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* ''[[The Big O]]'' episode 18 "The Greatest Villain". Beck's glasses have this trait while he's showing off his hostage Roger Smith.
* Shingo from ''[[Bio-Meat: Nectar]]''. Subverted in that his glasses are shiny when he's trying to seem like a normal human being, or at least refraining from commenting. Goes away after the second timeskip when he's too busy carrying the weight of the world.
* The only times Undertaker from ''[[Black Butler (anime)|Black Butler]]'' has been shown in shinigami form (in the anime), his glasses do this.
** ''All'' of the shinigami get to do this at least once. Even [[Sissy Villain|Grell]].
* ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' has a [[Mad Scientist]] who has glasses that are occasionally shiny, particularly when he does the other common anime glasses trope: the three fingered pushing glasses up his nose gesture.
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*** Haruko gets Scary Shiny ''Goggles'' twice during her "run in" with Naota.
** Episode "Marquis de Carabas". When Naota's father is offering his booklet to Ninamori his glasses glow.
* Shou Tucker, the "Sewing Life Alchemist", from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. On the other hand, Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes' occasionally-Scary glasses function entirely backwards, showing his eyes only when a Plan is being Formed.
** This might actually be more in line with the "concealing one's soul" angle, though - most glasses on the characters are Shiny only during bouts of [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Obfuscating Absentmindedness]], and the effect only subsides when they [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|reveal their true, hypercompetent nature]].
** When he is not busy being a [[The Ditz|ditzy]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]], manga Hohenheim switches to Scary Shiny Glasses mode and becomes a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|competent, badass, and threatening]] [[Determinator]]. Also used to great comic effects to emphasize the [[Cloudcuckoolander|weirdness]] of his body language, as he makes [[The Reveal|scary revelations]] and silly comments with an impenetrable face and hidden eyes.
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* Zera from ''[[Litchi Hikari Club]]'' is not the only character who wears glasses but only his shine omniously [[Complete Monster|as if to indicate that he may very well be a complete monster]].
* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', Keitaro's glasses (and to a lesser degree, Naru's) go Shiny at times when they are deep in thought or experiencing intense emotion—a milder version than the scary, sinister usage.
* Quattro is introduced with these in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', and naturally she's the most psychotic of the Numbers.
** Yuuno manages to pull it off pretty well in season 3 as well, albeit with definite [[Nerd Glasses]] traits.
* In ''[[Mahoromatic]]'', both Suguru Misato and his school teacher Shikijo-sensei.
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* In ''[[Prétear]]'', [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Sasame]] tends to have his glasses whited-out when he's having a face fault moment...which isn't this trope. However, when he stands on top of the roof, wind blowing dramatically through his clothing and glasses shining as he {{spoiler|questions himself about his willingness to attack [[Dark Magical Girl|the woman he loves]], then has a [[Face Heel Turn]] in the next scene he appears in}}, it's ''definitely'' this trope.
* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', Inui's already thick [[Nerd Glasses]] shine when he's pondering something important, gathers information, or gets mischievous with his Inui Juice. In the manga, the shine is constant; we don't see his eyes, ever, until a good long way in. Other guys with glasses (Tezuka, Kite, Oshitari) also get shiny glasses sometimes.
* Autor from ''[[Princess Tutu (anime)|Princess Tutu]]'' is first introduced with a cameo in episode 15, where he appears with whited-out glasses. He has a cameo in every single episode after this up until his true introduction with each time his glasses appearing to glow more and more as he seems to become more and more irate. When he's introduced properly in episode 21 (and we start to get to know him), his glasses barely flash at all—and later, during times of weakness and vulnerability, his glasses actually are knocked off his face.
* Dr. Ono Tofu from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' goes into shiny-glasses mode whenever he encounters Kasumi Tendo, on whom he has (apparently) a deep, all-encompassing crush. He's far from evil, but he spaces so badly during these "attacks" that he can hurt people quite severely, completely by accident.
** ''Genma Saotome'', of all people, actually pulls this off a couple of times in the anime. And he plays it straight.
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* In the manga ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'', Jumbo's glasses sometimes go shiny, but it's more or less inversely to how scary he's being. The one exception is when he forgets himself and accidentally slaps Yotsuba on the back, sending her tumbling across the room.
* Yoriko from ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' does the shiny-glasses routine whenever she tells scary stories or is up to something especially devious.
* Amon Garam ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', at least after he embraces [[The Dark Side]].
** {{spoiler|Daitokuji-sensei}} in the second half of season one, coinciding with {{spoiler|[[Eyes Always Shut]]}}.
* Sawako Yamanaka-sensei from ''[[K-On!]]'' displays Scary Shiny Glasses and a gravelly voice whenever her death metal persona takes the forefront.
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