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The suggestion that if you stare into someone's eyes deep enough, you can glimpse their true nature.
It's well known that the eyes are the "[[Windows of the Soul|windows to the soul]]"
Well, in effect, it generally means that looking into one's eyes can give one insight into what the person is thinking. At the very least, it can betray some level of emotion, and some even believe one can tell truth from lies, and determine the true nature of one's personality, simply by employing this method.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Blade Runner]]'': Replicants don't have human-normal eye reactions to emotion provoking situations. Rather than helping them lie, the lack of reaction is a vulnerability, marking them as a [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|replicant]].
* ''[[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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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Legend of the Five Rings]]''
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' the characters can distinguish between their friends and their friend's evil counterparts from the [[Mirror Universe]] by looking into their eyes.
{{quote|'''Eizzil''': How did you know I wasn't really your stupid girlfriend?
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