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->'''Sally''': You could never handle my job.\\
'''Harry''': I could do it with my eyes closed!\\
'''Tommy''': You do everything with your eyes closed.\\
- ''[[ThirdRockFromTheSun 3rd Rock From The Sun]]''

This describes a character who appears to have their eyes shut constantly, except, perhaps, for a few instances of surprise or shock. Nevertheless, they still give every indication of being able to see - which implies that this characteristic is actually more of a pronounced squint.

This is an old device to imply wisdom; more recently, it's been subverted as a device to show "wise guys." This device, when used to show a "wise guy," is called "Kitsune No Me" in Japanese ("fox's eyes" or "shifty eyes" in English).

A common variation of this trope is to make the character close his or her eyes into an arc rather than a simple horizontal line. Characters with whose eyes are fixed in that position are generally optimistic and almost always unconditionally happy, but more often down-to-earth instead of ditzy. These characters may be prone to comic obliviousness, but outright stupidity is rare.

Where EyesAlwaysShut and BewareTheNiceOnes overlap, the character's eyes may open when it's time to [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]], usually right before unleashing that LimitBreak or entering a state of UnstoppableRage. This is not uncommon among AffablyEvil villains; if the villain always puts up a happy facade, expect those eyes to open when the BerserkButton is activated, just before that [[OneWingedAngel final transformation]] or [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique ultimate attack]] is unleashed. Either way, the character's now-visible eyes may follow other various EyeTropes as well. When this trope occurs as a result of the art style, it becomes ''[[RobLiefeld Youngblood's Disease]]''.

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* Shown above, Gin Ichimaru in ''{{Bleach}}''. He has only been seen opening his eyes on two occasions, once when attacked and once when attacking. Also, if artworks count, the cover of one of the manga issues depicts Ichimaru with his eyes open.
** Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto also keeps his eyes shut, except when he wants to show he's serious (or seriously surprised).
* The flame dragon Setsuna in ''FlameofRecca'' literally keeps his single closed. If he opens it, anyone who sees it is instantly annihilated.
* Master Karin, Bulma's mother and the 'fat' version of Majin Buu from ''{{Dragonball}}''.
* Takeshi/Brock in ''[=~Pokémon~=]''. As well as practically everyone in his family, except for his mother. There is one scene in the series' long, long history where we finally see them open, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u72zulgOYFc but it's not near as dramatic as one could think]].
**Two scenes (well, the second one is a single frame). This troper can't remember the exact episode but you see his eyes open as he gets beaned in the back of the head by... something. Might have been a Poke Ball or the Pokémon-of-the-week.
**One of the few women to actually enjoy his constant flirting is the Frontier Brain [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Lucy/Azami]]. Upon returning home at the end of the episode, it is revealed that she keeps a group of Pokémon as pets, all with the same squinty eyes implying that her attraction to Brock was due to this feature.
**These days, his eyelids are likely to balloon in those situations you'd expect other characters' ''eyes'' to do so. A few times when he's being shocked and his body starts flashing, his skull shows the slits instead of circular eye sockets. Make of that what you will.
** His eyes also open when he's being bishounen.
*** Yeah but all they ever show is basically a glistening squint.
* Bunta Fujiwara in ''InitialD''
* Xelloss in ''TheSlayers''. Also present in Rezo, the blind priest in the original series. However, that's not because he's a trickster so much as [[spoiler:because if he opens his blinded eyes, he'll release the fragment of the supreme demon god, Shabranigdo, imprisoned within, a fact he remains unaware of until he heals his eyesight and does so.]] Another example is the appropriately-named Inspector Wizer.
** [[spoiler:Rezo's copy too. Why ''he'' doesn't open his eyes considering that the story says his eyes were healed is another question. He doesn't have a demon sealed in him like Rezo.]]
*** [[spoiler: The reason he kept his eyes shut in the anime is simply because Eris tried to fool the Slayers gang to think he's the real Rezo. In the original novel, however, he had a damn good reason to keep them shut even after the gig was up: he had been fused with a mazoku and it caused him to have [[EyeScream extra mouths where his eyes should have been.]] Yikes.]]
** Also, if Xelloss's eyes open... [[OhCrap bad things are about to happen]] and you better hope he's not looking at you.
* Chichiri in ''FushigiYuugi'' -- he opens his eyes only when speaking seriously.
**This is justified. He's just [[spoiler: wearing an Eyes-Shut mask because he has a disfiguring facial scar. He takes the mask off to speak seriously. (On the other hand, how he makes [[ExpressiveMask vivid facial expressions with the mask on]] the rest of the time is never explained...)]]
* Koizumi Itsuki (although he opens his eyes much more frequently than most EyesAlwaysShut characters) and a few cases the narrator Kyon in ''SuzumiyaHaruhi''.
** And everyone but Churuya and Ashakura in ''{{Nyoron Churuya-san}}''.
* Yakumo Fujii in ''[[ThreeByThreeEyes 3x3 Eyes]]''.
** Only in the first season, afterwards he has them open much of the time. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Symbolic, perhaps]]?
** Yukumo, by default, has his eyes shut. Only rarely does he opens them. This is shown throughout the entire manga series, which is the entire series.
* Cho Hakkai in the first Saiyuki Gensomaden anime.
** Moreso, Shien (part of the Homura Trio) in the non-manga anime arc.
* Vato Falman, an officer in Roy Mustang's circle, in ''FullmetalAlchemist''. In the manga and the new anime, there's Ling Yao, who chooses to do this voluntarily, along with always trying to smile, due to the fact that, although he's a pretty nice guy at heart, he happens to have "shifty eyes."
** Also in ''FullmetalAlchemist'', Fuhrer King Bradley keeps his eyes (though one is hidden behind an eye patch) closed the vast majority of the time.
*** Also Fritz Lang, Bradley's AlternateUniverse Double from TheMovie.
* Richard Wong/Mr. Utsumi, ''{{Patlabor}}'''s sneaky recurring antagonist.
** Captain Goto exhibits this trope frequently as well. He fits the trope quite well as he is both wise and cunning, being on top of a situation well before others clue into it.
* Vincent Law in ''ErgoProxy''. Here, the closed eyes seem to indicate passivity and/or weakness, although he opens them with increasing frequency over the course of the series. Early on though, they tend to open in LetsGetDangerous moments.
** Coincidentally, Vincent Law and the above mentioned Gin both share the same [[DougErholtz voice actor.]] In [[KojiYusa both versions]].
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'' makes special use out of this trope; Professor Daitokouji/Professor Banner usually has his eyes shut. He eventually reveals himself to be one of the villains in disguise, whereupon he opens his eyes. They remain open until his defeat, whereupon they close again for the last few minutes before his death. His spirit, when manifest as himself and not a ball of light, still has him with his eyes shut in later seasons.
* Both Mitsune Konno (appropriately nicknamed "Kitsune") and Kaede Nagase (from ''LoveHina'' and ''MahouSenseiNegima'', respectively) do this; the latter is legitimately wise (although BookDumb) while the former is more of a "wise guy". Also, Kitsune usually appears with only one of her eyes open, and very rarely opening both (if surprised, for instance).
* Mokona used to have its eyes always closed in ''MagicKnightRayearth,'' so it came as a bit of a shock when one of the Mokona Modokis suddenly opened them in ''TsubasaChronicle'' after sensing one of Sakura's feathers.
* Ohno from ''{{Genshiken}}'' is another passive example - except when she's in otaku mode. Then you get the scary BlankWhiteEyes. She has normal eyes in the manga.
** However, Ohno's fellow cosplayer [[spoiler:and later boyfriend]] Tanaka plays this trope straight, both in the anime and manga. His face is constantly drawn with very little expression except for the closed eyes and slight smile.
* Hap from ''EurekaSeven''
** Also Gonzy. [[spoiler: Turns out this is because he's actually a Coralian who was sent to observe the crew of the Gekko, and opening his eyes would reveal his true nature (Coralians having distinctive rings in their irises, and usually odd coloration as well).]]
* Subverted somewhat in the first episode of ''Romeo x Juliet''. A wealthy socialite with EyesAlwaysShut appears to have them LITERALLY shut - he sweeps in unannounced in a scene, plucks the wrong lady from the dressing room amidst declarations of love for "my honey", and proceeds to take her to a ball...all without being aware that he's dating the wrong girl.
* The eponymous Zatoichi (both old version and new) is a blind swordsman who walks around with his eyes closed all the time. At the end of the new version, he does open his eyes briefly for an interesting exchange with a mob boss.
** Also, there is a comic scene in the new Zatoichi in which he has eyes drawn on his eyelids - so much so, one of the characters gets flustered, thinking he is staring at her.
* Shusuke Fuji and Renji Yanagi from ''ThePrinceOfTennis''. They only open their eyes when they're ''really'' serious about something. Yanagi's case is even more extreme than Fuji's; when he fully opens his eyes during a match in the manga, his teammates say they had ''never'' seen him like that, unlike Fuji who opens his own eyes more or less often.
* Heihachi in ''[[SamuraiSeven Samurai 7]]''.
* ''{{Digimon}}'''s Neemon frequently has his eyes closed. The Japanese card game suggests that he is lazy or frequently sleepy, but in the show he is perfectly energetic. Previous seasons had Gennai for the wise variation.
** No, Neemon's fallen asleep at times in ''[[DigimonFrontier Frontier]]''. He's also not very smart, in contrast to Bokomon.
* ''{{Inuyasha}}''s Soul Piper's eyes are usually closed. You do '''not''' want to be the cause of his opening them.
* Watari from ''DeathNote''. Also simultaneously ''inverted'' with L who never closes his eyes, even when he sleeps according to one character. [[spoiler:He only closes them for his death scene.]]
* Takashi Yamazaki from ''CardCaptorSakura'', although he does open them [[spoiler:when someone steps on his foot]].
**Also from CCS, the anime version of Clow Reed, though he had them open in the manga.
* The kindly old scientist and inventor Dr. Mayzel from the ''Spriggan OVA'' anime movie (Japan 1998). Although you can clearly see his eyes behind his glasses, they're constantly closed and drawn as upturned curves. In contrast, the character looks rather different in the print manga where he wears ScaryShinyGlasses.
* Subverted in ''SaintSeiya'': Virgo Shaka, one of the most powerful Golden Saints, maintains his eyes shut to actually keep his power under control. [[spoiler: When Phoenix Ikki finds out, after sorta recuperating from MindRape inflicted by Shaka himself, he tricks him into cutting off ''all'' of his senses and overpowers him in a [[TakingYouWithMe suicidal maneuver]], winning their fight and earning Shaka's respect for outsmarting him.]]
** Shaka's Lost Canvas counterpart Asmita, however, ''is'' blind.
* Saemon Kisaragi, the MasterOfDisguise from {{Basilisk}}. He's only seen with his eyes open after killing his foes, and even then...
** Another big example is Saemon's friend and superior, Hyouma Muroga. Similarly to Shaka, he's not blind per se, but [[DisabilitySuperpower his special powers]] (reversing people's murdering instincts on themselves, making them commit suicide instead) are so strong that he can't turn them off, therefore he'd rather keep his eyes closed to avoid hurting his allies and loved ones too. His nephew and pupil Gennosuke also has the same power, but is able to keep it at bay so he doesn't need to close his eyes.
*** Also, there's a small variation in the original novel. [[spoiler: Hyoma ''is'' able to control his powers, but can't open his eyes unless it's at night because they're light-sensitive to the point of pain.]]
** Another variation, in both manga and anime: the Igas possess a special cream named "Seven Days Ointment" that seals the user's eyelids completely for at least seven days, ''forcing'' them to keep their eyes closed. ''Both'' Gennosuke and Oboro are affected by it: [[spoiler: Gennosuke has a dose of it thrown at him by Hotarubi, whereas Oboro rubbed some on her own eyes to not use her abilities on her own clansmen.]]
* {{Naruto}} usually closes his eyes when he's concentrating his chakra or thinking (for some reason, he has them closed for nearly all of the second episode!). It also adds to his fox-like appearance. Perhaps as a result of ArtEvolution, he does this less often later on.
* Fujita Goro/[[spoiler:Hajime Saitou]] of {{Rurouni Kenshin}}. He actually has naturally squinty eyes (which Sanosuke notes when first meeting him), and they appear closed while Saitou is "acting" as Fujita, which makes him look more like a "nice guy". Once Kenshin recognizes him at the Kamiya dojo, however, this is dropped completely for the rest of the series.
* Ezra from ''{{Vandread}}'' has these, obviously to emphasize her wise, motherly persona.
* Taro from the first ''HanaukyoMaidTai''.
* Serpico from the ''{{Berserk}}'' manga. On the few occasions you see his eyes, almost always during a fight, it marks his {{Lets Get Dangerous}} moment where he drops the foppish persona. Though in somwhat subversion, his motives are always clear and he sometimes goes out of his way to state them.
* Kuroudou Akabane from {{GetBackers}}, usually accompanied by a small smile, though he will open them when he's in a [[BloodKnight ''truly'' good mood]].
* Media from ''PaniPoniDash''.
* From IkkiTousen Dragon Destiny, the incarnation of Zhao Yun, Chou'un Shiryuu, is practically like this. Apparently, while almost every characters always had their clothes torn one way or another, she manages to keep her clothes clean and never torn from attacks, all when she's fighting with eyes closed. She rarely opens them, if she did, it's probably for a brief of time and in a non-combat situation.
* Howdy from the TV show ''Hamtaro''.
* Lee Linho in ''[[ReadOrDie R.O.D the TV]]''.
* Professor Go in ''{{Giant Robo}}''. He only opens his eyes when learning something that horrifies him.
* Kabapu's assistant, Ms. Momochi, in ''ExcelSaga''.
* Higsby/Higure from ''[[MegamanBattleNetwork Megaman NT Warrior/Rockman.EXE]]''.
* Maiza from ''[[{{Baccano}} Baccano!]]'' always has his eyes closed, even while being shot.
** Additionally, there's Tick, Elmer and Nick (not to be confused Nicholas). Goose ''looks'' like his eyes are always shut, but closer inspection shows that they're just really, really narrow.
* Benitora of ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' has his eyes shut most of the time, except when he's shocked by something. The English translation of the manga [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on it, but in the Japanese, he's [[OrSoIHeard talking about getting laid]].
* Yasaburo, retainer to House Saotome in ''MacrossFrontier''.
* Mokona in {{xxxHOLiC}} almost always has its eyes shut, as noted above. Also Mugetsu.
* Ranger in ''TransformersSuperGodMasterforce''
* Wolfgang Grimmer in ''{{Monster}}''.
* Italy in AxisPowersHetalia is usually drawn with eyes that resemble equals signs.
* Minoru Shiraishi in ''LuckyStar''. That is, [[BewareTheNiceOnes until Akira abuses him one time too many...]]
* Fujisawa from ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''
* Kinko from ''BinbouShimaiMonogatari'' has these, probably to emphasize that she is the older and thus more mature one of the Echigoya sisters.
* [[{{Kinnikuman}} Ramenman]]. Opens his eyes occasionally, but they're usually closed.
* Shouka from {{Saiunkoku Monogatari}}. His perpetually closed eyes seem to indicate his wise and easygoing personality. [[spoiler: On the rare occasions he's seen with his eyes open, it typically means very bad things for ''someone,'' since it indicates that Shouka is appearing in his role as the deadly assassin known as the Black Wolf.]]
* Haruka's and Akane's mom in [[RumblingHearts Kimi Ga Nozomi Eien]]. She would probably be considered a HotShounenMom if not for this.
* In ''DarkerThanBlack'', Hei has closed eyes and a broad smile in his Li Shengshun persona, but when being his actual self, has wide MindControlEyes and a [[TheStoic stoic]] personality.
** Amagiri from the same show has an ''Eye Always Shut'', which gives him a cheerful appearance and fits his personality fairly well.
* UminekoNoNakuKoroNi has Virgilia. Trust us, you REALLY don't want her to open her eyes. In the anime, though, they made it closer to "Eyes Half Shut".
* Lau in ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''.
* Mocked in ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' with the sumo wrestler Sadakome, who everyone knows has EyesAlwaysShut, because he's literally too lazy to open them. They also look nothing like the usual versions, being extremely swollen.
** There's also Yamabushi from the Shinryuuji Nagas, whose eyes aren't even slightly cracked when he ''cries''.
* One recurring villain from ''AIKI'', a poison user, has her eyes perpetually half-lidded at best. [[spoiler:Until Chapter 39 - when Kageyusu knocks her syringe out of her hand, her eyes pop open and remain open.]]
* Saburo Watanuki in ''PenguinRevolution,'' another instance of the trope being used to indicate a wise and good-natured character.
*In the Area 88 TV series, Roundell not only has an eyepatch but his one good eye is always shut...until he suffers a flashback at in inopportune time and it snaps wide open. Watch out for that cliff!
*Angel chara Eru from Shugo Chara
*Kamui from ''{{Gintama}}'' is shown with his eyes closed more often than not.
*Saku, the drummer in "{{Beck}} always has his his eyes shut to the point where they are even joked about in the dub (a life guard refers to him as the one with the "squinty eyes").
* Shino from ''{{Kannagi}}'', despite having her eyes closed all the time, still manages to be the hottest character in the series. According to her best friend, something bad apparently happens when she opens them.
** She opens her eyes when singing, which is stated as the reason why she doesn't sing in the karaoke episode.
* Neko-san, from ''Shinobi Life'', is Beni's minor-character-{{Meido}}. She never opens her eyes, regardless of when the situation obviously calls for it.
* IGPX: Team Black Egg's frontman Ricardo Montazio. One can wonder how he can pilot one of those mechs without having his eyes visibly open.
* Toyama Sachi from ''{{Jubei-chan}}''.
* Tamami from ''ChocottoSister''.
* Koma from ''{{Hyakko}}''--not surprising, since she can be seen as an {{expy}} of Tamami.
* CodeGeass: Nunnally Lamperouge/vi Britannia has her eyes permanently closed. Her blindness is said to be psychosomathic, and it's believed it comes from the trauma of witnessing her mother's bloody assassination, which also left her crippled. [[spoiler:Telling truths, the specific cause of Nunners's blindness is a [[MindRape Geass-induced trauma]], given to her by her father as a plan of his XanatosRoulette. She 'wakes' up just in time for [[{{Irony}} Lelouch.]].]]
* Variation in ''{{Saki}}'', Fukuji Mihoko rarely opens her right eye [[spoiler:since her eyes are BoatLights]].
** Bundou from her team is a straighter example.
* Brother Matthew from ''TrinityBlood''. He only opens his eyes once or twice when he is being exceptionally evil.
* From ''[[DotHackSign .hack//SIGN]]'', A-20. It shows that even though all the characters are drawn the same way, hers is much more cartoony-looking than most others.
* Kuran, a leakage girl in ''[=~Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!~=]''
* Balladbird Lee in ''{{Gungrave}}''. [[spoiler: When he actually opens them...[[NightmareFuel it ain't pretty]]]].
* Konoha in ''OnegaiTeacher''

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* The Western ur-example is CaptainMarvel (the one who [[IAmNotShazam is not Shazam]]). He's been drawn with normal eyes lately, but for the great majority of his history they were always closed.
** The early Joe Shuster illustrations of Superman were also very squinty, which predate Captain Marvel.
* Jughead, of the ''Archie'' comic books and [[TheArchieShow television show]] typically has his eyes closed. It's referred to on-panel by other characters often, even down to the fact that this should render him blind. (A case of either LampshadeHanging or GenreSavvy.)
** Let's not forget the time when the gang convinced Jughead to open his eyes, upon which he couldn't see a thing due to bright light...
**In some stories, though, he has his eyes partially open, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jugopeneye1.gif like]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jugopeneye2.jpg so]]. As is often the case, it's not as dramatic as you'd think.
*Both Grandma Ben and Lucius Down from ''{{Bone}}''.
* Before the time-travel flashback thing, Lynn Johnston of ForBetterOrForWorse started drawing Japanese character Dawn Enjo with permanently squinted eyes, which she hadn't done before. No one is entirely sure why.
* V in ''VForVendetta''. Justified in that his "face" is a mask and the tiny eye slits serve to prevent anyone getting so much as a glimpse of his face.
* Rob Liefeld's [[SoBadItsHorrible poor artwork]] depicts characters so they look like they're always squinting. It is referred to by reviewer [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Linkara]] as "Youngblood's Disease".
* Ironically, of all characters to have their eyes closed most of the time, you'd think this would never apply to a character who's entire schtick, his whole reason to exist as a character, is to keep an eye on multiple universes and watch over all of them. But nope, TheMonitor from CrisisOnInfiniteEarths seems to spend most of his time in an expression of frustrated lamentation, or thinking, Or, hell, just tired. [[spoiler: He IS connected to every single atom of every single universe that the Anti-Monitor is destroying, which means The Monitor gets weaker as each universe dies.]]

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[[folder: Film ]]

* Every movie, every picture and every interview Clint Eastwood has ever done is a dictionary definition of this trope.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* The ''Warcraft'' novels wrote by Richard A. Knaak feature the green dragons doing this, both in drakanoid and humanoid form. in this case it not only symbolizes their wisdom, but also their ability to see through the ''[[AnotherDimension Emerald Dream]]''. Specifically, they view their presence in the world of Azeroth as them dreaming. Ysera, queen of the Green flight, has opened her eyes three times in recorded history. She can apparently still see though.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Rare Live Action version: Harry from ''ThirdRockFromTheSun''. French Stewart, the actor who plays him, is naturally "squinty" and rarely has his eyes open more than slightly. This is particularly pronounced when he smiles, and he plays it up for comic effect. Parodied in the first episode:
-->'''Harry'': I can't see through my eyelids!\\
''Dick''': Open them!\\
'''Harry''': Oh, they're manual!
** French Stewart recently appeared on an episode of ''PushingDaisies'', and this troper remarked, "My gosh, I've never seen him with his eyes open so much!"
* Gilbert Gottfried is also "squinty" in most of his live-action performances.
* Ditto the late Dennis Wolfberg.
* And Jimmy Kimmel.
* And Renée Zellweger.
* "Sparky" Mortimer, then-10-year-old sports reporter seen on ''The Late Show With David Letterman'', would squeeze his eyes closed for the first few words of anything he said.
* NapoleonDynamite.
* David Puddy of Seinfeld.
* Janice from ''TheMuppetShow''.


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[[folder: Music ]]

* Milo from the animated musical group Prozzäk.
* Noodle from the animated musical group {{Gorillaz}}.

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[[folder: Other ]]

* Every proper depicion of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_(disambiguation) the Buddha]].

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Do the green dragons in WorldOfWarcraft count? It's not due to shifty nature but their eyes are always shut (except for a couple cases; those dragons are deeply corrupted and disturbed, and actually more dangerous than those with shut eyes) because of their association with the Emerald Dream; thus they're always in a state of half-sleep.
* Kliff Undersn in ''GuiltyGear''.
** Not entirely true. He has one eye open in his VS portrait in GG1
* Moogles, frequently, in the ''FinalFantasy'' and ''KingdomHearts'' series. Though some recent games, such as ''FinalFantasyXII'' and the ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' series have Moogles with their eyes open. MiniMog from ''Final Fantasy VIII'' was the first ever Moogle to have its eyes open... But it didn't have a pom-pom either.
** This makes perfect sense though since Moogles are supposed to be winged moles, an animal known for having its eyes closed.
* Juno in ''MegamanLegends''.
* Dr. Noel Chandler in ''[=~Star Ocean: The Second Story~=]''. He is shown as being an animal researcher which is appropriate to the wisdom stereotype.
** Dorne Murtough from the original ''[[StarOcean1 Star Ocean]]'' also has his EyesAlwaysShut.
* Online game example: the "Aisha" and the "Chia" species in Neopets.
** Interestingly, in the Aishas' profile, they are clearly shown blinking, implying that the "shut" look is what their eyes actually look like.
* Ini Miney from ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' always has her eyes shut. Even in her driver's license photo. [[spoiler: The Ini we see, however, is actually Mimi Miney, who's impersonating her sister and keeping her eyes shut to fit the role (hers have a very distinctive look). When her facade cracks later in the case, she opens her eyes.]]
** Shelly [=DeKiller=] is also another EyesAlwaysShut.
*** Frank Sahwit, Marvin Grossberg, and Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki (whose BigOlEyebrows look like ScaryShinyGlasses because of it) also follow this trope.
* Natsume in the four first four DotHack games also displayed this characteristic, in addition to referring to herself in [[{{Third person person}} third person]] at seemingly random points.
** [[TheCameo Natsume]] also appears as an [[BonusBoss after game character]] in the third [[DotHack .Hack//G.U.]] game. In this game, there is one way to get her to open her eyes. [[NightmareFuel Not that you want to do that...]]
* Captain Olimar in ''{{Pikmin}}''.
* Redd the Fox in ''AnimalCrossing''. He fits the Japanese view of "fox eyes" perfectly--he operates a black market that sells goods for an outrageous price, although you can occasionally find treasures only available in his shop.
** In addition to high markup, ''Wild World'' makes him the only outlet for paintings... which are frequently counterfeit.
*The Happy Mask Salesman from ''TheLegendOfZelda.'' He also opens his on occasion, but only when he's ''not'' happy. This, combined with his general creepiness and un-movements (everyone else in ''Majora's Mask'' and ''Ocarina of Time'' moves normally. He shifts from one position to another instantaneously.) make him the source of much NightmareFuel, but he's not presented as being very wise ''or'' very mischievous. However, he is well-traveled and a normal guy doesn't carry around quite that many magical masks (then again, ''Link'' winds up with a large collection of them throughout Majora's Mask, so maybe he just goes through Termina often and keeps his eyes open... well, figuratively, anyway.) In the end, we don't know much about him.
**Also in Majora's Mask are Sakon the thief, who makes off with Kafei's Sun Mask and the Bomb Shop owner's Blast Mask, and Keaton, a cunning, riddle-telling fox.
**Speaking of The Legend Of Zelda, Tingle never opened his eyes in ''Wind Waker''.
* The Miis on the Wii can also have these.
* Then entire cast of ''MetalGearSolid'', due to the limits of PS1 graphics.
** I don't feel that this counts as the graphic limits don't match the intended character appearances that well.
* Wang Koh-San from ''ArtOfFighting 3''
* Kelvena from ''{{Xenogears}}''
* There are typically a couple for every game in the ''HarvestMoon'' franchise. The trope usually sticks upon those of characters at old age, or apparently girls who are meant to be represented of beauty.
**Then there's Toby/Tao from Tree of Tranquility that is neither.
** Lyla only opened her eyes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNNiqjadJs once]], for like 6 seconds. Go figure, she has PurpleEyes.
*UminekoNoNakuKoroNi's Virgilia has this tendency. Her eyes do open a few times, but the smile that always accompanies it is so creepy, it might just be better if she always kept them closed.
* The [=~Pokémon~=] Wobbuffet, introduced in the second generation of games, has its EyesAlwaysShut, though it has a second pair of eyes on its tail that are always open. The third generation of games introduced Wynaut, which is a baby form of Wobbuffet that also has this trait. Some human characters have their EyesAlwaysShut as well, such as the Gym Leader Brock in the first two generations of games (and, as previously mentioned, the anime) and most Hiker characters.
**Don't forget about Skitty, who was also introduced in the third generation.
*** Seriously, a whole bunch of Pokemon have this, as noted in the anime example above. Snorlax, Makuhita, Cyndaquil, Abra, Swinub, Uxie...
* In the '09 PSP remake of ''StarOcean II'', Noel Chandler's portraits are all drawn this way. No explanation is given. (I mean, he's not even the one who has "Sleeping" as his hobby.)
* It's amazing that Kenshin, one of the backup dancers in ''OsuTatakaeOuendan'', can dance so well considering that he always has his eyes closed. A Let's Play of the game jokes that he accidentally glued his eyelids shut.
* Just about everyone in ''FullThrottle'', though they do open their eyes wide in surprise now and then.
* In BlazBlue, only one character actually has these. He also [[{{Bleach}} speaks in Kansai-ben and has snake eyes when he opens them.]] Oh, his hair's also [[{{Gundam00}} lime fucking green.]] TV Tropes may ruin your life, but damn if it doesn't force you to go "You're the main villain, aren't you?"
* ''ExitFate'': Angel's eyes are closed in both her portrait and all but one sprite, causing a common misconception among fans that she's blind.
* Goro Daimon and his son, Kogoro, in the ''TheKingOfFighters'' series.
* Ayako Yuuki of VariableGeo always has her eyes shut. She is TheDitz of the game.
* Oscar in ''[[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[FireEmblem Radiant Dawn]]'' has his eyes always shut and is always smiling.
* Gretchen Hasselhoff in some ''BackyardSports'' games; her eyes are closed into an arc.

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* Anja Donlan from ''GunnerkriggCourt''. Her eyes appear [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes white]] when she's seen in silhouette; apparently her usual appearance is just a stylized way to show she has small, dark eyes.
** Zimmy has her eyes closed 99% of the time as well, and the dark circles around them make it even worse by giving the appearance that she has no eyes. It's up to you to decide if she's creepier with them [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=197 closed]] or [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=198 open]] or [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=200 in-between]].
***Closed. Definitely.
* Dante from ''AngstTechnology'' has permanently screwed-up eyes.
* Grant Kyokasho from ''AngelMoxie'', [[spoiler:until his HeroicSacrifice]].
* Rocko Sasquatch from ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob" has enormous bushy eyebrows but no visible eyes.
* Harvoc from EmergencyExit wears a monocle, but his other eye is almost always closed, and [[http://eecomics.net/?strip_id=310 "whenever he opens his eyes it usually means death."]]
* For a long time Munchie Bear from {{CharbytheVampirate}} was like this though in his case it was because someone had stiched his eye lids shut. Currently he has one eye always open and one eye always closed.
** There is a [[EyeBeams good reason]] someone sewed them shut.
* Freddie of ''[=~Ghastly's Ghastly Comic~=]''.
** Those are more [[GenkiGirl Genki Eyes]] though.
* Mistress in Oglaf. Her eyes are occasionally open just a slit, but never more than that.
* Parodied in [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=24 this]] Super Effective strip.
* Security from TheAdventuresOfWiglafAndMordred
* Flying Man from [[http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/ Flying Man and Friends]]. It is his only expression.

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* Gaz in ''InvaderZim''. She actually does open one eye occasionally, but this is generally a sign that she's finally snapped and is about to commit some particularly horrifying (yet justified) act of sociopathy.
* The Nearsighted Mister Magoo.
* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Captain_Fanzone Captain Fanzone]] in ''TransformersAnimated''. He's been in a couple of episodes where he wasn't consistently drawn this way.
** It's apparently from the two different animation studios that make the show [[DependingOnTheArtist interpretting his character model differently]].
* The King of Town from ''HomestarRunner''.
* Chef's mom and several Chinese people on ''SouthPark'' have their eyes shut most of the time.
* Gus Duncz from ''MissionHill'' is drawn exactly like an aging CaptainMarvel, so much so that I'm tempted to think it's intentional.

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