History Main / BeadyEyedLoser

* Masao from ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' is sort of an unusual case, in that he lives in a CastOfSnowflakes and ''is'' [[{{Gonk}} honestly meant to be ugly]], tending toward UglyCute at best.

* Haruyuki Arita, protagonist of ''Literature/AccelWorld'', has beady little eyes, especially compared to the more defined eyes of everyone else in his world. Not surprising considering he's "a boy at the bottom of the school social order." Interestingly enough, a fan theory speculates that he's actually broadcasting this image of himself via the augmented reality capabilities of his neurolinker.

* Hikigaya Hachiman, the protagonist of ''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]'', is often told by other characters that his eyes resemble those of a dead fish, symbolic of his bleak outlook on life. Interestingly, his LN illustrations show him with regular-sized eyes. Played straight in the anime though.

* Hikigaya Hachiman, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'', is often told by other characters that his eyes resemble those of a dead fish, symbolic of his bleak outlook on life. Interestingly, his LN illustrations show him with regular-sized eyes. Played straight in the anime though.

* Simon of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is initially designed with very small pupils and is considered gross and weird by the girls of his village, though that's probably more to do with the amount of time he spends digging and generally not paid much attention to by the adults. The Black Siblings also considered him completely unremarkable, especially in comparison with Kamina, his big brother figure and hero (who, to be fair, was a HotBlooded WalkingShirtlessScene). The number of people who did not have this view of him at any point is few and far between. The only one who believed in him from the start was Kamina (and later Nia when she met Simon.) His eyes becomes less beady throughout the story as a sign of his CharacterDevelopment. He learns to be himself and believe in himself, becoming a strong and wise hero. By the end, his eyes more closely resemble Kamina's and he has long surpassed his soul brother.

* Tsuna of ''Manga/Reborn2004'' starts the series as a stereotypical loser complete with the beady eyes to match. As the story progresses, he not only experiences personal growth ([[NextTierPowerUp and many power upgrades]]), but somehow goes from beady-eyed to moe-moe. Though that's probably more to do with art evolution, as everyone in the story gets more and more pretty.
* Shikamaru of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' graduated second worst of his year, and is assumed to be a lazy loser till people discover he's got an IQ of 200.
* Ataru of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' is one of the unluckiest and perverted characters in the Rumiko Takahashi universe. He's also the most beady-eyed.
* Kai Shiden of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' is a LovableCoward who chases skirt and [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] on the relatively inexperienced commander [[TheCaptain Bright Noah]]. In a subversion of the usual formula, he retains his beady eyes even when he [[CharacterDevelopment develops]] into a combination AdventurerArchaeologist-IntrepidReporter in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]''.
* Hideki from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'', big time. He's a broke, spastic, computer-illiterate ronin who couldn't talk to a girl or get into college to save his life. His eyes are also drawn with much smaller, beadier pupils than any other character in the series (or any other character created by Creator/{{CLAMP}} in general).
* Yuuji from ''Manga/TonaGura''. It's parodied in that when he tries to look chivalrous, his eyes adapt the "regular anime" style.
* Masao from ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' is sort of an unusual case, in that he lives in a CastOfSnowflakes and ''is'' [[{{Gonk}} honestly meant to be ugly]], tending toward UglyCute at best.

* The Producer from ''Manga/TheIdolmaster2TheWorldIsAllOne'' begins as just another loser office worker and, in a cast full of young star eyed pop idols, is the only one with beady eyes. Later on, a pair of glasses given to him by his idol wards attempt to rectify this, paralleling his clean break with his old life.
* ''Manga/HisFavorite'''s Yoshida is a simian, pint-sized idiot with a disfiguring scar, whom his female classmates frequently beat up for inexplicably monopolising the attention of the most popular boy in school, Satou, a typical doe-eyed {{Bishonen}}.

* Shouya from ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' is a protagonist example. He used to be a bully as a kid, which caused him to be ostracized and used a scapegoat. He has small eyes compared to most other character's huge anime eyes.
* Haruyuki Arita, protagonist of ''Literature/AccelWorld'', has beady little eyes, especially compared to the more defined eyes of everyone else in his world. Not surprising considering he's "a boy at the bottom of the school social order." Interestingly enough, a fan theory speculates that he's actually broadcasting this image of himself via the augmented reality capabilities of his neurolinker.

%%* [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSupportingCastPonyville Snips and Snails]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': Doug Funnie.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Pictured above is Milhouse Van Houten, resident ButtMonkey of Springfield Elementary, in one of the few times his beady eyes aren't covered by his NerdGlasses.

* Haruyuki Arita, protagonist of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', has beady little eyes, especially compared to the more defined eyes of everyone else in his world. Not surprising considering he's "a boy at the bottom of the school social order." Interestingly enough, a fan theory speculates that he's actually broadcasting this image of himself via the augmented reality capabilities of his neurolinker.

* Simon of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' was considered gross and weird by the girls of his village, though that's probably more to do with the amount of time he spends digging and generally not paid much attention to by the adults. The Black Siblings also considered him completely unremarkable, especially in comparison with Kamina, his big brother figure and hero (who, to be fair, was a HotBlooded WalkingShirtlessScene). Pretty much the amount of people who did not have this view of him at any point is few and far between. The only one who beleived in him from the start was Kamina (and later Nia when she met Simon.) His eyes becomes less beady throughout the story as a sign of his CharacterDevelopment. He learns to be himself and believe in himself, becoming a strong and wise hero. By the end, his eyes' resemble Kamina's and he has long surpassed his soul brother.