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A way of avoiding a [[Spoiler Opening]], gradually changing the opening or closing instead of showing everything at once. Characters who haven't been introduced may appear as silhouettes or not at all (until they get a [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]), and certain scenes may change over time to reflect recent events in the story to demonstrate [[The Reveal]].
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== Films -- Live-ActionFilm ==
* ''[[Frankenstein (film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931) lists the cast members in the opening credits... except for the Monster, who is billed with a question mark where the name should be. It's only ''after'' the film, when the cast is listed again, that we learn it was Boris Karloff.
* ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'' did not include Leonard Nimoy as Spock in the opening credits, unlike every other movie and episode. This was to avoid giving away Spock's eventual resurrection and fast-aging (so that he could be played by Nimoy again). It worked because so many people thought Nimoy hated playing Spock, as he allowed him to get killed off in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'' and wrote a book called ''[[I Am Not Spock]]''.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
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* The credits for ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' showed Dennis Franz second after the somewhat younger actors (David Caruso and Jimmy Smits) who played his partner. He was moved to first in the lineup when Sipowicz was partnered with detectives played by the ''considerably'' younger Rick Schroeder and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
* ''[[Breakout Kings]]'': After Charlie's death Ray is alone and his badge now sports the black band used for mourning a fallen officer.
* Later seasons of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' have the opening narration changed to reflect that [[The Lancer|Sam Axe]] is no longer informing on [[The Hero|Michael]] to the FBI.
 
 
== Video Games ==
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=== Visual Novel ===
* In ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you]]'', if you complete a playthrough getting [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Shiori]]'s love confession and [[Golden Ending|Ending]], the part of the opening demo where Shiori's lips are moving with no sound coming out, has now the sound added, revealing that she's saying : "Suki desu" ("I love you").
 
 
== Web Original ==