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* ''Fanfic/SomosFamilia:'' Ernesto wears his trademark long-sleeved white jacket even when it's blistering hot outside and gets nervous when asked to remove it. His jacket sleeves cover up the injuries on his wrists from a HappilyFailedSuicide.

* Noriaki Kakyoin from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]] often hides his eye scars ([[EyeScream a long but thin vertical scar over each eye that he received after being nearly blinded]] by N'Doul's [[FightingSpirit stand]], Geb) behind some [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/950/078/1f3.gif sick ass shades]].

* ''Literature/{{Eragon}}'': After rescuing Arya from prison, Eragon and Murtagh attempt to move the comatose elf to a bed, but her sleeve gets caught in a branch and tears, revealing numerous cuts and bruises on her arm. Worried, they both [[UndressingTheUnconscious start stripping her to check on her other wounds]], and find her entire body has been beaten whipped, branded, and scarred from long periods of ColdBloodedTorture. Eragon is them forced to use his magic to [[IntimateHealing heal her]] while [[DudeShesLikeInAComa uncomfortably noticing how attractive she is]].

* ''Literature/TheCityOfBrass'': In the second book, [[spoiler:Prince Ali]] dresses to hide the fact that he's CoveredInScars from the neck down from a [[ElementalEmbodiment marid]] attack, which he only survived because he [[spoiler:let the marid [[PowersViaPossession possess his body]].]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': From Volume 4, Cinder starts wearing an unusually long, asymmetrical dress that completely hides her left arm; she also takes to wearing an eyepatch that heavily hints at her having taken extensive injuries at the end of Volume 3. [[spoiler:The sleeve conceals the fact she lost her left arm, which has now been replaced by a Grimm arm. The one time a person spotted the Grimm arm, they collapsed in horror -- allowing Cinder to kill them and steal their clothing to disguise her identity; she wears bandages to hide the arm. When she adopts new clothing for the Atlas Arc, she drapes a cape over her left side to conceal the Grimm arm. Volume 8 reveals that her preference for wearing chokers and high collars hides neck scarring that was caused while being tortured as a child.]]

* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'': Phillipe hides the injuries [[spoiler: from Navarre mauling him in wolf form]] from Navarre with his sweater.

** In the climax of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', Phoenix figured out the real killer himself was attacked with a knife and therefore should have a wound on his body. However, at first glance, his suspect doesn't have any wounds. Not only that, he was still wearing the same clothes he wore during the murder, and they are still intact. Phoenix then realizes that the wound is under the killer's mask, a special prosthetic the killer always wears to see due to his damaged vision. [[spoiler:At this point, Prosecutor Godot finally admits defeat upon being unmasked as the real culprit.]]

** 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 unidentified blood that was just discovered at the crime scene earlier that day, 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 supertrope to SecretStabWound and HidingTheHandicap. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something. 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. Contrast CutHimselfShaving where the injuries are visible, but the ''reason'' is concealed with an excuse.

Everyone gets hurt sometimes, but not everyone wants others to know it. Maybe it's because they'll be doted on and fussed over. Maybe it's because they'll be scolded for getting hurt if it was caused by them being careless or clumsy. Maybe the person who finds out will raise Hell if the injuries were caused by another person. Maybe it's that they don't want them to be treated, likely due to a fear of doctors or hospitals. Whatever the reason, they need to keep it a secret. However, their injury is visible to others, making this rather difficult. There must be a way to [[SecretStabWound hide their injuries]] without anyone knowing...

Inevitably, the injuries will end up getting revealed, either by accident, force or by willingness of the character (depending on the situation).

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6208221/1/Velma-Dinkley-s-Beginning Velma Dinkley's Beginning]]'', [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma]] tries to hide the bruises she's gotten from Daphne's [[GirlPosse friends]]. She's afraid if Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne see them, they'll tell her parents, which might lead to more beatings from the girls and probably have to [[ReallyMovesAround move again]]. She wants to stay in Coolsville with her new friends.

** In [[spoiler:"The Scales of Justice"]], the killer wears gloves to conceal [[RevealingInjury the thumbnail that was ripped off when she dragged the body across the lawn]], until she can replace it with a fake nail. As Father Brown points, it could up to six months for the real nail to regrow.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldofGumballS1E36TheFight The Fight]]", Gumball gets a black-eye from a fight with Tina Rex and tries to hide it with sunglasses. His mom isn't fooled, and when he tries to claim that he ran into a door (which is technically true, but it only happened because Tina was chasing him), Anais tells her that he's getting bullied. Nicole is ''[[MamaBear furious]]'' when she hears this.

* In ''Film/TheKarateKid2010'', 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.

* 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, ballet feet are often used as a metaphor for all the pain and dedication you ''don't'' see behind a skilled performance.

Everyone gets hurt, but not everyone wants others to know it. Maybe it's because they'll be doted on and fussed over. Maybe it's because they'll be scolded for getting hurt if it was caused by them being careless or clumsy. Maybe the person who finds out will raise Hell if the injuries were caused by another person. Maybe it's that they don't want them to be treated, likely due to a fear of doctors or hospitals. Whatever the reason, they need to keep it a secret. However, their injury is visible to others, making this rather difficult. There must be a way to [[SecretStabWound hide their injuries]] without anyone knowing...

A supertrope to SecretStabWound and HidingTheHandicap. Can overlap with RevealingCoverUp if wearing a certain piece of clothing makes it obvious that a character is hiding something. 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.

* Noriaki Kakyoin from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' often hides his eye scars ([[EyeScream a long but thin vertical scar over each eye that he received after being nearly blinded]] by N'Doul's [[FightingSpirit stand]], Geb) behind some [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/950/078/1f3.gif sick ass shades]].