History Main / DramaticCurtainToss

* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' has [[spoiler:a dramatic gate oppening in the end section of the game, which suddenly has become a point-and-click adventure.]

* Parodying this on ''PhineasAndFerb'' has almost become a running gag. If Phineas has a sheet in a particularly distinctive shape, you can be sure when he pulls it away it'll reveal something shaped completely differently.

* Done exactly four times in the film of ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', when Draco removes the dustsheet on [[spoiler:the Vanishing Cabinet as he attempts to fix it]].

* The movie adaptation of ''EllaEnchanted'' has a statue of Prince Charmant unveiled at a medieval mall.

** [[LastActionHero Who says I'm fair?]]

* It's unclear if it happens in the original ''ThePictureOfDorianGray'', but it did happen in ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''...

-->'''Officer:''' General, in all my years of covering top secret discoveries with sheets, I've never dramatically revealed anything as shocking as this. [[{{Sting}} DUN-DUN-DUUUNNNN]]!
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* Played with in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', where the mayor manages to get an entire theme park underneath a tarp, which is unveiled at a televised ceremony.
* ''{{Megamind}}'' has at least two-- one during the unveiling of a giant statue (which makes you wonder who makes the giant cloth to cover it up), and one on a picture in Megamind's lair.

** Partially justified, as furniture that is in storage is generally covered with a sheet or tarp of some sort

* Parodied in ''HowIMetYourMother'', when Robin goes on a bender and wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room. Barney reveals how badly she got out of control by whipping open the curtains, dramatically revealing an entirely un-amazing view of the building next door.

* Happened in an episode of ''Series/RobinHood'': Vaizey does a dramatic speech while pacing around the room. He finally drops the large curtain in the middle of the room, revealing [[spoiler: Robin, dangling from the ceiling]].
** Happened again when a large cage [[spoiler: intended to hold all the tax money]] is placed in the middle of the keep.
* Happens to Isaac Mendez's paintings in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' (multiple times I believe).

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0701.html I guess they really appreciate a good pull.]]

* ''TheSimpsons'': Marge's painting of a nude Mr. Burns.

There is something hidden under a large, white sheet. You don't know what it is, the characters don't know what it is, but sooner or later, you will. It is inevitable.

* Occured in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Judge Doom pulled aside the curtains concealing his giant Dip spraying machine.

* Also used in ''Theatre/TheWintersTale'', when in the very last act, Pauline reveals the statue of Hermione that she has prepared.

* Happens to Isaac Mendez's paintings in ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' (multiple times I believe).

* Parodied in ''HowIMetYourMother'', when Robin goes on a bender and wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room. Barney reveals how badly she got out of control by whipping open the curtains, dramatically revealing an entirely un-amazing view of the building next door.

-->--''{{Futurama}}''

* ''CityLights'' opens with the unveiling of a large statue. When the cover is removed, the Little Tramp is sleeping on it.

* ''{{Shrek The Third}}'': Shrek and Fiona are being introduced at the royal court in confining finery, and Shrek can't reach the itch on his butt. He gets a servant to scratch it for him, and that's when the curtains open...

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[[caption-width:236:Lucy Pevensie demonstrates.]]

* Also used in ''TheWintersTale'', when in the very last act, Pauline reveals the statue of Hermione that she has prepared.

* ''OrderOfTheStick'': [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0701.html I guess they really appreciate a good pull.]]

* DreamTheater opened many of their 2009 shows with "A Nightmare to Remember," often starting with a black curtain and pulling it down when the guitar enters. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ9lHHeNmA It's quite dramatic.]]

* ''TheWizardOfOz'': '''"PAY NO ATTENTION TO [[TheManBehindTheCurtain THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN]]!"'''

* ''{{Shrek}} The Third'': Shrek and Fiona are being introduced at the royal court in confining finery, and Shrek can't reach the itch on his butt. He gets a servant to scratch it for him, and that's when the curtains open...

* ''Megamind'' has at least two-- one during the unveiling of a giant statue (which makes you wonder who makes the giant cloth to cover it up), and one on a picture in Megamind's lair.

* Equally parodied in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Rosswell that Ends Well," as the page quote implies.

* Done several times in the film of ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', when Draco removes the dustsheet on [[spoiler:the Vanishing Cabinet as he attempts to fix it]].

A relative to the DramaticUnmask and subtrope of TheReveal. This can come at any time in a story. Any number of [[SurpriseTropes reactions]] may follow.

* It's unclear if it happens in the original ''ThePictureOfDorianGray'', but it has happen in ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''...

* Japanese band Plastic Tree did something like the above for a filmed live, only dropping the curtain once the song reached it's climax. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdp151kEsE It's really something to see.]]

* Equally parodied in the ''{Futurama}}'' episode "Rosswell that Ends Well," as the page quote implies.

-->'''Officer:''' General, in all my years of covering top secret discoveries with sheets, I've never dramatically revealed anything as shocking as this. DUN-DUN-DUUUNNNN!