History DramaticIrony / FanWorks

* In ''Fanfic/PeacesApprentice'' Aizawa considers Izuku breaking his finger during the softball throw reason enough to expel him on the grounds of not having enough potential to be a hero in what's essentially an extremely transparent attempt to make room in the Hero Course for his protegé, Shinso. [[[[ForWantOfANail The Domino Effect]] of this decision results in a much worse USJ incident, where not only Bakugo accidentally killed Mineta, but Kaminari accidentally killed a dozen villains in the Flood Zone, which leaves him so shaken he abandons the Hero Course. Not only these events leave more vacancies in the Hero Course, but Shinso got his vocal chords so damaged during the attack that he could no longer use his Quirk anymore and transfers back to General Studies, meaning that everything Aizawa did to ensure Shinso's future as a Pro Hero (and all the people he screwed in the way) was for nothing.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/tuv3r9/a_peek_into_the_future_round_2/ This]] Creator/{{Moringmark}} comic has late-season one era Amity coming across a time pool and getting pissed off when she sees Luz making out with a purple haired girl on the other side, completely unaware that said girl is actually her future self.

** Shunsui and Kaien end up talking about Ichigo's possible age (which he's kept hidden), with Kaien commenting that with [[TheAce how]] [[HurtingHero he acts]] he had to be at least two hundred and fifty, or two hundred, and eventually says "He can't possibly be any younger that one hundred!" The audience knows that Ichigo is actually somewhere around twenty, which would be particularly disturbing to them as typically children in Soul Society are under forty. Which would make Kaien's habit of calling Ichigo his "baby cousin" [[RightForTheWrongReasons more accurate than he realizes]].

* In ''FanFic/DiariesOfAMadman'', Discord occasionally interjects to address the reader directly, and provides information that the main characters are unaware of. [[spoiler:He doesn't always tell the truth, however]].
* In ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'', Sweetie Belle, who is very obviously a robot, accuses Rarity of being one because of her heartlessness and her taking acting lessons.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hinterlands}}'', {{forest ranger}} Catskill is escorting out-of-her-depth Amanita to the Crystal Empire; unbeknownst to her, Amanita is a skilled necromancer. Meanwhile, the bounty hunter team chasing after Amanita assume she's killed and enthralled Catskill to use as an undead servant.
* In ''Fanfic/JustBeforeTheDawn'', the narrative regularly switches around between characters, resulting in the reader being far more informed than the cast at several points.

* In ''Fanfic/PastSins'', Twilight was afraid that [[spoiler:Celestia would take her daughter away]]. Celestia was afraid that an EldritchAbomination was loose in her kingdom, plotting to overthrow her and her sister, and bring about nighttime eternal. [[spoiler:Celestia's knee-jerk reaction to ''her'' fear resulted in ''both'' their fears coming true.]]

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* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': When Marinette finally manages to [[LoveConfession confess her feelings]] to Adrien, he notices that she looks a lot like Ladybug... and decides to start dating her simply so he can ''pretend'' he's with [[EntitledToHaveYou the object of his affections]]. Since he isn't aware that [[LovesMyAlterEgo they're the same person]], he continues pursuing Ladybug... even ''after'' telling his girlfriend that he's Chat Noir, alerting her to his infidelity.

* In ''[[Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse To Hell and Back]]'', Iris notes that some days, it seems like Eddie is more into the Streak than he is her. Meanwhile, ''Eddie'' is complaining that some days, it seems like she's more into [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry]] than she is into him.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19422574 Granted]]'', Oliver prepares to do an UnbrokenVigil for Laurel "to make sure she was safe and happy and knew how he felt, the deep bond and affection that all the years and hurts had yet to destroy." Readers know she is ''deeply'' unhappy, [[spoiler:moments from death]], their bond is in fact broken, and she knows he will never say "I love you" to her again.

* In ''FanFic/TheSnowHasStoppedTheRain'', Uryu thinks to himself that if he didn't know any better, he'd say [[spoiler:Ichigo and Ganju were related because of how similar they are. Unbeknownst to him, they're cousins]].
* ''FanFic/SwingingPendulum'':

* In ''FanFic/FailToTheKing!'', one of the [[AntiVillain antagonists]] is searching for the killer of his lover. Any reader who finished ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' is well aware that [[spoiler:Rozalin is both Zenon, the Overlord that he is hunting for revenge... ''and'' the little girl from the Snow Village that he almost gave up his quest to become a father for]]. He isn't.

* In ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn'', the canon portrayal of Blaine is [[DeconstructionFic hit with a sledgehammer.]] Klaine's [[ButNotTooGay lack of sex]] turns out to be because [[spoiler: Blaine lost his virginity at ''[[AManIsAlwaysEager sixteen]]'' out of a belief that SexEqualsLove.]] It then turns out that the guy ''was never Blaine's boyfriend'', and that Blaine [[spoiler: tried to ''invoke'' SexEqualsLove]] because his family's DysfunctionJunction was setting in and he was [[LonelyRichKid really, really lonely]]. One year later, Blaine is now Kurt's [[RelationshipSue painfully considerate boyfriend]]... because he's petrified not only of hurting Kurt the same way, but of ''getting'' hurt again.

* ''[[Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug Cheshire]]'':

** Hermione notes of her new Professor that [[NamesTheSame his name is the same as that of the]] [[Characters/CelticMythology ancient Welsh bard Taliesin.]] The audience, Harry, and Bucky all know that he actually ''is'' Taliesin, [[spoiler: and also Doctor Stephen Strange]].

* In ''Fanfic/WhatMightHaveBeen'', White, Yellow and Blue gave Pink her second pearl with the intent of helping Pink become a leader. It is unlikely that they were expecting her to become the leader of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits in direct opposition of the Empire.

* In PeggySue story ''Fanfic/{{Warp}}'', Vicky partially blames her sister Amy's breakdown and subsequent sanity slippage on her mother Carol disliking Amy for hypotetical crimes Amy might commit in the future. Nonetheless, Vicky is about to cut ties with Amy because of future crimes Amy hasn't committed as of yet.

* In Chapter 10 of ''Fanfic/TheSilverRaven'', Lilith notes to herself that it isn't like Nero to sneak out of the house alone—unaware that Nero has done so many times before (and in fact was planning on doing it again after she left the house).

* ''[[https://cornholio4.tumblr.com/post/697129043459489792/never-to-be Never to Be]]'': After Ladybug tries yet again to make clear to Chat Noir that she's not and will never be interested in a RelationshipUpgrade, he follows her and overhears that she's gotten engaged, throwing a massive hissy fit over the news and rage-quitting. When Adrien subsequently learns about Marinette's own engagement to Luka, he congratulates the happy couple. All three are unaware of the secret identities involved; after Adrien leaves, Marinette even quietly remarks on how relieved she is that he took the news better than Chat Noir did.

DramaticIrony in fan works.

* In ''FanFic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', Iris notes that some days, it seems like Eddie is more into the Streak than he is her. Meanwhile, ''Eddie'' is complaining that some days, it seems like she's more into [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry]] than she is into him.

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* In ''FanFic/MegaManReawakened'', Wily does not know Megaman is Robert at first, and neither does Tron Bonne.

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* ''Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug'':

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27226870/chapters/66509635 A Hug a Day Keep the Akuma Away]]''

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* ''FanFic/OriginOfANonHero'':

* In the ''FanFic/SleeperHitAU'', Aizawa [[ForWantOfANail expels the Quirkless Izuku from U.A.]] on his very first day, fudging the results of his test in order to 'justify' booting him out. One of the main reasons ''why'' he did this was to ensure that there was room in his class once Shinsou qualified for the Hero Course. By the time the Sports Festival rolls around, however, other vacancies have been created due to [[spoiler:Asui and Mineta]] suffering DeathByAdaptation during the USJ attack. Aizawa himself considers this to be [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]], wondering whether having [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Midoriya's sharp mind around]] would have made any difference.

* ''FanFic/DirtySympathy'':

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* In Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly, Kyubey spends his tenure when the girl's still trust him telling Mami, Madoka, and Sayaka that Key (an Incubator who has emotions and is trying to combat Kyubey) is mentally unstable and in need of treatment. As per Kyubey, he's not lying from his own perspective. He does succeed in coloring the girl's views of Homura and Key for awhile.

* A staple of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6272865/Coeur-Al-Aran Couer Al'Aran's]] works is having characters, often [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Jaune Arc]], get something horribly wrong for laughs.

** ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'':

** Jaune and Roman both talk about how troublesome "cats" are in ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'', having no idea that they're both talking about the trouble Blake has caused for them.
** In the PeggySue fic Fanfic/RelicOfTheFuture a time displaced Jaune Arc decides to avoid large alterations to the past so that he won't invalidate his knowledge of future events. The reader however knows that by the time he's decided this he's [[spoiler: already prevented Summer Rose's death.]]
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'':
** Blake goes in and out of the first conversation with her parents convinced that she manipulated them into feeling sorry for her, all while she doesn't care. The very next section has Kali reveal that she could see right through her, and it pushes her to attempt to assassinate her.
** Ruby models her social behavior after Emerald, who she believes to be an incredibly confident social expert. The audience is aware that this couldn't be further from the truth, and every social situation Emerald is in absolutely terrifies her.
** James accuses Ozpin of lying when he says that [[spoiler:Ironwood's plan to kill Salem will only work because the world will be destroyed with her]]. While Ozpin is well known for [[ConsummateLiar stretching or hiding the truth when he feels the need to]], the audience knows that he really is telling the truth.

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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/377554?view_full_work=true The Sith Lord Who Brought Life Day]]'' is about an Imperial officer who [[TheBet loses a bet]] and has to give a [[YouMeanXmas Life Day]] present to Lord Vader. The reader has a far better understanding of what the present ends up meaning to Vader than the character does.

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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4308306 Perfect Words]]'', [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Gabriel]] wants to make a good impression on his crush, so he delays and delays talking to him, trying to think of a romantic way to introduce himself. He ends up blurting something out while asleep in the hospital, embarrassing himself more than if he'd simply said "Hello".

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* ''Fanfic/TaylorHebertMedhallIntern''
** [[spoiler: Taylor fantasizes about Shadow Stalker dangling Sophia out of a window, not knowing that they're one and the same]].
** [[spoiler: Taylor and Greg reject the idea of working for a white supremacist cartel, not knowing that their workplace is a front for Empire]].
** [[spoiler: Taylor vouches for Brian to Medhall as an honest guy who can be trusted, not knowing he is a member of the Undersiders]].
* Rachel, the main character of [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/when-your-mother-is-khepri-worm-post-gm.607963/ When Your Mother Is Khepri]], worships Khepri, a legendary parahuman who saved the multiverse. Her father is a priest of the same religion. Her mother is [[SarcasmMode a completely normal housewife who has absolutely nothing to do with Khepri]]. Rachel isn't aware of her mother's history, resulting in every other sentence she says being ironic, such as "Khepri help us, we’re doing this."

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* This trope is all over ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' thanks to the presence of the Fans, whose comments are known to the reader but not to the four, even after the four start interacting with them! Of course, the fact that the Fans lie to the four about many things doesn't help. [[spoiler: They lie to each other, too.]] In fact, the whole plot is one big example of Dramatic Irony, since the four think they've been sent to C'hou, empowered, and sent on the Vasyn quest by the C'hovite gods, when it's perfectly clear to the reader that the Fans initially sent them over as part of a class experiment (which went askew) and were behind most of the empowerment and the quest. (Though the C'hovite gods did have some hand in what happened.) [[spoiler: Actually, no, they didn't, though finding this out is a WhamLine, not Dramatic Irony.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheTyrantAndTheHero'':
** A group of human lumberjacks talk about how monsters are becoming more active and approaching closer to human villages than usual, unaware that they're being overheard by a particular monster.
** While trying to cheer Heinrich up, Black Alice says that he could become a legendary hero whose name will be known by everyone. The reader already knows that this will happen from the prologue of the story.
** Black Alice, after sneaking out of their inn room, hopes that Heinrich is sleeping well. The section immediately prior to this had Heinrich notice her sneaking out.