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A '''Cyclopean Creature''' -- or informally just 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.
As a design trope, monocular vision is very occasionally symbolic of a narrow vision and lack of (figurative) perception -
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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*** 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 [[
** The Tektite is a one-eyed [[Giant Spider]] which often hops around the map. The recurring Gohma is a
** Armos are animated statues that feature a one-eyed design in some of the games.
** Ghinis are one-eyed ghosts found solely around graveyards.
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** ''[[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.
*** Averted with Armogohma, who has lesser eyes in the same place a normal spider would - the large eyeball you normally target is on its back instead. {{spoiler|When seemingly defeated, it's revealed that the eyeball itself is the abdomen of a smaller spider.}}
* 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 the Classical Age with Ares. Another Cyclops, Gargarensis, 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}}.
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* ''[[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.
* ''[[Bomberman]]'':
** ''[[Bomberman Quest]]'' has several examples among the monsters you need to recapture. [[Blob Monster|Blobby]] and [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghostey]] are encountered in the Field Zone; Fruity, a flying plant shoot, appears in the Forest Zone; [[Giant Spider|Despider]] (which usually has at least two eyes in other appearances) is found in the Beach Zone; and Jackenboxx and Shadow Knight are fought in the Desert Zone.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Beast Legion]]'' has [http://www.thebeastlegion.com/issue-02-page-04-destructive-sight/ Gorgorath]
* ''[[Gastrophobia]]'' has a goblin magically transform into a [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-09-02 biclops]. [[Alt Text|"Exactly like a cyclops, only with twice as many eyes and therefore twice as dangerous."]]
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' has the [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091031.html annually-appearing] Halloween Monster.
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* 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 from ''[[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 above it.
* Kang and Kodos from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' "Treehouse of Horror" [[Halloween Special]]s.
* [[Meaningful Name|Iris]] from ''[[Ruby Gloom]]''.
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** "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]].
** Big Billy of the Gangreen Gang is revealed to be one-eyed under his [[Blinding Bangs]] in "Schoolhouse Rocked".
** "Down n' Dirty" has Buttercup fighting
** One of the deformed Powerpuff Clones seen near the end "Knock It Off" has an eyeball in place of their head.
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** Plankton. It runs in his family, too - they ''are'' single-celled after all.
** "Spongebob in Randomland" has one of the titular [[Wackyland]] area's denizens, a one-eyed woman who makes off with the food Spongebob and Squidward were delivering.
* Cherri Bomb and Niffty from ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' are one-eyed demon-girls.
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