It was also parodied on Family Guy
No offense but do you have the slightest bit how little that narrows it down? They've parodied just about everything. Also they were FARRR from the first to do so in this case
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It was also parodied on Family Guy
No offense but do you have the slightest bit how little that narrows it down? They've parodied just about everything. Also they were FARRR from the first to do so in this case
Six Sense comes to mind. Unfortunately a friend spoiled it for me so I watched it knowing what the final twist was.
Knights of the Old Republic: You were Revan the whole time.
I surprisingly didn't know that twist when I got to play it some decade or decade and a half after release!
Which is a funny reveal when you name your character Revan on a subsequent playthrough.
Star Wars: Darth Vader being Luke's father is probably the one plot point even people that have never watched any of the movies know.
To add to that list: Soylent Green
Everybody knows the twist at the very end now, and it's pretty much what the movie is known for. Spoils the whole thing.
Which, incidentally was entirely a creation for the movie.
The 6th Sense, what's in the box, Keyser Soze, Psycho/Norman Bates's mother, Fight Club, Dorian Gray's portrait, Rosebud/Citizen Kane, I am your father, Morbin' all over the place.
The longer you think about how many stories are quoted or used for analogies and memes, the more you realize so many classic narratives/twists/moments get referenced every day until people who have never seen or read about the 6th Sense get the gist of the joke when someone says "he was dead the whole time!"