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* ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' subverted the usual [[Digimon]] brand of [[Disney Death]] by {{spoiler|playing it straight for the first arc, then having the protagonists find out there was a way to ''permanently'' kill Digimon. But the [[Double Subversion]] comes later: Agumon "dies" in the Disney way by reverting back to an egg that will hatch later, but Masaru is repeatedly told that Agumon won't remember anything about their life together. Agumon the Digimon is alive, but Agumon who was Masaru's 'follower' is gone forever... except he's not. He hatches, and he latches onto Masaru's face like a leech (possibly as an [[Homage]] to ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'''s [[Pilot Movie]]) and they lived [[Happily Ever After]]. To be fair, this may have been foreshadowed by Piyomon retaining his memories after one death; apparently, exposure to humans and a Digisoul changes the rules.}}

* In ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', Mytho is a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] but isn't evil at all. But {{spoiler|then the second season comes around}}...

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Tashigi fangirling over Zoro's sword skillz for a while, and then [[Fan Disillusionment|finding he was a pirate]] superficially looks like a subverted example of [[~~The~~ ~~Knights~~ ~~Who~~ ~~Say Squee~~]], except it becomes a double subversion when she grudgingly realizes he's actually a pretty awesome guy anyway.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Tashigi fangirling over Zoro's sword skillz for a while, and then [[Fan Disillusionment|finding he was a pirate]] superficially looks like a subverted example of [[Even Heroes Have Heroes]], except it becomes a double subversion when she grudgingly realizes he's actually a pretty awesome guy anyway.

* In ''[[~~XxxHolic~~]]'', it initially seems that there is a [[Love Triangle]] between Watanuki, Himawari, and Domeki, with Himawari being the object of desire. However, that trope is erased when it is revealed that Domeki and Himawari [[Platonic Life Partners|aren't romantically interested in each other]]. But THEN, it's shown that both Himawari and Doumeki are [[Even the Guys Want Him|more interested in Watanuki]], once again creating a [[Love Triangle]], but with the object of desire being Watanuki.

* In ''[[xxxHolic]]'', it initially seems that there is a [[Love Triangle]] between Watanuki, Himawari, and Domeki, with Himawari being the object of desire. However, that trope is erased when it is revealed that Domeki and Himawari [[Platonic Life Partners|aren't romantically interested in each other]]. But THEN, it's shown that both Himawari and Doumeki are [[Even the Guys Want Him|more interested in Watanuki]], once again creating a [[Love Triangle]], but with the object of desire being Watanuki.

* The Oracion Seis arc of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' looked like it was subverting [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] by {{spoiler|having the leader of the villains, Blaine, be defeated easily and the actual strongest member be his son Midnight. Then Midnight went down, and it turned out to be the last key needed to wake up Zero, Blaine's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]...}}.

* ''[[Death Note]]'': Misa Amane initially subverted the [[Wangst|wangsty]], [[Nietzsche Wannabe|nihilistic]] [[Loners Are Freaks|Loner]] [[Goth]] stereotype by turning out to actually be a [[Perky Female Minion|cheerful]], [[Genki Girl|enthusiastic]] [[Perky Goth]] with a successful career as an actress/model. It's only later that we learn what a [[Yandere|complete]] [[Ax Crazy|and total]] [[Psycho for Hire|nutjob]] [[Love Makes You Evil|she really is]].