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Most commonly, the glasses in question are of the narrow, thin-rimmed sort to avoid obscuring the bishonen's pretty face, though they can be prone to [[Scary Shiny Glasses|shining scarily]]. Also, God help you if [[The Glasses Come Off]]. If you're dangerous even without removing them, they are [[Specs of Awesome]]. If you're a [[Bastard Boyfriend|cold, sadistic]] but [[Mr. Fanservice|hot]] [[Love Interest]] type as well as a spectacled guy, then you might be a [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend]]. If you've got the cold and sadistic but not the love interest, you might have [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* Gendo Ikari from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] manages stoicism because ''[[Memetic Mutation|EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.]]''

* Mamoru from [[Sailor Moon]] wears reading glasses in the manga, and he's adorable in them.

* Jin from ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', with the double points for long ponytail (he's a big fangirl draw). {{spoiler|The glasses didn't actually do anything. He'd apparently adopted them as a (seriously ineffective) disguise, but it's still a serious [[Badass]] moment when [[The Glasses Come Off]] in the finale because it means he's past hiding behind the disguise}}.

* Gilbert G.P. Guilford from ''[[Code Geass]]''. And then he goes for stoic [[Cool Shades]]...

* Uryu Ishida and his dad from ''[[Bleach]]''. Uryu in particular fits the "where nerdy and cool converge" part of the trope description, being 1st in his class, a highly skilled warrior, and a dorkily obsessive sewing fanboy.

* Kyouya from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. He's at his scariest when [[The Glasses Come Off]]...because he's at his scariest [[Not a Morning Person|when he's just woken up.]]

* Nagato Yuki of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' is female, but gravitates more toward this trope than the typical [[Meganekko]]. She loses her glasses near the end of the first book and, from there, goes through [[Tin Man]] development.

** The rather popular gender-flipped fan project turns her into a full example in that said male variant is an aloof bishonen.

* Subversion: Ryoki from ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' comes across as emotionally distant in his introduction, but later on develops strong feelings for the female lead in [[Love Makes You Crazy|his own twisted way]].

* Takahata-Sensei from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Thin glasses, check. Hawt, Asuna is convinced at least so check. [[Badass]], double check. Expression ranges from bemused smile to mildly concerned frown even in the midst of combat, check.

* Joui in ''[[Psycho Busters]]''

* Kunimitsu Tezuka and Sadaharu Inui of ''[[Prince of Tennis]]''. The latter in particular is prone to a constant state of [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]. So mcuh that his eyes are ''very'' seldom seen - which is a [[Running Gag]] in one of the chibi episodes, where he constantly covers his eyes when he loses his glasses.

** Yuushi Oshitari from Hyoutei too, and he's got the long hair to go with it. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when he reveals that he doesn't really need glasses, he just wears them because he's going for this look.

** Subverted in Hyoutei's Hiyoshi, who fits the associated traits for the trope and actually ''needs'' glasses, but wears contact lenses instead.

* Shino of ''[[Naruto]]'' has a pair of stoic ''shades'' which constantly cover his eyes, even during side views. It's even become somewhat of a running gag among the fandom that his eyes have never been seen.

** Also, Kabuto. Oh, ''God'', where do we start with him? Let's see... long hair. Bonus because it's [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white]]. The glasses, obviously... which he often pushes up, and which seem to ''[[Scary Shiny Glasses|shine on their own, often with little light]]''. And several cool character traits, but mostly being that he's [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul|sadistic]].

* Hirato from ''[[Karneval]]'' fits this to a T

* Kakei, from one of [[CLAMP]]'s lesser known manga, ''[[Legal Drug]]''. Bonus points in that he wears a lab coat, no word on if he's actually a doctor or not. Also very pretty (of course, it's [[CLAMP]]) and dangerously [[Genre Savvy]].

* Kairi of the manga ''[[Nightmare Inspector]]'' is most definitely this, and gets the long ponytail bonus points. ...However, he's also a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

'''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]]:''' ...''Whoa.'' }}

** His predecessor Clow Reed goes for the glasses-long hair-ponytail trifecta. He's more friendly and not quite as stoic, though. Eriol got all the stoicness, while Fujitaka might as well be filed under [[Meganekko]].

* Austria from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''.

** Sweden counts too, though he's more of a [[Gentle Giant]] than a stoic character.

* Luna from ''[[Helios Eclipse]]''. ''Slightly'' subverted as he emotes just fine.

* Sugata Eishirou from ''[[Sora no Otoshimono]]'' fits this well. He generally has the same expression on his face, he's the [[Smart Guy]] of the group, and he fights bears on a regular basis.

* Abel Nightroad from ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' is an [[Averted Trope|aversion]]. [[Bishonen]]? Check. Ponytail? Check. However, he tends towards a rather hyper personality, except for when he goes [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|badass.]]

** Badass is almost exclusively when [[The Glasses Come Off]].

** [[Blind Without'Em|Turns out he actually really needs them.]]

* Karasuma Kirio of ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'' is a parody of this character type; he appears to be this for about the first five minutes he appears, and then the [[Mood Whiplash]] starts and his [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|true personality]] comes to light.

* Kyousuke Kishi of ''[[Yozakura Quartet]]''.

** Also, Chikusa.

* ''[[Trigun]]'s'' Vash the Stampede can wear his specs and remain the [[Love Freak|lovable]] [[Idiot Hero|goofball]]. Or he can put them on dramatically, with a [[Scary Shiny Glasses|bit of shine]], and go [[Implacable Man|implacable]].

* There's a generic [[Shoujo]] manga called ''Megane Ouji'' (or "Four-Eyed Prince" in the USA) that's built around this trope. The main love interest wears glasses and is quiet, aloof, bookish and generally blunt. However, at night he [[The Glasses Gotta Go|takes off his glasses]], dons an apron and works as a bartender. While at his job he takes on a personality of a [[Chivalrous Pervert|flirty]], warm and chipper character. He later explains to the main character that as a child he was shuffled around to be raised by several relatives, and took on whatever persona that seemed to please his current foster parents, resulting in the split.

* Koganei of ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' fits this to a tee.

* [[Tsundere|Soichi]] of ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' has long, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|pale]] hair, often tied back in a ponytail, is intelligent and wears glasses, but that's about where it stops. Being an extreme [[Tsundere]] and all. And it only gets worse after the glasses come off (during sex) and the ponytail comes undone (also during sex), both to make him more traditionally [[Uke]]-ish.

** Morinaga's older brother, Kunihiro, would be a better example. At least until {{spoiler|the raping begins, during which he isn't so collected for obvious reasons.}}

* Keima Katsuragi from ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', who only breaks his stone cold stoicism to gush about his dating sims.

 

* Milo Hoffman in ''[[Anti Trust]]'' wears glasses to read and work on his computer. Seeing as he's played by Ryan Phillipe, the thick-framed monstrosities just make him look all the hotter.

* [[Gregory Peck]] as Atticus Finch in the [[To Kill a Mockingbird]].

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

** No, he's not bishonen, but there are certainly plenty of people who find the man damn sexy.

* [[Doctor Who|The Tenth Doctor.]] It's possible [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses|he doesn't need them]], but they still make him look even more [[Badass]].

** Or, you know, ''Logan''.

* People possessed by [[The Casanova|Urataros]] in ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' (and his later appearances in the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise) gain these.

** In season 10, some wonderful person got Daniel new glasses with a more angular shape. They took Daniel from [http://www.stargatecaps.com/sg1/s4/401/html/737.html cute geek] to [http://www.stargatecaps.com/sg1/s10/1015/html/bounty0195.html GUH].

 

 

== Video Games ==

* Jade Curtiss, the resident [[Deadpan Snarker]] of ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. Bonus points for long hair (He has his hair in a loose braid in one of his outfits, and a loose ponytail in another). Also very prone to the ''[[Scary Shiny Glasses]]'' trope. And [[The Glasses Come Off]]? Yeah. About the only time the glasses ever come off is in the final confrontation between the [[Big Bad]] and the party.

** Which is bad news for the [[Big Bad]], since those glasses act as a [[Power Limiter]] for the spell that Jade has cast on [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|his eyes]].

* [[Final Fantasy X|Auron]] (who seriously should be his own trope) isn't bishonen, but he does have a ponytail wrapped inside that high collar, and he certainly has enough fangirls. As a bonus, we see him in recordings ten years prior, when we was unspectacled and much more emotional. Post-spectacling, he gets emotional exactly '''once''', and [[It's Personal|that's personal]].

* [[Metal Gear|The Sorrow]]. He doesn't fight much, but he's easily [[The Stoic]] and probably the smartest of the Cobras- at least, he's the most normal. He also has his own creepy version of [[The Glasses Come Off]] - when he's about to show someone {{spoiler|the ghosts of everyone they've killed}}, he cries blood and his glasses shatter.

* Roxis from ''[[Mana Khemia]]'' is this trope all over the place. Intelligent? Check. Stoic? Check? Long hair swept back in a ponytail? Check. Can also kinda throw down: though the storyline likes to suggest that he isn't hugely powerful, in battles he's actually pretty awesome.

* Jin, the doctor from ''[[Harvest Moon|Harvest Moon: Tree Of Tranquility]]''. He has a ponytail, too.

** And Lloyd in ''[[Harvest Moon|Grand Bazaar]]''. He doesn't have a ponytail, but his hair is still on the long side.

* Lazard Deusericus from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

 

 

== Webcomics ==

* Mordecai, from ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]''. Add points for OCD about symmetry and a partner with only one eye.

* Liz from ''[[Blip]]''. Even though she's female, her glasses and demeanor imply stoicism rather than vulnerability. Bonus points for the fact that, as a shape shifter, she doesn't even need glasses.

 

== Web Original ==

 

 

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