History Main / SinisterShades

* Char Aznable, originally of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', sports these in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''. He and his {{C|harClone}}lones tend to alternate between these and CoolMask.

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* Being a clan of [[TheCorrupter corrupters]] who are highly sensitive to any form of bright light, Followers of Set in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', often wear these, to the point that it's become a stock accessory for Setite player characters.

* ''Film/DrNo''. Film/JamesBond is under surveillance from the moment he arrives at the airport in Jamaica--a pretty girl tries to take his photograph while a man in dark glasses observes him from a balcony. Bond later discovers that the girl is working for the BigBad while the man in shades is his future ally, CIA agent Felix Leiter.

* ''Film/DrNo''. Film/JamesBond is under surveillance from the moment he arrives at the airport in Jamacia--a pretty girl tries to take his photograph while a man in dark glasses observes him from a balcony. Bond later discovers that the girl is working for the BigBad while the man in shades is his future ally, CIA agent Felix Leiter.

* ''Film/DrNo'. Film/JamesBond is under surveillance from the moment he arrives at the airport in Jamacia; a pretty girl tries to take his photograph while a man in dark glasses observes him from a balcony. Bond later discovers that the girl is working for the BigBad while the man in shades is his future ally, CIA agent Felix Leiter.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman wears a pair when he's deputized by Officer Barbrady.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': In [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 the first game]] and ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand-Year Door]]'', enemy Koopas are wear sunglasses and [[SpikesOfDoom spiked collars and bracelets]] to distinguish them from friendly [=NPCs=]. In ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', the shades and studs instead indicate Koopas brainwashed by Nastasia (Koopa Troopas in the Bitlands who are still loyal to Bowser lack them, but are still hostile).

* The Ankh-Morpork banking community wear these in ''Literature/MakingMoney'', as seen on [[http://www.paulkidby.net/MakingMoneyFinal1.jpg the cover]].

* In Joyce Carol Oates' short story ''WhereAreYouGoingWhereHaveYouBeen,'' Arnold Friend, [[spoiler:a creep who forcefully persuades TheProtagonist to accompany him in his car for unknown-but-probably-nefarious purposes]] wears a pair of mirrored aviator shades that hide his true self, [[spoiler:and true age; he's much older than he appears, and much less innocent than Connie thought...]]

Examples are numerous, including TheMenInBlack, members of [[AncientConspiracy secret societies]], [[SinisterSpyAgency CIA agents]], [[TheMafia mafiosi]], {{Yakuza}}, [[TheBadGuysAreCops sinister police officers]], Agent programs in the [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]... you get the picture. Not ''always'' associated with villainous characters but usually a deliberate attempt to intimidate, so chances are that if a hero wears these, they're an example of GoodIsNotNice if not a full AntiHero. Compare FourEyesZeroSoul. GasMaskMooks takes this a few steps further.

* Paul Yau, the hitman hired to replace the title character of Creator/JohnWoo's ''Film/TheKiller'', had a pair of these.