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* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 3'': In the FinalBattle, after the defeat of Omega, Weil reveals what Omega truly is: the "Original Zero". Something then awakens from Omega's remains, revealing a body similar to Zero but with a darker color, and this means Zero's body is actually a copy. Though after you defeat "Omega Zero", Cyber-elf X will arrive at the scene and explains that Zero's mind is still the original, and that "the heart is more important".
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZx Advent'': Before the FinalBoss fight, the BigBad Master Albert reveals to our protagonists that Grey is [[BodyBackupDrive his backup body,]] Ashe is [[LukeIAmYourFather his legitimate descendant]] and their [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]], Model A, contains a copy of his abilities as well as directives for its user to continue his plan - in other words, "Model Albert".
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZx Advent'': Before the FinalBoss fight, the BigBad Master Albert reveals to our protagonists that Grey is [[BodyBackupDrive his backup body,]] Ashe is [[LukeIAmYourFather his legitimate descendant]] and their [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]], Model A, contains a copy of his abilities as well as directives for its user to continue his plan - in other words, "Model Albert".
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 3'': In the FinalBattle, after the defeat of Omega, ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'': Weil reveals what that Omega truly is: is the "Original Zero". Something then awakens from Omega's remains, revealing a body similar to Zero but with a darker color, and this means protagonist Zero's body is actually a copy. Though after you defeat "Omega Zero", Cyber-elf X will arrive at the scene and explains that Zero's mind is still the original, and that "the heart is more important".
*''VideoGame/MegaManZx ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'': Before the FinalBoss fight, the BigBad Master Albert reveals to our protagonists that Grey is [[BodyBackupDrive his backup body,]] Ashe is [[LukeIAmYourFather his legitimate descendant]] and their [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]], Model A, contains a copy of his abilities as well as directives for its user to continue his plan - in other words, "Model Albert".
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* Scar from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' exploits this trope to blame Simba of his father's death. Much to the latter's mother's horror and awe, the young lion publicly admits his crime. It turns out in the following NearVillainVictory that Simba was innocent in the first place (well, the audience knew that since the first part of the movie).
* Hades from ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. During the final part of the climax, Quasimodo finally knows of his lost mother's fate, who died while trying to save him. [[TearJerker Sadly]], Frollo told him his entire life his mother was heartless and unable to feel "real love". As he tells the truth, Frollo finally attempts to kill his foster-son.
* Hades from ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. During the final part of the climax, Quasimodo finally knows of his lost mother's fate, who died while trying to save him. [[TearJerker Sadly]], Frollo told him his entire life his mother was heartless and unable to feel "real love". As he tells the truth, Frollo finally attempts to kill his foster-son.
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* Scar from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' exploits this trope to blame Simba of his father's death. Much to the latter's mother's horror and awe, the young lion publicly admits his crime. It turns out in the following NearVillainVictory that Simba was innocent in the first place (well, the audience knew that since the first part of the movie).
* Hades from''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. During the final part of the climax, Quasimodo finally knows of his lost mother's fate, who died while trying to save him. [[TearJerker Sadly]], Frollo told him his entire life his mother was heartless and unable to feel "real love". As he tells the truth, Frollo finally attempts to kill his foster-son.
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* Played straight in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but [[EasilyForgiven Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying]].
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* Played straight in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but [[EasilyForgiven Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying]].
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* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': A particularly gut-wrenching one in the climax when the villain [[spoiler:Detective Mills' wife Tracy, then reveals that she was pregnant. She had confided this to Detective Somersett, but hadn't told her husband yet. When John Doe realizes this, he even gloats about it, incensing Mills to the point where he executes him on the spot, which is exactly [[ThanatosGambit what Doe wanted]].]]
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* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': A particularly gut-wrenching one in the climax when the villain [[spoiler:Detective [[spoiler:murders Detective Mills' wife Tracy, then reveals that she was pregnant. She had confided this to Detective Somersett, but hadn't told her husband yet. When John Doe realizes this, he even gloats about it, incensing Mills to the point where he executes him on the spot, which is exactly [[ThanatosGambit what Doe wanted]].]]
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': After [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/sugar_buzz much]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/enjoying_the_perks speculation]], about the true source of Faith's sex appeal over the student body at Artemis, [[EvilRedhead Cerise]]][[TheReveal reveals the truth]] near the end of chapter 15. By invading Faith's subconscious, she learned that Faith had [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/even_her_enemies a hidden desire to be loved]], so her [[PsychicPowers powers]] sync'd with the school without Faith being aware of it. [[ThisCannotBe She didn't take it well.]]
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': After [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/sugar_buzz much]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/enjoying_the_perks speculation]], about the true source of Faith's sex appeal over the student body at Artemis, [[EvilRedhead Cerise]]][[TheReveal Cerise]] [[TheReveal reveals the truth]] near the end of chapter 15. By invading Faith's subconscious, she learned that Faith had [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/even_her_enemies a hidden desire to be loved]], so her [[PsychicPowers powers]] sync'd with the school without Faith being aware of it. [[ThisCannotBe She didn't take it well.]]
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** At the very end of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, Burns awakens and regains the ability to speak, which allows him to eventually reveal- both to the cast and the audience (who had been in the dark for months) that Maggie Simpson shot him.
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** At the very end of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, Burns awakens and regains the ability to speak, which allows him to eventually reveal- reveal - both to the cast and the audience (who had been in the dark for months) - that Maggie Simpson shot him.
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* ''Series/StormOfTheCentury'': Andre Linoge uses his virtual omniscience to reveal the horrible and embarassing secrets of many of the people on Little Tall Island to mess with them.
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Well, you risk letting the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]], and you may go from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all along to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
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Well, you risk letting the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]], and you may go from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all along to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', it is Sovereign who reveals to Shepard and the crew that the Reapers are seeking to return. However, he is GenreSavvy enough not to tell them what the plans are.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', it is Sovereign who reveals to Shepard and the crew that the Reapers are seeking to return. However, he is GenreSavvy he's smart enough not to tell them what the plans are.
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* Joker manages to get Batman's secret identity from Robin in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', leading to the page quote.
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* After capturing and torturing Robin, Joker manages to get acquire all of Batman's secret identity from Robin secrets in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', such as the location of the Batcave and Bruce's identity, leading to the page quote.
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->''"I'll begin with how I peeled back the layers of the boy's[[note]]Robin's[[/note]] mind. Oh, he bravely tried to fight it at first. You would have been proud to see him so strong. But all too soon, the serums and the shocks took their toll, and the dear lad began to share such secrets with me. Secrets that are mine alone to know...Bruce. It's true, Batsy. I know everything."''
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->''"I'll begin with how I peeled back the layers of the boy's[[note]]Robin's[[/note]] boy's[[note]]Tim Drake/Robin[[/note]] mind. Oh, he bravely tried to fight it at first. You would have been proud to see him so strong. But all too soon, the serums and the shocks took their toll, and the dear lad began to share such secrets with me. Secrets that are mine alone to know...Bruce. It's true, Batsy. I know everything."''
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** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': In the mid-credits stinger, [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeEditing doctored footage]] of Spider-Man’s showdown with Mysterio makes it way to ''The Daily Bugle'' and subsequently the [=MegaVision=] in Madison Square Garden. Most of it is fabricated, but the one true statement about Spider-Man is the most damning of all - his real name, Peter Parker.]]
-->'''Spider-Man:''' What the fu — ''([[CurseCutShort credits begin]])''
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Shadowbringers'', at about level 75, the Ascian Emet-Selch finally confirms something that had been {{foreshadow|ing}}ed for years -- that the BigGood Hydaelyn and GreaterScopeVillain Zodiark are nothing more than "the eldest and most powerful... of primals." Given that primals have been a ''huge'' problem at every turn of the story so far, this comes as quite a shock to the other characters.
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* In ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'', three groups were subjected to the same First Test: [[PlayerCharacter Sara]] and [[ChildhoodFriend Joe]], [[CoolTeacher Mishima]] and [[GirlNextDoor Nao]], and [[BigSisterBully Kugie]] and [[FragileFlower Kanna]]. Kugie [[PosthumousCharacter didn't survive]], and Kanna [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for not being able to save her. When she asks the others how they managed it, Mishima claims it was a matter of physical strength rather than puzzle-solving, reassuring her that she ''couldn't'' have saved Kugie due to being a tiny middle-schooler. Sue Miley later reveals the AwfulTruth in a BreakingSpeech, taunting Kanna with how she ''could have'' figured it out in time to save her sister and [[FailureToSaveMurder calling her a murderer]].
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* In ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'', three groups were subjected to the same First Test: [[PlayerCharacter Sara]] and [[ChildhoodFriend Joe]], [[CoolTeacher Mishima]] and [[GirlNextDoor Nao]], and [[BigSisterBully Kugie]] and [[FragileFlower [[ShrinkingViolet Kanna]]. Kugie [[PosthumousCharacter didn't survive]], and Kanna [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for not being able to save her. When she asks the others how they managed it, Mishima claims it was a matter of physical strength rather than puzzle-solving, reassuring her that she ''couldn't'' have saved Kugie due to being a tiny middle-schooler. Sue Miley later reveals the AwfulTruth in a BreakingSpeech, taunting Kanna with how she ''could have'' figured it out in time to save her sister and [[FailureToSaveMurder calling her a murderer]].
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* ''Videogame/DantesInferno'': as soon as Dante [[TheOathbreaker broke his promise]], Lucifer captured Beatrice, for she had bet his man would have never slept with other women. Much to her horror, Lucifer tells her the truth before Dante reaches the second circle of Hell. To add pain to injury, Lucifer showed her every single second of that day. We later see the aftermath [[EyeRecall trough her eyes]].
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* ''Videogame/DantesInferno'': ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'': as soon as Dante [[TheOathbreaker broke his promise]], Lucifer captured Beatrice, for she had bet his man would have never slept with other women. Much to her horror, Lucifer tells her the truth before Dante reaches the second circle of Hell. To add pain to injury, Lucifer showed her every single second of that day. We later see the aftermath [[EyeRecall trough her eyes]].
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* In ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'', three groups were subjected to the same First Test: [[PlayerCharacter Sara]] and [[ChildhoodFriend Joe]], [[CoolTeacher Mishima]] and [[GirlNextDoor Nao]], and [[BigSisterBully Kugie]] and [[FragileFlower Kanna]]. Kugie [[PosthumousCharacter didn't survive]], and Kanna [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for not being able to save her. When she asks the others how they managed it, Mishima claims it was a matter of physical strength rather than puzzle-solving, reassuring her that she ''couldn't'' have saved Kugie due to being a tiny middle-schooler. Sue Miley later reveals the AwfulTruth in a BreakingSpeech, taunting Kanna with how she ''could have'' figured it out in time to save her sister and [[FailureToSaveMurder calling her a murderer]].
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** {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': After his defeat, another crook approaches the BigBad Toomes in jail and asks if it's true that he knows Spider-Man's SecretIdentity. Toomes lies and claims not to know, though whether he's being a GracefulLoser to [[spoiler:his daughter's friend]] or has ulterior motives is left ambiguous.
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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Jim Gordon is one of the three people who know the truth about Harvey Dent's actions in [[Film/TheDarkKnight the previous film,]] and the guilt of having to keep the secret has affected his work and marriage. Gordon keeps a letter revealing the truth on his person at all times in hope that someday he'll have the courage to reveal the truth. Unfortunately, Bane steals the letter when Gordon is captured and reads it publicly as he and his men turn Gotham into an anarchist state, the demoralizing effect of learning that their hero was a murdering psycho making the city's downfall all the harder.
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Related to KeepingSecretsSucks. It's a common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it's this trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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Related to KeepingSecretsSucks. It's a common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie.VillainsNeverLie and TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive. Normally, it's this trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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** In "Brother from Another Series", after Bart and Lisa discover Bart wasn't responsible for the hollow concrete holding the dam together, Cecil emerges with a gun and admits that he has been doing his best to frame Bob all this time.
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* At the start of the final arc of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', Chloe reveals that the assassin who killed Mireille's parents was Kirika.
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Well, you risk to let the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]]. And you may get from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all long to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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Well, you risk to let letting the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]]. And style]], and you may get go from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all long along to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
Relatedwith to KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one a common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the it's this trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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-->--'''The Joker''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''
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* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic,'' when the party takes down Saul Karath, he whispers something to Carth Onasi before dying. He reveals Revan's true identity as a former Dark Lord/Lady of the Sith.
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* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic,'' when the party takes down Saul Karath, he whispers something to Carth Onasi before dying. He reveals Revan's true identity as a former Dark Lord/Lady of the Sith. However, the player doesn't get to hear what he actually said until they run into [[BigBad Darth Malak]], who outright tells you that they're Revan.
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* Hades from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}'' ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
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* Played straight in Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but [[EasilyForgiven Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying]].
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** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Armin Zola gleefully admits that SHIELD has been infiltrated by HYDRA, all to rub it in Captain America's face seventy years after they first met. [[TakingYouWithMe This also serves to distract him and Black Widow from a HYDRA missile that is intended to take out everyone present]].
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. The titular villain refuses to tell Iron Man his plot and opts to shoot him instead, but later tells Black Widow about his plan to perform a ColonyDrop.
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', after striking a truce after a misunderstanding, Iron Man, Captain America, and Bucky work together to stop Helmut Zemo from releasing the other Winter Soldiers. But when they get to the room, Zemo reveals that he never intended to release the soldiers and killed them all. His ''real'' plan was to get them in the same room together so he can show them a footage of Bucky killing Stark's parents in 1991. Rogers was forced to reveal to Stark that he knew about his parents' death and kept it a secret, which results in Tony trying to kill Bucky and a near-lethal fight between Cap and Iron Man. The end result is the Avengers being disbanded, seemingly for good.
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. The titular villain refuses to tell Iron Man his plot and opts to shoot him instead, but later tells Black Widow about his plan to perform a ColonyDrop.
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', after striking a truce after a misunderstanding, Iron Man, Captain America, and Bucky work together to stop Helmut Zemo from releasing the other Winter Soldiers. But when they get to the room, Zemo reveals that he never intended to release the soldiers and killed them all. His ''real'' plan was to get them in the same room together so he can show them a footage of Bucky killing Stark's parents in 1991. Rogers was forced to reveal to Stark that he knew about his parents' death and kept it a secret, which results in Tony trying to kill Bucky and a near-lethal fight between Cap and Iron Man. The end result is the Avengers being disbanded, seemingly for good.
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** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Armin Zola gleefully admits that SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated by HYDRA, all to rub it in Captain America's face seventy years after they first met. [[TakingYouWithMe This also serves to distract him and Black Widow from a HYDRA missile that is intended to take out everyone present]].
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. The titular villain refuses to tell Iron Man his plot and opts to shoot him instead, but later tells Black Widow about his plan to perform a ColonyDrop.
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', after striking a truce after a misunderstanding, Iron Man, Captain America, and Bucky work together to stop Helmut Zemo from releasing the other Winter Soldiers. But when they get to the room, Zemo reveals that he never intended to release the soldiers and killed them all. His ''real'' plan was to get them in the same room together so he can show them a footage of Bucky killing Stark's parents in 1991. Rogers was is forced to reveal to Stark that he knew about his parents' death and kept it a secret, which results in Tony trying to kill Bucky and a near-lethal fight between Cap and Iron Man. The end result is the Avengers being disbanded, seemingly for good.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack openly admits that he's holding something secret towards the start of the game, but says that he has no plans to reveal it ''just'' yet. He waits until [[TheDragon Wilhelm]] has been killed and his power core looted to replace Sanctuary's shields... at which point he reveals that Angel is actually working for him, causing the shields to go down and the city to be bombed by a KillSat.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Handsome Jack openly admits that he's holding something secret towards the start of the game, but says that he has no plans to reveal it ''just'' yet. He waits until [[TheDragon Wilhelm]] has been killed and his power core looted to replace Sanctuary's shields... at which point he reveals that Angel is actually working for him, causing the shields to go down and the city to be bombed by a KillSat.
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* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.
* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.
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* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.Animation]]
* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.
* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'', it is King_Finbar who reveals to LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley that Daisy will be sacrificed to the Sand God, finally explaining why she was kidnapped from Terrorvale at the start of the show. Knight_Peculier does ''not'' take this well and kills him on the spot.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
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* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'', it is King_Finbar who reveals to LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley that Daisy will be sacrificed to the Sand God, finally explaining why she was kidnapped from Terrorvale at the start of the show. Knight_Peculier does ''not'' take this well and kills him on the spot.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
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* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'', it is King_Finbar who reveals to LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley that Daisy will be sacrificed to Subverted in near the Sand God, finally explaining why she was kidnapped from Terrorvale at the start end of the show. Knight_Peculier does ''not'' take this well and kills him on the spot.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that he's the party's newest intern, Viari, had been playing TheMole for him the Republic all this time and entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so Viari had been just as much information an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill redeems himself almost immediately by killing the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.bad guy.
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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', Felix reveals that he and Locus have been playing both sides in the CivilWar to kill everyone off. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Locus tries repeatedly to shut him up, to no avail. This ends up backfiring for Felix, as he is later manipulated into an EngineeredPublicConfession directed at both sides of the war.
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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', Felix reveals that he and Locus have been playing both sides in the CivilWar to kill everyone off. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Locus tries repeatedly to shut him up, to no avail. This ends up backfiring for Felix, as he is later manipulated into an EngineeredPublicConfession directed at both sides of the war.
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Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine.WhamLine and/or DroppingTheBombshell. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Palpatine gleefully explains his trap to Luke... But there isn't anything Luke can do and the Rebels fall into it. And not only that, Palpatine's gloating is not just for fun, he needs to get Luke angry, upset, and hating him for the Dark Side to kick in.
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Palpatine gleefully explains his trap to Luke... But there isn't anything Luke can do and the Rebels fall into it. And not only that, Palpatine's gloating [[EvilGloating gloating]] is not just for fun, fun; he needs to get Luke angry, upset, and hating him for the Dark Side to kick in.
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TheMasquerade, a BigSecret, a DarkSecret and other things that you shouldn't know about are serious business. But what happens if your archnemesis, an evil organization or your evil relative reveals something about YOU? And what would happen if that secret had the potential to blow up all your relationships with friends and allies alike?
Well, you risk to let the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]]. And you may get from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all long to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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* StarterVillain Mizuki reveals to ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' that he is the container of the Nine-tailed Fox and that the villages hated him because of it.
*In ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'', Kuroi, president of a rival production company and main villain in the anime, digs up information on Chihaya's DarkAndTroubledPast and publishes it. This comes as quite a shock to the characters and [[HeroicBSOD traumatizes Chihaya]], but it also eventually leads to a HeelFaceTurn for Kuroi's [[EvenEvilHasStandards own idols]].
*''Manga/MakenKi'': At the end of chapter 49, Ouken Yamato [[BreakThemByTalking attempted to demoralize Takeru]] [[WhamLine by telling him the truth about]] [[{{deuteragonist}} Himegami]]:
-->'''Ouken: (at Takeru)''' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood "I don't understand]] -- Why are you helping that girl?[[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/49/24/ She isn't even a human.]] She's nothing but a doll. That body is made of [[DeadAllAlong what's left of]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/7/ the real Kodama Himegami]]."
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' this happens twice:
** The mind-reading ArcVillain Mao reveals to Lelouch (and the audience) that his best friend Suzaku murdered his own father, which indirectly led to the fall of Japan to the Britannian Empire. This sends Suzaku into a temporary bout of HeroicBSOD, but Lelouch helps him get over it. After all, Lelouch himself is planning to off ''his own'' dad, the Britannian emperor, in the near future.
** Prince Schneizel reveals Lelouch's Geass power to his Black Knights, causing them to turn against him.
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* ''ComicBook/TheLoners'' ends with [[TokenEvilTeammate Phil Urich]], having made a complete FaceHeelTurn, revealing that Mickey had made a deal with Fujikawa Industries to allow them to harvest MGH from the members of Excelsior at some point in the future.
* In ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'', Baron Zemo hijacks ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'s communications apparatus to reveal to the world the extent to which the organization is monitoring everyone.
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* Scar from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' exploits this trope to blame Simba of his father's death. Much to the latter's mother's horror and awe, the young lion publicly admits his crime. It turns out in the following NearVillainVictory that Simba was innocent in the first place (well, the audience knew that since the first part of the movie).
* Hades from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. During the final part of the climax, Quasimodo finally knows of his lost mother's fate, who died while trying to save him. [[TearJerker Sadly]], Frollo told him his entire life his mother was heartless and unable to feel "real love". As he tells the truth, Frollo finally attempts to kill his foster-son.
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'': during their staying at London, the Zoosters [[ThirdActMisunderstanding find out the heroes weren't circus animals at all]]. How was that possible? Well, [[ImplacableWoman Captain Du Bois]] promptly left a few flyers showing the truth in their circus.
* Played straight in Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but [[EasilyForgiven Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying]].
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* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Armin Zola gleefully admits that SHIELD has been infiltrated by HYDRA, all to rub it in Captain America's face seventy years after they first met. [[TakingYouWithMe This also serves to distract him and Black Widow from a HYDRA missile that is intended to take out everyone present]].
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. The titular villain refuses to tell Iron Man his plot and opts to shoot him instead, but later tells Black Widow about his plan to perform a ColonyDrop.
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', after striking a truce after a misunderstanding, Iron Man, Captain America, and Bucky work together to stop Helmut Zemo from releasing the other Winter Soldiers. But when they get to the room, Zemo reveals that he never intended to release the soldiers and killed them all. His ''real'' plan was to get them in the same room together so he can show them a footage of Bucky killing Stark's parents in 1991. Rogers was forced to reveal to Stark that he knew about his parents' death and kept it a secret, which results in Tony trying to kill Bucky and a near-lethal fight between Cap and Iron Man. The end result is the Avengers being disbanded, seemingly for good.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the iconic scene has Darth Vader admit to Luke [[LukeIAmYourFather that he is Vader's son]].
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Palpatine gleefully explains his trap to Luke... But there isn't anything Luke can do and the Rebels fall into it. And not only that, Palpatine's gloating is not just for fun, he needs to get Luke angry, upset, and hating him for the Dark Side to kick in.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Dooku has Obi-Wan imprisoned and tells him the truth: Darth Sidious is in control of the Republic. Not only does this not backfire, it actually helps the Sith. By telling the Jedi this, they start investigating Republic senators and Sidious latches on to this to create tension between the Jedi and Republic, ultimately allowing him to declare them traitors. [[XanatosGambit If they did nothing, Sidious continues his plan unbothered so he wins either way.]]
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* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'' during a party at the end of freshman year, Michael Clark blows the secret that the Melbrook Five used to be Powereds (individuals with no control over their powers). Since Powereds are held in contempt by Supers, Clark hoped that revealing it would get the Five ostracized or outright expelled from Hero training, thus satisfying his vendetta against Vince.
* Most of the {{Big Bad}}s in ''Literature/AlexRider'' are guilty of JustBetweenYouAndMe, but a few others are guilty of giving away other secrets. Yassen ends up revealing to Alex that his father was a member of Scorpia at the end of ''Eagle Strike'', prompting his FaceHeelTurn in ''Scorpia''. Later in ''Snakehead'', it is Ash who is forced by Yu to reveal how he killed Alex's parents.
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* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', John Garrett accidentally reveals that he is the Clairvoyant by SayingTooMuch.
* In Series Two of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', this happens three times. Firstly, it is Merlyn who reveals to the audience that Thea is really his daughter as a result of an affair with Moira. Later, Slade Wilson tells Thea her parentage so as to drive a wedge between her and her family as part of his plan. Finally, he reveals to Laurel that Oliver is the Arrow, though [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this bites him in the arse]].
* In the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Silver Nemesis" minor villain Lady Peinfort tries this by claiming that she has learned all of the Doctor's secrets and will blurt them out to the Cybermen if he doesn't hand over control of the superweapon to her. Subverted in that the Cybermen tell her they don't care about the Doctor's secrets and that ''they'' want the superweapon for themselves.
* In the second season of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Pierce takes on a more villainous persona due to his addiction to painkillers. In "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons", he's excluded from the game to cheer up "Fat" Neil because of this. He forces his way in anyway and causes much grief by tormenting everyone else. At one point, he reveals that [[spoiler: Jeff was the one who came up with the nickname "Fat Neil".]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Dr Wells eventually confesses to Cisco that he is really Eobard Thawne, is from the far future and is the Reverse-Flash, shortly before crushing his heart. This gets undone by Barry travelling back in time, but Wells accidentally gives a bit too much away when helping Barry beat the Trickster later on.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** In season 6, the evil goddess Veritas, who forces everyone around her victims to speak to them with BrutalHonesty before killing them, reveals that Sam Winchester isn't really human since he's able to lie to her. Dean, who has been disturbed by Sam's psychopathic demeanour throughout the season, is shocked by this. As it turns out, it's because [[TheSoulless Sam has no soul]] due to a [[CameBackWrong resurrection gone wrong]].
** In season 7, when a leviathan who has taken on Dean's form confronts Sam, it reveals to him because he knows it will hurt him that Dean killed Madison, a werewolf Sam believed would not kill humans again, even after he told Sam he agreed that she was good.
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* PlayedWith in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', where Demon Emperor Doviculus seemingly reveals the the heroes that one of them, Ophelia, is TheMole, resulting in her being cast out after they escape. It turns out, however, that he was actually referring to Eddie, who is not TheMole, but the son of the ''previous'' Empress and thus a half-demon himself.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic,'' when the party takes down Saul Karath, he whispers something to Carth Onasi before dying. He reveals Revan's true identity as a former Dark Lord/Lady of the Sith.
* ''Videogame/DantesInferno'': as soon as Dante [[TheOathbreaker broke his promise]], Lucifer captured Beatrice, for she had bet his man would have never slept with other women. Much to her horror, Lucifer tells her the truth before Dante reaches the second circle of Hell. To add pain to injury, Lucifer showed her every single second of that day. We later see the aftermath [[EyeRecall trough her eyes]].
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', where Booker murders Father Comstock just as he is about to reveal to him and to Elizabeth that Liz is Booker's own daughter and that Booker had sold her to Comstock as a baby to pay off his gambling debts--a memory that had since become thoroughly garbled in Booker's mind by his own guilt and by the Luteces' dimension-traveling shenanigans. Elizabeth seems to guess the truth anyway, but Booker does not figure it out until much later.
* During his VillainousBreakdown in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Ghetsis reveals to N and the player that he's really in charge of Team Plasma and that the plan to release Pokemon is really to weaken Unova so it can be conquered.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 3'': In the FinalBattle, after the defeat of Omega, Weil reveals what Omega truly is: the "Original Zero". Something then awakens from Omega's remains, revealing a body similar to Zero but with a darker color, and this means Zero's body is actually a copy. Though after you defeat "Omega Zero", Cyber-elf X will arrive at the scene and explains that Zero's mind is still the original, and that "the heart is more important".
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZx Advent'': Before the FinalBoss fight, the BigBad Master Albert reveals to our protagonists that Grey is [[BodyBackupDrive his backup body,]] Ashe is [[LukeIAmYourFather his legitimate descendant]] and their [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]], Model A, contains a copy of his abilities as well as directives for its user to continue his plan - in other words, "Model Albert".
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', it is Sovereign who reveals to Shepard and the crew that the Reapers are seeking to return. However, he is GenreSavvy enough not to tell them what the plans are.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': The first game ends with the party boarding a ship hoping to find Lemuria for Babi, the ship's owner, who's run out of the Lemurians' immortality elixir. Partway through the sequel (which features a different party), Alex casually reveals that Babi has died in the meantime, pretty much ForTheEvulz.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Time and Darkness'', Darkrai reveals that he was responsible for the 'accident' that kicked off the game's plot.
* Halfway through ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N reveals that he is the rightful king of Team Plasma. The WhamLine in this case is underlined by how casually he's implied to reveal it.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', a member of Team Flare accidentally gives away the fact that they might not be as harmless as they seem. This is fairly early on, so players may forget this WhamLine at first.
-->"Allow me to spell it out for you! It's so Team Flare - and only Team Flare - can survive!"
* In the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the Courier has a lot of their MysteriousPast filled in by Ulysses, who lets them know how responsible they are for the Divide's present condition.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', the mortally wounded Robert de Sable confesses to Altair that the master of the Assassins, Al Mualim, is actually a member of the Templars who was manipulating his order so that he could wipe out the conspirators and claim an ancient treasure for himself. Altair does not take this well.
* This happens a couple of times in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. AntiVillain 343 Guilty Spark reveals to Commander Keyes and the Arbiter of the Ark's existence, as well as the fact that it can be used to light all Halo installations remotely. Similarly, when betraying the Arbiter, Tartarus openly admits that the Prophets ordered him to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness take the former out]], giving away their planned betrayal of the Elites.
* A variation happens in a sidequest for ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', when the villain Enyana accidentally lets Shepard and Miranda know that the latter's friend Niket is really helping them out, rather than helping Miranda's sister to escape.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack openly admits that he's holding something secret towards the start of the game, but says that he has no plans to reveal it ''just'' yet. He waits until [[TheDragon Wilhelm]] has been killed and his power core looted to replace Sanctuary's shields... at which point he reveals that Angel is actually working for him, causing the shields to go down and the city to be bombed by a KillSat.
* In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', this is subverted towards the climax when AntiVillain Colonel Zarpedon attempts to warn Jack about the dangers of the Vault on Elpis, in a last ditch effort to keep him away from the forbidden knowledge it holds. Unfortunately, in revealing that the Vault has already been opened, she causes Jack (who is suffering from SanitySlippage) to rush his plans into overdrive and shoot her before she can finish speaking.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'', it is the Tower of Sauron that reveals the truth about Talion and the Wraith, specifically the fact that Celebrimbor could have let Talion move on to the afterlife at any point he wanted. Instead, he opted to keep bringing the ranger back as part of his revenge plot against the Dark Lord. The reveal very nearly causes Talion to give up there and then.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2: Retribution''. Kyras taunts Gabriel by telling him the Emperor's soul was eaten centuries ago (the GodEmperor is OnlyMostlyDead, his spirit is still present in the Warp and there are a few cells still alive in his corpse). Gabriel responds with a ShutUpHannibal and a really big hammer.
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* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', Felix reveals that he and Locus have been playing both sides in the CivilWar to kill everyone off. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Locus tries repeatedly to shut him up, to no avail. This ends up backfiring for Felix, as he is later manipulated into an EngineeredPublicConfession directed at both sides of the war.
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*''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': After [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/sugar_buzz much]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/enjoying_the_perks speculation]], about the true source of Faith's sex appeal over the student body at Artemis, [[EvilRedhead Cerise]]][[TheReveal reveals the truth]] near the end of chapter 15. By invading Faith's subconscious, she learned that Faith had [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/even_her_enemies a hidden desire to be loved]], so her [[PsychicPowers powers]] sync'd with the school without Faith being aware of it. [[ThisCannotBe She didn't take it well.]]
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* In the first WhamEpisode of ''Series/{{Noob}}'', it turns out that the Justice guild was getting an unfair advantage in the game, but was LockedOutOfTheLoop about it. The first people from whom they hear that information are the top members of Roxxor, their rival guild.
* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'', it is King_Finbar who reveals to LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley that Daisy will be sacrificed to the Sand God, finally explaining why she was kidnapped from Terrorvale at the start of the show. Knight_Peculier does ''not'' take this well and kills him on the spot.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', King Goobot shows Jimmy and his friends that they knew about Earth by showing them Jimmy's recorded message broadcast on an alien news program, surprising the kids and especially Jimmy himself, who never knew said message got picked up somewhere.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', Lex Luthor, after treating The Question to a surprising CurbStompBattle, smugly asks him whether he really thought his Presidential campaign was serious, showing that the whole thing was a $75 million plot to tick off Superman and use Cadmus to undermine him.
* In the Book One finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Tarrlok confesses to Mako and Korra that he's actually Amon's brother, and that Amon is a secret BoomerangBigot. Played with in that by this point Tarrlok [[BreakTheHaughty had been stripped of his bending abilities]] [[TheAtoner and desperately wanted to redeem himself]].
* This happens many times in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'':
** In the finale of the first season, Mayor Fred Jones Sr. admits that he isn't really Fred's dad, and that his real parents are Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves.
** In Menace of the Manticore", when Mr. E's identity is revealed to be Ricky Owens of the original Mystery Inc, we get this line.
-->'''Mr. E:''' You see, Scooby is a far more trusting companion than Pericles was to me.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** At the very end of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, Burns awakens and regains the ability to speak, which allows him to eventually reveal- both to the cast and the audience (who had been in the dark for months) that Maggie Simpson shot him.
** In "Brother from Another Series", after Bart and Lisa discover Bart wasn't responsible for the hollow concrete holding the dam together, Cecil emerges with a gun and admits that he has been doing his best to frame Bob all this time.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Shredder gloats to Splinter that he stole his daughter some time ago and has raised her as his own, [[KickTheDog purely to twist the knife]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Predacon leader Megatron reveals to Ravage the real reason he stole a Golden Disc from Cybertron: it wasn't to seize large deposits of energon (though that was a bonus), but rather because of a coded message left behind by the original Megatron, leader of the Decepticons and Ravage's former commander. While the recording is cut short, seeing a fragment of it persuades Ravage to switch sides and join him in his efforts to wipe out the Autobots.
* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', Bloom eventually learns from the Trix that she is the surviving heir to planet Domino and keeper of the Dragon Fire when they follow her to Earth to steal the Dragon Fire. Up till then, Faragonda and all other protagonists aware of this fact deliberately kept Bloom in the dark about this.
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Well, you risk to let the [[TheBadGuyWins bad guy win with style]]. And you may get from the frying pan into the fire if that secret may trigger a massive FaceHeelTurn and make the supposed villain look like a less flawed character than his or her opponent. In a case of TropesAreNotBad, this trope can also unravel much of a character's unknown MysteriousPast. However, the villain may have been lying all long to make the hero panic and stutter in front of TheCavalry, so be careful avoiding [[RedHerring a red herring]] or blatant deceits. On rare occasions, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this may undermine the villain]] if they reveal too much.
Related with KeepingSecretsSucks. It's one common way to start TheReveal and, in the worst case, trigger a DominoRevelation and a general WhatTheHellHero. Compare VillainsNeverLie. Normally, it is the trope that kicks off a ThirdActMisunderstanding and a LiarRevealed moment. Expect the main character(s) to suffer from a massive HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath in both cases afterwards. This tends to overlap with WhamLine. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe for cases where the villain goes into too much detail.
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* StarterVillain Mizuki reveals to ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' that he is the container of the Nine-tailed Fox and that the villages hated him because of it.
*In ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'', Kuroi, president of a rival production company and main villain in the anime, digs up information on Chihaya's DarkAndTroubledPast and publishes it. This comes as quite a shock to the characters and [[HeroicBSOD traumatizes Chihaya]], but it also eventually leads to a HeelFaceTurn for Kuroi's [[EvenEvilHasStandards own idols]].
*''Manga/MakenKi'': At the end of chapter 49, Ouken Yamato [[BreakThemByTalking attempted to demoralize Takeru]] [[WhamLine by telling him the truth about]] [[{{deuteragonist}} Himegami]]:
-->'''Ouken: (at Takeru)''' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood "I don't understand]] -- Why are you helping that girl?[[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/49/24/ She isn't even a human.]] She's nothing but a doll. That body is made of [[DeadAllAlong what's left of]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/7/ the real Kodama Himegami]]."
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' this happens twice:
** The mind-reading ArcVillain Mao reveals to Lelouch (and the audience) that his best friend Suzaku murdered his own father, which indirectly led to the fall of Japan to the Britannian Empire. This sends Suzaku into a temporary bout of HeroicBSOD, but Lelouch helps him get over it. After all, Lelouch himself is planning to off ''his own'' dad, the Britannian emperor, in the near future.
** Prince Schneizel reveals Lelouch's Geass power to his Black Knights, causing them to turn against him.
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* ''ComicBook/TheLoners'' ends with [[TokenEvilTeammate Phil Urich]], having made a complete FaceHeelTurn, revealing that Mickey had made a deal with Fujikawa Industries to allow them to harvest MGH from the members of Excelsior at some point in the future.
* In ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'', Baron Zemo hijacks ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'s communications apparatus to reveal to the world the extent to which the organization is monitoring everyone.
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[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
* Scar from ''Disney/TheLionKing'' exploits this trope to blame Simba of his father's death. Much to the latter's mother's horror and awe, the young lion publicly admits his crime. It turns out in the following NearVillainVictory that Simba was innocent in the first place (well, the audience knew that since the first part of the movie).
* Hades from ''{{Disney/Hercules}}'' reveals the hero that his chickie-poo [[TheAtoner Meg]] had been working with him all the time. And this happened AFTER Herc accepted to trade his own strength to save her and let everyone else be harmed by any potential threat. As you may imagine, [[DespairEventHorizon he doesn't take it well]].
* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. During the final part of the climax, Quasimodo finally knows of his lost mother's fate, who died while trying to save him. [[TearJerker Sadly]], Frollo told him his entire life his mother was heartless and unable to feel "real love". As he tells the truth, Frollo finally attempts to kill his foster-son.
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'': during their staying at London, the Zoosters [[ThirdActMisunderstanding find out the heroes weren't circus animals at all]]. How was that possible? Well, [[ImplacableWoman Captain Du Bois]] promptly left a few flyers showing the truth in their circus.
* Played straight in Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but [[EasilyForgiven Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying]].
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* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Armin Zola gleefully admits that SHIELD has been infiltrated by HYDRA, all to rub it in Captain America's face seventy years after they first met. [[TakingYouWithMe This also serves to distract him and Black Widow from a HYDRA missile that is intended to take out everyone present]].
** Played with in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. The titular villain refuses to tell Iron Man his plot and opts to shoot him instead, but later tells Black Widow about his plan to perform a ColonyDrop.
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', after striking a truce after a misunderstanding, Iron Man, Captain America, and Bucky work together to stop Helmut Zemo from releasing the other Winter Soldiers. But when they get to the room, Zemo reveals that he never intended to release the soldiers and killed them all. His ''real'' plan was to get them in the same room together so he can show them a footage of Bucky killing Stark's parents in 1991. Rogers was forced to reveal to Stark that he knew about his parents' death and kept it a secret, which results in Tony trying to kill Bucky and a near-lethal fight between Cap and Iron Man. The end result is the Avengers being disbanded, seemingly for good.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the iconic scene has Darth Vader admit to Luke [[LukeIAmYourFather that he is Vader's son]].
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Palpatine gleefully explains his trap to Luke... But there isn't anything Luke can do and the Rebels fall into it. And not only that, Palpatine's gloating is not just for fun, he needs to get Luke angry, upset, and hating him for the Dark Side to kick in.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Dooku has Obi-Wan imprisoned and tells him the truth: Darth Sidious is in control of the Republic. Not only does this not backfire, it actually helps the Sith. By telling the Jedi this, they start investigating Republic senators and Sidious latches on to this to create tension between the Jedi and Republic, ultimately allowing him to declare them traitors. [[XanatosGambit If they did nothing, Sidious continues his plan unbothered so he wins either way.]]
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* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'' during a party at the end of freshman year, Michael Clark blows the secret that the Melbrook Five used to be Powereds (individuals with no control over their powers). Since Powereds are held in contempt by Supers, Clark hoped that revealing it would get the Five ostracized or outright expelled from Hero training, thus satisfying his vendetta against Vince.
* Most of the {{Big Bad}}s in ''Literature/AlexRider'' are guilty of JustBetweenYouAndMe, but a few others are guilty of giving away other secrets. Yassen ends up revealing to Alex that his father was a member of Scorpia at the end of ''Eagle Strike'', prompting his FaceHeelTurn in ''Scorpia''. Later in ''Snakehead'', it is Ash who is forced by Yu to reveal how he killed Alex's parents.
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* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', John Garrett accidentally reveals that he is the Clairvoyant by SayingTooMuch.
* In Series Two of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', this happens three times. Firstly, it is Merlyn who reveals to the audience that Thea is really his daughter as a result of an affair with Moira. Later, Slade Wilson tells Thea her parentage so as to drive a wedge between her and her family as part of his plan. Finally, he reveals to Laurel that Oliver is the Arrow, though [[NiceJobFixingItVillain this bites him in the arse]].
* In the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Silver Nemesis" minor villain Lady Peinfort tries this by claiming that she has learned all of the Doctor's secrets and will blurt them out to the Cybermen if he doesn't hand over control of the superweapon to her. Subverted in that the Cybermen tell her they don't care about the Doctor's secrets and that ''they'' want the superweapon for themselves.
* In the second season of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Pierce takes on a more villainous persona due to his addiction to painkillers. In "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons", he's excluded from the game to cheer up "Fat" Neil because of this. He forces his way in anyway and causes much grief by tormenting everyone else. At one point, he reveals that [[spoiler: Jeff was the one who came up with the nickname "Fat Neil".]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Dr Wells eventually confesses to Cisco that he is really Eobard Thawne, is from the far future and is the Reverse-Flash, shortly before crushing his heart. This gets undone by Barry travelling back in time, but Wells accidentally gives a bit too much away when helping Barry beat the Trickster later on.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** In season 6, the evil goddess Veritas, who forces everyone around her victims to speak to them with BrutalHonesty before killing them, reveals that Sam Winchester isn't really human since he's able to lie to her. Dean, who has been disturbed by Sam's psychopathic demeanour throughout the season, is shocked by this. As it turns out, it's because [[TheSoulless Sam has no soul]] due to a [[CameBackWrong resurrection gone wrong]].
** In season 7, when a leviathan who has taken on Dean's form confronts Sam, it reveals to him because he knows it will hurt him that Dean killed Madison, a werewolf Sam believed would not kill humans again, even after he told Sam he agreed that she was good.
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* PlayedWith in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', where Demon Emperor Doviculus seemingly reveals the the heroes that one of them, Ophelia, is TheMole, resulting in her being cast out after they escape. It turns out, however, that he was actually referring to Eddie, who is not TheMole, but the son of the ''previous'' Empress and thus a half-demon himself.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic,'' when the party takes down Saul Karath, he whispers something to Carth Onasi before dying. He reveals Revan's true identity as a former Dark Lord/Lady of the Sith.
* ''Videogame/DantesInferno'': as soon as Dante [[TheOathbreaker broke his promise]], Lucifer captured Beatrice, for she had bet his man would have never slept with other women. Much to her horror, Lucifer tells her the truth before Dante reaches the second circle of Hell. To add pain to injury, Lucifer showed her every single second of that day. We later see the aftermath [[EyeRecall trough her eyes]].
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', where Booker murders Father Comstock just as he is about to reveal to him and to Elizabeth that Liz is Booker's own daughter and that Booker had sold her to Comstock as a baby to pay off his gambling debts--a memory that had since become thoroughly garbled in Booker's mind by his own guilt and by the Luteces' dimension-traveling shenanigans. Elizabeth seems to guess the truth anyway, but Booker does not figure it out until much later.
* During his VillainousBreakdown in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Ghetsis reveals to N and the player that he's really in charge of Team Plasma and that the plan to release Pokemon is really to weaken Unova so it can be conquered.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 3'': In the FinalBattle, after the defeat of Omega, Weil reveals what Omega truly is: the "Original Zero". Something then awakens from Omega's remains, revealing a body similar to Zero but with a darker color, and this means Zero's body is actually a copy. Though after you defeat "Omega Zero", Cyber-elf X will arrive at the scene and explains that Zero's mind is still the original, and that "the heart is more important".
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZx Advent'': Before the FinalBoss fight, the BigBad Master Albert reveals to our protagonists that Grey is [[BodyBackupDrive his backup body,]] Ashe is [[LukeIAmYourFather his legitimate descendant]] and their [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]], Model A, contains a copy of his abilities as well as directives for its user to continue his plan - in other words, "Model Albert".
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', it is Sovereign who reveals to Shepard and the crew that the Reapers are seeking to return. However, he is GenreSavvy enough not to tell them what the plans are.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': The first game ends with the party boarding a ship hoping to find Lemuria for Babi, the ship's owner, who's run out of the Lemurians' immortality elixir. Partway through the sequel (which features a different party), Alex casually reveals that Babi has died in the meantime, pretty much ForTheEvulz.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Time and Darkness'', Darkrai reveals that he was responsible for the 'accident' that kicked off the game's plot.
* Halfway through ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', N reveals that he is the rightful king of Team Plasma. The WhamLine in this case is underlined by how casually he's implied to reveal it.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', a member of Team Flare accidentally gives away the fact that they might not be as harmless as they seem. This is fairly early on, so players may forget this WhamLine at first.
-->"Allow me to spell it out for you! It's so Team Flare - and only Team Flare - can survive!"
* In the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the Courier has a lot of their MysteriousPast filled in by Ulysses, who lets them know how responsible they are for the Divide's present condition.
* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', the mortally wounded Robert de Sable confesses to Altair that the master of the Assassins, Al Mualim, is actually a member of the Templars who was manipulating his order so that he could wipe out the conspirators and claim an ancient treasure for himself. Altair does not take this well.
* This happens a couple of times in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''. AntiVillain 343 Guilty Spark reveals to Commander Keyes and the Arbiter of the Ark's existence, as well as the fact that it can be used to light all Halo installations remotely. Similarly, when betraying the Arbiter, Tartarus openly admits that the Prophets ordered him to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness take the former out]], giving away their planned betrayal of the Elites.
* A variation happens in a sidequest for ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', when the villain Enyana accidentally lets Shepard and Miranda know that the latter's friend Niket is really helping them out, rather than helping Miranda's sister to escape.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack openly admits that he's holding something secret towards the start of the game, but says that he has no plans to reveal it ''just'' yet. He waits until [[TheDragon Wilhelm]] has been killed and his power core looted to replace Sanctuary's shields... at which point he reveals that Angel is actually working for him, causing the shields to go down and the city to be bombed by a KillSat.
* In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', this is subverted towards the climax when AntiVillain Colonel Zarpedon attempts to warn Jack about the dangers of the Vault on Elpis, in a last ditch effort to keep him away from the forbidden knowledge it holds. Unfortunately, in revealing that the Vault has already been opened, she causes Jack (who is suffering from SanitySlippage) to rush his plans into overdrive and shoot her before she can finish speaking.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'', it is the Tower of Sauron that reveals the truth about Talion and the Wraith, specifically the fact that Celebrimbor could have let Talion move on to the afterlife at any point he wanted. Instead, he opted to keep bringing the ranger back as part of his revenge plot against the Dark Lord. The reveal very nearly causes Talion to give up there and then.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2: Retribution''. Kyras taunts Gabriel by telling him the Emperor's soul was eaten centuries ago (the GodEmperor is OnlyMostlyDead, his spirit is still present in the Warp and there are a few cells still alive in his corpse). Gabriel responds with a ShutUpHannibal and a really big hammer.
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* Subverted in near the end of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' season 8: The BigBad seemingly reveals that the party's newest intern, Viari, had been TheMole for him the entire time, but it quickly becomes apparent that Viari had been just as much an UnwittingPawn as the rest of the party and redeems himself almost immediately by killing the bad guy.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', Felix reveals that he and Locus have been playing both sides in the CivilWar to kill everyone off. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Locus tries repeatedly to shut him up, to no avail. This ends up backfiring for Felix, as he is later manipulated into an EngineeredPublicConfession directed at both sides of the war.
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*''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': After [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/sugar_buzz much]] [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/enjoying_the_perks speculation]], about the true source of Faith's sex appeal over the student body at Artemis, [[EvilRedhead Cerise]]][[TheReveal reveals the truth]] near the end of chapter 15. By invading Faith's subconscious, she learned that Faith had [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/even_her_enemies a hidden desire to be loved]], so her [[PsychicPowers powers]] sync'd with the school without Faith being aware of it. [[ThisCannotBe She didn't take it well.]]
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* In the first WhamEpisode of ''Series/{{Noob}}'', it turns out that the Justice guild was getting an unfair advantage in the game, but was LockedOutOfTheLoop about it. The first people from whom they hear that information are the top members of Roxxor, their rival guild.
* In ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'', it is King_Finbar who reveals to LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley that Daisy will be sacrificed to the Sand God, finally explaining why she was kidnapped from Terrorvale at the start of the show. Knight_Peculier does ''not'' take this well and kills him on the spot.
* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', specifically in [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 12]], Felix reveals that he's been playing the Republic all this time and that he and Locus are working together to kill everyone on the planet. Locus, a ConsummateProfessional, is ''not'' pleased that he's given away so much information and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim tries to just kill the Blood Gulch crew on the spot]], a fear that proves justified when Epsilon and Carolina help them to escape.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', King Goobot shows Jimmy and his friends that they knew about Earth by showing them Jimmy's recorded message broadcast on an alien news program, surprising the kids and especially Jimmy himself, who never knew said message got picked up somewhere.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', Lex Luthor, after treating The Question to a surprising CurbStompBattle, smugly asks him whether he really thought his Presidential campaign was serious, showing that the whole thing was a $75 million plot to tick off Superman and use Cadmus to undermine him.
* In the Book One finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Tarrlok confesses to Mako and Korra that he's actually Amon's brother, and that Amon is a secret BoomerangBigot. Played with in that by this point Tarrlok [[BreakTheHaughty had been stripped of his bending abilities]] [[TheAtoner and desperately wanted to redeem himself]].
* This happens many times in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'':
** In the finale of the first season, Mayor Fred Jones Sr. admits that he isn't really Fred's dad, and that his real parents are Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves.
** In Menace of the Manticore", when Mr. E's identity is revealed to be Ricky Owens of the original Mystery Inc, we get this line.
-->'''Mr. E:''' You see, Scooby is a far more trusting companion than Pericles was to me.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** At the very end of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, Burns awakens and regains the ability to speak, which allows him to eventually reveal- both to the cast and the audience (who had been in the dark for months) that Maggie Simpson shot him.
** In "Brother from Another Series", after Bart and Lisa discover Bart wasn't responsible for the hollow concrete holding the dam together, Cecil emerges with a gun and admits that he has been doing his best to frame Bob all this time.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Shredder gloats to Splinter that he stole his daughter some time ago and has raised her as his own, [[KickTheDog purely to twist the knife]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Predacon leader Megatron reveals to Ravage the real reason he stole a Golden Disc from Cybertron: it wasn't to seize large deposits of energon (though that was a bonus), but rather because of a coded message left behind by the original Megatron, leader of the Decepticons and Ravage's former commander. While the recording is cut short, seeing a fragment of it persuades Ravage to switch sides and join him in his efforts to wipe out the Autobots.
* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', Bloom eventually learns from the Trix that she is the surviving heir to planet Domino and keeper of the Dragon Fire when they follow her to Earth to steal the Dragon Fire. Up till then, Faragonda and all other protagonists aware of this fact deliberately kept Bloom in the dark about this.
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