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Maybe it is the fact that one of the story's main characters is in love with another character. Or perhaps we already know who the serial killer is, or that two characters are having an affair.
The audience is on tenterhooks, waiting for the rest of the characters in the story to find out. In all these cases, the reveal is an '''Internal Reveal'''.
TV networks love this device because they can promote the hell out of them. Tell the audience that this week the truth will finally be revealed, and you don't even have to hold back on what that truth is.
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* It was long suspected and eventually revealed that ''[[Naruto]]'''s father was the Fourth Hokage. Naruto himself didn't discover it until a [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] nearly 80 chapters after it was revealed to the audience in a conversation between Tsunade and Jiraiya.
* 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
** 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.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's'', while the audience knew from the start that the [[Apocalypse Maiden|master of the season's villains]] was the [[Ill Girl]] who was the friend of Nanoha's friend, the protagonists and [[Anti-Villain|antagonists]] didn't know this. Much of the tension comes from seeing just how soon before both sides realize [[Living with the Villain|just how close they actually were]].
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