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* In the ''EdEddNEddy'' GrandFinale [[TheMovie movie]], [[spoiler: Edd is scolding Eddy's brother for beating up Eddy when we see from Edd's POV, an extreme close-up of Eddy's brother giving him an ''extremely terrifying'' SlasherSmile, revealing him as a sociopathic CompleteMonster and that there's no stopping him.]]

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** The viewer is given absolutely no clue why the Madame de Pompadour is being targeted throughout the entirety of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]"... until the final shot, when the camera pulls out to reveal that [[spoiler:the name of the derelict ship is the ''S.S. Madame de Pompadour'']].

** At the end of "Gliding Over All" [[spoiler:Walter agrees to leave the drug trade and has apparently gotten his family back... until Hank goes to the bathroom and happens to pick up Walt's copy of ''Leaves Of Grass''...and finds a dedication to "W.W." from "G.B." With that, Hank finally discovers Walt's secret.]]

** At the end of "Gliding Over All" [[spoiler:Walter agrees to leave the drug trade and has apparently gotten his family back... until Hank goes to the bathroom and happens to pick up Walt's copy of ''Leaves Of Grass''...and finds a dedication to "W.W." from "G.B." With that, Hank finally realizes who "Heisenberg" really is.]]

** At the end of "Gliding Over All" [[spoiler:Walter agrees to leave the drug trade and has apparently gotten his family back... until Hank goes to the bathroom and happens to pick up Walt's copy of ''Leaves Of Grass''...and finds a dedication to dedication to "W.W." from "G.B." With that, Hank finally realizes who "Heisenberg" really is.]]

* At the end of ''Series/BreakingBad'' Season 4, the wham shot reveals that [[spoiler:Walter White had Lillies of the Valley growing in his back yard, more or less proving that ''he'' was the one who poisoned Brock, and that he's been playing Gus and Jessie for the entire stretch of the finale.]]

* The shot in ParaNorman that reveals that the witch [[spoiler: is just a scared little girl, who looks uncannily like Norman.]]

* The last scene of the pilot episode of ''{{Perception}}'' reveals that [[spoiler:Natalie is another of Daniel's hallucinations]].

** The viewer is given absolutely no clue why the Madame de Pompadour is being targeted throughout the entirety of ''[[DoctorWhoNSS2E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]''... until the final shot, when the camera pulls out to reveal that [[spoiler:the name of the derelict ship is the ''S.S. Madame de Pompadour'']].

* The last scene of the pilot episode of ''{{Perception}}'' reveals that [[Natalie is another of Daniel's hallucinations]].

Possible special cases : RevealingHug, TraitorShot, ReactionShot

* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'': The shot of the buried Statue of Liberty, showing that the astronauts are on Earth and not an alien planet.

An unexpected move, or even a change of expression of one of the characters, can be all that's needed to alter a scene completely. It can actually be any event that doesn't need any characters commenting it for the viewer to realise an important twist is happening. In literature or any other written narratives, the WhamLine and the Wham Shot can be the the same thing. In visual media however, the WhamLine tends to be a line of dialogue. The Wham Shot is anything else that can happen to alter a scene and is visible to the viewer or reader. Like its verbal or written cousin, the Wham Shot can be part of a WhamEpisode or of TheReveal. It also has to be completely unexpected.

* In ''DeathNote'', this is how Light's father and the police inspector working on the Kira case are revealed to be the same person to the viewer.

* The shot revealing "Rosebud" at the end of ''CitizenKane''.
* The shot of [[DeadAllAlong Mother]] in ''{{Psycho}}''.

* ''PlanetOfTheApes'': The shot of the buried Statue of Liberty, showing that the astronauts are on Earth and not an alien planet.

* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, this is how we see that [[spoiler: Tara has been shot by Warren.]]
* On TheWestWing after the shooting the camera follows Toby around the scene, and all of a sudden comes across Josh, who has been shot and has a massive bloody chest wound.
* On TwinPeaks, one of these shows us that Bob is possessing Leland Palmer. Actually, pretty any time we see Bob comes off as one of these, as he's so strange looking and was used so sparingly.
* At the end of ''BreakingBad'' Season 4, the wham shot reveals that [[spoiler:Walter White had Lillies of the Valley growing in his back yard, more or less proving that ''he'' was the one who poisoned Brock, and that he's been playing Gus and Jessie for the entire stretch of the finale.]]
* The shot of [[spoiler:the scorched remains of Earth]] in ''BattleStarGalacticaReimagined''.

* On BuffyTheVampireSlayer, this is how we see that spoiler: Tara has been shot by Warren

* At the end of ''BreakingBad'' Season 4, the wham shot reveals that Walter White had Lillies of the Valley growing in his back yard, more or less proving that ''he'' was the one who poisoned Brock, and that he's been playing Gus and Jessie for the entire stretch of the finale.

* In DeathNote, this is how Light's father and the police inspector working on the Kira case turn out to be the same person.

* ''[[ECComics Judgement Day]]'': An astronaut was deciding whether a planet of robots was fit for membership in the FederationOfPlanets. He judged against them because the orange robots discriminated against the blue robots. In the final panel, he took off his helmet, revealing himself to be a black man.

* The shot of Mother in ''{{Psycho}}''.
* In {{Vertigo}} when Judy flashes back to [[spoiler: pretending to be Madeleine to help fake her suicide]] .

* The shot of [[spoiler:the scorched remains of Earth]] in ''BattleStarGalacticaReimagined''.