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* The opening of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' promptly spoils the fact that there are going to be three main Evas, and shows all the pilots before they are even introduced. There is, however, a nice subversion: the footage is laden with black screens holding text, appearing for a couple of moments each, showing the series' terminology that only starts making sense when it is explained what a particular word or logo stands for. Not to mention the [[Bait and Switch Credits]] nature of the opening.
** Also possibly subverted with Unit-01 sprouting wings, which does not even happen in the anime proper (it happens in the [[The Movie|alternate ending movie]] ''End of Evangelion''.
** Also has one ''hell'' of a call ahead as the shot of Shinji smiling is the ''last shot of the anime''
** By contrast, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhu6a9hUq4 the ADV trailer] imitates the opening of the anime and is practically incomprehensible. It also features one ''hell'' of a call ahead as well - Misato having been shot.
* ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' creates a deliberate Spoiler Opening to help with [[Foreshadowing]]. If a character appears in the opening credits, the audience knows to watch them carefully, even if they've only made brief appearances so far.
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** And the fourth season has an additional spoiler ''ending'', since it clearly showcases who Yumi will choose as her ''soeur''.
* The major plot arc of the first eight episodes of ''[[Simoun]]'' is Aaeru's attempt to get Neviril to pair with her, and Neviril's refusal to fly with ''anyone'' during that time. However, the opening credits prominently feature the two flying together, promptly removing any and all suspense that they might not become a pair, and show a number of other characters who have not been introduced yet.
** On the other hand, the opening credits also subvert this this one, too. Amuria, [[First Episode Spoiler|who dies in the first episode]], is never removed from the credits. Between this, the frequent mentions of her, and the fact that [[Never Found the Body|her body was not found]], it seems obvious that she will eventually come back. She does not.
* Although ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' makes use of [[Sinister Silhouettes|silhouettes]], it still tips its hand at two points. For the first, the true appearance of the moon is visible (and unsilhouetted) behind the Claw long before it comes into play. The [[Evolving Credits]] actually ''cause'' the second, with three characters who presumably died in one episode ''not'' having their outlines shadowed before the next, indicating they lived.
* The ''[[One Piece]]'' anime's first opening spoiled Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji as well as their [[Cutlass Between the Teeth|abili]][[Brats with Slingshots|ti]][[Extremity Extremist|es
** The ninth opening spoiled Brook and Thriller Bark.
** The eleventh opening is especially horrible about this. In the two and a half minutes it plays, it shows spoilerific clips from where the anime currently is, trying to rescue Camie from the auction house, all the way to Luffy invading Impel Down to rescue Ace. Along the way they show Kuma attacking, Kizaru and Sentomaru, the women of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock, Jinbei, and Luffy fighting a bunch of Blugori
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** Similarly, the game's opening lists one of the characters, Shiori Misaka, by her full name, preemptively revealing her relation to one of the game's other characters
** ''[[AIR]]'' shows Misuzu with short hair and Kanna flying in front of the moon, but they pass by so quickly that there's not much time to ponder them.
*** ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' has split-second clips in the background of the showcasing girls, which spoil certain future events and backstories. It can also be argued that Nagisa and Tomoya's future child gets spoiled as the little girl running through the field. Though her face isn't shown, and it's automatic that the default girl will be the chosen one, she is pretty prominent concerning what happens involving her.
* Both used and subverted in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]''. The initially important Isabella doesn't show up in the OP, and she gets killed off. This led a lot of fans to suspect that the next victim would be anyone but Sara, Ralph, Lavinia, Lottie or Carris, as those five appeared in the OP. Carris was the next victim, and many not included in the OP survived.
** The series also features a spoiler ending which depicts the final scene of the series.
* ''[[Battle Programmer Shirase]]'' is an odd case; it was canceled before some of the characters shown in the intro are even ''introduced''.
* Hikaru and Athena are shown fighting in the OP of ''[[
* The opening to ''[[Gate Keepers]]'' reveals the series' [[The Man Behind the Man|surprise]] [[Big Bad]] ''before the very first episode''.
* The first series of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' manages to bizarrely combine this with a [[Bait and Switch Credits]] sequence, as the opening briefly but prominently features a scene from the climactic mecha battle with Zagato. There's little indication of mecha content in the series prior to them finally showing up besides this... but that's because they're just [[MacGuffin
* Done many, many times in Italian dub openings. The worst offender is, by far, ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': the lyrics for the first season's opening stated outright that Sailor Moon is the reincarnation of Princess Serenity; the third season's opening showed that two of the [[MacGuffin|Talismans]] were in the hearts of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune; and don't even get us started on the fourth season's opening...
** The English dub opening, which never changed anyway, does completely kill the mystery of who the other four Sailors are by showing and naming them right in the theme song.
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*** The first season openings concealed some of the Senshi's identities, but even the very first opening showed Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars along with Sailor Moon.
*** ''Sailor Moon'' does spoil the true identities of Tuxedo Mask and the Moonlight Knight in the credits.
** About Italian dubs again. Italian opening of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' clearly states that 1) the hero will discover his [[Mysterious Past]] ("who are you? Goku, you don't know, but you'll soon find out"); 2) [[The Hero Dies]] ("and then you'll disappear")
** The opening of the third season, Sailor Moon S, quite blatantly shows Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus as a part of the team, which was slightly jarring, given that Neptune and Uranus had a rather antagonistic relationship with the inner senshi. Only by the end of the season they truly acknowledged Sailor Moon as their friend and leader.
* The opening of ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' is effectively a 90 second summary of the entire plot of the series.
* The chronological first three episodes of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (broadcast second, third, and fifth) feature a classmate who seems at least as important as [[Those Two Guys]]. So why are they all in the closing credits when she isn't? It might have something to do with the fact that she tries to kill Kyon in the tenth (chronologically fourth) episode, getting her either banished or killed by Yuki, it's not clear which.
** In addition, the opening credits show various spoilers about certain characters such as adult Mikuru, albeit without much context, considering the somewhat surreal backdrop. It even spoils the whole Ryoko trying to kill Kyon
** Also in the OP: Kimidori Emiri, who doesn't even ''have'' significance in the anime yet. People paying attention (who haven't followed the [[Light Novels]], anyway) will probably be suspicious of her come season 2 whenever.
** The clock and computer motifs surrounding Mikuru and Yuki also cue you in to their [[Time Travel|respective]] [[Artificial Human|natures]].
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*** {{spoiler|And Allen's broken arm, Bak, For's fight with the lvl3, Kanda's weapon upgrade, the giant-combined-akuma-thing, Chomesuke's human form, the ark, Crown Clown and Lenalee's short hair.}} [[Sarcasm Mode|Almost nothing!]]
** The fourth opening does this the most: {{spoiler|showing the Generals with their Innocence, Jasdevi combined, Tyki's other form, the Fourteenth Noah as well as the Score, Lvellie as well as Howard, Chaozii's Innocence...in short, everything besides a certain 'beer belly punk'...}}
* Averted in ''[[Blood
** However, the 4th opening falls squarely into this, revealing {{spoiler|Hagi's wings}} long before they're actually shown.
** It takes a really sharp eye to see in the first opening {{spoiler|any hint alluding to Diva's pregnancy in the second half of the series.}}
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** Less noticable, but a quick eye makes it quite obvious that {{spoiler|Xellos is a Mazoku}} inside the ''Slayers Next'' opening.
** ''Slayers Evolution-R'' is the biggest offender for being an original story and yet still having an opening that spoiled the climax. {{spoiler|Pokota's sealed body is shown opening his eyes with the symbol of Shabranigdu in them, and then it cuts immediately to Lina fighting Shabranigdu and then a scene of her casting the Giga Slave. Guess what happens!}} Many fans thought it was so obvious that it had to be a red herring.
* ''[[
* The ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' opening spoils Escaflowne's Dragon form, whose first appearance is treated as a cliffhanger surprise at the end of Episode 4.
** It also has a shot of Escaflowne fighting Sherazade on a desolate battlefield, a fight that happens near the very end of the series.
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** The latest one also shows {{spoiler|Maria's witch outfit}}.
** The lyrics are also basically a summary of the most of the main plot, and give strong hints of what's coming.
* The opening of ''[[
* The second opening of the ''[[NEEDLESS]]'' anime very strongly hints that {{spoiler|Cruz's sister Aruka is alive and is the last member of Simeon's Elite Four whose identity even Disk didn't know.}}
* The first opening for ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' makes it very clear that a [[The Rival|blond girl Nanoha's age]] would be an important part of the story four episodes before we see her.
** The second opening of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|
* The opening and closing of ''[[Kämpfer]]'' make it nigh-impossible to not figure out who's on what side. [[Friendly Enemy|It doesn't make much of a difference anyway.]]
* ''[[The Law of Ueki]]'' spoils characters and scenes aplenty in both of its opening sequences, using actual footage from the show (although one can't figure most out until it happens... OK, fine, the second OP is almost criminal).
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* The second opening to ''[[Shaman King]]'' shows that one of the scariest bad guys from the first season will end up on the side of the good guys. In fact, the first opening does this for two others as well.
* The opening for the American-produced second season of ''[[Duel Masters]]'' gives away a large number of plot points, though in a manner that only makes sense once the viewer notices the pattern. It shows an established character that will represent each civilization, alongside a creature from that civilization that will be important later. Most glaringly, the final shot pans by {{spoiler|Shobu's father and a Pyrofighter Magnus}}.
* The second English opening of ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' spoiled Optimus Prime's [[Back
* ''[[Heroman]]'' gives these openings out.
** The first opening was slightly more subtle, but they still show a lot, such as {{spoiler|Kogorr's [[One-Winged Angel]], Will and Nick's shadows being Skrugg}}, Dr. Minami's mech, NIA...
** But if anything, the second opening is more spoileriffic, but I'm not elaborating.
* The lyrics to the first opening of ''[[Turn A Gundam
* ''[[Shiki]]'' does this with it's first OP. {{spoiler|By showing who's going to be turned into a Shiki by skullifing them.}}
* The second opening of the ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' anime shows {{spoiler|Gilgamesh raining swords on Saber}} some four episodes before {{spoiler|his debut}}.
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* Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' did this by ''showing detached scenes from the movie's plot points in the opening credits''. Every relevant character in the movie is shown with an animation of them solo from various important parts of the movie, and the animations for the rest of the credits is from ''the climax''.
* [[The Mockbuster]] ''Paranormal Entity'' takes this to extremes. Three minutes into the film, it is revealed that the protagonist's sister is dead, he went to jail for her murder, he hung himself, and then his mother (who got possessed) [[Kill'Em All|hung herself too]]. The remaining 87 minutes of the film are ''[[Anticlimax|pointless]]''.
* The opening credits of ''[[
* This is avoided in the opening of ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock]]''...but there is an extra long pause between [[William Shatner]]'s credit and DeForest Kelley's where Nimoy's name would normally appear.
* Want to watch ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' and not know ahead of time that it ends with {{spoiler|a Nazi invasion fought off by animate suits of armor}}? Stop watching the opening credits when Donald McKayle is credited for the choreography!
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* The opening narration of ''Hop'' spoils the fact that the main human character becomes the first human easter bunny. This concept isn't introduced untill a little before the climax, after a movie of basically nothing happening.
* The newest release of [[Planet of the Apes]] features a picture of a ruined Statue of Liberty overlooking the main character. [[Earth All Along|Guess what the plot twist is...]]
== Literature ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''. The old tv series' opening credits has a montage of basically every major plot point for the episode. Of course, the viewer has no idea what any of it means at that point.
** [[Mission: Impossible (film)||The films]] also do this (though only in the fourth the succession isn't fast enough for viewers to discern the images).
* ''[[The Wire]]'' had some AMAZING opening credits sequences (due mostly in part to the various renditions of "Way Down in the Hole" over some really jarring montages) that occasionally would drop scenes that you're looking for the entire season (if you watched it all on DVD). While you can't tell it's Stringer's hand unzipping D'Angelo's baby mama in the credits it did seem a little weird when it finally happened.
* ''[[Space: 1999]]'' ruins the quite serviceable level of tension built up in the first episode because the credit sequence declares that [[Space Does Not Work That Way|the Moon is going to be blown completely out of the Solar System]].
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** ''[[Angel]]'' averts this a little later with the appearance of {{spoiler|Julie Benz as Darla}} in the Season 1 finale. The actress was not credited at the beginning; instead, she's listed as a "Special Guest Star" at the end of the episode. Listing her at the beginning would have tipped off everyone, and it was a great surprise.
** And then in the season 5 opener, the opening credits not only {{spoiler|conspicuously lack Cordelia and Connor}}, but proudly boast {{spoiler|James Marsters as Spike, including him in virtually every clip of the opening, even though at that moment he's still officially "dead" from the ''Buffy'' finale, and he doesn't show up until the last minute of the season premiere}}.
* Averted in the UK version of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Superhero?]]'', where for episode one (which shows the auditions for the show) the silhouettes of the chosen thirteen are seen with question marks.
* Averted (sort of) in ''[[Home and Away]]'' where Noah is still credited despite the fact Sarah Lewis shot him dead in the previous episode. This was to hide the identity of who had been shot and only reveal it in the episode. That and Noah does appear in that episode (though it's his ghost and only Hayley can see/speak to him) and the next one. It isn't until after then the credits are altered.
* ''[[Torchwood]]'' averted this fantastically. All the publicity material showed {{spoiler|Indira Varma's character to be part of the gang, and she is quite a well-known actor, so everybody was very surprised when she died at the end of the first episode.}}
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*** It also spoils that {{spoiler|Ghetsis ''made'' N "King" of Team Plasma, and is in fact the [[The Man Behind the Man|true power behind the throne]].}}
* ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' spoils us in the opening sequence when a jet comes by while Neptune is being shown. Most of us would said [[Cool Ship]] already if it weren't for the fact that {{spoiler|later on, ''Neptune'' herself transforms into that jet plane.}}
* The opening of ''[[
* The opening to the console version of the first ''[[
* If you don't want to be spoiled on some of the mechs and battles in ''[[Vanguard Bandits]]'', you'd better not watch the Openings.
* The ''very first'' cutscene shown on the opening screen of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' is from a key "surprise" moment very late into the game.
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* The only movie unlocked before you beat any of the team's stories in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (which also sometimes plays as soon as you start up the game, before you even see the ''title screen'') has a couple shots of Neo Metal Sonic. You don't see him outside of the Last Story. Granted, [[Trailers Always Spoil|the fact that he was in the game was highly advertised, but...]]
* The third part of the ''[[City of Heroes]]'' [[Tonight Someone Dies|"Who Will Die"]] storyline opens with your character being assigned to either bodyguard or kidnap a character. [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/File:Who_Will_Die_Part_3.jpg The loading screen for all missions in the arc] features Statesman, the character's father, grieving over a toe-tagged body. Sure enough, the character is killed in the course of the arc.
* The UK special edition/pre order box art for [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]] has to be the most ridiculous example of this ever, because it features the final boss battle on the front cover. Keep in mind that at the start of the game, you technically don't know Ganon is in, don't know Tetra is Zelda, don't know the Light Arrows exist and don't know about flooded Hyrule. Here's the artwork in question: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109080546/http://www.zeldacollectorsmuseum.com/2009/05/wind-waker-limited-edition-uk.html The Wind Waker box]
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' offers [http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=195 different points of view] on the opening sequence spoiling the episode.
== Western Animation ==
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* An episode of the animated ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' series has the team helped out by an arrow fired from the shadows. When they confront Green Arrow and accuse him of babysitting them and he proves it wasn't his arrow, they assume his sidekick, Speedy, is ready to join the team after storming out in the pilot. Yeah ... or maybe it's the female archer who appears in the opening credits of the show as a team member despite having not appeared in the actual show yet at that point.
** Similar to the aforementioned ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' series, right before the show's logo is viewed, each ''Young Justice'' episode's opening contains a quick display of clips which previews events that occur later in whichever episode is airing at the moment.
* In ''[[
* The opening credits for ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' features the Saturdays being charged by a quartet of villains. While one of them, Piecemeal, shows up relatively early in episode 4, the others are Eterno, a one-shot villain who doesn't show up for several more episodes, Rani Naga, who also doesn't appear until almost the end of the season, and Shoji Fuzen, who appears in episode 3, but is wearing blue samurai armor he won't don until many episodes later.
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