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* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few Franchise/{{Transformers}} have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.

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* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few Franchise/{{Transformers}} have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; frequently as Eye Beams were their only forms of ranged attack; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.first episode and when he was trying to open Tigatron's stasis pod.



* Dinobot from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' uses these as his only long-distance attack.

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** [[BigBad Vaatu]] from the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler:When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''
** [[BigBad Vaatu]] from the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler:When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster.]]]]
** In the film-within-a-cartoon ''Nuk-Tuk, Hero of the South''. Cute little [[TeamPet Pabu]] of all creatures gets this ability. He can also talk, because he's Nuk-Tuk's sidekick.
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* Several creatures in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' have this power;
** Time Baby, a massive, time-devouring monster in the form of an infant who will rule the world in the distant future, has this power.
** Bill Cipher, the triangular dream demon, has this power, though he can shoot lasers from his fingertips as well.
** Octavia, the mutant, multi-legged cow from the short, "Mabel's Scrapbook: Petting Zoo", does this so it can eat a freshly roasted hawk. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs This…this show is weird, I know.]]
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* The FlyingDutchman of SpongebobSquarepants has these, though he only uses them on Squidward in "Shanghaied".

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* The FlyingDutchman of SpongebobSquarepants WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants has these, though he only uses them on Squidward in "Shanghaied".
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Star Comes to Earth", Star shows off the power of her magic wand by summoning a herd of adorable puppies with laser eyes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog''.''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'': Like Superman himself, Krypto can use heat vision too.
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-->'''Martian Queen''': I never knew you could shoot lasers from your eyes!
-->'''Dodgers''': I can do what now?

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' episode "The Space Ark". One of the Creature King's monsters is a giant bat that can fire energy beams from its eyes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' episode ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''
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"The Space Ark". One of the Creature King's monsters is a giant bat that can fire energy beams from its eyes.eyes.
** "The Jungle Planet". The BigBad has eye beams that allow him to steal the mind of anyone he fires them at.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' episode "The Space Ark". One of the Creature King's monsters is a giant bat that can fire energy beams from its eyes.
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* ''Young Samson & Goliath''. When Samson's dog Goliath is changed into his giant lion form, he can fire power beams from his eyes to destroy things.
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* Ben from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' can transform iinto an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].

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* Ben from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' can transform iinto into an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].
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* The FlyingDutchman of SpongebobSquarepants has these, though he only uses them on Squidward in "Shanghaied".
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** [[BigBad Vaatu]] from the SequelSeries ''TheLegendOfKorra'' fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler: When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster]].

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** [[BigBad Vaatu]] from the SequelSeries ''TheLegendOfKorra'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster]].ChestBlaster.]]



* [[TheGodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate.

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* [[TheGodzillaPowerHour [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate.
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* [[GodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate.

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* [[GodzillaPowerHour [[TheGodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate.
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* [[GodzillaPowerHour Hanna-Barbera's version of Godzilla]] has eye lasers, in addition to his usual abilities. Probably because laser beams are easy to animate.
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* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few 'Franchise/{{Transformers}} have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.

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* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few 'Franchise/{{Transformers}} Franchise/{{Transformers}} have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.
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* In ''TheVentureBrothers'', the Monarch has eye beams that can encase an adversary in ice...according to Hank and Dean's courtroom testimony. They also claim to be able to join forces and transform into a Mecha-Shiva.

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* In ''TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', the Monarch has eye beams that can encase an adversary in ice...according to Hank and Dean's courtroom testimony. They also claim to be able to join forces and transform into a Mecha-Shiva.
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** [[BigBad Vaatu]] from the SequelSeries ''TheLegendOfKorra'' fires [[WaveMotionGun massive beams]] from his "eye" ([[EldritchAbomination he's a giant worm-like Spirit of Chaos]]). [[spoiler: When he merges with Unalaq, it turns into a ChestBlaster]].
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* In ''TheVentureBrothers'', the Monarch has eye beams that can encase an adversary in ice...according to Hank and Dean's courtroom testimony. They also claim to be able to join forces and transform into a Mecha-Shiva.
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*** Frequently this power is given various names in Powerpuff fanfiction - laser eyes, eye lasers (which makes more sense), eyebeams, or optic blasts (if trying to sound fancy)
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* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent leaving everyone speechless.

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* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent leaving everyone speechless.''speechless''.
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* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent.

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* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent.opponent leaving everyone speechless.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'', the Lion-men have eyebeams, but instead of harming people, they transform them into lion-men.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'', the Lion-men have eyebeams, but instead ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' episode "Curse of harming people, the Lion Men", the leader of the Lion Men, Tar, has eye beams. Instead of causing damage, they transform them humans into lion-men.more Lion Men that become loyal to him.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Mecha-Streisand" Leonard Maltin has this as his superpower, he can use it even when he's not Mecha-Maltin.
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* Mighty Ray from ''{{WesternAnimation/Hero 108}}''.

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* Mighty Ray from ''{{WesternAnimation/Hero 108}}''.108}}'', upon partaking a banana.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' have this as part of their stock of superhero powers.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls have this as part of their stock of superhero powers.



* Starfire, from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after she goes through alien puberty.
** And prior to that, her older sister Blackfire, having already gone through said puberty.
* Uglor, the BigBad of HannaBarbera's ''Space Stars''.
* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.
** Unicron fired off several eye beams in the 1986 movie. Notably, he only fired beams from one eye because Hot Rod had already crashed the Quintesson ship through his other eye.

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* Starfire, from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', gets this power after she goes through alien puberty.
** And prior to before that, her older sister Blackfire, Blackfire had it, having already gone through said puberty.
* Uglor, the BigBad of HannaBarbera's ''Space Stars''.
Creator/HannaBarbera's ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars'', has this power.
* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' 'Franchise/{{Transformers}} have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.
** Unicron fired off several eye beams in the 1986 movie. Notably, he only fired beams from only one eye because Hot Rod had already crashed the Quintesson ship through his other eye.
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* Ben from ''{{Ben 10}}'' can transform iinto an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].

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* Ben from ''{{Ben ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' can transform iinto an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].
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-->'''Doc Venture:''' He just wants to [[NightmareFuel give you a hug!!!]]

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-->'''Doc Venture:''' He just wants to [[NightmareFuel give you a hug!!!]]hug!!!
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* Ben from ''{{Ben 10}}'' can transform iinto an alien named Eye Guy, who has laser eyes... just [[EyesDoNotBelongThere not on his head]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' have this as part of their stock of superhero powers.
** In one episode they had to fight a Giant Ant. In the same episode, Bubbles got glasses. The ant was invincible until Bubbles' glasses amplified the beams, melting the ant in one shot. Blossom and Buttercup, who were in the line of fire, only got singed.
* Starfire, from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after she goes through alien puberty.
** And prior to that, her older sister Blackfire, having already gone through said puberty.
* Uglor, the BigBad of HannaBarbera's ''Space Stars''.
* Despite these being a common {{Super Robot|Genre}} power, few ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' have these. The only examples that spring readily to mind are Dinobot, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, and the altered clone Dinobot, all from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Only the two Dinobots used them frequently; Terrorsaur's only saw use in a handful of episodes, and Waspinator's only in the first.
** Unicron fired off several eye beams in the 1986 movie. Notably, he only fired beams from one eye because Hot Rod had already crashed the Quintesson ship through his other eye.
* Zok, the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids''.
* Parodied in ''{{WesternAnimation/The Fairly OddParents}}''. When Timmy wishes for his parents to have super powers, his mother gets Heat Vision, while his father gets ''Meat'' Vision, the ability to shoot meat with his eyes. Timmy himself has heat vision courtesy of a prior wish, but [[IdiotHero forgets it most of the time]].
* The power of the Pig Talisman in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is the ability to shoot heat beams from the user's eyes. In one episode, Jade notes that it's hard to accurately see when you're shooting beams from your eyes. In another, a character gets the talisman and accidentally [[BlindWithoutEm destroys his prescription sunglasses]]. HilarityEnsues.
** [[CallingYourAttacks HEAT BEAM EYE BLASTS!!!!]]
** The talisman also counts as a MundaneUtility, as its original owner used it to melt chocolate at his factory in Bavaria.
* AffablyEvil Emperor Zurg from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' uses these apparently solely to look cool.
* Aku uses these frequently in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
** In "Aku's Fairy Tales", Aku tells a version of "Little Red Riding Hood", making the protagonist into an amalgam of Little Red Riding Hood and himself.
--->'''Aku:''' The wolf attacked Little Red Hood, not knowing that Little Red Hood had... ''LASER EYE BEAMS!''
** When Aku attacks Jack in his dragon form, he uses both eye beams AND a mouth beam to combine them into ONE GIANT BEAM.
* Rather inexplicably, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' version of physicist Stephen Hawking can shoot lasers from his eyes. Even he was surprised.
* In the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'', one character, Exile, had both heat vision ''and'' freeze vision. One episode even showed him with night-vision.
* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog''.
* The Walking Eye from ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''.
** Naturally, whatever JQ has, ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has to get too. But subverted, in that the one Venture built does not seem to actually shoot beams (or even ''work'', for that matter, other than being able to stand). He later attaches Helper's head to it.
-->'''Doc Venture:''' He just wants to [[NightmareFuel give you a hug!!!]]
* [[MadeOfExplodium Combustion Man]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' doesn't quite perfectly fit this trope, but he fires his beams o' doom out of an eye tattoo over his sixth chakra, located close to the eyes.
* Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.
* Frylock from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
---> '''Oglethorpe:''' You prance around like you have laser eyes!
* Mighty Ray from ''{{WesternAnimation/Hero 108}}''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', whenever Static discharges powerful enough electricity, he could shoot electric streams from his eyes, but it's only a side effect that he doesn't use to full effect, and just a visual cue showing just how much power/how pissed he is at the moment.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'', the Lion-men have eyebeams, but instead of harming people, they transform them into lion-men.
* WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers has this power... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment though it's used only once]], to the surprise of the other characters, and not even Dodgers was aware he had that power.
* Lazzar's Guardian from ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', in a monster movie Jimmy and Heloise watch.
* Dinobot from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' uses these as his only long-distance attack.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'': Smaug's got a non-lethal version of this. When searching the room for the invisible Bilbo, Smaug's eyes shoot out spotlight-like beams.
* Music/WillieNelson defeated Tony Bennett on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', when he took off his bandanna covering his ThirdEye to vaporize his opponent.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', the first terrifying example of the Giant containing weaponry comes in this form. [[spoiler:Even the Giant wasn't consciously aware he had them.]]
* The WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo Super Robot has this one. They can also be {{Freeze Ray}}s. [[{{Troperiffic}} As well as about every other Super Robot trope...]]
* Lazerette's main attack in ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''.
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