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* Urameshi Yusuke from ''Manga/YuYuHakuso'' has big, wide, BrownEyes. His EvilCounterpart Sensui Shinobu has narrow IcyBlueEyes.

* [[YuYuHakusho Urameshi Yusuke]] has big, wide, BrownEyes. His EvilCounterpart Sensui Shinobu has narrow IcyBlueEyes.

* In ''Manga/SailorMoon'', the good Sailor Senshi have huge {{Moe}} eyes, and the more evil people from the Dark Kingdom/Black Moon Circus/insert latest antagonist group here have narrow eyes.
** This pattern only exists in the first arc. The second arc breaks it up with the narrow-eyed Sailor Pluto. Uranus and Neptune show up in the third arc, and when wide-eyed villains appear in the fourth arc, the pattern effectively dissolves.

* Used in, oddly enough, ''{{Anime/Saikano}}''. [[spoiler:Shuji's friend who joins the military, whose name escapes me]] is a WideEyedIdealist, complete with literal wide eyes. On the other hand, the other soldiers, none of whom have any illusions about the state they'll return home in, all have extremely narrow eyes.

* Played up heavily in ''Manga/LiarGame''. The incredibly gullible (at first) and generous [[TheMessiah Nao Kanzaki]] has anime-standard, big googly eyes, whereas the current main antagonist Yokoya has slit eyes so narrow it's sometimes hard to see them at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[TheMessiah Aang]] and [[TheLancer Katara]] both have quite large eyes. [[DeadpanSnarker Sokka]] has narrower eyes, but they are still wider than those of [[ManipulativeBastard Azula]], whose eyes in turn look narrower (read: crazier) during her breakdown. Zuko is an interesting case - his narrow eyes indicate a dark character; however, [[GoodScarsEvilScars one is narrower than the other]], indicating moral ambiguity right from the start.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' villains traditionally have beady eyes and/or a mean KubrickStare. So in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', when the villainous team's leader is this... [[WideEyedIdealist doe-eyed]], [[MotorMouth chatty]] [[KidHero teenager]]... yeah, that's a sign ''something'''s up. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight: the wide-eyed kid is an unwitting TykeBomb for his beady-eyed father.]]

* Both subverted and played straight in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Both AntiHero Lelouch and AntiVillain Suzaku have very big, expressive eyes. The former is one of the most manipulative and deceitful {{Magnificent Bastard}}s in anime, the latter has a hidden death wish and a severe case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. However, the rest of the cast mostly obey this trope.

** The same applies to many characters in the ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' manga, most notably Revy.

* ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' - as time goes on, Rock's eyes gradually get narrower as he becomes more jaded and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]].

* ''Manga/DeathNote'', both the anime and the manga, used this consciously. [[VillainProtagonist Light]] normally has squinty, narrow eyes, but when he temporarily [[MemoryGambit has his memory erased]] and becomes a good guy, his eyes widen considerably.

** It is even almost lampshaded; after losing his memory, Light asks L if his eyes look like those of a murderer. Maybe he thinks L is GenreSavvy?
*** Apparently he is, since he immediately answers, "Yes."

* In ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'', Haruka's mom Kumiko has evil eyes croseed with DullEyesOfUnhappiness for the entire season. But near the end of the final episode, [[spoiler:when she reconciles with Haruka]], her eyes change into normal ones.

* In ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', [[BlackAndGreyMorality everybody is squinting, all the time]]-- but LeeVanCleef squints harder than anybody else. He is, of course, the Bad.
** Van Cleef is supposed to have said, "Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."

** Though to complicate matters, Tuco's (Eli Wallach's character) look ranges from the determined squint through to the wide eyed amazement, and he is by no means a saint.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Jack}}'' you can safely determine the status of a character by look of their pupils. Damned souls in Hell have tiny beady pupils, living furries, celestials and those of hell-denizen who became conscious of their sins and are eager to amend for them and escape damnation have normal eyes. Demons have glowing red eyes, Satan has pitch-black eyes and so does Jack when he gets mad.

See also ScaryShinyGlasses. CommonEyeColors are more useful to ascertain personality traits and temperament than moral alignment. Note that characters who have their EyesAlwaysShut do not really fit anywhere on this continuum, as they tend to symbolize something else entirely, whether good or evil. When this trope is used with [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter critters]] or [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever monsters]], it's BigEyesLittleEyes. Only tangentially related to EvilEye.

CommonEyeColors are more useful to ascertain personality traits and temperament than moral alignment. Note that characters who have their EyesAlwaysShut do not really fit anywhere on this continuum, as they tend to symbolize something else entirely, whether good or evil. Also, in a SliceOfLife series without heroes or villains, narrow eyes are often used to indicate TheCynic. See also ScaryShinyGlasses. When this trope is used with [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter critters]] or [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever monsters]], it's BigEyesLittleEyes. Only tangentially related to EvilEye.

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', Smeagol/Gollum's pupils dilate to show which personality is in control. Guess who has the narrower pupils.

In many animated series, goodies and baddies are distinguished by [[BigEyesLittleEyes the size of their eyes]]. TheHero, TheMessiah, and the WideEyedIdealist will all have big, open, happy, trustful, PuppyDogEyes. On the other hand, the MagnificentBastard, EvilOverlord and CardCarryingVillain will have narrow, shifty eyes. Might be because large eyes makes the face appear more infantile. See also {{Beauty Equals Goodness}}.

In many animated series, goodies and baddies are distinguished by the size of their eyes. TheHero, TheMessiah, and the WideEyedIdealist will all have big, open, happy, trustful, PuppyDogEyes. On the other hand, the MagnificentBastard, EvilOverlord and CardCarryingVillain will have narrow, shifty eyes. Might be because large eyes makes the face appear more infantile. See also {{Beauty Equals Goodness}}.

* ''KingdomHearts'': Sora and Kairi have big, wide eyes (especially in the first game); AntiHero Riku's are narrower. And nearly all of Organization XIII have narrow eyes, even the [[SpoonyBard goofball]] Demyx. Larxene, however, has eyes so big they rival Sora and Kairi's, and she's perhaps the [[PsychoElectro scariest]] [[KnifeNut member]] of the Org. AxCrazy Vanitas also has large eyes by virtue of being [[spoiler: a Sora look alike]]

-->-- ''WeddingPeachAbridged''

* ''LazyTown'''s Sportacus has a pair of wide, friendly baby-blues that appear almost [[WhatBeautifulEyes photoshopped in their blueness]]. On the other hand, Robbie not only has pale grey eyes, but also sports [[EvilEyebrows highly-arched eyebrows]] and heavy purple eye-shadow to emphasize the fact that he is indeed the villain.