Secret Secret Keeper: Difference between revisions

'''Static:''' You know?

'''Mr. Hawkins:''' Wasn't hard to figure out. Why else kidnap me to get to Static? And maybe, maybe in the back of my mind, I've always known.|''[[Static Shock]]''}}

 

We all know about [[Secret Keeper]]s: One or two people that [[The Hero]] trusts enough to tell about his superpowers. However, there are also "secret" Secret Keepers who figured out the character's secret on their own, and instead of confronting the hero about the secret, decide to keep things quiet. They then almost always take it upon themselves to [[Fighting for Survival|help the hero secretly from the sidelines]] by creating distractions to allow the character to slip away to change unnoticed, letting the hero know about dangers or problems that need the hero's attention, and so on.

* The [[Deryni]] Duncan McLain continued the secret begun by his grandparents: his mother Vera was the fraternal twin sister of Alaric Morgan's mother Alyce deCorwyn. In 1121 he thinks only himself, Alaric and King Kelson know this, so he's shocked when a stranger who looks like Saint Camber greets him on the road to Coroth with the words, "Hail, Duncan of Corwyn."

* [[Vorkosigan Saga]]: It is revealed in his parting words to Miles, after announcing his retirement in ''Brothers in Arms'', that Ky Tung has figured out who Admiral Naismith really is. Bel Thorne also reveals in ''Mirror Dance'' that it's known for some time too.

 

* In the old ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series, Alfred discovered who Batgirl was; he promised Barbara he'd keep quiet about it.

* In ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'', Yuka Yamazaki, the love interest of red ranger Kai, starts the series as his crush before [[Two-Person Love Triangle|getting her own crush on Magired]] a few episodes in. During [[The Movie]] that takes place a little more than halfway through the series, she figures out that Kai and Magired are one and the same, but never admits it to him over the course of the rest of the show. She simply makes occasional vague jokes, turns on the flirting a bit more, and quietly prays for his safety in the more dangerous battles.