TV Tropes lists this particular meme as a supertrope of: Eye Lights Out, Nani eyes, lensflare eyes, Glowing Eyes of Doom, Glowing Eyelights of Undeath, Glowing Mechanical Eyes, Throat Light and various related tropes including By the Lights of Their Eyes, The Darkness Gazes Back, Fireball Eyeballs, Red Eyes, Take Warning, and Scary Shiny Glasses.Ī bunch of Tumblr posts followed, including a skeleton in a rocking chair with laser eyes. They defined the glowing eyes as a means of showing “off someone’s Life Energy” or indicating that someone’s just been “triggered their Super Mode.” Variants

TV Tropes helped perpetuate its spread in On January of 2011 when a page appeared that was titled “Glowing Eyes”.

You can see a clip of the alien enemies below ( Source): For whatever reason, this inspired gamers to create a variety of laser-eyed memes, with “assuming direct control” captions (a Mass Effect reference). In the game, certain enemies called Harbingers have yellow glowing eyes. Origin StoryĪccording to KnowYourMeme, this meme really originated late January in 2010 when the video game Mass Effect 2 was released. It apes the laser-eyed villainy you’ll find in comic books, manga, animated films and supernatural television shows. In the meme, the eyes of various people, animals, and other characters are modified to appear as if they are radiating with laser energy. The Glowing Eyes (aka the laser eye and sometimes the lens flare) meme is an enduringly popular photoshop meme. 35 How To Add Laser Glowing Eyes To Pictures.13 Glowing Elon Musk | Genetically Engineered Catgirls.7 Gordon Ramsey & Locating The Lamb Sauce.

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