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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' is a rare anime example. A character was introduced in episode 6, but he was [[Early-Bird Cameo|given an one-line speaking role]] in episode 5. In that episode, he was only listed as "Grade 11 Student -- [[Miyuki Sawashiro|M.S.]]"
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* ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'' has done this three times, twice for recurring villains.
* ''[[The X-Files]]'' often did this, at least twice with Nicholas Lea (Alex Krycek), who often popped up at surprising points late in episodes, and one notable time with the not-quite dead Cigarette-Smoking Man (William Davis).
* The seventh season [[Premiere]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' did this with the surprise cameos of the former [[Big Bad
** The unexpected reappearance of {{spoiler|Giles}} in the penultimate episode of season six was kept from the opening credits, and even {{spoiler|the narrator of the [["Previously On..."]]}} was changed, giving the impression the character was gone for good.
** ''[[Angel]]'' took a different approach: the character in question had made several appearances in flashbacks but hadn't appeared in "the present" for over two seasons. Thus, viewers were associating her name in the opening credits with "there will be a flashback in this episode" instead of "she will appear in the final minute of the episode to shock us all."
** ''Angel'' also played it straight on at least four occasions - Darla at the end of Season 1, Faith in the opening episode of season 2, Drusilla in Season 2 and Lindsey in Season 5.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' frequently used pseudonyms to disguise appearances of The Master, or (in at least one instance) Davros.
** Averted in spectacular fashion for "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
** Patrick Troughton & [[Tom Baker]] do not get credited for their post-regeneration appearances in their predecessors' final episode.
*** Tom Baker doesn't get credited for his (archived) pre-regeneration appearance in [[Peter Davison|his successor]]'s [[Doctor Who/Recap/S19/E01 Castrovalva|first episode]].
** Famously averted to the point of inversion. William Hartnell's contract stipulated that he would be credited in every episode yet no mention was made of him having to appear in every episode. So, in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3/E02 Missiontothe Unknown|Mission to the Unknown]]", when all the regular actors had the week off and the episode was entirely populated by guest roles played by guest actors, Hartnell got the lead credit despite having no screen time in the episode. The actors playing the companions had no such stipulations in their contracts.
** [[Billie Piper]]'s return in the fourth series through a series of tantalizing semi-appearances (fizzing into the air, breaking through a televised transmission, always unseen) was kept under painstaking lock and key by the BBC: the screening of the first episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
* [[J. Michael Straczynski]] had intended to do this in a third season episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' wherein Capt. Sheridan's [[Only Mostly Dead]] wife (played by Melissa Gilbert, wife of Bruce Boxleitner who played Sheridan) reappears on the station in the final seconds of an episode. Gilbert's contract, however, required him to list her as a guest star. However, the credit referred to the character in question without her family name, so the [[Wham! Episode|wham effect]] was maintained for those who didn't make the logical leap.
** Again, Straczynski wasn't able to do this for the episode in which Na'Toth turned out to be [[Not Quite Dead]] - and in this case, the character only ''had'' one name, so the credit had to read "Julie Caitlin Brown as Na'Toth", spoiling the surprise.
*** He did manage to do this with {{spoiler|Morden}} in ''[[Day of the Dead]]''.
* In "Crossroads, Part 2", the season three finale of ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** They did it again in "Sometimes a Great Notion", to hide [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|Kate Vernon's character, Ellen Tigh, was the fifth Cylon}}.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' {{spoiler|Did this when Repliweir first appeared}}.
** Much earlier, its [[Stargate SG-1|parent show]] omitted Peter Williams' name in the opening credits of the episode where Apophis comes [[Back
** ''Stargate Atlantis'' did it again during "The Kindred, Part I". When {{spoiler|Carson Beckett appeared at the cliffhanger}}, the guest credit for
** Except that in some teaser trailers, the end of the episode was shown, so you are just wondering when it will take place.
* An episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' (I think it was the second season finale, but I'm not sure) did this with John Winchester. The name of the actor who played him was the very first credit at the end.
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* Inverted in the closing credits of Part 1 of of the two-part ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' episode "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure". One mysterious in-story character's face was never shown to add suspense, but his name is revealed in the cast credits. This wouldn't be a problem if the character wasn't one of the two reoccurring ones. Fans of the show would likely recognize his voice, but it ruined the reveal in Part 2 for anyone who watched the credits.
* The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Heart of Stone" did this for {{spoiler|Salome Jens}}, since {{spoiler|the Female Shapeshifter}} was {{spoiler|(unknown to both Odo and the audience) impersonating Kira}} until very near the end.
* Not necessarily a case of a surprise character but a series regular: William Devane was left out of the credits of the [[Too Good to Last|short-lived]] 1993-94 ABC sitcom ''Phenom'' at his request, after he campaigned to get starring credit in response to his [[Star-Making Role]] in ''Knots Landing'' (trying to get either top billing or second billing in the cast, between co-stars Judith Light and Angela Goethals) but was rebuffed by [[Executive Meddling|show producers and ABC]], because they felt that emphasizing Light as its star (although both Light and Geothals' characters were the primary focus of the show) and giving her top billing would draw in female viewers and fans of Light's previous series, ''[[
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