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* ''WesternAnimation/Bionicle2LegendsOfMetruNui'':
** The film revealed how Turaga are created, and at what cost. [[spoiler:Although fairly obvious to viewers from the outset, the Toa are surprised to find out that their mysterious helper is Lhikan himself, having lost his Toa powers and transformed into a wise Turaga.]]
** [[spoiler:Turaga Dume, the ruler of Metru Nui, was Makuta all along, masquerading under the mask of the real Dume who's kept comatose in a metal pod.]]
** [[spoiler:''BIONICLE'' co-creator Bob Thompson claims that Lhikan's line "''Makuta! You were sworn to protect the Matoran!''" was intended as a twist, revealing that Makuta had originally been a good guy and that Lhikan had already known him. This is faintly foreshadowed in the intro, where the stone representing Makuta has a blue glow that turns red, symbolizing him [[FaceHeelTurn becoming evil]]. The line was meant to set up a prequel film about Makuta's backstory, which ultimately never came to be -- however, both the pasts of Makuta and Lhikan would be detailed in later books and online stories.]]
** [[spoiler:Makuta's offer to Vakama to join him and his brothers hinted at the existence of the Brotherhood of Makuta, setting up later storylines which would show that Makuta isn't just one person, but an entire species.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Mr. Waternoose is [[spoiler: working in league with Randall in the plan to kidnap children and extract their screams to stop the energy crisis.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': Mr. Waternoose is [[spoiler: working in league with Randall in the plan to kidnap children and extract their screams to stop the energy crisis.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': Ansel Beauregard, the biological father of half-alligator boy Arlo Beauregard, [[spoiler:is a HalfHumanHybrid just like him -- a bird-man, and had forsaken him at birth because he was bullied by his appearance as a child and disguised himself as a normal person to blend into society, and feared his alligator son would expose him.]]
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022 The Bad Guys]]'': Two reveals come at the end of the film's second act and leading into the third: [[spoiler:Professor Marmalade was EvilAllAlong and was setting up the Bad Guys to be take the fall for his own master scheme]], while [[spoiler:Diane Foxington was once the legendary thief Crimson Paw, but had retired to become a ReformedCriminal]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': Robert Callaghan [[spoiler:is Yokai]] and Abigail [[spoiler:was his daughter]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}:'' Ernesto de la Cruz [[spoiler:is not Miguel's great-great grandfather and only became a musician after poisoning Hector and stealing his music. Hector is the true great-great grandfather.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': Ansel Beauregard, the biological father of half-alligator boy Arlo Beauregard, [[spoiler:is [[spoiler: is a HalfHumanHybrid just like him -- a bird-man, and had forsaken him at birth because he was bullied by his appearance as a child and disguised himself as a normal person to blend into society, and feared his alligator son would expose him.]]
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022 The Bad Guys]]'': Two reveals come at the end of the film's second act and leading lead into the third: [[spoiler:Professor [[spoiler: Professor Marmalade was EvilAllAlong and was setting up the Bad Guys to be take the fall for his own master scheme]], while [[spoiler:Diane [[spoiler: Diane Foxington was once the legendary thief Crimson Paw, but had retired to become a ReformedCriminal]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': Robert Callaghan [[spoiler:is [[spoiler: is Yokai]] and Abigail [[spoiler:was [[spoiler: was his daughter]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}:'' Ernesto de la Cruz [[spoiler:is [[spoiler: is not Miguel's great-great grandfather and only became a musician after poisoning Hector Héctor and stealing his music. Hector Héctor is the true great-great grandfather.great-great-grandfather.]]



** Hans [[spoiler:never really did love Anna and only wanted to marry her so he can marry into Arendelle, [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident stage a "little accident"]] for Elsa, make himself look like a hero for bringing back summer and seize the throne.]]
** It never had to be a TrueLovesKiss that would rescue Anna. It was just any act of true love, such as [[spoiler:sacrificing yourself for your sister]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': The entire movie has taken place in [[spoiler:the mind of an imaginative boy named Finn, who snuck down into his basement to play with his father's LEGO collection.]] Lord Business is actually based on [[spoiler:Finn's image of his overly strict father (aka "The Man Upstairs"), who insists on building a perfectly ordered LEGO world with no room for playing or experimentation.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Mr. Waternoose is [[spoiler:working in league with Randall in the plan to kidnap children and extract their screams to stop the energy crisis.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] taking on a physical appearance to claim Puss' last life as punishment for his [[TooDumbToLive reckless wasting]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath of his past lives]] whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughs in the face of death"]].]]

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** Hans [[spoiler:never [[spoiler: never really did love Anna and only wanted to marry her so he can marry into Arendelle, [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident stage a "little accident"]] for Elsa, make himself look like a hero for bringing back summer and seize the throne.]]
** It never had to be a TrueLovesKiss that would rescue Anna. It was just any an act of true love, such as [[spoiler:sacrificing [[spoiler: sacrificing yourself for your sister]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': The entire movie has taken place in [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the mind of an imaginative boy named Finn, who snuck down into his basement to play with his father's LEGO collection.]] Lord Business is actually based on [[spoiler:Finn's [[spoiler: Finn's image of his overly strict father (aka "The Man Upstairs"), who insists on building a perfectly ordered LEGO world with no room for playing or experimentation.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Mr. Waternoose is [[spoiler:working [[spoiler: working in league with Randall in the plan to kidnap children and extract their screams to stop the energy crisis.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] taking on a physical appearance to claim Puss' Puss's last life as punishment for his [[TooDumbToLive reckless wasting]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath of his past lives]] whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughs in the face of death"]].]]



* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': [[spoiler:It turns out that the spider that bit Miles and gave him his powers didn’t come from his universe; it was brought to his dimension by the Collider by the experiments Jonathan Ohnn (or currently [[BigBad the Spot]]) conducted for Kingpin. Without the spider bite and the powers it bestowed, the Earth-42 that the spider originated from has no native Spider-Man, and Miguel states that as a result, Miles is a walking temporal anomaly within the Multiverse — the original anomaly. This is supported by Miles getting confronted by the [[EvilDoppelganger Earth-42 version of himself at the end]], revealing that thanks to the displaced spider, that Miles wound up becoming the Prowler instead, showing that Miles was originally destined to become a villain rather than a hero.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', [[spoiler: the date of the 4*Town concert that Mei and her friends spend much of the movie working toward attending is in the same night as the ritual Mei has committed to undergoing.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': [[spoiler:It [[spoiler: It turns out that the spider that bit Miles and gave him his powers didn’t come from his universe; it was brought to his dimension by the Collider by the experiments Jonathan Ohnn (or currently [[BigBad the Spot]]) conducted for Kingpin. Without the spider bite and the powers it bestowed, the Earth-42 that the spider originated from has no native Spider-Man, and Miguel states that as a result, Miles is a walking temporal anomaly within the Multiverse — the original anomaly. This is supported by Miles getting confronted by the [[EvilDoppelganger Earth-42 version of himself at the end]], revealing that thanks to the displaced spider, that Miles wound up becoming the Prowler instead, showing that Miles was originally destined to become a villain rather than a hero.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', [[spoiler: the date of the 4*Town concert that Mei and her friends spend much of the movie working toward attending is in on the same night as the ritual Mei has committed to undergoing.]]



* In ''Pinball/CirqusVoltaire'', completing "Unmask Voltaire" reveals that Ringmaster Voltaire [[spoiler:is actually [[SamusIsAGirl Madame Voltaire]], who was also the Announcer throughout the game.]]

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* In ''Pinball/CirqusVoltaire'', completing "Unmask Voltaire" reveals that Ringmaster Voltaire [[spoiler:is [[spoiler: is actually [[SamusIsAGirl Madame Voltaire]], who was also the Announcer throughout the game.]]



* The very long awaited reveal of the identity of The Undertaker's "higher power". It was revealed to be [[spoiler:Wrestling/VinceMcMahon himself]] all along.
-->'''[[spoiler:Vince]]:''' '''[[MemeticMutation IT'S ME, AUSTIN]]!'''

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* The very long awaited long-awaited reveal of the identity of The Undertaker's "higher power". It was revealed to be [[spoiler:Wrestling/VinceMcMahon [[spoiler: Wrestling/VinceMcMahon himself]] all along.
-->'''[[spoiler:Vince]]:''' -->'''[[spoiler: Vince]]:''' '''[[MemeticMutation IT'S ME, AUSTIN]]!'''



* Or the true horrific reveal about Pro-Wrestling itself? It's ''scripted''. ''Dun Dun Dun.'' GASP!

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* Or the true horrific reveal about Pro-Wrestling Pro Wrestling itself? It's ''scripted''. ''Dun Dun Dun.'' GASP!



* Back in the 1980's, Paul Orndorff was slated to face Wrestling/DonMuraco and Wrestling/MrFuji in a tag team match at Madison Square Garden with a mystery partner. For a few weeks, Orndorff would do promos with a large cardboard box jostling around, saying his partner was inside. The week before the match, Orndorff used a power saw to cut the box open and reveal the Wrestling/JunkyardDog.
* At the end of the Black Scorpion storyline in WCW, Wrestling/{{Sting}} defeated him at Starrcade 1990 and removed his mask to reveal [[spoiler:Wrestling/RicFlair]].

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* Back in the 1980's, 1980s, Paul Orndorff was slated to face Wrestling/DonMuraco and Wrestling/MrFuji in a tag team match at Madison Square Garden with a mystery partner. For a few weeks, Orndorff would do promos with a large cardboard box jostling around, saying his partner was inside. The week before the match, Orndorff used a power saw to cut the box open and reveal the Wrestling/JunkyardDog.
* At the end of the Black Scorpion storyline in WCW, Wrestling/{{Sting}} defeated him at Starrcade 1990 and removed his mask to reveal [[spoiler:Wrestling/RicFlair]].[[spoiler: Wrestling/RicFlair]].



* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' has this near the end. Socially awkward Evan repeatedly tells everyone else of an accident that involved him climbing a tree and falling, leading to one of his arms being broken. Come the middle of the second act, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the fall wasn't an accident, but a [[BungledSuicide botched suicide attempt]] due to his social anxiety. Evan had been denying that to himself for the whole play and subconsciously used that experience to console a bereaved family with a SnowballLie]].
* The ''Threatre/MrsHawking'' play series: In part IV: ''[[http://www.mrshawking.com/sample-page/scripts/gilded-cages-stage-play/ Gilded Cages]]'', the crime boss known as the Kingmaker is revealed to be [[spoiler:Elizabeth Frost, nee Danvers, Mrs. Hawking's childhood governess and friend.]]
* In Sophocles' ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'', Oedipus searches for the man who assassinated King Laius, only to find that [[spoiler: he himself killed the king. As the seer Tiresias tells him, "You are the murderer you seek."]] This is one of Creator/{{Aristotle}}'s examples of anagnorisis in the ''Literature/{{Poetics}}''.

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* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' has this near the end. Socially awkward Evan repeatedly tells everyone else of an accident that involved him climbing a tree and falling, leading to one of his arms being broken. Come the middle of the second act, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the fall wasn't an accident, but a [[BungledSuicide botched suicide attempt]] due to his social anxiety. Evan had been denying that to himself for the whole play and subconsciously used that experience to console a bereaved family with a SnowballLie]].
* The ''Threatre/MrsHawking'' play series: In part IV: ''[[http://www.mrshawking.com/sample-page/scripts/gilded-cages-stage-play/ Gilded Cages]]'', the crime boss known as the Kingmaker is revealed to be [[spoiler:Elizabeth [[spoiler: Elizabeth Frost, nee née Danvers, Mrs. Hawking's childhood governess and friend.]]
* In Sophocles' Sophocles's ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'', Oedipus searches for the man who assassinated King Laius, only to find that [[spoiler: he himself killed the king. As the seer Tiresias tells him, "You are the murderer you seek."]] This is one of Creator/{{Aristotle}}'s examples of anagnorisis in the ''Literature/{{Poetics}}''.



** Arguably the biggest one of the whole play: [[spoiler:Elphaba's real father, her mother's mysterious lover we only saw in shadow at the beginning, is in fact the Wizard of Oz himself. Elphaba being the product of two different worlds--Oz (via her mother) and our world (via her father)--is the reason her powers are so potent]].
** At the very end of the play, we learn that [[spoiler:Elphaba ''did'' manage to save Fiyero's life earlier (she believed she had failed) by turning him into the Scarecrow. We also see that Elphaba faked her "death" at Dorothy's hands. She and Fiyero end up leaving Oz together, letting everyone else think they both died]].

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** Arguably the biggest one of the whole play: [[spoiler:Elphaba's [[spoiler: Elphaba's real father, her mother's mysterious lover we only saw in shadow at the beginning, is in fact the Wizard of Oz himself. Elphaba being the product of two different worlds--Oz (via her mother) and our world (via her father)--is the reason her powers are so potent]].
** At the very end of the play, we learn that [[spoiler:Elphaba [[spoiler: Elphaba ''did'' manage to save Fiyero's life earlier (she believed she had failed) by turning him into the Scarecrow. We also see that Elphaba faked her "death" at Dorothy's hands. She and Fiyero end up leaving Oz together, letting everyone else think they both died]].
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Compare InternalReveal when the audience was in the loop all along and only characters in-universe are taken by surprise. Not to be confused with the Music/{{REM}} album ''Music/{{Reveal}}''.

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Compare InternalReveal when the audience was in the loop all along and only characters in-universe are taken by surprise. Not to be confused with the Music/{{REM}} album ''Music/{{Reveal}}''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': [[spoiler:It turns out that the spider that bit Miles and gave him his powers didn’t come from his universe; it was brought to his dimension by the Collider by the experiments Jonathan Ohnn (or currently [[BigBad the Spot]]) conducted for Kingpin. Without the spider bite and the powers it bestowed, the Earth-42 that the spider originated from has no native Spider-Man, and Miguel states that as a result, Miles is a walking temporal anomaly within the Multiverse — the original anomaly. This is supported by Miles getting confronted by the [[EvilDoppelganger Earth-42 version of himself at the end]], revealing that thanks to the displaced spider, that Miles wound up becoming the Prowler instead, showing that Miles was originally destined to become a villain rather than a hero.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to claim Puss' last life as punishment for his [[TooDumbToLive reckless wasting]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath of his past lives]] whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughs in the face of death"]].]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to claim Puss' last life as punishment for his [[TooDumbToLive reckless wasting]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath of his past lives]] whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughs in the face of death"]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to kill Puss as punishment for recklessly wasting his extra lives whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who "laughs in the face of death".]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to kill Puss claim Puss' last life as punishment for recklessly wasting his extra lives [[TooDumbToLive reckless wasting]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath of his past lives]] whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughs in the face of death".death"]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to kill Puss as punishment for recklessly wasting his extra lives whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who "laughs at the face of death".]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[spoiler: During their encounter in the Cave of Lost Souls, the mysterious Wolf hunting Puss down reveals himself as none other than [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself taking on a physical appearance to kill Puss as punishment for recklessly wasting his extra lives whilst boasting about being an immortal legend who "laughs at in the face of death".]]
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