1 | An adaptation of ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'''s [[http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/ "42 Essential 3rd Act Twists"]] comic, with links to their respective pages. |
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8 | '''[[WhamEpisode Peripeteia]]''' ||\ |
9 | '''[[TheReveal Anagnorisis]]''' ||\ |
10 | '''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Petard Hoist]]''' || '''[[UndesirablePrize Reverse]]\ |
11 | {{Macguffin}}''' ||\ |
12 | '''[[Creator/MNightShyamalan Shyamalan]]''' || '''{{Double|Subversion}}\ |
13 | [[Creator/MNightShyamalan Shyamalan]]''' || '''[[DeusExMachina Deus Ex\ |
14 | Machina]]''' || |
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18 | '''{{Tragedy}}'''|| [[BetrayalTropes https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DoubleCross.jpg]] || [[SurpriseIncest https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Incest.jpg]] || [[BaldOfEvil https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/PetardHoist.jpg]] || [[TheIllegal https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ReverseMacguffin.jpg]]||[[DealWithTheDevil https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DevilBackfires.jpg]] || [[TheDevilIsALoser https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DevilAutisticBoy.jpg]] || [[MakeAWish https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GrantsWishes.jpg]]|| |
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22 | '''{{Thriller}}'''|| [[MemoryGambit https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VillainKidnapsSelf.jpg]] || [[IdentityImpersonator https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/StolenIdentity.jpg]] || [[LiteralMetaphor https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DeathByPetard.jpg]] || [[MilkmanConspiracy https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BoringConspiracy.jpg]]||[[GovernmentConspiracy https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GovernmentInOnIt.jpg]] || [[TheManBehindTheCurtain https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GovernmentAustisticBoy.jpg]] || [[AmateurSleuth https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AustisticSolvesCrime.jpg]]|| |
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26 | '''{{Science|Fiction}}'''|| [[LivingDinosaurs https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FakedExtinction.jpg]] || [[TheCollector https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AlienZoo.jpg]] || [[FoodEatsYou https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FoodEatsPeople.jpg]] || [[AncientAstronauts https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AlienPyramidScheme.jpg]] || [[RoboticReveal https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RobotReveal.jpg]] || [[UnroboticReveal https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ReverseRobotReveal.jpg]] || [[DeusEstMachina https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GodFromMachine.jpg]]|| |
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30 | '''{{Horror}}'''|| [[OurVampiresAreDifferent https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VampiresRepelDaylight.jpg]] || [[AfterlifeExpress https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GhostBoats.jpg]] || [[MonsterMash https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/WerewolfFrankenstien.jpg]] || [[HybridMonster https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FrankenWolf.jpg]] || [[AllJustADream https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ItWasADream.jpg]] ||[[OrWasItADream https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ItWasntADream.jpg]] || [[WeirdnessCensor https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LegendIgnored.jpg]] || |
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34 | '''{{Fantasy}}'''|| [[AntiVillain https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DarkLordReasonable.jpg]] || [[StoppedCaring https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DruidsLoseInterest.jpg]] || [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ChristAnalogyBackfires.jpg]] || [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SwordsReplaceFeelings.jpg]] || [[MagicWand https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ToyActuallyWand.jpg]] || [[DoingInTheWizard https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/WandActuallyHandgun.jpg]] || [[GiantFlyer https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Eagles.jpg]] || |
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38 | '''[[MysteryFiction Mystery]]'''|| [[TheKillerInMe https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SolvesOwnCrime.jpg]] || [[TheButlerDidIt https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AllTheButlerDidIt.jpg]] || [[CrossesTheLineTwice https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SchadenfreudeProvesUnruly.jpg]] || [[DeadPersonConversation https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NecromancerSolvesCase.jpg]] || [[UnreliableNarrator https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/UnreliableNarrator-dc.jpg]] || [[ViewersAreMorons https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/UnreliableReader.jpg]] || [[GodIsEvil https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GodDidIt.jpg]] || |
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