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||PlatonicCave||A person or community is haunted by a fake reality that was set up to control or protect him/them. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheTrumanShow'', ''Film/TheVillage'', ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/TheyLive!'']] ||

||TheMole ||A character convinces us he has ''good'' motives when he really has evil ones, or vice versa / Betrayal. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'', ''Film/{{Saw}} 2'']] ||

||NiceJobBreakingItHero ||The result of some sort of devastation was actually caused by the group seeking to fix it. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'']] ||
||FakingTheDead, LeftForDead, NoOneCouldSurviveThat ||Someone who is assumed to be dead actually never died. ||[[spoiler:''Film/MissionImpossible'', ''Film/TheIllusionist'', ''Film/TheThirdMan'', ''Film/{{Assassins}}'', ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'']] ||

||TomatoInTheMirror ||A certain character is revealed, to their own surprise as well as the audience's, that they are not what they believed themselves to be. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheOthers'', ''Film/ShutterIsland'', ''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}'']] ||

||LukeIAmYourFather ||Character who is loved or despised ends up being a family member. ||[[spoiler:''StarWars'', ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'']] ||

||TheMole ||A character convinces us he has ''good'' motives when he really has evil ones / Betrayal. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'', ''Film/{{Saw}} 2'']] ||
||ReverseMole ||A character convinces us he has ''evil'' motives when he really has good ones. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', ''Film/HarryPotter'']] ||

||IAmWho, ChangelingFantasy ||A character who believed he had nothing special about him learns that he is actually royalty or has special powers. ||[[spoiler:''Film/HarryPotter'', ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'']] ||

||DeadAllAlong, ImaginaryFriend ||A certain character is revealed as a ghost or an illusion, or actually never existed. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'', ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/ABeautifulMind'', ''[[Film/SpyKids Spy Kids 3-D]]'']] ||

||IAmWho, ChangelingFantasy ||A character who believed he had nothing special about him learns that he is actually royalty or has special powers. ||[[spoiler:''Film/HarryPotter'', ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', ''{{Stardust}}'', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'']] ||

||UnwittingPawn ||A character or group of characters eventually realize that they've been lured into unknowingly aiding the enemy. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', ''Film/OceansEleven'']] ||

||NestedStoryReveal ||Events that the viewer is led to believe are "real" (within the movie) turn out to be a fictional NestedStory within a larger FramingDevice. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', ''TheFountain'']] ||

||DeadAllAlong, ImaginaryFriend ||A certain character is revealed as a ghost or an illusion, or actually never existed. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'', ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/ABeautifulMind'' ''[[Film/SpyKids Spy Kids 3-D]]'']] ||

||TheMole ||A character convinces us he has ''good'' motives when he really has evil ones / Betrayal. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'', ''Saw 2'']] ||

||TomatoInTheMirror ||A certain character is revealed, to their own surprise as well as the audience's, that they are not what they believed themselves to be. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheOthers'', ''Film/ShutterIsland'', ''Oblivion'']] ||

||TheMole ||A character convinces us he has ''good'' motives when he really has evil ones / Betrayal. ||[[spoiler: ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''TheDaVinciCode'', ''Saw 2'']] ||

||ISurrenderSuckers ||A character allows himself to be captured by the enemy. It is later revealed that he did so intentionally, as part of his plan. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/{{Se7en}}'']] ||

||DoubleAgent ||Double and triple-agent surprises. ||[[spoiler:''Film/NorthByNorthwest'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', ''TheDeparted'', ''DoubleTake'']] ||

||AttractiveBentGender ||A character who is infatuated with another learns that the person is really a WholesomeCrossdresser or something similar. May lead to IfItsYouItsOkay. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheCryingGame'', ''SomeLikeItHot'']] ||
||UnwittingPawn ||A character or group of characters eventually realize that they've been lured into unknowingly aiding the enemy. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', ''OceansEleven'']] ||

||ItWasWithYouAllAlong ||An object or piece of intelligence of great value for which a character was seeking was right under his nose the whole time. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/ThePhantom'', ''Film/HarryPotter'']] ||

-> ''"[[AttractiveBentGender I bet he's a woman]], that bloke. No, you think it's the future, but it's actually set in the past. It's not Earth. It's [[AllJustADream all a dream]]!"''

||UnreliableNarrator ||The narrator hides a secret from the audience. He eventually reveals himself to be someone he is not or to know something he didn't admit to earlier. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', ''{{Fallen}}'']] ||

-->-- '''Douglas Reynholm''', ''TheITCrowd''

||NiceJobBreakingItHero ||The result of some sort of devastation was actually caused by the group seeking to fix it. ||[[spoiler: ''PlanetOfTheApes'', ''Oblivion'']] ||
||FakingTheDead, LeftForDead, NoOneCouldSurviveThat ||Someone who is assumed to be dead actually never died. ||[[spoiler:''MissionImpossible'', ''Film/TheIllusionist'', ''Film/TheThirdMan'', ''Film/{{Assassins}}'', ''ConspiracyTheory'']] ||

||IAmWho, ChangelingFantasy ||A character who believed he had nothing special about him learns that he is actually royalty or has special powers. ||[[spoiler:''Film/HarryPotter'', ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', ''BattleTech'', ''{{Stardust}}'', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'']] ||

||NestedStoryReveal ||Events that the viewer is lead to believe are "real" (within the movie) turn out to be a fictional NestedStory within a larger FramingDevice. ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', ''TheFountain'']] ||

||BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, KarmicTwistEnding ||A character makes a wish. He then begins experiencing strange things, which he assumes to be coincidences, practical jokes, or fiction. But in fact it is not fiction - his wish came true! ||[[spoiler:''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', ''{{Goosebumps}}'', ''Film/LiarLiar'']] ||
||UnreliableNarrator ||The narrator hides a secret from the audience. He eventually reveals himself to be someone he is not or to know something he didn't admit to earlier. ||[[spoiler:''TheUsualSuspects'', ''{{Fallen}}'']] ||