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Line 2: [[File:lucywardrobe.jpg\|link=Chronicles of Narnia\|frame\|Lucy Pevensie demonstrates.]] {{quote\|'''Officer:''' General, in all my years of covering top secret discoveries with sheets, I've never dramatically revealed anything as shocking as this. [[Sting (music)\|\|DUN-DUN-DUUUNNNN]]!\|''[[Futurama]]''}}▼ There is something hidden under a large, white sheet. You don't know what it is, the characters don't know what it is, but sooner or later, you will. It is inevitable. ▼ ▲{{quote\|'''Officer:''' General, in all my years of covering top secret discoveries with sheets, I've never dramatically revealed anything as shocking as this. [[Sting\|DUN-DUN-DUUUNNNN]]!\|''[[Futurama]]''}} Equally inevitable is that when whatever it is behind the curtain is revealed, there will be a great deal of pomp behind removing it. It will be shot in slow motion from four different angles. There will be a [[Dramatic Gasp\|collective gasp]]. This is an important moment. This is the [['''Dramatic Curtain Toss]]'''.▼ ▲There is something hidden under a large, white sheet. You don't know what it is, the characters don't know what it is, but sooner or later, you will. It is inevitable. ▲Equally inevitable is that when whatever it is behind the curtain is revealed, there will be a great deal of pomp behind removing it. It will be shot in slow motion from four different angles. There will be a [[Dramatic Gasp\|collective gasp]]. This is an important moment. This is the [[Dramatic Curtain Toss]]. A relative to the [[Dramatic Unmask]] and subtrope of [[The Reveal]]. This can come at any time in a story. [[Curtain Camouflage]] is especially prone to it. Any number of [[Surprise Tropes\|reactions]] may follow. {{examples}} == [[~~Comics~~Comic Books]] ==▼ ▲== [[Comics]] == * There is at least one ''[[Archie Comics]]'' story where Archie accidentally knocks off the head on a statue of a local businessman; he has it repaired in time for the official unveiling of the statue, but when the curtain comes off, we find out the repairman screwed up and put the head of a pig on instead. Oops. == [[Film]]~~--Animated~~ == * ''[[~~Shrek (Animation)\|~~Shrek]] the Third'': Shrek and Fiona are being introduced at the royal court in confining finery, and Shrek can't reach the itch on his butt. He gets a servant to scratch it for him, and that's when the curtains open... * Played with in ''[[Cloudy ~~With~~with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', where the mayor manages to get an entire theme park underneath a tarp, which is unveiled at a televised ceremony. * ''[[Megamind]]'' has at least ~~two-- one~~two—one during the unveiling of a giant statue (which makes you wonder who makes the giant cloth to cover it up), and one on a picture in Megamind's lair. ~~== [[Film]]-- Live Action ==~~ * Lucy's discovery of the wardrobe between worlds in ([[The Film of the Book\|the film of]]) ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia\|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardobe]]'', pictured. ** Partially justified, as furniture that is in storage is generally covered with a sheet or tarp of some sort * Done exactly four times in the film of ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~the Half-Blood Prince (film)\|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', when Draco removes the dustsheet on {{spoiler\|the Vanishing Cabinet as he attempts to fix it}}. * ''[[The Wizard of Oz (~~Film~~film)\|The Wizard of Oz]]'': '''"PAY NO ATTENTION TO [[The Man Behind the Curtain~~\|THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN~~]]!"''' * ''[[City Lights]]'' opens with the unveiling of a large statue. When the cover is removed, the Little Tramp is sleeping on it. * It's unclear if it happens in the original ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', but it did happen in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''... * Occured in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' when Judge Doom pulled aside the curtains concealing his giant Dip spraying machine. * Dramatic Dust Cover Removal: The 69 Charger in the ''[[Dukes of Hazzard]]'' movie gets one. * The movie adaptation of ''[[Ella Enchanted]]'' has a statue of Prince Charmant unveiled at a medieval mall. == [[Music]] == * [[~~Dream Theater (Music)\|~~Dream Theater]] opened many of their 2009 shows with "A Nightmare to Remember," often starting with a black curtain and pulling it down when the guitar enters. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ9lHHeNmA It's quite dramatic.] * Japanese band Plastic Tree did something like the above for a filmed live, only dropping the curtain once the song reached its climax. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdp151kEsE It's really something to see.] == [[Literature]] == * An old high-school English class favourite, [[Robert Browning]]'s ''My Last Duchess'': {{quote\| But to myself they turned (since none puts by~~<br />~~ The curtain I have drawn for you, but I). }} * ''[[Hamlet]]'' does this...but only after he stabs what's behind it (he thinks it's the king; it's actually Polonius). ** [[Last Action Hero\|Who says I'm fair?]] * Also used in ''[[The Winter's Tale ~~(Theatre)~~\|The Winters Tale]]'', when in the very last act, Pauline reveals the statue of Hermione that she has prepared. == [[Live Action TV]] == * Happened in an episode of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)\|Robin Hood]]'': Vaizey does a dramatic speech while pacing around the room. He finally drops the large curtain in the middle of the room, revealing {{spoiler\|Robin, dangling from the ceiling}}. ** Happened again when a large cage {{spoiler\|intended to hold all the tax money}} is placed in the middle of the keep. * Happens to Isaac Mendez's paintings in ''[[Heroes (TV series)\|Heroes]]'' (multiple times I believe). * Another Dramatic Dust Cover Removal on a car, a Charger in ''[[Burn Notice]]''. * Parodied in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', when Robin goes on a bender and wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room. Barney reveals how badly she got out of control by whipping open the curtains, dramatically revealing an entirely un-amazing view of the building next door. {{quote\| '''Barney:''' "That was supposed to be a dramatic view of the Toronto skyli -- you're in Toronto."}} == [[Video Games]] == Line 56 ⟶ 52: == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[The Order of the Stick ~~(Webcomic)~~\|Order of the Stick]]'': [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0701.html I guess they really appreciate a good pull.] == [[Western Animation]] == Line 68 ⟶ 64: [[Category:Surprise Tropes]] [[Category:Invisibility Index]] [[Category:~~Dramatic Curtain Toss~~{{PAGENAME}}]]