History Main / ExoticEyeDesigns

** Neuvillette, the Iudex of Fontaine, has almost white eyes with cat-like vertical pupils.
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiStarRail'': Huohuo's pupils are shaped like paw pads.

Hayze has grey sclerae and vertical pupils. Lore notes in the comic's website state that vertical pupils are universal for dark dragons and common for half-bloods, but entirely unknown in non-dark ones.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The Al Bhed have green eyes with swirled, spiral pupils. Spirals are a recurring thematic element in the game. [[spoiler:One of Yuna's eyes is colored green, hinting at her Al Bhed heritage.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': While most races have rounded pupils, Seeker of the Sun miqo'te have vertically slitted pupils like a domestic cat, befitting their feline appearance and diurnal nature (as opposed to Keeper of the Moon miqo'te, who have large rounded pupils). Meanwhile, Dunesfolk lalafell have eyes that appear to have ''no'' pupils, an evolutionary holdover from their desert origins, where they had an additional occular membrane to protect their eyes from harsh sunlight. Finally, some au ras -- both Raen and Xaela -- possess [[GlowingEyes glowing]] limbal rings around the outer edges of their irises.

* Cherri Bomb from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is a {{Cyclops}} whose eye is completely red except for a yellow X-shaped pupil. Her father also has a similar eye, though his X is in a circle with two rings around it.

* In ''Anime/AKB0048'', the idols all have hearts in their eyes and matching highlights in their hair. Graduated members have stars in the same places.
* The Vestals from the New Vestroia season of ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers'' don't have black pupils. Instead, their pupils are simply a darker shade of their iris color. They also lack the shiny glint that human eyes have. Not MindControlEyes in that it's a racial feature that even the good guys have and everyone is acting autonomously. They also fall under the TechnicolorEyes category.
* Can be observed on Ciel Phantomhive in ''Manga/BlackButler'' in which one of his eyes glows purple with an intricate pentagram inside it. This is the mark of his covenant with Sebastian, as a result of asking for 'as much power as he could give'; because a more obvious mark allows him more power, his eyes were the most obvious place Sebastian could put it.
* The Otherselves in ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' have gear-like pupils, and when their real selves are influenced by then, their irises become gear-shaped. Probably something to do with their BlueAndOrangeMorality.

* Yumeno Kyuusaku from ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' has one pupil as an open circle and the other as a star.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' users of the eponymous power have bird-like sigils that become visible whenever their Geass is activated. Those that fall into the command of a Geass have their scleras highlighted with the color of the Geass itself.

* In ''Anime/DeathParade'', all of the [[{{Psychopomp}} arbiters]] have [[CreepyCrosses cross shapes]] surrounding their pupils, a couple shades lighter than the iris. Their eyes allow them to see the memories of the dead through data transference.
* Demons from ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' have eyes that come with a wide variety of colors, designs, [[EyesDoNotBelongThere and placements]]. All of Twelve Kizuki have their rank on their eyeballs in the place of an iris and pupil. On top of this, they also tend to have additional unique eye features, like odd colors or strange eyelashes.
** In fact, most of the characters in this show have unusual eye designs, but 9 times out of 10, it doesn't actually mean anything and only serves to make the characters look more distinct.

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* ''Webcomic/DestinyIntertwined'': While most dragons have human-like eyes, Hayze has grey sclerae and vertical pupils. Lore notes in the comic's website state that vertical pupils are universal for dark dragons and common for half-bloods, but entirely unknown in non-dark ones.

** Alhaitham has white pupils with orange outlines in teal eyes.

** Hu Tao, the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, has flower-shaped pink pupils.

** Faruzan of the Akademiya has triangular pupils that are also heterochromic.

* ''Webcomic/DestinyIntertwined'': While most dragons have human-like eyes, Hayze has grey sclerae and vertical pupils. Worldbuilding notes in the comic's website state that this is a relatively common trait for dark dragons, but entirely unknown in non-dark ones.

** In ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'', it's revealed that the eyes [[spoiler:show he's the ChosenOne and more animal-like than a normal Furian]].

** Goats, sheep and horses all have square or rectangular pupils.
** Vipers have vertical slits for pupils. Goats and sheep have blocky horizontal rectangles for pupils and yellow sclera. Housecats have pupils that vary from looking similar to human pupils to becoming narrow vertical slits in bright lights. All of these eyes are generally seen as unsettling at the least and outright scary at the worst, which contributes to their use under HellishPupils. Foxes also have eyes like this.

* The characters of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' have jagged pupils that some fans have described as resembling aterisks. Some of the aliens seen in the show also have oddly shaped pupils, one example being the Plutonians and their plus sign-shaped pupils.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': Pomni's pupils are six-part segmented circles with a red and blue pattern and a black outline.

* ''Franchise/The Muppets'': Kermit the Frog has essentially BlackDotPupils with curved lines running through in the middle, mimicking the pupils of real frogs and serving as a recognizable part of his design.

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* At the end of the famous "Thriller" video, Music/MichaelJackson turns towards the camera to reveal that he has the yellow slit-pupil eyes from [[OrWasItADream the werewolf in the movie]].