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* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'': "[[Recap/MuppetBabies2018WinATwin Win a Twin]]" begins with Gonzo spinning around as he plays with his Zorna action figure, making himself dizzy. When he sees Scooter and Skeeter, he says "I think I'm still a little dizzy from spinning, cause' I'm seeing two of you!", until Skeeter assures him that there ''are'' two of them.
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* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'': Photon sees his reflection in the mirror-like walls of Keyne's bedchamber, and notices the katakana for baka (idiot) on his forehead. Photon closes his eyes and shakes his head, as these marks must be an illusion. They're not: his flighty sister Aun scribbled them on Photon while he slept. Later, Keyne sees baka on her forehead, and likewise closes her eyes and shakes her head in disbelief. Alas, Photon drew the katakana on Keyne, because he couldn't think of anything better to do with a naked young woman lying on her bed.
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* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'': ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures'': Photon sees his reflection in the mirror-like walls of Keyne's bedchamber, and notices the katakana for baka (idiot) on his forehead. Photon closes his eyes and shakes his head, as these marks must be an illusion. They're not: his flighty sister Aun scribbled them on Photon while he slept. Later, Keyne sees baka on her forehead, and likewise closes her eyes and shakes her head in disbelief. Alas, Photon drew the katakana on Keyne, because he couldn't think of anything better to do with a naked young woman lying on her bed.
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* When Semi, planewrecked in ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'', sees a [[MixAndMatchCritters piglet with human hands]] before it bolts, she immediately second guesses herself. Her [[BlindWithoutEm eyesight is terrible]] and she [[DroppedGlasses lost her contacts in the crash]], and it's been weeks since the crash and she's aware that she and the other survivors are developing some odd obsessions, so she also thinks it might be a sign of going crazy.
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Related to YouCanSeeThatRight. A SisterTrope to NoMoreForMe, when the character blames alcohol. A SubTrope of MistakenForIndex.
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Related to YouCanSeeThatRight. A SisterTrope to NoMoreForMe, when the character blames alcohol. A SubTrope of MistakenForIndex.
alcohol.
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* A {{Defied}} Trope in one ''Franchise/JusticeLeague'' crossover story, in which the Dodo and Mxyzptlk fiddle with the Metropolis and Looney Tunes universes. One crossover has Superman trade places with Elmer Fudd, producing a diminutive FlyingBrick with a SpeechImpediment. Bugs Bunny takes one look at the transformed Elmer and declares: "My eyes can't be playing tricks on me; not with all the carrots I eat."
* ComicBook/{{Bone}} is lost in the spooky woods, when he catches sight of another Bone. This has to be an illusion, so Bone rubs his eyes with an Unsound Effect "squinky squinky." The other Bone is real: it's Phoney Bone, recently expelled from Bonetown.
* ComicBook/{{Bone}} is lost in the spooky woods, when he catches sight of another Bone. This has to be an illusion, so Bone rubs his eyes with an Unsound Effect "squinky squinky." The other Bone is real: it's Phoney Bone, recently expelled from Bonetown.
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* A {{Defied}} Trope in one ''Franchise/JusticeLeague'' ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' crossover story, in which the Dodo and Mxyzptlk fiddle with the Metropolis and Looney Tunes universes. One crossover has Superman trade places with Elmer Fudd, producing a diminutive FlyingBrick with a SpeechImpediment. Bugs Bunny takes one look at the transformed Elmer and declares: "My eyes can't be playing tricks on me; not with all the carrots I eat."
*ComicBook/{{Bone}} ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': Bone is lost in the spooky woods, when he catches sight of another Bone. This has to be an illusion, so Bone rubs his eyes with an Unsound Effect "squinky squinky." The other Bone is real: it's Phoney Bone, recently expelled from Bonetown.
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** In one Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, Sylvester is hiding in Granny's knitting basket, and his fur gets caught up in her knitting. Sylvester knits his fur back in place, along with Granny's scarf, and he ends up with multicolored checks on his bottom half. Upon seeing this, Granny cleans her glasses and blames her astigmatism.
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** In one Sylvester and Tweety ''WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird'' cartoon, Sylvester is hiding in Granny's knitting basket, and his fur gets caught up in her knitting. Sylvester knits his fur back in place, along with Granny's scarf, and he ends up with multicolored checks on his bottom half. Upon seeing this, Granny cleans her glasses and blames her astigmatism.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'': When Goofy arrives at Max's college bursts into class in full 1970's getup, Bobby asks Max, "Is my vision blurred, or does that look like your dad?".
* ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'': When Goofy arrives at Max's college bursts into class in full 1970's getup, Bobby asks Max, "Is my vision blurred, or does that look like your dad?".
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has bad eyesight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes eyestalks to clean them, thinking he has bad eyesight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
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* Played seriously in ''ComicBook/ThePitt''. The Witness is a permanently intangible, invisible superhuman - essentially a ghost. Jenny "Spitfire" Swensen is the pilot of a flying PoweredArmor suit. They glimpse each other while exploring the crater where Pittsburgh used to be - and both assume they're hallucinating or seeing things due to exhaustion. The Witness is normally invisible, so the big red flying robot ''can't'' have seen him. And flying robots don't exist anyway, do they?
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* ''ComicStrip/PerryBibleFellowship'': [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/bee/ One child taking a vision test]] has eyesight so good he sees a tiny bee right next to the letter E he's supposed to look at. Unfortunately, this causes the optometrist to think he can't see the giant letter, and the kid ends up in eye surgery.
* ''ComicStrip/PerryBibleFellowship'': [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/bee/ One child taking a vision test]] has eyesight so good he sees a tiny bee right next to the letter E he's supposed to look at. Unfortunately, this causes the optometrist to think he can't see the giant letter, and the kid ends up in eye surgery.
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* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Timeslides", Kryten takes his eyes out and rubs them against his body after seeing a polaroid in which the image is moving.
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Related to DidYouSeeThatToo. A SisterTrope to NoMoreForMe, when the character blames alcohol. A SubTrope of MistakenForIndex.
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Compare SeenItAllSuicide, when the person decides to off themselves after seeing something weird. Compare and contrast ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, when that trope applies to someone who has an actual eyesight issues. Contrast also BlindWithoutEm and SeenItAll. A form of CringeComedy.
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Compare SeenItAllSuicide, when the person decides to off themselves after seeing something weird. Compare and contrast ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, when that trope applies to someone who has an actual eyesight issues. Contrast also BlindWithoutEm and SeenItAll. A form of CringeComedy.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' episode "Itty Bitty Fred", Fred's home made reducing formula [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinks him to the size of a mouse;]] when Dino sees him he freaks out. Later in the episode Wilma gets a call that Dino is at a vet trying to get prescription glasses, which he is shown wearing later and after seeing tiny Fred again he breaks them and starts sobbing.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' episode "Itty Bitty Fred", Fred's home made homemade reducing formula [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinks him to the size of a mouse;]] when Dino sees him he freaks out. Later in the episode Wilma gets a call that Dino is at a vet trying to get prescription glasses, which he is shown wearing later and after seeing tiny Fred again he breaks them and starts sobbing.
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* ''Series/TheNuttHouse'': The BlindWithoutEm elevator operator Freddy gets a new pair of glasses that will finally let him see well. Then he sees AlwaysIdenticalTwins walk past and assumes that the new glasses are giving him double vision, so he throws them away.
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* In the ''Series/WorzelGummidge'' episode "The Fair Old Pullover", Mrs. Braithwaite sees Worzel (who's a scarecrow that, unbeknown to her, is sentient) in the shop window. Initially, she thinks it's because she needs a new pair of reading glasses, but then she decides that "[her] eyesight's good enough to know a scarecrow when [she] see[s] one."
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* In the ''Series/WorzelGummidge'' episode "The Fair Old Pullover", Mrs. Braithwaite sees Worzel (who's a scarecrow that, unbeknown unbeknownst to her, is sentient) in the shop window. Initially, she thinks it's because she needs a new pair of reading glasses, but then she decides that "[her] eyesight's good enough to know a scarecrow when [she] see[s] one."
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': A proxy variant, doubles as CassandraTruth. Candace sees Phineas and Ferb performing onstage and brings her mom Linda over to look. By the time Linda gets there, somebody else is performing onstage, so she takes Candace to get an eye exam. Ironically, the performer who was actually onstage - "Marty the rabbit boy and his musical blender" - [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight is an even stranger sight that nobody questions]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': A proxy variant, doubles as CassandraTruth. Candace sees Phineas and Ferb performing onstage and brings her mom Linda over to look. By the time Linda gets there, somebody else is performing onstage, so she takes Candace to get an eye exam. Ironically, the performer who was actually onstage - -- "Marty the rabbit boy and his musical blender" - -- [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight is an even stranger sight that nobody questions]].
*''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
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That moment when you see something weird, incomprehensible or even MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext, you need to clean your glasses with a handkerchief, for those who wear glasses, clean your eyes with your hands if you don't, or you need to go to the doctor to check your eyesight to see whether it is alright.
This is often PlayedForLaughs and used for some [[TropesOfAwkwardness awkward situations]].
For the extreme versions, go to BrainBleach and TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow, as this trope isn't related to things that are too horrifyingly creepy or {{squick}}y.
Related to DidYouSeeThatToo. A SisterTrope to NoMoreForMe, when the character blames alcohol. A SubTrope of MistakenForIndex.
Compare SeenItAllSuicide, when the person decides to off themselves after seeing something weird. Compare and contrast ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, when that trope applies to someone who has an actual eyesight issues. Contrast also BlindWithoutEm and SeenItAll. A form of CringeComedy.
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!!Examples
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* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'': Photon sees his reflection in the mirror-like walls of Keyne's bedchamber, and notices the katakana for baka (idiot) on his forehead. Photon closes his eyes and shakes his head, as these marks must be an illusion. They're not: his flighty sister Aun scribbled them on Photon while he slept. Later, Keyne sees baka on her forehead, and likewise closes her eyes and shakes her head in disbelief. Alas, Photon drew the katakana on Keyne, because he couldn't think of anything better to do with a naked young woman lying on her bed.
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* A {{Defied}} Trope in one ''Franchise/JusticeLeague'' crossover story, in which the Dodo and Mxyzptlk fiddle with the Metropolis and Looney Tunes universes. One crossover has Superman trade places with Elmer Fudd, producing a diminutive FlyingBrick with a SpeechImpediment. Bugs Bunny takes one look at the transformed Elmer and declares: "My eyes can't be playing tricks on me; not with all the carrots I eat."
* ComicBook/{{Bone}} is lost in the spooky woods, when he catches sight of another Bone. This has to be an illusion, so Bone rubs his eyes with an Unsound Effect "squinky squinky." The other Bone is real: it's Phoney Bone, recently expelled from Bonetown.
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* ''ComicStrip/PerryBibleFellowship'': [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/bee/ One child taking a vision test]] has eyesight so good he sees a tiny bee right next to the letter E he's supposed to look at. Unfortunately, this causes the optometrist to think he can't see the giant letter, and the kid ends up in eye surgery.
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* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': One of the first signs that something's going on is when Scrooge sees his door knocker temporarily turn into a face; he blames it on his poor eyesight and heads inside.
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* In an episode of ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', an elderly man sees Steve sprinting across a field at his top speed. He then turns to his wife and says he needs a new pair of glasses.
* In the ''Series/WorzelGummidge'' episode "The Fair Old Pullover", Mrs. Braithwaite sees Worzel (who's a scarecrow that, unbeknown to her, is sentient) in the shop window. Initially, she thinks it's because she needs a new pair of reading glasses, but then she decides that "[her] eyesight's good enough to know a scarecrow when [she] see[s] one."
* In the occasional ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode, Gladys the Neighbor was frequently spying on Darrin and Samantha's home. Gladys rubs her eyes and often gets more than she bargains for.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In one Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, Sylvester is hiding in Granny's knitting basket, and his fur gets caught up in her knitting. Sylvester knits his fur back in place, along with Granny's scarf, and he ends up with multicolored checks on his bottom half. Upon seeing this, Granny cleans her glasses and blames her astigmatism.
** "WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk" is about people reacting to the sight of a tiny elephant wandering around the city. One such person is just coming out of the optometrist; when he sees the elephant, he goes back to punch the optometrist in the face.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': A proxy variant, doubles as CassandraTruth. Candace sees Phineas and Ferb performing onstage and brings her mom Linda over to look. By the time Linda gets there, somebody else is performing onstage, so she takes Candace to get an eye exam. Ironically, the performer who was actually onstage - "Marty the rabbit boy and his musical blender" - [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight is an even stranger sight that nobody questions]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' So, my eyes ''are'' correct! You still have that horse after I ordered you to get rid of it!
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This is often PlayedForLaughs and used for some [[TropesOfAwkwardness awkward situations]].
For the extreme versions, go to BrainBleach and TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow, as this trope isn't related to things that are too horrifyingly creepy or {{squick}}y.
Related to DidYouSeeThatToo. A SisterTrope to NoMoreForMe, when the character blames alcohol. A SubTrope of MistakenForIndex.
Compare SeenItAllSuicide, when the person decides to off themselves after seeing something weird. Compare and contrast ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, when that trope applies to someone who has an actual eyesight issues. Contrast also BlindWithoutEm and SeenItAll. A form of CringeComedy.
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!!Examples
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* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'': Photon sees his reflection in the mirror-like walls of Keyne's bedchamber, and notices the katakana for baka (idiot) on his forehead. Photon closes his eyes and shakes his head, as these marks must be an illusion. They're not: his flighty sister Aun scribbled them on Photon while he slept. Later, Keyne sees baka on her forehead, and likewise closes her eyes and shakes her head in disbelief. Alas, Photon drew the katakana on Keyne, because he couldn't think of anything better to do with a naked young woman lying on her bed.
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* A {{Defied}} Trope in one ''Franchise/JusticeLeague'' crossover story, in which the Dodo and Mxyzptlk fiddle with the Metropolis and Looney Tunes universes. One crossover has Superman trade places with Elmer Fudd, producing a diminutive FlyingBrick with a SpeechImpediment. Bugs Bunny takes one look at the transformed Elmer and declares: "My eyes can't be playing tricks on me; not with all the carrots I eat."
* ComicBook/{{Bone}} is lost in the spooky woods, when he catches sight of another Bone. This has to be an illusion, so Bone rubs his eyes with an Unsound Effect "squinky squinky." The other Bone is real: it's Phoney Bone, recently expelled from Bonetown.
[[AC:Comic Strip]]
* ''ComicStrip/PerryBibleFellowship'': [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/bee/ One child taking a vision test]] has eyesight so good he sees a tiny bee right next to the letter E he's supposed to look at. Unfortunately, this causes the optometrist to think he can't see the giant letter, and the kid ends up in eye surgery.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': One of the first signs that something's going on is when Scrooge sees his door knocker temporarily turn into a face; he blames it on his poor eyesight and heads inside.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* In an episode of ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', an elderly man sees Steve sprinting across a field at his top speed. He then turns to his wife and says he needs a new pair of glasses.
* In the ''Series/WorzelGummidge'' episode "The Fair Old Pullover", Mrs. Braithwaite sees Worzel (who's a scarecrow that, unbeknown to her, is sentient) in the shop window. Initially, she thinks it's because she needs a new pair of reading glasses, but then she decides that "[her] eyesight's good enough to know a scarecrow when [she] see[s] one."
* In the occasional ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' episode, Gladys the Neighbor was frequently spying on Darrin and Samantha's home. Gladys rubs her eyes and often gets more than she bargains for.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In one Sylvester and Tweety cartoon, Sylvester is hiding in Granny's knitting basket, and his fur gets caught up in her knitting. Sylvester knits his fur back in place, along with Granny's scarf, and he ends up with multicolored checks on his bottom half. Upon seeing this, Granny cleans her glasses and blames her astigmatism.
** "WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk" is about people reacting to the sight of a tiny elephant wandering around the city. One such person is just coming out of the optometrist; when he sees the elephant, he goes back to punch the optometrist in the face.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': A proxy variant, doubles as CassandraTruth. Candace sees Phineas and Ferb performing onstage and brings her mom Linda over to look. By the time Linda gets there, somebody else is performing onstage, so she takes Candace to get an eye exam. Ironically, the performer who was actually onstage - "Marty the rabbit boy and his musical blender" - [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight is an even stranger sight that nobody questions]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' episode "My Pretty Seahorse". While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' So, my eyes ''are'' correct! You still have that horse after I ordered you to get rid of it!
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