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- In 10 YOUTUBERS VS 1 SPEEDRUNNER [Super Mario 64]
the Youtubers spend most of the run being ahead of the speedrunner, however when they are all in Bowser In the Sky, one of them looks at the the Speedrunner's stream.One of them: He's got the 70th STAR people! HURRY UP!!!
Multiple: Oh no! - 17776 has one near the end of its first chapter:
- This Achievement Hunter video, which is the second half of a RT Life video. At the end, as the team is celebrating, Chad busts in and demands to know where his [REDACTED] was. We, then return to the beginning of the video...Gavin Free: So, Chad wants to steal a microwave. John Mace promised them a microwave, he never delivered. He has enlisted our help to distract John Mace so Core can steal Stage 5's microwave. Which we agreed to, but we didn't stop there, did we, Ryan?
- Achievement Hunter's Grand Theft Auto series:
- "Heist" has this one after the heist seems to have ended:
- "Michael's Heist":
Michael: As expected, Ryan and Ray died horribly, but, uh... Yeah, you guys were supposed to die too, in that boat...- "The Trojan Bar Heist" has this moment where, as usual, the heist starts to go horribly wrong:
Michael: OH SHIT, THIS PLANE'S A ONE-SEATER!!! - Achievement Hunter's Let's Play Minecraft:
- Episode 1:
Ray: Did you do that? Are you serious? Guys, there may or may not be lava engulfing our house right now.- "Clouds" (Ep. 37):
Geoff: Gavin wins it for Ray by erecting the tower on Ray's place! The victory goes to Ray!- "King Ryan Pt. 2" (Ep. 61):
Ryan: What's up, Edgar?- "Mad King Ryan Pt. 2" (Ep. 90): Just as everyone is celebrating Ray's victory of the fourth gold block, Ryan has an announcement.
Ryan: As it turns out... those gold blocks are kinda false-y. - The Angry Video Game Nerd:
- At the climax of the Desert Bus episode, where the Nerd has just made a sudden realization that after ten years, his work on warning people about shitty games is failing. He tops it all with four jarring words.Nerd: It's time to retire.
- In the episode Berenstain Bears, the Nerd is discussing with himself (from another universe) the oddity that he remembers the titular name being spelled "Berenstein" rather than "Berenstain", which, as the episode implies, portends the dangers of traveling between parallel universes.Other Nerd: When two of the same person exists in the same universe, it creates a paradox. The only way to resolve it: one of them has to die. I killed you.
- Episode 150, covering Polybius, the episode documents the Nerd's "investigation" of what just might be an actual Polybius arcade cabinet from the '80s, tucked away in a warehouse of old arcade games. After discussing the various urban legends surrounding the game, he decides to test out the game the only way he knows how to deal with shitty games: by playing it himself. The first day of recording, he seems to display no negative side effects after playing for a while; he doesn't show the game itself, just in case there are dangerous side effects, but he remarks that it's just a boring, average arcade game. The second day, however...
- Episode 172, covering Jurassic Park: Trespasser, features the executive producer of the game himself, Seamus Blackley, who gives answers about the game's development and legacy. After that, the Nerd asks if he could send someone to get him off the island the Nerd's stranded on. Seamus's response?
- From the Mission: Impossible episode:
The Nerd: I do find it really shitty that the Ethan Hunt character in the game looks nothing like Tom Cruise, but I mean let's be honest...The Nerd: *pulls off mask*Tom Cruise: How can anyone copy a face as perfect as mine? - At the climax of the Desert Bus episode, where the Nerd has just made a sudden realization that after ten years, his work on warning people about shitty games is failing. He tops it all with four jarring words.
- Bikini Beach: Ellen's Daughter Visits: Ellen has been worrying about her older daughter, Glinda, who's visiting Bikini Beach. Recalling her own bad experience with BB, she imagines all manner of horrible things happening to Glinda. Nevertheless, Glinda returns home apparently intact. Her younger daughter greets Glinda with a Wham Word:
- Daisy: Dad?
- The Blue Light creepypasta's last two sentences: "It was faint, but we could still see the word 'sucks', underneath 'Nagasaki Elementary School'. Outside the windows, a blue light explodes across the sky."
- Board James: Near the climax of the Dream Phone review.James: I"M IN THE CLOSET! HOW CAN YOU SEE ME?!The Dream Phone: Well, you sure got a hold on me!
- A big one from Full House / Do the Urkel.
Motherfucker Mike: "You don't have any friends."Bad Luck Bootsy: "You don't need to pretend. It's okay not to have any friends..."- Another one in "Video Game Board Games" when James seems to have reached a breaking point with the episode's central board games and utters a certain phrase.
James: What were they thinking?! - Alison, the protagonist of Brains has this to say: "And my foolproof plan to get Damian into bed and eventually into a two-bedroom apartment with a pitbull named Hamish and at least two children is going swimmingly. There's just one problem: I'm mostly sure he's undead."
- Brawl Universe:
- Episode 5:
Wolf: I have a message for you.Fox: And what’s that?Wolf: You will feel the pain that I have felt those days ago. I will come for you and all your friends, and KILL you.- Episode 6 has a particular disturbing one:
Mewtwo: You of all people should know. *teleports in front of Ganon and knocks him away* There’s PLENTY wrong with me. - Buying a PC With Dell: My Journey Into Hell by Super Eyepatch Wolf has one where he gets a mysterious phone call.Super Eyepatch Wolf: Hello?Phone: Is this John Walsh?Super Eyepatch Wolf: ...Yes?Phone: Good afternoon Mr. Walsh. I am representative of Dell. We have been monitoring your thread on Twitter.
- This short by Chris and Jack depicting what would happen if Ebenezer Scrooge didn't get back from his adventure until New Year's. Everything is sensible, until...Boy: They played the games for a bit, but when no one else arrived, they got bored stiff and started experimenting. Them's the ones who opened up the sky portal, they did!Scrooge: What?
- Chubbyemu typically introduces the patient of the video as "presenting to the emergency room...unconscious" in the more extreme cases he explores, but "A Man Played Video Games Nonstop for 73 Hours. This is How His Organs Shut Down." throws a major curveball when introducing the episode's patient, who has a pulmonary embolism that stopped their heart:"DC is a 25-year-old man, presenting to the emergency room dead on arrival."
- This short story on Reddit. It's about a girl confessing to her mom that she killed her twin sister's boyfriend on prom night because he raped her a couple of weeks before (and her sister didn't believe her, on top of it). She drugged her twin sister and impersonated her sister to kill him. It ends with her telling her mom she's sorry for letting her down and thinking that she's going to jail. Then, we get these lines:Wait, what?
Wait, you're proud of me?- Those are then topped by this line:What do you mean why do I think I don't have a dad?
- Those are then topped by this line:
- Cinema Wins:
- The end of the video for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reveals that the narrator's name is Lee.
- For Glass (2019): "I really didn't like this movie."
- For the end of the second part of Avengers: Endgame: "I know what you're thinking: 'no conclusion'? Nope—the first three-part video."
- Cracked:"Is this how you want shit to go down? Really? Fine. We can play that way. Yeah. Yeah, we can do that."
- And a truly horrifying one at the end of 6 Realities In A Super Religious Family That Wants Me Dead:
A few weeks after reaching out to us, while the article was wrapping up development, Azime stopped responding to our messages. - And a truly horrifying one at the end of 6 Realities In A Super Religious Family That Wants Me Dead
- Critical Role: The attack of the Chroma Conclave in campaign 1. Grog attempts to make a swing at one of the ancient dragons attacking Emon, only to immediately realize how badly outmatched Vox Machina is at their current level.Travis: Nineteen [to hit].
Matt: Nineteen misses.
Sam: (in disbelief) Nineteen misses?! - Daisy BrownAlan: Daisy...
- The hidden messages in the closed captions of Meet Strawberry!!! are one Wham Line after another.
(You all keep asking,)(Is it real? Is it fake?)(Well of course it's fake. To you.)(But I made all this. I couldn't unmake it if I wanted to.)(Am I crazy? Yes. Definitely.)(But nonetheless, I truly hope you enjoy what I made.)(I also hope this introduction isn't too jarring)(I just couldn't help myself.)(You won't hear from me again. Just wanted to introduce myself.)(Now, back to the show.)(Sincerely, The Author.)- Courtesy of Alan in the "Q&A with Alan" video:
Alan: I didn't have to kill someone to come into existence... - The hidden messages in the closed captions of Meet Strawberry!!!
- DeliciousCinnamon has a few examples:
- During the "Lost Episode" of Crash Bandicoot:
Bert: AND WE FORGOT TO SAVE!- During a livestream, after Bert has spent over an hour trying to get Warcraft 3 installed:
"The CD key provided is currently in use by Bert" - Each episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared has one that starts to make it clear that the Teacher is not what they seem.
- "Woah there, friend, you might need to slow down!"
- "MEH! MEH! MEH! MEH! MEH!
- "No, no, no, that's not how it's done!"
- "DON'T TOUCH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
- "You shouldn't eat food from a stranger's plate, a stranger's plate, a stranger's plate, a stranger's plate..."
- Part 5 also has Duck Guy's panicked "I don't want to do this anymore!"
- The final line of the series:
- And earlier in the final episode:"Time is a tool you can put on the wall, or wear it on your wrist."
- Doom House:"You stubborn mule, now you know the secret...I am a terrorist, and this house was built over our terrorist burial camp!"
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged has several, both comedic and dramatic.
- For example:
Vegeta: Look at you, Dodoria. You used to be so proud. And now here you are, crying like a woman!
Dodoria: I AM A WOMAN!
Vegeta: Wh-what?
Dodoria: I SAID I AM A WOMAN!
Vegeta: ...WHA--- And this, which Freeza still isn't fully convinced of:
Zarbon: Well, I have to call my girlfriend.- Episode 42 has a big one when Kami and Piccolo are arguing about their fusion, which in turn changes the tone of the scene entirely.
Kami: But it's still my job! My responsibility!
Piccolo: And that's really good and all, but if you don't fuse with me, the entire world you're guarding might be destroyed!
Kami: Maybe I'd rather it be destroyed than ever have to be a part of YOU again!
(Beat)
Nail: Mom? Dad? Please stop fighting.- Episode 56, while repairing Android 16, Bulma finds this isolated video log made by a Red Ribbon soldier who looks a lot like 16. The soldier is talking to his dad whose making cyborgs, when suddenly we hear this...
Off-screen voice: Get your ass in gear! Something is tearing its way through the compound!
Kid Goku, off-screen: KA...ME...HA...ME... (Flash of light, log ends)- Cell in episode 53 had fun the entire episode just toying with Trunks.Cell: Does Gohan know, by the way?Trunks: Does he know what?Cell: That you let him die.
- Episode 60 part 3, just after Gohan sacrifices his arm to save Vegeta from a lethal blast. It's worth noting that this is one of the only times in the series the word is spoken uncensored.Vegeta: I'm...sorry...Gohan: (Beat)Gohan: Oh wow, we ARE fucked.
- In Dream's first Death Swap:Dream: How long is the Fire Resistance for on god apples?
- Dropout has a particularly brutal one in their video What Going Back to the 90s Would Actually Be Like:
- Collusion concerns a man outrunning government agents, eventually roping a woman into helping him misdirect them. Then, after she asks what he's done, we find out just why they were after him:
- Eddsworld has a couple in "The End":
- A long-awaited return...Tord: Hello, old friend.
- And later after that:Tord: Besides, this hat really goes well with my giant robot.
- A long-awaited return...
- The Epic Rap Battles of History battle between Stan Lee and Jim Henson seems to end with the two reconciling and becoming friends... Only for a third party to join, with his first few lines making it very clear who he is right before he comes on-screen.Disney: TURNING PROFITS, I'VE GOT THE KEY!
- From Everyman HYBRID, episode "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back":
- At the end of "Intermission"
Vinny: Alex isn't okay.- A comedic example in "Damsel"
Steph: I'd be fucking stoked if they weren't releasing me today! - The Fire Never Dies: At first, update 100 seems fairly normal, mainly covering the European reactions to the GDC officially winning the Second American Revolution, but ends with a major reveal: Britain, and not Germany, ends up falling to Falangism.…Our mistake, in retrospect, was in assuming that a simple act of Parliament would settle the matter. It did not. Those who had opposed recognition were hardened anti-socialists. Many of their names – Baron Garvagh, General Fuller, William Joyce – would go on to infamy. We – and I surely include myself in this – became so fixated on the threat from across the Atlantic that we ignored the threat at home…
- From The Enemy Was In Our House: How We Surrendered Britain To Falangism by Winston Churchill- For those who don't recognize those names, all of the people Churchill listed were real life British Fascists.
- 5 Second Films: "The Plot Twist Killer" is one of the website's many Halloween shorts, depicting a detective on the hunt for the titular serial killer, only to be killed by what appears to be the cameraman. But if you check the description below, the killer's true identity is revealed.Description: He never thought much about these lives after he was done with them. He might show the extent of his cruelty to a friend, and see whether they laughed or not. Perhaps sometimes, he'd leave a comment - a humorous pun, a meme, the phrase "I Am the Plot Twist Killer" - but he never, ever, ever cared. And why would he? He's you.
- Folding Ideas:
- In In Search Of A Flat Earth, the lighthearted but thoughtful critique of the Flat Earth movement suddenly takes a dark turn as Dan crosses over into the second half of the video:Dan: "The bottom line is that Flat Earth has been slowly bleeding support for the last several years. Because they're all going to QAnon."
- In Contrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen Twins, Dan decides to test out the ghostwriting process at the heart of the grift he's covering, both by trying the writing himself and by using The Urban Writers, the same service used by the scam. Dan's own attempt required an output of 1,000 words per day to keep on schedule, something he found grueling, and yet was just a "self-inflicted" feat. After breaking down what the same process would mean financially for someone actually employed to do it, calculating that they make about 1 cent per word, Dan ends with this:Dan: The Urban Writers don't just need to do 1,000 words per day in order to make something even resembling a living, they need to do 1,000 words per hour.
- In In Search Of A Flat Earth
- In Freeman's Mind, at the end of episode 28, Gordon finds an elevator that goes up and isn't booby trapped...only to find the way blocked by numerous crates full of powerful explosives... (Subverted, in that the audience already blatantly knew the twist; it's more about Gordon finally coming to the realization)Gordon: You know, I'm beginning to think this isn't a rescue operation..."
- The Funniest Minecraft Videos Ever: The series doesn't have much strong continuity between its episodes, mostly just being about Tommy and his friends messing around with various Minecraft mods. That just makes this line from the Surgery Mod videonote even more surprising:Wilbur: Don't call me by my old world name. Please, call me Keith.
- Gemini Home Entertainment:
- From "Our Solar System", the majority of the video is focused on generally normal (if sometimes outdated) information about the planets of the Solar System. Then we get to Neptune, and we get something... rather different, with the narration telling us that "Neptune has been mutated". However, the real wham comes immediately afterwards, as we suddenly cut not to Pluto, but to a strange orange planet:IT IS WITH US NOW.
- "Games for Kids" starts with three simple games: Hide and Seek, Freeze Tag, and Sardines. The presentation is slightly ominous, but overall it seems fairly straightforward. That immediately crashes to a stop when we see the title of the fourth game:FEED THE WOODS
- "Deep Root Disease" has this line, confirming that the titular disease is not one which infects plants like the title card implied:The Roots will continue forming until coming into contact with a bone.
- "Monthly Progress Report" caps off with one, driving home the fact that things are about to get even worse for this alternate version of Earth:
- "Home Invasion Help" has a double-whammy, as this line drives home both that the video is not intended to help stop a home invasion, while also making it very clear who- or rather, what- is meant to be watching this tape.Breaking a window can create easy access into the home. Note that this will cause noise that may alert prey.
- At the very end of "Crusader Probe Mission", after the Crusader 5 probe has crashed inside the Iris, we get one final message after several months of inactivity, following up on the Oh, Crap! moment from "Monthly Progress Report":MAY 1994CRUSADER APPROACHES EARTH
- From "Our Solar System", the majority of the video is focused on generally normal (if sometimes outdated) information about the planets of the Solar System. Then we get to Neptune, and we get something... rather different, with the narration telling us that "Neptune has been mutated". However, the real wham comes immediately afterwards, as we suddenly cut not to Pluto, but to a strange orange planet:
- Half-Life but the AI is Self-Aware:
- After Dr. Coomer uses his Superlegs to climb up and see outside of Black Mesa, he comes back down immediately. When Gordon asks him what he saw, Coomer response:Dr. Coomer: THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
- An even bigger one happens in Act Three: Part One, which confirms that Benrey and Bubby have been plotting against Gordon and signifies that they have sold him out to the HECU.Bubby: There he is! Get him!
- Almost immediately after, there’s a Wham Sound Effect, while Benrey and the HECU subdue Gordon:Dr. Coomer: Now, Gordon, I wish I could help, but it seems you're all out of Playcoins™! Oh dear. What are they doing to his-
(A slicing sound and Gordon screams in pain as his right arm is cut off)
- Almost immediately after, there’s a Wham Sound Effect, while Benrey and the HECU subdue Gordon:
- While the GMan finishes his talk with Gordon, he tells Gordon something that heavily implies that the Science Team are his children.GMan: Oh, and make sure no harm comes to my... progeny, will you?
- The final episode reveals that the progeny he was talking about was Tommy.
- Benrey, who has been increasingly hostile towards Gordon after being accepted back into the Science Team following his betrayal and mocking him over his missing arm, has a major change in demeanor after the Skeleton that has been following the group and seems to be affiliated with Benrey falls asleep.Benrey: Hey where'd... why are we here? (genuinely concerned) ...What happened to your arm?
- In the final episode, Gordon, who has grown increasingly questioning of his reality, is asked something by Dr. Coomer.Dr. Coomer: Gordon.
Gordon: Coomer.
Dr. Coomer: None of this is real, is it?
Gordon: No.
- After Dr. Coomer uses his Superlegs to climb up and see outside of Black Mesa, he comes back down immediately. When Gordon asks him what he saw, Coomer response:
- The creepypasta Happy Sun Daycare seems to end with the mystery solved: the titular daycare has apparently been using a large dog to terrorize children. But the very last line reveals that there's something else up:Since when did dogs walk on two legs?
- This short story on Reddit. It starts with the narrator bemoaning "I hate it when my brother Charlie has to go away." He goes on to imply that his brother is locked up in an institution for being a sociopath, and when he does return horrible things start happening and he's swiftly sent back. The final line:"I hate it when Charlie has to go away. It makes me have to pretend to be good until he is back."
- Internet Historian: The "Pool's Closed" episode takes a rather drastic turn, setting the stage for the reunion of the Pool's Closed brothers and their final large-scale raid:"Now Channel 4 News can reveal that the children's online gaming site Habbo Hotel is inhabited by pedophiles."
- The final episode of JonTron's StarCade series has Jon learn that Darth Vader is actually an "old friend", and then he removes his helmet as he lay (apparently) dying...Jon: ...Arin?
- Earlier in the same episode, we get a series of Wham Lines during the setup to the final conflict. After finishing his viewing of The Star Wars Holiday Special, which he believes to be the worst piece of Star Wars media ever created, Jon goes to tell Vader that he's met the Sith Lord's demands, only to discover that the communication feed has been cut by George Lucas, who holds him at gunpoint. At first it seems the confrontation is because George wants to stop Jon from releasing the review and making more people aware of the special... but what he says next completely turns the table not just on why he is there, but what the Empire has been doing all along.Lucas: Now you've seen it: the monster inside of me. Now you understand. You feel my pain. And now... you're gonna help me.Jon: Help you? Help you do what?Lucas: Help me destroy the one thing worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special.Jon: (scoffing) That's impossible. I've seen everything there is to see! What more do you want from me?!Lucas: Aren't you forgetting something? Perhaps on purpose? Something deep down you don't want to remember?(Jon turns away from Lucas, and the episode flashes back to...)Singer from Star Wars Kinect: I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine...
- Earlier in the same episode, we get a series of Wham Lines during the setup to the final conflict. After finishing his viewing of The Star Wars Holiday Special, which he believes to be the worst piece of Star Wars media ever created, Jon goes to tell Vader that he's met the Sith Lord's demands, only to discover that the communication feed has been cut by George Lucas, who holds him at gunpoint. At first it seems the confrontation is because George wants to stop Jon from releasing the review and making more people aware of the special... but what he says next completely turns the table not just on why he is there, but what the Empire has been doing all along.
- Jreg:
- In Centricide 6, Anti-Centrist reveals the truth about how the conflict started:Anti-Centrist: Who killed the Dead Centrist, Radical Centrist? Who started this war? It wasn't me. It was you, Radical Centrist. You saw me growing in power, and you wanted an excuse to go to war before I overtook you.
- Also in Centricide 6, Conservative not only reveals that he survived Nazi's attempt to kill him, but also drops a bombshell about Nazi's heritage:Conservative: I had a kindly transhumanist do a DNA test on you.
Nazi: A DNA test? But why?
Conservative: I confirmed my suspicions. You're a Jew.
- In Centricide 6, Anti-Centrist reveals the truth about how the conflict started:
- KARA:
- "I'm merchandise?"
- "I'M SCARED!"
- Exactly what gives these stories their titleBunny: Madgie, what did you do?
- Mandela Catalogue:
- The final video of Season 1, "Exhibition", finally gives a clue about what is behind the true force behind the alternates and their creation, as well as the true identity of "Gabriel":
"2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."- In Vol. 4, a Wham Episode in it of itself, the Intruder ends up dropping an absolutely massive bombshell towards Adam.
"Do you remember that night, Murray? When you stare into the mirror, you see the same monsters from your bedroom, don't you? But your skin is not your own. You're not the real you. - Marble Hornets has one early on that does a good job at setting the mood: "Burn them."
- For the first dozen or so videos, Jay was strictly a narrator and viewpoint character. After a while, he started to get a bit more involved, visiting locations and interviewing witnesses to try and piece together the mystery. Then, in 19, things happened. "I have been recording myself for a month now..."
- Entry #17: "But there's something else about it that really disturbs me. I don't remember any of it ever happening."
- Entry #25 hits us with this after we see news footage of an apartment that burned down: "That was my apartment."
- "Season 2", like the first part, opens with Entry 27's Wham Line. "The past 7 months are completely missing from my memory."
- Entry #49: "I told you not to follow me!"
- Entry #64: It's been over a year since Alex has made his presence known, some presumed him dead. When Jay and Tim go explore the tunnel in Rosswood, Jay's phone rings.
Phone: Leave. Now.Jay: That was Alex! - Meta Runner: When Lucks reveals that Lucinia is still alive and that her consciousness was trapped in an A.I., Belle questions why he hadn't found this "A.I." yet. Lucks then drops this line onto the whole gang:"We did. She's standing right next to you."
- The final lines of Paisley's poem in creepypasta Mommy Sleeps in the Basement:"There is one thing I don't understand, and maybe you'll have the answer at hand. If Dad's love for Mommy will never sway, why did he treat her that way? Mom lays her head on a nice soft bed. But Mommy sleeps in the basement under a big slab of cement."
- THE MONUMENT MYTHOS has several examples, most related to how the videos connect to each other:
- DELAWAREDOUBLE starts off as just a story about a pair of fishermen who found a man in strange clothes partly frozen beneath the ice of the Delaware River; it's a major break in the pattern, having little to do with any particular American monument. However, the story takes a turn when one of the fishermen looks at a dollar bill and realizes why the man in the ice looked so familiar:"When we first dug him out, we removed his clothes so we could carry him more easily. The clothes weighed a ton because they were completely frozen over. But I bet if we saw the clothes without ice, then we would have no doubts that we dug out George Washington."
- At the end of the same video, we also get another example hinting that this is far more than just a mild curiosity:"The Delaware Double" aired on WBOC-TV on 12/27/1976.The Delaware River Journal ceased operations on 12/28/1976.
- At the end of the same video, we also get another example hinting that this is far more than just a mild curiosity:
- In the midst of ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY, we get this line from John D. Rockefeller, who is narrating half of the video, giving us a reveal that the differences between the Monument Mythos timeline and ours go back a lot farther than we realized:Rockefeller: ...each of the affected children claimed that I had become the wealthiest man in America through an oil monopoly. It is common knowledge that I did indeed work at an oil refinery in my youth, but to entirely deny my two terms as President and insist instead that I had always been a mere philanthropist struck me as being particularly odd.
- CANYONCROWN is mostly a Windows Movie Maker-style slideshow showing the Arnoldson family's vacation to the Grand Canyon...as well as their encounter with a gigantic creature stalking them, with video-maker Lauren peacefully unaware of how horrific this is. However, the circumstances are significantly complicated with the last line that Lauren drops on us:My dad said the reason we went on this trip was so he could find his sister Maya
- One of the biggest in the series comes in LIBERTYLURKERS, in a segment in which we revisit the segment from the very first episode, in which Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty, is interviewed about his design choices. He reiterates his stance that people will have to "ask the Americans" about why the pedestal is so much bigger than the Statue itself... only for the speech to go on farther than before:Bartholdi: But I know why the pedestal is so massive, so tall. I simply cannot bring myself to tell them the truth, I am not strong enough. The truth being that I designed an abbotoir. Just for him. Grant told me that he used to be normal like us. He called him the Horned Serpent, or Hanodaganears. "The devourer of villages." It was the name given to George Washington by the Iroquois. This was no coincidence. Their damned founding father locked up in my foundation.
- DELAWAREDOUBLE starts off as just a story about a pair of fishermen who found a man in strange clothes partly frozen beneath the ice of the Delaware River; it's a major break in the pattern, having little to do with any particular American monument. However, the story takes a turn when one of the fishermen looks at a dollar bill and realizes why the man in the ice looked so familiar:
- The Music Video Show and it's 49th episode. At one point, Fluttershy is taken by a demented figure speaking backwards.Laine: You put her dow...Dylan: Don't bother. Not real.Laine: But he has Flutters...Dylan: Who is not real.
- And then there is the last few seconds of Episode 50.
Laine: Pinkie...Pinkie?- Episode 75:
- Episode 100 (Part 2)
Season 3 Host: "What are you going to tell me about the dead body?Season 1 Host: "I didn't say it was dead. - None Piece, had a rather gut-busting one in episode 8 when the Straw Hats are filming a movie. After Luffy finds some rather... peculiar props, this happens:Luffy: Um, Zoro?
Zoro: Yeah?
Luffy: What type of film genre would you put the first Man in a Box in?
Zoro: I think it's kind of like a snuff film.
(Luffy proceeds to have a Heroic BSoD) - "Nothing Like The Sun" suddenly stops being a funny story about a Little Miss Almighty character trying to figure out why she can't get rid of her Glowing Eyes about a paragraph into the second chapter, when after the main character and her friend notice something off about their home, the narrator says this line:
- Paranoia has one near the end of the movie.Carl: You're the killer, Mark.
- Party Crashers: In "Mario Party HITMAN", Nick notices Brent acting oddly irritated as Vernias continues to get more and more Stars, leading to the following revealing conversation near the end:Brent: Why is this the game you do well on? I hate it here.
Nick: Well, this is the game that matters the least to do well on.
Brent: No??
Nick: Yes??? The objective is to make your loser to get last.
Brent: Exactly!
Nick: So why does it matter that Vernias is doing really well?
Brent: Because he's making my job a living hell! How is it not obvious by now?! That's why I'm getting pissed off! How is he doing this well?! - In Perfect Kirby 3, Kirby tells Roy he knows about the Hippin' Jippin' Gene.Roy: [Dramatic Gun Cock] Then you know too much!
- Petscop
- In Episode 5, Paul receives an unexpected message from the game:
- In Episode 11, two particular lines reveal that Paul himself may have more to do with the game than he let on:Paul: ...when I found my room... I was shocked at first, but it made sense. Especially considering where I found the game in the first place... that it'd be tied in some way to me through you.Paul: I met him at a birthday party once.note
- From the in-game text boxes in Episode 12:Note Writer: I'm calling you Belle because that's who you are. You might be confused as to what happened. I was overeager before, and started calling you Tiara prematurely.
- From Episode 14, after witnessing an in-game conversation between Care and her mom, Paul has this to say:Paul: I think...that was based...off of a...conversation...that I had last year on my birthday.
- From Episode 23, after Paul indicates to Marvin which of the eight "Ghost Rooms" he is located in, Marvin responds with this message through the in-game speech function:Thanks. Here. I. Come.
- Parodied in ProZD's skit "when you skip all the cutscenes to get to the gameplay" where a major reveal is delivered, but since Dennis has been skipping all the cutscenes the impact is lost.Character: My real name is... [Player looks interested] Lygar.
Player: ...Okay.
Character: That's... kind of... kind of a big deal.
Player: [moving on] 'Kay, got it. - Creepypasta ''Psychosis'' makes us wonder through the whole story whether the protagonist is being decieved by something, or just simply insane. And then comes this telling line:After all, a sane man would have fallen for the deception long ago.
- Retsupurae's The Marios brings us an unscripted (and funny as hell) example:LuwiigiMaster: *laughter* I'm sorry, people, its just that I keep thinking about all these other Lets Players that, like, got made fun of by Retsupurae, or something.
slowbeef: Aww, shit! - Ruby Quest:
- "Today is October 31st."
- Weaver: "Yes, it would have killed Tom."
- "Isn't it obvious? You're dead."
- "Ruby shoves Stitches over the railing."
- Scootertrix the Abridged:Rarity: Fine! I'm a changeling!Discord: (to Pinkie) I'm not going to kill your friends. No, I'm going to have a little fun for once. You will.
- Shed 17 has one hell of a Wham Line, especially considering what happens next.Inside Shed 17, Thomas didn't discover who he was, but what he was not.
- In the Creepypasta "Stop Scaring Everybody", the protagonist, who suffers from frequent blackouts, finds a barely legible note telling him to "STOP SCARING EVERYBODY". After he catches a news report on a serial killer who leaves distinctive scars on his victim, he looks at the note again and realizes what it really says.
- The Sun Vanished: The protagonist returns after having been gone for a month [October 26, 2018 - Nov 29, 2018], causing many of the commenters on his tweets to bring up how he's long he's been gone for. The protagonist has this to say in response:
- "Wait what the hell do you all mean I've been gone for a month? It's only been a week or so."
- During v4 of Survival of the Fittest, in reaction to the Wham Episode that was Faraday's Cages:Achyls: "Blow the collar! I said BLOW THE FUCKING COLLAR!"Sparky: "It-it...it won't work, Sir!"
- The final line of V3 is a massive example.
B58 - Johnathan Rizzolo - Deceased- "An attempt was made by a military organization to rescue some of the contestants in this season of Survival of the Fittest. The lives of many students were lost as a result of the actions of your governments. Any future attempts will be met with an immediate and total detonation of all collars."
- This later turns out to be a rare subversion in the form of a Red Herring; it turns out that all the v4 escapees are alive and well.
- In Part 53 of Team Four Star Plays: Pokémon Soul Silver Nuzlocke, it comes time for them to bury the then-deceased Slowmara (a Slowbro they caught in a well and liked to joke was similar to Samara from The Ring). Just as she's about to be released however, we get this creepy little message that not even the team was expecting:
- Ten Little Roosters Episode 6. The sound of glass breaking.Ryan: Fuck you, hole. Unlike a cow, I have opposable thumbs.
- TFS at the Table:
- Chapter 1, Episode 8: The PCs are discussing with Mr. Theraday whether they can bring Nedra, the strongwoman of the show Theraday is putting on, along with them on their mission. Then we find that Mr. Theraday and the Fine Day Boardwalk Company are not as wholesome as seemed:
Mr. Theraday: Well I mean, you can just buy her.
Wake: Buy... a person?
Mr. Theraday: Yeah. Buy a person.- Chapter 2, Episode 17: The One-ders are under attack from Pabsvadri, but are rescued suddenly by an enormous brass dragon that rises up out of the sea - and says Something Only They Would Say.
Lieutenant Gore: Helloooooooooo, it's meeeeeeee!~- Chapter 4, Episode 5: This is how Zito started the first session after HBI2K left.
"It's been two months since the kingdom of Eburkal's tower has fallen in a fiery explosion." - Tribe Twelve: "SO...WE SHALL EMPHASIZE OUR DISAPPOINTMENT BY TAKING YOU AGAIN. FOR REEDUCATION AND CONDITIONING"
- "Mary Asher Phone Call" is just ten minutes of pure WHAM, but two lines stand up:
Mary: It's already too late for you. The Observer, as you call him, has you in his grasp already. In fact, he's in your home right now, watching you intently. He knows that you'll go to the boardwalk whether you like it or not, because he's seen it happen already. He's told me things, you know.And later:Did you really think that those ashes were Milo's?- "Catharsis":
Noah: I have a confession to make. I...I think I was the one who killed Kat.- "INTERCEPTION":
Hello Noah. I am Firebrand of the Collective. I've managed to cut him off for now.- "The Live Stream Incident":
"...Firebrand...Me...Thank you."The line that cemented Firebrand's status as a Walking Spoiler. Who could guess that something like a Cluster F-Bomb could be so meaningful?Firebrand: YOU'RE FUCKING WELCOME- "DEUS EX MACHINA":
A loathsome entity with mutual interests has saved me from servitude. - Twitch Plays Pokémon Crystal had one dropped by the Streamer after the first loss to Red.
- Unraveled has a couple of them:
- Near the end of the episode "Every Sonic game is blasphemous", as Brian starts to go off the deep end and start making a religion around the Sonic the Hedgehog Bible, he drops this bombshell on the audience:BDG: I've never played a Sonic game! Never in my life! I only tell you this now, because you've already made it this far into the video, and the sunk cost fallacy states that if you feel like you've invested something, then you're going to see it through to the end!
- From "Bowser's military hierarchy", Brian has gotten through most of the list and is listing a few enemies that don't seem to fit into the typical military command structure, specifically noting how the Koopa Troopas from Super Mario 64 seem to act more like civilians...which causes him to have a horrifying realization:BDG: ...oh my god, they're civilians.
- "Waluigi, Unraveled" has two examples, the first related to Brian's revelation about Waluigi's true identity, and the second related to his own identity:BDG: Luigi and Waluigi are the same person.BDG: I'm not a Waluigi... I'm a Luigi!
- Near the end of the episode "Every Sonic game is blasphemous", as Brian starts to go off the deep end and start making a religion around the Sonic the Hedgehog Bible, he drops this bombshell on the audience:
- This Vinesauce stream focuses on Vinny exploring Active Worlds, a now-abandoned MMO from the mid-90's. During the stream he encountered a character named Hitomi Fujiko. Vinny initially took Hitomi to be an NPC, given that he was the only other being present, was repeating the phrase "Are you lost?" over and over when Vinny found him, and had the power to open the village gate. However, as the stream went on, Hitomi began to display more and more realistic traits, narrating a story about being the only person left in these lands and how Vinny was apparently responsible for everyone leaving. The final line he tells Vinny before disappearing not only destroys any possibility of the entity being an NPC, but also raises a lot of questions about who he really was:Hitomi Fujiko: Goodbye.Vinesauce: Goodbye.Hitomi Fujiko: Vinny.
- From Vinny's Tomodachi Life LP, we get several lines which could qualify:
- From Episode 37, we have a single word which permanently redefined three major character arcs:Donkey Kong: You're so sweet I don't need to add sugar to my coffee! Will you be my sweetheart?Two Faced: Sure!Vinny: WHOA! What?!
- From the Tomodachi Collection Corruptions special:Vinny: Who the fuck is Vineschnoz?
- From Episode 49, we have the line that cements that Vinny is completely under the Jahns' control:Vinny: I have...I have a strong desire to kill.
- Played for Laughs in Episode 50, as Vinny explains what Mulder told him about the Jahns, resolving the series' most dramatic story arc in the silliest way possible:Vinny: It turns out the Jahns...were looking for some chicken cutlets. They went to Darren first, and he didn't know what a cutlet was, so then they came to Vineland Island. And...they may have gotten a bit carried away. But look, they're sorry, they left, Mulder got rid of them.
- A subtle one: at the beginning of Episode 53, we get The Reveal that the Survivor Edition may have been orchestrated by the Jahns:Vinny: I was inspired by some guy with a blank face...two big eyes, and a big line for a mouth. He said we should vote two off today.
- In a meta sense, the opening lines of Episode 55, cluing unaware viewers into the fact that this is the last episode of the main series:Vinny: I can't top the last episode.
- From Episode 37, we have a single word which permanently redefined three major character arcs:
- Vampire Quest: "When I was a child...I...was kidnapped...by Lilicore as retribution."
- I let my twitch chat donate through a fax machine (aka FAX HELL) has WayneRadioTV getting fax messages from his Twitch followers, and deciding whether to shred them or put them on the fridge behind him. That is, until- several hours into the stream, with Wayne teetering on the brink of a complete breakdown- someone sent in a fax that pushed him over the edge:Wayne: Someone put their fursona pointing a gun at me and said "Show us what's inside the fridge, Wayne".(Wayne starts to get up and walk to the fridge.)Wayne: You want the truth? You want the truth?! You want the fucking TRUTH?!(Wayne turns around the fridge to reveal that it's a cardboard cutout)Wayne: THERE IS NO FRIDGE! I LIED!!
- We Are Our Avatars:-In it...is everything. So many aspects of what just happened in this entire fiasco of a "competition". The Meteor. The device to stop it. The things found in Big Mt. The state of the wasteland itself. The hiring of individuals from other worlds to eliminate political enemies on this one. All cobbled together from sections of a very ancient and much bigger plan by a "Courier Six"...to eliminate anyone who would oppose his rule of New Vegas-
- Welcome to Night Vale: The Good Boy reveals his true identity.The Good Boy: I rule over the wet, dark caverns... OF HELL!
- In Shadow of Israphel, episode 35:Knight Peculier: I made the most cowardly decision I had ever made. To end my wretched life.
- And then after that, there's a line that makes you realize not only did he nearly kill himself, but he was this close to offing the heroes, too (who at the time were bewildered and kind of amused by the existence of the RPG scenario they had uncovered and jokingly ''suspicious of the milk''.)
- Episode 38 has two.
"Does this mean the sand was good?""Knight_Peculier tried to swim in lava." - And then after that, there's a line that makes you realize not only did he nearly kill himself, but he was this close to offing
- In Episode 73 of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, we have one that's less about the line itself and more about how it's said.Rex: (in a voice much closer to his dub counterpart than his usual Butthead impression) I guess I'm full of surprises, Wheeler!
- A much more serious one in Episode 81, when Yami asks Dartz a question only someone who met him in the past would know:Yami: If you met me, then you must know what my name is. That secret has been lost to me since my soul entered the Millennium Puzzle. So what is it?Dartz: Well, that one's easy. It's Eytem.note
- A much more serious one in Episode 81, when Yami asks Dartz a question only someone who met him in the past would know:
