History Main / NoBrows

* Original Music/PinkFloyd frontman Music/SydBarrett shaved his entire head, including his eyebrows, after quitting the music industry.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Cyrus found eyebrows unnecessary for his perfect world. Similarly, Cyllene of ''Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is effectively a gender-flipped version of Cyrus, including the lack of eyebrows.

* Several characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' have hairless ridges, including Zoro, Franky, Smoker, Dragon, and Kid. Kaido doesn't have any in his natural state, but gains [[UnusualEyebrows flame-shaped]] eyebrows [[{{Weredragon}} in his dragon form]].

* Brassius from ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' also lacks eyebrows, contributing to his FaceOfAThug appearance.

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* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Cyrus found eyebrows unnecessary for his perfect world. Similarly, Cyllene of ''Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is effectively a gender-flipped version of Cyrus, including the lack of eyebrows.

* Elfman and Gajeel from ''Manga/FairyTail''.

* Several characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' have hairless ridges, including Zoro, Franky, Smoker, Dragon, and Kid.

** Several characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' have hairless ridges, including Zoro, Franky, Smoker, Dragon, and Kid.

* Amarao of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' is almost always known for having BigOlEyebrows (even giving some to Naota at one point), but they're actually fake. On the occasions where they pop off, he's shown to be completely hairless where his eyebrows would normally be.
** [[spoiler: In ''Anime/FLCLProgressive'', Amarao has a son who also has hairless brows.]]

* Website/NobodyHere: "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/symmetry.here Symmetry]]" is about Jogchem trying to keep his eyebrows symmetrical with tweezers, only to rip out every hair instead. He hates the result, as it's hard to look serious without them.

%%* Gustavo Ragetta and Keith Gandor from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''. ZERO CONTEXT EXAMPLE

** 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.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Cyrus found eyebrows unnecessary for his perfect world. Similarly Cyllene of ''Videogame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is effectively a gender-flipped version of Cyrus, including the lack of eyebrows.

Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look (although, ironically, Neanderthals are stereotyped to be hairy). Alternatively, they deliberately throw the character into the 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.

* Grí­ma Wormtongue in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. As discussed in his entry on UncannyValley, his actor Creator/BradDourif's decision to shave his eyebrows for the part is what really made the character look creepy, even more than his corpse-like makeup. Out of costume and off-set, people kept telling Dourif that ''something'' wasn't quite right about him.

* 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.

* Kai Shiden from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' lacks eyebrows to accentuate his [[FaceOfAThug thuggish]] looks.

* Mebh and her mother Moll from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' play with this; they're the only human characters in the film with no eyebrows, but they'll sometimes have darker lines over their eyes whenever they express strong emotions.

* ''WesternAnimaton/{{Animaniacs}}'': The Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, don't have eyebrows. It's not normally talked about, but it is lampshaded by Mr. Director at one point:
-->'''Mr. Director:''' ''[talking to Yakko]'' An ending? That I could have? To do? Oh, what is it, nice boy with no eyebrows?

* Gustavo Ragetta and Keith Gandor from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''.

* Aur the VillainProtagonist from ''LightNovel/MaouNoHajimekata'' in his novels design, it gives great focus to his great frown.