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== Anime/Manga ==
* L from ''[[
* Goth, the big boss of the syndicate in ''[[Et Cetera]]'', due to highly-secretive and indirect contact being enforced among the higher-ranks in order to keep the drug operations running. As such, he isn't seen at all until the final book.
== Comics ==
* There was a story arc in ''[[The Phantom (
* In ''[[The Goon]]'' no one sees Labrazio, as he conducts all his business through the Goon. {{spoiler|Because the Goon killed him years ago.}}
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* Sam Gold in ''[[Revolver]]''. He ''does'' exist. Kinda. {{spoiler|But he's all in your head. Sorta. He's in ''everybody's'' heads. [[From a Certain Point of View]]. And he's also [[Satan]]. Maybe. [[Mind Screw|This movie is weird like that.]]}}
* Keyser Soze from ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' is the "[[Hidden in Plain Sight]]" variant.
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* In the fourth ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', (Captain) Jack believes this to be the case when no one has seen the captain or heard him, instead taking orders from the first mate (his purported daughter), and starts a mutiny by getting the crew to realize it. Unfortunately, this backfires when it turns out Blackbeard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szUEkiRPQwQ is in fact very much present and in command].
* The mysterious boss in Fritz Lang's ''Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse'' who gives out his orders from behind a curtain.
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* Up until the very end of Season 5, Jacob in ''[[Lost]]'' appears to give some sort of orders but is never seen. When Locke demands in Season 3 that Ben take him to see Jacob, it turns out that Jacob apparently doesn't exist at all... or does he?
* [[NCIS]]: In one episode, {{spoiler|the errand boy}} is actually the boss, but nobody realises because the real boss was around, but is now {{spoiler|in a coma}}.
* Robin Masters from [[Magnum,
* In the first half or so season of ''[[Soap]]'', the head of the Mafia was like this. (He later appeared, negating his [[Buffy-Speak|this-trope-ness.]])
{{quote| "Nobody sees Mr. Lefkowitz. Not even ''Mrs.'' Lefkowitz." }}
* Number One in ''[[The Prisoner]]''.
* On the Apprentice-spoof ''[[My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss]]'', the apparent boss "Mr Todd" would refer the elimination decisions to "the real boss". In the final episode, the real boss is revealed to be {{spoiler|a monkey}}.
* ''[[
* ''[[In Plain Sight]]'', the US Marshals transport a man who is the go-between for a mysterious female assassin known as "Lola", who agreed to inform on her after being caught in a sting. It turns out {{spoiler|There is no "Lola", he is the assassin, and he let himself be caught just so he could get at a target in the jail he was being held at, confident his lieutenants would free him from the marshalls.}}
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* "The Colonel" in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2''. Specifically, at one point you're directly asked if you've ever met him in person or know any name for him besides "The Colonel". Raiden can't give a good answer, and later it's because we learn that The Colonel is essentially an AI construct who was never a real person.
* In the ''[[Fall From Heaven]] II'' mod for ''[[Civilization]] IV'', Sabathiel is never seen except by a few high priests. {{spoiler|He actually left and the priests are ruling in his name}}
* The villain of ''[[
* {{spoiler|_______}} from the ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' series games, who is never seen in person, and has [[The Dragon|Dusknoir]], [[Disc One Final Boss|Primal Dialga]], and [[Mooks|the Sableyes]] carry out his evil plans.
** But then we finally get to see him once Primal Dialga is finally defeated...
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a variant, with a twist: The Dai Li do this with the Earth King, in order to enforce their chief Long Feng's monopoly on his ear and control of his authority. The Gaang eventually had to fight their way into his throne room, and then found out that he didn't even ''know'' of the [[Forever War]] with the Fire Nation.
* [[Inspector Gadget|Doctor Claw.]]
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider
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