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** Later in the game, however, he is wiring a base up with plastic explosive. He moulds it into the shape of a moth, throws it up into the air, and catches it - "Got you this time," he tells it, then attaches it to the detonator.

** Strangely, in a later scene, the player needs to fire a sniper rifle at explosives to destroy the Shagohad, and when that fails he switches to an RPG, all of this with his standard pinpoint accuracy - which normally would be fine, except the sight is on the right side and cannot be moved. Guess which side his eyepatch is on. And the kicker? You can still see down the sight of the RPG in First-Person View.

*** However in [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]] and Peace Walker both allow Snake and Big Boss to fire their guns with either their left or right hands, which in the case of Big Boss would allow him to look down the scope/iron sight with his left eye. Such ambidextrous shooting however is never displayed by Big Boss in [[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]], his eye patch must really have power if he can see through it even when it is on.

*** However in [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] and Peace Walker both allow Snake and Big Boss to fire their guns with either their left or right hands, which in the case of Big Boss would allow him to look down the scope/iron sight with his left eye. Such ambidextrous shooting however is never displayed by Big Boss in [[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]], his eye patch must really have power if he can see through it even when it is on.

*** Somewhat justified: The cutscene where he pulls out the SVD after jumping out of Eva's sidecar shows pretty clearly that he's just forcing his left eye into the scope of those weapons.

** One of his sons, later in the series's chronology, is actually happy to lose his eye in a plane crash - now he looks like his father. However, this is subverted, as an easy way to defeat him in the final boss battle is to approach him from the side of his missing eye, where he has a small blind spot.

** Furthermore, in ''[[~~Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots|~~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.

** Furthermore, in ''[[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-Hero]]''/''[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]''/''[[Big Bad]] from the ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe, has ''no'' eyes - a blindfold covers both the burned-out sockets where they were seared away. Nonetheless, he has magical vision that is actually superior to the naked eye, is quite happy with his new ability (despite its hideous adjustment to his appearance), and even appears to have a sense of humor about it - one of his default responses in the campaign is "I'm blind, not deaf."