00:00This is where we distinguish ourselves from the last crew.
00:03Activate emergency high-speed self-contained escape pack crisis response units.
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:09And today we're counting down our picks for the most iconic one-eyed creatures of all shapes,
00:14sizes, and animation styles across film and TV history.
00:18We will not be including characters who at one point or another had both of their eyes,
00:23nor characters named Cyclops despite having two eyes.
00:26That is cheating.
00:27And I can see he's got his daddy's eyes.
00:31Number 10.
00:32The Cyclops.
00:33The seventh voyage of Sinbad.
00:35They just don't make him like this anymore.
00:42He's scary.
00:43He's ugly.
00:44He'll put you and your whole crew in a cage if you step out of line.
00:46And we love him for it.
00:48Director Ray Harryhausen revolutionized the stop-motion genre with this film,
00:51introducing the term dynamation to define his process of projecting live-action footage behind his puppetry stage.
01:01Look out!
01:02Despite the revolutionary new CGI techniques we have today,
01:06there really is nothing like the practical movie magic of this Cyclops.
01:09Also, he fights a dragon.
01:11Come on, what's cooler than that?
01:13Number 9.
01:16If you thought we'd make a list about the greatest one-eyed characters without this fierce alien,
01:21you must be from the planet Plorgnar.
01:34Agent Pleakley is an Earth expert and a gender-nonconforming icon who embodies both pure chaos and all-consuming anxiety.
01:42Honestly, he nailed the human experience.
01:44Look, another one.
01:46And another one.
01:48Why?
01:48It's a whole flock.
01:50They like me.
01:52They're nuzzling my flesh with their noses.
01:54Though initially loyal to the Galactic Federation,
01:57Pleakley becomes a part of Lilo and Stitch's Ohana,
01:59and ultimately sets out to protect them.
02:01But, most importantly,
02:03Pleakley is a comedy legend.
02:05No shade to Jumba,
02:06but he is the clear star of that intergalactic duo.
02:09Sorry.
02:10Don't let those two get on my ship.
02:13Number 8.
02:14Stuart.
02:14The Despicable Me and Minions universe.
02:17Love him or hate him,
02:18the Minions are arguably the most culturally recognizable figures in film today.
02:29You might not know the Pope's full legal name,
02:32but we bet you can name this one-eyed and one-goggled Minion.
02:35Yes, Stuart is a Cyclops.
02:37Just a little yellow one.
02:38Many Minions fade into the background,
02:41following orders in their uniformed denim.
02:43But not our Stuart.
02:45Yeah!
02:47You scoundrel!
02:48Off to them!
02:49He's been with us since the beginning of the franchise,
02:51causing mischief and shouting banana
02:53to the delight of audiences around the world.
02:56We will say,
02:57new standout James may soon give Stuart a run for the title of best Cyclopean Minion,
03:01but maybe the two can collab on a monster movie sometime soon.
03:05Ah, Claire.
03:06Mmm, Tiffany.
03:08Me, me, me.
03:09Mmm, banana.
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03:21Number 7.
03:21The Cyclops.
03:22Wrath of the Titans.
03:24If you're looking for a classic, horrifying, mythologically accurate Cyclops,
03:28this is your guy.
03:29Are you gonna be kidding me?
03:31After not appearing in Clash of the Titans,
03:33us Cyclops stans at home were hungry for some monocular madness from this fantastical franchise.
03:38Thankfully, the sequel delivered.
03:41This Cyclops was intentionally designed to look human-like,
03:44despite being created with CGI.
03:46Ah!
03:47Ah!
03:49Ah!
03:50Ah!
03:51Ah!
03:52Ah!
03:52Ah!
03:52Ah!
03:53Ah!
03:54Ah!
04:05All right, let's go for it.
04:09As far as animated TV villains go, is there anyone more devious than Sheldon J. Plankton?
04:19Is there anyone more devious than Sheldon J. Plankton?
04:23stealing me booty hear me crabs when i discover your formula for crabby patties i'll run you out
04:31of business i went to college if we're looking at evilness per cubic inch of single eyeball
04:38he breaks our scale he might not crush buildings or eat people but his entire life's goal is to
04:43run a small local business into the ground by plagiarizing their most famous recipe
04:48impressed now let's reveal that secret formula and then a close second mission total world
04:56domination his schemes never get old he's graced our screens since the late 90s and we plan to
05:02rebel in his hilarious easily thwarted undersea atrocities till we're old and pruny we assume
05:07they will still be producing new episodes of spongebob squarepants when we're on our deathbeds
05:12sorry mr plankton but i quit
05:25number five rel crow whoever said a cyclops had to be evil some cyclopes have a kind heart and a
05:33gentle spirit enter rel he visits the sea sometimes he doesn't speak much so i've noticed
05:40except to be sarcastic to people who wish to be friends or just with those who already are his
05:46friends this 80s fantasy film delivers us a friendly giant who drops countless pearls of wisdom with
05:52spear in hand another practical movie magic beast rel was played by bernard breslau who was just a huge
05:58guy i will stay be careful towering over his co-stars at six foot seven they slapped a prosthetic eye
06:05on
06:05his forehead and a legend was born fun fact rel's eye was actually an animatronic which was controlled
06:10by the film's creature crew a moment of silence for rel who made the ultimate sacrifice for a young
06:15liam neeson where would we be without him
06:22number four leela futurama she may be the most developed evolved and complex cyclops on this list
06:29and in the universe probably look i don't know about your previous captains but i intend to do as
06:34little dying as possible
06:37sign the paper leela is a no-nonsense spaceship captain but she's also a vulnerable and relatable
06:43character who we've loved to watch over the decades-long run of futurama i'm sorry you saw
06:49that fry i usually try to keep my sadness pent up inside where it confessed her quietly as a mental
06:55illness yeah i do that with my stupidness in the sci-fi and fantasy genres it is always refreshing
07:01to see a strong female lead who knows her stuff however many eyes you may have thankfully depth
07:07perception is of no mind when it comes to piloting a craft in the great beyond we would trust her
07:12with
07:12our lives please don't stop playing fry i want to hear how it ends number three tyson the percy
07:21jackson franchise did you think we'd forget about the defining greek myth inspired teen series
07:26hi brother in the percy jackson world gods demigods and creatures are not just fantastical beings
07:33they're friends and like any good mythological tale of course we have a lovable cyclops in the form
07:39of tyson percy's half-brother and full ally mist it makes the mystical look normal side effects may
07:47include handsomeness headache self-esteem and low self-esteem and just know that if the camp wasn't in
07:52danger i wouldn't be wasting this on you wasting what he's been depicted in the film and tv adaptations
07:57of the books both in similar fashions tyson's a regular kid albeit tall with a single cgi eyeball
08:04atop his forehead while the effects may leave a bit to be desired we can't help but adore tyson
08:10he's a true hero who's always looking out for his team yes that was another eye pun welcome to camp
08:17half foot usually there's more s'mores than less ground assaults number two mike wazowski monsters inc he's
08:27green he's slimy he's our next comic hey just hang on hello hello testing testing hey good evening how
08:34are you how are nice to see you mike wazowski is so much more than sully's sidekick he basically solved
08:40the energy crisis in monstropolis with one eye and impeccable comedic timing does he want to throw boo
08:45in the garbage a little bit yeah but hey he was just trying to have a romantic evening out with
08:50the
08:50stunning celia who also deserves an honorable mention on this list so uh are we going anywhere
08:55special tonight i just got us into a little place called um harry housen's harry housen's but it's
09:03impossible to get a reservation there not for googly bear in terms of special effects mike wazowski
09:10was actually created completely practically that is a real guy he just looks like that okay we're
09:15obviously kidding but could you imagine and if you didn't already know harry housen's is an homage
09:20to the aforementioned director the cyclopean race is really all one big family i don't believe it
09:27google him here i'm on the cover of a magazine number one polyphemus the odyssey of course this list
09:37would be nothing without the original cyclops in all of mythos the son of poseidon while there have
09:42been a few depictions of polyphemus across film history we're gonna make the bold claim that
09:47christopher nolan's adaptation will henceforth be the defining film cyclops its on-screen impact is
09:53as gargantuan as the monster itself once you hear that scream you are never gonna forget it as for how
09:59polyphemus came to life nolan seriously brings us back to practical roots the team constructed a 60-foot
10:05mechanical puppet inside of nester's cave in greece which was piloted by actor bill irwin the design
10:10the execution and the performance all came together flawlessly if only odysseus could have left well
10:16enough alone i think it's asleep did you see all of your favorite cyclopes on this list were our picks
10:23justified did i make enough i puns let us know in the comments
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