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[[File:SamSheepdog.gif|link=Looney Tunes (Animation)|frame|And yet, he's a damn good sheepdog...]]
 
 
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The [[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]] usually has these. Compare [[Peek-a-Bangs]], which cover only one eye. Contrast with [[Hidden Eyes]], which is usually just temporary. The opposite of [[Show the Forehead]].
 
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] a [[Blinded Byby the Light|flash grenade]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Nodoka of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|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.)
* Urabe's eyes are pretty much always obscured by her bangs in ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X (Manga)|Mysterious Girlfriend X]]''... and it's actually one of the ways she's mysterious. When a friend does her hair and gets her bangs out of her eyes, she complains that everything seems so... ''bright''.
* Hazumu has this initially in ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl (Manga)|Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' until [[Gender Bender|he becomes a girl]] and his/her eyes are revealed.
* Yūichirō in ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' has a moderate case of this (along with [[Perma Stubble]]). We get to see his eyes a lot more than most of the other characters listed here; however, he usually is shown as having Blinding Bangs. Although in defiance of the standard versions of this trope he is neither shy nor an idiot (most of the time). It's to make him look unkempt and rough to contrast with his sweet personality.
* [[Evil Prince|Belphegor]] in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. Not so much "shy" as "completely batshit insane". Also, his twin brother Rasiel and Pantera who works for Longchamp.
* Hiroshi Sotomura in ''[[Ichigo One Hundred Percent (Manga)100%|Ichigo One Hundred Percent]]''. As the resident pervert, it probably helps him hide where his gaze lingers....
* Joker from ''[[Flame of Recca (Manga)|Flame of Recca]]'' usually covers his eyes with a hat, but he's got blinding bangs underneath as well. Not shy at all, although he does love to play at [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
* Tensou from ''[[Inukami (Anime)|Inukami!]]'' has these bangs, which are indicative of her shyness.
* Ochibana Ame from ''[[Denpa Tekiteki Na Kanojo (Light Novel)|Denpa Teki Nana Kanojo]]''. This leads to a [[Beautiful All Along]] moment when Juu sees her with her bangs slicked back.
* From ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'', young Nagato {{spoiler|alias Pain, to hide his [[Evil Eye|Rinnegan pupils]] until [[The Reveal]].}} Quickly switches to [[Peek-a-Bangs]].
* Undertaker from ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''. {{spoiler|Serves as a plot-point later in the manga, as his [[Blinding Bangs]] obscure his [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Shinigami Eyes]]}}
* Jigen, ''[[Lupin III (Anime)|Lupin III]]'' -- [[Depending Onon the Artist]]. His eyes are visible with his hat off (and sometimes with it on) during the third [[Fan Nickname|(pink jacket)]] series.
* M1/En from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has Blinding Bangs. When Genkai uses her Fist of Cleansing technique to purify him, his eyes are revealed to be VERY effeminate.
* Kiri Komori of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei (Manga)-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' is known for her forelocks which either partially or completely cover her eyes.
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' pokes fun at this trope for being a telltale sign of the [[Dating Sim]] protagonist (see below) when Hayate spies upon a oneshot character with the textbook appearance of such a character.
* After five years (or a one-month hiatus in real time), ''[[Tower of God]]'' returned with its second season, in which a greatly changed Baam has this hairdo. This gives us little to no insight into his emotional state, which greatly intensifies the mystery around him and the time gap between seasons.
* Ritsu Tainaka from ''[[K-On! (Manga)|K-On!]]'' is known among her bandmates for her [[Show the Forehead|large forehead]]. They don't recognize her in Episode 4 of Season 1 when she takes off her hairband and reveal that her natural hairstyle is actually this trope.
* Kirin from ''[[Six Six Six666 Satan (Manga)|Six Six Six Satan]]'' has this. Then again, [[Eye Scream|there's a good reason for that...]]
* ''[[Beyblade (Anime)|Beyblade]]''
** Kenny from the Bladebreakers team. His hair always cover his glasses and predictably, he is the nerdy brain of the entire team.
** Beyblade's spin-off series, ''[[Metal Fight Beyblade (Anime)|Metal Fight Beyblade]]'', gives us quite a different example in the form of [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Reiji]]. He's actually quite the sadist. We do see his eyes occasionally, but that only means more trouble for his victims....
* Brief from ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''. {{spoiler|[[What Beautiful Eyes!|Once they're]] [[Beautiful All Along|out of the way, though...]]}}
* In ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'', Kou asks Yama-san if her bangs don't get in the way, and she admits they're a little hard on the eyes. The reason she doesn't cut them is because she considers her ''face'' "hard on the eyes".
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'': Sadi-Chan from Impel Down. A huge mane of [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde hair]] ''and'' Blinding Bangs, emphasizing her sadistic nature.
* Shinichi Akiyama in ''[[Liar Game (Manga)|Liar Game]]'' features this a majority of the time. Combined with fact he keeps a distance from others, it serves to help add to his aloof nature.
* Nihiru from ''[[Bobobobo Bobobo (Manga)|Bobobobo Bobobo]]'' and Geronmino Jr. from ''[[Kinnikuman (Manga)|Kinnikuman]]'', both of whom were turned into Ringo Starr parodies in the dub.
* The stage chief Sakura in ''[[AKBAKB49: 49 RenaiRen'ai Kinshi Jourei (Manga)|AKB 49 Renai Kinshi Jourei]]'' has them by default, which disappear when she gets serious.
* Luna Inverse, Lina Inverse's older sister, from ''[[Slayers (Light Novel)|Slayers]]'', has eyes hidden by her bangs. Though it doesn't make her look that threatening, Lina is certainly scared of her.
* Nekozawa has bangs that cover his eyes, while wearing his cloak, adding to his shady nature. One of the lackeys of the Newspaper Club has this hairstyle in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Ouran High School Host Club]]''.
* 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 (Manga)|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.
 
 
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== Comic Strips ==
* Eva Rose, the neighbor girl whom the title character from ''[[Lio (Comic Strip)|Lio]]'' has a crush on, has Cousin Itt bangs.
* ''[[Beetle Bailey (Comic Strip)|Beetle Bailey]]''
** Beetle Bailey would count. His eyes were shown exactly once, when it was still a college strip. Lampshaded in a strip: the Chaplain tells Sarge to see things from Beetle's viewpoint. The following frame:
{{quote| '''Sarge:''' ''(hat covering his eyes)'' Here's half his problem right here.}}
** 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 (Comic Strip)|Hi and Lois]]''. He's canonically Beetle Bailey's nephew, although this is almost never mentioned.
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* One of the scarers from ''[[Monsters, Inc. (Animation)|Monsters Inc.]]'' is a green tentacled monster who for some reason has his face completely covered by his long, shaggy purple mane.
 
 
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', wizard student Skazz has a hairdo that completely covers his head -- with only the tip of his nose hinting which way he's facing.
* 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.
* ''[[Blaz Blue (Video Game)|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 (TV)|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 ==
* Noodle of the [[Gorillaz (Music)|Gorillaz]] band has Blinding Bangs after her age shift to teenager. Before that, she had [[Eyes Always Shut]]. (Intermediate pictures between the two phases do show a gradual change.) Maybe she still has some by phase 3, but it's hard to tell since she's usually wearing a mask.
* Slash from [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Guns N' Roses]] can occasionally cover his face with his wild hair.
* 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.
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== Video Games ==
* Shermie from the ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' series always has her eyes completely covered by her bangs. It's more than a little creepy, especially when you consider that she spends all her time hanging around [[Cheerful Child]] Chris.
* Shigure from ''[[Suikoden V (Video Game)|Suikoden V]]'' is another example. [[Lampshaded]] when one of Oboro's notes mentions that [[Team Mom|Fuyo]] wants to "fix" his hair.
* Lowen from ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem]] 7'' (i.e. the first one to come to the West) is an example. We never see his eyes. And yet it's revealed in support conversations that he's actually not bad at cooking. How can he cook without seeing? How can he ''fight'' without seeing? We will never know.
* Venom from ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'' wears his hair like a literal veil ''and'' has a creepy painting of an eye superimposed on it. However, depending on the artwork, sometimes [http://www.guiltygear.ru/images/gallery/ggxxr_cs2_ve.jpg you can see a small portion of his face by looking around the hair-veil] ([http://www.guiltygear.ru/images/gallery/ggxxac_cs_ve.jpg but sometimes not]), and it does flip up and leave his face completely exposed and visible in his in-match falling animation.
* Layer, one of the three members of [[Mission Control]] in ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 8''. Her eyes can be seen while she blushes (especially when around Zero, to whom ''she'' is a [[Hopeless Suitor]]).
* The bassist in ''[[Guitar Hero (Video Game)|Guitar Hero]] 3'' has Blinding Bangs and a massive beard that covers [[The Faceless|everything but his nose]].
* [[Capcom]] artist Edayan seems to always have at least one character like this, as Roberto Miura from ''[[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Rival Schools]]'' and Cracker Jack from ''[[Street Fighter EX (Video Game)|Street Fighter EX]]'' have their eyes perpetually covered by their hats.
* ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'': Piloswine, Ralts, Woobat, and Litwick (over one eye). Deino and Zweilous would be this, except they have no eyes to cover, hence justifying their Hustle ability (increases Attack, lowers accuracy).
* Bebedora from ''[[Arc the Lad (Video Game)|Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits]]'' has a large hat covering the top half of her head. Sometimes it goes up a little, and it looks like she has no eyes at all!
* The Soldier from ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' has these, in a way -- his helmet obscures his eyes from almost all angles.
* Kuroda Kanbe from ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Sengoku Basara]]'' has two small bangs that seem to be permanently attached to his eyes.
* Baby Eoleo in ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|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''.
 
 
== Visual Novels ==
* This a common feature in [[Dating Sim|Dating Sims]] (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 (Visual Novel)|Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series and its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Mitsumete Knight (Video Game)|Mitsumete Knight]]'' are two good (non-H) examples of this.
 
 
== Web Animation ==
* In ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|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 ==
* Mopey of ''[[The B -Movie Comic (Webcomic)|The B Movie Comic]]'' has this as a definite characteristic: two large bangs cover her eyes and most of her face all the time. The mystery of her true appearance is heavily parodied in [http://www.bmoviecomic.com/index.php?cid=88 this strip].
* Kenta from ''[[Sexy Losers (Webcomic)|Sexy Losers]]'' -- a '''very''' [[NSFW]] comic! -- has his eyes hidden as a parody of this common trait in [[Hentai]]. When the artist did a character portrait for him, he didn't even ''have'' eyes, as the artist was too used to doing him with Blinding Bangs and couldn't figure out how they should look.
* Subverted in ''[[Everyday Heroes (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomic)|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.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
** Numbuh Four's eyes are covered by his hair.
** Mr. Wink as well. His eyes were seen far less than Numbuh Four's eyes were in his appearances.
** Also, the tallest of the Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]''
** Sam Sheepdog has a mop of red hair completely covering his eyes. He's still perfectly able to see, as Ralph Wolf could attest from several painful confirmations. Sam subverted this trope on at least one occasion: when the wolf looks through his binoculars, he sees a [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|pair of angry, blood-shot red eyes]] staring back at him before being beaten to a pulp. And Ralph '''did''' lift those Blinding Bangs at one time, too!
** The Abominable Snowman also has a tuft of fur that always obscures his eyes.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''
** Toph's eyes are seen in the series, but her entire eyes are covered by her bangs in [[Chibi Avatar|the animated shorts]] and some of the comics. ([[Disability Superpower|It is not as if she uses them anyway]].)
** In "The Ember Island Players", both the actors for Toph and Mai have Blinding Bangs.
* Eugene Meltsner of the animated version of ''[[Adventures in Odyssey (Radio)|Adventures in Odyssey]]'' has these bangs... and wears ''glasses over them''. Judging from the artwork for the most recent episode album, this [http://www.aiowiki.com/wiki/File:51front.jpg appears to be] [[Important Haircut|coming to an end]].
* Pi from ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series (Animation)|Sabrina the Animated Series]]''. His eyes are always covered by his hat, on at least one occasion his hat came off and his eyes were still covered by his hair.
* Lou's mom's eyes in ''[[Lou]]'' are covered by her hair, even though her glasses aren't.
* Breach from ''[[Generator Rex (Animation)|Generator Rex]]'', over her whole face.
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''
** Princess Lela from season 1 episode 4, at least in her cursed form.
** Also Chamberlain Thickdruft of the Sadida kingdom, which makes him mistake someone else for Amalia all the time, even if it's a guy. However he is unaware of this, and will accuse said person of impersonating the princess.
* Shag from ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]'' is another sheepdog example.
* Big Billy in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|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 [[Cyclops|cycloptic eye.]]
 
 
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