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* ''AudioPlay/JanTenner'': BigBad Seytania can shoot heat beams and lightning bolts from her eyes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A witness credits [[CuteMonsterGirl Boo]] with "laser vision" that she used to blast a car.

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* ''WebVideo/TheFunniestMinecraftVideosEver'': The Laser Eye Mod allows the players to have this ability. [[spoiler:The Ender Dragon didn't stand a chance against them, and Wilbur discovers that they could even break ''[[MadeOfIndestructium bedrock]]'' with laser vision.]]
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* Technically, any military laser is that - the mirror or lense that focused the beam on target could also be used in reverse to collect light FROM target on sensor, thus acting like telescope.
** The James Webb telescope that scheduled to flight in 2021 (after LONG delays) used the folding mirror, initially developed for Cold War era SDI laser satellite.
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* ''Fanfic/OriginStory'': Alex Harris (being a Kryptonian trapped in the '"Franchise/MarvelUniverse'') uses her heat vision multiple times, most notably to disable ComicBook/CarolDanvers.

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* ''Fanfic/OriginStory'': Alex Harris (being a Kryptonian trapped in the '"Franchise/MarvelUniverse'') uses her heat vision multiple times, most notably to disable ComicBook/CarolDanvers.[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]].
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* ''Art/LaserKiwiFlag'': The most unique part of the flag is that the Kiwi is shooting a green laser beam from its eyes.
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* ''{{Wiki/Uncyclopedia}}'' articles judged to be "bat fuck insane" feature a photomanipulated [[http://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/File:Popeeyebeams.jpg image]] of Pope John Paul II shooting eye beams while shouting "Eye Beams!"

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* ''{{Wiki/Uncyclopedia}}'' ''{{Website/Uncyclopedia}}'' articles judged to be "bat fuck insane" feature a photomanipulated [[http://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/File:Popeeyebeams.jpg image]] of Pope John Paul II shooting eye beams while shouting "Eye Beams!"
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* At one point, the silver golem Karn in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' vaporizes a Phyrexian who has latched onto his arm with,"A blinding light from his eyes".
* One of the powers in ''[[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Super Munchkin]]''. Users risk accidentally destroying their own headgear with it.

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At one point, the silver golem Karn in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' vaporizes a Phyrexian who has latched onto his arm with,"A with "A blinding light from his eyes".
** "[[https://scryfall.com/card/afr/101/eyes-of-the-beholder Eyes of the Beholder]]" depicts a beholder from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in the act of vaporizing a luckless adventurer with beams of destructive energy projected from both its central eyes and its eyestalks.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'': One of the powers in ''[[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Super Munchkin]]''.''Super Munchkin''. Users risk accidentally destroying their own headgear with it.



* In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', three Kryptonian criminals use their heat vision wantonly to burn places down and punish or even fry enemies.
-->The three outlaws of Krypton were standing in a circle about Power Girl, sending six beams of heat from their eyes at her caped back. One Kryptonian could cause pain. Two could injure. Three could destroy.



* ''Fanfic/ADipInTheInkwell'': In the oneshot "Lemonade Pitcher", Estimation Eddie wears an EyepatchOfPower that covers up his eye, which can shoot beams that create and reheat hot dogs. When he tries to use his power for the former purpose to help his teammates, however, he ends up getting injured and fears that the energy in his eye can backfire and cause him severe brain damage.
* ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'': Xu Chu has these. Ma Chao complains that this is out of genre [[AnachronismStew (he's wrong)]].
* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': Three Kryptonian criminals use their heat vision wantonly to burn places down and punish or even fry enemies.
-->The three outlaws of Krypton were standing in a circle about Power Girl, sending six beams of heat from their eyes at her caped back. One Kryptonian could cause pain. Two could injure. Three could destroy.
%%* ''Fanfic/TheFutureFlash'': Bart Allen has this power due to being half-Kryptonian.
* ''Fanfic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost'': The One-Eyed Black Cat can project a laser-like red beam from his "missing" eye, which can destroy, reshape, mind-control, and a dozen other things.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': Supergirl's heat vision is her best weapon, but Darkseid's Omega Effect eye beams can easily hurt or even kill a Kryptonian.
-->She'd tried to keep out of the way of his Omega Effect beams, but, finally, it just wasn’t possible. The terrible beams from his eyes lanced out, caught her in the eyes, and dealt out blindness and pain. Supergirl screamed.
%%* ''Fanfic/InnerDemons'': This is an apparently inherent ability of Queen!Twilight's zombie soldiers.
* ''Webcomic/InvertedFate'': Undyne has a robotic left eye that can shoot lasers instead f an eyepatch, as she is the Royal Scientist instead of the Captain of the Royal Guard she was in canon.



* ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'': Taylor discovers that she can shoot heat blasts from her eyes during her fight with [[EldritchAbomination Behemoth]].
* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'': Izuku is Kryptonian, with the Heat Vision to match. It's currently powerful enough to slice off the arm of a robot with ease and bore through the hide of a rotting {{Kaiju}} corpse, but his lack of practice has made his fine control poor, to the point that he can't cut in a straight line.
* ''Fanfic/OriginStory'': Alex Harris (being a Kryptonian trapped in the '"Franchise/MarvelUniverse'') uses her heat vision multiple times, most notably to disable ComicBook/CarolDanvers.
* ''Fanfic/ProjectIgnition'': Lux's optic beams hurt as bad a Procyon shots, so it's best to just not get hit.
* ''Fanfic/ShowaAndVampire'': Black 13 can fire lasers from his eyes.



* In ''FanFic/OriginStory'', Alex Harris (being a Kryptonian trapped in the '"Franchise/MarvelUniverse'') uses her heat vision multiple times, most notably to disable ComicBook/CarolDanvers.
* In the ''Fanfic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost'' FanVerse, the One-Eyed Black Cat can project a laser-like red beam from his "missing" eye, which can destroy, reshape, mind-control, and a dozen other things.
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku is Kryptonian, with the Heat Vision to match. It's currently powerful enough to slice off the arm of a robot with ease and bore through the hide of a rotting {{Kaiju}} corpse, but his lack of practice has made his fine control poor, to the point that he can't cut in a straight line.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' AU ''Webcomic/InvertedFate'', Undyne has a robotic left eye that can shoot lasers instead f an eyepatch, as she is the Royal Scientist instead of the Captain of the Royal Guard she was in canon.
* In ''FanFic/ShowaAndVampire'', Black 13 has the ability to fire lasers from his eyes.
* ''Fanfic/InnerDemons'': This is an apparently inherent ability of Queen!Twilight's zombie soldiers.
* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Supergirl's heat vision is her best weapon, but Darkseid's Omega Effect eye beams can easily hurt or even kill a Kryptonian.
-->She’d tried to keep out of the way of his Omega Effect beams, but, finally, it just wasn’t possible. The terrible beams from his eyes lanced out, caught her in the eyes, and dealt out blindness and pain. Supergirl screamed.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'', Taylor discovers she can shoot heat blasts from her eyes during her fight with [[EldritchAbomination Behemoth]].
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectIgnition'', Lux's optic beams hurt as bad a Procyon shots, so it's best to just not get hit.
* ''Fanfic/TheFutureFlash'': Bart Allen has this power due to being half-Kryptonian.
* "Recently we picked up a ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis The Menace|US}}'' storybook with charming Bob Paplow illustrations. What we didn't bargain on, however, was that the original owner had used a pencil and his or her imagination to turn a prosaic story of Dennis and Ruff into [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics142.html an orgy of BLASTING MUTANT-STYLE EYEBEAMS!!!"]]
* Xu Chu has these in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. Ma Chao complains that this is out of genre [[AnachronismStew (he's wrong)]].
* In the ''Fanfic/ADipInTheInkwell'' oneshot "Lemonade Pitcher", Estimation Eddie wears an EyepatchOfPower that covers up his eye, which can shoot beams that create and reheat hot dogs. When he tries to use his power for the former purpose to help his teammates, however, he ends up getting injured and fears that the energy in his eye can backfire and cause him severe brain damage.

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* In ''FanFic/OriginStory'', Alex Harris (being a Kryptonian trapped in the '"Franchise/MarvelUniverse'') uses her heat vision multiple times, most notably to disable ComicBook/CarolDanvers.
* In the ''Fanfic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost'' FanVerse, the One-Eyed Black Cat can project a laser-like red beam from his "missing" eye, which can destroy, reshape, mind-control, and a dozen other things.
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku is Kryptonian, with the Heat Vision to match. It's currently powerful enough to slice off the arm of a robot with ease and bore through the hide of a rotting {{Kaiju}} corpse, but his lack of practice has made his fine control poor, to the point that he can't cut in a straight line.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' AU ''Webcomic/InvertedFate'', Undyne has a robotic left eye that can shoot lasers instead f an eyepatch, as she is the Royal Scientist instead of the Captain of the Royal Guard she was in canon.
* In ''FanFic/ShowaAndVampire'', Black 13 has the ability to fire lasers from his eyes.
* ''Fanfic/InnerDemons'': This is an apparently inherent ability of Queen!Twilight's zombie soldiers.
* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Supergirl's heat vision is her best weapon, but Darkseid's Omega Effect eye beams can easily hurt or even kill a Kryptonian.
-->She’d tried to keep out of the way of his Omega Effect beams, but, finally, it just wasn’t possible. The terrible beams from his eyes lanced out, caught her in the eyes, and dealt out blindness and pain. Supergirl screamed.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'', Taylor discovers she can shoot heat blasts from her eyes during her fight with [[EldritchAbomination Behemoth]].
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectIgnition'', Lux's optic beams hurt as bad a Procyon shots, so it's best to just not get hit.
* ''Fanfic/TheFutureFlash'': Bart Allen has this power due to being half-Kryptonian.
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%%* "Recently we picked up a ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis The Menace|US}}'' storybook with charming Bob Paplow illustrations. What we didn't bargain on, however, was that the original owner had used a pencil and his or her imagination to turn a prosaic story of Dennis and Ruff into [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics142.html an orgy of BLASTING MUTANT-STYLE EYEBEAMS!!!"]]
* Xu Chu has these in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. Ma Chao complains that this is out of genre [[AnachronismStew (he's wrong)]].
* In the ''Fanfic/ADipInTheInkwell'' oneshot "Lemonade Pitcher", Estimation Eddie wears an EyepatchOfPower that covers up his eye, which can shoot beams that create and reheat hot dogs. When he tries to use his power for the former purpose to help his teammates, however, he ends up getting injured and fears that the energy in his eye can backfire and cause him severe brain damage.
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* A witness in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' credits [[CuteMonsterGirl Boo]] with "laser vision" that she used to blast a car.
* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' involuntarily deploys these if someone shoots at it, even if it's only with a toy gun.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', after Hal gets empowered and becomes Tighten, he uses these to ''write his alias across the city''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He also uses them against a mannequin of Megamind]].

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Arduin}}'': A number of Greater Demons can do this.
** Iphang, the Lord of the Yellow Horde, can fire a brilliant green ray of intense heat from his eye that does 3-60 HitPoints of damage to anything it hits. It has a range of 100 yards and can be fired up once per melee round up to 13 times in a row. After that it can only be fired once per minute until he doesn't use it (allowing it to rest) for 30 minutes.
** Karong the Lord of Slime has three large glowing eyes colored red, yellow and green. Once each melee round each eye can send out a beam of its color that is 40 yards long and 5 feet wide. The red ray causes 17-36 HitPoints of burning damage, the yellow ray causes 15-24 HitPoints of immediate rotting damage and 3 HitPoints of continuing rotting damage each melee round thereafter, and the green ray causes paralysis for 1-20 minutes.
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': [[HumongousMecha BattleMechs]] with head mounted weapons sometimes have it set up as an eye-beam. The ''Atlas'', which has a skull for a cockpit, can mount a laser in one of the eyes (the other is occupied by the actual pilot), and the Mechwarrior 4 ''Cyclops'' has a huge glowing red "eye" where a head should be. You can mount a (light) Particle Projector Cannon there, making it fire ''lightning bolts''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' has a villain named Occulon who has several eye-based powers.
* ''Creator/{{Chaosium}}'': The supplement ''All the Worlds' Monsters'' Volume III includes two creatures that can do this:
** The Shock Troll has two eyes. The grey eye can fire a death ray and the light green eye can fire a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Feeblemind spell.
** The Windwalker's gaze causes any creature it looks at to become confused.
* ''TabletopGame/{{deadEarth}}'' features a variant of this among its (many, ''many'') "[[AtomicSuperpower Radiation Manipulations]]", "441: Halogen", which gives the character "the ability to project a variably bright light from [their] eyes", or in other words, flashlight eyes.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** The beholder is a living embodiment of this trope with its ''[[ExtraEyes eleven]]'' eyes armed with magic rays, each of which acts as a different magical spell, a trait shared with the various beholder-kin creatures. There are also lots of creatures with gaze attacks affecting those meeting their eye, such as basilisks (petrification), catoblepas (death) and vampires (charm).
** Gibbering orbs can produce beams that, in a similar manner to beholders, emulate the effect of a high-level spell. Because gibbering orbs have hundreds of eyes, these beams aren't mapped to a specific eye; rather, the orb can essentially pick and choose which beams it wants to use from a set list of two dozen effects, with the only limitation being that it can only fire off one of each kind per round.
** In lieu of a conventional BreathWeapon like other dragons, a jabberwock can shoot a long line of fire from its bulging eyes unless it has been blinded by something.
** A handful of arcane spells like ''eyebite'' (a gaze attacks with minor enchantments like charm or fear) and ''dead man's eyes'' (the caster's eyeballs turn black with white skull-shaped pupils and kills people by looking in their eyes).
** Later sourcebooks provide a metamagic feat that allows player characters to store ray spells in each eye for convenient simultaneous blasting for a later date.
** The spell ''lantern light'' from the 3E ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' supplement gives clerics and paladins the ability to shoot eye beams.
** The [[WaveMotionGun obscenely powerful]] epic spell ''vengeful gaze of god'' from the 3E ''Epic Level Handbook'' deals anywhere from ''305 to 1850 points of damage'', the latter value being easily sufficient to kill most ''deities'' in [[OneHitKill one shot]], and it has a range just less than two and a half ''miles''. Of course, the massive backlash will likely kill you too. And by the time you're high enough level that you could conceivably cast it, [[AwesomeButImpractical you've got easier and safer ways to accomplish the same effect]].
** 1st Edition ''Advanced D&D'' supplement ''Fiend Folio'': The retriever has four eyes that can fire rays up to sixty feet away. Three of them inflict fire, cold and lightning damage (respectively) equal to the retriever's current HitPoints, with a saving throw vs. dragon breath for half damage. The fourth eye can transmute the target into mud, stone, gold or lead (determined randomly).
** ''TabletopGame/CriticalRoleTaldoreiCampaignSetting'': The Cinderslag Elemental has a form of heat vision that not only burns whoever it gazes it at, but also causes one of their possessions to either melt away or turn to ash.
** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #46 adventure "The Temple of Poseidon": Once per minute, the Dark King Ythog-Nthlei can fire four scintillating beams of energy from his eyes that drain Strength from the victim.
** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'':
*** ''Dwarves Deep'' has the dwarven priestly spell ''fire eyes''. ''Seven Sisters'' adds its arcane counterpart -- higher-level more powerful, but short-ranged and with bonus heat protection -- and ''basilisk glare''.
*** The 3.5E supplement ''Lost Empires of Faerûn'' gives the sunmaster PrestigeClass the ability to shoot beams of light out of their eyes at 2nd level.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': The "Realm of Terror" booklet, from the 2nd Edition boxed set, has it so that when someone fails a Ravenloft Powers check, one possible benefit is being able to fire a ''ray of enfeeblement'' spell from their eyes three times per day.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Shards of the Exalted Dream has the Empyreal Chaos Charm known as ''Apocalypse Comet Gaze''. This allows Infern- er, ''Titanic'' Exalts to, surprise surprise, fire death rays with a glare.
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': "Lightning Stare" from ''GURPS: Magic'', which probably isn't a cool as it sounds since you have to make "certain facial motions" in order to cast the spell.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the ''yai-mimic spell'' metamagic feat, which allows a caster to cast any ray spell -- that is, a spell which fires a magical beam from the hand or fingers -- from the center of their forehead, where their ThirdEye would be.
* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': This is Young Legacy's contribution to the Legacy superpowers, as seen on the Legacy card "Next Evolution". As a character card, it's her base power, "Atomic Glare".
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'': Cybereyes with built in lasers (or projectile weapons) are available. But, it is made very clear that they are [[AwesomeButImpractical very ineffective]], especially in combat. In fact, the only effective use is low end tool uses. One alternative, however, is single-use flashbulbs - it won't ''kill'' the victims, but rendering them temporarily blind is just as useful.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
** Commissar Sebastian Yarrick got a laser-firing bionic implant for his left eye to build on the stories fearful [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orks]] told of him being able to kill with a glare.
** Prince Yriel has a similar item. No such cool backstory behind it, unfortunately.
** Lords of Change, the [[EldritchAbomination greater daemons]] of [[TheChessmaster Tzeentch]], use their gaze as their ranged attack.
** One of the psychic powers available to the Ork Weirdboy is an eye beam attack, with a strength comparable to the anti-armor melta weaponry used by the Imperium.
** The Gaze of Mork is a supercharged laser mounted in the eye of ork Gargants.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'':
** Certain magic missiles manifest as this, such as the Gaze of Gork, the Gaze of Mork, the Gaze of Nagash and Shem's Burning Gaze, which are often projected from the user's eyes.
** The local version of a GorgeousGorgon has a deadly gaze attack that forces the victim's blood out from their skin.
* ''TabletopGame/WorldOfSynnibarr'' is notorious for having {{bears|AreBadNews}} that attack with these. And it is not even in the top ''thirty'' weirdest things about ''World of Synnibarr''.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'' series, Red-Eyes are a race of lanky humanoids whose eyes are constantly closed. That's because when they open them, they can shoot fiery beams that are quite deadly. Having such a lethal weapon at their disposal has made all of them conceited bullies.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'' series, Red-Eyes are a race of lanky humanoids whose eyes are constantly closed. That's because when they open them, they can shoot fiery beams that are quite deadly. Having such a lethal weapon at their disposal has made all of them conceited bullies.
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* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': Invidia the envy demon has a single eye laser ([[GreenEyedMonster green]], naturally), which makes sense, as he's a single floating eyeball. It's extremely destructive, but he needs time to recover afterward, and it's unsafe to use in enclosed spaces.
* In one of the oldest examples: the [[CreepyCentipedes One Hundred Eyed Demon Lord]] from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' emits hot beams of light from the various eyes located on his body. Sun Wukong manages to escape this light trap by turning into a pangolin and digging his way out.
** Even before that, when Wukong is born from the stone, he bows to the four cardinal directions [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer and then accidentally shoots lasers out of his eyes that nearly hit the Jade Emperor himself.]]
* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] [[Literature/TheCulture Culture]] terror weapon briefly followed at the end of ''Look to Windward'', a DoAnythingRobot made from a [[NanoMachines nanomachine swarm]] can form pretty much any weapon it wants from its body, but isn't anywhere near as limited as the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]]. It adjusts its eyes to lase in order to blind an opponent, but only in order to kill him in a more unpleasant way; this being Culture super science, it could have easily formed a WaveMotionGun had the need arisen.
* In Creator/RogerZelazny's ''Literature/LordOfLight'', the mutant power of at least two of the "gods" -- Yama and Kali -- focused through the eyes. It was described poetically as "drinking life" with their eyes ... and if you actually ''met'' the death-gaze with your own eyes, it was particularly powerful.
* Don't get into a staring contest with Alex from ''Literature/TheOtherKindofRoommate''. Although his beams are invisible, so long as he's made direct eye contact, he can kill from streets away.
* In ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the Son of God uses all of his eyes to glare lightning and fire at the demonic soldiers with such intensity that all their strength and life is lost to them.
* In ''{{The Plot of the Black Mass}}'' by Creator/AndreiBelyanin, Baba Yaga (a witch-like good character) uses Heat Beams from her eyes to kill an evil Catholic priest, who was attempting to summon [[EldritchAbomination Beelzebub]].
* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel ''Queen of the Empire'' had a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Human_replica_droid human replica droid]] (essentially a RobotGirl), who impersonated Leia Organa and actually killed a villain with laser beams from her eyes.
* ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant: Playing with Fire''. Baron Vengeous has a glare which causes the recipient to [[YourHeadAsplode explode]].
* In Creator/JohnFrench's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''Literature/ThousandSons'' trilogy, powerful sorcerers like [[VillainProtagonist Ahriman]] and Amon can emit white-hot beams of supernatural fire from their eyes.
* ''[[Creator/JohnRidley What Fire Cannot Burn]]'' uses this trope mostly straight for a minor villain, but mocks a surprising aspect of it. According to the narration, eye beams that are powerful enough to hurt somebody should be at a frequency invisible to the human eye--so [[ThisIsReality unlike in the comic books]], you don't see the blast, you just see what it does to people.
* In the ''Literature/ZacharyNixonJohnson'' series, there is a psi named Liz Lazor who specializes in firing lasers from her eyes.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheBicentennialManAndOtherStories'': For [[CoversAlwaysLie some unknown reason]], the 1978 {{Creator/Panther}} cover features an enormous six-limbed robot in water, blasting a damaged triangular plane with beams from the "head" of the robot, spaced so that they look like eyes.
* ''Literature/TheSixServants'': One of the servants is a man who can fire destructive beams from his eyes, and thus must go around in a blindfold so he doesn't accidentally destroy everything he looks at.
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* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
** Jake Simmons (a.k.a. Deathbolt) shoots plasma laser beams from his eyes as his main power.
** ''Series/Supergirl2015'' as usual keeps the heat vision as part of the standard Kryptonian superpowers, although in this series it appears more blue/cyan than the traditional red from the comics and most other incarnations.
*** In this series, the over-use of heat vision, which Clark terms a "solar-flare", can temporarily "burn-out" her or Clark's super-powers, temporarily causing them to revert to human.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019'':
** Billy Butcher finds a baby hooked up to an IV of [[SuperSerum Compound V]] being kept inside a laser-proof incubator, due to having been born with the ability to shoot blue beams from its eyes. Several mooks with automatic weapons then burst into the room, and in a classic ''Boys'' BlackComedy moment, Butcher picks up the baby and uses it to blast them in half.
** Homelander's [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye beams]] are his most common weapons, which he uses to kill a building full of terrorists and bring down a plane. The reason he uses them is because they require the least effort for him to use and because he is frankly lazy, which fits with his characterization as a truly villainous SmugSuper.
** [[spoiler:In Season 3, after taking Temp-V to take down Homelander, Butcher gains his own orange-colored eye beams which he uses in a BeamOWar.]]
* The villain from the ''Series/Charmed1998'' episode "The Truth is out there, and it hurts" has a ThirdEye that sends out a beam of burning energy. It targets the same area that the victim's third eye would be.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Silurians from the classic series had a ThirdEye they could send an eye beam from which could kill, stun, or operate machinery.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 "42"]] [[spoiler:has the bad guy running around with these (beams of heat, in this case), with a visor that seems to be a direct ShoutOut to Cyclops.]]
* The villains of the week in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E04CrackersDontMatter Crackers Don't Matter]]" is a blind MadScientist specializing in light, so naturally, he can shoot lasers out of his eyes. And [[WallCrawling cling to walls]].
* Although ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', surprisingly given the many different superpowers, does not have any characters with eye beams, in the season 3 episode "It's Coming", [[PsychoElectro Elle]] shoots Sylar with so much lightning at one point that lightning actually ''comes out of his eyes'' while he's being electrocuted. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Good Thing He Can Heal]].
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Lily has the "You're dead to me look", which causes her eyes to glow and the object of her glare to (appear to) vaporize. Given the look's similarity to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Dark Willow]] eyes, this is possibly an ActorAllusion to actress Alyson Hannigan's former character.
* The short lived comedy show ''The Idiot Box'' featured a bit called "Damn These Eyes", about a scientist who, after a telescope mishap, was cursed with EyeBeams that he [[PowerIncontinence could not turn off]]. The beams -- actually dotted lines -- did not actually do anything, but they would let anyone know exactly where he was looking (such as at a woman's chest), destroying his life.
* ''Series/LabRats'' has this as one of [[DumbMuscle Adam]]'s main bionic abilities. Usually it's the standard red laser beams, but there have been instances of him [[PlayingWithFire shooting actual fire out of his eyes]], one of the most notable being in the first episode, when he uses it to ward off Mission Creek High's school mascot after it gets too clingy.
* ''Series/TheMrPotatoHeadShow'': During the superhero episode, Mr. Potato Head's "Spudman" character has the ability to fire lightning-like purple rays from his eyes; he used them to create a BulletholeDoor to enter the villain's lair. He showed this ability once backstage, too.
* Cindy Crawford was able to do this when she appeared on ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', and did it to vaporize two rather annoying Muppets, one a LoonyFan who [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor asked if supermodels had super-powers]], and during [[BrickJoke the last scene]] on a guy who kept introducing himself (over and over).
* ''Series/NightMan''[='s=] costume includes (among things like a bulletproof bodysuit, an AntiGravity belt, and an InvisibilityCloak) an eyepatch of sorts that grants him night vision and can fire a laser. He's not shy about using it to kill, though. At one point, he uses it to merely stun a bad guy, knowing the guy was going to take a two-story fall headfirst.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Rimmer contracts a holovirus in the episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine Quarantine]]", it drives him mad(der), and he puts on a red and white checked gingham dress, army boots and a penguin puppet, Mr. Flibble. The holovirus gives Rimmer Hex-Vision, with which he can shoot beams from his eyes. He can also transfer the Hex-Vision to Mr. Flibble...
-->'''Rimmer:''' Mr. Flibble is very cross... you shouldn't have run away from him... what are we gonna do with them Mr. Flibble?\\
''[Mr. Flibble, quivering with rage, [[SilentWhisper whispers]] something in evil Rimmer's ear]''\\
'''Rimmer:''' ''[shocked]'' We can't do that... who'd clean up the mess? ''[both their eyes glow red]''
** The first time our heroes get shot at with the Hex-Vision, the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy trope is lampshaded. FridgeBrilliance would suggest the reason the bad guys can't shoot straight while using EyeBeams is because their optic nerves are overloaded by the energy needed to destroy their target, so they can't see a thing.
* Olly, from ''Series/TheSiflAndOllyShow'', has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHOtzXNqIk pair of these]] installed at one point. They come with the ability to [[MindProbe read minds]]. Side effects include extreme curiosity.
* In one of the later ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' made-for-TV movies, Steve Austin's long lost son suffers a tragic accident and gets a bionic eye -- that can shoot lasers.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], obviously. He develops them in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS02E02Heat Heat]]". Also Bizarro, Ultraman, and any of the dozens of Kryptonians that pop up during the show. Heat vision is invisible to the naked eye and the beam effects are only for the audience's benefit, allowing them to use it in public without anyone noticing. And for the Kryptonians, heat vision is heavily associated with sexual arousal, with some of them activating it by accident when becoming [[JizzedInMyPants too aroused]].
* Countless ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' {{kaiju}} possess beam attacks fired from their eyes.
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* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/06/26/episode-166-good-samaritan-laws-are-crap/ When a demon destroys]] the city of Prontera, it uses laser beams from its eyes as part of its rampage. A Pronteran protests that lasers haven't been invented yet; the demon responds that demons have that figured out fine and then blasts him.
--->'''Pronteran 1:''' He's using laser eye beams!\\
'''Pronteran 2:''' But we haven't invented lasers yet!\\
'''Demon:''' '''WE HAVE'''.
** Black Mage uses them later, when Fighter shows him his "Brilliant Idea" that he's written down. Black Mage offers to "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/07/01/episode-302-that-was-a-mistake/ lend those notes my critical eye... BEAMS!]]" and incinerates the page.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/11/13/episode-353-last-one-i-swear/ Black Mage later used these to set ablaze a dwarf city]]. Red Mage lampshades it: "[[RuleOfFunny Now you're just doing it to annoy me. You don't even HAVE heat vision.]]"
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/10/14/episode-1046-anatomically-correct/ BEHOLD MY HUMAN LASER!]]
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'':
** {{Dracula}}'s Draculabot features, among other things, eye lasers.
** In a variant, Dan [=McNinja=] can squirt poison from his eyes.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Massey has these in an ImagineSpot over blowing up an annoying coworker's head. Apparently "[=StinkEye=][[TradeSnark ™]] brand ocular implants will allow the fulfillment of this particular fantasy."
-->'''Massey''': Shh. I'm trying to kill you with my eyes.
* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'': [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/938/ Parodied]].
* ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'': Dave got eye lasers as a result of a dip in a nuclear waste-laden lake.
* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': Summer has to wear a [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1888404/a-burning-question/ special mask]], 24/7 as a result of Cyclops-style PowerIncontinence since [[PubertySuperpower her powers kicked in]].
%%* ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'': A demon deer has this power.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Count Wolkerstorfer, using his mech's cyclopean eye, rakes Baron Oomfumf's tuba trombone battle wagon thing with a beam killing him.
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Given to ''robot cows''. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=604 Just like real cows, only with lasers.]]
* The character Raccoon #1 of ''Webcomic/TheIntrepidGirlbot'' has these, [[PowerIncontinence but she can't quite control them.]]
** [[http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009/04/03/its-on/ Mousebot has also demonstrated this ability]], but strangely, not Girlbot herself, [[http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2010/04/02/scratch-one-off/ except in one small instance]].
* ''Webcomic/KillroyAndTina'' both [[PowersAsPrograms share]] this power. Unfortunately Tina sometimes forgets to take out her contact lenses and ''melts them to her eyes''; luckily she's also NighInvulnerable...
* ''Webcomic/{{Weesh}}'': [[http://www.weeshcomic.com/archive.php?strip=2009-12-28 Tate wishes he had laser eyes.]]
* ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'': Tchick the beholder has these. Though his powers tend to be rather unusual. His most commonly used fires a red delicious apple.
* ''Webcomic/HeadTrip'': Any [[spoiler:Rabbi]] [[http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20060901.html does]] this regularly. [-Just [[HeKnowsTooMuch don't tell them I told you.]]-]
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** [[NeverMessWithGranny Nannasprite]] can use hers to levitate objects, heal people and write, as well as zapping imps.
** Sollux' PsychicPowers include the ability to fire energy beams from his eyes, a blue one from the left and a red one from the right. If he eats mind honey, he risks losing control of them and firing them wildly and involuntarily. Later on, he uses them purposely as weapons in his two duels with Eridan, who responds with beams of his own from a MagicWand.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson's special ability. That and liberal {{Cluster F Bomb}}s.
* ''Webcomic/HandsomeFungus'' [[http://www.savetinytim.com/handsomefungus/index.html?Blink=89 Esa]], but no one believes it until they've been shot.
* ''Webcomic/LukeSurl'''s approach to the problem [[http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1338 here]]. Check your local laser eye surgery providers for the list of services. See the [[http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1460 result]]. Also, [[http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1653 ray deer]] and [[http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/1666 this]] (reference to ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'').
* ''Comicstrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF033-Deer_Laser_Eye.jpg got]] [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF193-Fun_Bot.gif two]] cases.
* Apparently, Ananth from ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander'' has this ability when not wearing his hat.
* This guy from ''Webcomic/KarateBears'' [[http://www.karatebears.com/2011/06/power-cosmic.html has eye beams]]
* Laser Pony from the ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' can shoot energy beams from behind his eyes, which [[http://superredundant.com/?p=154 blinded him on their first use.]]
* The Pelican Cello in ''Webcomic/MountainTime'' has eye lasers, as well as at least 49 other powers (including "good at long division," "can identify cheeses at 20 yards," and, yes, "can make cello music").
* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': Wonderella got these once, but apparently, it's just an allergic reaction to shellfish.
%%* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': "KIRBY, [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/05/22/164-undernewmanagement/ YOU ARE THE WORST."]]
* Webcomic/{{Superbitch}} has the ability to burn/melt and cure vision problems with her eyebeams.
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' has a magical villain, Sciona, realize the flaw in this trope [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands as she'd given herself a set]] with a [[BloodMagic blood cocktail]].
-->'''Sciona:''' ''[Thought-bubble]'' This... this power is idiotic! It's so hard to see anything!
** One of the villains during the super-brawl [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-210-dental-trauma-fu-or-technically-its-non-lethal/ fired off a pair of these]], so it may be a case of RequiredSecondaryPowers.
* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': Meatclops has eyes that are portals to a dimension filled with meat, allowing him to shoot blasts of meat at bad guys. Nobody wants to get caught by him.
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* ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'':
** Ben Shapiro (and his family) use these to obliterate their debate opponents.
** Marianne Williamson uses this at the end of "Dem Debate 2: Electoral Boogaloo".
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** Marianne Williamson uses this at the end of "Dem Debate 2: Electoral Boogaloo".
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** The first movie features an eye-blasting hero named [[CaptainErsatz GazerBeam]]. [[spoiler:He's already been murdered by the villain Syndrome by the time the main plot of the movie begins.]] He uses the power [[DyingClue to leave an important clue]]: [[spoiler:the password to the computer in Syndrome's lair.]]

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** [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 The first movie movie]] features an eye-blasting hero named [[CaptainErsatz GazerBeam]]. [[spoiler:He's already been murdered by the villain Syndrome by the time the main plot of the movie begins.]] He uses the power [[DyingClue to leave an important clue]]: [[spoiler:the password to the computer in Syndrome's lair.]]
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** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Alfred Pennyworth reverse-engineered Kryptonian tech to make Batman's gauntlets plasma-proof, which ends up being very useful when an angry revived Superman targets the Dark Knight with his eye beams. Later on, in scenes showing how the BadFuture started, Darkseid uses his [[HomingLasers Omega Beams]] to kill some Atlanteans.

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** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Alfred Pennyworth reverse-engineered Kryptonian tech to make Batman's gauntlets plasma-proof, which ends up being very useful when an angry revived Superman targets the Dark Knight with his eye beams. Later on, in In the FinalBattle, Superman uses his eye beams to cut off one of Steppenwolf's horns. In the final scenes showing how the BadFuture started, Darkseid uses his [[HomingLasers Omega Beams]] to kill some Atlanteans.
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