History Main / ReflectiveEyes

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrinch2018'': When the Grinch is staring at the tree in the second house he robs, a zoomed-in shot of his narrowed eyes shows the tree reflected in them.

** "Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress [=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express]]": The Cakes' Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness reflects into Pinkie's eyes as she observes it on the train.

** "Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]": The Cakes' Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness reflects into Pinkie's eyes as she observes it on the train.

* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': When Arlo notices Marcellus [[SleepsWithBothEyesOpen sleeping with his eyes open]], smoke from the nearby campfire can be seen reflected in Marcellus's eyes.

** Done in "The Hole... Lotta Nothing" as Wander is being insulted by Hater.

!!Examples

* Parodied in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', when King Kai is trying to dissuade Goku from letting Freeza achieve his full power, Freeza is reflected in his eyes. When Goku comments back that he is going to get stuffed crust pizza for it and he can eat it in reverse, a commercial for stuffed crust pizza can be seen in his eyes.

* Used repeatedly with the villains in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', first with General Hux in closeup looking on at [[spoiler:Starkiller Base opening fire at the New Republic, with his eyes reflecting the plasma pouring out of the ground]] and then Kylo Ren looking at essentially anything during the finale ([[Creator/AdamDriver his actor]] has dark eyes that reflect light very well, causing some dramatic shots with [[spoiler:his father inside Starkiller Base as it's being charged again, then afterwards when the lightsabers come out]]).

* ''Film/JamesBond''

* ''Film/TheGrayMan2022''. Denny is interrogating Miranda on where Sierra Six might be, when he gets a text message informing him of Six's location. Miranda is able to read the text (despite being upside down) because it's reflected in Denny's glasses. The audience is clued in on this via a reflection shot of ''her'' eyes.

* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', when Morpheus is giving Neo the RedPillBluePill choice, there's a shot where the lenses of his CoolShades each reflect one of the two pills, as well as Neo looking at them.
** Bit of trivia: the filmmakers didn't expect to have to digitally add the reflection in; when they did, they had to have someone do a storyboard for it (otherwise it wouldn't be covered by their budget, due to regulations).

* The final shot of ''Film/Smile2022'' is [[spoiler:Rose's [[DrivenToSuicide self-inflicted]] [[SelfImmolation burning body]] reflected in her ex-fiancé's eyes, a reminder that he is the next one possessed by the curse]].

* ''WebVideo/SuperPowerBeatDown'': In "Spider-Man vs. Darth Maul", when Darth Maul lights up his double-lightsaber, the red laser blades reflects into Spidey's white eyepieces.

** In "SOS - Swim or Sink", while scrutinizing Bimbo, Koko and Betty, [[DressedToPlunder an eyepatch wearing]] {{Pirate}} captain's eye shows a reflection of them one by one. While eyeing Betty, [[LegFocus his attention goes to her legs,]] causing his eyepatch to roll up showing a second reflection ; when Betty notices his lewd smile, she pulls her skirt down.

--> '''Danny:''' Or twelve. In his pants. (''Looks at the box of frogs.'')
--> '''Sam:''' (''Picks up box.'') Oh, no. You're not gonna exploit innocent amphibians for some juvenile revenge scheme.
--> ''Danny's eyes look indifferent, then glow green with mischief as frogs jump around in their reflection.''

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''

* At one point in ''Fanfic/AFrozenFlower'', Olive looks into Oprah's eyes and sees invisible scars reflected in them, with one of the scars dedicated to [[AllLoveIsUnrequited O'Donahue]]. The story compares this to having wrinkles on her face to show her age.

* Apollo Justice of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney Dual Destinies'', in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-iHk7P6VvM opening]]. We get to [[http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u341/Iris-Ciel44/Ace%20Attorney/ApolloDramaticWind_zpsc79023b8.png see]] [[http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u341/Iris-Ciel44/Ace%20Attorney/ApolloReflectiveEyes_zps270ad097.png the]] [[RhymesOnADime sky in his eye]]!

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'' episode 3, City of Heresy. Edward is reflected in Rose's eyes, showing his automail arm on his left arm instead of his right.
** In episode 14, can be seen wrath reflected in [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/91/87/2091872fec66c1f67d0aef8b9a2ce48a.gif roa's eye before he kills him]].

** Used in [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Command_%26_Conquer_1995_cover.jpg the box cover]] of ''VideoGame/TiberianDawn'', with a lone soldier watching a battle that we see through the reflections of his goggles.

* The Executioner's report to The Council of Elders ("The energy input to Jor-El's quarters is now in excess." where the two characters he addressed are reflected in his helmet's lenses) in ''{{Film/Superman}}'', as well as a deleted scene of him flying around a crumbling Krypton, ending with the reflection of a giant shard of crystal caught in his bare eye just before he dies.

** In "SOS - Swim or Sink", while scrutinizing Bimbo, Koko and Betty, [[DressedToPlunder an eyepatch wearing]] {{Pirate}} captain's eye shows a reflection of them one by one. While eyeing Betty, [[LegFocus his attention goes to her legs,]] causing his eyepatch to roll up showing a second reflection; when Betty notices, she pulls her skirt down.

* In ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'', there have been numerous times where Sousuke's eyes have reflected what he saw. One particular instance was when Sousuke was fighting Gauron for the first time inside the Arbalest, and Al started utilizing the Lambda Driver, and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s01e07x133.jpg Sousuke's eyes were shown to reflect what's on the screen]].

** J. Geil's Hanged Man in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' takes advantage of this when fighting Polnareff and Kakyoin. His Stand can hide in any reflective surface - including the human cornea. There are a number of moments during the fight where his opponents look someone in the eye and see the Hanged Man appear in front of their reflection.
** In ''Manga/GoldenWind'', Diavolo takes use of this when looking at the reflection in Bucciarati's eyes to spot [[spoiler:Polnareff]] watching them from the colosseum in Rome.

* Used by Alan Davis in the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'', way-back-when. He had Comicbook/RachelSummers (one of the Phoenixes) staring into a campfire, and in her eyes you can see the Flaming Phoenix reflected. A commentary by Claremont mentioned that he didn't write that into the script, it was just something Alan Davis (the artist) tossed in that Claremont loved.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', as third-rate villain Ferlin Nyxly is playing piano, his right eye reflects the Devil's Harp, an artifact which steals powers and abilities from other people.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Beast Below", Amy's eyes reflect the information she is seeing in the Voting Stall.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''
** The episode "PK Tech Girl" opens with the [[GhostShip wreckage]] of the ''Zelbinion'' floating in the rings of a planet, reflected in the eye of Rygel who was once tortured on that vessel. Bonus points for Rygel being played by a {{Muppet}} yet still having a realistic enough eye for a closeup.
** In "Won't Get Fooled Again", a reflection of Scorpius is shown in John Crichton's eye to foreshadow TheReveal that Scorpius has implanted a neural personality of himself in Crichton's head.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Search and Destroy", when Sulaiman Khan discovers that the ArtificialIntelligence Samaritan is responsible for Khan losing his software company and the destruction of his reputation, he demands that [[TheDragon Greer]] allow him to look into the eyes of [[DeusEstMachina "God"]]. Greer obliges Khan with a shot to the heart with his Walther PPK. Then as the blood drains out of Khan, Samaritan shows [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou all the surveillance it's been doing on him]], the footage reflected in the man's lifeless eyes.

* ''Film/Halo4ForwardUntoDawn''. The cadets get hold of a classified POVCam, and are puzzled by their first view not only of a SPARTAN SuperSoldier, but what appears to be a Covenant Elite warrior's energy sword reflected in his helmet visor. Later when the Covenant attacks, there's a shot of a GiantMook reflected in Master Chief's helmet visor [[AlwaysABiggerFish as he looks up at it.]]

* ''Film/Halo4ForwardUntoDawn''. The cadets get hold of a classified POVCam, and are puzzled by their first view not only of a SPARTAN SuperSoldier, but what appears to be a Covenant Elite warrior's energy sword reflected in his helmet visor. The existence of both the Covenant and the [=SPARTANs=] is ClassifiedInformation at the time.

** The episode "PK Tech Girl" opens with the [[GhostShip wreckage]] of the ''Zelbinion'' floating in the rings of a planet, reflected in the eye of Rygel who was once tortured on that vessel. Bonus points for Rygel being played by a {{Muppet}} yet still having a realistic eye for a closeup.