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** One [[Fable Remake]] makes it ambiguous whether it's a con... or whether the cloth really does work and the reason the viewpoint character could never see it is that he's indeed foolish and unfit for his position.

* The classic short story ''Eight O'Clock in the Morning'' had monsters who could only be seen after awakening from hypnosis. It was adapted into the [[So Bad It's Good]] movie ''They Live'', where the monsters can only be seen by wearing special sunglasses.

* [[The Fair Folk|Sidhe]] in the universe of ''[[Jonathan Strange ~~and~~ Mr. Norrell]]'' can only be seen by the insane unless they reveal themselves. Jonathan Strange therefore {{spoiler|takes a [[Psycho Serum|potion of distilled madness]] in order to see his fairy foe}}.

* [[The Fair Folk|Sidhe]] in the universe of ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' can only be seen by the insane unless they reveal themselves. Jonathan Strange therefore {{spoiler|takes a [[Psycho Serum|potion of distilled madness]] in order to see his fairy foe}}.

* In the novel ''Kit's Wilderness'', the main character gains the ability to see ghosts after suffering a mysterious near death experience, but a few other major characters of all ages claim to see them as well, but there is no way of knowing whether they are telling the truth or not, and his closest friends seem to know when he is looking at them or in their presence.

* Central to Theodore Sturgeon's classic novella, ''The [Widget], The [Wadget], and Boff''.

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== Live Action TV ==

* The Vorvon in the ''[[Buck Rogers in ~~The~~ 25th Century]]'' episode "Space Vampire" could only be seen by its intended victim.

* The Vorvon in the ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' episode "Space Vampire" could only be seen by its intended victim.

* The insect-like creatures from a parallel universe in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' could only be seen by those irradiated by the alien device brought by SG-1, or those who touched them. Interestingly, the creatures themselves did absolutely nothing, but suddenly being able to see them led to some... panic.

* Dawn in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' can only be seen by mentally stable people. Mentally ill or psychic people can see the energy of the Key that's hidden inside her.

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* In ''[[Grimm (TV)|Grimm]]'', the many types of monsters that inhabit our world, as seen in [[Little Red Riding Hood|certain fairy tales]], appear to be normal humans to everyone except other monsters and members of the [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|Grimm family]].

* In ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'', only people who are somehow supernatural (including vampires, werewolves, and zombies) can see ghosts.

* Played with in the ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Next Generation|Star Trek the~~ Next Generation]]'' episode ''Imaginary Friend''. Young Clara originally has a not-unusual imaginary friend named Isabelle who she pretends to play with. Then an alien presense reads her mind and manifests itself as the physical embodiment of Isabelle. It's not really that no one else can see her though, just that she vanishes whenever someone else enters the room.

* Played with in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode ''Imaginary Friend''. Young Clara originally has a not-unusual imaginary friend named Isabelle who she pretends to play with. Then an alien presense reads her mind and manifests itself as the physical embodiment of Isabelle. It's not really that no one else can see her though, just that she vanishes whenever someone else enters the room.

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