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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:249:[[https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=378 VG Cats double subverts]] WelcomeToTheBigCity.]] |
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| 8 | ->''"And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level... And that one is the same as the top, surface one. Like with pie."'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Billy''', ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' |
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| 11 | A SubvertedTrope happens, or seems to happen... and then that subversion is subverted within itself. |
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| 13 | These let a writer eat their cake and have it too: get the trick of a SubvertedTrope, without abandoning the plot-furthering nature of that {{trope}}. It is more frequent when the subverted form of the trope is very common, almost a trope in itself, so the second subversion really does subvert an existing trope. |
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| 15 | It is possible to triple subvert a trope (and so on); see ZigZaggingTrope. |
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| 17 | See PlayingWithATrope for a comparison with many other ways that a trope can be used. |
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| 19 | '''This page may contain unhidden spoilers.''' Caution advised. |
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| 22 | !!Examples: |
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| 26 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 27 | * ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': |
| 28 | ** Rentarou double subverts ObliviousToLove. Rentarou is extraordinarily perceptive to his girlfriends' feelings and unspoken concerns, and even the love in outside relationships or fiction. But any time his girlfriends have an intimate moment with ''each other'' (typically [[ThreesomeSubtext Hakari and Karane]], but occasionally even with [[DepravedBisexual Hahari]]'s antics), he attributes it to their just being good friends and fails to see the romantic subtext. Perhaps a more accurate description would be Oblivious to ''Lust''. |
| 29 | ** In Chapter 74, Kusuri invites Rentarou to her home to meet her parents. [[spoiler:Rentarou’s harem at this point includes [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Hahari]] and [[KissingCousins Chiyo]], and so he expects Kusuri’s mother to be his next girlfriend... but she isn’t. Then at the end of the chapter, Kusuri’s grandmother comes home and—'''''[[LoveAtFirstSight ZING!!]]''''']] |
| 30 | * ''Literature/{{Another}}'': Initially, Kouichi thinks that Misaki is just a normal girl. But after some heavy miscommunication, it appears that Misaki is actually [[spoiler:the girl who died in his hospital ward the week he was in there with a lung ailment, and is haunting the school.]] Except, no. No she isn't. But she does have one thing that sets her apart; [[spoiler:her glass eye can see the color of death.]] |
| 31 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': During a fight against Wrath, Fu [[spoiler:attempts a HeroicSacrifice]], only to get foiled by his opponent. Just when things look hopeless, [[spoiler:Buccaneer also sacrifices himself, and their united efforts manage to wound Wrath]]. |
| 32 | ** One character manages to double-subvert HandicappedBadass, but the context is pretty spoilery. [[spoiler:Roy Mustang retains his ridiculously powerful flame alchemy following his encounter with Truth late in the manga, but he's blinded. People in FMA learn to work around potentially career-ending injuries all the time - Lan Fan, for example, masters an automail arm in a ''quarter'' of the time it takes most people - but Roy gets blinded in the immediate preamble to the final battle, meaning that he's TheLoad during said battle... until [[TheGunslinger Riza Hawkeye]], who's not really healthy enough to properly participate given that she nearly died of blood loss ''maybe'' an hour previously, starts serving as his "spotter".]] |
| 33 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Sakaki types "cats" in a search engine, and everything she gets is a big bunch of random matches (including a page titled "We Love Neko Koneko"), thus subverting ItsASmallNetAfterAll. Then she types "Iriomote cat", and it seems like one of the very first matches is a plot relevant news article about [[spoiler:how Mayaa's mother got killed]], thus playing this same trope straight. This is likely justified, however, as recent news articles commonly show up high on a search list, especially for sensitive topics like endangered species (such as the aforementioned cat). |
| 34 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' contains a Double Subversion of TheUnwantedHarem. It turns out most of the girls don't have any actual romantic interest in the lead, but enough of them ''do'' (Nodoka, Yue, Ako, Anya, Chachamaru...) that it ends up qualifying as a harem after all. |
| 35 | * ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' subverts the usual Franchise/{{Digimon}} brand of DisneyDeath by [[spoiler:playing it straight for the first arc, then having the protagonists find out there is a way to ''permanently'' kill Digimon. Later comes the Double Subversion: Agumon "dies" in the Disney way by reverting back to an egg that will hatch later, but Masaru is repeatedly told that Agumon won't remember anything about their life together. Agumon the Digimon is alive, but Agumon who was Masaru's 'follower' is gone forever... except he's not. He hatches, and he latches onto Masaru's face like a leech (possibly as an {{Homage}} to ''Anime/DigimonAdventure's'' PilotMovie) and they lived HappilyEverAfter. To be fair, this may have been foreshadowed by Piyomon retaining his memories after one death; apparently, exposure to humans and a Digisoul changes the rules.]] |
| 36 | * In ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', Mytho is [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white-haired]] but isn't evil at all. But, [[spoiler:then the second season comes around]]... |
| 37 | * In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Tashigi fangirling over Zoro's sword skills for a while, and then [[FanDisillusionment finding he was a pirate]] superficially looks like a subverted example of TheKnightsWhoSaySquee, except it becomes a double subversion when she grudgingly realizes he's actually a pretty awesome guy anyway. |
| 38 | * In ''Manga/XxxHolic'', it initially seems that there is a LoveTriangle between Watanuki, Himawari, and Domeki, with Himawari being the object of desire. However, that trope is erased when it is revealed that Domeki and Himawari [[PlatonicLifePartners aren't romantically interested in each other]]. But THEN, it's shown that both Himawari and Doumeki are [[EvenTheGuysWantHim more interested in Watanuki]], once again creating a LoveTriangle, but with the object of desire being Watanuki. |
| 39 | * The Oracion Seis arc of ''Manga/FairyTail'' looked like it was subverting RankScalesWithAsskicking by [[spoiler:having the leader of the villains, Brain, be defeated easily and the actual strongest member be his son Midnight. Then Midnight went down, and it turned out to be the last key needed to wake up Zero, Brain's SuperpoweredEvilSide...]]. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': Misa Amane initially subverted the {{wangst}}y, [[NietzscheWannabe nihilistic]] {{Loner|sAreFreaks}} {{Goth}} stereotype by turning out to actually be a [[PerkyFemaleMinion cheerful]], [[GenkiGirl enthusiastic]] PerkyGoth with a successful career as an actress/model. It's only later that we learn what a [[{{Yandere}} complete]] [[AxCrazy and total]] [[PsychoForHire nutjob]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil she really is]]. |
| 41 | ** Except that we ''first'' find out that she's a complete and utter nutjob, and only ''then'' find out that she is also a PerkyGoth. |
| 42 | ** Alternately, we are first introduced to her as TheDitz. But then, she proves herself to Light, having even the power he doesn't and finding him out by just staying in a hidden place, which would make even Light applaud and making us think we'll have a third {{Chessmaster}} in the show. The twist? She's still TheDitz, directly going to his house and having lengthily talks about the Death Note in a non-secure environment, [[TooDumbToLive telling him the secrets she promised not to which would have kept her alive and less of a tool much longer]], and what not. |
| 43 | ** Which may have saved her considering that Light was going to find and kill her anyway if she stayed in the darkness. She also had Rem watching over her and the fact that she thought Light woudn't murder her if she could prove to be useful, and he doesn't. |
| 44 | *** This leads to a second double subversion, as initially Light thinks that he'll have to kill Misa if she becomes too much of a hindrance to his plans, only for Rem to make it clear that if he even tries, Rem will kill him before he can, even though that would kill Rem too. Eventually Light manages to [[spoiler:find a way to kill Rem]], clearing the way for him to eliminate Misa if necessary... but ultimately [[spoiler:he never actually does, even when he cold-bloodedly kills a different one of his girlfriends, Kiyomi Takada, for becoming too much of a liability, and Misa survives to the end of the manga, outliving Light. However, after surviving everything she then [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself after learning Light was dead, making it a triple subversion]]]]. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Isshin training Ichigo in the precipice world, letting him learn a DangerousForbiddenTechnique. They could only do this because Aizen destroyed the cleaner that goes through the precipice world. Seems to be NiceJobFixingItVillain, but Aizen said that [[MagnificentBastard he planned that so that Ichigo could become stronger.]] Ichigo went even further, [[PhysicalGod ascending to another state of being]], making his reiatsu undetectable by normal Shinigami and letting him shrug off attacks that would have decimated Isshin or Urahara. NiceJobFixingItVillain indeed.]] |
| 46 | ** Zommari ''invokes'' this once he enters Resurrecion. He states Byakuya quickly moved out of the way, thinking he was going to mount an attack, only to find nothing. Then, he shows the [[MindManipulation true danger]] [[PeoplePuppets of his power.]] |
| 47 | * ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' double subverts LaserGuidedAmnesia: D-Boy claims to have amnesia, but it turns out he's faking it. Then, near the end of the series, he starts losing his memory for real. |
| 48 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' double-subverts FanService in an early anime episode. Ranma takes ClothingDamage which would lead to some nice UnderBoobs. [[GenderBender If he was a girl.]] Then he [[WeaksauceWeakness jumps through a fountain]], activating his GenderBender {{curse}} (which is triggered by [[WeaksauceWeakness cold water]]). |
| 49 | -->'''Ranma:''' Aww, that was my favourite shirt!\ |
| 50 | '''[[TheRival Ryōga]]:''' [[ForeShadowing You sound like a girl, Ranma!]] |
| 51 | * [[NationsAsPeople The personification of Russia]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' double subverts the GentleGiant. Russia is [[HuskyRusskie huge and intimidating]], but also [[{{Moe}} looks and acts cute]], is very polite, acts friendly, and is almost always [[PerpetualSmiler calmly smiling]]. [[StepfordSmiler He's really]] a cruel-minded, manipulative PsychopathicManchild with {{Yandere}} tendencies...however, he desires friends more than anything, and is innocent for the most part, unaware of his cruelty. He also becomes a lot more gentle in modern day, compared to his unstable period as the Soviet Union. |
| 52 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' does this for a couple mecha tropes. The most obvious one is at Episode 3. Kamina intends to create a CombiningMecha with Simon's Lagann...only to just place it on Gurren's head...which then starts the TransformationSequence. |
| 53 | * ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' contains an ''epic'' one for TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. After meeting with Marie Antoinette at night, Fersen is leaving Versailles only to be stopped by a group of French Guards, a regiment ''infamous'' for sleeping on guard duty (in fact all the Household Regiments were known for that, the French Guards and the Swiss Guards were just the worst ones). Their recently posted commander Oscar then shows up, her too expecting them to lazy on the job and in fact planning to catch them in the act to discipline them and, after realizing the absurd situation, saves Fersen... And redirects him to a gate guarded by the Swiss Guards she had just checked they were, in fact, sleeping (and, not being from her regiment, it wasn't her problem). |
| 54 | * ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' sets up several tropes in the beginning that go through rounds and rounds of subversion by the end. |
| 55 | ** The most notable double-subversion: the protagonist Oz Vessalius is set up as a [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] and MessianicArchetype prophesied to save the world like his [[{{Reincarnation}} previous incarnation Jack Vessalius,]] [[spoiler:only for it to be revealed later that he's actually [[AntiChrist the key to ending it]]. Then it's doubly subverted when he ends up sacrificing his life to stop TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt anyways.]] |
| 56 | ** The character Gilbert's UndyingLoyalty to Oz, which initially was set up to be from his childhood friendship with him, [[spoiler:only to be subverted when Gilbert remembers his old life, realizes he's been brainwashed into loyalty to whoever he calls 'master' and that Oz is actually technically his enemy, and then shoots Oz in the chest. Then it's doubly subverted when Gilbert calms down from his FreakOut, reconciles this fact with himself, and decides to still be loyal to Oz anyways.]] |
| 57 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Neji tells Naruto that he should give up on becoming Hokage because the past Hokage were [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destined to be Hokage]] and Naruto, being a nobody, will never be one [[HardWorkHardlyWorks no matter how hard he tries]]. After Naruto beats him, it seemed like Naruto was [[ScrewDestiny defying fate]] until its revealed that [[spoiler:Naruto is the son of the 4th Hokage and the previous Nine Tails Jinchuriki. Taken to the extreme when we learn that he is a reincarnation of Ashura, the son of the Sage of Six Paths and his successor. In the epilogue, we see Naruto as the 7th Hokage, and its no surprise that he succeeded. Neji was right after all.]] |
| 58 | * ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': [[spoiler:Shuro]] double subverts ScrewThisImOuttaHere. He appears to abandon the party early on, only to come back later and [[spoiler:attempt to rescue Falin]]. When this [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly]] [[CameBackWrong wrong]], he really does leave for good. |
| 59 | * ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': It looks like the FemmeFatale Carol is giving Akira MarshmallowHell, but due to her wearing PoweredArmor, his face is just being ground against metal, so Carol lets go. Just when Akira thinks he’s safe, Carol unzips her suit and shoves his head between her bare breasts. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': Ghiaccio double subverts LogicalWeakness. His Stand, White Album, encases him in a suit made of ice. Mista figures out that he needs to be able to breathe, and locates a hole on the back of Ghiaccio's neck... only for Ghiaccio to activate a secondary ability, White Album Gently Weeps, that lets him throw back any projectile. But Mista also realizes that InertiaIsAHarshMistress, lines Ghiaccio up with a broken lamp post, and empties his pistol at him. Ghiaccio throws the bullets back, but each throw propels ''him'' backwards due to Newton's Third Law, and ends up impaling his neck on the post. |
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| 63 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' double subverts the ScaryBlackMan trope with Eric Henderson (Quantum). While he ''is'' a tall, muscular, and physically intimidating black man, his full-body costume and articulate speaking pattern means he's inevitably assumed to be Caucasian. People don't ''really'' freak out until they find out he's black underneath. |
| 65 | --->"You're '''black?''' [[TWordEuphemism S-word!]]" |
| 66 | * ComicBook/TheJoker really loves this trope. An especially ingenious one is in the short story "Laughter After Midnight," in which he's walking home after being thrown out of a blimp by Batman (and [[JokerImmunity surviving, of course]]). Feeling hungry, the Joker stops by a donut shop - frightening away the other customers - and helps himself to some jelly donuts before putting them over his eyes like a mask and saying "This is a stick-up, see?" to the man at the counter. Thinking the Joker has a gun, the man frantically pulls open the register and says the Joker can have everything in it - only to be reassured that "I'm just funning with you, keed." Then, in a ''[[OutOfCharacterMoment very]]'' [[OutOfCharacterMoment uncharacteristic move]], the Joker pulls out a wad of dollar bills and pays the man for the donuts. But then the man notices that the bills are counterfeits with the Joker's face on them - and the Joker explains that he coated them with a toxic chemical that can only be activated by human sweat (which the counter guy has been releasing buckets of because he was so afraid of being shot). Long story short, the donut man is exposed to "Joker Venom" and dies after all with a [[UndeathlyPallor whitened]], [[GoOutWithASmile perpetually smiling face]]. |
| 67 | * In ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'', Doctor Dinosaur double-subverts TechnoBabble. The not-so-good doctor's output of pseudoscientific gibberish would be par for the course in a lot of comic books, but in this world it usually causes Robo to yell about how ridiculous whatever Dr Dinosaur just said was. ''[[InexplicablyAwesome Then it works anyway.]]'' This makes Robo very sad indeed. |
| 68 | * ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' double-subverts YankTheDogsChain. At the end of Adventure Comic #5, where ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'' admits that he hates what he has become and just wants a happy ending. Laurie Lemmon enters the basement and comforts him, telling him that they are sorry for what they did to him and are going to leave him alone—"they" being previously mentioned as being the writers at DC Comics. As they embrace, a Black Lantern ring is shown on Laurie's hand that detects the hope within Prime's heart, implying she is really a Black Lantern and is manipulating him into feeling hope before she kills him. However, when Superboy-Prime is accidentally transported back to New Earth, a flashback shows him reconnecting with Laurie Lemmon and his parents, implying she is the real Laurie Lemmon and they are happy together. Sadly for Prime, he is separated from his loved ones again. He blames the Teen Titans and battles them. When he loses, they imprison him within the Source Wall. |
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| 71 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 72 | * Chapter 14 of ''Fanfic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'' does this with ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish. When accessing Eggman's system the heroes find out that the system requires a password. Tails suggests EGGMAN, which doesn't work. The double subversion occurs with the password turning out to be PASSWORD. |
| 73 | * In [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]], Socrates is LockedOutOfTheLoop by the other four protagonists regarding [[ItMakesSenseInContext the transmitter chip in his head.]] After Calvin finally tells him about it in ''Fanfic/RetroChill'', he marches over to Sherman, plucks him up, and... begins laughing. After everyone else starts laughing, he abruptly stops and angrily tells him to take it out. |
| 74 | * In ''Fanfic/ForLove'', after [[PeggySue Hinata is sent back to her childhood]], she attempts to improve her life, starting by preventing her uncle Hizashi's unjust death, to keep her cousin Neji from growing up as an orphaned and embittered fatalist again. Unfortunately, the usual PeggySue trope is subverted when her plan to foil the Kumo ambassador's attempt to kidnap her[[note]]which in her original timeline caused her father Hiashi to kill him while saving her, leading Kumo to demand Hiashi's dead body in reparation and the Hyuuga clan to give them his twin brother Hizashi instead[[/note]] completely fails and the ambassador is killed again... but because she had fostered a better relationship with Hizashi this time around, it's ''Hizashi'' who kills the ambassador rather than Hiashi, so he's executed for something he actually did rather than dying in his brother's place, double subverting it. And then because of her improved relationship with Hizashi, Neji is able to better accept his father's death than before anyway and grows up happier and steadfastly loyal to Hinata, rather than cynical and quite happy to see her dead, ''triple'' subverting it. |
| 75 | * In this ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' [[https://youtu.be/Qzv5lHggyWc comic dub]], Jotaro and Joseph are flying back from Egypt when the former realizes he's on a plane with his grandfather, [[RunningGag which usually ends with the plane crashing]]. Jotaro calms down after remembering that DIO's dead and they aren't any enemies left... [[spoiler:and then Kars comes down from space and crashes into in the exact plane to get revenge on Joseph]]. |
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| 78 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 79 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' double subverts a [[{{Troperiffic}} huge slew]] of SuperheroTropes. |
| 80 | * At one point in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', the heroes are wearing [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Disguises]]. Unfortunately, one of the enemies sees right through them... wait, scratch that. He only saw through ''one'' of them. The rest of the disguises seem to be working just fine. He even helps the heroes "arrest" the one he spotted. |
| 81 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': One of Jokerz mouthed off to ''the'' Joker after [[YouHaveFailedMe failing his mission]]. Joker pulls a gun and pulls the trigger - [[BANGFlagGun which produces a flag that says "BANG!" on it]] - then pulls it again, ejecting the flagpole at high speed and impaling the guy in the chest. This is based on a scene from the comics, in "Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker!" (Batman #321). |
| 82 | * One gag in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' involves Bucky the squirrel threatening to pop a llama-shaped balloon to wake up the jaguars sleeping all around Kuzco. Kuzco pleads with Bucky not to, Bucky does so anyway with a very loud POP, and...the jaguars stay asleep. Kuzco, upon realizing this, laughs and THAT'S when the jaguars decide to wake up and chase his llama ass through the forest. |
| 83 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' does this with AIIsACrapshoot. Bob is hired to take out a KillerRobot called the Omnidroid which was highly intelligent and could adapt to and defeat tactics used against it. He was told that the robot had gotten "smart enough that it wondered why it had to take orders". However, [[spoiler:it was a lie]]. The Omnidroid was under the control of [[spoiler:FanBoy-[[FaceHeelTurn turned-villain]] Syndrome]] the whole time, and the whole point of the venture was [[spoiler:to either kill Bob or get information from Bob's defeat of the Omnidroid to improve the next version]], in preparation for an ultimate version which would be part of [[spoiler:Syndrome's plan to set himself up as a hero. The plan was that the Omnidroid would serve as a villain, and Syndrome would show up and defeat it using a remote control.]] However, [[spoiler:[[DidntThinkThisThrough Syndrome neglected to consider the implications]] of the Omnidroid's extremely thorough combat programming. The Omnidroid figured out that Syndrome was using a remote control to fight it, and acted to defeat that tactic and beat Syndrome.]] |
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| 86 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 87 | * In ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'', amidst all the PatrioticFervor dishwasher Wally Stephens steals an Army uniform, but not with the intent of becoming a WarHero, but only because a specific club now run by the USO no longer admits civilians. However, when Wally wins the dancing contest held at the club, his prize is a seven-year contract in movie business, so he will hardly have to go to war at all... but later that evening he joins a tank crew whose commander has been knocked unconscious, and rides the tank all the way until they face the enemy, yet still becoming a sort of hero anyway. |
| 88 | * In ''Film/AllAboutEve'', Karen thinks about [[TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn tricking Margo to help her understand]], and justifies it to herself that Margo will like it, and there's no reason not to tell her..."in time." |
| 89 | * ''Film/StarTrek2009'': An obvious RedShirt has to open his parachute in time to hit a floating platform. At first it seems he doesn't open his parachute in time and misses the platform. It seems like he will pancake himself onto the planet below, but in fact he does manage to open it. ...Only for the parachute to catch onto the platform and swing him right into the energy beam projecting from the bottom, vaporizing him instantly. |
| 90 | * [[TheGrimReaper Death]] has to play these in the ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' movies, first setting up a chain of events that will surely kill the target. But quite often, when the target manages to make it out of that danger, another danger nearby kills them anyway. |
| 91 | * The LiveActionAdaptation of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' had one with [[ItWasHisSled Racer X's identity.]] [[spoiler:Those familiar with the original show will remember that he's Rex Racer, Speed's older brother. However, the [[TheReveal dramatic unmasking at the end]] shows that Racer X looks completely different from the Rex seen earlier in the [[Film/SpeedRacer film]]. ''But'' it's later revealed that it really IS Rex after all, and he had cosmetic surgery to hide his identity after faking his death, in order to protect his family.]] |
| 92 | * In Buster Keaton's "Film/OneWeek" (1920), a couple of newlyweds is given a portable house and a piece of land. Towards the end of the film, they discover that they have built the house on the wrong lot, and have to tow it across railroad tracks; predictably, the house jams on top of the tracks. The couple attempts to make it budge while arguing. Cut to footage of speeding train. Cut to train whistle letting off steam. Cut to couple jumping and looking past the house. Cut to larger plan of the couple making, in vain, a last-minute effort to move the house with the speeding train in the background, before stepping aside. Just as the train is expected to hit the house, the camera pans right, revealing the train passing on the tracks just next to the house. Cut to sighs of relief of the couple, who resume their arguing. Cut to ''another train running through the house from the other direction''. |
| 93 | * The climax of ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' triple-subverts ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Jack misses his knife-throw at Lo Pan by half a mile. When Lo Pan throws the knife back at him, though, Jack [[CatchAndReturn easily catches it and returns the throw, striking Lo Pan between his eyes and killing him instantly.]] "It's all in the reflexes."]] |
| 94 | * ''Film/{{Thor}}'' does this to TheBigDamnKiss when Thor and Jane lean forward to kiss, only for Thor to pull away and [[IKissYourHand kiss Jane's hand]]. But Jane un-subverts it when [[spoiler:she pulls him into the kiss anyways.]] |
| 95 | * Towards the end of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', [[GameBreakingInjury Commodus stabs Maximus]] before their Coliseum battle [[DirtyCoward so that he can get an unfair advantage]], but Maximus is so much of a badass {{Determinator}} that he still kills him, though he dies from the stabbing shortly afterwards. |
| 96 | * In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Indy is hiding in a Nazi base when [[DressingAsTheEnemy he beats up a Nazi for his uniform]]. Unfortunately, the uniform's too small for him, becoming more awkward when another officer shows up and berates him for his appearance until Indy beats ''him'' up, taking his better-fitting uniform. |
| 97 | * ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit 2'' has the Bandit attempt to leave a shipping yard, but Justice blocks his path and holds him at gunpoint. The Bandit then invokes ItWorksBetterWithBullets by tricking him into using up the rest of his bullets. But Justice sees it coming and asks Junior for his gun, subverting the trope. Then Justice attempts to shoot the Bandit with Junior's gun, only to discover it's empty as well. It turns out that when Junior puts bullets in his gun, it gets too heavy. |
| 98 | * In ''Big Game'', [[spoiler:the plucky kid, an utterly ineffectual archer, looses an arrow at the BigBad with a one-liner, dramatic slo-mo, multiple camera angles - and by the time the thing connects, it has such pitiful force left that it bounces off the bad guy's chest. Then the impact dislodges the shard of metal the baddie's carrying in his chest, it hits his heart, and he falls off the helicopter he was on towards the wreck of the Air Force One just as it explodes. Good times.]] |
| 99 | * ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' demonstrates a Double Subversion of GasLeakCoverup. A cop tries to claim the destruction at Kowalski's apartment is the result of a gas leak, only for all the witnesses to berate him and point out the lack of gas's scent. One man steps up to say that they all saw a magical beast cause the destruction, but before he can, Newt casts a spell over all of the witnesses and they suddenly agree that it was a gas leak that caused everything. |
| 100 | * In ''Love Potion Number 9'', Paul is told by the gypsy who gave him the titular love potion that the only way he can break the RomanticFalseLead's use of it on Diane is to drink the antidote and then give her a TrueLovesKiss. He does so and then waits for her to come back to him. And waits. And waits. When it becomes clear that the TrueLovesKiss didn't work as expected, he sadly narrates, "I'd like to tell you that five minutes after I kissed Diane, she came running out into my arms and that we fell in love forever, but that's not what happened." Then the camera cuts to a shot of Diane happily running towards him and he adds, "It took six minutes." |
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| 103 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 104 | * An old joke: A child is born without ears. Every family member comments on it, until the exasperated father promises himself that he'll knock out the next person to comment on it. Cue another relative arriving and remarking "Oh dear. I hope he'll have perfect eyesight." "What? Why?" "Well, how the hell is he going to keep his glasses on?" |
| 105 | * A variant of a popular joke is a double subversion: |
| 106 | -->"My grandfather died at a Nazi concentration camp."\ |
| 107 | "How?"\ |
| 108 | "He fell out of a guard tower."\ |
| 109 | "Your grandfather was a Nazi?!"\ |
| 110 | "He was trying to escape." ''[beat]'' "The prisoners were rioting." |
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| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 114 | * ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'': |
| 115 | ** Jerin saves the life of a princess. One might expect him to get a StandardHeroReward, but that's subverted; royals don't marry commoners. [[spoiler:But then, it turns out that Jerin's grandfather was a prince, which makes him a possible option for the princesses. He does not only marry the one he saved, but also the one who saved him, and the whole rest of them (there are ten), but technically, it is still "hero marries princess after saving her".]] |
| 116 | ** There is also a scene, where Jerin disguises himself as female whore. Lipstick is used. ''However'': A normal man in this setting has long hair, usually worn in a braid, wears jewelery, and while trousers are not unheard of, men often wear robes or kilts. So, in order to resemble a female whore, he'd need to wear trousers and short hair? Wrong - the female prostitutes have exclusively female customers, who are heterosexual more often than not. Therefore, they try to resemble men as much as possible. ''However'', no ''real'' man would walk around in public, unchaperoned and unveiled like the prostitutes do. Or even put on lipstick to advertise how good he is with his mouth. (Not that Jerin is ''not'' good using his mouth to pleasure a woman, but it is improper to ''talk'' about that.) Oh, and then there is the additional problem that they have to make his shirt look like he tries to hide breasts under there. |
| 117 | * The novel ''The Dragons of Babel'' subverts the [[RightfulKingReturns the long-lost heir trope]] by having a con man successfully pose as the heir to the throne. [[spoiler:And then the one completely infallible test proves that he really ''is'' the heir to the throne.]] |
| 118 | * At first glance, Creator/NealStephenson's ''Literature/SnowCrash'' looks like your standard subversion of your typical Randian/Objectivist free market paradise, but if you really think about it, it's not ''that'' much more dysfunctional than real life and, despite its problems, everything does work out in the end. |
| 119 | ** Stephenson loves this trope - the same thing happens in ''Literature/TheDiamondAge''. |
| 120 | * In an early ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel, Harry Dresden tells us that a DealWithTheDevil is safe enough to skilled wizards. Demons will accept deals that don't give enough influence over the human to have an effect. Indeed, he pulls this off. The demon then offers Harry his heart's desire. He refuses, but is reduced to a total wreck and does so despite himself. Turns out that Our Hero is just incredibly stupid. |
| 121 | * ''Literature/{{Nation}}'' double-subverts the ChekhovsGun - or, in this case, axe. Mau is taking part in a tribal RiteOfPassage that involves an axe left in a tree by the last person to do it. He takes the axe, does the ritual, leaves it in the branch for the next guy - and then his island gets hit by a massive storm that kills everyone but him. In the immediate aftermath, the tree drifts by with the axe still stuck in it. He tries to free it again, but fails, and even feels vaguely cheated. [[spoiler:Naturally, he finds it again during his showdown with the villain.]] |
| 122 | * The ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'' does this with the EveryoneCanSeeIt trope... many of the people Mendanbar and Cimorene encounter assume they are in love, for extremely silly and superficial reasons that are obviously wrong, when they are both extremely practical, goal-oriented people, not sentimental lovebirds. But having those traits in common is exactly why they are indeed perfect for each other after all. |
| 123 | * ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13'' does this with RagsToRoyalty: the Prince was kidnapped by a RichBitch who wanted a son, and grew up to be a SpoiledBrat. Then it turns out that [[spoiler:the brat is the RichBitch's actual child, and the kidnapped Prince is the family servant]]. |
| 124 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting gets a lot of play in ''Literature/TheSiranthaJaxSeries''. There's an alien species who change form... by extruding an extra skin around their insectoid bodies. They can manipulate the features on the outside layer, but they occasionally have to molt it and replace it. |
| 125 | * In ''Literature/SoulMusic'' The Band get a new guitar for Buddy from a cluttered little shop owned by a strange old woman. Once Cliff and Glod start to suspect something is wrong with the guitar, they head back to the shop to ask about it, only to find a blank wall. Glod begins ranting about how he ''knew'' there was something suspicious about the guitar, [[LampshadeHanging talking about how everyone knows]] that things bought from TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday always have something wrong with them... only for Cliff to point out that he's looking on the wrong side of the street, and the shop is right over ''there.'' After they finish fruitlessly questioning the owner, Cliff offhandedly mentions Glod's apparent display of WrongGenreSavvy to her as an amusing anecote on his way out- and once he's gone the old woman curses her failing memory and pulls a lever that relocates the shop to the other side of the street again. |
| 126 | * ''Literature/TheRoad'' has a double subversion of NamelessNarrative. For most of the story, no one ever has their name mentioned. The main characters are simply referred to as "the Man" and "the Boy". That is, until they encounter an old man whose name is Ely... but then it turns out that Ely is a pseudonym, and he doesn't give away his real name. Neither do any of the other characters they meet in the rest of the story. |
| 127 | * ''Literature/UnderThePendulumSun'' has this treatment of the trope AlienGeometries in the LandOfFaerie. |
| 128 | ** Upon first arriving in the Faelands, the Catherine has this exchange with the coachman driving her to her lodgings: |
| 129 | --->'''Catherine:''' How far to Gethsemane?\ |
| 130 | '''Coachman:''' Two revelations and an epiphany? No, there has to be a shortcut… Two painful memories and a daydr--\ |
| 131 | '''Miss Davenport:''' Sixteen miles. It is sixteen miles away. We'll arrive well before dark. ''[glaring at the coachman]'' He says that for the tourists. |
| 132 | ** Much later, near the end of the book, she speaks to the coachman again, and he tells her this: |
| 133 | --->'''Coachman:''' Distances don't work like they do where you were. In Arcadia it's about the journey, and I thought I'd count yours instead of mine. But you were slow. And should've made sure those revelations be true, since fake ones don't count. They just loop me right round, you know? Gets me real lost. |
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| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 137 | * In ''Series/BetterOffTed'', Lem becomes deeply uncomfortable when he learns Dr. Bhamba is dating his mother. The next day, he sees Bhamba enthusiastically telling a story to a group of friends, while demonstrating a series elaborate hip thrusts. When he gets close enough to hear the conversation, Bhamba says "... and that's how I won the hula-hoop competition. And gained the pelvic stamina necessary to satisfy Lem's mom." |
| 138 | * Shows which fulfil their StartToCorpse quota within the ColdOpen -- ''Series/{{House}}'', ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', anything ''Series/{{CSI}}'' -- generally start employing BaitAndSwitch quite quickly to throw viewers off, before resorting to Double Subversion, sometimes [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagging]] the trope to the point of RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts. |
| 139 | * One pre-title segment of ''Series/{{House}}'' features a young girl diving in a competition. Standard procedure with the claiming of slight illness and shots of insides. She dives in, emerges and finds the judge on the floor, vomiting blood. After the title sequence, it transpires the entire audience and swimmers are being tested for meningitis. It's at this point the girl turns up again, with bizarre symptoms which aren't meningitis. |
| 140 | * ''Series/GoldenPalace'', pilot: Involving a robbery incident. See TheDitz. |
| 141 | * ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' actually got a few of these into the opening sequences involving the deaths each episode revolved around. |
| 142 | * In the ''Series/NewsRadio'' episode "Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Shot", Jimmy tells the WNYX staff that in order for Matthew to get his job back, someone from the station will have to enter and win the upcoming corporate talent show. Matthew repeatedly tries to tell the group that he has a talent he can use, but everyone ridicules or dismisses him. Finally, when all hope appears lost, Matthew finally informs the group that he has a ventriloquist act and has been competing in ventriloquist competitions for ''years''. Viewers would expect that at this point, Matthew goes on stage, knocks them dead, and wins his job back, right? But that's not what happens. Matthew sucks... really badly. But... he ends up winning the competition ''anyway'', on a pity vote. |
| 143 | * Maeby Fünke of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' is a double subversion of BrainyBrunette: she's rebellious and BookDumb, but outside school fends for herself quite easily, even landing a plum job in Hollywood. |
| 144 | * Happens twice during the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''. Mystery writer Richard Castle is informed that, in RealLife police investigations, fingerprint matches can take up to a week to get done, and the most likely suspect usually ''is'' the person who did it. Castle than proceeds to sweet talk the mayor into giving their fingerprint search priority, getting it done in under an hour, and proves that the most likely suspect was actually framed. |
| 145 | * ''Nick Knight'' (pilot for later series ''Series/ForeverKnight'') double subverts the [[SheetOfGlass old pane-of-glass trope]]: A runaway car, barreling down the hill. Guys carrying pane of glass across the road. Driver yelling and trying to wave them off. Frightened face of car's helpless driver reflected in the glass. Guys make it out of the way in time, saving the glass...except they're so busy watching the car, they walk into a nearby tree, smashing the glass anyway. |
| 146 | * Comedy double act ''Lee and Herring'' used this trope a lot. In the first series of ''This Morning With Richard Not Judy'', Richard Herring would describe some disgusting act (often involving bestiality) he had partaken in. For example in one episode he described going to the sewage works and swimming in the sewage. Stewart Lee would then accuse Rich of being sick, prompting Rich to say "But who is the real sick man in this so-called ''society''. Is it the man who regularly has harmless pleasure swimming in sewage, or is ''the business man in his suit and tie'' who goes to the toilet and thus produces the sewage in the first place?" Stu would then point out that in that example it was the first man because the business man hadn't done anything wrong. It was triply subverted in the final episode of series one, a business man who wears a suit and tie turned up to complain, Rich was suitably apologetic, but then the as the business man walked away they saw that the back of his suit was missing and he was wearing bondage gear underneath. Rich was delighted to find out that the business man was the sick one after all. |
| 147 | * In the first-season ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Bone to Be Wild," an odd alien woman named M'Lee asks Moya's crew to protect her from a hideous monster. Subversion #1: [[spoiler:the monster is a well-spoken scientist named Br'Nee who wanted to warn Moya's crew about M'Lee, who murders people and eats their bones.]] Subversion #2: [[spoiler:Br'Nee is responsible for starving M'Lee's people to death (and kidnapping one of Crichton's friends), and M'Lee was only motivated by extreme hunger]]. |
| 148 | * Each installment of Toei's ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' during its early years has always started with a FiveManBand of heroes and very rarely deviated from that concept.[[note]]other than ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' started with four, but added a fifth member mid-series, as well as ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', the first installment in the franchise to have only three members[[/note]] ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', 1988 installment, starts its first episode with five friends who we are led to believe will become the titular Liveman team... But then [[DeathByOriginStory two of the friends (Mari and Takuji) are killed off by the villains ten minutes into the episode]], leaving the surviving friends (Yūsuke, Jō, and Megumi) with the duty to avenge their deaths as a [[PowerTrio trio]]. Halfway through the series, we are introduced to the fallen friends' heretofore unseen younger siblings (Tetsuya and Jun-ichi), who join the Liveman team, [[ThreePlusTwo completing the five-member team]]. |
| 149 | * In ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Jack has a heart attack and is rushed to a hospital. When the doctor comes out to speak to Liz, Jack's mother, and Jack's fiance, he's covered in blood. He was at a costume party, and [[spoiler:he was attacked by the host's dog. So he had to stab it.]] |
| 150 | * In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E14InterpretiveDance "Interpretive Dance"]] Jeff says that as soon as he and Professor Slater kiss, the blinds will open. They don't, but then it shown that blinds across the hall did open revealing his relationship to his friends. |
| 151 | * [[spoiler:Robin]] from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' invites [[spoiler:Barney]] back to her place. The dialogue suggests she wants you-know-what, although it's obviously intentionally vague. Sure enough, she just wanted to show him a video. And then... |
| 152 | -->'''Future!Ted:''' So they watched it again. And again. And again. They watched it over and over that night, until finally... ''[[OneThingLedToAnother [shot of them making out on the couch] ]]'' they stopped watching. |
| 153 | * In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Danny attempts an HonorableMarriageProposal after Lindsay tells him she's pregnant. She declines, but a few episodes later he lures her to the Justice of the Peace and proposes again, and this time she says yes. |
| 154 | * In the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' special ''Blackadder: Back & Forth'', this is done with ProductPlacement. The time-travelling Edmund tries to present Queen Elizabeth I with a Tesco Clubcard in a case of ProductPlacement, which is subverted when everyone (even Edmund himself) realises what a useless gift this is in the 16th century. Cue double subversion when he then wins her favour with a Polo Mint. |
| 155 | * The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "I, Borg" does this to the WhoopiEpiphanySpeech. When Picard (reluctantly) allows Dr. Crusher to aid the badly-injured Borg drone Third of Five (eventually nicknamed "Hugh"), Guinan, whose people had been practically eradicated by the Borg, gives a dark speech warning Picard of how the Borg are inherently untrustworthy. Geordi, who's also helping Hugh's recovery, gives one to Guinan in Hugh's defense. After finally meeting Hugh, Guinan gives another speech to Picard: |
| 156 | -->'''Guinan:''' If you are going to use this person...\ |
| 157 | '''Picard:''' [[SuddenlyShouting It's not a person, dammit, it's a]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting Borg]]''!\ |
| 158 | '''Guinan:''' If you're going to use this '''[[InsistentTerminology person]]''' to destroy his entire species, you should at least look him in the eye. Otherwise, you might find that decision much harder to live with than you realize. |
| 159 | * Season 12 of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' uses this quite cleverly to get around a potential case of NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize. The initial suspect in the kidnapping of a young girl is played by Creator/HenryIanCusick, but he turns out to be a RedHerring. This meant that when the same character showed up again in the subsequent episode, viewers weren't inclined to see him as a suspect (especially since the episode didn't frame him as one) despite him being played by Cusick, which allowed them to actually surprise the viewers with TheReveal that Cusick's character is the rapist. |
| 160 | * CainAndAbel is subverted brilliantly at the end of the first season of ''Series/{{Borgia}}''. [[spoiler:Juan]] has been found dead, and no one knows who killed him--but it's really starting to look like it was his little brother Cesare. The brothers fight a lot, and are bother ''very'' hot-headed--it's very easy to image what could've happened. Cesare [[WhatDidIDoLastNight doesn't remember what he did that night]]. [[spoiler:Juan]] always [[BigBrotherBully bullied him]]. Cesare is {{the Unfavourite}}, and AlwaysSecondBest. When Cesare really starts to believe it was him, he goes to their sister, Lucrezia, and tells her what he thinks he's done. She swears he ''didn't'' kill him... because [[spoiler:''she'' did]]. |
| 161 | * British KentBrockmanNews show ''Series/TheDayToday'' featured [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjx2pclJQew a sketch]] premised on a (fake) trailer for a (fake) BBC retrospective on changing attitudes at the broadcaster, with several (fake) shows serving as case studies. One of these shows was a [[OopNorth Northern England]]-set soap called ''Frampton Row'', referred to as the "first popular weekly serial to use swear words" - footage from the show depicts a woman having a conversation with a newspaper vendor, whom she tells "I'm not made of money, especially not since Eddie Copsy and his '''bloomin'''' lids!", the gag seemingly that where the viewer was expecting to hear genuine cuss words, they instead got a CurseOfTheAncients. However, as the woman hands over money to buy a newspaper, she jovially tells the vendor, "There you are, ya big hairy cock!" and then as she turns to leave, the vendor casually sees her off with "Ta-ra, ya shitter!" |
| 162 | * A season two episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' begins with a terrifed woman desperately trying to escape a dark pursuer, [[OffWithHisHead only to have her head chopped off]]. It's clearly the VictimOfTheWeek dying to set up the episode's plot... only for Sam and Dean to inspect the corpse and realize [[MonsterOfTheWeek she was a vampire]] killed by friendly fellow hunter Gordon, who's trying to find and eradicate the nest and is happy to have the Winchesters onboard. ''Then'' it turns out that [[spoiler:her coven is actually [[VegetarianVampire feeding off of cattle]] because [[SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness they don't want to kill humans]], so the woman was an innocent victim all along. Gordon [[VanHelsingHateCrimes refuses to consider this and wants to slaughter them all anyway]].]] |
| 163 | * ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' has one in the Season 6 mid-season break episode. The audience expects that a DyingCandle from opening the door to the Saul & Kim apartment will be Lalo, a cartel boss who is currently gunning for Gus Fring as part of some cartel business. It turns out to be Howard, who was just humiliated by Saul & Kim in a totally unrelated RevengeRevealStory. Shortly after a second DyingCandle shot happens and this time it ''is Lalo''. Who walks in, says a few words before [[spoiler:executing Howard with a BoomHeadshot.]] |
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| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 167 | * In ''Ride/JimmyNeutronsNicktoonBlast'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, upon Ooblar breaking into Jimmy's lab, it seems as though he has something sinister in mind, until he gives Carl his teddy bear back (which he had lost on his ship), making it seem as though he comes in peace. That is then subverted when he reveals his ''real'' reasons for coming to earth: to steal Jimmy's Mark IV rocket and use it to take over the world. |
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| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 171 | * Ghal Maraz, the title AncestralWeapon of the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' franchise, was the personal weapon of Sigmar Heldenhammer, the warrior-king who [[FounderOfTheKingdom united the Empire]]. The warhammer is passed down from one Emperor to another on succession; however, Sigmar himself left no (legitimate) descendants, and the Empire's status as an ElectiveMonarchy means that even the succeeding Emperor is not guaranteed to be a blood relation of his predecessor. The double subversion comes from the fact that Sigmar intentionally set this situation up so that the Empire would not be the perpetual possession of one dynasty or bloodline; rather, he in effect bequeathed the Empire to ''all'' his subjects as fellow Men, and anyone worthy enough to hold the position of Emperor and protect the Empire's subjects would also be the rightful heir of Ghal Maraz. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative'' has one of TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat in the climax. [[spoiler: Tearer set up several things in the event of his death to make sure the Nirvana Initiative went off without a hitch, including some videos to play at the stadium. In it, he predicts several of the heroes' tactics and explains the countermeasures taken to fight them. It is only at the end where he has a tape talking about how he freed humanity after the rocked is destroyed where he gets something wrong. In that video, Tokiko glitches in to say "Plan... Success..." to further add to this subversion. However, Tokiko's addition isn't talking about the Nirvana Initiative. She planned for it to fail so she could give the player the means to access the GainaxEnding where she escapes the reality of the game to achieve Moksha. While Tearer's plan wasn't a success, ''her plan'' ultimately was.]] |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea|HourOfDarkness}}: [[UpdatedRerelease Afternoon of Darkness]]'' has Pleinair, originally just the Dark Assembly guide for that game, as a recruitable character, no sidequest needed, as soon as the tutorial is completed, setting up a use of DiscOneNuke. However, she's only recruitable in a NewGamePlus, which is the subversion... until you remember that you can see one of the endings in about half an hour by losing to Mid-Boss at the end of the first chapter (and if you don't [[LevelGrinding level grind]] at least a little, it's not all that hard to lose on that level). Hence the double subversion. |
| 177 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' does this with ChekhovsVolcano. ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'' shows us Red Mountain, a giant volcano in Morrowind belching smoke... which keeps on belching smoke all throughout the game. ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' revisits Red Mountain... and ends with it ''calming down''. Then [[Literature/TheElderScrolls the novels]] that came out in the run-up to ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' reveal that the events of ''Morrowind'' led to [[TraumaCongaLine a chain of events]] that caused the volcano to erupt a few years after the events of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''. |
| 178 | * In the ''Birthright'' branch of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Izana's introduction double subverts his CloudCuckoolander traits. The party is suspicious of his overly-casual speech, with Hinoka accusing him of being an imposter due to just how over the top he is. It turns out that she's right, and the "Izana" that everyone just met actually ''is'' an imposter... but then later, upon meeting the ''real'' Izana, it turns out that he really is like that. |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' double subverts IHaveYourWife. [[GodIsEvil Bhunivelze]] holds Lightning's sister, Serah's, soul hostage so that Lightning will follow his orders to prepare humanity for the end of the world [[spoiler:and become the new Goddess of Death]]. Lightning eventually discovers that he doesn't have Serah at all and decides to kill him for lying to her; however, it's later revealed that Bhunivelze ''does'' have [[spoiler:[[ImpliedLoveInterest Hope's]]]] soul, which forces Lightning to continue doing God's bidding. [[spoiler:At least until she can kill him and save Hope.]] |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overtime}}'', an ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' crossover fangame, double subverts ISurrenderSuckers. If you accept [[spoiler:Dell Conagher]]'s offer of mercy, he lets you go on, and even encourages you to save. Once you continue, however, you'll get killed by [[spoiler:the {{Sentry Gun}}s waiting for you]]. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' does this with respect to BossArenaIdiocy. It's [[JustifiedTrope set up earlier]] that the AI in charge of the mainframe [[RestrainingBolt cannot remove]] the parts of the system that are designed to swap cores in the event of corruption. The FinalBoss appears to ignore this in setting up its EvilPlan, and indeed during the fight you do cause a core transfer to be initiated. However, the boss [[SubvertedTrope actually did plan for this possibility]] by placing a [[spoiler:BoobyTrap designed to kill you when you attempt to press the Stalemate Resolution Button]]. What brings about its final defeat is that, all along, it's been ignoring the progressive collapse of the Enrichment Center due to an impending reactor meltdown. |
| 182 | * At the start of ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' the main character pulls a [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield sword out of a stone]] signaling that he is probably the ChosenOne. However, soon after that, he is told by Jema that he is too young to be a hero, and he was only able to remove the sword because the power of Mana is weakening. Much later in the game, it turns out that he was definitely the Chosen One all along. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct video released on August 8, 2018 features a trailer appearing to reveal the inclusion of King K. Rool. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong look out their window and see a silhouette of King K. Rool--but he throws off the disguise to reveal it's actually King Dedede. Then, while King Dedede is running around laughing about the prank he just played, he [[InTheBack gets clobbered from behind]] and falls over, [[DynamicEntry revealing the actual King K. Rool]]. |
| 184 | ** And then there's the [=E3=] 2019 trailer that served as a direct follow-up, even playing out almost the same way. This time, [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo and Kazooie]] are the ones being teased as a DLC character, the silhouette actually turns out to be Duck Hunt in disguise, and then the real bear and bird ([[DynamicEntry quite literally]]) drop in to cement their reveal. |
| 185 | ** For the Nintendo Direct that aired on September 13, 2018, it presented one last trailer for a new ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game, featuring Isabelle working around the office. Then she receives a letter saying she's been invited, and [[CommercialSwitcheroo it turns out this whole thing was a reveal for Isabelle as a playable character]] in ''Smash Bros Ultimate''. Shortly after ''that'', however, we cut to Tom Nook congratulating Isabelle on her inclusion and saying he needs to get the town ready for the player's return, which does indeed end up advertising [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons a new]] ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons Animal Crossing]]'' [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons game]]. |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' doubly subverts SpoilerTitle in its fourth chapter: "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood". The premise invoves Guybrush being put on trial, so judging by the title you'd expect the trial goes badly and TheHeroDies. [[spoiler:Except Guybrush is cleared of all charges thanks to a BigDamnHeroes moment from former villain Le'Chuck. Who ''then'' [[WhamEpisode proceeds to kill Guybrush for real at the end of the chapter]], making the SpoilerTitle RightForTheWrongReasons.]] |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' pulled this on a meta level with RoleReprise. Cindy Morgan (Lora and Yori) was brought back to the franchise to play an entirely different character (the BenevolentAI [=Ma3a=]), with Lora Baines-Bradley killed off in the {{Backstory}}, but at the halfway point in the game, you stumble on the StoryBreadcrumbs that reveal that [=Ma3a=] really ''is'' Lora ([[BrainUploading what's left of her consciousness anyway]]) merged with an AI. This makes Morgan (along with David Warner and Jeff Bridges) the third actor to play three different roles in the franchise. |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/TheTuringTest'' has audio logs where the rest of the crew accuses TOM, the AI of the mission, of mind controlling them via their implants. Sure enough, Ava, the protagonist, soon enters an area where "YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED", "DRONE", and "TOM'S SLAVE" is written all over the place. As Ava progresses through this area, the player increasingly loses control over her, drawn along a certain path, their vision glitching out as Ava approaches a Faraday cage which the crew promises will free Ava of TOM's mind control. Typical mind control plot, right? [[spoiler:Wrong! When Ava finally enters the cage, the player's vision cuts out entirely, to be replaced by an overhead camera view of Ava in the cage. TOM wasn't taking control over her - he was *losing* control over her. The player is not playing the game from the point of view of Ava, they're playing the game from the point of view of TOM, the malevolent AI, and have been mind controlling Ava for the entire game up to that point.]] |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 192 | * Done with DeathIsCheap in ''WebAnimation/MysteriousObjectSuperShow''. Usually in ObjectShows like this, there would be a thing where a character can be "recovered" if they have been killed previously, whether or not it is through the power of another character (usually the host) or through special machines known as recovery centers. The contestants in ''MOSS'' originally had such a center through the Recovery Box, a crank-powered box-shaped machine that can revive the dead. However, said recovery center ends up getting crashed into by an unconscious Gray and becomes broken. Fortunately, the person in question has recovery powers to revive dead contestants. |
| 193 | * A RunningGag in ''WebAnimation/PeteraDzive'' is how anyone who drinks booze will pass out and wake up naked. Peter, the main character, wakes up naked and grabs a bottle of booze, only to wake up again fully clothed, surprised that he didn't end up naked as usual. He celebrates with drinks and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot9DlcGpNxY wakes up naked again]]. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
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| 196 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 197 | %%* [[http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2012/07/happy-ending/ Used in]] ''WebComic/AmazingSuperPowers''. |
| 198 | %%* Shown in [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1330/ this]], ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness''. |
| 199 | %%** They actually do this a lot: [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2066/ "Shredder",]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1547/ a flasher,]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1635/ this example of]] CaughtWithYourPantsDown, [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1806/ a serial killer being who you wouldn't expect,]] [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1895/ a pedophile]], [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1911/ a banana in your pocket]] OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe, [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2020 some guy's slutty]] [[YourMom mom]] and [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2168 burning copies of the Quran]]. |
| 200 | * ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' Double Subverts OffscreenMomentOfAwesome in the comic's final battle: Chaos is defeated just offscreen while the main characters argue. Then the story does a {{Flashback}} to the confrontation with Chaos... which cuts off just before the battle actually happens. |
| 201 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is this. So subversive is Homestuck that it it is hard to even classify what ''format'' it's in. Think about that for a minute. Homestuck isn't so much a webcomic as it is its own unique format. It subverts its double-subversions, and then [[SerialEscalation keeps on subverting until it comes all the way back around]]. |
| 202 | * [[http://e621.net/post/show/143962 This]] [NSFW] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fancomic. |
| 203 | ** [[https://www.deviantart.com/mariokidd319/art/Potion-Notion-286374017 These]] [[http://mariokidd319.deviantart.com/art/Potion-Motion-286450776 two]] as well, which were made shortly after "Hearts and Hooves Day". In the first part, OC Kidder, who has a crush on Twilight Sparkle, appears to be getting her to making the potion from that episode. Then in the second part, it turns out he was making a potion that is supposed to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch the bodies of two ponies]], but the second subversion comes during the hints that [[ILied Kidder lied]] in his dialog in the next panel, where Kidder says "That's weird. Says there are some different versions of the potion and I made the north-south one.". Applejack asks what that means, and he says "Something about opposites. Let's try it!", as he has a mischievous expression on his face. What happened after all this, though, is anyone's guess, as [[AbortedArc the storyline ended after that]]. |
| 204 | %%* Also in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1727 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''. |
| 205 | * ''Webcomic/{{Qxlkbh}}'' features this in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/74 74: unexpected]]: La Croix owns a grove of trees with blood and not sap, and they mention that the "subversions almost make up for it"... then mention double subversion by name when pointing out how good of a cover story the trees are for that one time with a fanservice-obsessed cueball's corpse. |
| 206 | * ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=561 Here's one example of a triple subversion.]] |
| 207 | * ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'': Guy [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/2548 says]] [[PsychoExBoyfriend her ex is crazy and obsessed]] with her though it looks obsessed with her because she left him with their child. But it turns out that he's just crazy enough to kidnap a child. |
| 208 | * ''Webcomic/VGCats'': [[https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=378 This strip]] has Leo chase a Pokemon in ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' and [[WelcomeToTheBigCity wander off to the big city]] where he meets a scary man in the alley. The man reveals he also loves ''Pokemon Go'', only to mug Leo anyway. |
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| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 212 | * The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-people-shower "How People Shower"]] meme is a double subversion of a racial stereotype joke. |
| 213 | * In [[http://inkblort.deviantart.com/#/d2fmn8y this]] short, the viewer is led to believe [[spoiler:that Arthur has been using Excalibur to cut up people.]] Then, it turns out he was cutting lasagna. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that yes, he was cutting up a person. [[ImAHumanitarian And eating them.]]]] |
| 214 | * In episode 19 of ''Part Timers'', [[spoiler:Mads appears to fall off of the roof to her death... but [[HopeSpot she actually lands safely on a pile of rags.]] [[MoodWhiplash Then she gets run over]] [[KilledOffForReal and killed by a car.]]]] |
| 215 | * Website/TVTropes: |
| 216 | ** The BrickJoke is a double subversion of the ChekhovsGun principle. |
| 217 | ** VoodooShark is possibly a double subversion of PlotHole. |
| 218 | ** DreamWithinADream is a double subversion of the AllJustADream trope. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 222 | * In the ''Website/CollegeHumor'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggUSbgRUhc Wish I Had a]][[{{Videogame/Portal}} Portal Gun]]", starting around 1:47: we're led to believe that the singer wants to use the titular device to [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourself suck his own dick]]]], but he merely uses it to change pants without having to look down. [[spoiler:Then:]] |
| 223 | -->[[spoiler:''"And then I'd suck my own ''[[BigWordShout DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!]]"'']] |
| 224 | * In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6CP7wRLE3E "Running with Scissors"]] (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin), [[spoiler:it looks like the guy's about to stab himself in the eye with scissors upon falling down. Then, he's safe because they merely fly out of his hands. Flying into and cutting a rope, which drops a piano on his head.]] |
| 225 | * Music/SiIvaGunner has done this a few times: |
| 226 | ** Normally, the channel is dedicated to posting comedic video game remixes under the guise that they're simply uploads of the original song (or, in their parlance, "high quality video game rips"). Then AprilFoolsDay rolls around, and they post the entire soundtrack to a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstones]]'' game without any alterations. Shortly thereafter came three unrelated video game songs that ''sounded'' like the Flintstones theme, but were unaltered (a switch from the channel's tendency to change video game music to incorporate the ''Flintstones'' theme. |
| 227 | ** Another RunningGag centered around [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes "Grand Metropolis"]]; they uploaded six versions of the song ("Demo", "Alpha Mix", "Original Mix", "Alternate Mix", "Unused", and "Unused Demo") that were completely unaltered, then made a seventh that actually was. |
| 228 | [[/folder]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 231 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' does this with the MagicalLand trope. On one hand, Ooo has all the problems endemic to human societies (child neglect, insanity, crime), and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek daily monster attacks]] don't help matters. The wise monarch is of [[MadScientist questionable]] [[CuteAndPsycho sanity]], the magic causes problems just as much as it solves them, and the fantastic creatures are often jerks. On the other hand, it really isn't much worse than any modern society, and, well, it ''is'' a pretty amazing place. |
| 232 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' at first seems to parody TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday; the "Awesome Store" where Richard bought a pet turtle isn't there anymore because it's a ''van'' that drove away. Then that turtle turns out to be an indestructible force of evil, and the van returns in later episodes selling other mysterious items. |
| 233 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Steve tells Stan that his English teacher hates him and that's why he has a failing grade. Stan says in a sinister tone that he'll "pay the teacher a little visit." Cut to Stan having a friendly chat with the teacher and his family, implying that he had come over for dinner and had a wonderful time with them all. He then walks to the door, starts to say his goodbyes, then says, "I almost forgot..." (pulls his gun and slams the teacher against a wall) "Why are you failing my son?!?" |
| 234 | ** Later in the same episode, Roger has this: |
| 235 | --->'''Roger:''' You're going to go to jail, and they're going to take your cherry. Jell-O. Away. In the lunch line. After you're raped. |
| 236 | ** A second episode double subverts TrainingFromHell when Steve admits that he's scared to ask someone out: |
| 237 | --->'''Stan:''' Steve, I'm going to motivate you the same way the CIA motivates its assassins. You know, when they have trouble asking out a girl. *clamps an electronic collar around Steve's neck* There. If you don't ask Debbie out in 24 hours, the collar will sense your stress levels and blow up. |
| 238 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 239 | ** A first season episode double-subverts PossessionImpliesMastery -- Zhao notices the swords on the wall of Zuko's cabin and comments that he didn't know Zuko could do swordwork. Zuko contends that he can't; [[OrnamentalWeapon they're just decoration]]. It's later revealed that he ''can'' do swordwork, [[MasterSwordsman and damn well, too]], but was lying in order to [[spoiler:throw off Zhao's suspicions that he's the Blue Spirit]]. |
| 240 | ** The show later double-subverts a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Zuko, after being set up for a turning face since the introduction of his character, fails to complete it in the final episode of the second season by helping his sister Azula capture Aang. Halfway through the third season, Zuko finally turns face by [[CallingTheOldManOut telling off his father]] and vowing to help the Avatar.]] |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' does this with EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. Despite his rising maliciousness through the first three seasons, [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Viren]] occasionally shows that he truly loves his family. Several of the credits image show him having sweet casual moments with Claudia and Soren. Which makes it all the scarier when he tells Claudia that getting the dragon egg takes priority over Soren's life, and his behavior towards Claudia is similarly toxic (although he still balked at the way Aaravos called her an "asset"). Ultimately, [[spoiler: his death and revival lead him to realize that his obsessions and use of dark magic have turned him into someone he doesn't like being and he willingly goes to his final death rather than risk hurting his children any more than he already has.]] |
| 242 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 243 | ** The show is fond of double subversions in general, possibly because it's a sneaky way to get [[RapidFireComedy two jokes for the price of one]], or a way to sneak a joke in an otherwise mundane transition. One example is in "A Hero Sits Next Door" with their double subversion of EyeScream. Lois mentions that someone "lost an 'eye' (I) during Bingo". We see a FlashBack of a scene of the MC calling out an "I" number, then dropping it on the floor and losing it. Just when we think the gag is over, he bends over to look for it and slams his eye into the corner of the table. |
| 244 | ** The double subversion is lampshaded in another episode. A commercial from "hearing warehouse" enthusiastically promotes AIDS, with lots of innuendos leading the audience to believe they are ''very'' awkwardly promoting hearing aids - before they reveal that they really meant the HIV. |
| 245 | --->'''Peter:''' Well, they were talking about AIDS. |
| 246 | ** A similar gag in another episode when Mayor West is dating Lois's sister. Since their relationship is getting serious, he feels it's only fair to warn her he has AIDS. Political aides, that is, who'll be accompanying him on all their dates. Poor things. They've both got AIDS. |
| 247 | ** When Peter is sent to prison, as he walks down the hall all the prisoners hoot and jeer obvious sexual innuendo at him, about how they can't wait "to get to know him" etc. Peter, obliviously, comments how "nice everyone is here." He then adds, "I mean, they'll be sad when they learn I'm not gay, but still!" |
| 248 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' also enjoys this, even setting up its own jokes to subvert doubly. |
| 249 | ** One example involved the smelloscope, a telescope that allowed you to smell distant objects. After smelling Jupiter and Saturn, Fry said that he would be happy to smell more, as long as the professor didn't point it at Uranus. The other characters expressed confusion at his joke, and Professor Farnsworth noted that they renamed Uranus in order to end that stupid joke once and for all. The new name? Urectum. |
| 250 | ** In the episode "Mars University" the super intelligent monkey Guenter is hanging from a fraying rope and about to fall to his doom, but is considering letting himself fall because he has no place in either monkey or human society. He appears to change his mind, cheerfully saying "On the other hand-"[[spoiler:... and ''that's'' when the rope breaks]]. |
| 251 | * ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'': Donald Duck has set up his computer. A viewer would tend to expect that the computer would take all day to start up. Just 15 seconds after he turns it on, however, the screen reads "Startup Done", just long enough for the viewer to think "Huh?" before the word "Almost" is added to the screen, and it ends up taking all day after all. |
| 252 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' double subverts the LostHimInACardGame trope. K'nuckles bet Flapjack in a card game, but wins and discovers that the person he was playing against also bet his kid sidekick. |
| 253 | * ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'': In "The Star System Syndrome", something is doing in the alien actors of Hollywood. They believe it's the Space Demon, a washed-out actor who looks like the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', but he just wants to get another movie deal. It turns out to be the Astro Tots, the cute little hosts of a children's show. And then, it turns out the Astro Tots are ''exactly'' as harmless as they appear, and that rather than killing the missing victims, they were only using a teleportation device to imprison the other actors for setting a bad example. |
| 254 | * In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', Zack starts to panic when he learns that he and Milo are in the middle of Coyote Woods. Milo quickly assures him that the woods were named after the actor, not the animal; Creator/PeterCoyote donated them to the city years ago... as a ''wolf'' preserve. Cue howling. |
| 255 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Witches Before Wizards", Luz, eager to go on an adventure to prove that she's special, encounters a mystical wizard: |
| 256 | -->'''Adegast:''' Hmm... I have a quest—\ |
| 257 | '''Luz:''' [excited] A quest?!\ |
| 258 | '''Adegast:''' You didn't let me finish. I have a ''question.''\ |
| 259 | '''Luz:''' Oh...\ |
| 260 | '''Adegast:''' Would you like to go on a quest?\ |
| 261 | '''Luz:''' YES! |
| 262 | * WesternAnimation/PorkyPig double subverts the PrecisionFStrike in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P49sLoe6H8 this clip]] not meant for general audiences. |
| 263 | * ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': In the episode "Guys Night 2" the park workers and Thomas get involved in a car chase as they try to help him [[spoiler:hide from the KGB]]. Rigby starts gasping as it looks like the car is approaching two construction workers carrying a giant pane of glass, but they drive past the workers and the camera cuts back to Rigby looking at a text from Eileen. The workers then dropped and broke the glass by accident as they were watching the chase. |
| 264 | * ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' |
| 265 | ** During an episode where the main duo [[BeanstalkParody try to steal a giant's treasure]] and get arrested, the show double subverts a joke about PrisonRape: |
| 266 | --->'''Rick:''' You know, if somebody drops the soap, it's going to land on our heads and crush our spines, Morty. You know, it'll be real easy to rape us after that. |
| 267 | ** The show's treatment of RememberTheNewGuy falls into this territory. The season two episode [[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E4TotalRickall Total Rickall]] [[JustifiedTrope Justifies]] it with the introduction of telepathic parasites who implant false memories of new people into the host's brains, causing scores of new characters to pop up only for the family to treat them as old friends. Eventually, Morty figures out how to tell the real memories from the fake ones, and he and his family wipe out the parasites. Unfortunately for poor Mr. Poopybutthole, he turned out to be a Double Subversion by playing the trope completely straight: he wasn't a parasite, but a new character whom the rest of the cast had apparently known for a long time but simply hadn't appeared before this episode. |
| 268 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', especially during its golden age in the 1990s, was a master at this trope. The writers often refer to jokes built on double subversion (as well as jokes built on simple subversion) as "screw the audience" jokes. |
| 269 | ** One example: Homer is trying to find Lisa in a crowd. Thinking a bird's-eye-view will help him, he buys a gigantic bunch of balloons from a vendor.... then he turns around and offers the balloons to a cherry picker operator. The cherry picker operator says he already has some balloons, but "they're not this nice," so he lets Homer use it. |
| 270 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood" where many extremely rich black people were moving into South Park, Mr. Garrison exclaims that "their kind" are taking over the place. When one asks what he means, he states because they are "'''rich'''". Garrison then convinces the town's whites to engage in anti-rich people protests that obliviously resemble traditional racist tropes (ie; dressing up in white sheets and hoods on the grounds that these are spooky "ghost" costumes that will scare the rich folk away). However at the end, after all the rich people are successfully driven of Town, Mr. Garrison exclaims they can now sell the empty houses and become rich. When it is pointed out to him that doing so will make them the same as the people they just drove out, Mr. Garrison replies, "at least we got rid of those damn [[CurseCutShort nig-]]''([[SmashToBlack interrupted by credits]])''". |
| 271 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has one episode where Spongebob tries to throw out an old krabby patty rather then sell it because it's gone bad. Mr. Krabs tries to prove that it's still edible by taking a bite. There's an AmbulanceCut just before he takes a bite, followed by him remarking, "Oh look, an ambulance." He then takes a bite, and is shown in hospital. |
| 272 | ** ''Plankton's Army'' also has a case of this at the beginning, when a robot walks into the Krusty Krab, clearly one of Plankton's creations, right after Mr. Krabs finished discussing how that day was the 25th anniversary of the first time Plankton ever tried to steal the secret formula... and orders a bag of chili coral bits. A surprised Mr. Krabs offers it a Krabby Patty, is turned down, which leads to Mr. Krabs giving him the coral bits and the robot leaves (after melting the doors with HeatVision). Ten seconds afterwards, Plankton jumps out of the dollar bill the robot used to pay for it. |
| 273 | * The first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' (Island and Action) did the same thing in the last two episodes. The final three contestants are [[spoiler:The BigBad of the season (Heather in Island, Courtney in Action), the person who's conflict with said BigBad has been built up for most of the season (Gwen in Island, Duncan in Action), and a third character who by some miracle made it that far just because no one saw them as a threat and they never did anything offensive enough to warrant elimination (Owen in Island, Beth in Action). People would go in to these episodes fully expecting TheLoad to be eliminated so TheHero and the BigBad could have their FinalBattle in the season finale, only for said BigBad to abruptly be defeated an episode before the finale so the season could end with a DarkHorseVictory.]] By season 3 (World Tour) [[spoiler:it seemed like they were ready to pull this again as geeky ButtMonkey Cody was seconds away from beating MagnificentBasterd Alejandro to the final round, only for it to end in a draw and Alejandro being declared the winner in the next episode becoming the first BigBad to make it to the final round. Of course at that point Heather was probably the last person anyone was expecting to get a win so it probably still counts as a DarkhorseVictory.]] |
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| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 277 | * The [[http://henleyontodd.com.au Henley On Todd Regatta]] in Alice Springs, Australia, is a tongue-in-cheek subversion of conventional river regattas in which the "rowers" must carry their boats along the dried-up riverbed. Nature sometimes sabotages the event by inconsiderately filling the river with water, subverting the intended subversion. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
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