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Making some major cuts to this entry, particularly to combat some of the wrong ideas about this, mostly that this is just \\\"wearing goggles\\\"...
\\\'changed:\\\' Obito wore what appear to be orange \\\'\\\'ski-goggles\\\'\\\', which he actually wore on his face (probably be he was also wearing a headband), but they didn\\\'t apparently do anything.
\\\'to:\\\' Averted with Obito who wears goggles properly over his eyes. It\\\'s even commented that this is to keep dirt, dust, and other minutia from obscuring his vision, when he tries to blame dust for why he was crying.
\\\'reason:\\\' It only counts if there\\\'s clearly no practical purpose for it, but since Obito\\\'s goggles are worn around his eyes, they obviously do something in this case.
\\\'Removed:\\\' \\\'\\\'OnePiece\\\'\\\'\\\'s Zoro {{lampshade}}s this with a DoubleSubversion when, after wearing goggles for an entire arc without explanation, he\\\'s fighting someone who generates blinding flashes of light -- \\\"Of course! My goggles!\\\" -- only for his enemy to find out that they do, indeed, do nothing, because they\\\'re clear plain glass. Honorable mention for Zoro still, as it\\\'s the first time he tried \\\'\\\'bluffing\\\'\\\'. However, they \\\'\\\'do\\\'\\\' become useful when Zoro uses them to see clearly underwater.
\\\'Reason:\\\' While it\\\'s true that Zorro\\\'s goggles were clear and didn\\\'t help him against the bright light, they do serve a purpose in letting him see underwater, which is probably why he was wearing them in the first place. This is more of an example of not thinking things through.
\\\'Removed:\\\' BigBrotherMentor/IdiotHero Kamina in \\\'\\\'GurrenLagann\\\'\\\' frequently wears a pair of [[CoolShades orange sunglasses]], both at night, and underground.
\\\'Reason:\\\' This is SunglassesAtNight, a similar trope, but not this actual trope, since \\\'to look cool\\\' is considered a valid reason for wearing sunglasses.
\\\'Changed:\\\' \\\"subverted\\\" to \\\"averted\\\" in Simon\\\'s example under GerrenLagann
\\\'Reason:\\\' Using goggles or other equipment properly is just averting this trope.
\\\'Removed:\\\' The title character of \\\'\\\'{{Hellboy}}\\\'\\\' has horns, which he files down to look more human-like. The horns are about six inches in diameter, take up most of his forehead, and when filed down looks like he\\\'s wearing forehead goggles.
\\\'Reason:\\\' This trope isn\\\'t \\\"wearing goggles on your forehead.\\\" Also, Hellboy\\\'s horns (and the fact that he cuts them down) is rather significant symbology to the plotline.
\\\'Removed:\\\' The 10th Doctor (and also, so the 10th Doctor claimed, the 5th Doctor) has his \\\"brainy specs\\\" - glasses that he puts on when he wants to look clever, but which aren\\\'t actually necessary for his eyesight.
\\\'Reason:\\\' Since he wears them to look more clever, the glasses officially \\\'do\\\' something.
\\\'Removed:\\\' Toward the beginning of \\\'\\\'{{Serenity}}\\\'\\\', River puts on a pair of oversized goggles during the crew\\\'s ride on the mule, but these are pretty quickly abandoned and obviously not that necessary later on when they are chased out of town.
\\\'Reason:\\\' This doesn\\\'t qualify as the trope, as her reasoning for wearing the goggles was rather obvious, even for River. The fact that she took them off since they weren\\\'t needed, doesn\\\'t change the fact that she was clearly wearing them because she thought she would.
\\\'Removed:\\\' (from Team Fortress II) And the Engineer wears, well, goggles that do nothing--he doesn\\\'t even have eyes beneath the goggles!
\\\'Reason:\\\' Just because there\\\'s no gameplay reason (or that the designers didn\\\'t bother creating a body part nobody would see) doesn\\\'t make it this trope. The Engineer works with a lot of sparking machinery, so it\\\'s perfectly logical for him to wear goggles.
\\\'Removed:\\\' Gadget of \\\'\\\'ChipAndDaleRescueRangers\\\'\\\' slightly averts this. While the goggles she constantly wears mostly Do Nothing, as both a mechanic and a pilot they\\\'re reasonable headgear - and on very, very rare occasions she\\\'ll actually pull them down over her eyes while building or flying.
\\\'Reason:\\\' Again, this isn\\\'t wearing goggles on your head. SInce Gadget does use her goggles on occasion it counts. More specifically than this mentioned, she wears them whenever flying fast or dangerous, and whenever working with anything that sparks.
\\\'Removed:\\\' TruthInTelevision. Try using a pair of goggles for swimming pool use - you\\\'ll find that they do \\\'\\\'absolutely NOTHING\\\'\\\'.
\\\'Reason:\\\' as was mentioned in the conversation that followed, it protects your eyes from chlorine and improves vision slightly (not distance but clarity)
