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** The Sabaody Archipelago arc has a more comical one in the form of the MysteriousMaskedMan Duval, who bears an intense grudge against Sanji for unknown reasons despite the two apparently having never met. When the mask comes off, the Straw Hat discover that [[spoiler: Duval looks ''exactly'' like Sanji's poorly-drawn wanted poster, and is angry about all the unwanted attention he's gotten as a result.]]

** The original Syaoran is actually the son of an alternate version of the protagonist and love interest of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and is using his father's name as a psuedonym. Then it's learned that the protagonist of ''Manga/XxxHOLiC'' is a time-travel duplicate of "Syaoran".

* From [[spoiler:volume fifteen]] onwards, ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' is just a bunch of reveals. [[spoiler:WhamEpisode And they turn everything]] [[spoiler:WhamLine you thought you knew]] [[spoiler:MindScrew upside down.]]

* ''LightNovel/SuzumiyaHaruhi'' combines this with TheRashomon, with Yuki, Mikuru, and Itsuki each explaining Haruhi's true nature and their own.

* And that the creation of said duplicate messed up the ''entire space-time continuum''.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has many of these. Some of these examples are [[spoiler:Eren being the Rogue Titan, the walls containing Titans, Annie being the Female Titan, Ymir being the Dancing Titan, Historia/"Krista" being related to a secret cult that knows about the walls, Reiner being the Armored Titan, and Bertolt being the Colossal Titan. Or the fact the basement contains proof that humanity was never wiped out and still exists.]]
** Likewise in Chapter 88[[spoiler: , the Name of Eren's Titan is the [[TitleDrop Attack Titan]] (or the ''Shingeki No Kyojin'').[[note]]The official Translation Attack "on" Titan is not entirely accurate. The translators were probably confused about that.[[/note]]]]

** Likewise in Chapter 88[[spoiler: , the Name of Eren's Titan is the [[TitleDrop Attack Titan]] (''Shingeki No Kyojin'').[[note]]The official Translation Attack "on" Titan is not entirely accurate. The translators were probably confused about that.[[/note]]]]

** Likewise in Chapter 88[[spoiler: , the Name of Eren's Titan is the [[TitleDropAttack Titan]] (''Shingeki No Kyojin'').[[note]]The official Translation Attack "on" Titan is not entirely accurate. The translators were probably confused about that.[[/note]]]]

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has many of these. Some of these examples are [[spoiler:Eren being the Rogue Titan, the walls containing Titans, Annie being the Female Titan, Ymir being the Dancing Titan, Historia/"Krista" being related to a secret cult that knows about the walls, Reiner being the Armored Titan, and Bertolt being the Colossal Titan]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has been rather reveal-happy in recent years: we've gotten the true identity of both Akatsuki's leader and its ManBehindTheMan, Kisame and Itachi's true motivations (including the real reason the Uchiha Massacre happened), the identities of Naruto's parents (everyone (and by everyone: the audience) knew about the father-it's the mother and her baggage that shocks everyone), the fact that [[spoiler:Naruto is not the first host of the Nine-Tailed Fox]], [[spoiler:Madara really IS dead and Tobi's impersonating him]], [[spoiler:Tobi's current Sharingan sharing the same dimension as Kakashi's Kamui due to it being the right eye of Obito Uchiha]], etc. And Tobi himself is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Obito Uchiha]]. And now that [[spoiler:[[ManBehindTheMan There is a Man Behind the Man Behind the Man]] in the form of Black Zetsu, who finally succeeds to revive Kaguya Ootsutsuki, the mother of the Rikudo Sennin.]]

** Chapter 763: [[spoiler:Trafalgar '''''D.''''' Water Law]]. Suddenly, his rapport with Luffy makes a ''lot'' more sense.
** Chapter 816: [[spoiler:The Minks really ''were'' sheltering Raizo, and were lying to [[TheDragon Jack]] to the whole time]].

* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' has a number of them, the biggest one probably being the reveal that the woman in Prague is really [[VillainousCrossdresser Johan.]]

** [[spoiler:It's impossible to bring someone back to life]]. For anyone who sees [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]] first and then either reads the manga or watches ''Brotherhood'', the shock is increased several-fold; [[spoiler:in the 2003 anime, they're transformed into homunculi]].

* Tons of information revealed in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''. Eureka's identity as a [[spoiler: human Coralian]], what really happened to Renton's father and sister, the origin of the 3 kids, the history of the Scab Coral which reveal that [[spoiler: all along the planet was Earth which got covered up by a living planet-size alien]]. [[spoiler: Gonzy was another hidden human Coralian]].
* ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'', gets its own reveals. There's the fact that Eureka has been [[spoiler: {{Time Travel}}ing, and that Ao was conceived in the future]]; that the discrepancies with the original series [[spoiler: [[CosmicRetcon are the result of history actually being altered]]]]; the one no-one was expecting happened when [[spoiler: [[KidFromTheFuture Ao met a pregnant Eureka from the past.]]]] Most viewers and even Ao himself thought that [[spoiler: Eureka was pregnant with him, but it turns out her baby ''is a girl'' - meaning Ao may have an older biological sister.]]

** Natsume herself, and Miko, Aya's HeterosexualLifePartner and [[AFriendInNeed resident friend in need]] [[spoiler: are actually cousins, [[BitchInSheepsClothing in league together with Aya's love interest to get Aya defeated and enslaved in the current tournament]]]].

* Although spoiled for U.S. audiences thanks to the fact that ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' almost entirely aired first barring a few episodes, in Japan ''Manga/DragonBall'' dropped a big one. In the manga, after Goku's big defeat of Piccolo, the following chapter features a mysterious character crashing to earth looking for someone named "Kakarott" And in the very last page of the chapter, Kakarott is revealed to be Goku. Then 2 chapters later it turns out that armored man is Goku's brother and Goku is revealed to be an alien. Piccolo and Kami get this same revelation not long after when they're revealed to be Nameks, which was foreshadowed as early as the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai when the two spoke to each other in a strange language. It's done with Trunks as well. After his first appearance he's revealed to not just be another Saiyan, but a ''Super Saiyan as well'', and just a few chapters later it's discovered that he's Bulma and Vegeta's son from the future.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has many of these. Some of these examples are [[spoiler:Eren being the Rogue Titan, the walls containing Titans, Annie being the Female Titan, Ymir being the Dancing Titan, Historia/"Krista" being related to a secret cult that knows about the walls, Reiner being the Armored Titan, and Bertolt being the Colossal Titan.]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': There are several regarding the character [[spoiler:Angela Blanc]]. Firstly, they are not human, instead they are a [[spoiler:[[AngelUnaware Angel incognito,]]]] and a very evil one to boot. Also, a character that at first appears to be separate turns out to also be them, just in another form. Finally, they are responsible for the [[spoiler: Phantomhive manor's]] destruction in the anime, and the deaths of [[spoiler:Ceil's parents.]]

** Satsuki didn't kill Ryuko's father and played absolutely no role in his death. The real perpetrator is [[spoiler:Nui Harime, who not only works for Satsuki's mom, Ragyo, but also killed Ryuko's father with the other half of the scissor blade, which she uses as her own weapon.]]
** Life Fibers are actually [[spoiler:sentient beings from somewhere in the universe and are the reason for why humanity has evolved from typical primates. And while the Life Fibers provide great intelligence and power, it turns out that inserting Life Fibers into a host would kill them painfully. However, the fibers can be ''worn'', leading to the creation of clothing. Now, they are currently at rest under Revocs HQ, waiting for the time they can fully take over humanity and Ragyo has always been working toward that goal.]]

** Ryuko is actually [[spoiler:Ragyo's daughter and Satsuki's younger sister. They both thought she was killed in Ragyo's failed attempt to fuse her with Life Fibers and was literally thrown away as a result. However, it turns out that the experiment ''did'' work and Ryuko's heart is completely made of Life Fibers. Not only that, but the reason that Ryuko survived being thrown away was because her and Satsuki's father managed to find her and escape from Ragyo. Ragyo tried to kill him, but he tricked her into thinking he was dead before changing his name and his appearance into the old man that Ryuko and the audience recognize as the father she's been fighting for.]]
** Nui is [[spoiler:also a human who was successfully fused with Life Fibers and her heart is shown to look just like Ryuko's. However, unlike Ryuko, Nui wasn't born in a mother's womb like a regular human but instead came directly from an artificial womb made of Life Fibers. So the reason she doesn't need to wear Life Fibers to be as powerful as she is is because she is entirely ''made'' of them.]]

** ''Anime/{{Noir}}'': "Noir" is the [[LegacyCharacter legacy codename]] passed down by various pairs of female assassins trained from birth by an AncientConspiracy to become perfect killers. Kirika was a member of the current generation's Noir before her amnesia. Mireille is a failed Noir candidate, whose parents refused to give her up for training and were murdered for it--by none other than Kirika herself.

** There were several reveals in regards to Ugo. He was actually Solomon's djinn, not Aladdin's and his head wasn't missing like he had told Aladdin. He was unable to leave the "Room of Solitude". And as the flashback of Alma Torran revealed, Ugo [[spoiler: wasn't a djinn at all but a genius magician, Solomon's closest friend and later became one of Solomon's three Magi.]]

** Aladdin is [[spoiler: Solomon and Sheba's son.]]

** Anthy and Akio's true nature are major ones: [[spoiler:They are in an [[BrotherSisterIncest incestuous relationship]] that resembles DomesticAbuse. Akio used to be Dios, a heroic prince that fell from nobility and became a ManipulativeBastard. He's also the prince from Utena's past as well as [[BigBad End of the World]], the person organizing the duels. Anthy is a witch that was horrifically attacked for denying the world her brother and suffers constant torment as a result. She's an integral part of Akio's plans]].
** The castle in the sky where "eternity" dwells [[spoiler: doesn't exist. It's an illusion created by Akio's planetarium projector as part of his hook to get people to participate in the duels]]. In fact, [[spoiler:the entire hook is a lie: The duelist who wins the Rose Bride and the duels won't obtain the Power of Dios. The true purpose of the duels is for Akio himself to regain the Power of Dios, which he lost when he ceased to be Prince Dios. He just needs a powerful sword in order to break the seal on it- the winner's sword. To that end, he manipulated the young Utena into wanting to become a prince and gave her a duelist ring, hoping she would one day become noble enough to produce a sword that could break the seal]].
** From the Black Rose arc: [[spoiler: Mikage/Nemuro's memories are fake- he's the one that burned down Nemuro Hall, not Mamiya. Also, the real Mamiya died years ago- the Mamiya we've seen with Mikage in the present is actually Anthy in disguise manipulating Mikage on Akio's behalf]].

** Lumen Histoire, Fairy Tail's secret weapon, is [[spoiler:a girl encased in crystal. More specifically, she's ''Mavis Vermillion, '''the First Guild Master of Fairy Tail'''''.]]
** E.N.D., the guild master of Tartaros and the strongest of the demons from the Books of Zeref, is [[spoiler:the amnesiac Natsu Dragneel.]]

** The reveal that [[spoiler:Megu-nee has been DeadAllAlong]] is very different between the manga and anime. In the manga [[spoiler:Yuki gets a massive headache and faints after being reminded of sometimes Megu-nee told her before her death. We're shown a flashback to Megu-nee's death and the next chapter confirms she's dead.]] In the anime the reveal happens chronologically later due to the series being InMediasRes. [[spoiler:Miki is confused about who Megu-nee is so she innocently asks. This causes a [[NightmareFuel creepy sequence]] where the background music is slowly warping and the scene pans out to show Yuki was talking to thin air.]]

* ''{{Negima}}'': Once the Magic World Arc starts, reveals are dropped left and right, ''especially'' once [[WildCard Kurt Godel]] shows up. The most important one is probably that Negi's mother is Queen Arika of Vesperina, making Negi a WarriorPrince. This is subverted when the girls discover that the Magic World is Mars and get excited, only to realize that it's just a useless bit of trivia. Then it becomes a double subversion when it turns out to be important after all.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS''. Protagonist Subaru, who has been a regular narrator ever since episode 1 (where as a little girl she is rescued by Nanoha and decides to become a hero too), finally battles the combat cyborgs but fails to rescue her sister and is seriously injured. Then her arm is seen. Along with the blood, [[RoboticReveal metal and cables are seen]]. Subaru ''is a combat cyborg, too''.

** The reveal that [[spoiler:Megu-nee has been DeadAllAlong]] is very different between the manga and anime. In the manga [[spoiler:Yuki gets a massive headache and faints after being reminded of sometimes Megu-nee told her before her death. We're shown a flashback to Megu-nee's death and the next chapter confirms she's dead.]] In the anime the reveal happens chronologically later due to the series being InMediaRes. [[spoiler:Miki is confused about who Megu-nee is so she innocently asks. This causes a [[NightmareFuel creepy sequence]] where the background music is slowly warping and the scene pans out to show Yuki was talking to thin air.]]

** The reveal that [[spoiler:Megu-nee has been DeadAllAlong]] is very different between the manga and anime. In the manga [[spoiler:Yuki gets a massive headache and faints after being reminded of sometimes Megu-nee told her before her death. A flashback shows she had fainted when Megu-nee died and when she came to she was hallucinating Megu-nee was alive.]] In the anime the reveal happens chronologically later due to the series being InMediaRes. [[spoiler:Miki is confused about who Megu-nee is so she innocently asks. This causes a [[NightmareFuel creepy sequence]] where the background music is slowly warping and the scene pans out to show Yuki was talking to thin air.]]

* ''Manga/SchoolLive'' starts out as a fairly run-of-the-mill slice of life show, albeit with a few odd details (who let someone keep their dog at school?). At the end of the first episode, we discover that [[spoiler: the characters are in the midst of a horrible zombie apocalypse, and everything we've seen so far has been the product of Yuki's delusional [[LotusEaterMachine lotus-eating]]. The strange details and inconsistencies are just side effects, and the other characters play along because they don't have the heart to tell her otherwise.]]

* A ''big'' dose is revealed near the end of ''SpiderRiders'' when the series BigBad admits that he's a [[spoiler: human. Not only that, he reveals that like Hunter, he was a hero chosen to protect the Inner World before he went nuts after his wife was killed]].

* In ''GameXRush'', Yuuki's Mom/Yuki-san is Memori's presumed-dead birth-mother, who murdered Memori's father and supposedly died in the fire that Memori accidentally started (hence explaining both Memori's adopted status), but Miyuki did NOT die, instead wandering off with semi-amnesia to save a young Yuuki who was then raised as Memori (explaining how he knows so much about the REAL Memori). Bizarrely enough, due to the compressed storytelling and the changes forced by the same, it's possible for this to be not much of a Reveal after all.

* ''Anime/PrettySammy'', ''MagicalProjectS'': The whole show being a parody of the magical girl genre, you wouldn't expect much in the way of plot twists. Cue [[WhamEpisode Episode 19]]- Sammy's ShrinkingViolet best friend, Misao is really the sadistic DarkMagicalGirl, Pixy Misa. More so, Pixy Misa is her ''default'' form; the shy and demure Misa was only a result of repressing her negative traits.