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* VagueHitPoints: It's not clear how many hit points a character has.
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* TakenDuringTheEnding: A character/object is taken away at the end of the story for a purpose, leaving it ambiguous on what's going to happen next.

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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: It's not made clear what a character does for a living.



* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It's not made clear what a character does for a living.
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->''"I think I thought I saw you try. But that was just a dream."''
-->-- '''{{Music/REM}}''', "[[Music/OutOfTime Losing My Religion]]"

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* UnknownRematcgConclusion: The conclusion to a final rematch between two characters is never shown.

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* UnknownRematcgConclusion: UnknownRematchConclusion: The conclusion to a final rematch between two characters is never shown.
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* UnknownRematcgConclusion: The conclusion to a final rematch between two characters is never shown.
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The Apocalypse happened, but exactly ''how'' is unexplained.
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* LastSecondJokeProblem: A new problem crops up at the end of a story that's just meant to be funny rather than lead to the next act.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: A character appears to be human, but has certain odd characteristics and quirks that hint they might actually be something that isn't human.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: A character is played by a Jewish actor and/or displays {{stereotype}}s about Judaism, but isn't directly stated to be or not be Jewish.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: A character appears to be human, human but has certain odd characteristics and quirks that hint they might actually be something that isn't human.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: A character is played by a Jewish actor and/or displays {{stereotype}}s about Judaism, Judaism but isn't directly stated to be or not be Jewish.



** MamasBabyPapasMaybe: A father is unsure if their child is truly theirs.
** LukeIMightBeYourFather: Because the mother had sex with more than one man at the time of conception, it's unknown who the child's true father is.



* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: A season finale ends with it being ambiguous who lived and died.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The story ends with the characters at the mercy of someone about to kill them and no clarification on whether or not the enemy successfully killed them.



* EnigmaticMinion: An antagonist (''not'' the Big Bad) whose actual agenda is left a mystery.

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* EnigmaticMinion: An antagonist (''not'' the Big Bad) BigBad) whose actual agenda is left a mystery.



* FlipFlopOfGod: The work's creator keeps changing their mind in regards to information not revealed in the work itself.
* GainaxEnding: Sub-trope of Ambiguous Ending. An ending makes ''no sense at all''.

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* FlipFlopOfGod: The work's creator keeps changing their mind in regards regard to information not revealed in the work itself.
* GainaxEnding: Sub-trope SubTrope of Ambiguous Ending. An AmbiguousEnding -- an ending makes ''no sense at all''.



* InexplicablyAwesome: A character who is awesome, bizarre, and never to be explained.



* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Because the mother had sex with more than one man at the time of conception, it's unknown who the child's true father is.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: A father is unsure if their child is truly theirs.



* NeverFoundTheBody: A person who appeared to die is speculated to still be alive because their corpse was never found.



* NothingIsScarier: A horror element where the threat isn't actually seen and the audience is left horrified imagining what said threat might look like.

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* NothingIsScarier: A horror element where whereby the threat isn't actually seen seen, and the audience is left horrified imagining what said threat might look like.



* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A god/demon/angel/etc whose gender is unknown.

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* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A god/demon/angel/etc god/demon/angel/etc. whose gender is unknown.unknown.
* OurHeroIsDead: ''Seemingly'' killing the protagonist as a {{Cliffhanger}}.



* SantaAmbiguity: A work leaves it ambiguous whether or not Santa Claus exists in the setting.

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* SantaAmbiguity: A work leaves it ambiguous whether or not Santa Claus SantaClaus exists in the setting.



** BolivianArmyCliffhanger: A season finale ends with it being ambiguous who lived and died.
** BolivianArmyEnding: The story ends with the characters at the mercy of someone about to kill them and no clarification on whether or not the enemy successfully killed them.
** NeverFoundTheBody: A person who appeared to die is speculated to still be alive because their corpse was never found.
** OurHeroIsDead: Seemingly killing the protagonist as a cliffhanger.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: A person appears to have a mental disorder, but it's not clear what it is or if they actually have one.
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* MysteriousPurple: The color purple used to characterize or code things as mysterious, ambiguous, or enigmatic.
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* AmbiguousAllegiance: It's unclear who, if anyone, a person is loyal to.
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* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Whether a character has as many conquests as they claim is unclear.
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* TheUnreveal: We never find out what the big secret is.

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* TheUnreveal: TheUnReveal: We never find out what the big secret is.
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* NonSpecificallyForeign: A character is established to not be a native inhabitant of the setting, but it isn't explained what their specific nationality is.
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* ShrugOfGod: Not even the work's creator knows the truth.

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* ShrugOfGod: Not even Either due to indifference or not being sure themselves, the work's creator knows of a work chooses not to confirm a detail regarding canon and elects to simply let the truth.fans come to their own conclusions.

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** BolivianArmyCliffhanger: A season finale ends with it being ambiguous who lived and died.



** BolivianArmyCliffhanger: A season finale ends with it being ambiguous who lived and died.
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* MysteriousPast: A character's backstory is extremely vague and seldom mentioned.
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* ThatMysteriousThing: A character mentions something while describing it in a way that we don't know exactly what the thing they're talking about is.

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* ThatMysteriousThing: A character mentions something while describing it in a way that we don't know exactly what the thing they're talking about is. Even the person describing it may not know.
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* ThatMysteriousThing: A character mentions something while describing it in a way that we don't know exactly what the thing they're talking about is.
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* FanonWelding: A work that is considered to be set in the same universe as another work by most fans.

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* AmbiguousSpecies: It's unclear just exactly what a character is supposed to be.


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* CartoonCreature: A character is most likely some sort of anthropomorphic animal, but it is unclear what species they are supposed to be.
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* AmbiguousSpecies: It's unclear just exactly what a character is supposed to be.
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* MocksteryTale: One or more characters try to solve a mystery but then the mystery turns out to be nonexistent, unimportant, or unsolvable and it turns into psychological horror or similar.

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* MocksteryTale: One or more characters try to solve a mystery but then the mystery turns out to be nonexistent, unimportant, or unsolvable and it turns into psychological horror or similar.a PsychologicalThriller (or a ShaggyDogStory in more comedic media).



* NothingIsScarier: A horror element where the monster isn't actually seen and the audience is left horrified imagining what the creature might look like.

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* NothingIsScarier: A horror element where the monster threat isn't actually seen and the audience is left horrified imagining what the creature said threat might look like.
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->''There's something happening here\\
What it is ain't exactly clear''
-->-- '''Buffalo Springfield''', "For What It's Worth"
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->''There's something happening here\\
What it is ain't exactly clear''
-->-- '''Buffalo Springfield''', "For What It's Worth"
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* AmbiguousInnocence: Somebody could be actively scary or creepy or not.
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* AmbiguousCriminalHistory

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* AmbiguousCriminalHistoryAmbiguousCriminalHistory: A character is implied to have committed a serious crime in the past, but it's never given context.
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