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* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series revolves around a [[Masquerade]] set up by the Reapers, a race of [[Eldritch Abominations]] that wipe out most sentient life in the galaxy every fifty millennia or so. Due to their preference for [[The Man Behind the Man|working behind the scenes,]] most people regard the Reapers as a myth. [[Mass Effect 3|The third game]] involves the Reapers openly attacking en masse, after [[Player Character|Shepard]] manages to stop their more subtle plans.
== Web Comics ==
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* ''[[Corner Alley 13]]'' has fantasy creatures suddenly appearing everywhere ''within a week'' as its basic premise.▼
▲* In ''[[Its Walky]]'', Head Alien uses a Martian warship to attack SEMME's homecity, forcing them to reveal their secret to the world.
▲* [[Corner Alley 13]] has fantasy creatures suddenly appearing everywhere ''within a week'' as its basic premise.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' plays with this: the Celeste, supernatural angels/demons capable of [[Compelling Voice|talking anyone into doing anything]], are out in the open. It's the [[Things That Go Bump in the Night|vampires, djinn, zombies, and other miscellaneous monsters]] that are still forced into hiding thanks to the Celeste, even though people are aware they can and do exist.
* The world of ''[[Sorcery 101]]'' at first appears to be a straight example of this trope. Then you find out that most people think that it's a stunt and that there are groups still trying to keep the masquerade going. But more of the supernatural people are being more open and things are changing. At one point a guy comes out as gay to his best friend and his best friend accidentally revealing that he's a werewolf. They're portrayed to be about as shocking to each of the friends.
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* This occurred in the backstory of ''[[The Dragon Doctors]],'' when a magical society dedicated to saving victims of magic decided the best way to do it was to reveal to the public the existence of magic. There were many powerful puppet masters in charge at the time who abhorred this idea, and there was a civil war between them in every country of the world.
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20190118100705/http://www.applevalleycomic.com/ Apple Valley] some 10 years before the start of the comic the normal "human" world was merged with a "fantasy" world full of elves, goblins and magical humans. In the time since, the two worlds have successfully integrated {{spoiler|mainly due to the fact that they were originally one world, split into multiple parts by an ancient spell}}, and now Kentucky Fried Unicorn is a popular, if incredibly disturbing, fast food chain.
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* In the ''[[Paradise]]'' setting, humans are randomly, permanently Changed into [[Funny Animal]]s (and occasionally [[Gender Bender|gender-changed]]) by causes unknown. However, the changes were [[Invisible to Normals]], who would still see Changed individuals as their old human selves (and genders). However, the [[Weirdness Censor]] that prevented normal people from seeing the Change started to break down in 2009. Post-2009, Changed have become widely-known—and by and large commonly accepted thanks to the [[Law of Conservation of Normality]].
* The [[Whateley Universe]] is the post-unmasking world. Now that mutants are out in the open and their numbers are increasing, things are getting tense. The Mutant Commission Office is a Men-in-Black organization that deals with them. The Goodkinds are funding the Knights of Purity, power armor 'heroes' to take out rampaging mutants. Humanity First! is a worldwide group of mutant-haters who want to stop the mutant menace. The future is no longer clear.
== Western Animation ==
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