The obvious is Endgame when Iron Man had the stones.
The next is The Last Dragon, when Leeroy had the Golden Glow.
I feel like it’s a trope of the 1980s on, but I can’t remember additional examples.
And I definitely don’t remember the earlier examples.
What shows had that oh so satisfying “oh really? Do you now?” Twist at the end of the story.
Wasn’t this how the transformers cartoon movie went?
Did that cartoon have a finale like that?
Edit:
https://youtu.be/qHo0_5I2hNs?si=Z-hoheafG3hXCd_2
So it would seem, it did.