History Main / VillainRevealsTheSecret

* 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 ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'', Baron Zemo hijacks ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'s communications apparatus to reveal to the world the extent to which the organization is monitoring everyone.

* 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.

* 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.

* ''Series/StormOfTheCentury'': Andre Linoge uses his virtual omniscience to reveal the horrible and embarrassing secrets of many of the people on Little Tall Island to mess with them.

* 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 ''you'' are Revan.

* 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.
** Another example occurs halfway through the same game when 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!"
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'': Weil reveals that Omega 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 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's smart 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.

* 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.

* In ''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.
* 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.

* 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.
* 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.
* In the final campaign [=DLC=] of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', the OverarchingVillain Davoth the Dark Lord reveals his true origin to the Doom Slayer - the legends that speak of him in Urdak were complete lies. Davoth wasn't sealed away ''by'' the Father of all things - he '''''IS''''' the Father, who was betrayed by his own creations and therefore sealed away for eons. This is further punctuated by Davoth ''ordering'' the current Father to spill the beans for him first; and up until this point you are led to believe that he was Davoth's superior. Of course, this revelation just pisses Doomguy off even more, and he ultimately kills Davoth anyway.

* 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 ''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 Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', Master Chen reveals to Wu and Misako that Garmadon had signed a love letter from the former to the latter and that this letter had formed the basis of Garmadon and Misako's relationship.
* In Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' after revealing himself to be the true BigBad of the show, King Andrias smugly reveals to Anne and Sasha that Marcy knew Calamity Box could transport three of them to another world, making her responsible for the events of the whole show.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Scar exploits this trope to blame Simba for Mufasa's death. Much to the horror and awe of the pride, 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).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Al makes a wish to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and 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]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': After capturing and torturing Robin, Joker manages to acquire all of Batman's secrets, such as the location of the Batcave and Bruce's identity, leading to the page quote.

* 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.
* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': After kidnapping Lois Lane and Martha Kent to lure Superman to him, Lex Luthor drops a hell of a bombshell by revealing he knows Superman's SecretIdentity. Near the end of the film, when he's arrested and confronted by Batman, he reveals he knows Batman's as well.
* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': A particularly gut-wrenching one in the climax when the villain 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]].
* ''Film/EverAfter'': Just as Danielle finally approaches Henry at the masquerade to tell him the truth of who she is, [[WickedStepmother Rodmilla]] cuts in and beats her to the punch, announcing Danielle's deception of the Prince to the entire French court and consequently turning Henry cold towards her.
* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', [[BigBad the Kurgan]] gloats to [=MacLeod=] that he raped Heather after he took Ramirez's head, mistakenly believing she was Ramirez's wife. He gauges [=MacLeod=]'s [[KubrickStare mortified reaction]] and realizes that Heather took the secret of what really happened to her on that terrible night in 1542 to her grave, and [[SlasherSmile takes sick glee in it, [[PostRapeTaunt suggesting that she secretly liked the Kurgan defiling her more than any of the time she and Connor made love]]. The more likely explanation is she realistically feared that [=MacLeod=] would try a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an extremely dangerous immortal barbarian and get killed if he ever found out, or more simply she was just too traumatised to ever mention it (this is the angle the novelisation goes with).

* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', [[BigBad the Kurgan]] gloats to [=MacLeod=] that he raped Heather after he took Ramirez's head, mistakenly believing she was Ramirez's wife. He gauges [=MacLeod=]'s [[KubrickStare mortified reaction]] and realizes that Heather took the secret of what really happened to her on that terrible night in 1542 to her grave, and [[SlasherSmile takes sick glee in it, [[PostRapeTaunt suggesting that she secretly liked the Kurgan defiling her more than any of the time she and Connor made love]]. The more likely explanation is she realistically feared that [=MacLeod=] would try a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an extremely dangerous immortal barbarian and get killed if he ever found out, or more simply she was just too traumatised to ever mention it (this is the angle the novelisation goes with).]]

** {{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.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': In the mid-credits stinger, [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeEditing doctored footage]] of Spider-Man’s showdown with Mysterio makes its 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.]]

* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': A particularly gut-wrenching one in the climax when the villain [[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]].]]
* ''Film/EverAfter'': [[spoiler:Just as Danielle finally approaches Henry at the masquerade to tell him the truth of who she is, [[WickedStepmother Rodmilla]] cuts in and beats her to the punch, announcing Danielle's deception of the Prince to the entire French court and consequently turning Henry cold towards her.]]
* In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', [[BigBad the Kurgan]] gloats to [=MacLeod=] that [[spoiler:he raped Heather after he took Ramirez's head, mistakenly believing she was Ramirez's wife.]] He gauges [=MacLeod=]'s [[KubrickStare mortified reaction]] and realizes that [[spoiler:Heather took the secret of what really happened to her on that terrible night in 1542 to her grave, and [[SlasherSmile takes sick glee in it]], [[PostRapeTaunt suggesting that she secretly liked the Kurgan defiling her more than any of the time she and Connor made love]]. The more likely explanation is she realistically feared that [=MacLeod=] would try a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an extremely dangerous immortal barbarian and get killed if he ever found out, or more simply she was just too traumatised to ever mention it (this is the angle the novelisation goes with).]]

* 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 ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', [[BigBad the Kurgan]] gloats to [=MacLeod=] that [[spoiler:he raped Heather after he took Ramirez's head, mistakenly believing she was Ramirez's wife.]] He gauges [=MacLeod=]'s [[KubrickStare mortified reaction]] and realizes that [[spoiler:Heather took the secret of what really happened to her on that terrible night in 1542 to her grave, and [[SlasherSmile takes sick glee in it]], [[PostRapeTaunt suggesting that she secretly liked the Kurgan defiling her more than any of the time she and Connor made love]].[[note]]The more likely explanation is she realistically feared [=MacLeod=] would try a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against an immortal barbarian who he didn't stand a chance against if he ever found out, or more simply she was just too traumatised to ever mention it (this is the angle the novelisation goes with).[[//note]]]]

->''"I'll begin with how I peeled back the layers of the 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."''

--->'''Mr. E:''' "You see, Scooby is a far more trusting companion than Pericles was to me."

* In the final campaign [=DLC=] of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'', the OverarchingVillain Davoth the Dark Lord reveals his true origin to the Doom Slayer - the legends that speak of him in Urdak were complete lies. Davoth wasn't sealed away ''by'' the Father - he '''''IS''''' the Father, who was betrayed by his own creations and therefore sealed away for eons. This is further punctuated by Davoth ''ordering'' the current Father to spill the beans for him first; and up until this point you are led to believe that he was Davoth's superior. Of course, this revelation just pisses Doomguy off even more, and ultimately kills Davoth anyway.

* In Season 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 ''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.
* In ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'', Lex Luthor does this when his own sister shoots him in cold blood, gleefully revealing Supergirl's secret identity to Lena simply knowing that he'll die having destroyed the Girl of Steel on a personal level. And this was coming around just as Supergirl was heavily considering telling Lena the truth, which comes right back around to bite her in Season 5 when Lena undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and starts committing villainous acts.

* 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 ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'', Lex Luthor does this when his own sister shoots him in cold blood, gleefully revealing Supergirl's secret identity to Lena simply knowing that he'll die having destroyed the Girl of Steel on a personal level. And this was coming around just as Supergirl was heavily considering telling Lena the truth, which comes right back around to bite her in Season 5 when Lena undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and starts committing villainous acts.

* Scar from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' exploits this trope to blame Simba for 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 ''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 ''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.

* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'': during their stay in 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 ''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]].
* After capturing and torturing Robin, Joker manages to acquire all of Batman's secrets in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', such as the location of the Batcave and Bruce's identity, leading to the page quote.

* 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 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.

* 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 you’re Revan.

* 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.

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?

* Exploited by [[KnightTemplar Frollo]] from ''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.

* 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.

** 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 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.

** ''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.]]

* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': A particularly gut-wrenching one in the climax when the villain [[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]].]]

* ''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.

* 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.

** Another example occurs halfway through the same game, when 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/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 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]].

** 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.

-->'''Mr. E:''' "You see, Scooby is a far more trusting companion than Pericles was to me."

* In Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', Master Chen reveals to Wu and Misako that Garmadon had signed a love letter from the former to the latter, and that this letter had formed the basis of Garmadon and Misako's relationship.

** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the iconic scene has Darth Vader admit to Luke [[LukeIAmYourFather that he is Vader's son]].

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'', Felix reveals that he and Locus have been playing both sides in the CivilWar to kill everyone off. 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.

* 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 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 ''Series/Supergirl'', Lex Luthor does this when his own sister shoots him in cold blood, gleefully revealing Supergirl's secret identity to Lena simply knowing that he'll die having destroyed the Girl of Steel on a personal level. And this was coming around just as Supergirl was heavily considering telling Lena the truth, which comes right back around to bite her in Season 5 when Lena undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and starts committing villainous acts.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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!"

-->'''Spider-Man:''' What the fu — ''([[CurseCutShort credits begin]])''

* ''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]].

* Scar from ''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).