History Main / InvisibilityCloak

** Harry inherits a cloak from his father which makes everything beneath it invisible. Recreated beautifully [[Film/HarryPotter on film]], too. This cloak is the {{Trope Namer|s}}. As it turns out, the cloak is [[spoiler:one of the three Deathly Hallows]]. Other cloaks, such as ones woven from Demiguise fur, decay over time and are affected by outside spells, but the Harry's cloak is just as able to keep its wearer invisible as it was when it was first made and does not budge for one moment when a Death Eater attempts to Summon it off of Harry.

** Harry inherits a cloak from his father which makes everything beneath it invisible. Recreated beautifully [[Film/HarryPotter on film]], too. This cloak is the {{Trope Namer|s}}. As it turns out, the cloak is [[spoiler:one of the three Deathly Hallows]]. Other cloaks, such as ones woven from Demiguise fur, decay over time and are affected by outside spells, but the Hallow cloak is just as able to keep its wearer invisible as it was when it was first made and does not budge for one moment when a Death Eater attempts to Summon it off of Harry.

** In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', Samus fights the Corpius, a creature which can turn invisible. After it's defeated, the creature drops the Phantom Cloak, the piece of Chozo technology which rendered it invisible, which Samus can then equip to become invisible herself.

** Shadow Pirates in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' feature a variation on the "active camouflage" type of cloak. They [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/3/36/Cloaked_Pirate_with_Space_Pirate.png appear]] as semi-transparent, leaving beind a darkened region where light does not completely penetrate, making them look like shadows. While they are hard to spot in the visible spectrum, especially in the dark, they stick out like a sore thumb in infrared. The Omega Pirate has a "Chameleon Manta" which lets him become invisible not only to the naked eye, but also to infrared and X-ray vision. The only time he can be seen when the device is activated is when he absorbs the highly radioactive phazon into his body.

* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', this is done by using tiny lasers to project an image into the eyes of onlookers.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': The criminal Mist is in possession of a piece of stolen technology that allows him to become invisible. Unlike many examples of this trope, the cloak does not have any "tells," allowing the viewer to see where he is.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', lowly thief Amend Da Mula is given an arsenal of magical items by Mozenrath for a mission to turn the Sultan into a statuette, with one of them being a Belt of Invisibility. Iago, recognizing the trick, takes the belt from Amend and later uses it to get the Sultan away from the thief when he takes the form of [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent a griffin]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' episode "A Clear Case", one of Dr. Claw's scientists invents an invisibility cloth using diamonds to deflect light. The scientist then uses the suit to haunt a diamond mine so MAD could collect enough diamonds to make suits for their agents. Unfortunately, it's then that SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs as while the suits successfully make the agents invisible, due to being unable to see ''each other'', they end up bumping and hitting each other. Even worse, the suits aren't proven to be durable as during a fight with Gadget, enough hard blows result in the diamond cloth turning to dust.

** Shadow Pirates in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' feature the "active camouflage" type of cloak (appears translucent in the visible spectrum but sticks out like a sore thumb in IR). The Omega Pirate has a "Chameleon Manta" which lets him become invisible not only to the naked eye, but also to infrared and X-ray vision. The only time he can be seen when the device is activated is when he absorbs the highly radioactive phazon into his body.
** In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', when bounty hunter Trace is equipped with the Imperialist weapon, he can become invisible so long as he remains still, but the cloak drops as soon as it moves.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' episode "A Clear Case", one of Dr. Claw's scientists invents an invisibility cloth using diamonds to deflect light. The scientist then uses the suit to haunt a diamond mine so MAD could collect enough diamonds to make suits for their agents. Unfortunately, it's then that SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs as while the suits successfully make the agents invisible, due to being unable to see ''each other'', they end up bumping and hitting each other. Even worse, suits aren't proven to be durable as during a fight with Gadget, enough hard blows result in the diamond cloth turning to dust.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': ECS mode for 3rd generation Arm Slaves, based on an array of rapidly oscillating lasers. Tessa's [=M6A1=] also has ECS despite being 2nd-gen. The first models only shield against infrared, but the newest stuff works against optics as well -- with the trade-off of having a strong ozone smell, attracting birds, and freaking out dogs. ECCS sensors can see through the camouflage, and light rain makes it completely useless. It's implied that ECS draws lots of power since every time we see it in use, the Arm Slave in question is either sneaking or standing still (which is a bit strange, seeing that 3rd-gen AS units have cold fusion reactors with nearly three times higher wattage than their 2nd-gen cousins, yet both carry ECS). However, Mao moves at a pretty good clip in the Behemoth story arc even in ECS mode, trashing roadsigns and even "helping" Souske and Weber get their truck through a roadblock.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'':

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Death Gun uses a special mantle that has the "Metamaterial Optical Camouflage" ability, rendering him invisible to both the naked eye and satellite scans. This also allows him to spy on his victims unnoticed in order to find out their personal info so as to know where to strike to kill them in the real world.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'' have a Partial Invisibility power-up; this doesn't make it ''impossible'' to see the character, just ''extremely'' difficult, and those with ranged attacks have a random deviation added to their shots (e.g., fireballs veering off something like 45 degrees from where you actually are at the time; the powerup is rather infamous among the playerbase since in practice, as you'll typically be strafing to avoid enemy fire, it actually makes them ''better'' at hitting you because now they can [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard "accidentally"]] compensate for your movement). The Spectre also has this effect, albeit permanently turned on.

* Swim Swim's group in ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' purchases an Invisibility Cloak that perfectly hides the user visually, though it won't protect her from magical skills. Her group uses it for multiple sneak kills, though it proves worthless against Snow White's PsychicRadar and Cranberry's enhanced hearing.

* The Belt Ghemmal in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' that Xayide gives to Bastian, is made of glass and makes the wearer invisible. Bastian was disconcerted the first time he wore it as he couldn't even see himself, so he couldn't take it off without Xayide's help.

* The {{Trope Maker|s}} is the ''Tarnkappe'' (aptly translatable as "camouflage cape") which Siegfried takes from the dwarf Alberich and uses to defeat Brunhild in the ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}''.

** The elven cloaks given to the Fellowship at Lórien give a certain amount of invisibility, causing their wearers to fade into the background so long as they are among nature. This allows Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli to stay unseen by an entire cohort of Rohirrim riding right past them and has a lot to do with Frodo and Sam's successful incursion of Mordor. This is well represented in the film adaptation ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' when, as an orc-company approaches, Frodo throws his cloak over him and Sam, and they immediately take on the perfect likeness of a boulder.

* ''Roleplay/YouHaveBecomeYourAvatar'': King Kix gives the group cloaking devices in an attempt to infiltrate the Wiki/SCPFoundation. Unfortunately, an SCP Foundation guard still manages to spot them.

* Myth/GreekMythology: Hades had a cap that made its wearer invisible.

* Lucy from ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners uses the Optical Camo cyberware to turn invisible while pickpocketing eddies and data shards from people with ties to Arasaka. Doubles with VisibleInvisibility, as her hair is shown as she’s moving. Her hair is also the first thing David notices from her while going to Arasaka Academy and later when he’s on the subway.