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{{trope}}
[[File:watchmen1_8063watchmen1 8063.png|link=Watchmen (comics)|frame|Guess who?]]
 
 
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Usually a [[Magnificent Bastard]] post reveal. Compare [[Man Behind the Man]], except without the first man. It can only overlap if the first man is ''obviously'' a [[Disc One Final Boss]].
 
If the [['''Hidden Villain]]''' turns out to be a previously known antagonist, see [[Hijacked by Ganon]]. If it was someone who was never suspected at all, then the trope is [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]].
 
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* The reveal of just ''who'' was really behind the [[Dollhouse]] and the Rossum Corporation had a very high [[HSQ]] when it was revealed in season 2.
* Happened in [[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]] by half of the season the Bowzocks were believed to be the main bad guy's until Exhaus is shown to be the real [[Big Bad]].
* A really bizarre example comes from ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', where the ''main character'', Walter White, is the [[Hidden Villain]] [[Villain Protagonist|Protagonist]] to his ''own brother-in-law'', [[Hero Antagonist]] DEA Agent Hank Schrader.
* ''[[Bones]]'' did this with the serial killer Gormagon as well as the Gravedigger. Their identities were only revealed late or in the end of the story arcs.
* At least two members of the ''[[Person of Interest]]'' [[Rogues Gallery]] finally appeared onscreen, after several episodes of [[Foreshadowing]] and references, as that week's person of interest in disguise. Namely, {{spoiler|[[Diabolical Mastermind|Elias]] (in "Witness") and [[The Cracker|Root]] (in "Firewall")}}.
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