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The typical Hollywood perception of girls (or, for that matter, guys) wearing glasses is that they are [[Nerd Glasses|nerdy]], [[Hollywood Homely|homely]], or otherwise undesirable in various ways.
These ways could include the "sex appeal" department, and it could also include the strangely instantaneous deletion of glasses from the face of any up-and-coming hero or heroine in stories, movies, or television shows. Depending on your personal preference, this could be part of an [[Unnecessary Makeover]]. Always the first step in a [[Makeover Montage]]. (Oddly enough, a character that loses his/her specs as part of this trope almost never suffers afterward from the sort of [[Blind Without
Pretty much, if "the glasses must go," then the example must go here.
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A common step in a [[Beautiful All Along]] transformation. Also see [[The Glasses Come Off]], when the glasses are ditched so the character can be more [[Badass]]. Recently, an "Evil Through and Through" variation has started occurring in anime, where hidden villains remove their glasses to show that... well, yes, they are beautiful all along, but they don't have to hide their intentions anymore.
Per [[Rule
A common way to avert this one is to turn the character into a [[Badass Bookworm]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
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* Miu Fuurinji from ''[[Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]'' inverts this trope. She wears glasses to tone ''down'' her appearance because she stood out too much and got ostracized for it at her last school.
* In ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' there's a scene where Satoshi asks Risa for help in an investigation, and she thinks he's asking her out on a date. At first she's put off by him, but then starts to think he might be cute...if he takes off his glasses. She then asks him to take them off, and he does. (They're back on in later scenes, however.)
* Carly from [[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]] looks incredibly beautiful without her glasses, but while her [[Super
* Kirihara Misaki, from ''[[Darker Than Black]]'', tends to lose her glasses in her more [[Fan Service|fanservicey]] scenes; they're more [[Stoic Spectacles]] than [[Meganekko]] glasses and make her look more aggressive and professional. In one case, a friend stole them for ''exactly this reason'' when she decided to [[Go
* A one-time character in the [[Sailor Moon]] manga looks absolutely stunning when her glasses are knocked off - but since she can't see a thing without them, she immediately starts groping around the floor looking for them. Usagi then starts wondering if Umino's appearance would improve as dramatically if he took his glasses off. {{spoiler|[[Word of God|According to]] [[Naoko Takeuchi]], it would.}}
* {{spoiler|Akemi Homura}} from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', as part of her [[Adrenaline Makeover]]. The taking off of the glasses is [[Justified]] by using magic to heal her eyes. This also transform her from being an [[Adorkable]] into a [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] character.
* In ''[[Heartcatch Precure]]'', Erika ends up having Tsubomi get rid of her glasses as part of her own makeover, though it doesn't initially stick - mostly because she can't stand someone so energetic. She ends up letting it stay, but she's spotted from time to time with her glasses on, but by the end of the series, she has them back on... and ends up having them off again in time for the third ''[[Pretty Cure All Stars]]'' movie.
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* In ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'', Corky has Eugene Levy's character take his glasses off to make him more presentable as a performer. It just makes his eyes cross comically.
* Played completely straight with Adrian's granny glasses in ''[[Rocky]]''.
* The love interest in ''[[Delicatessen]]'' knows that [[The Glasses Gotta Go]] for her big date, but she's also [[Blind Without
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Music]] ==
* Pretty much the whole point of the music video for the song "You Belong With Me" by [[Taylor Swift]]. She starts off with huge cokebottle glasses which she wears for most of the music videos, then right before she goes to the [[High School Dance]], she takes off her glasses and puts on a pretty dress, prompting her true love to dump his skank ho of a girlfriend<ref>[[Acting for Two|played by Swift in a wig]]</ref> and ending the music video with a [[True
* The Japanese music video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fq2cwZf7pc "LOVE Dokkyun"] by [[Capital Letters Are Magic|CLUB PRINCE]] has the band in [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|prince-like]] outfits teaching [[Hot Scientist|scientist-looking girls]] how to [[Shaped Like Itself|LOVE Dokkyun]]. It climaxes with the girls [[Flung Clothing|flinging off their nerdy attire]] to expose their [[She Cleans Up Nicely|happier, trendier]], [[Bishie Sparkle|sparklier]] selves.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Gwynn from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' wears huge, thick glasses and is [[Blind Without
* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', as part of Karen's makeover, Penny urges her to ditch her glasses for laser eye surgery.
{{quote| '''Penny:''' Boys don't cut classes for girls who wear glasses. But boys find it way sick when those girls get LASIK.}}
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* Parodied in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]''. Johnny tries to teach a nerd how to be a chick magnet, but nothing works. That is until he removes the kid's glasses and gives him [[Cool Shades]], which for some reason not only change him from nerd to a miniature Johnny, personality wise, but suddenly cause every woman to fall for him.
** Inverted in the ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' episode, ''Bravo Dooby-Doo'' when Johnny and Velma [[Dropped Glasses|accidentally drop their respective eyewear]].
{{quote| '''Velma:''' [[Blind Without
'''Johnny Bravo:''' [[Cool Shades|My glasses! I can't be seen without my glasses!]] }}
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Ranma One Half]] subverts this trope. Mousse, a male member of the same tribe of "Chinese Amazons" that Ranma's [[Accidental Marriage|self-proclaimed fiancee]] Shampoo belongs to, normally looks like a rather [[Bishonen]] guy. Unfortunately for him, his eyesight is horrendous, and to counteract this he has to wear a set of [[Nerd Glasses]] that make him look absolutely ridiculous whenever he puts them on. Worse still, he has a bad habit of taking them off frequently, due to either vanity or [[Glasses Pull|wanting to be dramatic]]... and because he's [[Blind Without
* Kirihara in ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' may look better without her glasses, but when she isn't wearing them she [[Blind Without
* Referenced and [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] by Kyousuke from ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai]]'' regarding his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] [[Meganekko|Manami]]. He thinks her overall features are plain. He also thinks that, unlike fiction, she still look plain even without her glasses. She's also [[Blind Without
* [[Ouran High School Host Club]] played it straight with Haruhi... But you'll notice that ''even while the twins are '''already''' making a run to the eye doctors's to get her contacts'', nobody ''ever'' suggests that Kyoya ditch his [[Stoic Spectacles]]? Granted, there's a gender difference... But nobody involved ''knew'' there was one at the time.
** Then again, Kyoya's glasses don't obscure the eyes like Haruhi's do.
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