History Main / AssPull

** The resolution of the Storm of Chaos in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy was similarly filled with randomness and has [[CanonDiscontinuity also been mostly ignored since]]. In fact, the entire Storm of Chaos campaign appears to have been completely reset, as all the army book timelines printed since then, if they even mention the forces of Chaos, merely end on an ominous note about how the forces of Chaos are massing under Archaon's banner and will soon sweep southwards. With the obvious exception of Archaon himself, most of the other Storm of Chaos characters have been completely erased from the setting (poor Valten)
* One of the main struggles with the Storm of Chaos campaign was that the forces of evil were doing so poorly. A week into the campaign several of the Chaos armies were stalled, forcing the Creator/GamesWorkshop writing staff to find a work-around lest their summer-long campaign fail to get out the gate. The climactic battle planned at Middenheim was scrapped, with the campaign instead concluding in a nonsensical battle where the orc horde (which was previously a bit player) suddenly defeats Archaon, then let him go for... reasons. Likewise, the forces of order were rewarded by having the Skaven assassinate Valten.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' has the revelation that [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] caused several out of character moments for the Flash Family throughout the DC Rebirth era. Things like Barry and Wally butting heads, Wallace going along with Damian Wayne's dark methods, Bart ignoring the Flash Family in favour of Young Justice and Wally covering up his accidental murders at Sanctuary are all the result of Eobard Thawne using superspeed and time-travel in conjunction with an until now unmentioned Negative Speed Force hypnosis power to make the characters do these things. This ability has not once been foreshadowed and has no relation to any other power any speedster has ''ever'' demonstrated, and Eobard could have used it any number of times before this, so it truly does come out of nowhere. However, it exists as an AuthorsSavingThrow for disliked moments in the era, and readers generally accept it as a very, ''very'' clumsy way of salvaging the characters.

* ''Webcomic/DummComics'': Skadi has one that doubles as a literal ass pull, on the last page of the {{Gamebook|s}} arc.

* In the [[NestedStory story within a story]] in "FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed", the ending to the fic's version of the Hearts and Hooves Day legend certainly qualifies as this, when near the end, a giant pony-eating dragon suddenly descends upon high and burns every pony alive in the kingdom. But it's [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]] though. By the title of the book it was pulled from, "How the Sea-Pony Wished Upon a Star and Unknowingly Started Racial Prosecution Under An Emergent Fascist Regime: A Collection of Filly's Tales and Legends That Start Off Whimsical But End in Destruction and Death", it seemed as though that was only the first of many legends that [[CruelTwistEnding ended up in such a way]].

* ''AssPull/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus''

* ''FanFic/CaptainDragon'': Throughout the story, Yang has been aided by a MysteriousBenefactor, always giving her just what she needed when she was really stuck. In the penultimate chapter, we find out it's Professor Oobleck, who never appeared in the story at all. The kicker is that he was working on behalf of the Vale Secret Service, an organization from a completely different fic by the same author without any indication that there was a crossover element between the stories at all.

* ''Fanfic/ADollsHeart'' has multiple twists, but the largest is that the main protagonist, Malkuth, secretly has the soul of an unconscious Ayin in her mind. This wasn't [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowed]] ''anywhere'' unlike the other major twist of the automata containing human souls, showing that this twist wasn't set up beforehand [[note]] It was set up in its base story however[[/note]]. Apparently, InUniverse this comes as just as a big shock, shown by Malkuth [[DrivenToSuicide permanently tagging out]].

* In the [[NestedStory story within a story]] in "FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed", the ending to the fic's version of the Hearts and Hooves Day legend certainly qualifies as this, when near the end, a giant ponyeating dragon suddenly descends upon high and burns every pony alive in the kingdom. But it's [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]] though. By the title of the book it was pulled from, "How the Sea-Pony Wished Upon a Star and Unknowingly Started Racial Prosecution Under An Emergent Fascist Regime: A Collection of Filly's Tales and Legends That Start Off Whimsical But End in Destruction and Death", it seemed as though that was only the first of many legends that [[CruelTwistEnding ended up in such a way]].

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroesReborn'': In the climax of the Stain arc, the author randomly tried to {{Nerf}} Izuku and purposely made him [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget about his powers]] from his past life as Sanji via a self-imposed subconscious mental block. We know it was random because in the author's note she outright admitted to writing the twist in on a whim to reintroduce some tension into Izuku's future fights. Up until that point, Izuku was as strong as Sanji would theoretically be at the end of ''One Piece'' and there was no foreshadowing whatsoever of such a mental block ''ever'' developing. Unfortunately for her, the decision was not well-recieved; Izuku being so overpowered was one of the draws of the story, and the twist itself was poorly written and seen as cheap. The backlash was bad enough that she had to backtrack and promise to end the subplot as soon as possible.

* In ''Fanfic/RelicoftheFuture'', Pyrrha's father Alexander Nikos is established early (and regularly) to be a massive {{Jerkass}} who's only ever cared about the family name, to the point of trying to sue Jaune over his daughter beating Pyrrha in a tournament, and is implied to have connections to organized crime. It's also established that both his children despise the man and want nothing to do with him. Then in chapter 92, Pyrrha's older sister Helena starts insisting Alexander was a caring and loving father until Pyrrha's fame went to his head and that before Pyrrha became famous, the Nikos name meant nothing despite lifelong efforts by Alexander.

* ''ComicBook/UnstoppableDoomPatrol'': The first issue of the miniseries ends with the ComicBook/DoomPatrol's longtime nemesis the Brain being overthrown and killed by General Immortus with the assistance of the Brain's lover Monsieur Mallah. Mallah states that he's turning against the Brain because their relationship has turned toxic, which goes against the fact that the Brain regarded Mallah as his equal even before they admitted their love for each other in Creator/GrantMorrison's run and is only supported by the Brain abruptly proving his malignance towards Mallah by insulting Mallah and gloating Mallah would still be a mindless animal without him.

* Website/GoAnimate "[[YouAreGrounded Grounded]]" videos will pull out all the stops to make sure a character gets grounded and humiliated. As a result, many video makers have taken to the term "[=GoAnimate=] Logic" to explain how anyone can do anything and how everything gets put back to normal.