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[[File:cyclops2 2631.jpg|frame|It's bad when you get blinded by [[Odyssey|Nobody]].]]
[[File:cyclops2 2631.jpg|frame|It's bad when you get blinded by [[Odyssey|Nobody]].]]


{{quote|"Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!"
|'''Minsc''', ''[[Baldur's Gate]]''}}


{{quote|"Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!"|'''Minsc''', ''[[Baldur's Gate]]''}}
{{quote|"GAH! MY EYE! Why is it always the goddamn eye!?"
|'''Vegeta''', ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''}}

{{quote|"GAH! MY EYE! Why is it always the goddamn eye!?"|'''Vegeta''', ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''}}


No matter how thick the hide, hard the chitin, or magically impervious the body, the eyes are a natural weak spot for any creature that has them.
No matter how thick the hide, hard the chitin, or magically impervious the body, the eyes are a natural weak spot for any creature that has them.
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{{examples}}
{{examples}}

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Near the beginning of ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', Jubei confronts Tessai, a bad guy with the ability to harden his body like stone. Jubei casually mentions that he can't be invulnerable ''everywhere'', right before throwing a needle into his eye.
* Near the beginning of ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', Jubei confronts Tessai, a bad guy with the ability to harden his body like stone. Jubei casually mentions that he can't be invulnerable ''everywhere'', right before throwing a needle into his eye.
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* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'', this was the way they killed Madcoil.
* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'', this was the way they killed Madcoil.


== [[Fanfic]] ==
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[Tiberium Wars]]'', the [[Power Armor]]-wearing Black Hand soldiers are [[Immune to Bullets]], except for their optics. The [[Humongous Mecha|Avatars]] have a similar weakness.
* In ''[[Tiberium Wars]]'', the [[Power Armor]]-wearing Black Hand soldiers are [[Immune to Bullets]], except for their optics. The [[Humongous Mecha|Avatars]] have a similar weakness.


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* What the human snipers does exactly against several Decepticons in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' during the climatic battle in Chicago, allowing [[Badass Army|NEST]] to take down a couple of them without Autobot aid.
* What the human snipers does exactly against several Decepticons in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' during the climatic battle in Chicago, allowing [[Badass Army|NEST]] to take down a couple of them without Autobot aid.
** It's not just the Decepticon mooks that fall victim to this. [[Trope Namer|Star]][[The Starscream|scream]] is killed by having his eyes taken out and a grenade dropped inside his head through one of his now-empty eyesockets.
** It's not just the Decepticon mooks that fall victim to this. [[Trope Namer|Star]][[The Starscream|scream]] is killed by having his eyes taken out and a grenade dropped inside his head through one of his now-empty eyesockets.
* The only weak point Ms. Indestructible of ''[[The Specials]]'' has is her eyes.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==