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* Miki Yoshikawa is ''really'' fond of this trope in both of her works - ''Manga/FlunkPunkRumble'' and ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'' - to the point that it appears many times in every scene that involves characters with glasses. Usually when the character(s) acts weird or comedic, but also when they are seen from a distance, in which case it's probably just laziness.

* Happens from time to time with ''Persona 5'''s protagonist; he's ClarkKenting, so it ties into him obscuring his identity.

* Happens from time to time with the ''Persona 5'''s protagonist when he's ClarkKenting.

* Boss from {{Catherine}}.

* Tedd from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive.''

* Yeo Goseng from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''.

* Dale from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.
* Curly from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''.
* Agent Six from GeneratorRex

* Eustace and Muriel from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. There's also Eustace's mother Ma Bagge.

* The Borgs, Chronozoid and Easel of ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''.

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* Happens if your glasses prescription is strong enough. Lenses reflect light: the thicker the lens, the more light reflects. Thankfully, high-index lenses with anti-glare coatings go a long way towards making those lovely eyes of yours visible again.
* Mirrored sunglasses usually appear opaque.
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* Between this and ScaryShinyGlasses, you very rarely see Kobayashi's eyes in ''TheLawOfUeki.'' After he gets [[NeverSayDie sent to Hell]] as punishment for saving Ueki from being killed by Robert, he isn't wearing glasses for a while, and when he starts wearing them again, you can see his eyes more often. [[HellishPupils Not that that's necessarily a good thing...]]

* Stein from ''SoulEater'', most of the time.

* Jason Fox and any other nerdy character in ''FoxTrot'' (e.g., Morton Goldthwait). Non-nerds who wear glasses, such as Jason's grandmother, don't have opaque lenses.

* Any glasses wearers in ''TheFarSide'' and many an imitator thereof.
* Milo Bloom and most other glasses wearers in ''BloomCounty''.

* Very thick glasses lenses (for extreme nearsightedness) can look opaque when viewed from the side.

* Inui of ''ThePrinceOfTennis'', to the point where it becomes a RunningGag that no one ''ever'' sees his eyes. The height of the gag comes when he breaks his glasses during a match, so we're expecting to finally see his eyes-- and then it turns out he has [[CrazyPrepared a large case full of pairs of spare glasses]]. Rikkaidai's Yagyuu also qualifies for this trope.

* In ''{{Neuromancer}}'', razorgirl Molly Millions seems to be wearing mirrored sunglasses, but they are really surgically implanted lenses which offer her various enhancements.

* Manga/AzumangaDaioh:

* Paul Wan from Manga/GetBackers, as seen above, is a bizarre example, if only because his sunglasses are ''actually opaque''. He is hiding his [[spoiler:stigma]], but [[spoiler:Kazuki]] used contact lenses for the same purpose, so who knows? Oddly enough, Ban has a pair just like Paul's, but they're normal.

* [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]] has glasses that do this... at least, [[spoiler:until she breaks them defending Kyon from Asakura Ryoko, and he tells her he "doesn't really have a glasses fetish". Thus, she decides to stop wearing them. Haruhi and the {{Muggles}} in the story assume she started wearing contact lenses]].

* Hajime's glasses in ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'', with the exception of close-ups
and the [[HeartwarmingMoments really romantic moments with Kaoru]] (and in one case, a parodied FriendshipMoment with Nozomu). Tanaka's glasses on the other hand are always see-through.

* Rider in ''FateStayNight'' apparently has no trouble seeing through purple blinders that are roughly an inch thick and cover about 40% of her face. At one point she's asked to take them off... so that people can see her face, not the other way around.

* Professor Frink in ''TheSimpsons'' and Professor Hubert Farnsworth in ''{{Futurama}}''.
* Dale from ''KingOfTheHill''.
* Curly from ''HeyArnold''.

* In ''ImpureBlood'', [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html worn to hide]] Glowing Eyes. [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/ISSUE07Pages/ib154.html When they come off, she has to stage]] TheReveal.
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2658 Slick, even in Eden]]. The importance is shown [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2607 when Monique asks him to take them off]], and [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2608 he reacts]], and [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2609 she reacts to that.]]

* Yeo Goseng from ''TowerOfGod''.

* From ''{{Loveless}}'', Ritsu's eyes are occasionally visible in the manga behind his StoicSpectacles. In the anime, however, they're only hidden when Ritsu is in ScaryShinyGlasses mode.

* Umino and Princess Diamond of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' both have opaque glasses. Ami gets them when she's wearing her glasses and is either overconfident or excited.