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== Anime and Manga ==

* In [[One Piece]] anime, when a pacifista is destroyed by the Strawhat Crew.

** In the first season, the entire face mask on '''[[Say My Name|HOWARD MASOOOOOONNNNN]]''''s flag goes dark when it is turned into a pin cushion by the Throne Zwei's GN Fangs.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''s Unit 01. Its eyes tend go out when it runs out of power or the pilot's [[Synchronization]] is interrupted by something. Although if the pilot's in sufficiently deep shit, its probably going to [[Mama Bear|get right back up]] with the eyes [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|lighting up again]]. Especially noticeable in ''End of Evangelion'' when Unit 01 simply turns off while hovering in mid-air to represent that Shinji hitting his [[Despair Event Horizon]] resulted in him losing his chance of fighting back for good.

== Film ==

* Happens to Marvin in the ''[[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|Hitchhiker's]]'' movie. {{spoiler|Of course he's not really dead, but the first time you see it in the theater it's ''very'' dramatic, with a hint of "did that really happen?"}}

** It happens to Marvin in the books too. Only later. {{spoiler|And he really does die.}}

* ''[[Terminator]]''.

** In the sequel, we see it [[Tear Jerker|from the point of view of said eyes as they shut off]].

** In this death scene, and others, the character's colors fade to gray too. What's the name for that trope?

** ''[[Transformers]]'' uses this a lot. Sometimes eyes even ''blow out'' from leftover energy.

** Though it is seen in one part that Frenzy's eyes could stop glowing when he was blending in with the scenery. Playing dead?

* ''[[WALL-E]]'s'' AUTO and EVE.

== Literature ==

* The Centurions in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' too, for that matter. Not only do they have the [[Cyber Cyclops]] roaming red eye, but it goes out when the 'bot is destroyed.

* {{spoiler|Callister}} in ''[[Eureka]]''.

* A similar thing happens with the Goa'uld in [[Stargate SG-1]]. Since their eyes aren't ''always'' glowing, and only do so when they choose, they don't fade when they die like in most cases of this trope. Instead, the eyes flash once and then fade before they die, accompanied by the special Goa'uld eye-flash sound effect.

== Video Games ==

* In the intro of ''Dawn of War II'', a space marine does it when his [[Power Armor]] is pierced.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', [http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Dynamis_Statue Dynamis Statues] have glowing eyes which not only fade when destroyed, but may restore HP or MP to everyone depending on the color (Blue for HP, Green for MP, while Red eyes do nothing).

* {{spoiler|Raiden's visor}} does this in ''[[Metal Gear|MGS4]]''. {{spoiler|But it later turns out he's [[Not Quite Dead]].}}

* Happens to each of the Colossi in ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''.

* {{spoiler|Arthas/The Lich King}} does this in [[World of Warcraft]]. Promptly followed by various other signs such as rolling eyes, going limp/his arm releasing it's grip on {{spoiler|his father's ghost}} and eyes rolling back into his skull.

** Although in this case, the reason the eyes stop glowing is presumably because {{spoiler|Ner'zhul is no longer possessing him}}. The glow stopping and death aren't directly connected.

== Western Animation ==

* Mordred's animated gargoyle statues in the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.

* Happens to the robot in the pilot episode of ''[[The Tick]]'' immediately before he says "[[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]".

== Real Life ==