Submissions must have an unexpected twist of their own, and not rely on their title to surprise the reader. Don't give the outcome away in the title. No generic titles - 'I did not expect that', 'wait for it', 'wow' and the like are not acceptable.

r/unexpected/wiki/titles

Do NOT rehost webcomics. You may provide an imgur mirror in the comments.

Mark all NSFW/NSFL submissions as such.

Keep the comments civil; no flamewars or insults. Follow good Reddiquette.

Please look through our Top submissions to avoid reposts. Frequent or recent reposts may be removed.

Submissions should be unexpected in some form. While it may have been unexpected for you, please keep in mind that it should still contain some twist for the viewer.

No Pictures of text - visit /r/unextexted

No form of bigotry will be tolerated on this subreddit.

Death isn't allowed on /r/unexpected, please visit the appropriate subs.

We ask that you do not link to other reddit posts/comments.

Your submission must contain a twist for the viewer which is unexpected in its own right and not rely on a jump scare to be unexpected.

Violence can exist within posts, but humans being violent is not in and of itself an unexpected twist. Humans are violent, and there are whole subs dedicated to this content which might be better for you. This includes everything from domestic abuse through to street brawls.

We do not accept posts containing animal abuse.

All forms of abuse of minors (e.g. sexualisation, neglect, physical or emotional abuse, including, for example, videos of things like physical school fights) are prohibited.