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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] a [[Blinded by the Light|flashbang grenade]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Nodoka of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' started with Blinding Bangs, though she switches between this and [[Peek-a-Bangs]] after the first chapter. (In some parts of the manga, she switches so often between visible eyes/hidden eyes, it looks like her hair keeps growing/shortening between panels.)

* For some reason, while this is not true in the anime, official artwork of ''Tenshi no Shippo'' depicts Goro Mutsumi with long bangs over his eyes. Though the bangs aren't as long as most on this list, his bangs and the shadow cast by them completely obscure his eyes. When Goro's father's face is finally revealed, he is shown to have such bangs as well.

* Tenri from ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' has thick bangs that cover her eyes initially, representing her shyness (her eyes are visible when she is being possessed by Diana). After her arc, however, she cuts her bangs.

 

== Comic Books ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190711025845/https://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/1090/Beasts-of-Burden?part_num=1&page=3 Emrys] in ''[[Beasts of Burden]]''.

 

* One of the scarers from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' is a green tentacled monster who for some reason has his face completely covered by his long, shaggy purple mane.

 

== Literature ==

* Helen Haras-Uquara from ''[[The Homeward Bounders]]'' has apparently been cultivating blinding bangs for most of her life, to the extent that the main character is convinced that she has got her back to him.

* ''[[BlazBlue|BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1]]'', one of the prequel novels to the fighting game series, has a protagonist with this hairstyle, Kazuma Kval. Hazama has a blinding fedora in some official artworks {{spoiler|-- turns out they're both the same body}}.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* Cousin Itt from the various versions of ''[[The Addams Family]]'' is certainly the [[Exaggerated Trope]] of this. It is unsure whether he actually has eyes... or a face... or ''anything'' under all that hair, yet he has no trouble seeing.

 

== Music ==

* Great White guitarist Mark Kendall is often referred to as "Cousin It", due to his stage persona of keeping his face hidden completely behind long hair.

* One of the most popular examples: Crissie Hynde of The Pretenders, with her [[Distinctive Appearances|signature look]] of bangs trimmed right at eye level.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

** Beetle's old but since disappeared army buddy Bammy had these, making him a little like Beetle in having eyes that are never shown.

* Chip Flagston from ''[[Hi and Lois]]''. He's canonically Beetle Bailey's nephew, although this is almost never mentioned.

 

== Puppet Shows ==

* The Swedish Chef from ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' has bushy eyebrows covering where his eyes should be, making a him a combination of this trope and a non-scary version of [[Eyeless Face]].

 

== Video Games ==

* Baby Eoleo in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'' has an always-confused look that's only amplified by the bangs in his face. [[Deliberately Cute Child|Awwwwww!]] He grew his hair out and tied it back by ''Dark Dawn''.

 

* This a common feature in [[Dating Sim]]s (especially those made in [[The Nineties]]) which want to show the main protagonist, but want to maintain a degree of anonymity so that the player can identify himself to the character. The ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series and its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Mitsumete Knight]]'' are two good (non-H) examples of this.

 

== Web Animation ==

* In ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' season 9, we learn that Agent South is this for one eye under her helmet. As a fan pointed out, York should resent her for it; he has only one good eye, as everyone keeps reminding him.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Subverted in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'', where Carrie has a huge head of hair that covers most of her face. Oddly, she wears her glasses '''over''' her hair, through which her eyes are visible. How exactly this works is not explained, but Carrie is one of the more intelligent and outgoing characters.

* Dave Gold from ''[[Supernormal Step]]'' initially has Blinding Bangs to emphasize his lack of grooming and [[The Nineties|nineties grunge]] style. He tucks them into a hat later.

* Taisei from ''[[Sakana]]'', most of the time, [[Peek-a-Bangs|sometimes you can see one eye]] or both. Apparently he wears his hair like that because his eyes have a naturally crazed expression, and he doesn't want to put people off.

 

== Web Original ==

** Before he was turned into that lovable clam in our Aquariums, The Overseer's hair was like this, both as a "child" and presumably as an "adult" without that large but [[Nice Hat]] of his. A bit ironic given what his name is and what he does after being turned into said clam. {{spoiler|He then gets his powers removed forcibly by Jack, and now his eyes can be seen quite visibly both in the Aftermath manga and as the "Hoboverseer."}} His doll also has a wig like this for your avatar.

* ''[[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]]'': The Werebat's picture shows bangs covering her eyes. Justified, as she probably doesn't use sight at all.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Shag from ''[[Road Rovers]]'' is another sheepdog example.

* Big Billy in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. And for good reason—he briefly lifts his bangs while attending the girls' school to [[Nightmare Fuel|scare the living hell out of the kindergarten kids]] with his [[Cyclopean Creature|cycloptic eye.]]

 

== Real Life ==

 

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