History Main / TheUnmasquedWorld

* The Literature/MercyThompson series features a world where TheFairFolk came out of the closest years ago, albeit intentionally and in a far more controlled method than the typical BrokenMasquerade. It didn't end well, with [[StrawmanPolitical religious conservatives]] and bigots railing against the fae and eventually creating voluntary reservations for them. (Which is actually [[UnwittingPawn exactly what the fae leaders wanted them to do in the first place]].) After the events of the first book, the universe's werewolves decide to reveal some of their population as well, with a bit more success. Stefan the vampire anticipates the day when his people will come out of the coffin. He's working on ways for vampires to cure blood-borne diseases in order to gain some public good will and hopefully smooth over the whole "feeding on humans" bump. So far no one else has come out publicly, but with first fairies and now werewolves unmasqued, people are starting to question what else is out there.

* In ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'', this is the great fear of occult intelligence as CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN (a.k.a., the stars coming right) approaches. More brains means more perception of eldritch phenomenon, and as eldritch phenomena thrive on the observer effect, more people will start realizing you can make your own miracles by calling down the gribbly brain-eaters from outer space. By the time of ''The Annihilation Score'', it has become public knowledge that people are appearing with superpowers, though it's still kept secret ''why'' this is happening.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'': At the end of film, [[spoiler:the turtles and the other mutants are exposed to the world, but the turtles are accepted as heroes after they save the city from Superfly. The Turtles even enroll in high school alongside April.]]

* Neo claimed this as his mission at the end of ''Film/TheMatrix'' and it eventually came to pass at the end of the third movie, with [[spoiler:anyone who realizes the illusionary nature of the world offered a conscious choice to continue living in the Matrix or join Zion in the real world]] In ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'' continuity, this was snapped back to the Machines no longer ''reinforcing'' the Masquerade (beyond basic damage control), and limiting their jurisdiction within the Matrix. Sheer inertia seems to keep a lot of the populace (maybe willfully) in the dark. This goes along with what Morpheus said in the first movie, where he said that adults pulled from the Matrix have trouble letting go.

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** It's PlayedForLaughs in "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/everyone-knows Everyone Knows]]", where the Masquerade didn't break so much as it slowly grew so big as to encompass everyone; it's officially broken in a broadcast because [[FlockOfWolves everyone realizes every person in the world was already a part of an anomalous group in one way or another]], thus making TheMasquerade completely pointless. Except for one guy, who at the end remarks to himself that he totally knew the whole time, though it's ambiguous if he's just saying that to make himself feel better or he's just bitter at being the last guy picked.

** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'':
*** Two of the proposed endgames for ''Vampire'' involve the Masquerade breaking in two right before the world goes to Hell. By that point, the Antediluvians are rampaging openly across the Earth, human society is rapidly collapsing, and the world likely only has months left to live, so continuing to hide isn't really a priority anymore.
*** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasqueradeFifthEdition'': The Masquerade has been notably cracked but not completely broken by a similar situation to the proposed endgame ''The Crucible of God''. Human intelligence agencies stumbled onto information leading to the discovery of Vampires. But instead of revealing it to the public and the politicians in charge, they decided to wage a covert war with the help of the Vatican's re-canonized [[KnightTemplar Society]] [[VanHelsingHateCrimes of]] [[TheDreaded Leopold]] to form what the Vampires know as ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Second Inquisition]]''. In the first five years they wiped out nearly the whole of the Sabbat, as well as the Vienna Chantry, where clan founder Tremere worked. The Masquerade cracking has caused the Camarilla to form a tighter knit, secondary masquerade community where they only allow membership to those they view as elite. They abandoned [=SchreckNet=] and other modern technology completely, due to that being how the intelligence agencies found them. They now use [[InstantMessengerPigeon carrier pigeon]], [[GenericGraffiti Graffiti]], and DeadDrop (sometimes in the form of a hypnotized human) to communicate. Anarchs are operating more in the sense that the Camarilla formerly were, being the most open and welcoming sect still around, gathering members from all clans and walks of life. They also share some methods with the Camarilla, but vary on how they organize.

** It's PlayedForLaughs in "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/everyone-knows Everyone Knows]]", where the Masquerade didn't break so much as it slowly grew so big as to encompass everyone; it's officially broken in a broadcast because [[FlockOfWolves everyone realizes every person in the world was already a part of an anomalous group in one way or another]], thus making TheMasquerade completely pointless. Except for one guy, who at the end remarks to himself that he totally knew the whole time.

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2397916 Detective Annabeth Chase of the 99th Precinct]]" features a relatively minor example of this; when Annabeth Chase (Franchise/{{Riordanverse}}) joins [[Series/BrooklynNineNine the 99th precinct]], this leads to the rest of the detectives learning about the existence of Camp Half-Blood and the demigods through meeting Annabeth's friends, culminating in [[spoiler:the team helping Annabeth's allies contain a near break-out from the underworld]].

* ''Fanfic/HarryTano'' has this happen due to an attempt by the BigBad to conquer the world. He briefly succeeds, but the act of breaking his [[MoreThanMindControl control spells]] cannot be covered up and leads to Earth developing [[{{Magitek}} advanced]] [[StandardSciFiFleet starships]].