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{{trope}}
[[File:ztseal paul opaque lenses.jpg|link=GetBackers|frame|These aren't normal sunglasses.]]
Glasses generally allow people to see out of ''and'' into the eyes of the wearer. The subjects of this trope, however, have glasses that are reminiscent of the mirror windows of crime-show examination rooms - they can see you, but you can't see them. This is not a threatening gesture like [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]. It may be permanent, but it isn't silly [[Nerd Glasses]].
Perhaps the artist was lazy, but that's not what this is about. Characters with Opaque Lenses are usually hiding something. Maybe they're just emotionless - their hidden eyes, the so-called "window to the soul," hammering home the fact that you have no idea what they are thinking. Maybe they are hiding [[Glowing Eyes]] or [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]. Maybe they are disguising themselves. But regardless of the reason, when you look at them you get the feeling like you're missing something.
See also: [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]], [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]. Compare [[Sinister Shades]], which have the same effect, but you expect it because, well, they're actually supposed to hide the character's eyes.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Umino and Princess Diamond of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' both have opaque glasses. Ami gets them when she's wearing her glasses and is either overconfident or excited.
* Paul Wan from [[GetBackers]], as seen above, is a bizarre example, if only because his sunglasses are ''actually opaque''. He is hiding his {{spoiler|stigma}}, but {{spoiler|Kazuki}} used contact lenses for the same purpose, so who knows? Oddly enough, Ban has a pair just like Paul's, but they're normal.
* From ''[[Loveless]]'', Ritsu's eyes are occasionally visible in the manga behind his [[Stoic Spectacles]]. In the anime, however, they're only hidden when Ritsu is in [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] mode.
* [[Azumanga Daioh|Yomi]]'s glasses go from transparent to opaque (a light blue) for a few different reasons: annoyance, dumbfoundedness, sneaky idea, uh, that "Limiter override!" thing, y'know.
* [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Yuki Nagato]] has glasses that do this... at least, {{spoiler|until she breaks them defending Kyon from Asakura Ryoko, and he tells her he "doesn't really have a glasses fetish". Thus, she decides to stop wearing them. Haruhi and the [[Muggles]] in the story assume she started wearing contact lenses}}.
* Hazuki in ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', usually when she's upset or embarrassed.
** Or when the artists [[Demoted to Extra|consider her less important.]]
* Stein from ''[[Soul Eater]]'', most of the time.
* Between this and [[Scary Shiny Glasses]], you very rarely see Kobayashi's eyes in ''[[The Law of Ueki]].'' After he gets [[Never Say "Die"|sent to Hell]] as punishment for saving Ueki from being killed by Robert, he isn't wearing glasses for a while, and when he starts wearing them again, you can see his eyes more often. [[Hellish Pupils|Not that that's necessarily a good thing...]]
* Rider in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' apparently has no trouble seeing through purple blinders that are roughly an inch thick and cover about 40% of her face. At one point she's asked to take them off... so that people can see her face, not the other way around.
* Inui of ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', to the point where it becomes a [[Running Gag]] that no one ''ever'' sees his eyes. The height of the gag comes when he breaks his glasses during a match, so we're expecting to finally see his eyes—and then it turns out he has [[Crazy Prepared|a large case full of pairs of spare glasses]]. Rikkaidai's Yagyuu also qualifies for this trope.
== Comic Books ==
* [[The Sandman|The Corinthian's]] shades might be these on occasion, depending on the artist. They're either [[Sunglasses at Night]] drawn in fairly realistic style to hide his teeth-eyes, or stylised black circles on his face that hide his eyes entirely.
* The original Ventriloquist in ''[[Batman]]'' comics, ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' and ''[[The Batman]]''. The intent (combined with his bald head and inexpressive mouth) seems to be to make him as much [[The Blank]] as possible without it looking odd; ''[[Demonic Dummy|Scarface]]'' is the character who emotes.
== Fan Works ==
* A rare literary example in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. Because Ringo is walking around with his eyes closed all the time, he has black obsidian glasses made for himself to hide that little fact. However, he loses the glasses when they're turned into living creatures by Brox's life spell.
== Literature ==
* [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|Zaphod Beeblebrox]] has a variation where his glasses are opaque, period, when they sense danger. If you can't see it, it can't frighten you, after all.
* Crowley from ''[[Good Omens]]'' hides the fact that he's a demon with reptilian eyes with a pair of sunglasses.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Marcie from ''[[Peanuts]]''. She occasionally had to [[Glasses Pull]] to reveal that she was rolling her eyes, perhaps as a subtle [[Lampshade Hanging]].
* Jason Fox and any other nerdy character in ''[[FoxTrot]]'' (e.g., Morton Goldthwait). Non-nerds who wear glasses, such as Jason's grandmother, don't have opaque lenses.
* [[Dilbert]], his mother, Dogbert, and Wally.
* [[Agnes]] and her grandmother.
* Any glasses wearers in ''[[The Far Side]]'' and many an imitator thereof.
* Milo Bloom and most other glasses wearers in ''[[Bloom County]]''.
* Lance Fusco in ''The Fusco Brothers''. Lampshaded: "How can you tell ''what'' kind of eyes I'm making, Gloria? I've got my opaque one-way Lance Fusco glasses on."
== Video Games ==
* In [[Monster Rancher]] 1, at first the man you talk with to book training for your monster has opaque glasses and a distant, impersonal air. Once you pass the milestone of getting a monster to class B, his glasses lose the opaque look and he seems friendlier. Get to class S, and he starts to greet you with a deferential bow of the head.
* Boss from Catherine.
== Web Comics ==
* Everyone who wears glasses in ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'' has blank white lenses, although the most prominent example, Dr. Haas, simply has [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* Parodied in the webcomic ''Real Life'': When Cliff is introduced, he has see-through glasses despite the fact that the only other character in the strip wearing glasses, Dave, had opaque lenses. The very next strip had Cliff asking Dave about this, prompting Dave to reveal that they aren't just glasses, but rather something akin to [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Geordi La Forge's VISOR]].
* Tedd from ''[[El Goonish Shive]].''
* Dave in ''[[Narbonic]]'', until {{spoiler|he goes mad.}}
* Everyone who wears sunglasses in ''[[Homestuck]]'' - Dave, his brother, Terezi, and Equius - makes use of this trope. Characters who just wear normal glasses have visible eyes, unless they're using a computer display function.
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html worn to hide] Glowing Eyes.
== Western Animation ==
* Professor Frink in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and Professor Hubert Farnsworth in ''[[Futurama]]''.
* Dale from ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
* Curly from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''.
* Agent Six from [[Generator Rex]]
* Parodied on [[South Park]] with Cartman's police officer outfit. It includes a pair of shades which ALWAYS reflect a mountain sunset, no matter what he is actually looking at.
== Real Life ==
* Almost [[Real Life]] example: Some people very rarely clean their glasses, and another person (Usually a parent.) will tell them almost always this line when they need to be cleaned: "Your glasses look opaque!"
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