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* Tenchi Masaki from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' is [[Amnesiac God|The Anomaly]] that the Chousin were searching for - a mysterious all-powerful [[God]] who's even greater than them. Whether this means God didn't actually exist until 17 years ago or that Tenchi is simply the (re)incarnation of God is less than clear.

* In the 2006 ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'', it is revealed that {{spoiler|the main protagonist, Vincent Law, is in fact the eponymous Ergo Proxy. It should be noted that all Proxies are man-made ''gods''}}.

* In ''[[Rave Master]]'', Elie turns out to be {{spoiler|the legendary Resha Valentine}}.

* From the ''[[Transformers]]'' [[Transformers Timelines|fan club comic]] ''Skyfall'', Landquake, Breakaway, Topspin, and Heatwave turn out to be {{spoiler|parts of Nexus Prime, one of the Thirteen original Transformers}}. This was actually revealed ''before'' Topspin and Heatwave were introduced.

* [[Superman]]'s origin in more recent decades has this element. He gets a mostly normal early childhood, then starts developing special abilities then eventually encounters or is told about his rocketship which also eventually transmits a message or series of messages from Jor-El which usually tells him he has a great destiny. Typically he has at least two if not three of these in his origin.

* Sometimes [[Aquaman]]'s origin has this element. He's raised by a human and typically knows about his abilities. The moment this trope kicks in is when he learns that he's the King of Atlantis.

* ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'' plays this trope too. Don Blake learns that he's actually Thor cast in a frail mortal form to be taught a lesson in humility by his father and at this time he gains the ability to tap into his divine powers.

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Angel Heart]]'', a private eye hired by "Loius Cypher" to track down a vicious killer who made a deal with the devil. Turns out that that pivate eye is himself the killer, each horrible murder he discovers along the way was actually done by himself, and "Loius Cypher" ...

* In the third ''[[Green Rider]]'' book, ''The High King's Tomb'', the protagonist finds out that {{spoiler|she's the avatar of the god of death. Said god possesses her just long enough to save the day, then erases her memory so she can go back to a normal life}}.

* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]], who spends his first eleven years unaware that he is actually a wizard. {{spoiler|And for sixteen years, neither he nor Voldemort know that he's also one of the latter's [[Soul Jar]]s}}.