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Also see [[Go for The Eye]], [[Eye Poke]], and [[Blinded By the Light]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** ''Dragon Ball'' also has the Solar Flare/Taiyoken, which creates light bright enough to temporarily blind anyone who looks at it. Several characters and even one villain have used it to buy time/escape.
{{quote| [[Dragon Ball Abridged|"My eyes! It's like walking in on Freeza in the shower!"]]}}
* Dio Brando squirts blood from his own leg wound at Jotaro in the last battle of ''[[Jo
* In ''[[Street Fighter]] II V'', Ken calls out Guile for beating Ryu the previous night. Guile starts the fight by [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|throwing sand in Ken's eyes]]. Guile justifies his dirty attack by saying "there are no rules in a street fight." We don't see the rest of the fight, but seeing Ken afterwards shows that it didn't go very well.
* Rokudo Mukuro from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', after pretending that what was lunging at Tsuna was just an illusion, quickly reveals that it was actually a stone after [[Eye Scream|smashing it into Tsuna's eye area]].
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* Reichwein in ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'' throws boiling water at Roberto's face to distract him as he runs out the fire escape.
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Hiei is about to stab Yusuke with the Shadow Sword when Kurama jumps in the way. Kurama then cuts his own hand on the blade of the sword and throws a fistful of blood into Hiei's jagan eye.
** Keep in mind that the Jagan is what allowed Hiei to go [[One
* Just before he's sent to ''[[Psyren]]'', Ageha gets pepper-sprayed in the eyes by one of the men who were after his card.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' (at least in the manga) Ling uses this against Envy.
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** How about the way Jack won the first duel of the saga?
* This happens in ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' during the medieval times fight.
* In the [[So Bad
* In the ''[[Tales From the Crypt (TV)|Tales From the Crypt]]'' Movie ''[[Demon Knight]]'', the antagonist demon seems to have the upper hand against the female protagonist... until she spits a mouthful of blood from the Mcguffin into his eyes. Due to the blood being an extremely diluted mixture of Christ's, it actually has the effect of acid against the demon.
* In ''[[The Lost Boys]]'', two boys are attacked by a vampire in the bathroom. When it smugly informs them that the garlic bulbs floating in the bathtub [[Our Vampires Are Different|won't affect it]], one scoops up a handful of the water -- ''holy'' water -- and flings it into the vampire's face and eyes.
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* In "The Snake Goddess" storyline in the ''[[James Bond]]'' newspaper strip, Bond blinds an opponent by throwing a ''potted cactus'' in their face.
* One of the [[Murder, Inc.]] members tries it on Modesty in the ''[[Modesty Blaise (Comic Strip)|Modesty Blaise]]'' arc "Sweet Caroline". However, Modesty is prepared for the trick and blocks the attack.
* Rangi does this to Lex Murphy in a ''[[Footrot Flats]]'' strip. Not having any sand available, he improvises by using a handful of dried sheep droppings.
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