History Main / DevilInPlainSight

* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' works in the homicide department of the Miami police department by day, and kills by night. Despite this, he stays well under everyone else's "something's not right with him" radar, except for Doakes. Dexter comments at one point about being in a room full of police officers and Doakes being the only one who has any sort of sense of something wrong about him.

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', at the start of the game you can find an exsanguinated boar. If TokenEvilTeammate Astarion is in the party, he'll try to shift attention away from it. When pressed, he'll say something along the lines of "This boar's been fed on by a vampire. But fear not! Your most trusted friend Astarion, the pale-skinned, pointy-toothed elf with the strange bite scar on his neck, [[LovableRogue whom you met yesterday while trying to kill you]], will absolutely take night watch so no dastardly vampires feed on you!" The PlayerCharacter ends up kicking themselves for not realizing sooner once he tries feeding on them in their sleep.
** On the other hand, if Astarion is chosen as the PlayerCharacter and reveals his vampirism to the party, Shadowheart, Gale, and Karlach mention it was rather obvious but they didn't want to say anything until they were sure.

* Vertex in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rollbots}}''. In one episode, he is in a disguise (which is about as sinister as when [[PaperThinDisguise undisguised]]) and directly has a conversation with Pounder and Aria of all people, right in front of Spin, the one person who knows the truth about him.

** [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]]. In many ways, this trope is averted: after all, most of the characters know just how horrible he is. That said, Stan and Kyle oftentimes get punished right alongside him, despite being [[OnlySaneMan generally good kids]] who are usually trying to ''stop'' whatever evil scheme he has going. This becomes especially painful (not to mention a DownerEnding) in "Toilet Paper," in which they're given much harsher punishments despite being genuinely apologetic--unlike Cartman, who only apologized [[WithFriendsLikeThese so they would get most of the blame.]] The best example, which is lampshaded, is the episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift". In the episode, Cartman pretends to have psychic powers and the police blindly listen to whatever he says, ignoring important evidence. Kyle suspects a disturbed man to be a vicious serial killer (he is) and tries to tell the police about him but they are completely blind to the killer's suspicious behavior and mannerisms and make no attempt to bring him in for questioning.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', one of the missions you can do for the local assassins' guild involves you, around a half-dozen of poor saps who become your victims, and a [[ClosedCircle house locked from the outside]]. Funny thing is, you have the choice of telling one of your victims that you are the assassin right before you off everyone (though she just laughs it off).