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** Victor Zsasz on ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' goes for the completely hairless look, like the aforementioned Observers on ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' but twitchier.

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** * Victor Zsasz on ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' goes for the completely hairless look, like the aforementioned Observers on ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' but twitchier.
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* Leo Whitefang of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' ''Xrd''.
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* Most of the Crystal Gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' have no eyebrows (Steven and Rose being the exceptions), though [[DependingOnTheArtist in some episodes]] they [[SuddenAnatomy gain thin eyebrows]] for certain expressions and eye movements. All the human character have eyebrows visible at all times.

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* Most of the Crystal Gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' have no eyebrows (Steven and Rose being the exceptions), though [[DependingOnTheArtist in some episodes]] they [[SuddenAnatomy gain thin eyebrows]] for certain expressions and eye movements. All the human character except [[CreepyChild Onion]] have eyebrows visible at all times.
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* Jin and Jin's mom from ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku''.

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* Jin and Jin's mom Mom from ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is another show where most characters have no eyebrows by default, but may [[SuddenAnatomy suddenly gain them]] for use in facial expressions.
* Most of the Crystal Gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' have no eyebrows (Steven and Rose being the exceptions), though [[DependingOnTheArtist in some episodes]] they [[SuddenAnatomy gain thin eyebrows]] for certain expressions and eye movements. All the human character have eyebrows visible at all times.
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** Victor Zsasz on ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' goes for the completely hairless look, like the aforementioned Observers on ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' but twitchier.



* Queen Elizabeth I

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* Many redheads and some blonds have pale eyebrows that vanish into their pale skin. These include:
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Queen Elizabeth II
** Former US Speaker of the House Richard Gephardt
** Creator/TildaSwinton



* Many redheads and some blonds have pale eyebrows that vanish into their pale skin.

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* Many redheads and some blonds have pale eyebrows that vanish into their pale skin.Music/AmandaPalmer has tattoos on her eyebrow region, which is usually hairless.
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* Jin and Jin's mom from ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku''.
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* TheTerminator starts out as a young, good-looking Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed into the UncannyValley by a pointed lack of emotion. The attractive appearance falls away quickly over the course of the movie, culminating in the creepy skeleton. The first thing to go, however, are its eyebrows, giving it a more brutish appearance.

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* TheTerminator The titular character in ''Film/TheTerminator'' starts out as a young, good-looking Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed into the UncannyValley by a pointed lack of emotion. The attractive appearance falls away quickly over the course of the movie, culminating in the creepy skeleton. The first thing to go, however, are its eyebrows, giving it a more brutish appearance.

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* The "Mystery Man" played by Robert Blake in DavidLynch's ''LostHighway''.

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* Creator/DavidLynch likes this trope:
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The "Mystery Man" played by Robert Blake in DavidLynch's ''LostHighway''.''Film/LostHighway''.
** The Cowboy in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
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Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look. Alternatively, they deliberately throw the character into the UncannyValley. In these cases, the brow ''ridges'' will tend to be fairly prominent and well-defined, so that the character can still make appropriate facial expressions. Occasionally, however, the artist simply doesn't draw them with eyebrows, and they have to find other ways to emote.

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Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look. Alternatively, they deliberately throw the character into the UncannyValley.UncannyValley, which can create an ethereal or alien appearance. In these cases, the brow ''ridges'' will tend to be fairly prominent and well-defined, so that the character can still make appropriate facial expressions. Occasionally, however, the artist simply doesn't draw them with eyebrows, and they have to find other ways to emote.



* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on. Lampshaded when someone makes fun of his lack of eyebrows and he sensitively responds that his eyebrows are 'delicate'. Again, he has eyebrows in some scenes thanks to an inconsistent makeup department.

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* The ''Series/DoctorWho'':
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Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''.Doctor. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on. Lampshaded when someone makes fun of his lack of eyebrows and he sensitively responds that his eyebrows are 'delicate'. Again, he has eyebrows in some scenes thanks to an inconsistent makeup department.



** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows that the makeup department often covered up further. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large CreepyBlueEyes, [[http://i.imgur.com/pxaZ7tu.png he looks very alien indeed]].

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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows that the makeup department often covered up further.further (although, like the Eleventh Doctor, he has eyebrows in some scenes thanks to an inconsistent makeup department). Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large CreepyBlueEyes, [[http://i.imgur.com/pxaZ7tu.png he looks very alien indeed]].
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* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on. Lampshaded when someone makes fun of his lack of eyebrows and he sensitively responds that his eyebrows are 'delicate'.

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* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on. Lampshaded when someone makes fun of his lack of eyebrows and he sensitively responds that his eyebrows are 'delicate'. Again, he has eyebrows in some scenes thanks to an inconsistent makeup department.
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* Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure, the lack of explanation of [[IronButtMonkey Jean Pierre Polnareff]] lack of eyebrows is disturbing.
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* Yuri, from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''. Combined with his chillingly calm demeanor, this is quite some source of NightmareFuel.

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* Ash from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' due to the fact that his face is horribly burnt and deformed.
* Zuko from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a half example, as his left eye does not have a brow due to a burn inflicted [[AbusiveParents by his father Ozai]].
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* In Manga/FruitsBasket, Kyoko honda nèe Katsunuma had such small eyebrows that her husband Katsuya teased her about not having any.
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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows that the makeup department often covered up further. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large eyes, he looks very alien indeed.

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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows that the makeup department often covered up further. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large eyes, CreepyBlueEyes, [[http://i.imgur.com/pxaZ7tu.png he looks very alien indeed.indeed]].
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**Karlton, Mavic Chen's advisor in "The Daleks' Master Plan", and the rest of his people. His entire head and eyebrows were shaved to make him look more alien, but it's [[AmbiguouslyHuman unclear]] whether he's a HumanAlien or a human from a culture that just does that.
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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large eyes, he looks very alien indeed.

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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows.eyebrows that the makeup department often covered up further. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large eyes, he looks very alien indeed.
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* All of the Snakes in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' possess very pale and indistinct eyebrows, although the bandanna substitutes for them in the ones who wear it.

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* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on.

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* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on. Lampshaded when someone makes fun of his lack of eyebrows and he sensitively responds that his eyebrows are 'delicate'.


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** The Fourth Doctor also has very fine, pale eyebrows. Between his lack of eyebrows and his unusually large eyes, he looks very alien indeed.
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** The Fifth Doctor is also known for his lack of eyebrow.
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** [[SixthRanger Renji]] also technically doesn't have any. His ''tattoos'' work as his eyebrows.
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* Reiner Braun from ''AttackOnTitan'', according to [[AllThereInTheManual design notes]]. However, most of the time it looks like he's merely got ''very'' thin (blond) ones.

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* Reiner Braun from ''AttackOnTitan'', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', according to [[AllThereInTheManual design notes]]. However, most of the time it looks like he's merely got ''very'' thin (blond) ones.
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* Reiner Braun from ''AttackOnTitan'', according to [[AllThereInTheManual design notes]]. However, most of the time it looks like he's merely got ''very'' thin (blond) ones.
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* The Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s current World Heavyweight Champion Kane has no eyebrows.

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* The Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s current World Heavyweight Champion Kane has no eyebrows.eyebrows.
* Many redheads and some blonds have pale eyebrows that vanish into their pale skin.
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* ''TheSimpsons'', although some like Milhouse have [[BigOlEyebrows huge eyebrows.]]

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* ''TheSimpsons'', Creator/MattGroening's art-style does not draw eyebrows for most of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', although some like Milhouse have [[BigOlEyebrows huge eyebrows.]]
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-> ''"Charisma oozes out of people without eyebrows, you know! Hot damn! I don't have eyebrows either!"''
-->-- '''Second Mizukage''', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
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A {{Subtrope}} of UnusualEyebrows, this is when a character [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin has no eyebrows]].

Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look. Alternatively, they deliberately throw the character into the UncannyValley. In these cases, the brow ''ridges'' will tend to be fairly prominent and well-defined, so that the character can still make appropriate facial expressions. Occasionally, however, the artist simply doesn't draw them with eyebrows, and they have to find other ways to emote.

Contrast with BigOlEyebrows.

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* Gustavo Ragetta and Keith Gandor from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!''
* Gaara from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' doesn't have any. Probably to make him look unnerving. His father, the Fourth Kazekage, didn't either.
** Zabuza ''usually'' has eyebrows, except in [[OffModel a few scenes]] in the anime, but they're incredibly thin and short, which was enough for Naruto to call him "eyebrowless freak" a couple times.
** The Second Mizukage didn't have any either, which he claims are a sign of charisma.
* L doesn't have any in ''Manga/DeathNote''; this was carried over in the live action movies, though it's not that noticeable until he goes outside into the wind. The manga artist said it was intended to make him look "dead-eyed." A couple of minor characters (like Ide) are also browless without any apparent justification.
* [[http://api.ning.com/files/cC6EUoqEIk43zuwTCkSVtgxMDpWM8igJA1AiGdisaRIbNG2EK1weNt7opwboqvi6yaIDKYeGEk7d*qSdQYf4H-tAhGxyGnF0/supersaiyan3gokubyhellknight10_2.jpg Level 3 Super Saiyans]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. It gives them a distinctively Neanderthal-like look.
** Android 20, Dr Gero.
* Elfman and Gajeel from ''Manga/FairyTail''.
* The sinister Yokoya from ''LiarGame''.
* Kenpachi from Manga/{{Bleach}}. Also, As Nodt, for the second reason. ''Eeep.''

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* The "Mystery Man" played by Robert Blake in DavidLynch's ''LostHighway''.
* Grí­ma Wormtongue in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]''.
* TheTerminator starts out as a young, good-looking Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed into the UncannyValley by a pointed lack of emotion. The attractive appearance falls away quickly over the course of the movie, culminating in the creepy skeleton. The first thing to go, however, are its eyebrows, giving it a more brutish appearance.
* Dracula's old form in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' completely lacks eyebrows, in odd contrast to the book where bushy eyebrows are one of his most noticeable features.

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* In the second book of ''ThePendragonAdventure'', all of the characters residing in the eponymous underwater city lack eyebrows. Bobby mentions that it's quite unsettling, and that one doesn't normally consider eyebrows carefully (unless one is OneOfUs, naturally,) until they're not there.
* Grim Tuesday of ''TheKeysToTheKingdom'' had his eyebrows blown off. One of them became a monster.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The Observers of ''{{Fringe}}'' lack any sort of hair, including eyebrows.
* The Eleventh Doctor from ''DoctorWho''. It actually varies between this and very pale eyebrows, but it seems that Matt Smith has no eyebrows, and the makeup department is inconsistent in penciling them on.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Claudia of ''SilentHill3'', in order to invoke the UncannyValley.
* StreetFighter: Guile. [[PatrioticFervor He's American like that.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', Gaffer Crimpdigit has no eyebrows as a result of one accident while on his glassblowing job. He even lampshades this a few times in Chapter 1.
* VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl: Cyrus found eyebrows unnecessary for his perfect world.
* Captain Ventralis, head of security on the Rift Station on Noveria, in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', is missing eyebrows, along with the rest of the hair on his head. Whether this is the consequence of days of fighting crazy, murderous aliens, or the result of standing too close to a Bunsen burner, is anyone's guess.
* Sten and the other kossith from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Cheetara from ''{{Thundercats}}''. Or at least they're completely hidden by her facial markings. Some of the villains as well - Tugmug (or possibly they're hidden in the black circles around his eyes), Slythe and Vultureman of the mutants (of course, neither of them are mammals, so lack of hair is to be expected), and Mumm-ra.
* ''TheSimpsons'', although some like Milhouse have [[BigOlEyebrows huge eyebrows.]]
* Henry and June on ''KaBlam''.

[[AC:RealLife]]
* The Mona Lisa originally did have eyebrows, but all the cleaning and restoration works scrubbed the eyebrows (and a lot of details) out.
* Queen Elizabeth I
* Whoopi Goldberg
* Martin Luther [=McCoy=]
* DavidBowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase.
* The Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s current World Heavyweight Champion Kane has no eyebrows.

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