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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', HeroicSacrifice is implied with the nuclear flash, mushroom cloud, and the characters mourning [[spoiler:at Bruce's grave. Later subverted.]]

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica is implied in ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'', and would naturally come up in any work of fiction where TheIlluminati (or a similar AncientConspiracy) are the ones REALLY running the country.

* The first episode of ''Hector: Badge of Carnage'' implies ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish regarding [[spoiler:the passcode to Exotico's back room]]: we never actually find out what it ''is'', but when Hector learns it, he remarks that he [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} has the same combination on his luggage]], and when he uses it he comments that he should've been able to guess it.

* ''Film/TheAvengers'' implies that Black Widow [[TrojanPrisoner deliberately let herself get captured]] by the Russian officer early in the film in order to trick him into confessing what he was intending to do before she was forced to abort the operation thanks in part to Loki's arrival.

* HeroicSuicide in ''Film/TheThing1982''. [[spoiler: Fuchs]] is found as a charred corpse. There was no reason for the Thing to kill him off instead of assimilating him, so it's safe to assume that he did it to himself in order to avoid being assimilated.

* HeroicSacrifice in ''Film/TheThing1982''. [[spoiler: Fuchs]] is found as a charred corpse. There was no reason for the Thing to kill him off instead of assimilating him, so it's safe to assume that he did it to himself in order to avoid being assimilated.

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica is implied in ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. One of Pravin Lal's quotes references a painful lesson about the importance of [[HarsherInHindsight free flow of information]] learned by Americans in Earth's [[AfterTheEnd final century]].

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica is implied in ''{{Illuminatus}}'', and would naturally come up in any work of fiction where TheIlluminati (or a similar AncientConspiracy) are the ones REALLY running the country.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is fairly obvious about the implications that Orochimaru was after the Rinnegan and not ''just'' the Sharingan, but never explicitly states it.

When something is implied because it's inappropriate, that's GettingCrapPastTheRadar. When multiple tropes can be inferred, but they can't ''all'' have happened together, you have an AmbiguousSituation.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' implies that Auron is a ShellShockedVeteran.

** Victor Zsasz is implied to be a SerialKiller, since there's so many scars on his body and if you know about his comic book origin...

** In ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing The Clock King]]'' the eponymous villian is never identified as TheSociopath, or a CosmicPlaything, nor a CreatureOfHabit, but all the other tropes he shows imply that:
*** TheSociopath: [[{{UsefulNotes/LackOfEmpathy}} His personality traits]] [[note]] BlueAndOrangeMorality, DisproportionateRetribution, FelonyMisdemeanor, JerkAss, LackOfEmpathy, MeanBoss, MisplacedRetribution, MoralSociopathy, NoSocialSkills, PrinciplesZealot, TheStoic, SmallNameBigEgo[[/note]] are similar to those who suffer Antisocial Personality Disorder.
*** CosmicPlaything: The only way for a ClockKing to exist is not that he can control the Universe, but that the Universe controls him using HarmonyVersusDiscipline: Every time Fugate does something Disciplinarian, the Universe grants him NoDelaysForTheWicked and he wins the GambitRoulette. Every time he indulges in an harmonium activity like BondVillainStupidity or even the IndyPloy the Universe enacts FinaglesLaw.
*** CreatureOfHabit: NotSoStoic, OOCIsSeriousBusiness and DisasterDominoes are used to imply that Fugate, a middle aged man, has never been late to anything in all his life.
*** CutLexLuthorACheck: Fugate was ruined at the DistantPrologue, but seven years later, he has He can afford ConspicuousConsumption and cool GadgetWatches, has adquired and AbandonedWarehouse, and he organizes a BankRobbery but [[spoiler: left all the money in the vault]]. As Batman has never heard of Fugate before, Fugate doesn’t need to do crimes to get all that OffscreenVillainDarkMatter, his skills can make his fortune by legal means again.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In "My Princess", Dr. Cox tells about his day at the hospital to his son [[SerialNumbersFiledOff in the form of]] a bedtime story. In the story, a maiden being terrorized by a monster and is saved in time and lives HappilyEverAfter, while in reality, it's a fatal disease and JD and Elliot are able to diagnose the patient. When Jordan asks if the story really had a happy ending, he replies "that's the way I'm telling it", implying that [[YouAreTooLate she did't survive.]]

* * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In "My Princess", Dr. Cox tells about his day at the hospital to his son [[SerialNumbersFiledOff in the form of]] a bedtime story. In the story, a maiden being terrorized by a monster and is saved in time and lives HappilyEverAfter, while in reality, it's a fatal disease and JD and Elliot are able to diagnose the patient. When Jordan asks if the story really had a happy ending, he replies "that's the way I'm telling it", implying that [[YouAreTooLate she did't survive.]]

** RetiredMonster is implied with many of the Wesen. In the second episode, when one of the Jägerbärs is told that his family is performing the traditional manhood ritual (which involves hunting down and killing someone), the first words out of his mouth are, "What? No one does that anymore." It also explains why Blutbaden, whose hungry urges are triggered by the color red, haven't eaten everyone. For other Wesen like Spinnetods, they're rare enough that either they're retired like Charlotte or dead because of the particular demands of their biology aren't compatible with a normal life.

*** CreatureOfHabit: OOCIsSeriousBusiness and DisasterDominoes are used to imply that Fugate, a middle aged man, has never been late to something in all his life.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', when Barbara tries to confess to her father that she is Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} his dialogue heavily implies that [[EverybodyKnewAlready he already knows]].

** At the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing The Clock King]]'' the eponimous villian is never identified as TheSociopath, or a CosmicPlaything, nor a CreatureOfHabit, but all the other tropes he shows imply that:

*** CutLexLuthorACheck: Fugate was ruined at the DistantPrologue, but seven years later, he has He can afford ConspicuosConsumption and cool WatchGadgets, has adquired and AbandonedWarehouse, and he organizes a BankRobbery but [[spoiler: left all the money in the vault]]. As Batman has never heard of Fugate before, Fugate doesn’t need to do crimes to get all that OffScreenVillianMatter, his skills can make his fortune by legal means again.

** Temple Fugate, The ClockKing, displays tropes that imply he is TheSociopath, but a high-functioning one. [[{{UsefulNotes/LackOfEmpathy}} His personality traits]] [[note]] BlueAndOrangeMorality, DisproportionateRetribution, JerkAss, LackOfEmpathy, MisplacedRetribution, MoralSociopathy, NoSocialSkills, PrinciplesZealot, TheStoic, SmallNameBigEgo[[/note]] are similar to those who suffer Antisocial Personality Disorder.
*** He is also implied to be a CosmicPlaything: The only way for a ClockKing to exist is not that he can control the Universe, but that the Universe controls him using HarmonyVersusDiscipline: Every time Fugate does something Disciplinarian, the Universe grants him NoDelaysForTheWicked and he wins the GambitRoulette. Every time he indulges in an harmonium activity, the Universe punishes him with FinaglesLaw.

** In "Harley & Ivy", the morning after Harley stays at Ivy's place, they are walking around just in shirts, in a manner similar to SexyShirtSwitch. So this implication could also be GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

** Temple Fugate, The ClockKing, displays tropes that imply he is TheSociopath, but a high-functioning one. [[{{UsefulNotes/LackOfEmpathy}} His personality traits]] [[hottip:*: BlueAndOrangeMorality, DisproportionateRetribution, JerkAss, LackOfEmpathy, MisplacedRetribution, MoralSociopathy, NoSocialSkills, PrinciplesZealot, TheStoic, SmallNameBigEgo]] are similar to those who suffer Antisocial Personality Disorder.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', when Barbara tries to confess to her father that she is Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} his dialogue heavily implies that [[TheNotSecret he already knows]].