History Main / CanOnlyMoveTheEyes

** A more straighter example would be when Hama bloodbends Katara and the poor girl can only frantically move her eyes in fear.

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' the animated series when King Midas turns one of his men to gold he can still blink and shift his eyes.

* This happened to the son of the inventor of the Sentinels during the short-lived Roy Thomas / Neal Adams run on ''COmicBook/XMen''. He used his limited locomotion to indicate to his ally how to free the mutants.

* In ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', Genies can't disobey their Master's orders as long it doesn't violate certain rules, but it doesn't mean they have to like it.

** [[MissingEpisode Since-lost]] William Hartnell episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan "The Daleks' Master Plan"]] has Steven locked in a forcefield. How much movement he had is unclear without surviving footage, but the Doctor used him to hand off a fake plot device to the Daleks, who naturally tried to exterminate him. It turns out a direct hit from a Dalek DeathRay was [[IncrediblyLamePun just what the Doctor ordered]] to break the forcefield and free him.

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* Played with in the early [[AlternateRealityGame ARG]] ''Majestic''; after being captured by TheMenInBlack, a character makes a post on his vlog where he says that he's safe and being well taken care of in an ordinary hospital, and that his "caretakers" are wholly benevolent. During the post, he surreptitiously gestures in American Sign Language to indicate the name of the facility where he's been imprisoned.
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-->'''Arnold:''' And why... why can't I move, there, there must be some logical reason for all this?
-->'''Creedence:''' Shut up!

-->'''Rhodey:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa... ''(aims his minigun at Tony)''
-->'''Tony:''' Is that you?
-->'''Rhodey:''' Whoa, I'm not doing that, that's not me! I... I can't move, I'm locked up! I'm locked up! Get out of here, the whole system's been compromised!

* This happens from time to time on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. It's amazing how many alien races have paralysis weapons.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** The episode "Angels and Demons" had Lister warning his crew that he was being controlled to attack them, and actively helping them defeat him. Gives the quote "Look out, I'm trying to kill you!"
** In "Psirens", when Kryten is ordered to destroy himself, his body obeys, but his head protests all the way.
* An obscure low-budget show called ''Terror Vision'' had an episode where a young woman applies for a modeling job at a small clothing store. As she walks in the mannequin in the window moves its eyes to follow her. [[AndIMustScream You can probably guess the rest]].

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]], this happens to [[spoiler:the Doctor]]. In this case his reaction is shown with the barest minimum to the point where one cannot really point out any distinct facial move or change, yet he still manages to pull off enough fear and anguish to firmly cement the PsychologicalHorror aspect of the episode. [[spoiler:Curse Creator/DavidTennant and his [[PuppyDogEyes big brown eyes]].]]

* Norman Balthus, in the second season of ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'', is afflicted with this when he [[spoiler: is kept in a state of complete paralysis by his newly-evil Antichrist of an adopted son, Justin, after suffering a stroke]]. Made into terror in the episode where [[spoiler: Justin uses his mind to pull one of Norman's teeth after Norman got pissed and spit applesauce at him]].

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' The pilot, 'Blink'. See the locked-in syndrome entry in RealLife.
* ''Series/{{House}}''. In the episode "Locked In," House is hospitalized after an accident. The patient in the next bed has locked-in syndrome, but his doctors don't recognize it, recommending him for organ donation.
* A non-parasite example. In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Trash", Jayne is electrocuted; the shock throws him backwards into ''Serenity's'' hull, hard. Simon injects him with a paralytic so he won't injure his spine further when he regains consciousness. The drug leaves him able to talk and move his eyes around.
* Henry does it to Adam purposely in ''{{Series/Forever}}'' . He doesn't want to be a killer and wants Adam to stop terrorizing him and people around him. So, he injects Adam with an air-filled syringe to induce it.

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* In the ''Podcast/AliceIsntDead'' episode "Omelet," the {{Narrator}} describes in gory detail how, under the effects of HumanoidAbomination the Thistle Man's power, VictimizedBystander Earl doesn't so much as twitch or cry out when mortally wounded, only silently weeps.

* Mick does paralyzes Liz in {{WolfCreek}} by stabbing her in the spine. He calls this "head on a stick".

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', when Genie [[spoiler:is forced to do Jafar's bidding via lamp]], he will shout 'Look out!' or 'Get out of the way!' before attacking.

* In ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', Genies can't disobey their Master's orders as long it doesn't violate certain rules, but it doesn't mean they have to like it.

* Creator/StephenHawking: He's been in a state of paralysis for years but fortunately thanks to technology he can "move his eyes" in order to communicate.

-->--'''Malcolm''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia''

* Played straight in ''Literature/TheCountofMonteCristo with Noirtier de Villefort. And he still manages to save Valentine and right out a will.

* ''{{CSI NY}}'' The pilot, 'Blink'. See the locked-in syndrome entry in RealLife.

** Which was used explicitly in the first episode of ''[[{{CSINY}} CSI: NY]]'', by an insane doctor that kept killing his guinea pigs accidentally until he successfully locked a victim in this state.

* This happened to the son of the inventor of the Sentinels during the short-lived Roy Thomas / Neal Adams run on ''COmicBook/{{X-Men}}''. He used his limited locomotion to indicate to his ally how to free the mutants.

* Any trap or superpower in the old ''{{Superfriends}}'' cartoon which could immobilize the heroes would leave them free to look around or converse.

* ''Series/TheMagicians'': The students in the pilot when TimeStandsStill.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 The Cutie Remark]]", when Twilight and Spike are stuck in Starlight's CrystalPrison, their eyes can still move and follow her.

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 The Cutie Remark]]", when Twilight and Spike are stuck in Starlight's CrystalPrison, their eyes can still move and follow her

** In "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E25TheCutieRemarkPart1 The Cutie Remark]]", when Twilight and Spike are stuck in Starlight's CrystalPrison, their eyes can still move and follow her