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A subtrope of [[Cephalothorax]], a character's body is primarily an eyeball. Common variants include a character made of several smaller eyes around one giant center eye or a single eyeball above a wide mouth. A third common variation is a single disembodied eye with a pair of demonic wings. These creatures will generally move by simply floating in the air like a bubble if wingless. If they have limbs, they tend towards tentacles or wings rather than arms and legs. May attack using special eye-related attacks such as [[Taken for Granite|petrifying]] gaze or [[Eye Beams]]. Because of the symbolism between [[Faceless Eye|disembodied eyes and evil]] creatures like this are more often evil than not. It is also a good way to make them appear truly alien.▼
▲A subtrope of [[Cephalothorax]], '''Oculothorax''' is a term used to describe a character's body that is primarily an eyeball. Common variants include a character made of several smaller eyes around one giant center eye or a single eyeball above a wide mouth. A third common variation is a single disembodied eye with a pair of demonic wings. These creatures will generally move by simply floating in the air like a bubble if wingless. If they have limbs, they tend towards tentacles or wings rather than arms and legs. May attack using special eye-related attacks such as [[Taken for Granite|petrifying]] gaze or [[Eye Beams]]. Because of the symbolism between [[Faceless Eye|disembodied eyes and evil]] creatures like this are more often evil than not. It is also a good way to make them appear truly alien.
The name comes from the Latin ''oculus'' ("eye") and ''thorax'' ("chest").
See also:
* [[Cyclopean Creature]], which can be confused for this and often overlaps, and
* [[Faceless Eye]], a similar trope for disembodied eyeballs which can also overlap.
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