History Main / HighClassGlass

* Fugue, one of [[BigBad Count Waltz's]] lackeys in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''. In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 UpdatedRerelease of the game, it earns him the mean nickname "three-eyed freak" from Salsa. Even March uses it, which is unusual, given her [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]] status to Salsa's Red Oni. Naturally, it really tees Fugue off. "Little girl, I hope you aren't referring to me."

* After sustaining damage to his right eye in UsefulNotes/WorldWar1, Lt. Col. Alfred Wintle wore a monocle for the rest of his life, which he kept in place with an impressive squint rather than using a chain. It proved to be one of the factors that once foiled an attempt of his to escape from the military hospital to rejoin the war effort, as he had attempted to disguise himself as a nurse at the time.

* The Penguin from ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''. This has been [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in various subsequent adaptations. In ''Film/BatmanReturns'' the Penguin's father wore a monocle, but the Penguin himself uses one only when he's writing at his desk. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he does wear the monocle all the time, but is actually dirt-poor, the idea that he is living the high life being just a delusion in his head. Most versions suggest that it's mostly if not entirely an affectation (in one Silver Age comics story, he switches the monocle to his other eye just to troll and distract Batman with an irrelevant puzzle).

* In ''WesternAnimation/GayPuree'', during the VillainSong "The Money Cat", a silhouetted member of the title cat's rat-pack mimes a monocle holder with his tail assuring You how (as beauticians will sleek you and fashion cats chic you) "aristocrats [will] seek you".

* Creator/EdgarBergen's dummy Charlie [=McCarthy=].

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightTrilogy'':

** Detective Luke Atmey in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceATtorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', who has a monocle that doubles as magnifying glass.

* Alastor from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' wears a red-tinted monocle, and is an extremely powerful and feared tyrant in Hell.

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[[caption-width-right:300:"By Jove, it fits! Now the prince ''must'' marry me!"]]

* Shoyō from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' wears one post-Awakening perhaps to suit his [[WarriorPoet personality]] and [[ThePenIsMightier combat style]], but this is '''''Heian period Japan''''', so monocles should have [[ArtisticLicenseHistory no business]] [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel being there]].

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Let's not forget that General Von Kriplespac also wore one until his legs blew up.

** And you can't forget [[NiceGuy Fancypants]], the only member of the Canterlot Elite who's not an UpperClassTwit.

* Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Isaiah Mustafa has introduced the term [[MemeticMutation Monocle Smile!]], useful in everything from referencing Anonymous to helping UsefulNotes/BarackObama's public image.
* In a Frank's Red Hot sauce commercial, where Ethel makes cucumber sandwiches for the Queen of England, she says the secret is Frank's Red Hot, she puts that *** on ''everything''. Someone drops his monocle.

* Whenever ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' (or his son) appears in ''Franchise/LupinIII'' (usually via flashback), he's usually shown with one of these.

* Aeolia Schenberg from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheSuccessors'', Canterlot noble and chief royal advisor Glass Eye wears a monocle.
* Having become successful in the art world in ''Fanfic/TheAFRUniverse'', Yusuke is shown five years after ''VideoGame/Persona5'' wearing a monocle. He wears it for more practical reasons, as he feels a pair of glasses would be unnecessary if only one of his eyes has poor vision. When asked if he would switch to glasses if his other eye started to fail, Yusuke said he would [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} wear two monocles so as not to waste the one he already owns.]]

* Baron von Kranz, the cuckolded German officer in ''[[Film/HellsAngels Hell's Angels]]'', wears one.

* In the Romanian-French film ''An Unforgettable Summer'', Captain Petre Dumitriu wears a monocle, and his men sometimes joke that if he put another one in his ass, he'd be a telescope. However, he's not an aristocrat despite marrying one.

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* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** ''Literature/FoundationSeries''' "Literature/TheMule": The warlord of Kalgan wore a monocle along with his "fur-lined scarlet robe and high-crowned hat", until he met the Mule, who [[EmotionControl forced him into service as his loyal viceroy]]. As viceroy, he has no need for such displays of opulence.
** "Literature/NotFinal": Nicholas Orloff went to Oxford University and maintains upper-class attitudes, such as a monocle affectation, to show off how much more highly educated he is compared to the average person.
* In Creator/PGWodehouse's fiction:
** Galahad Threepwood wears a black-rimmed monocle in the ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'' stories.
** Literature/{{Psmith}} habitually wears a monocle.
** [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster]] once was painted wearing a monocle, though it is unclear whether it is a habit or an affectation assumed especially for the portrait.

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** In the parody "Pitbull Brittan" by Creator/KimNewman in the ''Literature/{{Temps}}'' shared universe, Basil Mapleduram wears his monocle even when he's in disguise as a working-class person.

* ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' has a CourtroomEpisode where Ms. Courtney is a District Magistrate, and the assistant judge seated to her left wears a monocle. Which briefly falls off in a FreezeFrameBonus when Courtney's "won't be in the defendant's favour" remark makes him raise an eyebrow.

* Though none of his screen counterparts have ever worn one, Van Pelt is depicted as wearing a monocle on the covers of some of the board game tie-ins for ''Franchise/{{Jumanji}}.''

** ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' decides to play with Penguin's monocle as well, this time by making it a smartglass that lets him interface with the technology he stole from Wayne Enterprises.

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': Let's not forget that General Von Kriplespac also wore one until his legs blew up.

* Edmund, the InsufferableGenius LizardFolk general from ''VideoGame/DivinityDragonCommander'', wears a monocle as part of his snooty gentleman attire.

* Similiar to the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' example above, [[CowboyCop Garrus]] [[VigilanteMan Vakarian]] in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games wears the sci-fi version of it, with the HUD showing tactical data, helping him to aim etc.. In second and third game, [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] can acquire one like that, too.

* Thomas Chestershire from the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' wears not one but two monocles, which he wears, according to his character bio, for "twice the class." Being a member of the [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Toppat Clan,]] he of course also wears a top hat, and has a [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish British accent.]] Truly a classy individual.

* Von Pinn from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' wears a tinted-red monocle. She gets an uncharacteristic monocle pop at [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040730 one time.]]

* Akuma from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is scholarly, wise, and curates a museum. He wears a monocle.

* ''WebVideo/LeftPOORDead'': Tippy's monocle
* ''Creator/ProZd'' sometimes wears one for characters like [[ObviousJudas Lysanderoth]] or the ShelteredAristocrat-- on top of his glasses, no less. The one exception is Refrigerator-senpai, since he's played by a fridge; the monocle is taped to the fridge instead.