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In fiction, this often indicates a character with special powers, perhaps a [[Shape Shifter]] or magical being of some sort: traditionally, people with different colored eyes were literally assumed to be a witch, or a (possibly evil) spirit. If so, they [[Glamour Failure|can't mask]] their distinctive eye in any form. Unlike [[Red Eyes Take Warning|red eyes]], this may be merely a sign of a [[Trickster]], or someone with hidden attributes.

 

 

In real life, there are exceptionally rare instances where each eye might have multiple colors, but this usually doesn't show up in fiction.

As said above, it exists in real life, but in fiction, it will often use an impossible color for at least one eye.

 

 

Sometimes referred to as "boat lights", a reference to the red and green lights that mark port and starboard on boats and aircraft. Note that for proper boat lights the red eye would be the left eye. Souseiseki's eyes[[hottip:*:the one in the background [[Rozen Maiden|desu]] are proper boat lights, while Suiseiseki's are reverse boat lights.

 

Note the [[Real Life]] diseases of which heterochromia is often a symptom do not appear much in fiction. This trope is not to be confused with [[Fish Eyes]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[Eleven Eyes]]'', Kakeru has a [[Eyes of Gold|blind right eye]], covered by an [[Eyepatch of Power|an overly large eyepatch]] and a completely normal blue left eye.

* Tokidoki from ''[[Amatsuki]]'' has one brown eye and one red eye; the red one indicates that his vision was stolen from it by a nue.

* Kanade from ''[[Asura Cryin]]'' normally has blue eyes, but when she uses her powers, one of them turns to green.

* Nei in ''[[Avenger]]'' has heterochromia to indicate that {{spoiler|she (or he, it ain't exactly clear, either) is both a [[Robot Girl]] and a real human. Well, actually, she/he is neither but has the potential to become one of the two.}}

* Almost-example: Spike's eyes on ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' are slightly different shades of brown. It's very hard, but possible, to notice this before he brings it up to Faye. The reason is that one is a [[Artificial Limbs|cybernetic replacement]] for an eye he lost in a very symbolic and personal tragedy.

** Spike's [[Mismatched Eyes]] serve something of a plot function as well. Besides reminding us what he's gone through prior to his bounty hunting career, that cybernetic eye might explain why he's such an excellent shot with a handgun, at least when he's standing still.

* Allen Walker from ''[[D Gray Man]]'' has one gray eye and one [[Red Eyes Take Warning|red cursed eye]]. Note that his eye is only red when an Akuma is around, otherwise it is the same gray as the other.

* Luki and Noki from ''[[DOGS Bullets and Carnage]]'' have very weird eyes (gold with a black iris, black with a gold iris, with the actual which-eye-is-which swapped between twins). They're [[Enfant Terrible|enfants terribles]].

* The Count from ''[[Gankutsuou]]''. This symbolizes not only his moral ambiguity and inner conflicts, but also the fact that he is {{spoiler|[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|part-human, part-monster, part-alive, part-undead and part-earthling, part-alien]] through his symbiosis with Gankutsuou}}. The duality symbolism is also present in some representations of his crest, a stylized heart divided into two clear compartments with different colours to represent {{spoiler|his remaining human feelings and the fact that he is gradually turning into a cold-hearted monster}}.

* ''[[Naruto]]''

** If we're counting implants, then it would be appropriate to mention Kakashi Hatake's singular Sharingan eye, which he keeps hidden under his askew headband. {{spoiler|Ditto for Danzo. One of the other Kage's bodyguards has a Buyakugan in same setup.}}

** {{spoiler|As of chapter 514, [[Big Bad|Tobi]] has been confirmed to have implanted a Rinnegan in his left eye, while his right remains a Sharingan.}}

* The eponymous [[Hell Hound]] of ''[[Nora]]''; when in human guise, his right eye is red and his left is yellow.

* ''[[Saint Beast]]'': Goh

* One of the characters of ''[[Saki (Manga)|Saki]]'' has this, and {{spoiler|if Mihoko [[Eyes Always Shut|opens her right eye]] to reveal it to you during a Mahjong game, you could kiss your chances of winning goodbye}}.

** As does Hakkai when removing his power limiters. Prooving to many fans that the [[Eye Scream]] in his past was real and one of his eyes is artificial as the real one turns into an [[Eyes of Gold]] eye.

* The perpetually-bandaged Abiru Kobushi from ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' has one brown and one blue eye, though we don't find out until a [[Hot Springs Episode|trip to a bath-house]] temporarily removes the eyepatch.

*** At one point, after realizing she can't remember which eye the flecks are in, they ''aren't'' in her eyes for the rest of the story.

* The new 3D Man of [[Marvel Comics]] acquires red and green eyes to replace Skrull-detecting shades during ''[[Secret Invasion]]''.

* Nicodemus West in ''[[Doctor Strange]]: The Oath'' has one brown eye and one blue.

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* Hiroyuki Morita's ''[[The Cat Returns]]'' -- Both the Cat King and the Cat Prince have different colored eyes. The King takes it further by being crosseyed and [[Cloudcuckoolander|crazy]].

* Brother Aidan's cat Pangur Ban from ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'', who has one blue eye and one green eye. The viewer may be interested to know that Aisling of [[The Fair Folk]] has green eyes, and human Brendan has blue.

* Tank from ''[[Surfs Up]]'', although it's very difficult to see (one blue, one brown).

* Morzan in the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]].'' Though he doesn't appear in the books, Jeod describes him as having one blue eye and one black one, in a similar case to that of Tyrion Lannister mentioned above.

* In ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'', Bulgakov's novel, [[Satan|Woland]]'s left eye is green, and right is black. Justified because he appears differently for different people, but always has abnormalities.

* The evil sorceress Xayide has one red eye and one green in ''[[The Neverending Story (Literature)|The Neverending Story]]''.

* Evil Diogenes Pendergast from the Agent Pendergast novels by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child, has one hazel eye and one pale blue eye. It's revealed late in the series that pigment loss in the blue eye is due to an injury which blinded him.

** It also serves as a visual hint that {{spoiler|Arkham is Jester}}.

* Katina Tarask in ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''. As of yet, no significance has been attributed to her character, but the fact that she was the winning design of a fan-submission contest may be explanation enough.

* Bitores Mendez, the village chief from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', sports one blue eye and one red. The red eye is a falsie, though.

* In ''[[Fallout]]'', Dogmeat has one blue eye and one brown.

* In ''[[Call of Duty|Modern Warfare 2]]'', the [[Big Bad]] ({{spoiler|[[The Dragon|or]] [[Unwitting Pawn|not]]}}) Vladimir Makarov has one green eye and one blue eye.

* In the ''[[Soul Series]]'', Zasalamel has one normal-colored eye and one golden eye, possibly as a result of his immortality curse.

* Atsuki from ''[[Lux Pain]]'' has a [[Eyes of Gold|gold eye]] (his right), and a black eye (his natural color). Justified, in that in the power of Lux Pain made his right eye gold.

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'''s DLC has Zaeed Messani, who has one brown eye and one pale grey eye. The paler eye is implied to be a cybernetic replacement installed after he survived a shot to the face.

** Oddly enough, though, these clearly mismatched eyes weren't present in her appearances prior to that guest comic. Possible case of [[Ascended Fanon]]?

* Wally in ''[[Zebra Girl]]''. One reason for this may be pragmatic -- it makes him much easier to tell from the other wolves when shifted.

* Kimiko of ''[[Dresden Codak]]'' has one brown natural eye and one blue mechanical eye as of the "Dark Science" arc, though originally her natural eye color was blue and thus the synthetic one matched when it originally showed up. Aaron Diaz retconned it so the synthetic one would stand out more.

* Feral from [[Strays]]. His green eye is natural,the red one was caused by something else. Feral, being mute, can't tell us what.

* ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'s'' version of Tony Zucco (the guy that killed Dick Grayson's parents) actually has a blue right eye, and a brown left eye.

** Gearhead from ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' has the classic green/red combination.

* The main character of Ann Downer's ''Spellkey Trilogy'' has one green eye and one blue (which is a sign of magical power in that world).

* A few characters from [[Steven Spielberg]]-produced Warner Bros. cartoons have one pink eye and one bluish-green eye, namely Dizzy Devil from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and Pesto from ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''.

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