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* This is one of the identifying signs of the Hollow Mekhet in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', for whom it's a side effect of [[DamagedSoul having part of their soul removed]]. They also can't be recorded and don't appear in mirrors, because their reflections are [[EnemyWithout off doing other things]].
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* The titular villains from ''FanFic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'' do not cast shadows of their own since they're, in a way, {{Living Shadow}}s.
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* The titular villains Shadows from ''FanFic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'' do not cast shadows of their own since they're, they are, in a way, {{Living Shadow}}s.
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* The titular villains from ''FanFic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'' do not cast shadows of their own since they're, in a way, {{Living Shadow}}s.
* The titular villains from ''FanFic/OjamajoDoremiRiseOfTheShadows'' do not cast shadows of their own since they're, in a way, {{Living Shadow}}s.
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* In ''OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really meant to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already). Instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadows]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are other pirates stuck there who also cast no shadow for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for all of them because sunlight will vaporize them, requiring them to have to avoid it.
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* In ''OnePiece'''s ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really meant to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already). Instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadows]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are other pirates stuck there who also cast no shadow for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for all of them because sunlight will vaporize them, requiring them to have to avoid it.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih foolish as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
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* In the ''Challenge of the WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "Trial of the Super Friends", Cheetah summons holograms of herself. Wonder Woman points out the holograms don't have shadows and lassos the Cheetah who has one. Unfortunately, this Cheetah turns out to be a robot.
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* In the Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath, a person's shadow is cast by their soul. Therefore, neither Bane (who asked a priest to carry his soul so that it would not be tainted by his actions) nor Terribend (whose soul is in the possession of TheDragon) casts a shadow.
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* The Ascians of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''; in fact, their name literally ''[[MeaningfulName means]]'' "without shadow".
* The Ascians of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''; in fact, their name literally ''[[MeaningfulName means]]'' "without shadow".
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* Orted Ak-Ceddi from [[KarlEdwardWagner Karl Wagner's]] ''[[Literature/{{Kane}} The Dark Crusade]]'' doesn't cast shadow after being touched by the power of a dark god Sataki.
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* Orted Ak-Ceddi from [[KarlEdwardWagner Karl Wagner's]] Creator/KarlEdwardWagner's ''[[Literature/{{Kane}} The Dark Crusade]]'' doesn't cast shadow after being touched by the power of a dark god Sataki.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' had a variety of Shadowkhan that could eat shadows.
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* The Aimians of [[Literature/TheStormlightArchive Roshar]] have a variant of this. They have a shadow, but it points ''towards'' light instead of away from it.
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* In ''Series/TheBoxOfDelights'', Kay casts no shadow when travelling into the past in search of Arnold of Todi.
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* In ''Series/TheBoxOfDelights'', ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights'', Kay casts no shadow when travelling into the past in search of Arnold of Todi.
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* Creator/DrSeuss's book "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?" has a character named Harry Haddow, who "can't make any shadow."
-->He thinks that, perhaps, something's wrong with his Gizz,\\
and I think that, by golly, there probably is.
-->He thinks that, perhaps, something's wrong with his Gizz,\\
and I think that, by golly, there probably is.
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* * Destiny from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' doesn't cast a shadow or leave footprints. [[TheShadowKnows Several of the Endless have unusual shadows.]]
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* In Susan Cooper's ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', the Riders of the Dark cast no shadows, at least in their natural appearances; it's never stated that [[MeaningfulName Mr. Mitothin]] of book two doesn't have one, nor do the children notice a lack of one for Hastings in the first book [[spoiler:and one would think John Rowlands would have noticed if his wife didn't]].
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* In Susan Cooper's Creator/SusanCooper's ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', the Riders of the Dark cast no shadows, at least in their natural appearances; it's never stated that [[MeaningfulName Mr. Mitothin]] of book two doesn't have one, nor do the children notice a lack of one for Hastings in the first book [[spoiler:and one would think John Rowlands would have noticed if his wife didn't]].
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* [[HumanoidAbomination Mordeth]] in his first appearance in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' doesn't have a shadow, owing to being a semi-corporeal spirit rather than a living man. Though it's never explicitly stated, he presumably got a shadow back after merging with Padan Fain and getting a new body therefore.
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* Orted Ak-Ceddi from [[KarlEdwardWagner Karl Wagner's]] ''[[Literature/{{Kane}} The Dark Crusade]]'' doesn't cast shadow after being touched by the power of a dark god Sataki.
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** Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Robin have lost their shadows until Moria's defeat.
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* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
* Phillip Jackson's ''WebComic/SequentialArt'' strip #299 recounts how Joviel Jakovitch was hanged for high treason. His corpse cast no shadow. Later, his autonomous shadow led a revolt of the shadow-men, which obliterated Pypingrad. He and his minions subsequently migrated to the UK.
* Phillip Jackson's ''WebComic/SequentialArt'' strip #299 recounts how Joviel Jakovitch was hanged for high treason. His corpse cast no shadow. Later, his autonomous shadow led a revolt of the shadow-men, which obliterated Pypingrad. He and his minions subsequently migrated to the UK.
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* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
* Phillip Jackson's''WebComic/SequentialArt'' ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' strip #299 recounts how Joviel Jakovitch was hanged for high treason. His corpse cast no shadow. Later, his autonomous shadow led a revolt of the shadow-men, which obliterated Pypingrad. He and his minions subsequently migrated to the UK.
* Phillip Jackson's
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** The Thinking Zombie Claktor Bloodfist has this quality, which it presumably received by rolling it on the random undead generation tables.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' TabletopGame/DarkSun setting supplement ''Monstrous Compendium Appendix II - Terrors Beyond Tyr''.
** The undead monster known as the T'liz casts no shadow.
** If a DM uses the random undead generation tables, an undead so created can have the weakness of not casting a shadow, which makes it easy to identify in the light.
** The undead monster known as the T'liz casts no shadow.
** If a DM uses the random undead generation tables, an undead so created can have the weakness of not casting a shadow, which makes it easy to identify in the light.
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* In Susan Cooper's ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', the Riders of the Dark cast no shadows, at least in their natural appearances; it's never stated that [[MeaningfulName Mr. Mitothin]] of book two doesn't have one, nor do the children notice a lack of one for Hastings in the first book [[spoiler:and one would think John Rowlands would have noticed if his wife didn't]].
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* In Susan Cooper's ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', the Riders of the Dark cast no shadows, at least in their natural appearances; it's never stated that [[MeaningfulName Mr. Mitothin]] of book two doesn't have one [[spoiler:and one would think John Rowlands would have noticed if his wife didn't]].
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It may, like a vampire's lack of reflection, indicate the character is [[GlamourFailure not what he appears to be]]. It may show that someone stole his shadow. It may indicate that, CastingAShadow, he has animated his into a LivingShadow, and it's elsewhere, or even that he's a Living Shadow himself. But it definitely indicates something uncanny's going on.
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It may, like a vampire's lack of reflection, indicate the character is [[GlamourFailure not what he appears to be]].be]] -- down to and including that he's a copy of the real thing, or even just an illusion. It may show that someone stole his shadow. It may indicate that, CastingAShadow, he has animated his into a LivingShadow, and it's elsewhere, or even that he's a Living Shadow himself. But it definitely indicates something uncanny's going on.
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* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
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* In ''OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really mean to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already); instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadow]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are a couple of pirates stuck there who also casts no shadow, for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for them, because they'll have to avoid sunlight in that state - otherwise the sunlight will vaporize them.
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* In ''OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really mean meant to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already); instead, already). Instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadow]] shadows]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are a couple of other pirates stuck there who also casts cast no shadow, shadow for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for them, all of them because they'll have to avoid sunlight in that state - otherwise the sunlight will vaporize them.them, requiring them to have to avoid it.
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* One episode of the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' had a baddie steal people's shadows, which caused them to age at a rapid rate.
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* In ''Series/TheBoxOfDelights'', Kay casts no shadow when travelling into the past in search of Arnold of Todi.
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* In ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' episode "Happy Family Planning" [[spoiler:3 people make multiple attempts at suicide through out the episode. At the end the end they realize that they don't have shadows and that one of their suicide attempts was successful.]]
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* In ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' episode "Happy Family Planning" [[spoiler:3 people make multiple attempts at suicide through out the episode. At the end the end they realize that they don't have shadows and that one of their suicide attempts was successful.]]
* In the ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' TV anime, [[spoiler:Yuu has no shadow, as a sign that she had traded places with her other self]].
* In the ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' TV anime, [[spoiler:Yuu has no shadow, as a sign that she had traded places with her other self]].
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Whenever anyone, or anything, stands between the light and a surface, you get a shadow.
Except for these characters.
It may, like a vampire's lack of reflection, indicate the character is [[GlamourFailure not what he appears to be]]. It may show that someone stole his shadow. It may indicate that, CastingAShadow, he has animated his into a LivingShadow, and it's elsewhere, or even that he's a Living Shadow himself. But it definitely indicates something uncanny's going on.
Does not, of course, include those where the medium or artwork ensures that all characters and objects have no shadows.
A SubTrope of TheShadowKnows, more cryptic than the usual ones, where the shape gives a clue what the issue is. (Unusual shadows belong there, along with the inversion where an invisible character casts a shadow; this covers only a total lack.)
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!!Examples
[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* In ''OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really mean to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already); instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadow]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are a couple of pirates stuck there who also casts no shadow, for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for them, because they'll have to avoid sunlight in that state - otherwise the sunlight will vaporize them.
* In ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' episode "Happy Family Planning" [[spoiler:3 people make multiple attempts at suicide through out the episode. At the end the end they realize that they don't have shadows and that one of their suicide attempts was successful.]]
[[AC: Comics]]
* Apparent in one of Don Rosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' chapters: As a young lad, Scrooge meets a mysterious caretaker of his family castle. Although he doesn't notice it, the caretaker casts no shadow albeit he himself and the castle cast their own shadows, hinting that [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the caretaker is not what he seems]].
* In ''[[LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man And Iron Fist]]'' Tyrone King was seen casting no shadow. According to [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/08/02/comic-book-legends-revealed-430/3/ this]] you were supposed to suspect he was a vampire, but he wasn't.
* * Destiny from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' doesn't cast a shadow or leave footprints. [[TheShadowKnows Several of the Endless have unusual shadows.]]
[[AC:Fairy Tales]]
* In ''[[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0756.html#noshadow The Woman Who Had No Shadow]]'', after consulting a witch and using her magic to ensure she would have no children, a woman casts no shadow.
[[AC:Film, Animated]]
* ''Disney/PeterPan'' when his shadow is literally separated from him.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In AndreNorton's ''WitchWorld'' novel ''Year of the Unicorn'', after Gillian is abandoned by the company, she casts no shadow. Only later does she find out what was done to her to cause that.
* In Creator/Erin Morgenstern's ''Literature/TheNightCircus'', Mr. A. H-- casts no shadow. Noticing this nearly drives Chandresh mad.
* In the story "Cast the First Shadow", a man without a shadow, long persecuted for it, meets with a woman who similarly has no shadow -- only to be revolted and turned away from her by the discovery that she also has the unnatural property of having no reflection.
* Inverted in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit'', where Bilbo casts a shadow even when he shouldn't -- when he's invisible.
* In Creator/LordDunsany's ''Literature/TheCharwomansShadow'', both the charwoman and Ramon have bargained away their shadows to the magician and cast none.
*In ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'', people with [[BondCreatures Spiritshadows]] have no normal shadows. It's later revealed that the [[SpiritWorld Aeniran]] creatures that become Spiritshadows bond by actually picking up the shadow and assimilating it.
* In Mary Hoffman's ''Literature/{{Stravaganza}}'' series certain characters are able to use a talisman to travel between modern Earth and Talia, the FantasyCounterpartCulture version of Renaissance Italy. A character who is only visiting that world has no shadow. If they gain one, it means that their body has died in their world and they are stuck there.
* In the novella ''Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story'' (1814) by Adelbert von Chamisso, young and naive Peter [[MeaningfulName Schlemihl]] sells his shadow to a mysterious [[DevilInDisguise Grey Man]] in exchange for a purse that gets never empty. Initially, Peter thinks he has made an excellent deal, but to his surprise people are not only very quick to notice his lack of shadow, but also react with horror and contempt, turning him into a shunned outcast.
[[AC:Music]]
* The Music/{{Oasis}} song "Cast No Shadow" is about a man who can't express what he really wants to say and has allowed himself to be dominated by others.
-->"As he faced the sun he cast no shadow."
[[AC:Opera]]
* In Richard Strauss's ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', the Empress has no shadow because she is a ShapeshiftingLover; if she does not gain one, she will be reclaimed by her father, and the Emperor turned to stone.
[[AC:TabletopGame]]
* In ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'' high-ranking priests of the [[GodOfEvil Nameless God]] will sacrifice their own shadows (and souls) to their patron. This makes them a little easier to identify than the rank-and-file of the cult, but they tend to be powerful enough by that point to more than make up for it. Mages who mess up while performing certain spells or rituals, or people who managed to attract the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils wrong kind of extraplanar attention]] can also lose their shadows and will frequently be mistaken for Nameless cultists, usually with [[BurnTheWitch fatal consequences]].
[[AC:Web Comics]]
* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
* Phillip Jackson's ''WebComic/SequentialArt'' strip #299 recounts how Joviel Jakovitch was hanged for high treason. His corpse cast no shadow. Later, his autonomous shadow led a revolt of the shadow-men, which obliterated Pypingrad. He and his minions subsequently migrated to the UK.
[[AC:Web Original]]
* The focus of the third episode of ''Machinima/CivilProtection'' is on a man who happens not to have a shadow. Mike and Dave theorize on why that might be, going from "he's a vampire!" to "bad light." When they try to trump up a charge to bring him in on, he suddenly has a shadow again. Mike doesn't care, ending up chasing him down the street so he can arrest the guy for jaywalking.
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* On one ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode, Jokey's shadow is brought to life and goes around playing pranks, for which Jokey is blamed. As he is put on trial, one of the Smurfs notices that Jokey is not casting a shadow.
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Except for these characters.
It may, like a vampire's lack of reflection, indicate the character is [[GlamourFailure not what he appears to be]]. It may show that someone stole his shadow. It may indicate that, CastingAShadow, he has animated his into a LivingShadow, and it's elsewhere, or even that he's a Living Shadow himself. But it definitely indicates something uncanny's going on.
Does not, of course, include those where the medium or artwork ensures that all characters and objects have no shadows.
A SubTrope of TheShadowKnows, more cryptic than the usual ones, where the shape gives a clue what the issue is. (Unusual shadows belong there, along with the inversion where an invisible character casts a shadow; this covers only a total lack.)
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!!Examples
[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* In ''OnePiece'''s Thriller Bark arc, Brook (a living skeleton) casts no shadow. It's not really mean to emphasize his supernatural-ness (although he's supernatural already); instead, he lacks a shadow because someone with a [[CastingAShadow power to control shadow]] stole it and used it to reanimate one of his zombie minions. Later on, there are a couple of pirates stuck there who also casts no shadow, for the same reason. Having no shadow is a bad thing for them, because they'll have to avoid sunlight in that state - otherwise the sunlight will vaporize them.
* In ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' episode "Happy Family Planning" [[spoiler:3 people make multiple attempts at suicide through out the episode. At the end the end they realize that they don't have shadows and that one of their suicide attempts was successful.]]
[[AC: Comics]]
* Apparent in one of Don Rosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' chapters: As a young lad, Scrooge meets a mysterious caretaker of his family castle. Although he doesn't notice it, the caretaker casts no shadow albeit he himself and the castle cast their own shadows, hinting that [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the caretaker is not what he seems]].
* In ''[[LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man And Iron Fist]]'' Tyrone King was seen casting no shadow. According to [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/08/02/comic-book-legends-revealed-430/3/ this]] you were supposed to suspect he was a vampire, but he wasn't.
* * Destiny from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' doesn't cast a shadow or leave footprints. [[TheShadowKnows Several of the Endless have unusual shadows.]]
[[AC:Fairy Tales]]
* In ''[[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0756.html#noshadow The Woman Who Had No Shadow]]'', after consulting a witch and using her magic to ensure she would have no children, a woman casts no shadow.
[[AC:Film, Animated]]
* ''Disney/PeterPan'' when his shadow is literally separated from him.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In AndreNorton's ''WitchWorld'' novel ''Year of the Unicorn'', after Gillian is abandoned by the company, she casts no shadow. Only later does she find out what was done to her to cause that.
* In Creator/Erin Morgenstern's ''Literature/TheNightCircus'', Mr. A. H-- casts no shadow. Noticing this nearly drives Chandresh mad.
* In the story "Cast the First Shadow", a man without a shadow, long persecuted for it, meets with a woman who similarly has no shadow -- only to be revolted and turned away from her by the discovery that she also has the unnatural property of having no reflection.
* Inverted in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit'', where Bilbo casts a shadow even when he shouldn't -- when he's invisible.
* In Creator/LordDunsany's ''Literature/TheCharwomansShadow'', both the charwoman and Ramon have bargained away their shadows to the magician and cast none.
*In ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'', people with [[BondCreatures Spiritshadows]] have no normal shadows. It's later revealed that the [[SpiritWorld Aeniran]] creatures that become Spiritshadows bond by actually picking up the shadow and assimilating it.
* In Mary Hoffman's ''Literature/{{Stravaganza}}'' series certain characters are able to use a talisman to travel between modern Earth and Talia, the FantasyCounterpartCulture version of Renaissance Italy. A character who is only visiting that world has no shadow. If they gain one, it means that their body has died in their world and they are stuck there.
* In the novella ''Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story'' (1814) by Adelbert von Chamisso, young and naive Peter [[MeaningfulName Schlemihl]] sells his shadow to a mysterious [[DevilInDisguise Grey Man]] in exchange for a purse that gets never empty. Initially, Peter thinks he has made an excellent deal, but to his surprise people are not only very quick to notice his lack of shadow, but also react with horror and contempt, turning him into a shunned outcast.
[[AC:Music]]
* The Music/{{Oasis}} song "Cast No Shadow" is about a man who can't express what he really wants to say and has allowed himself to be dominated by others.
-->"As he faced the sun he cast no shadow."
[[AC:Opera]]
* In Richard Strauss's ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', the Empress has no shadow because she is a ShapeshiftingLover; if she does not gain one, she will be reclaimed by her father, and the Emperor turned to stone.
[[AC:TabletopGame]]
* In ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'' high-ranking priests of the [[GodOfEvil Nameless God]] will sacrifice their own shadows (and souls) to their patron. This makes them a little easier to identify than the rank-and-file of the cult, but they tend to be powerful enough by that point to more than make up for it. Mages who mess up while performing certain spells or rituals, or people who managed to attract the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils wrong kind of extraplanar attention]] can also lose their shadows and will frequently be mistaken for Nameless cultists, usually with [[BurnTheWitch fatal consequences]].
[[AC:Web Comics]]
* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', the characters, being Stick Figures, have no shadows -- [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html a fact lampshaded by one character when another one was so foolsih as to become a shadowdancer.]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html Later a fire causes a shadow, enabling escape.]]
* Phillip Jackson's ''WebComic/SequentialArt'' strip #299 recounts how Joviel Jakovitch was hanged for high treason. His corpse cast no shadow. Later, his autonomous shadow led a revolt of the shadow-men, which obliterated Pypingrad. He and his minions subsequently migrated to the UK.
[[AC:Web Original]]
* The focus of the third episode of ''Machinima/CivilProtection'' is on a man who happens not to have a shadow. Mike and Dave theorize on why that might be, going from "he's a vampire!" to "bad light." When they try to trump up a charge to bring him in on, he suddenly has a shadow again. Mike doesn't care, ending up chasing him down the street so he can arrest the guy for jaywalking.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* On one ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode, Jokey's shadow is brought to life and goes around playing pranks, for which Jokey is blamed. As he is put on trial, one of the Smurfs notices that Jokey is not casting a shadow.
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