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Compare: [[A Handful for an Eye]], [[Tap on the Head]], [[Inescapable Net]], [[Stun Guns]], [[Instant Sedation]]. Has nothing to do with the battle theme for [[Final Fantasy XIII]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* At the beginning of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'''s "Asgard Saga," the God Warrior Syd of Mizar Zeta makes a very effective point to Shun about "attacking in the direction of the Sun" by leaping above him and using the bright midday Sun to blind the Andromeda Saint.
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* In ''X-Wing: The Phantom Affair'', a gang of pro-Imperial thugs attacks Rogue Squadron pilot Tycho Celchu. He beats most of them down by himself, but the last one gets the drop on him and is preparing to deliver the final (possibly fatal) blow, when he's [[Eye Scream|slashed through the eyes]] by a phantom Jedi's lightsaber, causing instant blindness and much pained yelling. It turns out later that the "Jedi" is just a hologram, and given that holograms are actually just light (lasers, to be specific), this trope stands.
* One issue of ''[[The Punisher]]'' has him narrate how devastating a single flashbang grenade is to the senses. The next panel shows him dropping three at once through a skylight on some mobsters.
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* Princess Celestia blinds Nightmare Moon by empowering the sun's glow in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic [https://web.archive.org/web/20130813213433/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16112/whispers Whispers].
* Melanie is recovering from a fight when she gets blinded a strange light at the end of the first chapter of the [[Spice Girls]] [[Alternate Universe|AU]] fic, ''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21828973/chapters/52094644 Just Taken]'', {{spoiler| taking her away to [[Bedlam House| another hospital]] as she was sectioned long before}}.
* In chapter 4 of ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk S]]'', [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Mercury]] adapts the first bit of non-Senshi magic she's learned from mentor and tutor Doug Sangnoir, and casts a blindingly bright and burning cold light spell into the face of a youma boss.
== Film ==
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': This happens to the Uruk-hai at the end of the Battle of Helms Deep when the sun rises behind the charging [[The Cavalry|cavalry.]]
* ''[[Hook]]'': The Lost Boys have one set of weapons that use mirrors to blind the pirates during the [[Final Battle]].
* Frequently shows up in action movies against bad guys with [[Night Vision Goggles]].
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* In ''[[Game of Death]]'', the enemy played by Kareem Abdul Jabaar has light-sensitive eyes. Bruce Lee gains the advantage by breaking holes in the walls to let the light in.
* In ''[[A Kid in King Arthur's Court]]'', Calvin opens his CD player and shines the laser into a bad guy's eyes.
* Darph Nader does this to Augie "Ben" Doggie during their battle in ''[[Hardware Wars]]''; it doesn't seem to make much difference.
== Literature ==
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* [[World War I]] / [[World War Two]]: Attacking out of the sun was a popular tactic for both fighters and dive-bombers.
* During the age while armies still utilized campfires at night, it was not uncommon for those to be used as a means of deception. Merely looking at a light source at night temporarily ruins the eye's low light adjustments, meaning that while looking at such a campfire (or for that matter any other light source at night), it was impossible to actually see the people (if any) that existed around it; only the light source would be visible. Armies got pretty creative with this back in the day, from setting up false camps (the enemy won't know theres no one by the fire until its too late), to lighting a minimal number of fires to hide their number (sometimes going as far as just one big fire; good luck guessing how many people are sharing it), to ordering the camp to make several times its number in flames. A cunning general may even combine the various methods, essentially rendering the enemy's attempts to scout his position at night futile or downright counterproductive. Even in warfare, there are [[Subverted Trope|uses for fire]] [[Kill It with Fire|other than killing]].
* One of the armored vehicles used in the Normandy landings in [[World War Two]] was essentially an outdated tank with the gun replaced with a very high intensity lamp, entirely encased in the turret save for a narrow vertical slit. The turret would pan back and forth, perodically painting the German defenses with blinding light to make it impossible for them to see the troops on the beaches. They also had various filters they could put onto the light while in action, so as to make it harder to determine how far away the vehicle was if you wanted to [[
* In [[World War II]], the British "hid" the Suez Canal with an array of spotlights and shifting reflectors intended to dazzle the eyes of bomber pilots. When they tested it by having two British planes fly into the area, they found the effect disoriented the pilots so much that both planes nearly crashed—just from flashing lights. Best part? This was just ''one'' stunt thought up by [[wikipedia:Jasper Maskelyne|Jasper Maskelyne]],[[Stage Magician|War Magician]].
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