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* ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'', a group of {{Ordinary High School Student}}s with an addition of one [[MrImagination Chuunibyou]], randomly receive godlike magical powers. Their lives are forever altered, they are no longer 'humans', but gods. Together they control the elements, the act of creation and time itself. There's nothing they cannot accomplish, acquire or do -- But, does it really change anything? Well, Not really. They cast the {{Phlebotinum}} aside as mere bonus-flavor for the highschool-life genre and carry on with their club activities. [[spoiler:This is helped by the fact that one of the characters is trying to keep them OutOfTheLoop from the superpower BattleRoyale the best he can.]]

* ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'', a group of {{Ordinary High School Student}}s with an addition of one [[MrImagination Chuunibyou]], randomly receive godlike magical powers. Their lives are forever altered, they are no longer 'humans', but gods. Together they control the elements, the act of creation and time itself. There's nothing they cannot accomplish, acquire or do -- But, does it really change anything? Well, Not really. They cast the {{Phlebotinum}} aside as mere bonus-flavor for the highschool-life genre and carry on with their club activities.

* The Franchise/StargateVerse didn't have the opportunity to end the SGC's masquerade (the reveal having been slated for the movie ''Stargate Revolution'', which ended in DevelopmentHell) but a few {{alternate universe}}s visited in ''Series/StargateSG1'' avert the trope. In "The Road Not Taken", the United States has been under under martial law for three years due to widespread riots after the president revealed the existence of aliens and the stargate program during Anubis' attack on Antarctica.

* Averted in ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries''. The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman considers vampires legally people]] (read: it's illegal to [[VanHelsingHateCrimes hunt them down and kill them]] -- though that doesn't stop people from doing so and using vamp blood as a potent drug). The first book mention that the citizens of Afghanistan ripped their vampire spokeswoman into bloody shreds. And there's The Brotherhood of the Sun -- an anti-vamp Christian sect. This may have something to do with the fact that they ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat people]]''.

* Averted once more in the closing volume of Magic Ex Libris, in which TheMasquerade being demolished results in a heaping helping of military kidnappings, terrorism against fantastical folk, and eventually the creation of a Vatican City-esque demi-nation to prevent the constant attempts at military applications for Libriomancy.

* Initially ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' in the first few seasons presented the idea that superheroes and supervillains (and later super-powered humans) were a new thing in that setting, which was mostly identical to our world save for a few geographic differences, with the origin of [[TheFlash2014 the Flash]] being the open introduction of people with superpowers and everyone befuddled by the concept. Go forward a few more seasons in the Arrowverse and it's revealed there was at least one costumed supervillain operating two decades previously, that an official team of superheroes fought on behalf of the Allies in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, that magic existed with its own community of users, and that the US government (at least) was well aware of the existence of hostile aliens since the 1950s. And yet none of this changed the world in any significant way until Oliver Queen returned to Starling City and put on a green hood.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Judgment from Outer Space", the world is visited by a confirmed alien who demonstrates his powers and meets with world leaders such as President Roosevelt. But once Wonder Woman beats up a few Nazis and rescues everyone from their clutches, the very existence of extraterrestrial life drops out of everyone's sight.

** Of course, part of the reason it can get away with this is because some series that ''do'' have undeniable global effects (''Series/PowerRangerRPM'' had a robot apocalypse, and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' ended with time travel shenanigans where [[spoiler:the dinosaurs never went extinct]]) are turned into parallel dimensions that don't affect the "main" universe.

* Franchise/PowerRangers looks like a case of no global consequences, with things exactly like real life despite Earth suffering monster attacks since 1993 and making formal FirstContact in '98. But keep in mind that the government debuted [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue their own Ranger team]] to deal with paranormal threats in 2000, and by [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2025]] aliens will have settled on earth and there'll be SpacePolice to deal with alien criminals. There are also hints that morphing technology is out there for those who want it, even if only a very few can get it (a private corporation studied Ranger tech in 2001; the 2007 team was publicly backed by a billionaire with his own company; and the 2008 mentor got morphers "from a guy who knew a guy who had an uncle", which to some suggests a black market). They're still lowballing the consequences by a long shot, but they're there.

* The Franchise/StargateVerse didn't have the opportunity to end the SGC's masquerade (the reveal having been slated for the movie ''Stargate Revolution'', which ended in DevelopmentHell) but a few {{alternate universe}}s visited in ''Series/StargateSG1'' avert the trope. In "The Road Not Taken", the United States has been under under martial law for three years due to widespread riots after the president revealed the existence of aliens and the stargate program during Anubis' attack on Antarctica.
* The {{Masquerade}} and WeirdnessCensor were firmly in place in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', but ''Series/{{Angel}}'' more or less eliminated that, showing that the masquerade was mostly a facade and there are huge communities not only aware of demons, but ''composed'' of demons, and magic and weirdness abound (and can't even be handwaved away by the fact that everyone's weird in LA). Sure, the really powerful keep a lid on things, right? But shopkeepers are aware of this stuff, and use it, and yet somehow everything looks perfectly normal out there.
* Initially ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' in the first few seasons presented the idea that superheroes and supervillains (and later super-powered humans) were a new thing in that setting, which was mostly identical to our world save for a few geographic differences, with the origin of [[TheFlash2014 the Flash]] being the open introduction of people with superpowers and everyone befuddled by the concept. Go forward a few more seasons in the Arrowverse and it's revealed there was at least one costumed supervillain operating two decades previously, that an official team of superheroes fought on behalf of the Allies in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, that magic existed with its own community of users, and that the US government (at least) was well aware of the existence of hostile aliens since the 1950s. And yet none of this changed the world in any significant way until Oliver Queen returned to Starling City and put on a green hood.

* {{Film/Bright}} takes place in a world where fantastical creatures like orcs, elves, dwarves and etc., have existed side by side with humanity since the dawn of time. This is also a world where [[InSpiteOfANail things turned out the same way as ours]] with at least Christianity still existing (Los Angeles was founded by Catholic missionaries and several characters drops several "Jesus Christ" swears) alongside widely different religious beliefs like the Orcish faith (which has traits of [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianity and druidic faiths cobbled together]]). Movies like {{Shrek}} and historical events such as the Mexican-American War are also referenced and the Crips exist despite orcs being an oppressed minority.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': An odd case. The series is rife with AlternateHistory (some of which may or may not have been influenced by the gems) and subtle differences to the real world if you pay close attention, overall the world is mostly similar to our own and human culture remains mostly unchanged (the U.S. still exists for example). Even within Beach City, the gems' home base, people seem to barely know that they exist, and apparently there have been no attempts to excavate sites formed during the days of gem colonization.

* In the world of ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'', ten years after the Big Uneasy transformed a significant fraction of humanity into supernatural creatures and the dead started returning from the grave, society is pretty much back to normal. Yes, Dan's home city now boasts its own Unnatural Quarter, and yes, his partner Robin has built her legal career around defending Unnaturals' civil rights, but the biggest ''overall'' social change mentioned is that the Goth subculture has largely disappeared among mundane humans, as "spooky" is now too mainstream for ex-Goths' tastes.

* Initially ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' in the first few seasons presented the idea that superheroes and supervillains (and later super-powered humans) were a new thing in that setting, which was mostly identical to our world save for a few geographic differences, with the origin of [[TheFlash2014 the Flash]] being the open introduction of people with superpowers and everyone befuddled by the concept. Go forward a few more seasons in the Arrowverse and it's revealed there was at least one costumed supervillain operating two decades previously, that an official team of superheroes fought on behalf of the Allies in WorldWarII, that magic existed with its own community of users, and that the US government (at least) was well aware of the existence of hostile aliens since the 1950s. And yet none of this changed the world in any significant way until Oliver Queen returned to Starling City and put on a green hood.

* Initially ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' in the first few seasons presented the idea that superheroes and supervillains (and later super-powered humans) were a new thing in that setting, with the origin of [[TheFlash2014 the Flash]] being the real introduction of people with superpowers and everyone befuddled by the concept. Go forward a few more seasons in the Arrowverse and it's revealed there was at least one costumed supervillain operating two decades previously, that an official team of superheroes fought on behalf of the Allies in WorldWarII, that magic existed with its own community of users, and that the US government (at least) was well aware of the existence of hostile aliens since the 1950s. And yet none of this changed the world in any significant way until Oliver Queen returned to Starling City and put on a green hood.

See also ReedRichardsIsUseless, NoEndorHolocaust, WorldOfWeirdness, NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus, and LawOfConservationOfNormality. Compare ExtraStrengthMasquerade, when the Masquerade doesn't even break despite events that ''should'' break it. Compare LikeRealityUnlessNoted, where everything sure seems like real life until someone mentions something that couldn't possibly exist in real life.

* If you start reading ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' without reading the previous works set in the same [[WalkyVerse shared universe]], you'd completely miss out on the fact that Shortpacked! takes place in a world where aliens have been publicly revealed to exist, it's public knowledge that the US government has reversed engineered alien technology including giant robots and spaceships, and where just a short time before Shortpacked! starts, Earth fought a war against the Martians who wanted to KillAllHumans.

* Most people in [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Furinkan]] know about Ranma's curse. That means they know magic exists, for one. They talk about it as if they were discussing the weather.
** You may wonder why the government or army is not interested in groups of {{One Man Arm|y}}ies running around and regularly damaging buildings - especially since there's a major JGSDF base in Nerima.

* The end of the ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' manga screws continuity in favor of allowing the main characters an easy commute, and (due to Koenma's coup) opens the borders between the human and demon dimensions, relying on Enki's noninterference laws to keep everything smooth, and the Masquerade is also abandoned, though it takes a while for humans to start believing in the demon population. This goes quite calmly.
** One of the reasons it goes calmly is that Togashi retconned that demons aren't actually prone to violent crime, and all the proof that they were was due to Enma Senior's propaganda. This despite the fact that they come form a feudal society where AsskickingEqualsAuthority is the only thing anyone recognizes, and a lot of them have humans as their natural diet.
** On the other hand, dispossessed political elements within the spirit world stage a terrorist coup in response and nearly blow up the world with a laser cannon.

* ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace'', a group of {{Ordinary High School Student}}s with an addition of one {{Chuunibyou}}, randomly receive godlike magical powers. Their lives are forever altered, they are no longer 'humans', but gods. Together they control the elements, the act of creation and time itself. There's nothing they cannot accomplish, acquire or do -- But, does it really change anything? Well, Not really. They cast the {{Phlebotinum}} aside as mere bonus-flavor for the highschool-life genre and carry on with their club activities.

* The existence of superhumans rarely has any longterm sociological effects in comics save for FantasticRacism against mutants -- but ''not'' against those with any other SuperHeroOrigin. Sometimes the effects of living in a world full of not only superbeings, but aliens, magical beings, {{Alternate Universe}}s, TimeTravel, and {{Mad Scientist}}s who [[CutLexLuthorACheck hoard]] [[ReedRichardsIsUseless their technology]] is explored in {{Elseworlds}} such as ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' and in purpose-specific {{Deconstruction}}s or {{Reconstruction}}s, but for the most part, it's LikeRealityUnlessNoted, no matter how unrealistic that might be.
** The lack of wild reaction could be caused by the fact that the heroes were there all the time. Sure, there were periods that were super-light, but every "normal" remembers when the heroes were around. If they ever leave, we know they'll always come back. In the DC Universe, the first superhero was actually the first human. He invented fire. So, a paleolithic Reed Richards actually helped people.
*** Although it should be noted that Marvel has SHIELD (and its many spin-off agencies) to handle this, and as of Comicbook/CivilWar the government has taken a more active stance in the superhuman world.

** They know that Thor and Zeus ''exist'', but that doesn't mean they believe they are ''gods''. I expect the average modern citizen in the Marvel or DC universes believes something like "In ancient times, people with superhuman powers were worshipped as gods; but in this modern age, we know they're just superheroes."

*** This is also the approach taken during the first few volumes of The Ultimates. Thor might be a god, he might be insane, and/or he might just be a super soldier.

* The box-office bomb ''{{Film/Stealth}}'' depicts hollywood-hero pilot Ben Gannon and his unruly UCAV friend EDI fly into Russian airspace where three of the country's Su-37s attack them for it, but that's as close to global consequences as it gets. When not only do the duo toast all three Russian pilots on THEIR OWN SOIL, but then rescue their token-love interest pilot Kara Wade from NORTH KOREA by gunning down a bunch of N. Korean soldiers...once again, on their own soil. Does Russia declare another Cold War that actually goes ahead with the Nukes, with N. Korea joining in turning it into WWIII? Nope!

* Averted in ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries''. The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman considers vampires legally people]] (read: it's illegal to [[VanHelsingHateCrime hunt them down and kill them]] -- though that doesn't stop people from doing so and using vamp blood as a potent drug). The first book mention that the citizens of Afghanistan ripped their vampire spokeswoman into bloody shreds. And there's The Brotherhood of the Sun -- an anti-vamp Christian sect. This may have something to do with the fact that they ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat people]]''.

* Cranked UpToEleven in the ''LeftBehind'' series, where the hand of God reaching down to spare Israel from the entire military might of both Russia and Ethiopia before the series begins, changes nobody's mind about religion, leaving most of the world to be Left Behind when the rapture comes. When a third of the world's population disappears (including all the children), everybody who's been Left Behind continues on as if everything were normal. All the massive changes that later follow to the world's economy, religions, and spiritual structure come about as a result of the Antichrist's manipulations, which have no earthly cause/effect relationship to the Rapture event. Yeah, there are people who don't like this series very much.
** Similar criticisms can be leveled against [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick's]] versions of the Rapture and Tribulation.

* Averted in ''Series/TrueBlood'', based on ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' novels (see above)
** The True Blood mockumentary detailing the events leading to the series mentions that within hours of vampires revealing themselves, many world cities were engulfed in panic and rioting.

* TheMasquerade and WeirdnessCensor were firmly in place in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', but ''Series/{{Angel}}'' more or less eliminated that, showing that the masquerade was mostly a facade and there are huge communities not only aware of demons, but ''composed'' of demons, and magic and weirdness abound (and can't even be handwaved away by the fact that everyone's weird in LA). Sure, the really powerful keep a lid on things, right? But shopkeepers are aware of this stuff, and use it, and yet somehow everything looks perfectly normal out there.

* Very few people in ''Webcomic/{{minus}}'' seem to care that there is a [[LittleMissAlmighty omnipotent child]] running around causing strange things to happen-- even after her actions result in aliens and the animal kingdom declaring war on the human race which is only stopped when said omnipotent child summons a giant octopus which destroys a city. [[spoiler:After minus accidentally sends everyone to the spirit world, this trope is averted, as the smartest people who ever lived get together and force her to sort things out.]]
** No one ever gets that upset because ''minus doesn't want them to.''

* In the ''WebOriginal/{{Paradise}}'' setting, humans are changed into {{Funny Animal}}s, but the effects of the change are InvisibleToNormals who see the Changed as the people they used to be…until the setting's WeirdnessCensor stops working. After [[TheUnmasquedWorld the unmasquing]], the world seems to go on largely the same as usual (with one or two notable exceptions), with Changed being generally accepted into society. This is probably due to lingering effects of the [[WeirdnessCensor "Reality Distortion Field"]], which may still be influencing humanity even as it lets them see the Changed's true faces. (It may also be that stories in which more global consequences do happen simply haven't been written yet.)
** Also partially justified by the fact that the governments of the world had a few years of advance warning; they didn't know the Reality Distortion Field was going to go kaput, but they ''did'' know that the number of Changed was doubling every year and that it was going to be impossible to keep this quiet forever, so extensive preparations were made for the inevitable BrokenMasquerade.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', there are aliens -- especially Ben's -- all over the news, but besides the established [[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]], The Plumbers, and one task force, humanity seems to not care that there are other sentient lifeforms out there. The only scientist to ever go near Ben is the [[MadScientist crazy one]] who wants the [[MacGuffin Omnitrix]]. As does every alien and their grandmothers -- but no humans.
** There was exactly one instance of a group of humans after Ben's aliens (without the excuse of belonging to a cult of medieval cosplayers). They never appeared again, though.
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}: The Goliath Chronicles''. After the {{Masquerade}} is nuked, a FantasticRacist group forms against them, and lawmakers try to figure out just where a Gargoyle stands in regard to the law (including a memorable case where Goliath is arrested and brought to trial and his lawyer asks him to try to get off on the grounds that he's not human).

* In ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'' and the accompanying ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Creator/TerryPratchett argues that a RealLife case of this was when most of humanity ignored the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter, apparently not making the logical leap that it could happen just as easily here.
** What's he talking about? {{Disaster Movie}}s show humanity being wiped out by a comet all the time.
** And anyone who cared to know knew it could happen long before Shoemaker-Levy 9.

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