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== Fan Works ==

* The ''[[Touhou]]'' fan comic "[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/778 The End of the Maiden's Illusion]" concerns Reimu's death (of old age) and then segues into a reflective, long and sad conversation between her and Komachi. But scroll down the last strip and BAM! {{spoiler|Turns out the entire thing was an [[Oscar Bait]] screenplay by Nitori.}}

* A ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fanfic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5353458/1/Blast_to_the_Past Blast to the Past] makes this interesting. Taken as a reference from the comics, Sonic and Eggman were once friends. But then a terrible accident happens to one of then-benevolent Eggman's machines. Sonic tried to stop it but clumsily pulled out the plug by tripping, and [[It Got Worse]]. The good doctor tried to see if his young ward was alright, but trips on his foot and crashes into the machine, causing a devastating explosion. When the flames subsided, the now evil [[Mad Scientist]] we all love to hate was born and immediately blamed Sonic for his transformation. Sonic also blames himself for his friend's [[Face Heel Turn]], say that it was [[My God, What Have I Done?|his fault]] that Eggman is trying to rule the world. {{spoiler|But as story progressed, it turns out that the real culprit was [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Princess Elise,]] along with Silver and Blaze, who had gone back in time to turn Eggman evil on purpose. [[Not What It Looks Like|It's not what it looks like, though...]]}}

* A ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fanfic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5353458/1/Blast_to_the_Past Blast to the Past] makes this interesting. Taken as a reference from the comics, Sonic and Eggman were once friends. But then a terrible accident happens to one of then-benevolent Eggman's machines. Sonic tried to stop it but clumsily pulled out the plug by tripping, and [[It Got Worse]]. The good doctor tried to see if his young ward was alright, but trips on his foot and crashes into the machine, causing a devastating explosion. When the flames subsided, the now evil [[Mad Scientist]] we all love to hate was born and immediately blamed Sonic for his transformation. Sonic also blames himself for his friend's [[Face Heel Turn]], say that it was [[My God, What Have I Done?|his fault]] that Eggman is trying to rule the world. {{spoiler|But as story progressed, it turns out that the real culprit was [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Princess Elise,]] along with Silver and Blaze, who had gone back in time to turn Eggman evil on purpose. [[Not What It Looks Like|It's not what it looks like, though...]]}}

* The [[Danny Phantom]] fanfiction [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4332642/1/Smokescreen "Smokescreen] begins with Danny waking up after a fight. He's pretty disoriented afterwards, and as time passes, he has more and more trouble with memory gaps and his powers going berserk. Eventually it is revealed that {{spoiler|he isn't Danny at all; he's D-17 -- one of Vlad's many experimental Danny-clones! [[Paranoia Fuel]] indeed; as the fanfic recommendation page says, "Who's to say that you aren't you, but somebody else? "}}

* An excellent example of a Tomato Surprise handled extremely well can be found in the late Brian "Durandal" Randall's ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic, ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6995020/1/At-a-Glance At a Glance]''. Just like the canon, it starts with Kyon's first day of high school, told from his point of view—but it rapidly diverges for no immediately obvious reason after he meets Haruhi. It isn't until most of the way through the story that we learn what's been obvious to almost everyone else, but which Haruhi hasn't noticed ''at all'' because of her self-centeredness -- {{spoiler|that this Kyon is ''blind'', having lost his sight in an accident several years before. It's masterfully handled -- Kyon's narration is subtle enough that you don't notice he never gives you a ''visual'' description of anything and what often at first glance appears to be his trademark snark turns out to be him simply describing the truth about his life and his various accomodations to his disability}}. Early on a [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade is even hung]] on the fact that there's something the reader hasn't been told yet:

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He rapped all day, from April to May

And also, guess what, ''[[Narrator All Along|it was me]].'' }}

* After many episodes of suspense, cliffhangers, confusion, and even a [[~~BLAM~~ Episode]], the second season of [[The Secret Saturdays]] finally ends with the ultimate evil (the being that can be used to take over the world) being Zak Saturday...the main character.

* After many episodes of suspense, cliffhangers, confusion, and even a [[Non Sequitur Episode]], the second season of [[The Secret Saturdays]] finally ends with the ultimate evil (the being that can be used to take over the world) being Zak Saturday...the main character.

* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' features an episode where a mermaid and a rather savage looking barbarian [[Human Popsicle|thaw from an ancient iceberg.]] The monks immediately befriend the mermaid and try to protect her from the barbarian {{spoiler|who is the only one who knows that she's an evil fish monster who only takes her beautiful human form when she's in the water.}}

* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'' had a mundane, but ''very'' horrifying one at the end of [[The Movie]] with [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|Eddy's Brother, who had been presented, by Eddy, as [[The Ace]], is in fact a sadistic [[Big Brother Bully]] and [[Complete Monster]] who made Eddy's life a living hell while they lived together. Eddy lied about him to make people respect and like him.}}

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