[[NeonGenesisEvangelion http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lt/GendoGlasses.jpg]]
[[caption-width:201:[[MagnificentBastard Gendo Ikari]] demonstrates the power of the glasses.]]
-> ''Why is Yamazaki winning?''
-> ''Maybe because he can do the Gendo glasses thing even [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/YamazakiGlasses.png without a light source]]?''
-> '''Wave Master''' ''{{Megatokyo}} Forums''

These are definitely ''not'' NerdGlasses, although they are sometimes mistaken for them at first. This is a variant of ''TheFaceless.''

In anime, one's eyes are an indicator of the soul. [[GoodEyesEvilEyes Large eyes represent honesty and innocence, while smaller eyes indicate worldliness]]. Strong-willed girls will have {{Tsurime}}. {{Moe}} characters have {{Tareme}}. A trickster will have [[EyesAlwaysShut closed eyes]]. (Which doesn't necessarily mean they're evil, just that they're sneaky. Of course, many sneaky people are evil...)

If you [[HiddenEyes can't even]] ''see'' their eyes because of the ScaryShinyGlasses, beware - for these are individuals who deliberately wall themselves off from the people around them.

The ScaryShinyGlasses can be turned on or off at will by the wearer; they can especially crank it up for intimidation. When they are in effect, the glasses reflect light such that all you can see are two white circles, nothing is visible of the eyes. Often for extra effect, their bodies will just be a black outline, so the glasses are the only visible detail - this effect is at times accompanied by a NoblewomansLaugh, regardless of their wearer's actual gender. Failing that, they may actually have an AudibleGleam.

It's often revealed that the person doesn't have any eye problems at all, the glasses are just non-prescription lenses. Someone opening up to others or dying can result in the glasses symbolically breaking or being given up. TheGlassesGottaGo!

People with ScaryShinyGlasses never have TheGlassesComeOff for just fights. However, recently, a hidden villain may reveal themselves to be a true villain by abandoning their glasses. A single flash of the glasses can represent a sudden increase of intention, but to really be the ScaryShinyGlasses it needs to be an even, creepy glow. A variation of ScaryShinyGlasses is to have the glow complete on one lens, but just a flash or not there at all on the other, allowing the audience to see just how sinister the character is behind those glasses.

The [[CoolShades shades]] worn by {{MIB}} are a lesser variant; see SinisterShades. KichikuMegane also love this trope.

If you are a total badass, or want others to think you are such, during a break in fighting adjust your glasses by pushing them farther back on your nose. There is a 99% certainty this will cause the ScaryShinyGlasses phenomenon, virtually guaranteeing your victory. Compare MalevolentMaskedMen.
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* (Top picture) Gendo Ikari from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', who combines this with a KubrickStare and [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive clasped hands]] to devastating effect. (In a pretty obvious thematic nod, his original pair of glasses ''broke'' when he rescued Rei, and he took to wearing his sunglasses at all times afterward. In the manga version, the readers - and implicitly Shinji - began to see Gendo's eyes behind his glasses more often as we learned more about him.) For whatever reasons, photoshops of Gendo's sunglasses and steepled fingers onto random people and characters became something of a meme.
**The truly frightening part is that Gendo looks even scarier without glasses then he does with them on
**In ''[[Film/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild 2.0]]'', Ritsuko and Mari spend some time doing this to.
* Yuki Nagato of ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', does this at times.
* ''{{Hellsing}}'' does this a lot with Alucard, Integra, Anderson, Rip, occasionally Walter, and a few others. It fact, {{Hellsing}} ''thrives'' on this trope for horror effects. Owning a pair of glasses or shades seems to mark most of the important characters. Admittedly, though, some lesser characters have these.
** Alucard ditches his glasses for the most part after the first half of the series (people complained that they made him look like a knock-off of similar characters.) Strangely, he can still do this -without the glasses. Admittedly, he may just have glowing pupils.
** Alucard subverts this in that his eyes are only revealed when he's letting loose. First one, then both, then he becomes a goddamn cloud of eyes.
* Anthy Himemiya from ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* Yoriko from ''YoureUnderArrest'' does the shiny-glasses routine whenever she tells scary stories or is up to something especially devious.
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/professortomoeshiny.jpg Professor Tomoe]] from ''SailorMoon''. In fact, we most often seen him as a silhouette with scary shiny glasses.
** And Ami on occasion.
* Ayane Isuzu From ''{{Gatekeepers}} 21''.
* Muraki from ''YamiNoMatsuei''.
* Yomiko Readman from ''ReadOrDie'' (yes, really). Sometimes Nenene in ''ROD the TV'' too. [[spoiler:In Anita's flashback, Yomiko's glasses actually glow like headlights.]]
* Itsuki Midoriba from {{Shuffle}}, normally only when he's being mischievous.
* Tasuke Yasuda from ''TenshiNaKonamaiki''.
* In times of stress or extreme exasperation, the ScaryShinyGlasses are seen on Yomi in ''AzumangaDaioh''.
** And Mr. Kimura's glasses are ''always'' shiny. Appropriately enough, he's usually [[{{Understatement}} kinda creepy]].
* Captain Kuro on ''OnePiece''. Lampshaded when Kaya gives him a new pair for his third anniversary as her butler, and he other attendant says they've been fitted so they won't keep slipping off and reflecting light because of the angle.
** In the most recent episode of the anime, Kuma pulls this off too, though in his case it's more like [[spoiler: Scary Shiny Focusing Lenses]] than actual glasses.
** Admiral Kizaru. [[spoiler: He has the power of the [[LightisNotGood Pika-Pika Fruit, making him a "Light Man".]] That also means he can kick at the speed of light, as well as generally become light and make light-based explosions. Having said that, when he uses his power, his glasses literally become shiny as a the pirate shits his pants for a brief split second before he kicks you. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown If it even takes that long.]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Pirates, beware!]]]]
* [[OvermanKingGainer Gainer]] does this near the series finale.
** ''SuperRobotWars'' K uses this to frightening effect, where the screen goes black, and his glasses (the only thing visible) begin to appear and disappear, and [[NightmareFuel each time they get a little bit closer...]]
* Subversion: Dr. Ono Tofu from ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' goes into shiny-glasses mode whenever he encounters Kasumi Tendo, on whom he has (apparently) a deep, all-encompassing crush. He's far from evil, but he spaces so badly during these "attacks" that he can hurt people quite severely, completely by accident.
** This Troper always thought that was his glasses ''steaming up''?
** ''Genma Saotome'', of all people, actually pulls this off a couple of times in the anime. And he plays it straight.
* Brad Crawford from ''WeissKreuz''.
* Shou Tucker, the "Sewing Life Alchemist", from ''FullMetalAlchemist''. On the other hand, Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes' occasionally-Scary glasses function entirely backwards, showing his eyes only when a Plan is being Formed.
** This might actually be more in line with the "concealing one's soul" angle, though - most glasses on the characters are Shiny only during bouts of [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Absentmindedness]], and the effect only subsides when they [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass reveal their true, hypercompetent nature]].
** When he is not busy being a [[TheDitz ditzy]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, manga Hohenheim switches to ScaryShinyGlasses mode and becomes a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass competent, badass, and threatening]] {{Determinator}}. Also used to great comic effects to emphasize the [[CloudcuckooLander weirdness]] of his body language, as he makes [[TheReveal scary revelations]] and silly comments with an impenetrable face and hidden eyes.
** Scar did this occasionally back when he wore sunglasses more.
* Kabuto Yakushi, ''{{Naruto}}''. What's noteable here is how frequently he pushes them up as if they were NerdGlasses (sometimes over 4 times in less than a minute) but still maintains his twisted, sadistic, mysterious demeanor.
** Not to mention Shino, whose eyes (or, according to some theories, lack thereof) are a fairly well-discussed topic among the fandom.
** The bookstore owner in Episode 2 also demonstrates these while ejecting Naruto.
* Kyouya Ootori in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''.
* Three examples from ''{{Patlabor}}'': Officer Shinshi, Mister Utsumi, ''and'' Utsumi's henchman Kurosaki.
* Roberta in ''BlackLagoon''.
** Dutch also gets these at one point during the scene in episode three where [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Revy wipes out a pirate fleet singlehandedly]].
* Principal Chieko Sannomiya in ''[[IMyMeStrawberryEggs I! My! Me! Strawberry Eggs]]''.
* Shuichi Takamizawa of ''MidoriNoHibi'' uses his glasses to hide his figurine {{Otaku}} obsession. The lenses will crack to show that his emotions are becoming too much to contain, then appear undamaged when he has control again. When he's being sincere but still scary, one lens will clear while the other is opaque.
* Push Vash the Stampede from ''{{Trigun}}'' hard enough, and he'll put on his ScaryShinyGlasses. If you were the poor bastard who pushed him into this mode, you are absolutely screwed, as this is when he drops his ObfuscatingStupidity and becomes a true force to be reckoned with. The only thing ''worse'' than ScaryShinyGlasses mode for Vash is when he's pushed far enough for him to enter [[GlowingEyesOfDoom "Eyes of the Diablo"]] mode, in which case [[BewareTheNiceOnes you are completely, utterly screwed beyond all hope]]. [[spoiler:Although he still won't kill you.]]
* An early example is Musuka from the film ''Laputa: {{Castle in the Sky}}'', whose dark glasses display glints of light passing across them, particularly to emphasize when he says or does something particularly devious.
* In ''LoveHina'', Keitaro's glasses (and to a lesser degree, Naru's) go Shiny at times when they are deep in thought or experiencing intense emotion -- a milder version than the scary, sinister usage.
* In ''DetectiveConan'' (''CaseClosed'' in the U.S.), Conan's glasses often go shiny when he's thinking hard, plotting, or experiencing a flash of inspiration.
* ''{{Bleach}}'':
** [[spoiler: Aizen Sousuke, originally portrayed as a well-mannered and nice guy, occasionally had scary shiny glasses, particularly when Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya learns of his treachery. Later, though, his particularly devious plans are revealed, and he breaks his glasses.]]
** Uryu Ishida's glasses shine when he ponders something, wants to hide his feelings or gets angry. His father, Ryuuken, is pretty much always pondering, keeping secrets, and being bitter, so his glasses are often shiny.
** 8th Division lieutenant Nanao Ise in episode 55 when she's angry with her captain for leaving her behind while escaping from Captain Yamamoto.
*** She's actually scarier when she releases her glasses, but this only occurs in the Omake Shinigami Golden Cup. Even someone as sadistic like Mayuri pissed on his pants when he sees her releasing her glasses.
** Ichigo's zanpakuto Zangetsu in human form.
** Don Kanonji’s glasses often become shiny when he’s excited about one of his new ideas (which ''could'' be considered frightening).
** [[SchoolgirlLesbians Chizuru Honshou]] when thinking about Orihime in episode 15.
** The Bount Ugaki while using his doll against the invading Soul Reapers in episodes 89 and 90.
* Kitagawa in ''{{Genshiken}}'' does this on occasion.
** Anybody with glasses in ''Genshiken'', although this is less ScaryShinyGlasses and more either "Hide your Feelings" glasses or "Hide your identity" glasses.
* Murata Ken in ''KyouKaraMaou'' has scary shiny glasses when he's being devious or withholding information from the other good guys.
*Kurata from ''DigimonSavers'', in which the shiny glasses are used as a label reading "This guy is evil. Really damn evil. So evil we should call him Hitlermon, seriously."
*In ''{{Pokemon}}'', Max occasionally does this when he's pulling Brock away from a beautiful woman. He's not evil, just really annoyed. And [[TheScrappy annoying]], but that's another story.
** Later, [[StalkerWithACrush Conway.]] Subverted by the fact that Conway is otherwise a pretty normal guy (ignoring the fact that he likes to 'investigate' people - usually girls - and can breathe underwater) and an extremely knowledgeable Pokemon battler.
***Well, Conway had some sort of weird device in his mouth to breathe underwater, (yes, I'll notice that, and not the fact he's spying on Dawn in a bikini... isn't it a kid's show?!) Misty has been seen talking underwater!
**Lorelei, though only in the Pokemon Special Manga. In fact, all of her appearances, major or minor, keepes her eyes hidden behind the glare from the glasses, even when standing by the battle between Lance and Yellow. Ironically, the battle is happening in a ''cave''.
*Lain's father from ''SerialExperimentsLain'' does this quite a lot, particularly to depict how alienated Lain gets from the real world. Different from most cases as the effect is more the glow of a computer monitor than the shine of a reflective surface.
*[[spoiler:Kuzuki]] in ''FateStayNight'''s anime adaptation.
*In ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', Ishigami when he's being evil and Yukino when she's hiding something.
* In ''GundamWing'', Lady/Colonel Une's multiple personality disorder hinges on whether she has her glasses on or not. I forget if they ever actually "Shine" but I think this counts.
** This troper says they ''do'' shine several times, so yeah.
* ''DigimonAdventure02'' has Ken. While he's the BigBad, his [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes villainous outfit]] is topped off with shades that often do the Scary Shiny thing while he's plotting something.
** His StartOfDarkness almost-WholeEpisodeFlashback includes a very creepy scene where a young Ken looks up to see his older brother, Osamu, doing the scary glasses thing down at him, right before flying into a rage and yelling at Ken for disobeying him. This is when Ken [[IWishedYouWereDead wished his brother would "just disappear;"]] the BigBad Digimon Kaiser bears a disturbing resemblance to Osamu.
* Ovan in ''[[DotHack .hack//Roots]]''
* Zack Temple in the anime of ''MegaManStarForce'', but only for a second. Mainly just to show he's a jerk despite being geeky.
* Kurama from ''ElfenLied'' to showcase that he is a cold, emotionally tormented individual.
* In the manga ''BattleAngelAlita/Gunmn'', Desty Nova wears spectacles which are essentially opaque, hiding his eyes. Only in moments when his insanity clears does he actually remove them.
* Parodied with Haruko from ''HayateTheCombatButler''. Light is reflected off her glasses in a manner that resembles a laser. She can use these lasers to burn up pieces of paper.
** Also played straight in a ShoutOut to Gendo Ikari in the first episode, where Hayate's poses in [i]exactly[/i] the same way.
* Autor from ''PrincessTutu'' is first introduced with a cameo in episode 15, where he appears with whited-out glasses. He has a cameo in every single episode after this up until his true introduction with each time his glasses appearing to glow more and more as he seems to become more and more irate. When he's introduced properly in episode 21 (and we start to get to know him), his glasses barely flash at all--and later, during times of weakness and vulnerability, his glasses actually are knocked off his face.
* Quattro is introduced with these in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', and naturally she's the most psychotic of the Numbers.
** Yuuno manages to pull it off pretty well in season 3 as well, albeit with definite NerdGlasses traits.
* ''GhostInTheShell'' has a version of this were not only is the Yakuza boss talking calmly without looking at whom he is talking to, his glasses are shining with the reflection of the porn movie he is watching. (Yes, he is watching a porn movie while talking to the police.)
* Mr. Prospector's glasses on ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' go all scary-shiny when he's being a CorruptCorporateExecutive, and lack this feature as he gets more sympathetic. {{Meganekko}} Hikaru's glasses are always transparent, because she's both too adorable and too straightforward for this trope to apply.
* Soichiro Yagami does this in ''DeathNote'' when somebody suggests that Sayu and Matsuda might be getting married.
** It's also a trademark of the highly unpleasant Demegawa.
* In ''ThePrinceOfTennis'', Inui's already thick NerdGlasses shine when he's pondering something important or gathers information. In the manga, the shine is constant; we don't see his eyes, ever, until a good long way in. Other guys with glasses (Tezuka, Kite, Oshitari) also get shiny glasses sometimes.
* Amon Garam ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'', at least after he embraces TheDarkSide.
* Serial killer-slash-[[YaoiGuys Yaoi Guy]] Adrian in the one volume manga BoysNextDoor features these in his CreepyChild flashback scenes.
* Dr. Franken Stein of ''SoulEater'' does this; as someone with a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate; he's pretty much required.
** Yumi Asuza also does this on occasion, when disagreeing with Stein, and intimidating her colleagues and boss. Also, a few times, Ox Ford's glasses are Scary Shiny.
** Stein is an interesting case; when he's being incompetent and goofy, his glasses are opaque, but if he shifts suddenly to being serious, one or both eyes become visible. Of course, he plays it straight about as much as he inverts it.
* In the manga ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'', Jumbo's glasses sometimes go shiny, but it's more or less inversely to how scary he's being. The one exception is when he forgets himself and accidentally slaps Yotsuba on the back, sending her tumbling across the room.
* Takami from ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' develops this while using psychlogical warfare in the match between Ojou and Deimon. It doesn't match his personality well, honestly; He's one of the series' most obvious {{Determinator}}s, and he really cares about all the other players. Bizarrely, this has never happend to him before, even though he always wears glasses. Even when he's playing football.
* Also occaisionally seen on Yoshou and Noboyuki in ''TenchiMuyo''. While it does make them seem briefly intimidating, as they're otherwise very unassuming (especially BumblingDad Noboyuki), it counterproductively makes the resemblace between them even more uncanny, which is strange because Yoshou is Noboyuki's father-''in law''.
**But still related to him; WordOfGod says that Yosho has taken more than one wife during his time on Earth, and Noboyuki is his descendant through one of his earlier spouses.
* Dr. Kabapu from ''ExcelSaga'' does this in the first episode he's introduced. Also occasionally occurs with Koshi Rikdo and Lord Ilpalazzo (although his glasses are smaller than usually used with this trope).
* Mr. Stewart from ''SonicX''
** Dr. Eggman aswell. It's alot more effective considering his already [[{{Gonk}} inhuman proportions]].
* As mentioned in the page quote, Yamazaki from ''WelcomeToTheNHK'' can indeed do this without a light source. Usually he doesn't have these at all, though.
* In the Manga series ''Et Cetera'', the villion Mr Alternate does this alot in his first two pages, though mostly an inverted version. The first time, all you can see is a smirk, his monocule, and a spyglass he's useing. Second, both eyes are visible, but nothing else but the outline of his monocule. Lastly, the non monoculed face is covered by a sheet of paper, his face visible. Throughout this, when his pupils are visiible, they are just round circles, not colored in.
* Marcoh the X-Law from ''{{Shaman King}}'' uses this a lot.
* As per the description, Aion of ''ChronoCrusade'' fame seems to wear these glasses simply to achieve this effect; his eyesight seems to be perfectly fine. Later in the manga when his plans, motivation and backstory are revealed (and he becomes much more sympathetic), he loses the glasses. (The anime adaptation kept him as a CardCarryingVillain, so he keeps the glasses throughout.)
* Haruna from ''MahouSenseiNegima'' tends to get a humorous version of these on occasion. Usually when she goes on a ToThePain style rant when her friends try to leave her out of something.
* Kitamura from ''{{Toradora}}'' does this on occasion, notably when helping the student council president plan the school culture festival. The effect is often more comical than intimidating.
* In ''{{Gundam00}}'', Regene's glasses shine ominously for several moments as he awaits the arrival of [[spoiler:Wang Liu Mei and Hong Long, to whom he then leaks Veda's coordinates.]]
* Dr Jian-yi Nii in ''{{Saiyuki}}'' is damn good at this. Even when he's backlit, he manages. Now that's talent.
** Also often used by Tenpou Gensui in ''{{Saiyuki}} Gaiden''. Somewhat amusing, since he is actually [[spoiler:the past life of good guy Cho Hakkai]].
* [[{{Subversion}} Subverted]] in ''TheLawOfUeki'' by Kobayashi, who is often arguably scarier (and more [[BadAss badass]]) when you ''can'' see through his glasses. When the ScaryShinyGlasses effect disappears, you know something big is either about to go down, or just did. The subversion is made even stronger by the fact that he's actually quite [[NiceGuy friendly and easy to get along with]] (unless your name is [[ButtMonkey Inumaru]], of course).
* ''TheBigO'' episode 18 "The Greatest Villain". Beck's glasses have this trait while he's showing off his hostage Roger Smith.
* Rei from ''PaniPoniDash'' sports these when sufficiently peeved off.
* ''[[FullMetalPanic Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu]]''. Shinji Kazama's otaku glasses turn this way when he starts describing the effects of the biological weapon that's been accidentally released in the classroom.
* [[GambleFish Tomu Shirasagi]] often has these.
* In ''DNAngel'', both Satoshi and his (adoptive) father occasional have shiny glasses.
* Anehara Misa from ''{{Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou}}'' sometimes has this when serious, otherwise she's {{meganekko}}.
* ''BlackCat'' has a MadScientist who has glasses that are occasionally shiny, particularly when he does the other common anime glasses trope: the three fingered pushing glasses up his nose gesture.
* Furoko Tsukumo, mother of TeenGenius Susumu, wears these to show her status as DesignatedAntagonist on ''WandabaStyle'', or perhaps to hide the fact that her eyes are filled with {{Shoujo}} eye sparkles.
* Hazuki Fujiwara in ''{{Ojamajo Doremi}}'' has done this.
* In ''{{Mahoromatic}}'', both Suguru Misato and his school teacher Shikijo-sensei.
* In ''{{Pretear}}'', [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Sasame]] tends to have his glasses whited-out when he's having a face fault moment...which isn't this trope. However, when he stands on top of the roof, wind blowing dramatically through his clothing and glasses shining as he [[spoiler:questions himself about his willingness to attack [[DarkMagicalGirl the woman he loves]], then has a FaceHeelTurn in the next scene he appears in]], it's ''definitely'' this trope.
* [[RomeoXJuliet Lancelot]] demonstrates this at least once, definitely showing how scary they can be, [[http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5161/lancelott.jpg lurking in the shadows]].
* Happens to [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Irie]] occasionally.

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* For some odd reason, David in the comic book adaption of ''ShaunOfTheDead'' has this trope, making him look strangely like Gendo Ikari...
* As an adolescent, Sara/h from ''{{The Maxx}}'' is often shown in silhouette with only the blank lenses of her glasses visible.
* The AxCrazy protagonist of ''Welcome To Hoxford'' has this, and he never takes his glasses off.
* Triple X Ray in ''{{Sleeper}}'' has this even in the dark. When he finally takes them off it's revealed that ''his eyes are glowing radioactively''.
* The Corinthian in NeilGaiman's ''{{Sandman}}'' always wears reflective sunglasses, but then, that's really preferable to looking at what he actually has in his eye sockets.
* In "The Hard Goodbye," the first graphic novel of ''SinCity," the cannibalistic serial killer Kevin wears glasses with lenses that often whited out so his eyes are not visible.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* In the film adaptation of ''SinCity'', Kevin's glasses follow this trope, as suggested by the graphic novel's art style.
* Possibly inspired by "The Man With No Eyes" from the prison drama ''Cool Hand Luke.''
* In the Coen Brothers' film ''OBrotherWhereArtThou?'' there is an evil sheriff who wears shiny, reflective aviator glasses. These reflect fire at every possible opportunity, one of the many suggestions that he is {{Satan}} in disguise.
* The ''{{Terminator}}'' always wore [[CoolShades sunglasses]], even when he did a HeelFaceTurn in the second one. The villain of ''that'' film often wore biker goggles, which - since he needed to be even creepier - reflected fire at every possible opportunity.
* In ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Buffalo Bill wears night vision goggles in a few scenes.
* Morpheus from ''TheMatrix'' often sports a pair. A firm good guy, though.
** Just Morpheus? '''Everyone''' in ''TheMatrix'', all the time.
*** Hey, it's ''hard'' to model eyes in CGI!
* In ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Judge Doom's glasses do this twice during the final confrontation in the Acme warehouse: while he's explaining his plan to Eddie Valiant and while he and Eddie are fighting.
* Riddick's goggles in ''PitchBlack'' and ''TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' are so tight on his skull they almost look like cybernetic implants. They're not.
* The airplane pilot at the beginning of ''{{Westworld}}'' dons a pair.
* [[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]] has Himmler wear these in the brief scene in which he appears. Extra evil points for the glare being the reflection of a pyre upon which books are being burned.
* In the independent film "{{Ink}}" the bad guys glasses upgrade to super shiny in the climax fight.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* In the {{Dystopia}} classic ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'', a colleague of protagonist Winston Smith has a hostile spectacle-flash, which is the textual equivalent.
** Likewise, in ''[[http://orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit Politics and the English Language]]'', also by George Orwell: ''When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases...one often has a curious feeling that one is not watching a live human being but some kind of dummy: a feeling which suddenly becomes stronger at moments when the light catches the speaker's spectacles and turns them into blank discs which seem to have no eyes behind them.''
* In the C.S. Lewis novel ''ThatHideousStrength'', the character of Professor Frost is repeatedly described as having pince nez glasses that would reflect light in such a way as to make his eyes invisible.
* In John Bellair's novel ''The House with a Clock in its Walls,'' the undead Mrs. Izzard has exactly this sort of glasses which even shine with ghostly radiance during a chase scene, and after her destruction, all that is left of her is her skull and her glasses.
*In ''[[HarryPotter Deathly Hallows]]'', Aberforth's glasses do this at one point when [[TheDumbledore his brother]] is mentioned.
* Nguyen Seth of the ''Dark Future'' novels, a truly terrifying character, has these glasses. At a couple of points he takes the glasses off, and, although his eyes are never described, the characters who see them are never quite the same again.
* One of the anarchists in ''TheManWhoWasThursday'' wears a pair of them. [[spoiler: Deliberately. With them, he's terrifying to behold. Without them, he's cheerful and ordinary.]]
* In William Golding's ''LordOfTheFlies'', Piggy's glasses do this several times.
* Don't forget William Gibson's ''{{Neuromancer}}''! Molly has permanent implanted mirror lenses in her sockets that make her eyes completely invisible.
* The Major dons these in StephenKing's ''The Long Walk''.

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* Not quite so literal Western example: Mr. Bennet in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' wears horn-rimmed glasses, which ramp up his personal creepiness factor.
** Dramatically. His FanNickname during the first season, when he had appeared but his identity was not yet known, was simply "Horned Rim Glasses" or "The HRG."
*** [[DidNotDoTheResearch They aren't hornrims]], they're browlines--but that hasn't stopped them from referring to him as "HRG" [[SureWhyNot in the show]]
* Self appointed moral guardian Mary Whitehouse is portrayed as having them by the trailers for her upcoming TV biopic, ''Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story''. Since the film is made and shown by the BBC, which was one of her most frequent targets, this may be an intentional use of this trope.
* In one episode of ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'', Cameron walks around in a pair of motorcycle cop shiny sunglasses, in an homage to the T-1000 in ''Terminator 2''.
* Admiral Adama's glasses in ''BattlestarGalactica'' often catch the light and glint ominously when some serious ass-kicking is about to ensue.
* Rare early Western example: the War Lords in the ''DoctorWho'' story "The War Games" (capable of using it to hypnotise human characters).

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* The Strange Folk in the music video for Gorillaz' "Fire Coming out of a Monkey's Head" are depicted as pitch black silhouettes wearing glowing red goggles.
*At one point in his music video for ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZ5qGQ78io Back and Forth]]'', [[DoctorSteel Doctor Steel]]'s goggles reflect nonexistent flames as he sings about "drag[ging] a burning smile across this nation".

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* [[AuthorAvatar Bil Keane]] from ''TheFamilyCircus,'' especially when interpreted by ''The Dysfunctional Family Circus,'' as seen [[http://dfc.furr.org/archive/137.html here]] and [[http://dfc.furr.org/archive/143.html here]].

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* There's one of the most scariest scenes in [[{{Condemned}} Condemned:Criminal Origins]], where you've been suddently attacked by your recent companion, with a ScaryShinyGlasses effect permanently on. Turns out that this was just a hallucination, though.
* Latooni Subota from ''SuperRobotWars: Original Generation'' is a perfect example. She wears extremely thick coke-bottle glasses that she says are her analyzation glasses; they turn out to be a psychological tool she uses to stay professional at all times.
* Dr. Robotnik in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games always hid his eyes behind a pair of round-frame sunglasses, and at one point wore goggles over them. His true eye color (blue) was not revealed until 2006's ''Sonic The Hedgehog'', and even then it was only briefly.
* In ''Apollo Justice: AceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] develops this when things cease going his way. At one point, you can look through those glasses and see his eyes. It's very, very unnerving.
** Also in the same game, it is subverted with [[spoiler:Winfred Kitaki]] who LOOKS like he has them (or perhaps [[HiddenEyes very large shadows]] in place of his eyes), but in reality, they are his eyebrows, and look like glasses because his [[EyesAlwaysShut eyes are always shut.]]
* Sparda of ''DevilMayCry'' has a [[HighClassGlass one-way purple monocle]] over his left eye while in his human form.
* The Sorrow in ''MetalGearSolid 3'' has glasses that simultaneously blank out and break when he does his ghost routine.
*Keats from ''Folklore'' does this often, like every second scene. He also has scary shiny glasses whenever he's in combat and his Transcendence bar is filling up.
* It is implied that Jade Curtiss from ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}'' literally wears his glasses to ''protect the environment from his eyes.'' Needless to say, they flash often, especially in the anime adaptation.
** In both the game and anime, the only time you ever see both of Dist's eyes is when he's not wearing his glasses.
** Mind you, [[GoldfishPoopGang Dist is about as 'scary' as a roll of toilet paper]].
* Played for laughs in ''{{Persona 3}}: FES'': In one of the new extra features for the original storyline, Shuji Ikutsuki's glasses do this whenever he thinks up one of his [[SoBadItsHorrible terrifyingly bad]] puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns This happens a lot]]. [[spoiler:Also, when he goes into full-on NietzscheWannabe slash AGodAmI territory, his glasses do this too. [[ObfuscatingStupidity It abruptly ceases being funny.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Players familiar with this trope can spot the twist a mile away, as all but one of his evil mode pictures show up before he reveals his plan.]]
** ''Everyone on your team'' in ''{{Persona 4}}'', except for Teddie, whose eyes are actually lenses. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because they are special glasses that clear up the eternally present fog in the TV world.
* When [[{{Disgaea}} Mao's]] glasses start to shine, it's generally a good rule of thumb to get the bloody hell out of there. Usually, it means [[strike:he's planning to drill a hole in your head to see what's inside]] the [[MadScientist mad science]] is about to begin, and you're the specimen.
* Ben [[ZeroPunctuation "Yahtzee"]] Croshaw's infamously creepy SurvivalHorror freeware game, ''[[TwelveThirteen 1213]]'', features the impatient and batshit-insane Westbury, who torments 1213 through video screens. All that we see of him besides his silhouette are his his huge round glasses. What's more, the shiny glasses [[spoiler:are the boss of the second episode, as a pair of giant white circles that fire bolts of lighting at the protagonist.]]
* Beruga, one of the main antagonists in ''{{Terranigma}}''. His hometown Mosque is adorned with giant posters of his face, and his eyes hidden behind a pair of opaque round glasses.
* Professor Hojo from ''FinalFantasyVII'' gets a lot of mileage out of this one. Due to the limitations of low-poly models, in-game his glasses are opaque pretty much the whole time. In better-animated Compilation materials, he glints significantly at the drop of a hat.
* Roxis Rozenkrantz of ''ManaKhemia''. Whenever he's in battle, his idle battle sprite will periodically have an omnimous glare
* Albert Wesker from ''ResidentEvil'' does this a hell of a lot. Come 5, it's gotten even worse, as [[spoiler: the Virus has apparently done a lot of good for Wesker in this case. He wears mirrored glasses to keep people from seeing his obviously-infected eyes, and the second Jill and Chris open fire, begins teleporting around the room and dodging bullets like he just stepped right out of the Matrix.]] All without losing the scary as hell shine.
* Kamek and his fellow Magikoopas from the ''SuperMarioBros'' games all wear identical round, opaque glasses.
* Iron Tager from ''BlazBlue'': Bringing the [[MemeticMutation Real Soviet Damage]] with permanent glasses-glow.
* Aoi-sensei in {{Aoi Shiro}} occasionally engages the shine effect, usually when teasing the girls with scary stories.

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* Subversion: Tedd from ''ElGoonishShive'', whose glasses ''look'' like this trope, but function more as NerdGlasses. They [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-02-02 once]] functioned as true ScaryShinyGlasses while he was ranting in full MadScientist mode about a new invention.
** His ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-07-05 father]]'', on the other hand, has nearly identical glasses and works as a {{MIB}}. Not to mention that even compared to the other {{MIB}}s he works with, he's shown to have an unnervingly clear picture of all the weirdness going on in [[PlanetEris Moperville]] and the surrounding areas.
* Another subversion: Dave in ''{{Narbonic}}'' has these glasses, but his eyes are visible [[spoiler:when he goes mad]].
* In ''AMiracleOfScience'', Dr. Haas' glasses turn like this [[http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos002.html the very instant]] he's infected with ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder.
* Quite a common trope in ''[[NotableGagPerDayWebcomics Funny Farm]]'' to illustrate the sinister (although not necessarily evil) nature of some characters, e.g. [[http://www.funnyfarmcomics.com/d/20031130.html here]] and [[http://www.funnyfarmcomics.com/w/20030922.html here]].
* ''Nip & Tuck'' do this with a minor character [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00321.html here]], as part of a ridiculously elaborate practical joke to scare a blowhard.
* In ''EverydayHeroes'', this is how [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=119374 Professor Odious]] is first seen, hinting that Jane Mighty may have a DarkAndTroubledPast. Lampshaded [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=118629 here]] where he explains how he obtains the effect.
*Fedya in ''[[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/ Rhapsodies]]''. Normally he's a good natured, gregarious and laid back individual who enjoys playing the {{funny foreigner}}, but when his glasses turn [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/walrus3/index.php?date=2008-10-03 walk away slowly]].

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* Secondary villain Mars from ''BrokenSaints'' sports a pair of glowing red shades, which are appropriately knocked askew when he gets his ass kicked by the heroes.
* [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]], after undergoing his final transformation.
* While it doesn't appear in game, artwork commonly portrays Hawley Faust from ''SurvivalOfTheFittest v1'' with these.

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* The girl Sarah in ''MTV's Oddities: The Maxx'', a depressed sarcastic lonely girl, who's father turns out [[spoiler:not to be dead but the serial killer Mr. Gone]]. Her thick glasses are not only shiny to the point of opaqueness, they cover almost half her face. The first time you can actually see her eyes (briefly), is when she snaps and threatens to shoot... well, shoot ''someone'', possibly herself, with one of her father's guns. (She doesn't in the end, because she's GenreSavvy and doesn't want to end up as a soppy girl.)
* In an episode of ''TheBatman'', ScaryShinyGlasses were the only sign that Clark Kent wasn't Clark Kent, but Clayface posing as him. That and [[BadBadActing his terrible acting]].
* The Master in the animated FunnyAnimal series ''Road Rovers'' wears these at all times, though he's the leader of the protagonists. {{Handwave}}d at one point, when he explains there's no real reason for his glasses to be glowing like that, it just makes for a cool effect.
** Considering that the Master doesn't actually wear glasses, it must be a rare case of Scary Shiny Contact Lenses.
* Dale Gribble from ''KingOfTheHill'' is rarely ever seen without his mirrored shades. While he's still a lovably inept doofus, he happens to be the single most devious and untrustworthy character on the show.
* Cloud biologist Dr. Claude Belgon in the beautiful gothic-steampunk animated short film ''The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello'' (Australia, 2005) is a textbook example of the creepy scientist with shiny glasses. In fact because all the characters have been rendered as layer-on-layer black silhouettes (in the way of Balinesian shadow puppets) with silvery highlights, all you get to see of his eyes are the white circles of his glasses against the black background of his head.
*Dib from ''InvaderZim'' is shown with these (and in silhouette to boot!) in the title sequence- however that's the ''only'' time his glasses are shiny.
**Another example are the Swollen Eyeballs, a group of {{AgentMulder}}s who are only ever seen (but once) on a video screen in silhouette with red eyes/glasses/visors.
**And Dib in the frycook what came from all that space (i think) when Gaz returns and finds him mid-rant
* Willy Watt develops these in his debut episode of ''BatmanBeyond''. The closing, silhouetted scene of him in juvenile hall just makes them scarier, to such a degree that it seems to be affecting the other inmates. (Well, okay, maybe it was really because [[spoiler:he made a TV explode]], but the glasses played a role in it.)

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* Lavrentiy Beria ([[TheDragon the chief of Stalin's secret police]]) and Heinrich Himmler ([[TheDragon the SS Reichsfuehrer]]) wore round glasses. These glasses were probably not so shiny... but both guys, no doubt, were scary and creepy!
** Also see the (still bad, but more KnightTemplar) Maximilien Robespierre pimp-glasses. Which might have been shiny, and are occasionally portrayed in fanworks as such.
**Oh, Beria's glasses [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Lavrenti_Beria_Stalins_family.jpg were shiny]].
* Dark, shiny glasses were invented by the Chinese to obscure the eyes of judges, making this OlderThanPrint.

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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: All of the scientists during King Bradley's flashbacks, who have been responsible for training him and other potential subjects to become ideal leaders of Amestris since their births. The light reflected from the scientists' glasses cover their eyes, most notably the lead, gold-toothed scientist. A powerful effect meant to symbolize their descent into depravity and evil, the light in their glasses symolically shuts them off from humanity. http://www.drivers-applications.com/2009/09/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-26-sub.html