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Apart from [[Anime Hair|hair]], giving a character a pair of not-quite-standard looking eyebrows is an easy way to make them physically stand out without making them more difficult to draw. Best yet, there's an easy selection of potential eyebrow styles to choose from:
* '''Kinked/Squiggly Eyebrows''' - a pair of thin eyebrows with one or two "kinks" near the end. Usually used to make the character just eye-catching enough without being overly jarring. More extreme examples might resemble scythes.
* '''Fiery Eyebrows''' - usually found on [[Hot-Blooded]] characters, these eyebrows are thicker than normal (though not quite a big as the [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]. Usually), and spiky or forked at the ends. They're often paired with [[Hotblooded Sideburns]].
* '''Swooped Eyebrows''' - eyebrows that curve upwards rather than arch like normal eyebrows. Typically used for otherworldly or "alien" characters, though they do occasionally show up on normal (if often strange) humans. This is also the most likely example to appear on [[Live Action TV]] characters.
* '''Lightning Eyebrows''' - Eyebrows shaped like lightning bolts; [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], in other words. Have similar connotations as Fiery Eyebrows, but are usually found on secondary/supporting characters instead.
* '''No Eyebrows''' - [[Captain Obvious|a complete lack of eyebrows]], typically used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look. Alternatively, they deliberately throw the character into the [[Uncanny Valley]].
Some styles have become so common that they've earned their own tropes:
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* '''[[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]'''
* '''[[Big Ol' Unibrow]]'''
* '''[[Disembodied Eyebrows]]'''
Make the character's eyebrows odd enough, and you might find fans obsessing over them as much as the [[Memetic Outfit]].
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* Shuda, the initial [[The Dragon|dragon]] from ''[[Rave Master]]''. To show that his [[Artifact of Doom|Dark Bring]] gave him a fire power not only did he get red hair that shot up like fire, he got eyebrows that did the same thing.
* Kid from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has eyebrows that are squiggly at the ends. In fact Hiruma's nickname for him is "Fucking Eyebrows".
* While not as emphasized as most examples, Fangfang from ''[[Rosario
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Mako and Lightning Bolt Zolt from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]''
== Fiery Eyebrows ==
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** The Second Mizukage didn't have any either, which he claims are a sign of charisma.
* L doesn't have any in ''[[Death Note]]''; this was carried over in the live action movies, though it's not that noticeable until he goes outside into the wind. The manga artist said it was intended to make him look "dead-eyed." A couple of minor characters (like Ide) are also browless, but for no good reason.
** Though the manga artist indeed wanted a "dead-eyed" look, for about six panels in the manga, L actually did have eyebrows. Interestingly, for about four of said six panels or so, one eyebrow was raised, as if to say "Are you guys really that stupid?"
* [http://api.ning.com/files/cC6EUoqEIk43zuwTCkSVtgxMDpWM8igJA1AiGdisaRIbNG2EK1weNt7opwboqvi6yaIDKYeGEk7d*qSdQYf4H-tAhGxyGnF0/supersaiyan3gokubyhellknight10_2.jpg Level 3 Super Saiyans] in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
** Android 20, Dr Gero.
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* Grima Wormtongue in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Lord of the Rings]]''.
* [[The Terminator]] starts out as a young, good-looking Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed into the [[Uncanny Valley]] by a pointed lack of emotion. The attractive appearance falls away quickly over the course of the movie, culminating in the [[Nightmare Fuel]] skeleton. The first thing to go, however, are its eyebrows, giving it a more brutish appearance.
* Dracula's old form in ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' completely lacks eyebrows, in odd contrast to the book where bushy eyebrows are one of his most noticeable features.
== [[Literature]] ==
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