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* One of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s two signature entrances/exits, the other being a SuperWindowJump. He does this pretty reliably when talking to Commissioner Gordon or his other allies.[[hottip:*: The earliest known example of him disappearing on Gordon is in 1973's ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' #7.]] In fact, whenever he doesn't it's usually a sign to Gordon that it's an impostor, or at least that something's wrong.

* ''KamenRiderRyuki'': [[BigBad Main villain]] Kanzaki Shirou does this in virtually every scene he's in. He pops in on one of the Riders, tells him to go kill the other Riders, and pops out. [[spoiler:Justified as he is utilising a PortalNetwork that connects all reflective surfaces. ]]

** [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/05-faztivus/gordon/ This]] Shortpacked strip ponders what would happen if Gordon simply refused to look away...

-->-- '''Commissioner Gordon''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''

** When Gibbs temporarily comes back from his TenMinuteRetirement, he finds Tony, who had been filling in as the team's leader, hiding behind a stairwell while the other agents are talking. He tells Gibbs that "you know exactly what I'm doing", and then attempts a Stealth Hi as soon as the opportunity arrives.

** Also subverted at times, such as when Tim notices Terry is around before he gets to the "hi" part. It's hard to StealthHiBye one of the Batchildren.

* ''HalfLife''. The G-Man has this habit, which is {{lampshaded}} in ''{{Concerned}}'' when Gordon Frohman spots him hiding several times.

* In the ''{{Half-Life}}'' parody ''{{Concerned}}'', the G-Man disappears by crawling up light poles or hiding behind boxes when Frohman isn't looking.

** It is shown later that Po can be quite the kung fu master, when he [[spoiler:doesn't think about it]].

* Similarly to the ''JohnnyBravo'' example above, Mr. Burns once attempted this in ''TheSimpsons'', disappearing in a cloud of smoke ([[LaughingMad laughing maniacally as he did so]]), in order to avoid paying a sum of money. When the smoke cleared, he had only just managed to get the exit door open and shouted something along the lines of "Oh, fine! Take it!"
* The Robot Devil tries this in one episode of ''Futurama'', vanishing in a cloud of smoke in an operahouse. Cut to him running up the aisle while everyone is distracted.

* In the end of TurtlesForever, the Mirage Comics Turtles pull the bye part on their animated counterparts. 80s Ralph approves.

* The penguins, both in {{Madagascar}} and {{The Penguins of Madagascar}}. The human antagonist in the tv series adaptation, [[ScaryBlackMan Mr X]]., was even stealthier, to the point that even the penguins themselves had to spent half an episode unsuccessfully trying to elude him to go for a swim at a nearby lake after he became a zookeeper. In addition, there was Savio, a suave boa constrictor from the Hoboken Zoo who [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] the penguins multiple times, easily avoided their bombs and traps, and surprising them when they least expect it.

* In ''QueenOfTheDamned'', Marius pulls this on David Talbot after taunting him with the usual person-pass-in-front-for-a-second trick. Could be justified with Marius being a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] and thus a SuperSpeedster, except that all vampires can usually be still seen as a fast-moving shape. Then again, this could be a tribute to him being so old (he's Roman). Mael also pulls this on Jesse.

* In [[Fanfic/WeightlessMassEffect Weightless]], [[MassEffect Garrus]] pulled one on Aria while she was [[KingIncognito disguising]] as a dancer. To boost the effect, all the cameras was hacked by Archangel's team, too. Needless to say, Aria wasn't impressed to say the least.

* In the story ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/38472 Fluffershy]]'', Rainbow Dash appears in the Carousel Boutique out of nowhere to provide background information on the porn movie the others are watching.

See also OffscreenRealityWarp. Contrast DynamicEntry, which is all about calling attention to yourself.

* Witches and wizards in HarryPotter just ''love'' doing this. Causes quite some confusion for Harry in HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone when he wonders how Hagrid got to the island to give him his letter and how he left platform 9 3/4 in the time it took Harry to blink.

* Subverted in ''{{Mash}}'':

* Mrs Frederic in ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' seems incapable of entering or leaving a room ''except'' via StealthHiBye. Well, she IS [[JusticeLeague Amanda Waller]], she must have learned it from Batman. Her bodyguard and the Regents (MarkSheppard, at least) seem capable of doing it as well.

* Sylar from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' does this several times in the first season, both the quick disappearing act ''and'' the suddenly appearing from nowhere. Usually Sylar pops up just behind the protagonist's shoulder who only moments before had been looking around an empty room or empty plaza. Bennet and Peter actually speculate in the season finale that Sylar has the power to "hide in plain sight". Given that Sylar has assimilated an unknown number of superpowers, it's not that unlikely.\\\
He does this in season four out of the back seat of a closed car, reappearing on ''the top of an apartment building'' about 100 feet away in less than ten seconds. The writer admits this is 100% OffscreenTeleportation.

* The Colossal Titan from ''ShingekiNoKyojin'' quite literally appears out of nowhere and vanishes just as quickly, even though it's a 60m tall monster that appears with no where to hide. [[spoiler: Justified, with the revelation that he's a human with the ability to create his massive Titan form out of thin air. With his steam powers creating a SmokeOut and the massive destruction left in his wake, no one notices him sneaking away from the scene.]]

Compare OffScreenTeleportation, OffscreenRealityWarp, NoPeripheralVision, SmokeOut, VehicleVanish. Contrast DynamicEntry, which is all about calling attention to yourself. When a creature that shouldn't be ''smart'' enough to know it should do this does it anyway, that's SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator.

* From the book (not the movie) ''TheGunsOfNavarone'', Andrea describes Keith Mallory:

* In ''AstroCity'', the Confessor, who's something of a Batman {{Expy}}, loves to pull this. [[spoiler:He even sneaks up behind his sidekick when he's looking at a mirror, which [[GlamourFailure turns out to be a clue]]...]]

* In Ellie's introduction in ''{{WesternAnimation/Up}}'', she goes from shouting at the far end of the room to ''directly behind'' Carl in [[BeyondTheImpossible less than a second.]]