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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Indy's bedroom in the palace has an elaborate mural decorating the walls. As Indy stands around waiting for Willie to arrive, one of the figures steps away from the wall behind him, revealing himself to be an assassin.

* At least three Maverick Reploids in ''MegaManX'' were right there: Sting Chameleon (active camouflage), Spark Mandrill (fade to black, his light bulbs light up, and then the lights return), and Boomer Kuwanger (fades in ninja-like). The wall-face Rangda Bangda was also right there.

* ''MegaManLegends'' has a room with a strange yellow column in the middle. You bypass it and move on. When you go through the room again on your way back after finding the PlotCoupon, arms, legs, and a head pop out and you have to fight it.
** In fact, just about every mid-stage boss in the first ''MegamanX'' falls into this.

** '''Tri'' brings us the Gobul, who hides in the riverbeds of the Flooded Forest with its whiskers above the surface [[SchmuckBait to lure in fish, Epioth, and hunters alike]].

* In T.U.F.FPuppy The Chameleon, being a shapeshifter tends to spy on the heroes while being disguised as some mundane object.

* Many of the RE zombies fall into this. If you have Jill examine a filled Bathtub and have her drain it, a zombie will emerge, though thankfully Jill kills it in a Cutscene (In the remake at least) In Resident Evil 0 there is a large industrial refrigerator which you can't open. If you go into the rooms past that, then make your way back a Zombie will burst out and attack you. And the main train car area is littered with dead bodies, more and more gradually awaken as zombies as you progress.

* Many of the RE zombies fall into this. If you have Jill examine a filled Bathtub and have her drain it, a zombie will emerge, though thankfully Jill kills it in a Cutscene (In the remake at least) In Resident Evil 0 there is a large industrial refrigerator which you can't open. If you go into the rooms past that, then make your way back a Zombie will burst out and attack you.

* Many of the RE zombies fall into this. If you have Jill examine a filled Bathtub and have her drain it, a zombie will emerge, though thankfully Jill kills it in a Cutscene (In the REmake at least) In Resident Evil 0 there is a large industrial refrigerator which you can't open. If you go into the rooms past that, then make your way back a Zombie will burst out and attack you.

* ''{{Castlevania}}[[CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin : Portrait Of Ruin]]'' has a rare example of HeWasRightThereAllAlong ''the level'': in the "Nation of Fools" portrait, you can see in some sections of the level a huge spherical object darkening the background, and when you grab an important object on a small room he comes forth, revealing himself to be the well-known boss Legion.
** And then there's ''Lament of Innocence'', with the giant rock boss.
** ''DawnOfSorrow'' had the appropriately named boss, Paranoia, who won't appear until Soma walks in front of a mirror in the middle of the room.

* Used rather weirdly in ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman Revolution]]''. When pursuing the second Mask, you find yourself in a room with a big statue. Of course, as every one who doesn't suffer from acute GenreBlindness would guess, when activated, this statue is Umber, the Guardian of the Mask. It gets weird when Umber not only does absolutely squat to guard the mask but also ''provides you with transportation along deadly lava'' to where it's being kept.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', for example, Gohma doesn't appear until you look up at the ceiling, Volvagia won't appear until you jump to the main platform, Phantom Ganon won't appear until you try to leave the room, Dark Link doesn't appear until you turn around, Morpha doesn't reveal itself until you swim to the center platform, etc. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' contains a particularly unique example in Goht, who is plain sight the moment Link walks into the Boss Room, but is frozen solid and must be hit with a fire arrow to be awakened— at which point he promptly tramples you [[GetBackHereBoss and runs off.]]

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', Nemesis does this a few times.

* This occurs anytime you encounter a [[spoiler:Thresher Maw]] in ''Franchise/MassEffect'', primarily in the mission where you're searching for [[spoiler:Admiral Kahoku's missing marines]]. It doesn't appear until you drive really close to the [[spoiler:Marines' vehicle, which is sitting right on top of a Thresher nest]].

* ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' have Cipher Peons that drop from the ceiling after you come into a room.

* Meta example. Who turned out to be the real BigBad in ''TensouSentaiGoseiger''? Warstar? No. The Yuumajuu? Nope. The Matrintis? Uh-uh. It's [[spoiler: Bladerun, the villain who was a part of every single one of those organizations.]]

* ''FinalFantasyVII'' has Gi Nattak, who is nothing but a frightening mural on the wall when you enter the room that he is in, but after a short conversation, the mural suddenly comes to life.

[[YouCantThwartStageOne No, you may not kill the boss by grenading the whole room before waking it up.]][[hottip:*: Unless we're talking about Naval Piranha, sixth boss of ''YoshisIsland'', where you can pull off a kinda similar trick.]]

* This occurs anytime you encounter a [[spoiler:Thresher Maw]] in ''MassEffect'', primarily in the mission where you're searching for [[spoiler:Admiral Kahoku's missing marines]]. It doesn't appear until you drive really close to the [[spoiler:Marines' vehicle, which is sitting right on top of a Thresher nest]].

* Done in a weird way in WildArms1. In a volcano dungeon, our heroes enter a small room with a dead end and an odd tapping noise coming from one of the walls. After wondering aloud what to do, the tapping stops, [[spoiler:and [[BraggartBoss Zed]] ''[[DynamicEntry smashes]]'' through the wall and challenges you to a duel. Afterwards, he leaves and you continue through the hole he made.]]

* Bigger Boo in ''Yoshi's Island'' starts off just beyond the far edge of the room. Like all Boos, he can't move onto the screen until Yoshi is turned away from him.

* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': Brett moves through an empty room with machinery and chains hanging from the ceiling. After she moves off, the monster moves in the background, revealing that it was just camouflaged in plain sight the whole time. It happens to Ripley, [[spoiler: on board the Narcissus]], where the Alien is hidden in plain sight among the wall detail and then suddenly uncurls to the horror of Ripley.The Xenomorphs make something of a habit of this, it happens in almost every film.