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Smoke and mirrors is a metaphor, originating from 18th and 19th-century phantasmagoria shows, for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description

Smoke and mirrors may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Literature

• Smoke and Mirrors (Gaiman book), a 1998 short story and poetry collection by Neil Gaiman
• Smoke and Mirrors (novel), a 2008 crime novel by Kel Robertson
• Smoke and Mirrors (2016), the third novel in Elly Griffiths' Stephens & Mephisto Mystery series
• Smoke and Mirrors (2005), a novel by Tanya Huff in the Smoke Books series
• Smoke and Mirrors (2023), an account of the Coleco Chameleon by Mike James

Albums

• Smoke + Mirrors, a 2015 album by Imagine Dragons
• Smoke & Mirrors (The Datsuns album), 2006
• Smoke & Mirrors (Lifehouse album), 2010
• Smoke & Mirrors (The Petty Thefts album), or the title song
• Smoke & Mirrors (The Fizz album), 2020
• Smoke and Mirrors (O.C. album), 2005
• Smoke and Mirrors (Brett Dennen album), 2013
• Smoke and Mirrors (Lynch Mob album), 2009
• Smoke n Mirrors, an album by B-Real, or the title song
• Smoke and Mirrors, an album by Martin Simpson
• Smoke and Mirrors, an EP by The Casket Lottery
• Smoke & Mirrors, a DVD by Arena
• Smoke and Mirrors, the debut album by The Eden House

Songs

• "Smoke & Mirrors" (Paloma Faith song)
• "Smoke & Mirrors", a song by Demi Lovato from her album Tell Me You Love Me
• "Smoke & Mirrors", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Made in Timeland
• "Smoke & Mirrors", a song by No Malice from his album Hear Ye Him
• "Smoke & Mirrors", a song by Skye Sweetnam from her album Noise from the Basement
• "Smoke and Mirrors" (Imagine Dragons song)
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Abigail Williams from In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Black Veil Brides from Set the World on Fire
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Dead to Fall from The Phoenix Throne
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Gotye from Making Mirrors
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by The Magnetic Fields from Get Lost
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Poets of the Fall from Twilight Theater
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Puscifer from Money Shot
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by The Receiving End of Sirens from The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by RJD2 from Deadringer
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song by Symphony X from Twilight in Olympus
• "Smoke and Mirrors", a song used as the entrance theme of WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes
• "Smoke 'N' Mirrors", a song by KSI featuring Tiggs da Author, Lunar C and Nick Brewer from the 2016 extended play Keep Up
• "Mirrors & Smoke", a song by Jars of Clay from their 2006 album Good Monsters

Television

• Smoke & Mirrors (TV series), a South African drama series
• "Smoke & Mirrors" (Agent Carter), an episode of the second season of Agent Carter
• "Smoke and Mirrors" (The IT Crowd), an episode of the television series The IT Crowd
• "Smoke and Mirrors" (Runaways), an episode of Runaways
• "Smoke and Mirrors" (Spooks), an episode of the television series Spooks
• "Smoke & Mirrors" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Smoke & Mirrors (2016 film), a Spanish thriller film
• Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini, a 2015 documentary about Horror makeup artist Tom Savini
• Smoke and Mirrors, a 2012 comic series by Mike Costa
• Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors, an unreleased video game
• Smoke & Mirrors E-zine, an electronic magazine for magicians and mentalists
• "Smoke and Mirrors", from the series of audiobooks Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor
• Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure, 1996 book by Dan Baum

Technology

• Smoke & Mirrors, one of three codenames for the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh

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