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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Season 6's ''Reconstruction'' is the storyline that transforms the show from a lighthearted, plot-light comedy, bringing together random events, one-off jokes and RunningGags to invent a [[CerebusSyndrome serious, heavy storyline]] and overarching metaplot that is fully revealed by [[KnightOfCerebus Agent Washington]] in Chapter 16. [[spoiler:It also transforms the story role and true nature of one character, something they and audience learn from Agent Washington together.]]

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
** It's become a RunningGag of a sort that each season's 10th episode will always be one of these, the only seasons to avert this being Season 4, Season 6 (which has a completely different Wham Episode listed below), [[{{Anthology}} Season 14]], and Season 18, due to that season only having 8 episodes.
*** Season 1: Church, who had been killed in a previous episode, returns as a ghost to warn the rest of the Blues about Tex, the [[SuperSoldier Freelancer]] who has been sent to assist them.
*** Season 2: [[TankGoodness Sheila]] is repaired after her destruction at the end of Season 1, and Tex makes her return as a ghost.
*** Season 3: Church, after having previously gone missing a few episodes prior, makes his return via contacting Caboose on a computer.
*** Season 5: Tex, after having made a return in the previous episode, suddenly begins attacking the Blues.
*** Season 7: [[spoiler:C.T.'s team is revealed to have killed the actual dig team that was sent to search the area, and that he plans to do the same for the Reds and Blues]].
*** Season 8: After making her debut in the previous episode, Epsilon-Tex attacks the Reds and Blues, while Epsilon is revealed to have gained a new body.
*** Season 9: During a training session in a flashback, York gets injured by a grenade explosion, revealing how he [[EyeScream lost his eye]].
*** Season 10: Tex and Carolina fight C.T. and the Insurrectionist Leader, [[spoiler:resulting in C.T.'s death and the reveal that the Insurrectionist Leader was the C.T. the Reds and Blues met in the desert]].
*** Season 11: Donut, Doc, and Lopez arrive at Crash Site Bravo after having picked up Washington's distress signal... only to reveal that they didn't bring any help.
*** Season 12: [[spoiler:Felix is revealed to have been EvilAllAlong, him and Locus are working for a third party manipulating the events of the Chorus CivilWar, and Epsilon and Carolina [[TheBusCameBack make their long awaited return]]]].
*** Season 13: Doc [[TheBusCameBack makes his return]] after having gone missing 2 seasons prior, and [[spoiler:Doyle is revealed to have taken the Great Key of Chorus]].
*** Season 15: [[spoiler:Temple is revealed to be kidnapping and murdering the remaining Freelancers, and attempts to do the same to Wash and Carolina]].
*** Season 16: [[spoiler:Donut and Doc are revealed to be working for Chrovos, who is revealed to be the true BigBad of the season, rather than the Cosmic Powers]].
*** Season 17: [[spoiler:Genkins takes away the Reds and Blues' ability to time travel, and Chrovos is forced to team up with Donut after being betrayed by Genkins]].
** Other notable Wham Episodes include:
*** Season 6, ''Reconstruction'', is the storyline that [[CerebusSyndrome transforms the show from a lighthearted comedy into something different]], with a serious storyline and over-arching metaplot, revamping the audience's entire understanding of the earlier seasons. This all comes to a head with "Chapter 16", where [[KnightOfCerebus Agent Washington]]'s full intentions become clear and the reason why he's taking the actions he is. [[spoiler:It also transforms the audience's understanding of certain characters in the show, and their true natures -- something even the affected character doesn't know until Wash reveals the truth to him and the audience at the same time]].
*** Season 9, Episode 20, "Hate to Say Goodbye": [[spoiler:Epsilon finally forgets Tex, resulting in her being KilledOffForReal, and he is rescued from the memory unit by the Reds and Blues and a [[NotQuiteDead not-so-dead]] Agent Carolina]].
*** Season 10, Episode 22, "Don't Say It": [[spoiler:Carolina and Epsilon finally come face to face with [[BigBad the Director]]... only to discover that he's become such a broken man that Carolina ultimately chooses to spare him, but [[DivenToSuicide he commits suicide]] anyway after deleting all of Project Freelancer's systems, including FILSS. Carolina is revealed to be the Director's daughter, and Epsilon and her leave the Reds and Blues to track down any remaining pieces of the Project. Also, Butch Flowers [[EvilAllAlong is revealed]] to be the Freelancer Agent Florida]].
*** Season 13, Episode 20, "The End": [[spoiler:Epsilon [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to power the Meta's armor and is KilledOffForReal]].

** [[spoiler: Lucks, the show’s BigBad up to that point, gets KilledOffForReal when Masa’s arm gets hijacked and is used to shoot Lucks point blank in the head, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle which ends up creating a new problem for MD-5 after all the effort they put into taking Lucks down and forces them to split up once again.]] Not only that, but Lucks [[FaceDeathWithDignity seemed perfectly content with his incoming death]], as he uses his FamousLastWords to congratulate the one controlling Masa’s arm...]]

** [[spoiler: Lucks, the show’s BigBad up to that point, gets KilledOffForReal when Masa’s arm gets hijacked and is used to shoot Lucks point blank in the head. Not only that, but Lucks [[FaceDeathWithDignity seemed perfectly content with his incoming death]], as he uses his FamousLastWords to congratulate the one controlling Masa’s arm...]]

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** The Fall of Beacon at the end of Volume 3. The show went from a slice of life school show with fun dance scenes and food fights to characters dying and having their arms cut off by the enemy and the titular team and their friends were dropped right into the Secret War.

** It's become a RunningGag of a sort that each season's 10th episode will always be one of these, the only seasons to avert this being Season 4, Season 6 (which has a completely different Wham Episode listed below), and [[{{Anthology}} Season 14]].

** Season 6, ''Reconstruction'', is the storyline that [[CerebusSyndrome transforms the show from a lighthearted comedy into something different]], with a serious storyline and over-arching metaplot, revamping the audience's entire understanding of the earlier seasons. This all comes to a head with Episode 16, where Washington's full intentions become clear and the reason why he's taking the actions he is. [[spoiler:It also transforms the audience's understanding of certain characters in the show, and their true natures -- something even the affected character doesn't know until Wash reveals the truth to him and the audience at the same time]].

** "Hate to Say Goodbye": [[spoiler:Church finally forgets Tex, resulting in her being KilledOffForReal, and he is rescued from the memory unit by the Reds and Blues and a [[NotQuiteDead not-so-dead]] Agent Carolina.]]
** "Don't Say It": [[spoiler:[[BigBad The Director]] has become such a broken man that Carolina and Church choose to spare him, but he commits suicide anyway after deleting all of Project Freelancer's systems, including FILSS, Carolina is revealed to be the Director's daughter, and Church and Carolina leave the Reds and Blues, and Butch Flowers is revealed to be the Freelancer Agent Florida.]]
** "The End": [[spoiler:Church [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to power the Meta's suit and is KilledOffForReal.]]

*** Season 1: Church, who has been killed in a previous episode, returns as a ghost to warn the rest of the Blues about Tex, the [[SuperSoldier Freelancer]] who has been sent to assist them.

*** Season 7: [[spoiler:C.T.'s team in revealed to have killed the actual dig team that was sent to search the area, and that he plans to do the same for the Reds and Blues]].