History Main / WingdingEyes

* From ''Tom andJerry'', in ''Baby Butch'', after watching Tom put a ham into the fridge, the titular black cat's eye balloon out into full refrigerators with open doors.

* From ''TomandJerry'', in ''Baby Butch'', after watching Tom put a ham into the fridge, the titular black cat's eye balloon out into full refrigerators with open doors.

* From ''[[TomandJerry]]'', in ''Baby Butch'', after watching Tom put a ham into the fridge, the titular black cat's eye balloon out into full refrigerators with open doors.

* From ''[TomandJerry]]'', in ''Baby Butch'', after watching Tom put a ham into the fridge, the titular black cat's eye balloon out into full refrigerators with open doors.

[[quoteright:181:[[PrincessTutu http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lilie_Wingding_Pupils2.jpg]] Lilie from ''PrincessTutu'' demonstrates the "lovesick" look.]]

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* [[DrMcNinja Knife Eye Attack!!!]]

* X: Dead or knocked-out

* Daggers/Fire: Intent to kill someone for [[RantInducingSlight something unforgivable]]
** Fire could also be used for [[HotBlooded passion]].

* Subaru of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' expresses her [[SweetTooth great appreciation for good ice cream]] by having her eyes turn into sparkly hearts.
** After Hayate first summons the Wolkenritter in a flashback in the sixth episode of A's and faints from the shock, her eyes turn into spirals by the time Vita approaches her.

** Unless they're Spindas, which are just naturally dizzy.
** Sometimes played for comedy as well.

** About that "western-centric" technique- Watterson has mentioned the way Charles Schultz drew eyes when talking about style, since ''{{Peanuts}}'' was one of his three big influences. And so...

* [[{{Disgaea}} Princess Sapphire]] has naturally star shaped pupils.
** Flonne's eyes occasionally [[StealthPun change to flames]] whenever she gets [[HotBlooded fired up.]]

* In [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2002/kk0901.html this strip]] of ''{{Kevin and Kell}}'', while George is negotiating a business deal with Steve Lops, his eyes are dollar signs. Then, Steve's assistant Zerda arrives, and George's eyes very suddenly become hearts.
** The [[LampshadeHanging punchline]] is about eyestrain.

* A spiral-and-star combo express pain and disorientation in [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=106598 this]] ''EverydayHeroes" episode.
** The same effect was used by old MadMagazine artist Jack Davis.

** In an earlier episode, Squidward was choking on a fork (laughing so hard at Spongebob & Patrick's fight), causing his eyes to roll back, and a "'''K'''" and an "'''O'''" popping up instead. He collapses.

** One of the Halloween episodes had Homer react to the news that Flanders can foresee peoples' deaths with dollar signs, then skulls, then a dog and cat (which chase each other before his regular pupils roll back into view).

** On ''TinyToonAdventures'' Montana Max and Plucky Duck are the most likely candidates for the dollar-sign version. Plucky also takes the stars version when he thinks there's a chance at getting some fame.

** Don't forget the cartoon hearts...coming out of Andy's crotch.

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[[quoteright:181:[[PrincessTutu http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lilie_Wingding_Pupils2.jpg]] Lilie from ''PrincessTutu'' demonstrates the "lovesick" look.]]

[[quoteright:181:[[PrincessTutu http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lilie_Wingding_Pupils2.jpg]] Lilie from ''PrincessTutu'' demonstrates the "lovesick" look.]]

* In {{Homestuck}}, Karkat's pupils become spades (in-universe, the hate-based equivalent of the <3 symbol) the first time he sees John, indicating his {{LoveAtFirstSight Hate At First Sight}}.

* In {{Homestuck}}, Karkat gets spades (the symbol of [[BizarreAlienReproduction blackrom feelings]] upon seeing John.

* No Sale: Used in western animation after a blow to the head ("No Sale" is a command that opens a cash register's drawer without, um, making a sale. The eyes are based on the tabs that would display on an old mechanical register.) Somewhat of a ForgottenTrope now thanks to the near-extinction of mechanical cash registers.

* ''OnePiece'': Nami's eyes occasionally change to the symbol for [[GlobalCurrency Beri]] when there's a potential profit to be made, Sanji's [[EyepatchOfPower eye]][[strike: s]] change to hearts whenever he's swooning over one of the girls, and in one chapter Luffy's eyes changed to takoyaki to show just how much he craved the food.

* No Sale: Used in western animation after a blow to the head ("No Sale" is a command that opens a cash register's drawer without, um, making a sale. The eyes are based on the tabs that would display on an old mechanical register.) Somewhat of a [[DeadHorseTrope dead horse]] now thanks to the near-extinction of mechanical cash registers.