History Main / SafetyInMuggles

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch.'' Jumba can't open fire on Stitch because of his close company with Lilo. He enjoys reminding Stitch of it though, when he revealed the handle of his plasma weapon from inside a paper sack.
** This is actually because Cobra Bubbles once convinced some aliens that humans should be protected (he claimed that mosquitos are an endangered species, and that humans are their primary food source).

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'' when going to meet the second Kira, Light/Kira invites a large group of friends to accompany him on the outing in case Ryuk is seen by the second Kira's shinigami and so give away his identity as Kira. The second Kira is able to spot him anyway but doesn't want to approach him with all those people around.

* Rose and Dimitri use this in ''[[Literature/VampireAcademy Last Sacrifice]]'', after [[spoiler: breaking Rose out of the Court prison]]. They go into a large mall and meet up outside to lose their pursuers. They correctly assume that if they were seen, the guardians would hesitate before shooting or capturing them in front of so many witnesses, especially considering that they would both be able to put up a fight that could endanger civilians.

* Obi Wan Kenobi in ''Film/ANewHope''.

* Used regularly by {{Chuck}} when villains enter the Buy More.

* In the original and remake of ''Film/FrightNight'', Charlie and his girlfriend run into a crowded dance club hoping to {{Invoke|d Trope}} this trope and stop Jerry from killing them. It doesn't work since there are too many people to notice that his "loving kiss" of her neck is actually a HemoErotic KissOfTheVampire.

* A CrowningMomentOfFunny in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', where Seras manages to prevent a meeting between Hellsing and Iscariot in an art gallery from degenerating into bloody violence by impersonating a guide and leading a tourist group into the room.

* In VampireAcademy, Rose and Dimitri use this in Last Sacrifice after [[spoiler: breaking Rose out of the Court prison]]. They go into a large mall and meet up outside to lose their pursuers. They correctly assume that if they were seen, the guardians would hesitate before shooting or capturing them in front of so many witnesses, especially considering that they would both be able to put up a fight that could endanger civilians.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has a slight variation; Stein actually is trying to unmask Medusa as a witch, however since he doesn't have enough evidence he confronts her at a party so she can't kill him without revealing herself (right in front of [[TheGrimReaper Lord Death]] himself and in a room full of [[TheWitchHunter meisters]] and their {{Equippable All|y}}ies). [[spoiler: Unfortunately she's already put her plan (to trap everyone attending the party while she frees an EldritchAbomination) into motion and just runs away.]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} module ''Death Ascendant''. While the religious service in the temple is going on the Kargat members take aside worshippers one at a time and drain them of their life force. When they try to do this to a {{PC}}, if the {{PC}} protests the Kargat member backs off because they don't want to make a scene.

** Later in the story, Duncan Behaim, in retaliation for the above attacks on his uncle, [[FrameUp frames Blake for the murder of a child]] and takes advantage of Blake's unwillingness to pick a fight with the police to keep him in a holding cell.

* This happened often in ''HighlanderTheSeries''. The Immortals were usually very careful about conducting their fights in isolated areas without any witnesses. If any muggles showed up unexpectedly, they would abort the fight and try another time. In one instance Methos goes so far as to call the police in order to stop a fight between Duncan and another Immortal.

* This happened often in ''HighlanderTheSeries''. The Immortals were usually very careful about conducting their fights in isolated areas without any witnesses. If any muggles showed up unexpectedly they would abort the fight and try another time. In one instance Methos goes so far as to call the police in order to stop a fight between Duncan and another Immortal.

* This happened often in ''HighlanderTheSeries''. The Immortals were usually very careful about conducting their fights in isolated areas without any witnesses. If any muggles showed up unexpectedly they would abort the fight and try another time. In one instance Methos goes so far as call the police in order to stop a fight between Duncan and another Immortal.

Contrast KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade. Compare DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu and HumanShield.

* In ''NorthByNorthwest'', the protagonist takes refuge in an auction, and makes a disturbance in order to be escorted out by security.

* A common tactic in TheDresdenFiles. While supernatural nasties are generally willing to be seen by ordinary people, even the strongest will usually split when they hear police sirens. Also subverted when a White Court vampire tries to get Dresden to back down by invoking this and Dresden points out that he's in the phone book under Wizard and the publicity would do great things for his business.

Of course, characters attempting to do this run the risk of the pursuer deciding to use conventional means to separate them from the crowd (like posing as a "common" kidnapper or using a gun instead of a LaserSword) or eschewing collateral damage / breaching the masquerade and trusting people's WeirdnessCensor to convince them it was something mundane after the fact (if they even care).

* A common tactic in TheDresdenFiles. While supernatural nasties are generally willing to be seen by ordinary people, even the strongest will usually split when they hear police sirens. Also subverted when a White Court vampire tries to get Dresden to back down by invoking this and Dresden points out that he's in the phone book under Wizard and the publicity would do great things for his buisness.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has a slight variation; Stein actually is trying to unmask Medusa as a witch, however since he doesn't have enough evidence he confronts her at a party so she can't kill him without revealing herself (right in front of [[TheGrimReaper Lord Death]] himself and in a room full of [[TheWitchHunter meisters]] and their {{Equippable All|y}}ies). [[spoiler: Unfortunatly she's already put her plan (to trap everyone attending the party while she frees an EldritchAbomination) into motion and just runs away.]]

* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost uses this method to converse with Blade. He even hangs lampshades by pointing out several children playing in the park nearby. Even more audacious is that he is a vampire, talking to a vampire hunter, [[KtyptoniteProofSuit in broad daylight.]]

* Deacon Frost uses this method to converse with Blade in {{Film/Blade}}, the first one. He even hangs lampshades by pointing out several children playing in the park nearby. Even more audacious is that he is a vampire, talking to a vampire hunter, in broad daylight.[[/folder]]


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* ''TheElenium'': Sparhawk encounters Martel ... in Arasham's tent, while Sparhawk is pretending to be an emissary to Arasham. Both Sparhawk and Martel really ''want'' to start fighting, but neither feels like being torn to bits by a horde of fanatic Rendors.
* A common tactic in TheDresdenFiles. While supernatural nasties are generally willing to be seen by ordinary people, even the strongest will usually split when they hear police sirens. Also subverted when a White Court vampire tries to get Dresden to back down by invoking this and Dresden points out that he's in the phone book under Wizard and the publicity would do great things for his buisness.