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'''Hilbert:''' [[First Contact Because those transmissions are not coming from Earth.]]

--> '''Hilbert:''' [[Face Heel Turn Hera, run lockdown protocol 24C.]]

** A single line in Episode [=89A=] reveals the true identity of Season 3's BigBad [[FluffyTheTerrible The]] [[AnimalisticAbomination Good]] [[AdorableAbomination Boy]].

-->-- '''Creator/AndrewHussie''', via his former [[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40585720/Combined_Formspring_Web_Aug-28-2011.htm#mspadventures154147870025488514 Formspring]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''...why did you try to kill yourself?'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:...why did you try to kill yourself?]]

* From the third phase of the radio version of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', where Trillion reveals she's worked out who's really behind the Kriket Overloads' attempt to destroy the universe.

* Creator/JohnMulaney's "The Salt and Pepper Diner" bit centers around him and his friend [[Main/NamesTheSame John]] sitting down for a meal at the now-defunct Salt and Pepper Diner in Mulaney's native Chicago when they were kids. They put money into the jukebox and queue up twenty one plays of [[Music/TomJones Tom Jones's]]' "What's New Pussycat?" Then, they ordered and waited. Mulaney details that "What's New Pussycat?" began to enrage the other customers eating around them, and then he says this:

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* "This is BBC News from London". That, or a similar line must be said by news anchors in Britain if a royal dies. It may seem simple, but it's definitely a WhamLine.
* In the waning seconds of the ''Series/MondayNightFootball'' game on December 8, 1980, Howard Cosell breaks horrifying news:
-->''Howard Cosell'': An unspeakable tragedy confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City. John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the west side of New York City, the most famous perhaps of all of Music/TheBeatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival.
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** At the end of the second episode of ''The Eleventh Hour'', right after [[KillEmAll everyone dies]], Griffin chooses to reveal what the ''actual'' situation is:

* "This is BBC News from London". That, or a similar line must be said by news anchors in Britain if a royal dies. It may seem simple, but it's definitely a WhamLine. -

'''Note''': ''This is not just a line that happens during a WhamEpisode. The line itself has to radically change the plot in itself. If the line is the result of events or conversations that are clearly shown on screen, or it's a ForegoneConclusion, then '''it is not a Wham Line'''. The line itself has to be '''completely unexpected'''.''

-->'''Carlin''': Then, of course, came [[UsefulNotes/VietnamWar the War in Vietnam]], which has only been for about 16 or 17 years[[labelnote:*]][[TimeMarchesOn When he released this, of course.]][[/labelnote]], and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding ''that'' war, I guess it's no surprise that the ''very same condition'' was called '''Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'''.\\

-->'''[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]]''': Tonight, one of you will betray me.

-->'''Hazel:''' Can I use "[[BackFromTheDead I'm Sorry About The Ice Cream?]]"

-->'''Riley:''' Do you accept this?\\

--->'''Griffin''': And there’s something about the dying that feels familiar. And then you're back in that white space, and you see that old woman again. And she says,\\
'''Old Woman''': Oh, you’ll have to do much better than that, loves.
'''Griffin''': [[GroundhogDayLoop And then you wake up.]]

--->'''Magnus''': (Griffin is saying these lines) You know, boys, I don't think Wonderland's that bad. You know, I feel like I’ve learned a lot about myself here, and I feel like our friendship has grown even more powerful, don't you think? (Travis is speaking) Ahem. I didn't say that.
--->'''Griffin''': Nobody hears you say that, Magnus, [[OurSoulsAreDifferent because you’ve just had the singular sensation of having your soul knocked out of your still-living body]].

--->'''Lucretia:''' So those are the six of us. Me, Barry, Lup, Taako, Merle, Magnus. And of course, the seventh: our captain. When I redacted the logs to feed to the second Voidfish, I let you keep your names while eradicating any information pertaining to the mission. [sighs] But for our captain, his life ''was'' the mission. He was impossible to edit around, and so, unfortunately, [[PokemonSpeak his name was all he kept]].
--->'''[[CerebusRetcon Davenport:]]''' L...Lucretia, what have you DONE?!

--->'''Barry''': Taako, what if [Lup]'s just gone?\\
'''Taako''': ...who?

-->'''Janelle''': "You have powers beyond anything I've ever seen, Aubrey. You can break the Quell's corruption. You can restore life to the dead! Aubrey, you're not from Sylvain... You ''are'' Sylvain.

-->'''Kevin''': Hello? Desert Bluffs?

-->'''Cecil''': This is Cecil, and I do not know where I am. It is clearly a radio studio, but the walls are covered in blood, and instead of dials and buttons on the soundboard, there is just animal viscera, glistening under the green LED lights.

-->''...the witnesses said that some low-flying yellow helicopters began dropping orange leaflets onto the city streets. The leaflets read, "[=StrexCorp=] Synernists Inc. Look around you. Strex. Look inside you. Strex. Go to sleep. Strex. Believe in a smiling god. [=StrexCorp=]: It is everything."''

-->''Oh! Oh no. Uh... dear listeners, we must issue an apology! Those helicopters are completely... safe. Even safer than safe! In fact, [=StrexCorp=] recently bought our little radio station from the mysterious unseen forces who founded it centuries ago!

-->'''Cecil:''' Old Woman Josie says that the Angels who have been living with her ... helping around the house and ultimately protecting her from all evils ... have disappeared.

-->'''Cecil''': I...I don't remember having a brother.

-->Welcome... to the Greater Desert Bluffs Metropolitan Area.

-->'''Kevin''': The man is holding something! He is holding... He is holding [[ItMakesSenseInContext a cat.]]

-->'''Cecil''': The voice told me it especially didn't trust the other heads it shares a body with...

-->'''The Good Boy:''' I rule over the dark, wet caverns... [[{{Satan}} OF HELL!]]

-->'''Bolas''': You really should have read the details of your pact more closely, Liliana. You seem unaware that with your demons dead, your contract defaults to its broker: ''Me''.

--> '''Kid:''' ''[voiceover]'' ...I'm ''there''.

--->'''Griffin''': And there’s something about the dying that feels familiar. And then you're back in that white space, and you see that old woman again. And she says,
--->'''Old Woman''': Oh, you’ll have to do much better than that, loves.
--->'''Griffin''': [[GroundhogDayLoop And then you wake up.]]

---> '''Griffin:''' And in this sketch, this earlier sketch, Jack and June look exactly the same. But the Red Robe's hood is pulled down. And you can see his face. And it's an incredibly familiar face, Magnus... because it's your face. [[TomatoInTheMirror The figure in the red hood is you.]]

---> '''Griffin:''' And Merle, you crack open the chest and retrieve the clothes within. A white cotton shirt, a studded leather belt, and a pair of pants... Sturdy. Denim. And [[IconicOutfit blue]].

---> '''Griffin:''' Lucretia's kneeling over her white oak staff, and she's channeling some sort of energy from the orb into the staff, which, of course, is the grand relic she made when the seven of you first came to this world.

---> '''Lucretia:''' So those are the six of us. Me, Barry, Lup, Taako, Merle, Magnus. And of course, the seventh: our captain. When I redacted the logs to feed to the second Voidfish, I let you keep your names while eradicating any information pertaining to the mission. [sighs] But for our captain, his life ''was'' the mission. He was impossible to edit around, and so, unfortunately, [[PokemonSpeak his name was all he kept]].
---> '''[[CerebusRetcon Davenport:]]''' L...Lucretia, what have you DONE?!

--->'''Barry''': Taako, what if [Lup]'s just gone?
--->'''Taako''': ...who?

---> '''Griffin:''' I just have a question, which is, [[TheHeroDies how does Magnus die]]?

--> '''Kevin''': Hello? Desert Bluffs?

--> '''Cecil''': This is Cecil, and I do not know where I am. It is clearly a radio studio, but the walls are covered in blood, and instead of dials and buttons on the soundboard, there is just animal viscera, glistening under the green LED lights.

--> ''...the witnesses said that some low-flying yellow helicopters began dropping orange leaflets onto the city streets. The leaflets read, "[=StrexCorp=] Synernists Inc. Look around you. Strex. Look inside you. Strex. Go to sleep. Strex. Believe in a smiling god. [=StrexCorp=]: It is everything."''

--> ''Oh! Oh no. Uh... dear listeners, we must issue an apology! Those helicopters are completely... safe. Even safer than safe! In fact, [=StrexCorp=] recently bought our little radio station from the mysterious unseen forces who founded it centuries ago!

--> '''Cecil''': I...I don't remember having a brother.

--> Welcome... to the Greater Desert Bluffs Metropolitan Area.

--> '''Kevin''': The man is holding something! He is holding... He is holding [[ItMakesSenseInContext a cat.]]

--> '''Cecil''': The voice told me it especially didn't trust the other heads it shares a body with...

--> '''The Good Boy:''' I rule over the dark, wet caverns... [[{{Satan}} OF HELL!]]

* [[WhamLine/AnimatedFilms Film — Animated]]
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has several:
** A minor example in the second case, which serves as the first indication we get that Phoenix and Edgeworth knew each other before that trial.
--->'''Phoenix:''' Edgeworth... you've changed.
** From the first game, in the middle of a funny conversation between Maya and a parrot, owned by a crazy old man, we get this bombshell:
--->'''Maya:''' Polly! Polly! Have we forgotten something?\\
'''Polly:''' *Squawk* "Don't forget DL-6!" *squawk* [[labelnote:Explanation]]DL-6 is a murder case that remained unsolved for 15 years, and is at the center of the first game's plot.[[/labelnote]]
** From the fifth case, "Rise from the Ashes". This one doubles as an in-universe example, as it caused such an uproar that the trial had to be suspended for a day.
--->'''Lana:''' Drastic crimes require drastic measures...That's just the way it is. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo We did what we had to...in order for him to get the verdict he deserved.]] Even if it involved "forging" evidence.
** From ''Justice for All'', the final quote of case 3 is whammy because Edgeworth was supposed to be dead:
--->'''Gumshoe:''' (''On the phone'') I'll be waiting for you! Goodbye, Mr. Edgeworth.
** Then there's Case 4, with Edgeworth's return to the story.
--->'''???''': "I would've won." Is that what you want to say?\\
'''Von Karma''': ...! Wh-Who!?\\
'''Phoenix''': That voice... E-Edgeworth!!\\
'''Edgeworth''': It's been a long time...Wright.
** Also from ''Justice for All'': "...how do you do, Mister Lawyer? ''I'm Matt Engarde.''" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Up until now, Matt was simply a BrainlessBeauty who, like many of Phoenix's clients, seemed innocent of the crime he was accused of. With this line, he reveals exactly how twisted and evil he is, and that he's guilty as sin.[[/labelnote]]
** From ''Trials & Tribulations'':
--->'''Sister Bikini:''' So I guess you already know that Iris is Morgan Fey's daughter.\\
'''Phoenix:''' IRIS IS [[BigWhat WHAT?!?!?!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phoenix knows Morgan Fey personally and thought that she only had one child, and Iris never revealed her past.[[/labelnote]]
** At the end of "Bridge to the Turnabout," Iris decides to confess everything to Phoenix, regarding herself and her twin sister Dahlia, whom Phoenix had dated until she was arrested for murder.
--->'''Iris''': You and my sister... you only met twice.[[note]]The first time being when Dahlia gave Phoenix her necklace, and the second being when she tried to kill him to get it back[[/note]] [...] [[TwinSwitch For those 6 months, the woman that you thought was Dahlia Hawthorne, wasn't actually my sister]]. I hope one day you can forgive me... [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Feenie]].
** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''
*** The game manages to fit one into the ''first case'', with the Judge's reaction to your previously [[NoNameGiven unnamed client]] at the start of the trial:
---->'''Judge:''' It's been a long time, [[FallenHero Mr. Wright]].
*** The first case seems to be going as first cases do, with the inept Prosecutor Payne and the unscrupulous witness who turns out to have a very dark secret. However, Phoenix is convinced that there was a fourth person involved in the crime. Then he throws the case [[MetaTwist very, very far off the rails]].
---->'''Phoenix:''' Kristoph Gavin. You were the fourth person that night.
*** In the third case of the above, at the end of the first trial day, Lamiroir, after hearing Detective Daryan Crescend's voice, claims that she recognizes his voice, and that he is the killer. Like with Lana's admission to forging evidence, this also results in the trial descending into chaos and being suspended, and she turns out to be absolutely right.
*** In the last case:
---->'''Brushel:''' "Thalassa Has Another Child Besides Trucy", end quote.
** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations''
*** Near the end of the fourth case of the first game, after the story returns to the present, Edgeworth tells Kay that the PhantomThief known as the Yatagarasu was Calisto Yew, the woman who killed Kay Faraday's father, since he'd proved that by revealing her identity as the Yatagarasu. Kay then delivers a line that turns everything Edgeworth and the player know about the case on its head.
---->'''Kay''': The real Yatagarasu... was my father!
*** From the final case of the first game, we have a wham ''laugh'', when Shih-Nah laughs in the exact same highly-distinctive manner as Calisto Yew, sparking instant recognition from Edgeworth, Franziska and Kay.
*** From the second game, when Justine Courtney, previously antagonistic to Edgeworth, does a HeelFaceTurn and identifies the culprit of Case 4.
---->'''Courtney''': The defendant.... Blaise Debeste! I hereby indict you!
*** Case 5 has an [[UpToEleven even bigger one]] that identifies the BigBad of the game.
---->'''Ray''': He's a member of the circus, Knightley's friend...and Dane Gustavia's son. Wh-Who'd have thunk it...?\\
'''Edgeworth''': An apprentice beast tamer? Heh...he's no amateur. For the beast he has tamed is none other than this entire case! ''Simon Keyes!'' [[TheDogWasTheMastermind He is the mastermind behind this entire incident!]]
** ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'':
*** At the end of the first day of the trial in Turnabout Reclaimed, after Phoenix has successfully cleared Orla's name:
---->'''Simon Blackquill:''' ....Hmph. Thank you for helping, Wright-dono. ...Fool Bright. Arrest this woman.[[note]]Sasha Buckler, the woman who'd asked Phoenix to help defend Orla[[/note]]
*** Case 4 ends with a major one, because a piece of evidence that proves your client is innocent incriminates someone else dear to you:
---->'''Simon Blackquill:''' "Upon thorough analysis, the fingerprints were found to belong to [[{{Sidekick}} Athena Cykes]]". So says the report.
*** An interesting example in Case 5. At the time this line is said in the previous chapter (which is closely tied to this one), the player is likely to think nothing of it. But when a flashback occurs later in the case, when the player has worked out that the ladder was used as an escape route by a double murderer and an international spy, [[PlayerPunch it hits the player like a ton of bricks]].
---->'''Aura Blackquill:''' So I lowered my emergency ladder like [[EvilAllAlong the detective leading the evacuation told me to]].
*** Related to the above, Edgeworth presents the evidence necessary to confirm Phoenix's theory about the phantom:
---->'''Edgeworth:''' The man you see there before you... Bobby Fulbright... [[DeadAllAlong is already long dead]].
** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'':
*** [[EurekaMoment Revisualizations]] normally end with a big, dramatic line, but Case 3's is one of the few that completely turn everything you've assumed about the case on its head:
---->'''Revisualization Conclusion''': [[MetaTwist Tahrust's death was a suicide.]]
*** This line in Case 5 reveals the fate of a significant character.
---->'''Ema''': I have a photo of the body. A-And I positively identified it as... ''[[DeadAllAlong Dhurke Sahdmadhi]]''.
*** At the very end of the game, Apollo must decide whether to return to the Wright Anything Agency with his colleagues, or stay in Khura'in to clean up the legal system. Thought "LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt"? Think again.
---->'''Apollo:''' [[IChooseToStay I've decided to stay in Khura'in.]]
*** In the DLC case, Sorin drops one in the second day of the trial. For context, Phoenix suspects that Sorin killed the victim, Dumas Gloomsbury, in {{revenge}} for causing a car accident that killed his sister, but Sorin says he didn't resent Gloomsbury.
---->'''Sorin''': That's because..... the one who caused the car accident... was me.\\
'''Phoenix''': [[BigWhat WH-WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]T?!
** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney''
*** At the start of Case 5 of the first game, Susato drops one when she refers to Sholmes's unpublished manuscript - the Hound of the Baskervilles - by its full name. Iris is rather shocked that Susato knows the name.
*** At the end of Case 5, the characters uncover the contents of a top-secret Morse code message, and find that a fragment of the message says "A... So...Gi..."- the name of Kazuma’s friend and fellow attorney.
*** At the end of the second day of investigation in Case 3 of the second game, Enoch Drebber tells the group they "only stopped THAT time bomb" [the one in Drebber's room]. [[FiveSecondForeshadowing Cut to]] the crime scene, where a bomb explodes, destroying the defendant's machine and possibly killing several police officers.
*** In Case 3 of the second game, there's Susato's reaction to seeing Prosecutor Barok van Zieks' apprentice, a masked man who seems familiar to Ryunosuke.
---->'''Susato''' Kazuma-sama!
*** The response to the above line, "Kazu...ma?" reveals that Kazuma doesn't remember his true name.
*** At the end of the case, the iron mask of the wax replica of the notorious SerialKiller known as "The Professor," is unlocked, revealing the man's face. Kazuma immediately recognizes it.
---->'''Kazuma''': F...Father?
*** Early on in Case 4 of the second game, a rather upset Gina reveals the final case's victim- Tobias Gregson- and the final defendant- the main prosecutor for the duology, Barok van Zieks.
---->'''Gina''': [[TryingNotToCry It's...it's the boss...]][[MentorOccupationalHazard The boss is...He's...He's dead.]] (later in conversation) They got 'im already...It was the Reaper.
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' has a number of them, mostly related to the game's [[SurpriseCreepy true nature]]:
** Sayori opens her heart to the player late in Act 1:
--->'''Sayori:''' You're wrong. Nothing happened to me, I've always been like this. You're just seeing it for the first time. ... The thing is...I've had really bad depression my whole life.
** Sayori's final poem, right before the festival, and specifically its final lines:
--->But a poem is never actually finished
--->It just stops moving
** At the climax of Act 2, following the main character being trapped in a room for the entire weekend following Yuri's suicide, we get this line from Monika immediately before everything goes to shit in Act 3:
--->'''Monika:''' Wait, were you here the entire weekend, [[HelloInsertNameHere (Player)]]? Oh geez...[[FourthWallObserver I didn't realize the script was broken that badly]].
*** And then immediately following the above example, we get an on-screen variant makes Monika's idea of "fixing things" terrifyingly clear:
--->''yuri.chr successfully deleted''
--->''[[KillEmAll natsuki.chr successfully deleted]]''
** One of two situational examples occurs during Act 3; which one plays depends on whether the game detects a certain other program running at the same time as DDLC. It doesn't have much storyline impact, but it can give players a hell of a scare and really makes them appreciate [[AIIsACrapshoot how powerful Monika has become]]:
--->'''Monika:''' I'm talking to ''you'', (player's username). Or...do you actually go by ([[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou your computer account name]]) or something like that?
--->'''Monika:''' Hold on a second...[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou You're recording this, aren't you?]]
** Another situational example from the climax of Act 4, just when everything seems to have been fixed, Sayori drops ''this'' little tidbit:
--->'''Sayori:''' There's actually something else. I wanted to thank you for [[RippleEffectProofMemory getting rid of]] [[RetGone Monika]].
* Plenty of these in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' franchise:
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
*** Chapter 2 had two of them, one about the victim, Chihiro ("This...this girl is...! ...is a boy!"), and the reveal of Genocide Jack's identity ("In fact, it's Toko.").
*** Then in Chapter 4: "I am sorry... for keeping quiet." Spoken by Sakura, confirming that she is the mole.
*** And then in the trial: "It's because I killed the ogre!!" No one expected [[ButtMonkey Yasuhiro]], of all people, to confess.
*** Followed by...
---->'''Aoi''': I killed Sakura!
*** And then the biggest one in that chapter:
---->'''Monokuma''': It's a suicide letter. The one Sakura wrote.\\
'''Makoto''': S... Suicide letter...!? But Hina already...!\\
'''Monokuma''': [[ForgedMessage Oh,]] [[ManipulativeBastard I wrote that one]]. It was all me, baby.
*** And one more from Chapter 4, along a different tone. Up until now, Byakuya has ranged from [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious asshole]] to [[VillainBall outright antagonist]], and has repeatedly spoken about how it's foolish to trust others in a game where the students have been challenged to kill each other. Which is what makes this line following the trial so surprising to both Monokuma and the player:
---->'''Byakuya:''' This is a life-or-death elimination match. The only way to survive... is to win. There can be no doubt that those are the rules of the game. [[HeelFaceTurn Which is why... I am bowing out of the game.]]
*** From the start of Chapter 5:
---->'''Kyoko:''' Mukuro Ikusaba.\\
'''Makoto:''' What...?\\
'''Kyoko:''' Mukuro Ikusaba, the sixteenth student, lying hidden somewhere in the school. The one they call the Ultimate Despair. Watch out for her.
*** From Chapter 5, which pretty much blows all others out of the water:
---->'''Monokuma:''' This school life of mutual killings is being completely broadcasted live on TV all over Japan!
*** Later on:
---->'''Monokuma:''' I've been waiting until all of you get here. We can't begin without the entire group, can we?
*** It might not be too shocking, but it's still big.
---->'''Kyoko:''' Because [the headmaster]'s my father.
*** Invoked in Chapter 6, which doesn't seem like one until the FridgeHorror kicks in.
---->'''Monokuma: ''' There are 16 and only 16 high school students participating in this school life of mutual killing... By the way, ever since we started this game, those beary same students are the only people to have set foot in this school.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'':
*** Combined with WhamShot. During the Chapter 1 class trial, Hajime and Chiaki identify the culprit that planted the knife under the table and went to grab it during the power outage. When the culprit is cornered, a distraught Hajime asks him to object or refute the allegations, but what follows is one laugh and twenty words:
----> '''Nagito''': [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/6/6c/Danganronpa_2_CG_-_Nagito_Komaeda_showing_his_true_colors_%281%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20180430065514 Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! The Ultimates are working together to combat the despair of their friend's death! Ah, how wonderful, how beautiful it is!]]
*** And PlayedForLaughs later in the same chapter, when Teruteru [[OohMeAccentsSlipping suddenly drops his laid back composure and starts speaking in a country accent]] after being accused of being the killer.
----> '''Teruteru''': "I told ya to wait a sec, ain't IIIIII!?"
*** As Mikan is finally found out in the Chapter 3 trial and starts to really lose it, she drops a line that reveals that the events of this game aren't so disconnected from the rest of the franchise as one might have thought...
---->'''Mikan:''' Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...! Haaa... It's been suuuuuuuch a long time... This feeling... I know it well... Like the floor is collapsing... Like the sky is falling down upon you... ...This feeling of ''[[ArcWords despair]]''!
*** During the Chapter 5 trial, Chiaki starts acting strangely, ending with this, indirectly identifying herself as TheMole.
----> '''Chiaki''': "But ... there’s nothing they could have done ... since even if they had wanted to confess ... they couldn’t have ... Because they weren't made that way. So ... I want you guys to try and guess. (...) The Future Foundation spy, the traitor hidden amongst us... who do you think it is?"
*** During the final case, [[BrainUploading Junko]] turns the discussion towards [[BrokenAce Izuru]] [[TranshumanTreachery Kamukura]], a former Hope's Peak student who was surgically altered to [[AllYourPowersCombined possess all the SHSL talents]], but who apparently went rogue and ended up inadvertently setting up the events of the entire series, and more directly orchestrated the events of this game. Despite Makoto's protestations, Junko reaffirms that Izuru is indeed still alive...and then promptly drops '''this''' bombshell.
---->Izuru Kamukura is very much alive. [[TomatoInTheMirror Isn't that right...]] ''[[AmnesiacHero Hajime]]''?!
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'':
*** Delivered ''very reluctantly'' during the very first chapter. After Kaede clears Shuichi's name, it is revealed that someone turned on the flash on the cameras Kaede and Shuichi set up in the library. Since Shuichi couldn't have done it, that leaves only one person...
---->'''Tenko''': Do you know who the culprit is?!\\
'''[[TheKillerInMe Kaede]]''': Yep, I know. I've known for a long time. ... Because there was only one person able to set the flash on those cameras.\\
''(Cue sequence in which you select the culprit- Kaede herself)''
*** The very last line of Case 2, directed at Maki, the supposed “Ultimate Child Caregiver”:
---->'''Kokichi:''' Right...miss Ultimate Assassin?
*** Midway through the fourth trial, Kokichi becomes the most suspicious, resulting in Shuichi lying to trick Kokichi into admitting that he'd gone to the roof (the crime scene). In retaliation, Kokichi decides to reveal everything he knows about the murder in order to take away Shuichi's "fun." It sounds as though Kokichi is going to admit to the crime, but then Kokichi says "Now then, the culprit is Gonta." Gonta had never been considered suspicious until this point, but Kokichi's absolutely right.
*** Also in Chapter Four, this line from Gonta basically confirms he has complete amnesia of the virtual world:
---->''' Himiko:''' (referring to the port to plug the consciousness cord in) H-he couldn't have messed it up! I said it over and over! (holds up right hand) Right is the hand you hold your chopsticks in!\\
''' Gonta, holding up his left hand:''' Oh, but Gonta hold chopsticks with ''this'' hand.
*** K1-B0's speech at the very end of Case 5 is this for two reasons: it heavily hints that K1-B0's now-broken [[IdiotHair ahoge was actually the source of his "inner voice"]], and it sets up the beginning of the end of the Killing Game at the start of Case 6.
----> '''K1-B0''': ItsQuietTooQuiet... And yet this silence is quite refreshing. I used to hear my [[ArcWords inner voice]] with perfect clarity... it would fill me with the power of hope... guide me along the right path... [[DoingInTheWizard I can't hear it anymore.]] All I hear now...is silence. That silence means my will is now my own. Even if despair is all we have to choose... even if hope no longer exists... I will never give in to despair! [[WellIntentionedExtremist I...I will end this! No matter what, I will force this to end.]] This school, this Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, is steeped in despair...\\
(K1-B0 [[TransformationSequence unveils several new upgrades and launches himself into the air]])\\
'''K1-B0''' : ...[[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope And I will destroy it.]]
*** Case 6 has a bunch of these:
*** Shuichi demands to know the real identity of the Mastermind, (who is apparently Tsumugi) and he gets it:
----> '''Shuichi''': So who the hell are you!?\\
'''Tsumugi''': ''(turns into Hajime Hinata)'' I'm me. No one else.
*** The line which cemented the exact nature of this game's reveal:
---->'''Tsumugi (as Makoto):''' If what I said was the truth[[note]]that she can only cosplay as fictional characters and has an allergic reaction if she tries to cosplay as a real person[[/note]] then Hope's Peak Academy was...\\
'''Shuichi:''' It's fictional... It's all fictional?!\\
'''Tsumugi (as Byakuya):''' The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History never happened... Hope's Peak, the Future Foundation, and the Remnants of Despair do not exist...\\
'''Tsumugi (as "Byakuya"):''' Because it's all fiction. None of it actually happened in the real world.\\
'''Tsumugi (as Kyoko):''' All of those events took place in a fictional world known as ''[[TitleDrop Danganronpa]]''.
*** Approaching the resolution of the final class trial, ''Shuichi'' drops an unexpected objection:
---->'''Keebo:''' Everything is gonna be ok! We'll definitely find Hop--\\
'''Shuichi:''' What do you mean ''Hope?'' ''I reject that Hope!''
*** At the very end of the 6th trial, after voting time and the students worry that abstaining from voting was pointless, because Keebo and the Mastermind will both vote for each other.
----> '''Tsumugi''': Oh, there's no need to worry about that. I didn't vote either.
* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'':
** A minor example from episode 3 counts as something named the Jellyman report doesn't sound particularly serious, but causes Okabe to have a minor HeroicBSOD:
--->"Human is dead: Mismatch"
** Episode 12:
--->'''Moeka:''' Shiina Mayuri is not needed. ''[fires gun at Mayuri]''
** Episode 14:
--->'''Suzuha:''' I am the time traveler John Titor.
** Episode 20:
--->'''Yuugo:''' ''[To Moeka]'' You sold us out, M4.
** Episode 22:
--->'''Suzuha:''' You must stop WorldWarIII. ''[EPISODE ENDS]''
* ''VisualNovel/FleuretBlanc'': During a sequence where you can investigate the whereabouts of former FOIL members, the members' statuses appear at the top of the screen as you discover them. When you investigate Etzer, the status update reads "Etzer: Deceased", so you know that something major has happened even before you read the details. This also confirms some of the protagonists' worst suspicions about the villains, immediately heightening the tension of the story.
* The Final line of Block 5, the Pale Bride's story from ''VisualNovel/AnalogueAHateStory'':
-->He started to argue, but then he stopped. I think he was patronising me, as if I can't read simple Korean script! He just asked, in the smuggest voice, "Then what should I call you, child?"
-->I screamed. I'd already told him a thousand times before.
-->"Hyun-ae! My name is Hyun-ae!"
* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods''
** While Morgan and her mother Evelyn are not on good terms, this line in Chapter 2 is rather unexpected.
-->'''Morgan''': My mom... isn't really my mom. To be frank, she's not even human. Not anymore.
** In Chapter 3, Morgan tries to get her cat Geladura off her bed so Tara can lie down on it, only for Geladura to say, "There's plenty of room on the floor, you know." What Geladura says is less important than her confirming that she can, in fact, talk, as Morgan had insisted.
** In Chapter 4, Evelyn brings Morgan to a tree, and claims that Morgan is part of the forest. As she delivers this line, the music stops.
-->'''Evelyn''': Since you loved it so much, I wonder how it will feel for you to be the one to kill it.
** In Chapter 5, the fairies recognize their true Queen.
-->'''Madison''': ''(narrating)'' By listening- or rather, by feeling- I realize who they're communicating with. Geladura.
** In Chapter 6, these lines of dialogue reveal that the player got [[BittersweetEnding the "Freedom" ending]].
-->'''Fairies''': Our queen! Our queen!\\
'''Morgan''': ''(narrating)'' They chant the phrase over and over again. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I feel nauseous as I realize the consequences of what's happened]]. Without Geladura, there's no fairy queen to take Maddie's place. By her own agreement, she has to stay here. Forever.
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** In Emi's route
--->'''Hisao's Narration:''' Emi's there, yes. But she's in a wheelchair.
** In Hanako's route, this exchange between Hisao and Lilly not only takes the scene into a completely different direction (especially in that it forces Hisao to re-evaluate how he sees Hanako), but takes it into a completely direction than the equivalent scene in Lilly's route.
--->'''Lilly:''' There is another person, though, that has been a subject of worry for me as of late.
--->'''Hisao:''' Oh?
--->'''Lilly:''' That person is you, Hisao.
** In Lilly's route, her older sister Akira asks to meet with Hisao, and ends up talking a little about their family. The subject then turns to Akira and Lilly's recent visit to their parents' house in Scotland, and after mentioning that Akira's parents want her to come to Scotland and work for them, she says the following line, which indicates that Lilly's coming with her.
--->'''Akira:''' When our folks told me that when we were at their place, though, they also gave Lilly a summons to rejoin them in Inverness.
** In Shizune's route:
--->'''Misha:''' [[SexForSolace Comfort me, Hicchan, just for today]].
** In Shizune's route, a little while after the previous line, Misha has a conversation with Hisao about Shizune:
--->'''Misha:''' I know you like her, Hicchan. I mean that I like Shicchan in the same way. I want her to be my girlfriend.
** In the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen beta version]] of Shizune's route, the "comfort" sequence does not occur. According to the data the line was ''meant'' to be included during the love confession scene itself, however in the leaked beta it is either unfinished or partially removed and thus wasn't implemented. The love confession itself is still a thing but happens much earlier (in Act 3) and is a huge Wham Line after Hisao confronts Misha about [[StepfordSmiler her unusually sad behavior]] lately.
--->'''Misha:''' Hicchan, I wish you and me could change places.
--->'''Hisao:''' What do you mean?
--->'''Misha:''' Shicchan... really loves you. You might be the first person she has ever loved in that way too. Do you notice the way she looks at you, Hicchan?
--->'''Misha:''' I wish she could look at me like that.
--->'''Hisao:''' What are you saying?
--->'''Misha:''' I love her.
--->'''Misha:''' I'm in love with Shicchan. I love her.
** From later in Act 3 of Shizune's beta arc:
--->'''Misha''': ''[internal monologue]'' To my right, I hear a loud noise, like a car horn. It's a bad noise. When you hear something like that... it's not something you're supposed to hear. It means something is wrong
--->'''Misha:''' I wonder where that car is going? Is it going to hit me?
--->'''Misha:''' I turn in the direction of it.
--->'''Misha:''' This must be fate, right? After all, I have lived so long, and I never know what to do next. It can all be over if I just... don't move.
* In ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA'':
--> '''Jill:''' So, how's Lenore doing?
--> '''Gaby:''' She's dead.
* ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' Trilogy:
** ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'':
*** "Unfortunately, you're wrong. Actually, I'm Santa." This was in one of the previews, no less, but not only does it not mean what it immediately it seems, it also doesn't mean what players might suspect it means.
*** In the Safe Ending, Zero finishes his speech about Junpei being unable to save June with: "No. You misunderstand. You haven't lost. ''I''...have lost."
*** A strange example occurs in the Cargo Room: if you haven't already followed the [[BadEnding Submarine Ending route]], Santa casually revealing that [[CoolOldGuy Ace]] is the CEO of Cradle Pharmaceuticals won't really mean anything to you. If you ''have'', however...
*** When Snake and Junpei discuss the kidnappings 9 years ago, Snake mentions two siblings who weren't mentioned in the news before dropping this bombshell: "Her name was... Her name was Akane. That was... the girl who [[DeadAllAlong died...]]"
*** The game is a rare case of a visual novel narrating in the third person instead of the first person. Except at the final chapter of the true ending where Junpei is trying to figure out why he knows things he logically couldn't and shouldn't know...
----> The answer to that is easy. [[NarratorAllAlong He knew because I knew.]]
** ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''
*** In some paths your opponent will vote differently depending on what you chose. The first time it happens Sigma will show that he knows more than he should with this line:
----> '''Sigma''': [[YouShouldntKnowThisAlready You picked "Betray" last time!]]
*** In Quark's route, the [[PosthumousCharacter old lady]] is found to have an ID card on her person. The name on the card is Kurashiki. This one is doubly effective since Akane Kurashiki is A) a major character from the first game, and B) now apparently far older than she has any right to be a year after the last game.
*** In Phi's ending K will reveal himself by referencing a line said earlier by another character:
---->'''"K"''': Didn't I tell you? "You won't be alone. I will be at your side watching over you."
*** Later in the ending when discussing an unconscious person who looks just like Sigma:
----> '''Quark''': So... who is he?\\
'''Akane''': You've never seen him before?\\
'''Quark''': No.
** This exchange from ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''. Keep in mind that in all of the game's promotional material as well as throughout the game itself, you are led to believe that the character named "Q" is the boy wearing the strange helmet. You do learn his real name (Sean) in one ending, but none of the characters (including the boy himself, who has amnesia) should know this information on this route.
--->'''Q:''' Zero is... YOU, [[UnexpectedCharacter Delta]]!\\
'''Eric:''' Would you stop yapping, Sean? The old man's name is Q!
* In ''VisualNovel/TheElevator'' by Creator/CyanideTea (the developers of ''VisualNovel/RistoranteAmore''), Elena, the girl in the elevator, gives one when leaving it for the last time. The player will only understand its significance if they're on the path to the GoldenEnding, specifically that she speaks of "points" needed to go to heaven in the same way as the now-executed SerialKiller the detective main character hunted down.
-->'''Elena:''' Minus 100 points, Detective Carmichael.
* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'':
** The entirety of Hope's route is a WhamEpisode in and of itself, as it's a fairly serious and lore-heavy tale in a lighthearted dating sim, but one of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Liam's]] lines in the route stands out for throwing his relationship with the Coven into a whole new light:
-->''[[MyGreatestFailure I'll never be sorry enough, Hope. Hiring the Unfaithful is the thing I regret the most]], closely followed by [[TheAtoner choosing Angelus as my evil name.]]''
** From Miranda's Christmas route, if you fail your stat check in two or more events, [[MoodWhiplash this lovely message is given to you]]:
-->''The day of the party happens and...your plans fail! You've been such a lazy and stupid party planner that you weren't even able to [[KilledOffForReal stop an assassination.]]''
** In Polly's Halloween 2019 route, there's this exchange, with kicks off the arc's shift into plot territory.
---> '''Polly:''' Big assumption you're making there. You think I've never been harmed by someone's substance abuse? Someone else's substance abuse [[RunningGag is how I died!]]\\
'''Joy:''' Seriously, Polly, now's not the time for [[LampshadeHanging your hilarious running gag.]] You're being irresponsible and you need to--\\
'''Polly:''' ''(enraged)'' [[BerserkButton OH, AM I?]]
*** Later on, as Polly is ranting to the player character and the Coven about the flack she’s gotten for her constant substance use (''not'' abuse), she drops this line:
---> ''You know who didn’t know the difference that well? [[AlcoholicParent My father.]]''
** During Kale's secret route, the player tries all their [[LovableSexManiac usual tactics]] to hook up with him, but gets rebuffed every time. Eventually, they find him during a meeting with some other people, the name of which throws all of his previous actions into a new light:
--->''"Support Group for UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} People in a World So Sexualized [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall It Might As Well Be A Dating Sim]]"''
* ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair'' has a few in the denouement.
** Kamen reveals that her best friend Momoko's relationship with Hiro was far from happy, but adds that there were other problems that led to her killing him.
--->'''Kamen''': A couple of things, actually. First and foremost the fact that he didn't even love her.
** Shortly after the above, Kamen adds a disturbing revelation about Hiro cheating on Momoko.
--->'''Kamen''': That fucking asshole. The same things he told Momo... He said the very same crap to me.
** Kamen then mentions a very personal detail about herself that paints her relationship with Momoko in an entirely new light.
--->'''Kamen''': You see, I... I'm not even interested in guys...\\
'''Rie''': Wait, what are you saying...??\\
'''Kamen''': I... I actually loved her... I loved Momo.
* In ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'', Jane goes into work for an interview with her prospective boss, Thresher. The player can either have Thresher hire Jane with benefits, or turn her down, both choices leading to {{Nonstandard Game Over}}s. The only way to proceed in the game is to TakeAThirdOption, "The [[{{Slimeball}} hairball]] takes advantage of the situation!!", which reveals Thresher as a DirtyOldMan:
-->'''Thresher''': You know, perhaps something can be worked out after all. ({{Beat}}) '''Take your clothes off, Jane.'''
* ''VisualNovel/KindredSpiritsOnTheRoof''
** In June, Yuna enlists Ano to distract Nena so Umi and Sasa can go home under an UmbrellaOfTogetherness. She succeeds, and after Umi and Sasa leave, Umi and Sasa's mutual friend Nena makes the following statement confirming that she knows about them being in love.
--->'''Nena''': Sheesh~ They finally left~ They're finally alone together~ [[ShipperOnDeck Hopefully Sasa can make her move this time]].
** Near the end of September, Matsuri and Miyu, the captain and vice-captain of the track team, get into a fight over [[SecretRelationship keeping their relationship secret]], leading to them to ask Yuna's ChildhoodFriend Hina, a member of the track team, to go out on dates at the SchoolFestival with them and decide who Hina likes better. Yuna is worried about which one Hina will choose... and then, after the pair of dates, Hina confesses to ''Yuna.''
--->'''Hina''': I gave them a real answer.\\
'''Yuna''': ...Y-You did...\\
'''Hina''': Um, Yuna-nee, I... I realized... That I... I love you, Yuna-nee. If I have to have a girlfriend, I want it to be you. I love you, Yuna-nee.
** Later, Yuna, who's struggling with how to answer Hina's confession, talks with Ano about it, only for Ano to assume she's confiding about the last thing that she would expect ''anyone'' to know about:
--->'''Ano''': Is it about those ghosts up on the roof at school?
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