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== Anime And Manga ==

 

** Also, early in the series the audience never sees Light's father around the house, being told that he's working. Turns out it's the police chief that's already been around a few chapters.

** Later example: After {{spoiler|L's death at his hands,}} Light assumes control of the Kira Taskforce and presents himself to police around the world under the name "L" while still maintaining his identity as [[Serial Killer Killer|Kira]].

* Masquerade/{{spoiler|Alice}} in ''[[Bakugan]]''. {{spoiler|This is a shock even to her.}}

* Misao Amano/Pixy Misa in ''[[Magical Project S]]''.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Silverhawk, where the actual identity of the hero was kept secret from the reader for a full year of the comic's run

* {{spoiler|Goji and Abullah}} in both the original ''[[Astro Boy]]'' and Naoki Urasawa's retelling ''[[Pluto]]''. (In the former, just a disguise; in the latter, an alternate personality.)

* [[Star Wars Legacy]] brings us Morrigan Corde and {{spoiler|Nyna Callixte}}. It's unclear which one came first, or if they're aliases of a third identity.

* In an early issue of [[Justice League of America]] Year One, each of the five superheroes makes an acquaintance in their civilian identities - Perez the coast guard stands up for Aquaman in a bar, Lora Denton investigates Hal Jordan's test flight for the FAA, Officer Sherman looks in on Diana Lance's flower shop, Detective Jackson starts working with forensics officer Barry Allen, and supercop John Jones is approached by reporter Cal Redmond and creepy fellow detective Vince Logan. It turns out all of these {{spoiler|except the last two are J'onn J'onzz using his shapeshifting to spy on the others. It doesn't go down well.}}

 

* ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. The British Government official known as "M" who brought the League together turns out to also be {{spoiler|The Phantom, their opponent}}. And ''then'' it's revealed that his ''real'' identity is {{spoiler|[[Sherlock Holmes|Professor James Moriarty]]}}.

* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', {{spoiler|there are several references to Scott's band wanting to attract the attention of G-man, an influential producer. Ramona also makes some off-hand references to her previous boyfriend Gideon. These two both refer to Gideon Graves, who is the [[Big Bad]]}}.

** Also inverted and subverted. Clu allows Sam to believe he's Kevin, but by the time he reveals otherwise, Sam's in the process of working it out. Sam pulls this on top of the Encom tower, when he reveals to the security guard that he is Kevin's son, and as such is in charge of the company. Then he jumps.

 

== Literature ==

 

* Chetter Hummin/Eto Demerzel/{{spoiler|R. Daneel Olivaw}} of the ''[[Foundation]]'' series.

** Preem Palver, farmer/{{spoiler|First Speaker of the Foundation. If you know Latin you could figure it out.}}

** The first Foundation one is also a pun {{spoiler|Cheeter Hummin- he's not really human- he's an android.}}

* Scylla/ {{spoiler|Henry Levy}} in ''[[Marathon Man]]''. The novel makes a big secret out of it.

** Another Christie: in ''One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'', {{spoiler|Mabelle Sainsbury Seale is actually Mrs. Albert Chapman, who herself is ''really'' Alistair Blunt's first wife, Gerda, who's been posing as his cousin!}} This is convoluted even by Christie standards.

* ''[[The Westing Game]]'': the entire point of the game is that {{spoiler|one man has set up three identities named for points of the compass, and the winner is the first person to realize this and look for a fourth.}}

* In ''[[Dragaera]]'' {{spoiler|Kiera the Thief is also Sethra Lavode}}. In this case, the two characters share some common friends, but [[The Reveal]] is totally a shock because they seemingly have little in common, although once the reveal is made, clues in earlier books become noticeable.

* In ''Gates of Ivory, Gates of Horn'', by Tom McGrath, {{spoiler|Cary and his nemesis/brother are different sides of the same person.}}

* The twist endings in two novels of [[The Culture]], ''[[The Culture/The Player of Games|The Player of Games]]'' as well as ''[[The Culture/Surface Detail|Surface Detail]]'' both make use of this trope.

* In 'The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making', the lost Good Queen Mallow is now {{spoiler|the semi-villain Marquess}}.

* In ''[[Ravenloft|Vampire of the Mists]]'', {{spoiler|Katya}} and {{spoiler|Trina}} are revealed at the end to be the same person.

* {{spoiler|Sylvia Daisy the cruel governess}} and {{spoiler|Mrs Pouncer the wicked witch}} in ''The Midnight Folk'' by [[John Masefield]].

* 'The Last of the Venitars' takes this to the extreme. {{spoiler|Tobias, James and the Beast are all revealed to be the same person, albeit in different time periods. Francis is also revealed to be 'the old man'.}}

 

== Live Action TV ==

 

** Don't forget Locke's dad, who went by many names, including {{spoiler|Sawyer}}.

* ''[[Life On Mars]]'': The Morton Brothers/{{spoiler|Vic Tyler}}.

* ''[[Power Rangers]]'':

** ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'': Astronema/{{spoiler|Karone}}.

** ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'': Koragg/{{spoiler|Leanbow}}.

** ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'': R.J./{{spoiler|the wolf monster}}.

 

== Theatre ==

* {{spoiler|King Krichevskoy and Mid-Boss}} in ''[[Disgaea]]''.

* ''[[Manhunt]] 2'' has {{spoiler|Danny Lamb/Leo Kasper}}.

* The Origami Killer in ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' is {{spoiler|Scott Shelby}}.

* The {{spoiler|new}} Raincoat Killer in ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' is {{spoiler|George Woodman}}.

* At the very end of ''[[Ghost Trick]]'', it is revealed that Ray is {{spoiler|an aged Missile from another, bleaker version of the timeline}}.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

* Zuko/Blue Spirit from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.

** In earlier episodes; but then Red X becomes a sort of [[Enemy Without]] with no real explanation as to whom the new Red X is.

 

== Real Life ==

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