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[[File:owned.jpg|link=Bleach|frame|And yes, he just kicked you.]]
{{quote|'''George:''' Who the hell are you?!
'''Annie:''' ''(looks behind her)'' ... Wha?
'''George:''' Who the hell are you?
'''Annie:''' Shit, can you see me?
'''George:''' Of course. Who are you?
'''Annie:''' You can see me!... Can you see me do that? ''(flaps arms)''|''[[Being Human (
Someone is invisible or otherwise magically disguised. At some point, they notice they're attracting an unexpected amount of attention who shouldn't be attracting ''any''. "You Can See Me?" The standard response is some variant of "Why wouldn't I be able to see you?" or, more succinctly, "Well, ''duh''."
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Savvier invisible people will actually phrase the question such that they aren't asking ''if'' but ''how''. If one of [[The Fair Folk]] asks you "Which eye do you see me with?" be assured whatever eye you say is going to be rendered blind.
If the invisible person can only be seen under unusual circumstances, it could be a case of [[By the Eyes of
{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''
** Rukia's reaction when Ichigo addresses her in the first chapter of the manga. Ichigo takes this a step further, and ''kicks'' her when she apparently tries to break into his home.
** And in a slightly stranger example, Ichigo's reaction when Tatsuki asks what his "Deputy Soul Reaper" badge is, which was stated to be [[Invisible to Normals]].
** Let's face it, this is pretty much [[Running Gag]] status in ''Bleach'' by now.
* Ryuk in ''[[
* The first episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
* Amidamaru to {{spoiler|Ryu}} in ''[[
* ''[[
* Happens in ''[[
* In the first episode of ''[[
* Happens early in ''[[
* In ''[[Fight Ippatsu! Juuden
* The way Cain and [[Battle Butler|Riff]] first met in ''[[Godchild]]''. Cain wasn't actually
* Also applies to the overall reaction Sayo has when someone sees her in ''[[
* In ''[[Rental Magica]]'', the [[Cute Ghost Girl]] is surprised when the story's protagonist says hello to her. She thought that nobody could see her, not knowing that almost everybody with magical abilities can see ghosts.
== Comic Books ==
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* Played with in ''[[Identity Crisis]]'': in one scene, Flash is vibrating rapidly so he can sit in on a meeting unseen, but Hawkman can still see him (because "his eyes can see a hummingbird's wings flap", or something). Green Arrow then asks Green Lantern to come out too, and when GL asks how GA could see him, GA says [[You Just Told Me|he just guessed]].
* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', Mr. Hyde reveals his ability to see by way of heat signatures to The Invisible Man (but not the audience, who knew since their first meeting) shortly before {{spoiler|he rapes him to death.}}
* In the ''[[Young Justice (
* ''[[PS238]]'', when Cecil have fun with [[Cloaking Device]]… and then [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2015-05-06/ ran into The Flea].
== Fan Works ==
* Ranma not only says this whenever anyone reveals they can see his cursed form in the ''[[Ranma ½
* Canada of ''[[
* In ''[[Kyon:
* In ''[https://my.w.tt/6Vg6fGMEsT Final Stand of Death]'', after seeing Haley running off, Redd wondered if she somehow scared him as Haley saw her in her original form. Both [[KISS| Gene and Ace]] tells Redd, {{spoiler| whom Gene already knows her as Melanie}}, reassured her that Haley was just seeing some ghosts.
== Film ==
▲* Lydia to the Maitlands in ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]''.
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Ghost Town (Film)|Ghost Town]]'', this is the ghosts' initial reaction to Pincus.
* A female troll says this to [[Hellboy (
▲* In ''[[Erik the Viking (Film)|Erik the Viking]]'', Erik charges into battle with a rag on his head, which he had previously used to make himself invisible to his lover's father. What he doesn't realise is that the rag only makes him invisible to ''that one guy''. So instead of an invisible warrior, he's actually an unnervingly confident guy with a dishcloth on his head. After winning the battle single-handedly he discovers he was visible the whole time, and promptly faints.
▲* A female troll says this to [[Hellboy (Film)|Hellboy]] et al. when they see through her glamor using magical lenses. However, the audience can also only see her as nonhuman when someone's looking through the lenses -- leading to a rather amusing scene of Hellboy {{spoiler|punching an old woman across the room.}}
* Averted in ''[[Just Like Heaven]]''. Elizabeth discovers David can see her before discovering no one else can.
* In ''Susie Q'', only Zach can see Susie, {{spoiler|a ghost who died forty years earlier, because he's in possession of the bracelet she wore when she died.}}
* Harry Potter in ''[[
* In ''Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man'', when a shower is turned on, the invisible man can be seen enough to be stabbed by a thrown knife.
== Literature ==
* In ''Things Not Seen'' by Andrew Clements, the main character Bobby does one of these towards the end of the book
* In ''[[Clever Polly and The Stupid Wolf]]'', the Wolf thinks he's made himself invisible and has tested it by acting outrageously in public. Naturally, people have been shocked by the mysterious sounds coming from nowhere... right? Polly eventually persuades him he is visible, and he sneaks away in shame without eating her.
* The Unicorn in [[Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''[[The Last Unicorn (
* Also, in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' EU novel ''Dark Apprentice'', when Luke is turned into an invisible Force Ghost, only his (toddler) niece and nephew can see him.
* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Kahlan's first encounter with the pristinely ungifted after she was hidden by the Chainfire spell. She may not have said it, but she was certainly surprised. In a curious inversion in the same series, Adie sees using magic, so the first time she encounters a pristinely ungifted person, she is confused because she is unable to see them.
* Happens a lot in ''[[
** Played for humor in ''[[
{{quote|
* In Allison Croggon's ''The Books of Pellinor'' series, the main characters meet in the first chapter like this. The male lead Cadvan, a bard, is hiding under a glimmer spell that is supposed to make him invisible. He tries to find shelter in a stable at a slave settlement to rest, but the protagonist Mearad sees him because she too is a bard. Her having the Voice is the main reason she is taken with him when he leaves.
* ''[[Percy Jackson
== Live-Action TV ==
* In the series ''[[
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': Claude's introduction to Peter. "YUH CAN SEE MEH?!" He even gets personal about it. "NO ONE SEES ME!"
* Children and the mentally ill can see Al in ''[[Quantum Leap]].'' He never says the trope name, but his [[Oh Crap]] looks are definitely this trope.
** Also one episode with a Scrooge-like character who for some strange coincidence could see Al (his brainwaves were similar to the main character's or some bunk). Obviously, this leads to some confusion, and also to the visit of the three ghosts of Christmas...
* Both versions of ''[[
* Another Marty had a similar reaction, for similar reasons, in ''[[Teen Angel]]'' when he met an old lady who could see him because {{spoiler|she was soon to die}}.
* ''[[Being Human (
** Annie is so astonished to be seen, she asks twice and waves her arms around for good measure.
** Subverted in Series 1, Episode 4: a woman replies to what she says, which triggers the question. Subverted in that the woman is ''blind,'' thus can't technically ''see'' Annie. But she seems to hear her just fine, which most people can't either.
** Happens again when Annie meets a psychic in Series 2, Episode 6.
* The above twist was also used in ''[[Seven Days]],'' when Frank becomes invisible but can be heard by a [[Blind Black Guy]].
* ''[[
** Xander in the 4th season Halloween episode, "Fear Itself", on becoming visible/audible again, asks not only "You can see me?" but "You can hear me?" too.
** Also applicable in an odd way during the fifth season when {{spoiler|Only the insane can see that Dawn is the Key}}.
* The short-lived sitcom ''Nearly Departed'', about a couple haunting their old house. The pilot has the husband mocking the home's new residents relentlessly, as they can't see him. When he's left alone in the main room with the elderly grandfather, he continues to mock the man until Grandpa yells at him to shut up. After delivering the stock phrase of this trope, Grandpa explains he didn't mention to the rest of the family because "at my age, when you start seeing things they put you in a home".
* ''[[
** Occurs in the episode "Crystal Skull", in which Daniel Jackson has been turned invisible by one of the phlebotinum skulls. Daniel's grandfather, Nick, can see him because of an encounter ''he'' had with a skull, but dismisses Daniel as a hallucination. It's not until well into the episode that Daniel realizes he's visible to Nick and uses him to communicate with the rest of the SG-1 team.
** Occurs again in a later season when Cam, trapped in another dimension, is talking to Teal'c, who has just used an alien device that makes the user invisible. Teal'c takes it in stride, always ready for combat, as Cam struggles with the revelation.
** Despite seemingly recycling plots in such a manner throughout the series, the writers were always quick to hang a lampshade and reference the earlier episodes' events, often even using Cam's memorization of mission reports. The show even lampshaded this itself in its lampshade-heavy fanservice 200th episode.
* A ghost woman in some episode of ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek:
* Another short-lived sitcom, ''Jennifer Slept Here'', was about the ghost of an old-time movie star who is visible to the son of the family who moves into her house. She decides she's here to turn him from [[Geek to Chic]].
* The "Weird Superheroes" game on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
* Occurs at least once in ''[[Due South]]'' with Fraser and his father. Possibly twice, because Fraser discovered two other people who could see Bob-Bob's best friend Buck Frobisher and Ben's half sister/Bob's daughter Maggie.
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'': Sabrina once turned a classmate invisible and spent most of the rest of the episode trying to find his exact spot to turn him visible again. He'd pretty much gotten used to invisibility when she finally succeeded and Zelda saw him. When he said the phrase, she replied, "Yes, and I can see that you're [[Less Disturbing in Context|not wearing pants]]."
* Burt Campbell in ''[[Soap]]'' thought he could become invisible for a while. At one point he tried to show his wife but she could still see him; he decided that was because he was wet (they were in the bathtub together).
* Subverted interestingly in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who
== Tabletop Games ==
* This is also true in White Wolf's ''[[
* And in ''[[
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Total War
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
* A not uncommon phrase uttered by Rogue players (and by extension presumably stealthed cat form druids) in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' when discovered by other players. Most common on RP severs.
* The ''[[Thief (
* Fairies in ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* Ito, God of Trust and Betrayal from ''[[A Moment of Peace]]'', is thrown off his game when Evi's worm-companion George catches Ito stealing her dreams.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* In the episode of ''[[Monster Allergy]]'' where Elena can finally [[By the Eyes of
* ''[[
* ''[[
{{quote|
'''Steve:''' ... Uh, no sir.
'''Dr. Weird:''' '''WHY NOT?!?!?!''' }}
* ''[[
** Happens twice in an episode, after an incident causes the talismans to lose their magical powers (by transferring them into Jade's body). Both Captain Black and Daolon Wong are holding the snake talisman while attempting to show off its invisibility power to their peers ("Am I over here? Or maybe over here?"). Then they notice that they're still being watched and discover it's because they're still perfectly visible.
** There's an interesting variation in another episode where they're dealing with a vampire that is blind and can only detect people through smell. At one point Jackie is trying to hide from him by holding his breath, only for the vampire to reveal that he has absorbed enough people's life forces to gain sight. Jackie quotes this trope verbatim.
* A variation in ''[[
{{quote|
'''Dib:''' You're right there!
'''Zim:''' What?!
'''Dib:''' There! Your mighty Irken cloaking device cloaks the robot but not you!
'''Zim:''' Lies! Now, behold the doom cannon!
'''Dib:''' I can't, it's invisible!
'''Zim:''' But you can see me?
'''Dib:''' That's what I said.
'''Zim:''' Oh, that's stupid!
'''Dib:''' Really stupid!
'''Zim:''' You dare agree with me?! Prepare to meet your horrible doom! }}
* ''[[
== Real Life ==
* The classic psychology paper ''[http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf Unskilled and Unaware of It]: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments'' cites a newspaper story about a bank robber who believed lemon juice made him invisible to security cameras.
** Naturally, ''America's Dumbest Criminals'' has the actual film footage. Amusingly the guy was taking his sweet time, including taking out a shopping cart as if it was just a normal trip to the store.
** Formally known as the
* [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98595053.html Some] [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/nyregion/suspect-in-6-brooklyn-killings-is-arrested-in-georgia-murder.html people] apparently believe that a magic ritual can turn them invisible, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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