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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' more or less runs on this for its premise. The show centers on two teenage heroes, Adrien/Chat Noir, and Marinette/Ladybug. Marinette is in love with Adrien, while Chat is in love with Ladybug. [[MutualMasquerade Neither of them know each other's secret identities]]. The writers ''absolutely'' milk this for all it's worth, resulting in many a HeadDesk for the shippers. And in Season Two it gets upped with TheReveal that [[spoiler:the BigBad Hawk Moth is secretly Adrien's father Gabriel. Adrien also does not know this, nor does Gabriel know that his son is Chat Noir]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': The show as an OriginStory delights in juxtaposing characters origins with their eventual state as Champions in VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends.

** Early in Season 3 Ahsoka saves Padmé's life, on Alderaan, where Padmé's daughter Leia will grow up, adopted by their host at the time of the rescue, Bail Organa. Then, near the end of the same season she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero saves Tarkin]] (who served the Republic then), who'll destroy Alderaan in order to torture Leia.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': Jonas Junior's apparent competence and good-natured personality are an ironic twist of fate, particularly given his claim in his first appearance the he was the son that Jonas Venture Senior should have had. Given the increasing indications thought out the series that many of Thaddeus' issues and failings are the results of shortcomings in his father's parenting, combined with various traumatic experiences incurred during his childhood as a boy adventurer, it could be surmised that Jonas Venture Junior is able to fulfill the role expected of a son of the great Dr. Venture better than his brother, due to the ironic fact that unlike Thaddeus, Jonas Junior wasn't actually raised by their father.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Due to Perry the platypus's [[LivingADoubleLife double life]] as a secret agent, Phineas and Ferb are completely unaware of where he disappears to every day.

** In the short "Mouse Mazurka", a mouse plays a trick on Sylvester with [[NitroExpress a nitroglycerin bottle]] that's actually filled with water and makes him think that [[HairTriggerExplosive he'll explode at the slightest impact]]. However, the audience is the only ones aware that the fake bottle accidentally got switched with an actual bottle of nitroglycerin, and [[EatTheBomb when the mouse drinks it]], they know [[WhyAmITicking he's actually in danger of exploding]], which he does.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': In "Bingo", Bingo spends the last few minutes of the episode looking for a puzzle piece. It's stuck on her bum, but she doesn't notice until Bluey points it out to her, which is several minutes.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' cartoon, Protoman and Wily reveal the former's faking being good about three minutes into "Bro Bots", but Mega and company don't find out until much later.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Jurassic Bark", Fry decides in the end not to clone his fossilized dog Seymour, reasoning that the dog lived a long and fulfilling life long after he was cryogenically frozen and that tampering in God's domain is not wise. [[spoiler:The ending montage [[TearJerker soul-crushingly]] reveals that, in fact, Seymour [[UndyingLoyalty spent every day of his remaining years waiting outside Fry's workplace, pining for his master]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E20CloudsOnTheHorizon Clouds on the Horizon]]" has The Collector casually tease [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] about his concerns about becoming a StrangerInAFamiliarLand once he succeeds in his FinalSolution goals and returns to Earth, with his violent response indicating that he doesn't take kindly to the implications that [[AllForNothing his efforts will go unrewarded]] upon his return. Not only is the viewer ''acutely'' aware that these fears are very justified, it confirms that Philip has never once returned to earth for hundreds of years despite his yearning too...and thus, unlike Luz, he is unaware that Glyph magic does not work away from the BackgroundMagicField of the Titan's corpse. Given the implications that the Glyph arrays carved into his flesh are very necessary for him to maintain control over his body, he is unlikely to find his return to Earth [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a pleasant experience at all]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E20CloudsOnTheHorizon Clouds on the Horizon]]" has The Collector casually tease [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] about his concerns about becoming a StrangerInAFamiliarLand once he succeeds in his FinalSolution goals and returns to earth, with his violent response indicating that he doesn't take kindly to the implications that [[AllForNothing his efforts will go unrewarded]] upon his return. Not only is the viewer ''acutely'' aware that these fears are very justified, it confirms that Philip has never once retuned to earth for hundreds of years despite his yearning too...and thus, unlike Luz, he is unaware that Glyph magic does not work away from the BackgroundMagicField of the Titan's corpse. Given the implications that the Glyph arrays carved into his flesh are very necessary for him to maintain control over his body, he is unlikely to find his return to earth [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a pleasant experience at all]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E20CloudsOnTheHorizon Clouds on the Horizon]]" has [[spoiler:The Collector casually tease [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] about his concerns about becoming a StrangerInAFamiliarLand once he succeeds in his FinalSolution goals and returns to earth, with his violent response indicating that he doesn't take kindly to the implications that [[AllForNothing his efforts will go unrewarded]] upon his return. Not only is the viewer ''acutely'' aware that these fears are very justified, it confirms that Philip has never once retuned to earth for hundreds of years despite his yearning too...and thus, unlike Luz, he is unaware that Glyph magic does not work away from the BackgroundMagicField of the Titan's corpse. Given the implications that the Glyph arrays carved into his flesh are very necessary for him to maintain control over his body, he is unlikely to find his return to earth [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a pleasant experience at all]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': At the end of Season 1, the audience learns that [[spoiler:Della Duck (aka Huey, Dewey and Louie's MissingMom) is still alive, but has stuck on the moon for the past decade]]. The main cast doesn't learn this until halfway through Season 2, in the episode "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!", when Scrooge declares that the adventuring trip he's going to take the triplets and Webby on could be the most important moment in their adventuring lives [[spoiler:and he opens the door to see the recently-returned Della behind it.]]

** In "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", [=SpongeBob=] repeatedly tries to keep Squidward from eating the pizza, saying "it's for the customer". When they finally deliver it, [[UngratefulBastard the customer berates SpongeBob for not including a drink]], shouting "[[IronicEcho Didn't you]] ''[[IronicEcho once]]'' [[IronicEcho think of the customer?!]]"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Pizza Delivery", [=SpongeBob=] repeatedly tries to keep Squidward from eating the pizza, saying "it's for the customer". When they finally deliver it, [[UngratefulBastard the customer berates SpongeBob for not including a drink]], shouting "[[IronicEcho Didn't you]] ''[[IronicEcho once]]'' [[IronicEcho think of the customer?!]]"
** In "A Pal For Gary", [=SpongeBob=] is oblivious to Puffy Fluffy's evil side, yet the audience knows.