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* ''WebAnimation/OverSimplified'': ''Every single'' horses depicted in [=OverSimplified=]'s videos have huge, round eyes and criss-crossed pupils.
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* A recurring gag in most {{Muppet}} productions is a character getting knocked over by something and falling down, then emerging with crossed eyes. It's common enough to have [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Muppets_who_go_cross-eyed its own article]] on the Muppet Wiki. For specific examples:
** In [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS2E2 Zero Mostel]]'s episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', after getting smacked down by a mechanical rabbit, Beaker pulls himself back up to the table with crossed eyes. This also doubles as his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** In the first episode of ''Series/FraggleRock'', Red falls on her face and gets trampled over in the span of about a minute, and emerges cross-eyed.
** In Creator/WhoopiGoldberg's episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', Rizzo attempts Whoopi's flying act and crashes into a camera, making him go cross-eyed in the process.
** In ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', Bad Polly goes cross-eyed while fighting Samuel Arrow.
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* Malva from ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' has a mild case of crossed eyes. She is a lazy and comical old lady who reads maps upside down.
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** 1932 film ''Film/MakeMeAStar'' is about a [[TheComicallySerious Comically Serious]] rube named Merton, an aspiring actor who thinks he's making a dramatic picture when it's actually a slapstick comedy. Merton, who believes in the movies as an expression of high dramatic art, disapproves of {{Slapstick}} and specifically dislikes the Comically Cross-Eyed trope. When he finds out that Ben Turpin, the patron saint of this trope, has been cast in his film, Merton is horrified. Baird the director, who is actually making a slapstick satire of westerns but doesn't want Merton to know what he's starring in, lies and says that Ben Turpin has always dreamed of playing a dramatic role.
-->'''Merton''': Those cross-eyed comedies are kind of debasing to a noble art.
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* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': In episode 6, one of the bully sausage dogs who torments Sausage has a constant cross-eyed expression that makes him look doofier than the other, more thuggish sausage dogs.

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* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': In episode 6, "Hello Sausage", one of the bully sausage dogs who torments Sausage has a constant cross-eyed expression that makes him look doofier than the other, more thuggish sausage dogs.
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* ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': In episode 6, one of the bully sausage dogs who torments Sausage has a constant cross-eyed expression that makes him look doofier than the other, more thuggish sausage dogs.
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* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': Crossing one's eyes becomes relevant in the fifth case as stereoscopy is a major plot point. When Susato and Iris demonstrate it to Ryunosuke, their sprites are animated with their eyes crossed, causing dissonance with their cute appearances. Ryunosuke comments that it freaks him out a little.
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In RealLife ''strabismus'' is a serious condition and poking fun of it is likely to offend some people, as it's a relatively common disorder. Despite this it's still an [[AcceptableHardLuckTargets Acceptable Hard Luck Target]] in most circles, and mockery of strabismus is surprisingly common even in modern media.

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In RealLife ''strabismus'' is a serious condition and poking fun of it is likely to offend some people, as it's a relatively common disorder. Despite this it's still an [[AcceptableHardLuckTargets Acceptable Hard Luck Target]] {{Acceptable Target|s}} in most circles, and mockery of strabismus is surprisingly common even in modern media.
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->''"Oh no, I've gone cross-eyed."''
-->-- '''Austin Powers''', ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


People with crossed eyes or taking on a crossed eyes expression are a StockJoke in popular culture. They are either seen as silly, crazy or stupid. Whenever they appear you may rest assured that they will see double, accidentally drop something out of their hands or speak with a goofy voice. Can be combined with a ManiacTongue sticking out from under their lips. May also cross into the UncannyValley sometimes.

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People with crossed eyes or taking on a crossed eyes expression are a StockJoke in popular culture. They are either seen as silly, crazy or stupid. Whenever they appear you may rest assured that they will see double, accidentally drop something out of their hands or speak with a goofy voice. Can be combined with a ManiacTongue sticking out from under their lips. May also cross into the UncannyValley sometimes.\n
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* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Austin's standard reaction to being hit in the crotch, and when he over thinks about Time Travel.
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Still an acceptable target seen in modern media - just look at the examples


In RealLife ''strabismus'' is a serious condition, therefore poking fun at cross-eyed people [[OnceAcceptableTargets is no longer considered politically correct nowadays]] and this has become a DiscreditedTrope, save for some cartoons and comic strips.

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In RealLife ''strabismus'' is a serious condition, therefore condition and poking fun at cross-eyed people [[OnceAcceptableTargets of it is no longer considered politically correct nowadays]] and likely to offend some people, as it's a relatively common disorder. Despite this has become a DiscreditedTrope, save for some cartoons it's still an [[AcceptableHardLuckTargets Acceptable Hard Luck Target]] in most circles, and comic strips.
mockery of strabismus is surprisingly common even in modern media.
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* Music/MickJagger makes a NightmareFace on the cover of the single "Too Much Blood" from Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/{{Undercover}}'', [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Too_Much_Blood_cover.jpg where he also takes on a goofy cross-eyed look.]]

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* Music/MickJagger makes a NightmareFace on the cover of the single "Too Much Blood" from Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} album ''Music/{{Undercover}}'', [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Too_Much_Blood_cover.jpg where he also takes on a goofy cross-eyed look.]]
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* According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-SotN22Tc one episode]] of ''Creator/RoosterTeeth Animated Adventures'', Gavin Free's fellow [[WebVideo/TheSlowMoGuys Slow-Mo Guy]] Dan Gruchy [[HasAType has a fondness]] for cross-eyed girls. The animation plays this trope for slapstick humor.
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* While the cross-eyedness is not so much comedy as it is from him being a kabuki actor, Kyoshiro Senryo from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' tends to sport this kind of expression from time to time when doing his kabuki poses. It's especially pronounced in his win results screen in the 2019 game.
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They may also be shown to see double, note that this isn't always the case in real life, especially for people who have had strabismus since early childhood, as their brain has usually adapted by ignoring the image coming from the deviating eye.

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