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[[File:TuxedoUnmasked_9238.jpg|link=Sailor Moon (Anime)|rightframe|[[Dramatic Unmask|A second]] [[Domino Mask]] ''and'' a [[Face Framed in Shadow]]? [[Genre Savvy|Well played]], [[Coat, Hat, Mask|Tuxedo Mask]].]]
 
 
{{quote|'''[[No Name Given|Hokuto's Lackey]]:''' Now that I've taken care of ''all'' of your problems, all you guys have to do is sit there while I say my name. ''RIGHT?'' Now LISTEN! My name is- '''[[Sound Effect Bleep|BOOM]]'''<br />
'''Random student:''' [[Random Events Plot|Holy crap a meteor hit the school building!]]<br />
'''[[The Chew Toy|Hokuto's Lackey]]:''' [[Curse Cut Short|Son of aaaaaaa ---]]<br />
'''Narrator:''' Will anyone learn Hokuto's Lackey's name? [[What Happened to The Mouse?|What will happen with the Boss Championship?]] Many questions will be answered in the next episode of Cromartie High School... [[Lampshade Hanging|and many will not]].|'''[[Cromartie High School]]'''}}
 
{{quote|"Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you."|''' {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard|Kreia]]}}''', ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II: The Sith Lords''}}
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If The Reveal is cancelled because the revealer suddenly dies, it's [[His Name Is]].
 
A [[Sound Effect Bleep]] can be used to create an UnrevealUn-Reveal. Another weapon in [[The Un -Reveal]] arsenal is the end-of-episode cutoff.
 
A special case of UnrevealUn-Reveal is when we think that the info withheld in an Unreveal earlier in the episode is finally going to be revealed now... only we're frustrated again.
 
A last type of UnrevealUn-Reveal is the "you know the rest" gag: A character is giving historical information to another character, and ends by saying "you know the rest," even though the viewer does not. Usually done for comedic effect, since it's a good way to create outrageous [[Backstory]] without having to make it fit continuity. If this becomes a [[Running Gag]], it's the [[Noodle Incident]].
 
See also [[Missing the Good Stuff]] and [[Riddle for The Ages]]. Regularly used to add fuel to a [[Driving Question]]. Not to be confused with [[The Untwist]]<ref>unless you expected [[The Un -Reveal]] to be subverted</ref>.
 
Contrast [[Emerging From the Shadows]].
 
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