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* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': Several of the main characters, such as Jimmy T., Dr. Crygor and 18-Volt have their eyes hidden behind glasses (or in the case of Dr. Crygor, a visor) and are never shown. Orbulon is a more downplayed case, as although he never takes off his sunglasses, his eyes were barely visible in one cutscene in ''Twisted'' and, if the glasses are removed via hacking (which is possible since his glasses are a completely different sprite from him), [[https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/906718956060377089 completely visible]].
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* Manga/PrincessJellyfish: Jiji's eyes never show up through her glasses. Bamba and Mayaya have BlindingBangs, but in the manga Mayaya shows her eyes in a few dramatic moments.

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* Manga/PrincessJellyfish: Jiji's eyes never show up through her glasses. Bamba and Mayaya have BlindingBangs, but in the manga manga, Mayaya shows her eyes in a few dramatic moments.



** [[spoiler: In the chapter 84, Jiji takes off her glasses when she volunteers to replace Kuranosuke in the fashion sho, showing her black ey. Bamba follows suit pulling her hair back. Her eyes are big and clear-colored (not sure what color, because the scene is in black and white.]]

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** [[spoiler: In the [[spoiler:In chapter 84, Jiji takes off her glasses when she volunteers to replace Kuranosuke in the fashion sho, show, showing her black ey.eye. Bamba follows suit pulling her hair back. Her eyes are big and clear-colored (not sure what color, because the scene is in black and white.]]



* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Donquixote Doflamingo's eyes are always hidden behind his CoolShades. The reason why has yet to be revealed, but a Flash Back shows that this was already the case in his childhood, and when a reader asked what was under his sunglasses, the author dodged the question by answering that he wore an other identical pair of sunglasses. Whenever they are damaged in battle and the one time he his seen taking them off, alone in a private room, his eyes are conveniently out of frame, closed, or covered by his hand.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Donquixote Doflamingo's eyes are always hidden behind his CoolShades. The reason why has yet to be revealed, but a Flash Back shows that this was already the case in his childhood, and when a reader asked what was under his sunglasses, the author dodged the question by answering that he wore an other another identical pair of sunglasses. Whenever they are damaged in battle and the one time he his is seen taking them off, alone in a private room, his eyes are conveniently out of frame, closed, or covered by his hand.



* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Cassidy never, ever removes his sunglasses. In the finale it's shown to be because they're hideously bloodshot.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Cassidy never, ever removes his sunglasses. In the finale finale, it's shown to be because they're hideously bloodshot.



* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Marcie always wears opaque glasses that obscures her eyes, and is never once seen without them.
* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The title character wears an IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery in his costumed guise and always wears sunglasses in his civilian identity as Kit Walker. Jungle lore says that it is death to see his unmasked face. While he doesn't wear a mask or glasses in bed--suggesting at the very least that his wife is immune from the curse--his eyes are obscured by shadow then.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Marcie always wears opaque glasses that obscures obscure her eyes, and is never once seen without them.
* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The title character wears an IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery in his costumed guise and always wears sunglasses in his civilian identity as Kit Walker. Jungle lore says that it is death to see his unmasked face. While he doesn't wear a mask or glasses in bed--suggesting bed -- suggesting at the very least that his wife is immune from the curse--his curse -- his eyes are obscured by shadow then.



* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': Jake and Elwood are never seen without their trademark sunglasses until Jake removes his at the climax while pleading with his M16-toting ex fiancee. Elwood never takes his off at all except for a deleted scene (where he was still wearing safety glasses).

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* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': Jake and Elwood are never seen without their trademark sunglasses until Jake removes his at the climax while pleading with his M16-toting ex fiancee.ex-fiancee. Elwood never takes his off at all except for a deleted scene (where he was still wearing safety glasses).



* ''Webcomic/JL8'': Young Bruce Wayne and Hal Jordan both wear domino masks which hide their eyes. While Hal would eventually reveal his eyes during the camping trip arc, Bruce has yet to be seen without his mask on (even when sleeping).

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* ''Webcomic/JL8'': Young Bruce Wayne and Hal Jordan both wear domino masks which that hide their eyes. While Hal would eventually reveal his eyes during the camping trip arc, Bruce has yet to be seen without his mask on (even when sleeping).



* The titular ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' never reveals his eyes from behind his sunglasses, and the rare instances they're removed, he either has WingdingEyes or uses one of his beefy arms to cover his entire face until he puts his glasses back on. The closest we would ever get to seeing his eyes is the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', where he and Velma accidentally switch glasses.

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* The titular ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' never reveals his eyes from behind his sunglasses, and in the rare instances they're removed, he either has WingdingEyes or uses one of his beefy arms to cover his entire face until he puts his glasses back on. The closest we would ever get to seeing his eyes is the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', where he and Velma accidentally switch glasses.

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Capricorn always wears opaque CoolShades, and apart from brief moments when his eyes bulge so big out of anger that they're partially visible, he's never seen without them.



** [[spoiler: In the manga, Mayaya explains she hides her eyes because when she was a kid, they earned her the nickname "contract killer" from the other children. She is forced to pull her bangs back when she becomes Tsukimi's model; much for everybody's surprise, Mayaya's eyes are stunning, but she doesn't believe when they tell her that.]]

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** [[spoiler: In the manga, Mayaya explains she hides her eyes because when she was a kid, they earned her the nickname "contract killer" from the other children. She is forced to pull her bangs back when she becomes Tsukimi's model; much for everybody's surprise, Mayaya's eyes are stunning, but she doesn't believe it when they tell her that.]]
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* Cyclops of the ComicBook/XMen usually wears his visor or glasses or shuts his eyes to control his EyeBeams. When he doesn't, his eyes aren't visible through the beams.
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* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'': Besides some flashback as a child, the titular character has always worn his CoolShades and never removed them.
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* ‘’WesternAnimation/Futurama'': The few times Professor Farnsworth takes off his OpaqueNerdGlasses, he is invariably facing away from the audience. According to Mom, they’re milky white in color.

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* ‘’WesternAnimation/Futurama'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The few times Professor Farnsworth takes off his OpaqueNerdGlasses, he is invariably facing away from the audience. According to Mom, they’re milky white in color.
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* ‘’WesternAnimation/Futurama'': The few times Professor Farnsworth takes off his OpaqueNerdGlasses, he is invariably facing away from the audience. According to Mom, they’re milky white in color.
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* In the ''VideoGame/FZero'' series, while many of the racers are like this, the most notable is protagonist Captain Falcon. The visor on his helmet has white triangles where his eyes should be, and in ''F-Zero GX'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, his eyes don't even have textures, that portion of his head's texture hidden in shadow. The only time his face ''is'' seen is [[Anime/FZeroGPLegend the anime adaptation]].

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* In the ''VideoGame/FZero'' series, while many of the racers are like this, the most notable is protagonist Captain Falcon. The visor on his helmet has white triangles where his eyes should be, and in ''F-Zero GX'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, his eyes don't even have textures, that portion of his head's texture hidden in shadow. The only time his face ''is'' seen is [[Anime/FZeroGPLegend the anime adaptation]].



* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'': Albert Wesker always wear sunglasses, up until the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 fifth game in the franchise]].

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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'': Albert Wesker always wear wears sunglasses, up until the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 fifth game in the franchise]].
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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Engineer is always wearing welding goggles except when the player selects other cosmetics that replace it. There is no in-game option to reveal his eyes.

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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Engineer is always wearing welding goggles except when the player selects other cosmetics that replace it. There is no in-game option to reveal his eyes. If the Engineer wears the not-at-all eye-obscuring [[https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Reader%27s_Choice Reader's Choice]] eyeglasses, he wears them over his welding goggles.



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* The [[TheMenInBlack Majestic 12]] in ''Webcomic/TryingHuman'' have eyes hidden in various ways (BlindingBangs, SinisterShades, a cloth with an eye symbol, etc.), except 6, who's an artificial lifeform, and 12, who's new. Except when he acts in cruel, inhumane, man-in-black ways, shadows or his own hair hide his eyes. Conversely, when 8, who normally has BlindingBangs, acts human, moral or vulnerable, her eyes peek out from behind the hair. Glassner, HerrDoktor of the Area51, is wearing SinisterShades. Hiddenness of eyes seems to symbolise inhumanity, in short, although Pigment, one half of a BattleCouple vigilante duo and an indisputable good gal, wears a pair of pink goggles when out heroing. But that might be to protect both her eyes and her identity.
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* Sam the Sheepdog from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has this look going, potentially making him look more intimidating to Ralph, although his (completely normal) eyes do sometimes get exposed at certain times during the show. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as this is what old English sheepdogs (Sam's presumed breed) actually look like.
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* ''Webcomic/JL8'': Young Bruce Wayne and Hal Jordan both wear domino masks which hide their eyes. While Hal would eventually reveal his eyes during the camping trip arc, Bruce has yet to be seen without his mask on.

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* ''Animation/BanzisSecretDiary'': Banzi's shy boyfriend Hoyong deliberately has his hair obscuring his eyes.
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* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The title character wears an IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery in his costumed guise and always wears sunglasses in his civilian identity as Kit Walker. Jungle lore says that it is death to see his unmasked face. While he doesn't wear a mask or glasses in bed--suggesting at the very least that his wife is immune from the curse--his eyes are obscured by shadow then.
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Tedd and Edward Verres both wear opaque glasses at the start of the comic, which hide their eyes. [[spoiler: Tedd's eyes get revealed a year into the run (2003), at which point Tedd reveals he only wears his opaque glasses to hide his "girly" eyes, which he got bullied for. He later stops doing this, since he has accepted his androgynous appearance. Mr. Verres's eyes wouldn't get revealed until ''2022'' after his glasses got knocked off in a battle with Liam Tyrantslayer, at which point it was revealed he had heterochromia.]]
* ''Webcomic/JL8'': Young Bruce Wayne and Hal Jordan both wear domino masks which hide their eyes. While Hal would eventually reveal his eyes during the camping trip arc, Bruce has yet to be seen without his mask on.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Robin constantly wears his domino mask, even when on a date or hanging out with the other Titans, which hides his eyes. In his one significant costume change in ''Film/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', he wears sunglasses instead.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Robin constantly wears his domino mask, even when on a date or hanging out with the other Titans, which hides his eyes. In his one significant costume change in ''Film/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', he wears sunglasses instead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Robin constantly wears his domino mask, even when on a date or hanging out with the other Titans, which hides his eyes. In his one significant costume change in ''Film/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', he wears sunglasses instead.
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* Manga/PrincessJellyfish: Jiji's eyes never show up through her glasses. Bamba and Mayaya have BlindingBangs, but in the manga Mayaya shows her eyes in a few dramatic moments.
**[[spoiler: In the manga, Mayaya explains she hides her eyes because when she was a kid, they earned her the nickname "contract killer" from the other children. She is forced to pull her bangs back when she becomes Tsukimi's model; much for everybody's surprise, Mayaya's eyes are stunning, but she doesn't believe when they tell her that.]]
** [[spoiler: In the chapter 84, Jiji takes off her glasses when she volunteers to replace Kuranosuke in the fashion sho, showing her black ey. Bamba follows suit pulling her hair back. Her eyes are big and clear-colored (not sure what color, because the scene is in black and white.]]
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* ''Fanfic/ThroughHerEyes'' has Ruby sporting a pair of goggles at all times, as she was born with eyes that are a SupernaturalFearInducer which prompt whoever looks at them to freeze/run in fear or attempt to harm/kill her in perceived self-defense. Even her father and half-sister aren't completely immune to their effects, so hiding them is the only way she's able to interact with anyone.

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* ''Fanfic/ThroughHerEyes'' has In ''FanFic/ThroughHerEyes'', [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Ruby sporting Rose]] sports a pair of tinted goggles at all times, as she was born with eyes times. Since her [[RedEyesTakeWarning Grimm eyes]] cause an [[SupernaturalFearInducer overwhelming fight-or-flight response]] that are a SupernaturalFearInducer which prompt whoever looks at them to freeze/run result in fear people either fleeing/freezing in terror or attempt to harm/kill attacking her in perceived self-defense. Even her father and half-sister aren't completely immune to their effects, so hiding them self-defense, wearing goggles is the only way she's able to she can safely interact with anyone.others, including her own family.
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* Lucy Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' always has her eyes covered by her hair. Even when she was shown as a baby several times, she either wore an EyeObscuringHat or already had her BlindingBangs grown. Considering the reason why her parents let her hair grow out as another episode reveals, her eyes must have been creepy enough for them to not want to look at.

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* Lucy Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' always has her eyes covered by her hair. Even when she was shown as a baby several times, she either wore an EyeObscuringHat or already had her BlindingBangs grown. Considering the reason why her parents let her hair grow out as another episode reveals, said in one episode, her eyes must have been creepy enough for them to not want to look at.
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* The titular ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' never reveals his eyes from behind his sunglasses, and the rare instances they are removed, he either has WingdingEyes or uses his beefy arm to cover his entire face until he puts his glasses back on. The closest we would ever get to seeing his eyes is the crossover episode with Scooby Doo, where he and Velma accidentally switch glasses.
* Lucy Loud in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' always has her eyes covered by [[BlindingBangs her hair]]. Even when she was shown as a baby in one episode, she wore an EyeObscuringHat. Considering the reason why her parents let her hair grow out as another episode reveals, her eyes must have been creepy enough for them to not want to look at.

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* The titular ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' never reveals his eyes from behind his sunglasses, and the rare instances they are they're removed, he either has WingdingEyes or uses one of his beefy arm arms to cover his entire face until he puts his glasses back on. The closest we would ever get to seeing his eyes is the crossover episode with Scooby Doo, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', where he and Velma accidentally switch glasses.
* Lucy Loud in from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' always has her eyes covered by [[BlindingBangs her hair]]. hair. Even when she was shown as a baby in one episode, several times, she either wore an EyeObscuringHat.EyeObscuringHat or already had her BlindingBangs grown. Considering the reason why her parents let her hair grow out as another episode reveals, her eyes must have been creepy enough for them to not want to look at.
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This is for a character whose eyes are always concealed, whether they're wearing shades, OpaqueLenses, an EyeObscuringHat, or have BlindingBangs, and their eyes are never seen. It doesn't matter what they wear to cover up their vision, whether it's shades, a hat, a mask, etc. Point is that their eyes are ''never'' seen, so we never learn what their entire face looks like. Sometimes this is done to make the character mysterious or conceal the character's weird eyes. Other times it's done to invoke an {{emo}} look.

'''Please note''' that this is not about how hiding their eyes expresses a certain emotion, whether it's angst or shyness. While that can be a bonus for this trope, it's not what it's mainly about. It's about a character who ''always'' has their eyes covered and they are rarely, if ever, seen. Also note that this is for characters who regularly appear. So minor characters don't count.

Can overlap with EyesAlwaysShut (in which a character never opens their eyes) and TheFaceless (in which a character's entire face is obscured). Sub-trope would be HiddenEyes, in which the eyes are obscured only to show angst or terror. Also compare NeverBareheaded, which is the same thing, but with a character never revealing their head instead. Might fall under TheUnreveal if a character is about to show what their eyes look like, only for them to be out of view.

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This is for a character whose eyes are always concealed, whether they're wearing shades, OpaqueLenses, an EyeObscuringHat, or have BlindingBangs, and their eyes are never seen. It doesn't matter what they wear to cover up their vision, whether it's shades, a hat, a mask, etc. Point is that their eyes are ''never'' seen, so we never learn what their entire face looks like. Sometimes this is done to make the character mysterious or conceal the character's weird eyes. Other times times, it's done to invoke an {{emo}} look.

'''Please note''' that this is not about how hiding their eyes expresses a certain emotion, whether it's angst or shyness. While that can be a bonus for this trope, it's not what it's mainly about. It's about a character who ''always'' has their eyes covered and they are rarely, if ever, seen. Also note that this is for characters who regularly appear. So appear, so minor characters don't count.

A SuperTrope to HiddenEyes, in which the eyes are obscured only to show angst or terror. Can overlap with EyesAlwaysShut (in which a character never opens their eyes) and TheFaceless (in which a character's entire face is obscured). Sub-trope would be HiddenEyes, in which the eyes are obscured only to show angst or terror.obscured). Also compare NeverBareheaded, which is the same thing, but with a character never revealing their head instead. Might fall under TheUnreveal if a character is about to show what their eyes look like, only for them to be out of view.

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* ''{{ComicBook/Preacher}}'': Cassidy never, ever removes his sunglasses. In the finale it's shown to be because they're hideously bloodshot.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Dr Scratchansniff's eyes are always covered by his opaque glasses.
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*''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' invokes this with the design of several characters, like Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, and Grandpa George. However, because of the art style of the show, they pull this off by ''not rendering the characters with eyes at all,'' leading to the occasional LampshadeHanging.
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->'''Velma:''' My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!\\\\
'''Johnny:''' My glasses! I can't ''be seen'' without my glasses!
-->--''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', "Bravo Dooby Doo"

This is for a character whose eyes are always concealed, whether they're wearing shades, OpaqueLenses, an EyeObscuringHat, or have BlindingBangs, and their eyes are never seen. It doesn't matter what they wear to cover up their vision, whether it's shades, a hat, a mask, etc. Point is that their eyes are ''never'' seen, so we never learn what their entire face looks like. Sometimes this is done to make the character mysterious or conceal the character's weird eyes. Other times it's done to invoke an {{emo}} look.

'''Please note''' that this is not about how hiding their eyes expresses a certain emotion, whether it's angst or shyness. While that can be a bonus for this trope, it's not what it's mainly about. It's about a character who ''always'' has their eyes covered and they are rarely, if ever, seen. Also note that this is for characters who regularly appear. So minor characters don't count.

Can overlap with EyesAlwaysShut (in which a character never opens their eyes) and TheFaceless (in which a character's entire face is obscured). Sub-trope would be HiddenEyes, in which the eyes are obscured only to show angst or terror. Also compare NeverBareheaded, which is the same thing, but with a character never revealing their head instead. Might fall under TheUnreveal if a character is about to show what their eyes look like, only for them to be out of view.

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* The Advertising/EnergizerBunny's eyes are usually hidden by his CoolShades (and in the case of the commercial parodying ''Series/TheLoneRanger'', the Ranger's mask). Since [[ShiftedToCGi the transition to CGi]], the Bunny's sunglasses have become an ExpressiveMask of sorts, eliminating the need for proper eyes to be seen. Poked fun at in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecctpF0Nf8c a Holiday 2016 ad]], where the Bunny takes off his sunglasses to reveal [[TheUnreveal another pair underneath]]. That being said, there have been official plush toys of the Bunny that give him eyes (a given, as they'd look awkward otherwise), but its inconsistent as to whether they're beady or traditional cartoon-style eyes.
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* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'':
** Angemon has a helmet that covers up his eyes and we never see what his eyes look like underneath it.
** Angewoman, who is Angemon's DistaffCounterpart, wears a helmet that obscures her eyes. Her eyes are never shown.
* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': Tuff has BlindingBangs, and we never see what's underneath them.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Donquixote Doflamingo's eyes are always hidden behind his CoolShades. The reason why has yet to be revealed, but a Flash Back shows that this was already the case in his childhood, and when a reader asked what was under his sunglasses, the author dodged the question by answering that he wore an other identical pair of sunglasses. Whenever they are damaged in battle and the one time he his seen taking them off, alone in a private room, his eyes are conveniently out of frame, closed, or covered by his hand.
* Benten no Chou from ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'' always wears goggles that circle his head, and have OpaqueLenses. This eyewear remains on his face whether he's in human form or in dog form. To compensate for his eyes being obscured, Chou has an ExpressiveAccessory ''hachimaki'' that tends to spell out his thoughts and feelings at the moment.
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': Kotaro Tatsumi ''never'' takes off his sunglasses. None of the main cast have ever seen his full face, and any scene or flashback that hints to his eyes will always obscure them. It layers onto his already MysteriousPast.
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* ''{{ComicBook/Preacher}}'': Cassidy never, ever removes his sunglasses. In the finale it's shown to be because they're hideously bloodshot.
* Since his helmet also contains a shades-like mask, the titular ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is never seen from the nose up, as neither [[NeverBareheaded his head]] nor eyes have been disclosed.
* ''ComicBook/SecretPath2016'': The SinisterMinister from the Residential School that Chanie Wendjak fled from is never shown when his face is visible. The closest we get is a shot that, while it shows the lower half of his face, still has a branch obscuring his eyes.
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* ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'': In addition to being NeverBareheaded, the titular Beetle Bailey wears either an Army soft cap or a helmet while at Camp Swampy, both of which cover his eyes. This doesn't seem to obscure his vision when Sarge is looking for him. The only time Beetle's eyes have been seen is shortly before enlisting in the Army, when his girlfriend asked him to remove his porkpie hat. She took one look, then told him to [[PleaseKeepYourHatOn put the hat back on]].
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Marcie always wears opaque glasses that obscures her eyes, and is never once seen without them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'': Barb's drummer, Riff, always has his eyes obscured by his beanie cap. The only time they're exposed in some way is when he peeks his right eye out of the beanie.
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* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': Jake and Elwood are never seen without their trademark sunglasses until Jake removes his at the climax while pleading with his M16-toting ex fiancee. Elwood never takes his off at all except for a deleted scene (where he was still wearing safety glasses).
* Just like his comic book counterpart, the titular ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' is never seen without his helmet, which covers both his eyes and head.
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* ''Literature/BadKitty'': Stinky Kitty has BlindingBangs and in "Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty", it's noted that no one ever dares to see what his eyes look like under his hair because [[ThePigPen he smells so terrible]].
* Some of the ''Literature/MrMen'' characters, such as Mr. Silly, Mr. Nonsense and Little Miss Scatterbrain, wear hats that obscure their eyes.
* ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy'': As part of her extensive combat augmentations, Molly Millions has had non-retractable one-way mirrors implanted over her eyes, so that nobody ever sees the latter.
** In ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'', Case constantly wonders about her eye color -- which remains an open mystery in the end, even after one of Molly's shades is broken in a fight.[[note]]Her eye underneath is also injured and so swollen that the iris cannot be seen.[[/note]] Symbolically, the mirror shades represent Molly's inability to let anyone get close to her, emotionally, since the eyes are the windows of the soul and she uses technology to actively prevent anyone from peering into hers.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Barkley the dog has BlindingBangs and his eyes have never been seen.
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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Nybbas, Demon Prince of the Media, is famous for his reflective glasses, always flickering with static, that he never takes off. No demon in Hell remembers what his eyes even look like.
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* In ''VideoGame/AFKArena'', Cecilia and Shemira always wear a blindfold. Both characters are blind; the former born that way, and the latter [[EyeScream having literally cried her eyes out]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'': Kris' eyes are never seen until TheStinger, where one eye appears [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing bright red]]. It can be seen again in Chapter 2 for a brief moment when Kris & Susie are leaping back into the Dark World, and once more at the very end, right as they [[spoiler:open another Dark Fountain]].
* In the ''VideoGame/FZero'' series, while many of the racers are like this, the most notable is protagonist Captain Falcon. The visor on his helmet has white triangles where his eyes should be, and in ''F-Zero GX'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, his eyes don't even have textures, that portion of his head's texture hidden in shadow. The only time his face ''is'' seen is [[Anime/FZeroGPLegend the anime adaptation]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'':
** Ryder's eyes are never seen since he never removes his sunglasses.
** Wu Zi Mu is a justified example. Missions after his introduction, CJ learns that Woozie is blind, and thus Woozie always wears sunglasses.
* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': Shermie's eyes are always obscured by her hair. Some [[https://snk.fandom.com/wiki/Shermie/Gallery?file=KOFXV_Shermie_Sketch_by_Tomohiro_Nakata.jpg official artwork]] manages to combine this with HiddenEyes, somehow.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'': Albert Wesker always wear sunglasses, up until the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 fifth game in the franchise]].
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': [[HeroicComedicSociopath Johnny Gat]] almost always wears sunglasses whenever he's doing work for the Third Street Saints. His eyes are at their most invisible in [[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird the third]] and [[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV fourth games]], due to the ArtEvolution improving the graphics, whereas before, his sunglasses were just transparent enough or low on his face enough for the player to see his eyes. [[WordOfGod According to the writers]], Johnny wears prescription sunglasses, which means wearing them actually is beneficial for his eyesight. [[HandicappedBadass Which speaks volumes about how awesome Johnny is]].
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[[folder:Visual Novel]]
* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': The eyes of Jezaille Brett are always obscured by either the rim of her hat or the mask she holds in her hand.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': The Mole, who always wears [[BlindPeopleWearSunglasses sunglasses]], and Cro-Marmot, whose eyes are [[BlindingBangs obscured by his hair]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Played with since we see their eyes from time to time, but all members of Sector V hide their eyes most of the time in different ways: Numbah 1 with his sunglasses, Numbah 2 with his goggles, Numbah 3 by keeping them shut, Numbah 4 with his hair, and Numbah 5 with her hat.
* Neither Eustace nor Muriel in ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' have their eyes revealed behind their glasses, and the rare times each of them do take them off, their eyes are always shut tight.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Lee Kanker's eyes are almost never seen behind her curly red hair. In ''The Big Picture Show'', [[FreezeFrameBonus a quick shot]] shows her with ''three eyes'', though that might have been an animation error.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'': Bo Hweemuth has BlindingBangs, and we've never once seen his eyes underneath his hair, so it's unknown if he has the same BlackBeadEyes as everyone else.
* Blendin Blandin from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is never once seen with his opaque glasses off. The one time he took them off when [[DemonicPossession Bill Cipher possessed him]], he had [[MindControlEyes Bill-stylized eyes]], and the instant Bill leaves his body, the glasses are immediately back on.
* Curly in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' wears glasses in which the lenses completely obscure his eyes. He was once shown without them on in "Curly's Girl", though it's unclear whether they're really what his eyes regularly look like or if it's just PuppyDogEyes that only show up occasionally depending on a character's mood.
* ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'': Ongo has BlindingBangs and, with the exception of when he looks through binoculars in "Queen's Birthday" and "A Day at the Races" and we see his pupils, we never see the rest of his eyes under that hair.
* The titular ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' never reveals his eyes from behind his sunglasses, and the rare instances they are removed, he either has WingdingEyes or uses his beefy arm to cover his entire face until he puts his glasses back on. The closest we would ever get to seeing his eyes is the crossover episode with Scooby Doo, where he and Velma accidentally switch glasses.
* Lucy Loud in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' always has her eyes covered by [[BlindingBangs her hair]]. Even when she was shown as a baby in one episode, she wore an EyeObscuringHat. Considering the reason why her parents let her hair grow out as another episode reveals, her eyes must have been creepy enough for them to not want to look at.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': Schaeffer the Dog's eyes are always covered by his BlindingBangs.
* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'': The Farmer's eyes cannot be seen behind his glasses. Whenever he's without them, [[EyesAlwaysShut his eyes are always closed]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'': Hawkodile always wears CoolShades. It is shown in "Action Forest" that he used to have BlindingBangs when he was younger, and when Eagleator steals his shades from him in that same episode, we only see him from behind before he covers his eyes with a blindfold. It's said that Hawkodile is so used to wearing the shades that his eyes can no longer tolerate the sunlight.
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