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* In ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'', the gargantuan, pillbug-like Ohmu's rows and rows and rows of blue eyes shine bright red when they're [[Unstoppable Rage|enraged]]. Everything in their path is devastated afterwards, and the spores that collect on their bodies expand the Sea of Corruption a little bit more with each stampede.

* In [[Crepuscle]], having red eyes automatically makes you a vampire (though not all vampires are violent). The main character Lark proves an exception to the rule.

* In ''[[Vampire Knight]]'', the vampires' eyes turn red when they are suffering from blood lust. And Kaname's eyes are just red in general, and he's not exactly the most benign person...

* ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' plays this straight intially and subverts it later. [[Dark Magical Girl|Setsuna Higashi/Eas]], a member of the evil organization of Labyrinth, has dark crimson eyes in human form and bright red eyes when transformed. {{spoiler|Then she undergoes a [[Heel Face Turn]] thanks to [[The Power of Friendship]] and becomes the decidedly not antagonistic [[Sixth Ranger|Cure Passion]].}}

* Horo of ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' has red eyes, but is usually good-natured. One should tread lightly when her eyes begin to glow in the dark, but [[Break the Cutie|not for the usual reasons]].

** Still, this is a girl you [[Beware the Nice Ones|shouldn't make angry under any conditions.]]

* ''[[Bleach]]'':

** In anime episodes 2 and 3, the Hollow form of Orihime's brother had red eyes.

* In ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'', this is played straight (so far?) with Arnage of Huckebein, although it's not very clear if hers are red-red or more pinkish. She combines this with being an [[Evil Redhead]] to get [[Curtains Match the Window]]. Earlier on, in [[Sound Stage X]], this is also played straight with {{spoiler|Runessa Magnus}}.

** Subverted in the original ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Fate Testarossa is introduced as an adversary and an apparent villain, but it quickly becomes apparent that she's the enemy more by circumstance than choice, and she does a [[Heel Face Turn]] near the end.

* Played straight with [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Ardi]] from ''[[Magical X Miracle]]'' (YMMV on whether he's a [[Complete Monster]] or a [[Tragic Monster]]), but partially subverted with Yue, whose [[Mismatched Eyes|one red eye]] doesn't seem to mark him as any more evil or dangerous than any other high-caliber [[Renaissance Man|wizard/politician/scientist]] (although his [[Sleazy Politician]] enemies may beg to differ). {{spoiler|In the doujinshi the author made of her own series (this particular one was Yue's very [[Belated Backstory]]), however, it is revealed a person with red eyes is, by default, a [[Sociopath]] [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|with powerful magic]]. Because of his other ([[Silver Bullet|silver]]) eye, Yue dodges the insanity bullet, but the resulting [[Honor-Related Abuse]] from his family because of his "[[Bad Powers, Good People|evil]]" magic does a number on his psyche, giving a [[Freudian Excuse]] for his antisocial behaviour and radical political views}}. And to those of you interested in characters' backstories, [[It Got Worse]], but that's an [[Crying Little Kid|entirely]] [[I Just Want to Have Friends|different]] [[Defeat Means Friendship|trope]].

* [[Our Vampires Are Different|Inner Moka]] from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' is an [[Action Girl]] who can [[Curb Stomp Battle]] just about any monster she meets. Sharp contrast to [[Split Personality|Outer Moka]], who has green eyes and is basically harmless.

* In ''The Price'' by [[Neil Gaiman]], the main character realizes that the creature coming for them is the Devil because it has red eyes. While he's looking through night vision goggles.

* Michael Stackpole's ''Wolf & Raven'' short story "Fair Game". The cyberdog that Selene Reece sends after Wolfgang Kies has eyes that look like red starbursts.

* The ''[[Star Trek TNG]]'' novel ''The Devil's Heart'' depicts [[The Captain|Captain Picard]] with red eyes while holding the titular [[Artifact of Doom]] on the cover.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'':

*** Interestingly, the original incarnation of drow as presented in the modules in which they made their first appearance were described as having amber or yellow eyes. It was only in later developments that they were described as red-eyed, possible a case of [[Fanon]] due to the misconception that the heat radiance of thermal imaging organs (or ultraviolet imaging organs) appear red to normal vision.

** Some 1st/2nd Edition monsters with red eyes: babau demon, cloaker, cockatrice, guardian daemon, ildriss grue, medusa, nightmare, night hag, tasked slayer genie, yeth hound, the demon lord Juiblex, and the Nehwon god called Hate.

*** The chupacabras has large red eyes. It feeds on blood and Essence, attacking metahumans in remote areas with its paralyzing touch.

** ''Denver: The City of Shadows'' boxed set. The decker named Bash has a Matrix icon with gleaming red eyes. He exists in a permanent state of barely suppressed rage.

** Deities: Atlach-Nacha (Great Old One), the Haunter of the Dark (avatar of Nyarlathotep), Ithaqua.

** Monsters: Black Unicorn of Averoigne (Worlds of Cthulhu #3, "Dark Ages Averoigne"), Bunyip (''Terror Australis''), Necromantic Skeleton (''The Asylum and Other Tales'' - "Black Devil Mountain"), Proto-Shoggoth (''The Asylum and Other Tales'', "The Asylum"), rats (''Masks of Nyarlathotep'' - Kenya section), Spectral Hunters, The Thing from Between the Planes (''The Fungi from Yuggoth''), Werewolves (''Worlds of Cthulhu'' magazine #3, adventure "Malevolence").

** In ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'', village leader Bitores Mendez has extremely bloodshot eyes that appear red. One of his eyes is a prosthetic, in fact. A straighter example is the cutscene where a Ganado's eyes glow red before the Plaga bursts out of its head.

* Yurka from ''[[Evolution Worlds]]''.

* Most of the protagonists in ''[[Disgaea]]''. Lest you think this should be in the Counter-examples section, they're all demons. {{spoiler|Angel trainee Flonne even gets red eyes when she [[Fallen Hero|falls]] from the ranks of the angels at the end.}}

** The exception to this is Adell in the sequel, who is blue-eyed. Amusingly enough, his actual character model in-game is red-eyed as well -- {{spoiler|which would be more appropriate, seeing how he is also a demon. Then again, [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|his belief in his own humanity is apparently so powerful that no-one else can tell anyway.]]}}

** In several cases, ''Touhou'' actually subverts this trope. Of note are the [[Petting Zoo People|rabbits]] Reisen Udongein Inaba, often portrayed as a mother figure to the other rabbits, and Tewi Inaba, [[Karmic Trickster|who can be kinda mean but is far from evil and not really dangerous]]. Although, Reisen's power is an [[Evil Eye]]....

*** Heck, even Reimu, the ''main character'', has red eyes. [[Epileptic Trees|Though there is some controversy as to how she 'deals' with the incidents]].

* Lieselotte Achenbach, the [[Enfant Terrible]] from ''[[Arcana Heart]]'', has red eyes and is nicknamed "The Crimson-Eyed Criminal", as she's an emotionally scarred assassin. She also has [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white hair]]. She'd fall under [[Evil Albino]] if she were just a bit more pale.

** Also, the [[Big Bad]] Mildred when she absorbs the [[All Your Powers Combined|power of the Elementals]] and [[A God Am I|becomes an Archangel]].

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':

** Sabine's eyes glow red in her true form. There is an early warning of her true nature in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0053.html this strip], which is before she's revealed to be a fiend. Later, the glowing-red eyes are a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0356.html hint for the reader] that she's shapechanged.

** Also, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0079.html Loki], god of Flames and Chaos.

* Abbey, the [[Badass]] [[Anti-Hero]] protaganist of ''[[Gnoph]]'', has red eyes, due to being an [[Heroic Albino|albino]]. She's not evil, but she's definitely dangerous.

** Silverbolt from [[Beast Wars]]' optics are normally [[Eyes of Gold|gold]], but when Blackarachnia was killed and he uttered Tarantula's name in a vengeful manner, [[Beware the Nice Ones|they]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|turned]] [[Nightmare Fuel|red]].

** [[Demonic Possession|False Convoy]] in ''[[Transformers Return of Convoy]]'' is distinguished from Optimus Prime by having red eyes instead of blue.

* The [[Affably Evil]] Emperor Zurg from ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''.

** Also, XR had red eyes during his brief stint as villain NOS-4-A2's vampire slave.