This is about the plot, not the object itself: Geeky Glasses

Despite what the title may indicate, this trope is not about Nerd Glasses, but about the stock plot where a character doesn't want to get glasses because he/she thinks they will look geeky. I think we need to rename it to indicate that this is about the plot, not the object. We could rename it Geeky Glasses Plot, but there is probably a better name out there. The usage counts are fairly low so renaming shouldn't be a problem.

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edited 9th May '11 9:18:19 PM by djbj

Glasses Are For Geeks, maybe? Though that could easily get confused with Nerd Glasses, so probably not.

Did you check the wicks and examples for misuse?

Glasses Make You Geeky

Glasses Make You Geeky is fine with me.

Right, going through the wicks here...

• Ace Lightning: Refers to a geeky character who wears glasses.
• B2ST: Refers to Nerd Glasses.
• Black and Nerdy: Geeky character with glasses.
• Breaking Bad: Nerd Glasses.
• Broken Lines: Hard to tell, but looks like Nerd Glasses.
• Dr Brinner Ghost Psychiatrist: Geeky character with glasses.
• Dream High: Nerd Glasses.
• Endless Frontier: Geeky characters with glasses.
• Final Fantasy V: Geeky character with Nerd Glasses.
• Frames of Reference: Correct
• Hey Arnold: Correct
• Home Improvement: Correct
• Malory Towers: Looks like Nerd Glasses.
• Martial Arts Headband: Nerd Glasses.
• Men Behaving Badly: Correct
• My Chemical Romance: Nerd Glasses.
• Mythology 101 Cycle: Geeky character with glasses.
• Nerd Glasses: Correct
• Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Might be correct? Depends on whether "[character] avoids these on purpose" means this plot or that the character wears stylish glasses or contacts.
• Sly Cooper: Geeky character with glasses.
• Smash Mook: Geeky characters with glasses.
• The Mini Avengers: Either Nerd Glasses or "geeky character with glasses", can't tell.
• The Optimist: Not sure, can't load the comic.
• Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side 2: Correct
• Yo Gabba Gabba: Correct

That's seven correct uses (and two unknown) out of 25 (which is everything besides indices and troper pages). I think that's a bad enough ratio to qualify as a problem.

Thank you for doing a wick check. I think with that kind of misuse it definitely needs a rename.

The suggested name Glasses Make You Geeky isn't a bad name, but part of this trope is that at the end the character learns the lesson that glasses are okay and don't make you geeky, and that title doesn't really reflect that part of the trope. Glasses Make You Geeky sounds like it could mean The Glasses Gotta Go.

Four Eyes is free as a title.

Two Eyes Good Four Eyes Bad is a redirect. What about that title?

That's more of a stock insult and not really this trope. It would make a good trope for the stock phrase, but it's not this one.

That was the title of its original YKTTW.

Just changing it to Geeky Glasses Plot would be an improvement. Really I think the title needs to in some way reference that it is about a stock plot and not about a character or a particular kind of eyewear.

edited 10th May '11 7:12:12 PM by bluepenguin

I looked up the archived YKTTW discussion and it says that the working title was Geeky Glasses Plot and there is no indication as to why it was changed when it was launched. Maybe an system or troper error of some sort caused the last word of the title of deleted.