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6	[[caption-width-right:350:Ah the InvisibilityCloak, perfect for when you want to [[ShrinkingViolet hide from society]]. Does not prevent images being invaded by [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter aggressively cute]] and cheerful {{unicorn}}s.]]
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11	->''"You think the whole galaxy is plotting around you, don't you? Paranoia must run in your species, Odo. Maybe that's why no one has ever seen another shapeshifter -- they're all '''hiding!'''"''
12	-->-- '''Quark''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E12Vortex Vortex]]"
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14	When it comes to invisibility -- or indeed ''any'' power that lends itself to stealth -- there's a very popular tendency for characters with such abilities to have great difficulty interacting with people even when their powers aren't in use.
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16	Sometimes this is just because they have NoSocialSkills; sometimes it's because they're [[ShrinkingViolet compulsively shy or even afraid of human interaction]]; in a few instances, they're just asocial and simply want to be left alone... and in some especially tragic cases, it's because they [[TheNondescript simply can't make themselves noticed]] or even ''[[ForgettableCharacter remembered]]'' no matter how hard they try. Whatever the case, socializing is such a pain that the character finds it easier to fade into the background.
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18	Often encountered as one of the more popular PersonalityPowers, this can actually be applied to a wider variety of stealth-related abilities and skills, including shapeshifting, illusionism, mundane stealth skills, or even size-shifting -- for a literal ShrinkingViolet. So long as the character is withdrawn from social interactions for whatever reason and their powers aid in their social isolation (intentionally or otherwise), the classification applies.
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20	Of course, invisibility is hardly conducive to social development, and for a few characters, their stealth is the ''source'' of their anxieties rather than a case of PersonalityPowers. There are even a few instances in which invisibility is not merely a power, but an involuntary condition brought about by being shy or ignored, and a major focus of the plot may involve curing the sufferer of their affliction.
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22	Depending on the nature of the introvert, this may tie in with LonersAreFreaks in the case of wilfully self-isolating asocials or ShrinkingViolet in the case of the truly shy.
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24	Not to be confused with an introvert that's ''figuratively'' invisible.
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26	Compare and contrast the InvisibleJerkass and the ShapeshiftingTrickster, the polar opposites of this trope.
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28	!!Examples:
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33	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Meme is able to make herself disappear when she gets embarrassed enough, using homemade plushies as {{Ninja Log}}s.
34	* ''Anime/AquarionEvol'': Yunoha Surool is a very shy girl with the power to turn invisible. By the start of the show, she's completely withdrawn from socializing with her classmates, to the point that she remains invisible at all times, save for the plush frog she carries around. As a result many of her classmates don't even know she exists, or later on believe her to be a ghost. Even when she starts socializing more she has a habit of turning invisible again whenever she's feeling particularly shy.
35	* In ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'''s anime adaptation, [[CanonForeigner Miho Jufuku]] is exceptionally shy and never speaks up for herself, and possesses the power to make herself impossible to notice.
36	* ''Anime/MushiShi'': Due to the neglect of the entire village, Seijiiro's father denying their engagement, and being left between the human and Mushi realm by a hungry one who also rejected her, Fuki starts to become a Mushi (which are mostly InvisibleToNormals) herself. [[spoiler:Seijiiro is eventually able to undo this by talking to her as if she's there even though he can't see her, inviting the entire village to their wedding, and never once paying any attention to the criticism that results. Touched by this act, Fuki becomes human and visible again.]]
37	* ''Anime/ModestHeroes'': ''Invisible'' is about an invisible person who's desperate to be noticed, even if it's just for a small action. And worse, not only do people see right through him, but a woman walks through him at one point. He's characterized as a depressed and very quiet individual, with the only thing attaching him to the earth being a heavy fire extinguisher preventing him from floating away forever.
38	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Inverted with Toru Hagakure, whose quirk is being invisible - all the time - but is one of the most lively and outgoing members of Class 1A.
39	* ''Manga/{{Saki}}:'' Momo has such a lack of presence that she can be standing right next to someone and they won't know she's there; even her own family barely notices her. Among the other members of Tsuruga's mahjong club, her best friend Yumi is the only one who can see her the majority of the time, although Kanbara can sometimes detect her by scent when she's upwind. She uses this to her advantage at the mahjong table though, where she's earned the nickname "Stealth Momo" because she can extend her lack of presence to affect her tiles so that her opponents will often overlook her discards and play directly into her hand without realizing it.
40	* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': Soi Purson comes from a family who has unnoticeability as an inherent bloodline magic ability. Soi in particular is a member of Iruma's class and formally introduced at the same time as everyone early on, but never really appears except as a FreezeFrameBonus, so even the audience might forget he's part of the Misfit Class. This becomes a problem later when the class must all reach a certain rank by the end of the school year and Soi is one of two students who has not reached this level because he's done nothing to stand out. This is despite regularly playing music so well he has admirers, but being so impossible to find he's thought of as a mysterious music-playing pixie.
41	* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'': Kanon Nakagawa is an IdolSinger and fairly outgoing, but she becomes infested by a Runaway Spirit that changes her personality into something more timid and makes her turn invisible whenever she feels neglected or forgotten about. It makes it difficult for her to speak out just to be noticed by others. Fortunately, Keima is able to capture the Runaway Spirit and she gains her confidence back.
42	* ''Manga/YuruYuri'': PlayedForLaughs with Akari, who is [[RunningGag constantly vanishing]] because not even her best friends have found anything that can make her noticeable.
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46	* ''ComicBook/NewXMen'': Dust is a taciturn introvert who has the ability to turn into sand. Wolverine saves her from a slave-trading ring and takes her to the X-Corporation base, but she is overwhelmed by anxiety and uses her power to avoid being detected by the other heroes. She only reveals herself after being telepathically found by Jean, who encourages her to return to normal.
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50	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': [[MeaningfulName Violet]] Parr has invisibility and force fields as her main powers, which are neatly paired with her (initially) shy and quiet personality. Indeed, Violet's first scene features her making eyes at a boy to whom she's attracted, but instinctively becoming invisible the moment he glances in her direction. The only point in which she feels comfortable with being visible is at home with her family, around whom she can actually get quite outspoken.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'': ZigZagged with Wallflower Blush. She is so shy that most people forget she exists -- Sunset has known her since 9th grade but thought she was meeting her for the first time at the beginning of the film. [[spoiler:When she finds the Memory Stone, she initially uses it to erase her embarrassing moments from others' memories... which has the drawback of making her even ''more'' invisible. Subverted when she starts using the Memory Stone to make others forget their positive memories of Sunset Shimmer since she's jealous that Sunset is so popular despite never apologizing for being an AlphaBitch when she first started school. She repents by the end, however, saying, "I'd rather be invisible or forgotten than remembered as a villain."]]
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55	* ''Literature/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'': In the film adaptation, protagonist Nick Halloway is a largely asocial character who actively avoids connecting with people. His psych profile reveals that he has no relatives, no real friends, no political beliefs, few interests, and only one recently initiated sexual relationship. As such, when he gains his eponymous powers, CIA operatives remark on the irony of someone so socially invisible becoming ''literally'' invisible.
56	* In ''Film/MysteryMen'', Invisible Boy is a dorky teenager who wants to be a superhero so people will stop ignoring him. He has the power to become invisible... as long as no one is looking at him.
57	* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Subverted. Loki initially appears to be one of these, being much more introspective and ''way'' less outspoken than his brother, while [[MasterOfIllusion his powers of illusion]] are at first put to use in evading danger and sneaking around rather than combat or bombastic displays. However, it quickly becomes clear that his quiet nature isn't due to him being shy or even particularly asocial -- indeed, in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' he proves quite comfortable giving speeches in front of a crowd, while in ''Film/ThorRagnarok,'' he's happy as a socialite, and even leads a crowd in a sing-song during ''Series/Loki2021''; instead, it's due to him being [[EvilGenius calculating]], [[GreenEyedMonster bitter]], and [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]].
58	* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': It's revealed that Mystique started out quite shy and reserved, mainly using her shapeshifting powers to live a comparatively normal life by keeping her ShapeshifterDefaultForm hidden; her only real friendship is with Charles Xavier, and though he genuinely cares for her, he ultimately encourages her to stay under the radar. However, as she socializes with the rest of the nascent X-Men and her relationship with Erik Lensherr blossoms, she becomes progressively more confident -- especially once Erik encourages her to take pride in her true form -- until at last she becomes the sly, seductive ShapeshiftingTrickster of the first three movies.
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62	* ''Literature/AreYouListening'': The protagonist of Creator/HarlanEllison's short story unwillingly finds this happening to him. A meek man beforehand, he can't get anyone to notice his presence even if he makes a loud noise or assaults someone. By the end of the story, he discovers that he can briefly connect with people by whistling the once-popular song "Buckle Down, Winsocki."
63	* ''Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest'': Kousuke Endo, one of the several introverted loners in the class, has a low presence -- to the point where he sometimes isn't noticed by ''automatic doors''. He ends up with the Assassin class in the other world, allowing him to sneak past monsters in the labyrinth.
64	* ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'': PlayedWith. Cole was a young mage at the Val Royeaux Circle who was so inconspicuous that the Templars managing the Circle forgot that they had locked him up for a minor infraction. Somehow, this ended up putting him under a permanent PerceptionFilter effect, allowing him to escape and eventually join Rhys and Evangeline on their journey. However, [[spoiler:the ugly reality was that Cole had actually starved to death in his cell, and the Templars {{unperson}}ed him to cover up their failure. Cole's suffering, however, has drawn in a Spirit of Compassion from the Fade who assumed his identity so fully that it forgot its true nature. The PerceptionFilter was thus actually part of the spirit's own powers]].
65	* ''Literature/BitterSeeds'': Heike has the power of invisibility and is easily the quietest of Dr Von Westarp's "children"; all of the [[{{Tykebomb}} Götterelektrongruppe]] have been mentally warped by the surgery and training used to give them their powers, but where the others are psychopaths, narcissists, hopelessly traumatized, or just brain-damaged, Heike is just asocial and uncommunicative. [[spoiler:She's so withdrawn that almost none of the other members of the Götterelektrongruppe notice that she's grappling with serious depression until she commits suicide; the only one of them who ''did'' notice is [[MadOracle Greta]], and that's only because [[KickTheDog she was the one encouraging Heike to kill herself]].]]
66	* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': Cain once encountered an invisible assassin whose latent psychic powers had been discovered and amplified late in life. After dispatching him, Cain thinks he looks like [[BeneathNotice an unassuming functionary]], which would explain the bitterness and resentment in his way of speaking while dueling Cain.
67	* Parodied in ''Literature/TheCircle2011'': Vanessa, who is the most extroverted and out-acting of the witches is the one to get invisibility powers.
68	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', the young Havelock Vetinari is first encountered as a quiet, introverted student at the Assassin's Guild, with no friends and a propensity for being picked on by bullies. However, Vetinari is also the best StealthExpert in the entire school, to the point that one of his own teachers failed to notice him attending lessons on camouflage.
69	* ''Literature/MaximumRide'': Fang is [[InformedAttribute said to be]] the most reserved and quiet member of the Flock, and one of his mutations ends up being InvisibilityWithDrawbacks.
70	* ''Literature/{{Modelland}}'': Tookie describes herself as a "Forgeddagirl", being so shy and forgettable that she may as well literally be invisible. So much so that she can literally lie down in the middle of a crowded hallway and [[ExaggeratedTrope people will just walk right over her without giving her so much as a glance]].
71	* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': Ninny from "The Invisible Child" is the version where the invisibility was ''caused'' by the introversion. As her aunt's vicious sarcasm led to her getting more and more withdrawn, she literally disappeared. As she becomes more confident through living with the Moomins, she slowly reappears, before finally becoming fully visible when [[AngerIsHealthyAesop she gets angry]].
72	%% * ''Literature/RascalDoesNotDreamOfBunnyGirlSenpai'': child star Mai Sakurajima gets fed up with the demands of her career and takes a hiatus from acting and modelling, only to discover that because she is no longer in the public spotlight, people are forgetting she exists. This is apparently due to a variable supernatural syndrome called Adolescent Syndrome, which in her case, is causing her to become invisible. She meets male lead Sakuta Azusagawa while running around in public wearing a PlayboyBunny costume, just to see if anyone still notices her. %%As written, she does not sound introverted.
73	* ''Literature/{{Savvy}}'': Samson is broody, quiet, and shy; appropriately enough, his [[StockSuperpowers savvy]] is to turn invisible. [[spoiler:At first, anyway.]]
74	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
75	** The Shi'ido are an entire ''species'' of this: they possess incredible shapeshifting powers but are so shy that they rarely interact with outsiders except while disguised, -- to the point that when explorers visit their home planet, Shi'ido will [[{{Objectshifting}} transform into inanimate objects]] and wait until the visitors leave. Ironically, their shyness is tempered by their obsessive curiosity, hence why they're [[SneakySpySpecies stereotyped as spies and criminals]]. Only a few Shi'ido live openly off-planet, and even ''they'' shun the spotlight: the most famous of them, Senior Anthropologist Hoole, comes across as deeply introverted, and in [[Literature/TheIllustratedStarWarsUniverse his first appearance]] he freely admits that [[IWorkAlone he prefers to work alone]], gathering information in secret. Even when he's around his own niece and nephew in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', he's a very private, emotionally withdrawn character... [[DefrostingIceKing at least at first]].
76	** Similarly, the shapeshifting Clawdites are often extremely guarded and quiet, thanks to their status as a persecuted minority on their home planet. Those of them who have left Zoland live very solitary lives, remain in disguise for long periods, and frequently regard everyone around them with caution — even other Clawdites. The fact that most of these escapees often found careers as criminals and mercenaries only made them more isolated; Zam Wessel didn't advertise her shapeshifting powers to anyone, not even to fellow hunter Jango Fett during their initial partnership.
77	* ''VideoGame/{{Wishbringer}}'': In the novelization, Simon's mentor Sneed is so meek and commonly ignored that the Evil One cursed him to be unnoticeable forever. People cannot hear him when he tries to defend Simon in court, and after the Evil One curses the entire town into Witchville, Sneed becomes so overlooked that he becomes almost entirely translucent.
78	* ''Literature/WitchBank'': Heather, the protagonist, is a young woman with self-esteem issues who mostly tries to avoid notice, and her magic manifests as an ability to become literally invisible. At the climax of the novel, her instinctive invisibility stops working right when she needs it, because her self-esteem has been boosted by the friendships she's made, and she has to learn how to invoke it deliberately.
79	* This is more or less [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] by the universe in ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. In this universe, people receive superpowers from [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening trigger events]], and the kind of powers each person receives correspond directly with the mental state that caused their trigger. Strangers, capes with powers like invisibility that are focused on stealth or deception, tend to have triggers caused by social pressures or unwanted attention. For example, the most prominent Stranger in the story, Imp/[[spoiler:Aisha Laborn]] doesn't have true invisibility, but instead a PerceptionFilter that prevents others from noticing or remembering her. This corresponds with her traumatic childhood largely spent with a mother suffering from drug addiction and her parade of abusive boyfriends. It's later revealed that this correspondence between powers and mental states [[spoiler:is 100% intentional. Powers are shards of a multi-dimensional entity that uses humans as guinea pigs to test its own combat abilities, so it makes sense to assign powers that will be most helpful to a person's specific problems in life]].
80	* ''Literature/{{Zeroes}}'': Thibault's power causes him to slip from the memory of anyone not directly looking at him. As a result, his own family forgot he existed, he nearly died while bedridden in a hospital because the nurses kept forgetting to bring him food and water, and even his own friends need to keep detailed notes on his existence just to not forget that he's a part of their team. Consequently, Thibault is a rather quiet, introverted sort with a deliberately "Zen" exterior -- and a lot of inner rage building up beneath it.
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84	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E11OutOfMindOutOfSight Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a girl named Marcie who was ignored by everyone to the point of turning invisible, ultimately turning violent as a result of her deepening isolation. The ending reveals that the FBI sent her to a (likely CIA-run) special school to train children like her for the purpose of making them into assassins.
85	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The sketch "Interesting People" includes a man who claims to be invisible, despite the host pointing out that he can see him. The man launches into a tedious monologue about how no one, even his own family, seems to notice his presence, and the real situation seemingly becomes clear: his personality is so annoying and aggressively dull that nobody wants to pay attention to him...only for a gag near the end of the sketch cuts back to his seat to show that he actually has become invisible.
86	* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': Simon suffers from chronic shyness and social awkwardness, though he desperately wants to make friends. Consequently, [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent the Storm]] brings out this tendency by giving him the power to become invisible; for good measure, he finds this ability easiest to activate when he's being ignored or ostracized. [[spoiler:After he finally gains some much-needed confidence, he eventually sells his power to Seth, opting to buy the ability to predict the future as a replacement -- reflecting his new self-assurance.]]
87	* ''Series/MyParentsAreAliens'': In "[[Recap/MyParentsAreAliensS4E11TheInvosibibbleMam The Invosibble Mam]]", due to a variety of events, Sophie is ignored by most of the family except Josh (who's suffering from laryngitis) and starts to feel like she doesn't exist. This ends up causing her to slowly turn invisible, with the danger that if she completely disappears, it will become permanent. Josh manages to get back before it's too late by having the entire family say nice things about her.
88	* In ''Series/TheOC'', Seth Cohen is a lonely geek who writes a [[ShowWithinAShow self-insert comicbook and later graphic novel]] about a shy high schooler whose superpower is that he's invisible.
89	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Constable Odo is a shapeshifter capable of impersonating almost anyone or anything, a power he most commonly uses for stealth. Though he's hardly a ShrinkingViolet, he's reserved, introverted, [[NoSocialSkills lacking in social skills]], and [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E17TheForsaken by his own admission]], he hates parties. Part of this is due to being an outsider on Deep Space 9 ever since he was old enough to take humanoid form, but it's occasionally speculated that it might be a species trait. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Changelings are actually very social among each other and like to spend long periods of time merged into a single AlienSea while their engineered servants run the Dominion in their stead; any "asocial" behaviour on their part is due to them [[FantasticRacism distrusting and despising]] "[[FantasticSlurs Solids]]".]]
90	* ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'': Zig-zagged with Hammie/Chameleon Green, a shinobi with camouflage powers. When she was younger she was indeed a shy quiet girl, but by the time the story begins, she's completely flipped to being a hyperactive extrovert.
91	* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'': In the first season, Nadja intends to feed on a college student named Jenna who's revealed to be a bit of an introvert and somewhat ignored. Instead, she takes pity on Jenna and turns her into a vampire. After the change, Jenna develops the ability to turn herself invisible.
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95	* Kacey's Eidolon in ''[[Podcast/EidolonPlaytest Eidolon SKA]]'', "Just A Girl", helps her pass beneath everyone else's notice. It fits her personality of wanting to fade into the background and not draw attention to herself.
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99	* The ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' supplement ''Underworld Enemies'' includes "Plain Jane," a woman with a raging inferiority complex who has unconsciously triggered a mutant psychic ability to become totally ''unnoticed'' -- by everyone, all the time. Not surprisingly, inferiority complex notwithstanding, she is now desperate for someone, anyone, to notice her, and having suffered a breakdown, she is likely to attack celebrities and superheroes -- and they'll never see her as she walks up to them with stolen high-powered weaponry.
100	* In the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' book ''[[TabletopGame/GURPSSettings Shapeshifters]],'' the Hider {{doppelganger}}s are shapeshifters who can impersonate just about anyone. However, unlike their [[LifeDrinker Hunter]] counterparts, they are compulsively shy and have no "fight" instinct, to the point that they don't even have combat applications for their own powers. In less gender-inclusive eras, many preferred to play the part of submissive middle-to-upper-class housewives so they could exist within human society without getting too involved in it. However, it's suggested that the reason the Hiders are so fearful is because ''something'' may be hunting them down, forcing them to hide among humanity for their own protection.
101	* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'': Mages with the Arcane background can make themselves effectively invisible to Sleepers, sometimes even to fellow supernatural beings as well. The logical conclusion of this is the Ritual of Occultation, a rite that allows an Arcane mage to essentially make themselves into living {{Unperson}}s that cannot be detected or remembered by ''anything''... and [[PowerIncontinence it can't be switched off]]. Needless to say, this ritual is only undertaken by devoutly ascetic asocial types who have [[LonersAreFreaks willingly cut themselves off from all human interaction]] -- because more socially active mages empowered by this ritual would either [[GoMadFromTheIsolation go insane]] or die from neglect.
102	* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'': Enforced. Much like its counterpart in ''Ascension'' Occultation allows mages to make themselves unmemorable and undetectable to Sleepers. However, it requires the mage using it to have as few connections to society as possible, to the point that if the user ever becomes famous, Occultation ceases to work until they've passed out of the public eye and been forgotten about. As such, it's ''dependent'' on the user being an asocial hermit, especially in the case of those powerful enough to affect supernatural entities as well.
103	* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'':
104	** The [[SneakySpySpecies Nosferatu Clan]] are [[TheGrotesque hideously disfigured]] by their Embrace and are not only forced to hide from humanity but also [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer segregated to the fringes of Kindred society]]. For good measure, they're also in the habit of Embracing outcasts, introverts, vagrants, nerds, and the chronically asocial -- on the grounds that they will be able to cope with the hardship of becoming a Nosferatu. As such, the Clan's favourite Discipline is Obfuscate, allowing them to disguise their monstrous faces and even make themselves effectively invisible, the better to hide from unfriendly vampires... or [[TheDreaded the Niktuku.]]
105	** Also, there's a Nosferatu subculture that fits this trope even better: known as "Skins," they despise their own identities so much that they spend inordinate amounts of time using Obfuscate to [[MasterOfDisguise pose as literally anyone else]]; a variant of this involves a Skin spending most of their time invisible in order to avoid any kind of social interaction, even with fellow Nosferatu.
106	* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'':
107	** The game continues the trend with their version of the Nosferatu, who once again possess the Discipline of Obfuscate; although they aren't always hideously disfigured, there's always something ''off'' about them that makes mortals want to withdraw from their presence. The second edition of the game amplifies this with their particular Clan curse, which treats ''all'' failures on Social rolls with mortals as dramatic failures. The only exceptions are with other Kindred and with mortal Touchstones.
108	** This also somewhat applies to the Mekhet, the other Clan skilled in Obfuscate. Although they're not cursed to be social pariahs, their Disciplines are aimed at moving fast, hiding in the shadows, and gaining unnatural insights into people and locations. As such, they like to play the role of the aloof, mysterious loner... and often find themselves cast into this role, because the rest of Kindred society ''knows'' the Mekhet will either try to find their darkest secrets or just stumble into them.
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112	* ''TabletopGame/HeroClix'': The figure for the shy, introverted ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' character Klara Prast includes a stealth power that allows her to summon vines to hide herself.
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116	* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': The Nightkin are experts in the use of [[InvisibilityCloak Stealth Boys]]... and thanks to the long-term side-effects of said Stealth Boys, many of them suffer from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses that have ruined their ability to interact with outsiders; even the ones that aren't completely delusional are frequently neurotic when it comes to social contact. Many are obsessed with remaining invisible even though they're [[SuperStrength tough enough]] not to need Stealth Boys, and the simple act of remaining visible agitates them, to the point that just looking directly at one is [[DontLookAtMe enough to freak them out]].
117	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'': Sobble is a timid and easily-embarrassed lizard that's ProneToTears as a defence mechanism; it's also noted for possessing camouflage abilities that activate whenever it comes into contact with any kind of water -- including its own OverlyNervousFlopSweat.
118	* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': Milka Phage is a shy camper who uses the Invisibility skill to disappear when Raz approaches her, a skill honed due to her mother saying she was "hard to look at" due to her resemblance to her dad.
119	* ''VideoGame/SecondSight'': One of the [[PsychicChildren Zener Children]] encountered in the level "Childcare" is Nadja, the least confrontational of all the psychics in the game. Noted to be extremely quiet and shy, she's reportedly in the habit of using her powers to avoid human interaction, either through AstralProjection or invisibility by way of PerceptionFilter. Even once you've found her and coaxed her into leading you to your next objective, Nadja will automatically disappear the moment enemy troops attack you, refusing to regain visibility until the fighting's over.
120	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Boos in the mainline games are shy ghosts who always turn partially invisible (and often cover their faces) if anyone looks at them. However, this is often averted in the spinoff games such as the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series, for while they can still turn invisible, there aren't many Boos that have that crippling shyness.
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124	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Zigzagged. Nanase Kitsune is introduced as a confident, sexy fighter, and later a powerful magic user. But at home, she is reserved and closeted due to her overbearing mother's expectations. This is reflected in her magic: due to magic in this universe giving a person spells based on their desires, Nanase mostly gets spells centered around stealth and deception, such as agility, minor shapeshifting, and creating decoys of herself. She starts to feel unsettled by this in "Sister II", due to her new relationship with [[ClosetKey Ellen]], [[spoiler:and after nearly dying in the climax of that arc to protect Ellen, she gains a Guardian Angel spell, after which she decides to be more open with her mother.]]
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128	* ''Blog/AlwaysHavingJuice'': Espio the Chameleon has invisibility powers and is accordingly quiet and passive -- especially compared to his husband Vector.
129	* ''Website/SCPFoundation:'' the shapeshifting SCP-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 7955]] is extremely shy and compliant, to the point that he remained silent for more than ten hours after being contained by Foundation agents, and though he obeyed all orders given to him, he tended to shapeshift into inanimate objects just so he wouldn't have to talk to anyone. Once he's warmed up to his interrogators, he reveals that the beings who [[SuperEmpowering gave him his powers]], the Children of Proteus, are actually even ''more'' withdrawn and fearful than him -- hence why they're so obscure.
130	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
131	** Emerald often uses her [[MasterOfIllusion illusionary powers]] to render herself invisible, but she's cocky, cynical, and occasionally cruel. As time goes on, it becomes clear that this is a mask and she's really deeply insecure, conflicted, and dependent on Cinder. [[spoiler:When she defects and finally has the chance to meet other people as herself rather than as the persona she put on, she spends most of her time hiding in a corner, struggles to communicate, and relies on Oscar to mediate for her.]]
132	** Lie Ren's power makes him and others invisible to Grimm by masking their emotions, and he is very introverted and quiet. He starts out stoic with occasional [[NotSoStoic outbursts of emotions]], but [[CharacterDevelopment opens up more]] as the series goes on, which also develops his Semblance into [[TheEmpath seeing the emotions of others]].
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136	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Of the half-ghosts, who all have invisibility:
137	** Downplayed with Danny himself, who is more introverted and awkward compared to his family and friends, but is outgoing in his superhero form. His invisibility and intangibility (to the point of sinking through the floor in the case of intangibility) sometimes manifest when Danny is flustered or embarrassed early on in the series.
138	** ZigZagged with Vlad. As a young adult, when he first got his powers, he was more nerdy and afraid to confess his feelings to Maddie. But subverted by the time he's in his forties, as he's become a ruthless, outgoing villain.
139	** Subverted with Dani, who is more outgoing from the start.
140	* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': Leslie ''Lesothosaurus'' has the natural ability to camouflage and she uses it to hide from everybody, not just from predators. She becomes less shy, however.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': As the six kids are nominated by the DungeonMaster as RPG character classes, Sheila is the Thief, earning an invisibility cloak that allows her to enter into guarded places to free prisoners or steal items. She is the only shy, introverted member in the group and also the most sensitive of them.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'': Inverted with Sid the Invisible Kid. He's made himself an extroverted, impression-spewing ClassClown ''because'' he's invisible. He doesn't want people overlooking him, so he makes himself as noticeable as possible.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E1SchoolDazePart1 School Daze]]", Ocellus is introduced as a shy changeling who turns into other creatures in order to hide. She grows out of this once she bonds with her classmates.
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