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See also [[Astral Projection]] and [[See the Invisible]]. Compare [[Fluorescent Footprints]].
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== Visible to the Audience ==
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* The stealth tanks in the first ''[[Command and Conquer]]'' game, especially in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMR77_ARFk the associated FMV.] Years later, ''Renegade'' used a cheaper version of this effect (and added stealth troopers).
* ''[[Doom (Video Game)|Doom]]'' has spectres (and players using "partial invisibility") appear as a darkened silhouette.
* ''[[Dystopia (Video Game)|Dystopia]]'''s stealthers are rendered as a watery distortion while they're moving, but invisible while they're still. TAC scans show a snapshot of their IFF boxes, and the Sound Wave Triangulator shows [[
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Video Game)|Oblivion]]'', the "Chameleon" magic effect is a partial subversion: as Chameleon strength increases, the distortion effect gradually gives way to full invisibility, and 100% Chameleon makes you both completely invisible and [[Game Breaker|untargetable]] by the AI.
* In ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]'', the Stealth Boy and Chinese Stealth Armor (from Operation: Anchorage) behave this way.
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* Dexter in the ''[[Dexters Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' episode "Surprise!" is shown as an outline when invisible. However, near the end, we see him from the viewpoint of a couple of kids and then he is completely invisible on-screen.
* In an episode of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Barney accidentally gets turned invisible. He puts on a green hat so Fred can see where Barney is standing at any given moment.
* In the episode "Mad Dogs and Aliens" of ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'', Kim gets a stealth upgrade for her battle suit, which uses the distortion effect. However, it should be pointed out that when she actually sneaks into Drakken's lair she's completely invisible until she makes her appearance behind [[Harmless Villain|Doctor Drakken]]. It's zig-zagged between completely invisible and a distortion, depending on what's going on. Of course, it's stealth ability is only shown in [[One
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