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* Sporty James from ''[[Hunter]]'' TV series. Not very mysterious though.

* The [[Mysterious Informant]] shows up, and is subverted, in the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Three Days of the Condo." A secretive figure approaches Frasier in the car garage of his apartment building and urges him to stand as a candidate against the current chair of the condo board in the upcoming election. When Frasier asks why his informant insists on remaining anonymous, the figure replies that he's redecorating his bathroom and doesn't want his bidet request to be denied. Then he gets in his car and zooms away.

** Later in the episode, Frasier's [[Mysterious Informant]] sends him an "anonymous" letter saying the building tenants are supporting Frasier.

* This trope was parodied in ''[[Happy Days]]'' when Milwaukee is in the midst of a bitter garbage strike and Richie is investigating a story about it. Fonzie says he has a source, but since he wants to be anonymous, he will only appear as a silhouette on a window blind standing outside to give yes or no signs to questions. When he steps forward, Richie notes that it is obviously Al, but Fonz insists that Richie plays along. Reluctantly, he cooperates with his questions until Al forgets himself and answers a question by talking. Now with the silliness completely pointless, Richie opens the blind and the two finish their conversation normally.

* ''Rebel'' in ''[[Heroes]]'' volume 4. But it was not that hard to guess his true identity.

* Used in both ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''. The mysterious informants both dub themselves "Deep Throat", although the second then says to call him [[The X-Files|Mr. X]] because Raiden, in [[Fan Girl]] mode, made comparisons to the Shadow Moses "Deep Throat".

** Then subverted in the fourth game, where Snake guesses who the mysterious informant is about three sentences into the conversation:

* The G-Man in the ''[[Half Life]]'' series.

* The original ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' gave us Alfred Woden, who supplied Max with useful data throughout the game, before revealing himself as the head of the counter-conspiracy to {{spoiler|Project Valhalla}} and giving him the name of the [[Final Boss]] in the endgame.