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* ''[[Bleach]]'' has a number of these, most obviously the fact that Ichigo's father is a Shinigami. Ichigo has not yet figured that one out.

** As of now, he has. It literally hit him.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', when the Straw Hats were brought to the Sabaody Islands, they were in search of a man who could prep their ship for fishman island. Then the readers were told that this person was the Pirate King's [[Number Two]], which made fans eagerly await his inevitable meeting with Luffy.

* Much of the drama (and even some of the comedy) throughout the first season of ''[[Code Geass]]'' stems from Lelouch trying to conceal his identity as the terrorist leader Zero from both his friends and his enemies, while of course the audience knows from the very beginning. The situation is made more complex by his Geass power, which allows him to erase memories, but which [[It Only Works Once|only works once]] on any given person. The major [[Internal Reveal]] occurs in the final seconds of the season finale.

** Due to a [[Time Skip]] and some amnesia induced by {{spoiler|[[The Emperor]]'s Geass}}, the situation is mostly reset for the second season, with many of the characters who were previously aware of Lelouch's identity either once again oblivious or at least unsure of whether Lelouch is the "new" Zero.

* After a number of silhouette outlines and hints for the reader's benefit, the only person who didn't know the identity of the [[Nagasarete Airantou|Leader of the West]] before the {{spoiler|Scavenger Hunt Arc}} was Ikuto.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In [[Batwoman]]'s run on ''[[Detective Comics]]'', Katherine "Kate" Kane's cousin Bette Kane guest-starred in several issues, culminating in a three-part arc where she was kidnapped by a serial killer that Batwoman was tracking. At the end of the arc, after she has been rescued, Bette reveals to her cousin that she is Flamebird, and wishes to be Kate's sidekick. The fact that she was a costumed character had been featured several issues earlier, and her history with the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] would have revealed it even earlier to readers who were familiar with that series, but she only reveals her secret to Batwoman at the end of the arc.

 

== Fan Works ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Friends]]'' had "The One Where Rachel Finds Out" that Ross has a crush on her, followed by "The One Where Ross Finds Out" after [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]].

** Monica and Chandler's relationship was treated like this a bit, too.

** Not to mention Richard's immortality, the extent of the Smoke Monster's abilities and influence, and characters like Christian Shepherd and Libby having met various Losties before their arrival on the Island. Mostly they're due to the flashback/flashforward structure of the story and the characters inability to communicate whatever new information they've learned (seriously, half the mysteries on the show would've been solved in season 1 if people had just compared notes).

** What were they supposed to do? "Hello, fellow survivor of an airline crash, this is a list of all the people I've ever met. Anyone seem familiar?"

*** After the fifteenth time two strangers turned out to have a connection relevant to their current situation? Yeah, maybe.

** Don't forget most of the second season, like Hiro finding out that Adam killed his father when it was already incredibly obvious in Peter's storyline.

* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' had the episode where Lois Lane finally figures out that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person.

* Niles was in love with Daphne on ''[[Frasier]]'' for years and years before she finally found out.

* Boomer was revealed to be a Cylon sleeper agent at the end of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' miniseries. Most of the cast, including Boomer herself, didn't find out until the end of season one.

** Ben being Glory was played with, in that it was revealed that a spell stopped people from remembering the fact that they inhabited the same body. So even when they did find out, they didn't know.

** Buffy having been in heaven prior to her friend "saving her" through resurrection was one of the internal reveals in "Once More With Feeling", and was one of the most emotional of the lot.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

{{quote| Nanase {{spoiler|likes the ladies}}, and knows that Elliot and Susan know.<br />

Elliot knows that Ellen knows, very likely knows that Susan knows and may know that Justin knows.<br />

* In ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'', the audience finds out that Jake's crush Rose is actually the secret identity of his archenemy Huntsgirl quite early on in the series, but Jake doesn't find out until near the end of the first season.

* In ''[[Dog City]]'', the cartoonist drawing Ace's story was fighting with another cartoonist on whether or not to reveal the villian's plan to the viewer. They re-painted over the scene a few times.

 

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