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{{quote|'''Elwood:''' It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, [[Sunglasses
'''Jake:''' Hit it.
Wearing dark glasses or mirrorshades is long-standing visual shorthand for [[Badass
▲{{quote|'''Elwood:''' It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, [[Sunglasses At Night|it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses]].<br />
▲'''Jake:''' Hit it.|'''''[[The Blues Brothers]]'''''}}
▲Wearing dark glasses or mirrorshades is long-standing visual shorthand for [[Badass|Badassitude]]. The act of ''putting them on'' means that it's time to kick ass, take names or do both. The act of taking them off is a sign that somebody's about to get scrutinised by the badass, usually just prior to an asskicking.
Obligatory for a [[Cyberpunk]] setting, or for intimidating [[Deep South]] Lawmen. A nice accessory to a [[Badass Longcoat]].
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Aside from making them look [[Badass]] the reason behind them wearing shades is so they don't show that their eyes flinch when firing a weapon or having massive swords flung at their face. So when a character isn't wearing any shades and running around firing automatic weapons and manages to show no discomfort you know they're truly [[Badass]].
Another reason being that most people commonly have visual cues they give with their eyes subconsciously
For some specific variants, see [[Triangle Shades]] and [[Lennon Specs]].
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Advertising]] ==
* Chester Cheetah from the Cheetos commercials wear those.
* The Cool Spots, [[Animate Inanimate Object|little red bottlecaps]] with arms, legs, and shades, who appeared in 7-Up commercials during [[The Nineties]].
* Kamina of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gurren Lagann]]'' is constantly wearing cool shades (which [[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* Kamina of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gurren Lagann]]'' is constantly wearing cool shades (which [[Bellisarios Maxim|stay on without any visible means of attachment]] and he wore despite living underground ''never seeing the sun'' for most of his life), and after he hijacks his own [[Humongous Mecha]], Gurren, he melts down the pair of swords it had on it to give the mech a pair of shades too. Later on, those same shades (combined with the mecha's wings) are used to hold the enemy down for a final blow. Then the shades reattach themselves. [[Rule of Cool]] indeed. This isn't even going into the far more ridiculous and over-the-top sunglasses that appear later on. These shades have undergone [[Memetic Mutation]], instantly rendering any character they are shopped onto incredibly manly.
** To top it off, during a massive power-up, Simon's digging goggles morph into Kamina's shades, and then into ''five-point star shades''.
** After finding out that Chouginga Gurren-Lagann's design was based on [[Getter Robo|Shin Dragon]], you can no longer see its face as anything other than a pair of ''[http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9467/shindragonfrontnn3.jpg six-pointed shades]''.
** Boota is wearing a set of round-lensed shades; at first they ''could'' just be his eyes, but when you see him sleeping with them on his forehead in episode 8, or scrabbling for them earlier, it becomes clear that in this show '''even the [[Mix
** The picture for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEtRtlmidk&feature=related this] [[YouTube]] video sums this whole example up pretty well, at least for the non-robots of the show.
*** Hell, that should be the image for this page.
** Kamina may well have [[Fridge Brilliance|a legit reason]] for [[Sunglasses
** Plus, his shades are ''red''. As in, the color that helps human eyes adjust to transitioning to darkness, like the lights on a submarine.
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|He went up to the surface with his father as a kid and wanted to be ready next time.]]
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Seems to be a requirement for members of the 7th Division given former-captain Aikawa Love, former-lieutenant Kotsubaki Jin'emon and incumbent lieutenant Iba Tetsuzaemon all wear/wore badass shades. Renji's predecessor in the 6th Division Ginjirō Shirogane left to open a sunglasses shop called the Silver Dragonfly which Renji himself frequently buys from. (In keeping with his [[Butt Monkey]] status, Renji's badass shades invariably get destroyed in battle shortly after he buys a new pair. No one else seems to suffer this fate.)
* Adam Blade from ''[[
* Sanson from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' has some pretty damn Cool Shades. They have a similar shape to Kamina's without being as over the top, and the generally extremely similar personality of the two characters suggests that the Gurren Lagann team were a little [[Expy|inspired]] by Gainax's earlier figure of goofball manliness.
** While not quite as cool, his partner in crime [[Gadgeteer Genius|Hanson]] also wears
* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Vash the Stampede always puts on his yellow sunglasses right before he stops [[Obfuscating Stupidity|playing the fool]] and reveals his actual hypercompetence.
** This is actually because his eyes [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|glow blue]] when he gets pissed and he likes to hide it.
** Also, you will observe that they are [http://images45.fotki.com/v1431/photos/6/1421436/7199964/IMG_4146-vi.jpg actually]{{Dead link}} kind of goofy-looking sunglasses, and only fall into this because of the trope's prevalence and the fact that he wears them so awesomely.
** Wolfwood wears
* ''Moonlight Lady'' has this trope represented with Chikako.
* Dutch, Eda and Mr. Chang from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. Rotton the Wizard is a subversion.
* In the ''[[Pokémon (
** Compare Squirtle's shades with Kamina's. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120905001204/http://www.mahq.net/gunion/squirtle.htm The ramifications of this] don't bear thinking about.
*** Something, perhaps, like [http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7242/1185943578271wk1vp0.gif this?]
*** Or [http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/halolz-dot-com-pokemon-gurrenlagann-squirtlesquadbrigade.jpg this.]
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* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', Alucard's sunglasses, at least toward the beginning of the series. By later on, he's abandoned them, in what is probably the most [[Badass]] way of having [[The Glasses Come Off]] ''ever''.
* ''[[Harlem Beat]]'': there are the Three Men team, [[Captain Obvious|Shades]], Ultraman (his shades even shaped like Ultraman’s eyes!), and Kojiya twins from Kyan.
* ''[[
** Specifically, they put them on whenever they head out to pull off a money-making caper.
* Enishi from [[Rurouni Kenshin]] is always seen with a pair of purple-tinted John Lennon shades...which brings up the question of who sold sunglasses in the late 19th century...
* Sai Saici from ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
* Suzaku Kururugi of ''[[
** It's almost as is Schneizel has inherited [[Back to The Future|Doc Brown's]] protective
** {{spoiler|Guilford}} gets in on the action too, though from the presence {{spoiler|of a certain sort of cane when he visits Cornelia in the hospital}}, it's implied that this is not purely a fashion choice.
* Franky from ''[[
** Admiral Kizaru wears shades too.
** After the [[Time Skip]], Nico Robin also sports a pair.
* Tooya of ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]'' wears shades at the beginning of the story,
* Iceman Hotty from ''[[Basquash]]!'' wears a pair of cool shades all the time. Though it's not until Spanky attempts to eat a pair of random lizards scampering through the desert that we find out his shades are actually ''alive''. Though they're hardly the first pair of equipment to be alive in the series.
* Scar from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** And in Ling Yao's cameo appearance in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Char Aznable/Quattro Bajeena trades his famous helmet for a pair of these in ''[[
** Zechs Merquise wore shades in the prequel manga, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
** Jamil Neate from ''[[
** Harry Ord from ''[[Turn
** No mention for Athrun Zala's "Alex Dino" disguise in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
** Four of these characters are, to some extent, [[Expy|based on]] [[Char Clone|Char]].
* Matt from ''[[
** In the second intro, Aizawa is seen wearing a pair of aviator type sunglasses he never dons outside the opening.
* Batou/Bateau takes this to its logical Cyberpunk extreme in ''[[Ghost in
** Judging by their size and some other things, like a doctor in Stand Alone Complex trying to sell him actual eyeballs, they indeed are his eyes in their entirety, and their purpose is to pack in more functions than normal-sized eyeballs could, implying again that they are cylinderical and extend deeper in his skull than normal eyeballs would.
* Ban Mido from ''[[
* Straight Cougar from ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' is almost as much defined by his glasses as he is by his speed.
* The Sailor Animamates of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime sport sunglasses in their respective disguises.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' has Trueman, and given the rest of his [[Mind Screw|characterization]], it's probably best we can't see his eyes.
* Osamu Sugo/Knight Schumacher from ''[[
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is almost never seen without his pair of designer sunglasses, although not everyone thinks that they're awesome. [[Intrepid Reporter|Shuji]], for example, thinks they make him look like a pretentious hipster (at least up until Shizuo clotheslines him into oblivion, at which point Shuji agrees that they suit him perfectly and couldn't imagine him any other way and OH GOD, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!).
* Ruki and arguably Jianliang in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' wear them occasionally. Yamaki wears his nearly all the time!
** What, no one remembered [[Digimon Savers|Captain Satsuma]]? We literally never see him without his sunglasses. '''Ever'''.
* [[Queen Victoria]] in the ''[[Black Butler|Kuroshitsuji]]'' manga. All part of the [[Anachronism Stew]].
* The villain Chinmei from [[Samurai Deeper Kyo]] wears shades most of the time except his final battle against the entire Sanada clan, revealing his "True Red Eyes". At one point his shades was damaged by Mahiro during his battle with Kyo, only to be replaced by a spare shade.
* Tsuchimikaido Motoharu in ''[[
* Bear Walken of [[Gungrave]] always wear cool yellow shades. Up until {{spoiler|he was defeated by Brandon and he died.}} One cute note: Sherri, his daughter, was shown as a girl with a teddy bear with those glasses.
* [[Light
* Kagato from the first ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'' OVA.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* The ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''{{'}}s Scott Summers, Cyclops, wears sunglasses (or a visor, when in costume) with special lenses to contain his [[Power Incontinence|unceasing]] [[Eye Beams]] all the time, even when asleep. In various depictions, these range from clunky to top of the range Oakleys. In this case, taking them ''[[The Glasses Come Off|off]]'' is the threatening move.▼
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* The ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'''s Scott Summers, Cyclops, wears sunglasses (or a visor, when in costume) with special lenses to contain his [[Power Incontinence|unceasing]] [[Eye Beams]] all the time, even when asleep. In various depictions, these range from clunky to top of the range Oakleys. In this case, taking them ''[[The Glasses Come Off|off]]'' is the threatening move.
* Heather Hudson of ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' (who normally wore prescription glasses) began wearing wraparound shades when she became leader of the team. When she received her version of the Vindicator/Guardian battlesuit, Madison Jeffries modified her shades for wear with the suit.
** In the second ''Alpha Flight'' series, Heather had switched to contacts, and initially didn't wear glasses with the new suit Department H had provided her, but after a while of getting bothered by the wind in her eyes, she brought the shades back.
* Cassidy from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' always wears them to hide his eyes, which seem to be the only part of him that changed substantially when he became a vampire.
* In ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' Spider Jerusalem has distinct "live shades" with circular red lens and rectangular green lens. The item maker that created them was on hallucinogenic drugs. Now how cool is that.
** Cool enough that when he finally needed another pair, ''they had the same mismatched lenses''.
* ''[[The Sandman
** It's ''also'' up in the air what he did before the invention of
*** While not normal, sunglasses may have already been invented when Dream created
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes
* The titular [[Mister X]] wears circular shades to cover up his eyes, which look about as bad as you'd expect from someone who hasn't slept in years.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Hermione Granger, [[Teen Superspy]], creates a set of shades that act as the display for her arm-mounted computer in the [[The Teraverse|Teraverse]] ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Alternate Universe Fic]] ''[[Hermione Granger and the Boy Who Lived]]''.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'': Bandit Keith never takes off his sunglasses, even in a dark cave,
** [[CSI: Miami|It looks like the rules...* puts on shades* ...just got screwed.]]▼
*** '''''[[The Who|YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!]]'''''▼
== [[Film]] ==
* The first ''[[Back to The Future]]'' ends with Doc Brown showing up wearing some very
** In Part II the glasses are revealed to be a part of the Delorean's modifications that allow him to see what's happening around the car.
** Note than you can now re-create this appearance with some brands of modern-day mirror shades.
* The
* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', in the intro sequence.
* John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd wore shades when performing as Jake and Elwood Blues. The Blues Brothers act originated on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and got made into a blockbuster movie in 1980. Neither one of the Blues Brothers removed their sunglasses in the film... well, Jake removed his in the scene where he was apologising to the Mystery Woman (Carrie Fisher).
** ''The Blues Brothers'' had a not-so-successful sequel in 1998 called ''Blues Brothers 2000'', in which Elwood takes off his shades (only)
** The DVD of the original movie includes scenes omitted from the earlier versions, that include Elwood resigning his job as a menial factory worker, while he wears protective goggles instead of shades.
* Putting on sunglasses is just about all ''[[Ace Ventura]]'' does.
* The ''[[Men in Black (
** J (who claims, "I make these look ''good''!") actually trades his first pair in for a more styling set at the end of the first movie.
* [[Blade]], in the movie and sequels of the same name, apparently stores his surplus Badassitude in his shades. In every movie, there seems to be a point where he loses them, gets his butt kicked for a while, and then regains them, just to put 'em on in a badass way. Usually this happens right before fighting the [[Big Bad]]. Step 1 of defeating Blade is "remove his sunglasses."
*
** The technical reason they have them in ''[[
** Beautifully [http://detonate.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=4&page=4 parodied by detonate.net]:
{{quote|
** It's also a visual cue that Neo is reaching his potential when he breaks Smith's shades. Smith takes them off and says, "I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson."
*** Sunglasses seem to be symbolic armor for ''everyone,'' really. Nearly every time someone gets beaten up, they aren't unquestionably defeated until after their shades are gone. One exception is Morpheus, who takes his off before Agent Johnson fights him on the truck, perhaps symbolizing the fight's ultimate futility. The final fight between Neo and Smith has them knocking each others' shades off early on, because armor is irrelevant with the level of control they both exert over the world.
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*** As with many tropes in this series, easily justified by programming; the sunglasses worn by redpills would be specialized models in the Matrix that don't obscure the sight of the wearer while appearing normal otherwise.
* ''My Science Project.'' This quote could be considered a [[Trope Codifier]].
{{quote|
'''Vince Lotello:''' Because when you're [[Rule of Cool|cool]], the sun shines on you 24 hours a day. }}
* Regardless of what model it is, every ''[[Terminator (
** Exception: "Cameron", the [[Waif Fu]] Terminator in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', doesn't bother. With [[Summer Glau]] in the role, [[Creepy Child|they'd just be redundant]].
*** The episode of 25 February 2008 demonstrates that they aren't merely redundant... they look a little silly. [http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=151&pos=12 Decide for yourself.]
** Subverted in ''Film/Terminator 3'', where the T-850 discovers to his dismay that the shades that come with the outfit he mugged off a male stripper are pink and star-shaped. He drops them on the ground and crushes them with his boot, then finds a better pair in the car he steals.
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'', Riddick seems to put on (or [[The Glasses Come Off|take off]]) his welding goggles to emphasize what he's saying. To be fair, the goggles are actually functional; his eyes are extremely sensitive to light (allowing him to see no matter how dark it is), so he needs them to protect his eyes. He also takes them off or puts them on depending on the amount of light in a scene and how clearly he wants to see something.
** Kind of played with in the first Riddick movie, ''Pitch Black''. In the first half of the movie, it's played straight: glasses on when he's kicking ass. The brightness of the sunlight leaves him vulnerable without his welding goggles - when they're torn off during a fight, he's pretty much helpless. For the second half of a movie, during the total darkness of an eclipse, it's subverted: he takes the goggles off so he can see in the dark.
* Done to great effect in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'': the main character is disenchanted and giving up when he sees DVDs of ''Point Break'' and ''Bad Boys 2'' in a little convenience store. Inspired, he buys a pair of cheap sunglasses that make him look disproportionately badass. He later hands off a spare pair to his partner when they meet up.
* ''Soultaker'' stars Martin Sheen's brother as a
* The blind character in ''[[Sneakers]]'' only wears dark glasses in one scene, apparently for the sole purpose of reflecting screens of computer code.
* Combined with a subversion of [[The Glasses Come Off]] in the movie ''[[Airplane!]]'', when Captain Rex Kramer whips off his sunglasses to make a dramatic point, only to reveal ''another'' pair of sunglasses underneath.
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* Vincent Latello, from the movie ''[[My Science Project]]''. "Because when you're cool, the sun shines on you twenty four hours a day."
* Rodney Skinner, Gentleman Thief, wears these to hide the fact that his eyes are invisible.
* ''[[The
{{quote|
and he's got the coolest shades..." }}
** In other versions of the ''Guide'' these are "the greatest shades in the known sky": Joo Janta Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses. At the first hint of danger [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|they turn totally black]], and prevent you from seeing anything that may alarm you. Ford isn't impressed.
* The first [[Mortal Kombat]] movie has Johnny Cage wearing a rather pricey set of shades that get crushed by [[The Dragon|Goro]].
{{quote|
* ''[[Night Watch (
* ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'' has Leon's signature round sunglasses. Mathilda doesn't look all that bad in them either.
* [[Dirty Harry]] Callahan's dark sunglasses...punk!
* Used intentionally in ''[[That Thing You Do]]''. Once The Wonders sign on a major record label, their manager gives the drummer a pair of sunglasses to make him stand out. [[Lampshaded]] later by a reporter: "Are those prescription, or are you just trying to look cool?"
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Molly (aka Rose, Sally, etc) from ''[[Neuromancer]]'' has mirrorshades surgically implanted over her eyes. The same surgery also rearranged her tearducts, so she literally can't cry. Instead, she spits.
** They're not just mirrorshades; they have microchannel image amps built into them so she can see in the dark. Somewhat [[Rule of Cool|cooler]] than your typical cybernetic replacement eyes, not to mention being rather easier to manufacture.
* Crowley from ''[[
** It's partly just because they're cool. The other demons find his coolness irritating.
* In ''[[
* Minty Fresh from ''[[
* Shane Schofield, from [[Matthew Reilly]]'s books, wears silver anti-flash glasses to hide his [[Eye Scream|scars]].
* Alloysius Knight, also from [[Matthew Reilly]]'s books, wears similar shades due to his eyes being hypersensitive, and being like "Shane Schofield gone wrong"
* Tre's Blindsided Shades (read: shutter shades) in [[
* The sports glasses ''[[Daemon]]'' operatives use may be this or [[Sinister Shades]].
* Lampshaded by Robert B. Parker in one of his Spenser novels, where Spenser needs glasses, & remarks he could get prescription shades, so nobody would know & everybody would just think he was cool.
* In ''[[Invisible Man (
* ''[[Dark Future (
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Adam-12]]'': In the final few episodes of Season 7, Reed begins wearing sunglasses on-duty. This includes an off-duty rescue of Malloy (who has been taken hostage by a gang of reactionists) and during Reed's investigation of a typewriter theft ring.
* Horatio Caine of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' punctuates almost every [[Quip to Black]] by putting on his
** Shows up now and then with the other franchise leaders, Grissom from [[CSI]] and Mac from [[CSI: NY]] but not as often. And they usually don't do the Quip To Black with them like Horatio does.
* In [[Double the Fist]], Steve's glasses are so cool, they give him [[The Force]].
* In an early episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'', Josh puts on his sunglasses to punctuate his threat to a Congressman. "The President doesn't hold grudges. That's what he has me for."
* ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'' features a set of shades as a [[Transformation Trinket]].
** An idea that was later incorporated into the parent franchise in ''[[
** ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' also featured a set of cool shades, which was used as an mutant scanner.
* Parodied on ''Chef!''
{{quote|
'''Everton''': They make me look cool.
'''Gareth''': Take them off.
'''Everton''': I brought you a pair.
'''Gareth''': Okay. }}
** Later on...
{{quote|
'''Everton''': No. I'm just making sure I look cool. }}
* While most of the deputies on ''Reno911'' wear shades to take on the Badass Cop persona, Deputy Junior almost never takes them off. Not even indoors or at night.
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*** Recent seasons seem to have shades that can either upload the Intersect to one's head, or remove it entirely.
* Harper's imaginary friend Mr. Lies sports a pair of these in ''[[Angels in America]]''.
* One recurring character in [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the reimagined series of ''
* In the ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' pilot, Simon is first shown wearing a pair of nice-looking sunglasses. The ''Better Days'' comic tie-in indicates these are actually functional, as they block retina scans.
** Also a slight [[Genius Bonus]] to people who watches Chinese period films, where that style of glasses tends to be worn by evil characters or traitors.
* The awe-spiring sunglasses of Michael Westen from ''[[Burn Notice]]''. Sales of that particular brand of shades (Oliver People's Victory) shot up right after the show started to get popular, a testament to just how damn cool they are.
* Let's not forget the Ray Bans in ''[[Miami Vice]]''
* "Hawk" on ''[[Spencer For Hire]]'' played by Avery Brooks. Brooks was on the Arsenio Hall Show actually defined a hero as someone who could get into a fight with a bunch of people and '''never''' lose his sunglasses!
* [[
* Played with in [[Glee]], Quinn and Finn, wanting advice on how to avoid having slushies thrown in their face and to regain their status, go to the guidance counsillor Emma who suggests cool shades. It doesn't work.
* Hong Gil Dong in "[[Hong Gil Dong]]"
* [[Ashes to Ashes|Gene Hunt]] manages brand new levels of awesome [http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/SNF05TV2_399737a.jpg when he wears shades.]
* Duncan
* ''[[The Rotten Tomatoes Show]]'' features a song called "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121009234936/http://current.com/shows/the-rotten-tomatoes-show/90012148_shade-tippin-by-brett-erlich.htm Shade Tippin']" in which Brett Erlich examines the phenomena in movie posters.
* On all versions of ''[[The Addams Family]]'', Cousin Itt [[Limited Wardrobe|only wears two articles of clothing]] (if any): this and his [[Nice Hat|derby hat]].
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* ''Sunglasses at Night'' by Corey Hart
* ''The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades'' by Timbuk3
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* [[Garfield]] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2002/05/07/ is sometimes seen]{{Dead link}} [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2001/06/05/ wearing a pair,]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101106142358/http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101101 or not.]▼
* ''[[Peanuts]]'':
** Snoopy wears them when he pretends to be "[[Big Man on Campus|Joe Cool]]".
** Subverted in one Sunday strip where Lucy wears a pair at the sandlot field; she can barely see with them on, bumping into things, until she bumps into Charlie Brown, who yells at her to, '''"TAKE OFF THOSE STUPID GLASSES!!"
==
▲* [[Garfield]] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2002/05/07/ is sometimes seen] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2001/06/05/ wearing a pair,] [http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101101 or not.]
* [[Bret Hart]] wore a pair of pink ones in his run with WWF/WCW. He'd usually give them to a child fan before the match.
* "Macho Man" [[Randy Savage]] is known for his colorful, decorative, and all around badass sunglasses usually with designs on them coordinating with his tights.
* [[Hulk Hogan]], of [[New World Order|the nWo]] wore a pair f shades and looked absolutely badass while wearing them.
* [[The Undertaker]] wore a pair during his American Badass/Big Evil run.
* [[John Morrison]] has a pair he wears to the ring, although how he sees in them [https://web.archive.org/web/20110821235323/http://www.wweshop.com/item/john-morrison-sunglasses/W02191/17-00355 is a mystery to me.]
* These + cool shirt + [[Fascinating Eyebrow]] = [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]].
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Unsurprisingly, ''[[Shadowrun]]'' allows characters to purchase
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Cecile Forward wears a nice looking pair in intermission scenes in ''[[Castle Fantasia 2 Renewal]]'', though they do tend to subvert their purpose in battle scenes, where she looks rather bug eyed.
* Dr. Robotnik from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' wears a pair of round-frame sunglasses at all times with the intended effect of making him look more intimidating. [
** To be fair, imagine what he would look like without them. At least they help build an [[Smart People Wear Glasses|image]].
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140108205829/http://www.blackwolf-images.com/images/dic/sonic/robotnik_106-198-r13.jpg Why hello there. It seems that we haven't been introduced yet.]
*** [http://i34.tinypic.com/kdaash.png Modern Eggman without glasses, anyone?]
** In ''Sonic Riders'', every character wears cool goggles. They never, EVER use them. See [[Goggles Do Nothing]].
* One of the customizable clothing options in ''[[Battlefield
* Azel, the [[Mirror Boss
* In ''[[
** In the latest installment (KOF XIII), he has them on the whole time. Now he grabs back the sunglasses when it hits the opponent during Chain Drive.
* Parodied in ''[[
** Cloud has a pair at the beginning of the movie, though he loses them in the same scene.
** In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', Cloud puts on a new pair of (very sexy) sunglasses in the big battle cutscene.
* Al-Cid Margrace from ''[[
* Auron of ''[[
** Subverted slightly in that his cool shades are small and worn low on the nose, so you can often see at least part of his eyes.
* Beyond the Grave, the main character of ''[[Gungrave]]'' wears a pair of small, yet neat, sunglasses (?) that have the left lens blacked out and a cross design on top of that. It serves a minor purpose in that the black lens slightly covers up the [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|prominent scar]] on his
* Proto Man from ''[[Mega Man (
** Proto Man's so cool, he [[Department of Redundancy Department|wears shades
** It seems like having a shaded visor in ''[[
* J.C from ''[[
** Adam, the [[Cyborg]] PC of ''[[Deus Ex
* With the exceptions of the ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' games before ''[[
* All five members of the ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' from newbie Spin to veteran team leader Chieftain.
** Make that all ''ten'' characters, not counting [[Paper
* Many characters from ''[[
* Johnny Cage from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', naturally. In some games he wears them during the fight, in others he puts them on after winning. In the upcoming eleventh game, he can actually use them as a projectile, including in an X-Ray Move.
** His daughter Cassie wears them in some of her mods.
* [[Serious Sam]] started off wearing shades, but they were later removed from his design, allegedly to "make a less [[Duke Nukem]] looking character".
* [[Resident Evil|Albert goddamn Wesker]]. Eventually, it's to cover up his [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|bizarrely]] [[Hellish Pupils|inhuman eyes]], but mostly [[Rule of Cool|they're just there to be rockin']].
** He only takes them off twice in ''RE:5'' the first time the throws them at Chris as distraction(and then wipes the floor with him before catching his glasses to put them back on) before the boss sequence begins and the second time was during the final battle.
*** {{spoiler|Ada Wong}} in ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'' drops a pair, which then explode as a distraction.
* Johnny from ''[[Guilty Gear]]''. His shades are removed only in his Burst sprite (to show he's serious now, of course).
*
* Jake Armitage from the [[Super Nintendo]] incarnation of ''[[Shadowrun]]''. Initially he needs to put them on to solve a puzzle. {{spoiler|He needs to wear them to prevent the morgue guys from recognizing him as the guy who [[Waking Up At the Morgue|woke up at the morgue]], so they won't flee and he can talk with them.}} But they can't be taken off once worn and show up in all the cutscenes from then onwards. Some characters also comment on them when spoken to.
* In ''[[Fallout]] 2'', putting mirrored shades on actually gave your character + 1 bonus to Charisma.
** Likewise, in ''Fallout 3'', [[Badass in
*** Or you can just loot them off his corpse (which is probably the best option for anyone not playing as a evil character).
*** One of the women in Andale has the same kind of shades. There's a way to get them without losing karma, {{spoiler|just reveal Andale's evil secret and, when confronted by the 4 adults, tell them you think they're freaks. They'll try to kill you, which lets you get rid of them AND score some
** ''Fallout 3'' also has the "Lucky Shades", a unique pair of sunglasses that gives you a + 1 bonus to your Luck while you wear them.
* In Pen and Teller's unreleased game
* Katsuya and Baofu, both from ''[[Persona 2|Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]]'', sport some rockin' shades.
** In the [[Updated Rerelease|PSP remake]], {{spoiler|Hitler/Nyarlathotep}} also looks pretty damn good sporting a pair, to the point where one wonders whether Atlus's censorship will backfire by simply making him look too cool.
** In
* Blank from ''[[Space Channel 5]]''. His were pink variants of the classic Kamina 'boomerang' shades. His 'turn' icon even had a glint next to the glasses!
* In ''[[The Godfather (
* Vinnie the Gooch from ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Baseball]]''.
* [[Metal Gear|Liquid Ocleot]] wears these to [[Badass|great effect]] MANY times in
* While they have no effect in increasing the badass quotient of the characters, Thane Krios and Jack from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' have gained their personal cool shades in a DLC.
** Some DLC items also allow Shepard to rock the look, such as the Umbra Visor or the Archon Visor.
* In ''[[Art of Fighting]]'', John Crawley the navy man wears a pair of sunglasses that can be knocked off if you damage them enough. His boss, [[Big Bad|Mr. Big]], also wears them.
* Michael Becket, the player character of ''F.E.A.R'' 2, is shown putting on a pair of futuristic looking shades that serve as your HUD for the game.
* <s>Spike</s> [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Lakilester]] from ''[[Paper Mario (
* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', Mike can sport several different types of sunglasses, ranging from simple slightly tinted glasses to wraps to big aviators to mirrored sunglasses that make him look like a sinister CIA agent right out of the 60's, all the way to shiny reflective razor sunglasses.
* In ''[[Jumper (
* You can't afford [[Punch
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Fox (
* Sissel from ''[[Ghost Trick:
* In the early 90s adventure game ''Dreamweb'', protagonist Ryan has to put some shades on to obscure his identity after he is wanted for murder.
* Developer team ''The Bitmap Brothers'' had cool shades as their schtick. On photographs in game magazines of the day,they often wore sunglasses, and in at least some of their games, cool shades were included as a hidden item or easter egg. One example is ''Xenon II Megablast'', where the player can buy "Bitmap Shades" as an extremely expensive item. All it does is change the graphics to pure black and white.
* Rude, a boss in the remake of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', wears a pair. During the first [[Boss Battle]] with him, after reducing him to about 50% health, Cloud's attacks break them; there's a short cutscene where he discards them, then puts on a spare pair, then continues the battle.
* Yuki from ''[[Megatokyo]]'' switched from [[Meganekko]]-style glasses to Cool Shades after Largo made her a [[Little Miss Badass]].
* Brent Sienna from ''[[
** At one point, Cole Wilson tries to emulate him by wearing aviator sunglasses, which Brent objects to because cool shades are ''his'' thing. A few strips later, Cole no longer wears them and admits he sat on them.
* Shadehawk's shades in ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''. He ([[Goggles Do Something Unusual|almost]]) only wears them for Cool, since he operates at night.
* Riff from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is ''never'' seen without sunglasses. Normally he wears black shades, but when he suits up for the [[Final Battle]] during "Dangerous Days," he [https://web.archive.org/web/20140218010623/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020602 switches to] some ''even more'' [[Badass]] yellow shades.
* [[Mad Scientist]] Kevyn Andreyasn, from ''[[
* Shilo from ''[[Rhapsodies]]''
*
** Dave's later upgraded/combined [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003721 iSHades,] which are...well, an iPhone on a pair of aviators. And are ''[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003543 awesome.]'' John, too, gets a [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002956 similar pair of shades,] but they lack the apple logo, and Dave's raw awesome.
** Post-scratch Bro/DS's auto-responder literally is a pair of these.
** ''[[Homestuck]]'' [[Fan Fiction]] abounds and
* Youngsilver from ''[[The Pride of Life]]'' sports a Bebop-inspired pair.
* Black Monday Blues, of ''[[
* ''[[
* James of ''[[Out There]]'' has yet to be pictured without his Ray-Bans (if that's what they are). You can't even see his eyes when he's in [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100724.html profile]. Since you ''can'' see the eyes of the [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100922.html other characters] when they're viewed from the side (even when they're wearing glasses), it's hard not to wonder: does James even ''have'' eyes?
* ''[[Bob and George]]'': [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020518c Like he'd really use this trope when he could wear sunglasses to see the invisible]
* ''[[Murry Purry Fresh and Furry]]'': Cool Cat, an actual non-athropomorphic cat, wears cool shades.
* ''[[
* Nearly everyone in ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
▲== Web Original ==
▲* Bandit Keith never takes off his sunglasses, even in a dark cave, [[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|because he's American]], and Americans always wear sunglasses!
▲** [[CSI: Miami|It looks like the rules...* puts on shades* ...just got screwed.]]
▲*** '''''[[The Who|YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!]]'''''
* The [[Shadow Men]] in ''[[Broken Saints]]'' both wear these in one scene, apparently just so artist Andrew West could have their enormous monitor reflected in the shades.
** Also, Mars' glowing red shades.
* The potato in the second ''[[Asdfmovie]]'' gets a pair.
* Referenced/spoofed a few times on ''[[Homestar Runner]]''. Strong Bad's [[Cowboy Cop]] alter-ego Dangeresque, from the Strong Bad Emails "stunt double" and "dangeresque 3", wears
** ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' also subverted the trope in a different skit, where Homestar buys a pair of "cool shades" from Bubs but stashes them inside a can of yellow paint before wearing them. When he dons the shades, still dripping with paint, the result is that he looks even more foolish than usual and can barely see, causing him to apparently confuse Strong Sad for an old friend named "Dripping Yellow Madness".
* The Necro Critic. A [[Caustic Critic]] who is characterized by his sunglasses.
* Standard issue for [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]. Used mainly when agents need to Neuryalize a canon character (MIB style) yet not get neuryalized themselves.
* [[The Agony Booth
* ''[[Sockbaby]]'' - Ronnie Cordova.
* Sign up for [[TV Tropes]]' forums and you can post a
* In the [[Lady Lumps VS Boy Bumps]] cartoon ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7txaMqD2Xs Sonik Kombat]'', [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Amy Rose]] puts on a pair when she copies [[Mortal Kombat|Johnny Cage's]] [[Groin Attack|signature move]].
* [[
* Coco Adel from ''[[RWBY]]'' finishes off her stylish look with a pair.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* Throttle from ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'' wears a pair of sunglasses at all
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* Throttle from ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'' wears a pair of sunglasses at all times--this is because as a result of being experimented on he lost his eyes and got them replaced by bionic ones. Although some Biker Mice fans say he's blind.
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' wears black shades throughout every episode, and actively covers his face whenever they've fallen off.
* Many of the 'younger' [[Transformers]] (like Jazz and Prowl) have optics shaped like cool shades. Fans generally write fanfiction about them being blind underneath, or how they really have [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red Decepticon optics]].
* Prowl and Soundwave of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' both have similar pairs of shades as Kamina (though it's possible those are their actual optic sensors, being [[Mechanical Lifeforms]] and all; they even [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|match their factions like most others eyes]]), and both are ''awesomeness incarnate'' (they're a nod to Joe Pineapple's optic visor from ''ABC Warriors'' of 2000AD comics). Jazz and Jetstorm also have sensors that look like visor shades, and Grimlock's are shaped like normal ones.
* "Hello, [[Lilo and Stitch|Lilo.]] I'm Mr. Bubbles." "Your knuckles say Cobra... [[Scary Black Man|have you ever killed anyone?"]]
* [[Young Justice (
** Red Arrow wears them whenever he's in a stakeout.
* Tad and Chad from ''[[The Fairly
* One of the villians in ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', [[Enfant Terrible|Heloise]] wears a pair during her stint as Jimmy's bodyguard. This parodied in another episode where [[Dumb Blonde|Jimmy]] attempts to invoke this trope, but the sunglasses he uses get increasingly tacky.
* [[The Backyardigans|Backyardigans]] Pablo and Tyrone wear these as 'Delivery Agents' in the episode Elephant On The Run. So don't mess with them.
* In the recent special for ''[[Total Drama Action]]'', Noah and all the members of the boy-band "The Drama Brothers" have them.
* ''[[Codename
* Alan Chan's violet-tinted specs in ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''.
* In the episode "In the Line of Doody," the Penguins of [[Madagascar]] briefly don cool shades, complete with earpieces, while "protecting" the parks commissioner. And they look simultaneously hilarious and awesome.
* An interesting preschool version - in the [[Nick Jr.]] show [[
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Also, there's "[[Fan Nickname|Vinyl Scratch]]", a pony DJ who appeared for [[One
* Agent Six from ''[[Generator Rex]]'' rocks shades and a sharp green suit. Oh, and foldout katanas. That he can slice bullets with.
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Leela has interesting sunglasses... [https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/radicalsatan/leela er, sunglass?]
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* Sunglasses were used functionally by actors who would wear them on set to protect their eyes from the intense set lighting. People saw behind the behind the scenes footage of actors doing so and thus concluded wearing sunglasses is fashionable.
▲== Real Life ==
▲* Sunglasses were used functionally by actors who would wear them on set to protect their eyes from the intense set lighting. People saw behind the behind the scenes footage of actors doing so and thus concluded wearing sunglasses is fashionable.
* Many celebrities attempt to invoke this trope; perhaps the most successful example is Roy Orbison, who originally wore them because he left his regular prescription glasses on the plane that was taking him to one of his concerts, and didn't have time to get a replacement set (in the 1960s, you couldn't get glasses in less than several days, unlike today's one-hour stores).
* All of the members of [[X Japan]], except for [[Tomoaki Ishizuka|Pata]].
* [[Tom Waits]] has an incredibly badass instrumental piece simply called "In Shades."
* Corey Hart wears his sunglasses at night, so he can, so he can watch you weave an breathe your storylines.
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* [[Kanye West]] wears those neat 'Shutter Shade' sunglasses to many of his concerts, regardless of lighting.
* The late, great Eazy-E of N.W.A was rarely seen without his shades.
* Future [[World Domination|World Emperor]] and musician, [[Doctor Steel|Dr. Phineas Waldorf Steel]], has yet to be seen in public without his characteristic thick black-lensed goggle-glasses.
* [[
* [[Joe Satriani]]'s black sunglasses and [[Bald of Awesome]] make up his look.
* [[
* [[
** Axl is occasionally not seen wearing shades, but Slash on the othere hand never takes his off. One interview said he went to see his mother who was dying of cancer in a hospital, and never took off his shades.
* The only guy who whore glasses as much as Bono and Slash was [[Ramones|Joey Ramone]].
* 2 the Ranting Gryphon, a well known comedian within the [[Furry Fandom]], is rarely seen without his trademark brown shades. In fact, this troper doesn't believe he's ever witnessed a single time in which he hasn't worn them, indoors or out.
* Dutch author of children's books Paul van Loon is never seen in public without his shades. This rather adds to his mistique, being a writer of mostly [[Defanged Horrors|kiddy horror]].
* General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, famous for his roles in [[World War Two]] and the [[Korean War]], was known for, among other things, wearing aviator shades... long before the aviators started wearing them. It helps that MacArthur, being literally [[Older Than They Think]], had been a commissioned officer in the Army since 1903, making the shades a literal example of [[Follow the Leader]].
** Worth noting that the shades are pretty essential for pilots as they allow them to see better. Modern combat pilots don't need them so much anymore due to their helmets having shades built-in, but civilian pilots can find these extra useful on sunny days or whenever they absolutely must fly above cloudcover.
* The late [[Mitch Hedberg]].
* [[Hunter S. Thompson]]
* A 17 year-old kid accused of being the Lulz Sec hacker 'Topiary' was wearing these when he was taken into custody.
* Shades are standard issue for people working in the Secret Service and other bodyquard services, allegedly because they conceal what the wearer is looking at. This can help keep potential troublemakers in line, since they can't be sure that sunglassed muscleman isn't staring directly at them.
** Larger, square ones can also have a one-way mirror formed into the glass/plastic as well which allows them to look behind without having to turn around.
** Also very useful in protecting their eyes when the President is photographed, at least back when flash-photography was widely used.
* [[Bob Dylan]]. He was almost never seen without them in the '60s.
* [[Lou Reed]].
* Ric Ocasek of [[The Cars]].
* Former President
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George Bush: "Are you going to ask that question with shades on?"
Wallsten: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I’m interested in the shade look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I’ll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there’s no sun." ''(Audience Laughter.)''
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective." ''(More Laughter.)''
Bush: "Touche!" }}
** Later, upon learning that Wallsten was legally blind and the glasses were medical, a red-faced President Bush called him to apologize. Wallsten shook off the incident, saying it was a funny exchange that didn't offend him at all. He is currently a national policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
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