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{{quote|''"Then I shall make you see... that your hopes are nothing—[[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|nothing but a mere illusion]]!"''|'''Zexion''', ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Most villains (and the occasional hero, but this is largely a villain power), if given the chance, will employ magic or mechanisms to confuzzle his or her enemies and render them vulnerable, but a '''Master
▲{{quote|''"Then I shall make you see... that your hopes are nothing—[[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|nothing but a mere illusion]]!"''|'''Zexion''', ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''}}
Such powers are usually [[Psychic Powers]] in origin, although they can also be technological as well, creating [[Hologram
▲Most villains (and the occasional hero, but this is largely a villain power), if given the chance, will employ magic or mechanisms to confuzzle his or her enemies and render them vulnerable, but a Master Of Illusion will go beyond merely using such trickery as a tool. Instead, he or she will hone it into a fine art form; milking it for as much trickery, espionage, and/or personal pleasure as they can derive from it.
In more insidious cases, the Master
▲Such powers are usually [[Psychic Powers]] in origin, although they can also be technological as well, creating [[Hologram|Holograms]] which can be especially dangerous when they can make them [[Hard Light|solid]] (holograms also carry the bonus of being able to fool electronic surveillance). Despite lacking obvious means of attack like with [[Playing With Fire|Pyrokinesis]] and [[Telekinesis]], they can use [[Cold Flames]] to burn, though [[I'm Not Afraid of You|resolute heroes may resist]], or making a [[This Is Not a Floor|gaping hole seem like an even floor]]. A common variant is for the Master Of Illusion to trap the hero in a [[Virtual Worlds|virtual reality simulation]] over which the villain has complete control. Of course, [[Your Mind Makes It Real|death or injury in the simulation will usually mean death or injury in real life]], so any hero thus ensnared will have to be careful. Most Masters of Illusion aren't content to just let their VR deathtrap program play out by itself - what would be the fun in ''that'' after all? So they'll frequently appear in the simulation, usually as a cackling, monstrous tormentor who plays cat and mouse games with the hero and who mocks their every step. If the Master Of Illusion traps a hero in a [[Lotus Eater Machine]], - or in a simulation of their ordinary, everyday life - they'll frequently appear as an [[Lie to The Beholder|ally of the hero]], using this form to distract the hero from discovering their true whereabouts, or as part of a ruse to trick the hero into revealing some important confidential information.
Masters of Illusion really needn't bother with such elaborate setups. It would be easy enough, after all, to destroy a spaceship by having its crewmembers press the wrong buttons and steer it into the nearest star (this type of illusionist may often use a variant of the "[[This Is Not a Floor]]" trick). Or to kill the heroes by having them confuse each other for enemies and fatally attack each other. But again, what would be the fun in doing something as simple as that? Masters of Illusion, having [[Trickster]] personalities by the very nature of their powers, will usually not be able to resist playing with their prey. Of course, this
▲In more insidious cases, the Master Of Illusion will appear to the hero as a romantic interest, either one the hero knows, or one that's been created whole cloth out of the hero's own memories and desires. This gives the Master Of Illusion the chance to screw with the hero's mind (and body, depending on how far the writers let things go.)
And really, as a hero... ''how would you know?'' Could you ever really be sure that you defeated the Master
▲Masters of Illusion really needn't bother with such elaborate setups. It would be easy enough, after all, to destroy a spaceship by having its crewmembers press the wrong buttons and steer it into the nearest star (this type of illusionist may often use a variant of the "[[This Is Not a Floor]]" trick). Or to kill the heroes by having them confuse each other for enemies and fatally attack each other. But again, what would be the fun in doing something as simple as that? Masters of Illusion, having [[Trickster]] personalities by the very nature of their powers, will usually not be able to resist playing with their prey. Of course, this could--and usually ''does'' - give the heroes the time and/or chance to think up a way to counter the Master Of Illusion's powers, or leave clues that they are in an illusion in the first place, such as a [[Blank Book]]. Once the villain is destroyed, the world they create usually dissolves into nothingness - provided the defeat or death of the Master Of Illusion wasn't part of the illusion ''itself...''
▲And really, as a hero... ''how would you know?'' Could you ever really be sure that you defeated the Master Of Illusion and escaped? Why is [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]] flapping nearby?
(Cue an echoing "[[Evil Laugh|Mwahahahahaha.]]")
Interestingly, the Master
Note: This trope doesn't apply to villains who occasionally employ illusory tricks to ensnare enemies. The Master
See also [[Lotus Eater Machine]], [[The Masquerade]], [[The Treachery of Images]], [[I Know What You Fear]], and [[Cold Flames]] and [[Shapeshifting Seducer]]. Compare [[Glamour]].
▲See also [[Lotus Eater Machine]], [[The Masquerade]], [[The Treachery of Images]], [[I Know What You Fear]], and [[Cold Flames]] and [[Shapeshifting Seducer]]. Compare [[Glamour]].
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* Mukuro from ''[[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* Mukuro from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is master of illusion, and to a lesser extent, Chrome.
** Actually, most users of mist powers are masters of illusion, like Marmon and Genkishi.
** The current [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard|Deamon]] [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Spade]]}} can give other members in this page a run for their money.
* Tomo from ''[[
* Phoenix Ikki, Gemini Saga and Virgo Shaka from ''[[
* Dais from ''[[
* In ''[[
* Yugi from ''[[
* ''[[
* While many characters in ''[[
** This ultimately leads to a bizarre battle when two of these, {{spoiler|Sasuke and Itachi}}, ''both'' used an illusion to make the other think they
** It has recently been revealed that {{spoiler|Tobi, the apparent [[Big Bad]] of the series and Danzo}} can create illusions and [[Reality Warper|make them real]] using the power of the [[Game Breaker|Sharingan & Senju cells]]. Just one of [[Story-Breaker Power|many many many insanely powerful and unbalanced techniques]], [[Game Breaker|those magic eyes]] make possible.
** The 2nd Mizukage has also been revealed to be a Master of Illusion in his fight against the Allied Shinobi Forces. After his clam creates mirages he tries to offer advice on how to defeat them, with [[Springtime for Hitler|hilarious results]].
* [[Big Bad]] example: Sosuke Aizen from ''[[
** His illusions are so powerful than anyone who sees him release his zanpakuto even ''once'' [[No Saving Throw|falls prey to them any time afterward.]] There's no sure-fire way to tell if the illusions are fake or real unless you happen to know more about whatever he's casting an illusion of than he does (as is the case when Unohana examines his "body"). His zanpakuto fits his personality perfectly, as Aizen is the creepy, mysterious, manipulative [[Big Bad]]. He also consistently shows us that illusions are ''not'' a 'soft' power.
*** Well, there is one way to be sure if you're being tricked: {{spoiler|Ichimaru Gin, Aizen's [[The Dragon|Dragon]], finally finds out that the only way to become immune to Aizen's illusions is by touching his zanpakto. Then he dies.}}
*** {{spoiler|Another person who reached this conclusion was the commander Yamamoto. He waited for Aizen to stab him in the gut, saying the spiritual pressure of his zanpakuto stabbed into him could not be fake. Whether this means Aizen can only manipulate the five senses or Yamamoto was lucky enough to pin Aizen's weakness is not clear, though.}}
* Kogarashi, the titular ''[[
* {{spoiler|Akio Ohtori}} in ''[[
* Caldina from ''[[
* A rare heroic example is Mako Urashima, the heroine of the old shoujo manga ''[[Mahou no Mako
* Zorin Blitz from ''[[
* Takumi Nishijō from ''[[Chaos
* [[The Dragon|Quattro]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** [[The Gunslinger|Teana]], meanwhile, is a heroic example, using invisibility and projected images to confuse foes on the battlefield.
* In one episode of ''[[Pokémon (
** Zoroark, a Pokémon from the fifth generation, has the ability to take on the appearance of the Pokémon she faces in a battle. The illusion breaks when she takes sufficient damage. To top that off, Zoroark is the main Pokémon in the 13th movie, appropriately titled ''Zoroark: Master of Illusions''. Zoroark's ability is showcased in a trailer for the 13th movie, where she assumes the appearances of the Legendary Beasts from Generation 2 (who are also featured Pokémon in the film) and Ash.
** Zoroark's previous stage, Zorua, also possesses the same ability and stars in the 13th Pokémon movie alongside Zoroark.
* The main characters of ''[[Wolf's Rain
* [[Little Miss Badass|Road Kamelot]] of ''[[D
* Titan in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (
* Hagall from ''[[Ah!
* Silky from ''[[Tenshi
* {{spoiler|Plasma the Light Demon}} from [[Yaiba]] can create perfect illusions manipulating the light in the surroundings.
* Heroic example: Mystogan/[[Fluffy the Terrible|Mist Gun]] from ''[[
** Midnight can do this by bending light before it reaches his target's eyes.
* Tomoe from ''[[
* Mayu from ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The above pictured Mysterio, a villain from ''[[Spider-Man]]'' falls into this trope, though his illusions are all based from his previous employment in the special effects industry. It's also done on occasion by [[Master of Disguise|Chameleon.]]
** Mysterio's illusions are described as being based on his special effects experience, but this is rarely consistently applied. One glaring example occurs in the out-of-canon {{spoiler|"[[Old Man Logan]]", where a flashback reveals that on the day the villains won, they had Mysterio use his illusions to make Wolverine think everyone in the X-Mansion was one of the villains. Mysterio's illusion is so convincing that Wolverine doesn't snap out of it until he's [[Kill'Em All|killed all of them]]. That kind of deception just wouldn't be possible with Hollywood special effects}}.
*** Well, he's not above using drugs and stuff. And the Mysterio in "Old Man Logan" was Francis Klum, who has mutant mind-control powers.
** Mysterio even titles himself "The Master of Illusion".
** The original Mysterio {{spoiler|committed suicide in ''[[Daredevil]]'', and in [[Death Is Cheap|his subsequent appearances]] may or may not have [[Came Back Wrong]], with actual illusion-casting powers.}}
* [[The Flash]] villain Abra Kadabra. Born in the 64th century, he initially used technology from his time that seemed like magic to the people of the present; however, he has recently gained the power to perform actual sorcery by striking a [[Deal
* Heroic example: [[
* The Riddler from ''[[Batman]]'', particularly in [[Batman: The Animated Series
** The Scarecrow does it even more, specializing in your deepest fears.
** The Mad Hatter as well, when his [[Hypno Trinket]] thing is interpreted as trapping the victim in [[The Wonderland]].
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'s'' [[X-Men
* The only heroic ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' character with this power is Danielle Moonstar, formerly of the [[New Mutants]]. By using her illusion power in conjunction with her basic telepathy, she can cast images based on someone's greatest fears or desires.
* ''[[Batman]]'' foe Dr Tzin-Tzin.
* Minor [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] foe, Mirage.
** Equally minor foe Fusion, who appeared in only two stories. (Admittedly one of them was awesome.)
* Spellbinder in [[The DCU]].
* Princess Projectra from ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* [[DC Comics]]' Brainwave started off as a master of illusion, then inherited his dad's telepathy. Then he got stuck in the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]], not so much because he was that awesome, but because nobody could remember which side he was on last (or, in one case, that his dad, who had similar powers and used his son's appearance because he was a freaky midget dude, was dead).
* Phobia, an old ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' villain, has powers like the "fear" version of Danielle Moonstar's. Starting with ''[[Identity Crisis]]'', Phobia has been turned into an incredibly squicky version of this trope, with her abducting heroes and villains to become her playthings.
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* [[Doctor Strange]] at times (usually when he wants to get rid of enemies without using force). His enemies Nightmare, Mephisto, and D'Spayre are more aggressive about it and all have attempted to catch him in a [[Psychological Torment Zone]].
* This is a specialty of Darth Andeddu from ''[[Star Wars Legacy]]''. {{spoiler|Darth Wyyrlok, in a pure [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], defeats him by taking control of his illusions and turning them against him. Andeddu is so fooled that [[Your Mind Makes It Real|he is killed even though they were illusions, not solid]].}}
== [[Film]] ==
* Hook from ''[[Push]]'' can make any object look like another. He uses this as a [[Mundane Utility]] quite often, passing off relatively small amounts of money as large bills, and impressing people with his variation of card tricks. Used extensively in the climax. His illusions aren't permanent though, and the object will shift back to its original form after enough time has passed.
** Unfortunately, when Division found out he was doing this, his wife inexplicably turned up dead the next day after being involved in a car accident... despite the fact that she doesn't drive.
* [[Clive Barker]]'s ''[[Lord Of Illusions]]'' features two of these.
* The Shadowplayer in the German Expressionist classic ''Warning Shadows.''
* A non-superpowered version of this was ''[[FX]],'' about a special effects master who finds himself set upon a criminal conspiracy and has to wipe them all out.
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] version of Mysterio, who passed himself off as superhero from another version of earth destroyed by elemental creatures he had pursued to the MCU, in ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]].
== [[Literature]] ==
* Sorceress Iris of the ''[[
* Mara in ''[[Lord of Light]]''. Based on Indian mythology, naturally.
* In ''Royal Chaos'', the sequel to comedic fantasy ''[[Jason Cosmo]]'', the wedding of a main character turns tragic due to what he immediately recognizes as the intervention of one of these. This leads to going on a quest to discover just which Master Of Illusion was responsible (there turn out to be several candidates with equally strong motives) and kill him/her/it (one's a shapeshifter as well), despite that they're clearly just being toyed with whenever the Master bothers to check in to see how they're doing. Pretty much all the uses of illusion mentioned above come into play at some point against the heroes.
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* Peter Riviera in ''[[Neuromancer]]'' has the ability (enhanced by [[Hollywood Cyborg|circuitry replacing a lung]]) to project the holographic products of his twisted psyche as art, distraction, weapons of terror, and even offensive lasers.
* Jacob Maskelyne, the Wizard, of the ''[[Seekers of Truth]]''. When he's really bringing his A game, no one near him can detect anything that he doesn't want them to.
*
* 'Spook' of [[The Shapeshifter]] series, pity his powers don't work on his nemesis.
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|Thuvia, Maid of Mars]]'', Carthoris and Thuvia witness a battle between auburn-haired, white skinned men, green men, and banths. But when it ends, they see only the bodies of the last two. Shortly thereafter, they learn that the city uses such illusions to protect
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* In ''[[
* In ''[[A Planed Called Treason]]'', there's a [[Planet of Hats|tribe that specializes in this]]. The only way they can be detected is by moving in a faster relative timeframe (the trait of another tribe). It leads to some squicky revelations in regards to a prior encounter when the protagonists realizes that it wasn't a woman that seduced him.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[
** [[Kull]] faces a race of them in "The Shadow Kingdom".
* Lasciel from ''[[
** Harry's apprentice, Molly, is also very skilled at illusion. While she's not good at physical magic, veils are second nature of her, and in time, she learns to use the combat applicability of bringing the sound and lights of a rave straight to a battlefield.
*** {{spoiler|In ''Ghost Story'', Molly has found numerous ways to use small illusions to get people to fight each other, such as making a dirty cop think that the man bribing him is reaching for a gun.}}
* Rokur Gepta, the last Sorcerer of Tund, in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'s Lando Calrissian trilogy. For example, he has a [[You Have Failed Me...]] moment quite a bit like Darth Vader's in Episode V, except that instead of choking his minion to death, he tortures him with images of [[Your Worst Nightmare|his worst nightmare]]. (He later subjects Calrissian to a similar treatment.)
** It's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|He's a Croke, a species of [[
** In this universe, we also have a bunch of Force-users adept at this power. For example, Exar Kun uses a similar trick as the one described above to torture Corran Horn with [[I Know What You Fear|his own fears]]. Corran himself, like his ancestors, is also proficient with illusions, which almost makes up for them not having [[Mind Over Matter|telekinesis]]. And how does Corran use it? Sometimes in battle, and sometimes so [[Mundane Utility|Tionne can see how she’d look with different hair]].
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* In an episode of ''[[Painkiller Jane]]'' the team hunts an enemy that uses illusions to kill people on the Witness Protection Program that were murderers, and is caught by the protagonists with his power apparently neutralized. When they go to check up on him at the internment center, he was "transferred to another facility"... but there ''was'' no other facility.
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Persistence of Vision" an alien tries to capture Voyager by drawing illusions from their subconscious fantasies (a [[Negative Space Wedgie]] does the same thing in "Bliss"). Eventually Janeway captures the alien and threatens to lock him up for the duration of their journey, whereupon he replies "I'd really like to accommodate you, but you see...I'm not really here" whereupon he vanishes. In "Coda" an alien takes the form of Janeway's father and tries to convince her that she's been killed. The afterlife he's trying to entice her into is actually his realm where "you will nourish me for a ''long'' time." And there's the sinister clown in "The Thaw", the creation of the fears of a group of aliens in suspended animation. Unfortunately he completely dominates their world and can kill them through stress-inducing illusions (like being decapitated by a guillotine) if they attempt to leave.
** Subverted in "Remember", "Memorial", and "Living Witness" in that the person creating the illusions isn't a villain; they're just trying to inform people about a shameful incident in their own history.
** The oldest Star Trek example must be the original pilot, "The Cage", footage of which was reused in the only Original Series two-parter, "The Menagerie". The Talosians, alien inhabitants of planet Talos 4, are [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] with psychic powers who use them to cause the illusion so realistic that their victims will believe anything - that they found a camp of crash survivors from many years before, that they are beautiful when they are in fact disfigured, or re-create whole landscapes out of memories of the victim (how the victim moves around such a landscape while in fact he's in a small cage, is left unanswered, but probably the movement is part of the illusion). A Talosian not only manages to convince his victims there's no hole in the wall (that they just made with a phaser), but also threatens the example from page text: to manipulate Enterprise crew into pressing wrong buttons and driving their ship into a crash.
** In the ''[[Star Trek:
* The Trickster in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', especially in his first appearance.
** Also [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|War]] in Season 5, {{spoiler|who manages to dump a whole town into armed conflict using no more than illusionary black demon eyes on people.}}
* Company agent Candice Willmer of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', using her power of illusion to impersonate Simone Deveaux (to keep the NYPD from arresting precog Isaac Mendez), Sandra Bennet (as part of a sting to catch HRG betraying the Company), Niki Sanders (to kidnap technopathic kid genius Micah Sanders), and Niki's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] Jessica (to keep Niki from taking Micah back). To keep Micah from escaping, she cast an illusion that made every door and hallway lead back to the room he just left. She also created a simulation of a Maui beach inside a rundown shack in the middle of a Central American jungle and tried to seduce Sylar into working for the Company by offering to make all his fantasies come true (assuming said fantasies included a geisha; blonde, athletic twin women, and even himself).
** Later in Volume Two, we are introduced to Matt Parkman's evil father Maury, who has learned how to use his [[Telepathy]] to project illusions into people's minds.
* [[Chuck Norris]] dealt with one such Indian shaman in an episode of ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''. The bad guy multiplied himself to confound Walker, but he realised only one of the images is breaking a sweat. It seems to be relatively common way to defeat illusionist villains.
* [[The Fair Folk]] use this as their primary power in the 1998 ''[[Merlin
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Geist: The Sin Eaters]]'' has the Phantasmal Key, which deals with the hallucinatory and ephemeral aspects of death and the afterlife. When filtered through the various Manifestations, its powers include cloaking oneself in guises so horrific they rend sanity (Caul), causing someone to experience terrible visions (Curse), hitting someone with an illusion so powerful it causes damage (Rage), and causing yourself to look like anyone else (Shroud).
* In ''[[Magic:
** This is a standard ability of blue magic. The typical mechanical representation is that the illusory creature you summon is cheaper than usual, but opponents can [[Shattering the Illusion|Shatter The Illusion]]
** This common weakness is negated by "Lord of the Unreal," a wizard that beefs up illusions and makes them impossible to target.
** Jace Beleren is a prominent user of illusion magic in the storyline.
* In ''[[Dungeons
== [[Toys]] ==
* Several characters in ''[[Bionicle]]'', including Makuta, Toa of Psionics and anyone using a Mask of Illusion.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Zexion, one of the members of Organization XIII in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Illusions are pretty much the only things he uses with the heroes, and he doesn't even get to be a boss battle in the original Chain of Memories. Of course, that doesn't make him a pushover.
** Final Mix + And Re: Chain of Memories show just how far [[The Red Baron|the Cloaked Schemer]] can impliment his powers. Creating copies of himself and his book, creating pocket worlds where meteors rain down on you, and even mimicing your weapon and fighting style.
* Reisen Udongein Inaba of ''[[Touhou
** Nue Houjuu has a variation on this power: she can [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|disguise the true shape of things]]. Including herself, so no one has ever seen her true form, and she has appeared different to everyone who's ever seen her.
* {{spoiler|Stanislaus Braun}} ensnares the main character in his virtual world as part of the story of ''[[
* The ''Mesmer'' class of ''[[
* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', Illusion Control is a powerset for heroic Controllers.
* The Spy in ''[[
* Hargon from ''[[
* ''[[
* Laughing Octopus in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' is arguably this. She's able to hide herself as nearly anything or anyone within the small medical clinic you fight her in, sometimes turning invisible, pretending to be your [[Robot Buddy]], cloaking herself with inky mist, sometimes even just playing dead as one of her subordinate soldiers. While all this is going on, an extremely disturbing soundtrack laced with dissonant laughter plays. Laughing Octopus also effectively has access to the powers of [[Spider-Man|Doctor Octopus]], too, due to the four large mechanical tentacles attached to her.
* Emperor Ladantine of ''[[Lusternia]]'' was a
* Anyone holding one of the Pieces of Eden becomes one of these in the ''[[
** This is used as an explanation for many seemingly impossible or unlikely events in history, including [[Jesus]]'s miracles. You can even do some of it in the games, such as Altaïr using an Apple of Eden to defeat an entire army by causing them to think an army of assassins is striking them down.
* Mother Maya from ''[[Strange Journey]]'' is so goddamn powerful, her illusions can warp ''entire dimensions''.
* Jagar Tharn from ''[[The Elder Scrolls
* This is the theme of the jester-like [[Exactly What It Says
* {{spoiler|Izanami, the [[Big Bad]]}} of ''[[
* This is a specialty of Darth Phobos from ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]''. She [[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip|takes Juno Eclipse's form]], makes it look like there is an army of her, and even clouds Starkiller's vision.
* [[Mega Man]]
** Yoku Man from [[Mega Man Unlimited]] specializes in illusions as he's an anthropomorphic Yoku Block. To make matters worse, his stage is a confusing maze filled with Yoku Blocks and Yoku Spike Balls. The ability earned from Yoku Man is the Yoku Attack, an ability that lets Mega Man create a hologram that can be used to hurt his enemies.
** The version of Galaxy Man from ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'' specializes in illusions. His [[Boss Subtitles|Boss Subtitle]] is even Cosmic Illusionist. His special ability Galaxy Vision is similar to Yoku Attack, with the addition that the double can be used as a meat shield for Mega Man. It still damages the foe upon contact.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''
** Mort
* Girard Draketooth from ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'' is / was a master illusionist (probably on Epic Level). Until now, we haven't seen much of what he can do, but that will hopefully change.▼
** Wisps — etheric creatures who look like colourful (somewhere between "stained glass" and "[[Disney Acid Sequence]]") wasps the size of geese if seen without [[Glamour]] (which seems to happen only when things go bad for the wisp). Implied to practice predation or parasitism on deluded victims. When this doesn't work, however, [[Squishy Wizard|physically they seem to be slow punching bags]]: one forest elf hunted them with bare hands when she didn't find other food (Coyote also seems to consider wisps rather tasty), so she killed three in a row on-screen, and they couldn't defend themselves or even escape.
▲* Girard Draketooth from ''[[
*** One [[Wild Mass Guessing|WMG]] claims that {{spoiler|the entire arc so far is one of Girard's illusions, and possibly a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] set up for [[Lawful Evil|Tarquin]].}}
** Elan, by virtue of his [[Spoony Bard|bardic magic]] can also cast illusions, and has gotten more adept with them over the course of the comic.
** Eugene Greenhilt has been named Best Illusionist of the Year by the Wizzie Awards at least 3 times.
* Fata Morgana in ''[[
*
** The dubious sorcerer-adventurer Vax regularly employs illusions as a way of evening the odds in melees, using charms and talismans as the magical equivalent of Snakes-In-A-Can [
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Jack Snipe]], from ''[[
** He's no slouch at elaborate and planned deceptions, either, fully capable of casting an illusion over [http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2009-11-07.jpg an entire army] (spoilers in that link). In the backstory, he was capable of hiding whole ''cities.''
* In ''[[
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* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', multiple characters are Masters of Illusion. Peekaboo, a member of the Vandolls supervillain team, creates light-based images. Mindscape projects images into the minds of her opponents, as does the Indian supervillain Rakshasa. Amethyst is a sorceress who specializes in illusion magic. Dream Catcher manipulates people's dreams and can bring them into reality as illusions. Figment, a student at the [[Super-Hero School|Hyperion Academy]], creates holograms.
* Confundus of the [[Whateley Universe]] loves to do the illusion bit, but has other powers she can call on (but only one at a time: she's a Package Deal Psychic). Then there are Beltane and Thorn, who are both masters of illusion because they're tricksters: they both manipulate ectoplasm.
* Neo from ''[[RWBY]]'' has a very flexible and powerful illusion Semblance, giving her the ability to disguise anything from herself to an entire aircraft in motion.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Zarm, a shape-shifting evil spirit from ''[[Captain Planet and
** Gaia, the good spirit can do this as well. Her spirit appearance can be summoned by Mat-Ti's Heart Ring, or she can appear to tell Planeteers they had eco-crisis cooking up.
* Mad Mod in the ''[[Teen Titans (
* Another good Master of Illusion: On ''[[Jem]]'', Synergy's output are life-like holograms.
* The teenage Guardian, Scooter, from ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots|The Gobots]]'', uses his holograms to help the Guardians trick the Renegades.
* Speaking of bots, ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' had Hound as their illusion
* The Cloaked Skull from ''[[Teamo Supremo]]''.
* In ''[[Static Shock]]'', the West African hero Anansi the Spider has the power of storytelling, granted to him by the sky god Nyame; this tends to manifest itself as the ability to project illusions. He can also [[Wall Crawl|walk on walls]] for some reason too, although that can just be another illusion!
** Another, slightly more villainous example from ''[[Static Shock]]''; Mirage, Boom's kid sister, also has the power to create illusions. Unlike Anansi, she received her powers from the Big Bang that gave all of the other show's metahumans their superpowers.
* Heroic example: [[Action Mom]] Helen Bennet/Mother-1 from ''[[
* The Psycho Pirate, as portrayed in ''[[Batman:
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* She hasn't used it much, but Rarity from ''[[My Little Pony:
** Zecora also uses illusions to spice up her telling of the story of Nightmare Night.
* [[Hot Witch|Darcy]] from ''[[
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