In on
In on adverb - Participating in or knowledgeable out.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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So this literally applies any time the audience is in on something, and watching characters react without knowing what the audience knows.
Source: Irony - What pushes it beyond most examples of this trope is that Pooh joins in on the crying without knowing what it is they were crying about.
Source: Disney / Piglet's Big Movie -
Not What It Looks Like: Sarah bursts in on Butch's aborted attempt to rape Peter, and not knowing what happened to him, promptly breaks up with him.
Source: Webcomic / Peter Is the Wolf
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