History Main / StoicSpectacles

Most commonly, the glasses in question are of the narrow, thin-rimmed sort to avoid obscuring the bishie boy's pretty face, though they can be prone to [[ScaryShinyGlasses shining spookily]]. Also, God help you if TheGlassesComeOff. If you're dangerous even without removing them, they are SpecsOfAwesome. If you're a [[BastardBoyfriend cold, sadistic]] but [[MrFanservice hot]] LoveInterest type as well as a spectacled guy, then you might be a KichikuMegane. If you've got the cold and sadistic but not the love interest, you might have FourEyesZeroSoul.

[[{{Meganekko}} Bespectacled girls are cute]]. [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Bespectacled short guys]] are book-smart. Bespectacled [[APrettyBoyIndex pretty boys]], on the other hand, are cool, calm and collected. It's not uncommon for them to also be intelligent and kick ass in a fight, [[BadassBookworm as this character type tends to be where the opposing viewpoints of]] "[[NerdGlasses glasses are for nerds]]" and "glasses look cool" converge.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Dr. Serizawa]] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fits this trope with his stoic and intelligent personality and his narrow, thin-rimmed choice of spectacles, though he's a little bit older than most examples. It's even slightly {{lampshaded}} in ''King of the Monsters'', when he has his glasses off while mourning [[spoiler:Dr. Graham]]'s death, but puts them back on once he recollects his resolve for the time. In the prequel graphic novel ''Godzilla Awakening'', Serizawa's father Eiji has traded his youthful self's NerdGlasses for a pair of thin-rimmed spectacles which give off this impression.
* Western example: Morpheus from ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', despite having circular pince-nez (no earpieces!), is definitely a stoic badass with glasses.

* There is an example of this trope in the third Thin Man film. The character is a crime boss named Vogel who probably also qualifies as a SmugSnake. What's amusing is that once the glasses are gone, he's worthless in a fight. Against a ditzy blonde.
* ''Film/BallisticKiss'': The main character, Cat, is an elite hitman and killing machine who wears glasses in all his scenes. His character is also TheStoic.

* Milo Hoffman in ''Film/AntiTrust'' wears glasses to read and work on his computer. Seeing as he's played by Ryan Phillipe, the thick-framed monstrosities just make him look all the hotter.

* In ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' George Smiley's no bishonen, being on the older side of middle-aged and rather ordinary looking, but he does wear glasses, and he is certainly stoic.
* Juror #4(E.G. Marshall) in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' is a "rational stockbroker, unflappable, self-assured, and analytical" and the only juror who wears glasses.
* Peter in ''Film/TheRoom'', a somewhat uptight but reasonably intelligent (by this film's standards, anyway) psychiatrist.

** Also Hiroshi Yagyuu from Rikkai and Eishirou Kite from Higa, who borders on [[BespectacledBastardBoyfriend kichiku megane]].

Most commonly, the glasses in question are of the narrow, thin-rimmed sort to avoid obscuring the bishie boy's pretty face, though they can be prone to [[ScaryShinyGlasses shining spookily]]. Also, God help you if TheGlassesComeOff. If you're dangerous even without removing them, they are SpecsOfAwesome. If you're a [[BastardBoyfriend cold, sadistic]] but [[MrFanservice hot]] LoveInterest type as well as a spectacled guy, then you might be a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend. If you've got the cold and sadistic but not the love interest, you might have FourEyesZeroSoul.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'''s title character is a RareFemaleExample: thick [[FanNickname manstopper glasses]], and [[EmotionlessGirl very, very stoic]].

* Sugata Eishirou from ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' fits this well. He generally has the same expression on his face, he's the SmartGuy of the group, and he fights bears on a regular basis.

* Film/MonsterVerse: Dr. Serizawa in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fits this trope with his stoic and intelligent personality and his narrow, thin-rimmed choice of spectacles, though he's a little bit older than most examples. It's even slightly {{lampshaded}} in ''King of the Monsters'', when he has his glasses off while mourning [[spoiler:Dr. Graham]]'s death but puts them back on once he recollects his resolve for the time.

* Takahata-Sensei from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Thin glasses, check. Hawt, Asuna is convinced at least so check. Badass, double check. Expression ranges from bemused smile to mildly concerned frown even in the midst of combat, check.

* Takami Ichiro of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is a good example of the convergence of nerdy and cool: an intelligent, strategic thinker, and the quarterback of a football team. Maybe athletic glasses aren't the best choice for looking suave, but they're much more practical.

* [[Anime/RahXephon Dr. Itsuki Kisaragi]], as pictured above, seems to have been genetically engineered for the purposes of fulfilling this trope.
* Hirato from ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'' fits this to a T

* Austria from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.

* Verde from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' doubles as a HotScientist with a dash of NerdsAreSexy.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Japan is stoic. He also wore hexagonal glasses with his [[Anime/DeathNote Teru Mikami]] cosplay.

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** Maybe he is, maybe they are his eyes, who knows.

* Reisi Munakata, the Blue King in ''Anime/{{K}}'' is distilled essence of this trope. His two subordinates with glasses, Saruhiko Fushimi and Tatsuya Enomoto, aren't quite this - Fushimi tries, but [[TheGadfly he can only stay stoic]] [[StalkerWithACrush for so long]]. He has thicker frames. Enomoto is just {{Adorkable}} (but he has the ponytail). Munakata is also {{Adorkable}} on the inside, but he hides it well... most of the time. Then there are times when there's a ''[[GratuitousNinja real live ninja]]'' involved, and there's [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee only so much one can do to stay calm]]...

[[caption-width-right:220: [[HotScientist Dr. Kisaragi]] is a [[IncrediblyLamePun textbook case]] of this phenomenon.]]

Kopaka from bionicle fits into this. He is the stoic one of the original toa and his mask has a scope, effectively glasses.
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* Spoofed in a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' {{Yonkoma}}, where StoicSpectacles can make even the most HotBlooded of {{Idiot Hero}}es look like an intelligent bishie.

*** Apparently, StoicSpectacles runs in the Edgeworth family, as his father sports a pair as well, along with the accompanying TranquilFury, in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'''s 3rd case.

* Abel Nightroad from ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]]. {{Bishonen}}? Check. Ponytail? Check. However, he tends towards a rather hyper personality, except for when he goes [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass badass.]]

* Tieria Erde from ''Anime/{{Gundam 00}}'', although his glasses are fairly big.

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* [[Creator/TommyLeeJones Major Hank Marshall]] (pictured about to punch his creepy superior officer) in ''[[https://78.media.tumblr.com/a90ce179f32de1ea785954183c4cdbba/tumblr_p40y0iyDyA1r48qqvo1_1280.jpg Blue Sky]]'' - which makes it all the more heartbreaking that when he does take the glasses off, it's to [[StoicWoobie wipe away tears]].

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* [[Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange Jeff Andonuts]]. Bonus points to that he is sometimes depicted with [[http://mestephen.com/fab/wiki/images/4/46/Jeff.png his voice actor's former long hair]].

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Percy is mostly portrait as level-headed and calm. [[ScaryShinyGlasses Mostly]].
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* Pasha in ''Film/DoctorZhivago''. Even more so later [[spoiler: when he becomes the Red Army commissar Srelnikov.]]

Bonus points for the character also has [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long hair]]; double if it's worn in a ponytail. See also the "little round glasses" option of MaskPower.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has the Sorrow. He doesn't fight much, but he's easily TheStoic and probably the smartest of the Cobras- at least, he's the most normal. He also has his own creepy version of TheGlassesComeOff - when he's about to show someone [[spoiler:the ghosts of everyone they've killed]], he cries blood and his glasses shatter.

* Juror #4(E.G. Marshall) in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' is a " rational stockbroker, unflappable, self-assured, and analytical" and the only juror who wears glasses.