History Main / ItWasThereTheWholeTime

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has a well-done example during an [[MoodWhiplash otherwise light-hearted]] scene of he and Willie both debating to themselves about whether to resolve their sexual tension. We see a mural of a shadowy figure painted in the background whenever it cuts to Indy in closeup, but don't pay it any mind until the "figure" in the painting quietly sneaks up from behind and tries to garrote him.

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-->-- '''Sgt. Sacker''', ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls (1979)''

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* The shapeshifting creature in ''Series/RedDwarf'' that acts as a vampire on emotional energy is there in the galley on the Dwarf, but is only noticed when Kryten realises there's one kebab too many on Lister's plate. The extra one is of course the emotion-eating monster.

* In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' franchise, there are several camera angles where the animatronics are in the background and can go unnoticed due to the lack of proper lighting, in line with the theme of the game.

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* In a ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' video posted by [[Creator/AchievementHunter Let's Play]], Gavin experiences it firsthand when Springtrap is partly present in the doorway, and loudly yells that Springtrap was there the whole time.

A more specific and closely related trope is TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse.

-->-- '''Sgt. Sacker''', ''When a Stranger Calls (1979)''

* ''Literature/SimonArk'': In "The Vicar of Hell", Simon and his companions are searching for a surviving copy of a book which had been banned as blasphemous and all known copies destroyed. Although the cannot find it in the place where they have been told it is, Simon tells them its been here all along, and they have been staring at it. [[spoiler:It is literally on the walls. In Tudor times, destroyed books were not necessarily burned. They were sometimes flocked and turned into wallpaper. The odd patterns on the wallpaper that had been commented on earlier were actually the remains of the book's illustrations that were still visible.]]

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* In ''Film/TheSnorkel'', the killer is revealed to have been under the floorboards the entire time.

* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': On at least two separate occasions, the Xenomorph turns out to be HiddenInPlainSight, camouflaged by crouching against a wall or in a dark corner and looking like a piece of set-dressing.

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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has a well-done example during an [[MoodWhiplash otherwise light-hearted]] scene of he and Willie both debating to themselves about whether to resolve their sexual tension. We see a mural painted behind Indy whenever it cuts to him in closeup of a shadowy figure, but don't pay it any mind until the "figure" in the painting quietly sneaks up from behind and tries to garrote him.

-->--'''Sgt. Sacker''', ''When a Stranger Calls (1979)''

* In ''Fillm/TheSnorkel'', the killer is revealed to have been under the floorboards the entire time.

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* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052207/ The Snorkel]]'', the killer is revealed to have been under the floorboards the entire time.
* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309260/ The Gallows]]'', there is a scene where the hangman moves forward from the dark background and drags the girl in the scene into the background. Coincidentally, he does this via the AnkleDrag trope. Bonus fact: This scene appears on the poster on the film's [=IMDb=] page.

* In a ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' video posted by Let's Play, Gavin experiences it firsthand when Springtrap is partly present in the doorway, and loudly yells that Springtrap was there the whole time.

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[[caption-width-right:350: A movie full of horror tropes, ''Scream'' includes TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse, a sub-trope of this.]]

* In a ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'' video posted by Let's Play, Gavin experiences it firsthand when Springtrap is partly present in the doorway, and loudly yells that Springtrap was there the whole time.

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-->--'''Sgt. Sacker''', ''When A Stranger Calls (1979)''



This trope commonly consists of a scene being well underway when the audience becomes aware of an entity or object being in the scene, and they were unaware of it beforehand.

* Movies
** In [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052207/ The Snorkel]], the killer is revealed to have been under the floorboards the entire time
** In [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309260/ The Gallows]], there is a scene where the hangman moves forward from the dark backround and drags the girl in the scene into the background. Coincidentally, he does this via the AnkleDrag trope. Bonus fact, this scene is the one that the poster on the IMDB page is taken from.
* Internet Videos
** In a Five Nights At Freddy's 3 video posted by Let's Play, Gavin experiences it first hand when Springtrap is partially present in the doorway, and loudly yells that Springtrap was there the whole time.
* Video Games
** In the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' franchise, there are several camera angles where the animatronics are in the background and can go unnoticed due to the lack of proper lighting, in line with the theme of the game.

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** In [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309260/ The Gallows]], there is a scene where the hangman moves forward from the dark backround and drags the girl in the scene into the background. Coincidentally, he does this via the AnkleDrag trope

** In a Five Nights At Freddy's 3 video posted by Let's Play, Gavin experiences it first hand when Springtrap is partially present in the doorway, and loudly yells that Springtrap was there the whole time.

* In [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052207/ The Snorkel]], the killer is revealed to have been under the floorboards the entire time

* In [[spoiler:''http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052207/ The Snorkel]]