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[[File:trixie_375.jpg|link=The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|rightframe|TELL ME I'M PRETTY!]]
 
 
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* Tweek of ''[[South Park]]'', in addition to his overall jitteriness, has a perpetually twitchy eye.
* In a [[The Simpsons|''Simpsons'']] parody of ''[[Amadeus]]'' Lisa, as Salieri, does this when the emperor declares all music other than [[Anachronism Stew|Beethoven]] obsolete, making her schemes against Mozart all for nothing. She then hails a coach for the nearest asylum and rides off, [[Laughing Mad|cackling hysterically]].
** If you pay careful attention, you can see Ned Flanders twitch an eye during "Hurricane Ned" after the rebuilt house falls down, just before he puts his glasses back on and [[Freak -Out|completely loses his shit]].
* An episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' ends with a shot of Fry doing this after being forced to destroy his robot Lucy-Liu girlfriend, and then watch Bender start making out with the real Ms. Liu. Or at least her head. It's complicated.
* [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote]] often gets a twitch during his [[Oh Crap]] moments.
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== Real Life ==
* [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsoclonus |"Opsoclonus"]] is a term that just broadly refers to any kind of uncontrolled eye movement. A ''lateral'' twitch is specifically called [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiologic_nystagmus:Physiologic nystagmus|"Nystagmus"]] and can be a sign of an underlying neurological problem if it persists.
 
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