History Main / BlindJustice

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Played straight with Tosen. He's blind and strives for justice, but joins with [[BigBad Aizen]] because, although he thinks he has a clear view of justice, he's blinded by his desire for revenge. Thanks to the specific autocratic nature of the Central 46, a shinigami who killed his wife over something trivial became a KarmaHoudini. Since that wife was a very close friend of Tousen's, he didn't take it well and swore to uphold justice in her name and by her sword. He obtained his justice against the Central 46 by supporting Aizen's move to kill them all and leaving with Aizen to join the enemy the shinigami existed to fight. He left behind two people who vowed to open his eyes to true justice. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker They did.]]]]

** [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations the Musical]]'' features the VillainSong "Justice is Blind (and I Will Guide Her)".

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': Prosecutor Godot of the third game is ''color''blind, not being able to distinguish red when next to white.

* ''Series/TheFugitive'' describes Dr Richard Kimble as "an innocent victim of blind justice" from the second season onwards.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'':
** Prosecutor Godot of the third game is ''color''blind, not being able to distinguish red when next to white.

* Another of Marvel's blind superheroes is Shroud. He was blinded in a ritual which awakened mystical senses.

* ComicBook/DoctorMidNite: Charles [=McNider=], one of DC's early characters and a member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. Blinded by a grenade, he finds that he can't see in light, but can still see in total darkness.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Kenshi starts out as something of a subversion, being blinded thanks to letting Shang Tsung manipulate him (an ArrogantKungFuGuy before the series started) into opening a tomb belonging to the souls of his ancestors and then going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after the sorcerer. Over time, he mellows out into a lone vigilante of sorts who hunts down corrupt criminal organizations at night. Seeing as he's a partial homage to Daredevil, one of Kenshi's combos from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'' is named "Blind Justice".

!!Other examples:
* ''Series/TheFugitive'' describes Dr Richard Kimble as "an innocent victim of blind justice" from the second season onwards.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney:
** Prosecutor Godot of the third game is ''color''blind, not being able to distinguish red when next to white.
** [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations the Musical]]'' features the VillainSong "Justice is Blind (and I Will Guide Her)".
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' there's a statue of a little girl with a blindfold on ''a la'' the Justice statue standing in front of the Family Court building.
* ''Film/JudgeDredd''. When Dredd meets former Chief Justice Fargo in the Cursed Earth, there's a statue of Blind Justice in the room.
-->'''Dredd:''' The blind lady. Who is she?\\
'''Fargo:''' Justice... before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
* Chief Justice Tyrest's [[MechaMooks Legislators]] in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' [[EyelessFace have no eyes]], which was confirmed by WordOfGod to be a reference to this concept.

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* ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'': Blind superhero. And a [[CrusadingLawyer defense attorney]] as his civilian job.

* Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015''

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Not to be confused with a ''[[VideoGame/{{beatmania}} beatmaniaIIDX]]''[=/=]''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' song of the [[NamesTheSame same name]].

** Prosecutor Godot is *color*blind, not being able to distinguish red when next to white.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations the Musical]]'' features the VillainSong "Justice is Blind (and I Will Guide Her)".

* Doctor Mid-Nite: Charles [=McNider=], one of DC's early characters and a member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. Blinded by a grenade, he finds that he can't see in light, but can still see in total darkness.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Themis, Titan of Divine Law and Justice, usually wears a blindfold while on Olympus serving in her role as mediator of judgement.

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* The Mask of Justice from the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' has an opaque mask with the scales of justice on it to reference this. Mind you, he has BlindfoldedVision.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Played straight with Tosen. He's blind and strives for justice, but joins with [[BigBad Aizen]] because, although he thinks he has a clear view of justice, he's blinded by his desire for revenge. Thanks to the specific autocratic nature of the Central 46, a shinigami who killed his wife over something trivial became a KarmaHoudini. Since that wife was a very close friend of Tousen's, he didn't take it well and swore to uphold justice in her name and by her sword. He obtained his justice against the Central 46 by supporting Aizen's move to kill them all and leaving with Aizen to join the enemy the shinigami existed to fight. He left behind two people who vowed to open his eyes to true justice. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker They did.]]]]
* Marine admiral Fujitora from ''Manga/OnePiece''. He is even implied to pride himself by it as he says: "The blind ones have the privilege of not seeing certain terrible things in this world".

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* In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', the character Justice wears glasses.

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* The Mask of Justice from the Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse had an opaque mask with the scales of justice on it to reference this. Mind you, he had BlindfoldedVision.

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-->'''Dredd:''' The blind lady. Who is she?
-->'''Fargo:''' Justice...before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
* Chief Justice Tyrest's [[MechaMooks Legislators]] in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' [[EyelessFace have no eyes]], which was confirmed by WordOfGod to be a reference to this concept.

* The fact that no one ever sees ComicBook/JudgeDredd's eyes through his helmet's dark visor is supposed to be a reference to this.

* Doctor Mid-Nite: Charles McNider, one of DC's early characters and a member of the Justice Society of America. Blinded by a grenade, he finds that he can't see in light, but can still see in total darkness.

* ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'': Blind superhero. And a [[CrusadingLawyer defence attorney]] as his civilian job.

* ''MortalKombat'': Kenshi starts out as something of a subversion, being blinded thanks to letting Shang Tsung manipulate him (an ArrogantKungFuGuy before the series started) into opening a tomb belonging to the souls of his ancestors and then going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after the sorcerer. Over time, he mellows out into a lone vigilante of sorts who hunts down corrupt criminal organizations at night. Seeing as he's a partial homage to Daredevil, one of Kenshi's combos from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'' is named "Blind Justice".

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Terezi Pyrope and her ancestor Redglare, blind (aspiring) legislacerators.

It's a well-known fact that Justice is blind. But it's sometimes more than just a "well-known fact": Some works feature actually blind characters working for truth, justice and the American way; others reference the saying in another way.

* Tyr, the God of Justice in D&D setting ''ForgottenRealms'', was blinded as punishment for questioning Ao the Overgod.

Not to be confused with a [[VideoGame/{{beatmania}} beatmaniaIIDX]]/DanceDanceRevolution song of the [[NamesTheSame same name]].

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Terezi Pyrope and her ancestor Redglare, blind (aspiring) legislacerators.

* In ''FreedomForce'', the "Law" half of the superhero duo Law and Order is dressed exactly like Lady Justice, complete with sword and blindfold. She is also truly blind, having lost her sight in a car bomb explosion before gaining superpowers.

* The Mask of Justice from the Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse had an opaque mask with the scales of justice on it to reference this. Mind you, he had BlindfoldedSight.