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Some common eye symbols:

** Alternately, it can mean [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness|despair.]]

** Spinning swirls often convey a similar effect.

 

This trope is named for Wingdings, a "dingbat" typeface created by Microsoft which comes pre-installed on most modern personal computers, consisting of assorted symbols.

 

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== Advertising ==

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* In one chapter of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga, Yugi curses a TV producer to expose his greed on television, and the producer gets the ''kanji'' for "greed" in his eyes (the translated version by Viz Media uses yen signs).

* Negi Springfield in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' gets the Spirals version when he's knocked out by a flying door, as shown on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSNVYgMA9Kc here] at about 2:40.

* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'': In one episode, Ranpha's eyes turn into male units upon first meeting a male android.

** A ''[[Naked on Arrival|nude]]'' male android.

* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', extremely high levels of [[Hot-Blooded|blood heat]] are indicated by spirals in the characters' pupils. Not at all related with confusion, but spirals show up as a symbol of <s>determination many times throughout the series</s> how [[Everything's Better with Spinning]].

** One fairly unique example of this trope occurs late in the series, when Kittan's eyes momentarily transform into stars upon seeing the giant stars on Yoko's latest outfit. [[Male Gaze|Guess where they are.]]

** The "Spiral eyes" are, like a significant portion of Gurren Lagann, a reference to Getter Robo, where one of the signs of a human being supercharged by Getter Rays was their irises becoming spirals.

* ''[[One Piece]]'': Nami's eyes occasionally change to the symbol for [[Global Currency|Beri]] when there's a potential profit to be made, Sanji's [[Peek-a-Bangs|eye]]<s>s</s> change to hearts whenever he's swooning over one of the girls, and in one chapter Luffy's eyes changed to takoyaki to show just how much he craved the food.

* One panel of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' featured Keroro with a yen symbol in one eye and an American dollar sign in the other. Giroro's eyes sometimes go up in ''actual flames''.

** In one episode of the anime, Momoka's eyes have little flames in them as she thinks of her determination to get close to Fuyuki on an upcoming trip, which then turn to little rainclouds when he mentions it might rain.

* All the humanoid aliens in ''[[Space Pirate Mito]]'' have starbursts for pupils. Aoi, who is half-alien, half-human, has one normal pupil and one starburst.

* Similar to the comic example below, Mako from ''[[Nerima Daikon Brothers]]'' has heart-shaped reflections in her sunglasses.

* In ''[[Area no Kishi]]'', the spiral type is sported by protagonist Kakeru after his [[Handsome Lech]] team-mate Kouta puts him through several wrestling holds trying to find out more about Kakeru's childhood friend, [[Seven Is Nana|Seven]].

* Although it happens a few times, this also happens to Kirby in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmBZjzyMaZs this] episode of ''[[Kirby Right Back At Ya]]'' where, in one scene, Kirby tries to unsuccessfully jump over the rope, thus getting hit in the face, getting the + type in the process.

* [[Heartcatch Precure|Cure Blossom and Cure Marine]] suffers the dizzy eyes variant after a failed attempt to make a monster dizzy by running around it very fast!

* Episode 5 of ''[[Nurse Witch Komugi]]'' features the heroine with the yen sign in her eyes.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Condorito and related comics use swirly eyes for lunatics, whether they are in a mad house or whether the punchline that reveals them as loonies has just been delivered...

* ''[[Green Lantern]]'' often shows people with Lantern Corps symbols in their eyes when strongly feeling the corresponding emotion (the Green Lantern symbol when channelling [[Heroic Willpower]], Red Lantern symbol when consumed by rage, etc.)

 

== Film ==

* In ''[[Anchorman]]'', [[Will Ferrell]]'s eyes burst into flame when his hair is insulted.

* In ''Muppet [[Treasure Island]]'', upon discovering Billy Bones' treasure map, Gonzo gets dollar signs in his eyes as he says "We're gonna be rich!" Meanwhile, the nervous Rizzo has X-eyes as he says "We're gonna be dead."

** Not get daggers IN them mind, [[Nightmare Fuel|they actually extend from his skull and get pointy]].

** They also display spirals, starbursts, etc. in brilliant [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red and]] [[Eyes of Gold|yellow]]. Shudder.

* In ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', Darla Dimple is so infuriated at the animals trying to get attention that her eyes fill with fire and (cat) Skull and Crossbones at the same time.

** Earlier, when Danny's offered the chance to be in a film with the above-mentioned Dimple, he gets stars in his eyes ([[Accidental Pun|pun not intended]]).

* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Hot Rod]]'', where the titular pseudo-daredevil will "summon" the essence of some animal, followed by an image of said animal appearing in each iris.

* In [[Shrek|''Shrek 2'']], if you look very closely during the scene where Puss in Boots shows Shrek and Donkey his [[Puppy Dog Eyes]], you can actually see two little Re/Max hot-air balloons reflected onto his pupils.

 

== Literature ==

* In the [[Dragonlance]] book, Raistlin's pupils are hourglass-shaped.

 

* "No Sale" eyes were used in the "boxing" episode of ''[[Police Squad!]]''

* ''[[The Basil Brush Show]]'': Dave gets pound-sign pupils in one episode when Anil mentions he'll give anything to have his plumbing fixed.

 

== Music ==

* The oddly titled [[It Makes Sense in Context|"Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But..."]] by the Arctic Monkeys, advocating art for art's sake:

{{quote|Well I ain't got no dollar signs in my eyes

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Jason from ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has had money signs in his glasses.

** Parodied in one strip where we see Jason with a number of odd symbols, before going to harass his sister Paige ("Your ugliness...it's mesmerizing!" he says with spirals in his eyes). Paige yells at him to stop drawing on his glasses.

 

== New Media ==

* For ''[[Sesame Street]]'''s 40th anniversary, the [[Google]] logo has been different for each day. [[media:elmo-hp.gif|This one]] has Elmo on it... It seems they were attempting that [[Anime]] "Upside-down U" look on him, but...

** Actually it looks a lot more like Kermit The Frog's eyes. Maybe that's what they were shooting for?

 

== Video Games ==

* ''Bomberman'' commonly uses these, because his eyes are the -only- facial feature on his computer screen-like face.

* ''[[Cooking Mama]]'' gets stars in her eyes when you succeed at a task, and they becomes flames if you should <s>[[Epic Fail|mess up spectacularly]]</s> miss one of her instructions. "Don't worry! Mama will fix it!"

* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has a series of glasses accessories that have this effect on your avatar. The track-invading [[Yaoi Fangirl]] from the '08 Olympics had a pair with swirlies, if I remember correctly.

** An equally absurd example comes from the later levels of ''[[Gaia Online|zOMG!]]'' There your character is, at the bottom of the ocean looking for the [[Big Bad]]'s lair, when you notice a heap of apparent rocks has an ''eye'' in it. An eye bigger than your avatar. And it ''blinks''. And every time it blinks, ''its pupil changes shape''. And nobody on either the zOMG! forum or the GCD knows what it is, aside from ''weird''.

* In ''[[Conkers Bad Fur Day]]'', Conker gets dollar signs in his eyes whenever he gets one of the cash prizes.

** In one part of the game, Conker has to drink a large amount of beer so [[Urine Trouble|he will be able to urinate on fire-covered demons that are trying to kill him]]. After he drinks the beer, a fuel gauge appears on his eyes, with the pointer going from empty to full.

* Chaotix in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' get the $ eyes since they care about money.

** Except Espio, that is.

* When attacked with Sonic special move Dizzy Spin in ''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'', characters will become just that; Dizzy. Cue the spiral eyes and falling on their backs.

* In one of the ''World Heroes Arcade'' endings, Janne gets heart-eyed. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGkqFCUt5s&feature=related Use this link, and go to 1:40 of the video to view it.]

* The spiral eyes show up quite often in the ''[[The Legendary Starfy|Starfy]]'' series, and Starly gets the heart eyes in the 4th game.

 

== Web Animation ==

* The ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' parody [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w "Saturday Morning Watchmen"] shows the Comedian having the heart version...for [[Squick|Silk Spectre II]]

* In [[Happy Tree Friends]]:

* Doki gets several over the course of [[There She Is]]

 

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', the characters know {{spoiler|Roy Greenhilt}} is dead when they see the Xs in his eyes.

** The discerning reader soon learns that any particular person is dead when they see the Xs in the person's eyes.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. Not only does Torg freak out [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20010914 when he sees] dollar signs appear in the realtor's eyes, but then the realtor also complains while rubbing them that it hurts every time it happens.

* In [http://www.kevinandkell.com/2002/kk0901.html this strip] of ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', while George is negotiating a business deal with Steve Lops, his eyes are dollar signs. Then, Steve's assistant Zerda arrives, and George's eyes very suddenly become hearts. The [[Lampshade Hanging|punchline]] is about eyestrain.

{{quote|'''Vet''': "How do his eyes look?"

'''Otra''': "Well... They were swirly, last I checked... Wait. They're stars now." }}

* A new variation in ''[[Penny and Aggie]]''. The principal announces that Calvin Machrie will coach the theater team. The reactions of three students are... [http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=684 see for yourself].

* A spiral-and-star combo express pain and disorientation in [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=106598 this] ''[[Everyday Heroes]]" episode. The same effect was used by old [[Mad Magazine]] artist Jack Davis.

** Blank ovals to represent shock are used [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=203137 here.]

* ''[[Ménage à 3]]'' uses this a lot, mostly whenever a female touches Gary in any way.

* In ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' those bitten by vampires and not capable of staying conscious usually get drawn with crossed eyes immediately, even though normal feeding is treated as quite harmless.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Ellen gives Grace the spiral variety [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-11-09 here].

* Mentioned, but [[Cut and Paste Comic|not shown]], in several ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' strips, such as [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=707 here], [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=961 here] and [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1551 here] (in the [[Alt Text]]).

* ''[[Bobwhite]]'': [http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20110531 "I'm... networking."] *stars*

* ''Luke Surl Comics'': [http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1508 Of course with the novelty contact lens addiction I haven't had a job or a girlfriend in years.]

 

== Western Animation ==

* Lampshaded in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'': in an episode that sent up ''[[King Kong]]'', Carl expresses worry that the giant gorilla they captured might get aggravated and go on a rampage. Pops, who has dollar-sign pupils as he thinks about how much money this will make him, says "Sorry Carl, I can't hear you, I have huge dollar signs in my eyes."

* Isabella from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' pulls the hearts-for-eyes variation when she first greets Phineas in "Rollercoaster".

 

== Real Life ==

* As always, nature proves that it can be weirder than fiction: Cuttlefish have W-shaped pupils (because of their craving for W's?).

* Some Octopodes and frogs have pupils shaped like the number 8.