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* The ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' manga does it during the Sasuke Retrieval arc, where you turn the page and find a gloriously awesome full page of Rock Lee roundhouse kicking the bad guy.
** This happens quite often on other cases, someone will talk for a little while to build up to revealing something, then hesitate for a panel or two to push TheReveal onto the next page, sometimes accompanied by a character asking "What?". Noteworthy examples include Naruto finding out that he is the host of the nine-tailed fox, Sasuke learning that [[spoiler:Itachi was trying to protect him]], and Hinata [[spoiler:confessing her love to Naruto]].
*** In the pilot, this happens when Takashi reveals that Saburo stabbed Kuroda, and when [[spoiler:Takashi gets shot by the person who came to steal "Proof"]]

* Pratchett has one of these in ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' (famously ruined because one of the editions placed it on the wrong page) where when Azrael answers you turn the page only to find one big, huge "YES" covering the entire page. In the hardcover, this is on the left side of the page, so you see it when you turn (and Pratchett allegedly wrote an extra 200 words to make it so), but it ended up on the wrong side of the page in the paperback edition.

* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', this happens when Mashiro and Takagi first learn that Miyuki Haruno, the woman Moritaka Mashiro's uncle loved, is his girlfriend Miho's mother, One Hundred Millionth failing to get an award, and The World is All About Money and Intelligence only getting 3rd place in Akamaru Jump.

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' uses this often, both dramatically ''and'' as a visual punchline to a joke. Due to the series' heavy use of MoodWhiplash it's not always clear ''which'' it will be until you actually turn the page.

* The first issue of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [[SpinOffspring ViVid]]''. After some hints about the research on "that", Vivio gets ready for her first TransformationSequence. Then as the reader turns the page, they get a two-page spread showing [[spoiler:the glorious return of [[CrystalDragonJesus Sankt Kaiser]] [[OlderAlterEgo Vivio]]]].

* In ''CloudAtlas'', [[spoiler: The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing]] is cut off mid-sentence in such a way that the sentence appears to run onto the next page, but the next page is blank, and the page after is the title page for the next story.

* Pratchett has one of these in ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Reaper Man]]'' (famously ruined because one of the editions placed it on the wrong page) where when Azrael answers you turn the page only to find one big, huge "YES" covering the entire page. In the hardcover, this is on the left side of the page, so you see it when you turn (and Pratchett allegedly wrote an extra 200 words to make it so), but it ended up on the wrong side of the page in the paperback edition.

* [[spoiler:Wasp]]'s {{gorn}}ographic death in ''[[UltimateMarvel Ultimatum]]''.

* The surrounding characters get a glimpse at the sight before the audience, often allowing for a wide-eyed look of disgust before the reveal.

* In Manga/{{Bakuman}}, this happens when Mashiro and Takagi first learn that Miyuki Haruno, the woman Moritaka Mashiro's uncle loved, is his girlfriend Miho's mother, One Hundred Millionth failing to get an award, and The World is All About Money and Intelligence only getting 3rd place in Akamaru Jump.

* There's a spread in ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Ersatz Elevator]]'' that is meant to show the reader what the titular elevator's shaft looks like. Both pages of the spread are completely black.

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* The first issue of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [[SpinOffspring ViVid]]''. After some hints about the research on "that", Vivio gets ready for her first TransformationSequence. Then as the reader turns the page, they get a two-page spread showing [[spoiler:the glorious return of [[CrystalDragonJesus Sankt Kaiser]] [[OlderAlterEgo Vivio]]]].

* In Chapter 128 of ''MuhyoAndRoji'', everything seems to be going well when the Demon Carriage arrives, only for Ginji to reveal on the next page that [[spoiler:Enchu has regained consciousness and now has the upper hand, with the rest of the heroes in the carriage tied up]].

* Comicbook/DoctorStrange[=/=][[DemonicPossession Zom]] annihilating friend and foe alike in the ''NewAvengers Annual #2''. Double points for being a blood red two-page spread interrupting what had formerly been a blue and purple night scene.

* EGM did this once for a preview of the GameCube remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' has done this multiple times, and it has proved very effective as the key moments in the manga adaptation are often remembered as these

* In Chapter 128 of MuhyoAndRoji, everything seems to be going well when the Demon Carriage arrives, only for Ginji to reveal on the next page that [[spoiler:Enchu has regained consciousness and now has the upper hand, with the rest of the heroes in the carriage tied up]].

It's so common that ScottMcCloud cites it as one of the things comics creators need to re-learn if they move from page-based to InfiniteCanvas comics.

* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' has done this multiple times, and it has proved very effective as the key moments in the manga adaptation are often remembered as these
* The ''{{Naruto}}'' manga does it during the Sasuke Retrieval arc, where you turn the page and find a gloriously awesome full page of Rock Lee roundhouse kicking the bad guy.

* Setsuna's WingPull in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' was specifically kept on the very next page, and hinted at earlier in the volume.
* Enel's ''huge'' JawDrop in the ''OnePiece'' manga.

* EGM did this once for a preview of the GameCube remake of ''ResidentEvil''.

It's so common that {{Scott McCloud}} cites it as one of the things comics creators need to re-learn if they move from page-based to InfiniteCanvas comics.

* Comicbook/DoctorStrange[=/=][[DemonicPossession Zom]] annihilating friend and foe alike in the ''NewAvengers Annual #2''. Double points for being a blood red two-page spread interrupting what had formerly been a blue and purple night scene.

* Pratchett has one of these in ''[[{{Discworld}} Reaper Man]]'' (famously ruined because one of the editions placed it on the wrong page) where when Azrael answers you turn the page only to find one big, huge "YES" covering the entire page. In the hardcover, this is on the left side of the page, so you see it when you turn (and Pratchett allegedly wrote an extra 200 words to make it so), but it ended up on the wrong side of the page in the paperback edition.

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* DoctorStrange[=/=][[DemonicPossession Zom]] annihilating friend and foe alike in the ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers New Avengers]] Annual #2''. (They got better.)

* In {{Bakuman}}, this happens when Mashiro and Takagi first learn that Miyuki Haruno, the woman Moritaka Mashiro's uncle loved, is his girlfriend Miho's mother, One Hundred Millionth failing to get an award, and The World is All About Money and Intelligence only getting 3rd place in Akamaru Jump.

* In the Volume 4 November Special of ''AzumangaDaioh'', Sakaki is attacked by a horde of cats, when suddenly, a cat appears in the way! It isn't immediately identifiable yet, to those who didn't connect it to the foreshadowing and haven't seen the anime of it. We see a close-up of Sakaki's eyes... and turn the page to find a full page of Chiyo latched on to Sakaki, who's looking down at [[spoiler:the Iriomote cat she met on the school trip]]!

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* DoctorStrange[=/=][[DemonicPossession Zom]] annihilating friend and foe alike in the ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers New Avengers]] Annual #2''. ([[IGotBetter They got better..]])