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[[File:durpewhvi_5988durpewhvi 5988.jpg|link=Mega Man (Animationanimation)|rightframe|[[Memetic Mutation|Mega Man's eye replacement didn't work out as well as he'd hoped]].]]
 
{{quote|''"I can't stop looking into those entracing eyes... Can she see all around her? Maybe she can see through the very fabric of time and space!"''|'''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Phoenix Wright]]''' on [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Derpy]] [[Memetic Bystander|Hooves]], ''[[Turnabout Storm (Fanfic)|Turnabout Storm]]''}}
 
How do you make a blank stare even blanker? Have the character's eyes face slightly (or even more than slightly) ''away'' from each other -- reverseother—reverse cross-eyes, if you will. It's usually used to make the character look unintelligent or dumbfounded, causing it to become known as "derp eyes" in some Internet circles.
 
A particularly common form of [[Off -Model]] in both hand drawn and computer generated 2D animation, especially when depicting an aside glance.
 
This is not to be confused with [[Mismatched Eyes]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Depending on the angle, Ryuk from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' can have this in spades.
* Caster of [[Fate /Zero]] has these, emphasising that he's [[Axe Crazy|not the world's most stable individual]].
* Katou from ''[[Holyland (Manga)|Holyland]]'', emphasising how nuts he is.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Ed the hyena in ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* Maruti from ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'' does this sometimes, either to show he's crazy or that it's [[Off -Model|because of technical problems]].
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' episode "Game Glitches" during the ''[[Rocky]]'' part, when [[Screwy Squirrel|the Glitch Gremlin]] changes Rocky Balboa's face by making his eyes pop out, and calls him "Bug-Eyed Balboa".
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* As shown at right, Ruby-Spears' ''[[Mega Man (Animationanimation)|Mega Man]]'' had this photoshopped to the point of [[Memetic Mutation]].
* In [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]], this is done a few times. Most notably in the episode 'Selling Out', done by the new manager, Carl. The only time he doesn't do this is when he narrows his eyes at Mr. Krabs, but he's back to his glasgow-style smile and literal fish eyes afterwards.
* Luigi briefly wears this expression at the end of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Animationanimation)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "The Yoshi Shuffle".
* Seen a few times in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', often as a [[Freeze -Frame Bonus]]:
** Derpy Hooves is an interesting case. Her [[Fan Nickname]] (which was adopted to be her [[Ascended Fanon|canon name]]) comes from this, yet she usually [[Inverted Trope|inverts]] the actual trope: Her eyes are seen facing ''inward'' more often than outward (but they ''do'' face outward on a few occasions, so she still counts).
** One background pony in "Griffon the Brush-Off" can be seen making a crazy "shocked" face, complete with fish-eyes, when Fluttershy is scared off by Gilda.
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** MANY characters from Ren and Stimpy have fish eyes when drawn in an "off-model" way. Ren's pretty obvious, though, because he's a chihuahua.
* Done in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'', in the movie Attack of the Twonkies. The Twonkies often wear this expression.
* In [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]], this is [[Dumb Muscle|Ed's]] default expression.
* The hotelkeeper in episode 2 of ''[[Scooby -Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' has constant Fish Eyes.
* Cartoon depictions of [[Rodney Dangerfield]] sometime veer into this when he's playing stupid: see ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]'' and the Genie's impression of him in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
* Megatron and Starscream [[Narm|Narmfully]]fully don this expression several times in ''[[Transformers Prime]]''.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Can occur in [[Real Life]] as a result of [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotropia |a disorder known as exotropia]].
* Can also occur in real life as a result of a disorder of the eyes called "Strabismus," which causes the eyes to face in odd directions. It can be treated through eyepatch therapy, or cured through surgery.
* The late great [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Feldman:Marty Feldman|Marty Feldman]]. And despite having [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves%27_disease:Graveschr(27) disease|Graves' disease]], he was a talented actor and a great comedian.
* George Harrison of [[The Beatles]]. That didn't seem to matter to any of his thousands of fangirls, though.
* Indie comic artist/storyboard artist of ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' fame, Thomas Herpich. He's still a pretty handsome guy despite his odd-looking eyes.
* The man of the "Are You A Wizard?" meme.
 
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