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* ''[[Withnail and I]]'': has a positively heart-wrenching [[Eye Take]], showing the precise moment where Withnail and Marwood's friendship breaks down forever:
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* ''[[Goldeneye (Film)|Goldeneye]]'': General Ourumov gets one of these after witnessing [[Dark Action Girl|Xenia]] gunning down the staff of the Severnaya bunker and [[Combat Sadomasochist|having a bit]] [[Orgasmic Combat|too much fun]] [[Psycho for Hire|in the process]].
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'': Nick Angel's [http://deeperintomovies.net/journal/image08/hotfuzz4.jpg reaction] to the town's version of [[Romeo and Juliet]], specifically the [[Adaptation Decay|upbeat song and dance number following Juliet's suicide]].
* ''[[Alpha and Omega]]'': Eve's tends to get this reaction. Not so much the fact she's threatening someone with death, it's she does it with a happy, cheery voice. The third time, however, she's totally serious and everyone takes her as such.
* ''[[In the Loop]]'' features a positively epic [[Eye Take]] as Malcolm figures out a way to avert his impending [[Villainous Breakdown]].
* ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' theatrical shorts were full of these, especially when other characters were confounded by the stooges' antics.
* ''[[The Producers]]'': The reaction shot of the audience after the opening number of "Springtime for Hitler". (They paid to see a Broadway musical titled "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Springtime for Hitler]]"! What did they expect?)
 
== Live Action Television ==
 
* ''[[News Radio|NewsRadio]]'': Often demonstrated by Dave Foley's character.
* ''[[The X -Files]]'': Gillian Anderson's eyebrows got a regular workout.
* ''[[The Office]]'': Jim Halpert (as played by John Krasinski) has elevated this into an art form on the U.S. version, as did his counterpart, Tim Canterbury in the original.
* [[Hugh Laurie]] could be king of this trope. He basically [[Chewing the Scenery|eats the scenery with his eyes]]:
** Bertie from ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]''
** Doctors are meant to be unshockable, but ''[[House MD]]'' still finds plenty of excuses to be at the centre of an [[Eye Take]].
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'': Peter Capaldi is a sufferer of ocular [[Chewing the Scenery]]. His character [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] gets several Eye Takes per episode, but the longest is probably the one of his eyes scanning the headline "[[Wham! Episode|MALCOLM TUCKER RESIGNS]]".
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'''s Saul Tigh does this an awful lot, especially {{spoiler|after losing one of his eyes in the third season.}}
* [[wikipedia:Eddie Cantor|Eddie]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InTuAeGjr4M Cantor]. Rumor has it that he used stunt eyes.
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]] [[The BBC|(UK)]]'': [[Those Two Guys|Nick and Margaret]] make [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVsuQCqKBUI#t=1m5s fantastic use] of [[Eye Take|Eye Takes]], along with [[Aside Glance|Aside Glances]], [[Fascinating Eyebrow|Fascinating Eyebrows]] and [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarks]], to punctuate the more... ''questionable'' antics of the contestants.
* ''[[The X Factor]]'' is punctuated with Eye Takes. Most of Simon Cowell's expressions say more than words ever could. In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2UPyeTOsI this clip] Simon didn't even need to describe "the worst guitar solo I have ever heard in my life" as his eyes did it for him.
* [[Nathan Barley]] was known for its liberal use of reaction shots.
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* ''[[Bones]]'': Cam Saroyan does this a lot. It's all a part of being the [[Only Sane Employee]]...
* ''[[Yes Minister]]'': Sir Humphrey Appleby would do this when Jim Hacker introduced something that threatened his interests.
* In [[Babylon Five5]], Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari announces in council that under his people's new laws for the recently conquered Narn, the penalty for the murder of any Centauri by any Narn will be the execution of 500 Narns. The pak'ma'ra Ambassador features in an Eye Take, managing to pull off the look of shock despite the pak'ma'ra being [[Cthulhumanoid]].
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' : Dr McNinja heavily relies on this to show emotion -- but then his eyes and eyebrows are all you can see when he's wearing his mask, which is ''all the time.'' You know... ninja and all.
* ''[[Homestuck]]''
** [[All Trolls Are Different|Kanaya]]'s reaction on [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004620 this page].
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Kids React To (Web Video)|Kids React]]'': Morgan, 7 years old, does this during the "''le Internet Medley''" video. She was laughing at the Nyan Cat, and suddenly went "O_O ''wtf'' ?!" when the ''ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US'' part barges in.
* [[Doug Walker]] is very talented at this, putting it to great use for [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], [[Ask That Guy With the Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy With theThe Glasses]] and even with [[Bum Reviews (Web Video)|Chester]].
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'': Done memorably in the premiere, when Optimus Prime [http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/d/d1/Sariprime.jpg learns] [[The Talk|where little organics come from]].
* ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'':
** Characters tend to this in response to Chris mentioning something particularly dangerous about a challenge.
** During the Aftermath segments of ''Total Drama Action'' after a particularly odd or unexpected moment (Eg- when a clip shows Trent {{spoiler|sobbing hysterically and singing depressing heartbreak songs}} backstage) the camera would pan over to Noah and Cody either exchanging, '...Did we just see that?' glances or doing [[Eye Take|Eye Takes]].
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