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* Nancy Atherton's ''Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday'':

-->Virgil: Did you see that?
-->Richie: Depends. What did you see?
* Jackie of {{WesternAnimation/Cyberchase}} has this as a CatchPhrase. Considering they're in a computer, it makes sense.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' ''[[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing: Rogue Squadron]]'' novel ''The Krytos Trap'' Wedge Antilles asks ground controllers to confirm what he is seeing - namely that a large portion of nearby Coruscant cityscape has been devastated and a Super Star Destroyer is rising up through the rubble. The controller tells Wedge that he's seeing the same thing they are.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13952417/7/High-Heels-and-Hippogriffs High Heels and Hippogriffs]]'' after Harry is revealed to be Regulus' [[GenderBending daughter Cassiopeia]], Kreacher removes Mrs. Black's portrait when it insults her one too many times.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13952417/7/High-Heels-and-Hippogriffs High Heels and Hippogriffs]]'' after Harry is revealed to be Regulus' [[GenderBending daughter Cassandra]], Kreacher removes Mrs. Black's portrait when it insults her one too many times.

'''Cassandra:''' Nope, that definitely happened.

* In the Creator/JimHenson TV special ''[[FairyTale/{{Cinderella}} Hey, Cinderella!]]'', King Goshposh has this reaction when he sees Cinderella's coach pull up to his party. Please note that in this version, the Fairy Godmother doesn't have access to mice to turn into horses, but she DOES have Kermit The Frog and a Muppet monster called Splurge, who refuse to be turned into anything...

Distinct from PinchMe in that it usually is very real.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13304763/16/Dragon-Chronicles-2-Harry-Potter-Dragon-Whisperer Dragon Chronicles 2: Harry Potter, Dragon Whisperer]]'' Harry uses a stick and his jacket to create a makeshift kite to ride on, then powers it with weather magic.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13304763/16/Dragon-Chronicles-2-Harry-Potter-Dragon-Whisperer Dragon Chronicles 2: Harry Potter, Dragon Whisperer]]'' Harry uses a stick and his cloak to create a makeshift kite to ride on, then powers it with weather magic.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13218855/11/Flight-of-the-Raven Flight of the Raven]]'' Anton and Lu show memories of Raven to an accreditation board in an attempt to have him awarded international Charms and Dueling masteries.

* In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate]]'', while you're escorting [[TheMole Gavin Morrison]]'', you're treated to a hallucination where Fettel rambles a little about his history with Alma and she's shown brutalizing a number of scientists [[StrippedToTheBone in her usual way]]. As soon as perspective returns to the real world...

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In one episode, Linda, who is extremely sleep deprived, is the one who sees the extravagant thing of the week Phineas and Ferb are doing and, not sure if what she's seeing is real or not, phones Candace for confirmation. When Candace shows up, she's hit by Doofenshmirtz's Fog-Eye-Inator and states she's seeing ''nothing'', making Linda sure it's not real. It convinces her that she needed to take a nap.
** Another episode has Candace, fresh off using a banana to practice calling her crush, yell at Phineas:

'''Phineas:''' You guys heard that, right? It wasn't just me?

* In ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'':
--> '''Shaman:''' You didn't just see two men go through upside down on a broomstick, shouting and screaming at each other, did you?
--> '''Boy:''' Certainly not.
--> '''Shaman:''' Thank goodness for that. Neither did I.

* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', this leads to one of the few moments where [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Sophia]] doesn't act rude. When she comes home early while Rose's boyfriend, who happens to be a little person, everyone immediately panics only for Sophia to politely excuse herself. She then calls Dorothy over and quietly ask if Rose's boyfriend is a midget.

* ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty''. The captain and first mate of a ship are waiting for their passengers. Dracula shows up and asks how much passage will cost, and the captain tells him it's a hundred dollars. Dracula says it's too much, turns into a bat and flies away. The first mate says to the captain "Me eyes are playing tricks on me. Did you see wha' I think I saw, captain?"

* In ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'':

** ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'' has an inversion; Detritus confirms with another character that what he just ingested was, in fact, a drug...because he would hate to think the room was ''really'' full of [[MushroomSamba giant hairy spiders.]]

* ''Series/{{{Monk}}'':

-->-- '''[[Literature/KingSolomonsMines Allan Quartermain]]''', on first seeing [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea the Nautilus]], ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.

You ''can'' see that...right?

-->'''Uryu''': Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
-->'''Renji''': As much as I wish I wasn't seeing it, yeah I am.

* In ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'', General Halftrack is leaning out his office window, watching [[SexySecretary Miss Buxley]] interact with various soldiers. As she stops and talks with one, the General falls out of the window. Lt. Fuzz and the Captain walk by just at that moment, looking up in the sky:
-->Lt. Fuzz: Did you see that?
-->Captain: No, and neither did you.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[https://garfield.com/comic/2012/01/22 Three weeks after giving up donuts for her new year's resolution]], Liz hallucinates that Jon's face looks like a donut.
-->'''Liz:''' Okay, did you see that?
-->'''Garfield:''' He usually has sprinkles.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''Disney/BigHero6'': Fred asks, "Am I the only one seeing this?" when he first notices Yokai.

* Disney's ''{{Disney/Dumbo}}''. When the "Pink Elephants on Parade" segment starts, Timothy Mouse asks Dumbo "Dumbo! You see what I see?"

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/RaisingArizona'': "What is he?" "You see him, too?"
* The ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' movie: "You just saw three monkeys go by on a motorcycle, didn't you?" "Yes..." "Good girl."
* Near the end of a Film/ABeautifulMind John Forbes Nash asked a student to confirm a new person is real, a sensible precaution given his frequent hallucinations.
* In ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'', two garbagemen watch as the main characters emerge from thin air (actually a cloaked Bird-Of-Prey). One asks the other this question, leading to the second variation.

-->'''Dr. Leavitt:''' Jeremy?
-->'''Dr. Stone:''' What?
-->'''Dr. Leavitt:''' Nothing.
-->[The stain changes color and expands again while Dr. Stone is watching]
-->'''Dr. Leavitt:''' Did you see that?

-->'''Dennis:''' Is that a dog?
-->'''Nina:''' Oh, thank God! You see it, too.
* In ''Class Act'', Joanna Lumley's character is driving a forklift toward a religious group meeting. Detective Inspector Latham asks a constable what the hell that is, the constable describes the scene quite succinctly and Latham replies, "I am so glad you can see it, too."
* In the pilot of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', Claire asks "Did anyone else just see that?" after seeing several trees ripped up by the monster. There are over 40 people around her and only one responds.

-->'''[[spoiler:Locke]]:''' I assure you, I'm very much alive.
-->'''Hurley:''' Hey, Nurse, am I talking to a dude in a wheelchair right now?
-->'''Nurse:''' Yep.
-->'''Hurley:''' Whoa!
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' - When Film/MrBNatural materializes in a music store and starts yelping his/her spiel, Buzz wails "Mom, Dad, tell me you heard that!"
** Again in Film/{{Werewolf}}, over a mural of an old west scene that includes the spirit of an indian chief watching from the heavens: "Hey, did I have too much mescal, or do you guys see those indians in the sky?"
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' 2011 ChristmasEpisode. When the protagonists walk into their study room, they see a guy sitting at a piano. Chevy Chase's character asks the other characters if they see him too, and they all nod "yes".
* ''Series/LostInSpace'' episode "Wild Adventure". When Dr. Smith sees a green alien woman floating around in space outside the ''Jupiter 2'', he asks the Robot "You see her, don't you?" The Robot did not see her. [[spoiler:She was real, just not in sight at that point]]
* In the ''{{Series/Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf", Sharona thinks she's losing her mind after she starts seeing a bloodied man with a screwdriver in his ear and knife in his chest, only for him to vanish without any evidence he was ever there when she goes to get help from Monk. The first couple times he only appears when Sharona is alone, but eventually he shows up while she's in the middle of a talk with her writing teacher. Sharona asks the teacher if she can see him, but she says she can't. [[spoiler: [[DoubleSubversion She actually does, she's just in on it due to a murder scheme]].]]
** In ''Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii'', when on her flight to Hawaii, Natalie sees Monk on the plane, on Dioxynl, and initially doesn't believe it because she knows Monk would never get on a plane, much less sit in an odd-numbered row seat on an airplane. She has to ask the girl sitting next to her if she's dreaming or not.

-->'''King Goshposh:''' Aha, I see the guests are beginning to arrive..huh!? Good heavens! Featherstone? Is that coach being pulled by a purple, shaggy monster? And is that a ''frog'' driving?
-->'''Featherstone:''' I'm afraid it is, sire.
-->'''King Goshposh:''' Thank heavens. I thought I was seein' things!
* On ''Series/GeneralHospital'', Carly thinks she's going crazy when she sees her presumed-dead son Micheal playing in the park, until her companion reveals that he can see him as well, thus revealing that Micheal is very much alive.
** A few years earlier, psychiatrist Kevin was being tormented by hearing and seeing visions of his late, EvilTwin Ryan. Naturally he feared he was cracking up, until his girlfriend Lucy mentioned that she'd heard Ryan's voice as well. Then he realized that someone was deliberately trying to drive him crazy.
* On ''Series/AllMyChildren'', Dixie feared she was losing her mind thanks to frequent run-ins with the ghost of her late brother Will until another character mentioned seeing him as well--he was an actor who'd been hired to [[{{gaslighting}} drive her crazy]].
* Elliot of ''Series/MrRobot'' talks to the audience as if he's talking to an imaginary friend, so he will occasionally ask this of the ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall viewer]]''.
* ''Series/TheWire'' has a mundane version when the police receive a quick phone call from one of their own, [=McNulty=], to check if they're all getting the same seemingly impossible phone numbers from the Barksdale ring's pagers.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Oz is [[TheStoic slightly nonplussed]] upon witnessing his first vampire kill.
-->'''Oz''': Hey, did everybody see that guy just turn to dust?
* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', this leads to one of the few moments where [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Sophia]] doesn't act rude. When she comes home early while Rose's boyfriend, who happens to be a little person, everyone immediately panics only for Sophia to politely excuse herself. She then calls Dorothy over and quietly ask if Rose's boyfriend is a midget.
-->'''Sophia:''' Thank God, I thought I was having another stroke.

[[folder: Radio]]
* In a fan-favorite segment of Phil Hendrie's mock-talkshow, "guest" Jeff Dowder explains how California brush fires really get started. It's because in hot weather, jackrabbits build up a static charge that ignites the dry underbrush. When pressed further, Dowder stated that he and a friend both observed rabbits running around, followed by this flame trail...during a peyote trip.

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[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''Film/SuicideSquad''. After the team enters the room where the {{villains}} are casting a spectacular spell to destroy the world, Harley Quinn asks "Hey, everyone can see all this trippy magic stuff right?" Colonel Flag says "Yeah, why?" Harley replies "I'm off my meds."