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Oh... looks like your glasses are sliding down your nose. You'd better correct them—But wait! Don't reach for those frames just yet. ''How'' you adjust your glasses speaks volumes of your character - at least if you're a fictional one. Here, we've provided a helpful list of the myriad ways to correct your spectacles, from which you can pick the one that suits you the best.

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'''1. By the arms'''

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Adjusting your glasses by their arms, using both hands, conveys that you're either not used to wearing eyeglasses, or taking exceptional care with them. In any case, it is [[Moe]], and as such usually the province of the [[Meganekko]]. The one-handed variant, however, has come to be known as a somewhat sly gesture, but more softspoken [[Megane]] have been known to utilize it without mischievous intent.

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'''2. By the corner'''

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Holding one lens or hinge between the thumb and the forefinger is almost singularly reserved for [[The Professor]] types. [[Nerd Glasses]] and [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]] are—almost by definition—adjusted this way. This is also the ''only'' way to adjust your [[High-Class Glass]], but we can't say if there's a deeper meaning to the connection.

Adjusting your glasses by ''both'' lenses is only reserved for the highest echelons of geekdom, and those who wear goggles. (Sometimes these two groups overlap.)

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''' 3. By the bridge'''

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Pushing your glasses back up your nose by their bridge, using one or two fingers, has more conflicting interpretations. In the West, this gesture is generally associated with [[Nerd Glasses]] and the socially inept, but in the realm of [[Anime]] and [[Manga]], doing this usually means that you're a [[Badass Bookworm]]. Pushing your glasses up the nose is also known to trigger a staggering majority of [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].

In more juvenile comedies, this is also a way of [[Flipping the Bird]] without technically doing so, intentional or [[Accidental Unfortunate Gesture|otherwise]].

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'''4. Other ways'''

After what we've covered thus far, the gestures that remain tend to be so alien as to be relegated to some singular character's idiosyncrasies. Look through these examples for some truly exotic ways to adjust your glasses.

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As you can see, adjusting your glasses can be such a powerful [[Characterization Tropes|characterization tool]] that you shouldn't reserve doing it only for when your glasses actually need adjusting. If you're wearing [[Stoic Spectacles]] or are just [[Shrinking Violet|painfully shy]], you can always just adjust your glasses in lieu of a proper greeting. If you want to underline the seriousness of the situation, adjust your glasses - [[Glasses Pull]] used to be popular for this, but nowadays it's a largely [[Discredited Trope]]. Don't know [[The Stoic|how to express your feelings]]? Adjust your glasses. It's an act with uses above and beyond just correcting your corrective lenses.

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== By the arms ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* As depicted, Miyuki Takara from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' engages in this.
* Anri Sonohara from ''[[Durarara!!]]''
* The members of the Student Council in ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'', [[Student Council President|Itsuki]] being the only exception. A rare not moe at all example.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* [[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]] apparently does this as a nervous habit. In later episodes, it becomes his "tell" and if he does it then you know he's lying or at least not being entirely truthful.

== By the corner ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Shiho and Karin from ''[[Naruto]]''.
* Autor from ''[[Princess Tutu]]''.
* In the [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]], [[Stalker with a Crush|Conway]] combines this with [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] for a particularly creepy effect, usually when addressing Dawn, the object of his affections..

=== Comic Books ===
* [[Superman|Clark Kent]] is often seen adjusting his glasses this way, especially in Post-Crisis stories where Clark was given a more aggressive personality. Often used as a punctuation for his [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking.]]

=== Music ===
* Pe Lanza of ''[[Restart]]'', occasionally.

=== Video Games ===
* As seen above, Martin Summer does this ''constantly'' in ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]''.
* The concise Shizune of [[Katawa Shoujo]] often poses this way
* Ema Skye in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series. Unusual in that she very rarely wears the glasses over her ''eyes'', so the adjustment is mostly for the sake of adjusting.
* Jeff from ''[[EarthBound]]'' is doing this as his pose on his ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' trophy.
** There is also an NPC in ''[[Mother 3]]'' who does this for his talking animation.

=== Web Original ===
* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] has a habit of doing it whenever people with glasses get treated badly in the movies he reviews.

=== Western Animation ===
* [[The Smart Guy| Egon]] does this often in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' while reading or using the PKE-Meter.

== By the bridge ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Rossiu's assistant in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' does this all the time.
* As does Takamizawa in ''[[Midori Days]]''.
* In the ''[[Bleach]]'' anime, Uryu Ishida regularly does this with his glasses. It appears to be a nervous habit more than anything else.
* The trope image is Gendo Ikari from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. When he's not doing his trademark [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive|Gendo]][[media:GendoGlasses.jpg|Pose]], he's doing this.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v14/c126/11.html Haruna] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v30/c274/2.html Saotome.]
* In ''[[Harvest Moon|Tree of Tranquility]]'', Jin (one of the eligible bachelors) does this as his "talking" gesture (which all the characters have).
* Shizuo Heiwajima in ''[[Durarara!!]]!!'' does this with his [[Cool Shades]] on occasion.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', [[Badass Bookworm|Shino]] and Ebisu both push up their [[Cool Shades]] this way.
** And [[Dragon Ascendant|Kabuto]] does this to his [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* Kyouya Ootori of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' does it with alarming frequency, often triggering [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* Nikaidou Yuu of [[Shugo Chara]] does this frequently,often triggering [[Scary Shiny Glasses]], but stops after his  {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* Kirio a.k.a. "Mr. Glasses Man" from [[Kamichama Karin]].
* Keima in [[The World God Only Knows]] generally does this except when he's pretending to be nicer than he is, in which case he'll adjust them by the sides. It plays out interestingly when {{spoiler|Keima and Yui switch bodies and he tries doing it by habit, but Yui's vision is better and she doesn't need glasses. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v09/c083/2.html He's momentarily confused].}}
* Shou Tucker does this in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. This combined with [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] are clues to show that something isn't quite right with him.
* Mai Minakami does this occasionally, but with her, it's because [[The Gadfly|she's trolling her friends]]. A notable example is when she and her friends are playing "Red Light Green Light".
* Takamatsu in ''Angel Beats!'' does this many times in a row when saying things. Yuri claims he's actually quite dumb and just wears glasses to seem smart.
* [[The Smart Guy|Declan]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' does this a lot. He even does so in his start-of-duel pose in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS]]''.

=== Film ===
* Justin Hammer does it this way in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] 2'', showing that he has a lot of nervous energy and is an awkward man.
* ''Now And Then'': Nerdy Morton does this as a child while saying "hello dear" to Chrissy, and it becomes his defining characteristic so we later recognize him as an adult {{spoiler|once he's married to her. Awww.}}

=== Live Action Television ===
* Hiro in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' does this - it does a good job straddling the western 'dork glasses' and eastern 'serious moment.' It also [[lampshade]]s itself from time to time, like when Hiro meets his younger self, and they both adjust their glasses at the same time.
* In ''[[Psychoville]]'', the younger Jeremy does this multiple times during his flashback of {{spoiler|Ravenhill}}.

=== Video Games ===
* Auron does this with his [[Scary Shiny Glasses|Scary Shiny]] [[Cool Shades]] after every battle in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. [[Badass|And he]] [[Mentor|is most]] [[BFS|definitely not]] [[Big Damn Heroes|a nerd]].
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Grey does this a lot in the [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|second game]], as well as Kristoph in in the [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|fourth]].
* Clive of ''[[Wild ARMs]] 3'' is a [[Badass Bookworm]] and does this ''constantly''.
* Otacon does this in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. It's a nervous habit that persists even when he's not wearing glasses.
* As does Roxis in ''[[Mana Khemia]]''. Even on the pause menu. His [[Graphics Induced Super Deformed]] field sprite uses Type 2, however.
* Tager does this in ''[[BlazBlue]]''.
* Jade does this in both ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' and [[The Anime of the Game]], triggering [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] more often in the latter. Despite this, it seems to be a nervous habit as much as anything - watch the OVA closely and you'll notice he usually does it when he's trying to hide a lie, and he does Type 2 at least once when he's really just trying to see something better.
* Rare Western example of badassery: the Medic in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' does this in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc Meet the Medic].

== Other ways ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', [[The Chessmaster|Kuro]] adjust his glasses by pushing up on the bottoms of the lenses with the heels of his hands, an early hint to the fact the he is used to wearing clawed gauntlets.
* In ''[[Black Butler]]'', William T Spears uses his [[Weapon of Choice|death scythe]] to adjust his glasses.
** At one point, Sebastian uses a violin bow to adjust his glasses while teaching Ciel the violin in Episode 13.

=== Literature ===
* In ''[[The Girl With The Silver Eyes]]'', Katie is used to lifting her glasses via telekinesis. After she finds others like her, they jointly complain about how frustrating it is to try to remember to do it with your hands when it's so obvious and easy to do it the normal way - mentally!

=== Western Animation ===
* Used as an off-joke in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", when the Blue Haired Lawyer questions Freddy Quimby on the defense stand, he has to remove his glasses and quickly wipe them with a handkerchief when they become and impromptu spit-shield, due to his client flying into rage. 

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{{quote|''[[Bonus Points]] if you wear glasses and were trying all of these methods as you read them.''
''[[Up to Eleven|Bonus bonus points]] if you put a pair on just to do that.''}}

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[[Category:Glasses Tropes]]
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