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Something covers one of the character's eyes. It might be an eyepatch, [[Peek
Perhaps both.
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See also: [[Evil Eye]], [[Mask Power]], [[Eyes Always Shut]], and if you're masochistic, [[Eye Scream]]. For characters that weren't wearing it the last time you saw them, see [[Eyepatch After Time Skip]]. See also [[Blindfolded Vision]], where a blindfolded combatant is no worse off (or better!) than their opponents. May result because [[Scars Are Forever]].
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* Kakashi in ''[[Naruto]]'' hides a [[Evil Eye|special eye]] behind his [[Hachimaki]]. {{spoiler|In fact, he had to ''switch out his old eye for it''...}}
** A later chapter shows that {{spoiler|Danzo has it too.}}
** In fact, there are a lot of minor ninja with eye patches/coverings including Kuromaru (who for the uninformed is ''[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/7/75/Kuromaru.jpg a dog]'') and [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tonbo_Tobitake Tonbo Tobitake], who has a covering for ''both'' eyes. {{spoiler|The above revelation}} has started a [[Memetic Mutation|joke among the fandom]] that anyone who is covering their eye ( {{spoiler|or more recently an arm}})(doesn't even need to be with an eye patch; it can just be with [[Peek
*** However, he doesn't remove it.
* {{spoiler|Dr. Hell}} from ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'' wore one in {{spoiler|the sequel series, ''[[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Great Mazinger]]''}}. A minor character showed up in one chapter also wore one. He was a homeless thief and street urchin, and the eyepatch furthered the sensation of he was a [[Badass]] in one fight.
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* Kenpachi Zaraki from ''[[Bleach]]'' hides one (functioning) eye under an eyepatch made from a creature that eats his [[Battle Aura]], [[Power Limiter|which allows him to fight at a lower power-level]] so as not to crush lesser opponents and [[Blood Knight|ruin all the fun so quickly]].
** Kenpachi's evil counterpart {{spoiler|5th Espada Nnoitra Jigura}} also has an eyepatch, which conceals {{spoiler|his Hollow hole and the remnants of his mask.}}
** Starrk's release gives him what's either an eyepatch or a scouter. When he does this, he goes from [[Brilliant but Lazy]] to a [[Not
* Fuhrer King Bradley in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' uses a patch {{spoiler|to hide his "Ultimate Eye", his left eye which holds his Ouroboros that gives him the foresight to see all possible outcomes of a given situation, allowing him to predict the moves of any opponent before they happen. His original eye rotted out long ago once he graduated from Fuhrer school.}}
** Bradley's eye in the first anime didn't let him see the future, but it let him see just about everything else. It was used to great effect in his fight with {{spoiler|Mustang}} where swinging his sword altered the air currents in the room and diverted {{spoiler|Mustang's attacks.}}
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* Ryomou from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'', a.k.a. ''Battle Vixens'', wears a medical bandage over her left eye. {{spoiler|it's eventually revealed that the eyepatch is there to help Seal Evil (a "dragon" berserker spirit) In A Can.}}
** Later when {{spoiler|Kakouton Genjou}} has an eye gouged out saving {{spoiler|Sousou}} from {{spoiler|Koushaji's fatal needles}} he starts sporting a rather spiffy patch with a skull and bones motif. This is a [[Shout Out]] to and/or [[Generation Xerox]] of {{spoiler|his past incarnation Xiahou Dun}} of ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' fame, seen below under "[[Real Life]]".
* In ''[[Shura No Toki]]'', two characters use this trope. Takato keeps one eye closed while the legendary Yagyuu Juubei wears a tsuba (sword guard) over one eye. In both cases they have perfectly functional binocular vision but close one eye for the sake of "training". They instantly [[Power
* Adiane in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. It's bulletproof, too, if the first movie is to be believed.
* In ''[[Black Cat (Manga)|Black Cat]]'', Sven Vollfied wears an eyepatch over his right eye, which has the ability to see a few seconds into the future. If he uses it extensively, it can cause extreme exhaustion. He has the eye from {{spoiler|his old partner Lloyd who had these powers of seeing the future. Foreseeing Sven's death, Lloyd went to intervene and was consequently killed himself. Sven lost an eye in the process but was given a transplant from Lloyd who had registered as an organ donor not long before.}}
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* [[Cool Old Guy|Retsudou]] from ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' got his after the hero tried to kill him by means of an arrow through the eye. It didn't work.
* {{spoiler|André Grandier}} from ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' has one {{spoiler|after losing his left eye rather messily}}.
* Chigusa Tsukikage from ''[[Glass Mask]]'' uses her [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|long and messy black hair]] to cover the scars on her face after a terrible on-stage accident.
* In MÄR, the Chess Piece Candice has one of these ''in addition'' to a [[Mask Power|mask]]. The eyepatch conceals a magic stone instead of an empty socket, which she uses as a Dimension Ärm.
* Shirow Watari from ''[[Rah Xephon]]'' has one. Fitting for the commander of a small army.
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* {{spoiler|Ryuuko Kounuma}} from ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'', [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/wolf_guy_ookami_no_monshou/v07/c067/7.html as of recently].
* Nightmare of ''[[Heart no Kuni no Alice]]''.
* In the original [[Yu-Gi-Oh]], Pegasus' [[Peek
* ''[[Oriko Magica]]'''s Kirika has an eyepatch in her [[Magical Girl]] form. This doesn't seem to hamper her fighting ability.
* {{spoiler|Saya Kisaragi}} from [[Blood-C]] gets one in episode 12, {{spoiler|after getting the left half of her head blown off '''and living to tell'''. So she rips her clothes and covers her injury as her [[Healing Factor]] slowly kicks in...}}
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* Deathstroke's daughter Rose, a.k.a. Ravager, gouged out her own eye in an attempt to emulate her father while [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. She would go on to become one of the most [[Badass]] members of the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]. And looks smoking hot in her white eyepatch.
* In the Top Cow comic ''[[Just a Pilgrim]]'', by Garth Ennis, we are introduced to two Eyepatch Badasses. The pilgram does not have an eyepatch as such, but he did burn out one of his own eyes, leaving a cross-shaped scar across his face. He seems to be the baddest dude on the planet. Till he meets the pirate king, who has TWO eyepatches, TWO hooks for hands, and TWO peglegs. "This be MY killing floor, mate!"
* Jesse Custer, the [[Badass]] star of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', acquires an eyepatch towards the end of the series, after his eye is ''bitten out by [[God Is Evil|God]]''.
** The antagonist of the same series had a horrible [[Scars Are Forever|facial scar]] over one eye, two of the supporting cast were born with only one eye apiece and a minor villain who had two myopic eyes was called Odin, after the one-eyed god (no, not the one from North of Kathmandu!)
* ''[[Y the Last Man]]'': Rose Copen is not only an eye-patched modern pirate {{spoiler|though she turns out to be working for the Australian navy}} she also manages to explode a depth charge by hitting the primer with a single bullet from an AK-47. When asked how she managed this with no depth perception the deafened Rose can only reply: "WHAT?"
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* Commander Winter from ''[[Lady Mechanika]]''.
* Gareth the Bowman from ''[[Sojourn]]''. Various characters did wonder how someone with no depth perception could be an expert archer. In his narration, Gareth promised that there was an explanation, but the series ended before we could find out what it was.
* In one of the ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' comics, the villainous Herr Doktor Count Baron Napoleon von Strudel ({{spoiler|real name Bert Maudsley}}) sports an eyepatch to go with his [[Dastardly Whiplash]] moustache. He uses the patch to conceal [[What Do You Mean
* Torin Mac Quillon from ''[[Starslayer]]''.
* [[Doctor Strange]] had one for a while as part of a retool into a 'darker' character.
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* Ryan Cawdor of the [[Deathlands (Literature)|Deathlands]] novels has one. He is an exceptional shot with a gun, but in conversation the characters note that this is rather unusual and indicative of his marksmanship talents.
* Mr. Teatime in the [[Discworld]] novel ''Hogfather'' is a sociopathic and highly-skilled assassin with one good eye. Many characters in the book think his glass eye (which is blank, and rumored to be made from the same glass used for crystal balls) isn't nearly as scary as his good eye (which has an unnervingly narrow pupil). Of course, considering that Discworld magic is more than a little unstable, it proves how insane he is if he ''put a magic prosthetic in his eye socket''.
** Then there's [[Post Mortem Character]] John Keel in ''Night Watch'' - [[The Obi
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' antagonist/antihero [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Jarlaxle Jarlaxle] has two good eyes, but sports a magical eyepatch with powers including including x-ray vision and protection against psionics, depending on which eye the patch covers. Jarlaxle [[Authority Equals Asskicking|leads]] a prestigious mercenary company and is something of a [[Magnificent Bastard]], glorying in chaos and favored by the drow's evil spider goddess.
* Titular character Hawk of Simon R. Green's ''[[Hawk And Fisher]]'' fantasy-mystery series has an eyepatch over one eye, as well as several scars along his face. Unusually enough, he does have depth perception problems, at least to the point where he prefers to fight with a short-handled axe rather than a sword. He's almost over-the-top in levels of 'experienced badass combatant', though, even with this handicap. How Hawk lost his eye is {{spoiler|revealed in ''Beyond the Blue Moon'', which confirms that Hawk is Prince Rupert from Blue Moon Rising where he lost the eye in battle against a [[Big Bad]].}}
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* Humorously subverted in the Ferengi episode of ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]''. While Paris and Chakotay visit an alien planet, they're approached by a 'prophet' (read: con-man) who gives interpretations of sacred legends for a 'small fee'. This all works very well (though neither of them are actually fooled), until Paris dryly points out that his [[Eyepatch of Power]] was on the ''other'' eye the last time they spoke with him. Said con-man then switches the patch to the 'correct' eye right in front of them, and holds out his hand for payment.
* Lily Charles of ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is missing an eye due to an incident while cleaning cat litter and is definitely bad-ass, {{spoiler|blowing her erstwhile assassin out the window with her shotgun after he thought her choked to death}}. Her lack of an eye is dealt with realistically, if a bit comedically, in that she [[Failed a Spot Check|misses the fact]] that Chuck, her niece{{spoiler|/daughter}}, is back from the dead despite Chuck standing right in front of her. You see, Chuck just happened to be in her blind-spot at the time...
* Travis in ''[[
* "Archangel" loses one eye after the Evil Dr. Moffett's attack on the control tower in the pilot of ''[[Airwolf]]''. From then on, he wears glasses with [http://awmod.uni.cc/info/Archangel.jpg one black lens], as well as a white eyepatch on occasions he can't wear the glasses.
* In the pilot for ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'', {{spoiler|Lawrence Dobson gets his eye shot out by Mal. Though he survives, he harbors a massive grudge in the tie-in comic ''Those Left Behind'', and, as a nifty bonus, he gets a ''seriously'' mean-looking cybernetic eye implant grafted onto the side of his head.}} This goes hand-in-hand with his boosted [[Badass|badassness]] by that point.
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== Video Games ==
* Dalton from ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', one of the villains in 12,000 B.C. He may not seem to fit the "of Power" part of the trope, being a [[Smug Snake|arrogant]] [[Large Ham|blowhard]] who prefers for [[Golem|golems]] to do his fighting for him, but ''[[Updated Rerelease|Chrono Trigger DS]]'' proved him to be a [[Not
* Kano from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' had a red cyber-eye in a metal plate. Ironically, he's a bit of a jobber.
* Sagat from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' has an eyepatch, and embodies this trope to an extent.
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* [[Colonel Badass|Heidern]], [[Femme Fatale|Mature]] and [[Masked Luchador|Ramon]] from ''[[The King of Fighters]]''
** [[Badass]] [[SNK Boss|Rugal Bernstein]], rocking the glowing red eye version. Double points for having lost that eye to previous game boss [[SNK Boss|Geese Howard]].
* From ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] II'', Xigbar, of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Organization XIII]], plays this trope to the hilt. Not only does he have an eyepatch, but several [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|scars running across his face.]] Of all the Organization, he carries himself most like a seasoned warrior. At one point, he even hints to Sora that he has fought several Keyblade Masters before him. Except for [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Xemnas]] and [[Anti
** {{spoiler|Terra is also the one who gave him the need to wear an eyepatch in the first place, adding weight to his words in Kingdom Hearts II.}}
* Also in the Kingdom Hearts series, Riku spends a long period with a blindfold on so as "not to deceive himself". It is never made clear whether he can see through it, although the fact that he has lifted it on occasion suggests that he can't. Some of his more badass moments involve the blindfold. As Roxas found out the hard way, if he takes it off, you're on for a major beatdown {{spoiler|courtesy of Xehanort's Heartless.}}
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** Furthermore, in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4|Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', Solid Snake is given the Solid Eye device, an advanced monocular display mounted in an eyepatch. Combat advantage? Definitely. Looks cool? Possibly enough to balance out the Dick Van Dyke moustache. In any case, it makes him look almost exactly like his father.
*** Except Otacon specifically instructed Snake to put the Solid Eye over his left eye. Big Boss didn't have his right eye.
* Illidan Stormrage, an [[Anti
** He also states in the opening cutscene of ''The Frozen Throne'', "Now my blind eyes see what others cannot!".
** It is revealed in [[All There in the Manual|extra material]] that the other demon hunters, seeking to emulate Illidan's life, ritualistically bind a demon's soul into a knife and slice their eyes out with it to gain a magic-o-vision like him. Ouch.
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*** [[FE 9]] and 10 have Haar, who is one of the best characters in [[FE 10]] due to his overwhelming Mobility, Strength and Defense.
* Auron of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' has one missing eye, partially concealed with sunglasses. Not quite an eyepatch, but it should be noted that after losing his eye, he [[Took a Level In Badass|took levels exclusively in badassery]].
* Likewise, in ''[[Gungrave]]'', Grave lost his left eye when he was murdered. He wears glasses with the left lens blacked out and a white cross on top of that to conceal it, although sometimes his [[Peek
* General Beatrix of ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' has a badass metal eyepatch, and the first fights against her cannot be won. The goal is only to survive.
* Forcystus from ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' has both an [[Eyepatch of Power]] and an [[Arm Cannon]] that appears to replace his left arm (actually, his arm is inside the thing and can be seen during some of his attacks when the arm cannon opens up.
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* In ''[[I Am Not Infected]]'' Amanda sports one in her first appearance. She quickly stops wearing it, and with it her status as a badass.
* Parodied in ''[[Billy vs. SNAKEMAN]]'', where Billy's power is proportional to how many eyepatches he's wearing. When he reaches his highest level, he puts on a third eyepatch.
* El Cid Campeador from ''[[Fate Nuovo Guerra]]'' sports an eyepatch, and some [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|facial scarring]] to boot. He also happens to be the national hero of Spain, and a heroic spirit capable of superhuman feats.
* In ''[[A Very Potter Musical|A Very Potter Sequel]]'', the Death Eater Yaxley is inexplicably given one.
* [[Retired Badass|Sarge]] in ''[[Agents of Cracked]]'' has one of these, although it's probably only for looks since it [[Running Gag|keeps switching eyes]].
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** One of Alexander's generals (and a later ruler in his own right), Antigonus, was known by the nickname ''"Monopthalmus"'', or "the One-Eyed".
* Though he didn't wear an eyepatch, Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye. He later went on to be arguably the most famous Admiral in history. He famously ignored a signal not to engage a Danish fleet by holding his telescope to his blind eye and asserting that he could not see the signal to hold back. He went on to decisively win the Battle of Copenhagen. This event is considered the origin of the idiom "to turn a blind eye."
** As [[Aubrey-Maturin|Captain Jack]] put it, "Lord Nelson is [[Historical
* Hannibal Barca lost his eye while on the march from pink eye. Not long after this he launches a massive ambush on Roman forces in the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
* [[Date Masamune]], a general during the Japanese Warring States period, lost an eye as a youth and had to wear an eyepatch. It didn't hinder him much, as he went on to defeat Japan's prominent strategists of the time. Legend says that he ripped it out himself when it was rendered useless by smallpox (though this is highly unlikely given that he was a young child when he contracted the illness). It earned him the nickname of One-Eyed Dragon; though it started off as a comment on his reckless nature, it later in his life became a term of respect. He, like Xiahou Dun below, is almost always portrayed with an eyepatch in fictional appearances, even though there's no record of him wearing one in real life.
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