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* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady politicians, find out that his wife Alice's dog, Fido, is the real DiabolicalMastermind.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady politicians, find finds out that his wife Alice's dog, Fido, is the real DiabolicalMastermind.
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* '''Played For Horror''': Detective Bob kills the Chesapeake Piano Wire Strangler in a climactic ChaseScene and sits down alone with Carl for a brew during the epilogue, and when he looks away from Carl for a second [[CruelTwistEnding a very familiar length of piano wire suddenly comes from behind and wraps itself around his neck]].
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* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl, the friendly car dealership owner who sold him a car earlier, is the Mafia boss he had been tracking.

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* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl, [[PunnyName Carl]], the friendly car dealership owner who sold him a car earlier, is the Mafia boss he had been tracking.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': It's ''[[ObviousJudas really freaking obvious]]'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues when Bob ''[[WhatAnIdiot outright refuses]]'' to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is ''[[ImplausibleDeniability right in front of him!]]''

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* '''Played For Laughs''': It's ''[[ObviousJudas really freaking obvious]]'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues hilarity ensues when Bob ''[[WhatAnIdiot outright refuses]]'' ''outright refuses'' to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is ''[[ImplausibleDeniability right in front of him!]]''
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* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl the car dealership owner, who sold him a car earlier, is the Mafia boss he had been tracking.

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* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl Carl, the friendly car dealership owner, owner who sold him a car earlier, is the Mafia boss he had been tracking.
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'''Basic Trope''': The least likely character to be the HiddenVillain (The BigBad, TheMole, TheManBehindTheMan) is.

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'''Basic Trope''': The least likely character to be the HiddenVillain (The BigBad, TheMole, TheManBehindTheMan) actually is.
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Alice would be a much bigger reveal than Carl


* '''Downplayed''': Detective Bob discovers that Alice herself was behind the crime he's investigating. This shocks him (and the audience) at first, but since Alice was a {{Jerkass}} in the first place, it all makes sense.

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* '''Downplayed''': Detective Bob discovers that Alice herself was behind Carl is an associate of the crime he's investigating. This shocks him (and the audience) at first, but since Alice was a {{Jerkass}} in the first place, it all makes sense.Mafia boss.

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* '''Conversed''': "This is such a [[ClicheStorm predictable movie...]] Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? [[{{Asspull}} It doesn't make any sense!]]"

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"This is such a [[ClicheStorm predictable movie...]] Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? [[{{Asspull}} It doesn't make any sense!]]"sense!]]"
** "It was Carl, the car mechanic?! It's always the one you least expect. But I guess it would be less memorable the other way."

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* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the boss Carl, the car dealership owner? [[ShockingSwerve The readers won't ever find out.]]”

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* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the boss Carl, the car dealership owner? [[ShockingSwerve [[AssPull The readers won't ever find out.]]”

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