History Main / FaceRevealingTurn

* The televised version of ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' introduces PsychoForHire Jonathan Teatime with one of these, revealing his [[RedRightHand extremely creepy mismatched eyes.]]

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** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' inverted the trope. Chakotay is rescued by an apparently human woman, but he sneaks out of his room to see his rescuers have Borg implants. A bald woman with implants on the back of her head then turns around to reveal the face of his rescuer. She's a RogueDrone who was [[PleaseKeepYourHatOn hiding her implants under a wig]].

* Subverted in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''. When we see Richard Harrow's horrifically scarred face with a missing eye,there is nothing dramatic about it, it occurs in a hospital and Jimmy has no major reaction. Harrow later turns out to a very valuable ally.

* At the beginning of the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Conscience of the King", we are introduced to the captain of a base. We only see the right side of his face for five minutes, until he says that he survived a massacre by Kodos the Executioner, at which point we see that the left side of his face is covered by a patch.

** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': In the post-credits stinger, the mysterious figure Loki has been working for slowly turns to reveal a grinning [[spoiler:Thanos.]]

* {{Double subver|sion}}ted in ''Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime''. After they turn the chair around and find the dead body he turns out to be alive and explains the problem. Then his heart gives out. Probably the most disturbing part is that two children watch a man die and have ''no reaction''.
* Subverted in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''.When We see Richard Harrow's horrifically scarred face with a missing eye,there is nothing dramatic about it, it occurs in a hospital and Jimmy has no major reaction. Harrow later turns out to a very valuable ally.

-->-- denofgeek.com's [[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/18481/7_shots_horror_filmmakers_should_never_be_allowed_to_use_again.html 7 shots horror filmmakers should never be allowed to use again]]

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-->... Suggesting to Munroe that we had better get some light even if more showers came, I unbarred and opened the crude door. The ground outside was a singular mass of mud and pools, with fresh heaps of earth from the slight landslide; but I saw nothing to justify the interest which kept my companion silently leaning out the window. Crossing to where he leaned, I touched his shoulder; but he did not move. Then, as I playfully shook him and turned him around, I felt the strangling tendrils of a cancerous horror whose roots reached into illimitable pasts and fathomless abysms of the night that broods beyond time.

-->For Arthur Munroe was dead. And on what remained of his chewed and gouged head there was no longer a face.

* Webcomic/YuGiOhCardGameGustoFanComic: Done by Esper Girl in [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=28983678 #40]], as an homage to Irisu Syndrome.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' spoofed this "The Farnsworth Parabox", where at one point two versions of the Planet Express crew, (from two different parallel universes) are chasing both their Zoidbergs through other universes. In one Leela pops out and sees another version of the crew and asks if they saw the Zoidbergs. They all turn around, revealing that their faces [[EyelessFace have no eyes]].
-->'''Hermes:''' We didn't see ''anything. Ever.''
* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' title sequence. Gadget finally reaches Claw's hideout, whips the CoolChair around, and snaps his handcuffs onto Claw's arm. Unfortunately, it's revealed that a) it's a fake "Claw hand" attached to the chair, and b) there's a CartoonBomb sitting in the chair.

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' when Chuckie (and later his father) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9NylXGJCk have nightmares]].

* Happens once when WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}} has a breakdown after being forced to take a vacation. Patrick finds him in his house facing the other way, only to turn with a completely manic look on his face.

* In the extended theme song of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[BigBad Yellow Diamond]] does this during her [[TheGhost seconds-long first physical appearance]], though it stops at a profile view. Combined with DeathGlare and [[SinisterSilhouettes ominous silhouette]] for maximum sinister presence.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Captain Picard does one of these in "The Best of Both Worlds" to reveal that [[OhCrap he's been assimilated by the Borg]].

** Subverted in the very next episode, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]], where we get the whole build up in revealing Sky's face, only to find that she looks perfectly normal. [[NothingIsScarier Which is even worse]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor"]], the final episode before the 50[[superscript:th]] Anniversary, culminates with a canon-shaking revelation in which ''somebody'' turns to face us. The turn itself stands as a cliffhanger.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake "Under the Lake"]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Pritchard, the guy from the oil company]], was missing, but they've found him in the cafeteria -- [[spoiler:wait, whose body is that in the water outside? It's Pritchard -- and the person inside turns around, revealed as Pritchard's ghost.]]

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* PlayedForLaughs in one E-Trade commercial, where a man has his back turned to the camera while he appears to be pensively teething a pen as the narrator boasts of how many successful exchanges he's already done on their website before lunchtime. The guy then turns to the camera to reveal that's a simpleton who's literally eating the pen, with a vacant look on his ink-smeared face.

* When Reenie from the ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' fame snoops around [[BigBad Papa]] [[HumanoidAbomination Lazarou's]] lair she hears a faint cry and sees the figure of apparently a little girl that for some reason is facing the wall and crying. Instead of finding it the least bit unsettling or suspicious that a kid is there, she chooses to go all the way to following horror cliches and starts to approach the kid all the while speaking gently and protectively. The figure then turns and she has to suffer not only the shocking displeasure of seeing the leering, ugly face of one of Lazarou's midget minions but also the indignity of hearing his gloating who greatly lampshades her cluelessness by sneering ''I can't believe that you fell for that.''

* When Reenie from the ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' fame snoops around Papa Lazarou's lair she hears a faint cry and sees the figure of apparently a little girl that for some reason is facing the wall and crying. Instead of finding it the least bit unsettling or suspicious that a kid is there, she chooses to go all the way to following horror cliches and starts to approach the kid all the while speaking gently and protectively. The figure then turns and she has to suffer not only the shocking displeasure of seeing the leering, ugly face of one of Lazarou's midget minions but also the indignity of hearing his gloating who greatly lampshades her cluelessness by sneering ''I can't believe that you fell for that.''

* When Reenie from the ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' fame snoops around Papa Lazarou's lair she hears a faint cry and sees the figure of apparently a little girl that for some reason is facing the wall and crying. Instead of finding it the least bit unsettling or suspicious that a kid is there, she chooses to go all the way to following horror cliches and starts to approach the kid and speaking gently. The figure then turns and she has to suffer not only the displeasure of seeing the leering, ugly face of one Lazarou's midget minions but also the indignity of hearing his gloating who greatly lampshades her cluelessness by sneering ''I can't believe that you fell for that.''

Compare PeekABooCorpse. See also EmergingFromTheShadows, NotAZombie, TwoFaced, GameFace.

* An excellent example is in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. Not a zombie, but definitely a 'Face Revealing Turn.'

* Perhaps the most shocking moment in ''Film/{{Phenomena}}'' comes when Jennifer tries to escape from the killer's basement and hears crying. She enters a room and sees a little, normal-looking boy with his back turned weeping. The viewer knows from the start that something is off about the whole scene but doesn't know exactly what to expect. Jennifer approaches the kid and tells him that everything is going to be okay and he slowly turns and the noises start to change anddd... [[NightmareFace someone had a bad day]].

Compare PeekABooCorpse. See also EmergingFromTheShadows, NotAZombie, TwoFaced.

* Kano in the ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie first appears in profile in a poorly-lit room, talking on a cell phone. After he's finished his call, he turns, revealing his metal face prosthesis, to address [[BigBad Shang Tsung]].

[[caption-width-right:300:'Hello'.]]

[[caption-width-right:300: 'Hello'.]]

'[[caption-width-right:300: Hello.]]'

[[caption-width-right:300: 'Hello.']]

[[caption-width-right:300: Wassup.]]

** Yugi has one of these in the manga, before the others knew about his second personality. As he's facing away from them (as Pharaoh), Jonouchi notices something's off with him and lays a hand on his shoulder. However as he turns around, he's reverted back to Yugi again.

* In the Korean zombie movie ''Train to Busan'', the train stops at a station protected by the military. As the passengers travel down an escalator they see a line of soldiers facing the outside barrier, but as their faces are revealed as the escalator descends, it's obvious the whole lot of them have been zombified and are only facing away because all the normal humans are outside. Until now.