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It should be noted that these eye color tropes are not just for characters who have eyes of this color, but when the color actually stands for something significant to that character, like blue for water, green for earth, red for evil, ect. Please do not add characters who just happen to have eyes of this color without a substantial reason behind it.
{{noreallife|Even if eye color had a meaning in Real Life, so many people have blue eyes that we'd be here all day.}}
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== Anime
* While this can happen in many forms of media, Blue Eyes in anime and manga almost always signify that the bearer has had a [[Dark and Troubled Past]], will experience in series trauma, or both.
* Belldandy of ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Oh My Goddess!]]'' fits the first variation of Blue Eyes quite well—complete with [[Hair of Gold]] ([[Power Dyes Your Hair|usually]]). However, her element is wind—the water powers go to her [[Bratty Half-Pint|little sister Skuld]], who is brown-eyed. [[Magic Misfire|When she can make her powers]] ''[[Magic Misfire|work]]'', that is.
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* Evangeline in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. She uses [[An Ice Person|ice magic]] and is [[Grumpy Bear|highly cynical]].
* Three of the four regulars in ''[[Slayers]]'' fit the spectrum of blue eyes: [[The Pollyanna|Amelia]] has the innocent kind, [[Idiot Hero|Gourry]] has a more neutral pair, and [[Jerkass Woobie|Zelgadis]] has icy, turquoise eyes. A lot of secondary characters also have blue eyes.
* Blue-eyed characters in ''[[Baccano!]]!'' usually fit into one of two groups: harmless and ([[Black and Gray Morality|relatively]]) innocent ([[The Ingenue|Eve]], [[The Ditz|Isaac]], [[Token
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': several characters, for various reasons. All three of the Gods (Athena, Poseidon, and Hades), Hyoga for being [[An Ice Person]], and most of the Gold Saints. Strangely adverted in the Manga with Aquarius Camus who, despite being [[An Ice Person]] as well, had red eyes.
* Eda from [[Black Lagoon]] hides her baby blues behind a pair of sunglasses, [[Sunglasses at Night|even at night]]. The reason for this becomes obvious ([[Animated Adaptation|particularly in the show]]) because they're such a brilliant blue that [http://homepage.mac.com/uhsieh/Blog/Black_Lagoon/02/09.jpg they practically glow]{{Dead link}}.
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** Deidara and Ino possessed them as well.
** Naruto's can now also go lava-chillingly cold when pissed, to an extent that even the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Kyuubi]] backs off after a [[Death Glare|look]] from him.
* Chizuru from ''[[
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* ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'': Noelle's big baby-blue eyes totally fit into the "pure and innocent" category, together with [[Hair of Gold]]. Besides, she is a heroine.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' uses this a lot, though they may just have blue eyes to signify European blood. In particular, America has blue eyes, which seems to signify his lighthearted, hopeful personality.
* The Thompson sisters in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' have blue eyes and blonde hair, but [[Dark and Troubled Past|neither]] are innocent. Probably used to indicate they're [[Phenotype Stereotype|American]].
** Chrona's eyes are sometimes a very pale shade of blue, which fits an odd variant of "cold piercing" in that they usually signal [[Uh-Oh Eyes|him/her going into 'kill mode']] (or the closest thing to a [[Game Face]] Chrona gets).
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Nico Robin fits the second type.
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* Kamijou Touma of ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has type 1, being the [[protagonist]]. He's not pure or innocent though, just idealistic.
* The pregnant woman in the first ''[[Mononoke]]'' story has huge, innocent blue eyes, plus [[Hair of Gold]]. She looks like a stereotype of an American, but no one comments on her appearance, just like how [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|no one notices the medicine peddler's weird clothes, facepaint, or pointy ears]].
* "Blue Eyes" is actually the name of a character in ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]''. Her eyes are actually more of a teal color, but her personality fits the second profile. Additionally, Both of the main characters have blue eyes. [[Action Girl|Nadie]] [[Subverted Trope|doesn't actually fit with the personality aspect of the trope]], but [[Cute Witch|Ellis]] is definitely a Type-1, complete with [[Hair of Gold]]. However, when she is using her powers, her pupils expand and start to fall into Type-4 or 5 territory.
== Comic Books ==
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* Alisa in ''[[Guest From the Future]]'', played by [[Natalia Guseva]].
* Jean Jacques-Annaud mentioned in the commentary for ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' that one of the reasons he so wanted Ed Harris for [[Cold Sniper|Major Koenig]] was because of his icy, unusually blue eyes. When he plays villains, critics often note the intensity of his glare. (One of the critics, reviewing ''[[The Rock]]'', said "Here's a guy whose glare could give Clint Eastwood chills.")
* [[Malcolm McDowell]] in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' has blue eyes of the "Grade-A psycho" [https://web.archive.org/web/20111106025416/http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/may08/7ds7b.jpg variety]. They look even creepier/cooler now that his [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EqD_yWiiS5U/RyD94ArNo0I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/2_EM5tQ2Iwo/s400/Malcolm%2bMcDowell.jpg hair's turned pure white and his face has gotten all craggy].
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]' blue, blue eyes have been used for several different effects - ice-cold as Chris in ''[[Match Point]]'', creepy-pale as Pitt Mackeson in ''[[Ride With the Devil]]'', innocent woobie eyes as Bruno in ''[[B Monkey]]'', and psychotic just about everywhere else.
* [[Escape from New York|Snake Plissken]] may have but one eye, but that eye is of the "piercing, icy" variety and ends up creating quite a striking effect; even leading other characters (notably, the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills in the [[Escape From L.A.|sequel]]) to [[What Beautiful Eyes!|comment]] upon it.
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* Illyria from ''[[Angel]]'' looks like Fred with her whole body turned blue: just as Fred has brown hair, pale-brown skin, and brown eyes, so Illyria has blue hair, blue skin...and an unnnatural shade of blue for her eyes. Of course, this use of blue eyes has the effect of making her look [[Eldritch Abomination|as eerie as possible]].
* [[Jesus|The titular character]] of Franco Zeffirelli's miniseries ''Jesus of Nazareth'' has pure, penetrating blue eyes ''that never blink''.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Archie Kennedy of the ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' mini-series has the "innocent and sweet" variety, adding greatly to his appeal; they're popular enough with the fans to be nicknamed "sapphire bullets".
** Basically, this trope applies to all characters played by [[Jamie Bamber]], and with good reason - he really does have [http://i55.tinypic.com/2ij6aes.jpg beautiful eyes].
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** Early teasers and concept art indicate that piercing, creepy blue eyes were a characteristic of Alex from his first incarnations onward. A trailer depicts his irises glinting from beneath his hood's shadow and his shapeshift sequence changing every aspect of his body but leaving his eyes until last.
* Lucifer Cyril of ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story]]'' has piercing, cold blue eyes.
* In ''[[BlazBlue]]'', the eyes of [[Robot Girl]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Mu-12]] are of the creepy variety. Especially in contrast to the red eyes of Nu-13 (who was either an [[Emotionless Girl]] or a [[
** Carl and Tsubaki, however, have blue eyes by nature. Carl can be type two at times, but for the most part, both are the shining type one. Carl's sister, Ada, also had blue eyes (also type 1) before being turned into Nirvana.
* Tear and her brother, Van, from [[Tales of the Abyss]] are more of the piercing type. The former [[Defrosting Ice Queen|loosens up]].
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* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', the entire [https://web.archive.org/web/20091231071723/http://drowtales.com/~wiki/index.php/Val%27Sullisin%27rune Val'Sullisin'rune] clan all have [[Mismatched Eyes|Heterochromia]], with one blue eye. They have a reputation as [[The Empath|empaths]] [[Good Bad Girl|who like to party]].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008170549/http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3038 Sil'lice] also has blue eyes, but hers are definitely intended to invoke ice [[An Ice Person|since it's her magical specialty]]. Concept art also shows that [[Babysitter From Hell|Syphile]] of all people had these before she was [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|tainted]], which might serve to emphasize just how much [[Break the Cutie]] she went through afterward.
* [[Lackadaisy Cats|Roark 'Rocky' Rickaby]]. Despite the comic itself being sepiatoned for flavor, color portraits of the Rocky character and of Rocky the cat show them both to possess blue-within-blue eyes. In the case of Rocky, this definitely falls under the purview of 'insane-blue' in terms of character.
* In ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', people with blue eyes are considered to be innately evil and untrustworthy. Significantly, one character hides {{spoiler|their heterochromia}} due to this.
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** Othar Tryggvassen, [[Gentleman Adventurer]]!, has a pair of stunning baby blues. You don't get to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080125 see them] often, however.
* ''[[Samurai Princess]]'''s Austin has some icy blue eyes which are in odd contrast to his powers of combustion.
== Western Animation ==
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