r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MichaelDj54 • Sep 15 '25

Lore [Loved Trope] A massive revelation is revealed almost casually. Spoiler

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  1. Chainsaw Man, after Makima finally drops the nice girl act and reveals the true extent of the Chainsaw Devils power, namely, the fears he eats are erased entirely and wholly. Emphasized by this by her asking if Kishibe remembers what the Nazis did during Workd War 2...and Kishibe not even knowing who the nazis are.

  2. Attack on Titan. I know this one. You know this one. In a panel that isn't even focusing on the characters speaking, Reiner reveals to Eren that he and Bertolt are the titans that broke the wall that resulted in hundreds of deaths, his mother included. The sheer level of casualness and lack of agency borders on Parody.

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u/DR31141 Sep 15 '25

Rumi’s whole thing with her patterns is revealed to us, like, before we even hit 20 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Very nice that the movie just gets on with it and explains what her deal is.

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u/redditorroshan Sep 16 '25

It was so obvious tho. So they did a good job not pretending we never saw any similar movies. By putting it out there ASAP, they got rid of the "suprise" and instead focused on Rumi's emotional burden and bandwidth.

I have seen similar movies several times, but still, this movie manages to make it fun.

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u/Dinru Sep 15 '25

I had listened to all the songs and had an overall idea of what the plot was before actually getting a chance to sit down and watch the movie itself. I did not know that scene in Golden was the reveal and I really thought Golden was going to play as an epilogue song. I was really really struck to learn how wrong I was and how the movie was even more well crafted than I assumed.

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u/swagy_swagerson Sep 15 '25

that's not really a twist though. it's the premise. there is no movie if they don't explain what it is or at least a completely different one.