History Main / BlackEyesOfEvil

* 2D, the lead singer of the cartoon band Gorillaz has these.
** [[TheDitz He's not really evil though.]]

* Let's not forget the somewhat creepy vampires from ''30 Days of Night''.
** ''Somewhat'' creepy? More like downright nightmare fuel.

* Though "evil" is more of a case by case basis, the eyes of the vampires of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Nyeusigrube novels all turn black when they die and return as vampires. A vampire with both a strong sense of self and strong amount of power can do something akin to a glamour that allows them to change eye colors, but this is not often seen.
** Not this black, [[BlackEyes that black.]]
* NeilGaiman's ''{{Coraline}}'' has the Other Mother, who has Black ''Button'' Eyes of Evil. They can actually be any color, but apparently black is "traditional."

* YourMileageMayVary on the books, but the BigBad of Terry Goodkind's SwordOfTruth books has these.

Contrast with the less-creepy BlackEyes, where just the irises are black.

* In ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', Maya's eyes turn pure black when her powers activate. While she's not really evil, her ability--to kill everyone around in a matter of about a minute using what amounts to some sort of psychic poison--''is''.

-->''Oh, Lord have mercy upon my foolish soul

* A variant of this trope, all of [[MaiOtome Satou]] [[SeikonNoQwaser Kenetsu]]'s villainous characters always have very black eyeliner. [[http://valkyrieizaak.deviantart.com/art/Seikon-no-Qwaser-Aleksander-62366597 Example.]]

* The ''TalesOfSymphonia'' OVA gives us Kvar. Once thought to be [[EyesAlwaysShut permanently squinty-eyed,]] Kvar was shown in the OVA to have [[RedEyesTakeWarning red pupils]] in his otherwise wholly-black eyes. With that combination, it's no surprise that Kvar [[CompleteMonster is one of the most despciable villains]] shown in ''Symphonia''.

* Artwork of the [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore American/European style]] of [[SonicTheHedgehog Dr.Robotnik]] usually depicts him with [[http://eggmanempire.sonicworld.net/downloads/images/official/soa/chaosartwork.png no eyes at all, with two pitch black eye-sockets instead.]]

* [[spoiler:Chaos Havan]] in TheReconstruction.

* Subverted with the Lady of the Forest from DragonAge: Origins. Although she possesses pitch-black eyes, she is not evil, only inhuman. In fact, she wishes to end the curse that has been placed upon the werewolves of the Brecilian Forest, even though doing so will require her death.

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** [[spoiler: Aizens OneWingedAngel form]] plays this trope disturbingly straight, with his eyes being '''BLACK.''' No irises, no pupils, nothing, just black.

** Not ''quite'' this trope, but in the manga Kakuzu, Hanzo, and the 3rd Raikage all inexplicably have black sclera (but they still have pupils), though in the anime Kakuzu's are red and Hanzo's eyes are normal.

* In Oliver Stone's ''NIxon'', CIA director Richard Helms' eyes appear to turn completely black for a second due to a coincidentally-timed light reflection, right after Nixon muses that there are things worse than death, and right before Nixon continues that there's such a thing as evil. Needless to say, Helms' real-life relatives had some issues with that scene. Although Helms definitely was a ruthless bastard in real life, implying he was a soulless force of pure evil may have been pushing it.

* The ''TalesOfSymphonia'' OVA gives us Kvar. Once thought to be [[EyesWideShut permanently squinty-eyed,]] Kvar was shown in the OVA to have [[RedEyesTakeWarning red pupils]] in his otherwise wholly-black eyes. With that combination, it's no surprise that Kvar [[CompleteMonster is one of the most despciable villains]] shown in ''Symphonia''.

* A sign of possession by some kind of alien superweapon in the ''DoctorWho'' novel "The Fall of Yquatine".
** Also, the werewolf in ''Tooth and Claw.''
** And the creepy lady in ''The Next Doctor.''

* In the 2008 ''DoctorWho'' Christmas special, the FemmeFatale gains pure black eyes when [[spoiler: the Cybermen forcibly "upgrade" her to be their new Cyberking (noun/gender agreement notwithstanding)]]. As befits the trope, her eyes returned to their normal colour when The Doctor [[spoiler: talks her into looking as a human at what she has become, leading her to suicide explosively and take the Cybermen with her]].
** Much earlier, in "Tooth and Claw," the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf virus' host body]] had completely black eyes when human.

* There's a truly disturbing scene toward the end of the ''LooneyTunes'' "The Bee-Deviled Bruin" - Father Bear is trying to get honey out of a hive...after getting hurled, squashed, smacked with a shovel, electrocuted, and riddled with bee stings, he sees the family pantry is already filled with honey jars. His eyes turn to glittering black pits of evil, sending his big lummox son into a terrified, wall-clawing panic.

* Not so much "real" life, but a popular urban legend/modern day campfire tale, people have reported encounters with "black-eyed kids" (also known as "black-eyed beings" and "black-eyed children", or just BEK) which are pretty much [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what you would expect]]--creepy kids with pure black eyes who are said to mean humans no good at all. The original BEK tale can be found [[http://www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html here]].