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4	[[quoteright:349:[[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/classicmickeyminnie.png]]]]
5	[[caption-width-right:349:[[Music/DeanMartin When the dot in your eye looks like most of a pie...]]]]
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7	-> ''"What a woman! Eyes like pies..."''
8	-->--'''Felix the Cat''', ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat''
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10	During [[MediaNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation the 1920s]] and going into the [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1930s]], animated characters were sometimes drawn with eyes or pupils that were black and circular, but shaped like a pie that's had one slice removed from it, with the missing slice being an oversimplified representation of a radial light reflection. It is remembered today as one of the most iconic features of the InkblotCartoonStyle. Pie-eyes were widespread until around the time color became the standard for most cartoons in the early 1940s, by which time the InkblotCartoonStyle had fallen out of favor, and Western Animation as a whole had undergone significant ArtEvolution. The style sometimes appeared in comics as well, particularly the Disney ones, and others based on characters that first appeared in animation.
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12	When it shows up in modern media, it's usually as [[{{Retraux}} an homage or throwback]]. Parodies of the InkblotCartoonStyle will almost always employ this along with RubberHoseLimbs and the like.
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14	Another variation is Crescent Moon Pupils, where the characters are drawn with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pupils shaped like crescent moons]].
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16	See also BlackBeadEyes, which were also employed in black and white cartoons; SphereEyes, which began to replace them both around the 1940s; and SuddenEyeColour, which happens when a character who was once pie-eyed gets more "standard" looking eyes in redesigns. Not to be confused with a slang term for being drunk, or with the results of a PieInTheFace.
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18	!!Classic Examples:
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22	[[folder:Advertising]]
23	* Mascot example: When the Cleveland Guardians were known as the Indians, their mascot was [[https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/53/57/full/wnyd2zhh84f50ux4uxyqbktbh.png Chief Wahoo]]. His design underwent slight revisions from 1946-2018, but he had always been pie-eyed.
24	* Another Mascot example: Big Boy of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boy_Restaurants Big Boy Restaurants]] originally had black dot pupils, but a redesign in 1956 gave him pie eyes and he's had them ever since.
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27	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
28	* The works of Creator/NoboruSakaoka depict characters this way, such as his ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and ''Anime/VoltesV'' manga.
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31	[[folder:Comic Books]]
32	* Not a cartoon, but many characters from Creator/CarlBarks' ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse stories are pie-eyed.
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35	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
36	* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' characters in the cartoon sometimes had them, usually only during close-ups.
37	[[/folder]]
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39	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
40	* The Coachman's NightmareFace from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' has a variant -- he has black pupils and green irises, but the white highlight is the pie style.
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43	[[folder:Literature]]
44	* Creator/DrSeuss uses the crescent pupil variation on his illustrations.
45	* Some non-human characters in John R. Neill's illustrations for the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' book series had pie eyes,most notably the robotic Tik-Tok.
46	* ''Literature/RockoTheChristmasBat'': Every character but the titular one has their eyes drawn this way.
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49	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
50	* Sam, the title character of Creator/JimHenson's first TV show ''Series/SamAndFriends'', has pie eyes.
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53	[[folder:Western Animation]]
54	* WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, and most of her supporting characters.
55	* WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle
56	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' tend to drift in and out of this style.
57	** Common in the Creator/HarmanAndIsing era, with WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid, Foxy and others having them DependingOnTheArtist.
58	** Buddy from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', also DependingOnTheArtist. When brought back in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' in the 1990's as an overly dull parody of his former self [[{{Retraux}} he maintained them]].
59	** WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, in the 1930s, particular when animated by Creator/FrankTashlin. Creator/BobClampett and Creator/ChuckJones phased this out when they redesigned Porky.
60	** Common cartoons in directed by Creator/TexAvery with ''WesternAnimation/ILoveToSinga'' having them prominently. The earliest appearances of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, direct by Avery, had them sporting these eyes.
61	* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse occasionally sported these eyes (as seen in the above image) in his early days, when he didn't just have BlackBeadEyes. It sometimes went between the two within the same exact short. He had them more consistently in the comics.
62	* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat in some shorts.
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65	* WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog
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67
68	!!Modern Examples and Homages:
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70	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
71	* In ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'', Don Patch sometimes has these eyes.
72	* In ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'', Battamonda's anxiety-induced visions of the Cures all have dead, pie-shaped eyes that stare at him.
73	* Enrico Pucci in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' is drawn with pupils like these.
74	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has Mirio Togata, whose appearance is supposed to be a reference to the Vault Boy of ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}''.
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77	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
78	* The dancing flowers in the intro to ''Animation/HappyFamily'' have these.
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81	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
82	* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'' uses this type of eyes for every character, to keep up the theme of its faux-retro asthetic.
83	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'', the cartoony version of the Once-ler depicted on advertising banners has pupils like this.
84	* Mindy from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' has pie-shaped pupils.
85	* Spinel of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' once had black eyes with a cut taken out of them, part of her general InkblotCartoonStyle. After [[spoiler:she discovered Pink Diamond abandoned her]], she shifted to beady eyes with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]].
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88	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
89	* The animated segment in ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'' uses them, as it's done in a 1930s art style.
90	* The Brownie from the animated segment in the ''Film/ReeferMadness'' musical.
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93	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
94	* ''Series/Loki2021'': Miss Minutes has these types of eyes. As befitting the SchizoTech of the TVA, she is designed to look like an old-timey cartoon character, just as everything in the TVA seems designed to appear as old-timey technology.
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97	[[folder:Pinball]]
98	* ''Pinball/FunHouseRudysNightmare'': The [[AnthropomorphicFood living hot dog]] in "Hot Dog Combat" has pie-shaped eyes, tying into its overall design resembling an old cartoon character.
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101	[[folder:Toys]]
102	* A ''Toys/{{Playmobil}}'' set with two vampire figures features these on the female vampire.
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105	[[folder:Video Games]]
106	* Appropriately enough, when Namco's VideoGame/PacMan is pictured in his mascot form (as having arms and legs) he usually has these eyes. It shows up on the arcade cabinet art, and in later games such as ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures'' and ''VideoGame/PacManWorld''. ''VideoGame/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'' also features this for most characters, while '80s American Pac-Man art such as the Hanna-Barbera cartoon avoided it.
107	* B-Sha in ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'' occasionally gets these. Quite fitting, as she's a MoeAnthropomorphism of Creator/BandaiNamco, who made the aforementioned Pac-Man.
108	* ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''' clay models had these kind of eyes on Ninten and Ana. Loid and Teddy's aren't apparent because they wear OpaqueNerdGlasses and CoolShades respectively. This is another rare modern usage that is not a throwback. However, the characters in the [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 two]] [[VideoGame/MOTHER3 sequels]] feature BlackBeadEyes instead.
109	* Several villagers in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series have pie-eyes.
110	* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' uses this for the {{Retraux}} segment, where Sora and company travel to the time of Steamboat Willie to help out Mickey Mouse. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Sora has a costume that represents this segment, where he again has pie-shaped eyes.
111	* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' had characters with these eyes.
112	* The characters in the 2017 video game ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' have these kind of eyes (fitting, since the entire game is a giant homage to animation circa the 1930s).
113	* The {{Toon}}s from ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' have these.
114	* [=AiAi=] and most of his fellow monkeys in ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' have their eyes drawn in this manner.
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117	[[folder:Web Animation]]
118	* The titular character in ''WebAnimation/DoubleKing'' has these kind of pupils, although he is the only one with them save for minor background characters.
119	* In ''WebAnimation/TheGrosseryGang'' webseries, characters from "back in the day" are portrayed with this style of pupil instead of the standard round ones for an old-fashioned feel.
120	* Most of the characters in ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' have pie-shaped pupils, except for Lumpy.
121	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Coach Z's Old-Timey counterpart.
122	* The song "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by the Music/SquirrelNutZippers has an AnimatedMusicVideo that paid homage to the Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer cartoons of the 1930's. Every character in the video is pie-eyed.
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125	[[folder:Webcomics]]
126	* ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'' has a [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-22 Western storyline]] drawn in this style.
127	* Most characters in ''Webcomics/TonyComics'' have these eyes.
128	* Doggy D. Dachshund in ''Webcomic/TheCartoonChroniclesOfConroyCat'', whose shtick is being a JadedWashout from the appropriate era, has these.
129	* Tony the Alp from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' has tall black oval eyes with a wedge of yellow when deprived of his hat (which kind of depowers him).
130	* Most of the male Toon characters in the webcomic ''Webcomic/LoveMeNice'' are pie-eyed, possibly as an homage to the old Inkblot style. One character, Roger, essentially is an Inkblot cartoon character.
131	* Being based on old-timey silent-era cartoons, the characters of ''Webcomic/SilentSillies'' have this as part of their designs.
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134	[[folder:Western Animation]]
135	* It was used in the ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' short "Hobo Hounds", which was made to look like an old silent cartoon.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', which uses a {{Retraux}} style, has most of the characters with a small "slice" taken out of their eye, though [[RobotGirl Jenny]] has eyes like slotted screws.
137	* Toot Braunstein from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', who is a parody of WesternAnimation/BettyBoop.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Truth or Square", Patchy shows a [=SpongeBob=] short in a 1920s style, where everything has this eye style.
139	** Also, [=SpongeBob=] is comically pie-eyed when he learns that he will be the cashier in "Squid's Day Off".
140	** In the [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie first movie]], King Neptune and his daughter Mindy are drawn with these. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick also briefly gain them during an extreme close up.
141	* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Silent Treatment", the girls gain these when they get trapped inside a silent cartoon.
142	* Mostly everyone in the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' cartoon has this feature, a rare modern usage not meant as a throwback.
143	* Mr. Hankey and his family from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Also, in the episode "Red Sleigh Down", proximity to Christmas presents caused children to briefly morph into old-fashioned pie-eyed cartoons.
144	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Reincarnation," which parodies several animation styles, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151210223140/https://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/61/61404/reincarnation_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg gave these to the cast]] in the 1930s-style segment.
145	* Used in ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' by almost every character.
146	* The rebooted ''WesternAnimation/{{Mickey Mouse\|2013}}'' cartoons (2013-present) such as "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E1NoService No Service]]" have these eyes on everyone, with more consistency than the original black and white shorts.
147	* The characters' models in some seasons of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' have these.
148	* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', nearly all the characters are drawn with these.
149	* Nearly all the characters in ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' are drawn with a subtle Crescent Moon variation, with the exceptions of Bill and Kahn having more standard looking rounded cartoon eyes, while Cotton and Boomhauer have BlackDotEyes.
150	* Mr. Sparkle, the Japanese detergent mascot that happened to look like Homer in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "In Marge We Trust", had them.
151	* The characters from ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' have pie-shaped pupils.
152	* Most ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' characters just have dots for pupils, but Piri Piri, her mother Hanzi, and Michelle have large pupils with notches in them. For the first two is emphasizes their New Aged outlook, while Michelle's is simply because she's a baby. The notches are a bit less triangular than classic examples, with a noticeable taper.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' characters have thin slices in their eyes as a nod to Creator/CarlBarks' style.
154	** Their version of Magica De Spell is an ''inversion''; her HellishPupils are triangular slits, representing the "missing slice."
155	* [[DependingOnTheArtist In various scenes]], ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has drawn characters with black eyes (like Bow and Scorpia) as either pie-eyed or with an explicit reflection.
156	* Spinel from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is pie-eyed as a default, as shown when she was hit with the Rejuvinator and reset to that state.
157	[[/folder]]
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159	[[folder:Real Life]]
160	* Cat clocks with moving eyes often are pie-eyed.
161	[[/folder]]

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