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* Tweek of ''[[South Park]]'', in addition to his overall jitteriness, has a perpetually twitchy eye. |
* Tweek of ''[[South Park]]'', in addition to his overall jitteriness, has a perpetually twitchy eye. |
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* 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]]. |
* 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]]. |
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** 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 |
** 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]]. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote]] often gets a twitch during his [[Oh Crap]] moments. |
* [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote]] often gets a twitch during his [[Oh Crap]] moments. |
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== Real Life == |
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* [[wikipedia:Opsoclonus|"Opsoclonus"]] is a term that just broadly refers to any kind of uncontrolled eye movement. A ''lateral'' twitch is specifically called [[wikipedia:Physiologic nystagmus|"Nystagmus"]] and can be a sign of an underlying neurological problem if it persists. |
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