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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', one of Misaki's opponents was able to anticipate all of Misaki's Angel's attacks by watching her. Once Misaki figured this out she was easily defeated.
* In ''[[Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'', Apollo uses his bracelet to see through Machi's eyeglasses during a trial to determine that he's lying.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Blade Runner]]'': Replicants don't have human-normal eye reactions to emotion
* In ''[[The Negotiator]]''
* In the 2005 film [[The Island]], after the duo escape from the cloning organ facility they once believed to be their sanctuary and home, while watching TV the heroine is somehow able to tell that the news reporter is lying about the events they just experienced due to the expression of her eyes.
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* In ''[[The Anubis Gates]]'', Beth Tichy recognizes a monster as her fiancé, transformed, by the expression in his eyes -- {{spoiler|just ''after'' she shoots it}}.
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** In ''[[
** A similar rule applies to the various transformed creatures in ''[[
** Experienced conman Moist Von Lipwig of ''[[
** ''[[
** Slightly more inexplicably, [[
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Wizards can read the intimate details of any person's soul just by looking into their eyes, which is called a soulgaze. It has its limitations, though-- [[It Only Works Once]], and the target gets to see the exact same things about the wizard. Also it's stressful at best, and can cause a person to [[Go Mad from the Revelation]] at worst, especially since one can never ''ever'' forget what they see. Wizards tend to avoid making eye contact unless they have a damn good reason to do otherwise.
* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', the demon-in-human form Crowley adopts a stylish persona, including [[Cool Shades]] that he wears all the time (and gets mocked for by another character). Near the climax, he loses the shades, and it's revealed that at least part of the reason he wore them was that even in human form he still has his real eyes.
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* ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' plays with the "wearing [[Sinister Shades]] to disguise his true nature" version of the trope, with a sinister character whose dark glasses prompt speculation about what horrors his eyes would reveal if they were visible. Ultimately, it's revealed that {{spoiler|not only are his eyes entirely normal, they proclaim his true -- kind and friendly -- disposition, so he had to hide them in order to appear sinister}}.
* ''[[The Moomins]]'': In one [[Nightmare Fuel]]-worthy scene, the characters find a magic hat that transforms things. Moomintroll tries it out of curiosity and is turned into a hideous monster. None of his family members recognize him, but in the end Moominmamma can still tell that it is him by staring into his eyes.
* ''[[
** Throughout the series, Harry is said to "Look a lot like your dad, but you have your mother's eyes." Later in the series, we find out that Harry's resemblance to his father is mostly superficial (physically and personality-wise), and that ultimately, he is much more like his mother.
== [[Live
* An episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' invokes this when Giles is turned into a demon; Buffy recognises him by looking him in the eyes and noting that no one else could look as annoyed with her. Lampshaded when Buffy suffers a [[Grand Theft Me]] later on.
{{quote|"Giles, you turned into a demon and I knew it was you! I mean, can't you just look in my eyes and be all intuitive?"}}
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