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* To quell a potential mutiny of Continental forces towards Congress post-Yorktown, General [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington George Washington]] deliberately put glasses on while speaking to his men, showing that the years of battles affected him too.

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* To On March 15, 1785, to quell a potential mutiny of Continental forces towards Congress post-Yorktown, Army mutiny, General [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington George Washington]] deliberately put glasses on while speaking to his men, showing that the years of battles affected him too.too.
-->'''Washington''': "Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country."
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* ''Literature/LuckiestGirlAlive'': When Ani meets Mr Larson in the present day, he is now wearing glasses, which he didn't wear when he taught at her school sixteen years prior.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': In "[[Recap/BlueyTrains Trains]]", Chilli and Bingo pretend to be old women and put glasses on.

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** In the future-set ending of "Surprise!", Chilli is shown to wear glasses in her senior age.
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* Mark Hoppus of ''Music/{{Blink182}}'' would eventually get glasses as he got older.
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* In the 2000 filmed production of ''Theatre/PeterPan1954'' starring Cathy Rigby, the grown-up Wendy wears glasses in the epilogue, which she didn't wear as a child.
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** Kusuri can temporarily age herself up by neutralizing the immortality drug in her system. Her older form has poorer eyesight than her younger form, so she wears glasses when she's aged up.

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** Kusuri Parodied with Kusuri, who can temporarily age herself up by neutralizing the immortality drug in her system. Her older form has poorer eyesight than her younger form, so she wears glasses when she's aged up.



** Suu is a parodied inversion. While she wears glasses and is around Rentarou's age, she [[OlderThanTheyLook looks young enough that she's able to participate in a competition for children]].

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** Suu is a [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs parodied inversion.inversion]]. While she wears glasses and is around Rentarou's age, she [[OlderThanTheyLook looks young enough that she's able to participate in a competition for children]].
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': A RunningGag in an episode of the revival seasons is Mulder needing to put on glasses to read things. This goes hand-in-hand with his [[TechnologicallyBlindElders inability to use his smart phone]].

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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': A RunningGag in an episode of the revival seasons is Mulder needing to put on glasses to read things.pretty much anything. This goes hand-in-hand with his [[TechnologicallyBlindElders inability to use his smart phone]].
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* ''Series/TheXFiles'': A RunningGag in an episode of the revival seasons is Mulder needing to put on glasses to read things. This goes hand-in-hand with his [[TechnologicallyBlindElders inability to use his smart phone]].
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* Creator/JonathanCoulton's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1V2cb-6zCw Glasses]]", which went by "Untitled Song About Marriage" and "Upon Turning 40" in its initial live performances, is about parenthood and growing older and includes the line "It's okay/I like you in glasses".
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* To quell a potential mutiny of Continental forces towards Congress post-Yorktown, General George Washington deliberately put glasses on while speaking to his men, showing that the years of battles affected him too.

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* To quell a potential mutiny of Continental forces towards Congress post-Yorktown, General [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington George Washington Washington]] deliberately put glasses on while speaking to his men, showing that the years of battles affected him too.
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* In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of the ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' series finale "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E3WatchingAndDreaming Watching and Dreaming]]", Gus has taken to wearing glasses. Since Gus has become a teacher, they qualify as NerdGlasses.

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* In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of the ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' series finale "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E3WatchingAndDreaming Watching and Dreaming]]", Gus has taken to wearing glasses. Since Gus has become a teacher, they also qualify as NerdGlasses.
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* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming is shown to have worn glasses when she was about Mei's age but stopped wearing them later in life presumably having switched to contacts to better fit her adult persona.

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