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** At the beginning of "WASP", a new pilot arrives at the airbase but the other pilots are disappointed that when the pilot takes off her helmet to reveal that she is female. She is also the future murder victim.
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* Done in ''Series/TheCourtshipOfEddiesFather'' with Joey, Eddie's classmate in "Bully for You".

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* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Cargo", the human smuggler known only as Nachalnik ("Boss") turned out to be a woman named Linda Boyka. She runs a hostel just in case her sex slaves tries to escape.

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In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "The Big House", it is found out that Hanks as a "Boss" who was going to break him out of prison. It is later revealed that Boss is his affectionate nickname for his girlfriend Bobbi.
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"Cargo", the human smuggler known only as Nachalnik ("Boss") turned out to be a woman named Linda Boyka. She runs a hostel just in case her sex slaves tries to escape.

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* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' arc where they go to the demon world of Pylea, the gang meets Lorne's parent, who's played by a tall, muscular, bearded man with a deep voice. When Lorne refers to this demon as "Mom", Angel does a DoubleTake and mouths, "Mom?" Hard not to blame him.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': "I always thought that Jamie and Angus were such fine boys." "Angus is a girl."
** "Bob" in ''Blackadder II'' reveals herself (as the viewer already knew) to be a woman, much to Blackadder's relief, as he'd been questioning his sexuality due to his feelings towards Bob. Averted with Bob in ''Blackadder goes Fourth'' as she is immediately sussed out by Blackadder with only the more stupid members of the cast still fooled.
** The ''Blackadder the Third'' episode "Amy and Amiability" has a subplot involving a mysterious highwayman called "The Shadow". It turns out to be Amy Hardwood, a woman he had earlier tried to fix the Prince Regent up with.

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* In The ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''' episode "Amy and Amiability" has a subplot involving a mysterious highwayman called "The Shadow". It turns out to be Amy Hardwood, a woman he had earlier tried to fix the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' arc where they go to the demon world of Pylea, the gang meets Lorne's parent, who's played by a tall, muscular, bearded man with a deep voice. When Lorne refers to this demon as "Mom", Angel does a DoubleTake and mouths, "Mom?" Hard not to blame him.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': "I always thought that Jamie and Angus were such fine boys." "Angus is a girl."
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** "Bob" in ''Blackadder II'' reveals herself (as the viewer already knew) to be a woman, much to Blackadder's relief, as he'd been questioning his sexuality due to his feelings towards Bob. Averted with Bob in ''Blackadder goes Fourth'' as she is immediately sussed out by Blackadder with only the more stupid members of the cast still fooled. \n** The ''Blackadder the Third'' episode "Amy and Amiability" has a subplot involving a mysterious highwayman called "The Shadow". It turns out to be Amy Hardwood, a woman he had earlier tried to fix the Prince Regent up with.



* ''Series/BurnNotice'' had an episode where Team Weston needed an ambulance so Sam got one of his buddies to provide one. Afterwards, the female paramedic who drove turned out to be Sam's buddy.

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* ''Series/BurnNotice'' had an episode where Team Weston needed an ambulance so Sam got one of his buddies to provide one. Afterwards, the female paramedic who drove turned out to be Sam's buddy.buddy is revealed to be a female paramedic.



* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}'': In Episode #8.1, Geordie arrests a mysterious biker known only as 'Lighting', only to discover that when 'Lightning' removes their their helmet and their long hair tumbles free that 'Lightning' is a girl.

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* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}'': In Episode #8.1, Geordie arrests a mysterious biker known only as 'Lighting', 'Lightning', only to discover that when 'Lightning' removes their their helmet and their long hair tumbles free that 'Lightning' is a girl.



* In ''Series/{{Jessie}}'', Ravi's lizard Mr. Kipling is revealed to be a ''Mrs.'' Kipling in the Season 1 finale.



* A textbook example, from a second season episode of ''Series/Merlin2008'': We see a sorceress, played by Emilia Fox, being all sorceress-y. We then see someone in a full suit of armour waltz through Camelot, kill five guards, enter the Great Hall, challenge Arthur to a duel, ''then'' remove her helmet, shake out her long blonde hair and reveal... Emilia Fox.

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* A textbook example, from a second season episode of ''Series/Merlin2008'': We see a sorceress, played by Emilia Fox, being all sorceress-y. We then see someone in a full suit of armour armor waltz through Camelot, kill five guards, enter the Great Hall, challenge Arthur to a duel, ''then'' remove her helmet, shake out her long blonde hair and reveal... Emilia Fox.



* ''Series/NewTricks'' does this a couple episodes, describing hackers by their nicknames and using male pronouns until their identities are revealed. Them being women is seen as a surprise.



* ''Series/NewTricks'' does this a couple episodes, describing hackers by their nicknames and using male pronouns until their identities are revealed. Them being women is seen as a surprise.



-->Daniel: "Sorry, you're not my type, and I'm a more than a little disturbed to think I might be yours."
-->*helmet comes off, revealing Claudia Black*
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-->Daniel: --->Daniel: "Sorry, you're not my type, and I'm a more than a little disturbed to think I might be yours."
-->*helmet --->*helmet comes off, revealing Claudia Black*
-->Daniel: --->Daniel: "Um...oh..."
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** In a later episode, the trio infiltrate an art gala to identify and capture the elusive arms dealer La Ciudad. They think they identify the man but was an undercover MI-6 operative. Chuck discovers that La Ciudad is a woman by identifying the scar on her neck.

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** In a later episode, the trio infiltrate an art gala to identify and capture the elusive arms dealer La Ciudad. They think they identify the man but he was an undercover MI-6 operative. Chuck discovers that La Ciudad is a woman by identifying after seeing the scar on her neck.

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* In the pilot of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Chuck and Morgan catch a masked burglar trying to steal Chuck's computer. After a fight that results in the destruction of the computer (and Chuck and Morgan's pride), the burglar races away, then unmasks. She turns out to be Sarah, the beautiful woman who'd been flirting with Chuck at the Buy More earlier in the episode.

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In the pilot of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', pilot, Chuck and Morgan catch a masked burglar trying to steal Chuck's computer. After a fight that results in the destruction of the computer (and Chuck and Morgan's pride), the burglar races away, then unmasks. She turns out to be Sarah, the beautiful woman who'd been flirting with Chuck at the Buy More earlier in the episode.episode.
** In a later episode, the trio infiltrate an art gala to identify and capture the elusive arms dealer La Ciudad. They think they identify the man but was an undercover MI-6 operative. Chuck discovers that La Ciudad is a woman by identifying the scar on her neck.
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* ''Film/BurnNotice'' had an episode where Team Weston needed an ambulance so Sam got one of his buddies to provide one. Afterwards, the female paramedic who drove turned out to be Sam's buddy.

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* ''Film/BurnNotice'' ''Series/BurnNotice'' had an episode where Team Weston needed an ambulance so Sam got one of his buddies to provide one. Afterwards, the female paramedic who drove turned out to be Sam's buddy.
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* ''Film/BurnNotice'' had an episode where Team Weston needed an ambulance so Sam got one of his buddies to provide one. Afterwards, the female paramedic who drove turned out to be Sam's buddy.

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** When Phoebe is acting as surrogate for her brother's triplets the initial scans make it look like she's having two boys and a girl. After delivering a boy and a girl everyone's surprised when the third baby also turns out to be a girl. Frank Junior guesses that the doctor must have misread the sonogram and got the gender wrong, but decides to just be happy that all three of his kids are healthy.

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** When Phoebe is acting as surrogate for her brother's triplets the initial scans make it look like she's having two boys and a girl. After delivering a boy and a girl everyone's surprised when the third baby also turns out to be a girl. Frank Junior guesses that the doctor must have misread the sonogram and got the gender wrong, but decides to just be happy that all three of his kids are healthy. Chandler, who the third baby is due to be named after, is ''less'' happy to hear this.
--->'''Frank Jnr:''' Chandler's a girl!\\
'''Chandler:''' Oh god, kindergarten flashback.
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%%* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Until the season 1 finale, "Firewall", the only thing we knew for certain about Root was that she is a woman. How does this fit?

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%%* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Until the season 1 finale, "Firewall", the * ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' had an episode where Shaw fought a cat burglar at a museum gala. The burglar gets unmasked and, not only thing we knew for certain about Root is she female, she was that she is a woman. How does this fit?the party planner.
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* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Cargo", the human smuggler known only as Nachalnik ("Boss") turned out to be a woman named Linda Boyka. She runs a hostel just in case her sex slaves tries to escape.
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-->'''Forrest'': "Whoever he was, the guy was big."

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-->'''Forrest'': -->'''Forrest''': "Whoever he was, the guy was big."
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was at first thought to be a man by The Initiative.
-->'''Forrest'': "Whoever he was, the guy was big."
-->'''Graham''': "Strong, too."
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%%* Ziggy Vadas from ''Series/{{Life|2007}}''.

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%%* * In the ''Series/Life2007'' episode, "Eval and His Brother Ziggy", the Vadas Brothers Corporation plans to build on a Native American reservation. Ziggy Vadas from ''Series/{{Life|2007}}''.is revealed to be a woman, and the brains of the operation.

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** "Fire in the Ice": Albie the poker ring organizer. Booth is very shocked. Perhaps because he recognizes her from his ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' days?

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** "Fire in the Ice": Albie the poker ring organizer. Booth is very shocked. Perhaps because he recognizes her [[Creator/BiancaLawson her]] as Kendra from his ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' days?
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* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Lone Vengeance is revealed to be a previously unsuspected woman.

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* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', Lone Vengeance is revealed to be a previously unsuspected woman.
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* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'': [[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E2Departure Episode 2]] shows Lee Shaw and Keiko Miura's first meeting in 1952. Shaw was [[DeliberateValuesDissonance quite surprised]] to learn that the Japanese Dr. Miura who he'd been assigned as a bodyguard for was not a man with a doctorate, but a ''woman'' with a doctorate, even assuming at first when Keiko approached him that she was Dr. Miura's assistant.
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->'''Sherlock:''' So who is the man I spoke to on the phone? The man who said he was Moriarty?\\
'''Moriarty:''' You talked to one of my Lieutenants. He has over the years played the role repeatedly and with great conviction. More often than not he has done so to protect my identity. Other times it was because I suspected some potential clients might... struggle with my gender. As if men has a monopoly on murder.
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': "The Frenchman" is a fellow antiques dealer specializing in weapons and blades who Henry asks Abe to visit after an antique Liston Knife is used in a murder. Abe finds the Frenchman creepy. Turns out the Frenchman is a Japanese woman.

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* ''Series/{{Counterpart}}'': The German police seeking Baldwin, a notorious assassin, believed that this was a man. Given this, she gets the drop on them as they didn't suspect that she's actually a woman.

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* ''Series/{{Counterpart}}'': ''Series/Counterpart2018'': The German police seeking Baldwin, a notorious assassin, believed that this was a man. Given this, she gets the drop on them as they didn't suspect that she's actually a woman.



* In ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'', the notorious drug lord Sin Rostro turns out to be [[spoiler:Raphael's step-mother, Rose]].



* No mortal peril involved (and probably no relationship, but this is [=MacGyver=] we're talking about), but a female T-38 pilot does this on an episode of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'' after she gives Mac a free flight. Get your minds out of the gutter...

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* No mortal peril involved (and probably no relationship, but this is [=MacGyver=] we're talking about), but a female T-38 pilot does this on an episode of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'' ''Series/MacGyver1985'' after she gives Mac a free flight. Get your minds out of the gutter...



* Season 2 of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' features [[Creator/HGWells Helena G. Wells]].

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* Season 2 of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' ''Series/Warehouse13'' features [[Creator/HGWells Helena G. Wells]].



* In the telenovela ''Jane the Virgin'', the notorious drug lord Sin Rostro turns out to be [[spoiler:Raphael's step-mother, Rose]].
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* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': In an early season establishes Mac's old, indestructible, and seemingly immortal dog named Poppins. The dog returns in a later season, and he's finally starting to act infirm. Mac takes him to a vet, who announces that he's... pregnant. Mac continues to refer to Poppins as a male dog in spite of repeated assurances from the vet that Poppins is female. In the end, [[spoiler:it's subverted: the female is a different dog who merely looks a lot like Poppins. The real Poppins arrives and steals the blanket that the pregnant dog is resting on]].
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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'': Season 1 Ghostface turns out to be [[IntrepidReporter Piper Shaw]], Emma's [[BastardBastard half sister from out of wedlock]].

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* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'': ''Series/ScreamTheTVSeries'': Season 1 Ghostface turns out to be [[IntrepidReporter Piper Shaw]], Emma's [[BastardBastard half sister from out of wedlock]].
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* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}'': In Episode #8.1, Geordie arrests a mysterious biker known only as 'Lighting', only to discover that when 'Lightning' removes their their helmet and their long hair tumbles free that 'Lightning' is a girl.

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*** Daniel: "Sorry, you're not my type, and I'm a more than a little disturbed to think I might be yours." *helmet comes off, revealing Claudia Black* Daniel: "Um...oh..."

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*** Daniel: -->Daniel: "Sorry, you're not my type, and I'm a more than a little disturbed to think I might be yours." *helmet "
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* ''Series/QueenSugar'': Nova and Charley attempts to track down an associate of the Landrys named Parker Campbell. Charley assumes they're dealing with a white man and is shaken to discover that Parker is a black woman -- and Sam Landy's daughter.
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* An in-universe one in ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'' episode "Yellow Belt". The viewers and Julie and Kiki are shown Jodi's karate instructor Grand Master Li is a woman, but Ben, Leon, and Skye do not know that. So when they refuse to accept that Jodi is better at karate then Ben even after beating him more than once, they video call Grand Master Li, who was in the middle of sparring match with a male partner and both wearing helmets. When Leon mistakes the partner for [[GenderMisdirection Grand Master Li]] and asks if boys are better fighters than girls, the man replies by introducing Grand Master Li as she removes her helmet and her long hair falls down.

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* An in-universe one in ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'' episode "Yellow Belt". The viewers and Julie and Kiki are shown Jodi's karate instructor Grand Master Li is a woman, but Ben, Leon, and Skye do not know that. So when they refuse to accept that Jodi is better at karate then Ben even after beating him more than once, they video call Grand Master Li, who was in the middle of sparring match with a male partner and both wearing helmets. When Leon mistakes the partner for [[GenderMisdirection Grand Master Li]] Li and asks if boys are better fighters than girls, the man replies by introducing Grand Master Li as she removes her helmet and her long hair falls down.

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