, but mostly because it takes less computing power to render all white eyes than actual eyes. |
| 177 | * Fi from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has them in a pretty shade of blue, matching pretty much the entire rest of her body. |
| 178 | * Several characters both masked and unmasked from ''Series/MortalKombat'' have the white variant of these. Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Raiden, Shinnok, etc. |
| 179 | ** In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', the revenants who are under Quan Chi's control (except for Scorpion, who still has the white variant) have a [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden-red variant]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom of these]]. [[spoiler: In the same game, Raiden (combined with [[FaceHeelTurn his]] EvilCostumeSwitch, which is [[PaintItBlack black]]) gets a [[RedEyesTakeWarning reddish-orange]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom version of monochromatic eyes]] after he purifies the Jinsei and absorbs its corruption.]] |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/MineCraft'': |
| 181 | ** The Piglins have small beady eyes that are white all over, as do Hoglins. |
| 182 | ** The legendary cryptid [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Herobrine]] has glowing white eyes. |
| 183 | * The [[RaptorAttack raptors]] trying to eat [[PlayerCharacter the soldier]] in ''VideoGame/NineteenSixteenDerUnbekannteKrieg'' have solid white eyes. |
| 184 | * Kreia of ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' has monochromatic white eyes, which [[spoiler: become monochromatic black in her Sith form]]. She tells the player character that they look that way because she doesn't use them, preferring to see with the Force. Apparently she ''could'' restore her sight, she just doesn't want to since, as we all know, YourEyesCanDeceiveYou. |
| 185 | * In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Asari]] eyes turn solid black when they're mind-melding. |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': |
| 187 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' has Samus, in her highest state of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phazon]] corruption. You can see her clear bluish-white eyes reflected faintly in the scan visor, complete with non-glowing TronLines running down her face. |
| 188 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' also has the SA-X's completely white eyes. You only get a very quick close-up to see this when the player first sees the SA-X. |
| 189 | * Nue Houjuu and, if you peer closely at her portraits, Patchouli Knowledge from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. |
| 190 | ** Due to Alphes' drawing style, most of the girls in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' had these. It seems to have been averted for ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', though. |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pankapu}}'': [[PlayerCharacter Pankapu]] has solid light blue eyes. |
| 192 | * ''VideoGame/PrayerOfTheFaithless'': The monochrome version of ColorCodedCharacters of Aeyr and Mia on the StartScreen have pure red and blue eyes, respectively. |
| 193 | * ''VideoGame/ThePrinceOfLandis'': The Guest who crash-landed on Earth has eyes that are a solid green colour. |
| 194 | * The blarg alien species from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' all have all yellow or all orangish eyes. Chairman Drek on the other hand has all blue eyes- a very luminous blue at that. |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': The Empress Siren's eyes are a pure blue, making her look more inhuman, and therefore villainous, than any other siren, who all have pupils and scalerae. |
| 196 | * Aliens in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' have shiny black eyes. |
| 197 | * One of the entities pursuing you in ''VideoGame/{{Smile|2020}}'' has solid white eyes. |
| 198 | * M. Bison and Dhalsim from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' are like this in most incarnations (although unlike the others, Dhalsim isn't a villain). In all games after ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', Sagat's eye (that isn't covered) is entirely white. |
| 199 | ** Akuma/Gouki also has these [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes.]] |
| 200 | ** Gen, Rolento, and Hakan also have solid white eyes. Other characters with solid colored eyes are Necro (yellow) and Oro (red). However, Twelve averts this trope. He appears to have solid black eyes, but they're suppose to be [[EyelessFace empty eye sockets]]... and ''then'' you'll realize that he actually has eyes with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] hidden within those sockets in his ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: 3rd Strike'' ending. |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 202 | ** Draenei, a very holy race, have blue glowing eyes. |
| 203 | ** Night elves normally have silver or bluish glowing eyes to go with their innate supernatural awareness. Night elves with druidic potential have glowing eyes have "amber" eyes... which are more like yellow or gold glowing eyes. |
| 204 | ** When the Blood Elves split off from the High Elves, their light blue glowing eyes turned [[SicklyGreenGlow green]] to reflect their addiction to demonic or arcane magic. |
| 205 | ** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgen]] have monochromatic glowing eyes in a variety of colors. (Or [[BizarreSexualDimorphism the boys do, at any rate]].) |
| 206 | ** Death Knight characters get glowing monochromatic eyes to match the nasty variety of raw magic that infuses them. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 210 | * Coach Z from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has eyes that are pretty much just circles on his face (in fact, in a trailer for Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People, his eyes are ''invisible'' on some displays). However, this is nothing new in the Homestar Runner world, seeing as how the title character [[InvisibleAnatomy doesn't even have arms.]] |
| 211 | * Bitey from the Brackenwood series is another example. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 215 | * In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'', the quickest way to tell the difference between normal vampires and the elite vampires is that the elite vampires have monochromatic eyes while regular vampires have normal eyes. |
| 216 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the Demonic Duck and [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-05-31 Commander]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-06-23 Jaguar]] both have this type of eyes. In the case of the Demonic Duck though, whether the natural state of his eyes is intended to be completely [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-09-06 yellow]] or completely [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2006-05-10 black]] is not clear. |
| 217 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', these are extremely common among the residents of the titular setting. Parson, an Earthling who was [[SummonEverymanHero magically pulled into Erfworld]], stands out for having pupils and sclerae; when he starts GoingNative, his character design loses the pupils. Some locals, like Caesar and Maggie, have the inexplicable ability to roll their eyes anyway. |
| 218 | * The [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1990917/their-first-meeting/ masked-with-white-eyes look]] is popular with both heroes and villains in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''. |
| 219 | * Standard for the characters of ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault''. |
| 220 | * Dimo from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has entirely yellow-green eyes. Which apparently glow in the dark. Then again, he ''is'' a Jägermonster. |
| 221 | * A few characters from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. The Regional Fairies start off with MilkyWhiteEyes; upon [[{{Metamorphosis}} becoming human]], they get grey eyes with pupils that are only visible [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=974 in extreme close-ups]]. Ysengrin has beady green eyes, and Reynardine, when assuming wolf-form, has beady yellow eyes. |
| 222 | * The {{Troll}}s of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' all have eyes with yellow-orange scleras (and normal pupils), except for Sollux, who has one completely red eye and one completely blue eye (to match his [[CoolShades 3D glasses.]]) |
| 223 | ** Terezi's eyes are completely red, again matching her shades. They were originally normal Troll eyes, but turned completely red when she was blinded. |
| 224 | ** When a character dies, they get BlankWhiteEyes. |
| 225 | * The comics set in the Rhymes With Bitch universe in ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' have white "Little Orphan Annie" type eyes. Zog & Sten from Drunk Aliens also have one color eyes. |
| 226 | ** [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia Megido]] had these originally. [[spoiler: She got better.]] |
| 227 | * Richard in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' has all-yellow eyes. |
| 228 | * Magic in ''Webcomic/MagicalMisfits'' causes magic users to have Monochromatic Eyes. |
| 229 | * In the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'', all characters have pure white eyes. |
| 230 | ** In fact, on the subreddit, it is against the rules to draw irises of any kind. |
| 231 | * Some of TheFairFolk have these in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' like [[Literature/TheErlKing The Erlkönig, his daughter]] (dark blue, purple), [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark!]][[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] (dark blue), "Odile" (unknown, but light). Also occasionally the Shadow!Cast from ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made on'' (Fae magic empowered versions of normally non-magic characters) in ways bordering MindControlEyes. |
| 232 | * Similarly, the heroine of ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'', in homage to the comic book character she's based on. |
| 233 | * Both the Varn and their Galapados soldiers in ''Webcomic/{{Terinu}}'' have solid golden eyes. |
| 234 | * The Aesir and Vanir have these in ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'': Thor's are green, Freyr's are yellow, and Odin's one eye is blue. |
| 235 | * All the gods in ''Webcomic/VanadysTalesOfAFallenGoddess'' have eyes that are one solid color (which color it is depends on the god in question). The titular Fallen Goddess generally wears CoolShades to hide her solid blue eyes. |
| 236 | * In ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' Drow have Monochromatic Eyes (red in coloured panels), true to their ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Monster Manual]]'' description. |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 240 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Zigzagged. Tieflings usually have monochromatic eyes, but while Mollymauk's eyes are entirely red, Jester's magenta eyes do have irises and pupils. [[spoiler:This, among other things, hints at the fact that Jester isn't a fullblood tiefling, as her father is a water genasi]]. |
| 241 | * ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'' combines this with heterochromia. The character of Lazlo appears to be a normal woman, until her eyes open, revealing one to be pure pink and the other pure blue, both lacking irises. |
| 242 | * The protagonist of ''Literature/RunningWithRats'', Alix [[MeaningfulName Black-Eyes]], has eyes that are uniformly black. |
| 243 | * Some of the mutants in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. Jericho has all-white eyes and is blind. Ash has all-black eyes. |
| 244 | * Anyone unfortunate enough to contract a [[http://grimreviews.blogspot.com/2008/12/zalgo-comic-chronicles.html ZALGO infection]] (somewhat related to the Chtulhu mythos). |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 248 | * ''Franchise/Ben10'': Anodites in their true forms have this, as do all of the Plumbers Helpers except Cooper and Pierce. |
| 249 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'', Snap's eyes are circular, blank, and white. |
| 250 | * ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A lot of celestial entities display this overlapping with GlowingEyesOfDoom: Invictus in both its astral form and [[spoiler:released]] form plus all its hosts who have MindControlEyes, the serpent god Werthrent on Ash's homeworld, most of the Titans including Oreskis, and Phil. |
| 251 | * Antogone from ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'', who is possessed by ants. |
| 252 | * Russel of the {{Music/Gorillaz}} always has circular blank white eyes, and 2D's are entirely black. |
| 253 | * From ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', the Irken race, along with some other alien species. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'': |
| 255 | ** Stitch and most other [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments experiments]] have single-colored eyes (usually colored black) to reflect them being artificial alien lifeforms. In RealLife, Stitch was designed with solid black eyes to make him unpredictable. |
| 256 | ** Captain Gantu has solid blue eyes (with a light blue light reflection for definition). |
| 257 | ** Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel has red eyes. Combined with his white fur, this makes him look like he has albinism. |
| 258 | ** OneShotCharacter Mortlegax, the alien leader of the Evil Genius Organization ([[FunWithAcronyms E.G.O.]]) from the half-length [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries series]] episode "Ace", has black eyes. |
| 259 | * Dick Knubbler invoked this in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', when he got robotic eyes to replace the ones he lost in a submarine accident, which are completely green ([[RedEyesTakeWarning unless he gets mad]]). |
| 260 | * The changelings from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', both pre- and post-reformation. Pre-reformation, they had blue eyes. Post-reformation, the eye color seems to depend on the changeling, with Thorax and Pharynx having purple eyes, and Ocellus having light blue. |
| 261 | * ''WesternAnimation/OhNoItsAnAlienInvasion'': The standard [[AlienInvasion Brainling]] {{Mook}}s have eyes that glow a solid bright green. |
| 262 | * In the 2018 reboot of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Hordak has crimson eyes with no visible irises or pupils. Imp also has light yellow eyes with no visible irises or pupils. Shadow Weaver's eyes are usually shown as white slits, but that's a result of her mask; when it's removed, she has HellishPupils instead. |
| 263 | * The Borgs Cybron, Replicon, Grenader and Lazerette from ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''. |
| 264 | * From ''WesternAnimation/{{Skywhales}}'' the aliens' eyes turn black when [[spoiler: they're about to turn into skywhales.]] |
| 265 | * [[OldMaster Offay]] from ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo''. |
| 266 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': |
| 267 | ** Gizmo appears to have blank white eyes all the time. His pupils only appear in an animation goof in the episode "Car Trouble". |
| 268 | ** Aqualad from the same series has monochromatic black eyes. |
| 269 | ** As does FishPerson Gill Girl from ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'' |
| 270 | ** Red Star's eyes are constantly a blank green as a result of the experiment that gave him his powers. |
| 271 | ** While Hot Spot is powered up, his eyes are completely white. |
| 272 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 273 | ** Autobots and Decepticons have solid blue and red eyes respectively. Justified by being, ya know, robots. Some of them[[note]]the Autobots, Icy Blitzwing, Shockwave, Swindle, and the Constructicons[[/note]] do get pupils in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', as this makes it easier to emote. |
| 274 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' went a similar route, with some characters having 'unlit headlight' eyes with kind of a 'pupil' at the center, but most having solid color eyes that extended to their mouths and even facial vents. |
| 275 | ** Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''; some characters have 'unlit headlight' type eyes, while others, such as most of the Autobots, have actual visible eyeballs where the color is in a lit up 'pupil'. [[Characters/TransformersPrimeDecepticons Makeshift]] is only known Cybertronian with blank white optics. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 279 | * People with severe cataracts sometimes have totally white eyes. If the cataracts are that severe, the person is also blind. |
| 280 | * There's a congenital Birth Defect that can cause this too, but considering said defect (Anencephaly) tends to kill people it isn't exactly common. |
| 281 | * Eye tattoo is a process of injection of ink under the conjunctiva, a thin external layer of the eye. It can easily make eyes look completely black, but no other coloring can be solid - iris is a little complicated and the pupil is black because it's simply a hole. |
| 282 | ** Black sclera contact lenses provide a similar but reversible effect. |
| 283 | * While not truly "eyes", night vision goggles (which are usually green) can give this effect when turned on(if you look at the back of the lenses). |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
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