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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]''
* ''[[Bleach]]'' ([[It Was His Sled]]. Even so, this particular [[Reveal]] was quite the [[Wham! Episode]].)
* While ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' introduced its main antagonist quite early on, the first [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|2003 anime version]] plays this straight.
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|Lord Baan/Vearn]] from ''[[Dragon Quest]]: [[Dai no Daibouken]]''. Of course, when he is revealed, he's pretty unimposing. Until much, much later, when you learn that {{spoiler|he's really inhabiting the body of a lesser [[Dragon]] who attempts [[Grand Theft Me]] on Hyunkeru to transfer to a younger, stronger body. Both the body-snatcher & the intended victim also are [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|White Haired Pretty Boys]].}}
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* ''[[Lost]]'', in which the fact that there even ''is'' a [[Big Bad]] is not immediately stated. After several possible major antagonists are introduced over the first five seasons, the true [[Big Bad]] is not revealed until the season five finale.
* [[Desperate Housewives]] used this several times. The identity of the aggressor in season 6 was hidden this way until the reveal {{spoiler|that he was a serial killer and actually one of Porter's friends}}.
* During the third series of ''[[
** 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.
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