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* The Next episode trailer for episode 8 of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has Kamina monologuing. Nothing to out of the ordinary for the show thus far except they gave the title of the episode, which was {{spoiler|"Farewell Comrades" ("Later, Buddy" in the dub) which were Kamina's last words!}} [[Spoiler Title|They put the title card at the end of the episode for a reason!]]
* The English Trailer for [[Ghost in the Shell]] starts with revealing the mystery the entire plot is about.
* The trailer for ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid'' at the end of "Episode 00" spoils that {{spoiler|Gauron survived the explosion at the end of the first season}}.
* Completely averted by the back cover of the final volume of ''[[Death Note]]'', which, instead of giving a brief plot summary, simply says "The battle ends here!"
** Mostly the same with the preview for it in Volume 11, although if you think about it, showing {{spoiler|Light's watch}} could be considered a minor spoiler.
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** Not learning their lesson, ''Enterprise''-D's crashing saucer was shown in the ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' trailer.
* The trailer of ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' spoiled a major revelation, which made a large chunk of the film rather lame since everyone knew what was going on. Luckily, that's not all there is to it.
* In ''[[Shrek]] 2'', the nature of Puss N Boots (a cute little kitty who just happens to be a mercenary) is clearly meant to be a comedic twist, but the trailers practically made it the main selling point. Not to mention the merchandise, which spoiled {{spoiler|Shrek turning into a handsome human temporarily}}, while ''Shrek 3'' 's merchandise spoiled {{spoiler|the birth of the Shreklings (Shrek and Fiona's children), as well as the [[
* In ''[[Star Wars]] Episode 2: [[Attack of the Clones]]'', Count Dooku's effectiveness as a mysterious villain (as parodied in a [http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Site/ThumbnailEpisodeII02 Thumbnail Theatre]) would undoubtedly have been more effective if his action figure packaging hadn't given away the fact that he was a Sith Lord months before the movie was released.
** Even if you never saw anything that gave away his Sith Lord status, the movie still did a horrible job of hiding it.
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* The poster for ''[[Airheads]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Chazz, Rex, and Pip are ultimately arrested and sent to prison}}.
* The advertisings 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]].
* The trailer for the [[Harry Potter
** 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}}.
*** [[But Wait! There's More!]]! The trailers for Part 2 also show a scene where Harry speaks to dead friends and loved ones, like his parents -- as well as a certain character ({{spoiler|Prof. Remus Lupin}}) who was still alive last time we checked. And said character is quite prominent, meaning it's hard to miss. Whoops.
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** The blurbs on the omnibus editions of [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s [[Miles Vorkosigan]] books are particularly bad, although the task is made harder by the blurb needing to be for at least two books at once.
** Many editions of ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' mention in the blurb that {{spoiler|Edward's a vampire}}, thereby robbing the first ''two hundred'' pages of any sense of mystery. Of course, if this hadn't been spoiled it would have been a pretty bad case of {{spoiler|[[Genre Shift]] with a mystery romance novel suddenly including vampires. Imagine how that felt to the eight people in the world who didn't know about this beforehand.}}
** This, however, was [[Subverted Trope]] by the cover text for ''[[Harry Potter
*** The text on the inside front of the hardback edition's dust jacket is somewhat longer, but still amounts to that.
*** This troper wasn't so lucky. The inside cover of his cover mentioned that Harry was on a quest to find {{spoiler|Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes}}, spoiling a plot point ''the entire 6th book was leading up towards.''
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* ''[[Here There Be Dragons]]'' states on the back cover that the three main characters are, in fact, {{spoiler|J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carrol, and Charles Williams}}, when this is not revealed until the very end of the book.
* The dust jacket of ''[[Warbreaker]]'' ruins a major plot twist if you think hard enough, by telling you flat out that {{spoiler|Vasher is the titular Warbreaker, which is a major hint that Vasher is also the similarly named Peacegiver.}}
* One recent printing of ''[[Podkayne
* The ''[[Club Of Queer Trades]]'' is a series of off-beat detective stories by [[G. K. Chesterton]]. The blurb at the beginning gives away the solution to every single story.
** Chesterton himself commented on this trope in a poem, entitled "[http://chesterton.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/commercial-candour/ Commercial Candour]".
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* Done in the instruction manual for ''[[Totally Rad]]'', revealing master magician Zebediah's secret at least three times until they actually lampshade this trope.
* One of the few plot twists in ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' that couldn't be seen coming three miles away, namely ''Jak II/Renegade'' being {{spoiler|set in the future}}, well...the trope name should give you something of a clue.
* When ''The Twin Snakes'', the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' remake for the [[Nintendo
{{quote|'''Ninja''': Do you remember me now?
'''Snake''': It can't be... you were killed in Zanzibar Land... }}
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{{quote|'''Terminal''': {{spoiler|PAL code number three confirmed. PAL code entry complete. Detonation code activated.}}
'''Snake''':{{spoiler|It's moving... But how do I stop it!?}} }}
** Considering the [[
*** And the Ninja example wasn't much of a spoiler to non-Japanese audiences, since ''[[Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake]]'' [[No Export for You|didn't get an international release]] until ''MGS3: Subsistence''.
** Similar to the above ''Phantom Menace'' and ''Gundam SEED'' examples above, ''[[Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake]]'' features a track labeled {{spoiler|"Natasha's Death." (That's Gustava for those of you playing the version included in Subsistence.)}}
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* The ads for [[The Movie]] and [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' (before it was [[Uncanceled]]), "So the Drama," show the [[High School Dance]] moments leading up to the [[Relationship Upgrade|the final kiss between Kim and Ron]], something shippers have been hoping for since Season 1. They didn't even attempt to [[Ship Tease]] the fans with the [[Romantic False Lead]], Eric. [[Viewers are Morons|Obviously they believed fans needed MORE incentive to watch the show.]]
** As if that wasn't enough, one of said ads actually showed a clip of Kim being shocked by Eric while he had an evil look on his face, which would pretty much give away that {{spoiler|he's really working for Drakken}}.
* Nickelodeon showed various commercials of scenes leading up to the release of [[The Movie]] of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''. One of these completely spoiled that Helga finally confesses her love for Arnold. (They didn't show how he reacted to it, though.)
* From an episode preview on the ''[[Transformers]] G1'', "But is this really the end of Optimus Prime? Tune in for tomorrow's exciting episode: "The Return of Optimus Prime".
** However, the ''first'' time that aired, it didn't have the narration. Thankfully, newer DVD releases go without it (though of course the DVD's episode list does let you know that an episode called "The Return of Optimus Prime" is coming up.)
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