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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': In "[[Recap/Ben10S3E8UnderWraps Under Wraps]]", after Diamondhead digs up the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Corrodium]], Gwen realizes that they've just done [[{{Mummy}} the Mummy's]] job for him, and the Mummy suddenly appears at the end of the hallway. The lights flicker, and it gets closer each time. Notably, after the lights go out, it's [[PurpleIsPowerful purple glowing marks]] stay visible for a brief moment, essentially letting the light flicker twice.
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* Invoked in ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' when a serial killer is trying to murder the protagonist Tree. [[spoiler:However, it's ''Tree'' who's doing the invoking here, as she's been through the day-long GroundhogDayLoop enough times to know when certain events will happen, including a rolling blackout that occurs at 9:23 PM. She utilizes that knowledge during her run at the GoldenEnding outcome, which includes taking down the serial killer Tombs who escapes from his hospital bed and attempts to kill her with a knife -- he has her down on the ground, but her watch alarm set for 9:23 PM goes off, letting Tree flash a GrinOfAudacity before the momentary blackout, which lets her get back up and get behind Tombs in the momentary darkness before shooting him dead.]]
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* Invoked in ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' when a serial killer is trying to murder the protagonist Tree. [[spoiler:However, it's ''Tree'' who's doing the invoking here, as she's been through the day-long GroundhogDayLoop enough times to know when certain events will happen, including a rolling blackout that occurs at 9:23 PM. She utilizes that knowledge during her run at the GoldenEnding outcome, which includes taking down the serial killer Tombs who escapes from his hospital bed and attempts to kill her with a knife -- he has her down on her]]. Knowing when exactly the ground, but her watch alarm set for 9:23 PM goes off, letting Tree flash lights will go out, the invoker flashes a GrinOfAudacity before the momentary blackout, which lets her get blackout and disappears when the lights come back on as [[spoiler:Tree gets up and get slips behind Tombs in the momentary darkness Tombs, who's still looking at where Tree was, before shooting she kills him dead.with several gunshots.]]
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* Invoked in ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' when a serial killer is trying to murder the protagonist Tree. [[spoiler:However, it's ''Tree'' who's doing the invoking here, as she's been through the day-long GroundhogDayLoop enough times to know when certain events will happen, including a rolling blackout that occurs at 9:23 PM. She utilizes that knowledge during her run at the GoldenEnding outcome, which includes taking down the serial killer Tombs who escapes from his hospital bed and attempts to kill her with a knife -- he has her down on the ground, but her watch alarm set for 9:23 PM goes off, letting Tree flash a GrinOfAudacity before the momentary blackout, which lets her get back up and get behind Tombs in the momentary darkness before shooting him dead.]]
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* ''Film/TheCollector'': [[spoiler: In the second film, Arkin is exploring a room in the hotel where the lights keep flickering. The Collector enters the room, and slowly sneaks up on him. Arkin turns around just as the Collector lunges at him. Then when the lights flicker again, we see that Arkin managed to slip out of the room before the Collector could get him.]]
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* ''Film/TheCollector'': [[spoiler: In the second film, Arkin ''Film/TheCollection'': [[spoiler:Arkin is exploring a room in the hotel where the lights keep flickering. The Collector enters the room, and slowly sneaks up on him. Arkin turns around just as the Collector lunges at him. Then when the lights flicker again, we see that Arkin managed to slip out of the room before the Collector could get him.]]
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLIAasOfxk Sculpture,]]'' a fan tribute to [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-173.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLIAasOfxk Sculpture,]]'' a fan tribute to [[Wiki/SCPFoundation [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]]-173.
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* ''Film/KildTV'': When the lights flicker at one point in the movie, Ira, who was sitting in a chair in the supply closet, disappears.
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* ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': Jeff shows up before an adult Randy by appearing under a streetlight that went off and back on mere moments beforehand. After he identifies himself to Randy, the light flickers again, and [[spoiler:Ben's angry ghost]] appears besides Jeff.
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* ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': Jeff shows up before an adult Randy by appearing under a streetlight that went off and back on mere moments beforehand. After he identifies himself to Randy, the light flickers again, and [[spoiler:Ben's angry ghost]] appears besides Jeff.
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** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': One of the GameOver screens [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjROOWeLlE has the Scarecrow do this]].
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* There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzjgBAaWZw a Youtube video which involves a kitten doing this]], approaching while the person filming looks away and being unmoving when the camera comes back.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLIAasOfxk Sculpture]]'', a fan tribute to [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-173.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLIAasOfxk Sculpture]]'', Sculpture,]]'' a fan tribute to [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-173.
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* ''Film/VanHelsing'': The vampires' supernatural powers enable them to pull off lots of OffscreenTeleportation, but at one point near the climax, the vampire Aleera pulls off this trope when taunting Anna in a dark cell; vanishing amidst a lightning flash.
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* ''Film/VanHelsing'': The vampires' supernatural powers enable them to pull off lots of OffscreenTeleportation, but at one point near the climax, the vampire Aleera [[Characters/VanHelsing Aleera]] pulls off this trope when taunting Anna in a dark cell; vanishing amidst a lightning flash.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Power-Noia", Bubbles has a nightmare in which her stuffed toys appear to come to life and gain [[SlasherSmile slasher smiles]]. As she repeats to herself "It's not real", the dolls come closer to her bed each time she opens her eyes until they're looming over her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Power-Noia", Bubbles has a nightmare in which her stuffed toys appear to come to life and gain [[SlasherSmile slasher smiles]]. As she repeats to herself "It's not real", the dolls come closer to her bed each time she opens her eyes until they're looming over her.
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* Wrestling/TheWyattFamily, especially Wrestling/BrayWyatt. Wrestling/AlexaBliss started doing this when she joined Bray. On Dec. 21, 2020, Bliss took this UpToEleven when she not only appeared, she materialized a whole playground swing set in the middle of the ring, then they disappeared when the segment was done.
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* Wrestling/TheWyattFamily, especially Wrestling/BrayWyatt. Wrestling/AlexaBliss started doing this when she joined Bray. On Dec. 21, 2020, Bliss took this UpToEleven when she not only appeared, she materialized a whole playground swing set in the middle of the ring, then they disappeared when the segment was done.
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* ''VideoGame/AllAloneWithMannie'': Whenever the PlayerCharacter blinks their eyes, Mannie has a window of opportunity in which to move around.
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* In ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', [[spoiler: Walker fights a Heavy Trooper in a room full of statues. During the fight, both the trooper and the statues move around with each light flicker, though the game's ending implies this was likely due to ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.]]
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* ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' does it In ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', [[spoiler: Walker fights a Heavy Trooper in a room full of statues. During the fight, both the trooper and the statues move around with SCP-173, which moves when you're not looking at it.each light flicker, though the game's ending implies this was likely due to ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.]]
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* Series/TheMandalorian does this towards the end of [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E6Chapter6ThePrisoner "The Prisoner"]] while hunting down Mayfeld, an assosciate who tried to leave Mando trapped in a New Republic prison cell. For added creepiness the lights change from bright white to red with each flicker.
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* Series/TheMandalorian does this towards the end of [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E6Chapter6ThePrisoner "The Prisoner"]] while hunting down Mayfeld, an assosciate who tried to leave the Mando trapped in a New Republic prison cell. For added creepiness the lights change from bright white to red with each flicker.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': A couple variations occur over the course of the story. First, there's the headcam of one of the torch-and-bury operation catching sight of an ArtificialZombie[='s=] silhouette, which disappears when the camera swivels elsewhere and back again. Later, [[AdaptationalHeroism Monster X]] pulls such a teleportation amid a lightning-flash when it goes up against Ghidorah's "shed skin", [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': A couple variations occur over the course of the story. First, there's the headcam of one of the torch-and-bury operation catching sight of an ArtificialZombie[='s=] silhouette, which disappears when the camera swivels elsewhere and back again. Later, [[AdaptationalHeroism Monster X]] pulls such a teleportation amid a lightning-flash when it goes up against Ghidorah's "shed skin", [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother.
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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla The Big G]] himself does this early on, slowly approaching the underwater window of an offshore platform deep enough that the only source of light is the intermittent flashing of his dorsal plates.
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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': The Big G himself does this early on, slowly approaching the underwater window of an offshore platform deep enough that the only source of light is the intermittent flashing of his dorsal plates.
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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': Done unintentionally in episode 4, when the company president is terrorized by seeing the girls of Franchouchou out of their make-up, and the lights in the hotel's hallways just happen to flicker in a way that makes the girls look even more unsettling.
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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': Done unintentionally in episode 4, when the company president is terrorized by seeing the girls of Franchouchou [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]] out of their make-up, and the lights in the hotel's hallways just happen to flicker in a way that makes the girls look even more unsettling.
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* Wrestling/TheWyattFamily, especially Wrestling/BrayWyatt. Wrestling/AlexaBliss started doing this when she joined Bray.
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* Wrestling/{{Sting}}, after taking up his "crow" gimmick
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* Series/TheMandalorian does this towards the end of [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E6Chapter6ThePrisoner "The Prisoner"]] while hunting down Mayfeld, an assosciate who tried to leave the Mando trapped in a New Republic prison cell. For added creepiness the lights change from bright white to red with each flicker.
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Related to OffscreenTeleportation. Compare StopMotionLighting, where a character stays in focus as the lights turn on and off.
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* In ''Film/JasonX'', Jason disappears in the middle of a hail of gunfire when the lights momentarily go out.
