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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]]. When a sequel to a work spoils its predecessors, it's a [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]. Not to be confused with a spoiler that happens [[First Episode Spoiler|early or late in the work]].
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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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the [[Batman]] comic books, the Cluemaster, [[Criminal Mind Games|a B-grade Riddler knockoff]], got over his compulsion to leave hints behind at crime scenes after thorough psychiatric counseling ("[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Thank you, Arkham]]"). Stephanie Brown, his daughter, became disgusted with his villainy and decided to give up the information in his place, calling herself "the Spoiler." The name, however, became an [[Artifact Title]] soon afterwards as Stephanie continued to fight criminals beyond her father and no longer left hints or clues, instead directly intervening herself. She eventually became the [[Legacy Character|fourth Robin]] and then [[Batgirl]].
== [[Literature]] ==
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{{quote| '''Harry''': Attention, ticket holders. Listen up! At the end of the movie [[Tomato Surprise|when the President turns out to be an alien]] ''[crowd groans]'' and he barbecues all the Congressmen, don't believe it, okay? [[I Take Offense to That Last One|Because aliens hate barbecue!]]}}
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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**** The Jon Pertwee serial "Invasion {{spoiler|of the Dinosaurs}}" did something similar. The title was simply "Invasion" until the big reveal, after which the complete title was shown.
* Advertising for the fifth season finale of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (and the series finale, from the WB's perspective) blatantly spoiled {{spoiler|Buffy's death, by running ads featuring Buffy's tombstone}}.
* The March 24th, 2008 episode preview for two game shows - ''[[Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?]]'' and ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'' - revealed the results of the games.
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'''s [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|fourth-wall cracking]], [[Continuity Nod|in-joke spouting]], [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade-hanging]] 200th episode...called, of course, "200" (for reasons both related and not to this fact)...featured the return of {{spoiler|Richard Dean Anderson}}'s character {{spoiler|General (formerly Colonel) Jack O'Neill}} for the first time on the show since the beginning of season 9. This exchange says it all:
{{quote| '''Vala:''' [[The Reveal|I don't think anyone will see this coming]].<br />
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* Right at the start of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', one of the actors comes out on stage and tells the audience everything that's about to happen in one soliloquy. In Baz Luhrmann's ''[[William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet]]'', this happens twice. First a small TV with a news anchor reciting the soliloquy, and then we get it again but [[What Do You Mean
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "Sozin's Comet" was originally supposed to be a shocking and incredible SERIES finale. Unfortunately, the third midseason was back scheduled to fill out Nickelodeon's summer schedule. Even more unfortunate, was that nobody told the publishers of the ''junior novelization of said series finale,'' as they released on schedule. [[Hype Backlash|Boom.]]
* Leave it to [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie Pie]] to spoil the events of episode 16 of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' all the way back in episode 5! Of course, you're just as liable as Twilight Sparkle to disregard the whole conversation as it is tucked away in [[The Teaser]].
* In the opening credits of the ''[[Chilly Willy]]'' cartoon "Chilly Chums", Grace Stafford is credited as "Woody's voice", thus ruining the cartoon's [[Crossover Punchline|joke cameo]] of [[Woody Woodpecker]].
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