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** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', when Judai is trying to return to Duel Academy, he somehow fails to notice a sign pointing the way, and the fact the buildings are visible.
** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' vanilla, when Kaiba and Mokuba are setting up to blow up Duel Tower / Alcatraz, with 25 minutes to go, Mokuba comments that he hopes "the rest of the gang" (his friends, their employees, and everyone else) already left. A video screen right in front of him shows the blimp they came on, and at the time, "the rest of the gang"'s only means of transportation, has not moved from its spot.
** Possibly better defined as "Failed a Listen Check", in episode 40 of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', the Rush Duel Club is discussing a rumor that Gohan Corp has released Maximum Monster cards to the public, an odd decision, as this would be support for Rush Duels, which they aren’t fond of:
{{quote|'''Gavin:''' If Gohan released those cards, it would mean they’re okay with Rush Duels, and if there’s one thing we know about Gohan, they’re not.
'''Raine:''' Good morning to you, Mr. President!
'''Gavin:''' Oh, hello, Raine! Good morning.
'''Raine:''' I just wanted to inform you that today would be my last day on the student council, because I’m resigning!
'''Gavin:''' Sounds great! I’ll catch you later.
'''Luke:''' You sure the rumor’s not true?
'''Gavin:''' Very sure, Luke.
'''Yuga:''' Then there’s no need to worry, we -
'''Gavin, Luke, and Yuga, to Raine:''' HUH??}}
* No-one in ''[[Hell Girl]]'' ever seems to notice Ren's giant, disembodied eye watching them in several episodes of the show.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': During the [[Filler|Bount]] [[Anime|Arc]], [[Number Two|Vice-captains]] [[Martial Pacifist|Hisagi]], [[War Is Hell|Kira]], [[
** In the manga, when Hitsugaya's Advance Guard split up to find different locations to sleep in, the only one who notices the unusual hollow reiatsu that heralds the arrival of Grimmjow's group is Yumichika. He tries to warn Ikkaku who tells him to ignore it, but he still thinks the situation is far too strange. When Grimmjow's assault begins, a panel is shown of all the shinigami reactions, and the only one not surprised is Yumichika.
* In what's a bit of a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]'', Aoki rarely successfully reads emotions, especially if it's those of his fellow teachers.
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* The entire first third of ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' is one giant failed spot check, with the protagonists not noticing a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] unfolding around them even when they run into actual zombies -- "Hey! We're [[Not Using the Z Word|not using the "Z" word]]!" In particular, the long scene where a hungover Shaun goes through his morning shopping routine (which we've already seen in its "normal" form in the beginning of the movie), utterly failing to spot things like some blood in a glaringly obvious place, or actually paying for what he gets from the store.
* Parodied in ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'', where members of the Judean People's Front (or was it the People's Front of Judea?) hide from the Romans behind coat racks, under blankets, behind poorly constructed and non-concealing chairs, and out on the patio, only to have the Romans fail to discover them. Somehow, the Romans ''do'' find a spoon. On the second try.
* As an artistic choice, this happens so much in ''[[The Good, the Bad and the
* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', a ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'' (which up until then had been heralded by the ground shaking as they approach) {{spoiler|[[Villainous Rescue|appears out of nowhere to save the heroes]] by getting into a fight with some Velociraptors at the end}}. Somewhat mitigated by the fact that they are now inside, and on presumably a more stable foundation; and by the fact that they are at that point too busy running for their lives to notice.
* ''[[Batman: The Movie]]'': The United World Council takes the cake, unable to notice the criminals' entrance or the fact each member is disappearing one by one. Note how well this works as a political commentary.
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** This also happened to Steve in another arc, [https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2023/02/02?ct=v&cti=1502255 where his inability to "read the room"] cost him a lucrative deal with a recording producer.
* In one series of ''[[The Boondocks]]'' strips, Granddad wanted to see a movie that was, in his words, "manly", so he and Tom went to see ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', thinking that it would fit the bill simply because the newspaper said it was "about cowboys". Both Riley and Huey knew more about the plot than that, and Granddad had no idea why the two were laughing at him. In fact, despite the fact that there were several gay couples at the movie, Granddad didn't get the point until he was about halfway through seeing it. And even then, Tom had to explain it to him; Granddad often had a hard time grasping concepts in modern media.
* ''[[Peanuts]]'':
** In one Sunday
** [https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/05/25 This strip,] which occurs one day before Sally is born; as many fans pointed out, even a very naive child (which Charlie Brown is ''not'') would have noticed their own mother's belly getting bigger over several months, but Charlie Brown seemed completely oblivious.<ref>Likely a case of [[Society Marches On]]; children in fiction at the time never seemed to notice this.</ref>
*** Happened much later when Rerun was born; neither Lucy nor Linus seemed to notice anything off about their mother.
== Professional Wrestling ==
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* Let's just say that ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'''s guards [[Captain Obvious|weren't particularly bright]] in the original, upgraded in ''The Twin Snakes'' and [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|its]] [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|other]] [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|entries]].
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** One quest in Hellfire Peninsula has you search for a special corpse in a marsh filled with green bubbling liquid. Many people have searched and searched, looking in every pool, checking every corner, before giving up and asking in general where the frig the stupid corpse is. Soon after that, they generally find out it's the [[Ribcage Ridge|10-story-high ribcage and skull]] that [[Hidden in Plain Sight|you can see before you even ENTER THE AREA]]. Granted, people are expecting and looking for an average-sized corpse, but it's still kinda funny. The player has to be standing in one specific pool of ooze to use the quest item, or else it won't work; there are several pools surrounding the giant corpse, and using the quest item in all but one of them will return an error message.
** This Trope is subverted in a Shadowmoon Valley quest, where the player hides in a box to eavesdrop on a conversation between Jovaan and Warbringer Razuun. Jovann does notice the box that isn't supposed to be there, but when he asked Razuun what it's for, Razuun tells him not to bother him with trifles and to focus on the mission.
* ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'': Harry Mason [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/Bufuman/1194076764090-2.jpg fails his spot check].
* This tends to happen a lot to FPS heroes—enter a perfectly normal room, and BAM! Hit in the head by some random mook (the likes of which you've killed dozens of by now) who then [[Bag of Spilling|helps himself to all your weapons]]. And, of course, lobbing a grenade in before entering the room never works. Doesn't help that they sometimes [[Offscreen Teleportation|teleport into the room offscreen]].
** The first ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' game and ''[[Fallout 3]]'' come to mind.
* You would think that by now, Somebody would have noticed that [[Hitman (video game series)|Agent 47]] Has a ''Barcode Tattooed to the back of his head.'' That would make identifying him rather easy, would it not?
* In both ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' games, your Hide checks are not affected by the (sometime dazzling) light effects of buff spells (though they are affected by torches and the Light spell). And in this ''D&D''-based game, you tend to use tons of buffs all the time. Therefore, you can frequently see a rogue who looks more like a Christmas tree sneaking unnoticed past an enemy.
* Played with in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', which has many RPG elements. Characters will notice if you are out of shape or if you are not wearing the appropriate gang colors. You can pick and choose clothes and whatever you are wearing shows up in the cut scenes. However, characters will not notice if you attend, for example, a serious business meeting in a gimp suit. Said meeting includes the character's sister. Ew.
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** If the 'Meet The Spy' video is to be believed, its some kind of holographic device and the enemy team is actually seeing a perfect illusion. The 'paper mask' bit is just to let his teammates know where he is.
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', the Czerka Corporation is on the lookout for an old employee of theirs who could rat them for their corrupt activities. They've apparently got all manner of mercenaries and bounty hunters after this guy. As it happens, he's hiding in an apartment right up the hall from their headquarters.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', and to a lesser extent the later SNES games of the series, nearly all secret passages take forms that would be completely and totally obvious from the [[Player Character|PCs]] point of view, only being hidden by the fixed isometric view the player experiences.
* In the ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' game "Great chase through Time", a lot of the thieves are [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|It's easy to assume that the Good Guide spotted them right off the bat and just wanted you to figure out where they were hiding yourselves]], with you failing the spot check. However, everyone in the past apparently does this too, as Julius Caesar never looks ''to his left'' to see Doctor Belljar hiding behind a pillar right next to him, The servant never looks behind him because the camel Buggs Zapper is hiding to find that the camel is a cardboard cutout, Isabella doesn't notice a chart with mysterious lands in her room, Beethoven doesn't spot the foreign instrument in the orchestra that Jacquelyn Hyde is playing, and Thomas Edison simply stands there staring at the wall without realizing that Dee Cryption is ''RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM'' hiding behind a battery.
=== Visual Novels ===
* HF route in ''[[Fate/stay night
* Although [[Justified Trope|somewhat justified]] since this happens in a [[Multiple Endings|Bad]] [[The Bad Guy Wins|End]] but in ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]]'', after discovering {{spoiler|that Lotus' death had only happened recently}}, Junpei fails to realize the obvious and terrible reality that {{spoiler|the killer is still there, since the floor they were on only had one entrance and exit (which was the same place) and that he just came out of the entrance.}} [[Captain Obvious|Guess what]] [[Too Dumb to Live|happens to him next...]]
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* In [[Danny Phantom]], Danny runs to an alley to transform into a ghost, and he seemed to look around for bystanders, but completely ([[Idiot Ball|somehow]]), missed his sister, who was standing slightly behind him but clearly in view. He's very good at keeping up a [[Secret Identity]] that way.
* ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]''; in the ''first scene'' of the ''first episode'' of the Netflix series, an arrogant Interpol officer lectures to his novice partner how easy it will be to nab Carmen, oblivious for a minute or two of the novice's attempts to tell him she's scaling the wall right behind them. Naturally, she grabs the loot and effortlessly escapes, stealing his wallet in the process just to spite him.
* Something of a [[Running Gag]] in some ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts where the villain is looking for someone who is right next to him. For example, Elmer Fudd might be hunting for Bugs Bunny, thinking he has the drop on by pointing his gun down a burrow, Bugs comes out of another burrow, greets him (with a "What's up Doc?") and asks what he's doing. Elmer will say he's looking for a rabbit, causing Bugs to shrug (or make a snarky look towards the viewer) and walk away, saying he'll let him know if he sees one. Most of the time, though, Elmer catches on eventually.
* From the ''[[Helluva Boss]]'' episode "MAMMON'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MID-SEASON SPECIAL (ft Fizzarolli)"; the song "2 Minutes' Notice" performed by Fizzarolli is [["The Villain Sucks" Song]] aimed at his evil boss, Mammon. Despite the lyrics, Mammon himself seem completely unaware that the song is about ''him''; he actually enjoys the performance even when Asmodeus clues him in on who Fizz is talking about. It isn't until Fizz calls him a "sad sack of shit" that is sinks in.
== Real Life ==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmhvdtX72eQ&feature=context&context=G24486f7FOAAAAAAACAA Texting guy almost runs into a bear]
* A Chinese [[False-Flag Operation]] to discredit the 2019 Hong Kong protests by staging a violent incident was exposed when a press conference supposedly filmed after the attack on the same day had an actor with a wristwatch set to several hours ''before'' the attack, exposing it as prerecorded (mentioned e.g. [//sinoinsider.com/2019/07/politics-watch-analyzing-the-hong-kong-legislature-break-in/ here]).
* Right after the 2002 Bali Bombings in Bali, Indonesia, investigators struggled to find a lead as to who perpetrated the attacks, even when top forensic investigators were on site to scour for clues–cultural factors also came into play as Islamic custom dictates that deceased Muslims should be buried within 24 hours, hampering autopsy efforts–and the only other lead they had was a white minivan used to carry out the bombing, which had the serial numbers literally filed off. What the terrorists forgot to file off however was the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number used to identify nearly every cellphone on the planet,<ref>CDMA phones on the other hand use ESN and MEID numbers instead, though dual-mode phones such as those sold in the States do carry both IMEI and MEIDs.</ref> which was retrieved intact from the remains of an old [[Nokia]] 5110 used as a remote detonation device. Through this, Australian intelligence agencies were able to trace the origins of the call and thus unravel the terrorist group responsible.
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