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

---> '''Polly:''' *Squawk* "Don't forget DL-6!" *squawk* [[labelnote:Explanation]]DL-6 is a murder case that remained unsolved for 15 years.[[/labelnote]]

** In Chapter 6, these lines of dialogue reveal that the player got one of the bad endings.

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* From Creator/EllenDeGeneres' "The Beginning", telling the audience an (admittedly fictional) story about how she met God. The crowd's reaction to this line says it all.
-->'''Ellen:''' A couple of minutes later, God walks into the room, carrying a tray... I would say she was about 46, 47 years old... beautiful, beautiful black woman...
* Creator/GeorgeCarlin's "Euphemisms" routine focuses on one well-known psychiatric disorder when, in his words, "a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to its absolute peak and can't take any more input. The nervous system has either snapped or is about to snap." He then proceeds to discuss what it has been called over the years from UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne to UsefulNotes/TheEighties, poking fun at the addition of syllables and lack of directness. The crowd enjoys it up until he gets to its current name...
-->'''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'''.\\
[''Audience murmurs as they realize what he's talking about'']
** [[CrossesTheLineTwice This being Carlin]], he doesn't particularly treat it as such and in fact continues on, still poking fun at it.
* 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:
-->'''John:''' But a word about my friend John and what a genius he was: because when we were first up in the jukebox and when we were punching in the "What's New Pussycats," alright? I punched in about seven... and then John says to me "Hey, hey, hey wait... Before we drop in another "What's New Pussycat," let's put in [[HopeSpot ONE "It's Not Unusual."]] And that is when the afternoon went from good to GREAT!"
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-->'''Kamen''': A couple of things, actually. First and foremost the fact that he didn't even love her.

-->'''Kamen''': That fucking asshole. The same things he told Momo... He said the very same crap to me.

-->'''Kamen''': You see, I... I'm not even interested in guys...\\

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---> '''[[CerebusRetcon Davenport:]]''' [[SuddenlyVoiced L...Lucretia, what have you DONE?!]]

---> '''[[CerebusRetcon Davenport:]]''' L...Lucretia, what have you DONE?!

** While Morgan and her mother Evelyn are not on good terms, this line is rather unexpected.

** ''WhamLine/{{Persona{}}''

A scene is headed in one direction, then the line is uttered. Afterwards, the scene is going somewhere very, very different. For it to be effective the audience must not see it coming -- not just not knowing the exact information, but not expecting any kind of surprising, or even ''significant'', line there at all. If there was background music playing beforehand, [[RecordNeedleScratch expect it to abruptly come to a stop]] after the line is said.

-->'''Rita:''' Thanks, Mister Nureyev!

-->'''Peter:''' Suffice it to say that before the year is out, I will bring you four very special items - a very singular Map, Key, Blade, and Book. And in return...? Very good. ''Nureyev'' out.

* From the third phase of the radio version of ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', where Trillion reveals she's worked out who's really behind the Kriket Overloads' attempt to destroy the universe.

-->Izuru Kamukura is very much alive. [[TomatoInTheMirror Isn't that right...]] ''[[AmnesiacHero Hajime]]''?!

-->'''Tenko''': Do you know who the culprit is?!\\

--->'''Suzuha:''' You must stop World War III. ''[EPISODE ENDS]''

** Episode 47 opens with a WhamLine that will have many saying "Oh shit":

-->'''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... spoiler: You ''are'' Sylvain.

-->'''John:''' But a word about my friend John and what a genius he was: because when we were first up in the jukebox and when we were punching in the "What's New Pussycats," alright? I punched in about seven... and then John says to me "Hey, hey, hey wait... Before we drop in another "What's New Pussycat," let's put in ONE "It's Not Unusual." And that is when the afternoon went from good to GREAT!"

--->The sky, Martin! Look at the sky! [[spoiler: It's looking back!]]

*** When Snake and Junpei discuss the kidnapings 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...]]"

* There's a road safety {{PSA}} titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqGaMh886Y It Can Wait]]", in which a man drops his daughters off at a pool party. His wife calls him and he pulls over to talk to her about their missing pet, then keeps driving. While driving a little boy suddenly appears in his backseat and the man talks to him about his life and his interests, and the fact he goes to school with the man's daughter. The man's wife keeps buzzing his phone, distracting him. The kid asks if he will answer the phone, and the man replies "No, never with a kid in the car." The kid replies with, "That's okay, I'm not here..." and vanishes. The man is surprised. His phone buzzes again and he decides to check his phone, taking his attention off the road, not seeing the same little boy playing with a ball in the street, and leading into the WhamLine: