History TheGhost / WebOriginal

* Website/CollegeHumor: In the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN7C_tE8H_A "The Six Monsters You'll Have As Roommates"]], "The Ghost" is both a figurative and literal example. He's a roommate who you never see because he's always out or going around unnoticed, to the point that you start to doubt that he even exists.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s "In the Know with Clifford Banes" sketches. Despite his name being in the title, host Clifford Banes is absent for every single episode for various outlandish reasons. Instead, the show rotates between various "guest hosts" with their own, unseen shows: Robert Braun (an anchor for the Onion News Network), Gregory Dawson (host of "The Dawson Angle"), Julianna [=McKannis=] (host of "Sit Down, America"), and Michael Koe (host of "Fact Pit with Michael Koe"). The one and only time Banes actually shows up for work, he's [[LatexPerfection wearing a perfect latex mask of Julia McKannis]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s "In the Know with Clifford Banes" sketches. Despite his name being in the title, host Clifford Banes is absent for every single episode for various outlandish reasons. Instead, the show rotates between various "guest hosts" with their own, unseen shows: Robert Braun (an anchor for the Onion News Network), Gregory Dawson (host of "The Dawson Angle"), Julianna [=McKannis=] (host of "Sit Down, America"), and Michael Koe (host of "Fact Pit with Michael Koe"). The one and only time Banes actually shows up for work, he's [[LatexPerfection wearing a perfect Julia McKannis mask]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s "In the Know with Clifford Banes" sketches. Despite his name being in the title, host Clifford Banes is absent for every single episode for various increasingly-outlandish reasons. Instead, the show rotates between various "guest hosts" with their own, unseen shows: Robert Braun (an anchor for the Onion News Network), Gregory Dawson (host of "The Dawson Angle"), and Julianna [=McKannis=] (host of "Sit Down, America"). The one and only time Banes actually shows up for work, he's [[LatexPerfection wearing a perfect Julia McKannis mask]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s "In the Know with Clifford Banes" sketches. Despite his name being in the title, host Clifford Banes is absent for every single episode for various increasingly-outlandish reasons. Instead, the show rotates between various "guest hosts" with their own, unseen shows: Robert Braun (an anchor for the Onion News Network), Gregory Dawson (host of "The Dawson Angle"), and Julianna McKannis (host of "Sit Down, America"). The one and only time Banes actually shows up for work, he's [[LatexPerfection wearing a perfect Julia McKannis mask]].

* Played very much for laughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s Clifford Banes, host of In the Know with Clifford Banes. The first line of every single episode is the guest host mentioning that they are filling in for Clifford Banes, who's [increasingly bizarre reason to be absent]. The only time he has appeared was the time he was wearing [[LatexPerfection a perfect Julia McKannis mask]].
* ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'':

* In both of Creator/MikeDuncan's podcasts, ''Podcast/TheHistoryOfRome'' and ''Podcast/{{Revolutions}}'', Duncan occasionally mentions his wife Brandi, but she never actually shows up in the podcast (well, ''nobody'' except for Duncan ever shows up, actually). He never mentions his wife by name, either, instead referring to her as "Mrs. ''The History of Rome''" or "Mrs. ''Revolutions''" (as the case may be). His children get the same treatment; his son is consistently called "the boy" and nothing else.
* In ''Podcast/EOS10'', the plastic surgeon Dr Osolong is mentioned in one of the very first episodes and a constant subject of conversation. Two season in and he has yet to make a single actual appearance.

* Edward James Olmos in the ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'' videos, who is mentioned all the time but is never seen. Possibly because it's a small production in ''Victoria, BC,'' and he's '''Edward James Olmos'''.
* [=OpAphid=], Tachyon and Brother in ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' are implied to be present in several scenes, but never shown. [=OpAphid=] and Tachyon do appear onscreen in their own series, however. Additionally, a character named Cassie is mentioned in several episodes, but never appears. She did spawn a series of EpilepticTrees theories, however.
* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Dr. Insano's nurse is often referred to (and even threatened to be killed) but is never actually seen or heard from by the audience.

* ''Creator/{{Tobuscus}}'': Toby Turner's possibly fictional partner Steven.

* Stan, the camera man from WebVideo/CrashCourse. John assures us that he really does exist.
* On WebVideo/VlogBrothers, Sarah Urist Green, Creator/{{John|Green}}'s wife, was often referred to but has yet to appear in person. In an early video, John Green referred to her as "the Yeti", because she was an important part of vlogbrothers "folklore" but was never seen, and the name stuck.
* All characters in ''WebVideo/PittsburghDad'', save for the title character, are neither seen nor heard, but only reacted to.

* Cecil Trachenburg from Webvideo/GoodBadFlicks hosts his show without a face.
* The hosts of ''LetsPlay/AnalogControl'' occasionally refer to someone named "Mark", who is their cameraman, and less frequently to "Mike" who is their sound guy. [[spoiler: "Mark" is actually the phrase their recording VHS flashes just before recording starts, while "Mike" refers to their microphone.]]
* Website/CollegeHumor: In the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN7C_tE8H_A "The Six Monsters You'll Have As Roommates"]], "The Ghost" is both a figurative and literal example. He's a roommate who you never see because he's always out or going around unnoticed, to the point that you start to doubt that he even exists.

* ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'':
** Michael Hammond and Tiara, unlike Care (who has a few depictions of her in-game), however, Micheal does have his face on a tombstone.
** Rainer, the developer (or one of them), who's also serving as TheVoice, as he only gets mentioned by Paul and we see his notes in-game.
** Marvin was this initially, as Tool (turned pink), says, "Marvin picks up tool and hurts me when [=PlayStation=] on."
* Played very much for laughs in ''Website/TheOnion'''s Clifford Banes, host of In the Know with Clifford Banes. The first line of every single episode is the guest host mentioning that they are filling in for Clifford Banes, who's [increasingly bizarre reason to be absent]. The only time he has appeared was the time he was wearing [[LatexPerfection a perfect Julia McKannis mask]].

** Fegelin serves as this to a lesser degree. There are ''some'' videos where he appears, but most of them uses him as an unseen nemesis for Hitler. There's one video where he ''finally'' arrives in Hitler's office and Hitler at last gets the chance to talk to him, [[spoiler: although Hitler forgets what he wanted to talk about.]]

** Marvin was this initially, as Tool (turned pink), says, "Marvin picks up tool and hurts me when [=PlayStation=] on."

** Michael Hammond and Tiara, unlike Care (who has a few depictions of her in-game), however, Micheal does have his face on a a tombstone.

* In the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' [[MemeMutation parodies]] on Website/YouTube:

* In the ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' [[MemeticMutation Parodies]] on Website/YouTube:
** There are a few characters who serve this role (mainly ones who were mentioned in ''Downfall'' but never seen). The most frequently mentioned character is Steiner, who is often responsible for providing Hitler's generals with bad news (resulting in a lengthy rant from Hitler) and is often involved with his latest plan in some manner. Also Wenck to a lesser extent, although his name is frequently mistranslated as "fine".

* ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'': Michael Hammond and Tiara, unlike Care (who has several depictions of her in-game).