History Main / CyberCyclops

* ''Franchise/Ben10'': Upgrade and all [[MechanicalLifeforms Galvanic Mechamorphs]] are devoid of any facial features save for a singular eye that can shoot out EyeBeams.

** The in-universe reason for the NonStandardCharacterDesign is never explained in any of the cartoons/

** There actually quite a few of these in the [[Film/{{Transformers}} movie]] toyline. None of them are in the movie itself, but some of them show up in the tie-in video games and/or comics.

* A few ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', most notably Shockwave from Generation 1.
** For The Movie toyline, there were a number of extra characters such as Dropkick added to shore up the numbers. Nearly all of the "extra" Decepticons or non-sentient drones have one eye for a face while the Autobots have regular humanoid faces and two eyes.

** The in-universe reason for the NonStandardCharacterDesign is never explained, with the later exception of ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', where it's a cruel and unusual punishment (or at the very least, a form of torture) to use surgery to [[BodyHorror replace the face with a featureless face and the hands with claws]] in a method called Empurata.
** Breakdown from''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' used to have two eyes, but [[EyeScream lost one]] during an [[TheyWouldCutYouUp attempted vivisection]] by MECH.

* The second ''{{WesternAnimation/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' has a couple, including killer robots created by Baxter Stockman and Viral, a rogue A.I. in the year 2105, whenever she's in "her" physical form.

* The armor of the New German Republic in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''.
* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

* The aptly-named ''Cyclops'' assault [[HumongousMecha battlemech]] from ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'' has a head which is totally dominated by a red/black eye, which is where the cockpit is housed. In ''Videogame/MechWarrior 4'', the eye is the mounting point for a [[EyeBeams laser cannon]], while the cockpit has been moved down into the torso.
* Numerian robots in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' typically have a single glowing red or blue eye.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the [[RedRightHand dangerous kind]] of Ancient Martian robomen frequently have a single slit shaped eye, ala ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' or ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': Omnitron and his drones are strongly associated with a single glowing red eye. Even his heroic version from the future, Omnitron-X, has one.

* Keetongu from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''. Subverted in-story, where it's explained he has his real eyes hidden behind the visible one.

* Nearly every robot in ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'' has this design, from the huge {{Spider Tank}}s to the small playable [[ADogNamedDog Robot]] character.
* The monster in ''VideoGame/SimCity'' ''2000'' is a large, flying mecha/UFO with four mechanical legs and a blinking red eyeball.

* The Cylons from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''. Notable in that their "eye" is a horizontal red LED light that swoops from side to side. Humanoid cylons in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 the new series]] aren't one eyed, though their spines do light up during, err, more intimate moments. ({{Retcon}}'d as it being a "metaphysical" lighting up rather than a literal one).
** Speaking of Cylons: [[spoiler:Saul Tigh]].

Can easily be justified (though rarely is) by the mention of a rangefinder of some kind, removing the need for stereoscopic optics.

* Monban in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' sports a visor-like area with one glowing red light. Despite his [[DoAnythingRobot extreme versatility]] and destructive firepower, he's used mainly [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids as a security guard for the Largest Ever Pet Shop]].

Similar to the UncannyValley, by deliberately giving androids a characteristic that is not human, you're making the audience realize how creepily ''in''-human they actually are. For more standard robots or HumongousMecha, a single eye denotes a sinister asymmetry not found anywhere in nature (except the flounder). It doesn't help these eyes are lidless and usually [[GlowingMechanicalEyes glow]] a [[RedEyesTakeWarning relentless red]], creating the illusion of a singular and evil focus.

** Also the [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e9/05/30/e90530f2fdea9860febf493601d81498.jpg "Rosie" style Big Daddies]] from the first game.

** WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime has Shockwave again, largely based on his ''Fall of Cybertron'' appearance.

** Also the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/1/1b/BS1RosieNeptunesBounty.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/543?cb=20100414022305 "Rosie" style Big Daddies]] from the first game.

** Also the "Rosie" style Big Daddies from the first game.

* The "Big Sister" of ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' [[http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/bioshock2/images/0/14/?tag=imagenav;next certainly evokes this trope.]]

* The "Big Sister" of ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' [[http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/bioshock2/images/0/14/?tag=imagenav;next certainly evokes this trope]].

* Metal Gear RAY of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' had a monoeye.
** To be more accurate the unmanned mass production [=RAYs=] had monoeyes.
** Although Cyborg Ninja Gray Fox in the first game does have two eyeholes in his mask, the single glowing red sensor in the middle is far more conspicuous.

* ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars Dual Strike'' has Jugger, a robotic officer for Black Hole. Although it's questionable whether he's actually a robot in the first place...

* The WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "Modern Inventions" had a one-eyed robot footman. Not evil, really, but rather imposing... and insists on taking one's hat, much to Donald's chagrin.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'''s Assaultrons are FemBot cyclopses with WaveMotionGun EyeBeams.

* Lot of actual robots, usually running on simple primitive sensors have this design. This is because visual imputes is surprisingly not useful in terms of how machines perceive their surroundings. Robots in general struggle to make sense of visual data as we know it. While a bunch of new programs and experiments are trying to correct that, there is still a long way to go and most robots builders don't have access to such programs. Instead robots tend to use other imputes like touch or even sonar and radar to help build a useful map for the world around them. Without the need for 3d binocular vision, a single camera will service any of the visual needs they do have.