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You Can See That, Right?
aka: Did You See That Too
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You've come across something so bizarre and inexplicable, you're not even sure it's real. The solution? Ask the guy standing next to you, "You can see that, right?" Usually the bystander confirms what you are seeing, be it a monster or a rip in space-time. Variations include, "Is anybody else seeing this?" and, "Did you hear that?"
Distinct from Pinch Me in that it usually is very real.
A second type of this trope is where the bystander says: "No, I don't see [exact description of event] and if you know what's good for you, neither do you."
Compare Weirdness Censor. See also By the Eyes of the Blind, to which this is usually said in response. Also see You Can See Me? and I See Them Too.
You can see that...right?
Examples:
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Comic Books
Film
Literature
- Narnia book and film, numerous times with Aslan apparently playing hide and seek with the characters to gauge their level of commitment.
Lucy: You saw him too, didn't you?
- In The Light Fantastic:
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.
Live Action TV
- Happens with Dr. Spaceman, the resident Back Alley Doctor of 30 Rock with Tracy's son. "Am I the only one who sees a little black kid sitting in the corner?"
- Just Shoot Me!, "Dog Day Afternooon":
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 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.
- Later in the series, Hurley is frequently visited by ghosts of the dead people that only he can see. One of them turns out to be not so dead after all...
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!
- MST3K - When Mr. B Natural materializes in a music store and starts yelping his/her spiel, Buzz wails "Mom, Dad, tell me you heard that!"
- Community 2011 Christmas episode. 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".
- Lost in Space 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?"
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.
Video games
- From Neverwinter Nights 2
Khelgar Ironfist: Just to make sure my eyes aren’t lying to me – a huge suit of armor did smash through here, attack the githyanki – and us – then we drove it back to the portal?
Neeshka: No… no, that’s about right.
Khelgar Ironfist: Good. Because if my drinking is catching up with me, I’m stopping right now.
- This is the common reaction of players in an MMORPG when a spectacular and until then unknown glitch derails a boss fight into a monumental Epic Fail.
Web Comics
Web Original
- Charlie The Unicorn 2:
Charlie: ...Who is that? No, no really. You guys see it right? I gotta be honest, I'm getting creeped out here, somebody say something.
- Ruby Quest: "Tom says that if you saw a huge door lined with teeth leading into some sort of horrible abyss then yes, he saw the same thing."
- In this case, it wasn't simply that the sight itself was so bizarre—at that point, a common player theory was that Ruby was insane and therefore an Unreliable Narrator; hence, whenever she saw something bizarre, they needed to ask Tom for confirmation.
Western Animation
- X-Men: Evolution: Kitty makes the X-jet fly though a mountain.
Pilot 1: Did you see that?
Pilot 2: No, and neither did you.
- The Penguins of Madagascar:
"Am I seeing a robot penguin playing checkers with a frog?"
"I see it too, Skipper."
"More rack-time, boys."
- Batman The Brave And The Bold:
Plastic Man: Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Because I'm seeing gorillas with harpoon guns, riding pterodactyls, stealing a boat.
- Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Time Trap". When the Klingon battlecruiser disappears Kirk says "Mr. Spock, did you see what I think I just saw?"
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