History Main / ChameleonCamouflage

* TheSwordOfTruth has mriswith, lizard people capable of changing their color for a fairly good concealment. They also wear capes which do the same, but much better.

* A natural ability of Dessarians on {{Tracker}}. They can both blend into any enviroment in a more general sense and literally disappear into the background of it.

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* ''RedAndBlue'': Agent Carolina's armor ability, where she can instantly change her armor's color to anything she needs.

* ''InCryptid:'' The Sleestaks, as well as several other cryptids.

* ''MetalGearSolid4'' features the [=OctoCamo=] suit worn by Snake, named after the octopus and designed to mimic its natural camouflage skills. With it, Snake can change the color and texture of his suit to match whatever he's pressed against in a matter of seconds. Later in the game this is partnered with [=FaceCamo=], which normally looks like a sock draped over the wearer's head, but can also make a [[LatexPerfection flawless disguise by mimicking someone else's face]].

* Dagomon from DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime

* Zartan from ''GIJoe'' has this ability in addition to being a master of disguise. It came at a cost though using the ability caused him to develop a painful skin condition. In the comics, he eventually found a medicinal cure but had to keep taking it regularly.

* Zhaan did this in an episode of ''{{Farscape}}'' when she turned invisible by blending with other foliage (she's a plant).

** The Cloak of Elvenkind had chameleon-like abilities, allowing the wearer to be almost invisible in natural surroundings. The Ring of Chameleon Power had a similar power.

** The ''Mutant Future'' RPG (which ripped off its list of mutations from ''GammaWorld'') had the Chameleon Epidermis mutation that worked the same way.

* In the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series, Espio the Chameleon has this ability, and in ''SonicHeroes'', it's required to pass certain stages.

* Caesar's spy in the animated version of ''{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra''. He's also a shapeshifter.

* Caesar's spy in the animated version of ''Asterix and Cleopatra''. He's also a shapeshifter.

* Caesar's spy in ''{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra''.

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* In ''OnePiece'' the minor villain Zeo is a carpet shark fishman, and can change his color to blend with the ground and apparently disappear. Played for Laughs when he gets stomped and clubbed by his own men.

Just a thin line above {{Invisibility}}, a character simply fades from sight by becoming part of the background. Generally done by characters of supernatural leanings, but without actual possession of {{Invisibility}}, [[InvisibilityCloak cloak]] otherwise.

* From the ''MortalKombat'' series, Reptile, who has this as a special in several games, and as his intro stance in ''[[MortalKombat9 9]]''. His introduction in ''9''[='=]s Story Mode is also done this way. Strangely, Khameleon and Chameleon, the bonus characters of ''MortalKombatTrilogy'' and ''MortalKombatArmageddon'', [[AvertedTrope doesn't have this power]].

* From ''{{Discworld}}'', Susan Sto Helit, Granny Weatherwax and her apprentice Tiffany Aching have powers to do this. The young Vetinari learns this in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' (to the point that [[Irony he nearly fails his Camouflage class for nonattendance]]), and Vimes has an uncanny ability to blend neatly into shadows.

* From ''{{Discworld}}'', Susan Sto Helit, Granny Weatherwax and her apprentice Tiffany Aching have powers to do this. The young Vetinari learns this in ''Discworld/NightWatch'', and Vimes has an uncanny ability to blend neatly into shadows.

** The ''Mutant Future'' RPG (which was mostly ripped off from ''GammaWorld'') had the Chameleon Epidermis mutation that worked the same way.

* The ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'' supplement ''Secrets of the Surface World'' had a Chameleon Suit as a possible Weird Science gadget.

* British comic ''Cor!!'' once featured a 2-page strip entitled "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Chameleon_(comics) Kid Chameleon]]". The title character was [[WildChild raised by lizards]] (!) in the Kalahari (with a little help from some local Bushmen), and wore a suit of chameleon scales to camouflage himself. Don't ask how he did it, but the effect was achieved by letting the background colours show through his outline.

* Played for laughs in ''{{Film/Toys}}''. Patrick is usually introduced to a scene dressed exactly like some part of the scenery.

* Being raised by ghosts, Bod does it very well in TheGraveyardBook.
* From ''Discworld'' Susan Sto Helit, Granny Weatherwax, and her apprentice Tiffany Aching have powers to do this. The young Vetinari learns this in NightWatch, and Vimes has an uncanny ability to blend neatly into shadows.

* In {{Hyperion}}, military PowerArmor works that way.
* In the {{Redwall}} novel ''Marlfox'', this is the ability that marks the eponymous Marlfoxes.

* In BloodyRoar 3 and Primal Fury, Busuzima's beast form is that of a chameleon, which allows him to blend in with the arena; effectively making him invisible.

* In the SonicTheHedgehog series, Espio the Chameleon has this ability, and in ''SonicHeroes'', it's required to pass certain stages.

* The Stealth Parasites can do this in ''{{VideoGame/Evolva}}''.
* The cloaking devices in {{Starsiege}}, when active, painted your mech the same color as the background terrain (which you could verify with the third-person camera).

* In ''TheSimpsons'' "Lemon of Troy" Milhouse has an ImagineSpot that while wearing camouflage he blends into the bushes completely.
* ''MonstersInc:'' Randall is able to do this.
* Zartan from GIJoe has this ability in addition to being a master of disguise. It came at a cost though using the ability caused him to develop a painful skin condition. In the comics he eventually found a medicinal cure but had to keep taking it regularly.

* Several species of octopus do this both to hunt prey and hide from predators.
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* Deconstructed in ''Literature/BeetleInAnAnthill'', when Abalkin explores a deserted planet, equipped with a suit that is supposed to give him whole-body ChameleonCamouflage. However, it malfunctions and doesn't actually do anything, so Abalkin takes off his helm for better vision. Then, just as he encounters the local HumanAliens, the suit suddenly powers up and presents him as a floating head, scaring the shit out of the locals (to the point where they open fire).