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10th May '13 2:16:41 PM Koveras

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10th May '13 12:44:33 PM Jake

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15th Apr '13 8:21:44 AM MacronNotes

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* In the first two episodes of ''DarkerThanBlack'' TheHero accidentally saves a scientist working under TheMasquerade and on the run receives a hasty explanation of what's going on. Of course, the true nature of the series is shown only [[spoiler:when it all is twisted into BlackComedy]].
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' begins with this very trope. Shinji, a slightly disfunctional boy, witnesses an EldritchAbomination attacking the city then is promptly thrown into the cockpit of a HumongousMecha that's not really a mecha at all: it's [[PhysicalGod alive]] and is VERY [[TheBerserker bloodthirsty]]. It takes a few episodes until he gets the explanation about what the hell is going on but never gets [[AwfulTruth told]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation about]] [[SealedGoodInACan what]] [[LukeIAmYourFather he's]] [[MamaBear piloting]] until three episodes from the end. It's unclear which is worse: that [[LockedOutOfTheLoop he was told so late]] or that [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow he was told at all]]. Regardless which one is true, Shinji got an all-expenses-paid visit to the DespairEventHorizon for his effort.

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* In the first two episodes of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' TheHero accidentally saves a scientist working under TheMasquerade and on the run receives a hasty explanation of what's going on. Of course, the true nature of the series is shown only [[spoiler:when it all is twisted into BlackComedy]].
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' begins with this very trope. Shinji, a slightly disfunctional boy, witnesses an EldritchAbomination attacking the city then is promptly thrown into the cockpit of a HumongousMecha that's not really a mecha at all: it's [[PhysicalGod alive]] and is VERY [[TheBerserker bloodthirsty]]. It takes a few episodes until he gets the explanation about what the hell is going on but never gets [[AwfulTruth told]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation about]] [[SealedGoodInACan what]] [[LukeIAmYourFather he's]] [[MamaBear piloting]] until three episodes from the end. It's unclear which is worse: that [[LockedOutOfTheLoop he was told so late]] or that [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow he was told at all]]. Regardless which one is true, Shinji got an all-expenses-paid visit to the DespairEventHorizon for his effort.

1st Dec '12 1:16:39 AM Oreochan

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24th Sep '12 2:02:20 PM Yora

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* In the later sections of ''HalfLife'', it is revealed that the dimensional rift at the beginning of the game was not a completely random coincidence. The piece of crystal that made the particle accelerator go crazy and open portals to another dimension was of same the type that another department at the research facility used in their development of teleportation technology for a very long time. Not only is the Lambda Core a huge device several stories tall and powered by its own nuclear power plant, the Addon ''Opposing Force'' shows quite clearly that expeditions to other dimensions have been going on for years and they have their own zoo for captured alien wildlife.
** And ''Half-Lifer 2: Episode 2'' reveals [[spoiler:that at least one alien had been on Earth as a spy in human disguise for quite some time, and was able to learn how to hack the computers of an ultra-high security research center and set everything up for an "accident" that would create a permanent gateway between the dimension for an alien ivasion.]]

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15th Jun '12 8:53:12 AM Koveras

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15th Jun '12 8:10:06 AM FELH2

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