1 | An index dealing with finding a safe place to hide or trying to hide something from someone. |
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3 | See also: HiddenEvil, QuirkyGood, MoreThanMeetsTheEye, HiddenBadass, TheSecretIndex. |
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5 | Compare DisguiseTropes. |
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7 | !!Tropes: |
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9 | * AirVentPassageway: Character(s) crawl through an air vent. |
10 | * AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair: In a video game, the player will want to check every nook and cranny to see if they've missed something. |
11 | * BatmanInMyBasement: It's up to a child to hide a character away from their parents and/or others. |
12 | * BehindAStick: In cartoonish fashion, a character somehow hides behind something too small to do so. |
13 | * BehindTheBlack: If the audience doesn't see it, neither do the characters--even if they should be able to. |
14 | * BookSafe: Hollowing out a book to keep something in the pages. |
15 | * CargoConcealmentCaper: Infiltrating/escaping into/out from a location via hiding in a cargo shipment. |
16 | * CarpetRolledCorpse: Alive or dead, a body is wrapped and carried in a carpet. |
17 | * CeilingCling: A character clings to the ceiling to avoid being seen. |
18 | * ClosetGay: A character is hiding their sexual orientation. |
19 | * ClosetShuffle: Character A has to hide Character B fast--so into the closet they go. |
20 | * ClosetSublet: Character is living in another character's closet. |
21 | * CoffinContraband: A coffin is used to sneak in or conceal something. |
22 | * ColdCash: Using the fridge/freezer to stash away money and other valuables. |
23 | * ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: What the villain may or may not mockingly say when searching for someone. |
24 | * ConcealingCanvas: A painting covers a safe. |
25 | * ContainerCling: A character is hiding within something--when it's picked up by someone searching for them, they cling to the top to hide. |
26 | * ConstructiveBodyDisposal: Hiding a dead body in a structure as it's being put up. |
27 | * CrammingTheCoffin: Hiding a body in a coffin already scheduled for burial. |
28 | * CurtainCamouflage: Hiding behind a simple curtain. |
29 | * DangerTakesABackSeat: Someone dangerous is hiding in the backseat of a character's car. |
30 | * DeadMansChest: Stuffing a body in a chest or similar box to hide it. |
31 | * DecoyHidingPlace: It looks like a character has hidden somewhere, but they've actually hidden in some other, less obvious place. |
32 | * DiscouragingConcealment: Hiding something by disguising it as something that people would not want to investigate further. |
33 | * DisposingOfABody: Post-death (murder, accident, etc.), someone has to dispose of the corpse before anyone else finds out. |
34 | * DumbwaiterRide: Hiding in a dumbwaiter. |
35 | * FranticObjectConcealment: Someone needs to hide something (probably embarrassing) fast. |
36 | * EmergencyStash: A character has stashed supplies in case of an emergency. |
37 | * GarbageHideout: Hiding in a garbage can. |
38 | * GoneBehindTheBend: Two or more characters are chasing each other in circles. One manages to disappear somehow. |
39 | * HammerspaceHideaway: Hiding inside something realistically too small to do so. |
40 | * HaplesslyHiding: A character makes themselves hidden, only to find themselves at the receiving end of humiliating humor or harmful suffering. |
41 | * HesJustHiding: An AudienceReaction--when fans refuse to believe a character is truly dead. |
42 | * HiddenBuxom: Big-breasted characters manage to conceal said breasts. |
43 | * HiddenDepths: Character(s) has more to them than meets the eye. |
44 | * HiddenInPlainSight: Hiding by slipping in with public surroundings. |
45 | * HiddenSupplies: A character has prepared by hidden weapons, money and/or other sundries. |
46 | * HidingFromEmbarrassment: A character is stuck hiding because being seen to leave would be socially awkward. |
47 | * HideTheEvidence: A character hides incriminating evidence away from others. |
48 | * HideYourChildren: It's rare for children to be killable in video games. This trope happens when an exception is made. |
49 | * HideYourLesbians: Characters ''are'' in a homosexual relationship, but said relationship is never outright confirmed. |
50 | * HideYourPregnancy: Finding ways to hide an actress' real-life pregnancy. |
51 | * HidingTheHandicap: A character with a disability hides it from others. |
52 | * InexplicableCorneredEscape: A trapped character hides/escapes offscreen at the last second before discovery. |
53 | * InsideAWall: A character hides inside the walls of a building. |
54 | * ItWasThereTheWholeTime: The audience becomes aware of an entity or object being in the scene, and they were unaware of it beforehand. |
55 | * JailBake: Hiding something in a cake to be given to prisoners. |
56 | * LooseFloorboardHidingSpot: A loose floorboard used to use underneath. |
57 | * {{Masquerade}}: Some group/species/organization must hide its existence from society. |
58 | * MonsterCloset: A seemingly innocent wall is actually hosting someone dangerous. |
59 | * NeonSignHideout: The villain's hideout is surrounded by signs/lights denoting what it is. |
60 | * OutcastRefuge: A (relatively) safe place for oppressed/outcast peoples to hide. |
61 | * PelicanPackagePouch: The pouch of a pelican's beak is used to carry something. |
62 | * PuzzleBox: A box that requires solving a puzzle to unlock it. |
63 | * RightUnderTheirNoses: Something or someone hides in the most obvious place. |
64 | * RunAwayHideAway: The designated hideaway for a character to flee to when they're on the run. |
65 | * SafeBehindTheCorner: A character hiding behind a corner will never be discovered. |
66 | * SavedByTheCoffin: A character hides inside a coffin. |
67 | * SecretCompartment: A special compartment inside an everyday item keeps things hidden from prying eyes. |
68 | * SeekingSanctuary: A character seeks refuge in a church or other holy site. |
69 | * SentIntoHiding: A character is kept hidden from the rest of society. |
70 | * SickbedSmuggling: A banned item being snuck to a hospitalized person. |
71 | * SmugglingWithDolls: Hiding contraband items inside toys and figurines. |
72 | * SwallowTheKey: Concealing a key by swallowing it. |
73 | * TakeCover: Character(s) hide behind something to avoid attack. |
74 | * ToyDisguise: A small creature can pass off as a common toy. |
75 | * TreasureChestCavity: Hiding something inside a living body. |
76 | * TrouserSpace: A character takes something hidden from their pants--specifically, around the groin area. |
77 | * UndersideRide: Clinging on to the underside of something moving. |
78 | * VictoriasSecretCompartment: A woman hides something in her cleavage. Or lower down. |
79 | * WainscotSociety: Society within a society. |
80 | * WallpaperCamouflage: Hiding by blending in with the wallpaper or furniture. |
81 | * YouCanRunButYouCantHide: A common, mocking phrase called out by a pursuer. |
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