History Main / EyeSpy

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' series, the Potato Heads are often seen holding their eyes above their heads to see, etc., as a gag.
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Mr. Potato Head takes out his eyes and uses them to see over the other toys at the windowsill when they're watching Sid destroy his Combat Carl action figure.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', [[MageSpecies Hags]] can create "Hag Eyes", which are enchanted eyeballs that serve as scrying tools and which are cloaked with an illusion of being semi-precious gemstones. In at least some editions of the game, destroying a Hag Eye leads to painful backlash (damage and/or blindness) for its creator.

* ''Film/TheBatman2022''. Batman has a pair of contact lenses that can act as hi-definition cameras, even being able to record sound. He lends them to Selina Kyle so he can see through her eyes and get [[FacialRecognitionSoftware facial recognition data]] on the customers in [[BadGuyBar -44 Below]].

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', [[WitchSpecies Hags]] can create "Hag Eyes", which are enchanted eyeballs that serve as scrying tools and which are cloaked with an illusion of being semi-precious gemstones. In at least some editions of the game, destroying a Hag Eye leads to painful backlash (damage and/or blindness) for its creator.

* The Emerald Empress, enemy of the ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' has a big giant eyeball that floats around and does her bidding. She can see what it sees.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Girl in the Fireplace," one of the Clockwork Robots aboard the ''S.S. Madame de Pompadour'' used an unfortunate crewman's eye to fix a camera that had broken down.

* Gaara in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' can make a floating eye out of sand and connect his optic nerve to it to scout around.

* B.O.B. from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is able to hold his eyeball in his hand. He uses this to look around a corner when the monsters infiltrate Gallaxhar's ship.

%%* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061019/ Spy in Your Eye]]''
%%* The alien does this in ''Brother from Another Planet''.

* ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'' has this happen to one of the prison junkies who unknowingly injected himself with multiple revival serums belonging to the MadDoctor Herbert West until he exploded (he reanimated himself) causing one of his eyeballs to pop out of his head. For reasons the movie doesn't explain, the doctor takes the eyeball and keeps it around until at the end of the movie when he discard the eyeball outside the front lawn of the chaos-infested prison, while it struggles to move.
* Eden makes effective use of one of these several times in ''Film/{{Doomsday}}''.
* In both ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' and [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 the 2010 remake]], the trio of hags who advise Perseus share a single disembodied eye that they pass back and forth.
* In ''Film/TheBeastmaster'', one of the BigBad's witches implants her eye in a piece of jewelry, then allows the heroes to acquire it so she can spy on them. When a hero spots it "opening", he jams a burning stick into it; miles away the witch clutches her face and screams, indicating it didn't just convey messages of vision to her, but pain as well.

* Displacers in ''Literature/TheBeyonders'' can detach any part of the body and it remains connected crossdimensionally. [[TheEmperor Maldor]] is particularly fond of having his Displacer spies graft their eyes or ears onto released prisoners or mistrusted vassals.
* ''Literature/MerkabahRider'': In "The Nightjar Women", Lilith is able to remove and send semm flying around to spy for her.

* A MonsterOfTheWeek on ''Series/TheXFiles'' was able to order his body parts about to act independently, including his eyes.
* G'Kar picks up this ability on ''Series/BabylonFive'': after [[TheCaligula the deranged Centauri emperor]] [[EyeScream gouges his eye out,]] it is later replaced with an artificial eye that can function even when removed from his eye socket. Being [[DirtyOldMan G'Kar]], he exploits the PowerPerversionPotential for all it's worth.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Girl in the Fireplace," one of the Clockwork Robots aboard the ''S.S. Madame de Pompadour'' used an unfortunate crewman's eye to fix a camera that had broken down.

* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', Belial's Brood has an investment called Flesh Spider that lets the detach body parts but still use them. This includes their eyes.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' you have the option to replace one (or both) of your eyes with a [[IProduct Lone Star iBall]]. They are like normal cybereyes, until you take it out. Then they act as [[SurveillanceDrone recon drones]], which can roll around on the floor.
* In ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'' the Utilit-i ocular implant is primarily used for AugmentedReality but its connection to the owner has a wireless range of 9 feet, and it can be connected to a network so someone can pop their eye out and leave it somewhere that has a public network and still see through it.

* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' has the ability with some spells, an item, and a monk disciple to send out an eye to investigate for you.
* The Eye of Kilrogg spell in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} 2'' summons a floating eye that works like this.

* Schlock from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' can move his eyes to any point of his [[BlobMonster amorphous body]] and has used this to spy around corners and in other tactical situations. Or to [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-11-08 get a good stereo base]].
* Golgo (a.k.a. Angel Eye) from ''Webcomic/RiceBoy'' has a mechanical eye that's capable of functioning autonomously, acting as a flying video camera. He prefers it over his biological eye, referring to the mechanical one as "my good eye" at one point.

* Dabbler of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' has a cybernetic eye that she can [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1167 pop out]], she's not allowed to at the dinner table anymore]].

* One of Gumball and Darwins' classmates in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is a flying eyeball who acts as the SadistTeacher's personal snitch.

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* A cutscene in ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper 2'' has a skeleton doing this. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Skeletons can't do this in-game, mind you.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', a Billymong steals Claptrap's eye from its socket. The following quest has the player and Claptrap finding said Bullymong, during which the blind Claptrap mentions he can see what his eye is seeing when he's within range.

* The 3rd sequel to ''Film/ReAnimator'', ''Film/BeyondReAnimator'', has this happen to one of the prison junkies who unknowingly injected himself with multiple revival serums belonging to the MadDoctor Herbert West until he exploded (he reanimated himself) causing one of his eyeballs to pop out of his head. For reasons the movie doesn't explain, the doctor takes the eyeball and keeps it around until at the end of the movie when he discard the eyeball outside the front lawn of the chaos-infested prison, while it struggles to move.

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* The Emerald Empress, enemy of the ''Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' has a big giant eyeball that floats around and does her bidding. She can see what it sees.

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* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061019/ Spy in Your Eye]]''
* The alien does this in ''Brother From Another Planet''.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', a Billymong steals Claptrap's eye from its socket. The following quest has the player and Claptrap finding said Bullymong, during which the blind Claptrap mentions he can see what his eye is seeing when he's within range.

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* Golgo (aka Angel Eye) from ''RiceBoy'' has a mechanical eye that's capable of functioning autonomously, acting as a flying video camera. He prefers it over his biological eye, referring to the mechanical one as "my good eye" at one point.

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-->'''Berk:''' Oh yes, I found it. But it's a good job Him Upstairs didn't see what happened to it.
-->'''Thing:''' But I did see, Berk. ''[The eyeball rotates.]'' I saw everything!
-->'''Berk:''' [[OhCrap Oh, globbits.]] I hates eyeballs.

* ''EverQuest'' has the ability with some spells, an item, and a monk disciple to send out an eye to investigate for you.

* In both ''{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' and [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 the 2010 remake]], the trio of hags who advise Perseus share a single disembodied eye that they pass back and forth.

* In both versions of ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'', the trio of hags who advise Perseus share a single disembodied eye that they pass back and forth.

* The whole point of Krumm's character design from ''AaahhRealMonsters''. He doesn't even ''have'' eye sockets -- he carries his eyeballs around in his hands. They get thrown around or rolled into places where he wants to see quite a bit. Krumm's father looks almost identical, except that he's lost one of his eyes and wears a black glove on that hand to give the appearance of an EyepatchOfPower.

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* Aughra in ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' had this.

* Aughra from ''TheDarkCrystal'' has only one eye, but she can remove it from her head and hold it up to get a better look at things.

* Randall Flagg in ''TheStand'' sends his eye to spy on the good guys in one scene.
* In a UsefulNotes/WW2 novel set in Italian-occupied East Africa (can't remember the title), a British soldier takes out his GlassEye and tells the natives he'll leave his eye behind to make sure they don't get up to mischief. It doesn't work because one of them is a former sailor and knows about glass eyes.

* The whole point of Krumm's character design from ''AaahhRealMonsters''. He doesn't even ''have'' eye sockets -- he carries his eyeballs around in his hands. They get thrown around or rolled into places where he wants to see quite a bit.
** Krumm's father looks almost identical, except that he's lost one of his eyes somehow. Lampshaded by having him wear a black glove on one hand.

A SubTrope of FacelessEye. Can be used for SinisterSurveillance. Compare AnimalEyeSpy.

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** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': He took out his eyes and used them to see over the other toys at the windowsill who were watching Sid destroy his Combat Carl action figure.
** He did it again in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' to see inside the room where Woody was being held.

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* In ''HellGirl'', Ichimokuren can use his left eye to both spy on and frighten people. He can also use it to communicate. Or he can just appear as the eye.