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* Wilkins Micawber from ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]''.

* [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] from [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' detective novels. His monocle was actually a disguised magnifying glass, perfect for taking a really close look at something—and looking like a bloody ass while doing it.

* [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''Uller Uprising'' has General Carlos Von Schlicten, who wears a monocle; the only thing ever observed to knock it out of his eye is a nuclear blast while kissing a lady. "Don't you know, lieutenant, that no gentleman ever wears a monocle while kissing a lady?"

* Count Olaf of ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', when disguised as a wealthy, fashionable [[Funny Foreigner]] auctioneer, adopts a monocle as part of his getup. It seems to be a standard part of the V.F.D. disguise kit.

* Baron from ''Shining Force Neo''. Despite being a [[Big Badass Wolf|wolfling ninja]], he's still quite classy.

* The [[ZX Spectrum]] game ''[[Killed Until Dead]]'' is populated by parodies of various detectives, including a "[[Lord Peter Wimsey|Lord Peter Flimsey]]". If you manage to rattle him when you interrogate him, his monocle flies off -- [[Rule of Funny|but it still blinks when his eyes do]].

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. One of the Pyro's new unlockable [[Nice Hat|hats]] is a monocle and fake mustache taped over his mask.

* ''[[EVE Online]]'' added a cash shop with player clothing in the Incarna update. Although all of the items are rather expensive for in-game microtransactions, the most expensive by far is a $70 "ocular implant" which looks conspicuously like a monocle, meaning that players who have enough money to spend that much on a cosmetic item in an MMO can now fly around looking like a 19th-century industrialist. The rest of the playerbase is less than thrilled about this, what with the in-game riots and the player-led advisory board being sent all the way to the developers in Iceland in an attempt to save face.