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During the fight between Jiraiya and Tsunade against Orochimaru and Kabuto in
the _Search for Tsunade Arc_ , Jiraiya refers to Kabuto as "Four Eyes". Why
did he get that name?


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Why is Kabuto referred to as "Four Eyes"?


Because he was the only one among all present there that was wearing a pair of
glasses.  
The term ["Four eyes"](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/four-eyes) refers to
people that wear spectacles.


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I don't recall the scene. But in Japanese, he probably actually referred to
him as [_megane_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Megane) (meaning
_spectacles_ ). Rather than using literal translations, subbers/dubbers prefer
to use equivalent terms which will carry a similar tone in the target
language. Since an equivalent epithet used in English for a bespectacled
person is [four-eyes](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/four-eyes), that is what
was preferred.

_Four-eyes_ is almost always used as a derogatory term in English. But this
isn't necessarily the case with _megane_. That said, considering the character
of _Kabuto_ , I expect that that is how it was used in this case. IOW, _four-
eyes_ is a perfect fit.


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