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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''No one knows what it's like''
''To be the bad man''
''To be the sad man''
''Behind blue eyes''
|[[The Who]]|"Behind Blue Eyes"}}
{{color|blue| '''Blue eyes'''}} vary greatly in their meaning:
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If a blue-eyed character has a magic talent or "element", it's most likely [[Making a Splash|water-related]], except [[Midnight Blue Eyes]], who are capable of using wind or lightning (much like a storm), though blue (or gray) is the eye color of choice for many wizards who are eerie or sophisticated instead of mysterious.
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{{color|blue| '''Blue'''}}-{{color|green|'''green'''}} sometimes marks a dreamy personality, but is nonetheless also a good "default" shade of blue eyes for the hero/heroine. The blue then indicates the heroic qualities and the green the independent personality associated with [[Green Eyes]].
In some cultures, blue eyes, along with green eyes, are seen as a witch's eyes and are supposedly capable of [[Hypnotic Eyes|controlling people]] and [[Evil Eye|cursing them]]. However, this is a rare superstition and considered little more than a cultural quirk even in the places where it originated, so it usually doesn't come up in fiction.
[[Gray Eyes]] as a characterization tool have a lot in common with
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,
* Belldandy of ''[[Ah! My Goddess
* In ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', Fay's magic is explicitly tied with the blue COLOR in his eyes, which is weird.
* Touga and Nanami from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' have eyes that are such a dark blue that they can look [[Purple Eyes]]. In Nanami's case, they were once described as "being the type where when you look into them you don't know what she's thinking". Utena herself has sky blue eyes, and they fall under the innocence type, as do the Kaoru twins, Miki and Kozue, though Kozue's seem intended to invoke [[Icy Blue Eyes|ice]].
* 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
* ''[[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
* The Arume of ''[[Blue Drop]]'', natch. Since they're aliens, they get the glowing blue variant.
* Kiba's human form from ''[[
* ''[[
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji]]'s deep blue eyes fall into the "pure" or "innocent" category (at least when he first started out) and were chosen for that exact reason — although the Manga depicts him with brown eyes.
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Mari]], on the other Hand, goes well with the classical stereotypes for blue-green eyes.
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** Partly subverted. Almost all of the "good" characters (save for Winry) DON'T have blue eyes. Reference Ed and Al ([[Eyes of Gold]]), Mustang ([[Black Eyes]]), Hohenheim (also [[Eyes of Gold|gold]]), Hawkeye ([[Brown Eyes]]) and the list goes on. The only one who DOES is Armstrong {{spoiler|who deserted the front before the above scene took place.}}
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Hitsugaya and Ishida have blue eyes of the "piercing, icy" variety. Hitsugaya has elemental ice powers and Uryuu is the last practising member of a clan of "magic"-using hollow-hunters.
* Both Keiichi and Rena from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* A lot of characters from ''[[Trigun]]'': both Vash and Knives (being twins), with Vash having a softer, kinder turquoise and Knives having a lighter, icy (almost beau) blue. This difference may represent their different personalities. Also, Milly sports a bright pair of blue-green eyes, that matches her kind and happy-go-lucky character, while Wolfwood's eyes are a very dark, almost gray blue, again, reminding us of his morally gray, ambiguous personality.
* Seto Kaiba of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' has cold, blue eyes. And then there's, of course, his "Blue Eyes White Dragon". Other blue-eyed characters are Kisara, Isis, and Anzu.
** Often, the [[Portmanteau Couple Name
** Also, Weevil/Haga has blue eyes. They may be of the piercing variety as they are somewhat unsettling, but they're more likely just blue because he [[Curtains Match the Window|has]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|light blue hair]].
* Every [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Char Clone]] from the [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] franchise. At best they tend to be cold and icy, at worst, [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. Oddly they tend to switch between the cold version of the eyes, and a rather tortured-looking version of the innocent one.
* In contrast to the majority of characters in ''[[Durarara!!]]'' (who typically have [[Brown Eyes]] of varying shades), Mikado Ryuugamine sports innocent blue eyes that mark him as the [[Naive Newcomer]] {{spoiler|unless he snaps, at which point they go disturbingly icy.}}
* Reinforce Zwei of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has the [[Monochromatic Eyes|bluest eyes of the series]], emphasizing the childlike innocence of the character, as well as her magical nature (the first [[Artificial Human|Unison]] [[Pure Magic Being|Device]] created since the days of Ancient Belka) and her [[An Ice Person|affinity to ice]].
* Midou Ban of ''[[
* Amati from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' has the "baby blues" variant, emphasizing his youth. He even has [[Hair of Gold]].
* November 11 from ''[[Darker
* In ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', [[The Hero]] has these eyes in mermaid form or idol form. (In human form, she has [[Eyes of Gold]]).
** All Blue mermaids have these eyes too, but they are just a racial trait, as mermaids are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] and those from different countries tend to have themed hair and eye colors. By extension, Hanon has blue eyes as well (although, in human form, she has [[Hazel Eyes]]).
* In ''[[
* Ahiru/Duck in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has wide, blue eyes...even in her duck form! It's probably to make her look cute and innocent.
* ''[[Guardian of the Sacred Spirit]]'' has Prince Chagum, who {{spoiler|carries the egg of a benevolent water spirit}}. He also has a noble, innocent personality typical of blue eyes.
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* [[Sailor Moon]]/Usagi herself has big innocent blue eyes, and several people comment on how beautiful they are.
** Sailors Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Neptune also have blue eyes of one shade or another. Venus and Uranus follow Usagi and pair them with blond hair, while Neptune and Mercury's [[Curtains Match the Window]].
* Mello of [[
* Mireille Bouquet of ''[[Noir]]'' is a fairly major aversion; she's got bright baby blues and [[Hair of Gold]] to match, but she's anything but innocent. Unless, by "innocent", you mean "cold-blooded assassin".
* The OVA and TV series of ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' gave Miyuki Kobayakawa the clear blue variety.
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* Both [[The Stoic|Heero Yuy]] and [[Sixth Ranger|Zechs Merquise]] from ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' have the "piercing and icy" type, as does [[Magnificent Bastard|Treize Khushrenada]].
** [[Beware the Nice Ones|Quatre Winner]] has the 'innocent' type, as well as Duo Maxwell.
** [[Everything's Better
** [[Jerkass|Asuka]]'s light blue eyes are definitely of the "piercing, icy" variant, though they could also be blamed on the common [[Phenotype Stereotype]] for Germans.
* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', all three of the Sky Arcobaleno, Luche, Uni, and Aria, have deep blue eyes that are always resolute, according to Genkishi, who was unable to fight Tsuna with full force because Tsuna's eyes looked so much like Uni's. According to Gamma, Tsuna, and many of the other characters, their eyes tend to look as if they expect an event would happen. {{spoiler|Actually, it's really true, since the Sky Arcobaleno have the ability to see the future.}}
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has a couple of different examples. Siblings Rosette and Joshua Christopher both have blue eyes with [[Hair of Gold]]
* Yusei Fudou of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* Renamon from ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' has the "piercing and icy" variant. The effect is magnified ten-fold by the ''black'' whites.
** Agnimon from ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'' has them as well, even though Takuya doesn't as a human.
*** Speaking of [[Digimon Frontier|"Frontier"]], once he's recovered from [[Brainwashed and Crazy|his stint as a villain]], the group's [[Sixth Ranger]] [[Spell My Name
** Interesting fact: [[The Lancer]] of each [[Five-Man Band|group]] from each series has always had blue eyes - [[Digimon Adventure|Yamato]], [[Digimon Adventure 02|both Takeru and Ken]], [[Digimon Frontier|Kouji]], [[Digimon Savers|Touma]], and [[Digimon Xros Wars|Kiriha]] all had some shade of blue. A case could even be made for [[Purple Eyes|Ruki]], considering how [[Purple Eyes]] tend to actually occur in real life.
* [[Kimba the White Lion]] has the innocent/deep-blue varient.
* [[Naruto]] has more of the innocent type and {{spoiler|his father}} Minato can go from friendly to his [[True Companions]] to piercing to his enemies.
** 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
* Chizuru from ''[[
*
* ''[[Tenshi
* ''[[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 ''[[
* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Nakago fits the second type. He and the rest of his tribe are described as having hair like gold and eyes the colour of the sky.
* Yuuen of ''[[Wild Rock]]'' has absolutely huge blue irises of the innocent sort and [[Hair of Gold]] to match.
* Johan Liebert from ''[[Monster (
* In ''[[
* Kamijou Touma of ''[[
* 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]].
*
== Comic Books ==
* Blue eyes were popular for Golden and Silver Age comic characters because they are easy to render in color: simple blue instead of a blue-yellow mix (for green) or a blue-yellow-red mix (for brown).
* Fairly common in [[The DCU]], but perhaps most iconic with [[Superman]], who has the innocent baby blues to play up his heritage as a naive, good-hearted farmboy.
** Superman's eyes are steel blue. Man of steel, remember. They are [[What Beautiful Eyes!|supposed to be so intense and uncommon]] that Clark needed to hide them with glasses even before becoming Superman.
*** His eyes look more baby blue when he wears his glasses, which fits the whole "mild-mannered reporter" guise.
** Both [[Batman]] and Nightwing (the first Robin) have blue eyes, though theirs are of the piercing variety. As they're both [[Sherlock Scan]] experts, this shouldn't be too surprising. The three other Robins also have blue eyes — in Steph's case, more of the bright and innocent variety. However, as Robin, her eyes were green. As Batgirl, they are definitely blue, and they varied sometimes as Spoiler, though are usually and now definitively blue. In the Robin/Spoiler special, they were blue-green.
* Storm from the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] has blue eyes, which is extremely rare among non-Europeans. In her case, it's a mark of her family's magical heritage, in addition to the white hair.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' has an assassin named Blue Eyes. [[Schmuck Bait|Guess why that's her name]].
* One of [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Ben Grimm's]] nicknames is "The ever loving blue-eyed THING!"
* On [[The Multiverse|Earth-982]], an alternate universe where [[Spider
* Played with, with [[Batman]]'s [[Dark Mistress|Harley Quinn]], whose baby-blue eyes (plus classic [[Hair of Gold]]) are matched with a villainous and mad/obsessive personality, but who is still dementedly naive and almost innocent when it comes to her [[Mad Love]] with [[The Joker]].
* [[Captain America (comics)]] has blue eyes, along with [[Hair of Gold]].
* Betty from ''[[Archie Comics]]'' is typically drawn with [[Black Bead Eyes]]; however, the few times she isn't, she's typically shown to have blue eyes.
** Archie himself once appeared with blue eyes on an issue cover, as did Jughead and Veronica.
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== Film ==
* The [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' had the watery blue type.
* [[Cillian Murphy]] gets this ''so much''. In ''[[Batman Begins]]'', he's got the icy, piercing, creepy variety (when he takes off his glasses in the first mask scene, the director basically choreographed them to glitter), and in ''[[Red Eye (
** In ''[[Inception]]'', Cillian's eyes go from cold businessman to cool and collected under stress, to devastatingly [[The Woobie|woobieish]] near the end. Tip: if you don't want your whole audience to start sobbing, don't let [[Cillian Murphy]] cry. Ever.
* [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s blue eyes can go from a happy light blue to an intimidating icy blue, depending on the tone of the scene. It's so noticeable and rather attractive. Example: every episode of series 1 of ''[[
* Blue-green marks a dreamy personality? Can you say "Giselle from ''[[Enchanted]]''"? Or Ellie Fredrickdon from ''[[Up (
* [[Star Wars|Luke]] and [[Expanded Universe|Ben Skywalker]] both have blue eyes that can swing from innocent to icy at fancy's whim, and often quite suddenly, to the point where it scares Ben (to a small extent, anyway). As a side note, Luke has [[Hair of Gold]], while Ben is a [[Fiery Redhead]] (with the typical personalities ascribed to those hair colors).
* In the 1978 film ''[[The Boys
** Including Indians with (artificially) blue eyes.
* Steve McQueen also had piercing blue eyes, which makes one wonder if the "blue-eyed, pretty-boy [[Badass]]" could be considered its own character type. It seems to have been especially prevalent in the '60s, though Daniel Craig has assumed this role in recent [[James Bond]] flicks.
* [[Michael Keaton]] got the Batman role mainly for his frightening blue eyes. Otherwise, he had little in common with Batman.
* Michelangelo's eyes in the recent CGI ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (
* A big reason [[Steven Spielberg]] hired Paul Freeman to play Belloq in ''[[
* [[Word of God]] says that one of the reasons [[Daniel Craig]] got hired for ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' was that his eyes are as piercing blue as Paul Newman's.
* In the adaptation of ''[[Sin City]]'', Becky has blue eyes, which stick out, given how much of the movie is in black and white. Given Becky is played by Alexis Bledel, you can understand why [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Frank Miller]] kept those blue eyes. The final scene of the movie, {{spoiler|when Becky meets the Salesman, caused some [[Wild Mass Guessing]] that Becky will actually become the assassin Blue Eyes if a Sin City sequel is ever made.}}
* Alisa in ''[[Guest From the Future]]'', played by [[Natalia Guseva]].
* Jean Jacques-Annaud mentioned in the commentary for ''[[Enemy
* [[Malcolm McDowell]] in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
* [[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
** Come to think of it, just about any movie [[Kurt Russell]]'s appeared in. His eyes even seem to ''glow in the dark'' at times.
* Timothy Spall, as well, has extremely blue eyes. They can make his characters downright charming (i.e. Nathaniel in [[Enchanted]] or [[Rockstar|Mats]]) or just plain farking creepy ([[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
* Manon of ''[[Manon of the Spring|Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring]]'' gets many close shots of her face, focusing on her intensely blue eyes. Because of this, we see her constantly discerning the strange events going on around her, even at a young age.
* Frank's eyes in ''[[Once Upon a Time
* In [[The Last Unicorn (
* Most of the characters in the film adaption of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' have blue eyes, most notably Frodo. Aragorn and Boromir both seem to have blue-green eyes.
* [[James McAvoy]] has made a [[The Lion, the Witch
== Literature ==
* The beautiful Fleur from ''[[Harry Potter (
** Mad-Eye Moody's magic eye is blue.
* Rand Al'Thor in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' is first described to have wide blue eyes. As the books progress, they change into the piercing, ice cold type. They switch between gray and blue as well.
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* [[X Wing Series|Kell Tainer]] is mentioned to have very pale blue eyes, very slightly too dark and narrow to make him look like a madman. If this actually meant anything, the author was fairly subtle about it, but it does seem odd. Hardly anyone in the series has eye colors mentioned.
** Tycho Celchu gets the 'piercing' variety — an incredibly fast thinker, reserved, calm, and a ''very'' good [[Ace Pilot]]. Also incorruptible and a Woobie.
** [[Big Bad|Ysanne Isard]] has ''a'' blue eye (called "Hoth-cold" in one book). Her [[Mismatched Eyes|other eye]] is [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red]]. She's not good people.
* Branching off into the rest of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]...
** Anakin Solo is the only blue-eyed child in his family (his eyes are always described as icy, though not ''cold''); his brother, sister, and parents are all [[Brown Eyes|dark-eyed]].
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* In the second book in the ''[[Darkest Powers]]'' trilogy, Tori mocks Chloe for having blue eyes and [[Hair of Gold]], saying she is “just like [her] sister” - essentially useless and always in need of saving. Chloe, though angry about Tori’s insults, has to admit that this is ''kind of'' true, since Derek has to come running to her rescue quite a few times in all three books. Liam also comments on her eyes, saying they make her look cute and scared [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|and thus very desirable]], much to the anger of Derek.
* This is a Tully family trait in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', along with Red Hair. All but one of the children of Catelyn Stark (nee Tully) inherited them; Sansa's are said to be particularly vibrant and lovely, arguably an indication of her innocence and goodness (at least, to [[Broken Bird|start with]]). The royal Baratheons are known for deep blue eyes and dark hair, traits which all of Robert's ''bastard'' children inherited — wonder why his ''"trueborns"'' didn't?
** [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|Brienne]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|of]] [[Failure Knight|Tarth]] is a very large, very strong, very ugly woman. Her one beauty is her [[What Beautiful Eyes!|innocent, sky-blue eyes]].
* ''[[
* Of immense importance in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time|A Swiftly Tilting Planet]]'', when the blue eyes among the People of the Wind (Native Americans) can be traced back to Madoc, a Welsh prince who married into them. Also, for some reason, Charles Wallace, the main character, has the intensely piercing kind (they can ''summon a unicorn from a star'', they're that piercing.
* All witches in the ''[[
* In Kate Griffin's ''[[Matthew Swift|A Madness of Angels]]'', much is made of Matthew's formerly dark eyes having changed to a bright, unsettling blue.
* In ''[[Mara Daughter of the Nile]]'', the titular character has blue eyes, which are extremely rare in [[Ancient Egypt]]. Most characters, including her love interest, see them as exotically beautiful, making them a type 1, but a few of the characters find them creepy or demonic.
* [[Warhammer
* In [[Dune]], anyone exposed to the spice for long gains blue eyes with no scleras.
* Granny Weatherwax and Susan Sto Helit from ''[[Discworld]]'' have the piercing kind. Susan may have inherited them from [[The Grim Reaper|her grandfather]], although, in his case, they're a [[Glowing Eyelights of
** Vetinari, as well.
* Roland Deschain of ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' has faded blue eyes to go along with a piercing stare (in the series, they're often called 'bombardier' eyes). He's still basically a good guy, if a complete and utter [[Badass]].
** Jake also has blue eyes which, at the beginning of the series, fit into type 1, but as the story goes on, they're described as being [[Character Development|eerily similar to Roland's eyes]].
* The [[Red Right Hand|identifying trait]] of Saint Dane's various forms in ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'' is his icy blue eyes.
* Athos the [[The Three Musketeers (
* Subverted in ''[[Redwall]]'' with Ferahgo and his son Klitch, who both have beautiful blue eyes but are [[
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* [[Erast Fandorin]], a steely, "piercing" type.
* [[Mad Scientist|Ter Borcht]] in ''[[Maximum Ride]]'' has "pale, watery blue eyes"...and repeatedly states that the flock are overdue to be terminated.
* [[Professional Killer]] Anton Chigurh from ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' has eyes that are described as the color of Lapis and are supposedly very unsettling.
* Leodegarius in [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer
* In C.S. Goto's ''[[Blood Ravens]]'' trilogy, Ahramin has burning blue eyes — burning with sorcery.
* In [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Provost's Dog]]'' series, Beka's ice-blue eyes are piercing, especially when she's angry.
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos
* [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]]. More burning than flashing, actually.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[
* Dallas Winston from ''[[The Outsiders]]'' is specifically mentioned to have blue eyes like "blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world". Darry Curtis, determined and tough, also has "cold" eyes like "two pieces of pale blue-green ice".
* Martie Rhodes of [[Dean Koontz]]'s ''[[False Memory]]'' has type 1. Not the innocent aspect, but she's an optimistic, determined woman fighting a severe case of induced autophobia. The [[Big Bad]] is fascinated by them and often remarks on them in his internal narration, even composing haiku about them. At one point, when he's put her in a trance to program her, he shows her disturbing images that make her cry. Being the creep that he is, he ''[[Squick|licks her tears]]'' and remarks on how tasty they are.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[
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* [[Hugh Laurie]] fans make a really big deal out of Hugh Laurie's; [[House (TV series)|House]] has the "piercing stare" variety.
* Geordi La Forge gets electric-blue cybernetic eyes to replace his VISOR in ''[[Star Trek:
* Though [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' has brown eyes normally, she can light them up with her "actual" eyes, which glow blue, contrasting the normally red eyes of Skynet's Terminators.
* Sheldon Cooper of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' has large, expressive sky blue eyes of the innocent variety. They [[Wild Mass Guessing|may or may not be]] a physical manifestation of how clueless he is when it comes to social interaction, despite his intellectual brilliance. And the fangirls praise them to no end.
* [[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]] has those beautiful blue eyes that contribute to his adorableness and sweet nature.
** Actually, if you look, you'll find that the ''entire'' central cast, apart from Guinevere, are of the baby blues persuasion, though they do tend to settle into two camps: Upstanding-Member-of-the-Royal-Community-Blue (I.e., Arthur, Uther, Gaius) or Nefarious-Druid-With-The-Dark-Hair-Blue (I.e., Mordred, Morgana). Merlin himself, interestingly enough, could be taken as either of these.
* Piercing blue eyes are a racial trait of the Vorta on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''.
* Illyria from ''[[
* [[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].
* Lynda Carter, star of the 1970s ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'' TV show, has such beautiful blue eyes that she once starred in a TV commercial for contact lenses.
* The cast of ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' hosts a variety of interesting eye colors, but the award has to go to Jesse Pinkman, who even gets an in-story mention:
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'''Hank:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's dreamy, okay. }}
* In ''[[
** Harry Sullivan has bright blue eyes of the friendly, innocent type. Although one particular scene from ''Terror of the Zygons'' shows Harry's Zygon duplicate glaring out of the shadows. A closeup of his eyes shows that they have noticeably darkened.
** Captain Jack Harkness of ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[
* [[Our Angels Are Different|Castiel]] from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has the pretty-but-scary variety. Would you just fricking blink, already?
** Fanfic always makes a big deal out of them, and with good reason: they're lovely.
*** Jared Padalecki [Sam's actor] cites those "big, pretty blue eyes" as a reason why Misha Collins [Castiel's actor] couldn't have played a demon.
* In ''[[M*A*S*H (
* [[The Vampire Diaries|Damon Salvatore]] has startling blue eyes, which further adds to his creepiness.
* In ''[[
* Naomi from ''[[Skins]]'' has very, ''very'' pale blue eyes, which look almost gray on occasion. Effy's blues are more the piercing [[Defrosting Ice Queen|(defrosting)]] [[Ice Queen]] variety, while her brother Tony's eyes are a slightly darker blue.
* ''[[Human Target]]'': both Chance and Guerrero have blue eyes. Even with his Harry Potter-like glasses, Guerrero's eyes are quite piercing.
* [[Chris Colfer]] of ''[[
* Cain of [[
* Dr. [[The McCoy|McCoy]] of ''[[Star Trek:
* Jayne Cobb of ''[[
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' both have blue eyes; Starsky's eyes are a little darker than Hutch's.
* The Duke brothers in ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' both have blue eyes.
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* The [[Crosby Stills And Nash]] song "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes". The title is taken from Stephen Still's ex girlfriend, singer Judy Collins, who had piercing blue eyes.
* [[Frank Sinatra]], nicknamed "Old Blue Eyes".
* [[
* [[Billy Joel]] has a song called "Blonde Over Blue", which includes the line, "They shine as though you're burning inside."
* One of [[Elton John]]'s less-popular songs is called "Blue Eyes" and seems to fall under the first type mentioned.
* The song "The Bluest Eyes In Texas" by Restless Heart is about a girl with Type 1 eyes.
* Bono's trademark shades hide his blue eyes.
* "Diamond Lights" by Glenn and Chris, a [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Old Shame]] song performed by a couple of footballers, mentions "Eyes that freeze like ice, cold electric blue those diamond lights".
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== Other ==
* Just about every [[Dumb Blonde]] stereotype out there is [[Innocent Blue Eyes|innocently blue-eyed]].
* Noel, one of the main characters of ''[[
* In German, "blauäugig" (blue-eyed) can have the non-literal meaning of "naive".
== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Dungeons
* Keeping with the [[Warhammer
== Video Games ==
* Thrall from ''[[
* Many [[Nintendo]] "mascot" (first-party) characters in general seem to have blue eyes.
** Link and Zelda from ''[[
*** Interestingly enough, while the official artwork for ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* Slippy, Falco, and Katt of the ''[[Star Fox (
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' has Dante, Vergil (playing the piercing-ice straight), Nero, Eva, Trish (being a copy of Eva), and Sparda in human form.
* A ''lot'' of ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' characters have this characteristic.
* The Prince character in the ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' games.
* KOS-MOS from ''[[
* The English version of [[Phoenix Wright]] saw fit to change his eyes to blue, probably to invoke the "innocence bordering on [[Good Is Dumb|stupidity]]" archetype. His hair, however, remains jet black, so the combination is a bit odd, to say the least.
* ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' IV has a number of characters with blue eyes, all of whom fit the trope:
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** Kyra, who is an Esper and psychic healer — also a bit of a subversion, as she's stubborn and hotheaded.
** Rika, who fits the "innocent" bill and the "magical" bill, being possessed of an unexplained but definitely present sixth sense.
* Square Enix seems to really like this trope. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', our hero, Sora, has big, blue eyes. Other blue-eyed cast members also include Kairi, Roxas, and Namine. As of [[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep|Birth By Sleep]], we now also have Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.
* Most of the classes from ''[[
* Wheatley from ''[[
* The Mario Brothers, Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', though Rosalina's are slightly lighter in color.
** [[Kid Icarus|Pit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
** [[Metroid|Samus]] usually has the icy blue variant.
** Lip, the main character of ''[[Panel
* Garrus Vakarian from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has extremely pale blue eyes. Then again, he ''is'' an alien. Liara T'Soni has bright, innocent blue eyes, matching both [[The Ingenue|her personality]] and [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|her skin color]]. [[Player Character|Commander Shepard]], of course, can be customized to just about any eye color you want, including several shades of blue.
** Liara's eyes make for an interesting commentary on her alignment throughout the series. In the first game, she had the innocent blue variety, in stark contrast to her mother's darker, more piercing shade. In the second game, Liara's eyes become a darker but no less vibrant shade of blue, reflecting her hardening nature as she becomes more ruthless and vicious while hunting the Shadow Broker. It is most noticeable in the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC, where her face is visible without being lit by multiple orange holographic displays. However, if you carried a relationship over from the first game and re-established that relationship after the mission, she's back to the same baby blue she had before - perhaps reflecting your influencing her back to her old, optimistic worldview.
** On the [[Anti-Hero]]/[[Big Bad]] side of things (depending on your alignment), both Saren and The Illusive Man have similarly creepy, glowing blue cybernetic eyes.
** Also, Grunt has blue eyes which is very unusual for his species. He is very young, though, and the eyes are probably meant to help give him his baby-like appearance.
* A ''boatload'' of characters in ''[[
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* In the [[Disgaea]] series, Adell, Yukimaru, and Almaz are depicted as having blue eyes in the art work. All three of them have dark piercing eyes. Justified, as Adell and Almaz are front line fighters. Yukimaru also covers the elemental trait, which is a clan trait.
** Flonne, too, who also has [[Hair of Gold]].
* The [[
** Likewise, Celebi has large sky-blue eyes; the species as a whole is mostly playful and innocent.
** As with many other characters from the franchise, both human and Pokemon alike.
** In fact, ''[[Pokémon Ranger|Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]'' even has a villain actually named [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Anti-Hero|Alex Mercer]] and [[Morality Pet|his sister Dana]] from ''[[Prototype (
** 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 ''[[
* In ''[[
** 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]].
* The default female Hawke from ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' has piercing, aqua blue eyes.
* Pharos from [[
* Faye from [[Amya|Amya Chronicles]] has crystal blue eyes of the beautiful and innocent type.
* Tails from [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] has blue eyes. Eggman does as well, but you almost never see them.
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** Jet the Hawk also has blue eyes of the piercing variety (being a hawk, of course), but his characterisation suits midnight blue eyes more. His name is also air-themed and was originally going to be 'Wind'. Of course, the real design reason he has them is because his fur and eye colours are Sonic's swapped and made lighter.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'', a couple of characters remark on Big Boss having beautiful [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]. Solid Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'', his clone, has eyes the exact same colour, but they are ''definitely'' [[Icy Blue Eyes]] and described as 'blue-[[Gray Eyes]]' in his records (Big Boss's are just 'blue').
* Even though blue eyes should go well with the armor of the [[Fan Nickname|Blue Bomber]], only the Original ''[[Mega Man (
== Visual Novels ==
* In the [[Type Moon|Nasuverse]], [[Evil Eye|the eyes that can see the death of all things]] are bright blue.
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
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* In ''[[
** [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.
* In ''[[Strays]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110829063542/http://www.straysonline.com/comic/134.htm here]. Perhaps the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] may be good after all.
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [
** And Blue as well, of the icy kind on occasion.
* ''[[
* Ashton from ''[[
* Having
* Klaus Wulfenbach from ''[[Girl Genius]]'', of the piercing variety.
** 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 ==
* Craig Tucker in ''[[South Park]]'' has blue eyes. Most fans believe he has gray-blue eyes.
* Most members of the Water Tribe from ''[[
** Oddly, in book three, no one guesses that Katara and Sokka are from the Water Tribe based on their eye color, except {{spoiler|possibly the sword master.}}
*** They ''did'' say they were from the colonies. Fire Nation natives would probably not say anything, as pointing out their supposed diluted blood could be extremely offensive in their nationalistic society.
* Korra from ''[[
* The [[Disney Animated Canon]] is full of blue-eyed characters.
** Very notable are the eyes of [[Beauty and
** Nala from ''[[The Lion King]]'' also has blue eyes, [[Green Is Blue|but sometimes, they're]] [[Green Eyes]].
** [[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'s eyes are {{color|blue|blue}}-{{color|green|green}}.
** [[The High Queen|Kida]] from ''[[Atlantis:
* Several [[Don Bluth]] movies have characters with blue eyes:
** Mrs. Brisby from ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' to reflect her timid personality.
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** Ducky from ''[[The Land Before Time]]''.
** Anne-Marie from ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]''. Coincidentally, both she and Ducky are voiced by Judith Barsi.
* In ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'', all the Autobots have blue eyes, while all the Decepticons had [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]. ''[[Transformers Animated|Animated]]'' continues this tradition, with a few exceptions (like [[Playing
* Bubbles from ''The [[Powerpuff Girls]]'' has [[Innocent Blue Eyes|innocent light blue eyes]] and Boomer, her [[Evil Twin]], has darker blue eyes.
* June in ''[[
* Cheatball (the Cheat's anime alter-ego) from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* [[Codename
* Mumble from ''[[Happy Feet]]'' is the only penguin in the film that has blue eyes. All of the other penguins, including his own parents, have [[Brown Eyes]], much like actual penguins.
* T.J. Detweiler from ''[[Recess]]'' has robin's egg blue eyes, according to [[Word of God]] (this is never seen in the show, due to the [[Black Eyes]] eye style). In the pilot, he had [[Green Eyes]].
* Duncan from the ''[[
** Cody, Lindsay, and Geoff have them for the regular 'innocent' appeal.
* Famous Studios/Harveytoon character ''[[Little Audrey]]''.
* [[
* The [[Fairly Oddparents]]: Timmy Turner is Type 1. He is, arguably, the hero of the series, albeit a [[Designated Hero]] many times.
* [[Disneyesque]] Stewie Griffin from ''[[Family Guy]]''.
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