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{{quote|"''At last, the masks had fallen away. The strings of the puppets had become visible, and the hands of the prime mover exposed.''"

|''[[Legacy of Kain]]''}}
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{{quote|"''At last, the masks had fallen away. The strings of the puppets had become visible, and the hands of the prime mover exposed.''"|''[[Legacy of Kain]]''}}


A situation where a [[Big Bad]] exists in the [[Story Arc]], but his identity is not known until [[The Reveal|much later]]. This could be a result of the heroes going against [[The Faceless]], requiring only a look under the mask to understand everything. In most cases, this is an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of the [[Hidden Agenda Villain]], where we know that something bad is happening and the [[Driving Question]] is the one behind it all.
A situation where a [[Big Bad]] exists in the [[Story Arc]], but his identity is not known until [[The Reveal|much later]]. This could be a result of the heroes going against [[The Faceless]], requiring only a look under the mask to understand everything. In most cases, this is an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of the [[Hidden Agenda Villain]], where we know that something bad is happening and the [[Driving Question]] is the one behind it all.
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== Anime and Manga ==

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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[20th Century Boys]]''
* ''[[20th Century Boys]]''
* ''[[Bleach]]'' ([[It Was His Sled]]. Even so, this particular [[Reveal]] was quite the [[Wham! Episode]].)
* ''[[Bleach]]'' ([[It Was His Sled]]. Even so, this particular [[Reveal]] was quite the [[Wham! Episode]].)
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** The events of series 5 are caused by someone or something capable of {{spoiler|making the TARDIS explode}}, accompanied by the [[Arc Words]] "silence will fall".
** The events of series 5 are caused by someone or something capable of {{spoiler|making the TARDIS explode}}, accompanied by the [[Arc Words]] "silence will fall".
* 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.
* 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]].
* 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.
* 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.
* ''[[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.
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