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* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' continues the trend with their version of the Nosferatu; although they aren't always hideously disfigured, there's always something ''off'' about them that makes mortals want to withdraw from their presence. The second edition of the game amplifies this with their particular Clan curse, which treats ''all'' failures on Social rolls with mortals as dramatic failures. The only exceptions are with other Kindred and with mortal Touchstones.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Emerald often uses her [[MasterOfIllusion illusionary powers]] to render herself invisible, but she's cocky, cynical, and occasionally cruel. As time goes on, it becomes clear that this is a mask and she's really deeply insecure, conflicted, and dependent on Cinder. [[spoiler:When she defects and finally has the chance to meet other people as herself rather than as the persona she put on, she spends most of her time hiding in a corner, struggles to communicate, and relies on Oscar to mediate for her.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:It's hard to make friends when you're shy and invisible.]]

* Emerald Sustrai of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is a double subversion. She often uses her [[MasterOfIllusion illusionary powers]] to render herself invisible, but she's cocky, cynical, and occasionally cruel. As time goes on, it becomes clear that this is a mask and she's really deeply insecure, conflicted, and dependent on Cinder. [[spoiler:When she defects and finally has the chance to meet other people as herself rather than as the persona she put on, she spends most of her time hiding in a corner, struggles to communicate, and relies on Oscar to mediate for her.]]

* ''Literature/BitterSeeds'': Heike has the power of invisibility and is easily the quietest of Dr Von Westarp's "children"; all of the [[{{Tykebomb}} Götterelektrongruppe]] have been mentally warped by the surgery and training used to give them their powers, but where the others are psychopaths, narcissists, hopelessly traumatized, or just brain-damaged, Heike is just asocial and uncommunicative. [[spoiler:She's so withdrawn that almost none of the other members of the Götterelektrongruppe notice that she's grappling with serious depression until she commits suicide; the only one of them who ''did'' notice is [[MadOracle Greta]], and that's only because [[KickTheDog she was the one encouraging Heike to kill herself]].]]

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In the early years (particularly the Lee/Kirby era), Susan Storm AKA Invisible Woman was an archetypal case of this: On top of being shy, demure, and easily overlooked, her powers consisted of invisibility and nothing else, leaving her somewhat out of place in a group of heroes with combat-centric powers. The writers realized this and gave her force field powers in order to give her more to do, but it wasn't until the late 1980s/early 1990s that she developed into the more confident and capable character she is today.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Constable Odo is a shapeshifter capable of impersonating almost anyone or anything, a power he most commonly uses for stealth. Though he's hardly a ShrinkingViolet, he's reserved, introverted, [[NoSocialSkills lacking in social skills]], and [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E17TheForsaken by his own admission]], he hates parties. Part of this is due to being an outsider on Deep Space 9 ever since he was old enough to take humanoid form, but it's occasionally speculated that it might be a species trait. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Changelings are actually very social among each other and like to spend long periods of time merged into a single AlienSea while their engineered servants run the Dominion in their stead; any "asocial" behaviour on their part is due to them [[FantasticRacism distrusting and despising]] "[[FantasticSlurs Solids]]".]]

* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'''s anime adaptation, [[CanonForeigner Miho Jufuku]] is exceptionally shy and never speaks up for herself, and possesses the power to make herself impossible to notice.

* ''Anime/AquarionEvol'': Yunoha Surool is a very shy girl with the power to turn invisible. By the start of the show, she's completely withdrawn from socializing with her classmates to the point that she remains invisible at all times, save for the plush frog she carries around. This is to the point that many of her classmates don't even know she exists, or later on believe her to be a ghost. Even when she starts socializing more she has a habit of turning invisible again whenever she's feeling particularly shy.