Well, what do you know: [[TheReveal as it turns out]], this page was a collection of tropes the whole time!

Compare MoreThanMeetsTheEye.
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* AccidentalTruth: That lie you made up? Turns out it was actually true all along.
* ActuallyADoombot: That bad guy you've been fighting is actually just his robot double or clone.
* ActuallyNotAVampire: That person who appeared to be a vampire was just an eccentric person with a cape and an aversion to garlic all along.
* AllJustADream: The whole story you've been following? Just someone's dreams; let's move on now.
* AlreadyTheCase: A warning or request has already been followed by the time the speaker finishes.
* BeautifulAllAlong: A nerdy-looking character turns out to be quite attractive as soon as they receive a makeover and a change of clothes.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: An adaptation features a character who initially appears to be [[CanonForeigner newly created for the adaptation]], but later turns out to actually be the adaptation's interpretation of an already established character.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Two characters who weren't seen interacting before are revealed to be related or familiar with each other.
* CosmicHorrorReveal: Surprise, this story is a CosmicHorrorStory all along!
* DaydreamSurprise: A short scene is revealed to have been imagined by a character.
* DeadAllAlong: The story reveals a character to have been dead since the beginning.
* DoomAsTestPrize: Your prize for finishing/winning this test is something horrible all along.
* DyingDream: It's revealed that the story's events were just a hallucination the protagonist is experiencing as they die.
* EarthAllAlong: A supposedly alien world turns out to be Earth.
* EdibleTreasure: The treasure everyone talks about turns out to be food.
* ElectiveMute: That mute guy can actually talk all along, he just chooses not to.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: A character reveals their secret, but it turns out everyone knew it already.
* EvilAllAlong: A character introduced as a good guy is later revealed to actually be a villain pretending to be good.
* FakeDefector: A character who seems to switch sides but was really loyal to their original side all along.
* FakeOutTwist: It turns out a thing happened, except no, it immediately turns out that thing doesn't mean what it initially seemed to mean.
* FakedRipVanWinkle: A character who thinks they've woken up in the future finds out that they're still in the present time and the whole thing was staged as part of a scheme to manipulate them.
* FantasyAllAlong: The story's events are revealed to all be part of someone's delusion.
* FriendsAllAlong: Two characters who antagonize each other are revealed to actually be friends.
* FirstGirlAfterAll: The protagonist gets together with their first suggested love interest after it looks like it isn't going to be the case.
* GoodAllAlong: A character initially assumed to be a villain turns out to be a good guy.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: The boss fight in a video game is in the boss room already, but doesn't show itself or attack the player until the player does something.
* HijackedByGanon: The original villain was behind the new one all along!
* HumanAlienDiscovery: The human was an alien all along.
* HumanAllAlong: An individual appearing to be a monster, supernatural creature, or other non-human is revealed to actually be human.
* HybridAllAlong: A character learns that they're a hybrid.
* HyperlinkStory: These seemingly unrelated storylines were connected into one story all along!
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Character is revealed to be holding back all this time - and now they stop doing so.
* IAmNotYourFather: Someone reveals to their child that they're an adopted child all along.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: What looked like the same person appearing everywhere was actually several different people who looked alike the whole time.
* ItWasThereTheWholeTime: Something was in this scene all along.
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The hero searches for something they later learn already had the whole time.
* KnewItAllAlong: Character claims to have been aware of something before everyone else found out.
* MagicFeather (a.k.a. TheMagicWasInsideYouAllAlong): Character who thought they needed something to do what they do best learns that they didn't need the object after all and are perfectly talented all along.
* MapAllAlong: A seemingly unimportant item is later revealed to be a creative map that leads to an item or location key to the plot.
* MaskOfSanity: That seemingly well-adjusted guy is actually crazy all along.
* NarratorAllAlong: A character from within the story turns out to be the one narrating the story.
* NestedStoryReveal: The story you followed was a NestedStory all along!
* NonHumanLoverReveal: Someone's lover turns out to be something other than human all along.
* NotAMask: What was assumed to be a mask is actually the person's real face.
* NotSoEpisodic: Those seemingly random earlier episodes were significant to the series' main plot all along.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Some versions may make it seem like the friend is just a figment of the character's imagination like the other characters believe before revealing that the friend actually is a real person.
* NotSoRemote (a.k.a. CivilizationAllAlong): Characters who think they're lost find out that they're actually closer to home than they thought.
* ObfuscatingDisability: That seemingly disabled guy is actually faking it all along.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: That seemingly insane guy is actually faking it all along.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: That seemingly stupid guy is actually faking it all along.
* OnASoundstageAllAlong: Music video ends with the artist shown to actually be performing the song while on stage.
* OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure: That creepy monster or weird being chasing the protagonists seemingly to hurt them actually just wants to relay a benign message or warn them of the actual threat.
* PlotDeviceAllAlong: A mundane object used by the protagonist turns out to be the coveted MacGuffin.
* ProsceniumReveal: The story you've been following is an in-universe play all along.
* RealAfterAll: A being thought to be fictional or fake turns out to actually exist.
* TheRealRemingtonSteele: It turns out that alias this person used was the identity of a real person all along.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: That otherwise unassuming guy is a royal member all along.
* ReverseRelationshipReveal: A (usually unequal) relationship between 2 characters turns out to be the opposite (i.e position wise) to what other people/the viewers thought.
* RoboticReveal: That seemingly normal character is a robot all along.
* SantasExistenceClause: Don't think Santa is real? He's been watching you all along.
* ScoobyDooHoax: The supernatural creature was really a criminal in a costume all this time.
* SecretSecretKeeper: They knew your secret the whole time, they just didn't let you know that they were aware.
* SecretlyDying: A character is revealed to be, well, slowly dying.
* StealthSequel: A work that initially looked like a new continuity or an unrelated work was actually a sequel or prequel to the original work all along.
* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: The villain turns out to have been pretending to be reformed to bring everyone's guard down and to discredit the person who was rightly convinced they hadn't changed.
* SuddenlySpeaking: The character who was initially silent reveals that they actually can talk.
* SurpriseIncest: Oops, it turns out that person you fell in love with was your blood relative all along!
* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: What they've been fighting just now is just a small part of a bigger whole all along.
* TomatoInTheMirror: A character discovers that they are the thing they were pursuing all along.
* TomatoSurprise: Something that's been common knowledge in-universe is revealed to the audience as a twist.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: What you thought was two otherwise unrelated characters turn out to be one and the same.
* UglyAllAlong: A beautiful character turns out to be using make-up, {{glamour}} or other means to hide their actually hideous appearances.
* UnreliableExpositor: The MrExposition turns out to not know all of the exact details or getting them wrong, or they might've been lying all along.
* UnreliableNarrator: The narrator turns out to be the non-omniscient kind, or they might've been lying all along.
* UnroboticReveal: A robot character (or a whole bunch of robots) turn(s) out to be something more organic.
* UsingYouAllAlong: The person helping the hero turns out to actually be the villain manipulating the hero to complete their goals.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Those chores your mentor made you do were secretly a method of training you all along.
* WorthlessTreasureTwist: The treasure everyone talks about turns out to be worthless.
* WrongSideAllAlong: The heroes turn out to have unknowingly been helping the bad guys the whole time.
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