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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Pokémon (
** "Abra and the Psychic Showdown" has our characters lost in the forest, where they are visited by Sabrina's "doll" persona. Attempting to find out who she is and how they can reach Saffron City, Ash pursues her through the fog-laden woods ... only to be led straight off of a cliff. Fortunately, his Pokémon are on hand to rescue him.
** Another episode from the same season has both Brock and James become instantly smitten with the Beautiful Ghost of Maiden's Peak. {{spoiler|They're discovered the following morning, their bodies drained of energy}}. Double- subverted by James, who took the effort to cover himself in spirit charms and actively tried to stay put, but was physically dragged out of the building. It turns out the spirit charms were sold to him by the ghost, a mischievous Gastly.
* In the first season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Sailor Moon falls for this act twice in as many minutes.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Inuyasha nearly gets killed by a youkai disguised as his mother {{spoiler|who has been dead since he was ''very'' young}}. If Kagome hadn't seen through the illusion and managed to convince Inuyasha that things weren't what they seemed to be, he ''would'' have died.
== Film ==
* At several points in ''[[Silent Hill (
* ''[[Ghost Ship]]'' is full of these, the most infamous being a scene where one of the mercenaries is exploring the ship's ballroom, only to lured away by a seductive visage of the ship's lounge singer. {{spoiler|Straight into an elevator shaft}}.
* In the live action ''[[Masters of the Universe (
* In ''[[
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* The main plot of the ''[[Outer Limits]]'' episode "If These Walls Could Talk" concerns a house "infected" by an alien substance. Not only does the house absorb people into its structure, it's able to regurgitate [[Doppelganger|Doppelgangers]] of those people to lure in their friends and loved ones when they come searching for answers.
* The ''[[
* ''[[Lost]]'' is replete with examples, starting in the pilot with visions of Jack's father. While the apparitions always require the character to do incredibly ill-considered and dangerous things (such as climbing treacherous rock faces, stealing babies or attacking each other), doing what the spirit says is often beneficial in the long run.
* The ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' is full of these.
** In the ''[[Star Trek:
** In "Eye of the Beholder", both Deanna Troi and a crewman relive a telepath's buried memories embedded into a portion of the Enterprise during its construction. {{spoiler|Both attempt suicide following the discovery of their lover's infidelity, in accordance with the memory. The crewman succeeds, but Troi is saved by timely intervention from Worf.}}
** In the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' episode "Coda", Kathryn Janeway experiences several disturbing "deaths" before finally encountering a vision of her father. Admiral Janeway informs Kathryn that she's dead, and he's here to accompany her to the next life via a tunnel of light. {{spoiler|While she nearly follows the spirit, Janeway's desire to stay with her crew turns to increasing suspicion of her "father" and his motivations, who is revealed to be a hostile alien that feeds on the consciousness of any mortally-wounded life form by luring it into its lair.}}
* In ''[[Lexx]]'', a gift from an alien species causes each member of the crew to experience hallucinations designed to evoke jealousy. {{spoiler|Stanley discovers Xev and Kai together in bed, while Xev stumbles upon Stan and Kai in the same position. Enraged, they come within seconds of murdering each other before the real Kai intervenes.}}
* * In ''[[Rose Red]]'', the ghost of Sukeena lures the professor into the woods, where he's killed by his insane intern.
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== Literature ==
* Played for laughs in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld
* Gorlim in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' refuses to believe that his wife Eilinel, who went missing during Gorlim's absence in the war against Morgoth, is dead. Sauron uses this belief against Gorlim by {{spoiler|creating a vision of Eilinel as bait inside Gorlim's house. Gorlim enters and is immediately captured by Sauron's orcs, and eventually tortured into revealing the location of Barahir}}.
* ''[[Deltora Quest]]'' has one extended over three books, and on the other end of a magic crystal for long-distance communication. An illusion created by the [[Big Bad]] pretends to be Jasmine's (nonexistent) sister, enslaved in [[Mordor|the Shadow Land]]. It persuades Jasmine to break from the other heroes to go to the Shadow Land on her own to rescue it.
* This is the basic principle by which a '''Darke Domaine''' in ''[[
== Tabletop Games ==
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== Video Games ==
* In the final chapter of ''[[
* In the Circle Tower quest of [[Dragon Age Origins]], each companion who you bring with you is {{spoiler|trapped in a personalised dream.}} It's only because {{spoiler|you break out of yours, by killing a dream-Duncan}} that you're able to rescue them. They wouldn't leave otherwise.
** Protip: It's worth rescuing them. They help you against the boss of the Circle Tower if you do.
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