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| 9 | [[quoteright:350:[[TabletopGame/YuGiOh https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_goddess_with_the_third_eye.png]]]] |
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| 11 | ->''"A pleasant-faced man steps up to greet you\ |
| 12 | He smiles and says he's pleased to meet you\ |
| 13 | Beneath his hat, the strangeness lies\ |
| 14 | Take it off, he's got three eyes"'' |
| 15 | -->-- '''Music/{{Rush|Band}}''', "The Twilight Zone" |
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| 17 | An eye grants sight, and thus symbolizes perception and understanding of the world. Two eyes gives the ability to perceive depth, so what new dimension might we be able to perceive with a third? |
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| 19 | This is an OlderThanPrint trope that goes at least back to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Hindu]] [[Myth/HinduMythology Puranas]], and shows up in various other religions as well. The Third Eye represents supernatural and mystical perception, possibly even [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers spiritual enlightenment.]] As such it's not necessarily biological; characters might make a [[PowerGlows glowing]] eye [[PowerTattoo tattoo]] appear on their forehead when using their [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling magical perception]] abilities such as AuraVision and BlindfoldedVision. |
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| 21 | Aside from the spiritual, a Third Eye is common among {{mutants}}, aliens, and strange creatures. With them it usually provides purely worldly SuperSenses related to vision, especially TrueSight. |
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| 23 | As the picture shows, it is typically in the center of one's forehead and might be parallel or perpendicular to the two normal eyes. It may also be made more otherworldly by being a different color than the two normal eyes. While this trope is pretty neutral as to heroes and villains, usually evil characters have the mutant type third eye while heroes sport the more "enlightened" mystical one. Either way, expect the owner of the eye to suffer from FreakinessShame if not outright persecution. |
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| 25 | It's frequently paired with other EyeTropes and FateAndProphecyTropes. One of the few ways to put ExtraEyes in odd places without incurring EyesDoNotBelongThere. Compare PinealWeirdness -- the third eye is sometimes identified with the pineal gland. Many characters make do with placing a PowerCrystal over this spot. Extra points if it's eye shaped... or ''[[BodyToJewel used to be an eye]]!'' Beware, though, sometimes having a third eye sets you up for a PokeInTheThirdEye. |
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| 27 | !!Examples: |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 31 | * ''Manga/SazanEyes'': Pai and her race, the Sanzhiyan Unkara a.k.a. the "Triclops". When Pai's third eye is closed, Pai is in control. When it opens, Parvati takes over. The same applies to all other Sanzhiyan, with their human identity being required to move their bodies while the third eye recovers. |
| 32 | * In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Aizen sprouts an eye in his forehead after using the [[UpgradeArtifact hōgyoku]] on himself. It's quickly joined by with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere a bunch of other eyes]]. |
| 33 | * As their name suggests, the members of the Third Eye in ''Manga/BlackClover'' each have a hidden third eye on their forehead as a result of being resurrected by Forbidden Magic. Activating said eye dramatically increases their power. |
| 34 | * A great deal of demon ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (most notably Beeelzebumon and Baalmon) have a third eye. |
| 35 | * ''Manga/DragonBall'': Tien Shinhan/Tenshinhan, who meditates frequently, has a third eye, possibly as a result of that meditation. Every other time it's just an extra eye. Yamcha used to insult him by calling him ''Triclops''; given that Tien was a violent asshole before his [[HeelFaceTurn turn around]], the remark was fairly justified. Creator/AkiraToriyama later [[WordOfGod revealed]] that Tien is descended from a three-eyed race of HumanAliens, though this never comes up in the show and Tien is treated as an Earthling. |
| 36 | * Runa in ''Manga/FairyNavigatorRuna'' has one on the back of her neck. |
| 37 | * In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the [[spoiler:BigBad Father]] has been shown to open up a third eye in his forehead and pop out a spare philosopher's stone. |
| 38 | * Ryuuho Kibe from ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' has large vertical eye painted on his forehead. When he takes the Jugan Battle Drug his normal eyes takes the same color scheme of the third one (dark red sclerae and white iris). |
| 39 | * Vampires in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' have a third eye which they can open through visualization to see through illusions and use as one would use the sight on a sniper rifle. The third eye does not materialize physically, though Alucard [[EyesDoNotBelongThere is rather fond of having multiple eyes when he transforms into shadows]]. |
| 40 | * Natsume Zange of ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' has an eye in the middle of his forehead... [[EyesDoNotBelongThere among other places]]. He's the [[HalfHumanHybrid descendant]] of a hyakume, or "hundred-eyes monster", so that was to be expected. He keeps all except for his left eye covered up with clothes. |
| 41 | * ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 42 | ** In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', the Sage of Six Paths and his mother, Princess Kaguya, both possessed a third Dojutsu eye on their forehead, the former has a Rinnegan, and the latter has a massively powerful Dojutsu called the Rinne-Sharingan. [[spoiler:During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara awakens the Rinne-Sharingan after he absorbed the God Tree and regained both of his Rinnegan, he then used it to trigger the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukiyomi]] in order to trap the entire world in an eternal dream world.]] |
| 43 | ** [[spoiler:''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' and its SequelSeries retelling reveals that extra eyes are common among the Otsutsuki Clan that Kaguya came from. Momoshiki gains a Rinnegan on his forehead after devouring Kinshiki to enter his OneWingedAngel form as well as gaining a yellow Byakugan eyes. Urashiki gains a third eye after he goes OneWingedAngel, gaining a yellow version of the Byakugan in his original eyes, and a yellow Rinnegan.]] [[spoiler:[[PosthumousCharacter Shibai Otsutsuki]] had three eyes, each with a different power, a Byakugan, a Rinnegan and a new Dojutsu called the Senrigan.]] |
| 44 | * ''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': |
| 45 | ** ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]'' features [[spoiler:Lilith temporarily]] growing a third eye to absorb something powerful. To be specific, it's the [[spoiler:Tree of Knowledge]]. There are... ''[[{{Squick}} other]]'' connotations to its appearance, however... |
| 46 | ** In ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', [[spoiler:Unit-01]] forms a third eye as it begins its ascension [[spoiler:to a divine {{Energy Being|s}}]]. |
| 47 | * In ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'', the title character (a {{Cyclops}}) has a younger sister with a third eye. Her personality changes depending on which eyes are open or closed. |
| 48 | * In ''Manga/OnePiece'', [[spoiler:Charlotte Pudding, the 35th daughter of Big Mom, shows off her third eye in her first silent appearance... and hundreds of chapters later, Pudding fully reveals her third eye along with her EvilPlan. According to Big Mom, the eye itself should help Pudding read the Poneglyphs' content without understanding the language, like how Roger used his mysterious ability of "hearing the voices of all things" to read Poneglyphs]]. |
| 49 | * In ''Manga/RGVeda'', Taishakuten and [[spoiler:Kujaku]] each have one, although in this case the third eye is a symbol of "sins even a demon wouldn't commit". [[spoiler:Taishakuten got his by eating Ashura-ou, and Kujaku's was because his parents were [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings]].]] |
| 50 | * In ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', Chiri occasionally reveals one. |
| 51 | * The Kishin Asura from ''Manga/SoulEater'' has a major Buddhist motif, so naturally he has a third eye on his forehead... as well as eyes on his hands, eyes in his hair, and ''eyes within his regular eyes''. |
| 52 | * In ''Tanabata no Kuni'', members of a certain family from a TownWithADarkSecret have special abilities which reference the idea of a "window into the soul". One of them involves creating balls of energy which cleanly destroy anything they come into contact with. Using the ability causes a jewel-like eye to form in the middle of one's head. Continual use causes the "jewel" to get larger, and the person to start looking like one of TheGreys -- the precursors who were the source of these powers. |
| 53 | * ''Manga/TheThreeEyedOne'' is about a dimwitted young boy who becomes an EvilGenius with PsychicPowers whenever the bandage over his third eye is removed. |
| 54 | * Starjun from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' has an Appetite Demon that resembles a Cyclops. When his Gourmet Cells become stronger after a battle with Toriko, he manifests a Third Eye in his forehead that looks like the Cyclops' eye. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Hiei has one, which turns out to [[spoiler:have been implanted on his forehead by the CombatMedic Shigure]]. |
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| 58 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 59 | * ComicBook/DoctorStrange's Eye of Agamotto, a talisman that sees the true nature of things. He can call it up to his forehead and see through it like a third eye. |
| 60 | * In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', the redesign of [[ComicBook/NewGods the Forever People]] from hippie kids to vaguely gothy kids includes Beautiful Dreamer having a third eye drawn or tattooed on her forehead. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/GlobalGuardians'': Tuatara, hero of New Zealand, has a third eye, allowing him to see things in 4-D (forwards and backwards in time). |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': The alien villain Despero's PsychicPowers are linked to his third eye. |
| 63 | * The title character in ''Comicbook/{{Madman}}'' has a third eye that pops out of his forehead in the form of an antennae. |
| 64 | * In ''ComicBook/MaxRideFirstFlight'', Ari is shown to have three eyes, in contrast to the rest of the Erasers who have the regular two eyes. This probably to mark his status as TheDragon to [[spoiler:Jeb]] whilst the rest of the Erasers are just nameless {{Mooks}}. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/{{Mazeworld}}'': TheDragon to one of the Mazelords is a tattooed man known simply as the Dark One, who has a third eye that grants him both psychic powers and the ability to see into the future. |
| 66 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Muties}}'' story "Third Eye Blind" (probably named after the alternative rock band of same name) is about a drug-addicted mutant whose mutation includes a third eye in the center of her forehead. Her drug abuse keeps the eye closed for most of the story, but when it finally opens, it causes other people to go temporarily blind. |
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| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:Eastern Animation]] |
| 70 | * The ''Animation/QumiQumi'' episode aptly titled "The Third Eye" features an enchanted eye talisman that embeds into the user’s forehead and allows them to turn others into mindless monsters that do their bidding. They easily go mad with power, though. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 74 | * The title character of ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' as well as the Psyches originally referred to their telepathic abilities as a "third eye", though now they call it a "minds-eye". |
| 75 | * A good chunk of both fan art and fanfiction about ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' depict Cecil, the well-informed host of the supernatural town's radio show, as having a third eye... and it ''definitely'' fits. This was |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 79 | * ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'': TheBrute of the villains, Ogun, have a red eye in his forehead. His two other eyes are blue. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 83 | * The Jiuxian Witch from ''Film/TheDevilsMirror'' has a third eye on her forehead, for reasons never explained. |
| 84 | * ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': [[AlternateSelf Sinister Strange]] has a third eye on his forehead as a result of reading the Darkhold. [[spoiler:In the end, 616-Stephen also gets a third eye, because he had to use the Darkhold to stop Wanda.]] |
| 85 | * In the climax of ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'', [[spoiler:Evelyn places a googly eye that was once a bullet on her forehead. With her mastering verse jumping along with embracing her husband's values of kindness, she succeeds in bringing inner peace to everyone trying to stop her, including [[TragicVillain Jobu Tupaki]]]]. |
| 86 | * One of the alien thugs in '' Film/MenInBlackII'' has a "pineal eye" hidden under his hat that is his species' AchillesHeel. |
| 87 | * One of the "commercial breaks" in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' features a spooky-looking man asking the viewer if they think they're psychic. In an in-universe example of this trope's symbolic use, a third eye appears on his forehead as he suggests they might be. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 91 | * One of the least remarked upon differences between the [[TranshumanAliens Abh]] and baseline humans in ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'' and sequels is the fact the Abh possess a third eye. Rather than a full eye, it's a small structure in the middle of the forehead that's described as something more comparable to the compound eye of an insect. The reason it's usually not mentioned because under most circumstances its covered up by a small tiara like item. Military issue ones, in addition to displaying rank, can be used connect to a ship's computer and [[UnusualUserInterface transmit information through the third eye]]. |
| 92 | * In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry refers to using The Sight, which allows him to see the mystical threads and symbolic meaning behind things, as opening his Third Eye, and it's a skill/power inherent to wizards. One subplot of ''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}'' involves a magical drug called [=ThreeEye=] which does the same thing, but inevitably drives the users mad because they aren't trained to handle what they're seeing, and can't turn it off. |
| 93 | * Dorian Hawkmoon, one of the manifestations of the Eternal Champion in Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Eternal Champion Saga'', has a third eye surgically implanted in his forehead in the form of a technomantic Black Stone. This is used as a spying device when his controllers send him to infiltrate the last part of Europe holding out against the Dark Empire of [=GranBretan=]. |
| 94 | * ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'': Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty Wen Zhong makes his Immortal nature clear by having a pale golden face and a third eye in the middle of his forehead, which emits beams of light when he's furious and can allow him to follow fast movements and magic. A handful of other Immortals have such a third eye with supernatural powers, most notably Crown Prince Yin Jiao and his two generals, which is mocked by Nezha when he comments that three people have enough eyes among them for four persons and half. |
| 95 | * ''Literature/TheGloveOfDarthVader'' has Trioculus, the three-eyed son of the Emperor -- except he's not really the Emperor's son, he's just some random guy with an extra eye on his forehead. The ''real'' son of the Emperor has his third eye on ''the back'' of his head. |
| 96 | * Creator/IngeborgReflingHagen, when writing her ''Magnum Opus'' (heavily autobiographic), described how an inner MentorArchetype, which she called "the old one", showed itself like a "grey eye" in her mind. When this happened, insight was preeminent. Those experiences, which the author probably had herself, came after heavy pondering over literary subjects (or tropes and memes). |
| 97 | * In ''Literature/NationOfTheThirdEye'', the opening of the Third Eye plays a central role. It gives access to memories of past lives, as well as the ability to do AstralProjection and travel in the non-physical worlds. |
| 98 | * In the YA novel ''Literature/{{Reversed}}'', three eyes or specially designed trinocs are needed [[spoiler:to see in four dimensions]]. |
| 99 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': [[spoiler:Bran Stark]] has a metaphysical third eye opened by a dream crow with three eyes. She pecks it open. This all leads to what is perhaps the most densely supernatural plot in the books so far. |
| 100 | * ''Literature/TalesofKaimere'': Fabadonts are a class of tetrapods that evolved exclusively on Kaimere during the First Dynasty, with their basal parietal eye evolving into a fully functional eye. The front eye is used to track color and depth, while their other two eyes are extended out by their wide skulls to track movement and avoid predators. |
| 101 | * ''Literature/TheThirdEye'' by Creator/TuesdayLobsangRampa is titled after a trepanning operation Rampa supposedly underwent, which gave him clairvoyant powers. He is told "For the rest of your life you will see people as they are and not as they pretend to be." |
| 102 | * ''Literature/TheThirdTheGirlWithTheBlueEye'': All of the Third have a third eye that allows them to interact with technology. [[spoiler:Honoka has one that enhances her ability to use [[KiManipulation Ki Attacks]].]] |
| 103 | * In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', Moiraine wears a blue jewel on her forehead. This is a fashion in her country, but it's later revealed she can use the stone for limited [[CrystalBall scrying]]. |
| 104 | %% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Literature/WitchesOfEileanan'': The Celestines. |
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| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 108 | * Gavin the warlock in the ''Series/Charmed1998'' episode "[[Recap/CharmedS1E8TheTruthIsOutThereAndItHurts The Truth Is Out There and It Hurts]]" has a third eye. It doesn't signify any sort of insight. He just uses it to kill people with EyeBeams. |
| 109 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 110 | ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]", the eponymous creatures have a third eye in their foreheads that glows when they use their psychic powers. |
| 111 | ** Davros, creator of the Daleks, has a cybernetic blue eye in his forehead in place of his real sunken eyes. |
| 112 | * In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', the enigmatic mystic Noranti has a third eye, which only opens occasionally when she uses psi powers. |
| 113 | * ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'': Several members of the Gorma tribe have either three eyes or only one eye in their monster forms. The Gorma Emperor has a third eye that can pop out of its socket and fly around to allow him to remotely spy on people. |
| 114 | * A FreezeFrameBonus in the ''Series/MuppetsNow'' episode "Socialized" reveals that Janice has a "guided meditation podcast", the logo of which is a stylised image of Janice with her usual EyesAlwaysShut and an open one on her forehead. |
| 115 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': |
| 116 | ** From ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', we have Master Org, who wears a helmet with a mechanical third eye to hide his human heritage, then grows an actual third eye after his org powers reawaken. |
| 117 | ** OneShotCharacter The Oracle from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' has an additional eye in the palm of his hand. |
| 118 | * Discussed in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Kira and Dax are chatting about guys in the turbolift, and Dax suggests one to Kira to date. Kira replies that his eye weirds her out -- his ''third'' eye. |
| 119 | * An anthology television series '''titled''' ''The Third Eye'' ran on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the early 1980s, showing kids' spooky miniseries from the UK and New Zealand. No actual three-eyed people appeared, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTXC9-4lN0 the introductory narration]] before each episode referenced this trope. |
| 120 | * ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'': |
| 121 | ** ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': One of the aliens in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]" has a third eye. The lyrics in the page quote Music/{{Rush|Band}} song are a reference to this specific episode. |
| 122 | ** ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E6 A Message from Charity]]", Master Croft's ewe has a lamb with three eyes. This is used as evidence when Charity Payne is [[WitchHunt accused of witchcraft]]. After Squire Jonas Hacker finds her innocent, he holds that the deformed lamb was as a result of a noxious plant growing on Croft's farm. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 126 | * Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine has a song titled "Third Eye". |
| 127 | -->Cause there's a hole where your heart lies\ |
| 128 | And I can see it with my third eye |
| 129 | * Music/{{Gong}}'s song "Perfect Mystery" -- "Look up in the air, the Octave Doctor's there, and when he strokes his gong, your middle eye comes on." |
| 130 | * From The Manhattan Transfer's "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone": |
| 131 | -->Unpretentious girl from Memphis\ |
| 132 | Saw the future through her third eye |
| 133 | * From Music/{{Muse}}'s "Uprising": |
| 134 | -->If you could flick a switch and open your third eye, you'd see that we should never be afraid to die |
| 135 | * Music/{{Tool}}: |
| 136 | ** "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis PRY-ING O-PEN MY THIRD EYE! PRY-ING O-PEN MY THIRD EYE!]]" |
| 137 | ** At the end of the music video for "Parabol/Parabola", a pair of flaming leaves enter the main character's body, which has become transparent, and circle their way up through his body to join together and form a third eye in the center of his forehead. |
| 138 | * In the Music/{{Voivod}} song "Jack Luminous", President X-D uses his third eye to transmit mind-control waves through television screens, which is how he takes over planets. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 142 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_Shen Er Lang Shen,]] a deity in Myth/ChineseMythology, has one. It can see through disguises. |
| 143 | * Myth/HinduMythology: |
| 144 | ** The God Shiva. The Hindu Matsya Purana tells of the fear of the gods when Shiva mourned unceasingly for his dead wife Sati, because a prophecy stated that a new son of Shiva was needed to save the gods from a coming catastrophe. Kama, god of love, shot Shiva with a love arrow to make him fall in love with Parvati, so Shiva grew a third eye and burnt Kama to a crisp with EyeBeams. |
| 145 | ** Similar things have happened to the heads of Daksha, Ganesha, and Brahma after offending the god (although the last did have four to spare). |
| 146 | ** Shiva is far from alone. Many of the "Shakti" goddesses of Hinduism, including Durga and Kali, have a third eye in their forehead. Shiva's son, the elephant-headed god Ganesha, is frequently depicted with a third eye as well. |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 150 | * Featured in the logo of ''The Joe Rogan Experience''. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 154 | * A third eye is part of Ojo Diabolico and Ojo Diabolico Jr.'s [[TheGimmick gimmick]], the latter of which is also {{red|EyesTakeWarning}}. |
| 155 | * During Wrestling/KevinSullivan's "Satanic" {{heel}} run in Florida in the mid-1980s, he would sometimes talk about "the lady with the Third Eye". |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 159 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 160 | ** There is a villainous PrestigeClass that has this -- there are sects that worship beholders and some of the most devout cultists can end with a small beholder-kin eye grafted into their foreheads. It can be used to fire various EyeBeams, but due to beholders' GeneticMemory, it isn't very conducive to the recipient's sanity. |
| 161 | ** There is also a group of psionic items called Third Eyes that can be attached to the wearer's forehead. They can grant the wearer a variety of effects, such as helping them concentrate, telling them when someone is lying to them, or making them immune to mind-reading. |
| 162 | * The Daksha Legacy in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' gains one of these in the back of their head, which provides them with the ability to see both behind them and into the AkashicRecords. |
| 163 | * ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'': |
| 164 | ** The Salubri clan from ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' have a third eye that opens when they use their clan-specific healing powers. The Salubri ''[[EvilCounterpart antitribu]]'' also acquire the third eye, but whereas the main clan's looks peaceful, the ''antitribu'''s looks angry. |
| 165 | ** The Salubri got their powers via the Wan Kuei, the TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast, who develop a third eye when they learn a particular set of spiritual powers. While the Salubri's third eye looks like a normal human eye, the Wan Kuei's third eye goes from looking like a circular gemstone to looking like a human eye to looking like a blazing orb as their powers increase. |
| 166 | ** The ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' book ''Guardians of the Caerns'' makes a ShoutOut to the Salubri with the third eye as a Metis deformity. Unlike some third eyes, it provides no mechanical bonus (except preserving depth perception if you lose an eye). The book hilariously notes that Metis characters with this deformity may find that Tremere vampires (the traditional enemies of Salubri) attack them on sight for no apparent reason. |
| 167 | * Sepharans, in the ''TabletopGame/{{Talislanta}}'' supplement ''Midnight Realm''. It's called the Demon Eye, and can be used to invoke various [[BlackMagic nasty magical effects]]. |
| 168 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': |
| 169 | ** Navigators have a third eye which allows them to see in the Warp and navigate starships through it. Meeting the gaze of a Navigator's Third Eye is fatal. |
| 170 | ** Draznicht, champion of the Crimson Slaughter unit known as the Ravagers, has a third eye in the center of his forehead that grants him [[{{Seers}} limited prophetic abilities]]. |
| 171 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': There are several characters with glowing psychic eyes on the forehead, typically appearing when someone uses or is being controlled by the power of a Millennium Item. The above image is from the card "Goddess with the Third Eye". Another monster called "Darkness Neosphere" has a third eye that is located on the back of its head. Its actual face is blindfolded, but it has two other visible eyes on its chest in place of breasts. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 175 | * Kalmah from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', although his third eye is canonically blind thanks to his leader [[EyeScream stabbing him through it]]. Reidak was at first designed to have three eyes, and appears as such in outdated promotional images and games, but the finished figure replaced the third eye on his forehead with a purely decorative "ring". |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 179 | * In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', Chaorruption gives infected a Third Eye. |
| 180 | * The ''Agarest'' games have an entire race who are born with a third eye in their foreheads, the Oneltes. It is representative of how most of them have powers to see the future. However, many Oneltes hide their third eye in order to blend in with humans and avoid persecution. Every game has one such character: Vira-Lorr in ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'', Cal-Vina in ''VideoGame/AgarestSenkiZero'', and Li Ra-Lua in ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki2''. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': |
| 182 | ** Inner Eye, Spoon Bender, Eye of the Occult, and Godhead all give Isaac a third eye around his forehead. The latter three all have a varying degree of a supernatural element to them, while the Inner Eye literally just seems to be a third eye that allows for firing three tears at once. |
| 183 | ** Two major bosses of ''Repentance'' have a third eye. [[spoiler:Dogma temporarily gains one to fire shots similar to Godhead tears, while the Beast always has three eyes on its face.]] |
| 184 | * In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', the hero, Ryu, gains an ability called this, though actually what it does is point the direction he must go with a beam of light. |
| 185 | * Chauncey Chantenay, part of the Root Pack in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' opens a third eye to attack Cuphead with psychic waves. |
| 186 | * The One Who Waits from ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'' has three eyes. [[spoiler:During the second phase of the boss fight against him, his three eyes pop out of their sockets to attack the Lamb while he gains 18 ExtraEyes on a set of petal-like appendages on his head. When he is defeated and reduced to a powerless form, he still has an extra eye on his head, but he never opens it.]] |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': The enemy alien race called the Hive have three eyes, and are the most mystical of the enemy races, using dark magic in rituals. Unlike most third eyes, however, theirs are positioned ''below'' their main eyes. |
| 188 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', pureblood Garleans have a jewel-like third eye in their forehead, theorized to give them greater spatial recognition, making them adept at using the guns and war machines they built [[TheEmpire their empire]] with. Since they tend to wear helmets, only a few of them can be seen directly, though Garlean headgear often has visible "visors" on the forehead area to accommodate them. Those who have defected and work with the players usually hide the eye with accessories, such as Cid Garlond's [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]]. |
| 189 | * The Star in ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' opens up an extra eye on his forehead in the later stages of the fight. It's not a weak point or a weapon and he doesn't seem to need any more visual information, so it must just be for intimidation. |
| 190 | * Vadasi from ''VideoGame/{{Gigantic}}'' possesses a third eye, from which she can project beams of light that heal allies or damage enemies. It's also implied that its gaze is capable of seeing the truth in a person, and that she uses it for interrogating criminals. |
| 191 | * In ''VideoGame/Killer7'', Emir Parkreiner, a person greatly foreshadowed throughout the game, has one, and the eye itself is foreshadowed along with it, most of which also double to the foreshadowing that [[spoiler:Garcian is Emir. When the duel between the two personalities happen, Garcian needs to shoot Emir's third eye]]. |
| 192 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 193 | ** The secretive and mystical [[{{Ninja}} Sheikah]] tribe have sported an eye symbol with a stylized teardrop on their clothes and relics since ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. Sometimes they've sported said symbol as a forehead tattoo similarly to the original Hindu context, as with Impa in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' and Paya in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''. |
| 194 | ** The Zonai of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]'' each have a third eye on their foreheads, although they are usually closed. Even the Zonai's Constructs have three eyes. |
| 195 | * In ''VideoGame/LostSoulsMUD'', characters have a number of chakras which can be energized, one of which is the ajna chakra, the third eye. Energizing it grants various perceptual benefits, including astral perception. |
| 196 | %% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * World from the ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop'' series. |
| 197 | * ''VideoGame/OrientalLegend 2'' has a new character, Yang-Jian, who had a third eye on his forehead. Which can shoot EyeBeams as a LimitBreak attack. |
| 198 | * The Nomai in ''VideoGame/OuterWilds'' were three-eyed aliens, and one log implies that the third eye is better at sensing...''something'' than the other two. This leads to an interesting in-universe subversion when another, upon encountering the fish that will eventually evolve into your own four-eyed species, says "I wonder what the fourth eye does"--by all accounts it seems the lot of you just have a second, redundant set of regular eyes. |
| 199 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 200 | ** Jirachi has one...on its ''stomach''. |
| 201 | ** Gastrodon is a large slug with three eyes. |
| 202 | ** Sigilyph is a bird-like thing with two eyes on its torso and a head consisting of nothing ''but'' an eye. |
| 203 | ** Gengar gains one when using its Mega Evolution. |
| 204 | ** Solgaleo and Lunala have third eyes that only appear when they are using certain moves. |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/PrayerOfTheFaithless'': The Lavingard Chapel talks about a "blessing of the stars" that acquiring requires the opening of "thy third eye". |
| 206 | * In ''VideoGame/PuzzlePirates'', high-ranking cultists on the Cursed Isles wear tribal masks with a perpendicular third eye. |
| 207 | * In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', both Opera and Ernest have third eyes, a trait of the Tetregeniot species. The third game's dictionary mentions that Tetregeniots are extremely good marksmen. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'': The purple banners near the Brewery are for "Third Eye", a store of some kind that says "The Rift Is Open", which sounds mystical/psychic. |
| 209 | * A rare unintentional example. The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Daisy]] trophy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' has a third eye ''in the back of its head''. You're able to zoom in close enough behind the hair to see it. Later revisions of ''Melee'' removed the eye, but it's still [[{{Squick}} kinda creepy]] to realize it was there in the first place, especially if you weren't aware of it beforehand. |
| 210 | * Both Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama from ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' grow third eye when they tap their [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Devil Gene]], which can be used to shoot lasers. Angel, their [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]], can also shoot lasers, but she does it through the gemstone contained within her tiara, instead of an organic third eye. |
| 211 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 212 | ** The Komeiji sisters have third eyes on their hearts, which are external and don't particularly look like hearts. The third eye lets them read minds, but Koishi has closed hers and as a result she can read and manipulate the subconscious instead. |
| 213 | ** Utsuho has a [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]]-esque third eye on her chest. |
| 214 | * ''VideoGame/TheWitchAndTheHundredKnight2'': Anyone who contracts Hexensyndrome ends up growing one of these in their forehead. Once it fully opens up, they become a witch, but it can be surgically removed beforehand. Kicking off this game's plot is Amalie's younger sister Milm going into surgery to have hers removed, but the surgery ''fails'' and the Witch Chelka is born. |
| 215 | * In ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', both Prince Vorkken and Immorta have third eyes. They're usually hidden beneath their mask and hat respectively. |
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| 218 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 219 | * {{Discussed|Trope}} and {{convers|ationalTroping}}ed in ''VisualNovel/Ever17''. Though no one has one, [[spoiler:it marks the point where the Kid is slowly starting to figure out that something is definitely wrong here with the way time is going]]. |
| 220 | * Hajun, the sixth heaven of the Throne from ''VisualNovel/KajiriKamuiKagura'' has a third eye that allows him to view all creation as whole. Due to his extreme egocentric focus its mostly useless to him though. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
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| 223 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 224 | %% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Juno in ''Webcomic/AtomicLaundromat'' plays this trope straight. |
| 225 | * The Kyorls in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' have senior members whose indoctrination tattoos sometimes grow into third eyes. Surprisingly few people comment about a religious militia with frequent eye mutations. |
| 226 | * Technically a [[ExtraEyes fifth eye]], sported by Cyrus Anubis of ''Webcomic/ItsMidnightSomewhere'', who claims to be religiously enlightened but only comes across as overzealous and arrogant. |
| 227 | * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': |
| 228 | ** Several characters have crystals or similar in the position of a third eye, which resemble ''bindi'' to the uninitiated. For the Demiurges (as well as Allison), their [[CosmicKeystone Magus Key]] causes this third eye to glow, especially when they draw upon the power of their Key. |
| 229 | ** Princess Jack Moonshine has an explicit third eye in her forehead, [[EyesDoNotBelongThere alongside the ones on her chest, shoulders and sixpack]]. |
| 230 | * ''Webcomic/{{Marionetta}}'': Ah'kon have three eyes, though the third on their forehead can only see spirits; it can't be used like a regular eye. |
| 231 | * ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'': [[spoiler:Ruby]]'s Cure-granted LovecraftianSuperpower is one of these. When looking through it alone, what's seen is a darkened view of the surroundings with certain hidden things highlighted in red. |
| 232 | * Chapter eleven of ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' delves into the powers of Vedika, one of the girls of the Magical Girl Power Training Club. It's revealed that she has PsychicPowers, including telepathy. Corresponding to that, her PowerTattoo is an eye on her forehead, normally covered by her hair until she transforms. |
| 233 | * Sandra of ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has three eyes after being turned into a demon. Several other demon in the comic also have three eyes. And when Professor Broadshoulders activates the curse mark on his forehead it changes into an eye, then turns him into a demon similar to Sandra. The third eye apparently gives demons the ability to see souls and other supernatural things. But it also can be a hinderance. When Sandra faces a human who has no soul, she is completely unable to see or hear him until she ''closes'' her third eye because her demon instincts tell her that he doesn't exist without a soul. |
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| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 237 | * SkyPirate Captain Two-Eyed Alonso in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' is so named because he has two eyes... one of which is on his forehead, and he also has an eyepatch. He flies a skull and crossbones with three eye sockets. |
| 238 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', [[Recap/AdventureTimeS4E10Goliad Goliad]] (Princess Bubblegum's sphinx-like replacement for when she dies) has a third eye which she uses to control people and to read their minds. |
| 239 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode "Circus", Shake tries to impress the crow after seeing Meatwad's popularity by calling himself a martian with a third eye ([[RuleOfFunny that's only a cut-out taped on his face]]). He calls out the audience, saying some of them smoke, while they boo and [[ProducePelting throw garbage]] at him. |
| 240 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "Combustion Man" has an eye-shaped PowerTattoo (we hope) on his forehead based directly off the Hindu God Shiva's eye, complete with the three stripes of ash crossing it. Like Shiva, he can fire explosive blasts from it. P'Li from the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has similar abilities, although the design is different. |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'''s version of Spellbinder has a third eye, which functions as HypnoticEyes. |
| 242 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Xylene, a [[MindOverMatter telekinetic alien]] and old girlfriend of Max, has a third eye on her forehead. |
| 243 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', Music/WillieNelson defeats Tony Bennett when he takes off his bandanna, revealing his third eye, which [[EyeBeams vaporizes]] his opponent. |
| 244 | * Odval, King Zog's adviser from ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'', has a third eye which is usually hidden by his hat. It doesn't seem to be much of a secret, as he removes his hat willingly a few times, though he never leaves it off for long. A line of dialogue implies he also has a ''fourth'' eye, though we haven't seen it yet -- and we ''have'' seen him [[DirtyOldMan mostly naked]]. |
| 245 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheMidnightGospel'', when Clancy wishes to end a simulation, he blows on a shofar, after which a third eye appears on his forehead and he is transported back to the Ribbon. |
| 246 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 247 | ** Boscha has three eyes, with her third one located in her forehead. It appears to be genetic, as Eda's flashback to school days in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E15ThemsTheBreaksKid Them's the Breaks, Kid]]" has a RecurringExtra with three eyes who [[AmbiguouslyRelated looks very similar to her]]. |
| 248 | ** The unnamed teacher for the Illusion track also has a third eye on their forehead, which is rather ironic when you consider the fact that she's teaching a form of magic that's all about deception, the exact opposite of what a third eye would usually represent. |
| 249 | * Tom Lucitor in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' has a third eye on his forehead, inherited from his demon mother. |
| 250 | * Garnet from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has a third eye, which is usually hidden behind her CoolShades. [[spoiler:It's there because she's a fusion, and one of her components, Sapphire, has only one eye.]] Also, while Gem fusions often have more than two eyes, only [[spoiler:Garnet]]'s is seen to enable her to see what others cannot -- her [[spoiler:"Future Vision", though that ability comes from Sapphire, who is a {{Seer|s}} {{Cyclops}}]]. |
| 251 | * Whenever Lion-O invokes "Sight Beyond Sight" in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', he holds the Sword of Omens before his face with its red orb, the Eye of Thundera, positioned level to his forehead like an actual third eye. |
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| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 255 | * The late-great comedian Creator/BillHicks claimed that after eating psychedelic drugs, his (metaphorical) third eye opened. |
| 256 | * Vertebrates at one point [[TruthInTelevision actually used to have a third eye in their foreheads]]. It's purpose was a lot less exciting than what fiction would suggest, though: it merely served to detect the brightness of the sun overhead, same as the ocelli in insects. As vertebrates grew larger and their two main eyes became more advanced, the third eye became more and more useless until at one point evolution scrapped it altogether. Only a scant few lizards retain this organ. |
| 257 | ** The Tuatara has a third eye on top of its head called a parietal eye. It's useless for sight but it has its own lens, cornea, and retina, which suggests that it evolved from a real eye. It is only visible in hatchlings and it gets covered with scales as it ages. Many fish and amphibians also have a parietal eye, but it is less well developed than the Tuatara's, and often hard to notice externally. They are mostly used to regulate hormones that are on a day/night cycle. |
| 258 | * Most species of arthropods have one or more ocelli (simple eyes or eye spots) between their normal eyes though they often are only visible with close examination, or disappear in their adult phase. Triops gets is name from having three eyes. Sea monkeys or brine shrimp, also have them. |
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