Shocking Swerve: Difference between revisions

* The first season of ''[[Roswell]]'' introduced a character played by [[Julie Benz]] as their new teacher. Liz becomes suspicious of her and suspects she's secretly a government agent looking for the aliens. Instead she reveals that she's actually the school's new guidance counselor. Needless to say, this does nothing to explain why she was impersonating a teacher in the first place. She later gets involved in the plot for reasons resulting from her actual job.

* ''iOMG'' for ''[[iCarly]]'' has Sam suddenly revealed to be 'in love' with Freddie, despite no concrete foreshadowing. Freddie himself is shocked at Sam's change during the episode itself, not to mention when she kisses him right at the end.

* In the season finale of the first season of ''[[The Killing]]'', not one, but TWO of them were clumsily attempted (specifically, the prime suspect {{spoiler|is randomly shot out of nowhere}} and the until-then-incredibly likable [[Lancer]] {{spoiler|is revealed to have been in all probability in on the titular murder}})... during the last fifteen seconds. Fans and critics rage ensued.

* In the ''[[Community]]'' episode "[[Community/Recap/S2/E09 Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design|Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]" a [[Gambit Pileup]] causes about five in the space of two minutes.

* One [[Robot Chicken]] sketch parodies this by having several Shocking Swerves in a row. Each time, M. Night Shyamalan lampshades it by turning to the camera and exclaiming "What a twist!"

* Revealing what actually happened in Guatamala between Abby and Heinrich in the ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' Operation: C.A.R.A.M.E.L.: {{spoiler|Turns out Heinrich was actually [[Gender Bender|Henrietta]]...}}

* ''[[Adventure Time]]'': The ending of ''Tree Trunks'' {{spoiler|consists of lovable old Tree Trunks, for those who haven't seen the show is an old elephant who makes apple pies, suddenly explodes right out of nowhere at the end of the episode after taking a bite from the Crystal Gem Apple.}}

** {{spoiler|It turns out she was sent to a crystalline dimension where she's queen. But Jake and Finn were able to take her back home.}}

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