1 | '''Basic Trope''': A game-changing information that the characters or audience didn't know about is revealed to them. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[BigBad Baron Evil]] reveals to [[TheHero Alice]] that he's [[LukeIAmYourFather her father]]. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Baron Evil reveals to Alice that everything she knows is [[AllJustADream just a dream]]. |
5 | ** Baron Evil's reveal makes the entire world shatter like glass. |
6 | ** TheEndingChangesEverything |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': Baron Evil reveals to Alice that he was the one who ran over her cat a few years back. |
8 | * '''Justified''': Baron Evil took much precautions to hide the fact that he has a child and left Alice at church's doorstep, but now he wants her [[WeCanRuleTogether to join him]]. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': [[TomatoSurprise Alice knew all along]]. |
10 | * '''Subverted''': Baron Evil was lying. They're not related. |
11 | * '''Double Subverted''': Later, Alice takes a DNA paternity test and it turns out he was her father after all. |
12 | * '''Parodied''': With great pomp, Baron Evil reveals that he was the one to steal Alice's favorite socks. |
13 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': At the end of the work, it's not clear whether Baron Evil and Alice are related, but both options are possible. |
14 | * '''Averted''': The plot is straightforward and devoid of twists. |
15 | * '''Enforced''': "This show is becoming kind of boring... I know! Let's say that Baron Evil is our heroine's father!" |
16 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Well, that's one hell of a reveal." |
17 | * '''Invoked''': Baron Evil taunts Alice with his "big secret" until she asks about it and he can reveal it. |
18 | * '''Exploited''': Alice is stunned by the reveal, which lets Baron Evil [[VillainExitStageLeft make his escape]]. |
19 | * '''Defied''': Alice [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim shoots]] Baron Evil before he can say anything. |
20 | * '''Discussed''': "Let's say he turns out to be your father. What would you do?" |
21 | * '''Conversed''': "...and then it turned out that main character is BigBad's daughter. Who would've thought?" |
22 | * '''Implied''': Alice used to wonder who her parents are. She walks out of Baron Evil's lair visibly shaken and refuses to talk about them afterwards. |
23 | * '''Deconstructed''': Because Alice never knew her father and lived well that way, she doesn't care. |
24 | * '''Reconstructed''': But Baron Evil does care, considering [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he genuinely loves his daughter]]. |
25 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Baron Evil sets a complex [[ZanyScheme plan]] to reveal the truth to Alice, complete with a giant stage and popping balloons. |
26 | * '''Played for Drama''': Baron Evil's reveal prompts Alice's HeroicBSOD. |
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