Something hidden is looked for in lots of secret places, and in the end turns out to have been plainly visible all the time, usually disguised as an ordinary object. Can overlap with Failed a Spot Check, It Was with You All Along, Public Secret Message, Shaggy Search Technique, or Taken for Granite. Sub Tropes include Needle in a Stack of Needles, Wax Museum Morgue, Lost in a Crowd. Not to be confused with Right Under Their Noses, when people sneak past someone by doing this. Examples of Hidden in Plain Sight include: