The plot and its " twist ending " are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of situational irony.

As the novel develops, his brother's escape from a mental hospital and impending return lead on to a violent ending and a twist that undermines all that Frank believed about himself.

Shortly afterward, in a twist of events, everyone that Nico and Jacks arrested is suddenly let go at the request of Federal officials, and Nico is asked to stand down, not to mention the fact that the priest of Nico ’ s parish is killed in an explosion as a Mass is ending.

The man goes to a psychiatrist and, after the session, the twist ending ( a device which Serling became known for using ) reveals the " patient " had died at Pearl Harbor, and the psychiatrist was the one actually having the vivid dreams.

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Even though the villain's body count is only two, the film's " whodunit " plot structure, knife-wielding and mentally disturbed killer, twist ending and ' stalking ' camera technique proved influential on films to come.

This movie is cited as having introduced the twist ending in cinema.

In the final episode, a twist ending is given, that the Earth of the Thirteenth Tribe is not " our " Earth, but rather that " our " Earth is named after the original Earth.

It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre.

In a twist ending, the game's Narrator ( David Ogden Stiers ) and Belhifet are revealed to be one and the same ; the demon implies that his mandatory century of imprisonment ( after his defeat at the hands of the Player's party ) is close to an end and that he will soon walk the Prime Material Plane once more ....

The destruction of the Lucifer in the subspace between the Sol and Delta Serpentis jump nodes marks a twist in the ending ; the subspace corridor is destroyed and Sol is cut off from the Terran survivors outside who must face the possibility of meeting the Shivans again.

The very first serial was Hampton Wick ( 1971 ) written by Barker, which began as a pastiche of costume dramas about a governess called Henrietta Beckett, played by Madeline Smith, with the Ronnies playing a wide variety of other characters, but had a neat twist ending that turned this notion on its head.

This twist ending forces readers to reconsider their point of view and experience of the story.

The novel's twist ending suggests that Martin actually drowned shortly after his ship was sunk.

A campaign that begins on the Earth, includes a voyage by ether liner to Mars, and concludes with a twist ending.

In the story's twist ending, the daughter reveals that she obtained it from their slave, Rayhan.

The television show Lost has made effective use of the flashforward technique, beginning at the end of season three with a twist ending in the episode " Through the Looking Glass ".

The revelation of its impact on privacy comprises part of its twist ending.

The police procedural film, often with a surprise twist ending, has also remained a vital format with Cruising ( 1980 ), Gorky Park ( 1983 ), Tightrope ( 1984 ), The Dead Pool ( 1988 ), Mortal Thoughts ( 1991 ), Rising Sun ( 1993 ), Striking Distance ( 1993 ), The Usual Suspects ( 1995 ), Lone Star ( 1996 ), Under Suspicion ( 2000 ), Blood Work ( 2002 ), Mindhunters ( 2004 ), and Righteous Kill ( 2008 ).

By the time the 2000s came, the strip was still going strong, but with a slight twist to the usual ending of the strip ; rather than Ernest being jilted by Daisy for another man, Ernest usually ended up being beaten up, falling from a great height, or otherwise suffering some painful misfortune, which usually put him in traction.

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In a twist ending that differs from the television version, the shopkeeper reveals he always wanted to be ... " A LUMBERJACK!

The play is also known for its twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre.

In the final twist, the narrator reveals that he has taken Skeeter's advice to commit suicide and is now himself a ghost.

* The Illustrated Star Wars Universe ( 1997 ) by Kevin J. Anderson explains the origins of Charal in relation to The Courtship of Princess Leia, in that it reveals that the Nightsisters were a group of rogue Jedi, who learned to twist the Force to produce magical results.

The earliest use of this device as a twist ending in a murder mystery was in " The Three Apples ", a medieval Arabian Nights tale, where the protagonist Ja ' far ibn Yahya discovers by chance a key item towards the end of the story that reveals the culprit behind the murder to be his own slave all along.

This murder is captured on a security camera that later reveals the film's twist.

Should the requirements be met, the commander reveals, in a shocking twist, that the mechanized aliens were in fact the pilot's own comrades ( the International version of the game renders this as a " lost fleet " legendary among cadets ) trying to actually stop him / her, being aware of the commander's nefarious scheme revealed in the true and final ending.

In a typical Mathews conceit, the title of the novel is apparently meaningless until the reader reaches the final pages, at which point it reveals an important twist in the story that is nowhere revealed in the text of the book itself.

The book's final twist reveals the old woman as a witch.

A twist at the end of the story reveals that Mary was just one of his firsts robotic creations.

However, a twist of events occur when Tracy starts seducing him and he ends up having sex with her, much to his regret later when a spiteful Tracy reveals their one-night-stand to an enraged Gail.

A twist ending reveals that Zodac set up the whole affair, telling Skeletor of the Star Seed and sending He-Man to defend it, in a test of He-Man's ability to resist the temptation of using the Star Seed's power for himself.

The importance of Rousseau's twist has not always been clear to us, however.

There was another twist on 28 July, however, when FMF Chairman Hari Punja called the lifting of the ban a fabrication.

In a typical twist of luck, however, Roger's exam scores are still achieved by accident.

The hieroglyph for his name featured a twist of flax within a pair of raised arms ; however, it also vaguely resembles a pair of entwined snakes within someone's arms.

The story takes a fantastical twist on Joshua's miracles as well: he learns to multiply food from one of the Wise Men and learns to become invisible from another ; however, his ability to resurrect the dead figures strongly into his first meeting with Biff when both boys are six years old.

In one instance, however, the protagonist plays the melody on a xylophone and, upon striking the rigged note, the antagonist explodes in an " old gag, new twist.

In a twist from the original tale, however, this " beast " does not transform into society's idea of beauty after gaining the love of Catherine.

Some elders in Koniaków view this activity as a disgrace upon an ancient and respectful profession ; however, the new twist on Koniaków lace was a big success.

In a twist he appears to accept Lord Mar-Vell's proposal to be a sacrifice so the Many-angled ones can invade the 616 universe ; however, this proves a trap set by Death herself in order to get close to Mar-Vell.

The double spiral, or twist, is the same concept as the spiral knot however the number of strings is doubled.

The bits use a rotary motion similar to a twist drill however ; the bits are designed with bearing pads that slide along the surface of the hole keeping the drill bit on center.

If, however, they twist in the opposite direction, the washerwomen are required to grant the person three wishes.

Fierstein however felt that " the script was a lot of very clever gay jokes, and there just wasn't that Simpsons twist " and turned the role down.

In an odd twist of fate, however, Welch did not throw a single pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the World Series itself.

Fierstein however felt that " the script was a lot of very clever gay jokes, and there just wasn't that Simpsons twist " and turned the role down.

By an ironic twist of Fate, however, Hastings himself had intervened in this murder ; by turning a revolving bookcase table while seeking out a book in order to solve a crossword clue ( coincidentally Othello again ) he had swapped the cups of coffee so that the one with poison in it was actually drunk by Mrs Franklin herself.

Offering a slight twist, however, the offer is this time made to a retiring Sheriff Buford T. Justice ( Gleason ), betting $ 250, 000 against his badge on his ability to transport a large stuffed fish from an eatery in Florida to Texas.

It was however possible to connect ZX Microdrives to a QL by putting a twist in the cable.

In a twist ending, however, at night the remaining apple men accuse the girl of killing their brothers, and they jump down her throat to kill her.

Partway through the show, however, a bunch of " hunks " were brought in to compete against the Joes, a twist also used on the first edition of the show.

however the story has a twist, Virgin Records sub label Union City Recordings UK decided to remix and re-release the original Franke release also, both versions were released on the same day, 24th Sep 92.

Similar to Tales, however, the stories in Monsters were rarely very straightforward action plots and often contained some ironic twist in which a character's conceit or greed would do him in, often with gruesome results.

: This trick is considered related to the butterfly twist due to the original takeoff used, however a less traditional variant which uses a J-Step / J-Turn ( more common among trickster ) has also been developed.

: Begins almost identically to a normal twist, however the body begins to up right itself during mid-execution.