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* Most ''[[Digimon]]'' series end with a [[Mage in Manhattan]] scenario, which is a pretty good way to break the [[Masquerade]].
* In ''[[Darker than Black]]'', {{spoiler|the ending leads to a case of The Unmasqued World, in this case with the existence of contractors being revealed to humanity at large}}.
* This trope seems to be in effect at first during the final arc of the ''[[
** Averted in its manga adaptation where Himes in this case are both commonplace (there are [[The Chosen One|twelve selected]] every several hundred years in the anime, while in the manga they are born by the hundreds) and known to the public.
* In ''[[Guyver]]'', the shapeshifting Zoanoids finally reveal themselves to normal humanity after millennia of hiding among us... on the day they conquer Earth.
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** At least it wasn't from an [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|unsanitized telephone]].
* The ''[[Mercy Thompson]]'' series features a world where [[The Fair Folk]] came out of the closest years ago, albeit intentionally and in a far more controlled method than the typical [[Broken Masquerade]]. It didn't end well, with [[Strawman Political|religious conservatives]] and bigots railing against the fae and eventually creating voluntary reservations for them. (Which is actually [[Xanatos Gambit|exactly what the fae leaders wanted in the first place]].) After the events of the first book, the universe's werewolves decide to reveal some of their population as well, with a bit more success. Stefan the vampire anticipates the day when his people will come out of the coffin. He's working on ways for vampires to cure blood-borne diseases in order to gain some public good will and hopefully smooth over the whole "feeding on humans" bump. So far no one else has come out publicly, but with first fairies and now werewolves unmasqued, people are starting to question what else is out there.
* Not paranormal, but definitely world-breaking: [[Isaac Asimov]]'s short story (later expanded into a novel with [[Robert Silverberg]] cowriting) ''Nightfall'' takes place on a world with six suns whose inhabitants, unused to lack of light, can be driven to madness with long term exposure to darkness. But a rare astronomical alignment every two thousand years is approaching which will bring true night (the eponymous "Nightfall") and the appearance of Stars. The world just happens to be inside a globular cluster (well, some kind of dense star cluster, anyway), so these are horizon-to-horizon, really bloody bright Stars. Cue [[Go Mad
* In [[Kim Newman]]'s ''[[Anno Dracula]]'' series, vampires have been hiding in the shadows for centuries. Then Dracula becomes ''Queen Victoria's consort'' and everything changes.
* [[Mike Carey]]'s ''[[Felix Castor]]'' novels depict a Britain where the existence of ghosts is becoming recognised as a fact with lobbying groups and parliamental debates weighing in on the issue.
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== Video Games ==
* In the 2008 [[Alone in
* The first two [[Shin Megami Tensei]] happen in this kind of world, since demons are running free, a demon summoner has canonically ruled Tokyo between SMT 1 and 2, and Angels and Demons acting like heavilly militarized ''political parties''
** The world of [[Persona 3]] also becomes de facto unmasqued as the game nears its conclusion. Officially, the governments admit to nothing beyond the existence of Apathy Syndrome (and likely really don't know anything), but unofficially, a cult devoted to an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and praising its impending arrival and [[The End of the World as We Know It]] quickly comes to dominate society and the media. Thankfully, {{spoiler|there's a [[Reset Button]] available for the [[Heroic Sacrifice|right price...]]}}
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