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* The ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' story "F.O.W.L. Disposition" has Steelbeak doing an [[Enemy Mine]] with Darkwing after F.O.W.L. goes too far. Whether this is believable or not in the first place is debatable, but {{spoiler|every single cover shows him as an evil figure, including the back of the trade.}} |
* The ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' story "F.O.W.L. Disposition" has Steelbeak doing an [[Enemy Mine]] with Darkwing after F.O.W.L. goes too far. Whether this is believable or not in the first place is debatable, but {{spoiler|every single cover shows him as an evil figure, including the back of the trade.}} |
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* For those who have read the comic enough, the cover of ''[[The Walking Dead]]''{{'}}s [[Doorstopper|Compendium One]] has quite a few spoilers in the illustrations the cover. |
* For those who have read the comic enough, the cover of ''[[The Walking Dead]]''{{'}}s [[Doorstopper|Compendium One]] has quite a few spoilers in the illustrations the cover. |
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== Fan Works == |
== Fan Works == |
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** The best summary of a story I've ever seen, for a ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfiction: {{spoiler|''What if Rem never finished writing L's name in the Death Note? How will L cope with the loss of the only father figure he's ever had in his life?}} May contain spoilers.'' Just in case there was any doubt at all, the story is '''''called''''' {{spoiler|''Watari''}}. |
** The best summary of a story I've ever seen, for a ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfiction: {{spoiler|''What if Rem never finished writing L's name in the Death Note? How will L cope with the loss of the only father figure he's ever had in his life?}} May contain spoilers.'' Just in case there was any doubt at all, the story is '''''called''''' {{spoiler|''Watari''}}. |
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* The summary of ''[[Thirty Hs]]'' is basically a summary of the events of the first few chapters. |
* The summary of ''[[Thirty Hs]]'' is basically a summary of the events of the first few chapters. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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** Given that {{spoiler|"Escape", something that happens in the movie, is ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|in the title]]'', [[Foregone Conclusion|what did you think was going to happen?]]}} |
** Given that {{spoiler|"Escape", something that happens in the movie, is ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|in the title]]'', [[Foregone Conclusion|what did you think was going to happen?]]}} |
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* The poster for ''[[Airheads]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Chazz, Rex, and Pip are ultimately arrested and sent to prison}}. |
* The poster for ''[[Airheads]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Chazz, Rex, and Pip are ultimately arrested and sent to prison}}. |
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* The advertising for [[The Film of the Book]] of ''[[Prisoners of Power|Inhabited Island]]'' by the [[Strugatsky Brothers]] spoils ''every'' major plot point. One trailer even reveals that {{spoiler|[[The Hero]] and the [[Big Bad]] turns out to be on the same side}}, what was supposed to be a [[Twist Ending]]. |
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* The trailer for the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1|seventh Harry Potter movie]]. {{spoiler|Harry and Voldemort fight! Ollivander isn't dead! Hogwarts erupts into battle! Ron uses the sword! There's a dragon! Griphook comes back! Harry hands himself over to Voldemort!}} The worst part about all of it is that most of this stuff is from what has to be the ''second part''. So not only are they spoiling a good section of the book, they're spoiling a good section of the ''second movie''. |
* The trailer for the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1|seventh Harry Potter movie]]. {{spoiler|Harry and Voldemort fight! Ollivander isn't dead! Hogwarts erupts into battle! Ron uses the sword! There's a dragon! Griphook comes back! Harry hands himself over to Voldemort!}} The worst part about all of it is that most of this stuff is from what has to be the ''second part''. So not only are they spoiling a good section of the book, they're spoiling a good section of the ''second movie''. |
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** You thought ''that'' was bad? Just wait until you see the theatrical trailer for Part 2! It shows two of the most important parts of the battle of Hogwarts. {{spoiler|The first, though only a flash, is Ron visibly cradling Fred's dead body. The second Lupin and Tonks hold hands before what is most likely their death, and the third is Molly and Bellatrix fighting.}} Might as well spoil the fact that {{spoiler|Snape loved Lily}}. |
** You thought ''that'' was bad? Just wait until you see the theatrical trailer for Part 2! It shows two of the most important parts of the battle of Hogwarts. {{spoiler|The first, though only a flash, is Ron visibly cradling Fred's dead body. The second Lupin and Tonks hold hands before what is most likely their death, and the third is Molly and Bellatrix fighting.}} Might as well spoil the fact that {{spoiler|Snape loved Lily}}. |
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** Related are all these teachers who, when assigning their students novels for mandatory reading, casually spoil everything about the plot , because Lord forbid the students actually derive ''pleasure'' from reading. |
** Related are all these teachers who, when assigning their students novels for mandatory reading, casually spoil everything about the plot , because Lord forbid the students actually derive ''pleasure'' from reading. |
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* Averted, apparently by accident, on the back covers of some of the Harper Torch-published ''[[Discworld]]'' paperbacks, where it's obvious that [[Media Research Failure|whoever wrote the blurb had never read the books.]] |
* Averted, apparently by accident, on the back covers of some of the Harper Torch-published ''[[Discworld]]'' paperbacks, where it's obvious that [[Media Research Failure|whoever wrote the blurb had never read the books.]] |
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** Except for ''[[Guards! Guards!]]'' which gives away the fact that {{spoiler|the dragon is crowned king}}, which doesn't happen until about halfway through the book and is apparently intended to be a surprise twist. |
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*** One copy has a friggin' {{spoiler|Dragon with a Crown on the cover}} - both sides of the books will spoil (so will the spine of the book since they have mini versions of the cover art.) |
*** One copy has a friggin' {{spoiler|Dragon with a Crown on the cover}} - both sides of the books will spoil (so will the spine of the book since they have mini versions of the cover art.) |
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* ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''. {{spoiler|Peter Quint's dead, and so is that governess he was dallying with.}} This is made out to be a surprise in the book. Thanks, blurb. |
* ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''. {{spoiler|Peter Quint's dead, and so is that governess he was dallying with.}} This is made out to be a surprise in the book. Thanks, blurb. |
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* One edition of ''[[The Witches of Karres]]'' by [[James H. Schmitz]] has a back-cover blurb rather accurately saying that the "adorable little girls made Pausert the mortal enemy of his fiancée, his planet, the Empire, the Sirians, the Uldunians, the dread pirate chieftain {{spoiler|Laes Yango}}..." The spoilered name there was an alias the pirate chieftain '''the Agandar''' used when trying to capture Pausert's ship by trickery rather than brute force. |
* One edition of ''[[The Witches of Karres]]'' by [[James H. Schmitz]] has a back-cover blurb rather accurately saying that the "adorable little girls made Pausert the mortal enemy of his fiancée, his planet, the Empire, the Sirians, the Uldunians, the dread pirate chieftain {{spoiler|Laes Yango}}..." The spoilered name there was an alias the pirate chieftain '''the Agandar''' used when trying to capture Pausert's ship by trickery rather than brute force. |
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* The producers of ''[[Frasier]]'' had to pull a fast one on [[NBC]] in order to avert this. In the "Adventures in Paradise" two-part episode, Frasier finds himself at a Hawaiian resort in a room next to his ex-wife, Lilith. The second part ended with a dream sequence where Frasier was back at the resort, this time next to {{spoiler|[[Cheers|Shelly Long as Diane Chambers]]}}. The producers were worried that NBC would heavily promote the surprise cameo, so they shot the scene in secret and turned in a copy of the episode without the scene, only giving the real episode to the executives at the very last minute. |
* The producers of ''[[Frasier]]'' had to pull a fast one on [[NBC]] in order to avert this. In the "Adventures in Paradise" two-part episode, Frasier finds himself at a Hawaiian resort in a room next to his ex-wife, Lilith. The second part ended with a dream sequence where Frasier was back at the resort, this time next to {{spoiler|[[Cheers|Shelly Long as Diane Chambers]]}}. The producers were worried that NBC would heavily promote the surprise cameo, so they shot the scene in secret and turned in a copy of the episode without the scene, only giving the real episode to the executives at the very last minute. |
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* During ''[[Chuck]]'''s third season, one episode ended with the implied death of {{spoiler|Devon Woodcomb, aka, Captain Awesome. However, almost immediately afterwards, we see him in the next time trailer, still alive.}} |
* During ''[[Chuck]]'''s third season, one episode ended with the implied death of {{spoiler|Devon Woodcomb, aka, Captain Awesome. However, almost immediately afterwards, we see him in the next time trailer, still alive.}} |
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* PBS' trailer for the newest adaptation of ''[[Great Expectations]]'' gives away {{spoiler|how Miss Havisham dies}}, even though the official website goes out of its way to stick "Spoiler Warning" on the production designer's discussion of that event. |
* PBS' trailer for the newest adaptation of ''[[Great Expectations]]'' gives away {{spoiler|how Miss Havisham dies}}, even though the official website goes out of its way to stick "Spoiler Warning" on the production designer's discussion of that event. |
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* The trailers for ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' are infamous for this. For example, the season 3's big cliffhanger ending of {{spoiler|Dean being sent to hell}} was kind of ruined since the original episode promo showed {{spoiler|Sam crying over Dean's dead body.}} More recently, the episode promo for season 7's "Repo Man" completely ruined the episode's big twist of {{spoiler|the apparent victim actually being a villain and trying to let a demon that once possessed him once again inhabit his body}} by actually making it the ''focus of the trailer.'' |
* The trailers for ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' are infamous for this. For example, the season 3's big cliffhanger ending of {{spoiler|Dean being sent to hell}} was kind of ruined since the original episode promo showed {{spoiler|Sam crying over Dean's dead body.}} More recently, the episode promo for season 7's "Repo Man" completely ruined the episode's big twist of {{spoiler|the apparent victim actually being a villain and trying to let a demon that once possessed him once again inhabit his body}} by actually making it the ''focus of the trailer.'' |
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== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
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* Many RPG adventures' cover art, seeking to entice buyers with action scenes, inadvertently spoil the nature of the scenario's [[Final Battle]] or a major mid-story menace. |
* Many RPG adventures' cover art, seeking to entice buyers with action scenes, inadvertently spoil the nature of the scenario's [[Final Battle]] or a major mid-story menace. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* Trailers for ''[[Portal 2]]'' clearly spoiled the fact that {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS was still alive and would still be the main antagonist of the game}}. At least for half of it. |
* Trailers for ''[[Portal 2]]'' clearly spoiled the fact that {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS was still alive and would still be the main antagonist of the game}}. At least for half of it. |
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* Partially played straight but also subverted by ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. The information and trailers released prior to the game show off pretty much every stage, boss, character, and plot point up to Pit's final battle against Medusa. {{spoiler|So people were reasonably surprised when Hades tore up the credits screen, revealing that the game wasn't even two-fifths done, and most of the more important and/or memorable characters and subplots had yet to be introduced.}} |
* Partially played straight but also subverted by ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. The information and trailers released prior to the game show off pretty much every stage, boss, character, and plot point up to Pit's final battle against Medusa. {{spoiler|So people were reasonably surprised when Hades tore up the credits screen, revealing that the game wasn't even two-fifths done, and most of the more important and/or memorable characters and subplots had yet to be introduced.}} |
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== [[Web Animation]] == |
== [[Web Animation]] == |
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* Parodied in ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'', which opens with a mock trailer that does the exact opposite: it doesn't reveal ''anything'' about the movie it's advertising because it's heavily censored, and parts of it have been replaced with stuff like [Dialogue Missing] and [Title Missing]. |
* Parodied in ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'', which opens with a mock trailer that does the exact opposite: it doesn't reveal ''anything'' about the movie it's advertising because it's heavily censored, and parts of it have been replaced with stuff like [Dialogue Missing] and [Title Missing]. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* Parodied with the second trailer for ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]] 2: [[In Name Only]]'', which intentionally reveals many, many plot twists. |
* Parodied with the second trailer for ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]] 2: [[In Name Only]]'', which intentionally reveals many, many plot twists. |
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* The trailer for [[That Guy With The Glasses]]' two-year anniversary special ''[[Kickassia]]'' had [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] shouting "{{spoiler|Oh my gosh! It's 3D Lee!}}" |
* The trailer for [[That Guy With The Glasses]]' two-year anniversary special ''[[Kickassia]]'' had [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] shouting "{{spoiler|Oh my gosh! It's 3D Lee!}}" |
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* More like "the preview always spoils", unless the YouTube user has found a way to muck with the video thumbnail of a movie, YouTube will default it to the middle of the movie. If it's say, for a race and the course is known, you can tell at least midway who's winning. |
* More like "the preview always spoils", unless the YouTube user has found a way to muck with the video thumbnail of a movie, YouTube will default it to the middle of the movie. If it's say, for a race and the course is known, you can tell at least midway who's winning. |
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{{quote|2419. I am required to tell the DM if the secret villain of the adventure is revealed on the back synopsis of the module screen. }} |
{{quote|2419. I am required to tell the DM if the secret villain of the adventure is revealed on the back synopsis of the module screen. }} |
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== Western Animation == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode Professor Chaos. Quoting from memory: |
* Parodied in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode Professor Chaos. Quoting from memory: |
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{{quote|'''Narrator''': Will Professor Chaos succeed? Which boy will replace Kenny? Which adult cast member will [[Tonight Someone Dies|die]]? These questions will be answered... {{spoiler|right now. No, Tweek, and Ms. Choksondik.}}}} |
{{quote|'''Narrator''': Will Professor Chaos succeed? Which boy will replace Kenny? Which adult cast member will [[Tonight Someone Dies|die]]? These questions will be answered... {{spoiler|right now. No, Tweek, and Ms. Choksondik.}}}} |
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