History Main / SentIntoHiding

* ''Franchise/OnePiece''

** As far as those who live in the territories of the World Government knows, the Five Elders are the highest authority in the world. But the Reverie Arc revealed the existence of someone who the Five Elders answer to: Imu. Imu's existence is kept secret to maintain the lie that there is no singular ruler of the world.

* Because the Ark on ''Series/The100'' enforced a strict [[PopulationControl one-child policy]], with violations resulting in execution, Bellamy and his mother kept his illegal little sister Octavia hidden under the floor the entire time she was growing up. When she was found out, she was thrown into lockup, her brother was demoted to janitor, and their mother was ThrownOutTheAirlock.
** In later seasons we also meet Madi, Jordan and Hope, also all hidden as children by one plot reason or another. [[spoiler: Hope being hidden by Octavia, the original hidden child of the series who is now an adult, also makes for a nice full-circle moment.]]

* Yasu from ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is kept secret by different groups for different reasons. Natsuhi and Kinzo keep Yasu secret because Yasu is Kinzo's bastard child, and Natsuhi threw Yasu off a cliff. Genji and Kumasawa, on the other hand, keep Yasu's existence secret partially at Kinzo's wishes, but they keep secret even from him and Natsuhi that Yasu survived the cliff fall because they think that [[ParentalIncest Kinzo might eventually fall in love with Yasu, as he did Yasu's mother, Beatrice Ushiromiya]].

* ‘’FanFic/TheVictorsProject’’: Happens now and then with Rebels. After [[SexSlave Wonder]] is DrivenToSuicide Luxe and Platinum snuggle his sister out of the district after President Snow and Luster Lancaster kill the rest of the family to deter any other victors from following Wonders example. It’s also mentioned that Beetee sneaks in runaways from some of the rural districts and gives them new identities in Three.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Judge Frollo actively tries to keep Quasimodo hidden from the rest of the public and makes him stay in the tower by convincing him that the world is a cruel place and he is safer in the bell tower. Of course, this only works up until the Feast of Fools, and stories are still told about Quasimodo, making him legendary despite the fact only Frollo and the Archdeacon really knew he existed.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': Elincia's birth was kept from the public eye of Crimea, because she was born when the King appointed her uncle Renning as the next heir, and it would cause [[SuccessionCrisis problems]] for the country. Only the leaders of other countries know she exist.

* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', Sepulchure, the Doom Knight and overlord of evil, kept his daughter Gravelyn secret for years, with her existence only becoming common knowledge after his death and her ascension to the throne of the Shadowscythe Empire. The reason for all this secrecy isn't known until the second part of the Doomwood saga where it's revealed that [[spoiler:she is the Champion of Light, the only thing keeping the Realm of Darkness from destroying the world, and the reason that Sepulchure didn't kill her was out of love for both her and her mother Lynaria]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' special ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery'' revolves around the Narrow Gauge engines keeping a lost engine, Luke, secret from the Thin Controller (due to supposedly killing another engine via an accident [[spoiler: said engine was found and repaired as Victor, who resolved everything when he found out]]). How this is managed isn't quite elaborated upon, since the engines (including Luke himself) are pretty much completely reliant on workmen to function.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' special ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery'' revolves around the Narrow Gauge engines keeping a lost engine, Luke, secret from the Thin Controller (due to supposedly killing another engine via an accident [[spoiler: said engine was found and repaired as Victor, who resolved everything when he found out]]). How this is managed isn't quite elaborated upon, since the engines (including Luke himself) are pretty much completely reliant on workmen to function.

Supertrope to BatmanInMyBasement, MadwomanInTheAttic, WitnessProtection, and HiddenBackupPrince. Compare TheHermit.

* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Judge Frollo actively tries to keep Quasimodo hidden from the rest of the public and makes him stay in the tower by convincing him that the world is a cruel place and he is safer in the bell tower. Of course, this only works up until the Feast of Fools, and stories are still told about Quasimodo, making him legendary despite the fact only Frollo and the Archdeacon really knew he existed.

* ‘’Fanfic/JohannaMasonTheyWillNeverSeeMeCry’’: Croft, the eldest victor of district 7 hides the birth of his daughter and grandchildren from the Capitol to protect them from the reaping, hiding them inside his house for their whole lives and only letting a select few know they exist.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: When the Wrestling/BellaTwins debuted, it was only Brie Bellla who officialy showed up. During matches when she was losing, she'd crawl under the ring and [[TwinSwitch her sister Nikki would come out to finish the match]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor meets a woman named River Song, who keeps the nature of his relationship with her secret because [[HaveWeMetYet it hasn't happened yet for him[]. As the series progresses, he learns more and more about her, culminating in the pivotal reveal is that she was also a secret from her parents, and the Doctor was instrumental in rescuing her from her kidnappers. Her real name is Melody Pond, the daughter of Rory and Amy Pond, the first companions he recruited after he met River for the first time.

Supertrope to [[BatmanInMyBasement Batman In My Basement]], [[MadwomanInTheAttic Madwoman In The Attic]], WitnessProtection, and [[HiddenBackUpPrince Hidden Backup Prince]]. Compare TheHermit.

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* Yasu from ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is kept secret by different groups for different reasons. Natsuhi and Kinzo keep Yasu secret because Yasu is Kinzo's bastard child, and Natsuhi threw Yasu off a cliff. Genji and Kumasawa, on the other hand, keep Yasu's existence secret partially at Kinzo's wishes, but they keep secret even from him and Natsuhi that Yasu survived the cliff fall because they think that [[ParentalIncest Kinzo might eventually fall in love with Yasu, as he did Yasu's mother, Beatrice Ushiromiya]].

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* In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Judge Frollo actively tries to keep Quasimodo hidden from the rest of the public and makes him stay in the tower by convincing him that the world is a cruel place and he is safer in the bell tower. Of course, this only works up until the Feast Of Fools, and stories are still told about Quasimodo, making him legendary despite the fact only Frollo and the Archdeacon really knew he existed.

* In the ''Series/{{Decoy}}'' episode "Scape Goat," a woman embezzles money to hide her mentally disabled five-year-old son in a private institution. She doesn't tell anyone about him for fear of being blamed for his condition.
* During ''Series/DoctorWho'', the titular character encounters a woman named "River Song". His relationship is a secret from him because it gets formed in his future. As the series progressed, he learned more and more about her. A pivotal reveal was that she was also a secret from her parents, and the Doctor was instrumental in rescuing her from her kidnappers. Her real name is Melody Pond, the daughter of Rory and Amy Pond, his first companions after meeting her for the first time.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' special ''Blue Mountain Mystery'' revolves around the Narrow Gauge engines keeping a lost engine, Luke, secret from the Thin Controller (due to supposedly killing another engine via an accident [[spoiler: said engine was found and repaired as Victor, who resolved everything when he found out]]). How this is managed isn't quite elaborated upon, since the engines (including Luke himself) are pretty much completely reliant on workmen to function.

* Gangster kingpin Riff Raff plots the heist of the Hopeless Diamond in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' story arc "From Hopeless To Helpless." Riff Raff brings along a small fellow cloaked from head to ankles, with two eyeholes in the fabric. This character's purpose is described only as "just in case." He is later revealed to be Tap-Tap, a gem cutter that happens to be a ''doppelganger'' for Underdog.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'': A subplot for Bang has him trying to find his old master's child, the true heir to the throne of [[TheEmpire NOL]]'s leader. Later in the story, it's revealed that said child, Homura, has been in the custody of Bang's friend, Kagura, ever since Homura's parent was slain in Ikaruga Civil War, and has been hidden from public since.

* ''VideoGame/TheChzoMythos'': Roderick [=DeFoe=] left his mentally handicapped son John in a secret cellar behind the kitchen, often beating and neglecting him [[MotherDiesBlameTheChild out of hatred for him "killing" his mother during birth.]] Not even his other son and John's twin brother, Matthew, knew about this for much of his life. When Matthew did find out, Roderick tried to convince him that there never was a boy behind the kitchen.

* During the new series for ''Series/DoctorWho'', the titular character encounters a woman named "River Song". His relationship is a secret from him because it gets formed in his future. As the series progressed, he learned more and more about her. A pivotal reveal was that she was also a secret from her parents, and the Doctor was instrumental in rescuing her from her kidnappers. Her real name is Melody Pond, the daughter of Rory and Amy Pond, his first companions after meeting her for the first time.