History Main / FramesOfReference

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* In the visual novel ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', the intelligent, aggressive Student Council President wears rectangle frames. In contrast, the shy librarian Yuuko had oval shaped lenses (until her recent, more realistic re-design).

* ''Film/TheMatrix''. Inside the simulation, the humans wear oval shades, while the Agents wear rectangular ones. In the sequels, as Neo and Smith become more similar, Neo's shades become more angular and Smith's become more rounded.

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend

* SexySpectacles

* {{Meganekko}}

* ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'', though Indian rather than Japanese, seems to have borrowed this idea, as Samosa's nosy rival Cham Cham wears glasses with square lenses and is about the closest thing to a recurring villain in the show with his constant attempts to be better than Samosa.

* ''Film/TheMatrix''. Inside the simulation, the humans wear oval shades, while the Agents wear rectangular ones. In the sequels, as Neo and Smith become NotSoDifferent, Neo's shades become more angular and Smith's become more rounded.

* ''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'':

* ''Manga/PrinceOfTennis'' has the following:

* ''Anime/PrinceOfTennis'' has the following:

* Prince of Tennis has the following:

* Yagyuu Hiroshi has oval lenses. While ruthless on the court (even against his own partner when they were forced to play against each other), he's pretty nice when not playing tennis.

* In the visual novel ''KatawaShoujo'', the intelligent, aggressive Student Council President wears rectangle frames. In contrast, the shy librarian Yuuko had oval shaped lenses (until her recent, more realistic re-design).

* Lampshaded in SlamDunk, [[TeamMom Kogure]] wears circular glasses while [[FourEyesZeroSoul Hanagata]] wears square ones.

* Barnaby from ''TigerAndBunny'' wears hexagonal glasses (which can be seen as something of a cross between rectangular and circular lenses) and starts the series as both a StoicSpectacles with {{Tsurime}} and a SugarAndIcePersonality who sometimes treads into {{Tsundere}} territory. He does, however, [[DefrostingIceKing change quite a bit as the series progresses.]]
* Father Alexander Anderson from {{Hellsing}} wears perfectly round glasses and is shown to be a gentle and rather amiable man. But in battle, his glasses immediately turn an opaque blue and he sports a seemingly constant SlasherSmile. Alucard himself sports a SlasherSmile and round glasses, but is an amoral vampire willing to take out an army of {{Mooks}} without hesitation.

While glasses are universally seen as a sign of intelligence, in anime it's the shape of the frames that's telling of the personality. Generally speaking, characters with rectangular or square frames tend to have "harsher" personalities that range from emotionally distant to downright evil. Characters with the circular frames (they can be ovals or perfect circles, depending on how serious the work is) have more "soft" personalities that range from comically nerdy to shy and sweet.

* MadScientist: Depending on whether he's a lovable {{cloudcuckoolander}} or a CompleteMonster.

* ''{{Saiyuki}}'' has an interesting example, in that [[{{Yandere}} Cho Gonou]] is shown with square glasses, while [[ThatManIsDead Cho]] [[MeaningfulRename Hakkai]] has a single round [[HighClassGlass monocle]] instead.