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11	Tea shades are a type of sunglasses with perfectly round lenses. They are usually associated with Music/JohnLennon (leading to the alternate name "Lennon specs") and are most commonly worn by {{beatnik}}s, [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]], {{granola girl}}s, and (since they are uncommon and noticeable) unconventional but notable characters. They are often tinted red or amber in media but clear lenses crop up as well. Black tea shades can have another meaning - since they look like perfectly round holes in the wearer's head where the eyes should be, they make for particularly striking SinisterShades.
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13	A subtrope of CoolShades. See also TriangleShades.
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15	!!Examples:
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19	* ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'': Main character Vash the Stampede wears a pair of yellow-tinted perfectly round sunglasses with zigzagging temples. While Vash isn't exactly a hippie, one of his catchphrases is "Love and Peace!" and he's a peace-loving TechnicalPacifist wandering the wasteland trying to make the world better for those that he can.
20	%%* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', sunglasses of this sort are sometimes seen on characters in [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks]], suggesting they were a past fashion trend. Examples include Kuzan, Brook, and an unnamed member of [[SecretPolice CP9]]. Kuzan stopped wearing them when he was promoted to Admiral in the Marines. However, he started wearing them again [[spoiler:after his resignation]]. %% Seems to be more about the glasses and not so much about the personalities of the people wearing them.
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24	* King Mob, John-A-Dreams and Mr. Six from ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' wear these, fitting for the psychaedelic mish mash of the comic book series.
25	* In one ''ComicBook/XMen'' storyline (''X-Men: Divided We Stand''), the X-Men are tracking down a group of hippies. The latter have used Lady Mastermind's mind control powers to turn the Haight-Ashbury area back to the way it was in the '60s. Emma Frost mentally [[https://i.imgur.com/7IdPoE4.jpg alters their clothing]] to fit in. And Cyclops' visor turns into ruby-quartz tea shades.
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29	* In ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie'', Wally, the pig who builds his house out of straw, wears a pair with yellow frames and red/purple lenses. [[GogglesDoNothing But only on his head]].
30	* In ''Disney's WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' the god Hermes wears small Lennon-style shades. He's definitely one of the more laid-back gods. (He's voiced by Paul Shaffer, for many years the bandleader on ''Late Night with David Letterman'', who also wears such glasses; the inclusion is an homage to the actor.)
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34	* ''Film/BlindWomansCurse'': Aozora has a whole weird thing going: no pants (only a loincloth), horrible body odor, and stylish tinted Lennon specs.
35	* ''Film/CoolWorld'' has the doodle (cartoon) character Sparks, who wears a zoot suit with a white necktie and a [[FiftiesHair '50s hairstyle]], as well as dark tea shades obscuring his eyes. Unlike most denizens of the [[ToonTown Cool World]] who are wacky, haywire, and kinetic, Sparks is sullen and cynical. He is also bitter that [[TheVamp Holli Would]] has shifted her interest to the noid (real world) Jack Deebs. An occasional gloss bar across the circular lenses reveals fierce eyes with tiny pupils and no irises - especially when he's peeved, such as when he drops a dime on Holli getting jiggy with Jack.
36	* ''Film/HighSchool'': The one student who plays at rebelling against authority (calling Northeast High a "garbage can" for failing to engage with social injustices) is appropriately wearing tinted Lennon-style specs.
37	* ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'': They were very much the fashion in 1969, especially among hippies and beatniks. [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] and Music/JanisJoplin both wear them.
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41	* ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'': Bahee is introduced with rounded tea shades as part of his overall look. They help to underscore his personality as the peaceful-yet-eccentric scientist who spent time with an African tribe and encourages the group to praise each other. It's ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as he is far more of a {{Jerkass}} than he's initially thought to be. Also, [[spoiler:he lied to Lizzie, kicked her out of the compound, and then attempted to get Celestine taken away by the whistleblowers]]. This shows his true colors as a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] creep.
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45	* Given that it's set in the '60s, it's very common to see tea shades on hippies in the '67-'70 version of ''{{Series/Dragnet}}''.
46	* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': EccentricArtist Jack initially just wears normal round glasses. As his work takes on a more abstract style and he begins to undergo SanitySlippage, however, he drifts away from the old routine. And it is highlighted by his SignificantWardrobeShift to darker colors and a more alternative style - including black circular glasses.
47	* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Kiriya Kujo, a medical examiner who became a Kamen Rider to investigate the Bugster Virus. He also has a pair of these in a deep burgundy color. He's certainly offbeat and unique, but becomes a loyal friend to [[TheHero Emu Hojo]] and helps out whenever he can.
48	* ''Series/TheMagicians2016'': In the episode "Magicians Anonymous", the Emperor of the Etheric Realm, who rules over a colorful, druggy, MushroomSamba version of the real world. And is portrayed as a laidback HawaiianShirtedTourist, [[TheStoner stoner]] hippie-type wearing bright pink and round sunglasses.
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52	* Music/JohnLennon made these glasses a visual trademark from the late '60s all the way until his death in 1980, leading to this style of eyewear also being commonly known as "Lennon specs". Unlike most examples of this trope, though, Lennon wore both regular clear eyeglasses in this style as well as his more famous sunglasses.
53	* ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' is based on Music/TheWho's hit album of the same name about a "[[AlliterativeList deaf, dumb]], and blind kid" that happens to be a phenomenon at {{pinball}}. How? Either by sense of smell or intuition, according to the lyrics, take your pick. The lobby card for this movie features the main character wearing circular-lensed opaque sunglasses. Also, his face is mirrored against (presumably) the top glass of a pinball table.
54	%%* Andy Partridge of Music/{{XTC}} has made this a visual trademark of his since the mid-1980s.
55	* Music/OzzyOsbourne is usually seen sporting a pair.
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59	* The recurring character Harvey from the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series is an EruditeStoner sporting a distinct hippie vibe. This includes typical hippie clothes and, of course, large round glasses.
60	* In ''VideoGame/DanceCentral 3'', Angel sports a pair of yellow tinted glasses alongside the rest of a stereotypical 70s disco outfit. This is to help him "blend in" with the time period, since he's time traveled back to the 70s.
61	* In Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Spamton is shown wearing a multicolored variant, with one pink lens and one yellow lens, in a very poor attempt at impersonating Queen's head butler, Swatch. Kris can obtain these glasses from him as the Dealmaker armor item by [[spoiler:fighting his "Spamton NEO" form on the normal route and winning through snapping his wires]].
62	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'': Hippies are depicted as wearing round glasses, with "round purple sunglasses" even being one of the pieces of the War Hippy Fatigues.
63	* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': The "Hippie" is one of the stock character types the player is able to summon, dressed in stereotypical '60s counter-culture clothing. And it includes round, yellow glasses.
64	* Gustafa in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and the remake ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsAWonderfulLife'' has these, befitting his free hippie nature and musical side. The remake prettied him up, but made sure to keep the glasses--and you only see behind them from the side.
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68	* Ban from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' has a pair of black spherical sunglasses that mark him as an unconventional, shady person.
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72	* In Chapter 4 of ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', [[TheLancer Phoebe]] dons a pair, switching from the rectangular specs that she wore in the previous chapter.
73	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Victor Von Hip [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2008-04-16 wears]] them contributing to his hippie look.
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77	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': During a gag in his third review of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', Linkara reads Batman's rant about the rebellion and why they're fighting the government. In response, he dons some dark circle glasses and snaps in applause.
78	-> ''Preach on, you crazy hepcat.''
79	* ''WebVideo/BeatriceTheGoldenWitch'': In Beatrice's past life as Digibro, her iconic accessory was a pair of shades with perfectly round lenses. They gave her a certain counter-cultural "cool" vibe together with the beard and fit her gonzo style of journalism. She sure wasn't afraid to wear them in the dark either!
80	* In the third season of ''Series/CobraKai,'' an amber variant would be shown on GranolaGirl Moon during the car wash to raise money for Miguel's medical bills.
81	* Oreo from ''Podcast/SibyllineSounds'' wears a pair with pink lenses. They're really just for the look though, since he's not much of a hippie, and is more of a dork.
82	* The Mole from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' wears these due to being blind rather than a hippie.
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86	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Mandark's hippie father Windbear has a design very reminiscent of John Lennon, right down to a tiny pair of round shades.
87	* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' wears circular shades when he channels John Lennon in the early episode where Jimmy forms a band. He also adopts the Liverpudlian accent and travels with a generically-Asian-looking "assistant." (It's a kid's show.)
88	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': For a brief second in the song "History of Rock", Danny and the boys reference the '60s and PsychedelicRock. Ferb temporarily gains a tie-dyed shirt and round, dark glasses. Then, during the HeavyMetal segment, Danny's the one who ends up with rounded glasses instead.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The character only known as "Didgeridoo Player" is dressed in hippie garb, included rounded sunglasses. He's part of the marching band, but rather than march like the others, he just sits on the ground playing his instrument.
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93	* Subverted with Creator/JimmySavile. While he wore round red tinted sunglasses and had the eccentric personality one would normally associate with the stereotype, he was not exactly a hippie, being more of an eccentric philanthropist who just happened to wear round sunglasses. Furthermore, he was far from the peace loving man he portrayed himself as, fitting the SinisterShades trope much better once his crimes were discovered.
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