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Sometimes hard to avoid in shows that feature major changes in setting and cast line-up that hinge on major plot twists in previous seasons. The Season 1 [[Big Bad]] is [[Heel Face Turn|a major player on the good guys' side]] in Season 4 -- how exactly are you going to ''hide'' that in promos just for the sake of not spoiling the people who haven't watched Season 3 yet? Also a frequent problem in [[Long Runner|Long Runners]] and multi-volumes where the story unfolds over a long period of time.
If the spoiler in question is common knowledge to people in general, then [[It Was His Sled]]. Compare [[Trailers Always Spoil]] and [[Spoiler Opening]], when the plot is spoiled before the fans even get their hands on the product, as well as [[First Episode Spoiler]], which tends to be the extreme of this. If it's a little less extreme, hits early but not immediately, it might be a [[Seventh
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** Hayate and the Wolkenritter get this, too, to a lesser extent -- see the ''Megami'' cover that used to be at the top of the page.
** Given their prominent placement in art for StrikerS Sound Stage X and ViVid, {{spoiler|Cinque, Nove, Dieci and Wendi's [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, as well as {{spoiler|Vivio's true nature}}, are headed toward this.
* Though Fuuma's [[Face Heel Turn]] in ''[[X 1999]]'' is treated as a surprise when it happens, official art and the opening of the anime series explicitly show him locked in combat with the main character, so whether any viewers of the anime were actually shocked by this revelation is debatable. The suspicious absence of Kotori in other art also foreshadows the [[Wham! Episode]] pretty heavily to the point that it's fairly easy to guess what's going to happen to her (the [[Waif Prophet]] even all but says it at several points).
* For ''[[Persona 4 (Anime)|Persona 4: The Animation]]'', the anime assumes most of the viewers have already [[Persona 4|played the game]], and because of this, certain scenes are played with much less fanfare ({{spoiler|Teddie revealing his human body was a big deal in the game, in the anime he just popped his head off and things continued from there}}). They also put less effort into hiding things ({{spoiler|Naoto was harder to figure out in the Japanese game than in the anime}}).
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'':
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** 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 Mini-Moe|Nymph]]), spoiling her eventual [[Heel Face Turn]]. Guess they expected everyone to have read the manga already.
* Kidou's [[Heel Face Turn]] [[Seventh
* 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.
** While the preview for 02 episode 8 was suppose to hype up who the Digimon Kaiser/Emperor could be, his onscreen momemnts as {{spoiler|Ken}} lacked any subtly as his behavior was no different from the Kaiser/Emperor.
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* In some parts of the ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' fandom, something only counts as a spoiler if it happened in a book that came out less than a month ago. If the book is more than a month old, well... too bad. However, the phenomenon also appears in the books themselves:
** The author seems to act like everyone should know what happens in the first series, too, considering how much of it she spoils in the spin-offs. Also no one, ''literally'' no one, calls Firestar "Fireheart", because everyone should know that {{spoiler|Bluestar dies and he becomes leader in Book 6}}. Most [[Official Couple|Official Couples]] are also treated as common knowledge.
** And there's the blurb for ''Sunrise'', which spoils the [[Wham! Episode|climax of the previous book]]. Yay!
** The award goes to the ''Tigerstar and Sasha'' manga, since ''the title itself'' is a spoiler for ''Moonrise''.
** And, of course, the character lists in the front of the books, which are so riddled with spoilers it's a wonder they still put them in the front of the books. If a character dies sometime in the book, they are treated as dead.
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*** In this case, cut the Fox execs some slack. Thanks to the 2007-2008 writer's strike, season seven was not aired for a LONG time. They needed to release something juicy to reel viewers in after a year long hiatus.
**** It was worse than that. The original Season 7 preview prominently showing {{spoiler|Tony}} was released ''before'' the Writers Strike, meaning that the fans had to wait an ''entire year'' just to find out what happened.
* Numerous ''[[
** It gets especially worse with the French titles, although for some reason quite a few of them leave out the spoilerific mentions of Daleks and Cybermen. Yet the series two finale was named {{spoiler|"Farewell Rose"}}, ''The End of Time'' Part One {{spoiler|"Return of the Master"}}, ''The End of Time'' Part Two {{spoiler|"Return of the Time Lords"}}, etc. There are a lot more examples of other titles that spoil what is supposed to come as a surprise in an episode.
** One Series 5 episode takes this even further: it's called ''"Victory of the Daleks"''. [[Sarcasm Mode|Wonder who wins that one.]]
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