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* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} 2: Legends of Metru Nui'':

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* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': It was already revealed to the audience in the Washington D.C. scenes that Bill Randa and Dr. Brooks are part of the same [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch monster-hunting organization]] that featured in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and that this is why they're interested in plotting Skull Island, but Packard only finds out about Monarch's existence and purpose in around the movie's second act, when he threatens Bill into spilling the beans after Kong's attack.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', the audience finds out that Jake's crush Rose is actually the secret identity of his archenemy Huntsgirl in the very first episode, but Jake doesn't find out until half a season later.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', the audience finds out that Jake's crush Rose is actually the secret identity of his archenemy Huntsgirl in the very first episode, but Jake doesn't find out until half a season later. And it isn't until the end of the first season that Rose finds out that the American Dragon is none other than her crush.
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* ''{{Film/Switchback}}'': The audience discovers who's the killer before the other characters do, since we see him just as she's about to murder someone (with the actual act offscreen).

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* ''{{Film/Switchback}}'': The audience discovers who's the killer before the other characters do, since we see him just as she's he's about to murder someone (with the actual act offscreen).
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* ''VideoGame/D4DJGroovyMix'': The "side : nova" story arc has Lumina Ichihoshi, seemingly a VirtualYouTuber with a human actor revealing herself as a full-blown artificial intelligence a few chapters after she joins UniChØrd, revealing herself only to the members of that unit. She later discloses her A.I. identity to the Abyssmare unit in order to explain her actions and help save one of their members from crossing the DespairEventHorizon.

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* ''VideoGame/D4DJGroovyMix'': The "side : nova" story arc has Lumina Ichihoshi, seemingly a VirtualYouTuber with a human actor revealing herself as a full-blown artificial intelligence a few chapters after she joins UniChØrd, [=UniChØrd=], revealing herself only to the members of that unit. She later discloses her A.I. identity to the Abyssmare unit in order to explain her actions and help save one of their members from crossing the DespairEventHorizon.
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** Possibly the biggest of all: Tidus finds out he's a Dream of the Fayth, and will eventually disappear if Sin is permanently defeated, comes just after the first half of Mt. Gagazet (and [[ThatOneBoss one hell of a boss fight]]). It's only several gameplay hours later that Yuna begins to suspect something is awry, and he only openly admits the truth just before the final battle.

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** Possibly the biggest of all: Tidus finds out he's a Dream of the Fayth, and will eventually disappear if Sin is permanently defeated, comes just after the first half of Mt. Gagazet (and [[ThatOneBoss one hell of a an intense boss fight]]).fight with a major villain). It's only several gameplay hours later that Yuna begins to suspect something is awry, and he only openly admits the truth just before the final battle.
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* ''VideoGame/D4DJGroovyMix'': The "side : nova" story arc has Lumina Ichihoshi, seemingly a VirtualYouTuber with a human actor revealing herself as a full-blown artificial intelligence a few chapters after she joins UniChØrd, revealing herself only to the members of that unit. She later discloses her A.I. identity to the Abyssmare unit in order to explain her actions and help save one of their members from crossing the DespairEventHorizon.
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* A somewhat comedic example is seen near the end of''[[Literature/TheScholomance A Deadly Education]]''. When new sets of students are inducted into [[WizardingSchool the Scholomance]] many are carrying messages for upperclassmen from relatives [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors hoping they are still alive]], and this time around some lad announces he had a note from one Gwen Higgins sparking suprised speculation as to why the offspring of the [[FamedInStory widely well reputed]] and subbornly independent [[WhiteMage saintly healer]] has never made themselves known. Then the kid expands "For her daughter, [[HippieName Galadriel]]?" and everyone in earshot falls silent as multiple double-takes are directed toward the [[HugeSchoolgirl big]] South Asian-looking[[note]](the elder Higgins is known to be a petite blonde)[[/note]] ill-tempered {{loner|sAreFreaks}} whose {{supernatural|Sensitivity}} Aura of Menace the bulk of the student body are only just starting to doubt is related to clumsy dabbling in TheDarkArts, a least one student openly starts looking for [[OneSteveLimit another by that name]], and one of the pair of friends (out of three in existence) El confided important family details to that morning[[note]]("My mum was almost three months gone with me at graduation... my dad died getting her out")[[/note]] punched her in the arm over the [[MysteriousParent ommission]]. Friend number three only had one thing to say:

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* A somewhat comedic example is seen near the end of''[[Literature/TheScholomance of ''[[Literature/TheScholomance A Deadly Education]]''. When new sets of students are inducted into [[WizardingSchool the Scholomance]] many are carrying messages for upperclassmen from relatives [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors hoping they are still alive]], and this time around some lad announces he had a note from one Gwen Higgins sparking suprised speculation as to why the offspring of the [[FamedInStory widely well reputed]] and subbornly independent [[WhiteMage saintly healer]] has never made themselves known. Then the kid expands "For her daughter, [[HippieName Galadriel]]?" and everyone in earshot falls silent as multiple double-takes are directed toward the [[HugeSchoolgirl big]] South Asian-looking[[note]](the elder Higgins is known to be a petite blonde)[[/note]] ill-tempered {{loner|sAreFreaks}} whose {{supernatural|Sensitivity}} Aura of Menace the bulk of the student body are only just starting to doubt is related to clumsy dabbling in TheDarkArts, a least one student openly starts looking for [[OneSteveLimit another by that name]], and one of the pair of friends (out of three in existence) El confided important family details to that morning[[note]]("My mum was almost three months gone with me at graduation... my dad died getting her out")[[/note]] punched her in the arm over the [[MysteriousParent ommission]]. Friend number three only had one thing to say:
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* A somewhat comedic example is seen near the end of''[[Literature/TheScholomance A Deadly Education]]''. When new sets of students are inducted into [[WizardingSchool the Scholomance]] many are carrying messages for upperclassmen from relatives [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors hoping they are still alive]], and this time around some lad announces he had a note from one Gwen Higgins sparking suprised speculation as to why the offspring of the [[FamedInStory widely well reputed]] and subbornly independent [[WhiteMage saintly healer]] has never made themselves known. Then the kid expands "For her daughter, [[HippieName Galadriel]]?" and everyone in earshot falls silent as multiple double-takes are directed toward the [[HugeSchoolgirl big]] South Asian-looking[[note]](the elder Higgins is known to be a petite blonde)[[/note]] ill-tempered {{loner|sAreFreaks}} whose {{supernatural|Sensitivity}} Aura of Menace the bulk of the student body are only just starting to doubt is related to clumsy dabbling in TheDarkArts, a least one student openly starts looking for [[OneSteveLimit another by that name]], and one of the pair of friends (out of three in existence) El confided important family details to that morning[[note]]("My mum was almost three months gone with me at graduation... my dad died getting her out")[[/note]] punched her in the arm over the [[MysteriousParent ommission]]. Friend number three only had one thing to say:
-->'''[[SecretKeeper Orion]]''': Busted.
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* Happens off-screen between the first and second ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' films. In ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', it's revealed that Sam's parents are fully aware of the fact that their son's car is a giant alien robot in disguise.

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* Happens off-screen between the first and second ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films. In ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', it's revealed that Sam's parents are fully aware of the fact that their son's car is a giant alien robot in disguise.
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* Webcomic/TheGlassScientists: At the end of Chapter 14, [[JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekyll]] transforms into Hyde in front of Frankenstein and the Creature, making them the only two characters who know that Hyde is Jekyll's alter-ego/other personality. This is something the audience has most likely been privy to before they even knew the comic existed, or at least Chapter 2.
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* ''Literature/{{Spellster}}'': The reader knows early on that hounds like Tracker have AntiMagic. Dylan doesn't learn it until late during ''In Pain and Blood'' though.
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** Later in ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'' Freeza finds out from his own father that Cell managed to do two things Freeza never could: kill Goku and Trunks.
-->'''King Cold''': [Cooler] was felled by the same brute who humiliated my princess.\\
'''Freeza:''' ''[Annoyed]'' Father.\\
'''Cell''': Which one?\\
'''Freeza:''' ''[Annoyed]'' F[Bleep]k you!\\
'''King Cold''': Oh, I'm bad with names. Uh, the one who can turn his hair gold.\\
'''Cell''': Not really narrowing it down.\\
'''Freeza:''' ''[Annoyed]'' Grr...\\
'''King Cold''': Right, right... Um, the one ''you'' killed.\\
'''Freeza:''' ''[Shocked]'' What...?\\
'''Cell''': Again, which one?\\
'''Freeza:''' ''[Shocked]'' WHAT!?\\
'''King Cold''': ''[Ponders for a moment]'' Goku! That was his name! ''[Laughs and then gives a sigh of relief]'' Glad we got that settled.\\
''[Cut to Freeza quivering in shock while Cell stares at him smugly]''
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May involve a SecretIdentity or TheMasquerade. See also ReverseWhodunnit, when applied to detective stories. See also CassandraTruth, for when a secret is revealed but isn't believed. Contrast TomatoSurprise, when something is a revelation only to the audience, but not to the characters in-universe.

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May involve a SecretIdentity or TheMasquerade. See also ReverseWhodunnit, when applied to detective stories. See also CassandraTruth, for when a secret is revealed but isn't believed. Contrast TomatoSurprise, when something is a revelation only to the audience, but not to the characters in-universe.
in-universe. This is often mistaken for a CaptainObviousReveal, due to [[FourthWallMyopia audiences not realising they have access to information the characters don't have]].
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* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} 2: Legends of Metru Nui'':
** Makuta is shown to the audience since the start as the evil mastermind behind the film's plot. Then it's revealed that the corrupt and obviously evil Turaga Dume isn't merely working for him, he ''is'' Makuta in disguise. The main characters are the last ones to find this out when they discover the comatose body of the real Dume and confront the fake "Dume". There's a true twist hidden there too: Lhikan reveals Makuta was originally a good guy, which the characters would have supposedly known but was new info to the audience.
** A huge part of the movie is the six Toa finding out about their [[MaskOfPower mask powers]]: translation, mind control, telekinesis, shape-shifting, night vision and invisibility. Fans would have already known all these, given that the movie is a prequel and the mask powers were public knowledge for nearly four years by that point. However, the abilities in the film are more broad and powerful than previously depicted, since only the masks' weakened forms had been shown before.
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** The scene in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' where Luke tells Leia that Darth Vader is his father (which [[LukeIAmYourFather he found out]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesback last movie]]) and she is his sister (which he figured out earlier in this one), as well as the scene later on when Leia tells Han are internal reveals.
** In a similar vein, audiences knew since the classic trilogy (when the Force-ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi explained it to Luke) that [[FaceHeelTurn the good Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker became the evil Sith Lord Vader]], and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' shows how that happened. The younger Obi-Wan, however, doesn't find out until he sees the holo-recording of the attack on the Jedi Temple.

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** The scene in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has the scene where Luke tells Leia that Darth Vader is his father (which [[LukeIAmYourFather he found out]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesback last movie]]) and she is his sister (which he figured out earlier in this one), as well as the scene later on when Leia tells Han are internal reveals.
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** In a similar vein, audiences ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Audiences knew since the classic trilogy (when the Force-ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi explained it to Luke) that [[FaceHeelTurn the good Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker became the evil Sith Lord Vader]], and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' this movie shows how that happened. The younger Obi-Wan, however, doesn't find out until he sees the holo-recording of the attack on the Jedi Temple.

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