History Main / YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses

->'''King Candy:''' ''[pulls out a pair of glasses]'' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? ''[Ralph grabs them and knocks King Candy on the head with the frames]'' You hit a guy ''with'' glasses... That, heh...that's...well played.

-->-- ''Disney/WreckItRalph''

''[Clumsy promptly removes his own glasses and ''[[WouldHitAGirl knocks Fat Broad]] [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender for a loop]]'' with them[[note}}[[OlderThanTheyThink predating]] ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' by several decades with the VisualPun of hitting someone ''[[AmbiguousSyntax with]]'' glasses[[/note]]]''

* King Candy in ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' tries to pull this on Ralph. Ralph proceeds to ''literally'' hit King Candy over the head with the frames.

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* ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'': It's been proven without a doubt that Achilles absolutely ''will''.
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Compare WouldntHitAGirl, WouldntHurtAChild, and WouldNotShootACivilian for similarly other people that it is generally deemed bad form to harm. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Also this trope is not about whether you're considering hitting]] Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

Compare WouldntHitAGirl, WouldntHurtAChild, and WouldNotShootACivilian for similarly other people that it is generally deemed bad form to harm. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Also this trope is not about whether you're considering to hit]] Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

-->'''Simon:''' Glasses! Glasses! You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?! [Gets hit by a dodgeball] Right in the pancreas.

->'''King Candy:''' ''[pulls out a pair of glasses]'' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? ''[Ralph grabs them and knocks King Candy on the head with the frames]'' You hit a guy ''with'' glasses... That, heh...that's well played.

->'''King Candy:''' ''[pulls out a pair of glasses]'' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?\\
''[Ralph grabs them and knocks King Candy on the head with the frames]''\\
'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy... ''with'' glasses... that, heh, that's well played.

In real life while this was a legitimate concern in the past, but today anyone worrying about being blinded by broken glasses -- or for the assailant, [[SoftGlass having their knuckles cut up]] -- will be glad to hear that [[TechnologyMarchesOn technology has marched on]]. Currently (at least in the US) the lenses of virtually all glasses are made of one form of plastic or another. Due to this and other properties of the plastics used to make lenses, the lenses of modern glasses are nearly shatterproof. In fact, excluding the occasional exception, (such as Ray-Ban sunglasses, where the non prescription lenses that come with the sunglasses are usually made of glass) in order to get glass lenses made someone needs to specifically request them, (and be prepared to wait at least several weeks while the lenses are made) or have vision issues that make them unable to adequately use the plastic lenses.

'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy... ''[[ExactWords with]]'' [[ExactWords glasses]]... [[ActuallyPrettyFunny that, heh]], [[{{Touche}} that's well played.]]

'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy... ''with'' glasses... [[ActuallyPrettyFunny that, heh]], [[{{Touche}} that's well played.]]

* In ''Film/Batman1989'', ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/JackNicholson) whips on a pair of fake glasses and makes the appeal, but Batman decks him in the face anyway. Fun Fact: One especially stupid TV edit cuts out the entire climax after this point and goes straight to [[spoiler:the Joker [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his death]]]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "Jeepers, It's The Creeper" Velma tries this on the Creeper. He responded by removing her glasses, then Velma [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome kicked him in the shin and grabbed them back]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown'', Swat tells Mr. Beetle that he shouldn't hit him because he's wearing glasses (he does).

'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy... ''with'' glasses... [[ActuallyPrettyFunny that, heh, that's well played.]]

* ''Film/DirtyHarry'': In the original film, the "Scorpio Killer" – while holding a school bus full of children hostage – does this to at least two bespectacled children... one an 11-year-old girl whom he slaps across the face at least twice before shoving the other glasses-wearing kid to the floor and pinning him before punching the back of his head repeatedly!

'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy... ''with'' glasses... that, heh, that's well played.

->'''King Candy''': ''[Pulls out a pair of glasses]'' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?\\

'''King Candy''': You hit a guy... ''with'' glasses... that, heh, that's well played.

* Early in the John Byrne ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic reboot, Superman faces a gang which includes a violent, glasses-wearing, heavily armed female member spouting revolutionary phrases. She tries the double-powered "[[WouldntHitAGirl You wouldn't hit a lady]] with ''glasses'', would you?" Superman gently removes her glasses and flicks his finger, knocking her cold. He then says, "A lady? No, but then I've never met a ''lady'' who carries dynamite under her coat."
* In a comic from ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures, the VillainOfTheWeek pulled out a pair of glasses and asked Superman this question. His response? "Wouldn't dream of it...[[ComicBook/LoisLane Ms. Lane]], on the other hand..."
** In Issue #37, Clark [[spoiler:(Multi-Face in disguise)]] asks "You wouldn't shoot a guy with '''glasses''', would you?".
* In one ''Comicbook/XMen'' comic, some drunkards tried to pick a fight with (civilian-dressed) Cyclops. He said the trope name, so one member of the mob removed [[PowerLimiter the glasses]] for him. [[PowerIncontinence This didn't end well]].
* In the long Bash Street Kids story entitled All for fun and fun for all, which appeared in ComicBook/TheBeano back in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]] and was mostly recently reprinted in the 2009 Bash Street Kids Annual, Spotty dons [[BlindMistake 'erberts]] glasses in an attempt to get Teacher not too push him into a river. In the spirit of this trope Teacher ignores this and pushes Spotty in the river.
** To be specific, Teacher responds with "Wrong, Spotty! People with glasses should ESPECIALLY be pushed in!" [[CloudCuckooLander Smiffy]], who is standing behind [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Teacher]], overhears this and decides to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard push Teacher into the river to utilise his new-found knowledge.]]
* {{Parodied}} in ''Comicbook/{{PS238}}:'' "You wouldn't ''shoot'' a guy with mask-lenses on, would you?" Purely a heroic quip, though, since [[FunPersonified the Flea]] has actually been itching for a battle.

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Japan never asked this question even as he wore [[Anime/DeathNote Teru Mikami]]'s glasses with his [[{{Cosplay}} cosplay]]. Not that that stopped [[DrillSergeantNasty Germany]] from punching his glasses straight off and shattering the spectacles during their [[CockFight cock fight]].

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* King Candy in ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' tries to pull this on Ralph. Ralph proceeds to ''literally'' hit King Candy over the head with the frames.
-->'''King Candy:''' You hit a guy ''[[AmbiguousSyntax with]]'' glasses. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny That, heh, that's well played...]]

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* This is done in a 1982 ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comic strip with Snoopy as Joe Cool:
-->'''Linus:''' Hey, Joe Cool! One of the guys over at the gym is looking for you. He says if he catches you near his girl again, he's going to pound you!
-->'''Snoopy:''' ''[wearing six pairs of CoolShades]'' He wouldn't hit somebody wearing glasses, would he?
** From a 1960s strip, during the period when Linus was wearing glasses:
--->'''Linus:''' ''[to Lucy, who is inspecting the refrigerator]'' If you're looking for an apple, I ate the last one.
--->'''Lucy:''' Boy, if you weren't wearing glasses, I'd slug you a good one!
--->''[BeatPanel]''
--->'''Linus:''' ''[turning to Snoopy]'' Glasses are good for your eyes… They keep you from getting punched in them!
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1995/06/03 once tried to use this trope to avoid the usual]] ProducePelting while giving one of his shows on the fence. The audience responded by only throwing tomatoes at his body and limbs, leaving his head the only part of his body not covered in splashed tomatoes.
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' invoked the trope in [[http://www.garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2012&addr=120420 this strip]]. A worm wearing glasses used this to discourage Booker from beating him. Booker was initially proud to have shown that "chickens do have hearts" but later banged his head on a tree out of frustration once he remembered that "worms don't have eyes".
** [[http://garfield.com/us-acres/1991-10-16 A worm wondered whether a fish would eat a worm with glasses.]]
* In a ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' strip from the 1960s, Fat Broad threatens to hit the bespectacled Clumsy Carp when the latter invokes this trope:
-->'''Clumsy:''' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?
-->'''Fat Broad:''' No, I'd hit him with my fist! HAW, HAW, HAW!
-->(Clumsy promptly removes his own glasses and ''[[WouldHitAGirl knocks Fat Broad]] [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender for a loop]]'' with them -- [[OlderThanTheyThink predating]] ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' by several decades with the VisualPun of hitting someone ''[[AmbiguousSyntax with]]'' glasses.)
* ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'':
** During the gag-a-day era of the pre-1990s, strip protagonist Les Moore was a recurring victim of bullies, usually Bull Bushka. The fact Les wore thick glasses didn't dissuade Bull in the least.
** During the teen pregnancy storyline (Lisa Moore becomes pregnant), Lisa -- at the time wearing thick, horn-rimmed glasses -- is implied to have been beaten by her boyfriend, Frankie Miller, a high school quarterback for a rival of Westview's, after he learned he had gotten her pregnant.
** During the first "time jump" era, Susan Smith, one of Les' high school students (and much like Lisa before her, mousy, nerdy, thick-glasses wearing and unpopular), is beaten by her boyfriend, a popular jock. While Les and Bull [[note]](long-since reformed; he only took his aggression out on Les)[[/note]] expose the jock, Lisa shares her story with Susan about her time with Frankie.
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--> '''Daniel Bryan'''(To Bateman): Now get up. Because you've got a NXT Rookie Reunion Tag Team Match tonight, an I want you to win! And I don't want you to win for me, I want you to win for you! I want you to win for chicks! I want you to win for America! AND I WANT YOU TO WIN FOR [[CheapHeat CLEVELAND]]!
--> '''Bateman''': [[LargeHam WAAAAARRRRGHHH!]]

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* ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'': It's been proven without a doubt that Achilles absolutely ''will''.
* In episode 4 of {{WebVideo/SUPERCAST}}, Marshall states this trope when an executive is pointing a gun at him, in the process stealing Chip's glasses and making a rather iconic face which provides the page image. [[spoiler: The executive doesn't care.]]

* In one WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, ''Transylvania 6-5000'', WesternAnimation/BugsBunny (turned into a baseball bat) does this to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Count Bloodcount]] (turned into a vampire bat). Since he knows what's coming, the Count quickly [[InvokedTrope puts on a pair of glasses when he sees what Bugs transformed into]]; Bugs hits him anyway.
** In ''Scrap Happy Daffy'', WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck uses this against a goat. When the goat goes to [[LiteralAssKicking attack Daffy's rear]], a pair of glasses appear on his tail feathers too.
** In another cartoon, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Splitter Hare Splitter]]'', Bugs put on some glasses to prevent his rival in love from hitting him. It didn't work.
** Invoked in ''Hippety Hopper''. "He's safe. Nobody hits a guy with glasses on." ''(offscreen thud)'' "Of course, I could be wrong."

'''Thug:''' So? Take 'em off. *lifts them up with his pool cue*\\
'''Cyclops:''' ''Stop!'' *[[EyeBeams splits the pool table in two]]*\\

--> '''Danny''': ''(in Poindexter's body)'' You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses! ''(dodges Poindexter's punch)'' You ''couldn't'' hit a guy with glasses! ''(dodges again)'' In fact, you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn!
--> '''Poindexter''': ''(in Danny's body)'' Ugh! Hold still!

-->'''Jeckle:''' I say... you wouldn't hit someone in glasses, would you? (''the bull headbutts him into the air'')
-->'''Jeckle:''' (''to us'') I believe he would!

'''Thug:''' So? Take 'em off. *lifts them up with his pool que*\\

* In ''Film/{{Batman}}'', ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/JackNicholson) whips on a pair of fake glasses and makes the appeal, but Batman decks him in the face anyway. Fun Fact: One especially stupid TV edit cuts out the entire climax after this point and goes straight to [[spoiler:the Joker [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his death]]]].

* ''Series/{{Batman}}''

-->Leo: You wouldn't hit a man with glasses, would ya?
-->Batman: You're not wearing glasses.
-->Leo: I'm not? [Prepares to punch Batman]
-->Batman: [Punches Leo first] Laugh that off, Leo!

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Compare WouldntHitAGirl, WouldntHurtAChild, and WouldNotShootACivilian for similarly other people that it is generally deemed bad form to harm. [[IThoughtItMeant Also this trope is not about whether you're considering to hit]] Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', Gizmoduck tries to persuade an attacking security robot not to hit him by putting on a wig and saying, "You wouldn't hit a lady, would you?" When that doesn't work, he adds a pair of glasses to his disguise and asks, "What about a lady in glasses?" He gets punted.

* Subverted in the ''Anime/DragonballZ'' movie ''Lord Slug''. KidHero Gohan kicks an invading alien mook right in the visor of his uniform, and the mook is seen staggering around in horrific pain and clutching his face afterward... because Slug's mooks belong to a species who can't stand the warmth and sunlight of Earth. [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged The abridged version]], however plays the trope straight and actually shows the implications of this trope, as instead of being pained by the sight of sunlight, the mook screams "Oh God, [[EyeScream all I can see is glass and blood!]]"

* At one Creator/{{MTV}} Video Music Awards show, someone booed {{Eminem}} on stage as he was accepting an award. Eminem, immediately assuming the heckler was Moby (whom the rapper dissed in his song and video for "Without Me", and who was cracking jokes with Jon Stewart about Eminem on a guest appearance on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' at the time), responded, "I ''will'' hit a man with glasses."

* In ''Film/{{Batman}}'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker (Creator/JackNicholson) whips on a pair of fake glasses and makes the appeal, but Batman decks him in the face anyway. Fun Fact: One especially stupid TV edit cuts out the entire climax after this point and goes straight to [[spoiler:the Joker [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his death]]]].

** In "The Bookworm Turns", Batman cites this trope as he prepares to battle the Bookworm's {{Mook}}s, [[InvokedTrope requesting that they take off their glasses]], which they oblige. Batman takes a moment to deliver AnAesop to Robin: "Never hit a man with glasses." Which is HilariousInHindsight considering Creator/MichaelKeaton's Batman would avert this trope 20 years later (and to [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker a guy who definitely]] [[YouKilledMyFather deserved it]], no less).

* In the standard ending of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'', SelfDemonstrating/CrankyKong insults the protagonists' performance, and they surround him, apparently to beat him up. As they close in, Cranky puts on a pair of glasses and says the line.