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| 12 | ->''Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'' |
| 13 | -->-- Title of a ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' story |
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| 15 | It's said that eyes are the windows to the soul, and in fiction, their color is often the first way to hint at a character's true nature. In particular, characters who have [[gold:gold]] and yellow-colored eyes tend to have some form of supernatural origin or powers that place them above normal humans. |
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| 17 | In the West, this tends to appear on supernatural characters who have [[AnimalMotifs feline or lupine traits]], so, understandably, they're often accompanied by [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf-like powers]]. In Japan, this probably traces back to legends of ''[[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]'' (foxes) and their naturally golden eyes. It was said that a human possessed by a fox would gain gold eyes, and that [[HalfHumanHybrid a child born to]] [[InterspeciesRomance a fox and a human]] would possess them as well. Because ''kitsune'' were also shapeshifters, this often shows up when characters change their forms, as the first indicator they are shapeshifting. |
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| 19 | It is also found around the world in many other contexts: in tales of {{genie|InABottle}}s, witches, and other mythological beings, where they cannot hide their golden or two-tone eye colors in animal form. |
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| 21 | In the sorting algorithm of UhOhEyes, gold eyes fall one step below RedEyesTakeWarning, since it's entirely possible for the character to just be a [[TheTrickster trickster]] rather than evil. Gold eyes are also harder to distinguish from "normal"-colored eyes, and hence can add more of an element of surprise if TheReveal shows a character to be something other than what they initially appear to be. |
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| 23 | A subtrope of TechnicolorEyes and MarkOfTheSupernatural. Compare YellowEyesOfSneakiness. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has less to do with]] ''Film/GoldenEye'' than you'd think. |
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| 25 | '''It should be noted that this trope is NOT for characters who just have eyes of this color, but rather for when the color actually indicates the character is supernatural in nature. Please do not add characters who just happen to have eyes of this color without the proper reason behind it. If there are only mundane characters who have this eye color in the work (that aren't mistaken for supernatural because of it), the work does not use this trope.''' |
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| 27 | !!Examples: |
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| 31 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 32 | * Morgan Le Fay, the shape shifting fairy from the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' movie, is shown with golden eyes. In the manga, Hild and Lind can both manifest these as part of their GameFace. It indicates that they are drawing on their full power rather than holding back as they usually do. |
| 33 | * In ''Manga/AngelicLayer'', the Angel, Blanche, has yellow eyes, and her operator's partner's Angel, Shirahime, has red eyes. Both are some of the hardest opponents in the series, and two of three Angels to use [[SuperMode Hyper Mode]] (in the manga, only Blanche can use it). |
| 34 | * ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'': Cait Sith qualifies here, being the King of Cats and all that. |
| 35 | * The [[TheJuggernaut Armored Titan]], from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', matches this with GlowingEyesOfDoom, for striking effect. [[spoiler: Reiner is notably the only character with amber eyes, easily written off as brown eyes since he's the reliable TeamDad. However, it's one of the early hints of his true nature]]. |
| 36 | * The Kowloon Children in ''Manga/BlackBloodBrothers'' have gold irises and black scleras, as well as pointy ears and claws, making them seem more feral. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/BlackButler'': All shinigami have gold/green eyes, such that it can be used as proof that someone is a current or former "god of death;" all of them are fairly neutral, but are also shown to be very powerful when crossed. Sebastian has caramel-colored eyes, close enough to brown that most characters don't remark on it but just ''off'' enough to remind the audience that [[OurDemonsAreDifferent he's different]], and Claude Faustus from the second season of the anime has them as well. However, [[GameFace when Sebastian goes all out]], [[SubvertedTrope his eyes turn magenta]]. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/BlackClover'': |
| 39 | ** Yuno has amber eyes and was born blessed with tremendous amounts of mana and powerful magic. |
| 40 | ** Licht has gold eyes and is a powerful elf mage who wields rare Light Magic. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has a couple of characters that fit the symbolism of golden eyes: |
| 42 | ** Yoruichi and Komamura have golden eyes, reflecting their animal-connections. Yoruichi spends a lot of time transformed into the form of a black cat and Komamura is an anthropomorphic wolf. |
| 43 | ** Hollows are human spirits who have lost their hearts and thus are often ruled by their desires and instincts. Hollows and Vizards (Shinigami with Hollow powers) using their masks usually have yellow eyes surrounded by black. |
| 44 | ** Arrancar aren't supposed to have a second resureccion. Ulquiorra does. Not only is why a mystery, but the form changes the nature of his reiatsu so that it feels different to normal reiatsu. Unsurprisingly, his eyes change from green to gold to reflect the added mystery of this second form. |
| 45 | * Yukito, Sakura's crush in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', has golden eyes behind his glasses and silver hair. These eyes are the first indication that there is more to him than he appears. [[spoiler:Yue, his true form, has silver eyes. The same applies to his counterpart, Ruby Moon.]] |
| 46 | * Ceres, the eponymous character of ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'' has gold eyes, and is a ''Tennyo'', a type of Asian fairy. Whereas Aya, her descendant/alter-ego, does not. |
| 47 | * ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': [[spoiler:Makima]], as the Control Devil, is incredibly powerful with strange golden eyes. |
| 48 | * Chrno/Chrono in ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' has golden eyes while in his demon form, although, when he's in his more common, human-like form, they're {{red| eyes take warning}}. He's not evil, but obviously supernatural, and ''does'' have a bad temper when provoked. |
| 49 | * In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', the titular "Silver-Eyed Witches" have them change color (and form HellishPupils) when they release a certain amount of their power. On occasion, a Claymore who's ''really'' pushing it will combine this with iris-only GlowingEyesOfDoom. |
| 50 | ** Likewise, the demons they hunt (and have been [[DeadlyUpgrade implanted with]]) always have golden eyes. |
| 51 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'': |
| 52 | ** These appear on C.C., an [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] young woman who can [[SuperEmpowering grant a power known as 'geass']]. |
| 53 | ** There's [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jeremiah Gottwald]], who has ''[[StealthPun orange]]'' eyes. [[spoiler:Later on when he gets his HollywoodCyborg upgrade, his [[AntiMagic Geass-canceler]] eye is both cybernetic and green.]] |
| 54 | * ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': The aptly named Amber. Her remuneration is getting younger, and she has a limited ability to see the future. |
| 55 | * In ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', Touden siblings Falin and Laios have gold colored eyes. Both of them are capable of using magic. |
| 56 | * In ''Manga/DevilmanLady'', Jun's eyes changing from brown to gold signal her transformation into a Devilman. |
| 57 | * Guilmon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has a right to have yellow eyes, as he's a one-of-a-kind, fan-made Digimon, goes feral when sensing danger, and carries an [[SealedEvilInACan uber-destructive computer virus]] inside himself. |
| 58 | * Krad of ''Manga/DNAngel'' is a case of CurtainsMatchTheWindow and is most definitely not human or a good guy. |
| 59 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': |
| 60 | ** Zarbon, Frieza's {{bishonen}} right-hand man, has gold-colored eyes. He's able to shapeshift into a single second form, which resembles a large, wrinkly, reptilian ogre. |
| 61 | ** GT also features Super Saiyan 4, which is preceeded by a transformation into a Super Oozaru form and has golden eyes once it's completed. |
| 62 | ** Broly has these in his Wrathful state in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/ExcelSaga'': |
| 64 | ** Il Palazzo has yellow cat's eyes and though he's mostly just played as eccentric and crazy throughout most of the anime, in the manga, he's eventually shown to possess the power of teleportation, among other (far stranger) abilities. |
| 65 | ** In the manga version, [[spoiler:Doctor Kabapu has the same eyes, which hints at the fact that they're both from [[{{Utopia}} a long-lost ancient civilization]].]] |
| 66 | * In the anime adaptation of ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'', village leader Shisei Kaburagi has golden ExoticEyeDesigns. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': |
| 68 | ** Ayame Sohma has golden eyes, which is justified as he's possessed by the spirit of the Snake from the EasternZodiac. |
| 69 | ** Kisa Sohma, who's possessed by the spirit of the Tiger, also has golden eyes as well as [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow golden hair]]. Unfortunately for her, being a Japanese girl with such unusual eye and hair colors leads her to be bullied at school. |
| 70 | * Played with in the manga version of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and its direct adaptation ''Brotherhood''. Van Hohenheim and his sons Edward and Alphonse Elric have golden eyes. This isn't supernatural in and of itself; however, it is an ethnic trait related to their heritage, and considering that [[spoiler:this ethnicity has been [[LastOfHisKind supposedly extinct]] for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld hundreds of years]]]], it serves as a clue to [[spoiler:Van Hohenheim's immortality and Ed and Al's true origins]]. |
| 71 | ** Downplayed in the [[GeckoEnding loose]] 2003 [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 anime adaptation]]. Ed and Al's eyes are still gold, but these are no longer mysterious ethnic traits. [[spoiler:They are, however, inherited traits from [[GrandTheftMe Hohenheim's current vessel]].]] |
| 72 | * Tasuki of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', who is initially portrayed with more of a wolf motif. The kitsune qualities and shapeshifting are trademarks of his comrade, Chichiri. |
| 73 | * Yuki Nagato from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has golden-brown eyes, which lends into her being a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Humanoid Data User Interface]] but more importantly that even when compared to her counterparts (Ryoko Asakura and Emiri Kimidori are CurtainsMatchTheWindow with blue and green hair and eyes respectively), she's an incredibly powerful Humanoid Data User Interface. |
| 74 | * Seine from ''Manga/HekikaiNoAion'' has greenish-gold eyes and is a 300-year-old immortal girl who controls a black snake, who lives within her body called Aion. |
| 75 | * Hilda in ''Anime/HorusPrinceOfTheSun'', due to [[spoiler:her [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Grunwald]]. However, she seems to retain them after Grunwald's defeat]]. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': The known [[CanisMajor dog]]-{{Youkai}} of the show all have golden eyes: [[HalfHumanHybrid Inuyasha]], [[AloofBigBrother Sesshoumaru]], and [[AlmightyMom Sesshoumaru's mother]]. |
| 77 | * In the manga version of ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' Tomoe has these (the anime changed them to purple). Of course, he's a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]] so it should come as no surprise he has them. |
| 78 | * Saralegui from ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''. He wears purple-tinted glasses to cover them, because having Gold Eyes [[spoiler:means he's part of a very-near extinct race (that was sealed away) with extraordinary powers]]. His eyes glow blue whenever he's giving someone a 'hint', aka trying to possess them to do his bidding. |
| 79 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': |
| 80 | ** The eyes of the {{Magitek}} [[SuperPrototype Type Zero cyborgs]] turn gold when they're using their cyborg abilities. Including [[spoiler:Subaru Nakajima]], at one point, just before she [[UnstoppableRage goes ballistic]]. Considering that their creator Jail Scaglietti (who himself is an ArtificialHuman) also has them, perhaps it's deliberate. |
| 81 | ** Fabia Crozelg of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' is introduced as a True Witch, someone that's explicitly mentioned to use a far rarer form of magic from the standard mages of the setting. In addition to her devil {{familiar}}s, FlyingBroomstick, and RobeAndWizardHat, colored pages of the manga also show that she has golden eyes. It's also revealed that her ancestor [[spoiler:was a CatGirl]]. |
| 82 | * Ruri Hoshino in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' has these as part of her implied kinda-sorta ArtificialHuman background and general MysteriousWaif-iness. |
| 83 | * In ''Manga/{{Mao}}'', Nanoka's eyes turn gold whenever she uses her non-human abilities. |
| 84 | * Similarly, for Coco of ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', yellow eyes are just a racial trait, as mermaids are ColourCodedForYourConvenience and those from different countries tend to have themed hair and eye colours. However, a DoubleSubversion occurs when this is used as a warning with orange-eyed ManBehindTheMan Sara: [[spoiler:she's a mermaid princess too]]. |
| 85 | * In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', the eyes of [[TelepathicSpacemen Innovators]] and [[spoiler: their ArtificialHuman counterparts, the Innovades]] shine gold and exhibit a moving [[http://maruta.be/user_image/retorut2/IBrC1MVh.png weblike pattern]] when utilizing their [[PsychicPowers quantum brainwaves]]. Curiously, the Human Reform League's SuperSoldiers don't display this, despite also using quantum brainwaves. However, their eyes are a [[DownplayedTrope darker, more mundane gold by default]], without the glowing. |
| 86 | * Both Mikoto and Reito of ''Anime/MyHime'' have these, and while it's not too unusual for that world (where the heroine has red hair and ''purple'' eyes), later, it turns out that they are [[spoiler:a LaserGuidedTykeBomb and the object of DemonicPossession respectively]], as well as serving as an early clue that [[spoiler:they're brother and sister]]. |
| 87 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 88 | ** Naruto himself acquires these later on -- [[spoiler:when in Sage mode, his eyes turn golden, although they're slitted sideways.]] However, this has more to do with his affinity for toads, instead of the fox inside him. |
| 89 | ** Also Orochimaru, true to his snake-like appearance and nature. |
| 90 | * The Natsume family from ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' seem to have this; both main character Takashi and his deceased grandmother Reiko had these (they're both very powerful in the seeing [[InvisibleToNormals Youkai]] department). At least one, and possibly both of them, were bullied with the name "Kitsune eyes" due to this. |
| 91 | * Hawk-Eye Mihawk from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has golden-orange eyes like a raptor's, and while he's not a Devil Fruit user, there's something... off about him and his abilities, as if he's been tainted with death. |
| 92 | * The adopted Nightray brothers, Gilbert and Vincent, in ''Manga/PandoraHearts''. Gilbert [[spoiler:is a Baskerville, and almost became Glen's next host]], while Vincent combines this with RedEyesTakeWarning due to his heterochromia. [[spoiler:Both cause distortions in the world around them, due to having a connection to the power of the Abyss.]] |
| 93 | * In ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'', Count D has one golden eye, and his grandfather has both eyes being golden. |
| 94 | * Mytho from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has golden eyes. He's not evil, but he ''is'' supernatural -- he's the Prince from a fairytale. |
| 95 | * Eiko Magami from ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' has amber-colored eyes. Her weirdness is evident right off the bat. |
| 96 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': [[spoiler:Madoka's eyes turn from pink to gold when she ascends to godhood.]] In this case, it indicates that she's ''especially'' supernatural (the other magic-using characters have CurtainsMatchTheWindow eye colors). |
| 97 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': |
| 98 | ** Whenever Kenshin goes into "[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Battousai Mode]]", his eyes take on a yellowish hue, in contrast to their usual violet color, and at one point, this tells Kaoru what's going on instantly. |
| 99 | ** His rival, Saito Hajime, however, is always shown with these. The historical, real person of Saito had brown eyes, but in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', these are used to tie him to UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi, who were commonly referred to as the "[[AnimalMotifs Wolves of Mibu]]". |
| 100 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': |
| 101 | ** Sailor Galaxia (BigBad) has gold eyes to match her theme as the Golden Queen. Like several of the examples here, she's not evil so much as [[TheCorruption possessed]]. |
| 102 | ** In the opposite direction, Helios (gentle priest) has gold eyes, possibly to represent his position as [[spoiler:guardian of the Golden Crystal in the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] version, while Mamoru has it in the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]]]]. |
| 103 | ** Naoko [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned]] Minako's blue eyes to turn golden when transformed. |
| 104 | * In ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'', golden eyes ([[CurtainsMatchTheWindow and hair]]) are the trademark of Hypnos and his children, the Dream Gods. They're all pretty much supernatural -- and evil, with Hypnos serving as one of the primary antagonists of the manga's first half (arguably the BigBad for good part of it). |
| 105 | * ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'': |
| 106 | ** In the manga, beings with golden eyes are labelled as heretics and are seen as dangerous enough for the PowersThatBe to lock them up or, at the very least, shackle them. [[{{Keet}} Son Goku]], [[TykeBomb War Prince Nataku]], and [[BigBad War Prince Homura]] all have golden eyes, though, in the latter's case, only one of them is golden. |
| 107 | ** In the manga, Hakkai's youkai form has one golden eye, the other being a false one. |
| 108 | ** In the manga, the people Hazel brought back from the dead have yellow eyes. They are perfectly normal and nice people post-resurrection unless [[spoiler:you happened to be a youkai.]] |
| 109 | * Tiara's OneWingedAngel form in ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess'' has golden eyes ''with a black circumference in the middle''. |
| 110 | * Medusa of ''Manga/SoulEater'' has these, likely to underline her connection to [[AnimalMotifs snakes]]. Death the Kid's eyes are ''not'' this, as in fact it is his hair which indicates his [[HumanoidAbomination true nature]]. |
| 111 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': |
| 112 | ** Kirito's eyes will turn from dark grey to bright yellow in moments when his determination is at its peak [[spoiler:such as in the moments before felling Heathcliff, breaking through the World Tree's guardians, or landing a decisive blow on Death Gun]]. |
| 113 | ** Fanatio Synthesis Two has yellow eyes, as befits someone whose main element is [[LightEmUp light]]. |
| 114 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': |
| 115 | ** Ryoko has golden eyes, tying into the demonic/supernatural aspect of her character. Her name is even stated to mean "spirit caller" at one point. |
| 116 | ** Ryo-Ohki also has yellow eyes, both in her [[MixAndMatchCritters cabbit]] and humanoid forms. |
| 117 | * Viral in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. WordOfGod says he's [[MixAndMatchCritters a cat/shark hybrid]], [[VoodooShark so it makes sense]]. |
| 118 | * ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'': While anime basically avoids unrealistic hair and eye colours, Ran and Kano have yellow eyes. Ran is a {{Seer|s}} and Kano is a wannabe god. |
| 119 | * When Bu-ling of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' transforms into Mew Pudding, her eyes turn golden. |
| 120 | * Creator/{{CLAMP}}'s series ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': |
| 121 | ** A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires']] eyes go gold and slitted when they use their powers. One {{Doujinshi}} has that world's version of Fuuma comment on this by saying that he and his sort-of-love-interest Kamui "match" now, prompting Kamui to [[SlapSlapKiss throw him across the room]]. In the series proper, [[spoiler:Fai's remaining eye turns from blue to gold when he becomes a vampire.]] |
| 122 | ** [[spoiler: Fai]] also goes a little further with this trope when [[spoiler: he gives up his remaining magic in Nihon to pay for Kurogane's [[ArtificialLimbs artificial arm]] and his remaining eye turns from [[OccultBlueEyes blue]] to permanent gold.]] It's his magic-less eye color and indicates his full transformation into a vampire. |
| 123 | * Miyu from ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' originally had brown eyes, but once she became a vampire, they became gold. She can still use magic to revert hem to their original brown to mix better with the crowd. |
| 124 | * The heroine of the anime version of ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'' gets these (with black scleras) when she accesses the eponymous ArtifactOfDoom's power. |
| 125 | * The wolves of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' all have amber/golden eyes in human form -- except for Kiba, whose human form has pale blue eyes to denote his ChosenOne status. |
| 126 | * Fuuma's eyes in ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' are gold colored, and it's only after the WhamEpisode that we realize what this was hinting at. In the anime series, they're red, because the SpoilerOpening gave away the ''wham'' of the WhamEpisode right in the first episode. |
| 127 | * The Seiryuu in ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' who wield the power of the dragon's eyes. The current one Shin-ah usually hides them behind his mask. |
| 128 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' |
| 129 | ** Judai (Jaden) in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' gets golden eyes when [[spoiler:his power as Haou/Supreme King awakens.]] |
| 130 | ** Divine and Kiryu from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. A psychic and Dark Signer, respectively. Divine's also a ManipulativeBastard, while Kiryu's just plain nuts. |
| 131 | ** In ''Anime/YuGiOhARCV'', [[spoiler: the BigBad Zarc has these.]] They reflect his series-standard ability to talk with Duel spirits. [[spoiler:Yuya's]] eyes also turn this color when he [[spoiler:is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by Zarc]]. |
| 132 | * Yoko Kurama in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a red-haired, green eyed young man in his human form, but as soon as he turns into his white-haired pretty boy alter ego, his eyes change color. Naturally enough, he's a ''kitsune''. |
| 133 | ** Also, you know that Itsuki isn't [[TheReveal exactly a human psychic]] because of this trope and also because of his hair color. [[spoiler:He's nowhere near a ''kitsune'', though; he's a shadow demon called a ''yaminade''.]] |
| 134 | ** While [[spoiler:possessed by his demon ancestor]], Yusuke's eye color changes from their usual brown color to a gold color, at least in the anime. |
| 135 | ** The creepy Elder Toguro. Though all his eyes represent is his demonic nature. |
| 136 | * ''Manga/ZatchBell'' himself has wide, saucepan-sized yellow eyes, although, being a demon, it might be excusable. It might be more to indicate his affinity, [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], as not all the Demons have Golden Eyes. Then again, it could be something else... |
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| 139 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 140 | * Lioness in ''ComicBook/{{ATOM}}'' has yellow eyes thanks to her non-human heritage. |
| 141 | * ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'': |
| 142 | ** Timmorn Yellow-Eyes has, obviously, yellow eyes, [[spoiler:which he got from his father, who was a wolf, his mother being an elfin shapechanger, making him basically a half-elf half-wolf whose form can fluctuate]]. |
| 143 | ** Rayek's is one of the few very magical Sun Folk. He possesses paralyzing and levitation powers [[spoiler:and later flight.]] |
| 144 | * The main character of the indie comic book ''ComicBook/{{Finder}}'' has yellow eyes. He could be considered something of a trickster, being a nomadic "ninja do-gooder" in a largely city-bound world. (He also has an as-of-yet-unexplained HealingFactor.) |
| 145 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': |
| 146 | ** Superhero Bart Allen (ComicBook/{{Impulse}}/Kid Flash II) has naturally golden eyes; this, along with his [[AnimeHair wild auburn hair]], serves as a character marker. He's a bit of a devil-may-care type (hence the codename), but his heart's undoubtedly in the right place. |
| 147 | ** Probably inherited from his evil ancestor, Professor Zoom, arch-nemesis of the Flash family. The critical difference in depiction is their personalities (physically, they have the ''exact same eyes'', which is very unsettling, but that's it). Bart's joyful and friendly demeanour makes them bright like sunshine; Thawne is the exact opposite: his eyes burning like a raging wildfire -- to the point where they sometimes turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning reddish-orange]]. Bart's eyes can also turn into that fiery-orange color as well, but only under extreme rage or stress -- it's a signifier that he isn't [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} playing around]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes anymore]]. |
| 148 | ** His EvilTwin, Inertia. Thad can pull off some ''stunning'' impressions of Bart's emotional body language (and that includes the famed PuppyDogEyes as well) when the situation calls for it, but his eyes usually default to a sinister glow, as seen [[http://pics.livejournal.com/ladystarscream2/pic/00007yda here]]. |
| 149 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': |
| 150 | ** The Guilt Hulk, one of Bruce Banner's many alternate personalities, and a purely malevolent one at that. |
| 151 | ** The non-Banner Red Hulks as well, partly because it's part of their "demonic" look, and partly because of their association with fire. |
| 152 | * Lucifer in ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' has golden eyes, maybe the most justified case conceivable, as he's about as human as every star in creation put together. |
| 153 | * The manipulative and often malevolent personification of Desire from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' is described as having "eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine." |
| 154 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villainess Paper Doll, a LoonyFan of celebrity Bobby Carr, has yellow pupils that are probably there just to make her extra creepy. Her main super-powers are the ability to flatten out her body, blend into her surroundings, "compress" her foes by enveloping them with herself, and administering lethal paper-cuts strong enough to slice through Spidey's webbing. |
| 155 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'', Francois has these to indicate his mind reading powers. Violine has violet ones in contrast. |
| 156 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 157 | ** [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] is often drawn with gold eyes to reflect the deal that she made for her power. |
| 158 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': Circe has started opting for eerie bright yellow eyes as a subtle indicator of her immense power. |
| 159 | * Shapeshifter [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' series is often shown with yellow eyes. So is her son [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]. [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] is sometimes drawn with them as well. |
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| 162 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 163 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': The newborn [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Manda]] has amber-gold eyes. The "supernatural" part becomes more relevant due to the hints that he might be [[spoiler:Dr. Serizawa]] [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]]. |
| 164 | * In ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'', [[MadScientist Captain Grigori Vinci]] acquires these after [[spoiler: implanting himself with the King's Heart, a biological augmentation he designed, and which he needed to recover from an EyeScream delivered by [[MagnetismManipulation Eustass Kid]]]]. |
| 165 | * Kurosaki Karin gets these in the {{Manga/Bleach}} fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8222340/1/Chasing-the-Moon Chasing The Moon]]'' whenever she uses her bankai's ultimate technique. [[spoiler: The same thing happens with her sister, Kurosaki Yuzu, except with her, it's an example of Red Eyes, Take Warning.]] |
| 166 | * In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry's eyes start flashing gold when he gets angry and do so with increasing frequency as the story goes on. At first, it appears to be either his Asgardian powers kicking or [[spoiler: the Phoenix Force]], but eventually resolves into being a sign that he's using his PsychicPowers. Either way, you want to step lightly around him when he does it. Especially as it's occasionally accompanied by [[VoiceOfTheLegion 'a dangerous double harmonic']] even Harry himself finds rather unnerving, indicating that he doesn't have any conscious control over it (until the sequel, when he learns to use it at will as an intimidation tool). |
| 167 | ** Once he fully embraces his powers in Chapter 60, they glow gold whenever he's about to do something big with his psychic abilities, though it's indicated that they don't necessarily have to and works as a sort of excess energy. Then, as he gets increasingly powerful in the sequel, they start burning golden-white, which generally means that he's about to try very hard to kill you. |
| 168 | * Harry inherited those in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10964874/1/Dark-Dynasty Dark Dynasty]]'', as his father is the Dark One. They slightly glow when he uses magic, too. |
| 169 | * CreepyChild Aura from ''Fanfic/DaughterOfTheSunShoutFinder'', who possesses a lot of knowledge and has the ability to see the future, is described as having pale gold eyes. |
| 170 | * In ''Fanfic/TheDragonThatWillPierceTheHeavens'', a ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''Manga/FairyTail'' crossover, protagonist Hikari's eyes turn gold with reptilian slit pupils whenever she's upset or tapping into her [[Manga/FairyTail Dragon Slayer]] abilities. This is normally a sign for her [[Manga/OnePiece crew]] to either calm her down or get out of the way. |
| 171 | * In ''Fanfic/TheFableOfJoyfulWing'', the wolf king and queen both have golden eyes no matter what form they're taking, marking them as spirits instead of ordinary animals or humans. |
| 172 | * ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': |
| 173 | ** The Servants Tamamo and Okada have amber eyes. [[LittleMissAlmighty Tamamo was also formerly the goddess Amaterasu]]. Having all nine tails would classify her as a Beast. The Servant Kiyohime's eyes are yellow. |
| 174 | ** Mikoto is the only King with amber eyes. |
| 175 | ** When Cú Chulainn [[spoiler:goes off the deep end]], the Servant's red irises have turned to a dull and lifeless yellow. This makes him look dead. |
| 176 | * Kainatrol from ''Fanfic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon''. She's got the animalistic connection (her MindControl powers are based upon the concept of an animal tamer), she likes to be on top of things, and, sympathetic backstory or not, she's the most evil of the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Since everyone on Earth (known as the Land of Legends) has their CurtainsMatchTheWindow, naturally, Seira has yellow eyes, too, as does [[spoiler:Kore by virtue of being Kainatrol's identical twin]]; neither is evil or even devious, however. |
| 177 | * The FauxAffablyEvil serpent Damballa in the ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' sidestory ''Month of Sundays'' sports this in his human form. Damballa also shows hints of him being a RealityWarper due to him transforming the Narumi Detective Agency into a large circus tent, [[spoiler: transforms ''three'' Kamen Riders into evil dolls]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking summons a "never-ending box of popcorn"]] to [[PassThePopcorn watch the festivities.]] |
| 178 | * In ''In the Cards'', one of the numerous fan retellings of the story of ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' in written form, both the protagonist Zaerini and the antagonist Sarevok have golden eyes. This hints at their being siblings and mortal children of the god Bhaal and appears to be based on Sarevok's glowing yellow/gold eyes in the game (which both characters get here as GlowingEyesOfDoom). |
| 179 | * In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', Paul develops these after [[LightningCanDoAnything being struck by several bolts of lightning]]. They signify that he can now see magic and power sources. Eventually he learns to turn them on and off at will, which is fine with him because having “power sight” on all the time is incredibly distracting, and fine with the others because they make him look creepy. |
| 180 | * In ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'', it is known that Flemeth and her daughters sport burning, golden-eyes with a dragon's pupil. |
| 181 | ** [[spoiler: After surviving the MindRape NightmareSequence inflicted on her by the Envy Demon to steal her body, Arturia begins sporting burning, glowing golden eyes with a dragon's pupil in the center. This leads to the Inquisition coming to the conclusion that she's one of Flemeth's daughters.]] |
| 182 | * [[TheStoic Minato Arisato]] in ''Fanfic/ANecromancersWildCard'' has these instead of his regular gray eyes after he's resurrected by [[{{Necromancer}} Eucliwood Hellscythe]]. He isn't sure why his eye color changed, though. |
| 183 | * Ashley [=McFly=] of ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' has slightly grayish-yellow eyes, which turn bright yellow with slitted cat-ish pupils when she becomes Leather Ashes. |
| 184 | * In ''Fanfic/RisingOfTheSleepingSoldier'', the fact that [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow Alucard's eyes are as blonde as his hair]] is cited as being unusual once Motoyasu notices them. Alucard immediately starts to worry that this would give away his {{Dhampyr}} nature, unsure how Melromarc would react to a vampire in their midst or if they even have them. he quickly covers it up by pointing out that unusual eye-color could be expected due genetics in alternate worlds, citing the King's purple eyes as an example. |
| 185 | * ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': while eyes are a general motif of the series, only one character has ''gold'' in their eyes- the BigBad. [[spoiler: Lucrecia has a bizarre, DualityMotif version of this; the eye she [[OrganTheft stole]] from Ifalna has white clamping down on the naturally green pupil and the sclera turning gold, while her natural eye has the pupil turning gold while the sclera turns a hard, marble white. She only unveils it when she's ready to fight Barret.]] Interestingly, because the character has TheBigBadWolf AnimalMotif, the gold also harkens to the lupine descriptions above. |
| 186 | * Subverted in ''A Soul's Songbook: Out of Print'', a fanfic of ''Manga/SoulEater''. As mentioned above, the shinigami of Soul Eater have Eyes of Gold, and, well, if you are a naturally amber-eyed human with dark hair, there are UnfortunateImplications involved in that. One of New London's gangsters ([[{{Gayngster}} who also falls into a completely different spelling of such]]) is a former sex slave of such coloring, but is completely human. |
| 187 | * ''Fanfic/ThrowAwayYourMask'': Akechi is immediately suspicious of Tsuyoshi because of his gold eyes that resemble those of shadows or the Velvet attendants, and he takes it as a clue that Tsuyoshi shouldn't be trusted. |
| 188 | * In ''Fanfic/UltimateReImaginings'', Joey's eyes turn amber because of his pyro kinesis activating. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what he ''thought''. As it is later revealed, he was really born with them and the ''brown'' eye color was fake.]] |
| 189 | * People with golden eyes are extremely rare in Midgard in ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' and are highly skilled and talented in anything they choose to do. When activated by the person being in utmost danger, they give the person superhuman reflexes and a HealingFactor at the cost of heavy strain on the human body, which may lead to death by overexertion. |
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| 192 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 193 | * The [[spoiler:Punch Monkeys]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'' flicker their eyes a supernatural gold before [[spoiler:kidnapping Grug, Guy, And Phil]]. |
| 194 | * Queen Tara, a Mother Nature-like figure who oversees the balance between growth and rot, from ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013''. |
| 195 | * [[AmbiguouslyHuman The Coachman]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', who works to turn boys into donkeys, apparently has large, bulging yellow eyes. They're most noticeable during the scene in which he says "They'll never come back... [[NightmareFace as BOYS]]!" |
| 196 | * Grings Kodai, the villain from ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'', has huge golden-yellow eyes, which serve to hint at his PsychicPowers which enable him to see into the future. |
| 197 | * The evil witch Madame Mim from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' has yellow eyes and is the archrival of Merlin. |
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| 200 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 201 | * As the various news groups gather for a melee in ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Mac Tannon shows up and turns into a "were-hyena". The first clue he's about to transform is the camera [[{{Zoom}} zooming in]] on his eyes as they turn mostly yellow. |
| 202 | * ''Film/AngelHeart'': At the end when [[spoiler:Cypher/]]Satan is telling the truth to [[spoiler:Harry/]]Johnny, for a brief shot, his eyes change to yellow, at the point when he says that his soul belongs to him. A scene later, a baby is also seen with the same yellow eyes. |
| 203 | * ''Film/TheBeaning'': In this short film where the death of baseball player Ray Chapman is cast as a HumanSacrifice, the eyes of the catcher are shown as a demonic yellow as he waits for the fatal pitch. |
| 204 | * ''Film/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon1990'': Whenever someone is possessed by the devil, their eyes are always glowing bright yellow. |
| 205 | * In ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'', gold eyes are one of symptoms of vampirism. |
| 206 | * In the live-action ''Film/DeathNoteSeries'', characters with Shinigami eyes have their eyes show up yellow when they use this power. |
| 207 | * ''Film/DogSoldiers'': In the initial stages of their transformation, humans turning into werewolves have bright yellow eyes. |
| 208 | * In ''Film/EvilDead2013'', the Deadites cause their victim's eyes to turn yellow during possession. |
| 209 | * When Regan is possessed by Pazuzu in ''Film/TheExorcist'', her eyes become yellow. |
| 210 | * Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, the massive, radioactive, mutant King of the Monsters, has orange-golden eyes in ''Film/Godzilla2014''. It also provides some distinct ColorContrast against his charcoal grey hide. |
| 211 | * Appears in the credits sequence of ''Film/GoldenEye'' (but not the film itself; the title KillSat is so named because the plaque that turns it on has an amber-like stone). |
| 212 | * ''Film/LetMeIn'': |
| 213 | ** Abby has yellow eyes when she shows her creepy, true [[GameFace vampire face]]. Depending on the lighting conditions, her eyes can also look bluish-white. Her voice will then also sound much more demonic. This is how Owen realized [[NonHumanLoverReveal that his girlfriend is a vampire]]. |
| 214 | ** In some scenes Owen looks through a telescope or peeplock, and the light that is reflected back on his eyes makes them look yellow, as yellow as Abby's vampire eyes. This is a possible {{Foreshadowing}} that Owen's future fate could be to be turned into a vampire by Abby. |
| 215 | * ''Film/TheHobbit'': Smaug's eyes are changed from the [[Literature/TheHobbit book]]'s RedEyesTakeWarning to a fiery-looking gold color, reflecting his magical (and pyromaniacal) nature. |
| 216 | * ''Film/Howl2015'': The werewolves have these. In the [[spoiler:infected Jenny]], these seem to manifest around the same time that she loses her human identity and turns deadly feral. |
| 217 | * Stinger and his daughter from ''Film/JupiterAscending'' both have these, although they only appear gold for a moment when they do so. They appear to be from their partial bee DNA, apparently. |
| 218 | * In ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter'', when witches perform magic, there's something like a second pupil opening in their normal one and it's gold rather than black. |
| 219 | * Barbossa from ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''; his eyes look normal enough in the next two films, presumably since he's no longer under the curse. |
| 220 | * In ''Film/{{Priest 2011}}'', the vampire bad-guy Black Hat sports a fetching pair of yellow-gold eyes. |
| 221 | * In ''Film/TheShadow'' Lamont's eyes are gold whenever he is in his "Shadow" persona, or using his psychic powers. |
| 222 | * In ''Film/SixGunSavior'', Zathera's zombies have glowing yellow eyes. |
| 223 | * ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' features a golden-eyed alien that really is a shapeshifter. |
| 224 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': Any character deeply immersed in the Dark Side of the Force gains "Sith eyes". The irises become yellow-gold lined with red, the whites bloodshot, and their [[HellishPupils pupils small and reptilian]]. Some examples: |
| 225 | ** Anakin Skywalker develops these in [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]], coinciding with his [[FaceHeelTurn descent into evil]]. He also briefly gained in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' after getting corrupted into joining the Son in Mortis. In extended works it suggests that even as a cyborg his eyes are this way [[https://i.stack.imgur.com/qLSTX.jpg under his helmet]]. |
| 226 | ** Palpatine/Darth Sidious is always in control of his emotions, so they don't turn yellow unless he either wants them to or is about to kill you anyway. His eyes are also quite bright compared to his [[EvilMakesYouUgly Dark Side-twisted face]], so in ''Revenge of the Sith'' this has the very creepy effect of making his eyes look bizarrely wide. |
| 227 | ** Darth Maul was forged to be a weapon of hate and, as such, has sickly yellow eyes all the time. |
| 228 | ** Dooku/Darth Tyranus is supposed to be a gentlemanly figure, and tends to avoid fully immersing himself in the Dark Side. As such, he is never shown (in the movies) as having "Sith Eyes". In the TV series, however, there are a small handful of occasions where he taps very deeply into the Dark Side, yellow eyes and all. |
| 229 | * Heimdall, the Asgardian sentry from the live-action ''Film/{{Thor}}'' film. Justified, seeing as how he's a sufficiently advanced alien and a God. |
| 230 | * Tintin in the ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' live-action film has these when she uses her psychic powers. Her evil uncle, who has the same powers, falls under RedEyesTakeWarning. |
| 231 | * In ''Film/TheWolfman2010'', werewolves' eyes turn gold as part of their transformation. |
| 232 | * In the film ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'', yellow eyes are a sign that [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIUL8EbikTs/SwstN9_U8bI/AAAAAAAAAgw/Om7clqoIPmo/s1600/werewolf-wolf.jpg a character is turning into a werewolf]]. |
| 233 | * Mystique and Toad from ''Film/XMen1''. Also, Nightcrawler from [[Film/X2XMenUnited the sequel]] and Beast in [[Film/XMenFirstClass the prequel]] when [[spoiler:he uses a "cure" made out of Mystique's genes that gives him blue skin/fur and gold eyes.]] ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has them [[spoiler:in Jean Grey once she unleashes the Phoenix Force]]. |
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| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 237 | * In the ''Literature/AllieBeckstrom'' book ''Magic to the Bone'', Zayvion has brown eyes with flecks of gold -- [[EyeColorChange until he leaves the magic grid]], whereupon they are brown. When he drives back, his eyes turn pure gold with only flecks of brown. |
| 238 | * In the world of ''Literature/BlackJewels'', the three long-lived races have gold eyes. Most often described are those of Daemon Sadi, who is described from the start as resembling felines'. |
| 239 | * Abaddon of ''Literature/BlackLegion'' has gold eyes. He claims that it's because he's been staring in the light of Astronomicon (supernatural navigation beacon) for too long. |
| 240 | * In ''Literature/TheBlueSword'' and its prequels, the eyes of people with ''kelar'' turn gold when they get angry or use their magic (the two occasions are often related). Also, when they fall in love. And it's dangerous to look in their eyes when they're gold, unless you have the ''kelar'' yourself. Kinda awkward for lovers without it. |
| 241 | * ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': |
| 242 | ** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': |
| 243 | *** [[spoiler:Luke]]'s irises turn gold after his body is possessed by Kronos. |
| 244 | *** [[LightIsNotGood Hyperion]], Titan of Light and the East, also has golden eyes, but his burn bright "like miniature suns". |
| 245 | ** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': |
| 246 | *** Hazel has gold eyes to reflect the fact she represents the "power of wealth and riches" side of her father Pluto's powers. |
| 247 | *** Jason's eyes temporarily turn gold when he almost dies from observing Hera's true form. |
| 248 | *** [[spoiler:Percy's, Jason's, and Leo's]] eyes turn gold when being [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by the eidolons. |
| 249 | %% * The Dark Casters in ''Literature/TheCasterChronicles''. |
| 250 | * In ''Literature/TheChildThief'', staying on Avalon long enough to absorb the magic in the food etc. would cause one's eyes to turn golden. |
| 251 | * In ''Literature/CoyoteBlue'', Coyote, Anubis, and their 'children' (Sam and Minty Fresh, respectively) all have golden eyes to denote their supernaturality. |
| 252 | * Within ''Literature/TheDestroyer'', golden eyes are used almost universally to hint that someone is Korean (almost always narrated with a note that Koreans are the only Asian race with golden eyes), usually right before it's revealed they have some connection to the mystic art of Sinanju. |
| 253 | * In the ''Literature/DetectiveInspectorChen'' series: |
| 254 | ** Demonic vice cop Zhu Irzh has gold eyes. |
| 255 | ** Another character has yellow eyes when in natural lighting, but under fluorescent lights they turn gold. (And she wasn't wearing contacts.) |
| 256 | * Ultimately subverted in ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths''. Felix starts the story as the only person he or anyone else knows with a yellow eye, and he's such a powerful wizard that most superstitious people are afraid of his eyes (the other being blue of either the [[CreepyBlueEyes creepy]] or [[OccultBlueEyes occult]] variety). Turns out where his mother comes from, people just have yellow eyes. |
| 257 | * Lizzy of ''Literature/{{Domina}}'' has these. In this book, it's not an impossible eye color, but it is noted as odd, and no one is quite sure if it comes from the [[BioAugmentation toy maker]]. Although she does have supernatural powers (though it hasn't been revealed exactly ''what'' powers), she does subvert the "predatory" aspect. |
| 258 | * All Undrae and other castrylls in ''[[Literature/{{Delasangre}} The Dragon DelaSangre]]'' have emerald green eyes. It's the only physical trait the shapeshifters can’t conceal. |
| 259 | * Raistlin Majere from the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' series has gold eyes with hourglass-shaped pupils. They're a curse applied to him by the Wizards' Conclave because they thought he lacked sympathy; they cause him to see the effects of time on everything and everyone. |
| 260 | * In ''Literature/DrawOneInTheDark'', the yellow eyes show that the [[spoiler:police officer]] is the same as the shape-shifting lions that aided their escape. |
| 261 | * In the tie-in books to ''Franchise/ForgottenRealms'', Gromph Baenre, Archmage of the drow city Menzoberranzan, used to have gold eyes himself. It came to help when he identified his first daughter, who had the same eye color. And when I say "used to have," he [[{{Squick}} had to replace them]] for a [[RedEyesTakeWarning new pair]]. |
| 262 | * ''Literature/FoxDemonCultivationManual'': The Divine Emperor Yan Song has golden eyes, and so does his nephew Yan Bei. |
| 263 | * A. J. Crowley from ''Literature/GoodOmens'' has yellow eyes, which he usually hides behind [[CoolShades sunglasses]]. Crowley's eyes are explicitly intended to be snakelike rather than feline or lupine. This is because Crowley was the snake in the Garden of Eden. Yes, ''that'' snake. |
| 264 | * In the ''Literature/HamishX'' trilogy, Hamish actually has said eyes because [[spoiler:he is a cyborg]]. |
| 265 | * ''Literature/TheHandsOfTheEmperor'': In a world with only natural eye-colors, one of the emperor of Astandalas' many titles is the Lion-Eyed for the golden eyes that run in the family due to their distant deific ancestry. True to form, the last emperor Artorin Damara has inherited the golden eyes and is both venerated as a physical god and also is an extremely powerful mage. |
| 266 | * [[spoiler:Subverted]] in ''Literature/TheHaunting'': the protagonist, suspected of being a wizard, has golden eyes, just like his magical uncle. It turns out [[spoiler:to be the not golden eyed sister]] who has magic. |
| 267 | * The villain in Dennis Wheatley's ''The Haunting of Toby Jugg'' is a satanist with yellow eyes. |
| 268 | %% * ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'': Kalona and, as of Burned, [[spoiler: Rephaim]]. |
| 269 | * ''Literature/JirelOfJoiry'' has yellow eyes, sometimes said to be "blazing". |
| 270 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Kasile's golden eye color reflects her divine heritage. |
| 271 | * Shapeshifters in the ''Literature/KateDaniels'' universe have their eyes change from human to animal when they're upset or losing control. Kate often refers to Curran's eyes as molten gold or fiery yellow when he's angry. |
| 272 | * Major characters in two of Caitlin R. Kiernan's novels have eyes of gold. Though to be [[ShownTheirWork perfectly accurate]], they are both described as having ''yellow'' eyes and not gold. |
| 273 | ** [[HairTriggerTemper Narcissa Snow]] in ''Low Red Moon'', as well as the child she helped to birth [[spoiler:(or is she?)]], Emmie Silvey. |
| 274 | ** Emmie appears in the related follow-up novel, ''Daughter of Hounds'', which also describes the ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft ghul]]'' as occasionally possessing this eye colour (which is [[JustifiedTrope not unreasonable]], as they are [[BeastMan fairly]] canine in appearance). |
| 275 | * ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'': {{Implied|Trope}} with Gideon, whose eyes "like gold coins" are [[WhatBeautifulEyes repeatedly remarked on]] and who is [[MadeOfIron inexplicably, unnaturally durable]]. [[spoiler:As an infant, she was unaffected by a nerve gas attack that killed the other 200 people in the area]], which was frightening and inexplicable even to the mages who learned of it. |
| 276 | ** It's revealed in later books that she has them because [[spoiler: she's the daughter of the Emperor of the Nine Houses, whose original eye color was gold. Given that the Emperor is the most powerful necromancer in the Nine Houses and has a plethora of powers even beyond that, it's implied he may have passed some of his abilities down to Gideon.]] |
| 277 | * In the ''Literature/MagicByTheNumbers'' book ''Master of the Five Magics'', the "sorcerer's eye" is a mysterious magical item in the form of a crystal sphere, in which a single closed eye is seen to float unsupported. When in use, the eye within the sphere opens, revealing its golden iris. |
| 278 | * In the ''Literature/MalusDarkblade'' series, among the Dark Elves, gold or brass-coloured eyes are seen as a sign of Khaine's favour. Malus tells T'zarkan to give him a pair so he can enter Har Ganeth without arousing suspicion (since those considered to lack Khaine's favour in that city tend to end up as a sacrifice to him). |
| 279 | * In ''Literature/MercyThompson'', when a werewolf starts to change from human to wolf, the eyes are one of the first body parts to change. Watching their eyes is one way to tell who's in control in there. Since most wolves have yellow eyes, most of the werewolves' eyes will brighten to gold. One character has blue eyes in wolf form, and her eyes turn from brown to blue when her wolf starts to come out. |
| 280 | * The alien children in ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos''. |
| 281 | * Earl Shackleford, the effective head of ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'', normally has blue eyes, but the emergence of his werewolf form changes them to gold. |
| 282 | * In ''Literature/{{Moonflowers}}'', Ned Song is cursed into the form of a white wolf. Most humans mistake him for a wolfdog because [[WeirdnessCensor the Hunter's curse is so powerful,]] and are constantly unnerved by his yellow eyes. The Lady of Scales, a Chinese spirit who helps Ned out later on, has a face veil that obscures everything but her [[BodyPaint red face-paint]] and her golden eyes. |
| 283 | * Weaker vampires in ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}'' have yellow eyes. Of course, weak vampires are still a real danger to ordinary humans, too. However, this shows that these vampires are not very powerful compared to those who have red eyes. |
| 284 | * [[PlayingWithFire Aidan]] in ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has amber eyes, described by Church as "scary, scary eyes", inherited from his FallenAngel father [[TheDreaded Aariel]]. He originally had brown eyes until his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening. |
| 285 | * In ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', the Childlike Empress has golden eyes and is called by the title Golden-Eyed Commander of Wishes. |
| 286 | * ''Literature/RealmOfTheElderlings'': The Fool from ''The Tawny Man'' starts out as an albino, but gradually turns gold. Not just his eyes, his hair and skin as well. |
| 287 | * ''Literature/ReleaseThatWitch'': When Ashes awakened to her magical SuperStrength ability, she gained distinctive, glowing yellow eyes. |
| 288 | * In the ''Literature/SagaOfRecluce'' series of books, humans have many physical markers that hint at particular powers. Extremely powerful chaos mages (mostly fire-users) have gold eyes. |
| 289 | * ''Literature/ScarlettUndercover'': The [[AmbiguouslyHuman Children of Iblis]] have gold rings around their irises, though it's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether or not they're supernatural. |
| 290 | * Naturally enough, possessed by Gold-Eye from ''Literature/ShadesChildren''. In his case, they only indicate his supernatural ability -- precognitive power -- rather than any sinister nature. |
| 291 | * ''Franchise/TheShadowhunterChronicles'': |
| 292 | ** Werewolves sometimes have blue eyes when they transform into their wolfish form. However, this is not always the case. Most werewolves in their transformed form have yellow, yellow-green, orange or gold eyes. |
| 293 | ** Magnus Bane, who is a warlock ([[MageSpecies they're always half demonic]]), has yellow-green eyes that look like the eyes of cats. |
| 294 | ** James Herondale is a [[{{Nephilim}} shadowhunter]] [[UnevenHybrid who is a quarter demonic]]. For this reason, he also has special, demonic powers that other shadowhunters do not have. And he has golden eyes. |
| 295 | * In ''Literature/TheSharingKnife'', the Lakewalkers have metallic eye colors running the gamut between silver and gold. [[spoiler:This is a marker of their magical heritage, their descent from the sorcerer-kings who first loosed [[EldritchAbomination malices]] on the world.]] |
| 296 | * ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': People who have gold eyes (and often, though not always, red hair) are gifted by the goddess Dar, gaining [[ElementalPowers fire]] [[PlayingWithFire magic]] as Guardians. Mirabar is a main character with them who's also a redhead. We later meet Cheylan, a gold-eyed man too. The [[MakingASplash waterlords]] though have been hunting down and murdering them for years to prevent powerful enemies with opposing magic, so few are left. Both Mirabar and Cheylan end up having children who will rule a free Sileria in the future. |
| 297 | * The Children of the Forest in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are described having large, golden cat-eyes. Subverted in that this is the most common color; the especially special Children are born with red or green eyes, and possess the greensight. |
| 298 | * The all-powerful {{Tykebomb}} in ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'' has gold eyes. They even start turning brown when he begins a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 299 | * In the ''Literature/SpaceWolf'' novel ''Wolf's Honour'', having your eyes turn golden is the first physical sign that [[TheCorruption you are turning into a wolf-like creature]], the ''wulfen''. |
| 300 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': As with the movies, it's common with Sith characters. Jacen Solo is a notable example, after he became Darth Caedus. |
| 301 | * ''Literature/TheSwamplingKing'': The magical Windwalkers who created the Peaks have gold eyes, like an eagle, which are impossible to mistake for anything else. [[spoiler:The fact that a ''swampling'' has Windwalker eyes is a huge deal that overturns centuries of religious dogma... which is why the church works to cover it up]]. |
| 302 | * The ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' novels featured a creature called a screeling; hideously efficient killing machines, they were all but invincible unless you happened to have very dangerous magic on hand. They had golden eyes, so prominent that there was, in fact, a poem about them. |
| 303 | * In ''Literature/TeaWithTheBlackDragon'', Mayland Long is a dragon in human form. His eyes appear some shade of brown most of the time, with golden highlights or occasionally shining completely golden at key moments. |
| 304 | * Titania in ''Literature/TerraMirumChronicles'', fitting a queen of the Fae. |
| 305 | * In "Literature/TheTerribleOldMan", the titular character is seen to have yellow eyes by a man who makes the [[MuggingTheMonster fatal mistake of trying to rob him]]. His exact abilities are [[NothingIsScarier left unseen]], but he's capable of doing something to three assailants that leaves their corpses looking like they were brutalized by an entire pirate crew, and ''might'' have the spirits of such a crew in glass jars on his desk... |
| 306 | * ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': |
| 307 | ** The Cullens and all [[VegetarianVampire vegetarian]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] in the series have gold-colored eyes when they've recently eaten and black when they are hungry. Less finicky vampires [[RedEyesTakeWarning don't]]. |
| 308 | ** In ''Literature/BreakingDawn'', it is said that 'true' werewolves (called Children of the Moon) are distinguishable from the shape-shifters by having "yellow" eyes. |
| 309 | * ''Literature/UnderThePendulumSun'': The [[TheFairFolk Fae Queen]] Mab has distinctive golden eyes that the narration frequently compares to an OminousOwl's. |
| 310 | * In ''Literature/WarmBodies'', Julie's eyes turn from blue to gold after she and R [[spoiler:cure his zombieism though ThePowerOfLove]]. |
| 311 | * ''Literature/WaywardChildren'': The Master, VampireMonarch of the Moors, has unique Jack-o'-lantern orange eyes. They and his blood-red lips are the only bits of colour on his body, and the first things Jack and Jill notice on seeing him. |
| 312 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse: Cat Fight'': Saber, a were-sabertooth-cat mutant had her pupils change from blue to a "golden yellow": |
| 313 | --> A color Megan had seen before, in wolves, dogs, domestic cats, and certain large predatory cats. |
| 314 | * Perrin in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series gets yellow eyes after awakening his [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wolfbrother powers]]. He comes to be known as Goldeneyes in honor of this trait, and it's taken as a good luck sign by his followers, and as a mark of evil by his enemies. |
| 315 | * Sam in the ''Literature/WolvesOfMercyFallsSeries'' has golden eyes in [[EyesAreMental both human and wolf form]]. [[SubvertedTrope They have absolutely nothing to do with him being a werewolf]]; he was born a normal boy with golden eyes but was targeted by werewolves because of them. |
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| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 319 | * In the Hallmark miniseries ''Series/The10thKingdom'', Wolf's eyes change to a feral yellowish-gold when his animalistic side comes out. |
| 320 | * In Season 2 of ''Series/AmericanGods'', Bast, the Egyptian goddess of cats and protection, has golden eyes both in cat and human form, although her role is so small and her appearance so short that her eye color is essentially a FreezeFrameBonus. |
| 321 | * All vampires in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' have gold eyes when in GameFace. |
| 322 | ** Buffy herself has (quite different) gold eyes when the gang use an enjoining spell to infuse her with all their combined abilities. |
| 323 | * The angel in ''Series/Constantine2014'' has strikingly golden eyes. |
| 324 | * In the ''Series/DeathNote'' drama, the Shinigami eyes are portrayed as gold. In the anime, they were red. |
| 325 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 326 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]]: People under the malign influence of the Cheetah Planet acquired golden, cat-like eyes. This included the Master and Ace. The Master's subsequent incarnation (in the [[MadeForTVMovie TV Movie]]) had golden GlowingEyesOfDoom, which may have been related to this, or his being a CGI snake for a while, or something else. |
| 327 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E10TheBattleOfRanskoorAvKolos "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"]]: The Ux, a pair of powerful {{Reality Warper}}s, have their eyes glow golden when they use their powers. |
| 328 | * ''Series/TheFades'' has the [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Fade]] Polus and his followers. This signifies both that they have powers beyond those of normal Fades and that the characters have pronounced animalistic sides, as the source of these powers is [[ImAHumanitarian eating human flesh]]. |
| 329 | * ''Series/ForeverKnight'': The vampires have shining gold eyes in [[GameFace vamp-face]]. |
| 330 | * In ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', every time Ryotaro is possessed by Kintaros, his eyes become yellow. |
| 331 | * The titular character of ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}'' has blue eyes, but they glow gold when he does magic, as do those of anyone who uses magic, including Morgana, Morgause, Gaius, Alice and creatures such as the Manticore and the Dragon. |
| 332 | * When Yuki gives a RevealingHug to Alex on ''Series/MythQuest'', she reveals her identity as the Japanese snow demon Yuki-Onna by showing these. |
| 333 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': [[spoiler:Red Riding Hood]] gains gold eyes when in or transforming into [[TheBigBadWolf wolf form]]. |
| 334 | * In ''Series/PennyDreadful'', FrankensteinsMonster, aka "Caliban" or "John Clare", has golden irises. This is probably an allusion to the original novel's reference to the Creature having yellow eyes, although that was probably implying jaundiced whites instead. |
| 335 | * In ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'', Henry's eyes turning yellow is one of the first indications that his [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent transformation into a werewolf]] has been triggered and are usually the very last to disappear when he changes back. On one occasion, he manages to tap into his werewolf side and use its strength to escape a [[TheyWouldCutYouUp holding cell]]. He remains completely human throughout this, except for a glowing pair of these. |
| 336 | * In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', the [[SuperStrength super strong]] and highly bloodthirsty PhantomZone escapee Aldar has gold eyes. |
| 337 | * In ''Series/StargateSG1'' and sequels, gold eyes are a sign of the Goa'uld. |
| 338 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
| 339 | ** The appropriately named BigBad "Yellow Eyes", otherwise known as Azazel or the Demon. Also notably, in that he is (for a long time) the only demon known to have yellow eyes. |
| 340 | *** In Season 12, it's revealed that [[spoiler: yellow eyes are the mark of a Prince of Hell. The first demons to be created after Lilith, made to act as generals of Hell's armies. Azazel was just one of ''four'', and the others are fully alive, if [[RetiredMonster retired]]]]. |
| 341 | ** In certain light, [[spoiler:Gabriel's eyes are a light golden/amber color as well. Being that he's an all-powerful Archangel and spent time as the trickster god Loki, Creator/RichardSpeightJr.'s natural eye color worked wonderfully.]] |
| 342 | ** One of Azazel's "Special Children" [[spoiler:Jake]]'s eyes briefly flash yellow when he comes into his power. Given that Azazel fed the children his blood when they were infants, this makes perfect sense. |
| 343 | ** Kevin Tran, the prophet introduced in Season 7, also has eyes that glow yellow when his prophet abilities kick in. |
| 344 | * ''Series/TeenWolf'': |
| 345 | ** The default eye color werewolves have when they change is gold. Eyes that glow blue are a sign that the werewolf possessing them has killed an innocent, except for [[MonsterLord Alphas]], whose eyes are always [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] whether they have killed or not. |
| 346 | ** Shapeshifters, such as kitsune, tend to have fiery, red-golden eyes when using their powers. |
| 347 | * ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': Perrin's eyes turn gold when his beastial power wells up. |
| 348 | * ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': Geralt and some of the other witchers have golden eyes because he they are mutants. Geralt's are the most prominent because he was mutated the most. |
| 349 | * ''Series/{{Wolfblood}}'': When any Wolfblood gets close to transforming into a wolf their eyes turn yellow and their [[TaintedVeins veins turn black]]. |
| 350 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze Squeeze]]" and "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms Tooms]]", the [[PickyPeopleEater liver-eating]] mutant Eugene Victor Tooms' eyes sometimes turn a bright yellow-green (the color of bile, appropriately). |
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| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Myth and Legend]] |
| 354 | * Shape-shifters in legend, especially {{Genie| In A Bottle}}s, witches, and the like, are frequently tipped off by golden (or two-tone) eyes, which they cannot hide even in animal form. Mythical creatures with Deadly Gaze may have golden eyes as well. Shapeshifter Mystique from ''X-Men'' probably got her golden eyes from this variant of the tradition, making this Trope possibly Older Than Print. |
| 355 | * The Celtic Púca/Pooka stands out as a notable example. A shapeshifting hobgoblin, one of TheFairFolk, Pookas can take on any number of animal forms, but their eyes are always a telltale colour, typically goat-yellow. Far less commonly, they are said to have otherworldly red, green, or blue eyes instead of yellow. |
| 356 | * In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Circe and her niece Medea had Golden Eyes. They were the daughter and granddaughter, respectively, of the Greek god of the Sun, Helios. His children were often associated with sorcery, and apparently they all inherited his flashing eyes.If this indeed was an inheritable trait, then one could speculate that Aeetes (Helios' son and Medea's father, of Golden Fleece fame), Pasiphae (Helios' daughter and Medea's aunt, Minotaur's mother) and Ariadne (Pasiphae's daughter) had Golden Eyes as well. |
| 357 | [[/folder]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | * ''TabletopGame/CastleFalkenstein'': Dragons in game are shapeshifters and can take on human form, but when they do, they will still have golden, slit-pupiled eyes. |
| 362 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 363 | ** 3.5 edition, or at least the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms campaign setting, mentions yellow eyes as a sign of celestial (angelic) descent, which usually corresponds to [[CharacterAlignment good alignments]]. |
| 364 | ** 4E extends gold eyes (along with {{red| eyes take warning}} ones) to the Dragonborn and Tiefling player races, with no indication of their CharacterAlignment (although Tieflings are generally considered a "[[DarkIsNotEvil dark]]" race) |
| 365 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': |
| 366 | ** Harmonious Jade picked up a set after taking the Second Breath as a Solar. (Before then, she had some absolutely gorgeous shining blue eyes.) |
| 367 | ** Also, all Sidereal Exalted Chosen of Journeys get yellow eyes as a sign of their station. With starry sky inside the iris, stars themselves tinted yellow as well. |
| 368 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Vampires of Innistrad's Markov line have, in a variation, golden sclera and black everything else. |
| 369 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': |
| 370 | ** As a Space Wolf inches closer to being overtaken by the Curse of the Wulfen and degenerating into a feral monster, his eyes turn a shade of gold. |
| 371 | ** [[BigBad Abaddon the Despoiler]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Warmaster of Chaos]], has golden eyes from staring into the [[LighthousePoint Astronomican]] for too long. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 375 | * In ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'', Lavinia of the third generation party members sports these, along with being a dark-skinned redHead, to showcase the fact that she's a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid who takes after her dark elf parent. If the protagonist, Thoma, chooses her to be his wife, then Duran, the protagonist of the fourth generation, inherits them from her. |
| 376 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Amok, a supernatural being of mass destruction that's from AnotherDimension possesses golden glowing eyes. Ann also gets these whenever she activates her SuperMode. |
| 377 | * The Little Sisters in the ''VideoGame/BioShock'' games have these as a side effect of the ADAM slug in their bodies. Their eyes return to normal when it's removed. |
| 378 | * ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'': Lilith has golden irises which glow when she triggers her Siren powers. It's not clear if the golden eyes are precisely due to being a Siren, though, as Maya, Commandant Steele, and [[spoiler:Angel]] all have blue eyes. |
| 379 | * ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': |
| 380 | ** The Demon Hunter sports a glowing pair of these when she has a hood on, signifiying someone who has stared into the soul of a demon without going mad. |
| 381 | ** [[spoiler:The mortal Tyrael sports a pair of these, signifying his former angelic status]]. |
| 382 | ** [[spoiler:Leah also sports a very creepy pair of these after her body is taken over by Diablo as the Prime Evil]]. |
| 383 | * In contrast to most other demons in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series, [[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Fenrich]] the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] has gold eyes. |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': Malady, a unique [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid elf-demon hybrid]] who acts as an AloofAlly to the player characters, has gold eyes and [[DimensionalTraveler powers]] unlike any other character in the game. |
| 385 | * In the original ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' games, whenever you pick up an invulnerability sphere or use the god mode cheat, the Marine's eyes turn solid gold. |
| 386 | * Both Morrigan and her mother, "[[TheDreaded The Witch of the Wilds]]", Flemeth have gold eyes in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Morrigan being a powerful mage like her mother and Flemeth heavily implied to not even be human. They also both happen to be shapeshifters with Flemeth able to take the form of a high dragon. Flemeth's other known daughter has the same eyes. ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' introduces another group of people with gold eyes. Abelas and his followers are [[spoiler:ancient elves who guard a temple venerating Mythal, the elven goddess of love, motherhood, and justice.]] They all have the exact same eye color as Flemeth and her daughters. [[spoiler:Given [[PhysicalGod later revelations]] about Flemeth, it appears that gold eyes indicate a person with a direct connection to Mythal.]] |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': Golden eyes are a sign that one possesses 'grace', a sort of ambiguous divine patronage and guidance under the Golden Order. It's pretty common, given the Golden Order previously dominated the whole continent -- it's hard to tell without ripping the textures from the game, but many basic enemies and bosses have at least a sliver of gold in their eyes. The Tarnished are notable in that their grace was revoked long ago, so their eyes are no longer golden (although you can still make them such in the character creator). For some reason, even avowed heretics such as Rykard and the Godskin Cultists still have gold eyes. |
| 388 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' |
| 389 | ** This is a trait of the Dremora in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', an intelligent race of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] who are most commonly found in the service of [[DestroyerDeity Mehrunes Dagon]] as his LegionsOfHell. (Other games give them [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] or [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]] eyes instead.) |
| 390 | ** Golden GlowingEyes are a trait of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'''s ''Dawnguard'' DLC. It's implied that this is a trait which is InvisibleToNormals, and can only be seen by certain other supernatural beings (such as the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]], who has a draconic [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aedric]] soul). |
| 391 | * ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Kurogane gains these if she accepts Mayard's offer to save her life in exchange for swearing herself to him. With his power now her own, her brown eyes turn golden when she unleashes transcendental attacks. |
| 392 | * ''Franchise/FateSeries'': |
| 393 | ** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': |
| 394 | *** In the "Heaven's Feel" route of the game, when [[spoiler:Saber]] is possessed by [[spoiler:Sakura]], she gains these as part of her SuperpoweredEvilSide. |
| 395 | *** In the ''Literature/FateZero'' novels, she gains similar golden eyes after her extreme despair and duress defeating Berserker[[spoiler:/Lancelot]] and being meters away from her goal (seen in the last image [[http://img1.gamersky.com/image2014/09/20140925lj_13/gamersky_33origin_65_20149251558A11.jpg here]]). It is implied to be a result of her dragon side flaring up due to stress. |
| 396 | ** Caster, Tamamo-no-Mae from ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA'', ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' and ''[[VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar Fate/Extella]] [[VideoGame/FateExtellaLink series]]'' has her trademark golden eyes. This is because she is a Kitsune, [[spoiler:precisely the one from the famous legend of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae Nine-Tailed Fox]] from [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese Mythology]]]]. [[spoiler:She is also revealed to be [[PhysicalGod divine incarnation]] and the aspect of the Sun Goddess, [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Amaterasu]], herself]], which made her eyes even more of symbolic representation of what she is. |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/FearAndHungerTermina'': O'saa, a Yellow Mage with advanced knowledge of magic and who is in service to the malevolent New God Nas'hrah, has distinct golden eyes. |
| 398 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 399 | ** Ultimecia in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' has gold eyes in addition to her various {{Power Tattoo}}s and other physical signs of being a Sorceress. Edea, who [[spoiler:inherits Ultimecia's powers and is possessed by her]], also has gold eyes while in possession of her Sorceress Powers. Does not happen to [[spoiler:Rinoa]] when controlled by Adel or Ultimecia, however. |
| 400 | ** Chaos in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' has yellow/gold eyes. It noticeably picks out the demon from Vincent, and tells the player that a major level up in power terms just happened. |
| 401 | ** Adelle from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' has yellow/golden eyes, [[spoiler:and she was part of "The Gifted, a group of people with extraordinary powers such as living for a long time. It is unknown if her yellow eyes have to do with the Gifted or not]]. |
| 402 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'': Combines this with ProphetEyes; whenever Yeul and/or Serah have a vision, their eyes glow gold with the symbol of Etro over the pupil for the duration. |
| 403 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 404 | ** Micaiah from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' has gold eyes. She is known for her ability to predict future events, and later [[spoiler:turns out to be descended from the Heron Tribe and the true Apostle of the Begnion Empire. And the avatar of a goddess of chaos.]] |
| 405 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[spoiler:every [[ArtificialHuman morph]] Nergal creates has gold eyes, along with other common unusual -- for the series -- traits like jet-black hair, which hints at their inhuman nature.]] |
| 406 | --->'''Leila:''' His eyes glow golden... You can't miss them. They seem... inhuman. |
| 407 | * Vampires in ''Website/GaiaOnline'' have yellow eyes when they're about to do something badass; otherwise, they're pale gray with HellishPupils. PsychoForHire Zhivago apparently has this effect going constantly. |
| 408 | * Everything from ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' when infected by Imulsion. When something is completely black, has golden eyes and explodes after death, you know that something is wrong... |
| 409 | * In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', the Geo Archon Rex Lapis who rules over Liyue is rumored to shapeshift into several forms -- a young boy, a woman or a huge dragon, but he always has distinctive amber eyes. [[spoiler:Said amber eyes are one of the hints pointing at Zhongli being Rex Lapis assuming a human identity.]] |
| 410 | * In a cross of this and ElectronicEyes, the title character of ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'' has a cybernetic yellow eye. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': |
| 412 | ** In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'', yellow eyes are apparently normal in Lemuria, a city-state of Adepts with extraordinary longevity. One of the [=NPCs=] in Madra talks about Piers's eyes during his imprisonment there. |
| 413 | ** This trope is far more pronounced at the very end of ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''. [[spoiler: Matthew's eyes glow golden while he and Sveta are SharingABody, and after the Apollo Lens goes off all of the beastmen in the blast zone have Supernatural Gold ''Everything''.]] |
| 414 | * The character Slayer from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has golden eyes. This makes sense, since he is a vampire. |
| 415 | * Brandon Heat of ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'', while, during his mortal life, he had light brown eyes and black hair, after being murdered and later resurrected as the necrolizer called Grave, he has yellow eyes and silver hair. |
| 416 | * Nageki from ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' has bright yellow eyes in his human portrait, unlike his actual form as a dark-eyed mourning dove. [[spoiler: He turns out to be a ghost.]] |
| 417 | * Mackenzie Hunt in ''VisualNovel/HavenfallIsForLovers'' has green eyes which turn bright gold when her true nature as a werewolf is showing. |
| 418 | * Yuuichi Komura from ''VisualNovel/HiiroNoKakera'' has them. Not surprising considering he is descended from a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]]. |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'': [[spoiler:Sirin, Honkai cataclysm incarnate, has gold-orange eyes with ExoticEyeDesigns.]] After the events of Chapter 11-EX, [[spoiler:Kiana herself gains a right gold-orange eye as a symbol of her Herrscher power, minus Sirin's pupils]]. |
| 420 | * Graves from ''VisualNovel/HustleCat'' has heterochromia, with his left eye being gold. He wasn't born with it; his eye changed colour from blue to gold when he first transformed into a facsimile of his cat, who had heterochromia. |
| 421 | * ''VisualNovel/JunipersKnot'': The girl has golden eyes and green hair to signify her nature as a powerful demon, in contrast to the human boy who is rather plain and has hair and eyes found in ordinary humans. |
| 422 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': |
| 423 | ** Golden eyes are associated with TheHeartless and, by extension, the power of darkness -- the only Heartless not to have yellow eyes are the small number that [[TheFaceless don't have visible faces]]. |
| 424 | ** Due to his extensive delving into the darkness, every incarnation of [[BigBad Xehanort]] has them, as do his CoDragons Saïx and Xigbar. [[spoiler:In their case, the eyes are a sign that they've been infected with Xehanort's darkness, turning them into yet more hosts. This happens to several others in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''.]] |
| 425 | ** Vanitas has these under his mask due to being MadeOfEvil, and so does [[spoiler:Ventus]] when Vanitas possesses him. |
| 426 | * [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Shamir Shamazzle]] in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'' has golden eyes, in all of his many forms. This helps the player identify him... just in case the various strangers encouraging the protagonist to do strange/dangerous/crazy things weren't obvious enough. |
| 427 | * Dark Jedi in the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' series, especially Darth Revan, have yellow eyes (see the ''Franchise/StarWars'' example under Film, above). The player character can have them as well, if she/he goes over to the Dark Side. There's an awesome, but understated, moment where you get a close-up of them while you and [[spoiler:Bastilla]] are tricking the Republic. This was influenced by Emperor Palpatine, who also gained them when his face became corrupted by the Dark Side (in [[{{Retcon}} some continuities]]). |
| 428 | * ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore'' has a scene where the shapeshifting main villain masquerades as one of the player's allies. The only way to detect her (except trial and error) is by her eyes, which stay yellow regardless of form. |
| 429 | * Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has golden eyes and is [[AsianFoxSpirit a Korean-styled gumiho to be precise]]. |
| 430 | * ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries The Legend of Heroes - Trails]]'': |
| 431 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky]]'': Joshua's eyes are gold, and his combat prowess was in part due to Weissman using him as a guinea pig in his research into Stigmas. |
| 432 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails from Zero]]'': Tio's eyes weren't gold at birth but turned that way after being experimented on by the D∴G Cult. |
| 433 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel]]'': In the final battle of ''Cold Steel III'', Rean has these eyes instead of his normal red in his SuperMode. It's a sign that he's completely lost control of his powers. |
| 434 | * [[spoiler: Avalon]], the BigBad of ''VideoGame/LegaiaIIDuelSaga'', has these. Originally known as simply "Gold Eyes" in his first appearance, you later learn that he is a [[spoiler:Star Shaper, a being who can manipulate the Source Forge, the beacon of creation.]] He is also a Mystic, and wields the Origin [[spoiler:Igohl, the Supreme Origin said to be of (nearly) infinite power.]] |
| 435 | * Antasma has these in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', as do many of the ghosts in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. Of course, neither are the kind of character whose eyes need to be used as a way to tell that they're evil, the rest of their appearance makes it blatantly obvious regardless. |
| 436 | * In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games, one can identify Harbinger, the first, biggest, and most powerful [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] by the fact that his "eyes" are gold instead of red. In addition, the Collectors he controls erupt with glowing golden eyes, along with taking on a skin texture resembling golden magma, when he possesses them. |
| 437 | * Several monsters in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' briefly display gold eyes when using their magical attacks. Some examples include the [[ManaDrain MP-draining ability]] or the [[spoiler:Dark Lord's face-stealing attack]]. |
| 438 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 439 | ** [[LandSeaSky Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza,]] a trio of [[TimeAbyss ancient]] OlympusMons [[WeatherManipulation with control over the weather]] [[note]] [[MakingASplash Kyogre]] summons rain, [[DishingOutDirt Grou]][[PlayingWithFire don]] summons intense sunlight and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Ray]][[BlowYouAway quaza]] acts as their mediator, with its [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] summoning strong winds [[/note]] debuting in [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire the third generation]] all have yellow eyes. |
| 440 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': [[spoiler: [[BigBad Lusamine]] briefly gains these while [[FusionDance fused to a]] [[EldritchAbomination Nihilego.]] ]] |
| 441 | * In ''VideoGame/PromiseOfWizard'', Snow and White's golden eyes indicate the great amount of power the twins have as the oldest wizards in the entire game, literally thousands of years old. |
| 442 | * In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', all vampires have pupil-less golden eyes. |
| 443 | * In the ''Franchise/{{Resident Evil}}'' franchise, every seemingly human entity with gold/yellow eyes is revealed to be a high-level mutant that can take on a human disguise. |
| 444 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' has a few examples: |
| 445 | ** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', the Demi-Fiend's eyes change from grayish to gold when he's given demonic powers, and they begin to glow (and his body ''darken'') when he unleashes powerful physical attacks (most likely, this would happen with spells as well, but they all use the same generic casting animation, so...). [[spoiler:His eyes get bumped up a rank to {{red| eyes take warning}}]] if the player makes it all the way through the [[BonusDungeon Labyrinth of Amala]] and has the [[LouisCypher Old Man in the Wheelchair]] unlock the full extent of his demonic power [[DealWithTheDevil at the cost of his human soul]]. |
| 446 | ** Nanashi gets these in the Massacre ending of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse''. [[spoiler:They're the same color as YHVH's faces, signifying that he's replaced him as Creator God]]. |
| 447 | ** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'', when the protagonist fuses with Aogami to become a Nahobino, his eyes turn gold to match Aogami's. |
| 448 | ** In ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'', the main playable characters get the glowing version these when in Berserk state aka when they lose control of their Atma demons. However, in the Junkyard golden or at least yellow eyes are fairly common due to all the residents having TechnicolorEyes. |
| 449 | ** ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 450 | *** Velvet Room assistants [[VideoGame/Persona3 Elizabeth, Theodore]], [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret]], [[VideoGame/Persona5 Justine, and Caroline]] are AmbiguouslyHuman siblings of enigmatic origin who all have golden eyes and immense supernatural power. |
| 451 | *** In ''VideoGame/Persona2'', BigBad [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]] tends to go for gold eyes and a slit pupils when he's in human form. The [[ShadowArchetype Shadow Selves]] avert this by having RedEyesTakeWarning. |
| 452 | *** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', secondary antagonist Takaya Sakaki is a fairly powerful Persona user who's the only human character to have gold eyes. |
| 453 | *** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'' all Shadow Selves have gold eyes in their human form, as do humans possessed by their Shadows. Additionally, all of the main character's Personas have gold eyes, assuming they're visible. |
| 454 | *** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The main characters temporarily get golden eyes when they awaken their Personas. This comes in addition to the Shadow Selves and Personas who play this trope exactly as they did in the previous entry. The sequel, ''Videogame/Persona5Strikers'', is the same. |
| 455 | * Poet from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic'' has bright yellow eyes (golden orange in her alternate colors). This is rather unusual, as her, ah, supernatural origin would be pretty obvious without it. |
| 456 | * All the full blooded elves in ''VisualNovel/SablesGrimoire'' have golden eyes, with a variety of eye colours being one of the differences between them and the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-elves]] that appear. |
| 457 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims'': |
| 458 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', werewolves have yellow eyes; interestingly, so do plant-sims. |
| 459 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'', werewolves have golden eyes. |
| 460 | * In the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'', Zasalamel's left eye is golden, and this never changes through [[BornAgainImmortality any of his reincarnations]], including his skeletal OneWingedAngel form Abyss. This is because his gold eye [[SoulJar contains his soul]]. |
| 461 | * Okabe's gold eyes in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' seem to have something to do with his "Reading Steiner," the unique ability to retain his original memories when the past gets rewritten. All other strange events in the show are science-based, but this one thing is left unexplained and is apparently magical. |
| 462 | * It's never directly commented on, but Alvin and Jude are the only two characters in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' with gold eyes. [[spoiler:This makes it an inversion of the trope, as both Jude and Alvin are of Elympion descent.]] |
| 463 | * The vampire Arcueid in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' has {{red eyes| take warning}}, but she's more of a ditzy good girl than anything else. When they turn ''gold'', however, it's time to run. When her irises turn gold and the scleras of her eyes turn red, you're already dead. [[spoiler:If her eyes returns to being red, but her hair grows out and her attitude becomes cold and haughty, that's a ''very'' bad news: her SuperpoweredEvilSide, Archetype Earth, has taken over, and she possesses the same power Arcueid had before she started losing her strength.]] |
| 464 | * Dlanor A. Knox from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has these. She's the High Inquisitor of the Eiserne Jungfrau, the 7th District Repentance Agency of the Great Court of Heaven, whose job it is to hunt down "heretics". She uses two swords, the Red Key and the Blue Key, which allows her to use [[LanguageOfTruth Red and Blue truths]]. |
| 465 | * In the case of the ActionGirl, Mandana, from ''VideoGame/{{Unavowed}}'', they serve as the most immediately obvious sign that she a HalfHumanHybrid, with her father being a [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Genie]], sorry, ''[[InsistentTerminology Jinn]]''. |
| 466 | * ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': |
| 467 | ** The universe features the night elves who normally have completely silver eyes (entirely silver, as they have no visible pupils). Those who had golden eyes were considered to be destined for great things, the most notable being Illidan Stormrage and Queen Azshara. Ironically enough, both of them ended up as villains. |
| 468 | ** Nonetheless, in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', it's divided along gender lines: male Night Elves have golden eyes, female Night Elves have silver eyes, and that's that. The encyclopedia on the website mentions that, in truth, supernatural gold eyes are merely a sign of druidic potential, and as the druids only recently opened their ranks to women, they are more common in males...[[FridgeLogic which really makes no sense when you think about it]]. |
| 469 | ** And then there's druids. Malfurion Stormrage, the twin brother of Illidan, was born with silver eyes, but while practicing druidism over many centuries, his eyes turned gold, as seen [[http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft:_Stormrage here]]. |
| 470 | ** And despite their potential for it, neither Azshara nor Illidan became druids. Illidan started on that path, but his own impatience and disdain for it (druids at the time were not greatly appreciated in Night Elf society) caused Cenarius to deem him unworthy of personal tutelage. Being ordered to learn from Malfurion, who was also still an apprentice at the time, was the last straw for Illidan. |
| 471 | ** [[ThePaladin Paladins]] were depicted having gold [[PowerGlows glowing eyes]] in ''Warcraft II'', but this visual motif didn't stick around in the series aside from particular moments of individual ones having the power of The Light in them...which is to say, when [[PowerGlows they're particularly powerful]]. |
| 472 | * Sho Minamimoto from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', fitting the bill of the trope as a delightfully power-hungry sociopath who [[OneWingedAngel shapeshifts into a lion]]. |
| 473 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ArtificialHuman Emeralda Kasim has green hair and gold eyes. |
| 474 | * Gulcasa and Emilia in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' and [[VideoGame/YggdraUnison its]] [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion spinoffs]] have golden and bright yellow eyes respectively. They're the descendants of a demon god. |
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| 477 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 478 | * Black Mage of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', like Richard, is a psychotic wizard. His eyes are the only part of his face not obscured by his hat, which is [[NightmareFace a very good thing]]. |
| 479 | * In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Sparklelord the anthropomorphic magic unicorn has featureless golden eyes, with no irises or pupils. The first time he's shown in this form, they're more "yellow GlowingEyes", later more like "orbs of gold". When he appears as a regular unicorn in a dream, perhaps his original form before he was "corrupted", he has more normal eyes. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext In his form as a motorcycle]], the headlights get treated rather like glowing gold eyes, too. |
| 480 | * Vector of ''Webcomic/{{Castoff}}'' has glowing yellow eyes that inexplicably [[PowerIncontinence terrify anyone who looks into them]]. No one knows what he is, [[spoiler:but his appearance and powers indicate he is an AnthropomorphicPersonification of fear.]] |
| 481 | * The four main characters' of ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' eyes change to golden when they transform into [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]]. Their eyes also fluctuate between their natural color and yellow when in human form and stressed or excited. |
| 482 | * Din of ''Webcomic/{{Galebound}}'' has green eyes, mostly, but his pupils are ringed with gold--a sign of his Magician heritage. When angered (or, occasionally, at will), his eyes will ''glow'' gold. |
| 483 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'', Lei'ella, Kayn'dar, and other "Severed" elves have white hair and golden eyes. This is an inversion: instead of being powerful or tricksters, Severed elves are mortal and can't use magic, essentially being BroughtDownToNormal. |
| 484 | * Richard from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' has yellow/gold eyes and is probably one of the most powerful, destructive, and evil warlocks/beings/forces in the comic's entire world and/or universe. He's also insane. And undead. And hundreds of years old. |
| 485 | * ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Noyes has golden eyes, an unusual trait hinting at his true identity as [[spoiler:the Outer God Nyarlathotep]]. |
| 486 | * Miho [[spoiler:and later Yuki]] is shown to have them in ''Webcomic/{{MegaTokyo}}'', so supernatural that they can even [[SplashOfColor occasionally override the fact that MegaTokyo is a black-and-white comic]]. They indicate MagicalGirl status. |
| 487 | * ''Webcomic/MierukoChan'': Miko has yellow eyes and has developed the ability to see spirits that are InvisibleToNormals. |
| 488 | * ''Webcomic/NekoTheCat'': We briefly see Michiko from her father's point of view [[spoiler: as she attacks him with an axe]], showing her with bright golden, catlike eyes even though earlier her eyes were black. [[spoiler: This implies that Michiko's actions are more heavily influenced by her stepmother and her cursed cats than she realized.]] |
| 489 | * Laurin Shattersmith in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' usually has black eyes, like everyone else in the comic, but they turn bright gold when she uses her PsychicPowers. |
| 490 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Pandect}}'', Aces (animals who have been given human bodies and minds) have yellow eyes if their animal species has them. The protagonist, Prince Fleance, is a melanistic leopard and has gold eyes with slit pupils in human form. |
| 491 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Plume}}'', guardian spirit Corrick has glowing gold eyes, which flash even brighter when he's using his powers. |
| 492 | * In ''Webcomic/SatanAndMe'', Satan's irises are orange and yellow or gold. |
| 493 | * The Woman in White of ''WebComic/SleeplessDomain'' has an example unusual even for this trope: gold pupils, white irises, and gold edges. [[spoiler:She's strongly implied to be The Founder, aka the source of the {{Magical Girl}}s' powers.]] |
| 494 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': |
| 495 | ** Rhea has yellow gold colored eyes and is [[spoiler:a [[DivineParentage descendant]] of the [[DishingOutDirt earth guardian]] [[PhysicalGod Moku the snake]] and can use extremely powerful magic when she is reconnected to the bloodline.]] According to her [[spoiler:[[ArchnemesisDad evil dad]] Moonshade]] she [[FamilyEyeResemblance inherited]] her eyes from [[spoiler:her mother which he refers to as "eyes like the sun".]] |
| 496 | ** Some demons have yellow or orange colored eyes and they are all naturally magical beings, in fact yellow seems to be one of the most common demon eye colors next to [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]. |
| 497 | * Werewolves in ''Webcomic/Sorcery101'' have yellow eyes. It is also suspected to be the case in [[spoiler:''Strange Someone'']]. |
| 498 | * ''Webcomic/TheSwordInterval'': Protagonist Fall Barros was [[TouchedByVorlons Touched By]] the BigBad when she was twelve, and left abnormal in ways not fully understood yet, the most visible sign being her glowing golden eyes. [[spoiler:It turns out that she's the latest [[ApocalypseMaiden Harbinger]], and was actually born with the golden eyes and superpowers. Her memories were altered so she wouldn't remember she had them before the age of twelve, as was her last family photo. All Harbingers have the golden eyes. Fall's immediate predecessor in the position, Mikhail Ivanov, had eyes gone completely golden and looked like he wasn't quite human anymore by the time he died.]] |
| 499 | * In ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', some characters may have golden eyes just because there are characters with so many kinds of appearances around, but some of the most significant characters also have golden eyes. |
| 500 | ** There are two golden-eyed main characters, Twenty-Fifth Bam and Rachel. A certain mystical connotation is there, as both are Irregulars, beings that broke into the Tower from outside, and their preceding Irregulars left a less than positive impression. Bam seems ordinary at first, but much of the story revolves around revealing how special he is, including magical talents that break the normal rules, and a special destiny. Rachel... continues to be ordinary in spite of all this. |
| 501 | ** King Jahad as well as his apparent illegitimate son Wangnan have golden eyes, and Jahad is, unsurprisingly, an extremely significant and mysterious figure in the Tower. |
| 502 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Trapped}}'', vampires’ eyes tend to glow bright yellow when they’re exposed to blood. |
| 503 | * In ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'', when a ghost "reverses" and takes a sold human form, they all have gold eyes no matter what color they were when they were alive, showing they are still dead and not human. |
| 504 | * In ''Webcomic/WildeLife,'' Clifford (an [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent animal-person]] with a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf form]]) has golden irises, which also [[GlowingEyes glow in the dark]]. Oscar actually never noticed them until Eliza points them out, noting that many animal-people have "wild eyes" like his. |
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| 507 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 508 | * ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'': The first thing Pythe notices about [[EvilSorcerer Mandragora-257]] in his debut in the story ''The Resurrection of the Wellsians'' is the strange golden glow of his eyes, presumably a side-effect of Mandragora's alchemical pursuits. The glowing golden eyes remain a [[RedRightHand tell-tale sign]] of Mandragora's identity after he starts [[BodySurf body-hopping]] following the destruction of his original body. |
| 509 | * ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Karl has bright golden eyes and is able to time travel. |
| 510 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 511 | ** [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] naturally possesses golden eyes. However, whenever she uses her power, her eyes begin to glow like golden fire, and it's often a sign she's about to do something extremely evil with her abilities, or intimidate people into doing her bidding. To emphasise this, the camera often zooms in on her eyes just before they begin to glow. Her affinity lies with fire because her Semblance gives her the ability to superheat anything. [[spoiler:Her eyes gain this ability after stealing just half of the Fall Maiden's legendary magical power, making it a sign she's using magic. Although Maidens can use all ElementalPowers, they often gravitate to one element in particular; Cinder heavily favours fire magic.]] |
| 512 | ** When Oscar grants Ozpin control of his body, his eyes briefly flash gold. During the control period, Oscar eyes periodically flash gold and are consistently gold whenever his reflection is seen, such as when he is staring into his drink. [[spoiler:When Hazel, who has a deep grudge against Ozpin, is trying to kill Oscar for being Ozpin's latest host, witnessing Oscar's eyes flash gold immediately informs him that Ozpin has resurfaced in control of Oscar's body.]] |
| 513 | * In ''Literature/VoidDomain'', Rex Zagan [[spoiler: one of the seventy-two pillars of Hell]] has golden eyes. |
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| 516 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 517 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'', Sulfus and Kabale have these and are notorious trickster devils. |
| 518 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', it is common for anyone of the Fire Nation royal family to have vibrantly golden eyes. Thanks to SuperpowerfulGenetics, their family tends to produce powerful firebenders; it doesn't hurt that their ancestry includes [[spoiler: a previous Avatar]]. |
| 519 | * Takanuva, Toa of Light has yellow eyes in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}: Mask of Light'', representing his [[LightEmUp light-based powers]]. His first toy also came with yellow eyes, though later incarnations changed them to lime green. |
| 520 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Sock Opera", Dipper's corneas turn a dull yellow and his normally-circular pupils stretch into slender ovoids when he becomes [[spoiler: the victim of a DemonicPossession.]] |
| 521 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': Doubling with MindControlEyes. Sylas' RedEyesTakeWarning glow gold when he magically persuades Uriel against sending troops to investigate Whitestone, and when he paralyzes Vax. His targets’ eyes glow the same way. |
| 522 | * Timber Wolf from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}'' cartoon series has these eyes (gold sclera, red pupils) as a result of his father's experiments on him that turned him into a werewolf-like being. They turn red when he's using his enhanced senses [[SuperPoweredEvilSide but start running when they become bloodshot]]. His eye colour when he was human remains unknown. |
| 523 | * Sunil Nevla the mongoose from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has these; he can even [[HypnoticEyes hypnotise people]] with them. |
| 524 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 525 | ** Eda has bright gold eyes and is considered to be the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles. She inherited them from her father, who was the greatest [[{{Familiar}} Palisman]] carver alive prior to his retirement. |
| 526 | ** Amity, Edric, and Emira Blight all have gold eyes and are considred prodigies in their repective magic schools. They inherited it from their father Alador, said to be the greatest Abomination maker of the era. |
| 527 | ** [[spoiler:Luz's eyes are normally brown, but they turn gold during the finale when she's basically ascended to {{Physical God}}hood thanks to being infused with power from the Titan.]] |
| 528 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', |
| 529 | ** Almost every Transformer has either blue or red eyes, depending on their faction, though they can change if they're under the influence of a special fuel. The exception seems to Predaking, who has golden eyes. Seeing how he's a miracle of science, a being cloned from the ancient remains of Predacon bones, he may fall under this trope. |
| 530 | ** There's also Nemesis Prime, another miracle of Science, this one built by humans using a few salvaged Transformer parts and energon. |
| 531 | ** Breakdown's an interesting case as he's one of the only characters who has golden colored optics yet isn't of any different origin. However [[spoiler:when he's salvaged and reworked into CYLAS]] the trope is played straight with the golden eyes in particular being given a lot more emphasis to show how unnatural and disturbing the beast is, especially with one of the eyes being crude patch job. |
| 532 | * Stella from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', who has sun-based powers and her color motifs are mostly yellow and orange. She also has [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow gold hair to match]]. |
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