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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' introduces many of its villains this way.
* When the the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black silhouettes, then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence are shown doing a TeamPowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium gets a shot like this in the manga and the OVA.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from the name.
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until well after the first 100 chapters of Part 2.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got one in her first appearance, as did the two Outer Senshi Uranus and Neptune.
* When the the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black silhouettes, then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence are shown doing a TeamPowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium gets a shot like this in the manga and the OVA.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from the name.
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until well after the first 100 chapters of Part 2.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got one in her first appearance, as did the two Outer Senshi Uranus and Neptune.
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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', after a brief mention of the God Hand in the first chapter as Guts is torturing the Snake Baron, introduces many of its villains the {{Big Bad}}s this way.
* Whenway after Guts learns that Vargas has a Behelit and lays down just what the thing is to him and the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black audience.
* ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'''s OP sequence has a part where each special division of the eponymous AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil are shown together. While Assault Division has its members performing their signature attacks one after the other, the Vice President for Covert and the Covert commander are shown standing between two silhouettes,then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence other members of Covert Division. Their faces are shown doing a TeamPowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium gets a shot like this in the manga and the OVA.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from the name.
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until wellrevealed after the first 100 chapters of Part 2.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got oneepisodes where they are introduced. The entire student council is shown in her first appearance, as did a sinister silhouettes TeamShot before the two Outer Senshi Uranus and Neptune.opening credits start rolling.
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* ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'''s OP sequence has a part where each special division of the eponymous AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil are shown together. While Assault Division has its members performing their signature attacks one after the other, the Vice President for Covert and the Covert commander are shown standing between two silhouettes,
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium gets a shot like this in the manga and the OVA.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from the name.
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until well
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got one
* Every suspect gets one of these in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' if TheTeaser decides to show the crime in progress. Hilariously parodied in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' where the principal suspect is a sinister silhouettes that is revealed be an alien and the silhouette its true appearance.
* When the the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black silhouettes, then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence are shown doing a TeamPowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' had the tendency to introduce the next team of opponents this way.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' had the tendency to introduce the next team of opponents this way.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
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* ''Many'' characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'', at least in the manga (Zoro, Arlong, the Shichibukai, the Yonkou, just to name a few).
** The Shichibukai in their silhouettes look nothing like they really do. Except for Mihawk maybe. They were also shown to be sword wielders, which doesn't help.
*** Those figures were meant to be Yosaku's idealized mental image of the Shichibukai. Since Yosaku had never seen any of them except Mihawk, it makes sense that he wouldn't know their appearances. While it's unclear if Oda had designed all of them yet, at that point he had designed at least two (Mihawk and Crocodile) and he knew they wouldn't all be sword users.
** More than one of the anime openings show characters who have yet to appear in silhouette, and then in later openings with the picture filled in.
*** Really it's done so many times that it might as well be a RunningGag.
** A particularly funny shot is when Doflamingo warns Tsuru about the increasing number of pirates who seek to take control of the world in the place of World Government. In the depiction of potential enemies of the world, there is [[IdiotHero Luffy]] at the center, wearing his trademark stupid grin. In the shade that all the pirates are in, [[SlasherSmile Luffy's grin]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ends up making him look like the creepiest one of the lot]].
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' frequently uses faceless blacked out figures during flashbacks (including the one that opens the narration of every other episode) although their hair and clothes are usually still coloured. This is used for both chilly atmosphere and for presenting it as a fairy tale.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** The manga does this with Hiei and Kurama (and Gouki, who was unimportant) before we get to know them.
** The [[TheFourGods Saint Beasts]] and [[BreakfastClub Sensui's Seven]] were depicted in this manner.
* ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'''s OP sequence has a part where each special division of the eponymous AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil are shown together. While Assault Division has its members performing their signature attacks one after the other, the Vice President for Covert and the Covert commander are shown standing between two silhouettes, the other members of Covert Division. Their faces are revealed after the episodes where they are introduced. The entire student council is shown in a sinister silhouettes TeamShot before the opening credits start rolling.
** The Shichibukai in their silhouettes look nothing like they really do. Except for Mihawk maybe. They were also shown to be sword wielders, which doesn't help.
*** Those figures were meant to be Yosaku's idealized mental image of the Shichibukai. Since Yosaku had never seen any of them except Mihawk, it makes sense that he wouldn't know their appearances. While it's unclear if Oda had designed all of them yet, at that point he had designed at least two (Mihawk and Crocodile) and he knew they wouldn't all be sword users.
** More than one of the anime openings show characters who have yet to appear in silhouette, and then in later openings with the picture filled in.
*** Really it's done so many times that it might as well be a RunningGag.
** A particularly funny shot is when Doflamingo warns Tsuru about the increasing number of pirates who seek to take control of the world in the place of World Government. In the depiction of potential enemies of the world, there is [[IdiotHero Luffy]] at the center, wearing his trademark stupid grin. In the shade that all the pirates are in, [[SlasherSmile Luffy's grin]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ends up making him look like the creepiest one of the lot]].
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' frequently uses faceless blacked out figures during flashbacks (including the one that opens the narration of every other episode) although their hair and clothes are usually still coloured. This is used for both chilly atmosphere and for presenting it as a fairy tale.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** The manga does this with Hiei and Kurama (and Gouki, who was unimportant) before we get to know them.
** The [[TheFourGods Saint Beasts]] and [[BreakfastClub Sensui's Seven]] were depicted in this manner.
* ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'''s OP sequence has a part where each special division of the eponymous AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil are shown together. While Assault Division has its members performing their signature attacks one after the other, the Vice President for Covert and the Covert commander are shown standing between two silhouettes, the other members of Covert Division. Their faces are revealed after the episodes where they are introduced. The entire student council is shown in a sinister silhouettes TeamShot before the opening credits start rolling.
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* Every suspect gets one of these in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' if TheTeaser decides to show the crime in progress. Hilariously parodied in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' where the principal suspect is a sinister silhouettes that is revealed be an alien and the silhouette its true appearance.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the ''embodiment'' of sinister silhouettes.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the ''embodiment'' of sinister silhouettes.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.
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* Every suspect ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium gets one of these a shot like this in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' if TheTeaser decides to show the crime in progress. Hilariously parodied in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' where the principal suspect is a sinister silhouettes that is revealed be an alien manga and the silhouette its true appearance.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the ''embodiment'' of sinister silhouettes.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.OVA.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the ''embodiment'' of sinister silhouettes.
* The [[FourIsDeath Four]] [[EliteFour Kings]] from ''Manga/GetBackers''.
* The Suzaku Seishi in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (with the exception of Tamahome and Hotohori) are first depicted as silhouettes with their body symbols when Hotohori explains the legend of Suzaku.
* Parodied in episode 38 of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', with [[ButtMonkey Yoki]] imagining himself to be the leader of the Scar gang on a quest for revenge against the Elric brothers.
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' does this with the introduction of Kenshiro's adoptive brothers and then with the six Nanto Stars. The latter is a bit more egregious, since it depicts Shin and Rei alongside four male silhouettes, but one of them later [[spoiler:turns out to be a [[SamusIsAGirl woman]]]].
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary,'' the Diary Holders (aside from the main two characters and Third, [[SacrificialLamb who dies before the scene takes place]]) are introduced this way when Deus announces the Survival Game.
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.
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* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' had the tendency to introduce the next team of opponents this way.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' introduces many of its villains this way.
* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' did this with Nightmare all the way up to near the end of the second-to-last episode.
* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' did this with Nightmare all the way up to near the end of the second-to-last episode.
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* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' did this with Nightmare all the way up to near the end of the second-to-last episode.
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* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' did this with Nightmare all ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from theway up to near name.
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until well after thesecond-to-last episode.first 100 chapters of Part 2.
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.
* ''Many'' characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'', at least in the manga (Zoro, Arlong, the Shichibukai, the Yonkou, just to name a few).
** The Shichibukai in their silhouettes look nothing like they really do. Except for Mihawk maybe. They were also shown to be sword wielders, which doesn't help.
*** Those figures were meant to be Yosaku's idealized mental image of the Shichibukai. Since Yosaku had never seen any of them except Mihawk, it makes sense that he wouldn't know their appearances. While it's unclear if Oda had designed all of them yet, at that point he had designed at least two (Mihawk and Crocodile) and he knew they wouldn't all be sword users.
** More than one of the anime openings show characters who have yet to appear in silhouette, and then in later openings with the picture filled in.
*** Really it's done so many times that it might as well be a RunningGag.
** A particularly funny shot is when Doflamingo warns Tsuru about the increasing number of pirates who seek to take control of the world in the place of World Government. In the depiction of potential enemies of the world, there is [[IdiotHero Luffy]] at the center, wearing his trademark stupid grin. In the shade that all the pirates are in, [[SlasherSmile Luffy's grin]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ends up making him look like the creepiest one of the lot]].
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
** The Five Kages, as one would expect from the
** The Akatsuki also make their first appearance at the end of part 1 as Silhouettes. Pain's appearance, in particular, isn't shown until well after the
* One of the Angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' appears like a large floating sphere covered in irregular black and white patterns. It turns out that the sphere is actually the three-dimensional silhouette of a multi-dimensional creature. To aim at the actual creature in three-dimensional space, one has to aim at the apparently two-dimensional circle of pure blackness on the ground below it.
** The preview of the third installment of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' features four shadows that are implied to belong to new Evangelion pilots. Two of them are presumably, but not necessarily Mari and Kaworu, while the other two still remain to be seen.
* ''Many'' characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'', at least in the manga (Zoro, Arlong, the Shichibukai, the Yonkou, just to name a few).
** The Shichibukai in their silhouettes look nothing like they really do. Except for Mihawk maybe. They were also shown to be sword wielders, which doesn't help.
*** Those figures were meant to be Yosaku's idealized mental image of the Shichibukai. Since Yosaku had never seen any of them except Mihawk, it makes sense that he wouldn't know their appearances. While it's unclear if Oda had designed all of them yet, at that point he had designed at least two (Mihawk and Crocodile) and he knew they wouldn't all be sword users.
** More than one of the anime openings show characters who have yet to appear in silhouette, and then in later openings with the picture filled in.
*** Really it's done so many times that it might as well be a RunningGag.
** A particularly funny shot is when Doflamingo warns Tsuru about the increasing number of pirates who seek to take control of the world in the place of World Government. In the depiction of potential enemies of the world, there is [[IdiotHero Luffy]] at the center, wearing his trademark stupid grin. In the shade that all the pirates are in, [[SlasherSmile Luffy's grin]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ends up making him look like the creepiest one of the lot]].
* Various openings of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' do this for Gym Leaders or Frontier Brains. Because, you know, the gym leader is totally the one you fight...
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', after a brief mention of the God Hand in the first chapter as Guts is torturing the Snake Baron, introduces the {{Big Bad}}s this way after Guts learns that Vargas has a Behelit and lays down just what the thing is to him and the audience.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', after a brief mention of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' frequently uses faceless blacked out figures during flashbacks (including the God Hand in one that opens the narration of every other episode) although their hair and clothes are usually still coloured. This is used for both chilly atmosphere and for presenting it as a fairy tale.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got one in her firstchapter appearance, as Guts is torturing did the Snake Baron, introduces the {{Big Bad}}s this way after Guts learns that Vargas has a Behelit two Outer Senshi Uranus and lays down just what the thing is to him and the audience.Neptune.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Venus got one in her first
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* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' is the ''embodiment'' of sinister silhouettes.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** The manga does this with Hiei and Kurama (and Gouki, who was unimportant) before we get to know them.
** The [[TheFourGods Saint Beasts]] and [[BreakfastClub Sensui's Seven]] were depicted in this manner.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** The manga does this with Hiei and Kurama (and Gouki, who was unimportant) before we get to know them.
** The [[TheFourGods Saint Beasts]] and [[BreakfastClub Sensui's Seven]] were depicted in this manner.
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* ''Film/ItTheTerrorFromBeyondSpace''. The alien monster is first seen as a scary silhouette as it sneaks on board the atomic rocketship via a hatchway that had been left open. Unfortunately [[SpecialEffectFailure the shadow has a human head]] that doesn't match its scary monster face.
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** Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost: Son Biten, Enoko Mitsugashira, and Chiyari Tenkajin, TheDragon of [[MeleeATrois the three Animal Realm Yakuza Clans]].
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** Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost: Son Biten, Enoko Mitsugashira, and Chiyari Tenkajin, TheDragon of [[MeleeATrois the three Animal Realm Yakuza Clans]].Clans]], who are actually TheMole of the real BigBad.
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** Sunken Fossil World: Yuuma Toutetsu.
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** Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost: Son Biten, Enoko Mitsugashira, and Chiyari Tenkajin, TheDragon of [[MeleeATrois the three Animal Realm Yakuza Clans]].
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* ComicBook/{{Batman}} does this a lot, [[TerrorHero on purpose]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has the Guild of Calamitous Intent's Council of 13.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' has the Guild of Calamitous Intent's Council of 13.
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* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'': In "Literature/CryOfTheCat", Rip the cat's shadow appears to be frightening when he's about to find Allison at the hospital. His scary shadow appears again when Allison and Ryan are about to run away from Crystal's mom.
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* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'': ''Series/Goosebumps1995'': In "Literature/CryOfTheCat", "[[Recap/Goosebumps1995S4E5E6CryOfTheCat Cry of the Cat]]", Rip the cat's shadow appears to be frightening when he's about to find Allison at the hospital. His scary shadow appears again when Allison and Ryan are about to run away from Crystal's mom.
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* The [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 original]] ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' plays with this for the opening cinematic. It shows off all the normal playable characters, but the four {{Secret Character}}s ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi,]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff,]] [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon,]] and [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} Ness]]) are only shown as silhouettes until you actually unlock them. Despite the silhouettes though, they definitely aren't ''evil'' characters by any means.
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* The [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 original]] ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' plays with this for the opening cinematic. It shows off all the normal playable characters, but the four {{Secret Character}}s ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi,]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff,]] [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon,]] and [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} [[Videogame/EarthBound1994 Ness]]) are only shown as silhouettes until you actually unlock them. Despite the silhouettes though, they definitely aren't ''evil'' characters by any means.
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*Disciple of the Lich: In the fifth novel, [[spoiler:Philia]] stands backlit after destroying a will with a single thrown sword. She then declares [[spoiler: Philia...doesn't really remember when she was called [a god]. But Philia doesn't like it[.] ]]
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Alphabetical order in Video Games.
* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', the profiles of unknown/unintroduced characters are shown as dark silhouettes, with question marks for their age and profession. A larger version is seen in the first case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' when a mysterious figure catches Edgeworth at gunpoint in his darkened office--and since the dialogue is completely text we don't even know what gender the person is. It turns out to be [[spoiler: Detective Badd]].
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
** The murderer always appears as one, with only [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes their eyes visible]].
** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executive in the cinematic.
* [[GeneralRipper Ishijima Kaigen]] from the Creator/{{Nitroplus}} VisualNovel ''Hanachirasu'' is only ''mostly'' silhouetted, but she makes up for it with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* Although they aren't silhouettes, Organization XIII from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' invoke this by wearing a hood that obscures their face, revealing their appearance only when Sora meets the individual members properly.
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
** The murderer always appears as one, with only [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes their eyes visible]].
** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executive in the cinematic.
* [[GeneralRipper Ishijima Kaigen]] from the Creator/{{Nitroplus}} VisualNovel ''Hanachirasu'' is only ''mostly'' silhouetted, but she makes up for it with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* Although they aren't silhouettes, Organization XIII from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' invoke this by wearing a hood that obscures their face, revealing their appearance only when Sora meets the individual members properly.
* ''VideoGame/MurderInTheAlps'': When Anna elaborates at the end of ''Ladies of the Night'' on how the deaths of [[PrivateDetective Petrus Krämer]] and [[spoiler:Susi Wiget]] occurred, the flashbacks show Petrus being captured and beaten up by two completely darkened accomplishes of [[spoiler:Oskar Havel, AKA the Dada Killer]], the fugitive SerialKiller. [[spoiler:The larger figure is likely [[BrawnHilda Dhara Biguá]], a smuggler from ''Exiled Dead'' who's revealed to have teamed up with Oskar. The other figure is possibly Gerhard Wagner, a smuggling Nazi agent from ''Atlantic Connection'' who's later revealed to have joined the VillainTeamUp in ''Forgotten Memento''.]]
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', entering a new level shows the boss's name and their silhouette.
* In ''VideoGame/OwlBoy'', Molstrom and his mysterious hooded benefactor first appear in shadows.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', entering a new level shows the boss's name and their silhouette.
* In ''VideoGame/OwlBoy'', Molstrom and his mysterious hooded benefactor first appear in shadows.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rama}}'' (1996) the intro shows the silhouettes of menacing aliens and a human astronaut running away.
* In ''VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji'', the Dark Ninjas first appear as silhouettes on a tall tree before attacking Tsumuji's village and turning everyone into stone.
* The "[=HellValleySkyTree=]" figures in Shiverburn Galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''.
* In ''VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji'', the Dark Ninjas first appear as silhouettes on a tall tree before attacking Tsumuji's village and turning everyone into stone.
* The "[=HellValleySkyTree=]" figures in Shiverburn Galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''.
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* In ''VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji'', the Dark Ninjas first appear as silhouettes on a tall tree before attacking Tsumuji's village and turning everyone into stone.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', entering a new level shows the boss's name and their silhouette.
* In ''VideoGame/OwlBoy'', Molstrom and his mysterious hooded benefactor first appear in shadows.
* [[GeneralRipper Ishijima Kaigen]] from the Creator/{{Nitroplus}} VisualNovel ''Hanachirasu'' is only ''mostly'' silhouetted, but she makes up for it with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* Even though it doesn't happen in the context of the game itself, in the manga for ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Kariya and Yoshiro say "Since we appeared in silhouette earlier, you probably thought we were up to something ''dastardly''. We're totally not."
** Although early in the game, the Reapers ''do'' appear, with some slight dark shading over them, so...
* Although they aren't silhouettes, Organization XIII from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' invoke this by wearing a hood that obscures their face, revealing their appearance only when Sora meets the individual members properly.
* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', the profiles of unknown/unintroduced characters are shown as dark silhouettes, with question marks for their age and profession. A larger version is seen in the first case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' when a mysterious figure catches Edgeworth at gunpoint in his darkened office--and since the dialogue is completely text we don't even know what gender the person is. It turns out to be [[spoiler: Detective Badd]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rama}}'' (1996) the intro shows the silhouettes of menacing aliens and a human astronaut running away.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', entering a new level shows the boss's name and their silhouette.
* In ''VideoGame/OwlBoy'', Molstrom and his mysterious hooded benefactor first appear in shadows.
* [[GeneralRipper Ishijima Kaigen]] from the Creator/{{Nitroplus}} VisualNovel ''Hanachirasu'' is only ''mostly'' silhouetted, but she makes up for it with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* Even though it doesn't happen in the context of the game itself, in the manga for ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Kariya and Yoshiro say "Since we appeared in silhouette earlier, you probably thought we were up to something ''dastardly''. We're totally not."
** Although early in the game, the Reapers ''do'' appear, with some slight dark shading over them, so...
* Although they aren't silhouettes, Organization XIII from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' invoke this by wearing a hood that obscures their face, revealing their appearance only when Sora meets the individual members properly.
* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', the profiles of unknown/unintroduced characters are shown as dark silhouettes, with question marks for their age and profession. A larger version is seen in the first case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' when a mysterious figure catches Edgeworth at gunpoint in his darkened office--and since the dialogue is completely text we don't even know what gender the person is. It turns out to be [[spoiler: Detective Badd]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rama}}'' (1996) the intro shows the silhouettes of menacing aliens and a human astronaut running away.
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* The "[=HellValleySkyTree=]" figures in Shiverburn Galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executive in the cinematic.
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
** The murderer always appears as one, with only [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes their eyes visible]].
** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executive in the cinematic.
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
** The murderer always appears as one, with only [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes their eyes visible]].
** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].
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* The "[=HellValleySkyTree=]" figures in Shiverburn Galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executiveEven though it doesn't happen in the cinematic.
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
context of the game itself, in the manga for ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Kariya and Yoshiro say "Since we appeared in silhouette earlier, you probably thought we were up to something ''dastardly''. We're totally not."
**The murderer always appears as one, Although early in the game, the Reapers ''do'' appear, with only [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes their eyes visible]].
** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].some slight dark shading over them, so...
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The Zaibatsu executive
* ''VideoGame/EnigmaAnIllusionNamedFamily'':
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** This also applies to anyone that Minhyuk hasn't identified yet. One scene has him realize as much when he {{Jump Scare}}s himself by [[spoiler:not recognizing his own reflection in a darkened mirror]].
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* ''Literature/SoImASpiderSoWhat'': Evil God D appears as the black silhouette of a teenage girl with an unnaturally large smile. This masks her identity as [[spoiler:Wakaba Hiiro]].
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* When the the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black silhouettes, then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence are shown doing a PowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
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* When the the Ginyu Force first appears in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' they appear as black silhouettes, then introduce themselves one at a time. Silhouettes of Vegeta and Nappa in the first opening sequence are shown doing a PowerWalk TeamPowerWalk with fire and lightning in the background.
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** Hidden Star in Four Seasons: [[DualBoss Mai Teireida, Satono Nishida]] and Okina Matara [[spoiler:in her BonusBoss form]].
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** Hidden Star in Four Seasons: [[DualBoss Mai Teireida, Satono Nishida]] and Okina Matara [[spoiler:in her BonusBoss OptionalBoss form]].
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* Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} does this a lot, [[TerrorHero on purpose]].
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* ''Film/Daredevil2003''. One of the Kingpin's thugs is beating up a guy in an alley when a ''huge'' silhouette of Daredevil looms up on the wall in front of him, with [[MookHorrorShow the thug staring in horror at it before fleeing]].
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* ''Film/Daredevil2003''. ''Film/Daredevil2003'': One of the Kingpin's thugs is beating up a guy in an alley when a ''huge'' silhouette of Daredevil looms up on the wall in front of him, with [[MookHorrorShow the thug staring in horror at it before fleeing]].
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* On ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the first time Father, the BigBad, appears, he shows up as a silhouette. However, it's quickly revealed that this is because he wears a suit of shadows. For a good deal of the series, even if he appears in broad daylight, he's a silhouette. It's finally ripped off in TheMovie...and it turns out [[ChekhovsGunman we've seen what he looks like in previous episodes]].
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* On In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the first time Father, the BigBad, appears, he shows up as a silhouette. However, it's quickly revealed that this is because he wears a suit of shadows. For a good deal of the series, even if he appears in broad daylight, he's a silhouette. It's finally ripped off in TheMovie...and it turns out [[ChekhovsGunman we've seen what he looks like in previous episodes]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' features "The Light", TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness who are nothing but sinister silhouettes on a set of screens till TheReveal of their identities near the end of season 1. For an added touch, the silhouettes are ''white'', running with the team's name.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' features "The Light", TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness who are nothing but sinister silhouettes on a set of screens till TheReveal of their identities near the end of season 1. For an added touch, the silhouettes are ''white'', running with the team's name.
