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* The conclusion of the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Who Killed Who?" has the detective subduing and unmasking the murderer. It was the live-action narrator we saw at the beginning ("I dood it! ''Sob!!''").

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* The conclusion of the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Who Killed Who?" "WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho" has the detective subduing and unmasking the murderer. It was the live-action narrator we saw at the beginning ("I dood it! ''Sob!!''").
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays with the trope with Truong Lu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays with the trope with Truong Tuong Lu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays with the trope with Liu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays with the trope with Liu Truong Lu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.
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That’s just Tomato In The Mirror, a Tomato Surprise requires the characters in the narrative to be aware of the fact before it gets revealed to the audience.


* After many episodes of suspense, cliffhangers, confusion, and even a BizarroEpisode, the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' finally ends with the ultimate evil (the being that can be used to take over the world) being Zak Saturday...the main character.
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** "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.": It's Tomato mixed with ContinuityNod in one, as the KND go to a hospital to guard a hospitalized operative. A few minutes from the end, it's revealed that said operative is... Bradley the Skunk from "Operation: C.A.M.P.", who had been made an honorary operative in that episode (and has now been rebuilt as a cyborg). Cree is surprised to find the skunk on a hospital bed when she (and we) expected a regular kid, and Numbuh Four, who had been a bit jealous at Numbuh Three for claiming to be in love with the injured operative (her exact words were "I love him"), is all "Hey!" when he sees Bradley, who she considered her adopted son.

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** "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.": It's Tomato mixed with ContinuityNod CallBack in one, as the KND go to a hospital to guard a hospitalized operative. A few minutes from the end, it's revealed that said operative is... Bradley the Skunk from "Operation: C.A.M.P.", who had been made an honorary operative in that episode (and has now been rebuilt as a cyborg). Cree is surprised to find the skunk on a hospital bed when she (and we) expected a regular kid, and Numbuh Four, who had been a bit jealous at Numbuh Three for claiming to be in love with the injured operative (her exact words were "I love him"), is all "Hey!" when he sees Bradley, who she considered her adopted son.
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* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' features an episode where a mermaid and a rather savage-looking barbarian [[HumanPopsicle thaw from an ancient iceberg.]] The monks immediately befriend the mermaid and try to protect her from the barbarian [[spoiler:who is the only one who knows that she's an evil fish monster who only takes her beautiful mermaid form when she's wet or in the water.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had a mundane, but ''very'' horrifying one at the end of TheMovie with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Eddy's brother, who had been presented, by Eddy, as TheAce, is in fact a sadistic BigBrotherBully who made Eddy's life a living hell while they lived together. Eddy lied about him to make people respect and like him.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Boy Who Cried Comet" revealed that [[spoiler:all the characters are actually aliens filming the show on another planet]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' features an episode where a mermaid and a rather savage-looking barbarian [[HumanPopsicle thaw from an ancient iceberg.]] The monks immediately befriend the mermaid and try to protect her from the barbarian [[spoiler:who who is the only one who knows that she's an evil fish monster who only takes her beautiful mermaid form when she's wet or in the water.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had a mundane, but ''very'' horrifying one at the end of TheMovie with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Eddy's Eddy's brother, who had been presented, by Eddy, as TheAce, is in fact a sadistic BigBrotherBully who made Eddy's life a living hell while they lived together. Eddy lied about him to make people respect and like him.]]
him.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Boy Who Cried Comet" revealed that [[spoiler:all all the characters are actually aliens filming the show on another planet]].planet.



* {{Downplayed}} on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''--though it's not confirmed until the penultimate segment's WholeEpisodeFlashback, most fans probably could have guessed that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Wirt and Greg]] are [[spoiler:from our world, in near-modern times]]. Really, the bigger surprise is how they got lost in the Unknown to begin with: [[spoiler:They're having a NearDeathExperience while drowning.]]

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* {{Downplayed}} on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''--though it's not confirmed until the penultimate segment's WholeEpisodeFlashback, most fans probably could have guessed that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Wirt and Greg]] are [[spoiler:from from our world, in near-modern times]]. times. Really, the bigger surprise is how they got lost in the Unknown to begin with: [[spoiler:They're They're having a NearDeathExperience while drowning.]]



* In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSonniesEdge Sonnie's Edge]]'', a [[RapeAsBackstory scarred and traumatized]] woman living in a dystopian future Britain participates in a {{Beastly Blood Sport|s}} where genetically engineered beasts controlled remotely by human pilots fight to the death. [[spoiler:Except for Sonnie, the ''human body'' is her remote-piloted one and the ''beast body'' is her main one - [[EmergencyTransformation she was so badly wounded by her rapists that she had to be transferred over into it to save her.]] That's why Sonnie always wins: [[HadToBeSharp Because she is the only competitor literally fighting for her life.]]]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSonniesEdge Sonnie's Edge]]'', a [[RapeAsBackstory scarred and traumatized]] woman living in a dystopian future Britain participates in a {{Beastly Blood Sport|s}} where genetically engineered beasts controlled remotely by human pilots fight to the death. [[spoiler:Except Except for Sonnie, the ''human body'' is her remote-piloted one and the ''beast body'' is her main one - [[EmergencyTransformation she was so badly wounded by her rapists that she had to be transferred over into it to save her.]] That's why Sonnie always wins: [[HadToBeSharp Because she is the only competitor literally fighting for her life.]]]]life]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' played this in one episode ("Almost Got 'em"), where Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin, Killer Croc, and The Joker met to discuss how Batman beat them over a game of poker. The Joker reveals that Harley Quinn has Catwoman tied up in a warehouse, to avenge his defeat to Batman. Then Batman reveals he was disguised as Killer Croc all along, and all the other unsavory malcontents in the poker hall turn out to be undercover cops.
** Another Batman example comes from the episode ''Mean Seasons'', where a former model is taking revenge on the executives who dumped her for younger-looking rivals. She talks about how she subjected herself to starvation and endless surgery in an effort to keep up, and now all we see is her wearing a mask, leaving us to wonder what happened. When she's captured and unmasked in the end, it turns out she was actually BeautifulAllAlong.
--->'''Batgirl''': She's beautiful!\\
'''Batman''': She doesn't know how to see that anymore. All she sees are the flaws.
** Another episode had a new crimefighter known as The Judge, who was meting out deadly vigilante justice on Gotham's arch-criminals including Penguin, Killer Croc, and Two-Face. At the end it turned out it was really Harvey Dent, who had become so distraught about becoming the villain Two-Face that his mind fragmented again and spawned the new identity of The Judge, a personality so distinct that it even went so far as to try to kill himself as Two-Face (Batman figured it out when he realized the two were never in the same place at the same time).
* Played in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' with Liu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' played this in one episode ("Almost Got 'em"), 'im"), where Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin, Killer Croc, and The Joker met to discuss over a game of poker how Batman beat them over a game of poker. them. The Joker reveals that Harley Quinn ComicBook/HarleyQuinn has Catwoman ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} tied up in a warehouse, to avenge his defeat to Batman. Then Batman reveals he was disguised as Killer Croc all along, and all the other unsavory malcontents in the poker hall turn out to be undercover cops.
** Another Batman example comes from the episode ''Mean Seasons'', "Mean Seasons", where a former model is taking revenge on the executives who dumped her for younger-looking rivals. She talks about how she subjected herself to starvation and endless surgery in an effort to keep up, and now all we see is her wearing a mask, leaving us to wonder what happened. When she's captured and unmasked in the end, it turns out she was actually BeautifulAllAlong.
--->'''Batgirl''': --->'''Batgirl:''' She's beautiful!\\
'''Batman''': '''Batman:''' She doesn't know how to see that anymore. All she sees are the flaws.
** Another episode had a new crimefighter known as The Judge, who was meting out deadly vigilante justice on Gotham's arch-criminals arch-criminals, including Penguin, Killer Croc, and Two-Face. At the end it turned out it was really Harvey Dent, who had become so distraught about becoming the villain Two-Face that his mind fragmented again and spawned the new identity of The Judge, a personality so distinct that it even went so far as to try to kill himself as Two-Face (Batman figured it out when he realized the two were never in the same place at the same time).
* Played in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' plays with the trope with Liu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.



* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Boy Who Cried Comet" revealed that [[spoiler:all the characters are actually aliens filming the show on another planet.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', one episode features Garfield hosting a show where he passes off a bunch of misinformation as fact such as that there is no state of Wyoming, fire hydrants use compressed water, etc. When he claims that dogs have no brains, the audience is revealed to be a bunch of dogs who are none too pleased and run him out of town.
* {{Downplayed}} on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''--though it's not confirmed until the penultimate segment's WholeEpisodeFlashback, most fans probably could have guessed that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Wirt and Greg]] are [[spoiler:from our world, in near-modern times]]. Really, the bigger surprise is how they got lost in the Unknown to begin with: [[spoiler:they're having a NearDeathExperience while drowning]].

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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Boy Who Cried Comet" revealed that [[spoiler:all the characters are actually aliens filming the show on another planet.]]
planet]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', one episode features Garfield hosting a show where he passes off a bunch of misinformation as fact fact, such as that there is no state of Wyoming, fire hydrants use compressed water, etc. When he claims that dogs have no brains, the audience is revealed to be a bunch of dogs who are none too pleased and run him out of town.
* {{Downplayed}} on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''--though it's not confirmed until the penultimate segment's WholeEpisodeFlashback, most fans probably could have guessed that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Wirt and Greg]] are [[spoiler:from our world, in near-modern times]]. Really, the bigger surprise is how they got lost in the Unknown to begin with: [[spoiler:they're [[spoiler:They're having a NearDeathExperience while drowning]]. drowning.]]



-->'''Mojo''': I have ''always'' loved you!
* In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSonniesEdge Sonnie's Edge]]'', a [[RapeAsBackstory scarred and traumatized]] woman living in a dystopian future Britain participates in a {{Beastly Blood Sport|s}} where genetically engineered beasts controlled remotely by human pilots fight to the death. [[spoiler:Except for Sonnie, the ''human body'' is her remote-piloted one and the ''beast body'' is her main one - [[EmergencyTransformation she was so badly wounded by her rapists that she had to be transferred over into it to save her]]. That's why Sonnie always wins: [[HadToBeSharp Because she is the only competitor literally fighting for her life.]]]]
* The conclusion of the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Who Killed Who?" has the detective subduing and unmasking the murderer. It was the live-action narrator we saw at the beginning ("I dood it! ''Sob!!'').

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-->'''Mojo''': -->'''Mojo:''' I have ''always'' loved you!
* In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSonniesEdge Sonnie's Edge]]'', a [[RapeAsBackstory scarred and traumatized]] woman living in a dystopian future Britain participates in a {{Beastly Blood Sport|s}} where genetically engineered beasts controlled remotely by human pilots fight to the death. [[spoiler:Except for Sonnie, the ''human body'' is her remote-piloted one and the ''beast body'' is her main one - [[EmergencyTransformation she was so badly wounded by her rapists that she had to be transferred over into it to save her]]. her.]] That's why Sonnie always wins: [[HadToBeSharp Because she is the only competitor literally fighting for her life.]]]]
* The conclusion of the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Who Killed Who?" has the detective subduing and unmasking the murderer. It was the live-action narrator we saw at the beginning ("I dood it! ''Sob!!'').
''Sob!!''").
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L.": It's Tomato mixed with ContinuityNod in one, as the KND go to a hospital to guard a hospitalized operative. A few minutes from the end, it's revealed that said operative is... Bradley the Skunk from "Operation: C.A.M.P.", who had been made an honorary operative in that episode (and has now been rebuilt as a cyborg). Cree is surprised to find the skunk on a hospital bed when she (and we) expected a regular kid, and Numbuh Four, who had been a bit jealous at Numbuh Three for claiming to be in love with the injured operative (her exact words were "I love him"), is all "Hey!" when he sees Bradley, who she considered her adopted son.
** "Operation: U.N.C.O.O.L.": The KND go on what they think is a mission to rescue an operative, Numbuh 78. In fact, we even see her getting kidnapped by a bunch of zombies. Later on, it transpires that the "Numbuh 78" to which Numbuhs 2 and 44 are referring is a trading card.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' played this in one episode ("Almost Got 'em"), where Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin, Killer Croc, and The Joker met to discuss how Batman beat them over a game of poker. The Joker reveals that Harley Quinn has Catwoman tied up in a warehouse, to avenge his defeat to Batman. Then Batman reveals he was disguised as Killer Croc all along, and all the other unsavory malcontents in the poker hall turn out to be undercover cops.
** Another Batman example comes from the episode ''Mean Seasons'', where a former model is taking revenge on the executives who dumped her for younger-looking rivals. She talks about how she subjected herself to starvation and endless surgery in an effort to keep up, and now all we see is her wearing a mask, leaving us to wonder what happened. When she's captured and unmasked in the end, it turns out she was actually BeautifulAllAlong.
--->'''Batgirl''': She's beautiful!\\
'''Batman''': She doesn't know how to see that anymore. All she sees are the flaws.
** Another episode had a new crimefighter known as The Judge, who was meting out deadly vigilante justice on Gotham's arch-criminals including Penguin, Killer Croc, and Two-Face. At the end it turned out it was really Harvey Dent, who had become so distraught about becoming the villain Two-Face that his mind fragmented again and spawned the new identity of The Judge, a personality so distinct that it even went so far as to try to kill himself as Two-Face (Batman figured it out when he realized the two were never in the same place at the same time).
* Played in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' with Liu Kim, the City Wok owner, who is actually one of Dr. Janus' personalities.
* Referenced on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' when Homer submits this poem to a literary journal:
-->There once was a rapping tomato\\
That's right, I said "rapping tomato"\\
He rapped all day, from April to May\\
And also, guess what, ''[[NarratorAllAlong it was me]].''
* After many episodes of suspense, cliffhangers, confusion, and even a BizarroEpisode, the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' finally ends with the ultimate evil (the being that can be used to take over the world) being Zak Saturday...the main character.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' features an episode where a mermaid and a rather savage-looking barbarian [[HumanPopsicle thaw from an ancient iceberg.]] The monks immediately befriend the mermaid and try to protect her from the barbarian [[spoiler:who is the only one who knows that she's an evil fish monster who only takes her beautiful mermaid form when she's wet or in the water.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had a mundane, but ''very'' horrifying one at the end of TheMovie with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Eddy's brother, who had been presented, by Eddy, as TheAce, is in fact a sadistic BigBrotherBully who made Eddy's life a living hell while they lived together. Eddy lied about him to make people respect and like him.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "The Boy Who Cried Comet" revealed that [[spoiler:all the characters are actually aliens filming the show on another planet.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', one episode features Garfield hosting a show where he passes off a bunch of misinformation as fact such as that there is no state of Wyoming, fire hydrants use compressed water, etc. When he claims that dogs have no brains, the audience is revealed to be a bunch of dogs who are none too pleased and run him out of town.
* {{Downplayed}} on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''--though it's not confirmed until the penultimate segment's WholeEpisodeFlashback, most fans probably could have guessed that [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Wirt and Greg]] are [[spoiler:from our world, in near-modern times]]. Really, the bigger surprise is how they got lost in the Unknown to begin with: [[spoiler:they're having a NearDeathExperience while drowning]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "The City Of Clipsville" posits a flashback (not really one but a flashback created specifically for the episode) where the Professor and Ms. Bellum get married. When the Professor lifts her veil, it turns out to be Mojo Jojo.
-->'''Mojo''': I have ''always'' loved you!
* In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots: [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsSonniesEdge Sonnie's Edge]]'', a [[RapeAsBackstory scarred and traumatized]] woman living in a dystopian future Britain participates in a {{Beastly Blood Sport|s}} where genetically engineered beasts controlled remotely by human pilots fight to the death. [[spoiler:Except for Sonnie, the ''human body'' is her remote-piloted one and the ''beast body'' is her main one - [[EmergencyTransformation she was so badly wounded by her rapists that she had to be transferred over into it to save her]]. That's why Sonnie always wins: [[HadToBeSharp Because she is the only competitor literally fighting for her life.]]]]
* The conclusion of the Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Who Killed Who?" has the detective subduing and unmasking the murderer. It was the live-action narrator we saw at the beginning ("I dood it! ''Sob!!'').

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