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* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is famous for Kamina's over-the-top jagged orange shades, which have gone on to [[Memetic Mutation|inspire an internet meme]].
** Kamina's shades aren't even the most spectacular ones. They get topped about twenty episodes later with Simon's Kamina/Kittan homage shades. And this all ignoring the ones some of the ''mecha'' wear.
** Little
** Calvin wore shades that were remarkably similar to Kamina's in a Sunday strip of [[Calvin and Hobbes]], predating both [[Gurren Lagann]] and Pokémon by quite a bit.
* Togano Shozo of [[Eyeshield 21]] sports a pair of oversized, orange-tinted sunglasses that somehow manage to escape notice or mention throughout the entirety of the series thus far.
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== Comic Books ==
* Spider Jerusalem of ''[[Transmetropolitan]]''. One lens red, the other green. One lens round, the other square.
** [[FoxTrot|Peter FOX]] sports a similar pair of shades, which every member of his family hates {{spoiler|to his relief: "Finally, a pair of shades no one wants to borrow."}}▼
* As mentioned above, [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]] once tried to get his mother to buy him a pair of sunglasses that were apparently picked up by [[Gurren Lagann|Kamina]] years later.▼
== Film ==
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* Rita Skeeter from ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
** Also Luna Lovegood in her spectrespecs.
* The shades occasionally worn by Ray Person in [[Generation Kill]] are themselves mild compared to the other examples here, but become quite silly when worn by a US Marine in fatigues/MOPP gear invading Iraq while explaining the finer points of life in the Corps ("We pimpin'") or hitting on hot Iraqi women. It was enough for Person plus his shades to be the miniseries' [https://web.archive.org/web/20091030184045/http://www.thenewblog.net/generation%20kill.JPG cover].
== Live
* The ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman" has Linda Richman (Mike Myers) wearing outrageously large tinted glasses.
* In [[Twin Peaks]], the lenses of Dr. Jacoby's glasses have different colors.
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*** Did you see the [[Nice Hat]] they were attached to? They count.
* Bono from [[U2]], after 1991.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618174051/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bootsycollins/photos/collection/photo/2 Bootsy Collins].
* [http://www.johnconlee.com/disco.html John Conlee]. Like Damon Gant and Porter C Powell, listed above he also has a pair of pink glasses (actually rose colored but close enough), the glasses actually appear on the covers for 3 of his albums (album pictures can be viewed by clicking on above link)
* [[Guns N' Roses
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* Pictured above: Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka [[Elton John]] is famous for these, and they appear in every parody of him. [http://hubpages.com/hub/Gay-Celebrities---The-Many--Amazing-Sunglasses-of-Sir-Elton-John See many of them here]▼
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** Curiously, he doesn't use them so much now. He had some of his most famous pairs auctioned for charity purposes, so he tends to stick to [[Cool Shades]].▼
** In ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', Peanut wears "Elton John" glasses in a [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] parody.▼
* Dame Edna's glasses, with glitter stars hanging from the corners.▼
* Paul Shaffer...just...Paul Shaffer.▼
* While not as gaudy as most examples, UK snooker player Dennis Taylor was noted for wearing outsized glasses. Apparently this [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|served a purpose]] - he wasn't looking over them when lining up his shot. (These days virtually all professionals opt for contacts or laser surgery, although glasses are one of the few optional items that are actually permitted by the very strict snooker dress code.)▼
* Anaglyph 3D glasses, aka "those shades with the red and blue / green lenses." Not very many people wear them as a fashion statement, but those who do are probably going for this trope.▼
== Video Games ==
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Narbonic
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has several characters with sunglasses that are combined with phones/PDAs. Even before this upgrade, there are still characters in 3D-colored shades, red cats-eye lenses, and black Kamina/Squirtle shades.
== Web Original ==
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Porter C Powell]] of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has pink sunglasses for God only knows why, even though he's a serious businessman.
* Clock King of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' has a pair of glasses with clock hands on the lenses.
* Speaking of Batman shows, ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold
== Real Life ==
▲* Pictured above: Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka [[Elton John]] is famous for these, and they appear in every parody of him. [http://hubpages.com/hub/Gay-Celebrities---The-Many--Amazing-Sunglasses-of-Sir-Elton-John See many of them here]
▲** Curiously, he doesn't use them so much now. He had some of his most famous pairs auctioned for charity purposes, so he tends to stick to [[Cool Shades]].
▲** In ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', Peanut wears "Elton John" glasses in a [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] parody.
▲* Dame Edna's glasses, with glitter stars hanging from the corners.
▲* Paul Shaffer...just...Paul Shaffer.{{context}}
▲* While not as gaudy as most examples, UK snooker player Dennis Taylor was noted for wearing outsized glasses. Apparently this [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|served a purpose]] - he wasn't looking over them when lining up his shot. (These days virtually all professionals opt for contacts or laser surgery, although glasses are one of the few optional items that are actually permitted by the very strict snooker dress code.)
▲* Anaglyph 3D glasses, aka "those shades with the red and blue / green lenses." Not very many people wear them as a fashion statement, but those who do are probably going for this trope.
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