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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'':
** Brock leaves the show for reals in ''Best Wishes''.
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** After the Don Battle Tournament, {{spoiler|Team Rocket's Meowth [[Heel Face Turn|joins the crew]], although there is speculation that he could just be spying for Team Rocket.}}
** One of the endings for ''Best Wishes'' gave away which of Ash's Pokemon would evolve and which he would get soon. In almost excruciating detail.
* Nowadays, whenever someone starts to watch the ''[[School Days]]'' anime, they will almost certainly go into it already knowing that, at the utmost minimum, that at least ''one'' of the girls involved is a [[
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. Different spoilers for different series, most of these are spoiled if you bother to read the series that come after them.
** Part 1: Jonathan Joestar dies and takes Dio's head with him, and Will Zeppeli dies to save Jonathan early on.
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** Part 3: Dio survived the events of Part 1 by taking Jonathan's body (which retroactively spoils the end of Part 1) and gains a stand that can stop time. Anybody familiar with the [[Memetic Mutation]] surrounding Dio knows about his stand stopping time, but in the series proper, none of the heroes knew until they actually fought him, with Kakyoin sacrificing himself to give the rest of them a clue. Also steamroller.
** Part 7: Only exists because the [[Big Bad]] of the previous arc [[Cosmic Retcon|reset the universe]].
* In ''[[Afro Samurai]]'', Kuma being Afro's childhood friend, Jinno is treated as this, not only in the second movie, ''Resurrection'', but even on the season one website. Then again,
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'':
** Not many people may remember that Chibi-Usa/Rini being the daughter of Sailor Moon was once a late second-season revelation. Once she became Sailor Chibi-Moon, it was everywhere.
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** The big [[The Reveal|Reveal]] about the title character's nature. An ad for the books in Shonen Jump mentions the twist while explaining the premise of the series.
** In fact, watching the episodes in in-story chronological order (the order in which the episodes were released in America, naturally) turns half the anime series into Late Arrival Spoiler.
** Any merchandise with Asakura Ryouko on it tends to advertise her as {{spoiler|an alien computer}} as well as {{spoiler|a [[
* ''[[One Piece]]'':
** Many of the Straw Hats' joining the crew; the anime often assumes that the viewers have read the manga already and will not be surprised to see them as part of the crew in openings, endings or commercials. The first five Straw Hats are shown in the crew in the first opening and the first three are shown in the first manga volume (which ends when Luffy first meets Nami). Robin was shown in the crew in the third opening, despite it being twenty episodes before her [[Heel Face Turn]]. Brook was shown in ads for One Piece: Unlimited Cruise late in the Thriller Bark arc. The only true exceptions seem to be Franky and Chopper.
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* ''[[Pluto]]'': The cover of the final volume shows {{spoiler|Atom touching one of Pluto's horns, spoiling not only that he returns to life in-series but also the ultimate outcome of their fight}}.
** Of course, if you've [[Astro Boy (manga)|read the original]], as just about everyone in Japan would have, [[It Was His Sled|you'd know this already]].
* All the official art for the second season of ''[[Sora no Otoshimono]]'' shows [[Dumb Blonde|Astraea]] hanging around the good guys (Well, fellow [[Our Angels Are Different|Angeloids]] [[Emotionless Girl|Ikaros]] and [[Token
* Kidou's [[Heel Face Turn]] [[Seventh-Episode Twist|halfway through the first arc]] of ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' was accompanied by a uniform change (for obvious reasons, but he even changed the color of his [[Badass Cape]] to match) and turned him into a permanent fixture of the central cast, making this trope practically impossible to avoid.
* In ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', the fact that Hikari Yagami was the eighth Chosen Child was intended as a surprise ([[Foreshadowing|well]], [[Spoiler Opening|sort of]]). Come ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', we're "reminded" of the fact in the first episode.
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* In ''[[Vampire Knight]] Guilty,'' that Yukki {{spoiler|is actually a pure-blood vampire, as well as Kaname's sister (technically; it explains things in the manga) and fiance.}}
* ''[[Girl Friends]]'' spends much of the first volume looking like a standard story about two girls of contrasting personalities meeting and becoming friends, before Chapter 7 confirms that one of them has fallen for the other in a big way. Of course, as the manga is best known as a modern classic of the [[Yuri Genre]] with advertisers marketing it as a story of two best friends who fall in love, it's hardly a surprise now.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': the fact that this anime is actually a [[Deconstructor Fleet]] which is definitely [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|not for your little sister]] was originally disguised behind a cutesy
** Also, it's pretty widely known that {{spoiler|Mami [[Off with His Head|loses her head]] [[Cerebus Syndrome|in Episode 3]].}}
** And that {{spoiler|Kyubey is evil!}} Ironically, that one [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|is not]] [[Ron the Death Eater|entirely accurate]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* A popular arc of ''[[Superman]]'' featured a warped and bizarre Metropolis in which the villainous Superman every night busted out and had to be brought back to jail by the resident superhero, Bizarro. The reason behind this sudden change and the entity responsible? The mystery was tightly kept during the original release, but the fact that the paperback collection was titled {{spoiler|Emperor [[The Joker|Joker]]}} ruined the big surprise.
* The second issue of Marvel's ''[[Thunderbolts]]'' comic had a retailer's incentive alternate cover that showed the team {{spoiler|in their original Masters of Evil guises}}. This cover was also used as the cover of the first collected edition.
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** There is a clue in one of the earlier comics: Destiny looks in his book and sees an image of {{spoiler|"Dream, clothed all in white and with white hair."}}.
** The above hardly qualifies as a clue, though, since its meaning is difficult to discern until after the fact. The fact that it seems to be one of a thousand throwaway lines (about half of which, admittedly, end up foreshadowing ''something'') doesn't help.
*** What is
* The title of the first post-''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' [[Captain America (comics)]] TPB? Captain America: {{spoiler|The Death of Captain America.}} While yes, there was a huge media blitz about it when it happened, it kind of sucks for new readers, or people in other countries who didn't get that hype.
** Then it happened again, only in reverse. With the delays on {{spoiler|Captain America: Reborn}}, he appeared in at least four books before the big event had actually happened.
* The ''Robin'' trade paperback that features the {{spoiler|return of Spoiler}} has this plastered on everywhere. The {{spoiler|Spoiler alert tag itself}} is a spoiler. {{spoiler|Spoiler}} is on the cover. Then inside, the reader discovers very quickly
* ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]]'' storyline, ''The Great Darkness Saga'' featured Darkseid as the main antagonist. His appearance intended as a surprise is blown to anyone who picks up the trade (as he appears on the cover).
== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
* The fact that the ''[[My Little Pony:
▲== Fan Works ==
▲* The fact that the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic| Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic ''[[Cupcakes]]'' is grimdark was supposed to be a [[Shocking Swerve]]. With the level of infamy this fic has in the fandom, if you figured out about the fanfic without knowing this, then someone intentionally set you up.
* While not nearly as egregious as some examples, in ''[[Winter War]]'', Byakuya's survival is one of these. The series index lists the chapters by name and POV character. Byakuya is MIA at the start of the fic, his death apparently confirmed several chapters later... and then we get a chapter titled "Byakuya: Necessity." So if you started reading late, and looked at the chapter index, you probably knew he wasn't really dead even before you got to the point where Hanatarou remembers seeing him apparently die.
* The
* Season Three of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' is called {{spoiler|''The Cancelled Series''}}, which is advertised as such and, therefore, spoils what happens at the end of season two.▼
== [[Film]] ==
* Trailers and merchandise for ''[[Shrek]] 2'' and ''3'' both obviously and inevitably spoil what was a huge surprise in the first movie: Fiona turns into an ogre. "Why is Fiona fat and green?! Wait! NOOOO!"
* The 2-disc DVD edition of [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' starts with several movie trailers before you reach the main DVD menu. Including the trailer for ''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar''. Where he, you know, ''[[Revenge of the Sequel|returns]]''. As a genie.
** And Heaven forbid anyone watch the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' TV show before seeing that Iago did a [[Heel Face Turn]] in ''The Return of Jafar''. The [[Disney Channel]] aired several episodes in April 1994 before the company's video department released that sequel in May, and thus Iago was inexplicably "being all chummy-chummy" with the crew, perching harmlessly on Jasmine's shoulder, etc.
* ''[[Tangled]]'' has a follow-up short, ''Tangled Ever After'', detailing events from Rapunzel's wedding day. Among other things, this reveals that Rapunzel has short brown hair by the time her movie ends, and that her love interest's real name is Eugene Fitzherbert, not Flynn Rider.
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'': it's hard to find anyone that ''doesn't'' know that [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father]], [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|even if they've never watched any of the movies.]]
** The VHS release of ''[[A New Hope]]'' opened with a trailer for the full trilogy on video, including the line "Is Darth Vader my father?" from ''Jedi'', ensuring that even the most ignorant first-time viewers weren't surprised.
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** Lampshaded mercilessly by [[Ansem Retort]] Darth Maul, who was shown as being oblivious that {{spoiler|Qui-Gon died}}, complaining to Marluxia that "some people haven't seen this movie yet." This is made more absurd when one considers that his introduction into the comic included whining about his fate in the end of the movie.
** And even for newcomers watching the movies in chronological order, it is quite hard to remain unspoiled about the relationship between the Queen of Naboo and her handmaiden when so many materials about Episode II and III talk about {{spoiler|Senator Padme Amidala}}.
* The trailers and posters for ''[[Harry Potter
** Also, if you haven't read or seen ''[[
** Trailers for the fifth movie obviously center on the Ministry's refusal to accept that Voldemort has returned. Gee, I wonder what happened at the end of the previous film.
*** These are really all examples of [[It Was His Sled]].
** Trailers for the fifth movie also clearly show that Sirius Black is {{spoiler|a good guy}}, spoiling [[The Reveal]] at the end of the third film. It's made even more explicate in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCwrQCjeRk this promo] for the same film. In fact, if you spend any time around pretty much anything ''Harry Potter''-related on the Internet, it's very hard to remain unspoiled about this before you read the third book/watch the third movie.
* ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]'' hangs a lampshade that Racer X is Rex Racer, [[Not His Sled|with the twist that he isn't Speed's brother]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|except he still is, he just had plastic surgery]]}}.
* The final shot of ''[[Being There]]'' is often spoiled by reviewers, biographies and documentaries of [[Peter Sellers]] (as well as the 2004 biopic ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers''), and even TV promos (and the trailers for that biopic). What's really sad is that it's an unusually powerful [[Twist Ending]] {{spoiler|in that it forces the viewer to rethink what they know about Chance the Gardener -- as said at the [[Misaimed Fandom]] entry, perhaps the viewer
** Heck, the shot is often used on the cover.
* Because it's been in so many other ''[[Batman]]'' media anyway, it's impossible not to know that Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face. The only question in any of the series is how, and when. Still, there was an interview with Aaron Eckhart in the July/August 8{{when}} ''Men's Health''. It lists his movie roles, including his turn in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' as "Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Harvey Two-Face". Which kind of blew the surprise considering that nobody knew if he actually would become Two-Face during that film or not. {{spoiler|Of course he did!}}
** Also something that might have thrown people by the Burton/Schumacher films: Harvey Dent was played by Billy Dee Williams in the first movie, and [[The Other Darrin|Tommy Lee Jones]] (as Two-Face) in the third. Lest you think that changing actors can be done subtly, Williams is Black and Jones is White.
*** As mentioned on the ''[[Batman Forever]]'' page, Williams took the minor role of Harvey Dent expecting that in sequels he would become Two-Face, and had it in his contract. The studio bought him out, when they wanted to use Tommy Lee Jones instead.
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* If you didn't know that {{spoiler|Jigsaw died}} in ''[[Saw]] III'', you may wish to steer clear of the trailers and DVD boxart for ''Saw IV'', which show {{spoiler|Jigsaw's body lying on an autopsy table and his disembodied head being weighed on a scale}}, respectively.
* The DVD cover of ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]] II'' outright spoils the fact that Laurie Strode is Michael Myers' {{spoiler|sister}}; something that isn't revealed until mid-way through the film.
* Once you pop the ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' DVD into your player, the background visuals behind the menus reveal that {{spoiler|there is a second Ghost Rider}}.
* Prior to
* ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'', by necessity, spoils [[Thor (film)|most]] [[Captain America: The First Avenger|of]] [[Iron Man (film)|the]] [[The Incredible Hulk (film)|films]] it follows, seeing as how [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|all of the heroes]] from said films show up and make reference to prior events. Bruce Banner mentions that he "leveled Harlem" (from ''Incredible Hulk''), Steve Rogers mentions that he remembers "HYDRA's secret weapon" (along with a discussion of how it fell into the ocean when he crashed), Loki and Dr. Selvig's presence (spoiling [[The Stinger]] of ''Thor'') and many other minor elements.
* ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'' is openly driven in large part by Maverick's lingering guilt over the death of Goose in the first ''[[Top Gun]]'', as well as the resentment the man's now-grown son has.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* In general, [[School Study Media]] is bad about this. The editions that they hand out in class often contain forwards by literature professors giving some background on the author, a bit of context for some things seen in the work, and of course, spoiling every single plot twist in the book. [[Serious Business|Because apparently they can't imagine that]] [[Sarcasm Mode|someone might read these books because they are interested in the story.]]
* Nicely averted by Penguin Classics; each has a warning not to read the introduction if you haven't read the book before, as it tends to give away major plot points.
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** It's really more of [[Dramatic Irony]] than "keeping the reader guessing"; the reader knows, but Bella still needs to figure it out.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Certain editions of the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
::By the way, the character summaries of these editions are found all the way back in the first book of ''Discworld'', which doesn't even have the City Watch. In fact only four of the seventeen characters in the summaries are even in the book and only two of those played a major part.▼
** The Harper Torch printings of the older ''[[Discworld]]'' books tend to assume you've read them already, so they tend to have fairly spoileriffic images on the cover. To their credit, the spoiler usually doesn't make sense until you ''have'' read the book, but it's still not cool to put the gonne on the cover of ''[[
▲By the way, the character summaries of these editions are found all the way back in the first book of ''Discworld'', which doesn't even have the City Watch. In fact only four of the seventeen characters in the summaries are even in the book and only two of those played a major part.
** The "classy" Corgi reprints have black covers with something symbolic or significant (eg vampire teeth for ''[[
▲** The Harper Torch printings of the older ''[[Discworld]]'' books tend to assume you've read them already, so they tend to have fairly spoileriffic images on the cover. To their credit, the spoiler usually doesn't make sense until you ''have'' read the book, but it's still not cool to put the gonne on the cover of ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]''. (Not a ''huge'' spoiler though, as anybody in Roundworld rather than the Discworld will know what the weapon was as soon as the first death occurs. Any cover image or blurb that shows a plot element is arguably equivalent, since you wouldn't otherwise know about the book until you started to read it.)
** Not only does this happen with the endings of the Discworld books, but it will automatically happen if you read the first book of a series published after any earlier work. This is most glaring with the first Moist von Lipwig book, ''[[
▲** The "classy" Corgi reprints have black covers with something symbolic or significant (eg vampire teeth for ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]''). The one for ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'' is [http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/isbnthumbs/055/215/0552153257.jpg a bit of a giveaway]{{Dead link}} for a book that even calls itself a "howdunnit".
▲** Not only does this happen with the endings of the Discworld books, but it will automatically happen if you read the first book of a series published after any earlier work. This is most glaring with the first Moist von Lipwig book, ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', which includes spoilers to nearly all of the city watch books and The Truth. As this is one of the most popular novels in the series, and one of the more recently published, it is a real problem for new fans unsure of where to really start.
* [[Shakespeare]]'s works. Everyone knows the ending to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (pictured), and to ''[[Hamlet]]'', and to ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', and to ''[[Macbeth]]''. (''Romeo and Juliet'' even [[Oh, and X Dies|mentions in the prologue that both the title characters die]]. And ''JC'' is helped by [[Doomed by Canon|being based on a true story]].) The lesser known works such as ''[[Othello]]'' are still at risk but way better than the Big Five.
** Just knowing the ''genre'' of a particular Shakespeare play pretty much spoils the entire ending. If it's a comedy, everyone gets married at the end and lives happily ever after; if it's a a tragedy, everyone dies at the end; and if it's a history, well, those are [[Foregone Conclusion|no-brainers.]]
** Take a look at the title of ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''.
* This happens with a few Dickens novels, especially ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', but ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', despite always getting talked about in popular media, is an odd aversion of this. Everyone know
* [[The Reveal]] at the ending of ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'''s first book? Rand is the Dragon Reborn. The cover of the third book? A triumphant Rand, with the words "The Dragon Reborn" written in big, bold letters. Although in all fairness, it was pretty obvious from about halfway into the third chapter. (Of course, it's only a spoiler if you identify the young man with sandy-coloured hair wearing a cream-coloured tunic with a purple belt, denim jeans (or the fantasy equivalent), mid-calf leather boots, and a glowing sword floating in mid-air above his raised hand as being the tall, gray-eyed youth with a reddish tint to his hair described in the first book - it's not like the cover comes with a name tag.)
* The front cover art of ''[[Spellsinger|The Moment of the Magician]]'' by [[Alan Dean Foster]] spoils what is clearly written to be a surprise, {{spoiler|that the new evil magician in town is a kid's party magician who stumbled in from our own world, and now his lame magic works}}.
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* You know just by the fact that there are sequels that Katniss Everdeen makes it out of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' alive (although they [[Averted Trope|do a good job keeping the secret]] that {{spoiler|Peeta does too}}).
* The back of each ''[[Deltora Quest]]'' book spoils the previous one. The summaries on the back of any book in the second and third series will tell you who the heir is.
*
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
** The big twist in the first season, that Angel is a vampire, is pretty lame if you've seen any other season, or any preview for [[Angel|his own show]]. In the [[DVD Commentary]] [[Joss Whedon]] mentions that he was surprised that so few people figured this out before [[The Reveal]], as he assumed everybody would.
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* The first name of ''[[MacGyver]]'' is a mystery until a few seasons in but is found on the back cover of the first season DVD set.
* The box art for Season 6 of ''[[One Tree Hill]]''. There was a big cliffhanger at the end of Season 5, as Lucas calls either Brooke, Peyton, or Lindsey and asks whoever he called if she wants to marry him that night. The back of the DVD box reads, "And speaking of Lucas, just which one is the right girl?"... when there are two pictures clearly visible on the back that reveal who it was: {{spoiler|it's Peyton--the two pictures are of her and Lucas embracing in their kitchen and the background of the DVD box is Lucas kissing her in the hospital from the finale}}. Additionally, the network allegedly ruined the Season 5 cliffhanger by editing a promo for Season 6 in a way that made it obvious who Lucas calls, which is why Mark Schwahn, the showrunner, handles making the promotional materials now.
* The [[The Office (2005 TV series)| U.S. version of ''
** NBC's hyping of {{spoiler|their marriage and the subsequent birth of their first child}} during the sixth season solidifies this as an example of this trope.
*** Then again, anyone who'd watched the UK version saw it coming and knew it would eventually happen, {{spoiler|as the UK series ends with them finally getting together.}}
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* Season 4 of ''[[Dexter]]'' was spoiled during the ad campaign for Season 5
** The DVD cases of later seasons show Dexter with a [[Enfant Terrible|potentially-evil baby]] wearing a bib saying "My Dad is a Killer". Wait, Dexter had a kid?
** The ''Dexter'' website describes the death of his wife at the end of Season 4, an important and unexpected plot point
* If you've watched the first two series of ''[[Torchwood]]'' and wonder why in official images and the DVD cover for the third season {{spoiler|only Jack, Gwen, and Ianto appear}}... oops.
** If you've watched the third series of ''Torchwood'' and wonder why in official images and the DVD cover for the fourth season {{spoiler|only Jack, Gwen and some new guys appear}}... oops.
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* The season 2 commercials for ''[[Sherlock]]'' showed who Moriarty was, despite the fact that it was part of the major cliffhanger at the end of the first season.
▲== Pro Wrestling ==
* Since tickets for wrestling shows go on sale months ahead of time, there have been cases where advertised matches spoil an upcoming [[Heel Face Turn]], [[Face Heel Turn]], or and absent wrestler's surprise return.
* Also, DVD and Blu-ray releases of PPV events can spoil what were surprise returns at the [[PP Vs]] (like [[Daniel Bryan]]'s return at [[Summer Slam]] 2010) in their match lists or the front cover can spoil the outcome of the main event (like [[CM Punk]] triumphantly holding the WWE Championship on the cover of the Money in the Bank 2011 DVD).
** If you look closely on the cover of the ''SummerSlam'' cover described above, you can actually see Daniel Bryan brawling with [[John Cena]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Edge]], Wade Barrett, and nine other Superstars! Presumably, most first-time viewers didn't look that carefully before they watched the show.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The ''[[Pathfinder]]'' setting books normally care not to spoil earlier Adventure Paths, but only those of the same edition. Those released for ''Pathfinder'' proper will freely include information that was secret in the material made as third party supplements for 3rd Edition ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', such as freely discussing the nature of Drow in the setting when that was previously a major secret of ''Second Darkness'' or writing an entire book about starting town of Sandpoint set ''after'' the events of ''Rise of the Runelords''. The Adventure Paths for ''Pathfinder'' having occurred in the second edition's version of the setting results in major changes to the setting that render it basically impossible to say anything about without touching on their results.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Numerous previews of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' spoiled the big plot twist of the first game, as did many articles about the game beyond a few months after its release that refer to the main character as {{spoiler|Revan}}.
* Throughout the development of ''[[Halo]]'', the existence of the Flood was kept a secret. Afterwards, they were still considered spoiler material, and magazines avoided directly referring to them. Then the second Halo novel was called ''Halo: The Flood''.
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** The ''God of War Collection'' has helpful trophy descriptions, viewable as soon as you start the game, such as "Daddy Issues: Defeat {{spoiler|Zeus}}."
** Also, [[Bilingual Bonus|if you happen to speak Greek]], the goddamn ''title song'' is a spoiler, as the lyrics, translated, are:
{{quote|''The end begins! The end begins! The end begins! The end begins now!
''Betrayal, rage, rage! The end begins now!
''I will kill him! I will kill him!
''Patricide! Genocide!
''I will kill them all! Olympus shall fall! }}
* The videogame conventions the player takes no notice of initially in ''[[Haze]]'' are supposed to be [[Painting the Fourth Wall]], as it turns out they're actually being implemented on the [[Player Character]]. This [[Plot Twist]] would be more of a surprise if it hadn't been spoiled by ''every single preview'' of the game after a certain point. Those frathouse manchildren who are your comrades in arms? They're actually on drugs, and literally can't register the death and destruction they cause.
* ''<nowiki>[[Dissidia: Final Fantasy]]</nowiki>'', while not requiring you to play the games to understand its own story, spoils major plot elements of the games it draws its characters from, such as casual mentions in the story mode that {{spoiler|[[Final Fantasy IV|Golbez is really Cecil's brother]], [[Final Fantasy II|The Emperor takes over Hell]], [[Final Fantasy VI|Terra is half-Esper and Kefka is a god]], and [[Final Fantasy X|Jecht is the Final Aeon]]}}. Particularly jarring is the mere ''presence'' of some characters, like the Cloud of Darkness who is never mentioned at all in ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'' until the tail end, and is in Dissidia presenting the game. Also Ultimecia, who only starts playing a role 3/4 of the way into ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', and who you only SEE during 2 to 3 cutscenes.
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* ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines]]'', by virtue of being a [[POV Sequel]] to the [[Alien (franchise)|1986 film]], spoils the climax of the movie (and its offscreen result) by necessity. The Hadley's Hope colony on LV-426 was almost completely destroyed due to an atmosphere processor explosion caused by the main characters in the film.
* Want to avoid spoilers for ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]''? Then it might be a good idea to involve anything relating to the games that came out later, or any fandom discussions at all. Since ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games let the player create their own character, the games are very careful to not make any specific details about previous heroes canon, and always make sure to give the player character a title for them to be referred to in future games. For the hero of ''Morrowind'', that title is {{spoiler|"The Nerevarine"}}. The problem with this is that it's supposed to be a twist that {{spoiler|the player character is the Nerevarine.}}
* ''
* ''[[Honkai Impact 3rd]]'''s advertising is absolutely shameless about spoilers and [[Walking Spoiler]] playable characters. Non-story modes may also carelessly drop spoilers for parts of the story that the player might not have reached yet, including [[Walking Spoiler]] bosses.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
* In general, the Cast and About pages of
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* In general, the Cast and About pages of webcomics' sites, if they exist. Sometimes they just summarize what readers could figure out from an [[Archive Binge]], but other times they're meant to be read first to give necessary backstory. But most of the time, the only way to really know is to read them first. And it's not uncommon in both cases for these pages to be updated as the strip progresses to touch on storylines from the strip's run, including plot twists.
** Even putting the latest strip on the home page runs the risk of doing this. Woe betide any reader who just happens to arrive right after a major plot twist.
** And if the site has a fan art section, avoid it like the plague until you've read the archives. Very often they depict not only characters but actual events from the strip's run.
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* Parodied in ''[[Ansem Retort]]''. Someone yells at Marluxia for ruining the fact that {{spoiler|Qui-Gon Jinn dies}} in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]''. That someone? Darth Maul.
* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'': Lindesfarne and Danielle are both from the human world.
* ''[[The
** Though the first book does include a suggestion that you read the strips before the extra text.
* [[Paradigm Shift]]: Every page has badge graphics for each act of the series. The badge for "Flight" makes it pretty clear what Kate's story is.
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* The titular [[Girl Genius]] is always referred to as Agatha Heterodyne, despite the fact that her [[Changeling Fantasy|true identity]] takes a whole story arc to be [[The Reveal|revealed]]. YMMV on [[Foreshadowing|how much]] [[First Episode Spoiler|of a spoiler]] this is.
* The seventh ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'' comic dramatically [[The Reveal|revealed]] Lululu's mermaid tail. After the cartoonist wrote some character bios in June 2010, newcomers who clicked the "newbie? go here!" button on the [[Platypus Comix]] home page could find out about her tail beforehand. The bios also spoil the fact that Natasha Wing, the seemingly random policegirl who appeared at the end of the sixth comic, is actually friends with protagonist Trawn.
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*** Another Season 8 example: Within the first few minutes of the season premiere, and in that season's trailer, the viewer sees that {{spoiler|Donut is dead and Washington has pulled a [[Face Heel Turn]]}}, which were both huge twists for the end of the previous season
* This is highly common in works from [[The Slender Man Mythos]], typically in the form of characters gleaning information about Slender Man from earlier works. Word of advice: if you plan on watching [[Marble Hornets]] or reading [[Just Another Fool]], do not, by any means, watch or read ''anything'' posted at later dates.
* Parodied in ''[[Uncyclopedia]]'': This article contains spoilers (as a template after the article, after it's too late). Wait, I should have told you earlier? My bad.▼
▲* The [[Pretty Cure Fanfics|community of OC fics]] in the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' fandom does tend to fall to this. Some authors spoil a lot ''before'' the episodes are out for the convenience of [[Spoiler Hound]]s, but even things that they kept secret, like Ashley's fate in the end of ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy|Perfume Preppy]]'' (and the incident that earned her the [[Fan Nickname]] "[[Darker and Edgier|Cure]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|Cannibal]]"), are treated as common knowledge in the fanwriter community after the episode is released. Even a cursory glance over ''character popularity'' spoils you. [[Dark Magical Girl]]s get all the fanart and are the only ones usually put into the ''[[Pretty Cure Fan Fic Features]]'', so if you're wondering why [[Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon|Emiru]] is on all these bonus story cast lists when she's completely normal and all the commenters on the first half of the series either don't mention her or ''hate'' her, well...
▲* Parodied in [[Uncyclopedia]]: This article contains spoilers (as a template after the article, after it's too late). Wait, I should have told you earlier? My bad.
** [[The Other Wiki]] used to post spoiler warnings before the plot summary; they no longer do so. Uncyclopedia is likely parodying Wikipedia's position on this.
▲* Season Three of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' is called {{spoiler|''The Cancelled Series''}}, which is advertised as such and, therefore, spoils what happens at the end of season two.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The true identity of {{spoiler|Longarm}} is one of the most shocking reveals of ''[[Transformers Animated]]''... so naturally, it was all over the internet in a pretty big hurry. [[Merchandise-Driven|Then the toy came out.]] At this point, it's probably not likely to surprise many people any more.
** It was over the internet ''before'' anyone who talked about it saw the episode. It [[Short Run in Peru|aired in Dubai]] and this was about all the blurry screencaps could tell us.
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{{quote|'''Doc Hammer:''' If you juggle fire I'm not gonna run around screaming, "Ahh you're gonna burn yourself!"(...)[[Ice Cream Koan|If you can't get out of the kitchen, don't cook a...baking good]], I dunno; there's no platitude for a guy who watches the commentary before he finishes the season.}}
** it also ties into their [[Defied Trope|open defiance]] of [[Anime]]-esque myth arcs. With the [[Your Mileage May Vary|possible exceptions]] of Brock, Dr. Henry Killinger, Molotov Cocktease, or Soverign (who tend to be the most competent people in their respective rooms), everyone, or thing, who seems [[Knight of Cerebus|to genuinely threaten]] the [[Rule of Funny]] inevitably gets [[Break the Haughty|cut down to size]] in [[Humiliation Conga|the most irreverent way possible]]. It's never a good idea to expect high drama in a [[Failure Is the Only Option|show about failure]].
* Bonus features on the DVDs containing the first 13 episodes of ''[[The Avengers: Earth's
** The ''Avengers'' Season 2 trailer included on the Blu-Ray Discs of ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' and ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' also spoil Carol Danvers becoming Ms. Marvel.
* In ''[[ReBoot]]'', {{spoiler|Megabyte and Hexadecimal being siblings}} came as a surprise in the late second season. Nowadays, it's common knowledge, is constantly referenced in subsequent episodes, and any biography of them will list this fact fairly early on.
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