History Main / YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle

* Probably one of the biggest examples of 2013 happened at Wrestling/SummerSlam. It was Wrestling/DanielBryan going up against then WWE Champion Wrestling/JohnCena for the title. After a long, hard fought match, Bryan pulls off what people thought he never could when he entered the company, and defeats Cena with a new finisher to finally claim the WWE Championship. He's celebrating, Wrestling/TripleH is congratulating him (he was Special Ref for the match), the streamers are coming down. History has been made...then Wrestling/RandyOrton storms down with the Money in the Bank briefcase. The good news for Bryan at the time was that A) he still was healthy enough to at least attempt to fight off Orton and B) Orton had pretty much reminded everyone every week that he would probably cash in at Wrestling/SummerSlam. Orton seemed to agree and started to walk away, and thus Bryan resumed his celebration. THEN Wrestling/TripleH turns him around and [[FaceHeelTurn Pedigrees him]]. Orton hands in the briefcase, pins Bryan, becomes the new Champion and thus [[Wrestling/TheAuthority a new Corporation-like faction]] was born.

* [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]] manages to combine this with SnipeHunt in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13250586/2/Ranma-Restart-Bid-for-Freedom Ranma Restart: Bid for Freedom]]. [[MentalTimeTravel After returning to his six-year-old body]], Ranma left a note addressed to Genma from Hideki Yamamura saying that he found Ranma and had taken him as per their marriage agreement. Meanwhile, he sent a letter to Hideki saying that he had freed Ranma from his father Genma and detailing some of his fathers misdeeds, addressed from Seto Tachibana, Seto got a similar letter addressed from Naoto Tozawa...meanwhile, Ranma went in a different order from what the people following the letters would follow in order to annul all of the marriages his father had conned the other MartialArtsAndCrafts masters of Japan into.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'' Episode 15, Charles pulls this on Lelouch. After Lelouch geasses Charles to die, which he does, he realizes that he didn't get any answers out of him and starts regretting killing him right off the bat. Wait, Charles is immortal?! OhCrap.

* ''Series/Glee'': Rachel and Finn have a falling-out when it comes out that Finn slept with Santana (before Finn and Rachel were dating) and didn't tell Rachel, upsetting her. For about a week, they're fighting (although they do ''not'' break up), before they make it up again. And as they happily reunite, they agree to have no more secrets, and so Rachel reveals that while she and Finn were fighting, she kissed his best friend (the same friend who his last girlfriend cheated with). Suffice to say, the happy resolution does not last.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "Hung Out To Dry", the first ep of the multi-season Shane Casey storyline. The ep's over and he's arrested, everything's tied up. Whoops, he just escaped from custody...

* No, the "Miracle on Ice" at the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 1980 Winter Olympics]] was not the game that won the United States men's ice hockey team the gold medal. It was only the first of two matches the United States had to play in the round-robin final round in order to determine medal placement per the tournament's format of the time. And going into the final round, the United States was already behind the 8-ball, since matches between common opponents from the Group Stage were included. This means the Soviet Union carried over a win over Finland, while the United States carried over a draw with Sweden. The 4-2 win over the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, only reversed the advantage. The United States would need a win over Finland to secure the gold medal, which they did on February 24, 1980, with a 4-2 victory.

* No, the "Miracle on Ice" at the [[UsefulNotes/TheOlympicGames 1980 Winter Olympics]] was not the game that won the United States men's ice hockey team the gold medal. It was only the first of two matches the United States had to play in the round-robin final round in order to determine medal placement per the tournament's format of the time. And going into the final round, the United States was already behind the 8-ball, since matches between common opponents from the Group Stage were included. This means the Soviet Union carried over a win over Finland, while the United States carried over a draw with Sweden. The 4-2 win over the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, only reversed the advantage. The United States would need a win over Finland to secure the gold medal, which they did on February 24, 1980, with a 4-2 victory.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' did this a lot. Anytime Judy and Pete got out of the board game with more than a few minutes left it meant one of a few things 1) Pete/Judy did something stupid/unethical and will spend the rest of the episode having to fix it 2) Something bad is going to happen.

* ''Film/AirForceOne'' has been secured, the (surviving) hostages freed, the hijackers killed, and the evil general has been stopped from getting out of prison. Of course, they are still in the middle of hostile airspace, with enemy [=MiGs=] now closing in with the failure of the hijacking plot, and [[ChekhovsGun Halo Flight's]] [[CoolPlane F-15s]] still haven't had the chance to do anything really cool. Oh, and the traitor still hasn't been caught.

[[caption-width-right:240:[[CurseCutShort "Son of a Bi—!!"]]]]

''* Cue [[DropTheHammer the dropping of hammers]]* ''

* ESPN College Football analyst Lee Corso's CatchPhrase is "Not so fast, my friend!" He usually says it to one of his co-hosts who has made a pick in an upcoming game he disagrees with. It is typically lampshaded with graphics or some other way to call special attention to it when he says it.

* The title character of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', being a GenreSavvy mystery writer, seems to be [[InterdisciplinarySleuth very good at spotting these moments]].

** The episode "Recoil" has an interesting variation. Beckett is the one to notice this time, after Castle argues that it is an open and shut case. While never said outright, it is likely that Castle wanted the plot to succeeed and kill Bracken.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Aladdin, in his prince guise, has won Jasmine's heart, freed the Sultan from Jafar's mind control and exposes his true nature, forcing him to run. Unfortunately, Aladdin realizes that he can't continue his charade without Genie and therefore cannot [[FreeingTheGenie grant his freedom]], harming their friendship. Even worse, Jafar learns Aladdin's secret and has Iago steal the lamp and take over the kingdom.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'': After successfully breaking into Orgocorp and getting the information they need to deactivate the kill-switch, it looks like the The Guardians have won... Only to find out the High Evolutionary is two steps ahead of them and has removed the code needed to save Rocket, meaning they now have to go to Counter-Earth, and into and obvious trap.

** Zamasu in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' continues the trend, having to be killed ''three times'' to finally put him down. Beerus atomizes him in the past? Because of time travel shenanigans, his future selves continue to be a problem. Being bisected from the groin up after enduring a brutal beatdown from [[spoiler: Vegito]]? Hi there, [[EldritchAbomination Infinite Zamasu]]. In the end, after either [[spoiler: merging his soul with the Future Trunks multiverse or cloning himself indefinitely with each clone having all the power of Fused Zamasu]], it takes [[spoiler: Future Zen'o causing a ApocalypseHowClassX5 to the timeline]] to finally put him down for good.

** The trope actually pulled double-duty; way to stop Third Impact there, Kaworu, you saved the human race! [[spoiler:Wrong, Third Impact happened in those ten or so seconds. More than 90% of the already barely surviving human race is dead and gone. Almost the entirety of 3.0 is one side or the other of the civil war between the remnants of NERV (Gendo, Fuyutsuki, Rei and Kaworu) and ''everyone else'' seemingly about to win only for enough plot twists to arise to make Creator/MNightShyamalan get dizzy!]]

* In ''[[Fanfic/BecauseIKnewYou Multiverse of Madness: Clea Cut]]'', just when the dimensionally- displaced heroes have [[spoiler:returned to their world and America seems to be talking Clea down, Mordo stabs Clea in the back and takes America’s powers for himself with the goal of destroying magic across the multiverse]].

* ''Film/JohnWick''. Did you really think John would be able to bag Iosef at the nightclub? Or that it would be over once John gets his man, [[spoiler:with an irate and not quite rationally-thinking papa wolf of a mob boss]]?

* At around the two-hour mark of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', Judy's makeover into Madeleine is complete, Scottie is happy (the same can't be said for Judy), and they have an OrbitalKiss, then we fade to black. So, movie's over, right? But wait a minute: Scottie never [[spoiler:found out that Judy was Madeleine]]. Hitchcock even holds it in black a couple of seconds longer than a typical transition, to turn it into a FakeOutFadeOut. But we fade back up to Judy and Scottie, then [[spoiler:Scottie recognizes her necklace]] and the ''real'' climax begins.

* Used in ''Literature/{{Binary}}'' by "John Lange" (a then pen-name of Creator/MichaelCrichton, not to be confused with "John Norman", a pen name used by Dr. John Frederick Lange, Jr. to write his ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' novels). The BigBad, John Wright, [[spoiler:plans to release nerve gas in San Diego, killing the President and a few hundred thousand bystanders. When Wright finds out that federal agent John Graves is investigating him, and that Graves is likely to stop at the obvious solution, he devises two release mechanisms for the nerve gas, one obvious, one invisible]].

* At the start of the ''Literature/HIVESeries'', we're under the impression that the first major villain, [[spoiler:Overlord]], is dead. In book three, we find out he was never actually dead, but [[spoiler: Otto and [=H.I.V.E.mind=] kill him,]] only for him to return two books later. He apparently is defeated again in book five by [[spoiler:Laura,]] but then he returns in book six, when he is finally killed. We think.

** The episode "Recoil" has an interesting variation. Beckett is the one to notice this time, after Castle argues that it is an open and shut case. While never said outright, it is likely that Castle wanted the plot to succeeed [[spoiler: and kill Bracken]].

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': It looks like the plot of season 1 is resolved by episode 6. Adar and the Orcs are defeated, Sauron was KilledOffScreen by Adar sometime before the show began, thus ending Galadriel's mission to find him, and the Southlanders found their long awaited king in Halbrand. But Orodruin just had to erupt and ruin everyone's good time. Oh, Adar escapes, and two 2 episodes later is revealed that [[spoiler:Halbrand is Sauron]]. [[SarcasmMode The future is looking bright]].

* During ''Roleplay/NothingIsSacred'''s Duelist Kingdom Arc, a successive series of obstacles continuously appears to prevent Stella from finding the perpetrator who took [[spoiler:[[AFriendInNeed Abidos' soul]]]]. The action taken violates the rules of the Chosen, necessitating the Monarchs to step in and rectify the situation? [[spoiler:The perpetrator has yet to accept their position as Chosen, [[LoopholeAbuse meaning that they are not yet bound by the Monarchs' rules.]]]] You've successfully retrieved your [[spoiler:friend's]] lost deck and can question the spirits inside on the culprit's identity? [[spoiler:The Gadgets turn out to be both [[OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure incapable of human speech]] and [[AwfulArtist awful artists]].]] You've discovered the location of and gained access to the server room containing information on both your suspect's identity and their deck composition? [[spoiler: Your suspect used their administrative access to wipe all records of their battle from the system.]] You've gained entrance to the island's castle and confronted someone who perfectly matches the description of the assailant? [[spoiler:Only the gadget most focused on physical appearance thinks he is the culprit, [[LatexDisguise while the other two do not]].]]

* The ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' TV series has a literal example of this trope as Kenshiro enters the hideout of his [[TheRival rival]] Shin to [[SaveThePrincess rescue his kidnapped fiance]] Yuria, only to be told by Shin's informant and FillerVillain Joker that Shin has moved his army to a new hideout. This also happens in TheMovie, when Kenshiro arrives too late to Southern Cross after Raoh has beaten Shin and taken Yuria.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', when Mario and Toad arrive at Princess Peach's castle to ask for help locating Luigi, a pair of guards initially deny the existence of a princess, then say she doesn't live at that particular castle.
-->'''Mario:''' Oh, hey. I need to see the princess. It's an emergency.\\
'''Blue Guard:''' What princess?\\
'''Yellow Guard:''' I never heard of any princess.\\
'''Blue Guard:''' Oh wait, I did. Our princess, though, is in another castle.\\
'''Yellow Guard:''' Oh yeah, that's right.\\
'''Blue Guard:''' You should try another castle, maybe. She ain't in this one.

'''Blue Guard:''' Oh wait, I did. Your princess, though, is in another castle.\\

'''Blue Guard:''' You should try another castle, maybe.