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* ''Film/AMurderOfCrows'': At first Lawson thinks his publisher is in cahoots with Thurman Parks III to get revenge on Lawson as he seems them together. Initially he thinks the man who's revealed to be the killer is working with Parks as well. However, it turns out that Parks isn't plotting against Lawson at all.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': "The Beardos" would appear to be villains, stealing the Heffleys' beach chair, locker key and in turn wallets and cellphones. But, aside from the beach chair (which could have easily been a misunderstanding) and being slight jerkasses they aren't.
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* ''Film/AHauntingAtSilverFalls'': Aside from Wyatt, who initially presented as his daughters' killer but is quickly revealed to be an innocent and grieving man on death row, there's also Sheriff O'Leary and his son Robbie, both of whom are repeatedly referred to as "getting away with murder", with Robbie also implied to get away with [[SerialRapist more than that.]] However, they're not the killers of the Dahl twins story, either.
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*** Herman Crab, from the DLC case "Turnabout Reclaimed". He behaves suspiciously throughout the case and treats Phoenix Wright with distaste. On top of this, he's the only character in the case who didn't testify during the first day of court - a big red flag for the savvy player. It turns out he ''is'' hiding something (a secret with 5 Psyche-locks, which typically are given to plot-critical secrets), but he's not the one who killed Jack Shipley. Instead, what Crab is hiding is that he and Jack Shipley didn't actually put the first orca down like they said they would, but instead moved her somewhere else. That and Crab keeps tabs on the marine life using the TORPEDO system, the problem being that the system is illegal.
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*** Herman Crab, from the DLC case "Turnabout Reclaimed". He behaves suspiciously throughout the case and treats Phoenix Wright with distaste. On top of this, he's the only character in the case who didn't testify during the first day of court - a big red flag for the savvy player. It turns out he ''is'' hiding something (a secret with 5 Psyche-locks, which typically are given to plot-critical secrets), but he's not the one who killed Jack Shipley. Instead, what Crab is The things he's hiding is that he and Jack Shipley didn't are actually put both ''positive''; first, that Ora (twin sister to Orla, the first orca you defend) ''wasn't'' put down like they said they would, but for killing her trainer (she didn't; the trainer had a heart condition and that killed her), being instead moved her somewhere else. That to another aquarium, and Crab keeps tabs on the marine life using the TORPEDO system, the problem being secondly, that he uses the [=TORPEDO=] system is illegal.to monitor the aquarium's animals, which hasn't yet been legalized in Japan/the States due to red tape.
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*** Amara Sigatar Khura'in is even better. All throughout her cross examination, she starts to display everything associated with an ''Ace Attorney'' BigBad: having a major transformation sequence, her sprite when you start to break her argument is borderline terrifying implying she is a BitchInSheepsClothing, she is in a position of power, was beneath suspicion and she has an unsettling theme. You even prove she could have committed the crime and it looks like she is the only person who could have done it... but she has no motive to have done it.
*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible). Sorin has no memory of what happened, and a page of his diary has him admit to killing Gloomsbury. As a result, Phoenix and Maya go into the second trial day convinced that Sorin is the most likely culprit, only to realize that this is not the case; the real culprit tampered with the diary.
*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible). Sorin has no memory of what happened, and a page of his diary has him admit to killing Gloomsbury. As a result, Phoenix and Maya go into the second trial day convinced that Sorin is the most likely culprit, only to realize that this is not the case; the real culprit tampered with the diary.
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*** Amara Sigatar Khura'in is even better. All throughout her cross examination, she starts to display everything associated with an ''Ace Attorney'' BigBad: having a major transformation sequence, her sprite when you start to break her argument is borderline terrifying implying she is a BitchInSheepsClothing, she is in a position of power, was beneath suspicion and she has an unsettling theme. You even prove she could have committed the crime and it looks like she is the only person who could have done it... but she has no motive to have done it.
and she's a SheepInSheepsClothing.
*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible).Sorin Due to Sorin's anterograde amnesia, he has no memory of what happened, and a page of the incident, but his diary has him admit (in which he logs everything that happens to him) contains an admission to killing Gloomsbury. As a result, Gloomsbury, so Phoenix and Maya go goes into the second trial day convinced that thinking Sorin is the most likely culprit, might have done it, only to realize find out that this is not wasn't the case; instead, the real culprit tampered with the diary.
*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible).
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** ''[[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice's]]'' the first case has Olga Orly, who's not only the first witness other than your client but has a suspiciously timid and innocent demeanor. But she's not the murderer--her only part in the crime was helping the victim cheat in his card game and getting knocked out when it didn't work. Olga Orly even becomes a ''double'' Red Herring, as it turns out she did not witness the crime at all.
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** ''[[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice's]]'' the first case has Olga Orly, who's not only the who at first seems like the new Frank Sahwit or Richard Wellington, being the only witness other than your client but has a suspiciously timid and to the crime aside from the defendant. She puts on an almost saccharinely innocent demeanor. But face much like Dahlia, and she even gets a breakdown where she's not revealed to be much more of a jerk than she first appeared. But ''unlike'' the murderer--her only part in the crime was helping other first case witnesses, she's no murderer, just a con-woman, and she had actually been knocked unconscious by the victim cheat in his card game and getting knocked out when it didn't work. Olga Orly even becomes a ''double'' Red Herring, as it turns out see anything (she lied about what she did not witness saw because she was afraid the crime at all.would be pinned on her if she didn't scapegoat someone else). The ''real'' trial only starts after Olga's testimony has been dismissed and she has left the stand, and the real killer wasn't present as a witness.[[spoiler: It's Apollo's co-counsel, Kristoph Gavin.]]
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* ''Literature/BretKingMysteries: Most villains are ObviouslyEvil but not every suspicious character is a villain.
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* ''Literature/BretKingMysteries: ''Literature/BretKingMysteries'': Most villains are ObviouslyEvil but not every suspicious character is a villain.
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* ''Film/KildTV'': Suspects of who the killer might be include fellow news reporter Conrad[[spoiler:, who they find dead]], and Lia, whom they tie up in the news room. [[spoiler:Both guesses are wrong.
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* In the first volume of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Kuroyukihime reveals that a Burst Linker known as Cyan Pile is trying to hunt her down to collect the point bounty on her, and she knows very little about the person controlling this duel avatar except for the fact that this person goes to her school (based on the fact that Cyan Pile can challenge her while she's logged into the school intranet). Kuroyukihime initially assumes that it's Haru's {{Childhood Friend|s}} Chiyu, given the hostility between them in their first meeting (although Kuroyukihime intentionally eggs Chiyu on to gauge her reactions) and that Chiyu is one of a handful of possible Burst Linkers besides Kuroyukihime and Haru. Haru refuses to believe it, since the Chiyu he knows is no good at video games or keeping secrets, and insists on convincing Kuroyukihime. It turns out that Chiyu's Neurolinker was infected with a backdoor program, enabling the true culprit, her boyfriend Taku, to challenge Kuroyukihime remotely (even though he doesn't even go to her school).
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* In the first volume of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Literature/AccelWorld'', Kuroyukihime reveals that a Burst Linker known as Cyan Pile is trying to hunt her down to collect the point bounty on her, and she knows very little about the person controlling this duel avatar except for the fact that this person goes to her school (based on the fact that Cyan Pile can challenge her while she's logged into the school intranet). Kuroyukihime initially assumes that it's Haru's {{Childhood Friend|s}} Chiyu, given the hostility between them in their first meeting (although Kuroyukihime intentionally eggs Chiyu on to gauge her reactions) and that Chiyu is one of a handful of possible Burst Linkers besides Kuroyukihime and Haru. Haru refuses to believe it, since the Chiyu he knows is no good at video games or keeping secrets, and insists on convincing Kuroyukihime. It turns out that Chiyu's Neurolinker was infected with a backdoor program, enabling the true culprit, her boyfriend Taku, to challenge Kuroyukihime remotely (even though he doesn't even go to her school).
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* ''Film/BillyClub2013'': Sometimes, we see a disgruntled-looking bearded man wandering around, which is meant to lead people to believe he's Billy out of costume. [[spoiler:He isn't. He was a cop who was investigating the murders Billy was committing.]]
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* In the first volume of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Kuroyukihime reveals that a Burst Linker known as Cyan Pile is trying to hunt her down to collect the point bounty on her, and she knows very little about the person controlling this duel avatar except for the fact that this person goes to her school (based on the fact that Cyan Pile can challenge her while she's logged into the school intranet). Kuroyukihime initially assumes that it's Haru's ChildhoodFriend Chiyu, given the hostility between them in their first meeting (although Kuroyukihime intentionally eggs Chiyu on to gauge her reactions) and that Chiyu is one of a handful of possible Burst Linkers besides Kuroyukihime and Haru. Haru refuses to believe it, since the Chiyu he knows is no good at video games or keeping secrets, and insists on convincing Kuroyukihime. It turns out that Chiyu's Neurolinker was infected with a backdoor program, enabling the true culprit, her boyfriend Taku, to challenge Kuroyukihime remotely (even though he doesn't even go to her school).
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* In the first volume of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Kuroyukihime reveals that a Burst Linker known as Cyan Pile is trying to hunt her down to collect the point bounty on her, and she knows very little about the person controlling this duel avatar except for the fact that this person goes to her school (based on the fact that Cyan Pile can challenge her while she's logged into the school intranet). Kuroyukihime initially assumes that it's Haru's ChildhoodFriend {{Childhood Friend|s}} Chiyu, given the hostility between them in their first meeting (although Kuroyukihime intentionally eggs Chiyu on to gauge her reactions) and that Chiyu is one of a handful of possible Burst Linkers besides Kuroyukihime and Haru. Haru refuses to believe it, since the Chiyu he knows is no good at video games or keeping secrets, and insists on convincing Kuroyukihime. It turns out that Chiyu's Neurolinker was infected with a backdoor program, enabling the true culprit, her boyfriend Taku, to challenge Kuroyukihime remotely (even though he doesn't even go to her school).
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** The pregnancy of Historia Reiss ends up being this as [[spoiler: it's revealed that the father of the child really was her unnamed Farmer consort/husband. After multiple chapters of her interacting with Eren in secret and even seeing a quick flash of her giving birth during one of the Rumbling chapters, many a fan theorized that the child belonged to Eren and he had some kind of plan to utilize their royal blood. But in the end the baby was born after the climax and nothing happened.]]
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** The pregnancy of Historia Reiss ends up being this as [[spoiler: it's revealed that the father of the child really was her unnamed Farmer consort/husband. After multiple chapters of her interacting with Eren in secret and even seeing a quick flash of her giving birth during one of the Rumbling chapters, many a fan theorized that the child belonged to Eren and he had some kind of plan to utilize their royal blood. But in the end the baby was born after the climax and nothing happened.]]happened]].
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** Issue #54 introduced a new version of the [[LegionOfDoom Masters of Evil]], who were assembled by a mysterious villain called the Crimson Cowl. The issue ended with the supposed revelation that the Crimson Cowl was really Jarvis, the Avengers' longtime butler, and that he had developed a robotic henchman to pose as the Cowl to throw off suspicion. The following issue then revealed that Jarvis had actually been brainwashed, and that the seemingly docile robotic "lackey" was the true mastermind, one who would soon cement his position as one of the team's deadliest and most dreaded enemies for decades to come: ComicBook/{{Ultron}}.
** In issue 263, the Enclave, the scientists who created [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], crash a plane into Jamaica Bay while trying to flee the police. The Avengers get called in after a strange cocoon emanating powerful psychic energy is discovered in the bay, with the readers led to believe it contains another of the Enclave's {{Artificial Human}}s, as Warlock had previously made his first appearance inside a similar cocoon. It is eventually discovered that the cocoon has nothing to do with the Enclave and actually contains the unconscious body of ComicBook/JeanGrey, who had been replaced and impersonated by the Phoenix some time before the events of ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
** The first issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek Avengers]]'' saw former members of the group being attacked by various mythological creatures, as well as Thor telling his teammates that someone had stolen Surtur's Twilight Sword. Everyone assumed this to be the work of ComicBook/{{Loki}}, only for the real masterminds to turn out to be Morgan le Fay and Mordred.
** An early ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' arc introduces a mysterious masked vigilante called Ronin. A sequence of Ronin beating up Yakuza goons in Japan is intercut with flashbacks of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica asking ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} to join the team, with the latter declining due to recently having been outed to the public as Matt Murdock in his own series. Cap then brings up the period where he briefly adopted the superheroic alias of Nomad, suggesting that Matt could similarly take on a new costumed identity to join the Avengers without arousing suspicion. This, coupled with Ronin’s penchant for using nunchaku (similar to Daredevil’s trademark billy clubs), is clearly meant to fool the reader into thinking Ronin is indeed Matt Murdock, but Matt instead tells Cap that he has a friend who might be able to do the job. Subsequent issues continue the mystery, with Spider-Man guessing that it might be Daredevil’s old allies ComicBook/IronFist or ComicBook/ShangChi under the mask, only for it to ultimately be revealed that [[SamusIsAGirl Ronin is actually Maya Lopez, a.k.a. Echo]].
** During the initial lead-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', an issue of ''New Avengers'' ended with a dramatic close-up of Dani Cage, the daughter of ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones, whose eyes were shown glowing. This was obviously meant to imply that she (and by extension, one of her parents) might be a Skrull, but was really just an indication that she'd inherited superpowers from her parents.
** During the time when ComicBook/TheWasp was believed dead, a zombified cyborg version of the Wasp appeared as a member of the Descendants in ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers''. Hawkeye seemed to believe that she was the reanimated corpse of the original Wasp, but it instead turned out that she was actually from a BadFuture where the world's heroes had been killed and rebuilt into Deathloks.
** ''ComicBook/AvengersStandoff'''s prologue follows a blonde man known only as Jim, who awakens in the mysterious town of Pleasant Hill with no memory of his true name or past life. Throughout the issue, he begins to remember brief glimpses of Captain America and ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}, and eventually makes contact with Phil, a dark-haired GadgeteerGenius who sports a distinctive goatee. Despite the strong implication that the two men are Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, the end of the issue reveals that they’re really ComicBook/BaronZemo and the Fixer, with Pleasant Hill actually being a prison for mindwiped supervillains.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** In issue 263, the Enclave, the scientists who created [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], crash a plane into Jamaica Bay while trying to flee the police. The Avengers get called in after a strange cocoon emanating powerful psychic energy is discovered in the bay, with the readers led to believe it contains another of the Enclave's {{Artificial Human}}s, as Warlock had previously made his first appearance inside a similar cocoon. It is eventually discovered that the cocoon has nothing to do with the Enclave and actually contains the unconscious body of ComicBook/JeanGrey, who had been replaced and impersonated by the Phoenix some time before the events of ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
** The first issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek Avengers]]'' saw former members of the group being attacked by various mythological creatures, as well as Thor telling his teammates that someone had stolen Surtur's Twilight Sword. Everyone assumed this to be the work of ComicBook/{{Loki}}, only for the real masterminds to turn out to be Morgan le Fay and Mordred.
** An early ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' arc introduces a mysterious masked vigilante called Ronin. A sequence of Ronin beating up Yakuza goons in Japan is intercut with flashbacks of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica asking ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} to join the team, with the latter declining due to recently having been outed to the public as Matt Murdock in his own series. Cap then brings up the period where he briefly adopted the superheroic alias of Nomad, suggesting that Matt could similarly take on a new costumed identity to join the Avengers without arousing suspicion. This, coupled with Ronin’s penchant for using nunchaku (similar to Daredevil’s trademark billy clubs), is clearly meant to fool the reader into thinking Ronin is indeed Matt Murdock, but Matt instead tells Cap that he has a friend who might be able to do the job. Subsequent issues continue the mystery, with Spider-Man guessing that it might be Daredevil’s old allies ComicBook/IronFist or ComicBook/ShangChi under the mask, only for it to ultimately be revealed that [[SamusIsAGirl Ronin is actually Maya Lopez, a.k.a. Echo]].
** During the initial lead-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', an issue of ''New Avengers'' ended with a dramatic close-up of Dani Cage, the daughter of ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones, whose eyes were shown glowing. This was obviously meant to imply that she (and by extension, one of her parents) might be a Skrull, but was really just an indication that she'd inherited superpowers from her parents.
** During the time when ComicBook/TheWasp was believed dead, a zombified cyborg version of the Wasp appeared as a member of the Descendants in ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers''. Hawkeye seemed to believe that she was the reanimated corpse of the original Wasp, but it instead turned out that she was actually from a BadFuture where the world's heroes had been killed and rebuilt into Deathloks.
** ''ComicBook/AvengersStandoff'''s prologue follows a blonde man known only as Jim, who awakens in the mysterious town of Pleasant Hill with no memory of his true name or past life. Throughout the issue, he begins to remember brief glimpses of Captain America and ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}, and eventually makes contact with Phil, a dark-haired GadgeteerGenius who sports a distinctive goatee. Despite the strong implication that the two men are Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, the end of the issue reveals that they’re really ComicBook/BaronZemo and the Fixer, with Pleasant Hill actually being a prison for mindwiped supervillains.
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** Issue #54 introduced a new version of the [[LegionOfDoom Masters of Evil]], who were assembled by a mysterious villain called the Crimson Cowl. The issue ended with the supposed revelation that the Crimson Cowl was really Jarvis, the Avengers' longtime butler, and that he had developed a robotic henchman to pose as the Cowl to throw off suspicion. The following issue then revealed that Jarvis had actually been brainwashed, and that the seemingly docile robotic "lackey" was the true mastermind, one who would soon cement his position as one of the team's deadliest and most dreaded enemies for decades to come: ComicBook/{{Ultron}}.
[[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]].
** In issue 263, the Enclave, the scientists who created [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], crash a plane into Jamaica Bay while trying to flee the police. The Avengers get called in after a strange cocoon emanating powerful psychic energy is discovered in the bay, with the readers led to believe it contains another of the Enclave's {{Artificial Human}}s, as Warlock had previously made his first appearance inside a similar cocoon. It is eventually discovered that the cocoon has nothing to do with the Enclave and actually contains the unconscious body ofComicBook/JeanGrey, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], who had been replaced and impersonated by the Phoenix some time before the events of ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
** The first issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek Avengers]]'' saw former members of the group being attacked by various mythological creatures, as well as Thor telling his teammates that someone had stolen Surtur's Twilight Sword. Everyone assumed this to be the work ofComicBook/{{Loki}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]], only for the real masterminds to turn out to be Morgan le Fay and Mordred.
** An early ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' arc introduces a mysterious masked vigilante called Ronin. A sequence of Ronin beating up Yakuza goons in Japan is intercut with flashbacks ofComicBook/CaptainAmerica [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]] asking ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} to join the team, with the latter declining due to recently having been outed to the public as Matt Murdock in his own series. Cap then brings up the period where he briefly adopted the superheroic alias of Nomad, suggesting that Matt could similarly take on a new costumed identity to join the Avengers without arousing suspicion. This, coupled with Ronin’s penchant for using nunchaku (similar to Daredevil’s trademark billy clubs), is clearly meant to fool the reader into thinking Ronin is indeed Matt Murdock, but Matt instead tells Cap that he has a friend who might be able to do the job. Subsequent issues continue the mystery, with Spider-Man guessing that it might be Daredevil’s old allies ComicBook/IronFist Characters/IronFist or ComicBook/ShangChi Characters/ShangChi under the mask, only for it to ultimately be revealed that [[SamusIsAGirl Ronin is actually Maya Lopez, a.k.a. Echo]].
** During the initial lead-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', an issue of ''New Avengers'' ended with a dramatic close-up of Dani Cage, the daughter ofComicBook/LukeCage Characters/LukeCage and ComicBook/JessicaJones, Characters/JessicaJones, whose eyes were shown glowing. This was obviously meant to imply that she (and by extension, one of her parents) might be a Skrull, but was really just an indication that she'd inherited superpowers from her parents.
** During the time whenComicBook/TheWasp Characters/TheWasp was believed dead, a zombified cyborg version of the Wasp appeared as a member of the Descendants in ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers''. Hawkeye seemed to believe that she was the reanimated corpse of the original Wasp, but it instead turned out that she was actually from a BadFuture where the world's heroes had been killed and rebuilt into Deathloks.
** ''ComicBook/AvengersStandoff'''s prologue follows a blonde man known only as Jim, who awakens in the mysterious town of Pleasant Hill with no memory of his true name or past life. Throughout the issue, he begins to remember brief glimpses of Captain America andComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky]], and eventually makes contact with Phil, a dark-haired GadgeteerGenius who sports a distinctive goatee. Despite the strong implication that the two men are Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, the end of the issue reveals that they’re really ComicBook/BaronZemo [[Characters/CaptainAmericaCentralRoguesGallery Baron Zemo]] and the Fixer, with Pleasant Hill actually being a prison for mindwiped supervillains.
*''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** In issue 263, the Enclave, the scientists who created [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], crash a plane into Jamaica Bay while trying to flee the police. The Avengers get called in after a strange cocoon emanating powerful psychic energy is discovered in the bay, with the readers led to believe it contains another of the Enclave's {{Artificial Human}}s, as Warlock had previously made his first appearance inside a similar cocoon. It is eventually discovered that the cocoon has nothing to do with the Enclave and actually contains the unconscious body of
** The first issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek Avengers]]'' saw former members of the group being attacked by various mythological creatures, as well as Thor telling his teammates that someone had stolen Surtur's Twilight Sword. Everyone assumed this to be the work of
** An early ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' arc introduces a mysterious masked vigilante called Ronin. A sequence of Ronin beating up Yakuza goons in Japan is intercut with flashbacks of
** During the initial lead-up to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', an issue of ''New Avengers'' ended with a dramatic close-up of Dani Cage, the daughter of
** During the time when
** ''ComicBook/AvengersStandoff'''s prologue follows a blonde man known only as Jim, who awakens in the mysterious town of Pleasant Hill with no memory of his true name or past life. Throughout the issue, he begins to remember brief glimpses of Captain America and
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* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' #28 shows a mysterious, hulking villain with alien technology taking out ComicBook/TheAvengers one by one. The reader is initially led to believe this is ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, but the assailant actually turns out to be the Controller, an old enemy of Iron Man.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' #28 shows a mysterious, hulking villain with alien technology taking out ComicBook/TheAvengers one by one. The reader is initially led to believe this is ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]], but the assailant actually turns out to be the Controller, an old enemy of Iron Man.
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* In ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA: Year One]]'' there's a subplot regarding the identity of the backer who's secretly funding the League's headquarters and equipment. The offer is made shortly after Batman observes the new League in action and decides he doesn't want them operating in Gotham, and reference is made to the financier being 'a bit of a crusader'. The mystery backer turns out to be Bruce Wayne's fellow millionaire-turned-crimefighter, Oliver Queen AKA ComicBook/GreenArrow.
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* In ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA: Year One]]'' there's a subplot regarding the identity of the backer who's secretly funding the League's headquarters and equipment. The offer is made shortly after Batman observes the new League in action and decides he doesn't want them operating in Gotham, and reference is made to the financier being 'a bit of a crusader'. The mystery backer turns out to be Bruce Wayne's fellow millionaire-turned-crimefighter, Oliver Queen AKA ComicBook/GreenArrow.
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** A reboot ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' storyline involves Element Lad trying to deduce who is behind a series of thefts of ancient Earth ''objet d'art''. Early on, he describes the thief as a "vandal", while we see a shadowy figure in old-fashioned Earth clothes gloating. It is eventually revealed that the mastermind is ... some random alien businessman. Not ComicBook/VandalSavage at all.
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** A reboot ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' storyline involves Element Lad trying to deduce who is behind a series of thefts of ancient Earth ''objet d'art''. Early on, he describes the thief as a "vandal", while we see a shadowy figure in old-fashioned Earth clothes gloating. It is eventually revealed that the mastermind is ... some random alien businessman. Not ComicBook/VandalSavage [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]] at all.
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* When the ComicBook/RedHulk [[Characters/IncredibleHulkCentralRoguesGallery Red Hulk]] originally made his debut, there was a mystery as to who this character really was. Some video footage was discovered that apparently showed him killing Thunderbolt Ross, but it was eventually revealed that it was staged and he was Ross all along.
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* ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' #4 ends with the revelation that ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} has a [[TheMole Mole]] inside [[ComicBook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]]'s resistance group. The following issue strongly suggests that the traitor is ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, only for issue #6 to reveal that it's really ComicBook/AntMan.
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* ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' #4 ends with the revelation that ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} has a [[TheMole Mole]] inside [[ComicBook/TheFalcon [[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes Sam Wilson]]'s resistance group. The following issue strongly suggests that the traitor is ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, Characters/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}}, only for issue #6 to reveal that it's really ComicBook/AntMan.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** A crimefighter calling herself Jackpot was introduced concurrently with ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' providing a case where a character turned out to be Red Herring. She wore a mask but bore a strong resemblance to ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, like her she liked to call people "Tiger", and her code-name echoed MJ's line at her first meeting with Peter Parker, "Face it, Tiger, you just hit the Jackpot!" The aim apparently was to encourage MJ-friendly readers to keep reading the series after Mephisto erased the Parker marriage by leading them to suspect that she had now become a superheroine (because otherwise she was absent from ''Amazing Spider-Man'' to make way for new romantic entanglements for Peter). Later it was revealed that it was just one incredible coincidence after another, Jackpot actually was a fan of Mary Jane's soap-opera acting who just so happened to bear a strong facial resemblance and put on a red wig. Plus they added a RetCon that Mary Jane had used the "Face it, Tiger" line in her soap opera role and made it popular enough to make someone call herself "Jackpot" (in the previous decades it had been treated as a private thing between her and Peter). To make matters even more complicated, it also turned out there were actually two women who fought crime as Jackpot; the one who appeared in the early ''Brand New Day'' issues and who, to make the resemblance to Mary Jane even greater, was shown to have a crush on Spider-Man, eventually got herself killed, transforming from a Red Herring to a Dead one.
** In the lead up to ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Marvel kept the character's identity tightly under wraps. However, a "leaked" script excerpt mentioned [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]], leading many to believe that he was the new Spider-Man (which was supported by the fact that like Miguel, the new Spidey had razor sharp talons). While Miguel ''did'' eventually appear in the series, the Superior Spider-Man turned out to be [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto Octavius]].
** A crimefighter calling herself Jackpot was introduced concurrently with ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' providing a case where a character turned out to be Red Herring. She wore a mask but bore a strong resemblance to ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, like her she liked to call people "Tiger", and her code-name echoed MJ's line at her first meeting with Peter Parker, "Face it, Tiger, you just hit the Jackpot!" The aim apparently was to encourage MJ-friendly readers to keep reading the series after Mephisto erased the Parker marriage by leading them to suspect that she had now become a superheroine (because otherwise she was absent from ''Amazing Spider-Man'' to make way for new romantic entanglements for Peter). Later it was revealed that it was just one incredible coincidence after another, Jackpot actually was a fan of Mary Jane's soap-opera acting who just so happened to bear a strong facial resemblance and put on a red wig. Plus they added a RetCon that Mary Jane had used the "Face it, Tiger" line in her soap opera role and made it popular enough to make someone call herself "Jackpot" (in the previous decades it had been treated as a private thing between her and Peter). To make matters even more complicated, it also turned out there were actually two women who fought crime as Jackpot; the one who appeared in the early ''Brand New Day'' issues and who, to make the resemblance to Mary Jane even greater, was shown to have a crush on Spider-Man, eventually got herself killed, transforming from a Red Herring to a Dead one.
** In the lead up to ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Marvel kept the character's identity tightly under wraps. However, a "leaked" script excerpt mentioned [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]], leading many to believe that he was the new Spider-Man (which was supported by the fact that like Miguel, the new Spidey had razor sharp talons). While Miguel ''did'' eventually appear in the series, the Superior Spider-Man turned out to be [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto Octavius]].
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** A crimefighter calling herself Jackpot was introduced concurrently with ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' providing a case where a character turned out to be Red Herring. She wore a mask but bore a strong resemblance toComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]], like her she liked to call people "Tiger", and her code-name echoed MJ's line at her first meeting with Peter Parker, "Face it, Tiger, you just hit the Jackpot!" The aim apparently was to encourage MJ-friendly readers to keep reading the series after Mephisto erased the Parker marriage by leading them to suspect that she had now become a superheroine (because otherwise she was absent from ''Amazing Spider-Man'' to make way for new romantic entanglements for Peter). Later it was revealed that it was just one incredible coincidence after another, Jackpot actually was a fan of Mary Jane's soap-opera acting who just so happened to bear a strong facial resemblance and put on a red wig. Plus they added a RetCon that Mary Jane had used the "Face it, Tiger" line in her soap opera role and made it popular enough to make someone call herself "Jackpot" (in the previous decades it had been treated as a private thing between her and Peter). To make matters even more complicated, it also turned out there were actually two women who fought crime as Jackpot; the one who appeared in the early ''Brand New Day'' issues and who, to make the resemblance to Mary Jane even greater, was shown to have a crush on Spider-Man, eventually got herself killed, transforming from a Red Herring to a Dead one.
** In the lead up to ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Marvel kept the character's identity tightly under wraps. However, a "leaked" script excerpt mentioned [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]], leading many to believe that he was the new Spider-Man (which was supported by the fact that like Miguel, the new Spidey had razor sharp talons). While Miguel ''did'' eventually appear in the series, the Superior Spider-Man turned out to be[[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]].
** A crimefighter calling herself Jackpot was introduced concurrently with ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' providing a case where a character turned out to be Red Herring. She wore a mask but bore a strong resemblance to
** In the lead up to ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Marvel kept the character's identity tightly under wraps. However, a "leaked" script excerpt mentioned [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]], leading many to believe that he was the new Spider-Man (which was supported by the fact that like Miguel, the new Spidey had razor sharp talons). While Miguel ''did'' eventually appear in the series, the Superior Spider-Man turned out to be
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In the [[AlternateUniverse Elseworlds story]] ''ComicBook/TheNail'', ComicBook/LexLuthor is the BigBad... or is he? The question is, who is the one manipulating ''Luthor''? The JLA heroes believe at first that it's Starro, but it turns out that Starro is just a mutated [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], and the real BigBad is... Jimmy Olsen. Yes, THAT ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.
** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis]] storyline ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} suspects that her old friend Thara Ak-Var is the evil Superwoman who aided and abetted her father's murderer because Thara was Kandor's security head. It turned out that Superwoman is [[spoiler:Lucy Lane, the younger sister of Comicbook/LoisLane]]. Thara would [[ComicBook/NewKrypton later]] turn out to be the new Flamebird, with Chris Kent as Nightwing; this story ''also'' had a red herring, since Thara's mystic fire powers and Chris's recently-developed tactile telekenesis led readers to think they might be [[ComicBook/Supergirl1996 Linda Danvers]] and [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]].
** ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'' Volume 2 at first seemingly sees ComicBook/LexLuthor made into a DecompositeCharacter between Alexander "Lex" Luthor and his wife, Alexandra. However, volume 3 ends with Alexander dead and it turns out that Lex is more of a GenderFlip as Alexandra takes up being called "Lex".
** The very first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' delivered this to readers. The promo material and the solicitations seemed to hint that the heroine of the series was ComicBook/TheNew52 version of ComicBook/LoisLane, seeing as she gained powers from the events of ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman''. [[spoiler:Turns out, there was a ''second'' Superwoman -- ComicBook/LanaLang -- and Lois ends up ''dying'' at the end of the first issue.]]
** In the [[AlternateUniverse Elseworlds story]] ''ComicBook/TheNail'', ComicBook/LexLuthor is the BigBad... or is he? The question is, who is the one manipulating ''Luthor''? The JLA heroes believe at first that it's Starro, but it turns out that Starro is just a mutated [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], and the real BigBad is... Jimmy Olsen. Yes, THAT ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.
** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis]] storyline ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} suspects that her old friend Thara Ak-Var is the evil Superwoman who aided and abetted her father's murderer because Thara was Kandor's security head. It turned out that Superwoman is [[spoiler:Lucy Lane, the younger sister of Comicbook/LoisLane]]. Thara would [[ComicBook/NewKrypton later]] turn out to be the new Flamebird, with Chris Kent as Nightwing; this story ''also'' had a red herring, since Thara's mystic fire powers and Chris's recently-developed tactile telekenesis led readers to think they might be [[ComicBook/Supergirl1996 Linda Danvers]] and [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]].
** ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'' Volume 2 at first seemingly sees ComicBook/LexLuthor made into a DecompositeCharacter between Alexander "Lex" Luthor and his wife, Alexandra. However, volume 3 ends with Alexander dead and it turns out that Lex is more of a GenderFlip as Alexandra takes up being called "Lex".
** The very first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' delivered this to readers. The promo material and the solicitations seemed to hint that the heroine of the series was ComicBook/TheNew52 version of ComicBook/LoisLane, seeing as she gained powers from the events of ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman''. [[spoiler:Turns out, there was a ''second'' Superwoman -- ComicBook/LanaLang -- and Lois ends up ''dying'' at the end of the first issue.]]
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In the [[AlternateUniverse Elseworlds story]] ''ComicBook/TheNail'',ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is the BigBad... or is he? The question is, who is the one manipulating ''Luthor''? The JLA heroes believe at first that it's Starro, but it turns out that Starro is just a mutated [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog [[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Krypto]], and the real BigBad is... Jimmy Olsen. Yes, THAT ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.
[[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]].
** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis]] storyline ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'',ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} suspects that her old friend Thara Ak-Var is the evil Superwoman who aided and abetted her father's murderer because Thara was Kandor's security head. It turned out that Superwoman is [[spoiler:Lucy Lane, the younger sister of Comicbook/LoisLane]]. [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]]]]. Thara would [[ComicBook/NewKrypton later]] turn out to be the new Flamebird, with Chris Kent as Nightwing; this story ''also'' had a red herring, since Thara's mystic fire powers and Chris's recently-developed tactile telekenesis led readers to think they might be [[ComicBook/Supergirl1996 Linda Danvers]] and [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Kon-El]].
** ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'' Volume 2 at first seemingly seesComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] made into a DecompositeCharacter between Alexander "Lex" Luthor and his wife, Alexandra. However, volume 3 ends with Alexander dead and it turns out that Lex is more of a GenderFlip as Alexandra takes up being called "Lex".
** The very first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' delivered this to readers. The promo material and the solicitations seemed to hint that the heroine of the series wasComicBook/TheNew52 the ComicBook/New52 version of ComicBook/LoisLane, seeing as she gained powers from the events of ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman''. [[spoiler:Turns out, there was a ''second'' Superwoman -- ComicBook/LanaLang [[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Lana Lang]] -- and Lois ends up ''dying'' at the end of the first issue.]]
** In the [[AlternateUniverse Elseworlds story]] ''ComicBook/TheNail'',
** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis]] storyline ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'',
** ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'' Volume 2 at first seemingly sees
** The very first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' delivered this to readers. The promo material and the solicitations seemed to hint that the heroine of the series was
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is restored to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had really been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} Characters/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Mephisto]], the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is restored to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had really been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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** Early on in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 3'', there's an ominous close-up of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} while he's talking about how something needs to be done about ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} and ComicBook/ScarletWitch before the media can find out about their [[{{Twincest}} incestuous relationship]]. This was obviously meant to imply that Scarlet Witch's killer was Hawkeye [[spoiler: instead of ComicBook/{{Ultron}}]].
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': The discussion between Coulson and Machine Man, about the man to send to help the team. If you thought they were talking about Reed Richards, you were wrong: they were talking about Victor Van Damme, A.K.A Comicbook/DoctorDoom.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': The discussion between Coulson and Machine Man, about the man to send to help the team. If you thought they were talking about Reed Richards, you were wrong: they were talking about Victor Van Damme, A.K.A Comicbook/DoctorDoom.
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** Early on in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 3'', there's an ominous close-up of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} while he's talking about how something needs to be done about ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] and ComicBook/ScarletWitch Characters/ScarletWitch before the media can find out about their [[{{Twincest}} incestuous relationship]]. This was obviously meant to imply that Scarlet Witch's killer was Hawkeye [[spoiler: instead of ComicBook/{{Ultron}}]].[[Characters/MarvelComicsUltron Ultron]]]].
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': The discussion between Coulson and Machine Man, about the man to send to help the team. If you thought they were talking about Reed Richards, you were wrong: they were talking about Victor Van Damme, A.K.AComicbook/DoctorDoom.[[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]].
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': The discussion between Coulson and Machine Man, about the man to send to help the team. If you thought they were talking about Reed Richards, you were wrong: they were talking about Victor Van Damme, A.K.A
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* At the start of ''ComicBook/XForce'', false hints were dropped that ComicBook/{{Cable}} and his arch-enemy Stryfe might be the same person (they use a bunch of the same catchphrases, and Stryfe removes his helmet for the first time showing readers that he has the same face as Cable), playing X-Force and the Mutant Liberation Front against each other for some reason. It's later shown that there's [[CloningBlues a completely different reason for their similarities]].
* ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s role in the X-traitor subplot running in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics of the '90s amounted to nothing. A major part of Bishop's backstory was finding a garbled tape of ComicBook/JeanGrey talking about a traitor in the X-Men's ranks who'd killed them all and a man called the Witness, an older version of Remy, being the SoleSurvivor, leading Bishop to suspect Gambit when he came to the past.[[note]]Creator/JimLee and Whilce Portacio later revealed they had no set suspect and an idea brandied around was Bishop himself via StableTimeLoop[[/note]] ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', itself an example of WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants[[note]]as with the X-traitor, no set suspect at first[[/note]], opened by showing the whole tape Jean made, revealing the titular villain, a {{split personality}} of ComicBook/ProfessorX, was the traitor.[[note]]Also, as a sign of no set suspect at first, ''X-Men'', Vol. 2, #50, saw a being that was implied to be Onslaught try to kidnap Charles -- which means Onslaught tried to kidnap himself.[[/note]]
* ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s role in the X-traitor subplot running in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics of the '90s amounted to nothing. A major part of Bishop's backstory was finding a garbled tape of ComicBook/JeanGrey talking about a traitor in the X-Men's ranks who'd killed them all and a man called the Witness, an older version of Remy, being the SoleSurvivor, leading Bishop to suspect Gambit when he came to the past.[[note]]Creator/JimLee and Whilce Portacio later revealed they had no set suspect and an idea brandied around was Bishop himself via StableTimeLoop[[/note]] ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', itself an example of WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants[[note]]as with the X-traitor, no set suspect at first[[/note]], opened by showing the whole tape Jean made, revealing the titular villain, a {{split personality}} of ComicBook/ProfessorX, was the traitor.[[note]]Also, as a sign of no set suspect at first, ''X-Men'', Vol. 2, #50, saw a being that was implied to be Onslaught try to kidnap Charles -- which means Onslaught tried to kidnap himself.[[/note]]
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* At the start of ''ComicBook/XForce'', false hints were dropped that ComicBook/{{Cable}} Characters/{{Cable|NathanSummers}} and his arch-enemy Stryfe might be the same person (they use a bunch of the same catchphrases, and Stryfe removes his helmet for the first time showing readers that he has the same face as Cable), playing X-Force and the Mutant Liberation Front against each other for some reason. It's later shown that there's [[CloningBlues a completely different reason for their similarities]].
*ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]]'s role in the X-traitor subplot running in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics of the '90s amounted to nothing. A major part of Bishop's backstory was finding a garbled tape of ComicBook/JeanGrey [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] talking about a traitor in the X-Men's ranks who'd killed them all and a man called the Witness, an older version of Remy, being the SoleSurvivor, leading Bishop to suspect Gambit when he came to the past.[[note]]Creator/JimLee and Whilce Portacio later revealed they had no set suspect and an idea brandied around was Bishop himself via StableTimeLoop[[/note]] ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', itself an example of WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants[[note]]as with the X-traitor, no set suspect at first[[/note]], opened by showing the whole tape Jean made, revealing the titular villain, a {{split personality}} of ComicBook/ProfessorX, [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]], was the traitor.[[note]]Also, as a sign of no set suspect at first, ''X-Men'', Vol. 2, #50, saw a being that was implied to be Onslaught try to kidnap Charles -- which means Onslaught tried to kidnap himself.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Flightplan|2005}}'': With his history of playing villains, Creator/SeanBean's casting as the pilot was this. He seems to be gaslighting the protagonist by repeteadly denying her claims about her missing daughter, but he just does it because like near everyone else, he sincerely doesn't believe her. [[spoiler: And once the protagonist ''does'' find her kid, he's the among the first to acknowledge it.]]
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* ''Film/{{Flightplan|2005}}'': With [[{{Typecasting}} his history of playing villains, villains]], Creator/SeanBean's casting as the pilot was this. He seems to be gaslighting the protagonist by repeteadly repeatedly denying her claims about her missing daughter, but he just does it because like near everyone else, he sincerely doesn't believe her. [[spoiler: And once the protagonist ''does'' find her kid, he's the among the first to acknowledge it.]]
* In ''Film/{{Get Out|2017}}'' , when arriving at the Armitage estate for a weekend at his girlfriend's, Rose, parents house, the first thing that makes Chris suspect that something is wrong are Georgina and Walter, the African American housekeeper and groundskeeper acting in a way that seems "old fashioned." Mixed with the fact that Rose's mother, Missy, is a trained hypnotist, and Rod's, Chris' friend, [[RunningGag insistence that she will turn him into a]] SexSlave, the audience makes the assumption that [[spoiler: Missy took a kidnapped young African American couple [[MadeASlave and brainwashed them into docile servitude]]]]. [[TheReveal It turns out that ]] [[spoiler: the Armitage family kidnaps young African Americans, hypnotizes their minds into [[AndIMustScream "the Sunken Place"]] and cuts out their brain, leaving behind only the stem,]] so that [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe a feeble old white person' brain/mind can control their new body,]] while the original owner's mind has no way to contact the outside world, [[ForcedToWatch and sees their body used for anything,]] including [[SexSlave sexual intercourse]]]].
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* In ''Film/{{Get Out|2017}}'' , when arriving at the Armitage estate for a weekend at his girlfriend's, Rose, parents house, the first thing that makes Chris suspect that something is wrong are Georgina and Walter, the African American housekeeper and groundskeeper acting in a way that seems "old fashioned." Mixed with the fact that Rose's mother, Missy, is a trained hypnotist, and Rod's, Chris' friend, [[RunningGag insistence that she will turn him into a]] SexSlave, the audience makes the assumption that [[spoiler: Missy took a kidnapped young African American couple [[MadeASlave and brainwashed them into docile servitude.]]]] [[TheReveal It turns out that ]] [[spoiler: the Armitage family kidnaps young African Americans, hypnotizes their minds into [[AndIMustScream "the Sunken Place"]] cuts out their brain, leaving behind only the stem,]] so that [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe a feeble old white person' brain/mind can control their new body,]] while the original owner's mind has no way to contact the outside world, [[ForcedToWatch and sees their body used for anything,]] including [[SexSlave sexual intercourse.]]]]
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* In ''Film/{{Get Out|2017}}'' , when arriving at the Armitage estate for a weekend at his girlfriend's, Rose, parents house, the first thing One film critic joked that makes Chris suspect Creator/RobertDowneyJr's character in ''Film/{{Gothika}}'' should have just been named Red Herring, as it was so obvious that's what he was.
* A small one in ''Film/{{Gummo}}'' in which the narrator talks about two brothers, and saying 'They seemed to have wonderful lives. I don't know what went wrong.'. We then see the two brothers fighting, and it's expected that it somethingis wrong are Georgina and Walter, the African American housekeeper and groundskeeper acting in a way that seems "old fashioned." Mixed with the fact that Rose's mother, Missy, is a trained hypnotist, and Rod's, Chris' friend, [[RunningGag insistence that she drastic will turn him into a]] SexSlave, happen between the audience makes the assumption that [[spoiler: Missy took a kidnapped young African American couple [[MadeASlave two. However they're fight soon comes to and brainwashed end, then one of them into docile servitude.]]]] [[TheReveal It turns out that ]] [[spoiler: calmly asks the Armitage family kidnaps young African Americans, hypnotizes their minds into [[AndIMustScream "the Sunken Place"]] cuts out their brain, leaving behind only the stem,]] so that [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe a feeble old white person' brain/mind can control their new body,]] while the original owner's mind has no way to contact the outside world, [[ForcedToWatch and sees their body used other what's for anything,]] including [[SexSlave sexual intercourse.]]]]dinner.
* A small one in ''Film/{{Gummo}}'' in which the narrator talks about two brothers, and saying 'They seemed to have wonderful lives. I don't know what went wrong.'. We then see the two brothers fighting, and it's expected that it something
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* One film critic joked that Robert Downey Jr.'s character in ''Film/{{Gothika}}'' should have just been named Red Herring, it was so obvious that's what he was.
* A small one in ''Film/{{Gummo}}'' in which the narrator talks about two brothers, and saying 'They seemed to have wonderful lives. I don't know what went wrong.'. We then see the two brothers fighting, and it's expected that it something drastic will happen between the two. However they're fight soon comes to and end, then one of them calmly asks the other what's for dinner
* A small one in ''Film/{{Gummo}}'' in which the narrator talks about two brothers, and saying 'They seemed to have wonderful lives. I don't know what went wrong.'. We then see the two brothers fighting, and it's expected that it something drastic will happen between the two. However they're fight soon comes to and end, then one of them calmly asks the other what's for dinner
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** ''Everything'' advertised about ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' from the trailers to the posters to the ''title itself'' is designed as a distraction from the true plot of the film. [[spoiler:It's an AntagonistTitle, but a minor one: the [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes Winter Soldier]] is just on the payroll of the still-alive ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, which turns out to have been hidden within ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} since the organization's creation after World War 2.]]
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** ''Everything'' advertised about ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' from the trailers to the posters to the ''title itself'' is designed as a distraction from the true plot of the film. [[spoiler:It's an AntagonistTitle, but a minor one: the [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Winter Soldier]] is just on the payroll of the still-alive ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, which turns out to have been hidden within ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} since the organization's creation after World War 2.]]
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* ''Film/{{Sky High|2005}}'' pays a lot of attention to a PredecessorVillain named Baron Battle, the father of one of the important characters and a major player in the backstory, setting it up that he may be [[HiddenVillain the mysterious cloaked person watching the heroes]]. [[spoiler: It's actually none other than [[LoveInterestTraitor the main character's girlfriend.]]]]However, WordOfGod says Baron Battle WAS planned to show up in one of the intended 3 sequels, so it's not entirely this trope.
* Towards the beginning of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'', a scene with Maddie's sister Rachel (who hates Tom and constantly tries to convince Maddie to divorce him) and a meaningful-looking shot of Robotnik's drone riddling a photo of Maddie and Tom with bullets suggests that the shenanigans of the movie might put a strain on Maddie and Tom's relationship. [[spoiler:This never happens, Maddie is ''amazingly'' patient with the shenanigans Tom's apparently gotten up to even ''before'' she sees the wounded humanoid hedgehog he's been protecting, and in fact Rachel [[ButtMonkey spends the entire second half of the movie tied to a chair where nobody, not even her own daughter, will listen to her]]]].
* Towards the beginning of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'', a scene with Maddie's sister Rachel (who hates Tom and constantly tries to convince Maddie to divorce him) and a meaningful-looking shot of Robotnik's drone riddling a photo of Maddie and Tom with bullets suggests that the shenanigans of the movie might put a strain on Maddie and Tom's relationship. [[spoiler:This never happens, Maddie is ''amazingly'' patient with the shenanigans Tom's apparently gotten up to even ''before'' she sees the wounded humanoid hedgehog he's been protecting, and in fact Rachel [[ButtMonkey spends the entire second half of the movie tied to a chair where nobody, not even her own daughter, will listen to her]]]].
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* ''Film/{{Sky High|2005}}'' pays a lot of attention to a PredecessorVillain named Baron Battle, the father of one of the important characters and a major player in the backstory, setting it up that he may be [[HiddenVillain the mysterious cloaked person watching the heroes]]. [[spoiler: It's actually none other than [[LoveInterestTraitor the main character's girlfriend.]]]]However, ]]]] However, WordOfGod says Baron Battle WAS planned to show up in one of the intended 3 sequels, so it's not entirely this trope.
* Towards the beginning of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'', a scene with Maddie's sister Rachel (who hates Tom and constantly tries to convince Maddie to divorce him) and a meaningful-looking shot of Robotnik's drone riddling a photo of Maddie and Tom with bullets suggests that the shenanigans of the movie might put a strain on Maddie and Tom's relationship. [[spoiler:This never happens, Maddie is ''amazingly'' patient with the shenanigans Tom's apparently gotten up to even ''before'' she sees the wounded humanoid hedgehog he's been protecting, and in fact Rachel [[ButtMonkey spends the entire second half of the movie tied to a chair where nobody, not even her own daughter, will listen toher]]]].her]].]]
* Towards the beginning of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'', a scene with Maddie's sister Rachel (who hates Tom and constantly tries to convince Maddie to divorce him) and a meaningful-looking shot of Robotnik's drone riddling a photo of Maddie and Tom with bullets suggests that the shenanigans of the movie might put a strain on Maddie and Tom's relationship. [[spoiler:This never happens, Maddie is ''amazingly'' patient with the shenanigans Tom's apparently gotten up to even ''before'' she sees the wounded humanoid hedgehog he's been protecting, and in fact Rachel [[ButtMonkey spends the entire second half of the movie tied to a chair where nobody, not even her own daughter, will listen to
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* It was initially believed that Eric Sacks was going to be ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'''s incarnation of the Shredder. [[spoiler:He's actually TheDragon to the real Shredder.]] Also a case of [[spoiler:ExecutiveMeddling as Eric Sacks really was intended to be the hidden alias of Shredder; focus testing told producers that some considered it to be a case of 'whitewashing'. They played it safe and rewrote the plot]]
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* It was initially believed that Eric Sacks was going to be ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'''s incarnation of the Shredder. [[spoiler:He's actually TheDragon to the real Shredder.]] Also a case of [[spoiler:ExecutiveMeddling as Eric Sacks really was intended to be the hidden alias of Shredder; focus testing told producers that some considered it to be a case of 'whitewashing'. They played it safe and rewrote the plot]]plot]].
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** ''Film/XMen1'': Comicbook/{{Magneto}} looks at Wolverine's dogtags before asking Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}, "Where is the mutant now?" This is to mislead the audience into the same line of thinking as the heroes, that Magneto is after Wolverine, instead of his true target [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Rogue}}]].
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** ''Film/XMen1'': Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto looks at Wolverine's dogtags before asking Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], "Where is the mutant now?" This is to mislead the audience into the same line of thinking as the heroes, that Magneto is after Wolverine, instead of his true target [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Rogue}}]].[[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]]].
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* ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': Haruri Borzak attempts to summon a Servant using a Mazda light bulb as a catalyst. The Servant that appears, True Berserker, has lion motifs and immediately goes berserk and injures her. Haruri assumes he did this because he was summoned in a factory that uses UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's alternating current. All the signs point to True Berserker being UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison, since in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Edison has a lion motif and hates any mention of Tesla or his inventions, and the light bulb is heavily associated with him. It is eventually revealed that True Berserker is actually [[spoiler:Humbaba, a monster that [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu]] had fought. His rampage had nothing to do with Tesla's inventions.]]
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* ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': Haruri Borzak attempts to summon a Servant using a Mazda light bulb as a catalyst. The Servant that appears, True Berserker, has lion motifs and immediately goes berserk and injures her. Haruri assumes he did this because he was summoned in a factory that uses UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's alternating current. All the signs point to True Berserker being UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison, since in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Edison has a lion motif and hates any mention of Tesla or his inventions, and the light bulb is heavily associated with him. It is eventually revealed that True Berserker is actually [[spoiler:Humbaba, a monster that [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu]] had fought. His rampage had nothing to do with Tesla's inventions.]]inventions]].
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*** After the book introduces the concept of [[{{Animorphism}} Animagi]] (Wizards who can willfully turn themselves into animals at will), it seems to strongly suggest that Hermione's newly-introduced cat, Crookshanks, is actually a disguised Animagus. Ron is consistently suspicious of Crookshanks for most of the book, as he seems to be fixated on catching and killing Scabbers the rat, and several characters note that he seems oddly intelligent for a common housecat. Not to mention that the books had previously introduced Professor [=McGonagall=] as a cat Animagus, and Hermione's insistence on defending Crookshanks seems to be a set-up for a DevilInPlainSight plot. After TheReveal, though, it turns out that ''Scabbers'' is a disguised Animagus; Crookshanks attacked him because [[{{EvilDetectingDog}} he could see through the disguise]].
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*** After the book introduces the concept of [[{{Animorphism}} Animagi]] (Wizards who can willfully turn themselves into animals at will), it seems to strongly suggest that Hermione's newly-introduced cat, Crookshanks, is actually a disguised Animagus. Ron is consistently suspicious of Crookshanks for most of the book, as he seems to be fixated on catching and killing Scabbers the rat, and several characters note that he seems oddly intelligent for a common housecat. Not to mention that the books had previously introduced Professor [=McGonagall=] as a cat Animagus, and Hermione's insistence on defending Crookshanks seems to be a set-up for a DevilInPlainSight plot. After TheReveal, though, it turns out that ''Scabbers'' is a disguised Animagus; Crookshanks attacked him because [[{{EvilDetectingDog}} [[EvilDetectingDog he could see through the disguise]].
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* ''Podcast/InStrangeWoods'' has mutliple examples, most of which revolve around the mysterious Peter Howland.
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* ''VisualNovel/TheDevilOnGString'' does this [[spoiler:with the main character himself. Throughout the game, Azai Kyosuke suffers from recurring headaches, which transition over to scenes featuring the scheming BigBad known as Maou. Maou's and Kyosuke's interests align frequently, Kyosuke's stepfather suspects him of being Maou right out of the gate, and the easiest way to stop Maou from escalating his plans is to get Kyosuke an early happy ending with one of his love interests. However, playing all the way to the true ending reveals that Maou is not Kyosuke, but his [[FakingTheDead presumed-to-be-dead]] older brother, who's existence was hinted at in an easy-to-miss family photograph early on in the story.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/TheDevilOnGString'' does this [[spoiler:with the main character himself. Throughout the game, Azai Kyosuke suffers from recurring headaches, which transition over to scenes featuring the scheming BigBad known as Maou. Maou's and Kyosuke's interests align frequently, Kyosuke's stepfather suspects him of being Maou right out of the gate, and the easiest way to stop Maou from escalating his plans is to get Kyosuke an early happy ending with one of his love interests. However, playing all the way to the true ending reveals that Maou is not Kyosuke, but his [[FakingTheDead presumed-to-be-dead]] older brother, who's existence was hinted at in an easy-to-miss family photograph early on in the story.]]story]].
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* ''VisualNovel/ExtraCaseMyGirlfriendsSecrets'': Due to the supernatural elements in previous entries, [[spoiler:Marty initially assumes "Seira" is an evil spirit possessing Sally. Sally herself also showed a negative reaction to the Nazar Amulet, which is supposed to hurt evil spirits. However, when he tries to use the amulet on "Seira," she is [[NoSell completely unaffected]]. It turns out she's actually a SplitPersonality, which means she's not something that can be exorcised.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/ExtraCaseMyGirlfriendsSecrets'': Due to the supernatural elements in previous entries, [[spoiler:Marty initially assumes "Seira" is an evil spirit possessing Sally. Sally herself also showed a negative reaction to the Nazar Amulet, which is supposed to hurt evil spirits. However, when he tries to use the amulet on "Seira," she is [[NoSell completely unaffected]]. It turns out she's actually a SplitPersonality, which means she's not something that can be exorcised.]]exorcised]].
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*** In Luna's route, you deduce that, contrary to what was first thought, [[spoiler:Luna killed the old woman because her AB Room and K's AB room (where the woman's body was found) had been swapped, so the room where the body was found in was actually hers.]] However, this turns out to not be true. [[spoiler:She only hid the dead body in her room.]]
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*** In Luna's route, you deduce that, contrary to what was first thought, [[spoiler:Luna killed the old woman because her AB Room and K's AB room (where the woman's body was found) had been swapped, so the room where the body was found in was actually hers.]] hers]]. However, this turns out to not be true. [[spoiler:She only hid the dead body in her room.]]
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** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'' strongly hinted since Chapter 3 that the cause of the protagonist's mark is the grudge of the Buddha statues that were stolen from the H Shrine, only for Chapter 5 to reveal [[spoiler:it's false and Mary is the actual cause of everyone's misfortune.]]
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** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'' strongly hinted since Chapter 3 that the cause of the protagonist's mark is the grudge of the Buddha statues that were stolen from the H Shrine, only for Chapter 5 to reveal [[spoiler:it's false and Mary is the actual cause of everyone's misfortune.]]misfortune]].
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** One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has a vigilante called Rumor kidnapping all of Gotham's supervillains. His high-tech InvisibilityCloak was made by a company whose CEO, Paul Karon, was crippled by Comicbook/TheJoker, speaks approvingly of Rumor's actions and, oh look, is secretly developing PoweredArmor much like Rumor's that allows him to walk again. Rumor isn't Karon, however--it's his bodyguard, Mario, who wants to prevent injuries like Karon's from happening in the future (or, as [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]] [[HannibalLecture suggests]], [[TheAtoner appease his own guilt]] for failing to protect Karon in the first place).
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** One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has a vigilante called Rumor kidnapping all of Gotham's supervillains. His high-tech InvisibilityCloak was made by a company whose CEO, Paul Karon, was crippled by Comicbook/TheJoker, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], speaks approvingly of Rumor's actions and, oh look, is secretly developing PoweredArmor much like Rumor's that allows him to walk again. Rumor isn't Karon, however--it's his bodyguard, Mario, who wants to prevent injuries like Karon's from happening in the future (or, as [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]] [[HannibalLecture suggests]], [[TheAtoner appease his own guilt]] for failing to protect Karon in the first place).
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* In the two-part ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Injustice For All," it's revealed that there's a traitor within ComicBook/LexLuthor's [[LegionOfDoom group]]. Cheetah was previously shown flirting with Batman, strongly implying she was the turncoat. However, at the very end of the episode, it turns out that the traitor was Ultra-Humanite, who switched sides after Batman bribed him with a large amount of money that he could use to [[WickedCultured fund his favorite opera company]].
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* In the two-part ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Injustice For All," it's revealed that there's a traitor within ComicBook/LexLuthor's [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s [[LegionOfDoom group]]. Cheetah was previously shown flirting with Batman, strongly implying she was the turncoat. However, at the very end of the episode, it turns out that the traitor was Ultra-Humanite, who switched sides after Batman bribed him with a large amount of money that he could use to [[WickedCultured fund his favorite opera company]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Goblin War", Peter's Spider-Sense goes off just as he's about to shake hands with Jason, [[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia]]'s fiancé. He initially thinks it's because [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk]] is in the room, but it later turns out that it went off because Jason is really the Hobgoblin.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Goblin War", Peter's Spider-Sense goes off just as he's about to shake hands with Jason, [[ComicBook/BlackCat [[Characters/BlackCatMarvelComics Felicia]]'s fiancé. He initially thinks it's because [[ComicBook/TheKingpin [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]] is in the room, but it later turns out that it went off because Jason is really the Hobgoblin.
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** In "The Pink Purloiner", [=SpongeBob=] cannot find his special jellyfishing net and continously accuses Patrick of stealing it. It turns out near the end Patrick didn't take the net at all; he just left it on the bus.
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* Near the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' Season 2, the writers began heavily foreshadowing the death of [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who as comic fans know, famously died while pulling a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. The SeriesFauxnale presents a similar situation, but when it comes time for said sacrifice, it's actually Wally West, ''Barry's former sidekick'', who ends up dying.
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* Near the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' Season 2, the writers began heavily foreshadowing the death of [[Franchise/TheFlash [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]], who as comic fans know, famously died while pulling a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. The SeriesFauxnale presents a similar situation, but when it comes time for said sacrifice, it's actually Wally West, ''Barry's former sidekick'', who ends up dying.
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* In ''Literature/ASimpleSurvey'', Attraction 07 exploits this for a memory game. The narrator is led by the organiser to a computer screen where they must first watch a video of various animal silhouettes, which they memorize. They're then forced to answer a series of unrelated questions meant to confuse their memories. Then the actual challenge question is revealed to not be about the silhouettes, but rather about the organiser's earring.
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*** The fake Byakuya Togami. He just turns out to be the [[NoNameGiven nameless]] Ultimate Imposter, who has no real identity of his own. Monokuma explicitly states that the mystery didn't turn out to be important.
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*** The fake truth about "Twogami", the version of Byakuya Togami. who's gained both weight and several levels in kindness. He just turns out to be dies early on and the [[NoNameGiven nameless]] issue is put on the back burner until chapter 5, where Hajime gets a booklet with the student profiles that reveals that 'Twogami' was merely the Ultimate Imposter, Impostor, a nameless person who has no real impersonates others in lieu of having an identity of his own.their own, and who just happened to be disguised as Byakuya at the time. Monokuma explicitly states that the mystery didn't turn out to be important.
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*** [[LaResistance The resistance group, Dumbledore’s Army]] is secretly practicing self-defence against Umbridge’s wishes. The group includes the whiny and rude CommanderContrarian Zacharias Smith, who only joined the group to get info about Cedric’s death and spends most of his time complaining and not believing Harry’s story. This leads to a minor surprise when a completely different member, Marietta Edgecombe, rats the group out to Umbridge. Her reasoning was that her mother works for the ministry, and her job was at risk.
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* ''Manga/{{BioMeat|Nectar}}'': the first chapter shows your typical split-screen shot of the main characters, which seems to set up a FiveManBand. The first one of the five that we see is even given a name, but when the time comes, he decides not to join up with the other four. In fact, he almost gets them killed by cutting the rope one of the heroes is going down. He gets his KarmicDeath soon enough.
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* ''Manga/{{BioMeat|Nectar}}'': the The first chapter of ''Manga/BioMeatNectar'' shows your typical split-screen shot of the main characters, which seems to set up a FiveManBand. The first one of the five that we see is even given a name, but when the time comes, he decides not to join up with the other four. In fact, he almost gets them killed by cutting the rope one of the heroes is going down. He gets his KarmicDeath soon enough.
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** Water 7 started with the crew looking for a shipwright and finding a company of six, several of whom getting along fairly well with the crew, while clashing with Franky, a gang leader. Then [[TheMole Kaku and Lucci turn out to be undercover [=CP9=] agents]] and Franky is revealed as a shipwright with his own tragic backstory, who also opposes [=CP9=]. Franky fights alongside the Straw Hats on the sea train and at Enies Lobby, and at the end of the arc, he joins the crew.
** Duval's identity was done like this. He started out having a personal beef with the Straw Hat Pirates, but ''especially'' Sanji, leading to some speculation that he might be Don Krieg, or at least a customer Sanji beat up in the past. The real answer was far more hilarious: He'd never actually met the Straw Hats before, but he looked ''exactly'' [[{{Gonk}} like Sanji's poorly-drawn wanted poster.]] Part of the misdirect is Duval acting as though this problem has followed him for years... But after the reveal the whole situation turns absurd, as at this point in time Sanji had only had his wanted poster for, at MOST, a couple weeks.
** Duval's identity was done like this. He started out having a personal beef with the Straw Hat Pirates, but ''especially'' Sanji, leading to some speculation that he might be Don Krieg, or at least a customer Sanji beat up in the past. The real answer was far more hilarious: He'd never actually met the Straw Hats before, but he looked ''exactly'' [[{{Gonk}} like Sanji's poorly-drawn wanted poster.]] Part of the misdirect is Duval acting as though this problem has followed him for years... But after the reveal the whole situation turns absurd, as at this point in time Sanji had only had his wanted poster for, at MOST, a couple weeks.
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** Water 7 started with the crew looking for a shipwright and finding a company of six, several of whom getting along fairly well with the crew, while clashing with Franky, a gang leader. Then [[TheMole Kaku and Lucci turn out to be undercover [=CP9=] agents]] and Franky is revealed as a shipwright with his own tragic backstory, who also opposes [=CP9=]. Franky fights alongside the Straw Hats on the sea train and at Enies Lobby, and at the end of the arc, he joins the crew.
crew. Galley-La foreman Paulie was the biggest red herring of the bunch, with his quirky personality and [[KnowsTheRopes even qurkier fighting style]] that made him seem like an obvious fit for the Straw Hats.
** Duval's identity was done like this. He started out having a personal beef with the Straw Hat Pirates, but ''especially'' Sanji, leading to some speculation that he might be DonKrieg, Krieg,[[note]]Duval has a similarly imposing build, he shares Krieg's affinity for poisoned weapons, and he wears an iron mask that would've completely hidden Krieg's distinctive sideburns.[[/note]] or at least a customer Sanji beat up in the past. The real answer was far more hilarious: He'd never actually met the Straw Hats before, but he looked ''exactly'' [[{{Gonk}} like Sanji's poorly-drawn wanted poster.]] Part of the misdirect is Duval acting as though this problem has followed him for years... But after the reveal the whole situation turns absurd, as at this point in time Sanji had only had his wanted poster for, at MOST, a couple weeks.
** Duval's identity was done like this. He started out having a personal beef with the Straw Hat Pirates, but ''especially'' Sanji, leading to some speculation that he might be Don
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* The ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' play ''Turnabout Teleportation'' has two in one play:
** Tomorou Asukai is the first, admitting to the murder almost immediately and challenging Edgeworth to figure out a way Koyuki's body was moved without Asukai's [[ClarkesThirdLaw "teleportation"]]. Eventually it's revealed that he's merely TakingTheHeat for the true culprit.
** [[UpperClassTwit Yaichirou Chiage]] proves to be even more suspicious than Asukai, given his desire to buy the village's land and build a dam (something Koyuki had protested) and the murder weapon being the BriefcaseFullOfMoney that he always carries around. With later revelations that Koyuki had actually been on ''his'' side, Chiage turns out to also not be the one who killed her.
** Tomorou Asukai is the first, admitting to the murder almost immediately and challenging Edgeworth to figure out a way Koyuki's body was moved without Asukai's [[ClarkesThirdLaw "teleportation"]]. Eventually it's revealed that he's merely TakingTheHeat for the true culprit.
** [[UpperClassTwit Yaichirou Chiage]] proves to be even more suspicious than Asukai, given his desire to buy the village's land and build a dam (something Koyuki had protested) and the murder weapon being the BriefcaseFullOfMoney that he always carries around. With later revelations that Koyuki had actually been on ''his'' side, Chiage turns out to also not be the one who killed her.
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* ''VisualNovel/ExtraCaseMyGirlfriendsSecrets'': Due to the supernatural elements in previous entries, [[spoiler:Marty initially assumes "Seira" is an evil spirit possessing Sally. Sally herself also showed a negative reaction to the Nazar Amulet, which is supposed to hurt evil spirits. However, when he tries to use the amulet on "Seira," she is [[NoSell completely unaffected]]. It turns out she's actually a SplitPersonality, which means she's not something that can be exorcised.]]
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*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible). Sorin has no memory of what happened, and a page of his diary has him admit to killing Gloomsbury. As a result, Phoenix and Maya go into the second trial day convinced that Sorin is the most likely culprit, only to realize that this is not the case.
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*** In the DLC case, there's Sorin Sprocket, the fiancé of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt. He has a plausible motive for wanting to kill the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, whether to protect Ellen from Gloomsbury's attempt on her life, or to take {{revenge}} for Gloomsbury being responsible for the accident in which Sorin's sister Selena was killed (although Sorin later admits that he himself was responsible). Sorin has no memory of what happened, and a page of his diary has him admit to killing Gloomsbury. As a result, Phoenix and Maya go into the second trial day convinced that Sorin is the most likely culprit, only to realize that this is not the case.case; the real culprit tampered with the diary.
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** ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' gives us the ridiculously innocent, fluffy, naive Colias Palaeno. The twist is that he's actually innocent of everything despite being so obviously non-evil that he looks guilty. From the same game, Zinc Lablanc II, an irritable FunnyForeigner who's obsessed with being on time and is so obnoxious that he's bound to be your initial suspect.
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** ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' Investigations]]'':
** The second case gives us Zinc Leblanc II, an annoying and obstructive FunnyForeigner art collector who disrupts theridiculously innocent, fluffy, naive Colias Palaeno. The twist is investigation with his timeliness obsession, apparently not caring about the murder that just happened. Not only did he not do anything, he's actually innocent of everything despite being so obviously non-evil that he looks guilty. From the same game, Zinc Lablanc II, an irritable FunnyForeigner who's obsessed with being on time and is so obnoxious that ''helpful'', as he's bound the only person aside from the culprit who can read Borginian.
** The final case has Ambassador Colias Palaeno, a sweet and integrating fellow with an exaggerated smile, a connection to the crime, and a nervous disposition. Turns out, his secretary was the one committing crimes without his knowledge, and his affable-but-stressed manner is the natural result of being a diplomat in a ''very'' tricky political situation; if he can make things work he might beyour initial suspect.able to peacefully reunite his country, but if he and Edgeworth ''can't'' catch the guy who murdered two people at the embassy, he's looking at an international incident at best and a renewed civil war at worst.
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** The final case has Ambassador Colias Palaeno, a sweet and integrating fellow with an exaggerated smile, a connection to the crime, and a nervous disposition. Turns out, his secretary was the one committing crimes without his knowledge, and his affable-but-stressed manner is the natural result of being a diplomat in a ''very'' tricky political situation; if he can make things work he might be
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*** To assist with murders, the boys are all given a toolkit while the girls receive a sewing kit. While the toolkit is relevant in the first trial, the sewing kit never sees use.
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* ''Literature/Alice2014'': A lot of clues seem to just kind of fizzle out into irrelevancy after they are discovered, or, once their meaning is known (like the Sandman poem), are fairly irrelevant anyway. Even if one takes them as trying to lead Christopher to realize that Michael IS Mickey, his memories have been altered so that he can’t remember or figure it out no matter how plainly it’s spelled out for him, and there’s no way for the readers to put it together because they don’t have the prior knowledge that Michael does.
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is restored to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is restored to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had really been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is returned to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is returned restored to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The Thunderbolts heroes battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is returned to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* The plot of ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Annual 2000'' is kicked off by an earlier issue of Creator/KurtBusiek's ''[[Comicbook/KurtBusieksAvengers Avengers]]'' run where the soul of Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s ex-wife Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} (who, alongside several other dead Avengers, had briefly been revived by the Grim Reaper) unsuccessfully tries to impart a message of dire importance to Clint before vanishing. Believing that Mockingbird is being tormented by Comicbook/{{Mephisto}}, the Thunderbolts head to Hell to rescue her, where they quickly discover that the demon is holding a heavily bandaged woman captive. The Thunderbolts battle Mephisto and eventually emerge victorious, only to discover that the bound woman is not Mockingbird, but actually Comicbook/PatsyWalker, who is returned to life after returning to Earth. It's soon revealed that Mockingbird's warning had been about Mephisto using the Patsy as part of a plot to kill Daimon Hellstrom (Patsy's husband and the current ruler of Hell at the time).
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Gnosia}}'': From her introduction, the player is led to believe that Yuriko is the mastermind of the Gnosia invasion and the GroundhogDayLoop, between her constant LeaningOnTheFourthWall, it being extremely difficult to catch her in lies or turn people against her, and being very knowledgeable about things such as what really happens when you get [[BrainUploading cyberized]] and how it relates to Gnos. In the end, it's not her but [[WalkingSpoiler Manan]] via [[CuteMute Kukrushka]] and [[CompulsiveLiar SQ]] who is responsible for everything.
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* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' sets up some {{Red Herring}}s to hide the true identity of the local MysteriousProtector. (That it doesn't fully work in the anime version because of his voice is another story...) The MysteriousProtector has blond hair and blue eyes, and there's another character in the cast possessing these traits ([[MissionControl Ryou Shirogane]]). The manga, in addition to pointing out those similarities, briefly uses ''another'' character (Keiichiro) to make a red herring via a subversion of the RevealingInjury trope. The real identity of the MysteriousProtector looks ''nothing'' like his transformed form, but the abovementioned voice link in the anime version, coupled with healthy amount of Genre Savviness from the audience, renders the whole point moot. His surname "Aoyama" contains the word for "Blue" in Japanese, which gives some hint as to his identity.
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** One in ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'' is really outstanding though, as it's a rare case of an ''inverted'' RedHerring. [[spoiler: Into just about a third of the book, Hastings mentions in passing that it was the last time he saw Jane Wilkinson, which hints at either her impending murder or low plot relevance of her character after all. In fact, she is the murderer, and Hastings just had to leave Britain before her trial.]]
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* PhotoIdentificationDenial, wherein someone denies knowing a person upon being shown their picture, but actually does know them.
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The term "red herring" comes from a technique for training tracking dogs. While a dog is tracking one scent, it is often overlapped with other, more powerful, and enticing scents. Usually fish, often actual red herrings, which have a particularly potent scent. Here is a link to the dry history of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring#History_of_the_idiom term]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.
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The term "red herring" comes from a technique for training tracking dogs. While a dog is tracking one scent, it is often overlapped with other, more powerful, and enticing scents. Usually fish, often actual red herrings, which have a particularly potent scent. Here is a link to the dry history of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring#History_of_the_idiom term]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.
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