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* NoMercyForMurderers: The killer had a reason for his murder? No one cares.
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* DiscouragingConcealment: Hiding something in a place that no one wants to search.
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* BeneathNotice
* BeneathSuspicion

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* BeneathNotice
BeneathNotice: Someone disguises themselves as a commoner to drive suspicion away from them.
* BeneathSuspicionBeneathSuspicion: Someone who looks innocent at first glance turns out to have been the culprit the whole time.



* BystanderSyndrome
* CassandraTruth

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* BystanderSyndrome
BystanderSyndrome: They ''could'' help if they wanted to, but this doesn't really concern them.
* CassandraTruthCassandraTruth: Some people just can't see the truth, even when it's right in front of them.



* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame

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* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGameEnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Players believe the story of the game is more important than the gameplay. Contrast PlayTheGameSkipTheStory.



* HandshakeRefusal
* HiddenInPlainSight

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* HandshakeRefusal
HandshakeRefusal: Someone refuses to shake someone's hand, for one reason or another.
* HiddenInPlainSightHiddenInPlainSight: Something/someone is hidden in the most obvious spot possible, yet no one pays it any mind.



* IgnoredEnemy

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* IgnoredEnemyIgnoredEnemy: The villain, the character who should be at the heroes' throats the most, gets ignored by the heroes arguing amongst themselves.



* IgnoredExpert
* IgnoredRaisedHand
* IgnoredVitalNewsReports
* IgnoreTheDisability
* IgnoreTheFanservice

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* IgnoredExpert
IgnoredExpert: The smart guy's strict warnings about something are blown off by the other characters.
* IgnoredRaisedHand
IgnoredRaisedHand: Someone asks for a volunteer, and they pick anyone ''but'' the one who's eagerly raising their hand the whole time.
* IgnoredVitalNewsReports
IgnoredVitalNewsReports: What? Someone on the news said the government spotted [=UFOs=] in the sky? Yeah, ignore it, that's ''obviously'' not true...
* IgnoreTheDisability
IgnoreTheDisability: Someone's warnings to not insult someone with a physical disabilty (or otherwise peculiar trait) eventually go unheeded.
* IgnoreTheFanserviceIgnoreTheFanservice: Someone's attempts to seduce someone else goes totally unnoticed.



* IllPretendIDidntHearThat

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* IllPretendIDidntHearThatIllPretendIDidntHearThat: Someone pretends not to hear something so the other person won't get in trouble.



* InvisibleToNormals
* ItSeemedTrivial
* ItsProbablyNothing
* IWarnedYou
* IWasNeverHere
* JediMindTrick
* JustIgnoreIt
* KansasCityShuffle
* MacGuffinBlindness
* MetallicarSyndrome
* MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere
* TheNondescript

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* InvisibleToNormals
InvisibleToNormals: A fantastical creature of some kind who can't be seen by normal people.
* ItSeemedTrivial
ItSeemedTrivial: Someone withholds important information from another character, but doesn't mention that it's actually ''important''.
* ItsProbablyNothing
ItsProbablyNothing: No matter how much evidence there is to back up an ominous suspicion, someone continuously ignores it until it's too late.
* IWarnedYou
IWarnedYou: Something terrible has happened, and all that the character who warned everyone else that it was gonna happen can do is say, "I warned you."
* IWasNeverHere
IWasNeverHere: Somebody tries to ignore that something bad or weird occured by saying it never happened.
* JediMindTrick
JediMindTrick: Someone uses mind powers to make others do something that they normally wouldn't.
* JustIgnoreIt
JustIgnoreIt: Sometimes just ignoring the problem will make it go away.
* KansasCityShuffle
KansasCityShuffle: A con-man fools their victim into thinking they're falling for an ordinary scam, but then they pull the rug under them and unveil a ''totally new'' scam instead.
* MacGuffinBlindness
MacGuffinBlindness: Everyone doesn't know where/what the MacGuffin is, even though it's right in their faces.
* MetallicarSyndrome
MetallicarSyndrome: The more inconspicuous your car looks, the more likely you are to be seen as a bad guy.
* MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere
MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: A StockPhrase most often used by police officers to divert attention away from something suspicious.
* TheNondescriptTheNondescript: A character who comes off as a little bit ''too'' average, to the point where other characters often forget who they are.



* PerceptionFilter
* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory
* RefusalOfTheCall
* RefusalOfTheSecondCall
* RightUnderTheirNoses
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SilentTreatment
* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim
* ThatDidntHappen
* TheoryTunnelvision
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse
* TooImportantToRememberYou
* UnknownRival

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* PerceptionFilter
PerceptionFilter: Someone hides their identity by making others around them perceive that they're not really there.
* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory
PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: Players often pay no attention to the story and believe the gameplay is more important. Contrast EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame.
* RefusalOfTheCall
RefusalOfTheCall: The CallToAdventure is (at first) explicitly turned down.
* RefusalOfTheSecondCall
RefusalOfTheSecondCall: The hero refuses to take up the CallToAdventure again after saving the world the last time, for whatever reason.
* RightUnderTheirNoses
RightUnderTheirNoses: Someone hides in the place where nobody would ever consider looking.
* SelectiveObliviousness
SelectiveObliviousness: Someone is perfectly fine with acknowledging anything else but that one specific thing, even though everyone else knows it's true.
* SilentTreatment
SilentTreatment: When you refuse to speak to someone else to show your disapproval.
* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim
TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Someone bypasses the SilentTreatment by asking someone to relay a message back to someone else.
* ThatDidntHappen
ThatDidntHappen: A romantic pair negates their relationship by pretending that it never even happened.
* TheoryTunnelvision
TheoryTunnelvision: Someone still chooses to hold on to their opinions or beliefs, despite all evidence to the contrary.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse
TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A villain who looks too unassuming and innocent to actually ''be'' one...and yet they are.
* TooImportantToRememberYou
TooImportantToRememberYou: Someone of a high authority constantly forgets about the people who are of a lesser status than them.
* UnknownRivalUnknownRival: Someone has a rival who is after the same goals as them, but they're unaware that they even ''have'' a rival at all.



* VisibleToBelievers

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* VisibleToBelieversVisibleToBelievers: Someone or something only reveals itself to people who choose to believe in it.



* WithinParameters
* YouDidntSeeThat

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* WithinParameters
WithinParameters: A group of scientists are running tests on something, and one of them brushes it off when they start recieving abnormal signals.
* YouDidntSeeThatYouDidntSeeThat: Somebody tells someone else to forget that they ever saw something.

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* IgnoredRaisedHand
* IgnoreTheDisability
* IgnoreTheFanservice


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* TooImportantToRememberYou
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* ElephantInTheLivingRoom

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* ElephantInTheLivingRoomElephantInTheLivingRoom: An obvious problem that everyone is going out of their way to avoid acknowledging.
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* InTheDreamingStageOfGrief: Devastated character copes by convincing themselves it is/was just a bad dream.
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* BelatedInjuryRealization: An injury, often major, goes unnoticed.
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* HighFiveLeftHanging

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* HighFiveLeftHangingHighFiveLeftHanging: A character tries to get another person to high five them, but the other person just leaves them hanging.



* IgnoringBySinging

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* IgnoringBySingingIgnoringBySinging: A character covers their ears and sings to try and ignore a statement they don't like or don't want to hear.

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See also ApathyIndex, MoreThanMeetsTheEye, ObviousIndex, TheSecretIndex, and '''WOW!''' are those '''DistractionTropes!?'''

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See also ApathyIndex, RejectionIndex, MoreThanMeetsTheEye, ObviousIndex, TheSecretIndex, and '''WOW!''' are those '''DistractionTropes!?'''


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* HighFiveLeftHanging
* IgnoredRaisedHand
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* IgnoringBySinging
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What, expecting a witty stinger or something? There's nothing to see here. Scram!

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What, expecting a witty stinger or something? There's nothing to see here. Scram!Scram!
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* CassandraTruth
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* NoBigDeal
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment

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* BigLippedAlligatorMomentBigLippedAlligatorMoment: A bizarre scene not relevant to the story's plot that is never brought up again after it occurs.



* DevilInPlainSight

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* DevilInPlainSightDevilInPlainSight: Everyone ignores the obvious signs that this bad person can't be trusted.



* FailedASpotCheck
* FanonDiscontinuity

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* FailedASpotCheck
FailedASpotCheck: Someone fails to notice something they should've before it is too late.
* FanonDiscontinuityFanonDiscontinuity: Fans choose to ignore episodes or installments of the series that they dislike.



* IgnoredConfession

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* IgnoredConfessionIgnoredConfession: Someone makes a confession, but no one cares to pay any attention to them or to take the claim seriously.



* IgnoredEpiphany

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* IgnoredEpiphanyIgnoredEpiphany: The villain considers redeeming themselves, but brushes off the thought and continues being bad.



* IHaveNoSon

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* IHaveNoSonIHaveNoSon: Parents disown their child because they are ashamed of them or do not approve of the decisions they've made.



* NotNowKiddo

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* NotNowKiddoNotNowKiddo: Ignoring children when they're trying to warn you about something important.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSightUnusuallyUninterestingSight: Characters fail to notice or care about something that should be seen as unusual or weird.



* WeirdnessCensor

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* WeirdnessCensorWeirdnessCensor: There's a whole bunch of strange stuff going around, but no one seems to notice.
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* MacGuffinBlindness
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See also ApathyIndex, MoreThanMeetsTheEye, TheSecretIndex, and '''WOW!''' are those '''DistractionTropes!?'''

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* RefusalOfTheSecondCall

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* IHaveNoSon
* IWarnedYou
* IWasNeverHere
* IllPretendIDidntHearThat


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* TheoryTunnelvision
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* IWarnedYou
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* VisibleToBelievers
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You Imagined It is being cut per TRS.


* YouImaginedIt
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* IgnoreTheFanService

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* IgnoreTheFanServiceIgnoreTheFanservice
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* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame
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What are you looking at? There's nothing to see here. Scram!

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What are you looking at? What, expecting a witty stinger or something? There's nothing to see here. Scram!
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