Basic Trope: An item of eyewear has a special function instead of, or in addition to, correcting eyesight.
- Straight: Charlie has sunglasses that can project holograms.
- Exaggerated: The sunglasses can then manifest the holograms as real objects, effectively making their wearer a Reality Warper.
- Downplayed: The sunglasses are red-tinted to improve low-light vision.
- Justified: Adding an additional function helps offset the additional liability of being dependent on wearing glasses.
- Inverted: Goggles Do Nothing
- Subverted: Charlie's sunglasses are said to be able to project holograms, but he was just making that up to make himself look cool.
- Double Subverted: ...Because the heat vision function doesn't look nearly as flashy.
- Parodied: Wearing glasses is the setting's standard way of gaining superpowers.
- Zig Zagged: Whether Charlie's sunglasses can project holograms depends on which form he's in. The energy from his superhero form powers the sunglasses, so they're purely cosmetic in his civilian form.
- Averted: Charlie's sunglasses don't do anything spectacular.
- Enforced: The author strongly adheres to Law of Conservation of Detail, so every accessory the characters wear must have some sort of function and/or narrative purpose. This author leans toward the former.
- Lampshaded: "He's wearing stylish sunglasses. If they aren't just for show, then they probably have X-ray vision or something."
- Invoked: Charlie designs/finds a very stylish-looking pair of sunglasses. He then tries to convince Velma to outfit them with a miniature hologram projector, banking on their slick design to win her over.
- Exploited: Charlie starts a lucrative business outfitting heroes' stylish eyewear with advanced technology.
- Defied: Remembering how expensive miniature hologram projectors are, Charlie concludes that eye protection is a good enough reason to wear the sunglasses.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Charlie's sunglasses have meat vision.
- Deconstructed: The Heads-Up Display in Charlie's sunglasses strains and obstructs his vision from being so bright and close to his eyes.
- Reconstructed:
- Charlie replaces his organic eyes with cybernetic ones, making eye strain a non-issue.
- The latest upgrade to the sunglasses includes a less obtrusive interface with dimmer lighting.
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