'''Basic Trope''': Moneyed, sophisticated characters wear monocles.
* '''Straight''': Humphrey the NonIdleRich wears a monocle.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Humphrey is a FictionFiveHundred member who wears two monocles, one on each eye. His even wealthier father wears ''three''.
** Humphrey is a trillionaire who wears two monocles on top of a pair of glasses.
* '''Downplayed''': Humphrey wears pince-nez glasses.
* '''Justified''':
** Humphrey's monocle is actually a high-tech appliance that is bulletproof, increases his visual acuity, and is a mobile computer with Wi-Fi connection and stats display. It's so expensive that he is one of few who can afford it.
** Humphrey needs vision correction in only one eye.
* '''Inverted''': Humphrey's poor servant Helena wears a monocle, and Humphrey does not.
* '''Subverted''': People think that Humphrey is rich because of his monocle, but he is actually a middle-class slob.
* '''Double Subverted''': Later it is revealed that Humphrey is [[SlummingIt secretly a millionaire]].
* '''Parodied''': Only Humphrey ranks highly enough to wear a monocle, and with his riches he hires a task force to punish anyone else who dares to wear one.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Humphrey doesn't wear a monocle despite being a prince, but his father does. Then again, so does his wife, who is a villager ... but his mother doesn't, even though she is a noblewoman.
* '''Averted''': Either everyone or nobody wears monocles.
* '''Enforced''': "Hey, he doesn't look as elegant as he should ... how about if we add a monocle?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "You are so elegant, it's clear why you wear that monocle."
* '''Invoked''': No one takes Humphrey seriously, so he wears a monocle to look like a noble.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "Do you think that just because I'm a noble, I must necessarily wear a monocle?"
* '''Discussed''': Humphrey is examining several monocles and discussing their various merits with their sellers.
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Back to HighClassGlass, if you're rich enough.
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