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* ''[[Mao-chan]]'' parodied the trope with an alien that was too cute to be shown, as it caused all who gazed at it to swoon with heart shapes in place of their eyes. While the program never reveals the alien to the audience as per the trope, the shadow of the creature suggests an amoeba-like form with eye-stalks and possibly small tentacles as well.
* ''[[Mao-chan]]'' parodied the trope with an alien that was too cute to be shown, as it caused all who gazed at it to swoon with heart shapes in place of their eyes. While the program never reveals the alien to the audience as per the trope, the shadow of the creature suggests an amoeba-like form with eye-stalks and possibly small tentacles as well.
* ''[[Berserk]]'' {{spoiler|The true [[Big Bad]] of the manga appears only in a [[Missing Episode]] that was never issued out of concern of revealing too much. We only catch a brief, unclear glimpse of the Idea of Evil, the entity responsible for Midland's [[World Half Empty]] that only the Godhand have met.}}
* ''[[Berserk]]'' {{spoiler|The true [[Big Bad]] of the manga appears only in a [[Missing Episode]] that was never issued out of concern of revealing too much. We only catch a brief, unclear glimpse of the Idea of Evil, the entity responsible for Midland's [[World Half Empty]] that only the Godhand have met.}}
* ''[[Baccano]]''. Subverted. While Ronnie isn't technically a "demon", much less pure evil, supposedly his true form is such that humans can't even grasp it. Apparently, the only thing that registers in people upon seeing his true form is an utterly overwhelming feeling of fear. In series, this form is portrayed as just a fluttering shadow on a wall accompanied by a creepy, echoing voice.
* ''[[Baccano!]]''. Subverted. While Ronnie isn't technically a "demon", much less pure evil, supposedly his true form is such that humans can't even grasp it. Apparently, the only thing that registers in people upon seeing his true form is an utterly overwhelming feeling of fear. In series, this form is portrayed as just a fluttering shadow on a wall accompanied by a creepy, echoing voice.
* Sebastian's true form in ''[[Black Butler]]''. Although it has a physical manifestation, Sebastian tells Ciel to close his eyes, and the camera only gives us glimpses. There are black feathers. A lot of black feathers.
* Sebastian's true form in ''[[Black Butler]]''. Although it has a physical manifestation, Sebastian tells Ciel to close his eyes, and the camera only gives us glimpses. There are black feathers. A lot of black feathers.
* Sedna in ''[[Umi Monogatari]]'' has no real form, only seen as a cloud of red sparkles.
* Sedna in ''[[Umi Monogatari]]'' has no real form, only seen as a cloud of red sparkles.
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* Subverted in ''[[Scrooged]]'', where a character actually calls the bluff of the menacing hooded figure that claims to be a supernatural creature, and looks under its robes. The ghost is genuine, and the view is not pretty.
* Subverted in ''[[Scrooged]]'', where a character actually calls the bluff of the menacing hooded figure that claims to be a supernatural creature, and looks under its robes. The ghost is genuine, and the view is not pretty.
* This was the original intent of Jacques Tourneur in his 1957 ''[[Night of the Demon]]'', preferring to show only smoking footprints and fiery clouds, but [[Executive Meddling]] had a rubber-suit monster put into the ending ''and the beginning''. Still, most critics of this move agree it ultimately doesn't hurt the movie.
* This was the original intent of Jacques Tourneur in his 1957 ''[[Night of the Demon]]'', preferring to show only smoking footprints and fiery clouds, but [[Executive Meddling]] had a rubber-suit monster put into the ending ''and the beginning''. Still, most critics of this move agree it ultimately doesn't hurt the movie.
* Used humorously in ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' when he demonstrates to Adam and Barbara that he can be scary. ''Something'' happens with his face, but we [[The Un-Reveal|only see him from the back]]. In a movie filled with fun creepy special effects, the best one is the one we have to imagine.
* Used humorously in ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' when he demonstrates to Adam and Barbara that he can be scary. ''Something'' happens with his face, but we [[The Un-Reveal|only see him from the back]]. In a movie filled with fun creepy special effects, the best one is the one we have to imagine.
* This trope can apply to mortal humans, too. In ''[[Road to Perdition]]'', [[Al Capone]] is deliberately kept off-camera to evoke a sense of mystery and dread about the most powerful criminal in [[Useful Notes/Chicago|Chicago]].
* This trope can apply to mortal humans, too. In ''[[Road to Perdition]]'', [[Al Capone]] is deliberately kept off-camera to evoke a sense of mystery and dread about the most powerful criminal in [[Useful Notes/Chicago|Chicago]].
* The monster from ''[[Cloverfield]]'' is never directly seen until the end (and even then, it isn't that clear). We see glimpses of it at times earlier in the movie. There is, however, an official toy release of the monster showing its full body.
* The monster from ''[[Cloverfield]]'' is never directly seen until the end (and even then, it isn't that clear). We see glimpses of it at times earlier in the movie. There is, however, an official toy release of the monster showing its full body.
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** [[Eldritch Abomination|Ghatanothoa]] in "Out of the Aeons" was a kind of meta-example. It wasn't just that the readers weren't ever "shown" it (the narrator gave a partial description but didn't think he could even try to really explain what he had caught a glimpse of), but the real catch was that within the story, you really, really wouldn't want to see it. Just the sight of Ghatanothoa would turn a living human being into a petrified but living mummy. If you were magically warded against this effect, you might still die.
** [[Eldritch Abomination|Ghatanothoa]] in "Out of the Aeons" was a kind of meta-example. It wasn't just that the readers weren't ever "shown" it (the narrator gave a partial description but didn't think he could even try to really explain what he had caught a glimpse of), but the real catch was that within the story, you really, really wouldn't want to see it. Just the sight of Ghatanothoa would turn a living human being into a petrified but living mummy. If you were magically warded against this effect, you might still die.
* The Crimson King, [[Big Bad]] of [[Stephen King]]'s meta-continuity among his novels, possessing various incarnations across dimensions, such as [[The Man Behind the Man|The Man Behind The]] [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Stand]]'', is constantly said to be the horrific source of all evil. However, behind-the-scenes [[Villain Decay]] sets in, and by the time he's revealed, {{spoiler|he's [[The Man Behind the Curtain|a gibbering old man in a red cloak]], who attacks the hero with weaponized [[Harry Potter]] toys while continually screeching "Eeeee!" and is then erased by Patrick}}. Given the absolute terror he inspires in his subordinates (some of it due to firsthand experience), there has been elaborate [[Fanon]] created to explain this inconsistency.
* The Crimson King, [[Big Bad]] of [[Stephen King]]'s meta-continuity among his novels, possessing various incarnations across dimensions, such as [[The Man Behind the Man|The Man Behind The]] [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Stand]]'', is constantly said to be the horrific source of all evil. However, behind-the-scenes [[Villain Decay]] sets in, and by the time he's revealed, {{spoiler|he's [[The Man Behind the Curtain|a gibbering old man in a red cloak]], who attacks the hero with weaponized [[Harry Potter]] toys while continually screeching "Eeeee!" and is then erased by Patrick}}. Given the absolute terror he inspires in his subordinates (some of it due to firsthand experience), there has been elaborate [[Fanon]] created to explain this inconsistency.
** The degeneration of the main villain fits in with the overall theme of [[The Dark Tower]], where eveything is breaking down. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold...
** The degeneration of the main villain fits in with the overall theme of [[The Dark Tower]], where eveything is breaking down. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold...
** Just look at the ''Gunslinger Born'' Prequel comics--the Crimson King is this scary spider-demon-thing that is eating a person.
** Just look at the ''Gunslinger Born'' Prequel comics--the Crimson King is this scary spider-demon-thing that is eating a person.
* Arguably, Pennywise the Clown from ''[[IT]]''. The forms that ARE seen are based on childhood fears. {{spoiler|The giant spider form at the end, although weak-sauce to the extreme, was meant to be the most terrifying of the forms that humanity can safely comprehend. Beyond that, madness ensues.}}
* Arguably, Pennywise the Clown from ''[[IT]]''. The forms that ARE seen are based on childhood fears. {{spoiler|The giant spider form at the end, although weak-sauce to the extreme, was meant to be the most terrifying of the forms that humanity can safely comprehend. Beyond that, madness ensues.}}
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', where the eponymous villain Sauron is literally the Ultimate Evil, although he's not the [[Bigger Bad|biggest bad]] in [[The Verse]]. He's mentioned often but never actually appears, deliberately, to heighten the sense of his unfathomable, mind-breakingly evil power. He is, however, given some description in supplemental material.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', where the eponymous villain Sauron is literally the Ultimate Evil, although he's not the [[Bigger Bad|biggest bad]] in [[The Verse]]. He's mentioned often but never actually appears, deliberately, to heighten the sense of his unfathomable, mind-breakingly evil power. He is, however, given some description in supplemental material.
** In the film adaptation, Sauron was given a full costume for the prologue, and was even intended to appear in the climax and duel Aragorn, before filmmakers realized how goofy that would be and digitally replaced him with a big troll. Still follows the trope though, in that we never see what he looks like underneath his armor.
** In the film adaptation, Sauron was given a full costume for the prologue, and was even intended to appear in the climax and duel Aragorn, before filmmakers realized how goofy that would be and digitally replaced him with a big troll. Still follows the trope though, in that we never see what he looks like underneath his armor.
** The ''Silmarillion'' suggests that it was difficult for him to take physical form, at least without The Ring's power.
** The ''Silmarillion'' suggests that it was difficult for him to take physical form, at least without The Ring's power.
** It's debatable. He lost his ability to assume a 'fair form' after dying in the sinking of Numenor (Atlantis). He lost his physical shape again at the end of the Second Age, though IIRC, the Ring was cut from his hand ''after'' he was dead. He refomed a physical body during the Third Age, first becoming known as the Necromancer of Dol Guldur, then openly declaring himself when he returned to Mordor. He lost his ability to assume a physical shape at all only after the Ring was destroyed. See Gollum's statement to Frodo: "There are only four fingers on the Black Hand, but they are enough."
** It's debatable. He lost his ability to assume a 'fair form' after dying in the sinking of Numenor (Atlantis). He lost his physical shape again at the end of the Second Age, though IIRC, the Ring was cut from his hand ''after'' he was dead. He refomed a physical body during the Third Age, first becoming known as the Necromancer of Dol Guldur, then openly declaring himself when he returned to Mordor. He lost his ability to assume a physical shape at all only after the Ring was destroyed. See Gollum's statement to Frodo: "There are only four fingers on the Black Hand, but they are enough."
*** That line could be interpreted either literally or metaphorically.
*** That line could be interpreted either literally or metaphorically.
*** The ring was cut from his hand at the culmination of the siege of Barad-Dur, while he was most certainly still corporeal. The movie portrayal of the severance with the broken Narsil is something like how it was written (although it doesn't go with Gollum's statement about just one missing finger). Note that [[Bigger Bad|Morgoth]] also gained permanent scars earlier on.
*** The ring was cut from his hand at the culmination of the siege of Barad-Dur, while he was most certainly still corporeal. The movie portrayal of the severance with the broken Narsil is something like how it was written (although it doesn't go with Gollum's statement about just one missing finger). Note that [[Bigger Bad|Morgoth]] also gained permanent scars earlier on.
** In the film he was never seen during the Third Age, although the giant fiery eyeball was mistakenly identified as his physical form by some viewers, including the 'Sauron blogger' who stated "I am not an evil lighthouse."
** In the film he was never seen during the Third Age, although the giant fiery eyeball was mistakenly identified as his physical form by some viewers, including the 'Sauron blogger' who stated "I am not an evil lighthouse."
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{{quote|"In Machen, the subtlest story ''The White People''is undoubtedly the greatest, even though it hasn't the tangible, visible terrors of ''[[The Great God Pan]]'' or ''The White Powder''."(to Robert E. Howard, 4 October 1930)}}
{{quote|"In Machen, the subtlest story ''The White People''is undoubtedly the greatest, even though it hasn't the tangible, visible terrors of ''[[The Great God Pan]]'' or ''The White Powder''."(to Robert E. Howard, 4 October 1930)}}
* [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' [[The Verse|universe]] features a classic [[Eldritch Abomination]] as its Ultimate Evil -- a galaxy-sized region of space in which no matter or radiation exists. Moreover, it is sentient and mobile, traveling across the universe in search of new galaxies to devour. It has been discovered by several species at various points in galactic history, even the most advanced of which could barely do more than find a way to flee. Naturally, Flinx, the protagonist of the series, is the [[Chosen One]] who is said to be the key to its destruction. However, as scary as the concept is, the thing never actually gets to our galaxy before Flinx manages to destroy it, leaving its implacably hostile nature something of an in-universe [[Take Our Word for It]].
* [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' [[The Verse|universe]] features a classic [[Eldritch Abomination]] as its Ultimate Evil -- a galaxy-sized region of space in which no matter or radiation exists. Moreover, it is sentient and mobile, traveling across the universe in search of new galaxies to devour. It has been discovered by several species at various points in galactic history, even the most advanced of which could barely do more than find a way to flee. Naturally, Flinx, the protagonist of the series, is the [[Chosen One]] who is said to be the key to its destruction. However, as scary as the concept is, the thing never actually gets to our galaxy before Flinx manages to destroy it, leaving its implacably hostile nature something of an in-universe [[Take Our Word for It]].
* Played with by both main villains in ''[[Mistborn]]''. [[Evil Overlord|The Lord Ruler]] is kept off page for most of the first novel, building up an air of mystery and fear about him; as a result, even though other main characters have met him before, [[Action Girl|Vin]] is stunned the first time she sees him and realizes he's a pretty ordinary-looking man. Later on, the ''real'' [[Big Bad]], [[Omnicidal Maniac|Ruin]] is portrayed for the first part of the third book as a completely inhuman force of nature. Later, it starts interacting with mortals in suprisingly humanlike fashion, using images of people they've known as its avatars. Vin speculates that this is just a mask, though {{spoiler|and she's proven right when she becomes a god herself and sees Ruin in his true form. What little description the reader gets could easily be summed up as "[[Eldritch Abomination]]", proving that while the heroine can now face the villain on his own terms, he's still brain-breakingly horrible to mortals}}.
* Played with by both main villains in ''[[Mistborn]]''. [[Evil Overlord|The Lord Ruler]] is kept off page for most of the first novel, building up an air of mystery and fear about him; as a result, even though other main characters have met him before, [[Action Girl|Vin]] is stunned the first time she sees him and realizes he's a pretty ordinary-looking man. Later on, the ''real'' [[Big Bad]], [[Omnicidal Maniac|Ruin]] is portrayed for the first part of the third book as a completely inhuman force of nature. Later, it starts interacting with mortals in suprisingly humanlike fashion, using images of people they've known as its avatars. Vin speculates that this is just a mask, though {{spoiler|and she's proven right when she becomes a god herself and sees Ruin in his true form. What little description the reader gets could easily be summed up as "[[Eldritch Abomination]]", proving that while the heroine can now face the villain on his own terms, he's still brain-breakingly horrible to mortals}}.
* ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'': ''We are the Sleer...''
* ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'': ''We are the Sleer...''
** We do manage to get a glimpse of it/them,however.
** We do manage to get a glimpse of it/them,however.
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* The First Evil in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was a type of Ultimate Evil, as it was shown briefly onscreen three times, but for the rest of the time, we never got to see it directly.
* The First Evil in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was a type of Ultimate Evil, as it was shown briefly onscreen three times, but for the rest of the time, we never got to see it directly.
** And was very disappointing when it ''was'' finally seen, thus proving the point of this trope.
** And was very disappointing when it ''was'' finally seen, thus proving the point of this trope.
* The Wolf, Ram, and the Hart, aka the Senior Partners of Wolfram&Hart from ''[[Angel]]'' are a great example of Ultimate Evil. A powerful and ancient cabal of demons that are the true power behind the series main antagonist Wolfram&Hart, they are ''never'' seen or even heard once. {{spoiler|The demon that appears for the Review was just possessed by one of them}}. Yet the series makes their influence an undeniable and terrible thing. By the end of the series, they ultimately prove to be an unstoppable force of Evil that Angel and company can only fight, but never defeat.
* The Wolf, Ram, and the Hart, aka the Senior Partners of Wolfram&Hart from ''[[Angel]]'' are a great example of Ultimate Evil. A powerful and ancient cabal of demons that are the true power behind the series main antagonist Wolfram&Hart, they are ''never'' seen or even heard once. {{spoiler|The demon that appears for the Review was just possessed by one of them}}. Yet the series makes their influence an undeniable and terrible thing. By the end of the series, they ultimately prove to be an unstoppable force of Evil that Angel and company can only fight, but never defeat.
** And according to Illyria back when she was ruling the world they were just small fries barely worth acknowledging. Makes you wonder...
** And according to Illyria back when she was ruling the world they were just small fries barely worth acknowledging. Makes you wonder...
*** The Senior Partners started out weak, but used Wolfram&Hart to increase their power and influence by feeding on humanity's evils.
*** The Senior Partners started out weak, but used Wolfram&Hart to increase their power and influence by feeding on humanity's evils.
* The Source on ''[[Charmed]]''. A good example of what's problematic with showing the Ultimate Evil, as well -- after several seasons of only being mentioned in passing he's finally revealed as a mysterious cloaked figure. With each sucessive appearance, the Source gets more stupid looking and more like a traditional [[Big Bad]], until finally he's killed off and replaced with new [[Big Bad|Big Bads]].
* The Source on ''[[Charmed]]''. A good example of what's problematic with showing the Ultimate Evil, as well -- after several seasons of only being mentioned in passing he's finally revealed as a mysterious cloaked figure. With each sucessive appearance, the Source gets more stupid looking and more like a traditional [[Big Bad]], until finally he's killed off and replaced with new [[Big Bad|Big Bads]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
== Tabletop Games ==
* Pale Night, a demon lord from ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' fits this trope. She appears as a ghostly woman wearing a shroud. Her true form is so horrifying, though, that ''reality itself'' rejects it; the shroud is not hers, apparently, but something the multiverse forces on her. (This is implied to be because Obyrith demons themselves are chaotic beings of entropy and madness; the reason for their hideous forms is because the, for lack of a better term, ''intelligence'' of the Abyss is forced to adhere to the rules of a lawful universe to bring its servitors into being. Pale Night's true form, though, managed to break those rules.
* Pale Night, a demon lord from ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' fits this trope. She appears as a ghostly woman wearing a shroud. Her true form is so horrifying, though, that ''reality itself'' rejects it; the shroud is not hers, apparently, but something the multiverse forces on her. (This is implied to be because Obyrith demons themselves are chaotic beings of entropy and madness; the reason for their hideous forms is because the, for lack of a better term, ''intelligence'' of the Abyss is forced to adhere to the rules of a lawful universe to bring its servitors into being. Pale Night's true form, though, managed to break those rules.
** Her deadliest attack is the ability to suppress her shroud for an instant. Unlike almost every other example in the game, if you succeed on the Will save against this ability, your character is considered [[Weirdness Censor|to have NOT comprehended what he saw, and blocked it out]]. Whereas if you fail they understand what they see and die instantly. If the character is ressurected, they will have no memory of what was seen.
** Her deadliest attack is the ability to suppress her shroud for an instant. Unlike almost every other example in the game, if you succeed on the Will save against this ability, your character is considered [[Weirdness Censor|to have NOT comprehended what he saw, and blocked it out]]. Whereas if you fail they understand what they see and die instantly. If the character is ressurected, they will have no memory of what was seen.
* Gwydion, a powerful [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] from the [[Ravenloft]] setting, is never seen or described in the published products, {{spoiler|except for a few [[Eldritch Abomination|giant clawed tentacles]] reaching through the Obsidian Gate}}.
* Gwydion, a powerful [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] from the [[Ravenloft]] setting, is never seen or described in the published products, {{spoiler|except for a few [[Eldritch Abomination|giant clawed tentacles]] reaching through the Obsidian Gate}}.
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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* Dr Claw, the villain from ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' was [[The Faceless|never shown]] on the original animated series. For the first [[The Film of the Series|movie]], he was played by Rupert Everett, but was clearly meant to be a [[In Name Only|completely different]] villain. An action figure of Dr Claw was made, when it was revealed that he {{spoiler|disappointingly looked like your [http://doctorclaw.ytmnd.com/ stereotypical "Mad Scientist".]}}
* Dr Claw, the villain from ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' was [[The Faceless|never shown]] on the original animated series. For the first [[The Film of the Series|movie]], he was played by Rupert Everett, but was clearly meant to be a [[In Name Only|completely different]] villain. An action figure of Dr Claw was made, when it was revealed that he {{spoiler|disappointingly looked like your [http://doctorclaw.ytmnd.com/ stereotypical "Mad Scientist".]}}
* ''[[Gormiti the Lords of Nature Return]]'' gives us Obscurio, the supremely powerful leader of the Darkness Gormiti. While the toyline does feature a figure of him, he has not been seen in the series proper, only appearing as a spiritual entity {{spoiler|which hides in a specially-forged crown that possesses [[The Hero|Toby]] in Episode 6}}.
* ''[[Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return]]'' gives us Obscurio, the supremely powerful leader of the Darkness Gormiti. While the toyline does feature a figure of him, he has not been seen in the series proper, only appearing as a spiritual entity {{spoiler|which hides in a specially-forged crown that possesses [[The Hero|Toby]] in Episode 6}}.
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'' and She-Ra gave us Horde Prime, the [[Man Behind the Man|man behind both Skeletor and Hordak]]. All we ever saw of him was a greenish glow and a huge mechanical fist.
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'' and She-Ra gave us Horde Prime, the [[Man Behind the Man|man behind both Skeletor and Hordak]]. All we ever saw of him was a greenish glow and a huge mechanical fist.
* Similar to Darth Vader, [[Big Bad|Slade's]] mask is generally used as a symbol of absolute evil on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. Unlike Vader, the viewer ''never'' gets to see what's beneath it- whenever it's torn off, what's revealed is either one of Slade's robot body-doubles, a quickly-concealed silhouette, or an undead skull. Of course, in the orignal comics Slade's a fairly ordinary looking middle-aged man, so the animated version probably shares that appearance.
* Similar to Darth Vader, [[Big Bad|Slade's]] mask is generally used as a symbol of absolute evil on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. Unlike Vader, the viewer ''never'' gets to see what's beneath it- whenever it's torn off, what's revealed is either one of Slade's robot body-doubles, a quickly-concealed silhouette, or an undead skull. Of course, in the orignal comics Slade's a fairly ordinary looking middle-aged man, so the animated version probably shares that appearance.
** Subverted with Trigon from the same series, who for his first few appearances is just a deep voice, [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|glowing red eyes]], and a silhouette, but is ultimately revealed in all his glory when he breaks through into the mortal world. Think [[Satan]] ''on steroids''.
** Subverted with Trigon from the same series, who for his first few appearances is just a deep voice, [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|glowing red eyes]], and a silhouette, but is ultimately revealed in all his glory when he breaks through into the mortal world. Think [[Satan]] ''on steroids''.
** Well, actually, we see Trigon in the very first season. Or at least, we see Raven's Inner Darknesss and it looks exactly like him. So more of an inversion, or perhaps a zig-zag, with avatar of villain revealed-> true form of villain concealed-> true form revealed.
** Well, actually, we see Trigon in the very first season. Or at least, we see Raven's Inner Darknesss and it looks exactly like him. So more of an inversion, or perhaps a zig-zag, with avatar of villain revealed-> true form of villain concealed-> true form revealed.
* Nergal JR of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' takes the form of a small boy with green eyes, as his real form shown off screen in his first appearance freaked out anyone who saw. However, in a much later episode when Billy angers him, he takes the form of a demonic creature for a few seconds. Whether this is his true form is uncertain, but it looks horrifying enough to be so.
* Nergal JR of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' takes the form of a small boy with green eyes, as his real form shown off screen in his first appearance freaked out anyone who saw. However, in a much later episode when Billy angers him, he takes the form of a demonic creature for a few seconds. Whether this is his true form is uncertain, but it looks horrifying enough to be so.
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