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* ''[[Robotech]]'', Shadow Alpha/Beta fighters
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'s'' Public Security Section 9 and a few baddies made frequent use of "thermoptic camouflage," which rendered the wearer more or less invisible in both visible-light and infrared. In the movie, Major Kusanagi wears a skin-tight semi-transparent thermoptic suit; the various TV series had Section 9's combat uniforms thermoptic-equipped.
** The manga and the film show the characters wearing special devices to be able to see while being invisible. In series ''Stand Alone Complex'', they are absent however.
** In the manga, the camo can be disrupted by dust and rain.
** The rangers that were chasing S9 characters at the time) and Batou, an ex-ranger, have eye implants designed specifically to work with thermoptic camo. Still doesn't explain how the others were able to see. Perhaps we are meant to assume that most of Section 9 have these implants.
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* Echo, from ''Yankee Comics'', had an invisibility belt.
* Solar, who was featured in ''Captain Aero Comics'', had a "Cape of Mystery" that rendered him invisible.
* The Scarlet Phantom, who was featured in an issue of ''All-New Comics'', had a "phantom cloak" that turned him invisible.
* Full-body "lightbender" suits are used fairly often in ''[[Casanova (comics)|Matt Fraction's Casanova]]''.
* Minor hero the Invisible Hood (a.k.a. Hooded Justice a.k.a. Invisible Justice) in [[The DCU]] (and originally from Quality Comics) wore a chemically treated hood and robe that allowed him to turn invisible.
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* The Tarnhelm is parodied in the 1989 film ''[[Erik the Viking]]'', where the protagonist uses Aud's invisibility cloak, which only works on King Arnulf. Unaware of that Erik pulls off a hilarious "now you see me, now you you don't see me" scene on the villain's ship.<br /><br />The priest cannot see it, the same way that he cannot see {{spoiler|the Dragon of the North Sea or the gates of Asgard.}}
* ''[[Predator]]'' - This is a Predator's main defense against the prey that it is hunting. [[Trope Maker]].
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' - There is a camouflage suit used by Scarlett.
* In the 1959 movie ''Santa Claus'', Merlin gives Santa a flower that can turn him invisible.
* In the film serial ''The Phantom Creeps'', Dr. Zorka has several futuristic devices, including an invisibility belt.
* One of the [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?|spy gadgets]] Dr. Honeydew and Beaker develop in ''[[Muppets from Space]]'' is invisibility spray. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|it comes off when Fozzie washes his hands}}.
* In ''[[The Phantom Menace|StarWars: The Phantom Menace]]'', Darth Maul's ship has a cloaking device.
* The Smurf Village in ''[[The Smurfs (film)|The Smurfs]]'' has a magic field that renders the village invisible to anyone outside the field...most likely to those who aren't Smurfs.
* ''[[James Bond|Die Another Day]]'' somewhat infamously had a car that used miniature cameras on one end wired to transmission screens on the other, much like existing technology. "Aston Martin call it the Vanquish, we call it... the Vanish."
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* In [[Astrid Lindgren]]'s ''Mio, My Mio'' Mio gets his cape mended by the seamstress. She mends it with fabric that turns Mio invisible when he wears the cape inside-out.
* L.E. Modesitt's ''[[Saga of Recluce]]'' books have invisibility that ''does'' render the wearer blind.
* The One Ring from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which (among other things) granted invisibility to its wearer. This is a side-effect on mortal wearers who cannot simultaneously exist in the Visible and Invisible worlds. In fact, the ring actually makes its wearer ''more'' visible to those who are in the Invisible world, such as the Nazgul.
* In [[J. K. Rowling|JK Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series, Harry inherits a cloak from his father that makes everything beneath it invisible. Recreated beautifully on film too. This cloak is the [[Trope Namer]].
** And as it turns out, the cloak is {{spoiler|one of the three Deathly Hallows}}. This is why the cloak has lasted so long without decaying, and can conceal more than one person.
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* In ''Tribesmen of [[Gor]]'' we learn that the Kurii have developed a ring which makes the bearer invisible, by refracting light around the user.
* In ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'', Foaly creates an invention called Cam Foil to make the wearer of it invisible. It's more technological than Harry Potter cloaks, which serves some problems, such as it shorts out in rain and is not invisible to a camera. Also, the circuitry can be easily crushed and the wearer appears as a slight haze, so is still noticeable.
* In ''[[John C. Wright]]'''s [[Chronicles of Chaos|Orphans of Chaos]] series, the characters get the Ring of Gyges (from Greek mythology, see above) from the horse-shaped tomb of Gyges. It can hide the wearer from normal and paranormal sense impressions selectively. Colin Mac FirBolg does his best sniveling Gollum impersonation before donning it.
* A demon summoner makes [[Tales of Kolmar|Marik of Gundar]] such a cloak in ''Song In The Silence''. It also keeps any sound he makes from escaping, even twigs breaking underfoot, and masks his smell. Additionally it makes it much harder to see most things, but any source of light is painfully bright.
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== Mythology ==
* [[Greek Mythology|Hades]] had a cap that made its wearer invisible.
* Russian folklore has an invisibility hat, which also blinds the wearer.
* The Ring of Gyges from Plato's ''[[The Republic (novel)|Republic]]''.
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*** A similar device is used in ''[[Star Craft 2]]'' on the Banshee gunships. The invisibility is also ''not'' handled with a [[Hand Wave]]; when the gunship is cloaked, the whole cockpit goes dark and a visor slides over the pilot's face, presumably connected to a small exterior sensor. The same goes for the Specters' goggles, which slide on when they cloak.
*** The new, more detailed Wraith portrait reveals that this fighter doesn't even ''have'' transparent cockpits, to facilitate cloaking.
** Protoss Observers and Dark Templar are permanently cloaked. The Observers use some kind of technological artifice, while the Dark Templar have invisibility skills as a cultural trait, given their history of persecution by the Khalai.
** Protoss Arbiters aren't cloaked themselves, but serve as an anchor for a reality-warping field that automatically cloaks allied units within a certain radius. This ability is carried over to the Mothership in ''[[Star Craft 2]]''.
* The Spy in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has one built into his wristwatch. It lasts up to 8 seconds and then needs 30 seconds to recharge fully, so using it takes a fair bit of tactical sense. An alternate invisibility, the Cloak and Dagger, slowly regenerates while the player is cloaked but standing still, so they can be invisible forever, but it drains much faster while moving.<br /><br />The Dead Ringer turns you invisible after faking your death to the enemy team. You also get 90% damage reduction, and the cloak doesn't flicker from bumping into enemies, so it is much more powerful, but can only be activated by damage, and requires you to run around uncloaked, waiting for someone to shoot you.
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* Played with in one ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode where Zim accidentally gets a Megadoomer assault robot that could turn completely invisible. Unfortunately, the pilot does not turn invisible, leaving Zim floating in midair as he stomps his way through the neighborhood.
* Parody in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': The "Boatsmobile" of retired superhero duo Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is permanently invisible. So whenever they need it, they wander around the parking lot/secret cave garage like idiots until they find it. But it's not only annoying, it's outright useless, because driver and passengers are clearly visible.
** Invisibility is the Boatsmobile's default state; a malfunction causes a brief glimpse of a 1950s style sports car. Faaancy. The duo do carry around a car alarm on the keys, which renders it temporarily visible.
* The Shroud of Shadows from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''.
* The Renegades' Stealth Device from ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots]],'' said to be a holographic projector that worked across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
* One episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' featured a criminal who had stolen a supply of a plastic that could bend light around it, and had made for himself an invisibility suit (and similarly outfitted his car).<br /><br />Batman might've also adapted a safer version of this (in the ''Batman The Animated Series'' episode, it's mentioned as being toxic to the user), as the suit in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Terry's costume has a similar ability that he uses sometimes.
* The Saurians of ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' had extremely sophisticated cloaking devices that not only rendered them invisible to the naked eye, but to almost all forms of radar or locating devices. In fact, its power is why the Mask of Drake Du Caine is so important to Puckworld. It is the one and only thing that can see through their cloaks.
* The costume worn by Spider-Man throughout most of ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited]]'' can briefly turn him invisible.
* In one ''[[The Transformers (animation)|Transformers Generation 1]]'' episode, Megatron invents and uses a Invisibility spray gun.
* In [[Asterix]], a spy was sent to observe a palace construction in Egypt. He blended into the background terrain, and also took the form of building blocks to hide. Naturally, he was added to the construction.
* In ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'': "A Clear Case", Dr. Claw invents an invisibility suit using diamonds to deflect light.
* ''[[The Big Knights]]'' featured hats of invisibility that rendered the wearer invisible but required the wearer to be [[Invisible Streaker|naked apart from the hat]].
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