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{{color|purple| '''Purple eyes'''}}, also known as "violet", "lavender/lilac" or "amethyst" (depending on the shade) are very, very rare in real life, and in fiction generally mean that a character is very special and mysteriously [[Badass]]. Thus though there are plenty of good characters with these eyes, it is also a popular [[Mary Sue]] eye color.
 
Purple eyes are a result of blood vessels showing through very pale blue eyes (red + blue = purple). They are occasionally found in albinos as well, although pale blue is a more common albino eye color (The bright red seen in fictionland, [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20120514003907/http://albinism.org/publications/what_is_albinism.html not so much], incidentally).
 
Due to their rarity in real-life, purple eyes are a type of [[Technicolor Eyes]].
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* Lelouch, and most of the Britannian imperial family, from ''[[Code Geass]]''.
* Rosemarine of ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'' has them, although due to the art style of the series they appear rather [[Uncanny Valley|insect-like]].
* Yin from ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'', who interestingly is also Blind.
* Ellis from ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]''.
* The twins Zero and Ichiru Kiryu, along with Maria Kurenai from "[[Vampire Knight]]". They all also have albino-white hair, and Zero very much fits the badass trope.
* Urd from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''. Very much [[Dark-Skinned Blond|not]] [[Hair Colors|an albino]].
* Shinigami Asato Tsuzuki from ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]''. Interestingly [[Purple Is the New Black|not]] a Variant Visage; they really are purple, with the implication Tsuzuki was shunned in his hometown by supersitious people.
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* Kouta Otoyama, {{spoiler|the "chosen one of the Universe"}}, in ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]''.
* [[Madlax]].
* Einhalt Stratos from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid]]''. [[Mismatched Eyes|Well, ]]''[[Mismatched Eyes|one ]]''[[Mismatched Eyes|eye, in any case]].
* Tama-chan, the quiet, innocent, yet super-skilled kendo girl from ''[[Bamboo Blade]]''.
* Sunako Nakahara, the female lead of ''[[The Wallflower]]'', has these as a sign of her... um... difference.
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* Florian from the manga ''[[Gorgeous Carat]]'' has amethyst eyes that are commented on quite frequently, and are pretty much the sole reason so many people [[Even the Guys Want Him|lust after him]].
* Nodoka Miyazaki in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', in going with her [[Shrinking Violet|violet motif]] and [[Curtains Match the Window|hair color]], contrasting the lead heroine's [[Mismatched Eyes|lighter blue and green]]. Having darker and more mysterious eyes may be some metaphor for inner strength or a type of enigmatic, hidden bravery, since she (despite being seen as meek otherwise) often enters such a state when [[Peek-a-Bangs|pulling her hair away]].
** After she {{spoiler|[[Took a Level Inin Badass|enters the magical world]]}} Nodoka makes it clear she belongs in this trope as of chapter 280. {{spoiler|[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c280/03.html '"I am Nodoka Miyazaki, and from here I begin my counter attack."']}} Badass.
* Suigetsu and Hidan from ''[[Naruto]]'', who are certainly special (one can turn into water, and the other is immortal respectively), but go against the trope by both being rather violent, with the first being something of a [[Blood Knight]] and the other flat-out [[Ax Crazy]].
** The eyes of the Hyuuga clan have officially been called lavender.
* In the ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' anime, Momoshiro 'Momo-chan' Takeshi has deep violet eyes. They have nothing to do with his significance or personality, but they do look good.
* All the test subjects in ''[[ShuffleSHUFFLE!]]!'' Ygdrassil project. And the daughter of one of them.
** Also, [[Mismatched Eyes|one of]] [[Pettanko|Mayumi]]'s [[Mismatched Eyes|eyes]], though [[Adaptation Dye Job|only in anime]].
* Caren and Lady Bat from ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
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* When the ''[[Prétear]]'' manga was made into an anime, Sasame went from having blond hair and brown eyes to [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white hair]] and purple eyes. Considering the connotations of both tropes, it was probably an intentional hint that {{spoiler|in this version Sasame would [[Face Heel Turn|betray the knights]].}}
* Russia of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' sports these, as do Austria, Canada, Finland, Iceland, and Latvia. But is interesting to note that with the exception of Austria, all of the aforementioned nations were originally depicted with blue eyes in their designs.Russia and Prussia only somewhat fit the badass theme, with Canada and Finland being more [[Badass Adorable]] / [[Beware the Nice Ones]] / [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]].
** Occationally Prussia has purplish eyes as well, although usually they are red. Either way, most fans like to suppose he has albinism, since his hair is also white and skin rather pale.
** Another thing to note is that, with the exception of Austria, most of the purple-eyed countries are considered to be "Northern" or "Arctic" nations. This has lead to some connections between their eyes and the Northern Lights in the fandom. In Canada's case, his eyes seem to have been originally purple (in the manga, at least), but had been changed to blue for the anime. <ref> This, along with his [[Adaptation Dye Job|reddish-blond hair being changed to dark blond]], only serves to make him resemble America more than ever. Poor thing.</ref>
* [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Mars and Sailor Saturn]]. Mars' are only purple in the manga, while the anime they're charcoal black with purple highlights to match her hair.
* Hansel and Gretel, the [[Creepy Twins|"Vampire Twins"]] from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''.
* ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'': Count D's father, and [[Mismatched Eyes|one half of the Count's own]].
* [[Gundam Wing|Relena Peacecraft]] [[Word of God|officially]] has violet eyes, but in animation they tend to look blue-green.
* Melissa Mao from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' has purple eyes in the anime and most of the official art as well.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Jack Atlas has violet eyes.
* Aya Fujimiya from ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' has violet eyes in all versions of his character design, although they're most vivid in the original anime series.
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* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Ricki Sunflare]] from ''[[For Good]]'', as a green-skinned alien, possesses prominent violet eyes. She is depicted as the wunderkind of the cadets and performs a [[Sherlock Scan]] on the protagonist.
** The enigmatic Fringe woman Zomega also has one violet eye - her other eye was lost and replaced with a cybernetic red eye. She is half human, but her eye color is actually one of her human traits, as her alien heritage possesses red eyes.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Wei Ming]] in the ''[[Azula Trilogy]]'' has dark purple eyes. {{spoiler|Like Princess Yue's [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white hair]] in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the show]], the unusual color is the result of having been touched by a spirit. Her natural eye-color was green}}.
 
 
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* [[Creepy Child|Elva]] from the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]''.
* The lead character of [[Dean Koontz]]'s ''Twilight Eyes'', oddly enough.
* Emily Starr by [[Anne of Green Gables|L.M. Montgomery]])in the cycle of ''Emily'' books has purplish-grey eyes and she's more than a little odd.<br />Her ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' books have an in-universe example: Anne writes a story in which one of the [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|ridiculously beautiful heroines]] has purple eyes; she says she never heard of anyone actually having them but wanted something out-of-the ordinary.
* Daniel Molloy in ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]''.
* Members of House l'Envers in Jacqueline Carey's ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' novels, particularly Queen Ysandre. Something of a twist in that every member of House l'Envers comes under suspicion at some point, whether deserved or not.
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* Lena Lingard in Willa Cather's ''My Antonia''.
* Titus Groan, the hero of the ''[[Gormenghast]]'' trilogy, has violet eyes.
* ''[[The Tough Guide to Fantasyland]]'', in its dissertation on [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience|colour-coding]] in Fantasyland eye colour, says people with violet eyes may be royalty, or just destined to lead "uncomfortably interesting lives".
* Half-Elves in [[Chronicles of the Emerged World]] have violet eyes.
* This is the only physical trait of Anthony Fremont which is described in Jerome Bixby's short story ''[[It's a Good Life]]''.
* Edith Pattou's East (North Child in the UK and Australia) has the heroine Rose with purple eyes
* ''[[The Camulod Chronicles]]'' by Jack Whyte feature Dierdre of the Violet Eyes, although a childhood illness left them grey.
* The ruling Queens in the ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' series mostly have violet eyes. It is very distressing to Princess Jenna that her eyes never turn green to match her (adopted) brothers'.
* The [[Black Jewels]] trilogy has a brief mention of Alexandra Angelline's eyes being the color of Purple Dusk Jewels. Unusually, such an eye color does not mark her as anything special or heroic.
* The title character in ''[[The Legend of Drizzt]]'' by R. A. Salvatore has lavender eyes, which represents the fact that he's a [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|living subversion]] of his [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil|entire race]].
* ''[[In Death]]'' series: ''Innocent In Death'' has a little girl named Rayleen Straffo, who is noted to have these kind of eyes a few times. {{spoiler|This turns out to be [[Foreshadowing]] for the fact that she's the murdering [[Complete Monster]] the police are looking for}}.
* ''[[The Last Dove]]'': Adrian is able to identify Bria as {{spoiler|Queen Vasi}}'s daughter because of this.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Drizzt from the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting of ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' has purple eyes - and even the drow, whose eyes are usually [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|a sinister red]], think it's a strange color.
** Oddly, in the 3rd Edition ''Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'', purple eyes are mentioned as a common color.
*** This may have been a subtle [[Take That]] at the ([[Dead Horse Trope|historical]]) tendency of almost all Drow characters to, in fact, ''be'' [[Overused Copycat Character|Drizzt with the serial numbers filed off]].
** ''[[Eberron]]'' has the Inspired, who commonly have purple eyes and hair. Kalashtar with purple eyes show up sometimes as well.
* [[Foregone Conclusion|Given a]] [[Grimdark|dark twist]] in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'', where violet eyes are seen as a minor mutation, casting a shroud of suspicion over any purple-eyed character. In addition, the planet Cadia, a planet where the entire population takes to [[The Spartan Way]], is known for a large percentage of its population having violet eyes.
** It turns out the purple eyes of the Cadians is a side effect of living on a planet right next to the Eye of Terror, a [[Negative Space Wedgie]] from which the [[The Legions of Hell|forces of Chaos]] launch attacks against the physical universe.
* Also present in the original [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]. In the [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay|tabletop RPG]], the tables for Elf eye colours include purple. If tie-in novels are your thing, at least two dark elf characters are mentioned as having purple eyes. Bloody elves.
 
 
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** Xaldin has purple eyes, though they don't seem to have much in the way of significance.
* [[Persona 2|Maya Amano]] has these, to some extent. They appear to be more pink than purple. This is likely symbolism for the fact that {{spoiler|everyone on the party thinks of her like a 'goddess' and the portrayed Maia is purple.}}
* Purple eyes in the [[Golden Sun]] series seem to be unique to [[Blow You Away|Jupiter]] [[Shock and Awe|adepts]] (purple is the color [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|associated with the wind element]]-- if—if they don't have purple eyes, expect [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|purple hair]]). Ivan, [[Curtains Match the Window|his sister Hama]], and his daughter Karis all have them. Sheba consistantly has them in game, but they're consistantly [[Green Eyes|green]] in official artwork. Their true color is [[Internet Backdraft|hotly debated]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' has main antagonist [[The Emperor]], with very pretty purple eyes (he's always had them, but considering the graphical format of the game, it's been hard to tell until [[Dissidia]]). In both games he is a very powerful sorcerer and [[The Chessmaster|chessmaster]], so it fits the trope...but it's also likely to have been chosen simply because of how well it goes with the rest of his mostly-golden-with-purple-accents character design.
* Wolf O'Donnell's eyes are bright purple in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FoxFOX]] Assault'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. His eyes didn't have an obvious color in ''64'' because of the simpler art style. And his eyes in ''Command'' were grey [[Curtains Match the Window|like his body]], again because of a ''slightly'' simpler art style.
* Charme the Thief in ''[[Recettear]]'' combines this with [[Curtains Match the Window]] (and possibly [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]). In keeping with other examples {{spoiler|[[Fallen Princess|she's royalty]].}}
* Count Waltz of ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' has violet eyes, matching the rest of his purple ensemble.
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** The queen of the fairies in ''[[The Crystal Shards]]'' has them.
** In ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]'', {{spoiler|King Dedede and Meta Knight}} [[Mind Control Eyes|gain these]] when under Yin-Yarn's control.
* [[EarthboundEarthBound|Ness]] appears to have these in [[Super Smash Bros.|''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
 
 
== Visual Novels ==
* Aselia in ''[[Eien no Aselia]]''.
* Sakura Matou in ''[[Fate/stay night]]''. {{spoiler|This is revealed to be because of the "conditioning" imposed upon her by Zouken in order to make her into the successor of the Matou brand of magecraft.}}
* Hanako from ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' has one. The other was consumed by a fire when she was little.
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* ''[[Seekers (webcomic)|Seekers]]''' main character has vibrant purple eyes and [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|green hair]].
* Anyone evil has purple eyes in ''[[Fake News Rumble]]''.
* [[Homestuck|Rose "tentacleTherapist" Lalonde]] apparently has purple eyes that match her text color (although this isn't obvious in most art, especially at the start). She's a no-nonsense girl who's also a [[Nightmare Fetishist]] with a interest in [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]s, and is the only person who's mastered the use of [[Functional Magic|"real magic"]] in the story.
* Played differently in ''[[Miamaska]]'', the 'whites' of Amity's eyes are purple, while the pupils are red.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-11-06 Nioi has them] and by extension so does Kaoli.
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* [[Big Bad|Dr. Facilier]] in ''[[Princess and The Frog]]'' has purple eyes. They match his belly shirt.
** [[Word of God]] says that of the three Mardi Gras colors, purple was chosen for him because [[Supernatural Is Purple|it's the most "unnatural"]].
* Megara in Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' has very purple eyes. So purple they had to change one of Phil's lines because he said something about "a pair of big blue eyes."
* [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Princess Aurora]]'s eyes are heavily implied by close-ups in the movie, and the [[Disney Princess]] franchise to be violet.
* A villainous example exists in ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', as Vanessa has purple eyes. This also is one of the first signs that she isn't what she appears to be.
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** And then there's Fifi La Fume in the episode, "Love Stinks". Purple skunk girl+violet eyeshadow+purple eyes=Good combo.
* Bunny, the fourth [[Powerpuff Girls]].
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Autobots tend to have blue eyes and Decepticons red. Neutrals tend to have yellow eyes, but Swindle, nominally a Decepticon, is willing to sell arms to the highest bidder, and both sides of the war have lined his pockets well. As such, he has purple eyes, perhaps to say that though he's involved in the war (unlike yellow-eyed characters) he has as much real loyalty to one side as the other -- namelyother—namely, none.
** Wasp(inator) from the same series started out with blue eyes, but they turned purple at some point after he was framed as a traitor. For the record, Derrick Wyatt mentioned on his formspring that he considers purple eyes the result of a "programming change" of some kind. We may be missing something about Swindle...
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'': Megatron starts off with standard Decepticon red eyes, but they turn purple after he {{spoiler|''stabs himself in the Spark with Dark Energon''}}. They default back to red, but turn purple whenever he uses his new powers.
* Charmcaster in the original ''[[Ben 10]]'' has purple eyes to match her purple lips and purple outfit.
* Samantha Manson from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has purple eyes.
** Also Maddie Fenton, who fits the trope description more than Sam does--shedoes—she's a full-on [[Action Mom]]!
* Lo Ridgemount from ''[[Stoked]]''.
* Jen Masterson from ''[[6teen]]''.
* [[Dark Magical Girl|Raven]] in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', when they aren't [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|glowing]] from [[Psychic Powers]] or [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red]] from demonic rage.
** Jinx and Blackfire, two [[Dark Action Girl|Dark Action Girls]]s from the same show, also have purple eyes.
* [[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Niko's]] eyes go from her normal bluish-green to violet when her [[Psychic Powers]] activate.
* Poof from ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', as well as Tootie, according to [http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/File:KungTimmy173.jpg this screenshot].
 
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[[Category:Purple Is the New Trope]]
[[Category:Eye Color Tropes]]
[[Category:Purple Eyes{{PAGENAME}}]]
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