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** [[TheSmartGuy Bob]] takes his glasses off and instantly [[TookaLevelInDumbass becomes an idiot.]]
** Alternatively, the other way around: [[TooDumbToLive Bob]] puts on his glasses and is a DumbassNoMore.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is pretty smart, but aside from the glasses doesn't act like a HollywoodNerd at all.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is pretty smart, but aside from he's not the glasses doesn't act like a HollywoodNerd at all.smartest person around.
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** Intelligence is tied to glasses. The DumbMuscle puts on glasses and immediately becomes a GeniusBruiser.
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** Bob is accepted into MENSA. Every single person in the building wears glasses, even the janitors, security guards, and the cleaning staff.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob only wears his glasses every now and then. Sometimes he needs them for reading, but other times he is fine without.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.
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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia Khmer}}]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]

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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia Khmer}}]] [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia}} Khmer]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]
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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[Cambodia Khmer]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]

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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[Cambodia Khmer]] [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia Khmer}}]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]
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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[UsefulNotes/Cambodia Khmer]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]

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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[UsefulNotes/Cambodia [[Cambodia Khmer]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]
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** [[EvilLuddite Fanatic anti-intellectuals]] take over and discriminate against "intellectuals", which includes people with glasses. [[note]] TruthInTelevision: The [[UsefulNotes/Cambodia Khmer]] [[NightmareFuel Rouge]] [[/note]]

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* '''Parodied''': Students are shown taking I.Q. tests. Those who score high are issued a pair of glasses by their teacher.

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Students are shown taking I.Q. tests. Those who score high are issued a pair of glasses by their teacher.
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** Alternatively, those who score high all wear glasses.
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* '''Exploited''':

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* '''Exploited''':'''Exploited''':???
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** Bob is the sharpest of the main cast and doesn't wear glasses, while anyone below average intelligence does.

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** Bob is among the sharpest of the main cast and doesn't wear glasses, while anyone below average intelligence does.



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* '''Exploited''': ???'''Exploited''':

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is BookDumb and wears glasses, while the much smarter characters don't.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob is BookDumb and wears glasses, while the much smarter characters don't.don't.
** Bob is the sharpest of the main cast and doesn't wear glasses, while anyone below average intelligence does.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Students are shown taking I.Q. tests. Those who score high are issued a pair of glasses by their teacher.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob is pretty smart, but aside from the glasses doesn't act like a HollywoodNerd at all.
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* '''Exaggerated''':Not just Bob wears them, all the doctors,scientists, and anyone who is highly educated has glasses.

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* '''Exaggerated''':Not '''Exaggerated''': Not just Bob wears them, all the doctors,scientists, doctors, scientists, and anyone who is highly educated has glasses.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"For some reason everyone with glasses gives off an intelligent aura."

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'''Basic Trope''': Glasses used as a shorthand for a smart person.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob, who is the smartest student in his class wears glasses.

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'''Basic Trope''': Glasses used as a shorthand for a smart person.
* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Bob, who is the smartest student in his class wears glasses.



* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Parodied''':???
* '''Averted''': Bob, who is of average intelligence wears glasses.
* '''Lampshaded''':???

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.
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'''Parodied''': ???
* '''Parodied''':???
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* '''Averted''': Bob, who is of average intelligence wears glasses. \n* '''Lampshaded''':???



* '''Lampshaded''': ???



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* '''Defied''':???'''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???




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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Justified''':Bob reads a lot, so he needs them or his eyesight will suffer.

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* '''Justified''':Bob '''Justified''': Bob reads a lot, so he needs them or his eyesight will suffer.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Instead, it's relieved he has contacts, or doesn't like wearing them.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Instead, it's relieved revealed he has contacts, or doesn't like wearing them.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob is the smatest in the class, and doesn't wear glasses...

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* '''Subverted''': Bob is the smatest smartest in the class, and doesn't wear glasses...
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* '''Exaggerated''':???
* '''Justified''':Bob reads a lot, so he needs them or his eyesigh will suffer.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is BookDumb and wears glasses.

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* '''Exaggerated''':???
'''Exaggerated''':Not just Bob wears them, all the doctors,scientists, and anyone who is highly educated has glasses.
* '''Justified''':Bob reads a lot, so he needs them or his eyesigh eyesight will suffer.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is BookDumb and wears glasses.glasses, while the much smarter characters don't.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to make Bob look smart! ShowDon'tTell!"

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* '''Enforced''': "We need to make Bob look smart! ShowDon'tTell!"ShowDontTell!"
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* '''Justified''':???

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* '''Justified''':???'''Justified''':Bob reads a lot, so he needs them or his eyesigh will suffer.



* '''Subverted''':???
* '''Double Subverted''':???
* '''Deconstructed''':???
* '''Reconstructed''':???

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* '''Subverted''':???
'''Subverted''': Bob is the smatest in the class, and doesn't wear glasses...
* '''Double Subverted''':???
Subverted''': Instead, it's relieved he has contacts, or doesn't like wearing them.
* '''Deconstructed''':???
'''Deconstructed''': Bob is the smartest in the class, however dislikes his status quo and doesn't wear his glasses that show how much he reads, doing so, his eyesight suffers and his grades go down.
* '''Reconstructed''':???'''Reconstructed''': ???



* '''Enforced''':???

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* '''Enforced''':???'''Enforced''': "We need to make Bob look smart! ShowDon'tTell!"
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* '''Played Straight''':Bob, who is the smartest student in his class wears glasses.

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* '''Played Straight''':Bob, Straight''': Bob, who is the smartest student in his class wears glasses.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???[[PurelyAestheticGlasses Bob wears glasses thinking that they will make him look smarter.]]

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an idiot who wears glasses.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob is an idiot who BookDumb and wears glasses.



* '''Averted''': Bob, who is of average intelligence wear glasses.

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* '''Averted''': Bob, who is of average intelligence wear wears glasses.


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* '''Basic Trope''': Glasses used as a shorthand for a smart person.

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* '''Basic Trope''': Glasses used as a shorthand for a smart person.
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* '''Inverted''':???

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* '''Inverted''':???'''Inverted''': Bob is an idiot who wears glasses.

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