Mind Control Eyes: Difference between revisions

A rare variation involves severe walleye in both eyes. This is a [[Shout -Out]] to a traditional Japanese artistic device: a character performing superhuman feats of swordsmanship (Musashi slicing arrows out of the air... as they're coming at his ''back'') will be depicted as severely cross-eyed, indicating that they are using "inner guidance". Another extremely rare variation is sometimes where the pupil remains the same but the sclera (the white part of the eye) may change color.

This also counts as [[Nightmare Fuel]] for some people. Not to be confused with [[Hypnotic Eyes]], which is about people who can hypnotize others just by looking into their eyes. See also [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]], which may be a form of this.

* ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]'' features Sora and Matt sulking in psychically-induced angst with this kind of eyes.

* Subversion: Juri Katou in ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'' has these while {{spoiler|she appears to be possessed. However, this "Juri" is actually a clone constructed from data, with the real Juri trapped and being constantly [[Mind Rape|mind-raped]] inside the D-Reaper.}}

* Exception: In ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'', Lelouch's [[Evil Eye]] shows a variation, with a red sigil appearing when he uses his power. His targets, however, merely have a bright red outline around the iris that appropriately flickers, fades, and returns depending on whether the power is being fought, dispelled, or not in effect. Characters retain all normal ocular features. The staff actually reworked a scene from the first episode when it was released on DVD because the victims' reactions to Lelouch almost made this defy the "for the audience's benefit" part of the trope.

** The manga adaptation of the series (the one that shares the exact same name, that is) uses a variation of the standard [[Mind Control Eyes]] where the victims are shown with one eye turning white with a copy of the sigil inside for the duration of the effect.

* Yorito and Aono in ''[[Sola (Anime)|Sola]]''. This happens with all Yaka powers though, not just mind control.

* Fumi in ''[[Mai-HiME (Mangamanga)|Mai-HiME]]'', after her Child is defeated.

* Kirika's pupils disappear in ''[[Noir (Animeanime)|Noir]]'' when she goes into "Gray" mode (essentially a [[Heroic BSOD]]).

* [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]], under the influence of "Wise Man." This also happens with Mamoru whenever he's brainwashed by the enemy, to the victims of the Death Busters and/or Dead Moon Circus in S and Super S, {{spoiler|and to Uranus and Neptune when they pretend to make a [[Face Heel Turn]] on the Senshi}}.

* Ikuto has them in ''[[Shugo Chara (Manga)|Shugo Chara]]'' on the first appearance of Death Rebel.Also the X-Egg/?-Egg victims usually have them.

* The inhabitants of Winia's hometown in ''[[Scrapped Princess (Light Novel)|Scrapped Princess]]'' all fall under this when a powerful Mauser magician orders them to kill Pacifica.

* Anzu and Jounouchi get these eyes as well as an [[Evil Sounds Deep|evil voice]] when they're mind-controlled by Marik in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Something similar happens with Mokuba when he's under Pegasus' control just before his duel with Kaiba.

** Aki also goes through this in her Black Rose Witch persona in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds (Anime)5D's|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]''.

** Asuka in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' gets these when the big bad puts her into an apparently heartless state. Oddly enough, it's actually visible to the other characters. Her brother even notes that Judai shouldn't bother treating her like his (former) friend right now, it's pointless.

* In ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'': {{spoiler|Kotonoha gets Mind Control Eyes when she snaps from [[Break the Cutie|all the abuse the series has piled up on her]] and goes mad. Her eyes go back to normal when Makoto [["I Know You Are're in There Somewhere" Fight|makes her react]], but turn back to MCE when she finds him dead.}}

* In ''[[Shakugan no Shana (Light Novel)|Shakugan no Shana]]'' most normal Torches have [[Mind Control Eyes]].

* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis (Manga)|The Prince of Tennis]]'': {{spoiler|When Eiji and Oishi synchronize perfectly in the courts, they both get Mind Control Eyes}}.

* Dolls in ''[[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Thanthan Black]]'' have permanent [[Mind Control Eyes]]. The protagonist Hei also seems to have them at first, but [[Dark and Troubled Past|later evidence]] suggests they're actually [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]].

** There's also a case of a "[[Power Incontinence|Moratorium]]" who gets these (and goes into a fugue state) whenever her powers activate. Unfortunately, said powers consist of [[Playing Withwith Fire|fire, and lots of it]].

* Mizkuki from ''[[Mokke (Manga)|Mokke]]'' gets these when she is overtaken by a very powerful spirit.

* ''[[Pokémon 3 (Anime)|Pokémon 3]]''. After Entei's cry of [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|"You... are... MAMA!"]], Ash's mother Delia gains the eyes and is brainwashed into becoming little Molly's "mother". She snaps out of it when she sees Ash on television, trying to climb up the side of the huge crystal tower.

** Also ''[[Pokémon: Arceus and Thethe Jewel of Life (Anime)|Pokémon Arceus and The Jewel of Life]]''.

** And ''[[Pokémon: theThe First Movie (Anime)|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', with Nurse Joy.

** And twice in ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]''- {{spoiler|Blue (erm... the male Kanto Dex Holder one) and Annabel}}.

** And a few times in [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|the anime]], for a variety of reasons. The most recent is when Pikachu, Piplup, Croagunk, and Meowth are all hit with a Togepi's Attract, which causes their eyes to go like this and them to follow the Togepi's orders.

* Fate Testarossa from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' gets a variation of these after hearing {{spoiler|the secrets of her origin from her mother}}.

* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'', characters get these eyes when they start the 'bad' kind of reminiscing. It's a step below [[Hellish Pupils]] on the anime's "things to run away from really fast" scale, and any onlookers will ''probably'' survive.

** More of a step above, considering that {{spoiler|the [[Mind Control Eyes]] are actually, well, real.}}

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'', Battler has this happen to him when {{spoiler|1=he's forced to marry Erika Furudo in EP6.}}

* {{spoiler|Mytho}} from ''[[Princess Tutu (Anime)|Princess Tutu]]'' has this happen to {{spoiler|his eyes after Kraehe rips out his heart}}. They even change ''shape''.

* In ''[[Chrono Crusade (Manga)|Chrono Crusade]]'', this happens to Rosette when {{spoiler|Aion kidnaps and brainwashes her}}.

* In ''[[Ghost Stories (Anime)|Ghost Stories]]'', Satsuki's best friend Momoko Koigakubo gets them thrice {{spoiler|when possessed by the ghost of Satsuki's mother, a dead but still powerful psychic and exorcist.}}

* ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'' features a variation: the Mind Control Eyes are used here to indicate blindness.

* Hikaru and Umi in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth (Anime)|Magic Knight Rayearth]]'', when they come under control of the dancing [[Master of Illusion|illusionist]] Caldina. The three girls also get this {{spoiler|when confronting the Masshin}}. And in the anime, Hikaru gets these on her own {{spoiler|when mentally-attacked by Nova as Sierra tries to re-create her sword.}}

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Evangeline practices this on Setsuna for her apparent [[Secret Test of Character]];Setsuna assumed it was a battle to test her will. Eva went along with it.

** In the ''Ala Alba'' [[OVA|OVAs]]s, [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] has them continuously.

* Characters sport mind control eyes for different reasons in ''[[Zatch Bell (Manga)|Zatch Bell]]'': it usually happens when a character is shocked and at a loss for words. In Kiyo's case it is usually accompanied by a [[Technically a Smile|dumb-founded smile]].

* Ichijo from ''[[Pani Poni Dash (Anime)!|Pani Poni Dash]]'' has these eyes ''all the time''.

* Inverted in ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]''. Since Maka normally doesn't have pupils, when she ''is'' in a trance, she gains pupils instead of losing them.

* Rhiannon from ''[[Tears to Tiara (Visual Novel)|Tears to Tiara]]'' gets these eyes when she is forced to give up her [[I Know Your True Name|True Name]] to the evil high priest Drwc. Ironically, the one who frees her spirit is {{spoiler|the same Demon King that Drwc wanted to sacrifice her to in the first place}}.

* Happens several times to various characters in ''[[D.N.Angel (Manga)|D.N.Angel]]'', most notably when Daisuke is taken inside a work of art and hypnotized into painting a place for a spirit to live in.

* In ''[[Lupin III (Anime)|Lupin III]] and the Castle of Cagliostro'', the lady Clarisse has pupilless eyes as a result of being drugged.

* In ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka De (Video Game)de|Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' [[Dark Magical Girl|Ran]] gets these upon being taken over by her Dark Dragon/Kokuryuu powers.

** On the other hand, in one of the ''Hachiyou Shou'' [[OAV|OAVs]]s this effect is used on Yasuaki's shikigami to indicate that she is, well, a shikigami.

** For people aside from Ran, ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV also uses a different variation -- pupilsvariation—pupils shrinking to dots, without visible iris (this happens to victims of Shirin's hypnotic abilities).

* Flat eyes are used several times in ''[[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]'' to denote possessed people.

* Subverted in episode 11 of ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces (Anime)|The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'' when Chiko ''notices'' the mind control eyes (which appear as concentric circles instead of flat).

* Mafuyu in ''[[SeitokaiStudent no Ichizon (Anime)|Seitokai noCouncil's IchizonDiscretion]]'' when Minatsu brainwashes her into deciding Ken is her enemy. Then they turn [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|turn red]].

* Shows up on occasion in the ''[[Ranma One Half (Manga)|Ranma One Half½]]'' anime, but not in the manga. Usually, it's Ranma Saotome (particularly in male form) who gets them; one anime episode has him hypnotized by an evil sorceress's ghost, while another episode has him being controlled by his [[Enemy Without|evil side]] brought to [[Literal Split Personality|independent life]] as an [[Opposite SexGender Clone]].

** The Ranma anime has also used them to signify supernatural nature. The [[Cute Ghost Girl]] Kogane and the psychic Miyo both have [[Mind Control Eyes]], even though they're both totally under their own control and benevolent to boot.

* Not related to mind control per se, but characters' eyes in ''[[Black Lagoon (Anime)|Black Lagoon]]'' tend to lose their luster as they get more bloodthirsty. [[Dark Action Girl|Revy's]] eyes in particular have several degrees of darkness, turning almost completely black when she's in the grip of [[Ax Crazy|Whitman Fever]].

* Happens to Leo Aiolia in ''[[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]'' after Saga uses his papal mindraping powers to bend him to his will. Mind you, the characters lose their sight so many times their eyes are like this almost permanently...

* Hansel from ''[[Otogi Juushi Akazukin (Anime)|Otogi Juushi Akazukin]]'' displays these for most of the series. It's later [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when his sister, Gretel notes that she can tell another character is being controlled by the same sort of spell by the look in his eyes.

* In episode five of ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru (Manga)|Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'' a little girl gets these when possessed by a demon.

* An interesting version in ''[[Bakugan (Anime)|Bakugan Gundalian Invaders]]''. When kids are brainwashed, their eyes turn gold with slitted pupils. Not only is this noticed by the heroes, but they check the eyes of everyone to tell who is brainwashed or not.

* This happened to Eureka in ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]'' starting end of vol 4. The Scab Coral took control of her.

* In the [[Hentai]] ''[[Alien From the Darkness (Anime)|Alien Fromfrom the Darkness]]'', the victims of the titular alien display [[Mind Control Eyes]] after being subjected to its [[Hypnotic Eyes]] (and subsequent [[Naughty Tentacles|tentacle raping]].) These victims then walk around in a zombie-like state, almost entirely unresponsive to their former friends, before flying into an unprovoked, violent rage.

* Seen temporarily in ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'' with {{spoiler|Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage, when under Madara's control}}.

* This happens in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', though oddly not with everyone whose actions are controlled by the Note - just the women controlled into committing suicide.

* Mind control eyes are the indicator that Motoko of ''[[Change 123 (Manga)|Change 123]]'' has {{spoiler|[[Super -Powered Evil Side|let Zero out]] }} And whoever caused said eyes has about five seconds to make their peace, cause [[Curb Stomp Battle|a major ass beating]] is about to ensue.

* Subversion: {{spoiler|Stocking's}} eyes have a look very similar to these in the [[The Stinger]] of ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', however, it is unknown if their appearance hold meaning at all. Why? [[Gainax Ending|Because it's Gainax.]] [[Cliff Hanger|We'll just have to wait for the next season.]]

* Chrome gets these when under the influence of Daemon Spade's mind control in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.

* Alviss gets this when being mind controlled by Phantom in ''[[MAR (Manga)|MAR]]''.

* In episode 21 of ''[[D.N.Angel (Manga)|D.N.Angel]]'' Daisuke gets these when under a trance by Freedert.

* In one episode of ''[[Rosario to Vampire (Manga)|Rosario to+ Vampire]]'', Tsukune falls prey to a very beautiful math teacher, who insists on giving him extra lessons ''alone together'' so that he can bump up his grade in the class. But it soon becomes obvious that Tsukune's sudden proficiency in math has caused him to become a formula-spewing zombie with hazy eyes and no personality. Turns out that the math teacher was controlling him via a weird, snakey-plant tail that latched onto his head and presumably fed him knowledge while sucking out unnecessary thoughts, like his friends and social life. He returns to normal after Moka kicks the lady's ass in her super-vampire form.

* In ''[[OkusamaOku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo (Anime)|Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo]]'', when {{spoiler|Cruje Gapp}} gets mind-controlled, these eyes are shown.

* The Kurgan in ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'' (the only ''Highlander'') has very black eyes shortly after he is beheaded. Immortals also have completely white eyes when they experience the Quickening.

* In ''[[Big Trouble in Little China (Film)|Big Trouble in Little China]]'', the eyes of David Lo Pan's two would-be brides turn pure white when they are being mentally controlled.

* In ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]] and the Goblet of Fire'', Victor Krum, when under {{spoiler|the Imperius Curse, which controls his mind}}, has glazed-over eyes.

** Makes you wonder why it was such a problem during Voldemort's reign (according to Moody) when anyone could tell when someone was affected by it. [[Viewers Areare Morons|Probably a case of the studio deciding the audience were too dumb to understand without a visual hint.]]

* In the 1996 ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' film, the temporary companion of the Doctor had the Fully-Black eyes when she was under mind control.

* In ''[[Twenty Eight28 Days Later (Film)|Twenty Eight Days Later]]'', Infection is signaled by the victim's eyes turning red (very shortly followed by lethal aggression against anyone nearby). In the sequel, ''28 Weeks Later'', one character's [[Mismatched Eyes|heterochromia]] offers some very valuable information this way.

* A clip from ''[[Nine (Animation)9|Nine]]'' shows this happening to one of the characters due to some hypnoflashy lights. What makes this interesting is the aforementioned character is a sapient ragdoll and his eyes are camera shutters.

* In [[Disney Animated Canon]]'s ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', upon seeing Vanessa singing on the beach for the first time, her seashell amulet emits a mist that entrances Eric. It can be seen filling the pupils of Eric's eyes with an eerie yellow glow. This shows up later, but it's not as obvious. It mostly shows up in a glint in his eyes, although you can tell mostly through his mannerisms.

* Kaa's [[Hypnotic Eyes|eyes]] in [[The Film of the Book|Disney's adaptation]] of ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' turn psychedelic colorful, as do his victims eyes when hypnotized. Though this is not the origin of this image, it may be the source of its popularity.

** Also happens in ''[[The Secret of NIMH (Film)|The Secret of NIMH]]'', when Jeremy is mesmerized by Mrs. Brisby's "sparkly".

* When [[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|Kida]] is exposed to light coming from the Atlantean Crystal, her eyes actually become a much lighter shade of blue than usual.

* ''[[Coraline (Literaturenovel)|Coraline]]'', also written by [[Neil Gaiman]], involves sewing buttons onto people's eyes as a method of brainwashing. Both this and the ''Mirrormask'' equivalent are used by an [[Evil Matriarch]] clone of the regular mother, with these exact eyes herself.

* In ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' by [[Madeleine L 'Engle]], {{spoiler|Charles Wallace}} is subjected to telepathic mind control by an oversized brain referred to as IT. As this occurs, his pupils shrink until they disappear, leaving blank blue eyes.

* Victor, Ginger, Dibbler and others swept up in the Holy Wood craze of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' have a tiny gold star appear at the center of each pupil.

* The final book of ''[[The Hunger Games (Literaturenovel)|The Hunger Games]]'', Mockingjay, uses a mix between the unfocused and dilated pupils. {{spoiler|Peeta's}} eyes are even shown to rapidly dilate and contract in short order when he's [[Fighting From the Inside]].

* [[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]] has a variation: Someone who's been [[Mind Control|Mind Controlled]]led repeatedly has bloodshot eyes and jagged pupils, but no other symptoms.

* One of the sure signs that someone is possessed by a demon in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' is a flash of completely-black eyes. Particularly powerful demons show other colors in the eyes they possess - Azazel shows yellow eyes, while Lilith and Alastair show white eyes.

* In ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum (Video Game)|Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' {{spoiler|Batman's eyes glow red when he is under the effects of Scarecrow's gas}}

* Due to the large number of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] in ''[[Super Robot Wars (Video Game)|Super Robot Wars]]'', this shows up a lot, especially on females.

* In ''[[Drakengard]]'', the soldiers of [[The Federation|the Union]] often refer to the soldiers of [[The Empire]] as "red-eyed devils" because the only thing they can see out of their face-concealing helmets is the red glow of their eyes. Later, when Inuart is [[More Than Mind Control|brainwashed]] by [[Big Bad|the empress]], he also gains [[Mind Control Eyes]] similar to the Imperial soldiers.

** Of course, {{spoiler|Manah (the Empress) herself is just a plaything for the local [[Cosmic Horror]], and so her [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] are also Mind Control Eyes.}}

* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]'', Bad End 18. {{spoiler|When Caster takes control of Issei and uses him to kill Shirou, the whites of his eyes turn [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]}}.

* In the last one-sixth of ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'', {{spoiler|everyone with Red Skull pins falls under Kitaniji's mind control, and their eyes turn solid red, and all they can say is:}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|To right the countless wrongs of our day, we shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise. What a wonderful world such would be...}}}}

* In ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem]] 7'', {{spoiler|Ninian has these when she opens the Dragon's Gate. An arriving Nils is able to snap her out of it (''and'' regain her memory!) before she completely summoned a dragon.}}

* Two variations in the ''[[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Rival Schools]]'' series:

* Kohak Hearts in ''[[Tales of Hearts (Video Game)|Tales of Hearts]]'' has these and a blank expression on her portrait after she becomes playable but before her soul is fully restored. After she's fully healed, she gets normal eyes and a smile.

* Rika in the second of the ''Devil Angel Jibril'' games get flat red eyes when {{spoiler|she is corrupted by Rokoko}}. Also overlaps with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]], since her eyes are normally brown (in civilian form) or green (Holy Angel form). Hikari in the third game averts this, since her eyes turn gold {{spoiler|when she is corrupted by Fateus}} but otherwise retain their luster.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'' {{spoiler|Terra and Zack Fair}} have this happen to them when {{spoiler|Maleficent and Hades manipulate the darkness within their hearts respectively}}.

* Two different flavours are used in the ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' series. The First season uses spinning spirals in the eyes to denote those under {{spoiler|Hugh Bliss's}} hypnotic control. The Third season have Girl Stinky and Sal being enthralled by an Eldritch Abomination, and their eyes (even Sal's normally completely black eyes) are entirely milky white.

* [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Terra]] sports a pair of these while under [[Monster Clown|Kefka]]'s control in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia 012: Duodecim]]''.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', swirly mind-control eyes are [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0183.html visible to the other characters], rather than [[Painting the Fourth Wall|simply an artistic convention]]. (The X-eyes representing death are also visible to other characters. One character even [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0537.html draws them over a live character's eyes to fake death].) [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0516.html In another case], the paladin Thanh takes on Tsukiko's [[Mismatched Eyes|heterochromia]] when he's put under her "Dominate Person" spell.

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', when Antimony almost becomes a victim of [[Body Surf|Body Surfing]]ing, her pupils turn a flat blue. Loss of consciousness due to a head injury had a similar effect.

* A stick-figure filler strip for ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'' lampshades and plays with the swirly-eyed version: Torg gets hit on the head and thus has swirly eyes to represent his concussion, but then when a convenient coincidence leads to him wearing a top hat and having a moustache drawn on, he immediately becomes a mind-controlling hypnotist.

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* A red-write frame is used in ''Captain Gamer: OOC''. Slightly subverted in that it's actually noticeable for the characters, and would probably go unnoticed if the Captain hadn't [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/gamer/index.php?comic=68&num=1 called attention to it]{{Dead link}}.

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the victims of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Filmfilm)|A Clockwork Orange]]''-reminiscent brainwashing have their [[Open the Iris|pupils dilate]], nearly enveloping the iris.

* Used in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. All glory to the Hypno-Toad!

** Also in the ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] ''Bender's Big Score'', {{spoiler|Bender gets ''squared'' spirals in his eyes to indicate mind control}}.

* When {{spoiler|Soundwave mind-controls the Autobots}} in ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]'', their optics turn red.

* Mind-controlled animals or humans in ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'' have an interesting variation: their pupils are replaced with the "Eye of XANA" symbol. The protagonists can see it, if they are looking for it.

* In ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' when a mixture of Kryptonite dust and mind control spores are used on [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]], his eyes glow green.

* Used in more or less every ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' short involving hypnosis, both the constricted pupil and spiral-eye versions.

* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' used the spiral eyes version in a short involving Rasputin's hypnosis of the Czar.

* ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'' used the rare wall-eye version. When a triggering noise was heard by one of the titular characters, they would go into an uncontrollable dance ("I'm a little teapot" for Brain when he heard a tinkly bell, and a stereotypical Russian Squat-dance for Pinky when he heard a gong) with their dilated pupils swimming on the inside edges of their eyes.

* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' uses glowing red eyes for normal mind control, as well as pink eyes in the episode "Mother Mae-Eye", when characters are under the titular character's spell.

* In ''[[Barbie and The Diamond Castle (Animation)|Barbie and Thethe Diamond Castle]]'', those under the villain's mind-control spell get a green glow in their eyes.

* In ''[[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Danny Phantom]]'', the color of the characters' eyes signal many things, including possessed characters having the same eye color as the ghost who possessed them. Usually, everyone seems unaware of this, {{spoiler|although when Danny Phantom splits himself into a ghost self and a human self in one episode and the ghost Danny overshadows the human Danny, the human Danny checked his eyes in a mirror as soon as he'd forced the ghost Danny out.}}

* In ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'', Iops gain exaggeratedly blank eyes as they are possessed by {{spoiler|ass kicking}}.

* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': In "Operation: D.A.T.E." the [[Creepy Child|Delightful Children]] mind control a lot of kids causing them to get glowing blue eyes.

* Whenever a character may be under Mr. Big's trademark [[Mind Control]] in ''[[Word Girl (Animation)|Word Girl]]'', their eyes have a hypnotic green glow to them.

* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''. In one episode Professor Utonium had [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|glowing red eyes]] after Him [[Hate Plague|turned all of his love for the girls into hate.]]

* In the second season premiere of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', "The Return Of Harmony" the [[Complete Monster|cruel]] and [[Trickster Archetype|cunning]] Discord puts the heroines through a series of environments to reverse the part of their personality that keeps them friends, and each one gets their own brainwashing to sweeten the deal, as shown by Kaa-esque rippling eyes.

** In the season 2 episode [[You Mean "Xmas"|Heart and Hooves Day]], Big Mac and Cheerilee get purple spiral eyes when under the influence of the [[Love Potion]]... which is actually a Love Poison.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Morph from ''[[X-Men (Animationanimation)|X-Men]]'' has an odd variation. When he first comes [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]], he's acquired an evil [[Split Personality|alternate personality]] (which is enslaved by Mr. Sinister), which takes on a zombie-like form, complete with dark patches around his eyes. As he mentally shifts between personas, he physically shapeshifts between forms. Later in the season, it's averted, as he's more fully brainwashed and obeys Sinister/fights the X-Men in his "normal" form, making it unclear what side he's on at any given time.

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