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== Comic Books ==
* Modern age comic book Lois Lane knows that [[Clark Kenting|Clark Kent]] is actually [[Superman]] but only Modern age comic book Lois Lane. Golden ageAge Lois was blitheringly ignorant of the fact, Silver Age Lois suspected and kept trying to prove it and Lois of other mediums is nearly uniformly portrayed as not knowing.
** Bruce Wayne is also one of Clark's Secret Keepers (as is Clark for Bruce).
*** Leading to an amusing sequence when Bruce assumed ''Lois'' knew his secret, because he didn't expect Clark to keep secrets from his wife, whereas Clark felt it wasn't his secret to share. By the end of the story Lois has become another of Bruce's Secret Keepers.
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** And, of course, Jonathan and Martha Kent, who have been keeping Clark's secret since before he knew about it himself.
** Pete Ross discovered Superman's secret ID back when he was just Superboy during a camping trip. A convenient flash of lightning revealed Clark changing clothes, and Pete kept it secret, not even letting Superboy know that he knew. He once even used his knowledge to become an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes by claiming he had telepathy and knew Superboy's secret ID. Writing the identity on a lead tablet so Superboy couldn't see. Superboy assumed Pete was bluffing and that everyone else was just going along with the joke.
* ''[[Batman]]'': More people are in on [[Batman|Bruce Wayne's]] secret than one might expect:
** Alfred Pennyworth is his primary Secret Keeper. He knows things about Bruce that even Dick Grayson doesn't know.
** Lucius Fox is sometimes portrayed as most likely knowing that Batman and Bruce Wayne are one and the same, but not telling anyone, not even Bruce, this knowledge. In the recent movies, this was expanded to him explicitly knowing his secret and being in the loop.
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** In the second series, Leafpaw is the only cat that knows about both prophecies: the one that the traveling cats recieved, and the fire-and-tiger sign.
** {{spoiler|Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Leafpool know that Hollyleaf killed Ashfur}}, but they decide not to reveal it to the Clan. Apparently keeping secrets just runs in the family.
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'': Initially, Heaven Canceller is the only one who knows about Touma's memory loss (aside from Touma himself). Terra of the Left manages to deduce this ({{spoiler|shortly before being killed}}) and Mikoto happens to overhear this conversation. Later on, Fiamma of the Right also discovers the secret, telling Index about it. Seria, Misaki and (by implication) Motoharu also discover the secret of their own accord, though Touma isn't aware that these three know.