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{{quote|''Can I get a letterbox format? ...Aww yeah, this is the director's cut!''|'''Bo-bobo''', '''[[Bobobo Bobobobo Bobobo]]'''}}
 
A [[Camera Tricks|Camera Trick]] where, in order to show focus on a particular thing, two black bars will emerge from the top and bottom of the screen in order to bring about some drama by changing the aspect ratio, [[Letterbox]]-like. Often done with eyes in order to showcase the intense stare of our hero, who nine times out of ten is staring down his opponent, but not exclusively. Said bars are often accompanied by a nifty sound effect. Possibly originates from attempts by producers of TV to recreate the same intense effect that [[Sergio Leone]] achieved with his massive closeups in his [[Spaghetti Western]] films -- which don't work so well in non-widescreen shots.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Event Horizon]]'': Played with to horrifying effect, where {{spoiler|you get a wonderful close-up of Sam Neill's eye sockets after he has gouged his eyes out, while he bellows and rants like only a possessed Sam Neill can.}} Not exactly this trope, because of course the film is already in a letterbox, and possibly an homage to those old [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti Westerns]].
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': Constantly done with Frodo's already-huge eyes, Sergio Leone-style.
* Done in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' with General Grievous when he's threatening Obi Wan. Loses some impact in the pan-and-scan cut of the film, though--his eyes are spread wide apart compared to a human character, so the camera ends up centered on his forehead, with his actual eyes ''just'' off screen.
* The climax of ''[[The Good, the Bad Andand Thethe Ugly]]'' has quick shots of the three main characters' eyes just before the end of their [[Melee a Trois]].
 
 
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* Used in the ''[[Single-Stroke Battle|Samurai Kirby]]'' mode of ''[[Kirby|Kirby Super Star]]''.
* The opening sequence of ''[[Super Smash Bros]].'' does this in rapid succession with the main eight characters.
* The ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games]]'' feature a closeup on Link's eyes in the opening sequence.
** The non-eye variation is used in all 3D games when Z-targeting.
* The sequence that plays before each cross-examination in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series looks like this except with ''two'' sets of eyes, one from each lawyer, glaring at each other.
** In ''Investigations'', this happens before every testimony/argument, so there are Eyedscreens even for people like [[Clueless Detective|Gumshoe]], [[Unlucky Everydude|Larry Butz]] and [[Shrinking Violet|Lauren Paups]].
* A common breed of [[Super Move Portrait Attack]] in the ''[[Tales Series(series)|Tales]]'' series.
* The ''[[Trauma Center]]'' series:
** In ''Under the Knife 2'' before an operation, this happens with Derek, showing him move his hand closer to his glasses.
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* Happened near the end of the ''[[Weebl and Bob]]'' [http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/hentai.html episode "Hentai"] when we zoom in on the characters' eyes.
* Parodied in ''[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badidea Bad Idea]'', where it's applied to a fetid zombie with a dislocated eyeball.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIlpeaR48I Used in this installment] of ''[[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]]''.
* ''[[Banana Nana -nana-Ninja!]]'' uses this frequently. [http://www.banana-ninja.com/episodes/BananaShopOfHorrorsPt3.html (Example)]
* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' cartoon "Marshmallow's Last Stand" ([[Old Shame|no longer on the site]]) featured this, complete with the accompanying musical track from ''[[The Good, the Bad Andand Thethe Ugly]]''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABkgE56mEI "Go ahead...make my day." "Octorok!"]
 
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== Webcomics ==
* [http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090201 This installment] of ''[[Least I Could Do]]''.
* All the time in ''[[Digger (Webcomic)|Digger]]''. Once with a squash.
* In ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' this is a visual cue that someone's Great Curse is acting up.
 
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* The first episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' shows Dib's and Zim's eyes so as to express their confrontation.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' in "Car Alarm", with focus on Jim's and Tim's faces to emphasis their [[It's Personal]] statement.
* The newer ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series does this all the time, although not necessarily with eyes... it just has the zooming black bar effect during dramatic moments and virtually all commercial breaks.
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' is not exempt from this, either. The title card itself is an Eyedscreen. This was parodied in the ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' episode "Samurai Quack". When this happens to Dodgers (playing Jack), he notices the effect and actually tries to push out the black bars.
* Shows up in ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' from time to time.
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** Ami employs this trope in the episode "In The Cards", while staring down Yumi in a card game, mixed with her [[Inner Monologue]].
** It is used again in "Spaced Out" to emphasize Yumi's intense stare.
* ''[[The Emperor's New School (Animation)|The Emperors New School]]'' in "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu", Kuzco used this trope against an anteater skeleton {{spoiler|which was actually an old man in a costume}}.
* ''[[World of Quest]]'' does this a lot in relation to Quest. Normally when he's complaining about how much he hates something. And seeing that he hates just about everything (except for Albert)...
* Occasionally shows up in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
* Done at least once in the animated version of ''[[Lucky Luke]]'', like every other [[The Western|western]] trope.
* ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' "Ricardio the Heart Guy", This trick shows up when Finn says that Ricardio is "up to something."
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' Used when we first see Iron Man powering Up
* ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'' Phantom Limb in "Victor Echo November".
* ''[[Storm Hawks (Animation)|Storm Hawks]]'' with Aerrow in "The Key".
* Brutally parodied in an episode of ''[[Yam Roll (Animation)|Yam Roll]]'' -- the letterbox effect gets smaller and smaller until you can hardly tell what it's focusing on.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Used in Episode 7 "Dragonshy" when the Mane Cast is preparing for confront the dragon.
** Chief Thunderhooves of the buffalo tribe uses the effect several times in "Over a Barrel".
* Parodied to hell and back in an episode of ''[[Yin Yang Yo!]]'' where various characters do this when plotting something - then promptly note how cramped it is, take their hands out, and push the bars back to the ends of the screen. The bars get thinner and thinner to the point, by the end of the episode physically squishing Yin and Yang between them from the ''horizontal'' sides.
 
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