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4In many cartoons, characters that wear glasses seem to have their whole eyes fused into the lens. Their eyelids are nowhere to be seen, often all that is seen are pupils and the lens. Often the pupils go squinty when the character blinks, and the frames of the glasses have the ability to move around similar to an ExpressiveMask.
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6Presumably, this is simply because drawing eyelids inside the glass frames is rather difficult and would create a less appealing character design.
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9!!Examples:
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13%%[[folder:Advertising]]
14%%* Mr. Owl from the animated Tootsie Pop commercial.
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17[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18* Nobita from ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' plays with this. Due to the animation/art style, his eyes did this in the sense that his eyes are animated within them (you'd see his eyelids).
19* Lotte from ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'', as her eyes are magnified by her glasses, however, her glasses don't emote with her eyes but her glasses style makes it seem like they do.
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22[[folder:Asian Animation]]
23* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': Fat Doc's pupils and sclerae are seemingly contained within the lenses of his glasses. Whenever he is not wearing his glasses, his pupils are the only part of his eyes that are visible.
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26%%[[folder:Comic Strips]]
27%%* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's dad. Anyone who wears glasses, really.
28%%* Daryl from ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues''.
29%%* Marcus from ''ComicStrip/CulDeSac''.
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32[[folder:Fan Works]]
33* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': A BodyHorror variation of this trope happens on the Day of Discord when Silver Spoon's eyes disappear from her face and reappear on the lenses of her glasses.
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36[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
37* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' averts this with Milo (though briefly played straight during the viewing of an old film reel depicting his childhood), but uses it as a brief visual gag about halfway through the film where Kida actually takes off his glasses because of her curiosity and puts them on her face.
38* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' has the goggles-variant with the Minions. But the goggles don't change shape.
39* ''WesternAnimation/GlobehuntersAnAroundTheWorldInEightyDaysAdventure'': Trevor the parrot wears eyeglasses that only show his pupils. Though his eyelids appear in them when he expresses emotions rather than the glasses conforming to his mood.
40** Wilkins' glasses are this way too. When he's viewed from the side, you can see his BlackBeadEyes behind his glasses.
41* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' has the ExpressiveMask variant with Griffin the Invisible Man -- which, naturally, is the only way for the audience to see his expression. Interestingly, in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTransformania'', when he becomes visible, his glasses no longer have this feature as he now has visible facial expressions.
42* In the film adaptation of ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', the Earthworm has a pair of sunglasses that shift and warp to convey expressions.
43* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' movie series, the techies wearing NerdGlasses, notably Scribble Dee and Micro Chips, lean into this, although the glasses don't change shape when they blink (instead the eyelids become visible). Of note, it is entirely averted with the human version of Twilight Sparkle.
44* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf - Animation/TheMythicalArkAdventuresInLoveAndHappiness'', one of the snakes wears a pair of glasses that seemingly contain his eyes. The insides of the lenses are entirely white, even from the back.
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47[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
48* In ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'', Hummakavula wears glasses that apparently magnify his eyes many times. Then he takes them off to reveal that the magnified eyes are in the glasses themselves, and his own eye sockets are sunken, empty pits. This is the first [[EyelessFace sign to the protagonists]] that he is more sinister than he appears.
49* The same with Boris the Animal ('''JUST BORIS!!''') in ''Film/MenInBlack3''; his "eyeglasses" sink right into his skull.
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52[[folder:Literature]]
53* Melvin Sneedly from the [[Literature/CaptainUnderpants Captain Underpants books,]] [[WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie the movie,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants and the TV show]].
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56[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
57* Mr. Cook from ''Series/AllegrasWindow'' is depicted with his pupils on his glasses.
58* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
59** [[http://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/File:Scooter.jpg Scooter's]] pupils are attached to the glasses instead of his head. ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' gave him regular (very small) eyes when his glasses broke, but in ''Series/MuppetsNow'' he wakes up suddenly and doesn't have eyes at all until he puts them on.
60** Not to mention Bunsen Honeydew, whose only indication that he can see is his glasses.
61** Mahna Mahna (from the song of the same name) has no visible eyes, and sunglasses that can blink.
62* ''Series/SesameStreet'' has [[http://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Herbert_Birdsfoot Herbert Birdsfoot]] and [[http://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Don_Music Don Music]].
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65[[folder:Video Games]]
66%%* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
67%% (Zero context example) ** Iggy Koopa, starting with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.
68%% (Doesn't explain that the glasses are expressive) ** Dorrie from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' starts wearing a pair of swimming goggles as part of his Yoshi-like redesign in the DS remake.
69* Bottles from ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' has eye glasses that even blink. It is possible to see around his glasses. He does have eyes, however, they don't blink.
70* Bentley the Turtle from the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series doesn't even have pupils on his in-game model, let alone eyeballs. Just incredibly thick glasses that grow and shrink to whatever emotion he's feeling.
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73[[folder:Web Animation]]
74* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Sniffles has these. While his glasses don't change shape, his pupils sometimes overlap the frames.
75%% (Zero context example) * ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': [[{{Narrator}} The Epic Narrator]] sports these.
76* Creator/LazyPurple's narrator Pyro in ''[[WebVideo/HowItFeelsToPlayTF2 How it FEELS to play Pyro]]'' was given these, due to the stock Pyro's [[GasMaskMook really unexpressive face]]. Or Eye Goggles or Eye Gas Mask depending on your interpretation of the custom model he used.
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80* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
81** John Egbert. His glasses go so far as to ''not even be connected to anything''; they don't even have a bridge between the lenses [[note]]Although this is just stylistic; his talksprites in walkaround games show that his glasses do in fact have a bridge[[/note]].
82** Bro's TriangleShades act like this as well, despite not having visible pupils.
83** Jade kind of averts it, however, because her eyelashes are visible through the glasses. The same later applies to Jane.
84** Lampshaded in the [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006472 2012-02-16 animation]], where Brobot slaps Jake's glasses off. His pupils go with them.
85** Jake later manages to [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=008343 cry]] through his glasses.
86** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/6901 [S] GAME OVER.]] subsequently reveals that both John and Jane have the same trait as Jake when their glasses are knocked off. Whether this is also true of Jade remains unseen.
87* Several characters in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' have this, most notably Carrie. One good example is seen [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/2080306/the-girl-cant-help-it/ here.]]
88* Donald Donlan in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has some [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1011 quite]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1014 expressive eyeglasses]]. A nice counterpart to his EyesAlwaysShut [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=101 wife]].
89* Both ''Webcomic/{{Matchu}}'' and his love interest Amber. Matchu's in particular can go from rectangular to round depending on his mood.
90* Phil from ''Webcomic/MyRoommateIsAnElf''. It's revealed that his eyes are scar tissue after being attacked by a GiantSpider.
91* Ronnie from ''Webcomic/{{Whomp}}'' has these. [[http://www.whompcomic.com/comic/guest-strip-by-fletcher A guest strip]] revealed that he actually had BlackBeadEyes, and painted the skin around them in white, while [[https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/nerds-eye-view an "official" strip]] showed that his eyes were actually ''stuck'' to the lenses.
92* ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' is this at times, particularly Dorothy Keener and Amber O’Malley. Jennifer "Billie" Billingsworth mostly averts it, other characters vary
93* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' varies considerably. Faye is usually drawn with natural eyes behind realistic frames, but character Tilly/Taffy is much more cartoony in style.
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96[[folder:Western Animation]]
97%% (Zero context example) * Dr. Fidgel from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins''
98* ''WesternAnimation/TheNinthLifeOfShermanPhelps'': Ronald, Sherman's friend, wears glasses that render his eyelids invisible most of the time.
99* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Carl is an odd case, because the 3-D animation makes it possible to see around his glasses and he ''still'' has pupils without eyes.
100%% (Zero context example) * Simon from ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow''.
101* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Principal Brown. Lampshaded once when he took off his glasses briefly and beneath them was ''another'' pair of glasses.
102* Steve from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' , however, these were most prominent in the earlier episodes (i.e, when he opened his eyes wider, his glasses would get a bit rounder when he did), they're harder to notice in the later ones (his glasses are rectangular).
103* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': The titular character had something like this, however, his glasses don't change shape, as his eyes are shown animated within them, though, he did have these in the earlier version of the books.
104%% (Zero context example) * Daryl (again) from the ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' animated series.
105%% (Zero context example) * Ian on ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan''. His glasses can change shape.
106* There's a kind of variation in the Canadian short ''WesternAnimation/TheBigSnit'', where the wife's pupils get stuck in odd positions and she actually ''removes her eyes'' as if they were a pince-nez and shakes them rapidly to unstick the pupils. Lampshaded in the following exchange:
107-->'''Husband:''' Why are you always shaking your eyes?\
108'''Wife:''' I... I don't shake them like I used to.\
109'''Husband:''' Yes you do! You shake 'em here and shake 'em there! Why dontcha go join some stupid shake 'n' rock 'n' roll band?
110* Tina from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' plays with this as her eyes are animated/drawn within her glasses.
111%% (Zero context example) * Mrs. Bruins from ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears''.
112%% (Zero context example) * Gramma Alice Green and Remy Remington from ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens''.
113* Lizzie Devine from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has it where we see her eyelids through them when she has to be more expressive.
114%% (Zero context example) * Inez from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}''.
115%% (Zero context example) * Penny Sanchez from ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone''.
116* Both Gandhi and Principal Scudworth ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' have this. In Scudworth's case they've become far more expressive in the reboot, what with him looking twenty years older and with a different pair of specs.
117%% (Zero context example) * Mung and Truffles Daal from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' sport these.
118%% (Zero context example) * Scoutmaster Lumpus and Samson from ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''.
119%% (Zero context example) * Penfold from ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''.
120* Dexter and his dad from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', as well as Mandark. The glasses can change shape depending on expression, as seen above and, in one episode, when Dexter's glasses were knocked off at a SuckECheeses, his glasses had an expression of his being annoyed.
121* ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'': Frizz, at least in the first season (the glasses were fazed out in Season 2). Once he removes his glasses in "The Shrinking Stone" to clean them, his face is blank except for his nose and mouth.
122* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}''. His glasses are his eyes: They ''[[http://webspace.webring.com/people/k9/9assimilator9/duckman.jpg have eyebrows.]]'' Very odd when he lampshades it by taking the glasses off to clean them: his face is blank. It's also explicitly pointed out in one episode that he has no ears on which to hang the glasses.
123%% (Zero context example) * Applied to Mimi and Jeremy on ''WesternAnimation/EliotKid''.
124%% (Zero context example) * Mo and Frankie from ''WesternAnimation/ElliottFromEarth''.
125%% (Zero context example) * Denzel Crocker and Tootie from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.
126* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where most characters' glasses just happen to be the same size and shape of their eyeballs, though Peter's glasses do change shape when he frowns. Also lampshaded: In "The King Is Dead," Peter takes off his glasses and his pupils stay attached to the lenses.
127** This was mentioned in the [=DVD=] commentary for ''Quagmire's Dad'' as being the reason it was hard to animate a scene where Peter adjusts his glasses, as, for the most part, they're shown as his eyes.
128** This was averted in the episode ''Peter-assment'', where Peter's glasses were broken and he had to wear contacts.
129** Meg's large glasses are noticeably bigger than her eyes though and, thus, avert this trope.
130%% (Zero context example) * Mr. Slate from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
131%% (Zero context example) * Madame Foster from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''.
132%% (Zero context example) * The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman''.
133* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Grunkle Stan is an interesting case. His eyes are drawn inside the frame; however, they are 'magnified', giving the appearance that his skin appears to be 'fused' to the lens. His glasses also change shape to match his expression, though it's hard to notice, because his [[OddlyVisibleEyebrows eyebrows can be seen over his glasses]].
134%% (Zero context example) * Irwin and Nergal Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''.
135%% (Zero context example) ** Major Doctor Ghastly has the goggles-variant from its sister series, ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''.
136%% (Zero context example) * Kaz from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''.
137%% (Zero context example) * Phoebe and Arnold's grandmother from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''.
138* Dib from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The lenses even disappear as he closes his eyes. His glasses also have wire-thin frames and no earpieces. Some fans didn't even ''realize'' he wore glasses until Zim mentioned it, at which point we suddenly realized what that narrow line connecting Dib's eyes was supposed to be.
139%% (Zero context example) * Dannan and Grandpa Piggley on ''WesternAnimation/JakersTheAdventuresOfPiggleyWinks''.
140%% (Zero context example) * ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has Susan and Mary Test.
141* ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' and Papa G. Their glasses can change shape when they're sad, angry or serious.
142** Flo as well, but her glasses don't change shape.
143%% (Zero context example) * Leo from ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins''.
144* Lisa Loud and Clyde [=McBride=] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''.
145* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'': Like his [[Series/TheMuppetShow adult counterpart]], Scooter has these as well as his twin sister, Skeeter. Things get strange in one episode as the kids learn to be more like Gonzo and embrace something weird about themselves. Skeeter takes off her glasses, and shows that her pupils are still in the lenses. And then she shakes her glasses, and the pupils rattle around like [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster's eyes]].
146* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Nora Wakeman has the "pupils that blink" variation, but her eyelids also show through her lenses.
147%% (Zero context example) * Bessie Higgenbottom from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB''.
148%% (Zero context example) * The Turbots from ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol''.
149%% (Zero context example) * Sherman from ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Mr. Peabody and Sherman]]''.
150* The titular character from ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. She can frown through her glasses, and they also expand to convey surprise. Nearly all characters with glasses actually, although in Lydia's or Alice Kane's case it's not that noticeable.
151* Lawrence Fletcher, Carl Karl and Irving [=DuBois=] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
152** There's one episode in which Candace puts on glasses to show how serious and focused she is. And her upper and lower lids show up when she blinks and changes expressions.
153%% (Zero context example) * Chuckie Finster, Didi Pickles, Grandpa Lou Pickles, Chas Finster and Drew Pickles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. But the glasses don't change shape.
154* Otto Rocket and Sam Dullard in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' both wear eye glasses, though Otto himself is far from a nerd.
155%% (Zero context example) * Eileen from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''.
156%% (Zero context example) * Filburt Turtle from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
157* Surprisingly averted with Velma in most incarnations of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. Hanna-Barbara is not normally noted for their painstakingly detailed animation work, but Velma has functioning eyes, eyelids, and eyebrows despite having glasses. It helps a little that her glasses are quite large, so the animators can just draw the whole shebang right onto the lens (nearly everyone else in the series has SkintoneSclerae, so this just makes her look "normal"). Things are played very straight however with her pre-pubescent counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.
158%% (Zero context example) * Eric Needles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}''.
159%% (Zero context example) * ''WesternAnimation/SimonInTheLandOfChalkDrawings2002'': Simon's eyeglasses would occasionally conform to his mood.
160%% (Zero context example) * Millhouse, Ned Flanders and Waylon Smithers Jr. from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
161%% (Zero context example) * Andy from ''WesternAnimation/SquirrelBoy''.
162%% (Zero context example) * Bradley from ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround''.
163%% (Zero context example) * Mr. Mackey from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
164%% (Zero context example) * Fu-Fu the Bat from ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat''.
165%% (Zero context example) * Brainy Smurf from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''.
166* Just like the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' example down below, The Farmer from ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' wears those glasses with no eyes.
167%% (Zero context example) * Angie on ''WesternAnimation/ThomasEdisonsSecretLab''.
168%% (Zero context example) * Otto Osworth from ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad''.
169* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' franchise. Of the franchise's bespectacled characters, Beth, Harold, Sam, Mary, Miles, and Tom play it straight while Cameron, Scarlett, and Ellody avert it.
170* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'':
171** In the episode, "[[FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode Hey You, Don't Forget About Me in Your Memory]]", Beast Boy (in his school uniform) wears them.
172** In the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' [[ParodyEpisode parody episode]], Raven wears them to look like Velma Dinkley.
173* Dr. Fox from ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}''.
174** Hawkodile has an [[ExpressiveMask Expressive Mask variant]]. Despite wearing sunglasses, He doesn't have pupils. His sunglasses can change shape.
175%% (Zero context example) * Pa Grape from ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''. Despite wearing glasses, he actually doesn't have eyes.
176* ''WesternAnimation/{{W}}'': William, though the shapes of the lenses don't really change.
177%% (Zero context example) * Coop the Chicken from ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo''.
178%% (Zero context example) * WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} from her own show.
179* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': Super's glasses often change shape with her expressions. For example, when she squints her eyes, her glasses will shrink as well. A lot of other characters wear glasses, but Super is the only character with expressive ones.
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