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.

A twist ending reveals that Francis ' flashback, however, is actually his fantasy: he, Jane and Cesare are all in fact inmates of the insane asylum, and the man he says is Caligari is his asylum doctor, who, after this revelation of the source of his patient's delusion, says that now he will be able to cure Francis.

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.

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.

Upon this stick every single mass, be it near or far, exerts a directing force ; but the wire upon which it hangs resists, and whilst resisting it twists, with the degree of this twist showing us the exact magnitude of the forces acting upon the stick.

From the buddhist monastery Sivagami notices Narasimhavarman chasing Durveneedhan's forces and in a sudden twist of events Narasimhavarman rescues Aayannar, Sivagami from an impeding flood.

This forces the wrist in an uncomfortable twist but allows for the greatest possible spin.

This frequency of twist ( known as the helical pitch ) depends largely on stacking forces that each base exerts on its neighbours in the chain.

suggested that the intermolecular forces direct method came from the osteopathy school in the 1920s by William Neidner, at which point it was called " fascial twist ".

Demand was high for each episode to introduce some new element, whether it was a plot twist or a new character, so as to maintain the readers ' interest.

This method of publication kept readers anxious to learn of the next plot twist, thereby ensuring sales of the following installment.

Of the first entry in the series, the School Library Journal praised Tiernan's characters and Booklist wrote that the " action builds toward a tantalizing twist that will leave readers eager for future books ".

The novel opens with a fugitive convict frantically trying to avoid the nemesis of being `` laid hands on '' -- a mysterious figure who looks into Pip's frightened eyes in the churchyard `` as if he were eluding the hands of the dead people, stretching up cautiously out of their graves, to get a twist upon his ankle and pull him in ''.

* Since Big Brother 2, the UK series always opens with a twist which have included the public being able to choose the final housemate out of three possibilities ( Big Brother 2 ), the public voting for a housemate to leave during the first week and then the housemates choosing between the two housemates with the least number of votes ( Big Brother 3 ), First Night Nominations ( Big Brother 4 ), Suitcase Nominations ( Big Brother 5 ), Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ), Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ), an all-female House and the first inclusion of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ), the first couple to enter as housemates and set a secret task to hide their real relationship ( Big Brother 9 ), all " housemates " really being " non-housemates " who had to earn their housemate status ( Big Brother 10 ), a mole entering the House with an " Impossible Task " ( Big Brother 11 ), Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ), the entrance of a non-celebrity in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ) and Jade Goody's family announced to be visiting.

By a strange twist of their respective fates, this foursome ends up partnering together, using their unique talents to become a ragtag team of bounty hunters, although their fortunes as such are at best mixed.

These adopt a style of storytelling rather than specific characters from their sources, usually with a knowing or ironic twist.

Fashionable young men of the upper classes would affect a walk with their right hand held fast to the base of their spines, and with a slight lean forward at the waist and a very slight twist toward the right with the left shoulder, allowing the left hand to swing free with the gait.

A properly made kilt, when buckled on the tightest holes of the straps, is not so loose that the wearer can easily twist the kilt around their body, nor so tight that it causes " scalloping " of the fabric where it is buckled.

The finite twist angle between adjacent molecules is due to their asymmetric packing, which results in longer-range chiral order.

Archers had long realized that a twist added to the tail feathers of their arrows gave them greater accuracy.

In their wake, pop music filled the radio waves, dominated by teen idol crooners who sang cleansed formulas like those about the twist dance craze and " death discs " like " Teen Angel " and " Endless Sleep ".

As the thrower crosses the circle, the hips twist toward the front, the left arm is swung out then pulled back tight, followed by the shoulders, and they then strike in a putting motion with their right arm.

The river was named by Portuguese gold traders ; it was their farthest extent of exploration before returning ( volta is Portuguese for " twist " or " turn ").

O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

Horns can have a slight upward turn at their tips or even triple twist.

Once more proficient, a rider may twist their hips ( and counter rotate their body ) in order to line up the wheel with the direction, they are going to fall toward, before they begin ' falling ' in that direction, and thus they can immediately begin riding in that direction despite any sudden change in velocity.

The western slopes of this range drain to the Oxus either northwestwards, by the Kokcha and the Ragh, or else they twist their streams into the Shiwa, which runs due north across Darwaz.

Styles often spread to other places, so that the style at its source continues to develop in new ways while other countries follow with their own twist.

The Great Music of the Ainur progresses thus: Ilúvatar introduces a First Theme to the choir of the Ainur and Melkor ‘ spoils ’ it, with some other Ainur starting to twist their music to Melkor's theme.

Painters of the diorama also added their own twist to the panorama ’ s props, but instead of props to make the scenes more real, they incorporated sounds.

Smee and all the other sailors live in terror of their ruthless captain, who, in a cruel twist, also happens to be a Christian priest.

Fans of the twist praise the fact that their favorite players get a second chance and it adds a new layer of strategy to the game.