This is a list of tropes dealing with the ability (or inability) to see.
Sub- and related indexes:
- Anti-True Sight
- Aura Vision
- Blind and the Beast: Someone with a freakish appearance befriends a blind person.
- Blindfolded Vision: A sighted character who has blindfolded vision can see just as well, if not better than if that character wasn’t blindfolded.
- Blind Mistake: Someone makes a mistake because they can't see.
- Blind Without 'Em: Someone loses their glasses and can't see anything.
- By the Eyes of the Blind: A character or creature who can only be seen by certain individuals.
- By the Lights of Their Eyes: Characters' eyes glow in the dark just so viewers can see their eyes.
- Can't Move While Being Watched: An enemy that can only move while unseen.
- Can't See a Damn Thing: Someone who's effectively blind because of environmental conditions, lost glasses, or being physically blinded by light or dirt.
- Colorblind Confusion: Colorblindness gets brought up in an important situation.
- Dropped Glasses: Dropped glasses get stepped on.
- Glasses Curiosity: Needing or wanting to try on the glasses of others.
- Innate Night Vision
- Mistaken for Bad Vision: When someone who has clear eyesight thinks they have a bad vision after seeing something ridiculous or absurd.
- No Eye in Magic: Magic requires eye contact.
- Seeing Through Another's Eyes: Seeing what another person is seeing.
- See the Invisible
- Stat-O-Vision
- Temporary Blindness: Losing the ability to see for a short time period.
- True Sight
- Universal Eyeglasses: Any pair of glasses can correct any vision problem.
- Vein-o-Vision: A character is able to see others' circulatory systems.
- X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through solid objects.
