History TheReveal / WebOriginal

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue's [[DarkerAndEdgier Reconstruction series]]'', the fact that [[OnlySaneMan Church]] is the [[AIIsACrapshoot Alpha AI]] would definitely qualify.
** Another reveal in ''Revelation'': Tex is [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption destined to fail at every single thing she tries]] -- no matter what she does -- because that's what she's based on.
** Season 10 reveals that the AI Sigma used to belong to Carolina, and it was her decision to give him to Maine that set off the entire ''Recollection'' trilogy.
** The very end of Season 10 ups the ante by revealing that several major characters are in fact [[LukeIAmYourFather family]], which dramatically changes the events of the previous 40 or so episodes.
** Season 12 has two for the price of one! First, Locus is working for a third party to [[KillEmAll kill everyone on Chorus]]. Second, Felix is revealed to be EvilAllAlong and working with Locus.
** Happens ''again'' in Season 12 with the reveal of Control's identity.

* The finale of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 1 had a pretty big one, with [[spoiler:Blake Belladonna]] accidentally blurting out her DarkSecret that [[spoiler:she's a Faunas and a former terrorist]], and her team-mates, [[spoiler:most notably [[FantasticRacism Weiss]]]], trying to cope with the startling new revelation. They're able to resolve things in the end, [[spoiler:by vowing to keep her identity a secret and making Weiss bury the hatchet]]. Worth pointing out that it got a ''lot'' of {{Foreshadowing}} and the fans (correctly, as it turns out) speculated it for a while.
* In ''{{WebAnimation/TOME}}'', Zetto is [[spoiler: really Kirbopher, and the leader of the hackers (alongside Kizuna). This would make Kirb the BigBad were it not for the double reveal that the hackers are not evil.]]

* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' has several moments that would qualify, but one of the biggest is the following, which is important because [[spoiler: it shows that Ruby and Tom's attempts to escape have been going on far longer than they thought:]]
-->'''Bella''': Today is October 31st.
** For sheer WhamShot-iness, there's also the second-to-last-panel reveal that the 'extremely dangerous' Subject #6 was [[spoiler: not Tom Nook, the prisoner in Upper Lab B, like the players thought he was. Tom Nook was really Subject #5. The ''real'' Subject #6? [[OneSteveLimit The other Tom]], the cat who'd been Ruby's companion since almost the beginning.]]

** Happens ''again'' in season 12 with the reveal of Control's identity.

* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the first episode of second season reveals that [[spoiler: Kitten is actually the Captain-General, leader of the entire [[BadassArmy Adeptus Custodes]].]] Played with in that it doesn't affect his [[ButtMonkey status]] in the second season.

* Andria was really Magnum of Encyclopedia Dramatica the whole time.
* In ''WebVideo/DoomHouse'', Officer Cop, who was initially thought to be a kind civil servant who is regarding Reginald's safety and well being as a top priority, reveals himself to be a terrorist who was only pretending to be a cop to try to get Reginald to leave the house so he could take it back from him.
* WebVideo/MarbleHornets Entry #35 reveals that the Masked Man who has been stalking Jay is [[spoiler:Tim, one of the actors from Alex's film ''Marble Hornets''.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/ Chapter 19.7]] reveals that [[spoiler:for the first sixteen entire story arcs, the main motivation for Tattletale's actions was to save Taylor from committing suicide.]]
** A much bigger one occurs in the Interlude to Chapter 26, where it is revealed that [[spoiler:Scion is an alien, the source of parahuman powers, and the cause of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
* A recent arc on ''Roleplay/CerberusDailyNews'' involved a strange quarian signing up on the boards, causing everyone to suspect that she is actually one of the many psychopaths that used to frequent the website before the Reaper Invasion. But [[spoiler: it's actually a volus trying to lure that quarian out.]]
* In ''WebVideo/StrangeAeons'', Nick and Arron have been friends for at least a decade.
* In the second part of the last episode of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' , fittingly titled "The end", [[spoiler: Tord is revealed to have had a secret bunker in his room where he kept a giant robot, which he proceeds to use in an attempt to kill his friends and take over the world.]] Not only that, but [[spoiler: he's indirectly responsible for the events of both "The Snogre" and "Fun Dead".]] Kudos to the creators for putting in clues to both.
* Starting in Volume III, the ongoing audio drama [[https://bluetowel.wordpress.com/audio-drama/strong/ The Adventures of Captain Strong -- Scourge of the High Seas]] is often built on a series of dramatic revelations. Although some of them are so telegraphed they may qualify as CaptainObviousReveal
** Episode 14 -- Gordon Ambler, the mysterious stranger who knows more than he says, is really [[spoiler: the missing Prince Geoffrey!]]
** Episode 15 -- Queen Amanda is [[spoiler: actually an imposter!]]
** Episode 16 -- Rhoda, the cleaning girl, is actually [[spoiler: the real Princess Amanda, in disguise!]]
** Episode 20 -- The leader of the pirates who are attacking Captain Strong's ship is [[spoiler: the previously-thought-to-be-dead Duncan the Fierce!]]
** Episode 23 -- The mysterious prisoner is really [[spoiler: the previously-thought-to-be-dead First Mate Lavender!]]
** Episode 25 -- The crew is suddenly attacked by [[spoiler: a huge-aggressive ape-like creature! (Also, Captain Strong's pet Rusty is actually a cat)]]
** Episode 26 -- First Mate Lavender is really [[spoiler: a madness-driven villain intent on vengeance against Captain Strong!]]
** Episode 28 -- Crewman Stickelbrain is [[spoiler: engaged to Greta the Chambermaid!]]
** Episode 30 -- Greta the Chambermaid [[spoiler: was previously married, and has a child that she gave up for adoption!]]
** Also, in Episode 30 -- Rudolph the messenger from Flurdland is [[spoiler: really an assassin! The guys she beat up is the real Rudolph!]]
** Episode 33 -- The feeble old lady is really [[spoiler: Veronica Rhubarb in disguise!]]
** Episode 39 -- Dogwood the pirate is actually [[spoiler: Greta's first husband, and the father of her child!]]
** Episode 43 -- Commodore Bold, Captain Strong's hero, is [[spoiler: really out to destroy the Northern Tribes!]]
** Episode 45 -- The cow that's been following Randy the Cabin Boy around is really [[spoiler: Veronica Rhubarb in disguise!]]
** Episode 46 & 47 -- Marlin, the amnesiac bartender, is really [[spoiler: Percy Aquavelvit, who is not as dead as everyone had thought!]]
** Episode 50 -- King Guber's spy, who had infiltrated Captain Strong's crew, turns out to be [[spoiler: Yeoman Dawgins!]]
* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' has quite a few from the end of ''The Eleventh Hour'' onwards:
** The epilogue of ''Eleventh Hour'' reveals that [[spoiler:Magnus, presumably along with the rest of the THB, created the [[ArtifactOfDoom Grand Relics]].]]
** In the next episode, ''Lunar Interlude IV'', Magnus discovers that [[spoiler:the Voidfish has a child in the employ of the Director.]]
** It is revealed in the final episode of ''The Suffering Game'' that the [[MysteriousProtector Red Robe]] that's been tailing the party for months is actually [[spoiler:[[RedHerringShirt Barry Bluejeans]], a seemingly irrelevant mercenary from the first arc who was presumed dead in the destruction of Phandalin.]]
** ''Lunar Interlude V: Reunion Tour'' features a series of reveals that completely change the context of the entire series. [[spoiler:"Lup" is the name of Taako's twin sister, the spirit of whom is trapped in the [[ParasolOfPain Umbra Staff]]. Taako, Magnus, Merle, Barry, Lup, Davenport, and Director Lucretia were all once Red Robes. The Red Robes weren't mad sorcerers, they were ''astronauts'' -- originally from another universe, they were tasked with exploring other planes of existence using a powerful energy source known as [[ThePowerOfCreation the Light of Creation]], but were pursued by [[EldritchAbomination the Hunger]], a malevolent force bent on using the Light to [[AssimilationPlot consume the multiverse]]. The Grand Relics are actually fragments of the Light of Creation, split up by the Red Robes to keep the Hunger from locating their current world. The reason that the THB don't remember any of this is that Lucretia, not agreeing with this plan, used the second Voidfish to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia make them forget about their mission (and anything related to it, such as Barry and Lup) so that she could reclaim the Relics, reform the Light, and use it to destroy the Hunger once and for all.]]]]