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* Used in a way in the [[Broken Sky]] series; the secret police of [[Big Bad|King Macaan]], the Jachyra, can see, hear, and even travel through mirrors, or anything sufficiently reflective. This causes a number scares with the mirror being stationary, as well as the main characters being incredibly paranoid around them. Any base which the [[La Résistance|Parakka]] make has no reflective surfaces whatsoever.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has an [[Eldritch Abomination]] called "He Who Walks Behind." As his name implies, He is ''always'' behind you, no matter where you turn, so the only way to see Him is in a mirror. Harry first encountered Him while looking at an arcade game. [[Walking Techbane|It shorts out]], and ''something'' appears reflected in the screen. Harry turns around; nothing there. Harry turns back; He Who Walks Behind is now standing two feet closer ''and smiling''.
* Played with in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone]]'' with the Mirror of [[Sdrawkcab Name|Erised]]. When Harry first looks in the mirror and sees a load of people in the room behind him, he has to fight to stop himself from screaming. However, they are actually visions of his family and only exist in the mirror itself.
== Live-Action TV ==
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And do nothing that you would not like to see him do
'Cause that monster in the mirror, [[Tomato in the Mirror|he just might be you]]. }}
* Parodied in the [[Overly Long Gag|overly long]] ''[[Saturday Night Live
* A more humorous than frightening example but done exactly in the standard manner. In ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', a source has tried to dodge Lois Lane by faking his death. He's brushing his teeth in front of the bathroom mirror, opens it to get mouthwash, closes it and sees in the reflection something truly terrifying: Lois Lane at 6 in the morning. Interestingly, the point about him brushing his teeth is not just to set up the gag but also a reference to the fact that Lois figured out he faked his death by the fact that he took his toothbrush. So the scene does not feel like it was shoehorned in or that the mirror trick was getting too much focus for something not that clever.
* Appears in the season 4 opening of ''[[Dexter]]'', as the Trinity Killer claims his first on-screen victim.
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== Music ==
* The final verse of "Recognize" by Better Than Ezra:
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== Video Games ==
* Used in ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)|Fahrenheit]]'', though it's only the main character's mind playing tricks on him.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fY68v9yAys mirror room] in ''[[Silent Hill 3]]''. First blood vessels start coming out of the sink in the mirror and covering the mirror image and your reflection. Then the room itself gets covered in blood and starts draining your health. The door also locks, so you think you're permanently trapped, but you can leave once your reflection stops moving.
* The first time you look at the bathroom mirror in ''[[Doom]] 3''.
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