History Main / OneWayVisor

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': So many Transformers have these (and very few have the transparent version), and it's often ambiguous whether they're visors with their real eyes underneath or are their actual optics. Rarely will fiction or toys show us eyes underneath these visors, except for cases like the ''Unite Warriors'' Devastator which justifies the combiner's [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes-visored, sometimes-not look]] by letting his visor fold away to reveal eyes underneath.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': So many Transformers have these, and it's often ambiguous whether they're visors with their real eyes underneath or are their actual optics. Rarely will fiction or toys show us eyes underneath these visors, except for cases like the ''Unite Warriors'' Devastator which justifies the combiner's [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes-visored, sometimes-not look]] by letting his visor fold away to reveal eyes underneath.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': So many Transformers have these, and it's often ambiguous whether they're visors with their real eyes underneath or are their actual optics. Rarely will fiction or toys show us eyes underneath these visors, except for cases like the ''Unite Warriors'' Devastator which justifies the combiner's [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes-visored, sometimes-not look]] by letting his visor flip down to conceal his actual eyes.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Originally, the Red Hood had this. Later, it was changed to the standard superhero opaque eyepieces.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Garnet wears a big mirrored visor. Not only does it [[CoolShades make her look incredibly cool]], it [[spoiler: helps keep her very literal ThirdEye from creeping out ordinary humans.]]

* Invoked by the Nintendo UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy. It certainly looked the part, but was so heavy it needed a stand.

* Virtual reality kits (Playstation VR, UsefulNotes/OculusRift and UsefulNotes/HTCVive) are basically centered around this kind of visor. As of 2016, you need at least a Playstation 4 Pro or an AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card to make them work.

* Lampshaded in ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. Doc Brown wears one, and Marty waves his hand in front of them to make sure Doc can see him. Later on, Doc specifies that it's a "rear-view visor"--remember that the time-machine hardware which sits upon the engine makes an ordinary rear-view mirror impractical.

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', In the comics, the upper part of Dredd's face is never seen. Normally it is hidden behind the fixed visor of his helmet, and on the one occasion that his helmet was removed, his face was hidden by bandages. It's supposed to be a reference to "Justice is blind".
* ''Moon Man'', a pulp mag character who came out when one-way glass was invented.
* Originally, the Red Hood, a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain had this. Later, it was changed to the standard superhero opaque eyepeices.
* ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' always wears one made of ruby-quartz, an obligatory guard against the PowerIncontinence of his EyeBeams.
* Mysterio, a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' villain.
* Red Hook Asylum guards from ''ComicBook/{{Neonomicon}}''
* Yorrick's gas mask in ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''
* SpaceMarines from ''ComicBook/WonTonSoup''
* In ''Franchise/GIJoe'', Cobra Commander's battle helmet featured a completely mirrored facemask. Many varieties of Cobra [[EliteMooks Vipers]] wore such masks as well.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' unsurprisingly features many such helmets. The Dark Eldar are especially fond of these, with mirrored full-face masks common among Reaver jetbike pilots, and most of the Haemonculi "creations" such as [[TheRenfield Wracks]] and [[WasOnceAMan Grotesques]] have blank visors surgically implanted over their faces.

* [[SpaceMarines Terran Marines]] from ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft}}'' have this. In ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft II}}'', Banshee and [[TransformingMecha Viking]] pilots have this when their ships are invisible or transformed, respectively.
** Highlord Mal'ash in ''Legacy of the Void'' has a blindfold helmet.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect''

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* LampShaded in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Doc Brown wears one, and Marty waves his hand in front of them to make sure Doc can see him. Later on, Doc specifies that it's a "rear-view visor"--remember that the time-machine hardware which sits upon the engine makes an ordinary rear-view mirror impractical.

* Many heroes in {{Toku}} series (''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'', and many more.) Interestingly, some heroes' visors or eyepieces look like they'd be very hard to see through '''because they are.''' Suit actors have more skill than you think.

* Female Saints of Athena from ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.

** She has one during her fight against the giant SpiderTank at the end of [[Anime/GhostInTheShell the first movie]].

* Dave in ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' used to wear one in his childhood, because he functions best with a certain amount of distraction. He eventually switched to SunglassesAtNight (with an MP3 player built in) after the NCAA banned the visor. Ming was introduced wearing one before she switched to shades (and later ditched even those).