History Main / ClothingConcealedInjury

* ''Series/FatherBrown'': The final piece of evidence Father Brown uses to identify the killer in "The Crimson Feather" is that one of the suspects has not removed their gloves since the body was discovered. When the gloves are removed, there is [[RevealingInjury a deep cut on the murderer's palm from the shard of broken mirror they used to stab the victim]].

A SisterTrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal an injury. May be one reason a character wears ConspicuousGloves.

* Ever see a ballerina take off her shoes and stockings? The girls may be beautiful and graceful, but dancing ''en pointe'' turns their feet into a gnarled BodyHorror. In fact, ballerina feet are often used as a metaphor for all the pain and dedication you ''don't'' see behind a skilled performance.

* Ever see a ballerina take off her shoes? For all their beauty and grace, dancing ''en pointe'' turns their feet into a gnarled BodyHorror.

* In the 2010 remake of ''Film/{{TheKarateKid|2010}}'', Andre Parker gets into a fight with one of the bullies at school, leaving him with a black-eye. The next day, he wears some of his mother's makeup and a hat to school to try and avoid suspicion. It fails when the teacher mentions that hats aren't allowed in school; his mother takes off the hat, seeing that he's wearing makeup and realizes that he's been in a fight. She panics over this while Dre tells her it's nothing.

* In the 2010 remake ''Film/TheKarateKid'', Trey Parker gets into a fight with one of the bullies at school, leaving him with a black eye. The next day, he wears some of his mother's makeup and a hat to school to try and avoid suspicion. It fails when the teacher mentions that hats aren't allowed in school, his mother takes off the hat, sees that he's wearing makeup and realizes that he's been in a fight. The mother panics over this while Trey tells her it's nothing.

** In episode 2.05, "Dancing with the Fishes," Lindsay encounters a woman who exploits this. She uses makeup to fake a black eye, then wears sunglasses to cover it up.

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A supertrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal an injury. May be one reason a character wears ConspicuousGloves.

A supertrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal a injury. May be one reason a character wears ConspicuousGloves.

Clothing-Concealed Injury is when a character uses a piece of clothing to keep their wounds a secret from others. This is often done with sunglasses to hide black-eyes, scarves to hide neck injuries or long shirts or pants to hide wounds on arms or legs. Makeup also gets used for concealment purposes, usually to cover up cuts or bruises on the face. Technically, an [[EyepatchOfPower Eye Patch]] is this, but it's such a specific article of clothing that's not worn otherwise, so people know it's usually covering up some sort of EyeScream. Occasionally, this clothing is something that the character usually doesn't wear or is not suitable for the current situation or weather, such as wearing scarves and jackets when it's warm out, making other characters suspicious. The character will sometimes make [[BlatantLies strange excuses]] as to why they are wearing these clothes, which will raise further suspicion.

Inevitably, the injuries will end up getting revealed, either by accident or by force. When the injuries are exposed, the character will be reprimanded for trying to hide them.

* In ''Literature/{{Kane}}'' story "Undertow" Kane's lover Dessylyn is usually seen wearing a wide collar of leather and silk with a large emerald set in it, which hides a scar left from the time when she hanged herself.

A supertrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal a injury. May be one reason a character wears ConspicuoisGloves.

A supertrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal a injury.

* There's one joke where the captain of a ship always asks for his [[BringMyRedJacket red jacket]] before a battle so that his crew wouldn't see him bleed and lose morale. When faced with a battle that he has no chance of winning, he also asks for his [[BringMyBrownPants brown pants]].

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* In ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Mina Harker always wears scarves to conceal the hideous scars on her neck from Dracula's attack.

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--> ''She's wearing shades''
--> ''But we all see''
--> ''Behind the tinted glass''

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* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' has a variant, as Programs don't use clothing in the same way as humans. Tron uses a masking subroutine to appear normal, but he deactivates it in front of Beck in the episode "Scars" to reveal the sheer amount of dead pixels and other damage Dyson's [[ColdBloodedTorture Cold Powered Torture]] left behind.

* In Chapter 6 of ''Life Goes On'', the sequel to ''Fanfic/BitterTearsAnAnonAMissFic'', it's revealed that Sunset has scars from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013 turning into a demon during the Fall Formal]] hidden under her clothes and that she would change for P.E. in the shower stalls so people wouldn't see them. At this point, Sunset doesn't care if anyone sees them anymore, so she changes out in the open to everyone's shock, including her friends since even ''they'' didn't know about them.

* Various examples from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series:

** In "Turnabout Corner" from ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', Apollo notices the witness Alita Tiala's habit of pulling on her scarf during her testimony of meeting with the victim Pal Meraktis. Apollo points out that a table lamp with a bloodied cord was found at the victim's office, meaning Alita's meeting wasn't friendly. He asks Alita to remove her scarf, and sure enough, there is a red mark from when the victim strangled her with the lamp cord until she was unconscious. Alita claims to be a victim in the whole manner, but Prosecutor Gavin points out Meraktis wouldn't leave the witness be after he strangled her. [[spoiler:Indeed, Meraktis loaded the unconscious Alita on top of a ramen stand (ItMakesSenseInContext) with the intent of dumping her body in a nearby river. However, Apollo's client, Wocky Kitaki, appeared to threaten Meraktis over the botched operation to remove a bullet in Wocky's body. Meraktis was about to confess when back in the stand, Alita regained consciousness, and shot Meraktis before he could reveal Alita's role in the operation.]]
** In "Turnabout Time Travel" from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', Phoenix was meeting with Sorin Sprocket, a witness and the husband-to-be of Phoenix's client, when suddenly Sorin fell over, bleeding from under his clothes, revealing that he has a stomach wound that has yet to be fully healed. As there was some yet to be identified blood just found at the crime scene, Sorin becomes Phoenix's prime suspect. [[spoiler:The victim had stabbed Sorin before abducting Ellen Wyatt, the client, with the intent of murdering Ellen. Sorin manages to catch up to them despite his wounds and managed to knock the victim out with a wedding prop. The incident was quickly covered up, but the victim's co-conspirator decided to kill the victim and frame Ellen for the murder, using the same wedding prop to do so.]]

A subtrope to SecretStabWound. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something and HidingTheHandicap if someone conceals physical signs of a disability that was caused by getting injured. Often occurs with people who have done SelfHarm or are a victim of DomesticAbuse. BringMyRedJacket (and humorously, BringMyBrownPants) are related tropes wherein a character anticipates the future need to conceal a injury.

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Indices: TheSecretIndex, InjuryTropes

** In "Turnabout Corner" from ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', the Apollo notices the witness Alita Tiala's habit of pulling on her scarf during her testimony of meeting with the victim Pal Meraktis. Apollo points out that a table lamp with a bloodied cord was found at the victim's office, meaning Alita's meeting wasn't friendly. He asks Alita to remove her scarf, and sure enough, there is a red mark from when the victim strangled her with the lamp cord until she was unconscious. Alita claims to be a victim in the whole manner, but Prosecutor Gavin points out Meraktis wouldn't leave the witness be after he strangled her. [[spoiler:Indeed, Meraktis loaded the unconscious Alita on top of a ramen stand (ItMakesSenseInContext) with the intent of dumping her body in a nearby river. However, Apollo's client, Wocky Kitaki, appeared to threaten Meraktis over the botched operation to remove a bullet in Wocky's body. Meraktis was about to confess when back in the stand, Alita regained consciousness, and shot Meraktis before he could reveal Alita's role in the operation.]]

* An EXTREMELY disturbing version happens in ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay''. Reverse-Flash is one of the main villains of the movie, one of many trying to get their hands on the fabled [[KarmaHoudini Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free Card]]. Then we find out why: [[spoiler: He takes off his mask and reveals a ''hole in his forehead''. This is the same Reverse-Flash from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueFlashpointParadox'' who was shot in the head by Batman, and he used his powers to slow his bodily processes split-seconds before dying]].