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* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob can normally function OK without his glasses, unless he is dead tired... then he's practically blind.

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* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob can normally function OK okay without his glasses, glasses unless he is dead tired... then he's practically blind.

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Basic Trope: A character who is completely unable to see when deprived of their spectacles.

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A character who is completely unable to see when deprived of their spectacles.
spectacles.



* '''Exaggerated:''' Bob is literally blind without his glasses.

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* '''Exaggerated:''' The only thing Bob is literally blind without sees when he loses his glasses.glasses is the colour black, nothing else.



* '''Enforced:''' The creator was bullied for wearing glasses as a child, and wants to teach viewers that it is not cool to make fun of someone with bad eyes.
* '''Lampshaded:'''
--> "What is Bob doing without his glasses? I thought he couldn't see worth a damn without them."
--> "I lost them!"

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* '''Enforced:''' The creator was bullied for wearing glasses as a child, and wants to teach viewers the audience that it is not cool to make fun of someone with bad eyes.
* '''Lampshaded:'''
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'''Lampshaded:''' "What is Bob doing without his glasses? I thought he couldn't see worth a damn without them."
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" "I lost them!"



* '''Discussed:'''
* '''Conversed:'''

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* '''Discussed:'''
'''Discussed:''' "Hey, Bob, don't lose your glasses. Otherwise you'll end up like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma.]]
* '''Conversed:''' "As a near-sighted person, I can confirm that we ''do not'' become stupidly blind when we lose our glasses. In fact, I only wear them if I need them; glasses aren't on my nose all the time!"



** Without glasses Bob doesn't recognize anyone until they start talking.

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** Without glasses glasses, Bob doesn't recognize anyone until they start talking.



** Bob gets Lasik, which improves his eyesight to where regular glasses will do.

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** Bob gets Lasik, which improves his eyesight to where regular glasses will do.do.
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Back to BlindWithoutEm... hey, where's my glasses? I can't go back without my glasses; all I see is blurry coloured circles!
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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* '''Exploited:''' [[SitcomArchNemesis Charlie]] breaks Bob's glasses the first chance he gets.

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* '''Exploited:''' '''Exploited:'''
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[[SitcomArchNemesis Charlie]] breaks Bob's glasses the first chance he gets.gets.
** Alice and Charlie use this to set up a surprise for Bob.
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** Bob is seen stumbling around and walking into things while looking around, squinting.

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** Bob is seen stumbling around and walking into things while looking around, squinting. He even mistakes them for his friends!

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* '''Inverted:''' Bob borrows glasses from a friend and can barely see with them on.
* '''Subverted:''' Bob only wears glasses [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses to look smarter]].

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* '''Inverted:''' '''Inverted:'''
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Bob borrows glasses from a friend and can barely see with them on.
** Bob is legally blind even with his glasses. They may as well be PurelyAestheticGlasses, for all they help.
* '''Subverted:''' '''Subverted:'''
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Bob only wears glasses [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses to look smarter]].



* '''Double Subverted:''' Looking smart is the reason he doesn't get contacts or laser eye surgery.

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* '''Double Subverted:''' Subverted:'''
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Looking smart is the reason he doesn't get contacts or laser eye surgery.



* '''Exploited:'''

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* '''Exploited:''' [[SitcomArchNemesis Charlie]] breaks Bob's glasses the first chance he gets.
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** Bob is a aliterate without his reading glasses. Meanwhile Charlie can read, albeit at a slower pace.

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** Bob is a aliterate an illiterate without his reading glasses. Meanwhile Charlie can read, albeit at a slower pace.
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** Bob loses his glasses, but it turns out he has 20/50 vision and can function just fine without them.



** Bob has a job that requires precise distance vision, so this trope comes into play after all.



** Bob wears huge coke-bottle glasses because he can't see without them, the rays of the sun fry his shirt, causing him to be injured as a result.



** Bob simply decides to just put on a constant ClintSquint whenever he's not wearing contacts or glasses. If he's wearing those, then he's a lot more wide eyed than when he's not.

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** Bob simply decides to just put on a constant ClintSquint whenever he's not wearing contacts or glasses. If he's wearing those, then he's a lot more wide eyed than when he's not.not.
** Bob gets Lasik, which improves his eyesight to where regular glasses will do.
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* '''Subverted:''' Bob only wears glasses [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses to look smarter.]]

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* '''Subverted:''' Bob only wears glasses [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses to look smarter.]] smarter]].



* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob can normally function OK without his glasses, unless he is dead tired...then he's practically blind.

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* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob can normally function OK without his glasses, unless he is dead tired... then he's practically blind.



* '''Invoked:''' [[JerkAss Charlie]] steal's Bob's glasses.

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* '''Invoked:''' [[JerkAss [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie]] steal's Bob's glasses.



* '''Deconstructed:''':

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* '''Deconstructed:''':'''Deconstructed:'''



** Bob loses his glasses, and they are promptly [[DroppedGlasses stepped on by accident.]]

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** Bob loses his glasses, and they are promptly [[DroppedGlasses stepped on by accident.]] accident]].



** After recovering, Bob makes sure to never take his glasses off unless he absolutely needs to for whatever reason...and if he does, he'll ''really'' make sure to put them where he can remember.

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** After recovering, Bob makes sure to never take his glasses off unless he absolutely needs to for whatever reason... and if he does, he'll ''really'' make sure to put them where he can remember.
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* '''Defied:''' Bob gets laser-eye surgery.

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* '''Defied:''' Bob gets laser-eye surgery. Either that or he wears contact lenses.



** Bob couldn't see anything without the glasses, so losing them spells doom.



** Bob explains that he is trying to find his glasses to the strangers, who then help him find them.

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** Bob explains that he is trying to find his glasses to the strangers, who then help him find them.them.
** Bob decides to get some new glasses with thicker lenses and a sturdier frame as to not break.
** Bob simply decides to just put on a constant ClintSquint whenever he's not wearing contacts or glasses. If he's wearing those, then he's a lot more wide eyed than when he's not.

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* '''Implied:''' Bob is seen stumbling around and walking into things while looking around, squinting.

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* '''Implied:''' '''Implied:'''
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Bob is seen stumbling around and walking into things while looking around, squinting.squinting.
** Without glasses Bob doesn't recognize anyone until they start talking.

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* '''Downplayed:''' Bob loses his glasses but can get along okay without them, albeit bumping into stuff more often.

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* '''Downplayed:''' '''Downplayed:'''
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Bob loses his glasses but can get along okay without them, albeit bumping into stuff more often.often.
** Bob is a aliterate without his reading glasses. Meanwhile Charlie can read, albeit at a slower pace.



* '''Deconstructed:''' Bob accidentally trips over something he couldn't see while trying to find his glasses, and gets severely injured.

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* '''Deconstructed:''' '''Deconstructed:''':
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Bob accidentally trips over something he couldn't see while trying to find his glasses, and gets severely injured.



* '''Reconstructed:''' After recovering, Bob makes sure to never take his glasses off unless he absolutely needs to for whatever reason...and if he does, he'll ''really'' make sure to put them where he can remember.

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* '''Reconstructed:''' '''Reconstructed:'''
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After recovering, Bob makes sure to never take his glasses off unless he absolutely needs to for whatever reason...and if he does, he'll ''really'' make sure to put them where he can remember.
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* '''Double Subverted:''' But he can’t see without them anyway.

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* '''Double Subverted:''' But Looking smart is the reason he can’t see without them anyway. doesn't get contacts or laser eye surgery.
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* '''Inverted:''' [[ViolationOfCommonSense Bob can see perfectly fine without glasses, but can’t see anything with glasses on]].

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* '''Inverted:''' [[ViolationOfCommonSense Bob can see perfectly fine without glasses, but can’t see anything with borrows glasses on]].from a friend and can barely see with them on.



* '''Averted:''' Bob does not wear glasses.

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* '''Averted:''' Bob does not wear glasses.Bob's vision only requires slight correction.

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Basic Trope: Someone loses their glasses and struggles to see without them

* Straight: Bob loses his glasses and everything looks blurry to him.
* Exaggerated: Bob is literally blind without his glasses.
* Downplayed: Bob loses his glasses but can get along okay without them, albeit bumping into stuff more often.
* Justified: Bob is very near-sighted.
* Inverted: Bob can see perfectly fine without glasses, but can’t see anything with glasses on.
* Subverted: Bob just wears glasses to look smarter.
* Double Subverted: But he can’t see without them anyway.

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Basic Trope: Someone loses their glasses and struggles A character who is completely unable to see without them

when deprived of their spectacles.

* Straight: '''Straight:''' Bob loses his glasses and everything looks blurry to him.
* Exaggerated: '''Exaggerated:''' Bob is literally blind without his glasses.
* Downplayed: '''Downplayed:''' Bob loses his glasses but can get along okay without them, albeit bumping into stuff more often.
* Justified: '''Justified:''' Bob is very near-sighted.
* Inverted: '''Inverted:''' [[ViolationOfCommonSense Bob can see perfectly fine without glasses, but can’t see anything with glasses on.
on]].
* Subverted: '''Subverted:''' Bob just only wears glasses [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses to look smarter.
smarter.]]
* Double Subverted: '''Double Subverted:''' But he can’t see without them anyway.anyway.
* '''Parodied:''' Bob takes his glasses off before going to bed. When he wakes up in the morning, he fumbles around awkwardly trying to find them until his wife puts them on for him.
* '''Zig-Zagged:''' Bob can normally function OK without his glasses, unless he is dead tired...then he's practically blind.
* '''Averted:''' Bob does not wear glasses.
* '''Enforced:''' The creator was bullied for wearing glasses as a child, and wants to teach viewers that it is not cool to make fun of someone with bad eyes.
* '''Lampshaded:'''
--> "What is Bob doing without his glasses? I thought he couldn't see worth a damn without them."
--> "I lost them!"
* '''Invoked:''' [[JerkAss Charlie]] steal's Bob's glasses.
* '''Exploited:'''
* '''Defied:''' Bob gets laser-eye surgery.
* '''Discussed:'''
* '''Conversed:'''
* '''Implied:''' Bob is seen stumbling around and walking into things while looking around, squinting.
* '''Deconstructed:''' Bob accidentally trips over something he couldn't see while trying to find his glasses, and gets severely injured.
** Bob loses his glasses in public, and comes off as rude and inattentive to people around him.
** Bob loses his glasses, and they are promptly [[DroppedGlasses stepped on by accident.]]
* '''Reconstructed:''' After recovering, Bob makes sure to never take his glasses off unless he absolutely needs to for whatever reason...and if he does, he'll ''really'' make sure to put them where he can remember.
** Bob explains that he is trying to find his glasses to the strangers, who then help him find them.
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Basic Trope: Someone loses their glasses and struggles to see without them

*Straight: Bob loses his glasses and everything looks blurry to him.
*Exaggerated: Bob is literally blind without his glasses.
*Downplayed: Bob loses his glasses but can get along okay without them, albeit bumping into stuff more often.
*Justified: Bob is very near-sighted.
*Inverted: Bob can see perfectly fine without glasses, but can’t see anything with glasses on.
*Subverted: Bob just wears glasses to look smarter.
*Double Subverted: But he can’t see without them anyway.

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