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When a character previously positioned as a [[Big Bad]] is revealed in fact to be a [[Disc One Final Boss]], '''The Man Behind the Man''' shows
Unlike the good guys, who tend to form [[Ragtag Band of Misfits|Ragtag Bands of Misfits]] based on family and friendship, bad guys are big on chains of command. The Man has deeper problems, deeper motives and so much power that the heroes will have to go through another round of dungeon diving just to stand a chance. When he reveals his reasons for being evil, expect the theme of the plot to unfold quickly and dramatically.
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** In "[[Man Eaters of Zamboula|Shadows in Zamboula]]," it is rumored that the mistress of the ruler is the true ruler.
** [[Kull]] is surprised to be told this trope applies to Kaanuub.
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* In Book 1 of ''[[The Kane Chronicles]]'', {{spoiler|Apophis was manipulating Set's forces the whole time.}}
* ''[[In Death]]'': This happens a few times. ''Immortal In Death'' reveals that Casto did the actual murdering. ''Betrayal In Death'' reveals that Naples hire Sylvester Yost in the first place. ''Divided In Death'' reveals that Sparrow, assistant director of Homeland Security Organization, put Blair Bissel up to murdering people.
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* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|The January Dancer]]'', the Fudir finally deduces that the motive force behind the Dancer's movements is {{spoiler|the Dancer itself.}}
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* ''[[Lost]]'' has done this several times. In the second season, it looked like Tom was the leader of the Others, until the finale when we learned of {{spoiler|Benjamin Linus}}, who then revealed himself to be a pawn of {{spoiler|Jacob}}, who is then {{spoiler|murdered in the season 5 finale, and a currently unnamed antagonist has taken the stage}}. And in all this mess, we still have {{spoiler|Charles Whitmore}} to worry about.
** Slightly subverted in that {{spoiler|the Black Smoke, the aforementioned unnamed antagonist, was "seen" in the very first episode and has been popping up throughout the series, seemingly in various dead guises.}} Also {{spoiler|Jacob is not presented as an antagonist when he is finally revealed, and it is unclear just how much he has been ordering the Other's around (though he probably could have stopped a lot of their worst actions) and hence how responsible he is for them, particularly since he spends a lot of time travelling.}}
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'''Sydney:''' {{spoiler|Mom?}} }}
* In [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] in 1998, [[Vince McMahon]] underwent a [[Heel Face Turn]] after his son [[Shane McMahon]] took over his stable, [[The Corporation]], and merged it with [[The Undertaker]]'s pseudo-Satanic cult, The [[Ministry of Darkness]], to form The Corporate Ministry. While Shane and [[The Undertaker]] usurped control of Vince's company and kidnapped his daughter [[Stephanie McMahon]], Vince was forced to make peace with all the wrestlers he'd spent the past few years screwing over time and time again, and unite them against this new threat. Then, Undertaker started speaking of a "higher power" he served—who turned out to be Vince himself, a [[Shocking Swerve]] that wrestling fans are still mad about.
* For the first season and a half of [[White Collar]], it seemed that {{spoiler|Garrett Fowler}} was the man running things. Halfway through the second season, in ''Point Blank,'' {{spoiler|Fowler reveals he's being blackmailed by Neal's old boss, Vincent Adler.}}
* The final two episodes of the [[Doctor Who|Ninth Doctor]]'s run revealed that the Jagrafess supposedly masterminding Earth in "The Long Game" was actually a pawn of {{spoiler|the Daleks}}.
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** Michael can be seen as this, since while both Aldo and Dominic are the nominal Dons, they're taking their cues from him.
* In ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'', at first {{spoiler|Master Mattias}} was build up to be a villain along with Fatima. However, later in the game, {{spoiler|Bharva}} was revealed to be The Man Behind the Man and was responsible for {{spoiler|the fire that killed Rina and Steiner's parents and give suggestions to started the Runic Engine research}} in order to kill all humans. {{spoiler|Behind ''him'' is Mage Queen Elicia from 4000 years ago, whose research in life gives her immortality and created the Beast Fiends}}.
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise does this a LOT. Take, for instance, ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'': it's not a perfect example, but
** The same game has a straighter example with {{spoiler|Shadow being The Man Behind the Man for Eggman}}.
** {{spoiler|Subverted}} in ''[[Sonic Generations]]''. You fight Dr. Eggman twice in the game, both times end up with {{spoiler|him getting kidnapped by the Time Eater}}. Then, when you get to the Final Boss, you expect to fight the aforementioned abductor. However, it is actually revealed that {{spoiler|Eggman was behind the Time Eater after all. You proceed to become Super Sonics and smash his latest creation}}.
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