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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' has a variation when a man working in his office at night turns off his computer, and the now dark monitor reveals the Arrow and Arsenal standing behind him.

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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' has a variation when a man working in his office at night turns off his computer, and the now dark monitor reveals reflects the Arrow and Arsenal standing behind him.
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* In ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' grown-up Henry Bowers attacks Eddie Kaspbrak in the bathroom of his vacancy room after making his presence known through a mirror scare.
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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitch-Hiker]]" ends with Inger Stevens finding the title character in the back of her car this way. It's not really that much of a scare, though, since by that point she's already figured out (and accepted) his [[DontFearTheReaper true identity]].
** This trope is also explored in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E71TheMirror The Mirror]]". A Fidel Castro {{Expy}} named Ramos Clemente stages a successful coup with the help of four allies. The dictator they depose warns Clemente that he will soon begin to see enemies everywhere, especially in an ornate mirror hanging on his office wall. Clemente ignores this, but as the episode goes on and he begins to use more and more militaristic tactics, he starts having Mirror Scares of his four allies standing behind him with weapons. He orders them killed one by one, only to realize too late that [[TomatoInTheMirror the true demon in the mirror was himself all along]].

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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitch-Hiker]]" ends with Inger Stevens finding the title character in the back of her car this way. It's not really that much of a scare, though, since by that point she's already figured out (and accepted) his [[DontFearTheReaper true identity]].
** This trope is also explored in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E71TheMirror "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E6TheMirror The Mirror]]". A Fidel Castro {{Expy}} named Ramos Clemente stages a successful coup with the help of four allies. The dictator they depose warns Clemente that he will soon begin to see enemies everywhere, especially in an ornate mirror hanging on his office wall. Clemente ignores this, but as the episode goes on and he begins to use more and more militaristic tactics, he starts having Mirror Scares of his four allies standing behind him with weapons. He orders them killed one by one, only to realize too late that [[TomatoInTheMirror the true demon in the mirror was himself all along]].
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* Used quite subtly in WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's episode on ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'', when ''something'' briefly appears in the reflection of an ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' cabinet, then runs off before the Nerd notices them. [[NothingIsScarier This is never referenced again or explained.]]

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* Used quite subtly in WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's episode on ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'', ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'', when ''something'' briefly appears in the reflection of an ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' cabinet, then runs off before the Nerd notices them. [[NothingIsScarier This is never referenced again or explained.]]
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* Happens during the boat scene of ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}''.

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* Happens during the boat scene of ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}''. Not from the titular mummy, but from a heavily-scarred Medjai mook sneaking behind the film's heroine when she's in a washroom.

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