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If an episode revolves around a haunting (or alien visitation) (or lake monster sighting) (or whatever) that turns out to be a hoax, the episode will end with a shot of a ''real'' ghost/alien visitor/lake monster/whatever.
A variation is for the episode to end with the investigators remarking on one detail of the hoax they found particularly impressive, only for the hoaxer to say, "But... that wasn't me." Or, in haunting cases, for the investigators to remark how helpful Bob was, only for one of the locals to say, "Bob? But he's been dead for five years." [[Gave Up Too Soon|Sometimes, the characters won't be around to see it]], especially if a real sighting would bring an end to a long-running mystery. Many times, a [[Scooby
A niche variant: Christmas episodes of children's series often feature the adults setting up the various elements of the [[Santa Claus]] pretense, and then end with a shot of the real Santa flying away in his sleigh (often while the children open wonderful presents that none of the adults can remember buying). If the budget doesn't allow for it, they may just play a sound of jingling bells as a hearty "HO HO HO!" echoes in the distance.
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* ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Film)|Pee Wees Big Adventure]]''. Be sure to tell'em Large Marge sent'cha!
** Possibly a parody of the song [
* In ''[[The Screaming Skull]]'', a man attempts to [[Gaslighting|gaslight]] his second wife [[Driven to Suicide|into killing herself]] by faking the haunting of their house by his first wife's ghost. It turns out that her ghost really '''is''' haunting the place, apparently seeking revenge for her own murder.
* The supernatural and bizarre events that occurred throughout the Korean film ''A Tale Of Two Sisters'' by [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|the protagonist was [[Unreliable Narrator|insane]]}}, but then {{spoiler|the real stepmother is later attacked by the poltergeist that was earlier dismissed as a delusion}}.
== [[Literature]] ==
* William Hope Hodgson's "[[Carnacki, the Ghost
* In ''Expiration Date'' by [[Tim Powers]], a psychiatrist decided to emulate a seance as part of a group therapy session; all hell broke loose, and she lost her license. She spends most of the novel discovering that ghosts are real and she had inadvertently called up a few. The main protagonist colorfully compares her actions to an anthropologist re-enacting the quaint tribal ritual of loading a "bullet" into a "gun" and pulling the "trigger".
* One of Leslie Charteris' short stories featuring [[The Saint]] involves a villain faking attacks by the Loch Ness Monster. The villain is then eaten by the Loch Ness Monster. Really.
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* In one episode of ''[[Bones]]'', a person if found dead in the middle of nowhere by a ufologist. At the end of the episode, Brennan and Booth manage to find the real killer. They are lying on the hood of a car in a field, stargazing and talking about whether or not aliens are real. Just then, all the crickets and other natural sounds disappear, leaving both of them a little freaked out in complete silence.
** In another, a murderer uses a myth about a witch in the woods (an intentional parody of [[The Blair Witch Project]]) to cover up the unintentional killing of his filmmaker brother. At the end though, Angela and Hodgins see what appears to be a ''real ghost'' on footage of the murder. They promptly decide to never mention it again.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'', "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
* ''[[MacGyver]]'': In the episode "Ghost Ship", MacGyver reveals that the monster is just a man in a suit and a prerecorded monstrous roar. At the end, MacGyver and Pete hear the exact same roar from somewhere out in the wilderness while they're looking at the stereo that isn't currently playing the tape.
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* In the ''[[Night Court]]'' first season [[Christmas Episode]] "Santa Goes Downtown", a man that Harry Stone takes for a street corner Santa turns to be [[Real After All|the real thing]].
* In an episode of ''[[Gilligans Island]]'', on the first Christmas Eve they're stuck on the island, the Skipper shows up dressed as Santa Claus. He happily tells the castaways that they should be thankful that they are on an island with food and water, that they all get along with each other, etc. "Santa" then leaves into the jungle. An instant later, the Skipper, dressed normally, emerges -- from the opposite direction -- out the jungle, carrying the firewood that he went to get a moment ago. Even the professor was puzzled by this one.
* In the ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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