Line #8 Main/StealthTropes


1	[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2021_08_15_at_111931_pm.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 "Darkness gives the ninja power, while light reveals the ninja's presence."]]'']]
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4	->''"WE'RE MASTERS OF '''STEALTH!'''"''
5	-->-- '''Grenda''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E17BoyzCrazy Boyz Crazy]]"
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7	All tropes pertaining to stealth, anti-stealth, staying hidden, failing to stay hidden, hiding stuff, and finding hidden stuff.
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9	Contrast this index with ObviousIndex.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	[[index]]
13	[floatboxright:
14	'''Related indexes:'''
15	+ DisguiseTropes
16	+ DistractionTropes
17	+ EspionageTropes
18	+ InvisibilityIndex
19	+ NinjaTropes
20	+ ASafeIndexToHide
21	+ SniperIndex
22	]
23	* TheAnticipator: Someone expecting a sneaky man to come and visit them.
24	* AssassinationSidequest: A mission to kill an enemy target stealthily in an otherwise non-stealth game.
25	* BathroomSearchExcuse: Someone using the excuse of finding a toilet for why they're in an off-limit area.
26	* BehindAStick: Hiding behind impossibly thin objects.
27	* BeneathNotice: Disguising as someone who would not attract attention usually.
28	* BlendingInStealthGameplay: Blending into a crowd to evade detection from guards.
29	* CarouselKidnapping: Kidnapping a child when on a carousel.
30	* CombatDiplomacyStealth: The option for the player to beat part of (or the entire game) by sticking to one of these three playing styles.
31	* CombatHaircomb: A haircomb or hairpin that doubles as a dagger or knuckleduster.
32	* CompactInfiltrator: A character with a gift for sneaking in through small holes and narrow passageways.
33	* CompromisingCall: Calling someone to reveal their location.
34	* ConcealingCanvas: Hiding a safe or other goods behind a painting.
35	* ConspicuousGloves: Gloves used for nefarious purposes.
36	* ConvenientlyTimedGuard: Guards walking in at the worst moment to see the thief.
37	* DeadDrop: A secret location that hides money, weapons, tools, you name it, for someone else to retrieve.
38	* DeviousDaggers: Sneaky characters use knives as their weapons.
39	* DestroyTheSecurityCamera: Getting rid of security cameras so you don't show up on them.
40	* DiscouragingConcealment: Hiding something buy disguising it as something that people would not want to investigate further.
41	* DumbwaiterRide: Using a Dumbwaiter as a ride.
42	* FindingTheBug: Character realizes they're being spied on through a microphone or camera.
43	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Guards have intentional lapses in judgement, otherwise stealth games would be impossible.
44	* HiddenElfVillage: A hidden, oftentimes off-the-map secret location for a town to be that very few people know of.
45	* HiddenInPlainSight: Hiding (something) right in front of someone.
46	* HiddenWeapons: Hiding a weapon on your person for sneak attacks.
47	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Incompetent shadow warriors.
48	* HollywoodSilencer: Fictional silencers actually do what they're named for.
49	* InsideAWall: Travelling through walls and between floors to avoid detection.
50	* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment: Databases are updated to reflect the new identity of someone going in undercover.
51	* LethalLetterOpener: If knives are too conspicuous, a sharpened letter opener can give plausible deniability.
52	* LostPropertyLiveDrop: An agent gives or receives covert goods disguised as lost belongings.
53	* MobileShrubbery: People moving under boxes, barrels and bushes to evade detection.
54	* {{Ninja}}: Japanese shadow warriors.
55	* NobodyHereButUsStatues: Standing very still to evade detection.
56	* NoiselessWalker: Someone who's an expert at walking quietly.
57	* NoPeripheralVision: Hiding on the ceiling, or in the case of stealth games, outside of a guards' sight-cone or view distance.
58	* {{Objectshifting}}: Shapeshifting someone into an object like a lamp, not an animal or another person.
59	* OptionalStealth: Where "Stealth is optional for this Mission" comes into full effect.
60	* PerceptionFilter: Looking unusual enough to go beneath notice by everyone.
61	* SearchingTheStalls: Searching for someone hiding in a bathroom stall.
62	* SilentRunningMode: A boat running as quietly as possible to pass another ship.
63	* SleepyEnemy: Enemies that prefer to sleep, encouraging stealth to either sneak up on them for a surprise attack or sneak past them to avoid detection.
64	* SneakersOfSneaking: Silent shoes for stealth.
65	* SneakingOutAtNight: Sneaking out of your house at night.
66	* TheSneakyGuy: Sneaky men in fiction.
67	* SneakyTipToes: Walking on tiptoes in order to be stealthy.
68	* SoMuchForStealth: A general reaction of someone when a plan fails.
69	* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: An infiltration leads to a shootout.
70	* StealthBasedGame: Video games that are centered exclusively around stealth gameplay.
71	* StealthBasedMission: Non-stealth video games that have infrequent stealth missions.
72	* StealthClothes: Handkerchief on the head that somehow helps with stealth.
73	* StealthEscortMission: Tailing someone without their knowledge to protect them.
74	* StealthExpert: An expert of infiltration, master assassin, and generally all-round sneaky pal.
75	* StealthHiBye: Running away from someone when their back is turned, oftentimes when in a hurry.
76	* StealthInSpace: Stealth machinery used in space to avoid detection by other ships.
77	* StealthRun: Completing a mission stealthily; this can often take the form of a specific SelfImposedChallenge.
78	* StealthyCephalopod: Octopuses that fly under the radar.
79	* StealthyColossus: Something so big that, by all rights, should ''not'' be able to hide so easily.
80	* StealthyMook: A mook that has stealth abilities, such as blending into the background.
81	* StealthyTeleportation: Teleportation without other effects.
82	* SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator: An animal that takes measures to remain undetected.
83	* TechnicolorNinja: ''Very'' colorful shadow warriors.
84	* ThroughTheCeilingStealthily: A character sneaks into a room through the ceiling.
85	* ToyDisguise: Someone sufficiently small to be disguised as a toy.
86	* TreeCover: Eavesdropping behind a tree.
87	* TrespassingToTalk: Breaking in to talk to someone.
88	* UselessUsefulStealth: When stealth becomes problematic to do for various reasons.
89	* VehicleVanish: Person walks behind a vehicle (or train), and vanishes in an impossible way.
90	* WithCatlikeTread: Something that should not be stealthy actually works.
91	[[index]]

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