Sunglasses at Night: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"These sunglasses sure make it hard to see in the dark, but I refuse to take them off because I'm an [[Eagle Land|American]] and Americans ''always'' wear sunglasses!"''|'''Bandit Keith''', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''}}

* Also, to "[[Corey Hart|keep track of visions in one'smy eyes]]."

Then there are times where a character wears glasses most of if not all the time, even if it's impractical to do so. [[Sunglasses Atat Night]] is a trope where the glasses wearer is known for wearing their shades on even when it's nighttime, when they are fighting and in some occasions, when they are asleep. Most of these characters do it because of reason #2, but for others it is #3, or the whole thing is [[Hand Wave|Hand Waved]]d. Sometimes justified because [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|the shades do something unusual]]. Other characters have enhanced senses, so they follow reason #1 even at night. Many of the characters wouldn't be as recognizable without them.

* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' evidently sees no reason to take off his sunglasses when the sun goes down or he's off the job. Given that they're implied to be a gift from Tom, he probably just clings to them like he does [[Limited Wardrobe|his other]] [[Memento MacGuffin|Memento MacGuffins]]s.

* Maciek from ''Ashes and Diamonds''; his character in [[The Film of the Book]] is one of the iconic examples of this trope, arguably one of the [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]]s. Unlike many later examples, he has an in-story reason for it: his eyesight was damaged fighting for [[La Résistance]] in the [[World War II|Warsaw Uprising]].

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. Romo Lampkin wears his sunglasses constantly, even in the dark corridors of Galactica. He is however a kleptomaniac lawyer who wouldn't want people to see where he's looking. Not to mention the times he finds it useful to [[The Glasses Come Off|remove them for effect]] (e.g. when he's interviewing Caprica Six).

* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Cameron]]'': Cameron did this, though as part of a [[Shout-Out]] to the T-800 of the above films.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]:'' |The Doctor]], briefly in season five's "The Hungry Earth". Justified in that they're night vision sunglasses.

* ''[[The Man Show]]'' suggested doing this when walking on the street to ogle women without getting noticed.

* ''[[CSI: Miami]]'': Horatio Caine, though the main purpose seems less to avoid glare and more to [[Glasses Pull|put them on or take them off dramatically]].

* The aptly titled [[Corey Hart]] song "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Sunglasses at Night]]" is the [[Trope Namer|At Night]]".

** ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' continues the tradition, going so far as to have sunglasses one of Adam Jensen's ''augmentations''. One possible NPC [[Lampshade Hanging|response]] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xd0LO04tis "Nice sunglasses, but it's night time, you dig?"]

** Which is lampshaded by various webcomicsweb comics like ''[[Bob and George]]'' all the time.

* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|]]'': Arthur Kilpatrick]].

* ''[[Duke Nukem]]'': the titular Duke.

* ''[[Fallout]]|Fallout 3]]''{{'}}s sun glasses give your perception stat a bonus regardless of when they're worn, encouraging this trope. There is even a mod that gives the player a perk that causes all sun glasses to grant a massive charisma bonus, but only at night, with [[Rule of Cool]] serving as an in-game justification.

* Kazuhira Miller from ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'' wears his aviator sunglasses every day, even during a thunderstorm. In addition, Miller wore them in ''[[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]]''{{'}}s rereleases, and in [[Metal Gear Solid]] (although that was actually Liquid Snake disguised as Miller).

** In ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'', Marionette Owl wore sunglasses even in places not appropriate (such as indoors during a blackout). It's justified in his case, however, as he was born with a mutant gene that allows him to see in the dark on par with an owl, and its hinted that his eyes as a result of the mutation shine in the dark, thus necessitating eyewear that masks the eyes.

* ''[[Night Trap]]'' has Tony playing this trope straight. At least one character puts a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on it by mentioning how strange it is that he wears [[Sunglasses Atat Night]]. Tony wears them to cover up the fact that his eyes glow green - which is something that vampires in this game have.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' - The Sniper always wears his piss-yellow colored tinted shades everywhere, the Engineer always wears welding goggles, the Pyro always wears a gas mask with tinted eye sockets, and other classes have hats that include sunglasses (including the infamous shuttered shades that are part of the so-called "Demopan" getup).

** Apparently they were perscriptionprescription since he's recently started wearing regular glasses.

* The former NFL quarterback [[wikipedia:Jim McMahon|Jim McMahon]] is never seen without sunglasses. Even during games he wore a tinted visor on his helmet -- perhapshelmet—perhaps the first quarterback to do so -- leadingso—leading to the nickname "[[Star Wars|Darth Vader]]". His right eye is sensitive to light due a childhood accident when he tried to remove a rubber band from a toy gun with a fork.

** Current Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano also wears sunglasses all the time due to getting fryer grease splashed in his eyes while he was a cook suringduring his teens. It left him totally blind for a month.

* [[Keiji Fujiwara]] has become somewhat infamous for being able to read his lines in the dark while wearing shades. NevermindNever mind that he looks absolutely sharp.

* Another medical example is photophobia--whichphotophobia—which can, with sudden onset, mean you've got brain cancer, and is also a common result of aging. It can result in wearing sunglasses all the time, when symptoms are especially bad and people less than considerate about turning on lights. Personal experience has found that yowling and offering to [[Eye Scream|pour acid in their eyes in thanks if they keep it up]] does, however, eventually get the idea that warnings are good...

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