History Main / MakingASpectacleOfYourself

* The glasses in [[http://www.pophangover.com/4255/ugly-celebrity-sunglasses-guys-edition/ this list]] from Pop Hangover.

* In TheDCU, the villain the Crime Doctor took to wearing sunglasses with star-shaped lenses.

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* [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] once tried to get his mother to buy him a pair of sunglasses that were apparently picked up by [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] years later.

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* The heart-shaped sunglasses from the poster for Stanley Kubrick's ''Film/{{Lolita}}''.
* Tom Cruise's shades from the ''Film/RiskyBusiness'' poster may be a reference to ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''.
* Gary Oldman in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' (red glass)
* Meg Ryan in ''Film/{{The Doors|1991}}'' (blue hippie glasses)
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', 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 ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'', Hollywood Montrose is a FlamboyantGay with the [[EightiesHair ultra 80's boxtop haircut]] and some really odd asymmetrical sunglasses.

* In the alternate history of ''Film/NationalTreasure'', Benjamin Franklin invented a special pair of colonial spectacles (known as the "Ocular Device") to [[spoiler: help treasure hunters read a clue on the back of the Declaration of Independence.]] Their oddity comes from the fact that it sports not just two, but SIX lenses, four of which are attached steampunk style to the frames, and three of THOSE lenses are colored red, green, and blue.

* Dr. Hadden in ''Film/{{Contact}}'' wears wears large glasses, similar to Dr. Tyrell from ''Film/Bladerunner''.

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* One of Count Olaf's disguises in ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' features oversized sunglasses. Esmé's "sunoculars" in a later book are a more extreme example-- they [[{{Portmanteau}} combine sunglass lenses with huge binoculars]].
* Rita Skeeter from ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** Also Luna Lovegood in her spectrespecs.

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* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman" has Linda Richman (Mike Myers) wearing outrageously large tinted glasses.
* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the lenses of Dr. Jacoby's glasses have different colors.

* UK ExcitedKidsShowHost Timmy Mallett.

* One of the villains on the [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]] superheroine series ''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl'' was evil musician Glitter Rock, who wore, among [[FashionVictimVillain other things]], enormous star-shaped sunglasses.
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Tenth Doctor wears a set of Anaglyph glasses during the finale episodes. Justified in that those glasses make it possible to detect the presence of Void Material

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* [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]] wears pink glasses in the video for "November Rain".
* [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] wore some sweet star-shaped glasses in the video for "We will rock you".

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* It's possible to invoke this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''. The game introduced an accessory shop, and one of the outfit pieces is appropriately called the "Tinted Lenses." They're a pair of [[OpaqueLenses opaque]], brightly-colored sunglasses... which, like the above example, exist in [[AnachronismStew a medieval-inspired setting]].

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Helen B. Narbon is almost never seen without her little pink glasses. Well, except when she was turning into Dave.

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* The glasses in [[http://www.pophangover.com/4255/ugly-celebrity-sunglasses-guys-edition/ this list]] from Pop Hangover

* Meg Ryan in ''Film/TheDoors'' (blue hippie glasses)

* Pictured above: Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight aka EltonJohn is famous for these, and they appear in every parody of him. [[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/photos-elton-johns-outfits-through-the-years-20110202 See many of them here]]

* The heart-shaped sunglasses from the poster for Stanley Kubrick's ''{{Lolita}}''.
* Tom Cruise's shades from the ''Film/RiskyBusiness'' poster may be a reference to ''{{Lolita}}''.

* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Porter C Powell]] of ''TransformersAnimated'' has pink sunglasses for God only knows why, even though he's a serious businessman.

* Not gaudy but ''definately'' out-of-date, Gentleman John Lynx of Prairie Wrestling Alliance wears a pair of pince-nez glasses attached to a chain.

** In ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', Peanut wears "Elton John" glasses in a AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle parody.

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* One of Count Olaf's disguises in ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' features oversized sunglasses. Esmé's "sunoculars" in a later book are a more extreme example-- they [[{{Portmanteau}} combine sunglass lenses with huge binoculars]].

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* In several episodes of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', Mr Humphries is seen wearing [[CampGay Elton John-style glasses]]. In the episode "Grounds for Divorce", he and Mr Spooner are under instructions to push sales of such glasses, but their attempts to appeal to a customer backfire as he instead sells Mr Humphries his own rainbow plastic-framed glasses for £5.

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

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* Meg Ryan in ''TheDoors'' (blue hippie glasses)

* In ''Series/DrWho'', the Tenth Doctor wears a set of Anaglyph glasses during the finale episodes. Justified in that those glasses make it possible to detect the presence of Void Material

* One of Count Olaf's disguises in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' features oversized sunglasses. Esmé's "sunoculars" in a later book are a more extreme example-- they [[{{Portmanteau}} combine sunglass lenses with huge binoculars]].

* Bono from Music/{{U2}}, after 1991.

->''Of all the hideously disfigured spectacles I have ever beheld... those perched on the end of this man's nose remain forever pasted into the album of my memory."''

* 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]].

* Bono from {{U2}}, after 1991.

* [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] wore some sweet star-shaped glasses in the video for "We will rock you".

* Academician Prokhor Zakharov from ''AlphaCentauri'' wears boat-light glasses. As literally as possible-one lens is red, the other is green (except their directions are reversed: his glasses are red on the right and green on the left, whereas a boat is the other way around).

* [[{{Narbonic}} Helen B. Narbon]] is almost never seen without her little pink glasses. Well, except when she was turning into Dave.

* Lee Phillips from ''{{KateModern}}'' is very fond of bizarre sunglasses. His favourite pair are pink, with guitar-shaped frames.

* Travis Touchdown from ''NoMoreHeroes'' wears a variety of coloured shades...his default one are 'Sunflower Yellow', but they're also available in Peony Pink, Cobalt Blue, Pumking Seed Orange, and - if you're feeling particularly boring - traditional grey.

-->-- '''StephenFry'''

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

* [[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bootsycollins/photos/collection/photo/2 Bootsy Collins]].
* [[http://www.johnconlee.com/disco.html John Conlee]]. Like Damon Gant and Porter C Powell, listed above he also has a pair of pink glasses (actually rose colored but close enough), the glasses actually appear on the covers for 3 of his albums (album pictures can be viewed by clicking on above link)

* One of Count Olaf's disguises in ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents features oversized sunglasses. Esmé's "sunoculars" in a later book are a more extreme example-- they [[{{Portmanteau}} combine sunglass lenses with huge binoculars]].

* The ''SaturdayNightLive'' sketches "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman" has Linda Richman (Mike Myers) wearing outrageously large tinted glasses.
* In TwinPeaks, the lenses of Dr. Jacoby's glasses have different colors.