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It seems that if you want to give a [[Killer Robot]], [[Cyborg]], or [[Humongous Mecha]] a really sinister look, you have to build it with just one eye.
Similar to the [[Uncanny Valley]], by deliberately giving androids a characteristic that is not human, you're making the audience realize how creepily ''in''-human they actually are. For more standard robots or [[Humongous Mecha]], a single eye denotes a sinister asymmetry not found anywhere in nature (except the flounder). It doesn't help these eyes are lidless and usually [[Glowing Mechanical Eyes|glow]] a [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|relentless]] '''{{color|red| red}}''', creating the illusion of a singular and evil focus.
Almost always a type of [[Glowing Mechanical Eyes]]. Contrast [[Faceless Eye]]. Frequently prone to [[Eye Lights Out]]. For the organic version, see [[
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* The Zaku isn't the only example from ''[[
**
** While the Space Revolution Army of ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'' have the traditional mono-eyes, early Earth Federation mobile suits have the more unusual triple-eyes.
** In ''[[Mobile Suit
** Don't forget the [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
*** And Neo Japan's Busshi,
** ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
** The up-coming Mobile Suit Gundam AGE has the Mobile Suits named Genoace, a mass-production unit with one big eye (similar to the OZ-MS from Wing) and the Genoace Custom, which has a smaller eye (actually a small visor, but it's still its eye). On the other hand there are the Gafran, who're actually Aliens the size of Mobile Suits with beam cannons in their tails, and thus probably not qualifying nearly as well.
*** And now, with the Gala and the Elmeda, the series has its own share of Zeonic-looking Mobile Suits.
* ''[[
** ...and the Mass Production Type EVA units have no apparent eyes.
** 1+2+4=7, and seven eyes shows up a lot in the Book of Revelation ({{spoiler|and under Lilith's mask}}). Thus, there weren't any more eyes to go around for the Mass Production Units.
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** We also have Jet Alone, who, much like Maximillian mentioned in ''The Black Hole'' (see Film section), appears to have a "furrowed" cyclopean eye, that doesn't even resemble an eye that well. Also, much like Maximillian, it resembles a very sinister grin.
* The [[Redshirt Army|Phantoma's]] and [[Mooks|Raptors]] in ''[[Zone of the Enders]]''.
* Most Knightmare Frames in ''[[
* [[
* The Shapes in ''[[
* The I- and M-versions of the Codarl from ''[[Full Metal Panic
* Subverted in ''[[
* The series being based upon ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* M-11, the Human Robot, from [[Marvel]]'s ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[X-Factor (
* [[ROM Spaceknight]] manages a heroic example even combined with the Faceless Mechanical Glowing Eye.
== Film ==
* In ''[[
* Maximillian from Disney's ''[[The Black Hole]].'' "Furrowed" brow added for increased Evil Value.
** It's also easy to mistake as a grin, all the more disturbing when he's chopping people up.
* ''[[
* Gort from ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' fires his disintegration beam from a single ominous point under his opened visor.
** In [[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|the remake]] Gort has a single glowing red
* AUTO, the sinister auto-pilot from ''[[WALL-E]]'', in a nod to HAL.
** Also, the 'keyboard robot' from the scene where WALL-E and EVE are going into the elevator is a subversion, since it waves good-bye in a friendly manner as they are leaving, having learned the behavior from WALL-E's earlier greeting.
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** However, there are many sinister robots with this feature in the same series. The IG series of assassin droids, for instance, along with the G0-T0 Infrastructure Planning Systems, and the IT-0 Interrogator droid.
*** The IG units actually have many eyes, though one large one is most noticeable as it tends to face front while the others stare off in all directions.
* The film adaptation of ''[[Lost in Space]]'' featured "The Robot" with a big red eye, and which was reprogrammed by Dr. Smith to kill the crew. After being rebuilt and reprogrammed with loyalty, his new shape has a bubble head much like the one in the TV Show.
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004) The Giant Mecha that stomp through New York and the Squid Robots that search the Flying Legion airbase have only one eye. Other Killer Robots in the movie have two, though.
* Ravage has been designed with single eye in ''[[Transformers
* ''[[Transformers
* [[Godzilla|Gigan]] is a giant space cyborg kaiju with only one eye...that can shoot a cluster of laser beams.
* GERTY from ''[[
* The Fabrication Machine in ''[[
* AMEE from ''[[Red Planet (
** It's not just the malfunction, though. The malfunction only makes its self-defense the highest priority. So when the crew start to openly talk about removing its power source, AMEE perceives it as a threat to itself and switches to combat mode.
* ''[[
* The giant alien probe in ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''.
* Friendlier example, [[Robot Buddy| Mac, the robot spaceship]] from ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'' has one large eye.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The Cylons from
** Speaking of Cylons: {{spoiler|Saul Tigh}}.
* In ''[[
** The Lady Cassandra's little spider-like robots had one glowing eye in the new series episodes "The End of the World" and "New Earth".
** In "Four to Doomsday," on Monarch's spaceships, the protagonists were sometimes followed by floating metal spheres with one eye (basically alien CCTV cameras).
* In ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]''/''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' - [[Cold Sniper|Ocula]] of the Ten Terrors/[[God of Evil|Cyclops of the Infershia Pantheon]] had a single red eye, but he was merely the most techno-based of the ten and not an actual robot.
* Venjix in ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' is a more typical example, in what is almost certainly a deliberate homage to HAL - but only when he's in his massive computer cylinder form. His robotic bodies throughout the season all have two eyes.
* The encounter suits worn by the Vorlons in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' have a single lens-and-iris combination at the end of their heads (or rather, the helmet enclosing their head).
== Other ==▼
* The start-up image, advertising image, and "logo", for lack of a better term, of the Android smartphone operating system is a single red robotic eye that looks suspiciously like [[Two Thousand and One A Space Odyssey|HAL's]].▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer
** One of the Ork heads in the Nobz kit also has a bionik bonce with a single slit eye. And an exhaust that makes it look like the Ork is smoking with it.
** The Necrons have two units sporting this, the technosorceror Crypteks and elite sniper Deathmarks.
* As does the armor of the New German Republic in ''[[
* From ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', there is [https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cybernetic_Cyclopean Cybernetic Cyclopean], of course.
== Toys ==
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* Shockwave from ''[[Transformers]]''.
** There's also Whirl, who (like Shockwave) got his inhuman appearance from being imported from an earlier toyline.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The white-armored Overwatch Elite from ''[[Half-Life (
** And the ever-elusive, doggedly-persistent Combine Assassins.
** Not to mention the flying sentries.
** This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the parody
* Various ''[[Mega Man (
** ''[[
** A digital example: LaserMan.EXE from ''[[
* Metal Gear Ray of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' had a monoeye.
** To be more accurate the unmanned mass production Rays had monoeyes.
** Although Cyborg Ninja Gray Fox in the first game does have two eyeholes in his mask, the single glowing red sensor in the middle is far more conspicuous.
* Servos in ''[[The Sims]] 2'' are one-eyed, but they're only evil if you want them to be.
** [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|And why wouldn't you?]]
* The cute machinegun turrets in ''[[Portal (
** Not to mention, {{spoiler|[[
** Really, all of Aperture Science's robots are one-eyed, such as Wheatley, Atlas and P-Body, and the Rocket Sentry.
* The Geth from the ''[[
* Many soldiers in ''[[
** Also, the artificial intelligence Icarus uses a singular eye with metallic plating surrounding it as an avatar. Its successor Helios also has a prominent eye, but the rest of its "face" looks vaguely biological, almost like a cephalopod.
* The Avatar and Purifier in the ''[[Command
** The Brotherhood of Nod also has Enlightened cyborg infantry, with a distinctive cross-shaped eye.
* The Scuzzer droids from ''[[Startopia]]'' each have a single red lens, in a fairly obvious homage to HAL.
* Ships with the AI command section in ''Sword of the Stars'' have a KITT-style eye in place of a bridge.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The "Big Sister" of ''[[
** Also the "Rosie" style Big Daddies from the first game.
* Enemy robots in the ''[[Descent]]'' series typically have either a single glowing red eye or a Cylon-style oscillating eye.
* The CY prototype from ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]] 2'' has a monoeye that glows a reassuring yellow. Plus it looks like it's made of scrap and a strong wind could shatter it.
* ''[[
* The ''[[Kirby]]'' series has a number of cyclopean enemies, the following of which are mechanical:
** Heavy Mole from ''[[
** Capsule J from ''[[
** Metal Guardian from ''[[
* The Aeon Galactic Colossus of ''[[
* Krimzon Guard scuttler robots and the Uber-Bot 888, in the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series.
* KAOS's third head in ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* The [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Robo Knight]] boss in ''[[Wonder Boy III
* One of the signature characteristics of the Neuropa faction in ''[[Metal Fatigue]]''.
* This is a common trait in robotic bosses in the ''[[Contra]]'' series. However it also features [[Robot Buddy|Browny]] and [[Distaff Counterpart|Brownie]] who are two heroic examples.
* Magnemite and Beldum from ''[[
* The robots in ''[[The Journeyman Project (
* The Claptraps in ''[[
* Most of the generic robot enemies (specifically, the Proto and Bugger lines) in ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' apply.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Roofus the Robot from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''
* ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** For The Movie toyline, there were a number of extra characters such as Dropkick added to shore up the numbers. Nearly all of the "extra" Decepticons or non-sentient drones have one eye for a face while the Autobots have regular humanoid faces and two eyes.
** [[Transformers Animated]] has Shockwave, although {{spoiler|he doesn't always just have the one eye.}} There's also [[Battle Butler|Lugnut]], but he's defined by the very human trait of zealous loyalty to his leader (also, [[Word of God]] is that those things on the side of his head are eyes, so that means he has ''five'' of them).
* TriClops from ''[[He-Man and
* The [[Donald Duck]] cartoon "Modern Inventions" had a one-eyed robot footman. Not evil, really, but rather imposing... and insists on taking one's hat, much to Donald's chagrin.
* On ''[[Batman:
* The second ''[[
* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' has these too, as a
* Heloise's snow-making mecha on ''[[Jimmy Two
* Another cute one: ''[[Bucky O
* [[media:
* Professor Ojo (Spanish for "eye") has a cyber helmet that invokes this aesthetic in ''[[Young Justice (
* The robot spy, from the ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode of the same name, is an iconic example.
▲== Other ==
▲* The start-up image, advertising image, and "logo", for lack of a better term, of the Android smartphone operating system is a single red robotic eye that looks suspiciously like [[
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