History Main / RuleOfPerception

* WrittenSoundEffect: In comics, the audience can't hear the sounds, thus they're written out so the audience can see them instead, especially if the sounds happen offscreen and/or are important to the story.

* In a ''CSI'' arson investigation, Greg must compare a used match from the crime scene to a large pile of matchbooks taken from a suspect's home. In through-the-microscope views of him holding the torn match end to the matchbooks, the used match's cardboard shaft is dark in color, while the books' matches are light. This makes it more obvious to viewers that they aren't a [[{{Pun}} match]] for one another but begs the question of why Greg bothered comparing those samples microscopically at all, when their colors are so visibly different.

** For that matter, pretty much every mental power gets a visual representation. Examples include concentric yellow circles for Aquaman's animal control powers, lightning bolts around his head for Professor X's telepathy (rarely used anymore), a wavelike effect for Magneto's magnetic powers, squiggly lines around his head (with half of his face turning into his mask if he's in his civilian ID) for Spider-Man's spider sense, etc.
*** A strange result of this was the case of Ink, a character who thought he had the mutant ability to simulate others' powers by getting an appropriate symbol tattooed on his body (it turned out he was a normal human - it was the tattoo artist who had super powers). One of his tattoo powers was telepathy, which he got from having lightning bolts tattooed on his head, just like the ones used to show Professor X using his powers in old school ComicBook/XMen comics.

* {{Flynning}}: Many real life sword techniques rely on very quick and subtle movements, meaning and untrained person might be unable to tell what's going on, such as of the opponent gets hit despite it seeming to the untrained eye as if the sword never made contact. Since most viewers are unfamiliar with sword techniques, movie fights exaggerate movements to make it clear what is happening.

* {{Flynning}}: Many real life sword techniques are so subtle in movement and happen so quickly, an untrained person cannot tell what's going on, such as the opponent getting hit despite it not looking like the sword ever touched them. Since most viewers are unfamiliar with sword techniques, movie fights exaggerate movements to make it clear what is happening.

* {{Flynning}}: Many real life sword techniques are so subtle in movement, an untrained person cannot tell what's going on, such as the opponent getting hit despite it not looking like the sword ever touched them. Since most viewers are unfamiliar with sword techniques, movie fights exaggerate movements to make it clear what is happening.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Despite stationing for 80 years in the Southlands, and watching the inhabitants from watchtower of Ostirith, which is located on a mountain, somehow, the Elves completely missed the Orcs kidnaping people, digging caves and destroying the environment for who knows how long. One would assume they should have seen signs like deforested forests and fires caused by Orc from their watchtower.

* In ''The Three-Legged Cat'' by Creator/MargaretMahy, a man puts a sleeping cat on his head, mistaking him for his hat. Even if the cat didn't wake up, a real person would be able to feel it breathing and the fact that it was warm. Also, the average housecat is much ''heavier'' than the average cat.

* When Darth Vader's mask is cracked to reveal his eye in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', he has a visible eyebrow identical to Anakin's. While this contradicts other depictions that show his eyebrows were permanently singed off, as they were digitally edited out in the updated cut of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' by the time ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' was released, here it serves the dual purpose of better defining his character model and [[spoiler:clearly indicating his identity to Ahsoka]].

* In a ''CSI'' arson investigation, Greg must compare a used match from the crime scene to a large pile of matchbooks taken from a suspect's home. In through-the-microscope views of him holding the torn match end to the matchbooks, the used match's cardboard shaft is dark in color, while the books' matches are light. This makes it more obvious to viewers that they aren't a [[IncrediblyLamePun match]] for one another, but begs the question of why Greg bothered comparing those samples microscopically at all, when their colors are so visibly different.

* All the Apostles in ''Art/TheLastSupper'' sit [[SocialSemiCircle on one side of the same table]] to allow the viewer to clearly see all of their reactions to the news of a traitor in their midst.

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