History Main / EyepatchAfterTimeskip

* Used as a RunningGag in ''Webcomic/JoeLovesCrappyMovies'', whenever a future version of Joe appears. Joe also did a series of bonus sketches showing possible ways he lost the eye (the most popular one being him having [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming donated it to his wife]]).

* In VideoGame/SlapCity, One of VideoGame/IttleDew's skins is an "old" version of her with grey hair, a few wrinkles, and an eyepatch.

* A variation is used in ''Franchise/OnePiece''. After the timeskip, Zoro is in fact missing an eye, but so far hasn't been seen to use an eyepatch. How he lost his eye has yet to be explained.
** Interestingly enough, ''One Piece'' (a series about pirates) has managed to run 700+ chapters without a ''single'' character wearing an eyepatch. WordOfGod is that this is being saved for a character who will appear near the end of the series. Whether this will be a new character or an existing character (ie. Zoro) who just has yet to start wearing an eyepatch is unknown.

* Roy showed up with one in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'', the movie finishing the series after a timeskip. He lost his eye in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the series proper]] [[spoiler:fighting Pride in the final episode]].

* ''VideoGame/SuperTimeForce'' [[ParodiedTrope played with this]] with Doctor Repeatski, whose his future self have ''two eyepatches'' covering both his eyes.

* After an unexpected three months go by in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick,'' we return to find out the bard Elan is wearing a patch. [[spoiler:He's only wearing it to look mysterious. He's silly like that.]]

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', Dot wakes up in a bad future where a teenage Enzo has a scar over his right eye, though it turns out it was AllADream. Later, little Enzo looses a his right eye in a game of [[Franchise/MortalKombat Immortal Konflict]] and after a time skip an adult Enzo Matrix has an artificial right eye.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', Dot wakes up in a bad future where a teenage Enzo has a scar by his right eye, though it turns out it was AllADream. Later, little Enzo looses a his right eye in a game of [[Franchise/MortalKombat Immortal Konflict]] and after a time skip an adult Enzo Matrix has an artificial right eye.

* Matrix, the time-skipped Enzo in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', has an artificial eye.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', subverted, with both the Solid Snake, and Raiden, which takes places 5 years (2014 Metal Gear Timeline) after the events of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. Snake receives an Eyepatch device developed[=/=]stolen bluebrint tech from Otacon and Sunny called the Solid Eye early in the game, but it's actually a multipurpose Eyepiece that acts as Monocular with variable zoom, and also works as a Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG), as well as Augmented Reality (AR) functions all built into it, and apparently, also has been designed to act as a corrective lens for Far-sightedness. Raiden, sports two of these Solid Eyes for both of his eyes, and works also with his visor face plate combo. Their eyes however are fine making them more [[EyepatchOfPower Eyepatches of Power]].... which is more than can be said for the rest of the rest of [[CloneDegeneration their]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul bodies]]. [[CrapsackWorld Or the rest of the world for that matter]]

* Over the chronological time skip between Music/MyChemicalRomance's music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7fiE89IU "Na Na Na"]] and their music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM "SING"]], the character Jet Star gained an eyespatch.

* In the first case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', which place a year after the previous game, we see that Apollo is covered in various bandages and has an eyepatch over one eye. We are initially led to believe that he obtained these injuries during the courtroom bombing that your client is being accused of, [[spoiler:but he still has the eyepatch in Case 4, which takes place even further in the past. It's ultimately revealed that his lie-detector vision was going crazy whenever Athena talked about the case (due to her attempting to hide her involvement with the space program), and he covered his eye in order to prevent himself from sensing her tells.]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho''" In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]] [[spoiler: Amy Pond]] and her army appear with them after time goes [[TimeyWimeyBall wibbly-wobbly]]. Subverted in that they all have two working eyes; the patches contain tech which allows them to "remember" the Silence.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'''s second movie, ''WesternAnimation/TheUltimateEnemy'', the future [[PluckyComicRelief Box Ghost]] has an eyepatch and a HookHand primarily to show he's not as much of a pushover any more.

* The ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'' episode "Future Tense" has a variant: future!Broadway is blind.

* [[spoiler:Asuka]] gained one for ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 3.0]]'', [[spoiler:which takes place 14 years after ''2.0'']]. Mildly played with, in that we ''probably'' saw her lose the eye in ''2.0'', but before the TimeSkip she was shown with [[BandageBabe a whole load of bandages over that side of her face]] instead of the EyepatchOfPower she sports afterwards. ([[TropesAreFlexible Close enough.]]) [[spoiler: Then again, one scene hints [[GlowingEyes she still has the eye.]]]]

* In the ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' series, Donatello is transported to a BadFuture in "Same As It Never Was." Among the changes are (as you might've guessed), Raphael missing an eye and wearing a patch as an intentional nod to the comics.

* Over the chronological time skip between MyChemicalRomance's music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7fiE89IU "Na Na Na"]] and their music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM "SING"]], the character Jet Star gained an eyespatch.

* In the original 1992-3 airings of ''[[Series/YoungIndianaJones The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', there were [[FramingDevice opening and closing bookends]] set in the present day (that is, the 1990s). These featured a wizened 93-year-old Franchise/IndianaJones (played by George Hall), who sported a patch over his right eye, and a pair of glasses over the eyepatch. He also had a long vertical facial scar trailing out from under the patch. No explanation was ever offered for how Indy had lost an eye. The "time skip" element comes into play because Creator/HarrisonFord's Indy of course still has both eyes in the film series, set in the 1930s. These contemporary bookends were later all cut out when [[ReCut George Lucas re-edited the show]] into ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones'' in the later part of the decade.
* In the ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' reimagining, Saul Tigh loses his right eye to the Cylons some time during their 4 month occupation of New Caprica.
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Sheridan's brief visit to the future in season 3 gives the viewer a glimpse of G'kar, who has for some reason lost his right eye. After Sheridan returns to the present, later seasons show how it happens.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[spoiler: Amy Pond]] and her army appear with them after time goes [[TimeyWimeyBall wibbly-wobbly]]. Subverted in that they all have two working eyes; the patches contain tech which allows them to "remember" the Silence.

* in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Cinder Fall is depicted lacking her left eye and thus wearing an eyepatch starting after the time skip between the 3rd and 4th seasons. This is explained as being a consequence of the mysterious technique Ruby unlocked at the end of season 3.

* in ''WebAnimation/RWBY'', Cinder Fall loses an eye at the end of the 3rd season, and thus begins wearing an eyepatch starting after the time skip in season 4.

* in [[RWBY]], Cinder Fall loses an eye at the end of the 3rd season, and thus begins wearing an eyepatch starting after the time skip in season 4.

* [[spoiler: Asuka]] gained one for ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 3.0]]'', [[spoiler:which takes place 14 years after ''2.0'']]. Mildly played with, in that we ''probably'' saw her lose the eye in ''2.0'', but before the TimeSkip she was shown with [[BandageBabe a whole load of bandages over that side of her face]] instead of the EyepatchOfPower she sports afterwards. ([[TropesAreFlexible Close enough.]]) [[spoiler: Then again, one scene hints [[GlowingEyes she still has the eye.]]]]

** Interestingly enough. OnePiece (a series about pirates) has managed to run 700+ chapters without a ''single'' character wearing an eyepatch. WordOfGod is that this is being saved for a character who will appear near the end of the series. Whether this will be a new character or an existing character (ie. Zoro) who just has yet to start wearing an eyepatch is unknown.