History Main / SphereEyes

This is a fairly common design choice in newspaper comics and cartoons with exaggerated, wacky styles. Other times, a character may be given these eyes for added cuteness and simplicity in their design, making them come across as more comedic and light-hearted than other characters not drawn this way (as is the case for many comic relief characters in the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'').

* ''Literature/EdgarAndEllen'': The titular siblings have big, round eyes that make then distinguishable from the other characters in their book and television series.

Alternatively, if a character with separate eyes has an excited or scared expression, his/her eyes may touch or overlap. Likewise on occasion, if characters with overlapping eyes face the front, their eyes may separate.

* If a Creator/HannaBarbera character doesn't have SkintoneSclerae or BlackBeadEyes, they will likely have big oval eyes located very close to each other. Examples include (but aren't limited to) [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Franchise/ScoobyDoo.

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* Opus from ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''.
** And don't forget Bill the Cat.

** Exactly the same happens in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', but since the characters are not normally drawn with SphereEyes it looks a bit creepy.

* The Groening-inspired character designs of Creator/IsaacBaranoff's ''ComicBook/{{Horndog}}'' and ''Webcomic/HereWolf''.
* Sergeant Schlock from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. {{Justified|Trope}} as he's a BlobMonster, and the eyes are both discontiguous with the rest of his body, and interchangable.
** Also Uniocs, such as Lt. Ebbirnoth, whose entire head is one giant sphere eye. With ''two'' eyebrows.
* Bob from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
* Some species in ''Webcomic/TheMansionOfE.''
* Everyone in ''Webcomic/TheFuzzyPrincess''.

* [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Kerbals]] have a pretty simple geometry. They have cylinder-like heads, and their eyes are spheres sticking out of their faces.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Double D, Eddy, Rolf and May Kanker.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': The characters have more spaced out eyes, in contrast to other works by Creator/ButchHartman.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a very similar style as the above.

* If a Creator/HannaBarbera character doesn't have SkintoneSclerae or BlackBeadEyes, they will likely have big oval eyes located very close to each other. Ecamples include (but aren't limited to) [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Franchise/ScoobyDoo.

* The Watterson family in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' have unconnected eyes. In the first two seasons they switched between ovular and spherical depending on the expression. From the third season on, they're always spherical.

Alternatively, if a character with separate eyes has an excited or scared expression, his/her eyes will change into this style. Likewise on occasion, if characters with overlapping eyes face the front, their eyes may separate.

* The titular character of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]].

* WesternAnimation/EekTheCat also has huge eyes, similar to Garfield.
* Creator/JoeMurray uses this style for all three of his series: ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' and ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna''. Most of the characters have eyes that overlap, except for the protagonists in all cases.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Most of the characters. However, it is inverted with Rocko and Heffer.

* Then characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}''.

* Pokey the horse from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}''.

* Waffle from ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}'' is the only character who has these kinds of eyes consistently, whereas the other characters typically only gain them when expressing certain emotions (like shock for example).
* Buddy from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'':

* Rango in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' exhibits these, combined with CreepyShadowedUndereyes.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' would introduce Yoshi, the bulgy-eyed dinosaur who became a regular staple of the Mario series as well as his own game series.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Phineas, Ferb and Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

This is a fairly common design choice in newspaper comics and cartoons with exaggerated, wacky styles. Other times a character may be given these eyes for added cuteness and simplicity in their design, making them come across as more comedic and light-hearted than other characters not drawn this way (as is the case for many comic relief characters in the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'').

* The cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}''.
* Many of Seth [=McFarlane=]'s works like ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' feature this. Humans typically have separate eyes, though a few non-human characters (such as Brian Griffin) have overlapping eyes.

* Pokey the horse from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}''.

* Characters in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' can switch between these eyes and their default BlackBeadEyes depending on their expressions.

* Human characters in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', if an emotion calls for them.

This trope comes in two forms: one where the eyes slightly overlap or touch on the border between them, and one where the eyes are separate from each other.

Compare ConjoinedEyes, which uses just one eyeball with two pupils.

Not to be confused with WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises or EyePop, though a PieEyed character or one with BlackBeadEyes may suddenly gain these kinds of eyes for the sake of the gag when a WildTake is called for.

* The frogs and tadpoles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''.

* The human characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}''.