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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Harry:''' I could do it with my eyes closed!
This describes a character who appears to have their eyes shut constantly, except, perhaps, for a few instances of surprise or shock. Nevertheless, they still give every indication of being able to see - which implies that this characteristic is actually more of a pronounced squint.
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Finally, closed eyes are sometimes used to depict people who are down and out with their lives as a sign of depression.
Where
When this trope occurs as a result of the art style, it becomes "[[Rob Liefeld|Youngblood's]] Disease", according to [[Atop the Fourth Wall
Not to be confused with the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film, ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* Shown above, Gin Ichimaru in ''[[Bleach]]''. He has only been seen opening his eyes on very rare occasions, once when attacked, once when attacking, {{spoiler|and during his final confrontation with Aizen.}} Also, if artworks count, the cover of one of the manga issues depicts Ichimaru with his eyes open.
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** Captain Unohona of the fourth division closes her eyes, and all smiley, utters a threat (as perceived by her victims), occasionally opening them to emphasize her scariness, when she is trying to intimidate them. Does it work? HELL YEAH!
* The flame dragon Setsuna in ''[[Flame of Recca]]'' literally keeps his single eye closed. If he opens it, anyone who sees it is instantly annihilated.
* Master Korin, Bulma's mother and the 'fat' version of Majin Buu from ''[[
** Goku once forces one of Korin's eyes open. All he sees is a fish swimming through water.
* Takeshi/Brock in ''[[Pokémon (
** In ''The Ninja Poké-Showdown'', [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/3/3d/Brock_eyes_open.png Brock's eyes open when Ash's Charmander accidentally uses Flamethrower on him].
** His eyes open for a single frame when he gets beaned in the back of the head by Jessie's Arbok in ''Who Gets to Keep Togepi?''.
** One of the few women to actually enjoy his constant flirting is the Frontier Brain [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Lucy/Azami]]. Upon returning home at the end of the episode, it is revealed that she keeps a group of Pokémon as pets, all with the same squinty eyes implying that her attraction to Brock was due to this feature.
** These days, his eyelids are likely to balloon in those situations you'd expect other characters' ''eyes'' to do so. A few times when he's being shocked and his body starts flashing, his skull shows the slits instead of circular eye sockets. Make of that what you will.
** His eyes also open when he's being bishounen, but all they ever show is basically a glistening squint.
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* In the original series of ''[[The Slayers]]'', Rezo the blind priest. However, that's not because he's a trickster so much as {{spoiler|because if he opens his blinded eyes, he'll release the fragment of the supreme demon god, Shabranigdo, imprisoned within, a fact he remains unaware of until he heals his eyesight and does so.}} Another example is the appropriately-named Inspector Wizer.
** {{spoiler|Rezo's copy too. Why ''he'' doesn't open his eyes considering that the story says his eyes were healed is another question. He doesn't have a demon sealed in him like Rezo.}}
***
** Xelloss "the Trickster Priest" opens the eyes wide (displaying the vertical pupils) and stops smiling when he ceases his tomfoolery and becomes serious. Given that he's the most powerful [[The Legions of Hell|Mazoku]] short of godlike Dark Lords, it's not a good sign. And of course, in this case we cannot write off eyes closed by the ''lower'' eyelid (sometimes it's clearly visible) as a stylistic choice.
* Chichiri in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''
** This is justified. He's just
* Koizumi Itsuki (although he opens his eyes much more frequently than most
** And everyone but Churuya and Ashakura in ''[[Nyoron Churuya-san]]''.
* Yakumo Fujii in ''[[
** Only in the first season, afterwards he has them open much of the time. [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Symbolic, perhaps]]?
** Yakumo, by default, has his eyes shut. Only rarely does he opens them. This is shown throughout the entire manga series, which is the entire series.
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*** Including driving with his eyes shut
** Moreso, Shien (part of the Homura Trio) in the non-manga anime arc.
** And [[Stalker
** Koumyou sanzo
* Vato Falman, an officer in Roy Mustang's circle, in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. In the manga and the new anime, there's Ling Yao, who chooses to do this voluntarily, along with always trying to smile, due to the fact that, although he's a pretty nice guy at heart, he happens to have "shifty eyes."
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** Also pays homage to Plato's 'Theory of Forms'. Once Vincent leaves the dome, he opens his eyes to the truth of the outside world once again.
** Coincidentally, Vincent Law and the above mentioned Gin both share the same Japanese [[Koji Yusa|voice actor]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' makes special use out of this trope; Professor Daitokouji/Professor Banner usually has his eyes shut. He eventually reveals himself to be one of the villains in disguise, whereupon he opens his eyes. They remain open until his defeat, whereupon they close again for the last few minutes before his death. His spirit, when manifest as himself and not a ball of light, still has him with his eyes shut in later seasons.
** Kind of justified, since his eyes are BLOOD RED.
*** Wasn't his hair white when he had red eyes? His eyes could've been another color when he had black hair. However, we might have to go to the [[Hair Tropes]] for another story.
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* Hap from ''[[Eureka Seven]]''
** Also Gonzy. {{spoiler|Turns out this is because he's actually a Coralian who was sent to observe the crew of the Gekko, and opening his eyes would reveal his true nature (Coralians having distinctive rings in their irises, and usually odd coloration as well).}}
* Subverted somewhat in the first episode of ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]''. A wealthy socialite with
* The eponymous Zatoichi (both old version and new) is a blind swordsman who walks around with his eyes closed all the time. At the end of the new version, he does open his eyes briefly for an interesting exchange with a mob boss.
** Also, there is a comic scene in the new Zatoichi in which he has eyes drawn on his eyelids - so much so, one of the characters gets flustered, thinking he is staring at her.
* ''[[Ichi]]'' is also a blind assassin {{spoiler|it's hinted that she's Zatoichi's daughter; at the very least she's trying to find him}}.
* Shusuke Fuji and Renji Yanagi from ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''. They only open their eyes when they're ''really'' serious about something. Yanagi's case is even more extreme than Fuji's; when he fully opens his eyes during a match in the manga, his teammates say they had ''never'' seen him like that, unlike Fuji who opens his own eyes more or less often.
* Heihachi in ''[[
* Wanyuudou in ''[[Hell Girl]]'', but only in his human form; in his wheel form, he appears with both his eyes open.
* ''[[Digimon]]'''s Neemon frequently has his eyes closed. The Japanese card game suggests that he is lazy or frequently sleepy, but in the show he is perfectly energetic. Previous seasons had Gennai for the wise variation.
** No, Neemon's fallen asleep at times in ''[[Digimon Frontier|Frontier]]''. He's also not very smart, in contrast to Bokomon.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'s'' Soul Piper's eyes are usually closed. You do '''not''' want to be the cause of his opening them.
* Watari from ''[[
* Takashi Yamazaki from ''[[
** Also from ''CCS'', the anime version of Clow Reed, though he had them open in the manga.
* The kindly old scientist and inventor Dr. Mayzel from the ''Spriggan OVA'' anime movie (Japan 1998). Although you can clearly see his eyes behind his glasses, they're constantly closed and drawn as upturned curves. In contrast, the character looks rather different in the print manga where he wears [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' Virgo Shaka, one of the most powerful Golden Saints, maintains his eyes shut to actually keep his power under control. {{spoiler|When Phoenix Ikki finds out, after sorta recuperating from [[Mind Rape]] inflicted by Shaka himself, he tricks him into cutting off ''all'' of his senses and overpowers him in a [[Taking You
** Shaka's Lost Canvas counterpart Asmita, however, ''is'' blind.
* Saemon Kisaragi, the [[Master of Disguise]] from ''[[Basilisk]]''. He's only seen with his eyes open after killing his foes, and even then...
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** Chouza Akimichi is another example - until very recently, his eyes have never been shown open - although he's more of a down-to-earth [[Gentle Giant]] than a mischievous type like Naruto.
* Fujita Goro/{{spoiler|Hajime Saitou}} of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. He actually has naturally squinty eyes (which Sanosuke notes when first meeting him), and they appear closed while Saitou is "acting" as Fujita, which makes him look more like a "nice guy". Once Kenshin recognizes him at the Kamiya dojo, however, this is dropped completely for the rest of the series.
** Also from the series, Chou the Sword-Hunter keeps one eye closed at all times except from when starting to lose the upper hand in a fight. Seeing as this is in a
* Ezra from ''[[Vandread]]'' has these, obviously to emphasize her wise, motherly persona.
* Taro from the first season of ''[[
* Serpico from the ''[[Berserk]]'' manga. On the few occasions you see his eyes, almost always during a fight, it marks his [[Let's Get Dangerous]] moment where he drops the foppish persona. Though in somewhat of a subversion, his motives are always clear and he sometimes goes out of his way to state them.
** Pippin had this trademark way before Serpico entered the story, though, and only ever opened his eyes once.
** Sort of half-played with Guts. After the events of the Eclipse, his right eye is permanently closed. He seems to still have perfect depth perception, though, considering how accurately he uses knives, his crossbow, and various attacks that require perfect precision.
* Kuroudou Akabane from ''[[
* Media from ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''.
* From ''[[Ikki Tousen]] Dragon Destiny'', the incarnation of Zhao Yun, Chou'un Shiryuu, is practically like this. Apparently, while almost every characters always had their clothes torn one way or another, she manages to keep her clothes clean and never torn from attacks, all when she's fighting with eyes closed. She rarely opens them, if she did, it's probably for a brief of time and in a non-combat situation.
* Howdy from the TV show ''[[
* Lee Linho in ''[[Read or Die
* Professor Go in ''[[Giant Robo]]''. He only opens his eyes when learning something that horrifies him.
* Kabapu's assistant, Ms. Momochi, in ''[[Excel Saga (
* Higsby/Higure from ''[[
* Maiza from ''[[Baccano
** Additionally, there's Tick, Elmer and Nick (not to be confused Nicholas). Goose ''looks'' like his eyes are always shut, but closer inspection shows that they're just really, really narrow.
* Benitora of ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' has his eyes shut most of the time, except when he's shocked by something. The English translation of the manga [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on it, but in the Japanese, he's talking about getting laid.
* Yasaburo, retainer to House Saotome in ''[[Macross Frontier]]''.
* Mokona in ''[[
* Ranger in ''[[Transformers Super God Masterforce]]''
* Wolfgang Grimmer in ''[[Monster (
* Italy in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is usually drawn with eyes that resemble equals signs.
** Aside from some of the official art advertising the manga/anime, he only opens his eyes TWICE in the course of eighty-some episodes. They even make fun of it in one strip, in which he wakes up, opens his eyes, and gasps. A caption underneath states "'I tried opening my eyes today!' - Italy".
** Made even better during Bloodbath 2011, when one of the requests was that he keep his eyes open. After about ten seconds, all the other characters were freaked out, and Germany ended up covering Italy's face (because he thought it was "[[When She Smiles|too]] [[Ho Yay|limpid]]").
* Minoru Shiraishi in ''[[
** [[Otaku Surrogate|Konata.]] I dare you to find a single comic or episode where her eyes open for a whole scene.
* Fujisawa from ''[[El
* Kinko from ''[[Binbou Shimai Monogatari]]'' has these, probably to emphasize that she is the older and thus more mature one of the Echigoya sisters.
* [[Kinnikuman|Ramenman]]. Opens his eyes occasionally, but they're usually closed.
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* Haruka's and Akane's mom in ''[[Rumbling Hearts|Kimi Ga Nozomi Eien]]''. She would easily be considered a [[Hot Shounen Mom]] if not for this.
** She's still a hot shonen mom regardless of it, just of the slightly older variety.
* In ''[[Darker
** Amagiri has one ''Eye Always Shut'', which gives him a cheerful appearance and fits his personality fairly well.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Lau in ''[[
** Who is ''also'' voiced by [[Koji Yusa]] (the same person who voices [[Bleach|Gin]] and [[Ergo Proxy|Vincent]]). Is there a pattern here?
* Mocked in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' with the sumo wrestler Omosadake, who everyone knows has
** There's also Yamabushi from the Shinryuuji Nagas, whose eyes aren't even slightly cracked when he ''cries''.
* One recurring villain from ''[[Aiki]]'', a poison user, has her eyes perpetually half-lidded at best. {{spoiler|Until Chapter 39 - when Kageyusu knocks her syringe out of her hand, her eyes pop open and remain open.}}
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** In the [[Area 88]] manga, Hoover and Ryoko's father are also drawn with their eyes always shut.
* Angel chara Eru from [[Shugo Chara]].
* Kamui from ''[[
** Also Ayumu, who never opens them except when he's angry (and even then they [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|glow red/green/purple/whatever]]). And once again, he's voiced by [[Koji Yusa]]. Hmm.
* Saku, the drummer in ''[[Beck]]'' always has his eyes shut to the point where they are even joked about in the dub (a life guard refers to him as the one with the "squinty eyes").
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* Toyama Sachi from ''[[Jubei-chan]]''.
* Tamami from ''[[Chocotto Sister]]''.
* Koma from ''[[Hyakko]]''
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Nunnally Lamperouge/vi Britannia has her eyes permanently closed. Her blindness is said to be psychosomathic, and it's believed it comes from the trauma of witnessing her mother's bloody assassination, which also left her crippled. {{spoiler|Telling truths, the specific cause of Nunners's blindness is a [[Mind Rape|Geass-induced trauma]], given to her by her father as a plan of his [[Xanatos Roulette]]. She 'wakes' up just in time for [[Irony|Lelouch.]].}}
* Variation in ''[[Saki (
** Bundou from her team is a straighter example.
* Brother Matthew from ''[[Trinity Blood]]''. He only opens his eyes once or twice when he is being exceptionally evil.
* From ''[[
* Kuran, a leakage girl in ''[[Fight Ippatsu! Juuden
* Balladbird Lee in ''[[Gungrave]]''. {{spoiler|When he actually opens them...[[Nightmare Fuel|it ain't pretty]]}}.
* Konoha in ''[[Please Teacher
* July, the [[Hot Chick
* Nonohara Kaede from ''[[
** Izumi Segawa's eyes are often shut as well.
* Futugami, the [[
* Woon-suk/Ah-dol or ''[[Yureka]]''
* Chiffon Fairchild from ''[[Freezing]]''. Perhaps one of the few genuinely kind, sane people among the crazed, blood-thirsty [[Amazon Brigade]] that is West Genetics...and is apparently also the ''strongest'' among them, having the nickname "Matchless Smiling Monster".
** Chapter 86. She finally opened them.
* Jinroku, the third teacher at [[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Walker Yumasaki from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' keeps his eyes closed constantly. He does open them very briefly in episode 18 though.
** ...and it's hinted that, whenever he does, {{spoiler|it's a [[Beware the Nice Ones|very]], ''[[Tranquil Fury|very]]'' [[Kill It
* In ''[[Detective Conan]]'', Ayako, Sonoko's older sister, is never seen with her eyes open. (Also, "Sleeping Kogoro's" eyes are always shut when he is "solving the case," though granted this is because he literally is asleep.)
** Some guest characters are also fox-faced, and Okiya Subaru's eyes are just evil little white dots in the middle of black eyelid lines.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* In the manga ''[[Et Cetera]],'' Baskerville's eyes are almost always closed...it's a [[Oh Crap|very bad sign]] if he has them open. However, he {{spoiler|almost always has them open while he's [[Brainwashed and Crazy]].}}
* Like the character [[Stepford Smiler|Sai]] from ''[[Naruto]]'', the character Ren Tsugura from [[Skip
* Chizuru from ''[[
** It turns out she's just squinting because of bad eyesight. She spends a chapter with them open after she gets contacts, but gives them up when she realizes that having her eyes open all the time makes everyone else nervous.
* Yuji's [[Hot Mom]] from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' has her eyes closed most of the time.
* Paz in ''[[Ghost in
* Gabal from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
* Tamako from ''[[
* Minerva in ''[[Maken
* Nekoyashiki in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Western ur-example is [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] (the one who [[I Am Not Shazam|is not Shazam]]). He's been drawn with normal eyes
** The early Joe Shuster illustrations of [[Superman]] were also very squinty, which predate Captain Marvel.
*** Alex Ross continues to draw Superman with squinty eyes. He says its not to give off an attitude or look wise, its just to make him look like he's doing actual work when performing feats of strength.
* Jughead, of the ''[[Archie Comics]]'' comic books and [[The Archie Show|television show]] typically has his eyes closed. It's referred to on-panel by other characters often, even down to the fact that this should render him blind. (A case of either [[Lampshade Hanging]] or [[Genre Savvy]].)
** Let's not forget the time when the gang convinced Jughead to open his eyes, upon which he couldn't see a thing due to bright light
** In some stories, though, he has his eyes partially open,
** And don't forget once he was coaxed into opening his eyes for a group photo, only to have ''everyone else in the shot'' blink once the photo was taken.
* Both Grandma Ben and Lucius Down from ''[[Bone]]''.
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* Before the time-travel flashback thing, Lynn Johnston of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' started drawing Japanese character Dawn Enjo with permanently squinted eyes, which she hadn't done before. No one is entirely sure why.
* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]''. His "face" is a mask and the tiny eye slits serve to prevent anyone getting so much as a glimpse of his face.
* [[Rob Liefeld]]'s artwork depicts characters so they look like they're always squinting. It is referred to by reviewer [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* Ironically, of all characters to have their eyes closed most of the time, you'd think this would never apply to a character who's entire schtick, his whole reason to exist as a character, is to keep an eye on multiple universes and watch over all of them. But nope, [[The Monitor]] from ''[[Crisis
* Igrath of ''[[Dreamkeepers]]''. Justified as he is blind.
* The Saint of Killers from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' has fairly permanently closed eyelids.
* Jon's mother from ''[[Garfield]]''; she does open them when startled or surprised though.
* [[Beetle Bailey]] always has his hat (or his helmet) over his
** It's lampshaded in one strip, where the chaplin gently admonishes Sarge to see things from Beetle's perspective. The final frame shows Sarge with his hat covering his eyes down to his nose:
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* ''[[
== Film ==
* A comical example from ''[[Cloudy
== Literature ==
* The ''[[
== [[Live
* Harry from ''[[3rd Rock
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''Dick''': Open them!
'''Harry''': Oh, they're manual! }}
* [[Gilbert Gottfried]] is also "squinty" in most of his live-action performances.
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** When Jerry asks if Elaine had noticed an irritating habit of his (David had been overusing the "high-five"), among the several things she lists is "...that squinting thing he does?".
* Janice from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
== Manhwa ==
* Chiffon Fairchild from ''[[Freezing]]'' has this as her most notable physical feature. She is also one of the more sane [[Blood Knight|Pandoras]]
== Music ==
* Milo from the animated musical group Prozzäk.
* Noodle from the animated musical group [[
== Other ==▼
* Every proper depiction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_(disambiguation) the Buddha].▼
* A Japanese camera maker (Nikon) is running afoul of this trope in [[Real Life]]: [http://www.jozjozjoz.com/2009/05/13/racist-camera-no-i-did-not-blink-im-just-asian/ No, I did not blink, I'm just Asian]. (Note that Nikon is headquartered in Japan.)▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Formerly pictured alongside Gin used to be his [[Expy]] Hazama from ''[[
* Kliff Undersn in ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' (he has one eye open in his VS portrait in GG1).
* Moogles, frequently, in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. Though some recent games, such as ''[[
** This makes perfect sense though since Moogles are supposed to be winged moles, an animal known for having its eyes closed.
** And despite that moogles from the ''[[Ivalice Alliance]]'' has their eyes opened, Horne from ''[[
* Juno in ''[[
* Dr. Noel Chandler in ''[[
** Dorne Murtough from the original ''[[
* Wendolo from ''[[Super Robot Wars 3]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''.
* The "Aisha" and the "Chia" species in ''Neopets''.
** Interestingly, in the Aishas' profile, they are clearly shown blinking, implying that the "shut" look is what their eyes actually look like.
* Ini Miney from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' always has her eyes shut. Even in her driver's license photo. {{spoiler|The Ini we see, however, is actually Mimi Miney, who's impersonating her sister and keeping her eyes shut to fit the role (hers have a very distinctive look). When her facade cracks later in the case, she opens her eyes.}}
** Shelly DeKiller is also another
*** Frank Sahwit, Marvin Grossberg, and Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki (whose [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]] look like [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] because of it) also follow this trope.
*** Both ambassadors in the fifth case of ''Investigations'' as well. On Alba they signify age and wisdom, on Palaeno they mark him as a cheerful, if a little ditzy person. {{spoiler|Of course, in Alba's case, it's a front.}}
* Natsume in the four first four ''[[.hack]]'' games also displayed this characteristic, in addition to referring to herself in [[Third Person Person|third person]] at seemingly random points.
** [[The Cameo|Natsume]] also appears as an [[Bonus Boss|after game character]] in the third [[.hack|.Hack//G.U.]] game. In this game, there is one way to get her to open her eyes. [[Nightmare Fuel|Not that you want to do that...]]
* Captain Olimar in ''[[Pikmin]]''.
* Redd the Fox in ''[[Animal Crossing]]''. He fits the Japanese view of "fox eyes"
** In addition to high markup, ''Wild World'' makes him the only outlet for paintings... which are frequently counterfeit.
* The Happy Mask Salesman from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** Also in ''Majora's Mask'' are Sakon the thief, who makes off with Kafei's Sun Mask and the Bomb Shop owner's Blast Mask, and Keaton, a cunning, riddle-telling fox.
** Speaking of ''The Legend Of Zelda'', Tingle never opened his eyes in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* The Miis on the Wii can also have these.
* Then entire cast of ''[[
* Wang Koh-San from ''[[Art of Fighting]] 3''
* Ysera The Dreamer from ''[[
* Kelvena from ''[[
** Mentioned in ''Xenogears'' [[All There in the Manual|Perfect Works]] as being what she does in order to keep her high Ether power in check. She can be seen with them open {{spoiler|during the out-of-Gear battle against all four of the Elements}}.
* There are typically a couple for every game in the ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' franchise. The trope usually sticks upon those of characters at old age, or apparently girls who are meant to be represented of beauty.
** Then there's Toby/Tao from Tree of Tranquility that is neither, but he ''does'' fit the "always cheerful" type. However, in his case, eyes that are always shut appear to be a genetic trait: His uncle and cousin have them too, and if he marries Renee, their son Matt has them too. "They say he's got my eyes."
** Lyla only opened her eyes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNNiqjadJs once], for like 6 seconds. Go figure, she has [[Purple Eyes]].
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Many ''[[Pokémon]]'': Zubat, Wobbuffet, Skitty, Snorlax, Makuhita, Cyndaquil, Abra, Swinub, Uxie...
** [[Justified Trope]] for Uxie: anyone who has seen its eyes doesn't remember it. [[Laser
** Brock qualifies in the games as well.
* It's amazing that Kenshin, one of the backup dancers in ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'', can dance so well considering that he always has his eyes closed. A Let's Play of the game jokes that he accidentally glued his eyelids shut.
* Just about everyone in ''[[Full Throttle]]'', though they do open their eyes wide in surprise now and then.
* ''[[
* Goro Daimon and his son, Kogoro, in the ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' series.
* Ayako Yuuki of ''[[Variable Geo]]'' always has her eyes shut. She is [[The Ditz]] of the game.
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** [[Unknown Rival|Kieran]] refers to him as a 'squinty coward!' in one of their support conversations... not that Oscar seems to care.
* Gretchen Hasselhoff in some ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' games; her eyes are closed into an arc.
* Prosecutor Ito, JudgeMan.EXE's operator, in ''[[
* Madotsuki, the protagonist of ''[[Yume Nikki]]''. Probably because she sleeps nearly all the time.
* Ms. Accord from ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' never opens her eyes.
* Both Male and Female Healers in ''[[Disgaea]]'' always have their eyes closed, with the females lampshading it in Disgaea 3.
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** The only time one was seen with her eyes open was in an art piece for [[Makai Kingdom]], which also activates one of the optional map events.
* In ''[[
* [[Cool Teacher|Hubert Brixham]] from ''[[
* Craftlord Tyram and [[Almighty Mom|Amariss]], the protagonist's [[Hot Mom|mother]], from ''[[Summon Night|Summon Night: Swordcraft Story]]'' and [[Hot Dad|Master Blaire]] from ''[[Summon Night|Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2]]''. Amariss and Blaire open their eyes occasionally.
* Two different characters from ''[[Morenatsu]]''
* Richard Wong from ''[[Psychic Force]]''. Aside of having his eyes closed all the time, he pretty much controls TIME and is quite [[The Chessmaster]] as well.
* In ''[[
* The goddess [http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/images/6/64/Morrighan.png Morrighan] in [[Mabinogi Fantasy Life|Mabinogi]]. when she opens her eyes, it means some [http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/images/8/86/Morrighan_G12.png serious shit is going down.]
* Chester's battle and overworld sprites in Super Famicom version of ''[[
* Raikoh, the hero of [[Otogi: Myth of Demons]], and he never opens them, ever.
* The hero of the flash game ''Second Person Shooter Zato''. (As the name suggests, the hero can't see himself, but ''can'' see through the eyes of his enemies.)
=== Visual Novels ===▼
* Snake from ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons
▲== Visual Novels ==
▲* Snake from ''[[Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (Visual Novel)|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]].'' In his case, the eyes aren't simply an artistic device--his eyes really ''are'' shut all the time, and it's one of the first things viewpoint character Junpei notices about him. He is, in fact, blind. He only opens them three times:
** In one of the puzzles, when Seven/Clover/Snake/Junpei spell "pipe" in a cheer-leading fashion. Snake has his eyes wide open as he shouts "Gimme a P and an E!"
** In the Safe Ending, {{spoiler|Ace tells Snake that he killed Clover - and exactly how he did it - and Snake snaps and his eyes open as he swears to kill Ace. It's actually pretty terrifying.}}
** When they're putting together what happened to Snake, his eyes are open in the still where he's going for the DEAD. {{spoiler|Though as it turns out, that wasn't Snake at all.}}
* ''[[Maji
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Lt. Cmdr. Shodan from ''[[
* Esa from ''Handsome Fungus'' is almost never seen with her eyes open. [http://www.savetinytim.com/handsomefungus/index.html?Blink=7 She talks about it a bit...]
* Anja Donlan from ''[[
** Zimmy has her eyes [[Squick|filled with black gunk]] most of the time, and the dark circles around them make it even worse by giving the appearance that she has no eyes. It's up to you to decide if she's creepier with them [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=197 closed] or [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=198 open] or [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=200 in-between].
*** One of Tom's avatars is pretty much the male version of Zimmy's [[Ugly Cute]] appearance.
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* Security from ''[[The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred]]''.
* Flying Man from ''[http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/ Flying Man and Friends]''. It is his only expression.
* Nario from ''[[Supah Nario Bros]]''
* One wonders where the anachronic [[Action Girl|Princess]] from ''[http://rustyandco.com/comic/32/ Rusty & Co.]'' gets all that eye-obscuring mascara.
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20130719023505/http://www.drunkduck.com/Dragon_City/ Dragon City], Rachel is not only known for her squint, but she also gets angry anytime anyone mentions it. Originally it was thought to be because dragons live underground, but later they figured out she was an Asian dragon. To add insult to injury, Rachel's eldest daughter Erin also has a squint, which might be why Rachel isn't the greatest mother to Erin.
* Meena's ex-boyfriend-cum-roommate in ''[[Questionable Content]]''. Combined with his behavior, it gives him a beatific air.
* Reiko's mom Fumiko from [[Contemplating Reiko]].
* Mia in ''[[Unintentionally Pretentious]]'' is blind, and usually has her eyes closed about [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=137 half the time].
== Web Original ==
* The King of Town from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.
* [[Ruby Quest
* The foxes in [[Mudy Quest]], too.
* The eponymous ''[[Pucca]]''.
* Dorroile in ''[[Something Awful]]''{{'}}s District Bulletin series. Eventually
* Yue from [http://blog.livedoor.jp/keumaya-china/ Chuugoku Yome Nikki]
== Western Animation ==
* Gaz in ''[[Invader Zim]]''. She actually does open at least one eye when she [http://images.wikia.com/zimwiki/images/5/5f/Invader_zim_Gaz.jpg needs] [http://images.wikia.com/zimwiki/images/4/40/Battle-dib_1.jpg to be] [http://images.wikia.com/zimwiki/images/d/d0/Dib_and_Gaz_pci_for_Zim_WIKI.png more] [http://images.wikia.com/zimwiki/images/6/6d/Gaz%27s_eyes_1.jpg expressive]{{Dead link}} ([http://images.wikia.com/zimwiki/images/3/31/Character_Gaz.png even in the intro]). Other background characters play it more straight.
* Shriek from ''[[
* The Nearsighted [[
* [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Captain_Fanzone Captain Fanzone] in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. He's been in a couple of episodes where he wasn't consistently drawn this way. It's apparently from the two different animation studios that make the show [[Depending
* Chef's mom and several Chinese people on ''[[South Park]]'' have their eyes shut most of the time.
* A sentient basketball that only Shake could see from the ''[[
* Gus Duncz from ''[[Mission Hill]]'' is drawn exactly like an aging [[Captain Marvel]], so much so that I'm tempted to think it's intentional.
* Mom Arbuckle, in the ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' series
* Numbuh 3 in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.
* A partial example: [[Popeye]] always has his right eye shut, except when in shock, a common explanation is it was injured in a fight.
* Cosgrove in ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' does this. He did open them three times in the series, in "The Cloud" presumably as an effect of the mountain air improving his mood, and in "The Island of Dr. Mystico" in shock at the actions between Freakazoid and Dr. Mystico at the dinner. No reason given why they opened in "The Wrath of Gutierrez", though. Unless food is that much [[Serious Business]] (he opened them while ordering food).
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== Real Life ==
* This trope is rarer in [[Real Life]], of course, because ''artistic''
* [http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=French+Stewart&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=_VrhTOPlGoyisAOi3_3eCg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC0QsAQwAA&biw=1027&bih=709 French Stewart], as made fun of in the quote at the top of the page, lampshading how less-than-open the actor's eyes usually look.
** [[Family Guy|What are you squinting about? It's not even that bright!]]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714681/ Billy Redden], the banjo player from ''[[Deliverance]]''.
* Comedian [[Jim Breuer]] talks in one bit about how people think he's always stoned, because his eyes are always half-closed. Well, also, there's [[Erudite Stoner|the way he talks]]. And that one time [[Half Baked|he played a stoner]].
* [[George W. Bush]] is often [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] to have this trait.
* [[Renee Zellweger]] has a perma-squint.
* [[Clint Eastwood]] tends to be this, both on-screen and off-screen.
* Singer [[Andrea Bocelli]] always has his eyes either completly shut or almost shut, due to being blind.
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