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[[File:4ex_32024ex 3202.jpg|frame|Top: [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Sexy]]; [[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Concealment]];<br/>Bottom: [[The Incredibles|Shyness]]; [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Emo]].]]
 
 
Common in modelling as well as fiction, this is when a person's hair intentionally covers one of their eyes. Sometimes it's just for style, while other times it might function as an [[Eyepatch of Power]], or cover a disfigurement such as horrible scarring or a blind eye (in which case its removal may serve as [[The Reveal]]).
 
It frequently serves as some kind of symbol:
 
* To show that the character is sexy and seductive
* To show that the character is shy and demure
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** The veil separating God from Man (see the Jewish Temple): implying the person behind it is mystical or supernaturally knowledgeable, maybe even a messenger from God.
 
In real life, the style is called "peek-a-boo", or more recently, "[[Emo]] bang", and was popularized by actress Veronica Lake in the 1940s (who was asked to change it when it proved impractical for women working in factories during the war).
 
It may only happen for one scene, or it may be a permanent feature of a character. May be a consequence of [[Slipknot Ponytail]]. If the style sticks through all sorts of action, it veers into [[Improbable Hairstyle]] territory.
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A person with this hairstyle may also be victim to some of the same jokes as characters who actually have only one eye, such as lacking depth perception. A common emo hair style for males also features this and calls it ''emo fringe''.
 
Contrast [[Hidden Eyes]], where a character's eyes are temporarily in shadow to indicate a change in emotional state -- thisstate—this is usually a more permanent effect and can mean many things.
 
If ''both'' eyes are covered by the locks, then those are [[Blinding Bangs]]. For the real use of hair in a [[Scenery Censor]] situation, see [[Godiva Hair]].
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== Anime &and Manga ==
* Joe Shimamura/009 of ''[[Cyborg 009]]''. Occasionally, however, both of his eyes are shown.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'', Pegasus's hairdo hides the Millennium Eye that allows him to steal souls and read minds. He still has it that way after losing the eye; it fills in for an eyepatch.
* Trowa from ''[[Gundam Wing]]''. Noin has a slightly smaller case.
* Lin from ''[[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]'' has one of these, which seems to signify that he's being standoffish and reclusive from the others, although it doesn't go away after he warms up.
* Koyomi from ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]'' is sometimes depicted in this way.
* Allelujah Haptism of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]''. The eye covered switches sides when his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] takes control.
** With each personality, it takes on a different meaning. Nice Allelujah gets the emo style, and psycho Hallelujah gets the deceptive style. This is especially evident when he becomes a total [[Badass]] by slicking his hair back and removing this trope.
* Fakir's hair in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' sometimes appears this way. It was combined with a [[Slipknot Ponytail]] moment in the first season finale.
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** Also, the Raikage's bodyguard Darui.
* Chad from ''[[Bleach]]''. Kira Izuru has the emo variety.
* Graham Spector from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]]'', complete with his [[Improbable Hairstyle]].
* Kan'u Unchou from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''.
* Seiji / Sage from ''[[Samurai Troopers]]'' / ''[[Ronin Warriors]]''.
* In ''[[.hack|.Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet]]'' the [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|Vagrant A.I.]] Morté has this {{spoiler|to conceal her left eye which reveals her to have [[Mismatched Eyes]] as well as facial discoloration from [[The Virus]]}}.
* Sanji from ''[[One Piece]]'' has his left eye hidden behind his hair even in his childhood flashbacks. Whether he actually has a left eye has been the subject of debate, though [[Word of God]] states that he does, in fact, have a perfectly functional eye hidden beneath his hair.
** Sanji's eye being covered has actually become a [[Running Gag]] in the series. For example, he was once held upside down, where his hair would not be able to cover his eye. [[Fandom Nod|The speech bubble covered it instead]].
*** And after a [[Time Skip]], Sanji's left eye is revealed, but now his right eye is covered.
*** Now it makes [http://i.imgur.com/jPDir.jpg a lot] of [http://i.imgur.com/SpsFb.jpg sense] why he'd cover them up.
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* Iroha Tsuchiura from ''Onii-chan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!''
* Lucy of ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' has one eye covered by her hair, though not {{spoiler|when she's in her alternate personality Nyu, and not during flashbacks either.}}
* Lily C. Sherbert from ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]] II''.
* Ichimoku Ren from ''[[Hell Girl (Anime)|Hell Girl]]''. Of course, he does this because his covered-up eye can be transplanted anywhere, essentially giving him the ability to see anything at any time. For extra [[Badass]] points, the eye can be visible or invisible at his whim, so in addition to being able to see whatever he wants he can [[Paranoia Fuel|scare the everliving hell]] out of whoever he needs to scare. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), Ren appears to have [[Power Perversion Potential|little desire to abuse his abilities]], this doesn't stop the [[Fan Fiction]] writers.
* Ginko from ''[[Mushishi]]''. He's got an empty/black eye under it. This is a secondary result of his transformation into an atypical [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]].
* Similarly, the title character of ''[[Ge Ge GeGeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' lost his left eye as a baby, and combs his hair over the empty socket.
* Shin Kazuyama from ''[[Area 88]]'' borrows his hairdo from Leiji Matsumoto's ''Yamato'' (Kaoru Shintai started out as a Matsumoto assistant).
* Speaking of pilots with peek-a-bangs, Rei Fukai from ''[[Sentou Yousei Yukikaze]]'' has this. This befits his [[Loners Are Freaks|attitude]] and his slightly unhealthy obsession with his <s>[[Ho Yay|CO]]</s> [[Cargo Ship|his own fighter jet]].
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* Gourry, Zelgadis, and Zangulus from ''[[Slayers]]''.
* Nodoka from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' started out with [[Blinding Bangs]] during the first chapter, but eventually moved into this.
* Precia Testarossa from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Flashbacks show that she only had this after she went [[Love Makes You Evil|evil and insane]] {{spoiler|[[Necromantic|trying to revive her daughter]]}}.
* Izumi from ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''.
* Count D and his grandfather from ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]''.
* Ryoko Takeuchi from ''[[Blue Seed]]''.
* Nagomi in ''[[Akane-iroIro Nini Somaru Saka]]''.
* Ikumi Kaidou from ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]]'' has his hair covering half of his face at all times. This foreshadows the fact that he's much more important to the plot than he initially lets on.
** Since Palus Abel has the same hair, presumably Kaidou's [[Viewer Gender Confusion|fa- er, moth- parent Abel]] has it too.
** Given that Soldato J also is afflicted with this trope {{spoiler|after his helmet is broken and his eyes revealed}} one could argue that its a trait of everyone from their homeworld.
* Seras Victoria spends so much time in volume 7 of the manga ''[[Hellsing]]'' with one of her eyes covered by her hair that she looks like a cyclops. This, of course, occurred at the same time that she ''[[Took a Level Inin Badass]]''.
** Since she was also recovering from a double dose of [[Eye Scream]] at the time, it is quite possible that the concealed eye hadn't healed yet while hidden...
* Dr. [[Black Jack (Manga)|Black Jack]]. Oddly enough, it's ''not'' there to cover the nasty-looking scar on his face. Normally it happens when he's pretending to be greedy and extort money from someone in order for them to come to some kind of realization.
* Suzushiro Isuzu from ''[[The Mikos Words and The Witches Incantations]]''.
* Miata from ''[[Claymore]]''. It accentuates her [[Ax Crazy]] status.
* Kirche from ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'' combines this trope with [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]].
* Hazuki from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', obviously showing shyness.
* Xerxes Break from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' is missing his left eye under his hair. Cheshire also has this kind of hair. {{spoiler|Cheshire's hair covers his right side. His left eye is really Break's.}}
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* Van Fanel from ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' is a partial/borderline example: his hair isn't styled in any way and often just falls over his eyes in general, but it tends to cover one eye completely more often than not. Where it ''really'' fits, though, is in meaning, as Van hits both the "[[Break the Cutie|vulnerability]]" and the "serious [[Love Interest]]" categories
* Lag Seeing from ''[[Letter Bee]]'' hides the spirit amber that replaces his left eye with one of these; also functions as a hair version of the [[Eyepatch of Power]].
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'''s Ciel Phantomhive's bangs are more dense over his right eye which usually has an [[Eyepatch of Power]] over it to conceal his [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] [[Magically-Binding Contract|contract]] with Sebastian.
** In the manga, Freckles {{spoiler|aka Doll}} has bangs that fall over a majority of one side of his {{spoiler|her}} face to cover {{spoiler|some sort of disfigurement or scarring and a very damaged eye.}}
* Muraki in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'', possibly to mask his glass eye.
* Sheer/Mihasa, the female space pirate from ''[[Dinosaur King]]'''s time travel arc, has this over her left eye.
* Washio from ''[[Busou Renkin]]'' has one. Since he is so [[Badass]], it probably functions like an [[Eyepatch of Power]].
* Mikoto Urabe in ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X]]'' is sometimes this way, and sometimes has [[Blinding Bangs]], and is more antisocial than shy.
* In ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]],'' [[Hikikomori|Kiri]] [[Meaningful Name|Komori]] has one, and it is often played for comic effect: [[Double Entendre|"I've only been opened by Sensei before,"]] and [[Catch Phrase|''Don't open it!'']]
* ''[[Maze Megaburst Space]]'' has Gorgeous.
* James in ''[[From Eroica Withwith Love]]'' is an example of this. His bangs do not consistently cover a particular eye. While one may point out that his hair may signify his emotional behavior and duplicitous nature, his hair style is also supposed to be reminiscent of the hairstyle worn by Jimmy Page in his younger years.
* [[God Mode Sue|Tobias,]] [[Bishonen|Nando, and Sir Aaron]] from ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', as well as the game characters listed below.
* Vicious from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. Interestingly, besides making him look pensive and brooding (and, ok, sexy as hell), his bangs usually flop over his left eye--theeye—the same eye Spike lost in an accident.
* Mikael from ''[[Tenshi Nini Narumon]]'' has his left side of face always covered with bangs, even though his left eye is still oddly visible. But a translucent hair is kinda a standard in this series. {{spoiler|Also, his bangs covering half of his face may serve to underline his ambiguous nature. Or just add to his overall bishiness}}
* Taki in ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]''. Levin and Pascal as well.
* Jun from ''[[Working!!]]''.
** Don't forget Souta's sister [[Most Writers Are Writers|Izumi.]]
* Chaos, the evil second-generation Angeloid from [[Sora no Otoshimono]], has this hair style (until she is {{spoiler|defeated and becomes good}}).
* Leon Earnhardt from ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]] SAGA'' and ''SIN'', although both of his eyes are shown.
* Gilbert from ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''.
* Casca's and Serpico's bangs do this from time to time in ''[[Berserk]]'', since they have the most pronounced bangs.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Vandread]]''. The resident [[Bishonen]] Duero wears long hair covering his right eye at all times. In the second season finale, Parfeit sneaks up on him and briefly brushes his hair aside, exclaiming "I knew it!" with a content smile. Too bad [[The Un-Reveal|the audience only sees him from behind in that shot]].
* Lingyu Bao of ''[[Cynthia the Mission (Manga)|Cynthia the Mission]]'''s hair covers his left eye {{spoiler|or rather the scar where it used to be}}.
* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', many characters have the style, but Cassandra's bangs are the likely the only meaningful version, obscuring his face and represent his guardedness.
* Atori in ''[[Noein]]'' has long blond hair covering half his face. The dub's [[Hilarious Outtakes]] poke fun at it:
{{quote| "Why is this banana on my head?"<br />
"I'm in luck! This gel keeps my hair pointing upwards!" }}
 
== Comics --Comic Books ==▼
 
▲== Comics -- Books ==
* [[Marvel Comics]] villainess Viper wears her hair over one eye. Like Dr. Blight (see below), this is to cover scarring on that part of the face.
* Talia al Ghul, a love interest of [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]].
* Throughout her numerous looks, one of the stable features of Joseph Michael Linsner's ''Dawn'' is her hair always covering her right eye.
** To the point where, when her lover brushes her hair out of her face, he's genuinely surprised that she ''has'' a right eye.
* ''[[X-Factor (Comic Bookcomics)|X-Factor]]'''s [[Oracular Urchin]] Layla Miller. After escaping from a future mutant concentration camp where prisoners get an M branded over one eye, she steals a wig to cover her brand.
* Jane in ''Insane Jane'' has this sort of hairstyle in scenes that take place in the present day, {{spoiler|to hide the fact that she practically burned half of her face off trying to give herself superpowers}}, though it's difficult to say whether she styles it deliberately for this reason (she's kind of extremely delusional).
* In Australian comic ''Platinum Grit'', Nilson Kerr's right eye is never seen.
* Oyuki from the Archie ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'' has this. The only time she ever showed both eyes was in a flash-forward to her in her twenties.
 
== Film ==
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* Violet in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' did this for most of the movie (showing shyness in her case). The last few scenes show her with her hair back, symbolizing the fact that she's come to terms with herself and is more open now.
* Astrid in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Filmanimation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''. They're over her left eye when she's the toughened Viking, and away from her face when she [[Defrosting the Ice Queen|starts warming up to Hiccup]], most notably {{spoiler|when she kisses him.}}
* Jessica Rabbit in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''.
* Kate's sister Lily in ''[[Alpha and Omega]]''.
* Sasha La Fleur in ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]] 2'' during her song "Count me Out" stands at a strange angle, giving her one of these. In this case it's a wedding veil.
* Smitty (a four-armed slug-like monster serving as one of the two janitors) from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.
* Peg from ''[[Lady and The Tramp (Disney)|Lady and Thethe Tramp]]''.
* When Peter Parker gains the evil symbiote costume in the film ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man 3]]'', one of the first things he does is brush his hair down over one eye. Oh sure, he does lots of other mean stuff -- likestuff—like telling Ursula to make him cookies, [[Poke the Poodle|with]] ''[[Poke the Poodle|nuts]]''! -- but that's your first big clue that he's going over to the dark side.▼
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
▲* When Peter Parker gains the evil symbiote costume in the film ''[[Spider-Man (Film)|Spider-Man 3]]'', one of the first things he does is brush his hair down over one eye. Oh sure, he does lots of other mean stuff -- like telling Ursula to make him cookies, [[Poke the Poodle|with]] ''[[Poke the Poodle|nuts]]''! -- but that's your first big clue that he's going over to the dark side.
* Mui from ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' starts out as a shy girl with hair covering most of her acne-ridden face. Towards the end, she [[Important Haircut|shaves her head]] when she joins as a replacement goalkeeper and turns out to be [[Beautiful All Along]].
* ''[[The Ring]]'': Sadako for the [[Nightmare Fuel]] variant.
* "The Bad" in ''[[The Good, the Bad, Thethe Weird]]'', who is [[The Dandy]] and has an anachronistic "J-pop" look.
* ''Star Spangled Rhythm'' ridiculed Veronica Lake's hairstyle in song, along with Paulette Goddard's [[Sweater Girl|sweater]] and Dorothy Lamour's sarong. The musical number's punchline was a "peek-a-boo bang" on the face of [[Adolf Hitler]], who is blamed for dictating the fashion.
 
 
== Literature ==
* Shadowy Severus Snape, in the ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' books, often hides all or part of his face behind his "curtains" of long black hair.
* Asher in the ''[[Anita Blake]]'' books has [[Bishounen|beautiful long golden hair]] that usually covers most of the right side of his body {{spoiler|as that side is covered in burn scars from a long-ago torture session with holy water}}.
* Ciri from ''[[The Witcher]]'' series starts wearing her hair like this in ''[[Tower of the Swallow (Literature)|Tower of the Swallow]]'' {{spoiler|to conceal an extremely messy shuriken-inflicted scar on her cheek}}. Most men interpret it as simply sexy.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Peter Petrelli from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''. First season, at least. It grew back in Season 4.
** Peter's haircut in Season 2 had to be written in because Milo Ventimiglia hated the long hair so much that he chopped it all off after filming of Season 1 was completed. He had to wear a wig in flashback sequences and when the show was cancelled, he shaved his head.
* [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' uses this sometimes; [[Summer Glau]] said that she had to deliberately train herself to not do "human" actions like brushing her hair out of her face during fight scenes, which sometimes leads to one side of her face being obscured after a battle or action sequence.
* And speaking of [[Summer Glau]], this was also deliberately invoked in certain scenes in ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''Serenity'' where her hair was used to obscure parts of her face during some of her less-than-lucid scenes.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* Rosalina in ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
** Though she did not have one as a little girl in her storybook, however. {{spoiler|Her iconic bangs start growing after the realization that her family is long dead.}}
* Lulu from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''.
* Illua from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2A2]]''
* Leon Kennedy from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series is pretty much notorious for this.
* Gannayev from ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'': Mask of the Betrayer, possibly symbolic of his deep-seated and carefully hidden fear of letting someone see who he really is.
* Lumine and Layer in [[Mega Man X|Mega Man X8]]. Layer has them over both eyes, but her eyes are visible during certain reaction shots.
* Pandora from ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' has this in some of her outfits.
* Angel Starr, Matt Engarde and young Mia Fey in ''[[Ace Attorney]]''. In Angel Starr's case, she swishes her bang over to the other eye whenever [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes|her mood changes from sweet to bitter]]. In Matt Engarde's case, with his hair down, he seems enthusiastic and innocent. {{spoiler|And then he slicks it back, revealing an [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Evil Scar]], grins an evil grin, and pulls an [[Evil Wineglass]] of brandy out of [[Hammerspace]]. [[Obviously Evil|Eeeeevil!]]}}
** Mia Fey meanwhile flicks the hair out her eye just before making a particularly effective point in court.
* Lucia in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn''.
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* Tear Grants from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''.
* Sniper Wolf in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. This drew snarky comments in ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]''.
* Zexion from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Not an example of vulnerability or being [[Emo Teen|emo]], [[Fan Dumb|like many]] [[Draco in Leather Pants|seem to think]]. Instead, it's to show his deceptive and manipulative nature. This is also shown in his [[Red Baron|his titlesobriquet]]: "The Cloaked Schemer"
** As well as [[Final Fantasy VIII|Fuu(jin)]], replacing the [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]] worn by the original version (which would probably look out of place on a kid).
* Alma from ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R.]]''
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* Hanako from ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' hides the burn scars on her face behind her bangs.
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'': Iori Yagami has this, as he's somewhat of a tribute to Yashiro Nightow's character designs. NOT [[Emo]] either, as he predates the fad by several years (his debute game was in 1995).
* Kratos Aurion in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', although whether it's the "deception" or "vulnerability" variant [[Alternate Character Interpretation|depends on]] [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|whether you're asking a fangirl.]]
** Also [[Evil Is Sexy|Pronyma]].
* Rao from ''[[Okami (Video Game)Ōkami|Okami]]''. {{spoiler|Perhaps with reason, her true form of a fox is missing her right eye.}}
** When {{spoiler|the spirit of the real Rao}} is leading you through the temple, {{spoiler|both her eyes are visible and the prayer beads she wears are blue. There are blue beads on the corpse down there as well.}}
* {{spoiler|Drowned Ophelia}} from ''[[Brutal Legend]]''. She avoids [[Blinding Bangs]] with the aid of a pink hairclip that holds the other half of her bangs in place.
* {{spoiler|Cheiron Archer}} from ''[[Sakura Taisen]] V''. She normally doesn't wear her hair like this, but {{spoiler|during the mock trial in Chapter 2, you learn that she used to dress up this way when she was the leader of the Centaurs gang}}.
* [[Cold Sniper|Marina Wulfstan]] from ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' sports these, along with an [[Idiot Hair]].
* Mr. R from ''[[Boys Love|Boy Love Game]]'' ''[[Kichiku Megane (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|Kichiku Megane]]'' only ever shows his right eye thanks to this trope, even in scenes where the camera angle changes. His usage of it qualifies as deception/concealment.
* Sis from ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''.
* Yuina Himoo, the resident [[Mad Scientist]] of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]''.
* Lucia "[[Ice Queen|of the Ice]] [[Tsundere|and Fire]]" Rinanore in ''[[Mitsumete Knight (Video Game)|Mitsumete Knight]]''.
* Pleinair from ''[[Disgaea (Video Game)|Disgaea]]''.
* Vincent in ''[[Catherine]]'', though only for a time after {{spoiler|Katherine breaks up with him.}}
* Ghirahim sports Peek A Bangs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' to make him look more [[Bishonen|Bishie]] and to emphasize his evil, regal demeanor.
* Captain Schwann in ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'', in contrast to {{spoiler|Raven}}.
* Ashley's new look in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' replaces her [[Prim and Proper Bun]] with this.
* As a ''[[GeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' reference in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]'', Gerogero no Kitako shares a similar design with him. She even has an Eyeball parent like him.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* Nimmel Feenix from ''[[Dominic Deegan (Webcomic)|Dominic Deegan]]'' had his right eye slashed to uselessness, so he combed his previously slicked-back hair in such a way as to cover it up. His hair also covers terrible facial scarring.
** He likes to lift his bangs and show his eye when he's being [[Badass]] (or at least trying to be).
** His most recent appearance ended with an [[Important Haircut]], exposing his entire face.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''
** Raven is a male example. Which, like many other, can become [http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2008-09-29 a female example] at the drop of a hat (but still with the peek-a-bangs).
** Noah in is another male example. Though frankly, [[Bishonen|female Noah wouldn't look all that different]].
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* Rain, from the webcomic [[Rain]] has these.
* One of the (as far as is known) unnamed regular customers in ''[[Unshelved]]''. I believe Dewey has made a few scathing remarks about it from time to time.
* Ardam from ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers!]]'', as well as everyone from his hometown.
* Ash from ''[[Misfile]]''. In this case, the eye can be seen through the hair.
* Agent 32 in ''[[Cheer]]!''. When we finally see the covered eye, there's a nasty scar going over it.
* The Operator in ''[[The Easy Breather]]'' also uses this hairstyle to hide a scarred face.
* Both eyes are visible through the hair, but Daisy Archanis in ''[[Last ResortRes0rt]]'' often has one. It's not always covering her face, but it's there enough.
* Sadako of ''[[YuYU+ME: Me Dreamdream]]''.
* Sal Walters of ''[[Its Walky]]'', symbolizing her incapacity for introspection and subsequent lack of perspective. When she goes through a spurt of character development and learns to see things from other points of view, she goes back to having two eyes.
* Geilen from ''[[Garanos]]'' is shown with these after {{spoiler|revealing that she's [[The Mole]]}}.
* Faith from ''[[Alone in A Crowd Comic|Alone in a Crowd]]'' wears her hair like this, although the reason for it (if any) has not yet been specified.
* Bay from ''[[Sailor Sun]]'', likely symbolizing her discomfort with [[Gender Bender|living as a girl.]]
* Lifolei of ''[[Juathuur]]'', a scary, scary woman.
* In ''[[Nerf Now]]'', Demogirl has this in place of Demoman’s eyepatch.
* This is Darren Blake's hairstyle in [[The FAN (Webcomic)|The FAN]].
* Hiro of ''[[Overlord Academy]]'' has the entire right side of his face completely obscured by [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bright blue bangs]], leading one to wonder how he can see well enough to use [http://overlordacademy.comicgenesis.com/d/20090812.html the scope of that sniper rifle].
* Monica of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has this style sometimes. it is quite noticeable in the first panel [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/you-got-mail/ here.]
* Ginger from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131016210859/http://www.gingersbread.com/ Ginger's Bread.]''
* Sister Iceland from ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]''.
* Rage, from ''[[Wright As Rayne]]'', sports some [[Peek-a-Bangs]], serving to make him look slightly [http://wrightasrayne.thecomicseries.com/comics/69 mysterious and stoic.]
* Saves-a-Fox from ''[[Goblins]]''.
* Drummer and metalhead Ashley from ''[[Soul Symphony]]''
* Margo in [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=911 chapter 34] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''.
* Shan'rekk from ''[[Prophecy of the Circle (Webcomic)|Prophecy of the Circle]]''
* Taisei of ''[[Sakana]]'' usually has [[Blinding Bangs]] instead, but sometimes one of them peeps out, depending on what makes the expression work. The reason for the concealment is that his eyes are naturally set in a particularly crazed expression at odds with his inherently friendly personality, so he grows his hair out to keep from putting people off.
* In ''[[Dangerously Chloe]]'' Pandora (Chloe's friend from succubi school) has hair like this - and [[Skunk Stripe|two-colored]] at that.
 
* In ''[[Erma]]'', Erma's hair either covers her face or half of it (cases of the later, it fits this trope). Except the time she cut it, but that didn't last long.
 
== Western Animation ==
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* [[Kick Buttowski|Gordon Gibble]] has this hairstyle, of the "deception" variety.
* Jun from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
* Terra from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', as symbolism that she was working for Slade. (The eye her hair covers is the one that, in Slade's case, is missing. The first sign that she was actually [[The Mole]].)
* Although she only has one big eye, Leela's hairstyle in ''[[Futurama]]'' covers one half of her eye and is meant to suggest this style.
* Debbie from ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', which is more or less simply part of [[Totally Radical|her outfit]].
* Pete White of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' is a male example. It's fitting for a guy whose tastes are stuck in [[The Eighties]]. He was even designed after the singer of the Human League.
* In the anime parody episode of ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]'', Dexter finds himself in a fight early on against a kid with this hairstyle.
* Marie Kanker from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' wears her hair in the emo finge style.
* [[Literal Genie|Desiree]] from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''.
* Dolph from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* Carmen in ''[[Where Onon Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?]]?'', when she's not wearing her [[Nice Hat|signature fedora]].
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': One of the members of Runny and the Nosebleeds.
* Fluttershy from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 /E24 MysteryMMMMystery Onon the Friendship Express|MMMystery on the Friendship Express]], Rarity starts wearing her mane over one eye a bit into the episode. {{spoiler|It's to cover that she lost a false eyelash, which occurred when she took a bite of the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness}}.
* Fifi from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.
* Talia in ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'', ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Batman Beyond]]''.
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Carrie]] from ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''.
 
 
== Real Life ==
* Actress [[Veronica Lake]], as mentioned above.
* [[Michael Jackson]], sometimes.
* Singer Gabrielle has been known to do this as one of her many ways of hiding her lazy eye (she has also used sunglasses, hats, and an eyepatch to cover it).
* Aaliyah. Rumor has it she had a lazy eye.
* Asagi, vocalist for the Japanese band D, always has his right eye covered.
* Ian Watkins of Welsh band Lostprophets wore a [https://web.archive.org/web/20070408155140/http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/L/Lostprophets/Lostprophets.jpg particularly painful example]. Thankfully it's now short again.
* Lzzy Hale of [[Halestorm]].
* Bassist Alex James of [[Blur (Musicband)|Blur]], sometimes.
* Jimmy Page
 
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