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Sometimes an [[Invisibility Cloak|invisible]] vehicle acts as an [[Invisibility Cloak]].

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Sometimes an [[Invisibility|invisible]] vehicle acts as an [[Invisibility Cloak]].


But other times it doesn't.
But other times it doesn't.
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== [[Advertising]] ==

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[Wonder Woman]]’s invisible jet
* [[Wonder Woman]]’s invisible jet is the classic example, if not the [[Trope Codifier]].


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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Wonder Woman's invisible airplane, in [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|the late-1970s series]].
* Wonder Woman's invisible airplane, in [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|the late-1970s series]], as seen in the image above.

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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

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Latest revision as of 17:34, 9 December 2016

Sometimes an invisible vehicle acts as an Invisibility Cloak.

But other times it doesn't.

This trope happens when the vehicle itself is invisible, but the driver or pilot and passengers can be seen from outside the vehicle.

Examples of Invisible Vehicle, Visible Pilot include:

Comic Books


Live-Action TV


Web Original

Western Animation

  • Invader Zim: The Megadoomer
  • SpongeBob SquarePants when Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy drive their invisible boat-mobile, they are both very visible while the boat is not.
  • Played for laughs in Family Guy in a cutaway showing Wonder Woman sitting on what seems to be nothing (in what is supposed to be her invisible plane). Superman flies beside her and attempts to strike a conversation, but awkwardness ensues when she informs him that she was currently using the invisible restroom.

Real Life

  • In WWI someone came up with a plane that had lots of parts that were clear. The engine and pilot were still visible, but from a distance, much of the plane being ‘invisible’ was helpful (e.g. avoiding detection from anti aircraft spotters). The idea turned out to be a failure: exposure to the sunlight quickly degraded invisible parts in a fashion that renders them non-transparent and flying through dust tend to make plastic surfaces matte as well.