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The Gordian Knot of [[Twist Ending]]s.

See also [[Wham! Line]] (for a way that can leads to this trope) and [[Wham! Episode]].

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* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', we find out in Tsumihoroboshi-hen (the end of season 1) that the conspiratorial events of Onikakushi-hen (the beginning of season 1) were all in Keiichi's head, horribly twisted by the [[Hate Plague]] he was infected with. And then the second season comes along and cheerfully informs us that, while we have never been LIED to, we've just seen the action [[Through the Eyes of Madness|through the eyes]] of several different [[Unreliable Narrator|unreliable narrators]].

** ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' is even worse, in that several murders are shown to be committed via crazy, insane magical means, like demon robot bunny girls shooting seeking arrows of energy through keyholes to kill people in locked rooms. One major plot point is the main character trying to disprove those supernatural justification and find a human culprit.

* The ''Star Trek: New Voyages'' episode "To Serve All My Days", which involves Chekov undergoing [[Rapid Aging]] to the point where he may have died, {{spoiler|has a final scene at the end of the closing credits that may suggest that most of the episode was [[All Just a Dream]]}}.