Gaze (ability)

Gaze is a recurring enemy ability in the series. It usually inflicts a status effect, normally Paralyze, to a character, and its cousin Stare and Glare tends to inflict non-elemental damage as well as various statuses to a single character.

Final Fantasy
Gaze is an enemy ability used by Big Eyes, Evil Eye, Deepeye, and Vampire. It merely inflicts Paralyze, whereas Stare, used only by Evil Eye, inflicts minor non-elemental damage.

Final Fantasy III
Glare comes in three different versions. One version can inflict Petrify, while another can inflict Sleep, and the last can inflict Confusion. None of them inflicts any damage to the target.

Final Fantasy IV
Glare, originally called Glance, is an enemy ability used by Bloody Eye. It inflicts either Confusion, Sleep, or Paralyze.

Final Fantasy VI
Gaze is an enemy ability exclusive to Plague in the Advance remake. It inflicts Blind, Confusion, and Silence to one party member. Glare is used by Outcast, which inflicts Blind on a party member.

Final Fantasy VII
Stare Down is an enemy ability used by Twin Brain and Chekov which merely inflicts Stop on one party member.

Final Fantasy VIII
Stare is an enemy ability used only by Vysage. It inflicts non-elemental damage as well as the Poison, Blind, Silence, and Confusion statuses.

Final Fantasy IX
Glowing Eyes, used by the enemy Hecteyes, inflicts Sleep on one character.

Final Fantasy X
Gaze is an enemy ability used by Sin's head. It inflicts massive non-elemental damage to the party.

Final Fantasy XI
Several enemy abilities are referred to as Gaze attacks. These attacks are only effective if the user and the target are facing each other. Notably, the Hecteyes genus does not have to be "facing" its target, as it has eyes on all sides.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Devil Gaze is an enemy ability used by Floateye that inflicts Silence and Darkness in an area two spaces in front of the monster.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Bewitching Gaze and Demonic Gaze are enemy abilities used by the Ahriman and Plague. Bewitching Gaze inflicts Charm and Slow, while Demonic Gaze inflicts Confusion, but both abilities will automatically miss if the target is not facing the enemy.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Gaze is an enemy ability used by Naga. It inflicts Confusion to a single party member. Stare also inflicts Confusion to a single party member, but is used by the enemies Minotaur Zombie, Red Cap, Snow Crab, and Stone Golem.