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'''Col. Flagg:''' ''(finally exasperated)'' If you don't close your eyes, I'm ''not'' leaving!
'''Hawkeye & BJ:''' ''(both rapidly covering their eyes)'' Bye! See ya!
''(sound of enthusiastic yelling, followed by the crash of glass; Hawkeye walks over to the office window)''
'''Hawkeye:''' The "wind" just broke his leg. }}
** He succeeds at least once, after being humiliated by Winchester in a tent filled with angry people he turns off the only lamp and is not there when someone manages to turn it back on again. Those present are more impressed by Winchester than by this stunt.
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* Sylar from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' does this several times in the first season, both the quick disappearing act ''and'' the suddenly appearing from nowhere. Usually Sylar pops up just behind the protagonist's shoulder who only moments before had been looking around an empty room or empty plaza. Bennet and Peter actually speculate in the season finale that Sylar has the power to "hide in plain sight". Given that Sylar has assimilated an unknown number of superpowers, it's not that unlikely. He does this in season four out of the back seat of a closed car, reappearing on ''the top of an apartment building'' about 100 feet away in less than ten seconds. The writer admits this is 100% [[Offscreen Teleportation]].
* Michelle, a member of [[La Résistance]] (literally) in ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' frequently does this.
* [[Superman|Clark Kent]] often does this in ''[[Smallville]]'' utilizing [[Super Speed]]; Chloe was the original frequent "victim". Clark also did this to Lex on occasion in earlier Seasons (notably in the episode ''Stray'' when Clark supersped down the road and found Lex who was kicked out of his own limo by the bad guys; Lex didn't seem to show any surprise that Clark had just ran up to him IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, though when Clark sped away when Lex wasn't looking he did seem a little taken-aback. Of course, by this point he is definitely suspicious of Clark, so...). Recently{{when}} Clark has pulled this off with Lois frequently as well, especially since he is now so fast he can run from Smallville to Metropolis instantly and thus he is even better at pulling a Stealth Bye. He also usually uses a Stealth Hi on the ''Villain of the Week'' constantly, suddenly speeding up behind them, tapping their shoulder, and then attacking them, or even just
** But this isn't a true example, as the audience sees him speed off or on in plain sight. Except when the producers are skimping on the FX budget so
*** Also not very stealthy, seeing as every piece of loose paper in the room has a really big chance of flying all over the "victim" and generally making a mess.
** Green Arrow also pulls this at least once in Season 9 on Cat Grant. When Green Arrow is first introduced, Clark turns from him for two seconds and turns back to find him gone. It's all the more bewildering because Clark doesn't appear to have noticed himself, despite having had super hearing for years by this point.
*** Lionel Luthor also frequently pulls this off, usually to help reinforce the point that Lionel is sneaky. For instance, Clark or Chloe goes down to the cave and the camera pans around the cave and shows that nobody is there. All of a sudden, a literal second later we hear Lionel's voice saying "Miss Sullivan" or "Clark?" and the character turns around and suddenly Lionel is just there. Lionel managed to do this so often that, given that the show takes place in the DC Universe and the fact that Lionel hangs out with other rich people, one seriously has to wonder if young [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] learned this trick by studying Lionel.
* The [[Doctor Who|Second Doctor]] was fond of this trope (did it to himself in "The Three Doctors"), and the [[The Nth Doctor|Eighth Doctor]] did it at least once.
** Christopher Eccleston pulled this off very well in "The Empty Child". When Nancy and her fellow orphans sneak into a dining room while the home's residents are in a bomb-shelter (the ep takes place during the Blitz), Nancy starts a plate around and everyone takes a slice of beef. The Doctor was already sitting at the other end of the table, accepting the plate from the child ahead of him. He later does it again when he follows Nancy to her hideout. She points out that people can't usually do that to her.
** For that matter, Nancy herself did it to the Doctor, appearing seemingly out of nowhere to tell him not to answer the phone in the TARDIS (which shouldn't have worked to begin with), and having vanished when he turned around again to question her further about the phone call.
** In the same two-parter, Jack disappeared very suddenly... and then, better yet, Rose and the Doctor managed not to notice that ''they'' were being teleported.
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