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{{quote|''"You don't even need them! You just think they make you look a bit clever."''|'''The Doctor''', to '''himself,''' ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2007 Ci NS Time Crash
Usually, only people with [[Blind Without'Em|vision problems]] go to the trouble of getting a pair of glasses. But sometimes, we have a character who dons a pair of spectacles even though they have perfect eyesight. The [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]] are just there to make the character look [[Smart People Wear Glasses|smart, sophisticated]], and/or [[Meganekko|cute]]. However, whether they really do make the wearer smart, sophisticated, and cute is variable.
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* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'': Yuki Nagato's glasses seem to be simply an aesthetic feature, and she stops wearing them after Kyon tells her she's cuter without them.
** She uses them for "magical" purposes in some novels (such as The Disappearance) but they don't correct her vision. Except in the spinoff, where she's [[Blind Without'Em]].
* ''[[Angel Beats!]]'': Takamatsu wears a pair of these. However, it is noted almost immediately that despite the specs, he's still an idiot.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', both Ami (Sailor Mercury) and Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask) have been shown wearing "reading glasses" on occasion. Neither of them actually ''need'' them.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Nami wears a pair of glasses while lecturing the rest of the crew on what they'd learned at Sky Island since arriving. These glasses had never appeared before and only once since.
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* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', Gokudera Hayato aquires a pair of glasses half way through the series for no apparent reason, aside from the fact that they make him [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|look even cuter]]. Well, he does seem to use them whenever he reads things. When studying Sistema CAI, when teaching Tsuna to swim, when trying to learn how to properly cook... Looks like it can be deduced that Gokudera has a little vision problem when it comes to reading things up close. He seems to have no problem in school without his glasses, however. He doesn't care about school, though.
* Jin from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' wears designer glasses which are completely pointless, expressly for the purpose of looking sophisticated.
* {{spoiler|Firo}} of ''[[Baccano!]]'' takes to wearing a pair of these from 1970 onwards {{spoiler|after he replaces Maiza as [[The Mafia|the camorra's]] ''conta è oro''}}. When asked about them, he admits that they're just there to make him look smarter.
* Azuma from ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' got herself (fake) glasses in the hopes that they would help improve her marks.
* Used by Poplar while studying for a test in ''[[Working]]''
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