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{{trope}}
{{quote|''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Row Row Fight the Powa!]]''}}
There's all sorts of ways to see someone or something with [[Invisibility]].
* Getting something (such as paint) all over the invisible target
* Looking for footprints/tracks or shadows
* [[Infrared X
* [[Super Senses]] or [[Psychic Powers]]
* Affecting the target's invisibility
* Having [[True Sight]]
[[See
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', the Keronians' anti-barrier makes them invisible to humans, but they also have control over who can see them. In rare cases, a person is able to see them regardless.
* In ''[[Gantz]]'', the hunters get controllers with the ability to turn their user invisible by "changing their frequency". Those who are also invisible and thus on the same frequency and see each other. [[Our Vampires Are Different|The vampires]] carry with themselves special glasses and contacts with which they can see through the camouflage. Also some of the aliens, for example [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|the Nurarihyon]], can see the invisible without any sort of equipment at all.
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* In the ''[[Predator]]'' movies, the title creature's invisibility device shorted out when immersed in water.
* Skinner from the film version of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' wears white makeup so people can see his face. He also wears clothes, of course.
** Another invisible man ({{spoiler|Sanderson Reed}}, actually) becomes partially visible when covered in dust. Also, Skinner later gets burned with a [[Fire
* The invisibility process in ''[[Hollow Man]]'' doesn't stop the subjects from showing up on thermal cameras. The villain is also accidentally revealed just prior to an attack by the smoke from his victim's cigarette. In the climax, the heroes throw around paint to try and make him visible, or at least make sure his footprints show up.
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Fairy Tales]] and other magical lore indicate that a seeing stone also allows one to see things that have magicked themselves invisible.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, we've been shown several ways in which [[Invisibility Cloak
* The wizards' Sight in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' series can, among other things, pierce any kinds of veils and invisibility tricks. The downside of it is that not only does it show you that something is there, it shows you its ''true'' form, which is the last thing you want to see with the most [[Eldritch Abomination|supernatural heavy-hitters]]. Plus, there is a small fact that you can never ever forget anything you've seen with your Sight.
* In the novelisation of the ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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** These rods show up again when Nirrti develops a personal cloaking device based on natural Reetou ability. They also sweep the base several time throughout the series using TERs.
* In the Sci-Fi Channel ''Invisible Man'' series, Darien shows up on thermals not because he's hot but because he's cold, as [[Applied Phlebotinum|quicksilver]] blocks visible light.
* In ''[[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Early articles advised spreading dust/flour on the floor (to see footprints) or throwing flour/dust/water in the air (so it coats the opponent and reveals an outline).
** Certain spells can be used this way, such as True Seeing and True Sight.
** Dust of Appearance makes anything invisible it's sprinkled on become visible for everyone. Reveal Invisible (Al-Quadim) and Invisibility Purge (D&D3) spells do the same. Glitterdust doesn't remove invisibility as such, but anything corporeal dusted with sparkles becomes very noticeable.
* ''Star Fleet Battles'': It's possible to see cloaked Romulan ships with the "flash cube" effect (detonating a transporter bomb or mine).
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]''
** Supplement ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'', adventure "Devil's Canyon": A race of invisible monsters can be seen if looked at through camera lenses prepared using [[Cthulhu Mythos]] knowledge.
** When the Powder of Ibn Ghazi is sprinkled on invisible monsters, it makes them visible.
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* ''[[Nethack]]'': The grammatically suspect Ring of See Invisible and Potion of See Invisible grant this ability. You can acquire this power permanently by eating the flesh of a Stalker.
* The Lens of Truth in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games allows Link to see invisible things, as well as see through illusionary things like fake walls or floors.
* Tohno Shiki's power in ''[[Tsukihime]]'' prior to his near-death experience was "to see things which are hidden" - within the story it lets him see the normally invisible projections of a magical attack. After his near-death experience he can also see where ''death'' is hidden in every object and person, giving him [[One-Hit Kill]] powers but also [[Blessed
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' once had this invisible monster which was created by some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] and went on a rampage. Jonny and Hadji dumped a bunch of paint over it, which not only made it visible, but also made it look much less terrifying.
* In the ''[[
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