Weirdness Censor: Difference between revisions

* Hilariously done in ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', when Rin gets so angry at the protagonist that she breaks her (entirely fake) "perfect student/school idol" image in front of their classmates to shout at him. The entire area goes quiet... ''everybody'' stops and stares... and suddenly go back to what they were doing, oblivious of what happened, having subconsciously repressed those memories to maintain their "perfect" image of her. This happens on ''two separate occasions''.

* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', {{spoiler|a gigantic superweapon crashes into New York City. From the wreckage emerge a white haired pretty boy wielding a sword and the former president wielding two swords and wearing a suit of tentacled power armor. They proceed to fight a battle on the roof of Federal Hall, culminating in the villain being stabbed and falling from the roof.}} You'd think the cops or someone would take interest, but it just shows everyone going about their daily business like it was Japan and they were used to that.

* Only partly averted in ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]''. Pedestrians will freak out and the military will open fire if the PC Alex Mercer reveals some of his [[Lovecraftian Superpower|Lovecraftian Superpowers]], but running along a wall ''upwards'', leaping across a street or ''gliding''? Nah, that's fine. There's a small chance that a pedestrian or marine will look at you, look away, and say "fucking New York." Apparently, [[Weirdness Magnet|that sort of thing happens all the time here.]]

* Huh. That ten-year-old is [[Pokémon|running around with a giant, super-rare, legendary creature following their every whim]]. Nah, that's probably just a transformed Ditto.

* ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' has all types of aliens running around and yet hardly anyone ever give it any mind. When Lilo give a few aliens away to help with a specific job, the owners are more then happy to take them in.

* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' uses this trope; though it is completely obvious that Zim is an alien (he has green skin and no ears or nose), Dib is the only one who ever notices (aside from his sister Gaz, who simply doesn't care). Likewise any time something bizarre happens most people either ignore it, or notice it but never question how or why it happened in the first place. (Or if they do, Dib usually [[Butt Monkey|somehow gets unfairly blamed]]).

** Though, the members of the city council help to actively enforce the Weirdness Censor, which helps a little to justify this. Not by much, but still...

* ''[[Family Guy]]'' parodies this hilariously. The Griffins ignore the giant squid that destroys their home, [[Elephant in The Room|choosing to blame it on earthquakes or a truck driving by]].