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* Spider Jerusalem of ''{{Transmetropolitan}}''. One lens red, the other green. One lens round, the other square.
** [[FoxTrot Peter Fox]] sports a similar pair of shades, which every member of his family hates [[spoiler: to his relief: "Finally, a pair of shades no one wants to borrow."]]

* In ''QuantumLeap'', [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes Al]] occasionally wears a pair of red, lightning-bolt-shaped shades.

* KanyeWest's 'Shutter Shades' from "Stronger".

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* {{Lady Gaga}} does it in her 'Poker Face' and 'Bad Romance' music videos
** Apparently, LadyGaga wears specs like this ''all'' the time.
** In 'Telephone', she wears glasses made of ''burning cigarettes''.
** And in 'Bad Romance', they're made of ''razor blades''.
** 'Alejandro' has her wearing goggles with black lace-covered lenses. Given the other examples, though, that's downright normal.

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', one of Biff's gang always wears 3-D glasses.
** The 2015 metal glasses Doc Brown wears would qualify, as well.

* {{Homestuck}} has several characters with sunglasses that are combined with phones/[=PDAs=]. Even before this upgrade, there are still characters in 3D-colored shades, red cats-eye lenses, and black Kamina/Squirtle shades.

** Kamina's shades aren't even the most spectacular ones. They get topped about twenty episodes later with Simon's Kamina/Kittan homage shades. And this all ignoring the ones some of the ''mecha'' wear.

* In ''{{Terminator}} 3'', Arnold ends up stealing his usual all-black & leather outfit from a gay male stripper and tries on a pair of gaudy star-shaped sunglasses that he finds in the pocket. He then takes them off and steps on them as he walks off.
* In the movie ''Mannequin'', Hollywood Montrose is a FlamboyantGay with the [[EightiesHair ultra 80's boxtop haircut]] and some really odd asymmetrical sunglasses.

* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': In several episodes Mr Humphries is seen wearing [[CampGay Elton John-style glasses]].
* David Dickinson, original host of "Bargain Hunt", often wore glasses with rainbow plastic frames.

* The vicar wears a big, glittery red pair that says "BOOB" (with the lenses as the 'o's) in ''TheVicarOfDibley'', during the episode where they're expecting EltonJohn to open the Dibley village fair.

** In 'Telephone', she weaars glasses made of ''burning cigarettes''.

* One of the villains on the [[SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]] superheroine series ''[=ElectraWoman=] and [=DynaGirl=]'' was evil musician Glitter Rock, who wore, among [[FashionVictimVillain other things]], enormous star-shaped sunglasses.

->''"I had never seen a more revolting spectacle... than those which were perched upon the bridge of his nose."''

* Paul Shaffer...just...Paul Shaffer.

* From AceAttorney, you have Chief of Police [[MemeticBadass Damon Gant]] and his hot pink sunglasses.
** There's also Godot, who wears a futuristic three-slatted OneWayVisor. At one point Phoenix is afraid to approach him until he's sure Godot's visor can't fire lasers.

There are CoolShades and there are SinisterShades. There are NerdGlasses and there are {{Meganekko}} Glasses. And then there are these.

* Togano Shozo of {{Eyeshield 21}} sports a pair of oversized, orange-tinted sunglasses that somehow manage to escape notice or mention throughout the entirety of the series thus far.

* ''KamenRiderRyuki'' ([[KamenRiderDragonKnight and his US counterpart]]) have an entire facemask resembling Kanye Shades overlaying the typical KamenRider red bug eyes.

* Coloured lenses mark out the user as eccentric or different - bonus points for having [[MismatchedEyes two different colours for the lenses]].

* Rita Skeeter from ''HarryPotter''.

* The shades occasionally worn by Ray Person in GenerationKill are themselves mild compared to the other examples here, but become quite silly when worn by a US Marine in fatigues/MOPP gear invading Iraq while explaining the finer points of life in the Corps ("We pimpin'") or hitting on hot Iraqi women. It was enough for Person plus his shades to be the miniseries' [[http://www.thenewblog.net/generation%20kill.JPG cover]].

* Pictured above: Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka EltonJohn is famous for these, and they appear in every parody of him. [[http://hubpages.com/hub/Gay-Celebrities---The-Many--Amazing-Sunglasses-of-Sir-Elton-John See many of them here]]

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* Pictured above: Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka EltonJohn is famous for these, and they appear in every parody of him. [[http://hubpages.com/hub/Gay-Celebrities---The-Many--Amazing-Sunglasses-of-Sir-Elton-John See many of them here]]
** Curiously, he doesn't use them so much now. He had some of his most famous pairs auctioned for charity purposes, so he tends to stick to CoolShades.
** In ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', Peanut wears "Elton John" glasses in a AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle parody.
* Dame Edna's glasses, with glitter stars hanging from the corners.
* Paul Shaffer...just...Paul Shaffer.
* While not as gaudy as most examples, UK snooker player Dennis Taylor was noted for wearing outsized glasses. Apparently this [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual served a purpose]] - he wasn't looking over them when lining up his shot. (These days virtually all professionals opt for contacts or laser surgery, although glasses are one of the few optional items that are actually permitted by the very strict snooker dress code.)
* Anaglyph 3D glasses, aka "those shades with the red and blue / green lenses." Not very many people wear them as a fashion statement, but those who do are probably going for this trope.

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* Clock King of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has a pair of glasses with clock hands on the lenses.