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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} has done this twice; at one point, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] was blinded for several months after [[Wrestling/RickMartel "The Model" Rick Martel]] sprayed cologne in his eyes, and the two had a feud leading into a Blindfold match, in which both men were blindfolded to make things fair; in another, [[Characters/WWEDivas Nidia]] was blinded by [[Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri Tajiri]] with a mysterious black mist, and her boyfriend, Jamie Noble, subsequently took advantage of this by putting her in harm's way to win matches.

* In ''{{DragonBall GT}}'', Goku becomes blind when Eis Shenron claws his eyes; he regains his sight later on.
* In ''Anime/HimitsuNoAkkochan'' the titular heroine, in the deaf variant of his trope, upon meeting a [[LongLostUncleAesop new deaf kid at her school]], uses [[LiteralGenie her magic mirror]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wish herself deaf and mute]], thus empathizing better with the kid. In [[NightmareFuel rather scary]] moment of FridgeBrilliance, Akko-chan realizes that, having wished herself to go mute as well, she's unable to hit ResetButton. The ResetButton presses itself anyway, but not before some days of {{Wangst}} and the usual Aesop.

* In ''Anime/{{Himitsu no Akko-chan}}'' the titular heroine, in the deaf variant of his trope, upon meeting a [[LongLostUncleAesop new deaf kid at her school]], uses [[LiteralGenie her magic mirror]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wish herself deaf and mute]], thus empathizing better with the kid. In [[NightmareFuel rather scary]] moment of FridgeBrilliance, Akko-chan realizes that, having wished herself to go mute as well, she's unable to hit ResetButton. The ResetButton presses itself anyway, but not before some days of {{Wangst}} and the usual Aesop.

* Not to mention the movie ''Film/{{Blindness}}''. Which is perhaps best left unmentioned, anyway.
* In ''StarWars: The Return of the Jedi'', Han Solo is temporarily blinded, and takes part in the battle against Jabba almost completely blind, just proving what a {{Badass}} he is.

* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', when Jason Bard tried to save BlackCanary, and they were caught in the act, a gun going off in his face blinded him. Because the villain had no reason to spare him, Black Canary insisted on escaping with him despite his blindness; his training makes him reasonably good at supporting her despite his condition, and at the end it is revealed that medical treatment can restore his sight.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' has a "[[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Temporary_Blindness temporary blindness]]" effect, which is caused by [[spoiler:drinking moonshine]], among other things.

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''Fanfic/NatureStudies'', student Assassin Catherine Perry-Bowen is blinded and disfigured by an enraged rogue baboon. Both Catherine and her teachers are sure she will be permanently blinded and will have to leave the Assassins' School. But this is Ankh-Morpork. Which has Igors. The sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8774066/5/There-s-nothing-like-a-fresh-pair-of-eyes-is-there There's Nothing Like A Fresh Pair Of Eyes]]'' revisits Catherine as an AscendedExtra. She is seen recovering from Igor transplant surgery. But nobody expected the occult side-effects of her new eyes...

* A young AdolfHitler was temporarily blinded by mustard gas during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. So every character who goes through this is [[HitlerAteSugar doing something Hitler did]].

* A young AdolfHitler was temporarily blinded by mustard gas during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

The hero(ine) of an action/adventure series is blinded at the beginning of the episode. The character is told that the damage will heal, provided he does not do any action/adventure heroic things for the next hour. Since the viewer did not tune in to watch the hero convalesce, the plot goes on.

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** Hawkeye is temporarily blinded by an exploding heater. During the course of his recovery he experiences a heightening of his other senses, up to and including Radar's ability to hear incoming helicopters.

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* In one episode of ''Series/TheInvisibleMan'' Fawkes loses his sight temporarily, although he discovers that he can still see when quicksilvered (he proceeds to get sunglasses so he can quicksilver hia eyes with no one noticing).

** For that matter, Xena from ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' also went temporarily blind in one episode.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Skitter is blinded for about one (extremely action packed) day. She manages to get by using her [[AnimalEyeSpy swarm-sense]]. Since she wears a mask, she is able to hide it from the others until afterwards.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Skitter is blinded by an explosion while [[spoiler:in her civilian ID at the mayoral debate]]. She manages to get by using her [[AnimalEyeSpy swarm-sense]].

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} has done this twice; at one point, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] was blinded for several months after "The Model" Rick Martel sprayed cologne in his eyes, and the two had a feud leading into a Blindfold match, in which both men were blindfolded to make things fair; in another, [[Characters/WWEDivas Nidia]] was blinded by [[Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri Tajiri]] with a mysterious black mist, and her boyfriend, Jamie Noble, subsequently took advantage of this by putting her in harm's way to win matches.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} has done this twice; at one point, [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] was blinded for several months after "The Model" Rick Martel sprayed cologne in his eyes, and the two had a feud leading into a Blindfold match, in which both men were blindfolded to make things fair; in another, Nidia was blinded by Tajiri with a mysterious black mist, and her boyfriend, Jamie Noble, subsequently took advantage of this by putting her in harm's way to win matches.
* Happened for real in ECW to New Jack after a botch.

* A [[ExternalCombustion car bomb]] did this to Mcgarret on the original ''HawaiiFiveO". He recovered by the end of the episode.

* There is an episode of ''KamenRiderAgito'' in which Hikawa starts losing his vision as a result of stress and overwork. Hikawa being Hikawa, he insists on continuing to work as Kamen Rider G3 all the same, resulting in a rather touching turn of events when Hojou (who, to that point, had made it a point to butt heads with Hikawa and co. as often as possible) uses the G3 team's communication system to act as Hikawa's eyes and help him kick ass.
** The trope reappears in ''KamenRiderKiva'' with Nago losing his vision and Megumi shouting out directions for him. (It's worth noting that Inoue Toshiki was the head writer for both Agito and Kiva.)

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''Fanfic/Nature Studies'', student Assassin Catherine Perry-Bowen is blinded and disfigured by an enraged rogue baboon. Both Catherine and her teachers are sure she will be permanently blinded and will have to leave the Assassins' School. But this is Ankh-Morpork. Which has Igors. The sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8774066/5/There-s-nothing-like-a-fresh-pair-of-eyes-is-there There's Nothing Like A Fresh Pair Of Eyes]]'' revisits Catherine as an AscendedExtra. She is seen recovering from Igor transplant surgery. But nobody expected the occult side-effects of her new eyes...

* Early on in ''Naruto Veangance Revelaitons'', Taliana is blinded, but it never gets referenced again after that..

* A bored Sydney in ''UnintentionallyPretentious'' buys white Manga/{{Naruto}}-style contact lenses from Luthor's store to [[http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=63 temporarily]] [[http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=64 blind]] herself in order to relate to her blind roommate better.

* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', when Jason Bard attempted to rescue BlackCanary, and they were caught in the act, a gun going off in his face blinded him. Because the villain had no reason to spare him, Black Canary insisted on escaping with him despite his blindness; his training makes him reasonably good at supporting her despite his condition, and at the end it is revealed that medical treatment can restore his sight.
* Temporary blindness has happened multiple times to {{Batman}} in the comics.

* A very similar plot occured in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck.'' This is to be expected, as the series is somewhat of a spoof of ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' (though not a direct spoof of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries BTAS]], since the latter premiered after its cancellation).

* One of the many afflictions faced by gunslinger JonahHex in his career (in ''Weird Western Tales'' #24).

* This trope was used in "Blind Luck", an episode of the ''RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' AnimatedSeries.

** Hawkeye was temporarily blinded by an exploding heater in an episode of . During the course of his recovery he experiences a heightening of his other senses, up to and including Radar's ability to hear incoming helicopters.

** In the GrandFinale of ''MASH'' Father Mulcahey goes deaf, but he gets better sometime between the end of ''MASH'' and the start of ''Series/AfterMASH''.

* Happens to Superman in the ''LoisAndClark'' episode The Eyes Have It.

* Hawkeye was temporarily blinded by an exploding heater in an episode of ''[[Series/{{MASH}} M* A* S* H]]''. During the course of his recovery he experiences a heightening of his other senses, up to and including Radar's ability to hear incoming helicopters. Later in the series, Klinger goes deaf for an episode.