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[[File:LichsMirror_4744.jpg|link=Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|right|The Lich's Mirror shows not what you ''are'' but what you ''[[What Have I Become?|were]]''.]]
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Quantum Leap]]''. On-screen, Sam appears as himself. But mirrors and reflective surfaces show the true appearance of whomever he's leaped into.
** Which startles him in the series finale, when he sees himself in the mirror. With gray hair.
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* In an episode of ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' Bloth used a magical artifact to [[Freaky Friday Flip|swap bodies with Ren]], as well as having Konk swap bodies with Niddler. However, while in the other person's body, their reflection still shows who they really are.
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' Season 2: whenever Shendu possesses someone, his host can see his face in the mirror.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': Similar to the ''[[
* In the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode "Paradise Lost", when Wonder Woman and Superman find an ancient artifact, they start seeing each other as monsters and fighting, thinking that the "monster" had done something to his friend. Superman is the first to catch on upon seeing Wonder Woman's reflection in a fountain, and stops fighting altogether, allowing Diana, still seeing him as the monster, to mercilessly pummel him. It's not until the "monster" points to a mirror that she looks and sees she was fighting Supes all along.
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* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'', this is implied (and in the seventh arc stated) to be the reason why Beatrice is repelled by mirrors. {{spoiler|Yasu says that she hates mirrors because they do not acknowledge her make-believe appearance. Thus, in the story, the camera will always show which personality is in control. Yasu's actual image is never seen.}}
* In ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'', any character possessed by Dhaos has a [[Grim Reaper]] figure floating above their mirror reflection. Early on, Cress exploits this when Rhea and Demitel confront each other to find out who is responsible for destroying Harmel village.
* A [[Good Bad Bug|glitch]] causes this to happen in ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''. When looking in the mirror behind the bar in the Hip Hog Heaven Saloon, Jak's reflection has the horns of his [[Super
* In ''[[Quest for Glory]] II'', the Enchantress Aziza uses water magic to reflect the true image of the Hero of Spielburg's pack animal, to reveal that it is actually the missing Emir of Raseir.
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