Windows to the Soul: Difference between revisions

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Honey-senpai from [[Ouran High School Host Club]] has light brown eyes, which not only helps him look even more innocent and childlike, but gives him heartbreakingly adorable [[Puppy Eyes|puppy-dog eyes]] when he chooses to wield them. However, don't make him mad, because those typically adorable eyes can also be TERRIFYING.

** Kyouya has gray eyes and considering he's the "Cool" type, it's fitting.

* The gray-eyed, pupil-less Hyuuga family from Naruto fit the seer — they can see a lot more than normal, including through matter or behind their backs. They have the unapproachable, "ideas above people" mentality of the second gray eye type. Neji Hyuuga, who was a hardened fatalist before his Warrior Therapist session with Naruto certainly fits. Hinata Hyuuga though, has the eyes but her personality is the absolute opposite.

* All Claymores have silvery-gray eyes. In fact, their eye color is what most commonly gives them away when they go undercover. Needless to say they are mostly very stoic (except for [[Psychopathic Manchild|Psychopathic Woman Children]]).

** However, it should be noted that L's eyes are only gray in the anime; they are black in the manga.

* Fakir from Princess Tutu has green eyes to match his hair. He definitely fits the "exotic and sexy" implication of the trope...{{spoiler|and he inherited Drosselmeyer's Rewriting Reality powers, so he fits the magical implications as well.}}

 

== Comic Books ==

* [[Doctor Strange]] from [[Marvel Comics]] officially has gray eyes. They're often depicted as blue or even green, however.

* [[Catwoman]] has always had green eyes canonically, though she has been played by non-green-eyed actresses; she fits the concept to a "T", being mysterious as she is, and associated with cats, who sometimes have vivid green eyes.

* [[Batman|Poison Ivy]] usually boasts the typical green-eyed redhead combo, showing not only her exotic, mysterious beauty, but also her association with plants.

 

== Film ==

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|Doctor Calico]], the villain of the [[Show Within a Show]] from Bolt has green, catlike eyes, and is often referred to as "The Green-Eyed Man".

* Scar from ''[[The Lion King]]'', who was jealous of his brother's power, particularly after Simba was born, which ensured that he would never take the throne by reasonable means, had vivid green eyes to show his jealousy.

** She, despite being the film's heroine was actually also modeled after several female villains from earlier Disney films, who all have green eyes, so that she will actually be portrayed as being evil by Frollo, the film's real [[Big Bad]], while to the viewers, she's actually on the side of good. This is actually done to show the fact that she is hated by the villain because he thinks that she is evil even though she really isn't.

** In the ''-shudder-'' sequel, her eyes were changed to a soft, gentle blue, her skin tone lightened drastically and she started wearing shoes, despite [[Does Not Like Shoes|never having done that before as part of her wild nature]], most likely to show her as a softer mother figure rather than the untamed gypsy wildcat she'd been before, since she and Phoebis had a son now, and she was no longer the female lead, thus needing to be able to fade into the background.

* Mother Gothel from ''[[Tangled]]'' was cold, manipulative and filled with steely determination to keep her youth and eternal life no matter what, and was given gray eyes to show this. Rapunzel, an earthy young woman who becomes a bit wild (at least for the time, and compared to what she was before) with her first taste of freedom, has green eyes, and also runs around barefoot.

* Megamind, an alien from another world who is decidedly different, has bright green eyes to show how unique and unusual he is, though [[My Brain Is Big|it's hardly necessary]]. It also becomes a way of telling it's him when he's sometimes disguised.

* Aisling from [[The Secret of Kells]] has green eyes, which fits the "magical" aspect of this trope since she's one of [[The Fair Folk]]. She's also something of a [[Nature Spirit]], being fiercely protective of the forest outside Kells.

* Loki, in Thor. Most noticeable in the posters, not only showing his status as one of [[The Fair Folk]], but how wild and uncontrollable he is.

 

{{quote| '''"Look at her eyes. A man could drown in those sea-gray eyes."''' (Aral, in Barrayar) }}

* Polgara of [[The Belgariad]] books tends to have gray eyes (that can change to blue with her mood). She certainly fits the first example of someone wise beyond their years (though she's 3000 years old), and when they're "steel gray", it usually means she's determined enough to fit the second type...not to mention royally pissed off.

* Percy from [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]] has sea-green eyes, because he is the son of the sea god Poseidon.

 

 

* Cream the Rabbit from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has big brown eyes, most likely to show how innocent she is amongst her admittedly violent surroundings.

* Commander Miranda Keyes in ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3|3]]'' has gray eyes as well, and is portrayed as being extremely calm and controlled.

* Most of the cast of the ''[[Professor Layton]]'' games have relatively small, dark eyes. Flora, however, has ''huge'' saucer-like deep brown eyes, which just serve to further remind the player that she's the resident personification of sweetness and innocence.

 

 

== Webcomics ==

** The "to the soul" part is also literally true of [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|tainted]] characters, since it shows that they've merged their aura with a [[Our Demons Are Different|nether being]], willingly or unwillingly.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

** Katara and most other Waterbenders or members of the Water Tribe have deep blue eyes.

** Most Earthbenders or members of the Earth Nation have either green or brown eyes.

** Though we didn't see many airbenders in the series (what with them all being dead) they appear to have typically had gray or light blue eyes, as Aang had gray eyes.

* Lisa, in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', has gray eyes. She is probably closest to mentor, though does tend to think herself smarter than everyone else. No one would ever know it from the pupil-less animation; we only know because Milhouse does say her eyes match his gray safety belt.

 

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