Invisible Vehicle, Visible Pilot
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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:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
Comic Books
- Wonder Woman’s invisible jet
Fanfic
Film
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
Professional Wrestling
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition
Puppet Shows
Radio
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
Web Animation
Web Comics
Web Original
- Parodied in the "invisible bike" Caturday macro.
Western Animation
- Invader Zim: The Megadoomer
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.