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== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is Peter Pettigrew, the traitorous rat-animagus from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. He was chosen by Harry's parents to guard the secret of their location from Lord Voldemort. Bad choice on their part.
** To be fair, Pettigrew was only chosen because everyone would naturally assume James Potter would select his brother-from-another-mother best friend, Sirius Black. Knowing that, the Potters decided to choose a less obvious Secret Keeper and Pettigrew became it. They just didn't know that Pettigrew was a Death-Eater...
** Later, Dumbledore is the Secret Keeper for the headquarters of the [[Harry Potter and
** Note that Harry, himself, doesn't have a Secret Keeper in this trope's sense, which is a key reason why he's so miserable every summer with the Dursleys (who know what he is, but won't let him speak of it). Hermione's parents, being supportive of her gifts and hence exceptions to the "no parents" rule, are her summertime Secret Keepers, which spares her from feeling as isolated while she's away from school.
* ''[[Zorro]]''{{'}}s mute butler effectively hides his secret identity, and even helps him out on more than one occasion.
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* In a twist on the usual [[Secret Identity]] trope, Robin from ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' is hiding his civilian identity from his superhero teammates. [[Word of God]] (and [[All There in the Manual|Free Comic Book Day tie-in]]) is that while Batman has forbidden him from revealing his real name, he told Wally anyway.
* Cavin and later, Princess Calla from ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''.
* In ''[[Chip and Potato]]'', Chip keeps her pet mouse Potato disguised as a stuffed animal. She later tells the truth to her best friend Nico, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Dazzle.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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