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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing [[StrangerBehindTheMask a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before]]. The character was eventually revealed as Null Sector’s leader Rammatra ''three years'' after the Archives event.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing [[StrangerBehindTheMask a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before]]. The character was eventually revealed as Null Sector’s leader Rammatra Rammatra, ''three years'' after the Archives event.event was released.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing [[StrangerBehindTheMask a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before]]. The character was eventually revealed as Null Sector’s leader Rammatra ''three years'' after the Archives event.
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* The sixth season finale of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' ended with Negan picking one of Rick's group to beat to death. The actual attack was seen entirely from the victim's point of view, obscuring who it was. The fans were unamused. Taking it further, the seventh season premiere opened in the aftermath of the attack, and it wasn't until about twenty minutes into the episode that we finally learned what happened.
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* Done in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080922 this]] ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip.
** Done much more frustratingly [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050123 here]]. ''Sluggy Freelance'' updates daily, so nobody suspected that the cliffhanger would go unanswered for [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050418 nearly three months]], but that's exactly what happened due to ''Oceans Unmoving'', a truly ambitious sci-fi chapter that revisited [[KillerRabbit a long-missing character]] but otherwise introduced an entirely new cast.
** Done much more frustratingly [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050123 here]]. ''Sluggy Freelance'' updates daily, so nobody suspected that the cliffhanger would go unanswered for [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050418 nearly three months]], but that's exactly what happened due to ''Oceans Unmoving'', a truly ambitious sci-fi chapter that revisited [[KillerRabbit a long-missing character]] but otherwise introduced an entirely new cast.
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* Done in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080922 com/comics/archives/daily/20080922 this]] ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip.
** Done much more frustratingly [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050123here]]. here.]] ''Sluggy Freelance'' updates daily, so nobody suspected that the cliffhanger would go unanswered for [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050418 nearly three months]], months,]] but that's exactly what happened due to ''Oceans Unmoving'', a truly ambitious sci-fi chapter that revisited [[KillerRabbit a long-missing character]] but otherwise introduced an entirely new cast.
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* squirrelking's SoBadItsGood Metal Gear Solid fanfic, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2946083/1/ Fight of Metal Gears]]''. Also, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsRJWZ9qwNw Halo: Halos in Space]]'' by the same author ends with Joe Chief on the losing side of a battle, and then he "saw something and went to it and picked it up and said "no we win" to himself." Read ahead at your own risk: The next installment reveals that the 'something' was [[spoiler: "big wepon."]] [[{{Narm}} DUN DUN DUNNN]]!
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* squirrelking's SoBadItsGood Metal Gear Solid fanfic, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2946083/1/ Fight of Metal Gears]]''. Gears.]]'' Also, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsRJWZ9qwNw Halo: Halos in Space]]'' by the same author ends with Joe Chief on the losing side of a battle, and then he "saw something and went to it and picked it up and said "no we win" to himself." Read ahead at your own risk: The next installment reveals that the 'something' was [[spoiler: "big wepon."]] [[{{Narm}} DUN DUN DUNNN]]!
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing [[StrangerBehindTheMask a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before.before]].
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* This was baited-and-switched in Creator/RobertRankin's ''The Literature/HollowChocolateBunniesOfTheApocalypse'', proving there's just [[ZigZaggingTrope no limit to recursive subversion of a trope]]. Eddie hands something important to Jack, who asks what it is - "it's a {{Macguffin}}". Except we never get a better explanation than that - it's only ever referred to as a macguffin, and [[ChekhovsGun when it inevitably turns out to be important]], what it actually does is entirely unexplained as well. It's that kind of book...
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* This was baited-and-switched in Creator/RobertRankin's ''The Literature/HollowChocolateBunniesOfTheApocalypse'', proving there's just [[ZigZaggingTrope no limit to recursive subversion of a trope]]. Eddie hands something important to Jack, who asks what it is - "it's a {{Macguffin}}". Except we never get a better explanation than that - it's only ever referred to as a macguffin, [=McGuffin=], and [[ChekhovsGun when it inevitably turns out to be important]], what it actually does is entirely unexplained as well. It's that kind of book...
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** One episode of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks "Death to the Daleks"]] ends with the Doctor and Bellal about to walk into a room when the Doctor tells him to stop, pointing at the white and red tiled floor for no immediately apparent reason. [[note]] The next episode revealed it to be a laser trap, as shown when the Daleks get caught in it. [[/note]] It was the result of poor pacing, as the episode was scripted to end on a scene of the Daleks getting closer a few minutes earlier.
** Season 22 was originally shown in the UK in 45 minute chapters instead of the usual 22-25 minute episodes. When that season was shown in America, each episode was arbitrarily cut in half to fit in with the remainder of the syndication package — resulting in the story simply stopping (often in very odd places) instead of ending on a proper cliffhanger.
** Season 22 was originally shown in the UK in 45 minute chapters instead of the usual 22-25 minute episodes. When that season was shown in America, each episode was arbitrarily cut in half to fit in with the remainder of the syndication package — resulting in the story simply stopping (often in very odd places) instead of ending on a proper cliffhanger.
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** An example from ''Vengeance on Varos'': One 22-minute cliffhanger is placed inexplicably on the Sixth Doctor irritatedly deactivating the TARDIS' scanner screen, rather than a shot of a guard firing on the TARDIS from ''a few seconds before.''
*** Syndicated versions of ''The Five Doctors'' also suffered this, as it had originally aired as one 90-minute special. One such cliffhanger was simply the Master descending some stairs after one of the Doctor/companion duos left the room, despite the fact that the viewer would already know the Master was also in the Tower.
*** Syndicated versions of ''The Five Doctors'' also suffered this, as it had originally aired as one 90-minute special. One such cliffhanger was simply the Master descending some stairs after one of the Doctor/companion duos left the room, despite the fact that the viewer would already know the Master was also in the Tower.
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* Happened in the second season of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. For the first 8 episodes, Dean had been keeping a dark and terrible secret from Sam, told to him by their father and also withheld from the audience. The preview for the ninth episode showed Dean saying "Dad told me something... something about you," and Sam asking in consternation, "Dean, what did he tell you...?" Everyone got very excited that The Reveal was finally coming, even though most of the fandom was already fairly sure they had worked out more or less what the secret had to be. When the episode aired, those turned out to be '''the last lines spoken''' before the series went on hiatus for over a month!
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** One episodeshowed Dean saying "Dad told me something... something of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks "Death to the Daleks"]] ends with the Doctor and Bellal about you," to walk into a room when the Doctor tells him to stop, pointing at the white and Sam asking in consternation, "Dean, what did he tell you...?" Everyone got very excited that The Reveal red tiled floor for no immediately apparent reason. It was finally coming, even though most of the fandom was already fairly sure they had worked out more or less what the secret had to be. When result of poor pacing, as the episode aired, those turned out was scripted to be '''the last lines spoken''' before end on a scene of the series went Daleks getting closer a few minutes earlier.
** Season 22 was originally shown in the UK in 45 minute chapters instead of the usual 22-25 minute episodes. When that season was shown in America, each episode was arbitrarily cut in half to fit in with the remainder of the syndication package — resulting in the story simply stopping (often in very odd places) instead of ending onhiatus for over a month!proper cliffhanger.
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** And of course the season three premiere, which ended by revealing Ben's name. Yeah, it was nice to know the real name of "Henry Gale," but it's really just a random name, with no significance to the story, yet it's played for {{Luke I Am Your Father}} level drama.
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** And of course the season three premiere, which ended by revealing Ben's name. Yeah, it was nice to know the real name of "Henry Gale," Gale", but it's really just a random name, with no significance to the story, yet it's played for {{Luke I Am Your Father}} level LukeIAmYourFather-level drama.
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* From ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The last episode of season 7 gave examples of this trope.
* Several episodes of ''Series/DoctorWho'' had this problem. Season 22 was originally shown in the UK in 45 minute chapters instead of the usual 22-25 minute episodes. When that season was shown in America, each episode was arbitrarily cut in half to fit in with the remainder of the syndication package - resulting in the story simply stopping (often in very odd places) instead of ending on a proper cliffhanger.
** One episode of "Death to the Daleks" ends with the Doctor and Bellal about to walk into a room when the Doctor tells him to stop, pointing at the white and red tiled floor for no immediately apparent reason. It was the result of poor pacing, as the episode was scripted to end on a scene of the Daleks getting closer a few minutes earlier.
* Several episodes of ''Series/DoctorWho'' had this problem. Season 22 was originally shown in the UK in 45 minute chapters instead of the usual 22-25 minute episodes. When that season was shown in America, each episode was arbitrarily cut in half to fit in with the remainder of the syndication package - resulting in the story simply stopping (often in very odd places) instead of ending on a proper cliffhanger.
** One episode of "Death to the Daleks" ends with the Doctor and Bellal about to walk into a room when the Doctor tells him to stop, pointing at the white and red tiled floor for no immediately apparent reason. It was the result of poor pacing, as the episode was scripted to end on a scene of the Daleks getting closer a few minutes earlier.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had its third "Archives" event [[note]]The only source of in-game lore as to what happened in the past[[/note]] end this way. The last cinematic suddenly cuts to [[BigBad Doomfist]] talking to a mysterious person whose face is obscured, then Doomfist offers [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]]'s help to that person, who [[DramaticUnmask lowers their hood]]... revealing a character that no one had ever seen or heard of before.
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* ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' had a OneParagraphChapter in which Robert Langdon and his date see a thing inside a box. Whatever the grail was, it wasn't ''that thing''. (The thing turned out to be a cryptex, i.e., a tube that had a puzzle to be solved for it to open) In fact, done frequently in anything written by Dan Brown. It's pretty much the end of every chapter.
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* ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' had a OneParagraphChapter in which Robert Langdon and his date see a thing inside a box. Whatever the grail was, it wasn't ''that thing''. (The thing turned out to be a cryptex, i.e., a tube that had a puzzle to be solved for it to open) open.) In fact, done frequently in anything written by Dan Brown. It's pretty much the end of every chapter.
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