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** It's an interesting example in that {{spoiler|the narrator changes her mind and spares him}}.
* The narrator of the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST-ed]] turd ''[[The Dead Talk Back]]'' simply ''will not'' shut up about the upcoming murder in Act 1. Crow even points out that it won't be all that suspenseful once it happens, and whaddaya know; he's right.
* It was Francis Ford Coppola's intention to do this with ''[[The Godfather]] Part III''
* Gojira Shizu in ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''.
* Played straight and inverted at the same time in ''Fallen''. The movie begins with "let me tell you about the time I '''almost''' died. The twist is twofold: a) who's speaking b) you will most likely have forgot about this entirely until it is [[Ironic Echo|repeated]] at the end.
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** Vonnegut basically did some variation on this [[Once an Episode|in every book]]. Even in-story in ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' - Billy Pilgrim knows exactly when and how he will die.
* {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]}} in ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'', which, early in the novel, describes the feelings of Colonel Aurelino as he's facing the firing line. {{spoiler|As it turns out, the soldiers in the firing line are so afraid of the backlash of executing the Colonel in his home village that they defect to the other side.}}
* Inverted in [[Dan Brown]]'s ''[[Angels
* ''The BRIEF Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao''.
* ''The Death of Ivan Ilych'' by Leo Tolstoy.
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== Western Animation ==
* Less than two minutes into ''The [[Drawn Together]] Movie: The Movie'', we find out that {{spoiler|Princess Clara}} is going to die.
* An advertisement for a new episode of ''[[South Park]]'' years ago included "...and Kenny '''dies.'''" Presumably this was to lure people who don't watch the series into watching an episode to see some important stuff happen, as at the time the series was using [[Negative Continuity]] to kill Kenny [[Once an Episode]].
== Real Life ==
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** {{spoiler|[[Transhumanism|Not if I can help it]].}}
{{quote|''Oh my God, Tropey! Look out for those'' [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|''falling...
{{quote|Oh, Tropey... *sob*... we'll miss you... wait... [[Death by Newbery Medal|Where did this medal come from?]]}}
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