History WhamLine / Film

* ''Film/{{Split}}'' spends two hours and change being a thriller about a man with [[SplitPersonality split personalities]] and the three teenage girls he took prisoner. Then the final scene has this exchange, revealing that the film is a StealthSequel to ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and the possible beginning of [[TheVerse a Shamyalan cinematic universe]]:

* From the movie ''Film/{{Explorers}}'': "Ehhhh, what's up, Doc?"

* From ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious 6]]'':

* In Costa-Gavras's political thriller ''Film/{{Z}}'', the protagonist is a young public prosecutor of [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed an unidentified Mediterranean country, (strongly implied to be]] UsefulNotes/Greece just before the 1967 coup), who investigates the death of an opposition MP. When the witnesses say that it was a "murder" orchestrated by the powerful military, he fastidiously corrects them saying that, unless otherwise proven, it must be presumed that the MP's death was the result of an "accident". Then, towards the end of the film, he is interrogating a member of the conspiracy:

* ''Film/RedEye'': "Just keeping the focus on you and your father."

* ''Film/ReturnToOz'': There are two from the BigBadDuumvirate. First is Princess Mombi's EvilAllAlong moment. Second is when the Nome King reveals to Dorothy how he conquered Oz.
** "You will be rather attractive, one day, not at all beautiful, you understand, but you have a certain prettiness, different than my other heads...I believe I'll lock you in the tower for a few years, until your head is ready. And then I'll take it."
** "''My'' Ruby Slippers. They just... fell out of the sky one day- you were so anxious to get home. They're ''very'' powerful: they made it possible for me to conquer the Emerald City! [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Thank you.]]"

* ''Film/ReturnToOz'':

* ''Film/{{Riddick}}'':

* ''Film/DragMeToHell'': "I've found your button."

* ''Film/ErinBrockovich'': "Would it be important if, [[ChekhovsGunman when I worked at the plant, I destroyed documents?"]]

* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'':

* ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels'':
** Lawrence and Freddy discover they've been played all along by their mark:
--->"Goodbye boys. I'll miss you. Love, [[EvilAllAlong Janet]], [[ChekhovsGunman the Jackal]]."

* In ''Film/HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire'', Harry and Moody at the denouement have a conversation about Cedric's fate and Voldemort's return when Moody says something that gives Harry pause, in true INeverSaidItWasPoison fashion:

--->'''Mills:''' Lockwood never had a grandchild. He just wanted his daughter back.

-->'''Mercenary Captain:''' "Name's Johns."

-->'''Wolverine:''' What do you want from me?\\

* ''Film/TheCiderHouseRules'':
** Homer and Candy discover that Rose Rose the apple-picker is pregnant and is considering an abortion. Candy tries to talk to Rose about it but she refuses to name the father. Her father, Arthur, comes in and Rose's submissive attitude around him lets Candy put two and two together by the next scene:

* "Film/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld": After explaining the assassination attempt to Gulliman, Hammond asks Multivac what motivated its SelfFulfillingProphecy of destruction. The story ends with Multivac admitting [[DrivenToSuicide it wants to die]], over and over again, by voice and video and print.

--->'''Obi-Wan:''' That boy is our last hope.\\

--->'''The Emperor:''' Now witness the firepower of this ''fully armed and operational battle station''!

--->'''Rey:''' They were nobody.

--->'''Sweeney Todd:'''" The years, no doubt, have changed me, sir. But then I suppose the face of a barber, the face of a prisoner in the dock, is not particularly memorable."
--->'''Judge Turpin:'''"[[[OhCrap with immense shock]]] Benjamin... Barker..."
--->'''Sweeney Todd:'''"BENJAMIN BARKER!!!"

* In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'': Not apparent to the audience at first, the Joker's favorite PreMortemOneLiner serves as this to Bruce. They were the same words the mugger said to young Bruce after murdering his parents.

* Two after the climax of ''Karate Warriors'', both from Chico (Creator/ShinichiChiba). The first, after catching the kid he'd protected for much of the film tossing expensive heroin in the ocean (under the mistaken assumption that they were the ashes of his deceased father), is "You stupid kid, these weren't his ashes!" Then, just over one minute later, Chico proceeds to confess to him, "The way your father died... I want you to know the truth: ''I killed him.''"
* The very last line in ''Film/KillBill Vol. 1'':

* In ''Film/MortalThoughts'', Demi Moore is being interrogated by police about the murder of her best friend's husband. She is asked about the time of an event, and says "when they found my husband's body," revealing for the first time that ''two'' people are dead.

* ''Film/SimonBirch''
-->'''Rev. Russell:''' A lefty. Just like me.
* In a twist, the 2012 Swiss film L'Enfant d'en haut has a Wham Line that is amplified for the English-speaking audience, for whom the title of the film is Sister:
-->'''Simon:''' She's not my sister, [[LukeIAmYourFather she's my mother!]]

* Two after the climax of ''Film/KarateWarriors'', both from Chico (Creator/ShinichiChiba). The first, after catching the kid he'd protected for much of the film tossing expensive heroin in the ocean (under the mistaken assumption that they were the ashes of his deceased father), is "You stupid kid, these weren't his ashes!" Then, just over one minute later, Chico proceeds to confess to him, "The way your father died... I want you to know the truth: ''I killed him.''"

--->'''Thanos:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner You should have gone for the head.]] ''([[BadassFingersnap Snaps his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet,]] [[ApocalypseHow wiping away half the]] [[DownerEnding universe]].)''

**

** ''Film/{{Solo}}'':When Qi'ra contacts the boss of Crimson Dawn, even before he takes his hood off, ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' fans will know who it is the moment he [[Creator/SamWitwer starts to talk.]]

* ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'': "You're pregnant."

** "You have your mother's eyes, her hair. I was told you died with her." Classic WhamLine example: you don't expect it, it's a major reveal (Nathan's been dressing up his daughter like her dead mom, wig and all, and told his friend she's ''dead''), and it comes in the middle of a song where it's practically glossed over in favor of a much less shocking reveal ("I'm your... godmom").
** Even bigger example: "He's been poisoning your medicine!"

* ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'': "Come now. You really think you're the only one who can play this game?" This serves as the audience's warning that Holmes' ability to plan his strategy before the fight won't help him this time.

* ''Film/{{Carrie|2013}}'': After Carrie's [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge murderous rampage]], killing many of her classmates and her [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], Carrie's friend Sue tries to calm her down. In response, Carrie uses her MindOverMatter abilities to strangle her, and it seems that Carrie will finally cross the line in morality... only for her to let Sue go. The reason?

--->"Yes, it was a dumb move, Herman! What is the matter with you???"

** "She's my sister AND my daughter! [[ParentalIncest My father and I]]... do you understand?"
** Less [[ItWasHisSled famously]], "Salt water very bad for [[JapaneseRanguage glass]]".

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "They feed us to ourselves."

-->'''Luthor:''' [[LeagueOfDoom To put it plainly...shouldn't we have a League of our own?]]

-->'''T-800:''' No. There's one more chip. And it must be destroyed also.

* ''CloudAtlas'': "They feed us to ourselves."

-->'''Luthor:''' To put it plainly...shouldn't we have a League of our own?

** When Hela has Thor pinned to the balcony; unarmed, wounded and overpowered, Thor has a vision of Odin with the revelation that defines his powers. "What are you, Thor? God of hammers?"

*** Granted, it still makes it a ForegoneConclusion that he will BackFromTheDead at some point

* Delivered by [[SixthRangerTraitor Sentinel Prime]] in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''.
-->'''Sentinel Prime:''' Indeed I am. What you must realize, my Autobot brothers, is we were never going to ''win'' the war... [[KnightTemplar For the sake of our planet's survival]], [[DealWithTheDevil a deal had to be made...]] [[FaceHeelTurn with]] ''[[FaceHeelTurn Megatron]]''.
* ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'': This line, from Lockdown. "You think you were born? You were ''built''. And your creators want you back."
** When Galvatron first speaks; it's also one for the characters, since he isn't supposed to do that.

* ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' has TheReveal that a certain bit of lore from [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime another canon]] has indeed made its way to the movie-verse:
-->'''Quintessa:''' The planet you know as Earth once had another name: [[GodOfEvil Unicron]].

* ''Film/BadTimesAtTheElroyale'': Darlene makes a discovery that completely changes how things the final fight is going to play out:

* In [[Film/StarTrek the 2009 movie]], before Vulcan gets consumed by a Romulan-made black hole.

-->'''Vishal Agnihotri:''' ''[after tossing a paperweight at Mr. Jindal, who simply dodges it by sheer luck]'' A blind man cannot defend himself so fast, Mr. Jindal.

* ''Film/{{Sabotage}}'': "''[[VillainProtagonist I]]'' [[VillainProtagonist took the money!]]"

--> "Tony, who do you think locked you out? I was the one who filed the injunction against you."
** Throughout the film, Phil Coulson struggles with introducing his department as the [[OverlyLongName Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division]]. At the end of the film, he shortens it with: "Just call us ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}."
** "The truth is... I am ''ComicBook/IronMan''." It's not the line itself, but the fact that Tony Stark delivered it ''in front of a live audience'', signaling the MCU's departure from the "secret identity" subplots of the comics.

--> "You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet. [I'm] ComicBook/NickFury, Director of SHIELD. I'm here to talk to you about the [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avenger Initiative]]."

** Steve then discovers the extent of Hydra's influence:

'''Senator Howard Stern:''' ''[whispering]'' Hail Hydra.

** "We are Groot."[[note]]The first and only time Groot ever said anything other than "I am Groot", right before his HeroicSacrifice. [[/note]]

--->'''Ego:''' I returned to Earth to see her three times, and I knew if I returned a fourth, I...I'd never leave. The expansion...the reason for my existence would be over so I did what I had to do. But...it broke my heart to put that tumor in her head.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
** After Thor impales him in the chest:
--->'''Thanos:''' You should have aimed for the head. [[note]]Thanos's PreMortemOneLiner before he [[BadassFingersnap snaps away]] [[ApocalypseHow half the]] [[DownerEnding universe]].[[/note]]
** Peter Parker's survival seemed to be a ForegoneConclusion, as [[PlotArmor two more Spider-Man movies had already been announced]]. But then...

** The last line of Gale in ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'', during this exchange:

** "Sammy didn't have a wife."
**

* Early in ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' Ethan uses a record player for his briefing, complete with the usual "Good evening, Mr. Hunt" and "Your mission, choose to accept it"... Only this time, it turns out it's actually the Syndicate giving the briefing, and it's taunting Ethan. It concludes with the usual "this message will self destruct in five seconds" just as gas is released to knock out Ethan before [[BigBad Solomon Lane]] executes a female IMF agent in front of Ethan's eyes.

* ''Film/MysteryTeam'': "Let's all just take a chill pill."

--->'''Darth Vader:'''"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father."
--->'''Luke Skywalker:'''"He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"
--->'''Darth Vader:'''"[[BeamMeUpScotty No.]][[LukeIAmYourFather I am your father.]]"

--->'''Obi-Wan:'''"That boy is our last hope."
--->'''Yoda:'''"No... [[ThereIsAnother there is another.]]"

--->'''The Emperor:'''"Everything that has transpired has done so according to [[TheChessmaster my design]]!"

--->'''The Emperor:'''"Now witness the firepower of this ''fully armed and operational battle station''!"

--->'''Tarkin:'''"[[NightmareFuel Lord Vader]] [[MookHorrorShow will handle]] [[CurbStompBattle the fleet.]]"

--->'''Luke Skywalker:'''"It's time for the Jedi... ''to end''."

--->'''Rey:'''"They were nobody."