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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:midori glare 6005.jpg\|link=Midori ~~no Hibi~~Days\|frame]] {{quote\|''"She stopped, because she saw, for the first time in her life, by what sort of look one learns that a man is capable of killing."'' Line 51: Boa Hancock gave Jinbe one when he started looking hungrily at a buffet Hancock [[Through His Stomach\|made for Luffy.]] He was only allowed a few bites. She is also presumed to have the Conqueror's Haki. Dracule [[Badass Nickname\|"Hawk eyes"]] Mihawk. It has been said that the one thing that all his victims remember are his eyes. ** Robin's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIl1tUK6Q6s reaction to Sanji's dumb joke] here is [[Creepy Good\| downright terrifying]]; obviously she doesn't find it funny. * Every character in ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' has done this at least once. * It's the ''default expression'' of the main lead of ''[[Angel Densetsu]]''. You do not want to see him [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant\|actually glaring]]. Line 104 ⟶ 105: * ''[[Soul Eater]]:'' Maka gives [[Magnificent Bastard\|Medusa]] a truly '''murderous''' look during their final battle. * Parodied in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' in which Kiyotaka's sister does this because she lost her contacts and was squinting real hard [[Blind Without'Em\|in an attempt to see]]. * [[Invoked Trope\|Invoked]] in ''[[Midori no Hibi]]'' (pictured above) when [[Delinquents\|Seiji]] trying to teach [[Nice Guy\|Kouta]] how to be tough. Kouta tries to imitate it, with... [https://web.archive.org/web/20210922104124/http://www.tenmanga.com/~~chapter/MidorinoHibi26/170489-10.html~~ a less than successful result.]{{Dead link}} * Wolfram in ''[[Black Butler]]'' is prone to these. Line 178 ⟶ 179: * Every single [[Bruce Lee]] film is famous for this. The scary part about it is even when he is not pissed at anyone he still stares like that. Its more frequent in [[Enter the Dragon]], when he confronts Ohara and Han. * [[Into the Woods (film)\|In the film of ''Into the Woods'']], the Witch delivers a quite hilarious and ''frightening'' one to the Baker. * In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader\|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', when Lucy sees that Eustace has become a hostage she gives [[YMMV\|him and/or the slaver]] a look that could burn through the wall. == Literature == Line 189 ⟶ 191: And Sam Vimes ''freezes''. {{quote\|''The chill radiated off him. The lines of his face locked like a statue.''}} In ''[[~~Discworld/The Fifth Elephant\|~~The Fifth Elephant]]'' after Vimes frightens the ambassador of a hostile state into pulling his/their armies back till they're practically in the next country: {{quote\|'''Vetinari:''' Apparently you also looked at the ambassador in a very threatening way. '''Vimes:''' It was only the way I usually look. '''Vetinari:''' To be sure. }} Granny Weatherwax is fond of these, and may use magic to augment them. (One usage in ''[[~~Discworld/Wyrd Sisters\|~~Wyrd Sisters]]'' is described explicitly as a "thousand-kilowatt diamond blue stare." She stares down a theater patron all the way to the ground.) At one point she and another witch get into a duel that consists of them both performing a Death Glare on the ''sun''. And when someone came close, he got instantly sunburned. Granny lights fires by tossing some logs into the fireplace and ''staring'' at them until they burst into flames. You do not get much more deadly than that. Mr. Slant, a zombie lawyer, also manages to pull one these off on opposing lawyers. Knowing 200 years worth of law and precedent because you were there to make it can be quite intimidating. A favourite weapon of Keldas to keep the Nac Mac Feegle in line, to the point where the mere thought of it can terrify them. Line 202 ⟶ 204: Molly Weasley has been described as a short, plump, motherly woman, and generally doesn't look very threatening, but if you piss her off, ''you will know about it''. Her glare is capable of terrifying even her twin sons Fred and George (both of whom have otherwise never shown any signs of cowardice), and even scares innocent bystanders (such as Harry himself in book 2). Even her own husband, also a brave and courageous individual, is reduced to nervous mumbling under her glare. Professor Minerva McGonagall is also capable of giving students "the sort of look that scorches." Hermione Granger can do it too—when Ron teased her in ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Goblet of Fire (novel)\|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' about her self-enforced fast in protest of Hogwarts's employment of house-elves, she "gave him a look so reminiscent of Professor McGonagall that he gave up." * In ''[[Joe's ~~World\|Joes~~ World]]'' books by [[Eric Flint]], Greyboar's glare is referred by [[I Have Many Names\|several names]], such as "The Mirror of Imminent Mortality", "Basilisk" or "Time to reconsider". * ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' ** In Book 12, Harry meets Agent Tilly. One word and a look from Tilly is able to send [[Smug Snake]] Rudolph running from the room. Quite impressive, as the only other things that have been able to accomplish this were a [[Our Werewolves Are Different\|loup-garou]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different\|a scourge of Red Court Vamps.]] Line 302 ⟶ 304: == Music == * The singing group Heart had one implied for a cheating lover in an appropriately named song called "[[Meaningful Name\|If Looks Could Kill]]". * [[Peter Gabriel]]'s ''Games Without Frontiers'' includes the line "If looks could kill they probably will" in the chorus. == Tabletop Games == Line 403 ⟶ 406: * Lily, the [[Fantastic Racism\|human-hating]] fairy of ''Felarya'' has a [http://karbo.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3gz9ik truly frightening stare] (mildly NSFW) with a generous helping of [[Ax Crazy]]. * Weiss Schnee of ''[[RWBY]]'' is a mistress of the Death Glare, especially during Volume 1. Even after she [[Defrosting Ice Queen\|defrosts]] over the next couple volumes, she still is quite adept when it's needed. ** Blake Belladonna delivers a particularly scathing one to ~~Son~~Sun ~~Goku (no, not [[Dragon Ball\|that one]])~~Wukong in V1E16. == Western Animation == Line 460 ⟶ 463: * [[Henry Rollins]]—His page image is more or less his default expression. * Any fighting event with a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110531130658/http://www.mmafighting.com/photos/ufc-130-weigh-in-photos#photo-1 weigh-in], for example [[Mixed Martial Arts]]. * Reportedly, [[Michael Bay]] was talking to USAF helicopter pilot [[wikipedia:Characters in Transformers (film)#Decepticons\|Maj. Brian Reese]] when one of his subordinates walked by]] singing the theme song of [[Team America: World Police]]. The Death Glare he gave the other resulted in Bay casting him as [[Transformers (film)\|the Moustache Man]] * What happens when you drop your daughter to catch a foul ball in front of her mother? [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Video-Next-time-he-8217-ll-keep-a-better-grip-?urn=mlb-wp21111 You get this.] * Pat Summitt. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130520032346/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9628/index.htm Full stop.]{{context}} * The Transformer Owl, at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFwgblszf6s 1:15]. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Psychological Combat]] [[Category:Eye Tropes]] [[Category:Stock Poses]] [[Category:Older Than Dirt]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]