The Un-Reveal: Difference between revisions

* '''Every chapter''' of ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]''. There are about 15 different Unreveals in the manga (one for each volume). Sometimes the villain has a mask (three of them). He's "seen" in flashback as one of two identically masked children, or again as a child in a different mask. He's seen again in {{spoiler|a virtual reality program, but since there are no photos of him as a child, his face is a blank sphere.}} Later he is {{spoiler|unmasked and killed,}} but because he has always appeared as a masked man, an imitator (or is it the genuine article?) appears. Cue the rest of the manga. {{spoiler|his actual identity is only implied in the very last page of the manga's epilogue, 21st Century Boys. He had only been mentioned twice before, and on both occasions the person speaking said they thought he was dead.}}

* Duero's hair is flipped in the last episode of ''[[Vandread]]'', revealing his supposedly handsome face. We still don't see it, though.

* In ''[[Super Gals|Gals!]]'', Towa reveals Ran's secret to Kasumi. But whatever it was, it isn't actually interesting.

* ''[[School Rumble]]''. When Eri & Yakumo were fighting in the school play, Eri asks Yakumo about her relationship with Harima. Her answer is never revealed but it is enough to make Eri yield.

* Agent 355's real name is a secret throughout ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'', despite a fair amount of badgering from Yorrick. Close to the end, she whispers it to him, but we aren't told what it was. However, the clever reader can deduce her real name. [[Word of God]] says that 355's real name was carefully placed in the comic over the run of the series. {{spoiler|It's almost certainly "Peace". Did you really think that the inscription on the tree used as her grave marker meant nothing, when the last thing she asked Yorick to do is call her by her real name? And that the peace symbol used to make the Y on one of the covers she appears on, that means nothing as well? Hah!}}

** Another prominent Unreveal of the series is, what the hell caused the [[Gendercide]]? Various possibilities are offered up - such as the removal of a fabled artifact from its native land, said to bring a great disaster if it leaves the soil - and when one "solid scientific" possibility is offered up ( {{spoiler|a tampering with the earth's morphogenetic field}}), it's [[Lampshade Hanging|instantly debunked as fringe science]]. [[Word of God]] says that the true cause is mentioned ''somewhere'' in the series, but is never made explicit.

* In the civil war story arc of [[Image]] comics' ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' reboot, Serpentor removes Cobra Commander's helmet only to reveal a balaclava underneath. He lampshades a bit by making fun of CC's paranoia issues.

** And then the {{spoiler|helmet explodes, killing Serpentor and proving that Cobra Commander is [[Crazy Prepared]].}}

* ''[[Cheers]]'': [[The Faceless|Vera]] gets pied in a food fight, so that she remains faceless.

* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'': The "It's Pat" sketches from the early '90s were built around repeatedly Unrevealing Pat's sex to both the other characters and the audience. In only one sketch do the characters learn Pat's sex, but the reveal is interrupted by a fake news bulletin. This extended all the way through [[The Movie]] of the sketch. Fans have pointed out that Sweeney tilts her head to the side in a feminine manner during one sketch, suggesting that Pat is female.

* All through ''[[Firefly]]'', Shepherd Book acts much like a preacher out of a [[The Western|western]], but occasionally shows skills with hand to hand combat and firearms, and once flips a badge to some Alliance guards. In [[The Movie]], Book is talking to Mal about how government assassins operate. Mal comments that for a preacher, he sure seems to know an awful lot about that world. Book replies "I wasn't born a Shepherd". Mal says to him: "You'll have to tell me about that." Book pauses... and says "No, I really don't."

** And then, {{spoiler|The Operative kills him.}}