  The recently launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is
expected to produce many new exoplanet discoveries which will be especially
amenable to follow-up study. Assessments of the planet discovery yield of TESS,
such as Sullivan et al. (2015) and Barclay et al. (2018), will be important for
planning follow-up work. Analyzing these predicted planet samples, however, we
find that giant planet radii derived from the current bulk transiting planet
sample have been used at all potential orbits without accounting for the
temperature dependence of radius inflation. These phantom inflated planets
(PIPs) make up just over 1.1% of the Sullivan et al. (2015) predicted
population and about 8% of the Barclay et al. (2018) sample. Similar population
predictions for direct imaging studies should likewise take care not to include
inflated planets at large separations as such planets will appear larger and,
depending on assumed albedo, brighter and more easily detectable than
physically possible. Despite their high false positive rate, giant planets are
the testbeds for atmospheric characterization techniques and care should be
taken to understand and account for potential contaminating factors in this
population.
