Wham! Episode/Fan Works


 * The MLP: Frienship is Magic/Ace Attorney cross-over Turnabout Storm was a mild WHAM in itself (Equestria had its first murder, Rainbow Dash is the prime suspect, and if proven guilty, she'll be banished to the sun.), but it still retained all of it's quirky humor both series are known for... until near the end of Episode 2. Mr. Wright is in danger of losing this case, every opening and flaw that he ties to exploit in the prosecution's case is easily dismissed by The Great And Powerful TRIXIE, and it's made increasingly more certain that Rainbow Dash will be spending her last moments in the sun. But hey, it gets better right? WRONG. . Cue Twilight, and the audience shouting What the hell, Phoenix?
 * And then there's episode 3.
 * Downfall has what makes it even more of a sucker-punch is that, up to that point, this AU's differences were
 * The Olympics arc of JLA Watchtower. What started as a relatively light-hearted Titans adventure turned very ugly VERY quickly when Hades declared the Pankration match between Antaeus and Nightwing to be to the death - and Nightwing lost. None of the players/writers save the person running the plot, the Nightwing-mun, and the Hades-mun knew it was going to play out that way. Cue a VERY active 20+ person chat room going to dead silence for five minutes as it sunk in.
 * Ditto with Ra's al Ghul's Plague. You know shit's hit the fan when you have the rookie member of the Arrow family giving CPR to Superman.
 * There was also "Cry for Vengeance" where Dr. Light had the entire JLA on the ropes, had cut off Green Arrow's right arm, and almost turned Ralph Dibny in a pile of melted plastic. Cue one Crowning Moment of Awesome from Sue Dibny of all people, armed with a Green Lantern ring and beating the shit out of Light.
 * Naruto fanfic Team 8 chapter 20.
 * The Legacy of Metal's "Guiding Rainbow's Light" has one every other chapter. And it works.
 * The Firefly fanfic Forward has a huge one in the Charity episode.
 * The Gears of War fanfic Phalanx does this in a big way in chapter 8. It undergoes drastic Cerebus Syndrome.
 * The Red vs Blue: Reconstruction series does this in a big way with chapters 16 and 19.
 * Binary, a Kingdom Hearts detective AU. Chapter 13.
 * Last Swordsman's Requiem, a side work sequel thing to Viandas. Chapter 5: Ok, so the hero has a broken as hell power. So do the villains, and they are better at using it than Thomas. Oh, and Thomas is this close to a Face Heel Turn because of his Super-Powered Evil Side
 * Kyon: Big Damn Hero's chapter 19, Gearing Up Arc I.
 * Luminosity diverges from the original Twilight plotline fairly early on, and diverges from it radically some time later, but there aren't really many wham points, just Bella's decisions building. Then Edward dies. Then we find out he isn't dead, and it manages to be another Wham, due to what's left of him. Just about whenever the Volturi show up, really.
 * The Marvel fanfic Not a typical Civil War looks at first like a standard Fix Fic : sure, there are some changes (the proregs, and especially Iron Man, acting less like douches ; Maria Hill jumping the gun more often ; a whole new subplot with Wolverine tracking down Nitro), but otherwise, the main events are kept, and the story unwinds the same way. So, we're heading to the same climax, with the Proregs and the Antiregs about to duke it out. Cue chapter 10... And then, time for an epic ending.
 * The specific chapter of the Harry Potter fanfic I Saw My Lady Weep that received the most reviews was Chapter 27 (entitled "In the Ashes and the Dust"), in which Ginny Weasley is suddenly cast into a Muggle emergency room, being a hair's breadth from death. Readers don't find out until the next chapter that she was involved in a car accident.
 * The 24th Wing of In Flight. It revealed most of the skeletons hiding in Shirou's closets to his rather idealistic flock, and boy that is a large closet.
 * He'd managed to keep magic out the explanation, though... until the next chapter when a Fraga magus attacks the Izumo Inn, seriously injures Miya and forces Shirou to reveal his magic. And now we can say that they've seen his skeletons.
 * In "The Game of Three Generals," the final installment of the Elemental Chess Trilogy, the Wham Episodes seem like they just don't stop.
 * in Trouble, chapter 20,  From that point on, Harkness' mentality is never quite the same.
 * Chapter 38:  The entire chapter is written in binary.
 * Mass Effect fanfic Mass Vexations 2 has chapter 32, which really shakes up the status quo. Until that point, Author Avatar Art had been keeping the fact that he was not from the same universe as the other characters a secret from most of the Normandy's crew, including Shepard. When he deals with an Evil Twin originally from the universe he emigrated to in this loyalty mission, the twin's actions finally push Art over the brink, and he launches into a rant where he decries the evil twin and spills his secret without realizing it... in front of Shepard, who is not happy at this revelation. The fallout from this incident causes the entire crew to find out over the course of chapter 33.
 * The Star Trek Enterprise fanfic series Endeavour by Rigil Kent: it isn't 'til you're several books into the series that it's revealed that.
 * And the Star Trek Enterprise fanfic Divergent Paths by the same author: thanks to being well-established in Star Trek canon the.
 * And chapter three of the Star Wars fanfic The Unseen War II: Shattered Dreams by the same author: Winter, Tycho, Han, Jacen, and Jaina.
 * Fallout Equestria's 39th chapter. There is so much in this chapter that just hits the reader, it will not be a surprise if they are left a blubbering emotional mess by the end. In a list of things that happen,  Wham episode indeed...
 * The Cries of Haruhi Suzumiya. Chapter 3, "Keiichi".
 * In Hunting the Unicorn:
 * The Clock: The Warblers try to deal with the fact that Kurt is transferring back to McKinley--which involves Lampshade Hanging, Zany Schemes running from Plans A to M, and The Power of Love being utterly shattered--because when Blaine asks Kurt if he'd stay at Dalton given the chance, Kurt says no.
 * The Princess: Elaborates the eleventh chapter's Wham! Line in an utterly depressing manner, and we find out that  He's really obviously damaged by the fallout of that relationship, to the point where he's terrified of doing the same thing to Kurt.
 * The Butterfly: The first half is a Deconstruction of Blaine's Oblivious to Love nature: Two years ago, he completely believed his friend's excuse to invoke a (failed) Dance of Romance, and pretty much stuck him in the friend zone. The second half starts with The Reveal
 * Nikos: Starts with Kurt and Blaine saying "I love you," ends with
 * New Dawn:  The next chapter ups it with
 * One upped by Chapters 9 and 10:
 * Chapter 11 and 12 are even moreso, with
 * Chapter 13 sees Matthew
 * Chapter 14 deals with
 * In With Strings Attached there are several major Wham Episodes:
 * Chapter 8, when John is mutated into a Winged Humanoid, completely changing the way the others deal with him from then on.
 * Chapter 15, when Ringo suddenly crops up with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, and John flies in front of the others (who had convinced themselves that he couldn't actually fly), setting off the Fans' efforts to bring the others up to speed.
 * Chapter 25, when Jeft reveals that.
 * Chapters 31-32, when  betrays the four and they are kidnapped or depowered.
 * Finally, the end of chapter 32, when Shag and Varx inform George and Ringo.
 * Heta Oni, an Axis Powers Hetalia fangame, has episode 16, which ends with Cue shocked silence of Gerita fans everywhere.
 * Your Best Shot's chapter 7, literally named "Wham Episode".
 * When There Was a Tomorrow: Chapters 10 and 11 are back to back Wham Episodes, revealing that  have thrown their lot in with The Covenant.
 * Chapter 14 sees:.
 * Avatar:The Last Airbender Revised liberally features Wham Episodes, such as:
 * The Runaway: Zotu's encounter with the ex-Dai Li informant reveals that
 * The Gathering Storm: During an emotional evening preceding the massive battle to protect the city of Taku from a legion of Fire Nation soldiers, Ain confesses that he Then, during the battle,   who in turn reveals that Omashu has been conquered. After barely winning the battle, the group witnesses large plumes of smoke coming from the south, revealing that the Border Forest has been completely destroyed. Oh yeah, and after her first incapacitation, Jun admits to Indo that
 * The Inventor: The Fire Nation's firearms have been completely destroyed, at the expense of the life of their inventor, who
 * The Battle of the Citadel, Parts I and II:
 * Touhou Ibunshu: Remixed Cherry Blossom has two, being chapters 7 and 15.
 * The Dark!Jareth arc of the Mega Crossover fancomic Roommates ... Who thought that that mostly harmless Trickster is capable of . And all because
 * The MLP: Friendship is Magic/Ace Combat crossover fanfic, Ace Combat: The Equestrian War has chapter 7. Up until this point, no pony or griffon died in the war, even though many soldiers were wounded. In this chapter, Black Star reveals himself to the Mirage squadron, much to Firefly's dismay, and she confesses he is responsible for .  . Cue  . Since then, the whole story becomes Darker and Edgier, though there are still tender moments of respite.
 * But then comes chapter 15...
 * Script Fic Calvin and Hobbes The Series has "The Five Calvins", which is much darker than anything before it.
 * And "Thunderstorm" brings in a competent and serious villain.
 * My Little Avengers has two back-to-back. First, chapter 13 introduces the Dark Avengers, who effortlessly defeat their Avengers counterparts. Then chapter 14 has Loki reveal that the entire plot up to that point was a Gambit Roulette, which ends with him . This is the story's Darkest Hour, and things definitely worse before they get better.
 * Imperfect Metamorphosis: Most of "The Storm", a 4-chapter epic duel between the strongest beings Yukari can muster and Yuuka Kazami could qualify. Select moments include: the deaths and sealings of, the reveal of Yuuka's true nature as a Brought Down to Normal  , and her enforced realization of
 * The Death Note/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Fusion Fic Death Note: Equestria has chapter 12, which is fittingly styled as a season finale:
 * How about chapter 14's reveal that the Second Kira is, of all ponies.
 * Clash of the Elements: Chapter 22 of Part 2. To shortly sum things up...
 * The Pony POV Series has several:
 * "Black Pearl" ends with
 * "Prologue", and its Sequel Episode the "Generational Transitions" arc. The first reveals that . The latter builds on top of this, also revealing that , and it ends with.
 * "Mind Games 7":.
 * "Mind Games 8"
 * Chapter 9 of the Homestuck Fanfic Not What We Planned On.
 * Poke Wars has quite a few of these:
 * The Subsistence Chapter 8:.
 * The Coalescence Chapter 3:.
 * Chapter 8:.
 * The Incipience Chapter 2: Ho-oh survived his battle with Mewtwo, took control of his body with an orb of creation, and successfully convinced Kyogre (and by association most of the Pokemon of the sea) to join his cause.
 * Chapter 4: Celebi warns Lugia that Ho-oh will go to war with him and his coalition, then tops it off by revealing she knows how the war is going to end and can't remain in the timeline because of it. Then Lugia reunites with his brother and realizes that he's still angry with him for denying him a mate of his own, and is also going to join Ho-oh's cause.
 * Chapter 7:.
 * Chapter 9: Uxie, after joining Ho-oh, quickly explains to him why each of the legendaries will join their respective sides, reveals that he knows where they will likely end up, then when left to his own devices, he realizes that he has the resources to.
 * The Exigence Chapter 4:.
 * Chapter 6:.
 * Chapter 8:.
 * The Defervescence Chapter 2:.