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[[File:winniethepoohirises 4438.jpg|link=The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh|frame| Do you think that, just maybe, he's scared?]]
{{quote|''"You should've seen your eyes! They were as big as dinner plates!"''
|'''Hobbes''', ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''}}
A sign that a character is absolutely terrified is if the eyes are wide open and the irises and pupils are shrunken to minimum, or even absent. Gives the impression that the character is screaming inside, even if they are silent with shock. It comes across as striking and, if done well, can even be [[Nightmare Fuel]] or its [[Nightmare Fuel|high octane equivalent.]] Often a warning sign that the character is about to [[Freak-Out]]. May also involve [[Tears of Fear]].
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See also [[Oh Crap]], and [[Open the Iris]] for the trope's physical opposite.
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Not to be confused with [[Sphere Eyes]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* It occurs in ''[[The Three Amigos!]]'' during the duel between Ned Nederlander and that German guy.
* ''Psycho'': Marion Crane's eyes do this, though in a [[You Fail Biology Forever]] moment.
* This happens to Jessica Rabbit in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', in the only scene I can think of where you really get a good look at both her eyes ("Oh my God, it's DIIIIIIP!").
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* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', the main character does just this when he is [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p5 very, very angry]. [[Lampshaded]] in the [[Alt Text]].
* The expression ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' characters make when they're scared sort of evokes this. Including for [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html Xykon himself]: the skeleton with [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath]] suddenly gains [[Expressive Mask|Expressive Orbits]].
* In ''[[Blip]]'', Hester's irises are normally [[Open the Iris|the size of saucers]], so [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103082539/http://blipcomic.com/70/ seeing them shrink to pinpricks] really sells that she's in a state of shock.
* Souls in ''[[Jack (webcomic)|Jack]]'' have teeny irises, if they are unjudged or hellbound. Once they are judged ready for heaven, or if the hellbound seek redemption, the characters' irises get even bigger and more expressive than when they were alive.
** Corpses' eyes look like this as well.
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* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' had Kat eyes doing this when [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=521 she was told about] certain [[Power Tattoo]]. Repeated in a later scene that ends in a triple [[Beat Panel]] and deserves it.
** Annie gets her turn on the last page of chapter 36.
* ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' uses [https://web.archive.org/web/20210827020210/https://ozyandmillie.org/comic/ozy-and-millie-1180/ a somewhat subtle version] when characters are shocked or scared.
* Characters in ''[[Goblins]]'' have this kind of expression in [[Oh Crap]] moments. [[Nervous Wreck|Dies Horribly]] has it almost constantly.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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