View source for Essential Third Act Twists

{{Just for Fun}}
An adaptation of [[Dresden Codak]]'s [http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/ "42 Essential 3rd Act Twists"] comic, with links to their respective pages.

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| ||'''[[Wham! Episode|Peripeteia]]''' ||'''[[Anagnorisis]]'''<br />([[The Reveal]])||'''[[Hoist by His Own Petard|Petard Hoist]]''' || '''[[Prize Letdown|Reverse]]<br />[[MacGuffin]]''' ||'''[[M. Night Shyamalan|Shyamalan]]''' || '''[[Double Subversion|Double<br />Subversion]]<br />[[M. Night Shyamalan|Shyamalan]]''' || '''[[Deus Ex Machina|Deus Ex<br />Machina]]'''
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|'''[[Tragedy]]'''|| [[File:DoubleCross.jpg|link=Betrayal Tropes]] || [[File:Incest.jpg|link=Surprise Incest]] || [[File:PetardHoist.jpg|link=Bald of Evil]] || [[File:ReverseMacguffin.jpg|link=The Illegal]]||[[File:DevilBackfires.jpg|link=Deal with the Devil]] || [[File:DevilAutisticBoy.jpg|link=The Devil Is a Loser]] || [[File:GrantsWishes.jpg|link=Reality Warper]]
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|'''[[Thriller]]'''|| [[File:VillainKidnapsSelf.jpg|link=Memory Gambit]] || [[File:StolenIdentity.jpg|link=Identity Impersonator]] || [[File:DeathByPetard.jpg|link=Hoist by His Own Petard]] || [[File:BoringConspiracy.jpg|link=Milkman Conspiracy]]||[[File:GovernmentInOnIt.jpg|link=Government Conspiracy]] || [[File:GovernmentAustisticBoy.jpg|link=Skeleton Government]] || [[File:AustisticSolvesCrime.jpg|link=Defective Detective]]
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|'''[[Science Fiction|Science<br />Fiction]]'''|| [[File:FakedExtinction.jpg|link=Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]] || [[File:AlienZoo.jpg|link=The Collector]] || [[File:FoodEatsPeople.jpg|link=To Serve Man]] || [[File:AlienPyramidScheme.jpg|link=Ancient Astronauts]] || [[File:RobotReveal.jpg|link=Robotic Reveal]] || [[File:ReverseRobotReveal.jpg|link=Unrobotic Reveal]] || [[File:GodFromMachine.jpg|link=Deus Est Machina]]
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|'''[[Horror]]'''|| [[File:VampiresRepelDaylight.jpg|link=Our Vampires Are Different]] || [[File:GhostBoats.jpg|link=Ghost Pirate]] || [[File:WerewolfFrankenstien.jpg|link=Monster Mash]] || [[File:FrankenWolf.jpg|link=Biological Mashup]] || [[File:ItWasADream.jpg|link=All Just a Dream]] ||[[File:ItWasntADream.jpg|link=Or Was It a Dream?]] || [[File:LegendIgnored.jpg|link=Indian Burial Ground]]
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|'''[[Fantasy]]'''|| [[File:DarkLordReasonable.jpg|link=Anti-Villain]] || [[File:DruidsLoseInterest.jpg|link=End of an Age]] || [[File:ChristAnalogyBackfires.jpg|link=Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]] || [[File:SwordsReplaceFeelings.jpg|link=Violence Is the Only Option]] || [[File:ToyActuallyWand.jpg|link=Magic Wand]] || [[File:WandActuallyHandgun.jpg|link=Doing in the Wizard]] || [[File:Eagles.jpg|link=Giant Flyer]]
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|'''[[Mystery]]'''|| [[File:SolvesOwnCrime.jpg|link=Detective Mole]] || [[File:AllTheButlerDidIt.jpg|link=The Butler Did It]] || [[File:SchadenfreudeProvesUnruly.jpg|link=Sadist Show]] || [[File:NecromancerSolvesCase.jpg|link=Dead Person Conversation]] || [[File:UnreliableNarrator-dc.jpg|link=Unreliable Narrator]] || [[File:UnreliableReader.jpg|link=Viewers are Morons]] || [[File:GodDidIt.jpg|link=God Is Evil]]
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