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Some common eye symbols:

* Spirals: Dazed, confused, dizzy, or knocked out (See also [[Mind Control Eyes]])

* Currency signs, usually dollar ($), yen (¥), pound (£), or euro (€): Greedy. [[Stock Sound Effects|Often accompanied with a cash register sound]].

* [[Heart Symbol|Hearts]]: [[Love Makes You Crazy|Lovesick]]

* No Sale: Used in western animation after a blow to the head ("No Sale" is a command that opens a cash register's drawer without, um, making a sale. The eyes are based on the tabs that would display on an old mechanical register.) Somewhat of a [[Forgotten Trope]] now thanks to the near-extinction of mechanical cash registers. Though the concept itself still remains usable as the term 'no sale' is still used in the retail business. TILT can be used if the character's a robot.

* Stars: Excitement, determination and dreaming of fame and fortune

 

Compare [[Glowing Eyes]], [[Fireball Eyeballs]]. If a characters pupils are an odd shape normally, you're dealing with [[Exotic Eye Designs]].

 

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

* Lilie from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' often gets [[media:Lilie_Wingding_Pupils2.jpg|hearts in her eyes]] when Ahiru does something she deems 'cute'.

** 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.]]

** Simon demonstrates the "insanity/rage" eyes -- pupils with nothing but empty circles around them -- for a few episodes following {{spoiler|Kamina's death}}.

** 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.

** Luffy and Chopper are also especially prone to starbursts when they see something sufficiently awesome. When Luffy heard of Chopper's seven transformation power, even his [[Speech Bubbles]] got sparkly.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|The characters even point this out sometimes!]]

== Live Action TV ==

 

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

* In the ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' episode "Five Easy Pieces of Libby", both Hilda and Zelda show dollar signs in their eyes when they realize how profitable Zelda's cleaning formula is.

* In many episodes of ''[[The Monkees]]'', whenever lovesick Davy locks eyes with a beautiful girl, both he (the [[Chick Magnet]]) and the girl get starry-eyed.

 

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

* Spinda of the ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'' series naturally have spiral eyes, which are meant to tie in with their tottering, [[Confusion Fu|confusing movements]].

* When you lose in ''[[Minesweeper]]'', the Yellowface's eyes become little X's.

 

** When Heffer goes out with the milking machine, his eyes show stars, before he falls over. Originally they were supposed to be hearts.

* In an episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Mr. Krabs discusses a lawsuit with his lawyer. After mentioning that the lawyer won't charge Krabs unless they win, Krabs' pupils change to dollar signs. After mentioning counter-suing, Krabs' eyes turn into ''massive gold bars that slam into the floor with the weight.'' Lampshaded, as the lawyer asks if that normally happens, and Spongebob states that "They're usually silver."

** Parodied in the [[Treehouse of Horror]] XV segment "The Ned Zone": When Homer hears about Flanders's ablitiy to predict peoples' deaths, his eyes turn into skulls, then dollar signs, then American flags and finally a dog chasing a cat before his normal pupils return.

* Pokerface from ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]'' will lift his shades to reveal slot machine like eyes that spin to reflect various emotions, usually excitement or greed.

** In "Quiet, Please!" , Tom gives Spike sleeping pills to keep him from waking up. He lifts one of his eyelids, and the eye has text reading "out cold". Later, Jerry looks into Spike's eye, which now reads "''still'' out cold".

* A disturbing example - ''[[Popeye]]'' buys a parrot for Olive - a jealous Bluto leans in toward the cage, and in close-up, his pupils become images of his hand strangling the bird!

** In "Putting Your Hoof Down", this happens to one-time character Iron Will, whose eyes turn into 'bits' (currency used in Equestria) when he succeeds in making Fluttershy assertive.

 

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