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{{trope}}
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|''[[Peanuts]]''}}
A fairly common trait amongst works with a simplistic art style is that the characters' eyes will be nothing more than a black dot on their faces. Many fans of animated works will be openly familiar with this particular trope since it shows up in both Western and Japanese animation, the latter of which is usually in the form of [[Super-Deformed|Super Deformed Chibis]]. In some cases the characters may get [[Skintone Sclerae]] or [[Cartoony Eyes]] when a shocked expression is needed.
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Related to, but not to be confused with [[Black Eyes]]. See also [[Pie-Eyed]] for an old-school variant.
{{examples}}
* ''[[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]'' / Billy Batson in the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]].▼
* Akbar and Jeff in ''[[Life in Hell]]''▼
* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Madeline]]''▼
* ''[[Curious George]]''▼
* ''[[Captain Underpants]]''▼
* ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]''▼
* Most of the characters in ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'', with the giant version of the title character [[Non
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* ''[[Peanuts]]'', which [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] it once (see quote above).
* ''[[Dennis the Menace (US comic strip)|Dennis the Menace]]''
* ''[[Little Lulu]]''
▲* ''[[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]'' / Billy Batson in the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]].
▲* Akbar and Jeff in ''[[Life in Hell]]''
* ''[[The Family Circus]]''
* ''[[Dondi]]''
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''
* ''[[Cathy]]'': Slight inversion in that the title character is the only one who ''doesn't'' have them.
* Most of the characters in ''[[Dilbert]]''.
▲* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''
* Some characters in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'', including the main characters, though their eyes often change to [[Sphere Eyes]] in order to show emotion.
* ''[[Little Nemo]]''
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* ''[[Zits]]''
* Most of the characters in ''[[Pooch Cafe]]''
▲== [[Literature]] ==
▲* ''[[Madeline]]''
▲* ''[[Curious George]]''
▲* ''[[Captain Underpants]]''
▲* ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]''
▲* Most of the characters in ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'', with the giant version of the title character [[Non Standard Character Design|being the only exception]].
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* Bear, Ojo and the otters in ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''.
* The bunnies in [[Jim Henson]]'s ''The Tale of the Bunny Picnic'', most notably Bean Bunny, who went on to be part of the regular cast of [[The Muppets]].
* Most of the puppets in projects created by Spiffy Pictures, such as ''Jack's Big Music Show'', ''Curious Buddies'', and ''Bunnytown'', have these.
== [[Toys]] ==
* Every [[LEGO]] minifigure until the mid-2000s.
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** ''[[Paper Mario]]''
** Bowser Jr, the Toads, Boos, Piantas, Lumas, etc.
* Features in all of the ''[[MOTHER]]'' series games, but it's a more obvious stylistic choice in ''[[
* A good variety of [[Pokémon]] have this sort of eye. Up until Generation II, a lot of humans had a style similar to this. It took a while for the other adaptations to catch up.
* Many ''[[Kirby]]'' characters.
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* Peacock of ''[[Skullgirls]]'' is the ''only'' character in the game to have these. {{spoiler|Though in reality, they're not eyes: they're her empty eye sockets.}}
* All the livestock in the [[Harvest Moon]] games.Also the overworld sprites of characters.
* The first few eyes that your sackboy gets in [[
* The artwork for ''[[Harvest Moon 64]]'' had the characters with this style, mixed with [[Super-Deformed]], probably to match the games style. In-game artwork was more detailed though.
* The Coconut Crew, a group of koala NPCs from ''[[Sonic Rush Series|Sonic Rush]] Adventure'', had these.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* The human characters on the educational website ''[[Brain POP]]'', most notably Tim.
** Also, the animal characters.
* ''[[How It Should Have Ended]]''
* Several characters from ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' such as The Cheat, Strong Mad, Homsar, Trogdor, and most of the Old-Timey cast.
* Tom from
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Project 0]]''
* ''[[The
* ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'': Everyone in ''[[Jail Break]]'' and ''[[Bard Quest]]'', almost everyone in ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', and pretty much everyone except the trolls in ''[[Homestuck]]''([[Art Shift|at least in the standard art style]]).
* ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'', with variants: Arthur's own eyes are heavily lidded; Nimue's have visible whites, perhaps because she's a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]].
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* Some of the characters in ''[[Sakana]]''.
* [[Stock Ness Monster|The Loch Ness]] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110402.html Monster] in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fan comic ''[[The 10
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Mickey Mouse]] and Minnie Mouse
* Stimpy of ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' was given one of these as an [[Off-Model|animation error]] (in the "Breakfast Tips" bumper). However, [[John Kricfalusi]] thought it was funny [[Throw It In|so he left it in]]
** Some characters in the show have these intentionally.
* ''[[Stickin' Around]]'' does this, since its art style takes after the traditional [[Stick Figure Comic]].
* The pilot of ''[[Megas XLR]]'' had Coop drawn with half outlined eyes without any color to them or even whites. The part of his eye that would have been white was [[Skintone Sclerae|the same color as his skin]].
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** Milhouse on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** [[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]], after the first season.
* ''[[
* Ike and every other person from Canada on ''[[South Park]]''.
* The cat seen in Whitmore's mansion at the very beginning of ''[[Atlantis: The
* Hamm the piggy bank from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''.
** The ''[[Cars]]'' version of him has [[Skintone Sclerae]] instead.
* Billy and his father from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', though there are a few exceptions.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Some animals have these type of eyes.{{context}}<!-- Can you name at least one, please? -->
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Graphical Tropes]]
[[Category:Eye Tropes]]
[[Category:Tropes in Black]]
▲[[Category:Black Bead Eyes]]
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