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Happens more for main networks.
When a spoiler becomes [[Common Knowledge]] in the mainstream—such as [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Darth Vader turning out to be Luke Skywalker's father]]—it's no longer spoiler fodder and gets demoted to [[It Was His Sled]]. If a work is remembered ''primarily'' for that spoiler it's [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]. When a sequel to a work spoils its predecessors, it's a [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]
Posting spoilers on a fan forum will almost always get the forumgoers royally pissed off at you, but when the show's actual owners start using or threatening ''legal action'' against people who spoiler, you should [[Spoil At Your Own Risk]].
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=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* In one ''[[FoxTrot]]'' comic, Jason tries to troll Eileen by spending hours online researching the upcoming - at the time - film version of ''[[Harry Potter and
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*** As a result, ridiculously elaborate precautions were taken to keep the 7th book under wraps until it was in the hands of bookstore customers; the printers worked in darkness, the manuscript was kept in a safe, etc. etc. etc.
* [[Spoiler Title|The title]] of the [[Babysitters Club]] book "Jessi's Gold Medal" gives away the fact that {{spoiler|Jessi wins a gold medal}} in synchronized swimming.
* The earliest recorded example of fiction being "spoiled" occurred in 1841, when sailors revealed Little Nell Trent's death in ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' to North America before the issue containing it was released for sale there. While [[Charles Dickens]]'s work is generally fairly well remembered and read, [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|little is remembered or discussed about this one besides her death]].
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