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* The Dancing Giant ghost in ''[[Haunted Junction]]'' is only seen from the knee down, and generally only one leg at a time. He's that big.
* In ''Taro Kid''/''Skyers 5'' (name varies depending on jurisdiction) the [[Big Bad]] (head of a SPECTRE-like criminal organization) is only ever seen from behind his chair.
* Partial example: Tsunade from ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'' [[Vain Sorceress|always makes herself look much younger than she is]], and on the couple of occasions where she was exhausted enough that the illusion fades we're prevented from getting a good look at her. What little we do see implies that she actually looks ''older'' than she really is, no doubt due to the life-shortening effect of her ultimate healing technique.
* ''[[Astro Boy (Mangamanga)|Astro Boy]]'''s Lord Deadcross.
* Ai Enma's "grandma" from ''[[Hell Girl (Anime)|Hell Girl]]''. Although she talks, all we ever see of her form is her silhouette. The only human that takes a good look at her is completely horrified by what she saw.
* The Sacred Ancestor, the Vampire King [[Dracula]] remains unseen save for flashbacks where he receives no physical description save for his [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|eyes]] in all mediums of ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]''.
 
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== Films ==
* In the 1980 Claymation educational film ''Dinosaurs!'', neither the main character Phillip nor his classmates are ever actually shown, and his teacher is only briefly seen from behind. When this film was released to home video in 1987, new scenes were added with Phillip being played by Fred Savage. The new footage featured Phillip's unseen mother, as well as a mysterious female voice who educates him on dinosaurs.
* The supposed god in ''[[Ten Thousand10,000 BC|10,000 B.C.]]'' makes sure no ones sees him to add to his whole mystique. He even had all blind servants.
* The Soviet premier in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''.
* Roxy Carmichael from the 1990 movie ''Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael''.
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== Literature ==
* Let's not forget the "Once-ler" and all his friends and relatives in Dr. Seuss' ''[[The Lorax (Literature)|The Lorax]]'', of whom only their hands are ever seen. Probably to make them less sympathetic.
* Sauron of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. This, despite his being the novel's [[Big Bad]] and [[Ultimate Evil]]. The title is even a direct reference to him (the Lord of the Rings).
** Pippin, Aragorn, and Denethor see him face-to-face through the Palantír. Denethor explains Sauron's hidden nature as being due to the notion that all wise persons of power use ''others'' to do their fighting for them; however the story indicates that this is the act of dictators (like Sauron, Denethor, Saurman etc), while ''good'' rulers fight actually lead their underlings into battle (like Gandalf, Aragorn, and Theoden did).
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* Floyd Thursby, the murder victim in ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]''.
* The Patient in ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]''.
* Emmanuel Goldstein in [[George Orwell|Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|nineteen eighty-four]]'' (''sic'').
* Beatrice Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''.
* [[Altered Carbon]] includes the often-referenced but never-present Elias Ryker. {{spoiler|It emerges that the central character, [[Takeshi Kovacs]], is inhabiting Ryker's body or "sleeve" while Ryker himself is "on stack," imprisoned in a digital environment.}}
* Bod from ''[[The Graveyard Book (Literature)|The Graveyard Book]]'' never sees the Sleer {{spoiler|until the end of the book}}.
* Matai Shang, [[Priest King|Holy Hekkador]] of the [[Path of Inspiration|Holy Therns]] in [[John Carter of Mars]] hovers around the edges of the second book, ''The Gods of Mars'' without ever putting in a direct appearance. He finally shows up in the next book, ''The Warlord of Mars'', where he's half of the [[Big Bad Duumvirate]].
 
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* This trope fits the grossly oversized Stan ([[Take Our Word for It|or so we are told]]) from ''[[Will and Grace]]'' to a tee.
** His hand is seen in one episode, grabbing at Karen's breast.
* In ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV)|Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'', there was a character in the first season or two (later phased out) who drove around in a limo giving out orders/assignments. The name of the character was probably "Mr. Blue."
* On ''[[Sports Night]]'', Luther Sachs was the owner of Continental Corp, which owned Continental Sports Channel, which broadcast the titular [[Show Within a Show]]. Though there were many times he was referenced (through such things as people having to take a call from him or having to go meet him, etc.) he was never seen or heard.
* In public-relations specials, these characters need not even be fictional. After playing [[The Voice]] (Carlton the doorman on ''[[Rhoda (TV)|Rhoda]]''), Lorenzo Music (who also provided the voice for [[Garfield and Friends (Animation)|Garfield]]) later appeared on a ''[[Garfield (Animation)and Friends|Garfield]]'' TV special with his back to the camera at all times, as Garfield's creator Jim Davis remarked that he'd never seen his face. The producers of an E! special on Beanie Babies did something similar with the founder of the Ty corporation.
** Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and ''[[Gravity's Rainbow]]'' author [[Thomas Pynchon]], both of whom refuse to appear on camera throughout their whole careers.
** In his first interview after leaving the band in 1980, former [[KISS (Music)|KISS]] drummer Peter Criss appeared with his back to the camera, apparently at the insistence of his former band mates. At the time, KISS had never appeared in public without their trademark stage makeup. Criss would reveal his face in a television appearance later that year. The band would abandon its makeup in 1983 in an "unmasking" on [[MTV]].
** Similar to the first example, [[VH -1]]'s ''[[I Love the Exties|I Love The 90s]]'' had a segment on MovieFone, with the celebrities commenting that they had no idea what "Mr. MovieFone" looked like. They actually had the actor, Russ Leatherman, on the show.
* Linderman of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was this for much of the show's run, often referenced with characters seen speaking to him over the phone, or middle men conveying his orders. This makes sense as he's very much the shadowy manipulator but it was actually because the show couldn't afford to have a big star like [[Malcolm McDowell]] appear in too many episodes.
** This makes it even more strange to see a kind, grandfatherly character as the [[Big Bad]], while we have been assured that "Mr. Linderman" is a truly ruthless, merciless villain. [[Informed Ability]] anyone?
*** Except that he really is an evil manipulator, so he's closer to [[Affably Evil]].
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** It's revealed in the [[Grand Finale]] that it was never solved.
* During several episodes of ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', Rayanne Graff mentions a friend named "Tino" who never made a physical appearance throughout the show's [[Too Good to Last|unfortunately short run]].
* And, of course, the ultimate example, Charlie, from ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]''. He usually appears as [[The Voice]], but has sometimes appeared as [[The Faceless]] in several episodes and only finally reveals himself to the Angels {{spoiler|during the final episode, "Let Our Angel Live" when he shows up at the hospital to be by Kelly's side after she is shot}}.
* Chef in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. In the last episode, he's revealed to be... William Riker? Actually, Riker was on the holodeck playing Chef.
* Captain Boday in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. He was said to have various strange features, such as a brain visible through his transparent cranium.
* The banker on game show ''[[Deal or No Deal]]''. His body can be seen from the booth, but there is no lighting on him, making him practically a shadow.
* Norm's wife Vera in ''[[Cheers]]'', although she was occasionally given a voice or partially shown.
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*** Except that we did see a heavily bandaged-up Maris in a flashback in one episode set in a hospital, but it was brief and she was almost entirely covered up. Another episode showed us her silhouette against a shower curtain.
* Arthur Daley's wife in ''[[Minder]]'', fearfully referred to as "'Er Indoors."
* Mrs. [[Columbo (TV)|Columbo]].
* Lars Lindstrom, Phyllis' husband on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV)|The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''.
** As noted, Carlton the doorman in the spin off, ''[[Rhoda (TV)|Rhoda]]''.
* Don Pardo announced the prizes on many game shows, and the cast on ''[[Saturday Night Live (TV)|Saturday Night Live]]'' during the '70s, without ever appearing on-camera. One SNL skit lampshaded this by having Pardo appear as, literally, an invisible man; auditioning for the SNL announcer gig ("Don Pardo? Is he still alive?"), his invisible presence sits down in a swivel chair which visibly moves and audibly creaks.
** Subverted on the NBC episodes of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', as he would occasionally be seen on camera as a substitute host whenever regular host [[Bill Cullen]] was either sick or on vacation.
* On ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'', the "monster" was unseen for the whole first season.
** Subverted: {{spoiler|We saw the Monster repeatedly throughout the first season, except we didn't know it was the Monster because we didn't know it had the ability to do a [[Dead Person Impersonation]]. However, we didn't see its actual Smoke Monster form until season 1 finale, and we never saw its real form until the season 5 finale.}}
* ''[[Seinfeld (TV)|Seinfeld]]'' had several, most notably George's Boss George Steinbrenner, whose face is never seen, Kramer's never-seen friends Bob Sacamano and Lomez, and Jerry's cousin Jeffrey, about whom Uncle Leo talks constantly.
* "This is Dr. Kahn..." from ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''.
* In ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', Agent Cooper constantly recorded messages to "Diane" with his mini recorder, but Diane herself is never seen or heard. She does apparently mail Coop some earplugs at one point, however, so she is assumed to actually exist.
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** Sarah, the town telephone operator.
** Then, of course, there was "Juanita," the waitress that Barney sometimes flirted with on the telephone.
* ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'': Sparky, the radio operator at I-Corps who Radar or Klinger often speaks with, pretty much fits this trope... although he did make a single, brief appearance in the season 1 episode "Tuttle."
** The camp's P.A. announcer was both this and [[The Voice]].
** The characters' loved ones back in the States, obviously...although some of them did "appear" via home movie, including Henry's wife Larraine, Frank's wife Louise, B.J.'s wife Peg, and Radar's mother (played by [[Uncanny Family Resemblance|Gary Burghoff in drag]]).
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* Nils' mother Elna in the first season of Norwegian sitcom ''Mot I Brøstet'', only referred to and heard through one-sided phone calls for the first 7 episodes. The sequel series ''Karl&Co'' did the same with Ulf's wife Magda, who stayed unrevealed throughout the entire series.
* Howard Wolowitz's mother on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' is never seen, but her voice is constantly ringing out around his home.
* Captain Mainwaring's wife Elizabeth from ''[[Dad's Army (TV)|Dads Army]]'', who is apparently much scarier than the Nazis. We get the briefest of glimpses in one episode where the two are lying in bunks, with the captain on the bottom. Above him in the top bunk is an extraordinarily massive indentation, suggesting a literal mountain of a woman.
* Peggy's mother in ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]''. She is implied to be ''amazingly'' obese, so perhaps the idea is that the camera couldn't have fit her in?
* In ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'', Violet ''was'' this for the earlier series. She eventually made her full-time appearance as a character later in the run.
** Sheridan was this for the whole series.
* Amber, daughter of Tim and Daisy's landlady Marsha in ''[[Spaced]]''. The others hear her having raging (but indistinct) rows with her mother, and at one point she storms downs the stairs played by the producer's sister in a wig, but neither they nor we ever meet her or see her face.
* Robin Masters, the author who owns the estate on ''[[Magnum, PIP.I.]]''.
* ''[[The Cosby Show]]'': Kenny's chauvinist older brother.
* The Inquizitor on [[Inquizition]].
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* ''[[The Royle Family]]'', which rarely leaves the confines of one house, creates a whole community of characters only ever described by the core cast. Chiefly; Jim and Barbara's neighbour 'Leggings' Lorraine, the housebound Elsie (who lives in the same flats as 'Nana' Norma and whose eventual death provides the background to an episode in the third series) and Dave's best friends Tony Macca and Gary. Most memorable though is Tony's supposedly tarty - and well-endowed - younger sister, Beverley.
** Some characters are talked about in several episodes before we do eventually get a glimpse of them, including Anthony's best friend Darren and girlfriend Emma (plus her parents). Dave's parents were also regularly mentioned but didn't appear onscreen until the 2008 Christmas special. In addition, crucial aspects of Norma's character are introduced in the very first episode, when she makes a phone call to the Royle household, but it's not until later in the series that we see and hear her.
* Adele, Sherrif Metzger's wife in ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' is often mentioned but never seen.
* Kimmy Gibbler's parents from ''[[Full House]]'' is regularly mentioned by Kimmy, but is never shown onscreen.
* Felix’s ex-wife Gloria did not appear until the second season of ''[[The Odd Couple (Theatre)|The Odd Couple]]''.
** Oscar’s girlfriend “Crazy Rhoda Zimmerman” was never seen.
* John Bracken, studio head and title character of ''[[Brackens World]]'', was not seen until season two.
* Caroline's father, Martin, in ''[[Two Broke Girls (TV)|Two Broke Girls]]''. Justified since he's in jail, but both she and Max have been shown talking to him on her phone.
* Cambot in [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]], apart from his brief appearences in the [[Theme Tune Roll Call|Robot Roll Call]]. Justified in that everything on the Satellite of Love is seen through his lens.
* Until the last season Morty Fine, Fran's father, from ''[[The Nanny (TV)|The Nanny]]''.
 
 
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* Susies' parents in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''. Their voices were heard from off-panel once or twice, but they never appeared.
** Susie's mom was seen from the waist down once.
* [[The Phantom (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|The Phantom]] is usually wearing a mask or sunglasses; whenever he's not, he's usually shown from behind or has his head out of frame. In-story, anyone who sees his face will die (mainly through [[Laser-Guided Karma]]), but his wife and other loved ones are apparently excluded. (In one ancestor story, the current Phantom had died and his son arrived at the Skull Cave to take up the role; he's shown completely, face and all, for several frames. Presumably the curse doesn't take full effect before he dons the suit for the first time, or the comic's readership may have taken a drastic drop in numbers...)
* In ''[[Cul De Sac]]'', Dil has a horde of unseen older brothers whose hobbies include building trebuchets.
* The title characters in George Herriman's early 20th century strip ''[[The Family Upstairs]]''. They live on the top floor of an apartment building and cause endless problems for the poor souls situated below them.
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== Theater ==
* Dorothy Gale in ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]''. She is only heard crying in Elphaba's dungeon, and seen in silhouette when she [[Foregone Conclusion|throws the bucket of water]].
* The unseen Mrs. Grundy, in Thomas Morton's ''Speed the Plough'', in which Dame Ashfield continually worries, "What ''will'' Mrs. Grundy say?" of each development. Since then the term "Mrs. Grundy" has passed into everyday speech as the embodiment of [[Moral Guardians|prudery and censorship]].
* Nell from ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'', whose infamous breadth is probably better described than seen.
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== Video Games ==
* Many First-Person Shooters have no cutscenes or anything showing the protagonist, who therefore remains faceless and sometimes also [[He Who Must Not Be Heard|unheard]].
* The original ''[[Doom (Video Gameseries)|Doom]]'' made this famous - the only reason anybody knows what he looks like is the face in the status bar.
** The ultimate example is Gordon Freeman of ''[[Half-Life]]'', where we wouldn't even know what he looks like if not for the box. He shows up very briefly in the expansions, but then in ''Half-Life 2'' he doesn't even have a model.
* An odd example from the third ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' game: Jing King, the Panda King's daughter, is only ever seen as a silhouette behind a screen. No reason is ever given for this.
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* Mickey Mouse in the first ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' game is absent for most of it, leaving his castle to infiltrate Organization XIII and depending on his trusting aids Goofy and Donald to guide [[Kid Hero|Sora]]. In the sequel {{spoiler|he is vastly more prominent}}.
** Likewise, Sora's family is represented by a disembodied female voice, calling him for dinner.
* Gary Smith is absent for the majority of the game ''[[Bully (Videovideo Gamegame)|Bully]]''. Somuchso that {{spoiler|Jimmy nearly forgets about him and this gives him time to take over the school himself (or at least set it in a frenzy) in all of two hours.}}
* In ''[[Backyard Sports]]'', Stephanie Morgan always talks about her best friend Dorothy, who is never seen in the game.
* The Lich King is this for the core campaign of ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'' III, despite being one of the main villains and having his backstory described in detail in the manual (though to be fair, he is [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|sealed inside a block of ice]], controlling his minions telepathically). He does show up in the expansion.
** Until Wrath of the Lich King, this was a staple of most of World of Warcraft. The [[Big Bad]] was rarely seen other than his or her particular raid encounter. The Lich King, however, had a very prominent and personal role for the player all throughout Wrath of the Lich King, as does Deathwing in Cataclysm, so this seems to have changed.
* In the games [[Betrayal Atat Krondor]] and [[Return to Krondor]], there is a character called the Crawler. The Crawler is never seen or heard, only mentioned through conversations and letters. What is known for certain is that the Crawler is some sort of crime boss, and is assumed to be male. He has an agent named Bear, who is very dangerous on his own. He also has powerful connections (one letter from a powerful man in a land called Kesh warns his niece to "Beware the master of Durbin. The Crawler's plot is a web within a web."). It is too bad a game has not made where you actually get to fight this guy.
* The protagonist in the game [[In the 1st Degree]] is prosecutor Sterling Granger. The character is male, and you can hear his voice. However, he is never seen in the game.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Xykon, has a monster that he's keeping in the shadows for the final confrontation with the heroes. When they leave the dungeon, this shadow is provided by a pink Hello Kitty umbrella which, nonetheless, casts a pitch black shadow in which nothing but the monster's eyes can be seen. Even later the monster is placed in a box to preserve the surprise. Rich Burlew is well aware of this trope, and teases the readers by offering small displays of the creature's powers.
* [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]] is ''sorta'' seen in the webcomic, ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' but only as a featureless silhouette.
* By the time Gordon Freeman arrives in ''[[Concerned]]'', you only get to see his arm (and weapon he's holding.) Sometimes he is in full view, but so far away you can't make out any detail.
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* In the webcomic [http://www.drunkduck.com/Jix/ Jix], the bounty hunter Maricax is never seen out of his armor, though at the end of his story arc, he is seen wrapped in bandages and some of his burned skin, one of his eyes and the tip of his nose can be seen as well as some green fur poking out of the bandages, but his face itself has never been seen.
* [http://www.drunkduck.com/Dragon_City/ Dragon City] has a parody of Batman named Batdragon. His face has never been shown in the comic. This is because the comic isn't about him. This allows the reader to see him as the main characters do and none of them know his real identity.
* ''[[Erfworld]]'s'' Charlie, much like [[CharliesCharlie's Angels|his real-world namesake,]] is never seen by ''anyone'' except a select few of his highest Archons. If he needs to send a [[Telepathy|Thinkagram]] to someone, he'll appear to them as a variety of whimsical symbols that either [http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2010-08-19.jpg reflect how the conversation is going or what he thinks of whom he's speaking to.]
* Played with in [[Something Positive]]. Mike's son is shown occasionally, but his FACE never is. He's supposedly grotesquely ugly, but you have to [[Take Our Word for It|take the characters' words for it.]]
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* In older MGM cartoons such as ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'', humans are only shown from the legs down, with an occasional shaken finger for emphasis.
** This rule is flipped 180 degrees by Crack Stuntman of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' -- we never see ''below'' his waist.
* ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]'' parodied this one -- the (human) parents of the title characters didn't exist above their waist. This was only shown twice: in the pilot, and in an episode of ''[[I Am Weasel]]'' (its spinoff), "Who Rubbed Out Cow and Chicken?" However, their shadows turned up too, and photos of them were of their upside-down legs.
** One episode played with this; Chicken, rummaging through the closet, pulls out what appear to be the upper halves of a man and a woman, possibly their parents. After a stunned second, Cow says it's from an old school project.
* In the original ''[[Peanuts]]'' specials, adults were never seen (and only heard as "Mwah-wah" sounds, making them also [[The Unintelligible]]), although on at least one occasion the unseen teacher's hand was shown giving a paper to Peppermint Patty.
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* In the cartoon ''[[Hey Arnold]]!'', there is a character that Gerald refers as "Fuzzy Slippers" and who knows a lot about urban legends, the local guys and how to contact a superheroine, but Fuzzy Slippers is never seen.
** There is also the boarding house resident Mr. Smith we never see him aside from his silhouette and hand and when they eat together he has Arnold send him his food through a dumbwaiter, one episode has the residents try to break into his apartment so they can see him but Arnold convinces them to respect his privacy after they see he has a photo of the residents whom he considers his family.
* One of the stranger examples of this was in the episode "I Oughta Be in Toons" of the Disney series ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]'', in which Mickey Mouse is the focal point of the plot (he is kidnapped by an impostor who attempts to sign a large contract with a rival studio) but is never actually shown on screen (except for a brief silhouette toward the beginning) or mentioned by name, only heard from inside the cage in which he had been locked.
** Disney had a weird, unwritten policy in the '90s that actually putting Mickey Mouse in cartoons would somehow dilute his iconic marketability. The logic was that if anything he was in was ever regarded as ''bad'', it might hurt the whole company, so it was better to never actually do anything with the character at all. A similar policy was instituted for the first ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' game. This weird policy was thankfully dropped in the 2000s, probably because people began to question just what the hell he actually did besides pose for merchandise.
* XANA from ''[[Code Lyoko]]''. As an artificial intelligence, he solely exists as a program inside supercomputers. Hence he never takes a visible form, but his influence is certainly felt, symbolized by the ever-present "Eye of XANA" logo.
** This is arguable as XANA at one point ''does'' appear physically, but takes on Jeremy's appearance. It's debatable that XANA also appears in the form of a black shadow with the logo on it.
* The nanny from ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' is usually only ever seen from the waist down; we never see her face. In a time travel episode we see her whole body but she is bent over while talking to someone in a car so her face is obscured.
* In ''[[Doug]]'', Principal Buttsavitch was mentioned but never shown. In the "Doug Graduates" (part of the last episode before Disney took over the show, not counting the Christmas special), Doug and Roger actively searched for him so that they could get some words of reassurance, since they were nervous about graduating, but they never actually found him. Also, Skunky Beaumont was a character who was often mentioned but never seen. He appeared in ''Disney's Doug'', and he is portrayed as practically an [[Expy]] of Jeff Spicoli from ''[[Fast Times Atat Ridgemont High]]''.
* Rocko's next-door neighbor/unattainable unrequited crush Melba Toast on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. We only see an arm here or a leg there, and she is never seen at all, only mentioned, after the first season (rather cleverly, the comic book played off of the lack of information about Melba in one issue by having her be a successful model... of products which only require the hand or foot to be displayed).
* Most of the characters' parents in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' were like this; if they were shown at all, it was from the waist down. The notable exceptions were Hamton's parents (seen in [[The Movie]]), Elmyra's entire family, Calamity Coyote's dad, and Plucky's dad.
* In the first two seasons of ''[[Rugrats]]'', Chuckie's mom was presumed to be alive, and would be referenced periodically. It wasn't until the Mother's Day episode that she was finally seen, and the revelation came that she was dead.
* In ''[[The Weekenders]]'', Chloe Montez is commonly discussed yet never seen.
* Fire Lord Ozai from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' isn't shown for the first two seasons. Most of the time he was a shadow behind a curtain or too far to be seen in details, or only his back or legs are shown.
** Aang's friend Kuuzon is mentioned a few times throughout the show, but is never seen.
* Gazpacho in ''[[Chowder]]'' often talks about his mom but she has yet to make an appearance.
* Eddy in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' often spoke highly of his brother, who never appeared {{spoiler|until the [[Grand Finale|finale]] [[The Movie|movie]].}}
** Also adults in general they sometimes mention their parents and talk to them but we never see them except in one episode where we see Ed and Eddy's parents' hands drag them away over bad report cards, in the episodes where they're in school the teachers and faculty are also unseen.
* Thumper's mother, from the ''[[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]]'' duology, constantly refers to his father's [[Green Aesop|Green Aesops]] whenever Thumper is causing her trouble, even though he is never once seen onscreen or even heard in either movie.
* Mickey's father the King, from Mickey's ''[[The Prince and Thethe Pauper (Disney film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'', is never fully shown; even during his death scene only his hands and silhouette are seen.
* [[Beavis and Butthead]]'s moms -- they occasionally mention them and sometimes call to them but they are never seen.
* The User in [[Re Boot]]. The closest we ever get to seeing the human operating Mainframe is a computer screen when the [[Deus Ex Machina|restarts the system]].
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