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12	A character or thing for which most facts about it are spoilers. Saying anything substantial about them at all (at worst, their existence alone) will reveal spoilers about the work they feature in, which makes talking about them difficult. Some fans reconcile this by using euphemisms, others by avoiding talking about it at all, others just by placing [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned a warning that the following will contain massive spoilers]].
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14	Can overlap with ItWasHisSled if the work in question is old or culturally ingrained enough that pretty much everybody already knows about the various plot twists, or with LateArrivalSpoiler if the marketing for a later installment of a series spoils an earlier installment. Often will overlap with SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil if the marketers don't decide otherwise]]. Also may overlap with FirstEpisodeTwist, where knowing the very premise of the series gives away a surprise.
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16	Also, this is not about characters that are involved in many plot twists but the mere '''existence''' of the character within the narrative is a spoiler itself, that makes it ''impossible'' to talk about the character without spoiling the plot.
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18	This is a SpoileredRotten trope (on character pages), that means that '''EVERY SINGLE EXAMPLE''' on this list is a spoiler by default and most of them will be unmarked. If you don't know what that means, then you should probably take a good look at the page image for reference. It'll all become clear.
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20	!!Example subpages:
21	[[index]]
22	* WalkingSpoiler/AnimeAndManga
23	** ''WalkingSpoiler/ShimejiSimulation''
24	* WalkingSpoiler/ComicBooks
25	* WalkingSpoiler/FanWorks
26	* [[WalkingSpoiler/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
27	** WalkingSpoiler/MarvelCinematicUniverse
28	* WalkingSpoiler/{{Literature}}
29	* WalkingSpoiler/LiveActionTV
30	* WalkingSpoiler/VideoGames
31	* WalkingSpoiler/VisualNovels
32	* WalkingSpoiler/{{Webcomics}}
33	* WalkingSpoiler/WesternAnimation
34	[[/index]]
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36	!!Other examples:
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39	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
40	* Amato from ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'' is meant as a surprise, due to being the DisappearedDad of the eponymous character, meaning any discussion about him is doomed to be spoiler-laden. His presence became a LateArrivalSpoiler by the point ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'' started airing, as that show expects you to be familiar with this plot twist.
41	* ''Animation/FlowerAngel'': While Kukuru himself isn't a spoiler, being a main character who appears straight from the first episode onwards, his dark form in Seasons 3 and 4 is impossible to talk about without spoiling the fact that Princess Fannie was successful in making him her own, severing the ties to the RedStringOfFate connecting Xia An'an and Kukuru and altering it so that it connects Kukuru to her instead.
42	* The Robo-King from ''Animation/HappyHeroes''' sixth season. He doesn't appear in his debut season until near the finale and he answers the question of who introduced technology to Planet Xing, clearly indicating that his plot relevance is meant to be a surprise.
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45	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
46	* ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'': Maria Novello and her son Leonardo tend to end up in this territory. Back in the past, it was hard to talk about them without mentioning that Maria and Leonardo are time travelers and that Leonardo is Leonardo da Vinci. Yes, ''[[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci that]]'' one. These days, those facts are ItWasHisSled, but there's a new reason Maria's a walking spoiler. She's revealed to be Samantha and Dave's KidFromTheFuture.
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49	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
50	* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': It's hard not to discuss the film in future franchise installments after the reveal that Arlo's birth father Ansel is a birdman.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'': Cuddles isn't as important of a character as most of the rest of the film, but he manages to fit the definition of a Walking Spoiler: mentioning anything about his role in the film spoils that Professor Marmalade is evil, as he's his henchman.
52	* [[MamaBear Koda's]] [[MonsterisaMommy mother]] from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', with her death being the reason why [[KarmicTransformation Kenai got turned into a bear by the Great Spirits]] in the first place.
53	* [[Recap/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's Revival Era]] frequently uses [[HiddenVillain surprise antagonists]], and very little can be said about those characters without blatantly giving away the films' major plot twists.
54	** In ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', it's hard to discuss King Candy without bringing up his true identity as the infamous game-jumper Turbo, or the fact that he usurped Sugar Rush from its rightful ruler, Vanellope.
55	** ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' builds up Hans as the LoveInterest for Anna, but the third act completely shifts the viewers' perception by revealing that he's actually a sociopathic opportunist [[TheUsurper using Anna to get the throne]] - [[FalseSoulmate and he's even willing to let her die to do so]].
56	** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has Professor Robert Callaghan. Initially thought to have perished in a fire in the first act, it's later revealed that he intentionally set the fire to fake his own death and became the masked villain Yokai, plotting revenge against industrialist Alistair Krei for his daughter's disappearance.
57	** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Assistant Mayor Bellweather reveals in the third act that she was orchestrating the film's entire conflict, forcing predator species to violently lash out in order to cause fear and distrust between them and prey animals.
58	** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', any discussion surrounding the demonic lava monster Te Ka is bound to bring up the fact that she's truly the benevolent goddess Te Fiti.
59	** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' introduces Anna and Elsa's late grandfather, King Runeard. [[PosthumousCharacter Because Runeard died long before either film took place]], most viewers' discussions of him will revolve around his plot to forcefully subjugate the indigenous Northuldra people, [[GreaterScopeVillain and the indirect consequences his actions had on the entire franchise]]. In a non-villainous example, the sequel also fleshes out the backstories of Anna and Elsa's parents, Agnarr and Iduna, with the information revealed completely changing how viewers saw their actions in the prologue of the first film.
60	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' initially builds up Bruno as the antagonist, only to reveal that he’s really a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold. The film actually has NoAntagonist.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' has the Gorg, who only attacks the Boov to repopulate his species with the children taken by Smek.
62	* Bringing up either Valka or the Bewilderbeast from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' spoils half the plot.
63	* The live action characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' due to introducing a whole new level of depth to the movie and coming right smack out of nowhere, with only the briefest of foreshadowing leading up to their appearance.
64	** A similar lack of foreshadowing is applied to the villains from various other franchises who appear in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', working for Joker.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'':
66	** Cornelius Robinson is this due to his appearance; since he's actually Lewis in the future, any depiction of him before this is revealed would have spoiled the plot significantly. Before the revelation, he is never actually shown with Wilbur lying and claiming he looks like Creator/TomSelleck to Lewis.
67	** Lewis himself would have been this to the Robinsons in-universe thanks to his hair, hence Wilbur forcing him to wear the Carmen Miranda-esque fruit hat.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
69	** It's impossible to talk about [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 the first film]]'s BigBad Sunset Shimmer without talking about [[TheAtoner her redemption arc]] in the second film, which in turn leads to her becoming TheLeader of the human Elements of Harmony from the third movie onwards.
70	** You can't talk about Human Twilight Sparkle without discussing the events of the third movie, with her undergoing a similar OneWingedAngel transformation that Sunset did in the first film.
71	* Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. His role as the true BigBad of the film is a spoiler in itself.
72	* The Smurfy Grove Smurfs in ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage''. The premise of the movie relies on the main cast discovering evidence of another Smurf village somewhere in the Forbidden Forest. It's who these new Smurfs actually are that is in spoiler territory.
73	* In ''WesternAnimation/Extinct2021'', Clarence is introduced as a friendly ally to Op and Ed, then turns out to be the BigBad who orchestrated the Flummels' extinction.
74	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming's panda form is a spoiler along with the panda forms of Mei's grandma and aunties.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' has the Bomber Bill, who doesn't appear until near the ending and is tied to details about the climax. Bowser sends it out as a way to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom after Peach rejects the offer to marry him, and Mario dodging it leads to everyone being sucked into Brooklyn when it hits the pipe Mario came into the Mushroom Kingdom in.
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78	[[folder:Manhua]]
79	* In ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', it's impossible to post any pictures of Sun Ce or Sun Quan without spoiling two ''key'' plotlines in the story: Sun Quan is the blink-and-you'll-miss-him kid next to Shan Wuling in Volume 6 who reappears and is revealed ''twenty-seven'' volumes later, while "Sun Ce" was actually an impersonator whose real name was Ling Cao and his supposed younger cousin Sun Fu was actually the real Sun Ce [[KingIncognito under a pseudonym]], and the Sun Clan character sheet does ''not'' obscure their identities.
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82	[[folder:Manhwa]]
83	* The demon Infinity in ''Manhwa/CielTheLastAutumnStory'', due to the deaths and possession surrounding its first appearance completely changing the course of the plot.
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86	[[folder:Podcasts]]
87	* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZone'''s Balance Arc has quite a few. It's safe to say that anyone involved with the IPRE is extremely spoiler-heavy, but especially:
88	** [[RedShirt Barry Bluejeans]] and [[PokemonSpeak Davenport]], minor gag characters with seemingly no impact on the story at first glance, are nearly impossible to talk about without mentioning that they're respectively the [[MysteriousProtector Red Robe]] and the [[TheCaptain former captain of the IPRE]].
89	** [[HumanoidAbomination John]]'s mere existence is a threefold spoiler: the identity of the mysterious BigBad, the fact that said BigBad is sentient rather than a mindless malevolent force, and the true reason behind the protagonists' mission to reclaim the Relics.
90	** Simply talking about [[TricksterTwins Lup]] and her relation to other characters reveals nearly the entirety of the protagonists' spoiler-heavy backstory (which involves, among other things, the revelation that the Red Robes are good and a GenreShift from high fantasy to a SpaceOpera.)
91	* ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'':
92	** Saying anything about Jonah Magnus will inevitably lead to at least one of three things being spoiled: that he founded the Magnus Institute in service to [[EldritchAbomination Beholding]], that he's currently [[BodySurf possessing Elias Bouchard]], or that he's been working throughout the series to cause the apocalypse, which [[DarkestHour he finally achieves at the end of Season 4]].
93	** To a lesser extent, it's impossible to talk about Oliver Banks without revealing that Antonio Blake (one of the earliest plot-relevant statement givers) is a fabricated persona.
94	* The third season of ''Podcast/MissionToZyxx'' features Emperor Nermut Bundaloy, who by existing discloses that the Federated Alliance is overthrown and who Pleck is destined to combat for the freedom of the galaxy. Played with in that he's not ''that'' Nermut Bundaloy.
95	* ''Podcast/ThePenumbraPodcast'':
96	** It's impossible to talk about Peter Nureyev without revealing the fact that he's also Rex Glass, and thus spoiling the FirstEpisodeTwist that "secret agent" Rex Glass is actually a ConMan trying to steal from Juno.
97	** Ramses O'Flaherty. He's introduced as a kindly mayoral candidate who hires Juno as a bodyguard... but his narrative importance comes from the fact that he's a) secretly evil and trying to mind-control the entirety of Hyperion City with the THEIA Soul and b) actually Jack Takano, the Northstar employee that ruined the Steel family's lives when Juno was four years old.
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100	[[folder:Roleplay]]
101	* It is impossible to discuss the full importance of Baron Typhonus in ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'' without revealing [[EldritchAbomination some]] ''[[TheManBehindTheMan major]]'' [[HijackedByGanon spoilers]].
102	* As of version 5, Tracen Danya has taken up this role in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', in that while he was mentioned [[ChekhovsGunman as early as v1]], it's hard to mention his current status without mentioning his taking up the mantle after his father (the BigBad starting from v1) who died partway through v4.
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105	[[folder:Theatre]]
106	* The original West End version of the musical ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' had several CanonForeigner minor characters added to the first act -- and one who ''seemed'' to be one. That would be the elderly tramp at the junkyard, who performs a small but vital role in encouraging Charlie Bucket to use some dropped money to buy a Wonka Bar that turns out to have the last Golden Ticket in it. In the show's final moments it's revealed that he [[KingIncognito was actually Willy Wonka]] in an elaborate WigDressAccent disguise, a big twist on the familiar story. Since the show did not CastAsAMask, the tramp wasn't mentioned in the cast list, further concealing the spoiler to the casual observer. The subsequent Broadway {{Retool}} dropped this in favor of establishing at the top of the show that Wonka is heading out into the world KingIncognito as a candy shop owner for Act One.
107	* You can't really describe the plot of ''Theatre/{{Finale}}'' without including the big reveal that the world is ending.
108	* In ''Theatre/NextToNormal'', it's very hard to define Gabe Goodman's actions without revealing the fact that he's either a ghost or the hallucination that embodies Diana's grief over the death of the ''real'' Gabe.
109	* In ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', after Sweeney Todd comes ashore in London, he is approached by a half-mad, disheveled beggar woman that claims to recognise him. Later she shows up to tell Anthony about Joanna and Judge Turpin and makes herself a nuisance around the pie shop, [[CassandraTruth babbling about the suspicious smoke and scent]]. It turns out that she is actually Sweeney's wife, Lucy, whom he was led to believe to have [[BungledSuicide swallowed arsenic and died]] after being {{rape\|AsDrama}}d by Judge Turpin. Sweeney kills her when she wanders into his tonsorial parlour (and her past home) to get her out of the way before the Judge arrives. After he realises what he's done, he angrily confronts Mrs. Lovett, who admits she knew Lucy lived. In a rage, he [[DeathByIrony throws Lovett into her own oven]] and holds Lucy one last time, before accepting death.
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112	[[folder:Toys]]
113	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
114	** Mata Nui, two-fold: first, the story's biggest secret was that he was, in fact, the universe-sized robot that the first 8 years of storyline took place in/on. Second, he only came into the forefront as a character after being usurped by the BigBad. By talking about him, you not only reveal his identity and nature but also that TheBadGuyWins at the end of the first MythArc.
115	** Velika becomes this after the Voya Nui arc is over, although it's sort of subverted as the revelation he was a Great Being and responsible for the problems with the Bota Magna group the murders Kopaka and Onewa were investigating were from WordOfGod.
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118	[[folder:Web Animation]]
119	* In {{WebAnimation/Grej}}, Cult Communalism is this as it’s impossible to mention anything about the character without revealing that Communalism transforms from a {{Token Good Teammate}} into an {{Ax Crazy}} fanatic
120	* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' packs a double punch at the end of Season Two with near-simultaneous arrival of Vulkan and Rogal Dorn, the latter of which comes pretty much out of nowhere.
121	* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'':
122	** Pretty much everything about Taco is a major spoiler: her ObfuscatingStupidity for the entireity of Season 1 in order to gain viewer support, her true nature as a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and snobby EvilBrit, [[TheBusCameBack her surprise return in Season 2]], and her significance therein.
123	** Once Steve Cobs reappears in Episode 13 of Season 2, he becomes this, as this and the following episode reveal him to be the BigBad when he was merely a joke character in his first appearances.
124	* ''WebAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasWhoSkellingtonsRevenge'' has the Black Hiver: A creature summoned to help [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] take over Christmas, but it has its own plans…
125	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
126	** For characters who are this in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The Recollection]]'':
127	*** Tex, due to the reveal that she's the Beta A.I., as well as her connection to fellow Walking Spoiler Allison.
128	*** [[TheLostLenore The original, human Allison]] is the biggest spoiler in the series, as she reveals the truth about Tex, the Director, and everyone caught in his plans.
129	** For characters who are this in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Project Freelancer Saga]]'':
130	*** Agent Carolina becomes this from this arc onward. Up until the final few seconds of Season 9, she was assumed to be dead, so [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated her appearances in the present day]] are impossible to talk about without spoiling that she, in fact, is truly not dead at all.
131	*** The Blue Freelancer who participates in the assault on the Insurrectionist base is this, due to the reveal that he's actually Agent Florida, as well as the fact that his true identity is Captain Butch Flowers, retroactively painting the character in a much darker light.
132	** For characters who are this in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'':
133	*** Felix is built up as a good guy, then he is revealed to be EvilAllAlong. The fact that his characterization does a near complete 180 after the reveal makes this even worse.
134	*** [[BigBad Control]], the person who hired Locus and Felix to wipe out Chorus' people. It's a spoiler to even mention that they're part of a third party in the Chorus Civil War. And then there's the reveal that they're true identity is Chairman Hargrove, revealing him to be the GreaterScopeVillain for the entire series up to that point.
135	*** Mentioning Sharkface's appearance in this arc spoils the reveal that he survived his supposed death in ''The Project Freelancer Saga''.
136	** For characters who are this in ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy The Shisno Trilogy]]'':
137	*** The trilogy's first season parodies this with an ominous looking FOTUS soldier that [[RedHerring turns out to be a process server]]... and plays this straight with the real villains, the Blues and Reds, specifically their leader, Temple, whose entire character is a major spoiler for the second half of the season.
138	*** The reveal in ''The Shisno Paradox'' that Genkins is TheDragon to Chrovos is a major spoiler. It gets even worse with the reveal in ''Singularity'' that he's a past version of Chrovos via a StableTimeLoop.
139	*** Similarly, Chrovos' mere existence spoils the reveal that Atlus isn't actually the season's BigBad. And, as with Genkins, the reveal in ''Singularity'' that the two are the same person via a StableTimeLoop makes them an even bigger one.
140	* Creator/SamAndMickey have Barbie's personal assistant Tinka Reynolds, whose debut episode revealed her at the end as Barbie's presumed-dead sister Tutti, who suffered amnesia and gained new parents after Barbie's parents lost her.
141	* Every single new character introduced in the Genesis Arc of ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' is this, three out of the four’s literal ''names'' are massive spoilers, and the other spoiling the nature of these already massive walking spoilers.
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144	[[folder:Web Original]]
145	* Dr. Josh Sharman of ''Literature/LightningDust''. His placement on the character page alone reveals his true status.
146	* Website/TVTropes: In works pages, some tropes themselves in the right context are Walking Spoilers, such as some {{Death\|Tropes}} and EndingTropes. For example, in a Character Page, seeing "DisneyDeath" under a certain character is almost a dead giveaway that they will survive at least one apparent death. Subverted {{Disney Death}}s are possible, but not common.
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149	[[folder:Web Videos]]
150	* ''WebVideo/BoardJames:'' Board James himself is this, because the [[WhamEpisode Season 2 finale]] makes it hard to discuss him without revealing something terribly sinister about him.
151	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has several:
152	** Anytime a player is listed as playing multiple characters in a single campaign, it's safe to assume ''something'' bad happened to their first character to prompt the switch to a second one. Mentioning Tarryon Darrington (played by Creator/SamRiegel) is near-impossible without mentioning that Scanlan Shorthalt leaves Vox Machina after a massive falling out, and mentioning Caduceus Clay (played by Creator/TaliesinJaffe) is near-impossible without mentioning that Mollymauk Tealeaf is killed relatively early on in the second campaign.
153	** Kaylie is hard to talk about without revealing that she's Scanlan's daughter from a one-night stand and a major catalyst in his CharacterDevelopment.
154	** Cassandra de Rolo, Percy's sister, is impossible to talk about without spoiling ''something'', especially since we're lead to believe she was just a DeathByOriginStory. The fact that she's still alive is just the beginning though, she's also a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
155	** Orthax, the Shadow Demon. Simply talking about him spoils that Percy's SanitySlippage and RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Briarwoods is actually a case of DemonicPossession, that he's the real FinalBoss of the Briarwood arc, and that Percy successfully overcomes his influence. Later reveals also show that he consumes the souls of everyone Percy kills, which puts all of Percy's earlier battles in a ''much'' darker light.
156	** Anna Ripley is also difficult to talk about without revealing that Percy sparing her during the Briarwood arc had major consequences, with her coming back later on seeking the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Vestiges]], becoming the new host of Orthax, and her being the first villain to kill a party member. From the same arc, Kynan Leore was just introduced as a young Vox Machina fanboy earlier on, before coming back many episodes later [[FaceHeelTurn working for Ripley]].
157	* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'':
158	** Malcolm's existence spoils the true nature of the Love Cult.
159	** The appearance of the Puppeteers spoils the ending to the fourth.
160	** It's hard to explain who the Cans are without spoiling the death of Duck Guy.
161	** The other Red Guys seen in the sixth installment are impossible to discuss without spoiling Red Guy's escape.
162	** The other teachers seen in the finale, to a lesser extent: discussing them reveals [[LotusEaterMachine the true nature of the puppets' world...]] [[MindScrew maybe]].
163	* Almost any rapper in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' who arrives late in the battle, either to back up another rapper or [[TakeAThirdOption take on both of the other participants at once.]] Usually, their mere ''{{ex\|aggeratedTrope}}istence'' is a spoiler.
164	* In WebVideo/MrBuddy's "If England Was a Pokémon Region" video, Victoria of the region's Elite Four is difficult to talk about given that she's the one that gave Team Imperium the plan to awaken [[OlympusMons Toxygen]] and may also have had a role in the Australia region's story.
165	%%* Almost ''everyone'' in ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''.
166	* ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'': The villains for two of the arcs happen to be this:
167	** Waluigi, who was previously depicted as just the sidekick to Wario, unlocks [[ThePowerOfHate The Power of Rejection]] when trying to get into [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash]], causes the [[ZombieApocalypse T-Pose Virus outbreak]], and eventually becomes one of the most powerful villains in the series.
168	** [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Francis]], the head of the Anime Cartel, becomes this after the anime ban is lifted, as he decides to kidnap Axol and take Inkweaver from him, then abduct all the [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Inklings]] in Inkopolis with the intent of harnessing their ink to create as many "anime waifus" as he pleases. His actions also cause the [[KilledOffForReal death of Desti]] and [[HumanityEnsues Meggy becoming human]].
169	** The Cosmology Saga (the Genesis Arc and the Revelations Arc) gave us two recurring characters that are fanatics of "4". In the 10th Anniversary Special, they're revealed to be [=SMG1=] and [=SMG2=], who came from a universe that was destroyed by a malevolent entity called [[GreaterScopeVillain Zero]], and it turns out "4" means [=SMG4=], who has some connection to them and hold the secret of his origins. "Zero" turns out to be [=SMG0=], another Meme Guardian and a destructive virus who was sealed away into his own USB after killing [=SMG1=] and [=SMG2=]'s avatar Spudnick, while his arm escapes to the Mushroom Kingdom, hiding in the Dark Web for over 10 years and searching for [[BarrierMaiden Mario]] by grabbing almost every Mario recolor he can find and draining them of their life before finally capturing Mario during the 10th Anniversary Special. He later goes on to bring his Guardian Pod (which still retained the rest of his body) out from the remains of the Toytoy Kingdom and into the Mushroom Kingdom in search of Mario. He then possesses Axol, traps Mario, [=SMG4=] and [=SMG3=] into [=SMG3=]'s Guardian Pod, managed to gather all of the Guardian Pods together at Peach's castle, captures Mario, and begins absorbing his life to create his new universe, culminating with him finally being defeated by Melony, who ends up having to MercyKill Axol to finally take him down. But then in comes the Revelations Arc 3 months later:
170	** The Box Club. They're clearly meant to be a new crew of comic relief side characters, but they're more than that; they worship the almighty "God Box", which is said to take them to an eternal paradise - as in, the destruction of the [=SMG4verse=]. And surely enough, the Box Club Leader ends up meeting his end at the beginning of the Revelations movie, being consumed with power from the God Box so much that he explodes and is KilledOffForReal.
171	** Two episodes in, we meet Niles: a student at Omnia Academy who acts as TheBully to Melony, constantly mocking her and throwing paper airplanes at her. However, as the arc goes on, he begins training Melony to better control her Fierce Deity powers which she had been trying to use since Axol's death... only for him to reveal at the climax that he was only using poor Melony as a pawn to make her strong enough to open a gateway to the God Box, an all-powerful relic which was used by his friend for his creation. Not only that, but he's also the malevolent side to Zero, who managed to possess Melony and was haunting her to continue his plans, using the God Box to achieve ultimate power to create his own universe. Thankfully, after being talked down by his friend, Niles finally accepts his fate and walks off into the afterlife, awaiting for what's to come there.
172	** Perhaps the biggest one of all is [=SMG0=]. The '''real''' [=SMG0=]. For most of the Genesis Arc, we were led to believe that this [=SMG0=] was responsible for nearly trying to kill Mario and destroy the universe in search of a new universe to call his own, but it turns out that we were misguided. The real [=SMG0=] was kind and friendly, living in his world of the computer game Mage, hanging out with his avatar Fred, before the memes in his world became corrupted. As such, he went to the God Box to create a new partner to help him: Niles, and together, the three of them created the Internet Graveyard, which played into importance in the [=YouTube Arc=]. However, Niles' obsession with perfectionism drove him insane and led to him actively killing Fred with help from the God Box, leading to him unwillingly being merged together with Niles to create Zero, and spent most of the series dormant in his subconscious until after WOTFI 2021, where he was split apart and went to live in a small fragment of his old universe. He is unfortunately merged with Niles again, but this time, he manages to talk Niles down to accept his fate and go see Fred in the afterlife, finally putting an end to Zero for good.
173	** The [[NonIndicativeName Completely Regular Keyboard]], the ArcVillain of the "[=SMG4=]'s Perfect Video" arc and the first quarter of Season 13; after [=SMG4=] is driven up the wall from being distracted from making his Perfect Video, he purchases the keyboard, and even though it does help him complete the Perfect Video, it ultimately possesses him and takes over the entire castle, leading everyone to destroy it and leaving it in a massive sinkhole with the remains of the castle still inside.
174	* Creator/DougWalker in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. Not WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, ''[[AuthorAvatar Doug Walker]]''. The Nostalgia Critic himself becomes this in post-''To Boldly Flee'' canon (before he was UnCanceled, of course).
175	* Firebrand in ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve''. Assumed to be a malevolent member of collective, Firebrand's HeelFaceTurn in INTERCEPTION and reveal as a future/alternative timeline Noah make his identity a major spoiler.
176	* ''WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife'' has several:
177	** [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Isaac]] is most famous for causing the game to crash when being added to the island, causing the birth of an AlternateDimension and the earliest indication of CerebusSyndrome.
178	** HOTDOG is initially a fairly one-note character that gets removed very shortly after his initial appearance. Then he shows up again ''much'' later with no explanation, introducing Vinny's willingness to alter things off-screen (which shapes the entire plot not long after).
179	** The Jahns are the most prevalent example -- a lot of their character in the later part of the series is shaped by their race invading the island and enacting an AssimilationPlot.
180	* ''WebVideo/YandereHighSchool'' has [=SirCutieYuki=], who at the start of the series comes off as no different than most of the other students in Samgladiator's class, but much later is revealed to be the titular {{Yandere}} and responsible for all the deaths that happen in the series, plus being a {{Yakuza}} boss's daughter.
181	* Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfnopZIrGu0NZhqRjEKA3tg MangoTango's]] ''Yandere Middle School'' has [=RicherKidRichard=], who can only say "Yeah", but in the finale is revealed to be the one behind the deaths and disappearances in the series as well as an OmnicidalManiac.
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