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4[[caption-width-right:323:This event calls for a... [[LargeHam DRAMATIC REMOVAL OF MY SPECTACLES]].]]
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6->''"The only advantage to wearing glasses is being able to do that dramatic removal. ''[removes glasses]'' My God! Holy mother of God... I can't see a thing. Guess that's why I wear 'em."''
7-->-- '''Creator/JimGaffigan'''
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9A trope used extensively in [[BMovie B-movies]] from the 50's and 60's. The capital-h Hero or scientist, to emphasize a point he's trying to make, takes his glasses off or puts them on before delivering a melodramatic line.
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11->'''GeneralRipper:''' We must stop this creature before it destroys Topeka, Kansas!\
12'''Scientist/Expert:''' But you ''can't'' use a nuclear missile, General! (whips off his glasses) It's immoral!
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14This is parodied in modern productions such that the scientist will put his glasses back on and whip them off again with nearly ''every line''. Also used to parody SoapOpera doctors, whose glasses always come off when delivering bad news to the patient. Another common gag is for someone removing their glasses to have an identical pair on underneath.
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16Authority figures like a ScaryLibrarian might [[DisapprovingLook look]] over the tops of their reading glasses, or carefully take them off, in order to give that person a more effective [[DeathGlare steely glare]].
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18A [[LamePunReaction gut-wrenchingly horrible]] {{pun}} optional [[note]][[Music/TheWho YYYEEEAAAHHH!!!]][[/note]]
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20In RealLife, not many people with glasses whip them off after delivering a dramatic line, although some might remove their glasses if they spot something unusual due to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyopia presbyopia]], just to double-check that they're seeing correctly. Optometrists will warn against removing them with one hand as it could damage the frames.
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22A subtrope of CharacterTics and TheTake. See also TheGlassesComeOff. Contrast AttentiveShadeLowering, which is a reaction to something someone ''else'' said or did.
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24A Glasses Pull should not be confused with an AssPull, it'll ruin your glasses.
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27!!Examples:
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32* Parodied when Advertising/JackInTheBox introduced their bacon and cheddar potato wedges and jalapeno poppers, [[https://youtu.be/k6_0uF9ewJI running a television ad]] featuring a "doctor" extolling the wonderful health benefits of these new appetizers. He enters every single shot with his glasses on, then dramatically whips them off as he delivers his conclusions, at least five or six times total. And is never actually seen putting them back on during the course of said commercial. (At the end of the ad, Jack asks his ad exec "Where did you ''find'' this guy?" "[[TakeThat A tobacco company.]]")
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36* Mousse of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' likes to do this a lot, though part of the reason might be due to vanity and the fact he's pretty good looking when he's not sporting a massive pair of OpaqueNerdGlasses. Of course, because he's BlindWithoutEm, he invariably ends up making himself look stupid by, say, addressing the wrong person, or walking into something. Of course, he's not much better off with them ''on''...
37* Chichiri from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''... sort of. He wears a smiley face mask made to look like his face before it was heavily scarred.
38* Vash of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' does this now and then. When those ScaryShinyGlasses are put on, you know things are switching from humor to drama. Notable examples include his fight with the Nebraska Family after they almost kill innocent people, and his first run-in with Legato.
39* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Kamina pre-time-skip, and Simon many, many other times (both before and after the skip). Basically, if someone puts on glasses, something ''epic'' will be going down. And not just putting them on -- Yoko pulls off her [[spoiler:"teacher"]] glasses (with an audible "schwing" sound) just before going to town on two Ganmen post-TimeSkip.
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43* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' uses a nonverbal variation: a number of Peppermint Patty strips have the last panel with Marcie moving her glasses to the top of her head and as she rolls her eyes at Patty's antics - probably because the OpaqueNerdGlasses mean we wouldn't see the eye roll otherwise.
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47* General Rogard does it when Kent suggests using a nuclear strike on ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''.
48* Cobra Bubbles on ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' first takes off his shades when he tells Nani that he's "the one they call when things go wrong".
49* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008''. While answering the mayor's "hypothetical" question, Dr. [=LaRue=] whips off her safety glasses on the obvious dramatic line. In a later scene, she whips them off on an innocuous word so she can put them back on for the most dramatic line.
50* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when first seeing [[spoiler:Ming's panda form]], [[spoiler:Tyler]] pulls his 4*Townie glasses off in surprise. The glasses are then missing for the remainder of the scene.
51** Ming also does this when she sees Mei's panda form for the first time during an embarrassing moment at a maths class.
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55* [[ParodiedTrope Spoofed]] (like almost every other trope) in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', when Captain Rex Kramer whips off his sunglasses to make a dramatic point, only to reveal ''another'' pair of sunglasses underneath, which are themselves whipped off to emphasize ''another'' dramatic line.
56* Brad whips off his glasses when Janet says his complaints to Frank N. Furter are "ungrateful" in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. One common jeer at this is ''"Dun-da-da-DAH! Super Asshole!"''
57* In ''Film/Daredevil2003'', Matt takes his sunglasses off to let the rain touch his eyes. When it rains on his girlfriend, his hearing allows him to "see" when water sprays on them, so the eye-wear-removal makes ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis A! Dramatic! Statement!]]'' The removal of the glasses is also kind of a callback to earlier when she asks if she can remove his glasses. He's hesitant, as the blind gaze tends to bother people.
58* ''Film/HotFuzz'' parodies the hell out of this in one scene where some form of eyewear is removed for basically every line. That one scene is the peak of it, but most of the times the detectives speak they remove some eyewear. However, for that scene, the detectives had multiple lines- so they were wearing riot helmets as well as their sunglasses, just for the sake of drama.
59* Parodied in ''Film/BatmanForever:'' Bruce Wayne and Edward Nigma meet at a gala event; Nigma has a sick admiration for Wayne, and has been trying to emulate/show him up. As they converse, Wayne casually removes his glasses, then puts them back on, etc. Whatever he does with them, Nigma immediately apes with his own pair, in a more dramatic fashion.
60* ''Film/JurassicPark1993''.:
61** Dr. Grant and and Dr. Sattler pull their sunglasses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlmYh27MHg when they first see a dinosaur]].
62** Played for laughs when Doctor Malcolm approaches [[RoadApples triceratops feces]], pulls his glasses and says, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnun8y7r8_U That is one big pile of shit.]]"
63* ''Film/OnceAThief1965'': Sargatanas, a supremely creepy murderer, wears his sunglasses indoors until the scene where Mike reveals that he is planning a million-dollar robbery. This causes Sargatanas to pull his glasses down his nose and reveal his eyes for the first time.
64* Parodied in ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''. The preteen son of the hero is wearing a pair of sun glasses with the tag still on, whilst in a Yellowstone gift shop. After he gets a call from mom, he takes off said glasses (cue dramatic zoom in of his face) and says, "mom wants us home".
65* ''Film/MenInBlack'' has one, courtesy of Will Smith:
66-->'''J:''' You know the difference between you and me? ''(dons shades)'' I make this look '''good!'''
67* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'':
68** At the beginning of the movie, Marty [=McFly=] has one after he [[GaleForceSound is blown across the room after plugging his guitar into a giant amplifier at full volume]]. He sits up in the rubble he has caused, slowly reaches to remove his shades and utters, while staring at the now destroyed amp, "Whoa. Rock 'n' roll."
69** At the very end of the movie, Doc tells Marty "Roads? Where we're going we don't need ''(glasses flip)'' roads!" Played with, in that they're his rearview display, predating actual back-up cameras by 15-20 years.
70* Played ''achingly'' straight in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004''. Granted, with Riddick's sensitive eyes he has to put his goggles on when it gets too bright, but the amount of dramatic taking off of said goggles is excessive to the point of unintentional RunningGag. Seriously. Watch the movie and count how many times he takes them off or puts them on.
71* In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', the Vegan Police repeatedly remove and replace their sunglasses whenever they say something dramatic. [[LargeHam Which is frequently.]]
72* ''Film/SuckerPunch'': When either Blue or Doctor Gorski don their reading glasses to take a closer look at something, you know they are about to make an important discovery.
73* Done almost straight in ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' when the scientist is examining a killer tomato the size of a beach ball.
74-->''"Gentlemen, it's worse than we thought. This, God help us, is a ''cherry tomato''!"''
75* ''Film/BatmanBegins''
76** Jonathan Crane takes off his glasses quite frequently. WordOfGod says this was done intentionally to bring emphasis to Creator/CillianMurphy's CreepyBlueEyes.
77** Lucius Fox pulls his glasses to emphasize his IronicEcho when it's revealed that Fox and Bruce swiped Wayne Enterprises out from under Earle.
78--->'''Fox''': Didn't you get the memo?
79* Happens twice in ''[[Literature/TheMysteriousIsland Journey 2 The Mysterious Island]]''. The first time is when Sean sees Kailani for the first time and removes his sunglasses, stunned by her beauty. The second is during the helicopter ride, when the helicopter runs into the storm and Hank and Gabato remove their sunglasses in shock.
80* In the famous and oft-parodied scene in ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' (''Der Untergang''), UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler slowly and deliberately removes his glasses after he is given the bad news that the enemy is advancing and that Steiner could not mobilize enough men to carry out the assault. He then explodes into a rage.
81** The scene is parodied frame-for-frame in the satirical sci-fi comedy ''Film/IronSky'', but with Presidential campaign manager Vivian Wagner doing the glasses pull and the outburst instead of Hitler.
82* In the {{biopic}} ''TheLady'', Michael's Doctor removes his glasses before telling him he doesn't have very long to live, and that even he doesn't know exactly how long he has left.
83* ''Film/TheAvengers2012'':
84** Agent Coulson does this in the first scene of the film. Especially notable because those were sunglasses and the scene is set ''during the night''.
85** Bruce Banner has a habit of taking his glasses off when emphasizing a point.
86* In ''Film/{{Always}}'', Al pulls off his glasses after he sees Pete's [[spoiler: plane blow up]].
87* Agent Smith in ''Film/TheMatrix'' removes glasses to get "personal", when he's interrogating people.
88* In the American version of ''[[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'', Mikael Blomkvist is reviewing pictures from a parade that a presumed dead young girl attended the day she vanished. He slowly removes the glasses as upon viewing the pictures in rapid order, he watches the girl's expression change from happy to terrified and realizes that she may very well have been looking at her killer.
89* Glasses represent Kirk's age in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' -- He reluctantly puts them on to see the control panel, then quickly takes them off when he turns around to respond to Khan on the viewscreen.
90* Film/MadMax1 with his sunglasses after the Nightrider is run off the road and blown to pieces in a fiery explosion. This is the first time we get a proper look at Max's face.
91* The headmistress in ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' pulls her glasses off in a dramatic fashion when she hears from a teacher that her students complain about the lack of food at the school.
92* In ''Film/IrreconcilableDifferences'', Albert removes his glasses while trying to convince Casey not to become emancipated.
93* ''Film/TheFugitive''. Dr. Richard Kimble's BigBadFriend [[spoiler: Dr. Charles Nichols]] does this to convey his OhCrap reaction when Kimble confronts him with proof of his deception and involvement in his wife's murder.
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97* Creator/HPLovecraft's story "The Curse of Yig."
98-->''Dr. [=McNeill=] paused here and removed his glasses, as if a blurring of the objective world might make the reminiscent vision clearer.''
99* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel''. The police commissioner has a habit of polishing his glasses when he's nervous, and the detective protagonist thinks it's a good way of appearing to be busy while he's actually trying to think of what to say. Unlike lighting a pipe which would be too expensive in a [[OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap future where tobacco is rare]]. [[spoiler:It also keeps the glasses in the audience's mind, as they're an important clue. Turns out the Commissioner is the murderer; he removed his glasses to clean them and dropped them in his nervousness. Shards of glass left at the crime scene are used to prove this.]]
100* ''Literature/ThisIsItMichaelShayne'': There's more than one comment in the narrative about how Beatrice the SexySecretary would look hotter if she [[TheGlassesGottaGo took her glasses off]]. At the end, private detective Michael Shayne tells her that he knows she is the murderer. Beatrice turns around "and lifted her face, sliding the glasses off," when she realizes that she's going to have to seduce him to win his sympathy. (It doesn't work.)
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104* A variant was used on ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'', where Stringfellow Hawke would pull off his glasses and not say a thing.
105* Spoofed in ''Series/AngieTribeca'' when Angie puts her sunglasses on to deliver a snappy one-liner, then whips them off again.
106* ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'': DCI Keats ''loves'' doing this with his glasses - mainly to look cool, but also to underscore how much more human he appears without the glasses.
107* Oh, so often on ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. Roslin and Adama are particularly fond of the trope with their spectacles, and lawyer Romo Lampkin does much the same with his [[SunglassesAtNight usual sunglasses]].
108** Seeing as Romo has rather piercing eyes, it's clear he does this for effect (along with everything else he does).
109* In "The Date" episode of ''Series/{{Blossom}}'', the titular character is assaulted by her date when she refuses to have sex with him. When she confides in her father, he takes off his glasses while declaring in a [[TranquilFury chillingly calm]] voice, "I'm going to kill him."
110* Giles does this frequently in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. He even lampshades it in a tie-in comic when he has his arm in a sling and is unable to remove them.
111** Also lampshaded in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E6AllTheWay All the Way]]" when Xander/Anya start snogging passionately to celebrate their engagement.
112--->'''Buffy:''' Is that why you're always cleaning your glasses? So you don't have to see what we're doing?\
113'''Giles:''' Tell no one.
114** It all becomes too much for Buffy when she's caught in a GroundhogDayLoop in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E5LifeSerial Life Serial]]" -- she snatches them from Giles' hand and crushes them underfoot.
115** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 Becoming Part 2]]", a smirking Angelus cleans Giles' glasses for him while he's tied to a chair and tortured by having his fingers broken.
116** Noticably averted in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]". When Giles [[spoiler:murders Ben]] he makes a point of putting his glasses ''on'', as if refusing to spare himself the horror of what he's about to do.
117* Parodied on an episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'' by [[Creator/BruceCampbell Sam Axe]] posing as a crime scene investigator, complete with horrendous QuipToBlack. Made funnier because the show is set in Miami.
118** Also done [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwGlL3hxaCY here]] by ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
119* {{Discussed}} in the Series/CrazyExGirlfriend song "Slow Motion". Yeah, it looks pretty damn cool to remove sunglasses in slow motion, but then you don't really have anything to ''do'' with the sunglasses afterwards.
120--> ''But definitely look to the side''\
121''Flip your hair''\
122''Put on your sunglasses''\
123''Take off the sunglasses... and just... hold them... I guess?''
124* Alternately played straight and {{inverted|Trope}} by ''Series/CSIMiami'''s [[LargeHam Horatio Caine]], who punctuates every dramatic pronouncement by either removing his CoolShades before he speaks or putting them on afterwards -- most famously, his horrendously (and hilariously) over-the-top QuipToBlack at the end of any given ColdOpen (cue Music/TheWho's [[BigYes YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!]]). Special mention goes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d54Ok6Uz_A this scene]], which features Horatio taking off his glasses as he's coming out of a car...for the sole purpose of pulling this ''mere seconds later'' as the [[EveryCarIsAPinto car explodes]] [[UnflinchingWalk behind him.]] Caine's version probably deserves its own page by now -- [[MemeticMutation there are references to/jokes about it everywhere]]. The glasses "pull" has become such a signature for the character that when A&E began running reruns of the series, their promos had the announcer giving the name of the series and announcing its times...while all they showed on screen was the sunglasses sitting on a table.
125** Here is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948 YouTube]] clip that collects several dozen examples.
126** Parodied in [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/CSI/ this Weebl & Bob episode]].
127** Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSqkwyL1Zo&feature=related parodied]] by Creator/JimCarrey.
128** And ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', [[http://xkcd.com/626/ here]] and [[http://xkcd.com/524/ here]].
129** Also by [[http://clayyount.com/raecomics/2011/1/31/oh-geordi.html Clay Yount]] (of ''Webcomic/RobAndElliot''), with a bonus [[VomitIndiscretionShot reaction]] from an Incredibly Lame Pun.
130** And ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qAqAhKEk5M "Looks like the rules... just got screwed."]]
131** And in [[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/253/a/6/magneto_by_derlaine8-d3jyrxd.jpg this image]] on Website/DeviantArt, but transferred to ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
132* In 'The Sky Lift' episode (season 5) of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'', protagonist Larry does this when accusing Richard Lewis' nurse of hiding Mickey Mantle's 500 homerun ball inside her ample vagina.
133* On ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and ''Series/TheColbertReport'', people do this all the time, sometimes putting on glasses beforehand in order to whip them off. At one point, Stephen Colbert actually put on a pair of glasses ''over the one he was already wearing'', citing the theory that, if taking off glasses automatically makes things serious, putting on another pair should lighten the mood.
134** During a rant on the January 21, 2010, episode of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', Jon puts on and removes six different pairs of glasses, mostly one at a time, as he turns from camera to camera emphasizing almost every sentence, culminating in a pair of reading glasses worn over some novelty 2010 New Year's glasses, removed one after the other to emphasize two consecutive statements. He was making fun of [[Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann]], who made a point of doing this when responding to the rant the next day.
135** A segment about Pope Benedict forgiving the Jews for killing Christ:
136--->Y'know, if the Jews didn't kill Christ... You know what this means? The real killers are still out there. Time for ''CSI: Nazareth.'' Looks like the Son of God... got double-crossed.\
137'''YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!'''
138** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZABknwBlfk this sketch]] on ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', Stephen does the dramatic glasses pull only for them to be back on his face in the next shot. He does it ''eight times'' during one scene.
139* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In the first episode, when Matt is conversing with Karen on the couch about his blindness, he temporarily removes his glasses when he tells Karen that he'd give anything to see the sky one more time. Here, the moment highlights the sexual tension between Matt and Karen, given Matt's apartment is being lit only by the neon billboard across the street and [[SexyShirtSwitch Karen is wearing one of his dress shirts]].
140* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Tenth Doctor does this on occasion — though he's more known for whipping his glasses ''on'' when something's important. Notable examples include [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]] ("I know just the man.") and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem "The Sontaran Stratagem"]] ("Conditional clause.").
141* When attempting to seem sophisticated in order to impress Becky, Jesse practices this on ''Series/FullHouse.''
142-->'''Joey''': Well, if anything else comes up, just take your glasses and say, "Interesting but terribly overrated."\
143'''Jesse''': Thanks. I'll try that. Okay. "Interesting, but terribly overrated."\
144'''Joey''': Congratulations, Jess. You are now a sophisticated intellectual.
145* Now ''Series/{{House}}'' is in on it, too, making a dark joke about it when [[spoiler:Kutner kills himself]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6AxJ_L8eg goofing around with it in the season bloopers]].
146* From ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' we have Barney's video resume. Between questions from the interviewer (Barney with an accent), Barney puts on his glasses just so he can take them off when he's answering the next question.
147* ''Series/TheITCrowd'': "Hang on, let me put on some slightly larger glasses..."
148* Using these clips was a recurring bit on ''[[Creator/ConanOBrien Late Night With Conan O'Brien]]'', on par with the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' lever for a time.
149* An episode of ''Series/LateNight with Creator/JimmyFallon'' had Jimmy and guest Jeff Daniels play a MadLibs-like game called "Dramatic Turns" where they would take turns saying "That may be, but…", pulling off their own glasses, and dramatically reading an audience-written cue card.
150* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': A key way to tell when Shades means business is when he pulls off his signature Ray-Bans in the midst of a conversation.
151* Atsuko from ''Series/MajisukaGakuen'' takes her glasses off in a dramatic manner whenever she's going to fight.
152* Parodied in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' by the infamous Colonel Flagg, who whips off his sunglasses only to reveal a second pair of sunglasses.
153* In a ''Series/MrShow'' sketch, a documentary show host takes his glasses off whenever he makes a statement. When the camera cuts back to him, they're back on again.
154* On ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' if Jessica is wearing her reading glasses at the end of an act she will usually take them off to express shock.
155* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "City Limits", Tom Servo notes that Kim Catrall's character in the movie is only wearing glasses so she can pull them off dramatically.
156* On ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', Vice Principal Crubbs always wears the same white suit and sunglasses (he's a parody of Crockett and Tubbs on ''Series/MiamiVice'' -- ''vice'' principal. [[{{Pun}} get it?]]). If he shows up in an episode, you can guarantee he will whip them off before the end of his dialogue (often accompanied by a dramatic sound effect), then replace them and walk away as he finishes speaking. Truly hilarious when he has many scenes in a single episode. He will also use them to glare dramatically after, yes, whipping them off (often times going "I'm watching you ''super closely'' like ''this!'' and then proceeds to do all sorts of bizarre poses with his glasses).
157** At one point, he took off a pair of glasses to reveal ''another pair of glasses underneath them''.
158* ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' is basically a parody of all tech-driven cop shows ever, but has a special place in its heart for ''CSI: Miami''. Is it any surprise the intro features lead character and Horatio Caine expy Trent Hauser doing standard and Caine pulls in the space of a split second?
159* [[DaChief Cowley]] from ''Series/TheProfessionals'' does this with his specs.
160* One episode of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' had Dangle [[NoFourthWall taking a dramatic pause]] then lampshading it. Everybody else hams it up for the rest of the scene, with Jones doing this apropos of nothing.
161* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': guest Alec Baldwin, on Mike Myers' "How to Be a Handsome Actor" instructional, demonstrates the fine points of spinning in an office chair to face the camera, whipping off one's glasses, signing a paper without looking at it, and picking up a ringing phone and immediately talking into it.
162* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Played with when the brain trust decides to make sure Keith is a suitable husband for Elliot.
163-->'''Ted''': We can't control what kind of husband he'll be...\
164'''Janitor''': (pauses) Lloyd, give me those glasses. Say that again in exactly the same way. (puts on glasses)\
165'''Ted''': We can't... CONTROL what kind of husband he'll be...\
166'''Janitor''': (removes glasses) Or can we?
167* The L.A. Policeman Johnny investigating Kramer in the two part ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Trip".
168* In one episode of ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', Oscar Goldman is introduced to a girl who claims to be able to read minds. She demonstrates her power by telling Oscar exactly what he's thinking, and the surprised Oscar, to show just how surprised he is, whips off his glasses.
169* The "Sally Jensen, Kid Lawyer" sketch of ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''/''Series/SoRandom'' features Sally constantly removing and replacing her glasses in a dramatic fashion.
170* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E08ChangingChannels Changing Channels]]", the Winchester brothers are stuck in what appears to be different TV shows, and upon entering a ''Series/{{CSI}}''-esque setting, they begin to imitate Horatio Cane, with Glasses Pull and DramaticPause. It is hilarious...
171-->'''Dean:''' Calm down?! I am wearing {{sunglasses at night}}! Know who does that? [[TakeThat No-talent douchebags!]]
172* Richard Hammond of ''Series/TopGear'' does this during the American Road Trip special, upon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2syY12OPkwI#t=7m03s seeing New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina.]]
173* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', Josh Lyman threatens a Congressman over a vote.
174-->'''Josh''': President Bartlet is a good man. He has a good heart. He doesn't hold grudges. ''(whips out sunglasses, puts them on, walks off, then turns back)'' That's what he pays me for.
175** President Bartlet also has a tendency to whip off his glasses whenever Leo tells him anything dramatic. (Or when Charlie informs him that the [[MundaneMadeAwesome Butterball has a hotline]].) Of course, [[JustifiedTrope he wears reading glasses]], so he's usually looking up from whatever dramatic memo Leo put in his hands.
176** Sam Seaborn – who, despite being in his early 30s, already wears reading glasses – puts them on almost as an 'action mode' sign when he's getting serious about work. Or to subconsciously mock-imitate the President.
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180* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg Winning]]", during the call and response Music/{{Schmoyoho}} removes his shades to reveal a second pair.
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184* The "Mother of God" meme is an image of a shocked man removing his sunglasses. Examples [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mother-of-god here]] (some may be NSFW).
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188* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1417-j SCP-1417-J ("Passive-Aggressive Meteorite")]]. During Emergency Procedure 1634-Broadway, Dr. Anderson whips off his glasses at a dramatic moment.
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192* Creator/JimGaffigan's bit about provides the page quote.
193* Creator/RichardJeni did a bit on removing glasses in a stand-up routine. He also suggested that this is the major advantage to wearing glasses, since there's no way you could do it with contact lenses without [[EyeScream poking yourself in the eye]].
194* Chad Daniels had a bit with an especially obtuse [=IHoP=] waiter refusing to accept his passport as valid ID. He nearly lost it cracking up when his daughter argued "Isn't this the ''International'' House of Pancakes?" [[SincerityMode in total seriousness]], with him adding that if she'd been wearing glasses, that would been the moment where she dramatically whipped them off to underscore her point.
195* Creator/ArdalOHanlon argues that glasses are better than contact lenses in case you get into an argument, in which case you can take them off to emphasise a point. Trying to take out your contact lenses in the same scenario doesn't have the same impact.
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199* Shi-Long Lang and Shih-na of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. At some points, they seem to have put on sunglasses while offscreen for the ''sole purpose'' of doing this.
200* [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Al-Cid Margrace]], a one appearance wonder in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', proceeds to prove his badassitude by waltzing in, removing his sunglasses, then handing them to his maid who folds them up and stuffs them down her shirt.
201* Hudson gets a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fCv475ilw particularly epic one]] in one of the later levels of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''. He gets another one at the end of the first level of ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops II]]'', complete with the same music as the first time, which [[https://youtu.be/P792j976KGo?t=1373 quickly winds down]] when he gets shot in the shoulder immediately after.
202* Albert Wesker does this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtVuo4Al5gI epically]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5.'' To summarize: the sunglasses come off, he ''throws'' the glasses at Chris, who instinctively catches them, knocks Chris and Sheva flat on their asses, and puts the glasses back on, [[RuleOfCool all in one fluid motion.]]
203** Wesker doing this carries over to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where he ditches his sunglasses before performing a Hyper Combo. In ''Ultimate'', he actually gets ''stronger'' without his sunglasses on.
204* The Wonder Chef does this every time you find him in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
205* [[VideoGame/TheGame2008 Replaying :the game:]] parodies this at the end of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}} :the game:'' with Horatio putting on new glasses ''[[HurricaneOfPuns over the previous ones]]''.
206-->'''Horatio:''' Well... good night... ''(puts on glasses)'' sweet prince.\
207'''''YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!'''''\
208NOW LET'S JUST '''KILL''' THE '''''[[{{Pun}} HORATIO]]''''' '''[[{{Pun}} CAINE]]''' JOKE
209-->'''Horatio:''' King Hamlet... talk about... ''(puts on glasses)'' sibling rivalry.
210-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
211-->Looks like it's curtains... ''(puts on glasses)'' for Polonius.
212-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
213-->Rosencrantz and Guildenstern... the check's... ''(puts on glasses)'' in the mail.
214-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
215-->Looks like Ophelia... ''(puts on glasses)'' was drowning her sorrows.
216-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
217-->Laertes... ''(puts on glasses)'' got the point.
218-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
219-->Queen Gertrude... wine... ''(puts on giant glasses on top of all the other stacked-up pairs)'' and dyin'.
220-->'''''YEEEAAHHH'''''
221-->King Claudius... double... ''(presses button, millions of glasses fall from ceiling)'' the trouble.
222-->'''''YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!'''''
223-->HORATIO THEN BECAME FORTINBRAS'S ADVISOR OF COOL
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227* ''Webcomic/BiggerThanCheeses'': [[http://www.biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=701 This infamous parody strip]] singlehandedly catapulted the ''CSI Miami'' opening across the internet in a vengeful maelstrom of [[ImageBoards infernal]] [[MemeticMutation memetic virulence]]. Note the second pair of sunglasses in the third panel.
228* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'':
229** Subsequently done by [[MemeticMutation Rick Astley]] in [[http://xkcd.com/524/ this]] strip.
230** By ''Isaac Newton'' in [[http://xkcd.com/626/ this one]], complete with an even worse pun than the first and ShoutOut to ''Series/CSIMiami''.
231* Tedd [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-13 in this]] ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' strip.
232** Although the removal of the OpaqueNerdGlasses was actually a major plot point, not just pointless drama. Tedd uses those glasses to preserve a [[AmbiguousGender modicum of his masculinity]], since he has very [[{{Bishonen}} feminine,]] [[WhatBeautifulEyes pretty eyes]]. That was the first time in... what, seven years?... that he showed his eyes to someone.
233* The park ranger in [[http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2009-02-26 this]] ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl'' strip.
234* Parson does this in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', while announcing "…the ''last'' of the last stands." The golem behind him immediately [[ShoutOut shouts out]] "[=YyyyeeEAAAAhhhh=]!"
235* Christian Weston Chandler [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nkN1AHKD0 does this frequently]] in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''.
236* Used in ''Webcomic/DeadMetaphor'' here[[http://deadmetaphor.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=9]] Complete with a YEEAAAH! on an iphone!
237* Used in [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/09/11/canine-scene-investigation/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}''. The AltText provides the "YEEAAAH!" to complete the ''Series/CSIMiami'' parody.
238* The Detective of ''Webcomic/TheWayOfTheMetagamer 2: InNameOnly''.
239* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s Sollux Captor [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003971 does]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003972 this]] in another ''Series/CSIMiami'' parody. Yeah.
240* ''Webcomic/VGCats'' does this in a [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=297 Halo: Reach comic]].
241* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' uses this [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2037 as a way to deliver some really bad math.]]
242* Mocked in ''Webcomic/{{Positivity}}''[='=]s [[http://positivity.thecomicseries.com/comics/30/ "Glasses Pull"]] strip. A giant robot is destroying the city, so a man walks away, buys a pair of sunglasses, walks back, puts them on, and then takes them off to say "'''Oh bugger'''".
243* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Tarvek yanks off his glasses once when he's being a bit dramatic, he took them off to better rub the bridge of his nose in exhaustion and exasperation though.
244* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' hangs a [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/479 lampshade on it.]]
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248* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', Dr. Horrible pulls on his goggles to come to the very last scene.
249* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bwgWbZARAY&feature=related Seto Kaiba do this]] at the end of episode 44, complete with the "YEEAAAAHH."
250** [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Looks like the rules (puts glasses on) just got screwed]]
251** Also used in a clip that takes dialogue from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' and puts it into the mouths of Bandit Keith and Zombie Boy.
252---> '''Keith:''' Tim, [[IHaveYourWife they've got your wife]]!\
253'''Zombie Boy:''' But I'm not married!\
254'''Keith:''' You are now...''(takes off his sunglasses)'' to '''AMERICA'''!
255* WebVideo/JonTron invokes this in his "Plug and Play Consoles" episode, when he learns [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHepjitYJmM&feature=youtu.be&t=424 one of the consoles he plays doesn't show the actual games list unless the cartridge is removed while playing]]. Made funnier with the fact that he isn't wearing glasses during any other part of the episode.
256---> [=JonTron=]: '''*takes off glasses*''' Whyyyyyyy?
257* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob does this as part of the LockAndLoadMontage in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', spins dramatically...and then puts them right back on.
258** In his reviews, Creator/BradJones taking off the glasses is a cue that what he's saying is out of character.
259* (Pulls off sunglasses) [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/doom-house.php A doom house?!]]
260* Once more, with [[http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/?id=6915 giraffes]].
261* ''WebVideo/RegularOrdinarySwedishMealTime'''s chef does this a few times in the Satanic Salad episode. It even comes with the Who's vocal sample from their song "Won't Get Fooled Again."
262* From ''WebVideo/StuffYouLike'''s review of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode 'The Blind Banker': "This week *puts on glasses* it's ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' [[DistressedDude Whump Week]]." [[Music/TheWho YEAAAAAAH!!!]]
263* Chris-chan, creator of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'', frequently does this when he starts to rant about [[SeriousBusiness trolls]].
264** He actually throws them on the ground, and has once broken them.
265* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mother-of-god Now in meme form.]]
266* Desmond, the BigBad of ''WebVideo/SplinterCellExtinction'' poses as a geeky programmer. When he leads the protagonist into an ambush, he silently takes his glasses off and puts a tactical vest on instead of gloating. Works better, especially paired with [[OneWomanWail the music]].
267%%* Hilariously parodied in a relatively recent WebVideo/WheezyWaiter video.
268* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meam4ixHR3s video for the website for Lacuna Inc.]], created to promote the movie 'Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind', Dr. Mierzwiak does it when saying the company's slogan:
269** ''Don't forget: with Lacuna you can forget.''
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273* Cartman of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' donned a pair of glasses just to whip them off one line later when he was presenting the "shocking" facts about the 9/11 conspiracy in "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce."
274* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' used the same identical-glasses-underneath gag as ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
275* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', with "Doctor Rip Studwell", patterned after SoapOpera docs. He took his glasses off for bad news, put them on for good news.
276* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "[[OncePerEpisode Aren't you a little young]] to know about all these old detective shows?" "Yes. Yes we... are." (YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!)
277* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' had Jimmy constantly putting on [[CoolShades sunglasses]] just to take them off.
278* Rainbow Dash does this with a pair of goggles in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Swarm of the Century."
279-->"Time to take out the adorable trash."
280** Inverted in "Wonderbolt Academy", when Spitfire takes off and folds her sunglasses to glare at Rainbow when she smells dissent.
281* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer does this from time to time when shown wearing his reading glasses.
282* ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'': In "The Ci-Kat-A," one of the MASA guards being controlled by the aliens, and turning into an alien himself, does this with his SinisterShades to expose his creepy green insect eyes.
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286* Inverted towards the end of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, it was beginning to look like the makeshift government wasn't going to be able to pay the army for its service. UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's officers called a meeting to discuss possible retaliations, which included pulling out into the backwoods and letting Congress defend itself, or even turning against it outright. Washington made a speech to them about how this would totally suck and they shouldn't do it, which they were not in the mood to hear. Then at the end he pulled out a letter from Congress explaining the government's financial problems, along with his reading glasses (this was the first time he'd let ''anyone'' outside of his personal staff see him wear them), and reportedly said something like, "Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only gray but half-blind in the service of my country." [[ShamingTheMob This served as a massive guilt trip]], and after he'd read the letter and left, the officers unanimously voted to accept Congress's leadership and forget the idea of rebellion. A rare instance of this working because it makes the invoker look ''weaker''.
287* In terms of body language, someone pulling off their glasses generally means that they're either trying to artificially make you more receptive to them by removing a barrier, or they're about to lie to you, removing their glasses so that they won't be looking you (clearly) in the eye.
288** To be fair, it is generally very rude to speak to someone while wearing sunglasses, especially upon first meeting them. Eye contact is important in most cultures, as it can be a judge of honesty, intent, and attention.
289* In terms of public speaking, the glasses removal trick can actually work fairly well, if done carefully. For example, some people first learning how to handle witnesses in court, or doing opening or closing arguments, will start fidgeting with their clothes or their glasses. One way to take the latter and make it work is to channel it; when you get to a question or line in your argument where you're really trying to make a point, draw attention to it by taking off your glasses and using them as a "prop" if you will by gesturing with the hand you have them in. (Granted, over doing it will make you look hammier than [[Series/CSIMiami Horatio Caine]], but careful application is very effective!) Law school witness examination classes actually occasionally bring this up as [[TruthInTelevision a useful trick to have in your arsenal]].
290* Go watch the clips of Creator/WalterCronkite reporting on the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. He invokes this trope repeatedly, most famously in his "From Dallas, Texas..." announcement of the President's death. It appears that Cronkite keeps putting on his reading glasses to scan bulletins as they are handed to him, then takes them off as he faces the camera to avoid reflecting glare from the lights.
291** Cronkite was also genuinely affected by the events that he was covering--events that he was learning of at the same time he was reporting them. He wasn't intentionally invoking, but it nevertheless helped to highlight the seriousness of each development.
292** Cronkite did this again, in a much happier context, when broadcasting the moon landing in 1969.
293* A hugely ill King Frederik IX of Denmark did this for the traditional last line of his traditional New Year's Eve speech at the end of 1971: "God preserve Denmark"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN5rby3nglA]]. He was dead two weeks later.
294* Also parodied in Sea World California's sea lion show: "Sea Lions Live", which is a rather amusing parody of popular TV shows of past and present played by the trainers and Seymour and Clyde, the staring sea lions. In one particular segment, they manage to parody CSI, CSI: Miami AND CSI: NY in rapid succession as the trainer wears the vest emblazoned with SLSI (Sea Lion Scene Investigation). On part stands out as one of the best parts of the show as they try to solve the murder and kidnap of a fish:
295-->'''Female Trainer dressed like Catherine''': Smells like something here... is fishy...\
296'''YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!''' ''cue imagination montage as trainer and sea lion shuffle across the stage, striking poses as the sea lion grins and winks at the audience.''
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