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* Long time fans of [[Dr. Demento]] will remember the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a6deYT1yZE "Cyclops"] by David Little, which received some airplay on his show in the 1980s.
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* [[Garfield]] meets a [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield-classics/2019/01/22 seeing eye dog
* The trope namer are the cyclopses of [[Classical Mythology]], the most famous of which is Polyphemous from ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.▼
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
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** There were two types—one group were people-eating giants, the others were also giants, but worked in Hephaestus' forges.
** The other kind of giants were the Hekatonkheires, hundred-armed giants. Now imagine a Hekatonkheir playing tennis against a Cyclops...
* [[Sinbad the Sailor]] has met a Cyclops in the Polyphemous mold before.
* Japanese Folklore is full of one-eyed creatures, including the Hitotsume Nyuudo (one eyed monk), the Aobozu (Blue Monk) and the Ippondatara (a giant with one eye and one leg).
▲* [[Garfield]] meets a [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield-classics/2019/01/22 seeing eye dog.]
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Cherri Bomb and Niffty from ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' are one-eyed demon-girls.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Cy, the internet-famous one-eyed noseless kitten, who was born December 2009 and died a day later.
* A cyclops goat was born in Nigeria. It caused quite a stir - [[But You Screw One Goat!|they even accused the owner of an act of bestiality]].
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