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Chances are very, very good [[No Export for You|this never made it out of the country of origin]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai]]'': Abandoned the "nice kids in rural Japanese town go nuts and start killing each other" premise in order to clear up the [[Mind Screw]] of the first season in its entirety.
* ''[[Advent Children]]'' pretty much exists entirely to clear up the [[Mind Screw]] at the end of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. Or at least assure the world that they hadn't intended the ending to be a [[Kill
** Better candidates for the Mind Screwdrivers of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and its Compilation are the [[No Export for You|Japan-only]] Ultimania books which do explain a number of plot points and answer many long-asked questions.
* ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'' was ''supposed'' to clear up the lingering questions left behind by the notorious series ending. Of course, ''Evangelion'' wouldn't be ''Evangelion'' without rampant trope subversion, so the movie managed to clarify some things about the plot while still leaving massive questions unanswered, introducing whole new ones, and being a complete and unmitigated [[Mind Screw]] in and of itself.
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