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== ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' ==
== A-F ==▼
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' provides multiple examples. In fact, you can consider the first episode of [[The Original Series]] a meta-[[Wham! Episode]] for the entire anime industry, as it was the first [[Real Robot]] anime.▼
* ''[[G Gundam]]'' episode 6 is when you learn Domon and Kyoji's backstory and he activates supermode for the first time.▼
▲== Other works A-F ==
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' maintains the status quo for 20 years. Keiichi and Belldandy are the exemplars of the [[Chastity Couple]]. And then in chapter 285, Hild explains that {{spoiler|Keiichi's mind has been altered by the forces of heaven to prevent the relationship from developing further. Apparently, the goddesses knew all along.}} It may take readers a while to sort this all out.
* The seventh episode of ''[[Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]''. From a wonderful comedy to a heart-wrenching love drama...
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** One moment was when Tamahome saw into {{spoiler|Nakago's heart}}, just before {{spoiler|Nakago}} died. {{spoiler|After his tribe was destroyed - and he killed his mother by accident with his new-found powers - he was captured to be a [[Sexual Abuse|toy]] for the Emperor. His best friend, Tarlia, had also been captured and was executed right in front of him to try and bribe him into using his powers to save her. He does use his powers, but he was too late to save her. Years later, when fighting for control of the Kutoh army, he kills the man in charge - seconds before realising that the man he had killed was his father.}}
== Other works G-L ==
▲* ''[[G Gundam]]'' episode 6 is when you learn Domon and Kyoji's backstory and he activates supermode for the first time.
* ''[[Gaiking Legend Of Daiku Maryu]]'' episode 28... wherein [[Smug Snake]] and [[Magnificent Bitch]] Proist singlehandedly delivers sucker punch after sucker punch to the protagonists, seemingly convinces a young girl to kill her own father, and just continues to make a living hell for everyone. With the exception of the whole "Limitation Syndrome" episodes, all those other light-hearted episodes seemed a lot more appropriate and necessary, with Proist rapidly become just as hated as [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Fucking Ribbons]].
* The ''first three'' episodes of ''[[Ga-Rei Zero|Ga-Rei -Zero-]]'' are [[Wham! Episode]]. First, the [[Decoy Protagonist|supposedly-main-characters]] are killed in episode 1. Then, the bloody murderer in the episode before is introduced as a [[Heel Face Turn|lost member]] of another squad. And then, in the third episode ''flashback'' begun, which has nothing similar with the high body count of the first two episodes.
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* Subverted in ''[[Lucky Star]]'', with the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]] scene with the ghost of Kanata (which is a major swerve from the usual upbeat comedic tone of the series). After this scene? [[Status Quo Is God|Back to the comedic status quo]].
== Other works M-R ==
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' is laced with episodes that count as whams to some degree, almost to the point where you start to ''expect'' them later in the series.
** Episode 13: [[The Reveal]] of the [[Big Bad]].
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** Episode 25: The last episode, oddly. {{spoiler|[[Earn Your Happy Ending]] with ''prejudice''. Oh, and [[Everyone Lives]]}}.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' does this surprisingly well if you think it's just a [[Magical Girl]] series about nine-year-old girls.
** In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]'' Episode 9, the protagonists accidentally encounter the Wolkenritter while visiting Hayate, and prepare to fight them. But then it turns out that the mysterious man who's been helping them is actually two people, and they absorb the Wolkenritter into the book and trick Hayate into thinking that Nanoha and Fate did it, causing the Book to awaken, possess Hayate and set out to kill the heroes.
** In episodes 16 and 17 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|StrikerS]]'', Jail Scaglietti's forces attack Riot Force 6's base and the site of the press conference, abducting Ginga and Vivio (after almost killing the first) and showing the power of the Combat Cyborgs. During this attack, it is revealed that the Nakajima sisters are also combat cyborgs, and that Erio is a clone of a dead child just like Fate.
** Chapter 7 of ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force|Force]]'': the manga starts off as a
* ''[[Magical Project S]]'' is a hilarious parody of the magical girl genre and never takes it self too seriously. Until episode 19 where it's revealed to Sammy that her best friend, Misao, was Pixy Misa, the evil magical girl that tortured the main cast (Sammy included) with her magical powers, and she was about to harm her parents. Also, that Misao was in fact an [[Stepford Smiler]] and [[Beneath the Mask]] feels lonely, worthless and jealous of Sammy's happiness. [[Not Brainwashed|Rather than the brainwashing]] the audience had been led to expect her evil alter ego was in fact really her all along (albeit her repressed feelings). The only thing Rumiya did was "unleashing" her [[Hidden Self]]. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|Nice job, Ramia]].
* In the last episode of the first season of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'', it turns out the Princess is the [[Big Bad]] and ''not'' the [[Damsel in Distress]]. [[The Dragon]], Zagato, got killed trying to ''save'' her from death. The Princess' [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] emerges and battles the girls. The [[Power Trio]] has to kill her against their will and [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|under her pleas]], otherwise Cephiro dies. The Princess [[Go Out with a Smile|dies smiling]] and sends the three broken kids back home. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|HOLY S...!]]
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has one hell of a wham episode when the Ala Alba are on a trip to the magical world. They arrive in the magical world, and it almost seems like a vacation... until the big bad shows up, stabs the hero through the chest, and beats the crap out of everyone. Then he scatters the entire team across the entire magical world, many into wilderness they're ill-equipped to survive. (Oh, and gets them blamed for his attack and hunted as wanted criminals.)
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* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': The final episode was an endless succession of shocking moments altered the status quo irremissibly: it was revealed that {{spoiler|Gorgon was actually working for someone was infinitely more powerful and most dangerous than Dr. Hell,}} Mazinger-Z was {{spoiler|utterly and easily defeated by a new enemy,}} a new and more powerful {{spoiler|Mazinger showed up, named ''[[Great Mazinger]]''}} and it was revealed {{spoiler|Kouji's father was alive.}} The Wham factor was even bigger in the movie version of that episode, when the Mykene army razed to ruins New York, London, Paris and Moscow in one single stroke before leading towards Tokyo and destroying it as well, and at the end of the movie, the prophet {{spoiler|removed his mask and revealed his real identity: Kenzo Kabuto, Kouji's father.}}
** Long before there was an episode where the villains took over a Japanese village in a very Nazi-like manner, including a systematic slaughter of the civilians that they considered "useless" and usage of the women of the village as human shields for their latest Mechanical Beast. That was quite shocking and brutal, too.
* In ''[[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]]'', the competition between Muhyo and Goryo concludes with {{spoiler|Goryo winning on a technicality, resulting in him winning control of Muhyo's office. Muhyo effectively puts Roji on leave, and tells him that he's fired if he doesn't learn what he has to do by the time they meet up again}}.▼
▲* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' provides multiple examples. In fact, you can consider the first episode of [[The Original Series]] a meta-[[Wham! Episode]] for the entire anime industry, as it was the first [[Real Robot]] anime.
▲** Episode 41 of [[The Original Series]] ends with the Zeon firing the Solar Ray [[Kill Sat]] that destroys a third of the Federation fleet and kills both Zeon leader Degwin Zabi, and Federation Fleet commander General Revil. The real Wham? Earlier in the episode Amuro attacks Char, but Lalah Sune, [[Love Triangle|the woman both men loved]], [[Taking the Bullet|intercepts the attack]] and dies. The result is that Char now hates Amuro for killing Lalah, while Amuro hates Char for letting Lalah fight. The rivalry ends in ''Char's Counterattack'' when both die during the battle.
▲*** Like anyone ''didn't'' see that coming, especially after the previous fates of Icelina, Hamon (Ranba Ral's girlfriend) and Miharu (the Zeon spy that Kai fell for). Doesn't help that Lalah was introduced only a few episodes back, yet held such a big impact on both Amuro and Char in her first appearance; that's practically a bright flashing neon sign that reads "DEAD GIRL WALKING!"
▲** ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'' has episode 14, which reveals that Domon's teacher, mentor and father figure Master Asia is working for the Devil Gundam and brainwashed 4 other pilots. It also introduces the rest of the Shuffle Alliance 4 pilots who are supposed to work together with Domon to protect the Earth. Episode 42 reveals that Doctor Mikamura, Rain's father, betrayed his best friend Domon's father by revealing to the Neo-Japanese government the Ultimate Gundam. It also reveals that the supposed [[Big Bad]] is good, and is a brainwashed victim of the actual [[Big Bad]]. Also, episode 40 is where we find out that Domon's mysterious [[Big Brother Mentor]] is a clone of said implied [[Big Bad]]. There's also the fact that Master Asia is, unlike the Devil Gundam's other minions, [[Not Brainwashed]]. He joined its mission to [[Kill All Humans|rid the Earth of humanity]] of his own free will.
▲** There are two in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'': the first is when [[The Hero]] is [[No One Could Survive That|apparently killed]] by his [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]] and [[The Rival|Rival]], triggering a chain of [[Heel Face Turn]]s that lasts for the rest of the series. The second is when the [[Cool Ship]]'s crew [[Conspiracy Redemption|is betrayed by their own superiors and deserts]], instead opting to [[Take a Third Option]] and turn the war into a [[Melee a Trois]].
▲** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'' basically pulled Wham Episodes rapid-fire since the Gundam Thrones came out of the sky {{spoiler|and Nena blew up a certain wedding in Spain, which totally wrecks the lives of Saji and Louise.}} Let's just say fans spent at least two months screaming at their screens when ''yet another'' cliffhanger got thrown out there.
▲** ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'' is more of a string of wham episodes than anything else. Most notable are episode 3 where Camille's impulsiveness causes the death of his mother Hilda while trying to save her. Then of course, we have the death of his star crossed girlfriend Four in episode 36 (again, at least partially caused by his recklessness) and episode 50 with one of the bleakest endings in all of anime.
▲** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam ZZ]]'' has several, including the episodes dealing with the [[Colony Drop]] on Dublin are especially jarring when longtime Gundam survivor Hayato dies a classic, Tomino-esque pointless death. This means that Karaba's down the drain and the Argama and company are literally the last line of defense against Neo Zeon. The aftermath, including Puru's death, are no less shocking and this "unserious" installment in the franchise doesn't give us a [[Breather Episode]] until we get back in space.
▲** And to not be less than the other series [[Gundam AGE]] has episode 14. {{spoiler|Yurin L'Ciel, massive [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and the most likely candidate to become Flit's girlfriend, is '''horribly''' killed off, which ultimately makes the traumatised Flit switch from [[The Messiah]] to [[Dark Messiah]].}}
▲** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury]]'''s sixth episode opens with confirmation that the main character is ''not'' the girl seen in the ''Prologue'' bonus episode, implies Aerial is [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|has had that little girl stuffed inside of her]], changes the nature of Elan's character and kills off the one that has been seen in the previous episodes, implies Aerial's bits are all sapient, ''each'' of them have their own little girl stuffed inside of them, that Aerial's pilot Suletta is on some level aware the bits are individuals, and has the rival disowned and thrown out his father's House <!-- part of organization name --> for being a [[Jobber]].
▲* In [[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]], the competition between Muhyo and Goryo concludes with {{spoiler|Goryo winning on a technicality, resulting in him winning control of Muhyo's office. Muhyo effectively puts Roji on leave, and tells him that he's fired if he doesn't learn what he has to do by the time they meet up again}}.
* [[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]], Episode 21. {{spoiler|Heimdall's death scene.}} Long story short: He trapped the main character and friends in an alternate dimension, eventually dragging the MC into a creepy platform strikingly reminiscent of the Great Bridge of Hylia. He then goes [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|completely unhinged]], exhausting very literally ''every ounce'' of his considerable power (which he had just gotten back from a certain thief) on the character he believed to be that thief—the main character. Said character then deflects one of {{spoiler|Heimdall's}} attacks and uses it to kill his only friend in the entire series, a {{spoiler|falcon}}, leaving an unholy mess of feathers to rain down upon {{spoiler|Heimdall}}. He goes totally off the deep end and winds up shattering at least 90% of the platform they had been previously standing on without even moving a muscle—it just cracks under their feet. He then falls to his death with a truly cringe-inducing scream... and the normally stoic main character, after being returned to the real world, sheds a single tear. Keep in mind that this is coming from the same series which, a few episodes previous, was doing an [[Iron Chef]] parody.
* The first few episodes of [[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]] were pretty lighthearted. The two main characters were mostly running around, some Team Rocket-like jewel thieves were chasing them, and the titular Nadia was trying to find a way to get to Africa. Then they end up on Gargoyle's island and boy, things get REALLY dark out of nowhere. Most of the people on the island have been killed by Gargoyle's men. The main characters find a little girl whose parents and even dog were just killed, and it's a life or death situation when they all have to hide from them. It's truly scary.
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** The second Wham occurs when the restaurant Kenshin frequents is destroyed, and Enishi announces his Jinchuu on Kenshin, changing the manga from the previous stereotypical shonen battle, to a more personal series.
== Other works S-Z ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has ''various'' Wham Episodes; for instance, Chibi-Usa's new friend, the [[Ill Girl]] with the healing powers? After a couple of episodes, it turns out her dad is ''the season's [[Big Bad]]''.
** Also, in the previous season, when [[The Scrappy|Chibi-Usa]] is revealed to be Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen's daughter, and by association, later, that Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen are going to be King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo.
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