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* ''Series/TheThundermans'': Phoebe's best friend Cherry, as well as Max's friends and bandmates Oyster, Gideon and Wolfgang, are completely unaware of their identities as superheroes and their powers. Only Cherry finds out and becomes the team's SecretKeeper in the Season 2 finale "A Hero is Born", when she gets sick of Phoebe constantly lying to her.

* Bailey Carter is this to Gretel in ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel'', in addition to treating both normal Gretel and superhero Gretel as separate entities, unaware that they are both one and the same.

* ''Series/TheThundermans'': Phoebe's best friend Cherry, as well as Max's friends and bandmates Oyster, Gideon and Wolfgang, are these to the Thunder Twins and their identities as superheroes; only Cherry finds out in the Season 2 finale "A Hero is Born", when she gets sick of Phoebe constantly lying to her.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'', the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric]] main cast live next door to a human couple called Sean and Charmaine, who are completely unaware of their true nature. The vampires [[HughMann barely even try to hide it]], but their neighbours think they're merely a group of slightly quirky Europeans. Despite their general disdain for humans they're oddly fond of Sean, and occasionally go along with him in "human" activities (casino trips, deer hunting, watching the Super Bowl) that they wouldn't bother with otherwise.

* Naru/[[DubNameChange Molly]] plays this for Usagi in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''...at least up to the point where she gets DemotedToExtra.

* ''Series/TheThundermans'': Phoebe Thunderman's best friend Cherry is this for the first two seasons, being completely unaware about her superpowers and that she's Thundergirl. She learns the truth by the time of the Season 2 finale "A Hero is Born".

* Subverted in ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'', in which Murata is a picture-perfect example of this trope, complete with unsuspectingly dragging Yuuri into situations where he just happens to fall into water and get dragged to the other world...[[spoiler:until it turns out he was, in fact, in on it and facilitating all along, and knows considerably more about what's happening than Yuuri does.]]

Such cases often go through the struggles of the protagonist to hide their true nature. If PlayedForLaughs, the characters may unwittingly riff on this (if Jane is a vampire, for example, there may be ironic quips about how she's acting "dead" or how a situation "bites"). The plot often leads up to an inevitable InternalReveal where the protagonist's friend is let in on the secret. Sometimes it's intentionally exposed to them as a [[AFriendInNeed test of friendship]], with the friend becoming a SecretKeeper. In other cases, the friend discovers it on their own and [[SecretSecretKeeper decides to continue playing dumb]]. However, it's also fairly common for StatusQuoIsGod to be in effect, with the friend remains unwitting throughout the entire story or series.

Jane and Nick have always been [[ChildhoodFriends best friends]]. Maybe they're even [[RelationshipUpgrade developing feelings for each other]]. The trouble is, Jane has supernatural powers, and Nick [[MuggleBestFriend doesn't]]. And for some reason, she can't tell him about it.

Maybe Jane moonlights as a superhero, and she doesn't want anyone to find out about her SecretIdentity. Maybe she's a witch, or some type of supernatural creature, and she's afraid of [[WitchHunt persecution]]. Or maybe the {{Masquerade}} keeps her from telling anyone else about her predicament, with [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade dire consequences]] for rule-breakers. Regardless, the protagonist is forced to hide their true identity from the people around them, ''especially'' their best friend.

Such cases often go through the struggles of the protagonist to hide their true nature. If PlayedForLaughs, the characters may unwittingly riff on this (if Jane is a vampire, there may be ironic quips about how she's acting "dead" or how a situation "bites"). The plot often leads up to an inevitable InternalReveal where the protagonist's friend is let in on the secret. Sometimes it's intentionally exposed to them as a [[AFriendInNeed test of friendship]], with the friend becoming a SecretKeeper. In other cases, the friend discovers it on their own and [[SecretSecretKeeper decides to continue playing dumb]]. However, it's also fairly common for StatusQuoIsGod to be in effect, with the friend remains unwitting throughout the entire story or series.

Compare with LockedOutOfTheLoop.

Such cases often go through the struggles of the protagonist to hide their true nature from their MuggleBestFriend. If PlayedForLaughs, the characters may unwittingly riff on this (if Jane is a vampire, there may be ironic quips about how she's acting "dead" or how a situation "bites"). The plot often leads up to an inevitable InternalReveal where the protagonist's friend is let in on the secret. Sometimes it's intentionally exposed to them as a [[AFriendInNeed test of friendship]], with the friend becoming a SecretKeeper. In other cases, the friend discovers it on their own and [[SecretSecretKeeper decides to continue playing dumb]]. However, it's also fairly common for StatusQuoIsGod to be in effect, with the friend remains unwitting throughout the entire story or series.

Jane is the hero of the story, but she is a supernatural entity. Whether she is a Vampire/werewolf/zombie/etc, is not important. She has a secret, and the secret must remain such because of the {{Masquerade}}... In comes Nick, Jane's best friend. They share everything, and tell each other everything. Well, almost everything.

Cue ironic statements about a show being "dead" or how it "bites". Sometimes, the show will lead up to the reveal and will harp on about the true [[AFriendInNeed test of friendship]], with the friend now becoming a SecretKeeper. In other cases, the friend discovers it on their own and [[SecretSecretKeeper decides to continue playing dumb]]. It's just as common for StatusQuoIsGod to be in effect though, and the friend remains unknowing throughout the entire story, no matter what happens. This can be especially jarring if the nonhuman friend has obvious visual cues as to their true identity, like ever present vampire teeth, a fondness for wearing wizard gear, technicolor hair, etc.

Compare LockedOutOfTheLoop, MuggleBestFriend.

* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', Harper Finkle is unaware that her best friend Alex, along with Alex's brothers Justin and Max, are wizards. Once she finds out, she inevitably becomes Alex's sidekick in her magical shenanigans.