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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', where the butler Mr Carson has a deep dark secret that will lose him Lord Grantham's respect, which turns out to be... [[FelonyMisdemeanor that he used to be a song-and-dance stage performer when he was young]]. When he confesses this in anguish, loudly curses himself for being worthless, and declares that he will resign in disgrace, Lord Grantham merely sighs and says "Oh do stop being so melodramatic, you're not playing [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities Sydney Carton]] now, are you?"
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', where the butler Mr Carson has a deep dark secret that will lose him Lord Grantham's respect, which turns out to be... [[FelonyMisdemeanor [[FauxHorrific that he used to be a song-and-dance stage performer when he was young]]. When he confesses this in anguish, loudly curses himself for being worthless, and declares that he will resign in disgrace, Lord Grantham merely sighs and says "Oh do stop being so melodramatic, you're not playing [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities Sydney Carton]] now, are you?"
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* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': During Niles and Maris' acrimonious divorce, Niles' lawyer discovers that Maris has been lying about the source of her family's wealth. She's spent decades claiming the money came from timber when it actually comes from making ''urinal cakes''. Maris would be humiliated if her high society social circle learned the truth, so Niles uses his newfound knowledge to force her to settle the divorce once and for all.
-->'''Niles:''' All these years, the doyenne of Seattle's elite looking down her nose at everyone in sight, she owes it all to this. She's managed to have her urinal cake and eat it too!
-->'''Niles:''' All these years, the doyenne of Seattle's elite looking down her nose at everyone in sight, she owes it all to this. She's managed to have her urinal cake and eat it too!
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** Somewhere between the end of the New 52 Teen Titans run and the first issue, [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] is going through something that makes her not want to use her powers. Before she joins the battle, she's obviously crying because of it. [[spoiler:Issue 2 reveals that [[ChooserOfTheOne Zeus tried to recruit her to be a guardian of the realm]], [[RefusalOfTheCall she refused because she was tired of people telling her what she should be]] and TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive.]]
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** Somewhere between the end of the New 52 Teen Titans run and the first issue, [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] is going through something that makes her not want to use her powers. Before she joins the battle, she's obviously crying because of it. [[spoiler:Issue 2 reveals that [[ChooserOfTheOne [[TheChooserOfTheOne Zeus tried to recruit her to be a guardian of the realm]], [[RefusalOfTheCall she refused because she was tired of people telling her what she should be]] and TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive.]]
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* ''Series/{{Belgravia}}'': The plot hinges on the revelation that Sophia Trenchard died giving birth to a child, the son of Edmund, Viscount Bellasis. Sophia's mother Anne admits the truth to Edmund's mother the Countess of Brockenhurst out of guilt over keeping the secret and the rest of the story progresses from there.
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** Ned promises his bastard son Jon Snow upon returning from King's Landing, they'd finally discuss his mother. Ned [[OffWithHisHead never made it back]] for that talk but it was finally revealed that Ned [[spoiler: is actually Jon's uncle and his sister Lyanna birthed him, while his true father is Rhaegar Targaryen. Out of respect for her Lyanna's wishes]], honorable Ned Stark lies not only to his wife and his best friend but the entire world, in order to protect Jon. [[spoiler:To make things even ''more'' complicated, Jon is not a bastard of theirs either; Rhaegar did not kidnap and rape Lyanna. Instead, the two were in love, with Lyanna leaving willingly with him to elope after he annulled his marriage to Elia Martell. Since Rhaegar's children with Elia were killed at the end of the rebellion, that makes Jon the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, trumping all other claims, including that of his aunt/lover Daenerys. Needless to say, if this secret were to ''ever'' become public, it would change the political landscape of Westeros on a monumental scale]].
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** Ned promises his bastard son Jon Snow upon returning from King's Landing, they'd finally discuss his mother. Ned [[OffWithHisHead never made it back]] for that talk but it was finally revealed that Ned [[spoiler: is actually Jon's uncle and his sister Lyanna birthed him, while his true father is Rhaegar Targaryen. Out of respect for her Lyanna's wishes]], honorable Ned Stark lies not only to his wife and his best friend but the entire world, in order to protect Jon. [[spoiler:To make things even ''more'' complicated, Jon is not a bastard of theirs either; Rhaegar did not kidnap and rape Lyanna. Instead, the two were in love, with Lyanna leaving willingly with him to elope after he annulled his marriage to Elia Martell. Since Rhaegar's children with Elia were killed at the end of the rebellion, that makes Jon the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, trumping all other claims, including that of his aunt/lover Daenerys. Needless to say, if this secret were to ''ever'' become public, it would change the political landscape of Westeros on a monumental scale]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': Beakley kept hidden for years that [[spoiler:Webby isn't her granddaughter, but a F.O.W.L. creation that Beakley rescued.]] Course, there was something that even Beakley didn't know: [[spoiler:Webby is a clone of sorts to ''Scrooge [=McDuck=]''.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', the KnightInShiningArmor Sir Victor harbors the secret that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Duke Igthorn]] is his brother. However, after Igthorn tries to {{Blackmail}} Sir Victor into letting him into Castle Dunwyn in the middle of the night, he decides to reveal said secret to the inhabitants of said castle. While they are shocked by the revelation at first, [[TheGoodKing King Gregor]] declares that a man must be judged by his own deeds and not by who he happens to be related to.]]
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* In ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'', Mantis knows that she and Peter have the same father, the Celestial Ego, who killed any of his offspring who did not display Celestial powers. Mantis was only spared because she was useful to Ego. Subverted in that after he finds out, Peter tells her that getting a ''sister'' is the best Christmas present he could get.
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* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''
** [[spoiler: Tychus Findlay]]. The Dark Secret in question is [[spoiler:his deal with Mengsk: he kills Kerrigan, he's free.]] As he says at the end of the Wings of Liberty chapter:
--> "I made a DealWithTheDevil, Jimmy..."
** In the secret mission "Piercing The Shroud", it is discovered that [[spoiler:the Dominion is behind the Zerg-Protoss Hybrids, which play a very important part in Zeratul's missions. Yep, that's right: it seems that the Dominion (with some dirty help) wants to bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of The Universe As We Know It]].]]
** Mengsk's ''other'' dark secret is his role in the fall of Confederacy, namely that his hand was on the button that [[ApocalypseHow murdered eight billion humans and toppled their government]], leaving him free to take over what was left. Given the magnitude of the crime, he's understandably kept it under tight wraps since becoming Emperor. Raynor's Raiders, naturally, [[CantStopTheSignal have an opportunity to blow it wide open]].
** And a very large one for the Protoss: [[spoiler:The majority of the Xel'naga never uplifted the Protoss, nor the Zerg, because (A) they have a strict AlienNonInterferenceClause, and (B) [[GenocideFromTheInside Amon murdered most of them and enslaved the sole survivor]]. Amon uplifted them specifically to watch them war against each other, and then merge them into abominations of his own making.]]
** [[spoiler: Tychus Findlay]]. The Dark Secret in question is [[spoiler:his deal with Mengsk: he kills Kerrigan, he's free.]] As he says at the end of the Wings of Liberty chapter:
--> "I made a DealWithTheDevil, Jimmy..."
** In the secret mission "Piercing The Shroud", it is discovered that [[spoiler:the Dominion is behind the Zerg-Protoss Hybrids, which play a very important part in Zeratul's missions. Yep, that's right: it seems that the Dominion (with some dirty help) wants to bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of The Universe As We Know It]].]]
** Mengsk's ''other'' dark secret is his role in the fall of Confederacy, namely that his hand was on the button that [[ApocalypseHow murdered eight billion humans and toppled their government]], leaving him free to take over what was left. Given the magnitude of the crime, he's understandably kept it under tight wraps since becoming Emperor. Raynor's Raiders, naturally, [[CantStopTheSignal have an opportunity to blow it wide open]].
** And a very large one for the Protoss: [[spoiler:The majority of the Xel'naga never uplifted the Protoss, nor the Zerg, because (A) they have a strict AlienNonInterferenceClause, and (B) [[GenocideFromTheInside Amon murdered most of them and enslaved the sole survivor]]. Amon uplifted them specifically to watch them war against each other, and then merge them into abominations of his own making.]]
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* [[Franchise/DragonAge Thedas]] is full of these. Every single organization, race, and country with high repute has at least one dark secret. Others don't even bother keeping their "darkness" secret.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': The Seekers' initiation is outright horrifying: [[spoiler:first they are lobotomized with a magical process called Tranquility. Then they have an emotional substitute injected into them by a spirit of emotion in the fade]]. That's right, they [[spoiler:''had the cure to Tranquility all along''. It did have major side-effects in mages, but that's kind of expected]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': The Seekers' initiation is outright horrifying: [[spoiler:first they are lobotomized with a magical process called Tranquility. Then they have an emotional substitute injected into them by a spirit of emotion in the fade]]. That's right, they [[spoiler:''had the cure to Tranquility all along''. It did have major side-effects in mages, but that's kind of expected]].
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* [[Franchise/DragonAge Thedas]] Franchise/DragonAge:
** Thedas is full of these. Every single organization, race, and country with high repute has at least one dark secret. Others don't even bother keeping their "darkness" secret.
* ** After ''Awakening'', the existence of both the talking, sapient Darkspawn known as the Disciples and their creator, the Architect, are kept a secret to the rest of Thedas by the Grey Wardens.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': The Seekers' initiation is outright horrifying: [[spoiler:first they are lobotomized with a magical process called Tranquility. Then they have an emotional substitute injected into them by a spirit of emotion in the fade]]. That's right, they [[spoiler:''had the cure to Tranquility all along''. It did have major side-effects in mages, but that's kind of expected]].
** Thedas is full of these. Every single organization, race, and country with high repute has at least one dark secret. Others don't even bother keeping their "darkness" secret.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': The Seekers' initiation is outright horrifying: [[spoiler:first they are lobotomized with a magical process called Tranquility. Then they have an emotional substitute injected into them by a spirit of emotion in the fade]]. That's right, they [[spoiler:''had the cure to Tranquility all along''. It did have major side-effects in mages, but that's kind of expected]].
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' At first glance, Zero acts like a typical AntiHero who still does what is needed to set things right [[spoiler: However... As ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' reveals as the story progresses, '''especially''' if you use Zero himself throughout the story, you'll discover that, not only was he the [[PatientZero original source of the Maverick Virus]], he also was, unbeknownst to Zero himself, [[MagnumOpus created by Dr. Wily himself]] to be the next-generation rival to Mega Man X originally. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the Maverick Virus got passed to [[FaceHeelTurn Sigma]] after Zero nearly brutally took down Sigma, only stopped after an intense stimulus renders Zero temporarily stunned so that Sigma cracks Zero's forehead jewel, knocking out the [[AxCrazy then-rampant Zero]] and thus begins the events that lead to the Mega Man X stories and beyond]]
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' At first glance, Zero acts like a typical AntiHero who still does what is needed to set things right [[spoiler: However... As ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' reveals as the story progresses, '''especially''' if you use Zero himself throughout the story, you'll discover that, not only was he the [[PatientZero original source of the Maverick Virus]], he also was, unbeknownst to Zero himself, [[MagnumOpus created by Dr. Wily himself]] to be the next-generation rival to Mega Man X originally. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the Maverick Virus got passed to [[FaceHeelTurn Sigma]] after Zero nearly brutally took down Sigma, only stopped after an intense stimulus renders Zero temporarily stunned so that Sigma cracks Zero's forehead jewel, knocking out the [[AxCrazy then-rampant Zero]] and thus begins the events that lead to the Mega Man X stories and beyond]]beyond.]]
* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''
** [[spoiler: Tychus Findlay]]. The Dark Secret in question is [[spoiler:his deal with Mengsk: he kills Kerrigan, he's free.]] As he says at the end of the Wings of Liberty chapter:
--> "I made a DealWithTheDevil, Jimmy..."
** In the secret mission "Piercing The Shroud", it is discovered that [[spoiler:the Dominion is behind the Zerg-Protoss Hybrids, which play a very important part in Zeratul's missions. Yep, that's right: it seems that the Dominion (with some dirty help) wants to bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of The Universe As We Know It]].]]
** Mengsk's ''other'' dark secret is his role in the fall of Confederacy, namely that his hand was on the button that [[ApocalypseHow murdered eight billion humans and toppled their government]], leaving him free to take over what was left. Given the magnitude of the crime, he's understandably kept it under tight wraps since becoming Emperor. Raynor's Raiders, naturally, [[CantStopTheSignal have an opportunity to blow it wide open]].
** And a very large one for the Protoss: [[spoiler:The majority of the Xel'naga never uplifted the Protoss, nor the Zerg, because (A) they have a strict AlienNonInterferenceClause, and (B) [[GenocideFromTheInside Amon murdered most of them and enslaved the sole survivor]]. Amon uplifted them specifically to watch them war against each other, and then merge them into abominations of his own making.]]
* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''
** [[spoiler: Tychus Findlay]]. The Dark Secret in question is [[spoiler:his deal with Mengsk: he kills Kerrigan, he's free.]] As he says at the end of the Wings of Liberty chapter:
--> "I made a DealWithTheDevil, Jimmy..."
** In the secret mission "Piercing The Shroud", it is discovered that [[spoiler:the Dominion is behind the Zerg-Protoss Hybrids, which play a very important part in Zeratul's missions. Yep, that's right: it seems that the Dominion (with some dirty help) wants to bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of The Universe As We Know It]].]]
** Mengsk's ''other'' dark secret is his role in the fall of Confederacy, namely that his hand was on the button that [[ApocalypseHow murdered eight billion humans and toppled their government]], leaving him free to take over what was left. Given the magnitude of the crime, he's understandably kept it under tight wraps since becoming Emperor. Raynor's Raiders, naturally, [[CantStopTheSignal have an opportunity to blow it wide open]].
** And a very large one for the Protoss: [[spoiler:The majority of the Xel'naga never uplifted the Protoss, nor the Zerg, because (A) they have a strict AlienNonInterferenceClause, and (B) [[GenocideFromTheInside Amon murdered most of them and enslaved the sole survivor]]. Amon uplifted them specifically to watch them war against each other, and then merge them into abominations of his own making.]]
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* ''Series/{{Reboot|2022}}'': Invoked. Hannah writes a "dark secret" for Reed's character Lawrence, which gets him excited about the script. Said "dark secret" is revealed to be a daughter from a previous relationship.
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Lucy harbors one of these. [[spoiler:Specifically, the deep-dive neural port she has on her brain stem. Not only is it a dead giveaway of her DarkAndTroubledPast being conscripted and exploited by Arasaka, it also would make her a target for both the corporation and dodgy fixers such as Faraday.]] She goes out of her way to prevent this secret from going out, and only shows it to her boyfriend David when she has to hack into an Arasaka executive alone with him.
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Lucy harbors one of these. [[spoiler:Specifically, the deep-dive neural port she has on her brain stem. Not only is it a dead giveaway of her DarkAndTroubledPast being conscripted and exploited by Arasaka, it also would make her a target for both the corporation and dodgy fixers such as Faraday.]] She goes out of her way to prevent this secret from going getting out, and only shows it to her boyfriend David when she has to hack into an Arasaka executive alone with him.
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Lucy harbors one of these. [[spoiler:Specifically, the deep-dive neural port she has on her brain stem. Not only is it a dead giveaway of her DarkAndTroubledPast being conscripted and exploited by Arasaka, it also would make her a target for both the corporation and dodgy fixers such as Faraday.]] She goes out of her way to prevent this secret from going out, and only shows it to her boyfriend David when she has to hack into an Arasaka executive alone with him.
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* Aliaa is agrees to pay for Seeker's miracle with three "truths" in ''Literature/TheAngelOfKhanElKhalili'', but Seeker finds the girl's first two confessions (that she lied to her family about where she was spending the night, and that she's stolen from her employer) to be lacking in weight. It's only with prompting from the supernatural creature that Aliaa finally confesses to [[spoiler: being the one who set the fire at the garment factory that nearly killed all her coworkers and mortally wounded her sister Aisha]], and Seeker declares their bargain met.
-->“I am Seeker,” the angel declares, her voice thundering. “I search for truth. I am drawn to it. Do you think your small mortal soul can conceal itself from me? Do you think I cannot see what you keep secreted in its innermost chambers?”
-->“I am Seeker,” the angel declares, her voice thundering. “I search for truth. I am drawn to it. Do you think your small mortal soul can conceal itself from me? Do you think I cannot see what you keep secreted in its innermost chambers?”
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* In ''Fanfic/ThreeStrikes'', Trigger was completely unaware of her family’s secret past until Full Band’s snooping revealed it to her, particularly that her father is the infamous [[spoiler:'Solo Wing Pixy.']]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler:Marcy knew all along what the Calamity Box would do and stranded herself, Anne, and Sasha in Amphibia on purpose. She did it because she'd learned that she was going to move due to her father getting a new job out of state, and she wanted to run away to a place where she could have fun with her friends forever.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler:Marcy knew all along what the Calamity Box would do and stranded herself, Anne, and Sasha in Amphibia on purpose. She did it because she'd learned that she was going to move due to her father getting a new job out of state, and she wanted to run away to a place where she could have fun with her friends forever.]] The secret is outed by King Andrias in the season 2 finale, causing Anne to tear up and Sasha to pull away in disgust]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DearJournalImCrazy'', Doug treats his schozophrenia as one, as he is afraid to tell Patti or Skeeter about it for fear that he might accidentally hurt them. Luckily, he finally gets the courage to tell them, and they end up completely understanding of his situation.
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* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Monokuma threatens to reveal Dark Secrets for every character to the public unless there is a murder. The Dark Secrets that are revealed to the player anyway are:
** Makoto Naegi: [[spoiler: [[EmbarrassingDampSheets Wet the bed until he was in 5th grade.]]]]
** Mondo Owada: [[spoiler:Accidentially killed his older brother.]]
** Chihiro Fujisaki: [[spoiler: [[DisguisedInDrag Is actually a boy masquerading as a girl]].]]
** Toko Fukawa: [[spoiler: Has a secret SplitPersonality, namely SerialKiller Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack.]]
** Makoto Naegi: [[spoiler: [[EmbarrassingDampSheets Wet the bed until he was in 5th grade.]]]]
** Mondo Owada: [[spoiler:Accidentially killed his older brother.]]
** Chihiro Fujisaki: [[spoiler: [[DisguisedInDrag Is actually a boy masquerading as a girl]].]]
** Toko Fukawa: [[spoiler: Has a secret SplitPersonality, namely SerialKiller Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack.]]
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** Makoto Naegi (revealed immediately, as he is the PC): [[EmbarrassingDampSheets Wet the bed until he was in 5th grade.]]
** Mondo Owada:[[spoiler: His brother Daiya saved his life from Mondo's own recklessness and died in the process, and Mondo lied about what happened to take over leadership of the Crazy Diamonds.]]
** Chihiro Fujisaki: [[spoiler: [[WholesomeCrossdresser Is actually a boy masquerading as a girl]].]]
** Toko Fukawa: [[spoiler: Has a secret SplitPersonality, namely SerialKiller Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack.]]
** Makoto Naegi (revealed immediately, as he is the PC): [[EmbarrassingDampSheets Wet the bed until he was in 5th grade.]]
** Mondo Owada:[[spoiler: His brother Daiya saved his life from Mondo's own recklessness and died in the process, and Mondo lied about what happened to take over leadership of the Crazy Diamonds.]]
** Chihiro Fujisaki: [[spoiler: [[WholesomeCrossdresser Is actually a boy masquerading as a girl]].]]
** Toko Fukawa: [[spoiler: Has a secret SplitPersonality, namely SerialKiller Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack.]]
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* Every rival in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has one of these that the VillainProtagonist can find out and use to ruin the rival's reputation. The secrets themselves can range from merely embarrassing (Komako tried GoingCommando for a few years because she read shrine maidens did the same) to career-damaging (Sonoko has a past as a delinquent with a long rap sheet that could ruin her budding detective career).
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* In ''Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day'', the investigating detectives are looking into the disappearance of the chef's book of a prestigious restaurant that closed over a decade ago, containing the secret recipes used by the family who owned that restaurant. In the course of the investigation, it's revealed that the family kept using absinthe in many of their ingredients even after absinthe was officially listed as dangerous and banned from use in food, as they didn't want to risk losing customers by switching to a subtitute.
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* baalbuddy's [[https://twitter.com/baalbuddy/status/1425060942036017190 comic]] for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' shows the dark secret relationship between lalafells and goblins, and the elezen who [[HeKnowsTooMuch stumbles upon the truth]].
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* baalbuddy's ''[[Webcomic/{{Baalbuddy}} Baalbuddy's]]'' [[https://twitter.com/baalbuddy/status/1425060942036017190 comic]] for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' shows the dark secret relationship between lalafells and goblins, and the elezen who [[HeKnowsTooMuch stumbles upon the truth]].
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* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': When the whispering daemon in "Blood in the Darkness" taunts the characters, it reveals that every one of them has one:
** Markus: Kruber is a ShellShockedVeteran who feels he is losing all sense of morality after sending his comrades-in-arms to their deaths. He has considered selling out his new allies for coin and turning to Chaos to save himself.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': What's your blood-price for the elf? The zealot? The wizard? I know you've thought about it. How heavy would the purse have to be?
-->'''Markus''': Go annoy someone else.
** Bardin: Bardin's mistakes on a mission left him gravely wounded by a Gutter Runner and unable to warn a Dwarf stronghold of a Skaven attack, and as a result many of his people were slaughtered [[OutlivingOnesOffspring including his son Mordin]]. He was punished by the other Dwarfs and too cowardly to take the [[DeathSeeker Slayer oath]], so he built an elaborate identity because "[[AdventurerArchaeologist Holdseeker]]" sounds more comforting than "[[TheExile Exile]]".
-->'''Nameless Voice''': Ziflin Deeps. A word from you, and so many would still be alive. But you ''weren't'' there, were you?
-->'''Bardin''': ''[annoyed growl]''
** Sienna: Sienna has killed multiple people in her wild pyromania for the thrill of it. She burned a templar to death who was hunting a "witch", and later found that the templar was ProperlyParanoid and the witch really was a dangerous Chaos-worshipping monster. She also burned the entire town down in the process of killing this templar.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': You do remember Rambler? He helped you harness your gifts, and you burned him alive for it.
-->'''Sienna''': It's the past, it's done.
** Victor: Saltzpyre's faith in Sigmar is actually faltering significantly behind his fiery rhetoric. He doubts Sigmar is actually real and wonders if he can even do anything to avert the impending collapse of the Empire. Also, he tortured and burned an innocent girl in the past due to overzealousness on his part, and the guilt is consuming him.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': You didn't save that Skaggerdorf burghermeister's daughter, did you? She pleaded for mercy as you drove home the stake.
-->'''Victor''': ''[bitterly]'' Leave me alone!
** Kerillian: Kerillian heard a prophecy that Ubersreik would play a part in Athel Loren's fall. Interpreting it as the people of Ubersreik attacking her home and arrogantly believing that she could avert the prophecy alone, Kerillian launched an ambush on an Imperial military convoy sent to reinforce the city, killing dozens of Imperial soldiers and weakening the city... just in time for the Skaven to launch their attack. Ubersreik fell and Athel Loren was the next target in the Skaven's crosshairs. Her ego caused a SelfFulfillingProphecy, she has got many innocent people killed and doomed her forest home, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it's all her fault and she knows it]]. Kerillian feels that she could be very easily convinced to turn to darkness, and murder her human allies in their sleep.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': Count your kills all you like. Repay Ubersreik's slaughter a dozenfold, a hundredfold. It will change nothing.
-->'''Kerillian''': ''[fearful]'' [[BreakTheHaughty Lileath... Lileath, preserve me...]]
** Markus: Kruber is a ShellShockedVeteran who feels he is losing all sense of morality after sending his comrades-in-arms to their deaths. He has considered selling out his new allies for coin and turning to Chaos to save himself.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': What's your blood-price for the elf? The zealot? The wizard? I know you've thought about it. How heavy would the purse have to be?
-->'''Markus''': Go annoy someone else.
** Bardin: Bardin's mistakes on a mission left him gravely wounded by a Gutter Runner and unable to warn a Dwarf stronghold of a Skaven attack, and as a result many of his people were slaughtered [[OutlivingOnesOffspring including his son Mordin]]. He was punished by the other Dwarfs and too cowardly to take the [[DeathSeeker Slayer oath]], so he built an elaborate identity because "[[AdventurerArchaeologist Holdseeker]]" sounds more comforting than "[[TheExile Exile]]".
-->'''Nameless Voice''': Ziflin Deeps. A word from you, and so many would still be alive. But you ''weren't'' there, were you?
-->'''Bardin''': ''[annoyed growl]''
** Sienna: Sienna has killed multiple people in her wild pyromania for the thrill of it. She burned a templar to death who was hunting a "witch", and later found that the templar was ProperlyParanoid and the witch really was a dangerous Chaos-worshipping monster. She also burned the entire town down in the process of killing this templar.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': You do remember Rambler? He helped you harness your gifts, and you burned him alive for it.
-->'''Sienna''': It's the past, it's done.
** Victor: Saltzpyre's faith in Sigmar is actually faltering significantly behind his fiery rhetoric. He doubts Sigmar is actually real and wonders if he can even do anything to avert the impending collapse of the Empire. Also, he tortured and burned an innocent girl in the past due to overzealousness on his part, and the guilt is consuming him.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': You didn't save that Skaggerdorf burghermeister's daughter, did you? She pleaded for mercy as you drove home the stake.
-->'''Victor''': ''[bitterly]'' Leave me alone!
** Kerillian: Kerillian heard a prophecy that Ubersreik would play a part in Athel Loren's fall. Interpreting it as the people of Ubersreik attacking her home and arrogantly believing that she could avert the prophecy alone, Kerillian launched an ambush on an Imperial military convoy sent to reinforce the city, killing dozens of Imperial soldiers and weakening the city... just in time for the Skaven to launch their attack. Ubersreik fell and Athel Loren was the next target in the Skaven's crosshairs. Her ego caused a SelfFulfillingProphecy, she has got many innocent people killed and doomed her forest home, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it's all her fault and she knows it]]. Kerillian feels that she could be very easily convinced to turn to darkness, and murder her human allies in their sleep.
-->'''Nameless Voice''': Count your kills all you like. Repay Ubersreik's slaughter a dozenfold, a hundredfold. It will change nothing.
-->'''Kerillian''': ''[fearful]'' [[BreakTheHaughty Lileath... Lileath, preserve me...]]
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Supertrope to ComingOutStory, a whole plot trope where the Dark Secret is being LGBT+. May overlap with BeneathTheMask if they care about hiding their true personality from everyone else. HideYourOtherness may overlap with this if [[FreakinessShame the reasons for it are personal]]. If the secret is sonething you can lock up, it will lead to a WhatsInsidePlot.
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Supertrope to ComingOutStory, a whole plot trope where the Dark Secret is being LGBT+. May overlap with BeneathTheMask if they care about hiding their true personality from everyone else. HideYourOtherness may overlap with this if [[FreakinessShame the reasons for it are personal]]. If the secret is sonething something you can lock up, it will lead to a WhatsInsidePlot.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'''s DLC revolves around your quest to discover Byrgenwerth's worst atrocity, which they've long since buried and which has caused the creation of the [[IronicHell Hunter's Nightmare]]. A fellow hunter named Simon (and appropriately called 'Seeker of Secrets') points you in the right direction after warning you that the Healing Church (a Byrgenwerth offshoot) will try to stop you. Note, the secret is ''not'' how all hunters will inevitably go AxCrazy and that all of the first few generations of hunters (and Healing Church clergy, for that matter) have succumbed to this fate- that's confirming what the main game already hinted. It's also not that the Church's early experiments turned patients into featureless blobby lumps- that's just a sideline and you'll only be attacked by two anonymous church hunters for peeking. The ''real'' secret, which you have to fight Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower to reach and that will get you repeatedly invaded for discovering, lies in the third and final area: the Fishing Hamlet. [[spoiler: The Hamlet had a mutually beneficial relationship with the Great One Kos. When Byrgenwerth found out, they sent some of their scholars and the first few hunters over to massacre/experiment on the inhabitants, and they either ended up killing Kos or violating her corpse (and may have killed her unborn child). For this, the survivors cursed all of Byrgenwerth's successors to fall to bloodlust and the Hunter's Nightmare. The unborn child exists in a strange limbo as the [[ThatOneBoss Orphan of Kos]].]]
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* ''Literature/AmericasStepbrotherAmericasEnemyTwoPointZero'': Doublethink allows the core members of the [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Inner Party]] to explain to themselves where the stasis chambers came from. [[spoiler:A mysterious alien gave them that tech and gave them pointers on how to better establish their eternal dystopia.]]
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* ''[[Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters Guardians, Wizards and Kung-Fu Fighters]]'' has the truth of what happened at the village of Carhaiz years before the start of the story, on the mission where Caleb's father went missing. According to the Rebellion's propaganda, the village was the site of a new weapon Phobos' forces were creating, and they valiantly destroyed it. It's eventually revealed, however, that in truth, [[spoiler: Carhaiz was the nobility's attempt to create a society for the smallfolk free of being controlled by either Phobos or the rebels, who viewed such a hope as a detriment to their goals, so they slaughtered the village.]]
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* ''[[Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters Guardians, Wizards and Kung-Fu Fighters]]'' ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'':
** The early part of the story has the truth of what happened at the village of Carhaiz years before the start of the story, on the mission where Caleb's father went missing. According to the Rebellion's propaganda, the village was the site of a new weapon Phobos' forces were creating, and they valiantly destroyed it. It's eventually revealed, however, that in truth, [[spoiler: Carhaiz was the nobility's attempt to create a society for the smallfolk free of being controlled by either Phobos or the rebels, who viewed such a hope as a detriment to their goals, so they slaughtered the village.]]
** The first epilogue chapter reveals that a thousand years ago, something was done on Meridian to secure peace that was so terrible, only the council of Kandrakar and the Escanor Queens have been allowed to know about it, all of whom have treated it in a IDidWhatIHadToDo sort of way. [[spoiler: Jonathan Ludmoore learned of this and was banished to Earth, under a curse that kept him from speaking of it to anyone, in order to keep him quiet. This is the origin of his family's grudge against Kandrakar.]]
** The early part of the story has the truth of what happened at the village of Carhaiz years before the start of the story, on the mission where Caleb's father went missing. According to the Rebellion's propaganda, the village was the site of a new weapon Phobos' forces were creating, and they valiantly destroyed it. It's eventually revealed, however, that in truth, [[spoiler: Carhaiz was the nobility's attempt to create a society for the smallfolk free of being controlled by either Phobos or the rebels, who viewed such a hope as a detriment to their goals, so they slaughtered the village.]]
** The first epilogue chapter reveals that a thousand years ago, something was done on Meridian to secure peace that was so terrible, only the council of Kandrakar and the Escanor Queens have been allowed to know about it, all of whom have treated it in a IDidWhatIHadToDo sort of way. [[spoiler: Jonathan Ludmoore learned of this and was banished to Earth, under a curse that kept him from speaking of it to anyone, in order to keep him quiet. This is the origin of his family's grudge against Kandrakar.]]
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* An episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' had the Nazi pretending to be a Jew. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him he married a Jewish woman [[WhatAnIdiot and raised his own son as a devout Jew]] to keep his cover story up]].
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* An episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' had the Nazi pretending to be a Jew. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him he married a Jewish woman [[WhatAnIdiot and raised his own son as a devout Jew]] Jew to keep his cover story up]].
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* Tara's attempts to hide her part-demon-ness in ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' almost result in her friends being killed. Still, they stand up for her anyway and eventually determine that Tara's family lied to her about her heritage.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Tara's attempts to hide her part-demon-ness in ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' [[HumanDemonHybrid part-demon-ness]] almost result in her friends being killed. Still, they stand up for her anyway and eventually determine that Tara's family lied to her about her heritage.
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* In VideoGame/HelloNeighbor, this is the main plot. The protagonist, Nicky Roth, is trying to break into the basement of his neighbor, Mr. Peterson, who is keeping [[spoiler: his own son, Aaron]] locked down there.
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* In VideoGame/HelloNeighbor, ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'', this is the main plot. The protagonist, Nicky Roth, is trying to break into the basement of his neighbor, Mr. Peterson, who is keeping [[spoiler: his own son, Aaron]] locked down there.
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** The sequences with Psyche-Locks involve a person's secrets/lies being locked up with spiritual locks and chains when confronted with a statement or question the person refuses to answer and may go to great lengths to keep that secret hidden. The more locks that appear, the more desperately the person wants to hide their secret. Phoenix can see the locks due to the Magatama item he carries and presenting the right pieces of evidence when questioning the person gets them to "unlock" themselves and reveal the truth. [[spoiler: While a typical Psyche-Lock is colored red and can easily be broken, there's two occasions where the locks are ''black'' and can't be broken by normal means. Phoenix first sees the black locks during ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' when he asks Kristoph Gavin why he killed Shadi Smith, Kristoph refuses to answer and 5 black Psyche-Locks appear, which Phoenix describes as cold and dark and probably cannot be unlocked. The black locks appear again in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' when Athena is accused of killing her own mother several years ago and the suppressed memory of the event causes her to throw up 5 black Psyche-Locks. Phoenix finds out from Pearl that the black locks mean that someone has a secret buried so deep within their hearts that they are not consciously aware of it and if the Magatama user tries to brute force the locks open (not approaching the topic gently in other words), the person's spirit can become broken beyond repair and they are traumatized for life. Luckily, Phoenix gets past Athena's locks without any damage to her mental state.]]
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** The sequences with Psyche-Locks involve a person's secrets/lies being locked up with spiritual locks and chains when confronted with a statement or question the person refuses to answer and may go to great lengths to keep that secret hidden. The more locks that appear, the more desperately the person wants to hide their secret. Phoenix can see the locks due to the Magatama item he carries and presenting the right pieces of evidence when questioning the person gets them to "unlock" themselves and reveal the truth. [[spoiler: While a typical Psyche-Lock is colored red and can easily be broken, there's two occasions where the locks are ''black'' and can't be broken by normal means. Phoenix first sees the black locks during ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' when he asks Kristoph Gavin why he killed Shadi Smith, Kristoph refuses to answer and 5 black Psyche-Locks appear, which Phoenix describes as cold and dark and probably cannot be unlocked. The black locks appear again in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' when Athena is accused of killing her own mother several years ago and the suppressed memory of the event causes her to throw up 5 black Psyche-Locks. Phoenix finds out from Pearl that the black locks mean that someone has a secret buried so deep within their hearts that they are not consciously aware of it and if the Magatama user tries to brute force the locks open (not approaching the topic gently in other words), the person's spirit can become broken beyond repair repair, and they are traumatized for life. Luckily, Phoenix gets past Athena's locks without any damage to her mental state.]]
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* This is the main drive of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='s=] ''Heavensward'' expansion: [[spoiler:the heroes learn that Ishgard's 1000-year war with the dragons was actually caused by King Thordon I and his 12 Knights, who murdered a dragon desiring their power then stealing Nidhogg's eyes. The main expansion and the first three major patches afterwards is about revealing the truth and forcing both sides into peace.]]
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* This is the main drive of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='s=] ''Heavensward'' expansion: [[spoiler:the heroes learn that Ishgard's 1000-year war with the dragons was actually caused by King Thordon I and his 12 Knights, who murdered a dragon desiring their power then stealing Nidhogg's eyes. The main expansion and the first three major patches afterwards is are about revealing the truth and forcing both sides into peace.]]
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* Amanda from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' is attracted to her own father, and has been since she was very young.
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** [[spoiler: Red's ex-sidekick Crimson Kid is the killer. He received a post-death message from Red telling him about her investigation. She wants him to take the Alliance down, but leave them alive. But he's opted to kill them instead and he's also executed Oxymoron as he's promised his replacement who got murdered by Oxymoron on her first outing]]
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** [[spoiler: Red's ex-sidekick Crimson Kid is the killer. He received a post-death message from Red telling him about her investigation. She wants him to take the Alliance down, down but leave them alive. But he's opted to kill them instead and he's also executed Oxymoron as he's promised his replacement who got murdered by Oxymoron on her first outing]]
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* ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' is an entire event centered around the uncovering of numerous dark secrets in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and dealing with the consequences thereof. Among other things, we learn [[spoiler:the Hulk's creation could have been prevented if Bruce Banner had simply bothered to read his emails and that another person was bitten by the same radioactive spider that created Spider-Man.]]
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* ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'' is an entire event centered around the uncovering of numerous dark secrets in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and dealing with the consequences thereof. Among other things, we We learn that [[spoiler:the Hulk's creation could have been prevented if Bruce Banner had simply bothered to read his the emails Tony Stark sent after discovering Banner's method of radiation control meant the resultant explosion would've been far bigger than it was, Thor and Loki have a sister, Angela, who was presumed dead after the forces of Heavn, the lost tenth realm, took her, and that another person person, Cindy Moon, was bitten by the same radioactive spider that created Spider-Man.Spider-Man and was placed into a secret bunker by old Spider-Man foe Ezekiel.]]
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** In ''Literature/APoisonDarkAndDrowning'', Howard Micklemas reveals that [[spoiler:he, Mary, and Charles opened the portal to try and save Henrietta's father, William Howel, after he got sucked into the Ancients' world in 1822. However, by then, he'd been in the Ancients' world so long that he was warped and twisted into a creature that's now known as Rh'lem]].
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** In ''Literature/APoisonDarkAndDrowning'', Howard Micklemas reveals that [[spoiler:he, Mary, and Charles opened the portal to try and save Henrietta's father, William Howel, after he got sucked into the Ancients' world in 1822. However, by then, he'd been in the Ancients' world so long that he was warped and twisted into a creature that's now known as Rh'lem]].R'hlem]].
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* In ''Literature/APoisonDarkAndDrowning'', Howard Micklemas reveals that [[spoiler:he, Mary, and Charles opened the portal to try and save Henrietta's father, William Howel, after he got sucked into the Ancients' world in 1822. However, by then, he'd been in the Ancients' world so long that he was warped and twisted into a creature that's now known as Rh'lem]].
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