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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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