History Main / DoubleSubversion

* ''{{Disgaea}}: [[UpdatedRerelease Afternoon of Darkness]]'' has Pleinair, originally just the Dark Assembly guide for that game, as a recruitable character, no sidequest needed, as soon as the tutorial is completed, setting up a use of DiscOneNuke. However, she's only recruitable in a NewGamePlus, which is the subversion...until you remember that you can see one of the endings in about half an hour by losing to Mid-Boss at the end of the first chapter (and if you don't [[LevelGrinding level grind]] at least a little, it's not all that hard to lose on that level). Hence the double subversion.

* In the animated movie ''Anastasia'', Anya is conned into posing as the long-lost Russian princess... and it turns out she really ''is'' the long-lost Russian princess.

** But even then it's vaguely justfied, because the Iriomote cat is an extremely endanged species, so a story about a plot-relevant cat isn't as much of a coincidence as it would otherwise be.

* ''Literature/{{Another}}'': Initially, Kouichi thinks that Misaki is just a normal girl. But after some heavy miscommunication, it appears that Misaki is actually[[spoiler: the girl who died in his hospital ward the week he was in there with a lung ailment, and is haunting the school.]] Except, no. No she isn't. But she does have one thing that sets her apart; [[spoiler: her glass eye can see the color of death.]]

* Literature/{{Another}}: Initially, Kouichi thinks that Misaki is just a normal girl. But after some heavy miscommunication, it appears that Misaki is actually[[spoiler: the girl who died in his hospital ward the week he was in there with a lung ailment, and is haunting the school.]] Except, no. No she isn't. But she does have one thing that sets her apart; [[spoiler: her glass eye can see the color of death.]]

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* At the start of ''SecretOfMana'' the main character pulls a [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield sword out of a stone]] signaling that he is probably the ChosenOne. However, soon after that, he is told by Jema that he is too young to be a hero, and he was only able to remove the sword because the power of Mana is weakening. Much later in the game, it turns out that he was definitely the Chosen One all along. Of course, a GenreSavvy player wouldn't believe Jema's explanation for one second.

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* ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=561 Here's one example]]. More commonly, the comic itself is just a subversion, while the AltText comic contains the double subversion, [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1407#comic like this]] (mouseover the red circle to see it). You may have doubted its existence, or even the possibility of its existence, but ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... the legendary [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=176#comic quadruple subversion.]]

* Happens twice during the pilot episode of ''{{Castle}}''. Mystery writer Richard Castle is informed that, in RealLife police investigations, fingerprint matches can take up to a week to get done, and the most likely suspect usually ''is'' the person who did it. Castle than proceeds to sweet talk the mayor into giving their fingerprint search priority, getting it done in under an hour, and proves that the most likely suspect was actually framed.

* In ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'', Jack has a heart attack and is rushed to a hospital. When the doctor comes out to speak to Liz, Jack's mother, and Jack's fiance, he's covered in blood. He was at a costume party, and [[spoiler: he was attacked by the host's dog. So he had to stab it.]]
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E14InterpretiveDance Interpretive Dance]] Jeff says that as soon as he and Professor Slater kiss, the blinds will open. They don't, but then it shown that blinds across the hall did open revealing his relationship to his friends.

--> '''Future!Ted''': So they watched it again. And again. And again. They watched it over and over that night, until finally... ''[[OneThingLedToAnother [shot of them making out on the couch] ]]'' they stopped watching.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' does this with ChekhovsVolcano. ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' showed us a giant volcano belching smoke... which kept on belching smoke all throughout the game. ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' revisisted the volcano... and ended with the volcano ''calming down''. Then the novels that came out in the run-up to ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' revealed that the events of ''Morrowind'' had led to a chain of events that caused the volcano to erupt a few years after ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' does this with ChekhovsVolcano. ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' showed us a giant volcano belching smoke... which kept on belching smoke all throughout the game. ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' revisisted the volcano... and ended with the volcano ''calming down''. Then the novels that came out in the run-up to Skyrim revealed that the events of ''Morrowind'' had led to a chain of events that caused the volcano to erupt a few years after ''Oblivion''.

* In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', Mytho is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy but isn't evil at all. But [[spoiler:then the second season comes around]]...

* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggUSbgRUhc Wish I Had a]] [[{{Videogame/Portal}} Portal Gun]], starting around 1:47.

* Shown in [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1330/ this]], ''CyanideAndHappiness''.

* Each installment of Toei's ''SuperSentai'' during its early years has always started with a FiveManBand of heroes and very rarely deviated from that concept.[[note]]other than ''JAKQDengekitai'' started with four, but added a fifth member mid-series, as well as ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', the first installment in the franchise to have only three members[[/note]] ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', 1988 installment, starts its first episode with five friends who we are led to believe will become the titular Liveman team... But then [[DeathByOriginStory two of the friends (Mari and Takuji) are killed off by the villains ten minutes into the episode]], leaving the surviving friends (Yūsuke, Jō, and Megumi) with the duty to avenge their deaths as a [[PowerTrio trio]]. Halfway through the series, we are introduced to the fallen friends' heretofore unseen younger siblings (Tetsuya and Jun-ichi), who join the Liveman team, [[ThreePlusTwo completing the five-member team]].

* Each installment of Toei's ''SuperSentai'' during its early years has always started with a FiveManBand of heroes and very rarely deviated from that concept.[[hottip:*:other than ''JAKQDengekitai'' started with four, but added a fifth member mid-series, as well as ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', the first installment in the franchise to have only three member]] ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', 1988 installment, starts its first episode with five friends who we are led to believe will become the titular Liveman team... But then [[DeathByOriginStory two of the friends (Mari and Takuji) are killed off by the villains ten minutes into the episode]], leaving the surviving friends (Yūsuke, Jō, and Megumi) with the duty to avenge their deaths as a [[PowerTrio trio]]. Halfway through the series, we are introduced to the fallen friends' heretofore unseen younger siblings (Tetsuya and Jun-ichi), who join the Liveman team, [[ThreePlusTwo completing the five-member team]].

* [[NationsAsPeople The personification of Russia]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' double subverts the GentleGiant. Russia is [[HuskyRusskie huge and intimidating]], but also a childish PerpetualSmiler and gives off a vibe that he's big-hearted and innocent. He's really a cruel-minded, manipulative PsychopathicManchild with {{Yandere}} tendencies...however, despite all this, he desires friends more than anything and is unaware of his cruelty. He also becomes a lot kinder in modern day, compared to his unstable period as the Soviet Union.

* [[NationsAsPeople The personification of Russia]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' double subverts the GentleGiant. Russia is [[HuskyRusskie huge and intimidating]], but also a childish PerpetualSmiler and gives off a vibe that he's big-hearted and innocent. He's really a cruel-minded, manipulative PsychopathicManchild with {{Yandere}} tendencies...that is, until modern day, where he becomes LighterAndSofter and [[TookALevelInKindness takes a level in kindness]].

* Each installment of Toei's ''SuperSentai'' during its early years has always started with a FiveManBand of heroes and very rarely deviated from that concept.[[hottip:*:other than ''JAKQDengekitai'' started with four, but added a fifth member mid-series, as well as ''TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', the first installment in the franchise to have only three member]] ''ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', 1988 installment, starts its first episode with five friends who we are led to believe will become the titular Liveman team... But then [[DeathByOriginStory two of the friends (Mari and Takuji) are killed off by the villains ten minutes into the episode]], leaving the surviving friends (Yūsuke, Jō, and Megumi) with the duty to avenge their deaths as a [[PowerTrio trio]]. Halfway through the series, we are introduced to the fallen friends' heretofore unseen younger siblings (Tetsuya and Jun-ichi), who join the Liveman team, [[ThreePlusTwo completing the five-member team]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood" where many extremely rich black people were moving into South Park Mr. Garrison exclaims that "their kind" is taking over the place. When one asks what he means, he states because they are "'''rich'''". However at the end, when they successfully drove all the rich people out of Town, Mr. Garrison exclaims they can sell the houses and become rich. When it is pointed out to him that doing so will make them the same as the people they just drove out, Mr. Garrison replies, "''well at least we got rid of those damn [[CurseCutShort nig...]]''".

* [[NationsAsPeople The personification of Russia]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' double subverts the GentleGiant. Russia is [[HuskyRusskie huge and intimidating]], but also a childish PerpetualSmiler and gives off a vibe that he's big-hearted and innocent. He's really a cruel-minded, manipulative PsychopathicManchild with {{Yandere}} tendencies...that is, until modern day, where he becomes LighterAndSofter and is pretty much harmless.

* [[NationsAsPeople The personification of Russia]] double subverts the GentleGiant. Russia is [[HuskyRusskie huge and intimidating]], but also a childish PerpetualSmiler and gives off a vibe that he's big-hearted and innocent. He's really a cruel-minded, manipulative PsychopathicManchild with {{Yandere}} tendencies...that is, until modern day, where he becomes LighterAndSofter and is pretty much harmless.