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== Art ==
* René Magritte. make of it whatever it may be. [http://xanderjongejan.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Spiegel-Magritte.jpg It's]{{Dead link}}[[True Art Is Incomprehensible|incomprehensible]]
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* When he first showed up, [[Big Bad|Dodge]] from ''[[Locke and Key]]'' showed up as a corpse in mirrors. This doesn't seem to be a problem once he's out of the well, though.
* In a ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' comic of ''[[Tale Spin]]'', the heroes discover a mirror that apparently reveals their souls. Readers do not get to see this, which may be just as well when [[Big Bad|Don Karnage]] [[Nothing Is Scarier|peeks at it and freaks out]].
* Inverted in ''[[PS238]]'': Vashti habitually uses illusions to appear in whichever clothes her current role requires, while wearing what she likes. So her [https://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/08102009/ reflection] wears a dress, but we see herself in the cape, since she's with Satori who [[True Sight|sees through illusions]].
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* In the children's fantasy book ''The Castle in the Attic'', one of the primary weapons of the [[Evil Sorcerer|evil wizard]] [[Big Bad|Alastor]] is a [[Magic Mirror]] with this power. It eventually [[Hoist by His Own Petard|gets turned around on the villain himself]], with fairly satisfying results.
* ''[[Harry Potter and
* Used by Nathaniel Hawthorne in at least two short stories, ''Dr. Heidigger's Experiment'' and ''Feathertop.'' In the former, a number of rejuvenated old people are seen in their wrinkly true selves in the mirror; in the latter, a handsome young cavalier is seen in the mirror in his true form of a dilapidated scarecrow.
* This is [[Played With]] in ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Brothers in Arms]]'': Miles is on a subway transport, and sees his reflection in the glass. He's currently wearing his mercenary uniform, but the Miles in the mirror has on his ImpSec uniform, reflecting his inner turmoil about his split personalities diverging. {{spoiler|Turns out it ''wasn't'' Miles--it was his clone, and they were going to attempt a switch; they just had the wrong uniform.}} Miles passes it off as being a hallucination while on heavy medication.
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== Tabletop RPG ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** The supplement ''Open Grave'' uses this trope in one picture - a beautiful noblewoman's reflection reveals her true form as a lich.
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' had The Mirror Of True Reflection, which actually [http://yafgc.net/?id=1550 showed] different aspects of the viewer's personality (resulting in several "true" reflections). This turned out to be merely the warning sign against [[Down the Rabbit Hole|entering the mirror]] to try and find the [[MacGuffin]] hidden within, as you'd have to fight off your inner demons given form to claim it. Fortunately, your inner virtues are there as well.
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [
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