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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Kevin''': It's some kind of invisible barrier.
'''Fidgit''': Oh, so ''that's'' what an invisible barrier looks like.
|''[[Time Bandits]]''}}
{{quote|''Enter ARIEL, invisible''|Stage direction to [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]''}}
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=== Other ===
* In [[LARP]]ing, it's a common rule that a player can signal that he's invisible by holding his forearms crossed. Of course, this works on the honor
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
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* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' does this for stealth mode.
* Infiltrators using their tactical cloak, and Geth Hunters in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Unusually, the glowing "eye" on the geth is still clearly visible, which substantially undermines the effectiveness of the camouflage. Their cloaks are better in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', but still not perfect.
* The ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series, when a character is using stealth camo. The amount of distortion differs between NPC's and the player
* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' has the Cloaking Device, which leaves a faint distortion when the user moves around.
* Enemy cloaked units in ''[[
** However, note that the ''attacks'' of a cloaked unit remain perfectly visible, which is a bit of a giveaway to a human player. Said human player will probably drop a Psionic Storm, ComSat Sweep, or Ensnare on the offending units.
*** The Ghost's attack is ''very'' hard to spot though, as it only gives off a small muzzle flash.
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=== Western Animation ===
* The Gleipnir and Fenrir from ''[[Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception]]'' have this.
* Thrust in ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' is seen as a mirage-esque distortion of the background when he's invisible.
* ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'': The Blackbird's cloaking device is, when active, a blue-white outline of the plane's entire shape that phases into visibility for a second, then vanishes, strobing like that.
* The [[Invisible Streaker]] in ''[[Totally Spies!]]'': "Evil Boyfriend". In this case, he is invisible to characters who aren't equipped with infra-red goggles.
=== Real Life ===
* This is probably what a real-life [[Invisibility Cloak]] will look like in 5 or 10 years.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209114147/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/225375/20111005/invisibility-cloak-refaction-mirage-effect.htm This]... hell yeah.
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* Rogues using stealth in most D&D-based video games, including ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' and ''Icewind Dale''.
* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'': While you're standing still with the Natural Camouflage tonic equipped, your hands and guns are transparent.
* All characters with [[Flash Step
* All stealth units in ''[[Command & Conquer]]: Tiberian Sun'' (completely invisible to the enemy, of course).
* [[Ecco the Dolphin (series)|Ecco the Dolphin]], in ''Defender of the Future,'' is see-through with stealth, but the enemies can't see him, even if he bumps into them.
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* ''[[EVE Online]]'' ships with cloaking devices are semitransparent to the player controlling the ship and completely invisible to everyone else, including teammates.
* Your [[Player Character]] looks like this when under the Invisible [[Status Buff]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''.
* A player's own cloaked units in ''[[
** And an enemy's cloaked units once they're within range of a unit with the Detector property, such as the Terran Missile Turret or the Protoss Observer.
* Mario using the Vanish cap in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
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** A few stealth powers, like Cloak of Darkness and Shadowfall, make you look more like a cloud of smoke to yourself and your allies.
* Espio the Chameleon in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''.
** Oddly, not only will he be undetected by enemies, but [[Guide Dang It
* The active camo in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. The user's transparency decreases when they move.
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* ''[[Bob and George]]'' has [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010112c Megaman's ghost]
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* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', when invisible, is still inked in blackline but is given an airbrushed glow effect and filled in with slight white. Also, his eyes are drawn normally even when he's invisible to make it easier for the viewer to spot him.
** Though averted with villains occasionally. They will be completely invisible to the audience if we aren't supposed to see them.
** From the same creator: In ''[[The Fairly
* ''[[Space Ghost]]'': Jan and Jayce all were drawn in white outline.
* Komodo of ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' is drawn in white outline.
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* ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]''. The footprint method is used in the third movie when Harry wears the cloak outside while it's snowing.
** However in any shot where he's putting on or taking off the cloak, it falls into the category of [[Special Effects Failure|distortion]] due to the use of the [[Chroma Key|green-screen technique]] to make the cloak appear invisible.
** The [[Harry Potter (video game)|video game version]] of ''[[
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, with Frodo. The only way we could tell where he was in the last part was by his footprints.
** Bilbo was invisible to the audience while wearing the ring. However, when Frodo wore the ring, we saw a distorted version of reality with him in it.
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=== Video Games ===
* Different from being transparent, ''other'' [[Player Character
** Characters with the "invisible" status buff in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' leaves only a shadow. You can still see where the unit is (though the AI might not) but that unit cannot be targeted.
* The third boss in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'' - you have to shoot it in the eye to make it visible again. Conveniently, the top screen shows the boss' first-person view of the fight.
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=== Western Animation ===
* Invisibo, from ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', was invisible except for the scepter he always carried. Freakazoid still had trouble finding him, mostly because he's, well, Freakazoid.
** Due to budget constraints, however, Invisibo appears for most of their first fight as a rod clearly dangling from a piece of rope. Yes, in a cartoon. Fortunately, due to how bad that looked, the producers let them have a higher budget about halfway through the fight.
* "The Invisible Monster" in ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' left burning... er... ''blob''-prints where it "stepped" and blew up anything it touched, so there was a clear delineation of where it had been. How Dr. Quest and Race were able to make it visible by [[Fridge Logic|dropping paint balloons]] onto it is never explained.
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* Phantom Limb's arms and legs in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' are like this, which is occasionally [[Played for Laughs]] when other characters can't quite decipher his vague motions.
{{quote|'''Dr. Girlfriend:''' ...what the hell are you doing?
'''Phantom Limb:''' I'm [[Large Ham|WRINGING MY HANDS]]...[[Mundane Made Awesome|menacingly]]!
'''Dr. Girlfriend:''' Yeah, well nobody can see that! }}
* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Pranks a lot," Patrick and Spongebob paint themselves with invisible spray, making them completely invisible to the viewer. This does not interfere with the camera panning between them and zooming in dramatically on the characters' faces.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Invisibility Index]]
[[Category:Rule of Perception]]
[[Category:Spectacle]]
▲[[Category:Invisibility Index]]
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