You've Been Looking at This Pokemon Wrong for 17 Years

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[@ItzJhon]

Personally, I've always seen it as 2 eyes. 👁🔴👁 I was skeptical on making the video till I realized just how many people see Magnezone differently. Its crazy how we've been looking at this guy differently for so long without anyone bringing it up XD. Lemme know how you see em down below and I'll see ya guys next time!

[@rubencoutinho4157]

Personally, I edged to this video

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

​@@rubencoutinho4157 Bad take.

[@rubencoutinho4157]

@@AGTxASSASSIN I'm going to hurt you in ways that the English language can't even describe

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@rubencoutinho4157 explain it in Portuguese then

[@imdjbacon2226]

I think that the middle is an all-seeing eye like the illuminati eye, never closes and never stops observing.

[@dinoszografos3244]

In my opinion it's more like a specialized eye. It's a modified eye that works more like a sensor than an eye. Kind of like some reptiles that have a third eye that never closes but is different from the main eyes due to size and overall use of the organ. The third eye in reptiles is located at the top of the head, is photoreceptive and is associated with the pineal gland, regulating circadian rhythmicity and hormone production for thermoregulation. I can't say that this is what Magnezone uses it for but it probably has to do with seeing magnetic fields or something since it is a giant nagnet.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

based.

[@GiganLover_09]

Makes sense, I think

[@BackPalSA]

Considering Magnezone is supposed to be an alien spaceship, that makes a lot of sense.

[@Nonblue_]

Also the red pupil does move in the Magnezone's models and on diffrent pieces of art like on cards. Take the Magnezone Ex cards from ScarletViolet sets. The red dot is always in the center of it because it's looking at us. So I think it is indeed an eye.

[@abarette_]

sounds sick so I'd take it

[@HiperPivociarz]

I really need it to be an eye, because it gives Magnezone so much personality. It's serious and scary looking, while at the same time kinda distant. Like he's so cute with that perma-serious expression, it gives him a goofy charm.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

I agree

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Back in gen 5, the sprite showed that the central red dot can move around as if it was an eye, it may be some sort of camera like eye, instead of the eyes of any other pokemon/human, the central one operates like a camera, always operative in order to stand on guard and warn the bodies of imminent enemies

[@Arasarcan]

Was also going to bring up Gen 5 sprite, thank you! 😊

[@FoundedScreenLady]

During some 3D animations it moves as well, such as when it moves back and forth after being pet. It's very subtle though and remains focused on the screen, so the pupil barely rocks back and forth.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@FoundedScreenLady fascinating

[@zilvoxidgod]

Yeah, I think it operating fully like an electronic camera/sensor and not like a living creature's eye makes sense

[@shanemiller1182]

Does the middle part close in gen 5 when Magnezone is asleep?

[@kurusu1892]

i wouldn't go off pokemon go's treatment of shadow eyes to determine whether or not magezone has three. snorlax's eyes and wobbuffet's real eyes both glow in shadow form despite being closed, but cyndaquil's don't, and i think it's a pretty unanimous decision as to whether or not cyndaquil has eyes. alpha magenzone also has a glowing third eye. weirdly, combee's side heads don't all glow in alpha form, just the center one, but that's probably just to ensure you can actually see the thing's faces through all the particles and so they don't cause lag during MMOs. personally, i always saw it as a single specialized eye that's more developed than the adjacent ones since it's connected to the larger magnemite. the inconsistent treatment between media and games is probably an aesthetic choice or individual artists' mistakes and interpretations.

[@ItzJhon]

really good points tbh. I find it fascinating how inconsistent pokemon has been with magnezone to the point that people actually see this design differently because of it.

[@drakewarnock1239]

I'm convinced that cyndaquil does not have eyes and will actually evolve into Brock under the right circumstances.

[@aravindkancherla8668]

best answer

[@ongakuwotabeta]

Fun fact: Pokemon Stadium has animations where Snorlax’s eyes open!

[@WeMalachiteNow]

It has 4 eyes. I will not elaborate further.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

I hate Danganronpa

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

​​@@AGTxASSASSINi hate you (joke)

[@josecorzo5517]

@@AGTxASSASSINwhy?

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@josecorzo5517 Well Jose, the brains behind Danganronpa have recently released a game called Master Detective Archives: Rain Code. This game is nothing like Danganronpa and I hate it. So much so, that i have decided to retroactively hate their entire back catalogue of games.

[@ironrex6979]

Yeah behind

[@tennisman8304]

I see the middle “eye” as more of a sensor and not an official eye. They serve different purposes but operate kind of similarly.

[@fakezero546]

I will take this as my own headcanon from now on.

[@TimTimAwesome]

This is what I've always seen it as, there is absolutely no way in my mind that the middle eye is just a design and is not functional as some kind of eye whether its just a cold staring, sturdy eye that doesn't need to blink and makes it look more intimidating to Pokémon predators or whether its like a sensor and is mechanical which is why it wouldn't show expressions and it kind of fits the magnemite lines theme IMO.

[@epiccarrot88]

Considering the Pokédex mentions how it receives signals from somewhere in space, I agree. However, I think it goes a step further. It is an eye, but not Magnezone's eye. It's an eye of whatever is sending it signals.

[@Pearl_Blossom]

Ok but what even is an "eye" if it's not a sensor? Is that not exactly what eyes do?

[@fakezero546]

@@Pearl_Blossom I mean yeah, technically an eye is a kind of sensor, more or less, more like a evolutionary advantage made out of cells that are sensible to photons but- not the point here, i think Magnezone's middle "eye" is not actually an "Eye" since it's not supossed to react to light, it may be a different kind of sensor, that's made to look like an eye to make it seem more intimidating, since originally Magnezone evolves only within a magnetic field, it could be some kind of detector of magnetic fields

[@dirtydan4492]

I had always seen the center part as an eye, and honestly never really paid much mind to the two eyes on it's side until this video. But now, I cant help but see the middle part as some sort of huge, derpy nose, and now I also want to vomit.

[@TheChefCain]

same, it always seemed more like a cyclops to me but now i have to rethink everything lol

[@hundredLeech]

Why did you have to say this...

[@mertensiam3384]

I cannot see it like that how are you seeing that ???

[@BG_NC]

Same

[@aogasd]

I also thought it had ONE eye 😭

[@carabarabonanza]

Maybe the two eyes are more "organic" while the third one is more artificial, its always on like a security camera to keep it safe!

[@badger273]

As some other people have mentioned I definitely always saw it as more of a sensor, but it's interesting how in a lot of its animations it will still *move* like an eye to keep its focus. Like it still has all the eye "muscles" (or whatever is inside a Magnemite) but it doesn't "see" like it used to

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42]

a sensor that's still more eye than nose or ear and as such could be (and probably should be) called an eye.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42 no.

[@stalloneandrew9961]

I don't know about this but the middle eye of Magnezone was probably because it was in between both South and North magnetism, leading the middle eye stays stuck look like that and only the 2 eyes which is neither controls the North or South magnetism ones are normal.

[@Marxhog]

See it in the mist simple way. Before, it was a Magneton, a group of 3 Magnemites, it has 1 eye per each Magnemite composing it. The one in the center just expands more than the other 2 and receives a different feature. Call it a magnetic or static sight, so it won't act like the other eyes. So, it's 3 eyes.

[@grunkleg.3110]

My guess is it's like a Staryu/Starmie gem or Mega Gengar eye. It's some sort of sensory organ that lets it detect electricity or magnetism or something

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based

[@squidstorm6935]

Maybe it’s not an eye, but something else that detects something other than light. Thus it wouldn’t need to close for Magnazone to sleep.

[@magnezonesh3148]

As the number 1 fan of Magnezone in the world (certified) My response is : It has 2 regular eyes (the 2 on each side) and a gun sight that looks like an eye to be more intimidating

[@ItzJhon]

There you have it folks. Magnezone itself reveals the truth 😤

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@peppermintzoro4907]

I always thought the center was a laser blaster before I heard of third eye stuff. Either way it’s still a laser blaster

[@vibra7]

I'm my number 1 fan as well

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@peppermintzoro4907 laser blaster works for me

[@ashtondoesathing]

I've always seen it as an eye, but with what we've seen, I think it exists as an organ so specialized that it generally can't shut or fall corrupted, thus why it doesn't close when emoting or as a shadow form, because taking away the abilities of the middle segment from its default state would be so damaging to Magnezone as a whole. So, a super eye.

[@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42]

basically a sci-fi ufo robot ocular sensor that monitors something normal eyes generally don't amirite

[@frozen_applejuice]

It's an eye, but a different kind of eye. It's similar to how E-102 Gamma and the the other early E - Series in sonic have 2 sets of eyes, Horizontal green large eyes, and small verticsl red eyes. I beleive Magnezone is in a similar boat

[@ItzJhon]

You just won the debate by referencing the GOAT E-102 Gamma 💯 💯

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

E-102 gamma Holy based alert

[@krimsonkartoffel]

E-102 gamma! Praise be!!! Also I've been a gamma stan since I was like, 4-5 and never noticed the middle red "eyes." I freakin love it.

[@VErnesto]

In Pokémon Legends Arceus, one of Uxie's "riddles" is adding the total amount of eyes between 3 Pokémon. One of them is Magnezone and the correct answer wouldn't be right if we add 2 for Magnezone instead of 3.

[@mbot1901]

This isn't true actually, uxie says magneton not magnezone

[@OtterLords]

@@mbot1901yeah you’re right it’s magneton

[@ninomitchell2039]

I'd say it's more similar to some form of camera or sensor then a straight up eye. Given that it's entire line seems to be more mechanical or at least android-ish in nature it would make sense to me that it could have parts that are more mechanical than biological (as we see it irl) and vice versa.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@ClaudioS.A.Jr.]

Isn't an eye just a biological sensor?

[@ninomitchell2039]

@ClaudioS.A.Jr. yeah, but I mean more like an infrared camera or something high-tech like that

[@V0IDFANGZ]

it could possibly be a false eye. some pokemon like armaldo have false eyes that make them look more intimidating (or even goofy like kabuto or lileep/cradily)

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42]

three magnemites fused together would logically have three real eyes Your argument isn't taking biological consistency into account.

[@V0IDFANGZ]

@@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42 it doesnt have to have biological consistency its pokemon we have men who can turn into animals and clams that evolve into eels and a cat can fuck a whale also whats "biological" about a sentient piece of metal

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42 Bad take.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@V0IDFANGZ Based.

[@frostnova2144]

There's no way the Pokemon line loses an eye on evolution. The whole point of magnezone 3 units fully coming together like a fusion so it tracks. If anything the middle part is a special type of eye / sensor that works in a way thats less organic and more robotic than the other two

[@DanDaFreakinMan]

I think the middle eye is more like a sensor or simple eye. Most insects and some reptiles have it. It basically only there to detect like light and shadow. But in this case it could've totally just be a laser beam apparatus of some sort since Magnemite's line is very much... robotic in nature. EDIT: Alternate theory. Maybe the single large Magnemite's eye is much more advanced and robotic in nature because it is the most prominent and got the most changes, while the two smaller ones haven't fully evolved yet. If we have a Mega Magnezone, maybe the other two would become advanced as well?

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@videakias3000]

people: is the middle "eye" of magnezone actually an eye? gamefreak: well yes but actually no.

[@ItzJhon]

THIS

[@Shadowfan66666666666]

I say the middle eye is purely robotic, acting as a way the see any oncoming danger even if the pokemon is asleep. Like a camera linked directly to its brain

[@xaldynnemo47]

I always viewed the middle as being a more mechanical/cyberized eye. Magnezone's always given me Gort vibes from The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[@hisshoes1107]

My headcanon is that, after all the evolution magnezone has become much more robotic and mechanical than its previous evolutions and the middle eye isn’t a natural eye, but it is still an organ that processes light and whatnot. I’d imagine it’s always taking in information, even when the magnezone is asleep, and because it’s all robotic and stuff it doesn’t use water at all and therefore doesn’t need to blink or close at all. Hell, it might even be slightly powered by the electromagnetic waves it uses to float (if this is even possible).

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@yokaipinata1416]

Speaking of eyes, would you believe I used to see Zubat's ears as eyes when I was little? It wasn't until I was in middle school, when I actually read the Pokédex entry in FireRed saying that Zubat has no eyes, that I realized I had been looking at them wrong for years...

[@SillyLilFella]

I assume that the outer two function as regular eyes like the ones we have, but the middle one functions similar to an IR camera. To Magnezone, everything looks normal for the most part, just with the addition of picking up heat signatures layered on top of normal vision.

[@BlackDragonSamurai]

I've always regarded it as more of a camera lens than a typical eyeball. Being that Magnezone IS technically a machine, it could still function as an eye, just one that never blinks 🤣

[@an_annoying_cat]

my theory is that the middle eye is sort of like an eyespot, like the ones peacocks have. after the magneton fused, its middle eye being so big would've taken too much power to stay functional, and thus became vestigial and remained for its intimidation factor.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

1:19 maybe this is a self-defense mechanism, like the middle eye stays awake to look for threats

[@Bird_in_a_Trenchcoat]

I’ve never even questioned the amount of eyes, I’ve always seen it as 3, but around halfway through your introduction I just thought “oh wait it looks like a clown nose” and now I can’t unsee it

[@robertlupa8273]

I used to have the opposite problem - it took me a lot of time to notice the side eyes. I only saw the red eye. Now I'm not sure what to think of it. :/

[@shanemiller1182]

For years I had no clue that Bronzong’s eyes were towards the bottom of its body. I always thought the 4 dots on the bell handle were its eyes and the hole from the bell handle part was like its mouth

[@owencoles2798]

Maybe it’s a “decoy” eye. I know there’s an animal that doesn’t close both eyes at a time when sleeping, maybe something similar is happening here where the middle eye only acts to see through.

[@SupahTrunks7]

Ironically in the scene where it was crying, while it wasn’t CLOSING it the middle eye was looking downward rather than keeping the red circle in the center. Implying that the middle eye is an eye that just can’t close. Perhaps it’s more of an optical sensor or camera than a real eye which is why it seems so inconsistent.

[@justruinedyourday4864]

Me thinking its a competitive Magnazone video Video: how many eyes does it have 👀

[@ItzJhon]

Always gotta keep my viewers guessing 😤💯

[@CaptianJayJams]

I *never* saw it as an eye, but with this new perspective I would have to guess that- regarding the situation- it might be like a moth? Or a cobra? Like a defense mechanism basically.

[@nou6873]

I like to think the middle segment is the eye it uses Lock On for. Followed by a OHKO move of course.

[@thetoondevil]

It could be a decoy eye. I know in nature, creatures will take on visual appearances to look more menacing. The best example that comes to mind are butterflies. As some butterflies wing patterns can resemble a pair of angry eyes to scare off predators.

[@liam1253]

The middle "eye" is actually a nose, which makes the whole Pokemon look much more silly and cartoonish, like it belongs in a circus

[@mattybutler1985]

The best way to tackle this problem, I think, is to look at other Pokemon that function similarly. The Beldum line is the same principle of fusing multiples of itself together to create a single Pokemon. Two Beldums make a Metang, which makes sense looking at its design. Two Metangs or four Beldums make a Metagross, but it still has two eyes. The only change is two more legs and the cross on its face. I like to think Magnezone's 'eye' is like Metagross's cross, just because the sum of its parts have 3 eyes doesn't necessarily mean it keeps that third eye upon evolution, or if it did, that it would function the same. I like the theory people have about it being a 'sensor' more than an eye.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Mega based.

[@ItzJhon]

my thoughts exactly

[@oni74zzz]

i think that the center eye is so technologically advanced that doesn't do any biological function

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Bad take.

[@Guyonnn]

Ok sir, that Charlie meme ya snuck was comic genius! 😂 (isn’t that right Barney?) 😂😂😂

[@ItzJhon]

I got BOXES FULL OF MAGNEZONE 😂😂

[@alexanderjamesaustin]

Even though the middle segment doesn't blink, it still *moves around* to look at stuff, like in the video where the stylus is being rubbed on it. I think the reason it doesn't glow red for shadow Pokémon is because the middle segment is practically a separate smarter brain from it's side magnemites, but those are the ones who mostly control movement

[@Oceane1803]

Imagine if it's a front light ^^'

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

I'm imagining with all my might

[@Missingno0479]

I've never seen it as an eye so it's really hard for me to look at it that way. I know it doesn't make sense but I either thought it was a nose or a power button.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I've always thought it was an eye, but now I don't know...

[@rick028]

On an unrelated note, I always found interesting how Mr. Rime's face is fake, it never blinks, the real face is in his belly, similar to Mimikyu.

[@ItzJhon]

THIS

[@sophiachalloner8951]

I think the middle "eye" is actally a laser. What else could it be?

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@starsilverinfinity]

It might be that the middle eye is just not a traditional eye - it doesn’t have the same pupils as the two other traditional magneton/mite eyes and sits in a location where having a large specialized sensory organ might be ideal Considering Pokémon with 3 fused bodies tend to also have fused brains or some sort of synchronicity between the original 3 minds it might be a specialized viewing organ placed centrally to use the power of all 3 minds This is likely why it doesn’t use the same glow as other eyes when it comes to non evolution but does glow when it forms on evolution. It would also explain why it doesn’t react like a normal eye - it might not even be looking at the world in the way we think

[@DarkcIoud1111.]

Considering Magniton is three Magnimite, it stands to reason that Magnizone would also have three eyes as the three original Magnimite that make up Magniton fuse together into one being. Odds are the central part with the large eye is the main processing part, while the other two small eyes send information to it to carry out tasks. When they are sleep, the large eye continues to process, but can't make a move as it isn't recieving information from the other two eyes so it can't do anything.

[@neraslight4997]

I think this Pokémon just has a false eye that’s kind of like a glass eye in a way, you can treat it as a filler for a normal one but just like a glass eye, it doesn’t move or blink.

[@rafaelnegrete1376]

Personally, I like to think that it undergoes an evolution trait kind of like the Beldum lineup, and its three heads does a little fusion dance, becoming one individual, making the center eye a compass (because, magnetism), and the other two eyes became a set of eyes. That’s my take at least, from three to one. Like a Metagross, but not in the same way as a Metagross.

[@familyneves9777]

So Magnezone's bigger head is multiple Magnemites fused together from Magneton, while the other two are just regular Magnemites enhanced by Magnezone itself?

[@rafaelnegrete1376]

@@familyneves9777 That’s at least my take on it. I could very much be wrong as well…

[@FeebleCatSoup]

🙂 _Magnazone only has 2 eyes_ 😠

[@Mushrooms683]

It's a camera-like thing, so Magnezone can SEE out of it, it's just not an EYE.

[@ToxicPopsicle]

Before this video, if you asked me how many eyes it had without showing me a picture, I would have just said "One", because today is the first time I'm even recognizing the arm-eyes lol

[@domicci4460]

The center one is a sensor while the out 2 are eyes

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

based.

[@jeremyrossi2716]

Since Magnezone is partially based on a UFO, it could be reasoned that the strange behavior the third eye has is so that it acts similarly to a windshield on a plane so it always knows where it’s flying straight while the two other eyes are more for a peripheral view on its sides.

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

You know how some depictions of Balor say he has a third eye from where he shoots his evil energy, instead of a single cyclopean eye? I like to see it like that.

[@smoczayt]

For me it looks like the centre eye is like a big, deadly serious magnemite. More robotic than the two on the side to the point that it doesn't blink, doesn't sleep and doesn't express any emotions

[@ItzJhon]

I genuinely think it looks cooler like this but Ive seen it the other way for far too long to change xD

[@fuecOHKO]

I think The middle eye is always open and shows no emotion because it's trying to be more vigilant, even when it sleeps. also since it evolves from magneton (a three eyed pokemon) it wold be weird if it lost an eye. Third and final point: according to the Pokedex one doduo head will sleep while the other is awake, solidifying the first statement.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Plenty of pokemon lose features when they evolve. Bad take.

[@fuecOHKO]

@@AGTxASSASSIN they very rarely lose their EYES though

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@fuecOHKO Hydreigen. Just one example.

[@yurei4414]

​@@AGTxASSASSIN Can't even spell the name right💀 Secondly, what? It doesn't lose anything? Two heads are completally symmetrical, like Zweilous and then a bigger one pops, wich is Hydreigon's main head... and all of them still have eyes anyway so you're wrong by principle here......hear me out this may be a...... *bad take* omg.😱

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@yurei4414 the eyes on the arm heads dont work at all, stinky. Try again.

[@FreakStarWars]

The middle eye looks like the "eye" from HAL 9000 from "A Space Odyssey", which makes the middle eye even more mysterious.

[@redhead_bebs]

I wasn't convinced until you showed those TCG cards. Those poses really focused in on it, and really felt menacing.

[@mailcs06]

I think the middle thing is an eye, but my brain always registers it as a nose unless I’m looking straight at it.

[@antileafyisheredragonflame5660]

I'm thinking it's more of a status indicator LED than an eye?...

[@SamFromSolitude]

Wow Magnezone looks way more intimidating when I look at just the centre with the middle eye in-mind. All this time I saw it as kinda goofy looking because of how far apart its side eyes are. The TCG art especially helps emphasize the middle eye, looks like a completely different Pokemon to the one I think of. The middle eye not closing when asleep makes me think it's way more mechanical than the rest of its body. Perhaps it simply turns off when asleep instead of closing like the other eyes?

[@ItzJhon]

same here tbh

[@eragons1894]

Dude, if this isn't an eye, i'm gonna flip. It will instantly change from cool and menacing to goofy in my eyes

[@Cassiopea525]

It's an eyespot. To avoid having it's actually eyes targeted in combat. Because it is somewhat mechanical it also moves to provide more illusion that it's an eye.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Based.

[@SuperKlaptrap]

It's gotta be 3 eyes. In Legends Arceus Uxie asks the players how many eyes Combee, Zubat, Unown, Magneton, and Dusclops have and the correct answer is 60131. Unless there has been a clearer answer than that it has to be 3

[@Leo-we2dl]

You just said Magneton and we are talking about magnezone

[@_MrMoney]

I honestly think it's an eye. Because if it isn't, then what's it supposed to be exactly? Maybe is some sort of specialized eye or something with some special properties, but the fact is that I don't see it be it anything other else than an eye, it's the only logical assumption.

[@marcossanjuancordovilla6879]

In my 9 years of looking at and loving this pkmn I've always seen it as having three eyes

[@stefperb9531]

I feel like i have the exact opposite experience, i never even NOTICED the "actual eyes" on the sides and only saw the middle eye

[@lerdog]

I love the level of research here, well done!

[@ItzJhon]

Thank you! ^_^

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

l always viewed Magnezone as having just two eyes, but being reminded that that they are composed of three units and the overall cool look it gives, I'd be open in them having three. :)

[@ItzJhon]

exact same here :)

[@n7x]

For some reason I never saw the middle part as an eye but now I do. It looks a lot more menacing and less silly when you see it when 3 eyes

[@manueloyaregui8547]

if you look closely, when you pet it in pokemon sun moon, de middle eyes looks at you when he "celebrates" 1:49

[@Dojibu]

If magnezone got the Intimidate ability, I think I could see reasons for it to be only 2 eyes. The 3rd is just for scaring odd predators. Them again, I do think 3 eyes. If 2, where did the 3rd one from Magneton get evolved to?

[@johnpaulcross424]

Loved the Gurren Lagann ending music!

[@ItzJhon]

real ones know😤

[@BepisQueen]

I’ve actually never considered it. But now I’m thinking, maybe its outer eyes are more traditional, organic eyes, while the middle eye is more like a camera lens. Or something that scans/reads what is in its field of vision, and sends it to a computer like brain for comprehension. It doesn’t really make any sense to also have organic eyes, but it’s a fictional animal in a made up world. So that’s going to be my headcannon going forward.

[@luciuseclipse]

The way I see it the two outer eyes are more organic or simple machinery, while the inner eye is a more advanced or fully mechanical eye that might function more as some kind of sensor. Like an infrared sensor or a camera.

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

I'm personally in the camp of Magnezone having three eyes. But when it comes to seeing a Pokémon's face completely wrong, nothing beats Regirock for me. Now, I've been told that Regirock's face is supposed to be the seven dots shaped like an H at the top, but I always see its face as this: the orange part on its left chest is an eye, the right side has a closed eye, and the small orange part above its right leg is a mouth. I still see it as this to this day, and my mind is unable to see it as anything except this. Can anyone else relate?

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

for me it's claydol. I can't not see it as a spider, with the pattern on its body being the spider eyes and its legs being spider "fangs", while its actual head and eyes are the abdomen. also I kind of see the regirock face now, but wtf

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

@@HopUpOutDaBed Oh, wow, that's pretty crazy. Sadly, I have trouble seeing it for Claydol, as I always could tell it had eyes all across its head. It's still interesting to hear, and I'm wondering if there are any other species that people are seeing wrong.

[@simohayha6031]

​@@HopUpOutDaBeda spider with 2 legs? Are you drunk

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

@@simohayha6031 not literally a spider but the best animal to describe the body plan I'm talking about. also count galvantula and ariados' legs

[@revalentinemashups510]

​@@HopUpOutDaBed imagine a "regional fake" with this concept a la wiglett and toedscool, a bug-type spider with fake eyes all around its abdomen designed to resemble claydol.

[@trevorswims5754]

Magnezone has 3 eyes. That red dot is obviously an eye and I have no idea why people were ignorant enough to not see it that way. It had three eyes in its pre evolution, so obviously, it would have them in its final evolution.

[@SuperPorygon]

I always thought the middle part was some sort of camera eye, to look out for danger. That must be why it doesn't make any expressions, to be alert at all times.

[@randomRyze]

In my view, the evolution in Legends Arceus does confirm that it is an eye.

[@masonjar213_]

If it isn’t an eye does the 3rd magnemite just go blind?

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

The power of the third magnemite's eye is absorbed upon fusion and used to enhance the other eyes

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

There's also a controversy of how to pronounce Arceus.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Personally, i pronounce it Arceus.

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

@@AGTxASSASSIN I pronounce it as "Your baby is ugly and so are you." It's a controversial pronunciation.

[@PreciousTheShinyShuppet]

Just look at the Gen V animated sprite, 3 eyes. The red eye is more akin to machine camera type of eye, never closes, never sleeps, always watching, always alert.

[@Ecktor]

I think it’s an eye, because that red iris-pupil thing does move around. And it seems to play into its “lock-on” move gimmick, so maybe it’s a modified eye specialized for detection. There are instances of unblinking eyes in nature too, it seems…

[@AmberLB93]

the middle eye is a compound eye, or a snake like eye covered in a protective sheath, so it doesn't close.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Bad take.

[@k.w.pillsbury4070]

Middle is an eye. When it emotes in the 3DS games, the center one will always stare towards the screen, at you. It’s an eye, but one unable to emote properly.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Could make it a sensor of some sort. Why would a pokemon have two different types of eyes? Bad take.

[@k.w.pillsbury4070]

@@AGTxASSASSIN One, Pokémon aren’t bound by real world logic. Two, some animals actually do have a “third eye“ that functions differently than the other two.

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@k.w.pillsbury4070 what are your thoughts on Danganronpa

[@k.w.pillsbury4070]

@@AGTxASSASSIN Meh. Kinda over-edgy. Used to like, it but I don’t now. What does this have to do with Pokémon?

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

@@k.w.pillsbury4070 absolutely nothing

[@Mordaedil]

It's a 2001 Space Odyssey reference. The "eye" is a camera lens similar to how HAL 9000 is presented in that movie. That's why it doesn't show any emotion but still is considered and not considered an eye interchangably. But it's definitely meant to confer that feeling of uneasiness and eternal watcher kind of nature, so it doesn't blink.

[@cturtles9514]

No matter how i try i cannot trick my brain into seeing the middle spot as anything but an eye.

[@username5155]

The middle part has to be an eye considering it looks around with it in some of the clips you showed. For example, in the Pokémon-Amie clip, Magnezone’s whole body clearly tilts to the side with its outer eyes closed, but its middle eye is clearly glancing at the player and not facing directly forward from Magnezone’s perspective.

[@harkharring2572]

I’ve never even considered it as an eye before. I never even noticed the white surrounding the red dot. I’m now more inclined to call it an eye, but if it isn’t a real eye then it would be an imitation eye like how Bellibolt has false eyes, or even Arbok has an eye pattern. I’m now realizing how many false eyes or eye patterns are in pokemon. The only reason why it wouldn’t be a false eye would be that it has 3 eyes in it’s pre evolved form.

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

it's probably the eye it uses to keep watch when sleeping, since some animals irl keep one eye open when sleeping to not get hunted while sleeping

[@epichero7279]

I see it that the middle eye stares through the persons magnetic field and is a more serious and expressionless magnemite but the other two eyes are more expressful and younger magnemites

[@vibra7]

It's a nose.

[@karp4658]

I always saw it as a funny nose 😂 Now I think it's more of a psuedo-eye like masquerain or Arbok have, for intimidation

[@ItzJhon]

I like that theory a lot actually xD

[@Garrrization]

does no one else think of Cerberus when debating this, its a fusion of 3 separate living thinking things. while 2 sleep one of them stays awake for example, with the center not needing sleep as the other two perform the task for the whole, powerful defense mechanism there as sleep is when we are most vulnerable.

[@NinjaskKing]

The two Magnemites on the sides are more sentient beings and the eye in the middle is more of a cyborg and they’re all conjoined to create one entity