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Oh, no! Bob the Beastman has been hit with a teleportation spell, and now he's in the middle of [[New York City]] at high noon! He's going to be spotted ''any second now,'' and [[The Masquerade]] will be exposed! It's too late to hide, here come the [[Muggles]]!

 

 

* In the ''[[Quantum Leap]]''/CBS ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' crossover [[Fanfic]] "Quantum Beast" (written by [[Peter David]], no less), Sam leaps into Vincent's bestial body and has to travel across New York to rescue Catherine. After refusing Al's suggestion to cling onto the top of a subway train, Sam goes to the nearest station and boards a car like everyone else. He is ignored by the other riders, except for [[Hypocritical Humor|a tattooed young man with a pink mohawk, red fishnet stockings, and an exposed leather vest who calls him a "freak".]]

* This is part of the shtick of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fanfic setting ''[[This Time Round]]'', which is home to various aliens, time travellers and dimension hoppers. Weird tends not to faze most of the inhabitants; danger, on the other hand, does.

 

== Film ==

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' [[The Movie|EPISODE FINAL]] {{spoiler|Miho}} is dead and lying in a bush in the middle of the street. Everyone just walks past and assumes she's drunk!

* A minor example occurs in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', where most people are willing to accept the slightly out-of-touch Spock as [[The Stoner|a harmless stoner]], even as he does weird things like jump into the whale tank...until he says some things about the whales that he shouldn't be able to know.

** During the early stages of filming, the filmmakers were concerned that people would see the actors wandering through [[San Francisco]] and interfere with filming. As a test, they sent extras out in Starfleet uniforms to tour the city. Nobody noticed.

*** This is lampshaded in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' episode "Future's End": as Janeway and Tuvok observe the wide variety of clothing styles in 1990s Los Angeles, Tuvok remarks, "We could've worn our Starfleet uniforms. I doubt if anyone would've noticed."

** To be fair they do get moving when a giant worm starts eating the car...

{{quote|"That's the problem with all y'all New Yorkers. 'Oh, we seen it all.' 'Oh no! A 600 ft. worm! Save us, Mr. Black Man!'"}}