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A '''Cyclopean Creature''' -- betteror knowninformally just as a "cyclops" -- is a character or creature that naturally only has one eye. The term is derived from the Cyclopes of [[Classical Mythology]]: here, "cyclops" more accurately translates to "circle-eye" or "wheel-eye", referring to the eye's size rather than its number - the Cyclopes themselves were giants as well.
 
MonocularAs a design trope, monocular vision is occasionally symbolic of metaphoricala narrow vision and lack of depth(figurative) perception. As such,- many human villains have one eye as an indication of their simplisticmypoic worldview. This also provides an excuse for an [[Eyepatch of Power]]. Characters with a single eye might also sport [[Peek-a-Bangs]] or some other ocular obtrusion.
 
It should be noted that "cyclops" more accurately translates to "circle-eye" or "wheel-eye", referring to its size. Therefore Cyclopean ''technically'' means huge, rather than one-eyed (not to mention Cyclops themselves were giants).
 
For other deviations from normal eye structure, see [[Eyeless Face]], [[Third Eye]], [[Oculothorax]], and [[Extra Eyes]]. Compare to the robotic subtrope, the [[Cyber Cyclops]]. For other uses of the term, see [[Cyclops|the disambiguation page]].
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has the Doll Soldiers, which are one-eyed [[Zombie Mooks]] who look similar to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|EVAs]].
** Although his initial [[One-Winged Angel]] form is [[Extra Eyes]] / [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]], Father takes on a cyclopean appearance right before crossing the [[Bishonen Line]].
* Gold And Silver from ''[[Yaiba]]''. In the latter case, it's also his weakpoint. (Gold's eye is just as [[Rubber Man|just as bouncy]] as everything else).]]; for Silver, it's his [[Aim for The Eye|weak point]]
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[X-Men]]'' member Scott Summers AKA Cyclops, so named because of the large visor spanning his head. Underneath the visor he's got two eyes, of course - but getting a look at them can be rather [[Eye Beams|dangerous]], however.
** In the ''[[Age of Apocalypse]]'' timeline, he really did only have one eye, since Wolverine [[Eye Scream|gouged out the other one]].
* A couple appear as minor characters in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]''. They're the kids offrom an isolated family living in the swamps of Louisiana, afterand are born from generations of in-breeding.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Mike from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' is a cyclopean [[Cephalothorax]], and his girlfriend Celia is also one-eyed. The logo of the titular company also features a single eye.
* The Cyclops in ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]'', which looks like a giant one-eyed satyr with a horn on its head; it is defeated when Sinbad blinds it by [[Eye Scream|shoves a fiery torch into its eyeball]], then leads it off a nearby cliff. A second, two-horned one also appears, and follows Sinbad and the princess into a cave; Sinbad baits a dragon into fighting the Cyclops, and the two successfully make their escape while the dragon kills it.
* ''[[The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]'' had a one-eyed centaur.
* In the 2007 ''[[TMNT (film)|TMNT]]'' film, a one-eyed centaur is one of 13 immortal monsters released from a portal 3,000 years ago.
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* Many of the Minions in ''[[Despicable Me]]'' have only one eye.
* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'':
** A giant fat Cyclops appears as [[Our Titans Are Different|one of the Titans]], which Hades sent after Hercules while the rest of the Titans attacked the gods of Olympus; ''[[Villainous]]'' confirms his name to be Arges.
** The three Fates share one eye between themselves as in the original tales, and one of them has a single orbit in her head.
* Agent Wendy Pleakley from ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' is a Plorgonarian, a race of tripedal one-eyed aliens.
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** [[Anti-Villain|Magnus the Red]], [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Primarch]] of the [[Cosmic Plaything|Thousand Sons]], is also known as "the Red Cyclops" - his defining features are [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|coppery red skin]], [[Meaningful Name|being a giant]] and having just one eye. Magnus lost his right eye in a bargain to save his Legion from mutation, with a being whom he would later discover to be Tzeentch; the mutations did go into remission, albeit temporarily. After the Burning of Prospero, Magnus gave in to Chaos, becoming a [[One-Winged Angel|Demon Prince]] of Tzeentch.
*** Older material describes the pre-daemonic Magnus as resembling the mythological Cyclops, as does his ''Epic'' miniature; later editions established the above lore, which is a parallel to that of Odin from [[Norse Mythology]].
*** In the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' novel ''[[Betrayer]]'' by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Lorgar remarks that [[Multiple Choice Past|the truth is kept deliberately skewed]]; Magnus himself seems to prefer the version where he lost his eye to gain ultimate knowledge.
* The [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game]] has many an instance:
** [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Hitotsu-Me_Giant "Hitotsu-Me Giant"] (or simply "Cyclops" in the OCG) is an EARTH Beast-Warrior and one of the earliest examples. A very similar-looking monster named [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Cybernetic_Cyclopean "Cybernetic Cyclopean"] is a [[Cyber Cyclops]] and possibly a counterpart, as they share a Type and Attribute.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Ogre magi in the ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe [[Our Ogres Are Hungrier|have two heads]], one with two eyes and another with one eye. Cyclopean ogres of the single-headed variety also exist in the [[Warcraft Expanded Universe]]. The latter category rarely appear in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (although ogre magi are common enough), but ''WoW'' did introduce the gronn, their kin who bear a resemblance to the Harryhausen cyclopes from ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''.
* Various ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' games, being based on [[Greek Mythology]], have these as recurring enemies in a few varieties. A common method of finishing them off is to [[Eye Scream|rip their eyes out]].
** In ''[[God of War II]]'', [[Twenty Bear Asses|collecting twenty of them]] unlocks the "General Kratos" costume.
** In ''[[God of War: Ascension]]'', Polyphemus appears as the first multiplayer boss of the series in the desert stage.
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** ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' introduces Dusknoir, an evolution of Dusclops that appears more djinn-like but retains the single eye.
** ''[[Pokémon X and Y]]'' add some examples:
*** Honedge is a Steel/Ghost Pokémon that appears as [[Living Weapon|an animate sword]] with a gem in the hilt that appears to be its "eye". Its evolution Doublade avertssubverts this, as its body is composed of two swords (with one 'eye' gem for each sword); the final evolution Aegislash plays it straight, with more of an actual 'eye' situated where the blade and hilt of its body meet.
*** Trevenant is a Ghost/Grass Pokémon resembling [[When Trees Attack|an animate tree]] with a single red eye.
** The cells and Cores of Zygarde (a Pokémon introduced in ''X/Y'') are ambiguous examples - each have a single visible eye next to a white oval that could possiblepossibly be another eye.
** ''[[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]'' add Meltan and Melmetal, amorphous Steel Pokémon that have a single sphere for an eye - said sphere usually rests within their heads, which resemble gold hexagonal nuts.
** ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]'' adds a Gigantamax form for Melmetal, whose Pokédex entry describes it as a cyclopean giant that inspired a legend in a distant land. The games also add twofew more examplesstill:
*** The Pokédex entry for the Gigantamax form of Melmetal describes it as a cyclopean giant that inspired a legend in a distant land.
*** Rolycoly is a Rock Pokémon that appears as a chunk of coal with a single red eye.
*** Runerigus is a Ground/Ghost Pokémon formed from a cursed painting absorbing a Galarian Yamask, and its ghostly form only has a single eye visible within the slabs composing its body.
* Massmouth, from the ''[[Doom]]'' [[Game Mod]] series ''The Adventures of MassMouth''. (He was originally a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002132955/http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ModeloftheWeek.Detail&id=28 Quake II skin].) He also appears as a bot in ''Skulltag'', a source port focused on multiplayer, where one of his lines is a complaint about his lack of peripheral vision.
* Many enemies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise sport a single eye, often as their [[Attack Its Weak Point|attacking its eye]]. Recurring examples include:
*** The Tektite is a one-eyed [[Giant Spider]] which often hops around the map. The recurring Gohma is a giant spider boss that can usually only be damaged by [[Attack Its Weak Point|attacking its eye]].▼
** Recurring examples:
** Armos are animated statues that feature a one-eyed design in some of the games.
▲*** The Tektite is a one-eyed [[Giant Spider]] which often hops around the map. The recurring Gohma is a giant spider boss that can usually only be damaged by [[Attack Its Weak Point|attacking its eye]].
*** ArmosGhinis are animated statues that feature a one-eyed design inghosts somefound ofsolely thearound gamesgraveyards.
*** Eyegores are typically statue-like cyclopean beasts that are tough to damage, but are weak to arrows.▼
*** Ghinis are one-eyed ghosts found solely around graveyards.
▲*** Eyegores are typically statue-like cyclopean beasts that are tough to damage, but are weak to arrows.
** [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The first game]] had its own share of examples to start:
*** Digdogger is a giant urchin-like monster with a single eye; the Japanese manual instead calls it a giant [[Clu Clu Land|Unira]]. Playing the recorder while in the same room as it will cause it to shrink into a smaller form, which can be damaged with other weapons. One is fought as the boss of Level 5, and a second appears in Level 7 that instead splits into 3 of its miniature self.
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** ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' has the ghostly Moas, Fiery Moas and the [[Faceless Eye|eyeball-like]] Girubokku.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'':
*** Twilit Parasite Diababa is the three-headed boss of the Forest Temple, and has [[Aim for The Eye|an eye hidden inside the large main head]] that only appears during the second phase.
* The Cyclops in ''[[Castle Crashers]]'', whom you must defeat to rescue the [[Damsel in Distress|Green Princess]]. {{spoiler|He is revived by [[The Dragon|The Necromancer]] as part of the final [[Boss Rush]].}}.
* Cyclopes appear as [[Superpowered Mooks|Myth Units]] in ''[[Age of Mythology]]'' if you progress to Classical Age with Ares. Another Cyclops, GargstGargarensis, is the main antagonist of the "Fall of the Trident" campaign.
* The Cyclopes in ''[[Rift]]'' seem to be denizens of the [[Dishing Out Dirt|Plane of Earth]]. They're built along the same large and solid lines as [[Proud Warrior Race|bahmi]] (although they tend to be even taller), but have ivory-yellow skin, vaguely bestial features, and the definitive single, centrally-positioned eye.
* Polyphemus appears as a boss in ''[[Titan Quest]]''. You also meet some other cyclopes while ascending {{spoiler|Mount Olympus}}.
* A Cyclops heavily based on the one from ''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' appears as the first boss in ''[[Will Rock]]'', capable of hitting you from far away by spitting stones at you. It becomes a [[Degraded Boss]] soon enough.
* The boss enemy Gorpus from ''[[Musashi: Samurai Legend]]'' is a gigantic scorpion with a single huge eye hidden under his helmet.
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* Fleepa, Optomon and the [[Final Boss]] in ''[[The Guardian Legend]]''.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has MONOCULUS, a giant [[Faceless Eye]] monster. It was created when [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|the RED Demoman's missing eye was haunted and grown to monstrous size by the Bombinomicon, then summoned when the RED Soldier breaks Merasumus's staff]]. Introduced to the game during a [[Halloween]] event, it appears as the boss of several King of the Hill maps when 10 people are playing; defeating it gives the "Optical Defusion" [[Achievement]] and the accompanying "MONOCULUS!" cosmetic 'hat', which replaces the wearer's head with a MONOCULUS eyeball.
* In ''[[NetHack]]'', a classical-style Cyclops appears as the quest nemesis of the Greek-themed [[The Medic|Healer]] role, and even generates with a wand of lightning that parallels the thunderbolts forged by the mythical ones.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Leela of ''[[Futurama]]'', who initially was presented as a member of an unknown alien race, but turned out to be a human mutant.
* Saffi, Cerbee, and Dorkus onfrom ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' are examples of this, with Saffi providing the page image.
* ''[[ChalkZone]]'': Biclops ononly had one eye before Rudy drew him his second one.
* Kang and Kodos from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' "Treehouse of Horror" [[Halloween Special]]s.
* [[Meaningful Name|Iris]] from ''[[Ruby Gloom]]''.
* The [[Monster of the Week]] roster for ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': includes a few one-eyed creatures.
** "Bubblevicious" has a red one-eyed creature with crustecean-like claws among the monsters Bubbles fights after sneaking into the training simulator and cranking it [[Up to Eleven]].
** The [[Monster of the Week]] roster includes a few one-eyed creatures.
** In "Schoolhouse Rocked",Big Billy fromof the Gangreen Gang is revealed to be a cyclopsone-eyed under his [[Blinding Bangs]] in "Schoolhouse Rocked".
** "Down n' Dirty" has Buttercup fighting one of these after being kicked out of the house for [[The Pig Pen|refusing to take a bath]]. She dodges the giant's punches easily, then runs up its arm and ''punches its head clean off'' - which then [[Cephalothorax|sprouts stubby legs and runs away]]. Soon after, the monster's body inexplicably falls vertically into halves... [[Animate Body Parts|which then flatten Buttercup with their hands before sprouting two eyes each]], forcing her to outwit them by getting them tangled up.
** One of the deformed Powerpuff Clones seen near the end "Knock It Off" has an eyeball in place of their head.
* Plankton from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
* 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!|theythe evenowner accusedwas theeven owneraccused of an act of bestiality]].
* A one-eyed piglet with a severely deformed nose was also in China in 2005.
 
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