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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 Episode Twist]]. Arguably a subset of [[All There Is to Know About The Crying Game]].

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* Nowadays, whenever someone starts to watch the ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|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 [[Yandere]]. You can thank the [[Memetic Mutation|Nice Boat meme]]<ref>The first time that it was supposed to air, the final episode of the ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' anime was replaced with [[Relax O Vision|thirty minutes of peaceful landscape scenery, including a boat on a lake]], after it was deemed [[Too Soon|too close to home]] due to violent incidents in the news. This resulted in "NICE BOAT" being used to describe anything from [[Moral Guardians|censorship]] to [[Yandere|being murdered]]</ref> for that.

* ''[[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''. Different spoilers for different series, most of these are spoiled if you bother to read the series that come after them.

** [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/816hoRBHqYL._AA1500_.jpg The Cover for the final season] contains no less than ''three'' of these. In all fairness, it can be assumed that anyone buying the last season already knows that {{spoiler|Selim is Pride and King Bradley is Wrath}}, but there's no excuse for spoiling {{spoiler|Father's [[One Winged Angel]] form}}, which wouldn't be revealed until that very season.

* Try to find a piece of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' merchandise with evil, black-haired, end-the-world-and-kill-my-ex Sara on it. Even though she spends most of the series this way, you won't succeed. Anything with her on it proudly displays the [[Redheaded Hero|orange-haired]], ''reformed'' Sara of the end of the first season. I suppose a [[Everythings Better With Princesses|good princess]] is more [[Merchandise Driven|marketable]] than a villain, but seriously, she's on the team for an episode and a half before she [[Redemption Equals Death|dies]] anyway, so what's the point?

* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' at first appears to be a simple series about two [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship|best friends]], with some [[Les Yay]] and mechas thrown in. Then it turns into a twisted love triangle. Being that it is one of the most popular [[Girls Love]] series to date you should already know that the main duo aren't just best friends and who Himeko ends up with. And if you don't know, the english dub DVDs made sure to make it clear.

* [[FU Nimation]] and its predecessor [[Geneon|Geneon Entertainment]], as well as the original Japanese trailers (plus openings if you count the sound novels), spare no detail when it comes to ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' -- from the characters' dark pasts to the not-so-secret actual plot to the ''ending'' of the main series.

* 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.

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': the fact that this anime is actually a [[Deconstructor Fleet]] which is definitely [[What Do You Mean Its Not for Kids|not for your little sister]] was originally disguised behind a cutesy facade, but these days everyone already knows the anime is actually grimdark.

** And that {{spoiler|Kyubey is evil!}} Ironically, that one [[Well Intentioned Extremist|is not]] [[Ron the Death Eater|entirely accurate]].

* The trade paperback for ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' has a foreword by a critic... [[What Do You Mean Its Not Didactic|I really should have known better than to read it]]. Although it doesn't quite spoil the ending it does a large part of the middle; {{spoiler|namely, the death of Queen Elizabeth, and that the heroes end up in America.}}

* The fact that the ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic ''[[Cupcakes (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.

* ''[[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.]]

* ''[[Scream (Film)|Scream]]'': As Ghostface put it: "[[Friday the 13 th (Film)|You should know that Jason's mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer. Jason didn't show up till the sequel.]] I'm afraid that was the wrong answer."

* The Academy Awards themselves actually manage to spoil [[All There Is to Know About The Crying Game|the big surprise]] of ''[[The Crying Game]]'' by {{spoiler|nominating a certain member of the cast for Best Supporting '''Actor'''}}.

** [[A Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy's]] opening monologue in ''[[Freddy VS Jason]]'' includes a rapid-fire flashback to several of the previous Elm Street films' killings, which spoil a lot of them for viewers who initially take an interest in ''F Vs. J'' as [[Friday the 13 th (Film)|Jason]] fans.

* Prior to it's airing on tv, the [[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]] episode "Trakeena's Revenge" was sold in limited [[McDonalds]] during April, and thus providing spoilers (to those not Sentai educated) for the later portion of the series such as the Rangers' Omega Megazord, Max Solarzord, V-Lancers, Battle Boosters. Not to mention the first onscreen appearance of Olympius, as well as Queen Bansheera who has partially taken physical form.

* [[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.

** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2]]'', despite the promotional material and game box hiding the twist, the manual has to tell the player (by necessity) that Snake {{spoiler|isn't the main character - Raiden is}}. The game also runs into [[All There Is to Know About The Crying Game]] territory - it's taught in game design courses and referred to by almost everyone who plays the game as being fourth-wall breaking, insane and incomprehensible (thereby spoiling most of the shock value to new players).

** A bit less of an issue in the Japanese -- indeed, one of the easy ways to tell that one of the heroes is about to do something extra dangerous or heroic (to levels beyond what the [[Theme Music Power Up|Leitmotif]] can handle) is when {{spoiler|Netto busts out the "Saito-niisan".}} Also, newbies get another chance in the second game, where a random NPC scientist helpfully reminds you that {{spoiler|Mega Man is your resurrected brother.}}

** It's hard to look at any fan work for any length of time without finding out that one character's absent dad doesn't stay absent and [[Luke I Am Your Father|other]] [[Double Agent|associated]] [[Fake Defector|spoilers.]]

** Due to ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]'', if you didn't know that {{spoiler|Roxas}} is the Nobody of {{spoiler|Sora}}, and that {{spoiler|Roxas}} was a member of Organization XIII, then you're in for a bit of a shock.

* The prologue screen in the [[Sega Genesis]] [[Beat Em Up]] ''Last Battle'' isn't so much of a prologue as it is a plot summary of the WHOLE GAME itself. This is partly because ''Last Battle'' was originally a ''[[Fist of the North Star|Hokuto no Ken]]'' game that was [[Dolled Up Installment|rebranded]] and [[Blind Idiot Translation|lazily localized]] for its overseas release.

* So, you've finally overcome the indecision on picking up ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' after the [[Ruined FOREVER|fandom]] [[Broken Base|outcries]] and [[Eight Point Eight|shocking scores]]. That's fine, and hey, since you have yet to play it you won't be so bored during the wait for the [[Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game)|sequel]], if you're interested. But in case you're curious, just know that it isn't a good idea to see the announcement trailer.

* The [http://images.nintendolife.com/games/ds/solatorobo_red_the_hunter/cover_large.jpg European boxart] of ''[[Solatorobo]]'' shows both Red's [[Half Human Hybrid|Hybrid]] Trance form (though it doesn't identify it as anything) and advertises the fact that you uncover the "mysterious origins" of the world. Both of these do not even ''show up'' until the midpoint of the game - before that, Red has no idea he can Trance and the world simply "is".

* ''[[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]]'': Captain Locke is {{spoiler|[[Luke I Am Your Father|Millie's father]]}}. It said so right on the Cast page, [[Abandoned Info Page|back when there still was one]].

* 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.

* The title Phantasm in ''[[Batman Mask of the Phantasm]]'' is {{spoiler|Bruce's ex-fiancée Andrea Beaumont}}. A clever viewer could figure this out anyway, but the [[Merchandise Driven|toy division]] screwed up by releasing the Phantasm action figure, with removable hood, unmasked.

* Bonus features on the DVDs containing the first 13 episodes of ''[[Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' consist of interviews revealing events from the second season, such as [[Secret Invasion|Skrulls replacing allies]]. In the process, the interviewees spoil events from the second half of season 1, such as [[The Wasp|Janet]]'s friend [[Ms. Marvel (Comic Book)|Carol]] getting superpowers and Ultron {{spoiler|attempting to destroy humanity}}.

** The ''Avengers'' Season 2 trailer included on the Blu-Ray Discs of ''[[Thor (Film)|Thor]]'' and ''[[Captain America the First Avenger (Film)|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' also spoil Carol Danvers becoming Ms. Marvel.

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