History Main / SpoilerOpening

* The opening of ''{{Nier}}'' is ''chock full'' of spoilers, revealing, among other things, Weiss's connection with the Shadowlord, Kaine's half-Shade nature, Fyra's death, and the Twins' betrayal. All in a montage set to the final boss's theme.

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* In the Season 1 opening of {{Oz}} is a shot of someone on the electric chair. Though his face is offscreen, we can clearly see a "MOM" tattoo on his hand.

* StephenieMeyer managed to spoil ''Twilight'''s plot twist on the back of the book: “About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how potent that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

* The opening used in the ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' pilot "Children of the Gods" was recycled from the movie and didn't show any scenes from the series itself. Which would be a good idea if they also left Christopher Judge's name out to avoid spoiling Teal'c's defection. That is, for those who recognize Christopher Judge as Teal'c.

* ''KamenRiderFaiz'' clearly shows the main good guy cast in the opening... but with AnyoneCanDie in full effect, this doesn't help much.
** ''KamenRiderRyuki'' averts this trope by masking over the eyes of a number of people would would be suspected to be Kamen Riders, if not for the fact that they don't even ''appear'' in the show.
*** It's [[KamenRiderDragonKnight American counterpart]], however, plays it half way. While it spoils all the riders (save for Eubulon/Alternate), it does not spoil the men [[SmurfettePrinciple and woman]] behind the masks.

* Each episode of ''CupcakeWars'' has a customized opening explaining the day's theme, including a shot of the two finished cupcake displays.

* The OntologicalMystery of ''Film/DarkCity'' is spoiled by the OpeningMonologue, which is taken from a scene halfway through the movie. (ExecutiveMeddling mandated the addition of the voiceover.) Future viewers: Do yourself a favour and mute the sound until Kiefer Sutherland looks at his watch.
** Or better yet, watch the directors cut, which omits the opening monologue.

** BSG specifically avoids this in the Season 3 finale "Crossroads, Part II" - Katee Sackhoff does not appear in the opening credits, but is credited at the end of the episode, after [[spoiler:Starbuck returns from the dead]].

* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'''s opening also serves, but is kinda ambiguous to those without knowledge of the American Army: the old man is wearing a pin of the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles), and [[spoiler:Ryan]] was the only principal character in the film in that division.

* The opening credits of ''Film/GoldenEye'' make it fairly plain that we haven't seen the last of [[spoiler:Sean Bean, despite his character being "killed" before the credits even rolled.]]
** The opening credits of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' foreshadow Bond's mission to Asia, Bond and [[BigBad Silva]]'s backstories, and the final battle at [[TheNamesake the titular household of the same name]] - which is also told by Music/{{Adele}}'s theme, with lyrics such as "Let the sky fall, when it crumbles, we will stand tall, face it all together, at Skyfall." [[spoiler:The opening stanza ("This is the end...") might even tell M's death.]]

* Want to watch ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' 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!
* In the film adaptation of ''Film/{{Eragon}}'', along with being almost nothing like the book, the audience is informed of the fact that [[spoiler: Arya is a princess]] during the opening narration and plot set up. A fact that readers didn't find out about until halfway through the second book.

* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'': Flynn Rider announces he will die as the first line in the movie. [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''{{Rango}}''. The owls say he'll die, implicitly at some point during the storyline. [[spoiler: at the end, when it hasn't happened, one owl suggests he might die from a household accident. At some point after the timeframe of the movie.]]

* The cover of the third book of Literature/TheIcewindDaleTrilogy shows the heroes fighting demons in Tartarus, which only happens at the very end of the book. Also, [[spoiler: Bruenor]] is shown on the cover, who was thought dead in the previous book and makes a surprising return in this book.

* The first page of ''[[Literature/ArtemisFowl The Last Guardian]]'' says (at the bottom, in Gnommish): [[spoiler: The Last Will and Testament of Artemis Fowl.]]

* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has a spoiler ending in the penultimate episode of the second season, when the Dean of a rival school is listed in the credits. [[spoiler: He is disguised as an ice cream mascot and masterminding the entire situation.]]

** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' averts this with its season two finale, which guest stars [[spoiler: Alison Hannigan as Willow, who shows up at the Angel Investigations office to inform Angel that Buffy has died.]] The same trick from Buffy's "Two to Go" episode is used to hide the actor's identity. Which makes sense since in both cases, the actor in question shows up at the very end and only has a single line of dialog.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' did this big time in Season 7. During the previous season, [[spoiler: Paget Brewster's character was written off by apparently killing her and eventually revealing that she was in Europe under witness protection, heavily implying that her character was never coming back.]] Well, guess whose name and face were prominently featured in the opening of the first episode in Season 7?

** The third season showed [[spoiler:Starfuries fighting Starfuries]], which signified a major change in alliances (and wouldn't happen until half way through the season).

** Yet another spoiling intro is in the fourth season: [[spoiler:G'Kar saying that it was the year "we took back what was ours."]] Maybe it's tradition.

** BSG specifically avoids this in the Season 3 finale "Crossroads, Part II" - [[spoiler:Katee Sackhoff]] does not appear in the opening credits, but is credited at the end of the episode, after [[spoiler:Starbuck returns from the dead]].
*** They do the same thing in the season 4.5 premiere with [[spoiler:Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh]].

** In the episode "Heart of Stone", [[spoiler: the Female Changeling posed as Major Kira in an attempt to persuade Odo back to the Great Link.]] In order not to spoil the ending, the actress agreed to be listed in the ending credits, instead of the opening guest star credits.
** Nicely averted by the episode "Duet", in which the actor playing Marritza is listed, as Marritza, immediately after Odo identifies him by name. [[spoiler: Actually a DoubleSubversion: for most of the episode, we are led to believe that the character's ''real'' identity is Gul Darhe'el, and if this were true, the credits would be deliberately misleading; however, it's revealed that his ''real'' real identity is Marritza after all.]]

** In one episode while [[spoiler: Daniel was dead and Ascended]], Michael Shanks appeared in the beginning credits as a guest star. However, it turned out that [[spoiler: he was playing his ''other'' character, the Asgard Thor.]] Another episode had [[spoiler: Thor]] make a surprise appearance in the end, for this scene, Shanks was put in the ending credits.
*** Similarly, after [[spoiler: Daniel Descended at the end of that season,]] the opening credits for the following season included [[spoiler: Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson, but not Corin Nemec as Jonas Quinn]]. It was not supposed to be revealed until the end of the second or third episode of the season that [[spoiler: Jonas would leave SG-1,]] and events also threw into questions [[spoiler: whether or not Daniel would actually stay.]] Not that the audience really questioned that. StatusQuoIsGod
** Like the above example, the first episode of season nine includes [[spoiler: Mitchell, Daniel, Sam, Teal'c and Landry, even though it was (supposed to be) uncertain whether or not Daniel, Sam, and Teal'c would actually come back to SG-1, while Vala was being played as a returning character.]] The latter was a "special guest star" until about a quarter of the way through the season, and also made opening credits the next year. However, Sam didn't return until several episodes into the ninth season.

** Also, there's an easy-to-miss one early in the fourth season of StargateAtlantis. The show reverts to using the previous season's opening sequence (or the credits in it, at least), including Dr. Carson Beckett, who died around the end of the third season. His name is only in the opening credits for one episode, though, so you can chalk it up to a mistake... [[spoiler:[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife unless you've previously read about]] the "Oh, Michael's got a clone to replace the dead original" thing that's going to happen.]]
*** In the fourth season, however, there's one that's very difficult to miss. The third season ended with [[spoiler: Elizabeth Weir being injured]]. In the fourth season opener, [[spoiler: Torri Higgenson, who plays Weir, was left out of the credits, as was Paul [=MacGillion=] as Beckett, who had died partway through the third season but been left in until the end. Higgenson]] was replaced by [[spoiler: Amanda Tapping as Sam Carter]].
* ''{{Lost}}'' did this in Season 6, including [[spoiler: Desmond's actor, Henry Ian Cusick]] in the credits all season, long before his eventual "surprise" appearance.

*** Especially after, in season 5, [[spoiler:Locke's actor Terry O'Quinn]] remains in the credits and continues to appear [[spoiler:after his death]]... but then we find out that it's not him and he's [[spoiler:been dead all season]].
*** In Season 6, [[spoiler: Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim and Zuleikha Robinson]] all remain in the credits after their characters are killed.

*** It's [[KamenRiderDragonKnight American counterpart]], however, plays it half way. While it spoils all the riders [[spoiler: (save for Eubulon/Alternate)]], it does not spoil the men [[SmurfettePrinciple and woman]] behind the masks.

** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' showed all the members of the Kamen Rider Club in the opening since the first episode. Since it's on this trope's page, you can guess that they weren't part of the club when the first episode started. In fact, it takes 10 episodes for all the members to join. [[spoiler: (12 if you don't count Kengo joining until he becomes Gentaro's friend).]]

** They did, however, spoil a surprise again in the opening credits of the season 5 premiere. At the end of season 4, Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler left CTU together to settle down and start a new life, yet in the first episode of the new season, Carlos Bernard is listed with the regulars and Reiko Aylesworth is listed as a guest star. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, Michelle is dead.]]

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': The episode that Rebel's identity is revealed, [[spoiler:cast member Noah Gray-Cabey]] is listed in the opening credits. Long-time fans would recognize that [[spoiler:he played Micah Sanders]] and would then feel free to have a good guess at who Rebel is judging by the ways he has been helping and communicating with the other characters even before he actually appears in the episode.

** The revised opening for Season 3 did spoil that [[spoiler:Aeryn]] wasn't dead by featuring her prominently in the opening sequence despite theoretically dying the previous season. However, [[spoiler:Stark]] didn't start to appear in the opening until after he had returned.
* The opening credits of the first series of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' include a brief clip of [[spoiler: Doyle's death]]. But it's not really obvious that's happening until you've already seen the episode.
** Angel also subverts this in the episode after [[spoiler: Doyle's death]] by keeping the credits the same. [[spoiler: Wesley would not be added to the credits until the following episode]]
** ''Series/{{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]].

* ''Series/{{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.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted for new viewers in a later episode were a alien who implanted himself into the cast's memories, is included in the opening along with the rest of the cast.]]
* ''{{Spooks}}'' averted the trope in much the same way, by having [[spoiler: Rupert Penry-Jones]] appear in all the publicity for Season 7, including doing extensive interviews, appearing in first place in the titles, in group shots etc. [[spoiler: His character was killed off in Episode One, and it was a HELL of a shock.]]
** And yet despite displaying awareness of this, the ''[[WhatAnIdiot very next season]]'' released a publicity photo of all of the characters at their desks. Or rather [[spoiler: [[TheBusCameBack Ruth]], [[ReplacementScrappy Tariq]] but no [[KilledOffForReal Jo]] or [[PutOnABus Malcolm]]]].

** Averted in Season 5, where [[spoiler: Kutner's hallucinatory return]] would have been spoiled if they'd [[spoiler: "bothered" removing Kal Penn's name from the credits when he left early in the season and Kutner died]].
* Similarly averted in the second season of ''VeronicaMars'', where [[spoiler: Duncan's brief cameo in the season finale, where it's revealed that he ordered the execution of Aaron Echolls, was a surprise largely because he hadn't been removed from the opening credits after he was written out.]] As if to make up for this, in the third season finale [[spoiler: the reveal that Jake Kane is the head of The Castle (Neptune's secret society) is undercut by having Kyle Secor listed as a Special Guest Star at the start of the episode.]]
* ''Series/RedDwarf'', debatably. Series VII's opening credits feature [[spoiler:alternate Kochanski]]. However, as she was being played by [[TheOtherDarrin a different actress]], she wasn't immediately recognisable.
* The opening monologue in the latter episodes of series 6 of ''{{Shameless}}'' shows the dramatic season-ending [[spoiler: Mandy-killing]] explosion, which somewhat undercuts the suspense of the final episode when [[spoiler: Mandy is desperately trying to stop Maureen from lighting a match to blow up her house.]]
* Another British example from ''{{Misfits}}'' - the opening episode features six teenagers starting their community service on the same day. All of the promotion materials and the opening credits feature five of those teenagers. [[spoiler: Guess who gets hacked to pieces with an axe 20 minutes into the first episode!]] Also potentially with Nathan's 'superpower' - the first few episodes haven't shown his power, and his curiousity over what ability he'll get is a running subplot. Except that [[spoiler:the opening credits show animations of everyone's power, including his.]]
** With regard to Nathan's power, the image in the opening credits actually constitutes an aversion of this trope. The title sequence depicts what looks like a wolf shadowing him, which indicates some form of lycanthropy as his power. However, [[spoiler: it turns out that Nathan is ''not'' a werewolf; he is in fact immortal. The wolf-like creature in the opening sequence is likely a reference to his step-father's condition, or perhaps a symbol of death (a black dog, possibly) and the fact that its claw misses him is indicative of his immortality. Admittedly the image is somewhat ambiguous, but it was probably ''intended'' to confuse the audience rather than provide them with blatant spoilers.]]

* ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}'''s opening credits specifically refer to the main character, Dar, as LastOfHisKind, despite the fact that his girlfriend was from the same tribe. [[spoiler: He doesn't become last of his tribe until the first season finale, when said girlfriend gets KilledOffForReal.]]

* ''{{NCIS}}'' spoils the introduction of two of their main characters: The opening credits for the [[spoiler: very first episode features Sasha Alexander, spoiling the surprise of her joining at the end of the episode (it could count as a Late Arrival Spoiler, but it wasn't when the episode first aired)]], while [[spoiler: the opening credits for the fourth episode of season three show Cote de Pablo, before her character is reintroduced and made a part of the team]].

* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'': Things don't reach status quo until after ''two'' episodes, so nearly every major event there is foreseeable (since everything is quite different at the outset). This includes TheHero being thrust into TheFuture (that is, even ''farther'' into it); his ultimately becoming TheCaptain to a group who spend most of those two episodes fighting him; the additional joining-on of an {{Ubermensch}} BountyHunter; and the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} [[UnexplainedRecovery getting better]] after taking an [[InstantDeathBullet InstantDeathLaserBlast]]. The only non-foreseeable major event occurs very near the beginning — a [[spoiler:betrayal by a FalseFriend]].

** Even more egregiously, and once again involving Matthew Bomer, was his being listed as a guest star in the opening of the first season episode "Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami." [[spoiler: At a time when Bryce Larkin is still believed to be dead, spoiling TheReveal that the container Fulcrum was attempting to smuggle in contained the very much alive Larkin.]]
*** FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: At the time, Bryce had already appeared in another episode after his "death," in the pilot albeit ''only in a flashback''. After being credited in this episode as well viewers would likely assume that it would merely be another flashback with him, instead leading to the reveal where he turns out to actually be alive.]]

* The ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' opening, which uses clips from most FMV scenes in the game, spoils nearly every major twist in the plot, such as [[spoiler: Serge stabbing Kid, Terra Tower, Lynx dissolving, the ''six'' Dragons coming together (the game has them scattered across the Home and Another dimensions,) and the true form of the Frozen Flame (the game tries to throw a RedHerring in the form of the Dragon's Tear.)]]
* The ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' opening, which spoils such events as [[spoiler: the Epoch getting its wings]]. It also shows 1999AD's world erupting and being split apart and Lavos appearing.
* The opening of ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'' for PlayStation give some spoilers, like [[spoiler: Alex turning into a Dragon Master, Nail transformation into a White Dragon and the only party members that will stay with you until the end of the game]]
** The opening for the original ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' for SegaCD also heavily implies that [[spoiler: Ghaleon is the main big bad]]
* The opening to ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is littered with spoilers, most notably [[spoiler: Asch looking exactly like Luke, Luke fighting Asch, Luke having cut his hair (which is very symbolic in Japanese media), Luke and Natalia being surrounded by soldiers (from the land which Natalia is princess of) and the appearance of the final dungeon, among other things.]]
** Not to mention [[spoiler: the theme song ''itself'', which pretty much lays out the relationship between Luke and Asch throughout the entire game, right through the epilogue. Well, it's pretty moot if you don't know Japanese, and the English version took out the lyrics...]]

*** And why is [[spoiler: Lloyd]] reaching for his sword in apparent opposition to [[spoiler: Kratos?]]
*** Basically, every scene depicted in the opening actually happens at some point in the game; but without context to put it in, you can't tell what it's about. (Such as [[spoiler:Sheena preparing to activate the Mana Cannon]].)

** And in the opening for ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' why do we see, among other things, [[spoiler:Chloe stabbing Senel]]?
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' mostly avoids this, since the opening only shows a) Minor spoilers (Shaorune), or b) Scenes that don't happen in the game (Annie attacking Eugene and Mao blocking it). An exception would be [[spoiler:Agarte being listed as one of the good guys, something she doesn't become until 3/4 into the game]].

*** This example also some what spoils a major plot twist due to what it doesn't show. [[spoiler:Emperor Gestahl is the big bad for half the game before being replaced by Kefka yet he does not get a single appearance in the trailer while Kefka appears in every third scene.]]

* The opening to ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' spoils a few things [[spoiler: if you're paying close attention. Most glaringly, it shows the texts "Remember you are mortal" and "Memento Mori." Granted, it doesn't make sense in context. It's only after you beat the game that you realize it flat out told you the main character would bite it before you ever started playing.]]
** The opening to ''Persona 3 FES'', however, spoils [[spoiler:the death of the main character]] in a subtle-yet-not-so-subtle way. Mainly by showing scenes from The Answer, where [[spoiler:Aigis is the main character.]]
*** FES has a minor MusicalSpoiler in it's opening as well, [[BilingualBonus if you can speak Japanese]]. The first verse of the theme is sampled from Kimi No Kioku, the ending theme of ''The Journey''. Though it's difficult to interpret the meaning of the song through a single verse, Kimi No Kioku [[spoiler:is a song about a person coping with the death of a loved one.]]
** ''Persona 3 Portable'''s Opening also has the obligatory spoilers. [[spoiler:Memento Mori is still there, but the very last shot of the opening is Minato and the Female Protagonist preparing to use their evokers while a field of Dark Hour Coffins rush by in the background. Just before the final shot, each protagonist aligns perfectly with one of the coffins, looking as though they are resting in them. Of course, anyone whose played the original knows that the new girl is doomed to the same fate as Minato, so it's only a spoiler if you've never played it on the PS2.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has two openings, an animated one which shows clips of all the party members, which isn't so spoilery in itself. The second opening is much more spoilertastic, not only showing [[spoiler:Teddie's Shadow and Persona, which isn't much of a spoiler for anyone whose played ''Persona 3'', as the Mission Control character always eventually joins the main party.]] But it also spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Naoto is a SweetPollyOliver, by showing her speaking in a clearly feminine voice.]]
* The PSP UpdatedRerelease of the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' continues this with the imagery of a head and a town springing from it and the end shot shows Maki standing over the town. [[spoiler: The presumed AlternateUniverse is just a dream world of hers that's slowly starting to take over.]]
* Like the aforementioned ''Tales of Symphonia''/''Persona 3'', ''NeverwinterNights2'' has a spoiler opening that's rather cleverly masked because it's without any context whatsoever. It depicts [[spoiler: Shandra Jerro's ancestor Ammon Jerro (who you're lead to believe was a jolly and kind mage) fighting against the King of Shadows (who you're lead to believe is Ammon Jerro) while using a sword that breaks into numerous silver shards THAT YOU'VE BEEN HUNTING DOWN THE ENTIRE GAME.]]
* In ''GuardiansCrusade'', the opening credits spoil [[spoiler:simultaneously both the HeroicSacrifice and the LoveConfession of the sexy sidekick/romantic interest, which both take place in the FinalBattle against the BigBad]]

* The ''SamuraiShodown II'' intro briefly shows the secret character [[spoiler:Kuroko]].
** But then again, [[spoiler:he's in every match as the referee in the background]], so no one is gonna guess that this secret character is actually playable.

** A particularly notable case, in the opening for ''Radiant Dawn'', there's a section showing various characters in the game; one of the characters shown is [[spoiler:Renning, Elincia's uncle and former leader of the Crimean Army, who was supposedly killed early on in ''Path of Radiance'']]. While it was a popular theory that this character [[spoiler:was the true identity of Bertram of Daein's Four Riders]], him being [[spoiler:still alive after you 'killed' him]] was a plot point that only comes up near the end of the game.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'''s intro contains a blink-and-you'll-miss-it spoiler: [[spoiler:Near the end of the cinematic, Risen are shown emerging from a SwirlyEnergyThingy from the future. Look closely, and you'll see that among them is ''your future self,'' travelling back in time.]]
*** The very first actually playable part of ''Awakening'' counts too. It shows [[spoiler: your avatar killing Chrom after fighting Validar. The final fight with Validar takes place in one of the last few levels, though you manage to avoid killing Chrom when this happens for real]].
* The opening for ''VideoGame/TheThing'' spoils the fact that [[spoiler:your boss is TheManBehindTheMan.]]

* The Opening of ''SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' gives you the pretty obvious hints of [[spoiler: Jaguar being Shadow]] and [[spoiler: Purge being the BigBad]].
* ''KingdomHearts'' comes to mind here. It has a good opening and song to go with it, but you notice certain things, especially when playing the game over. The entire thing seems to be symbolism. You see odd, somewhat creepy looking, white-haired teen holding out a hand as the brown-haired protagonist hesitates and looks somewhat scared. A wave goes to engulf white-haired teen and brown-haired kid runs out finally, trying to help him. The wave crashes down, washing away brown-haired boy, but the white-haired boy is still standing, smirking. [[spoiler: This is pretty much telling you that Riku is going to be "evil" and Sora afraid of that darkness. In fact, the scene in the game is almost exactly like this, but there is actual darkness rather than a wave. It also pretty much says who the three original main characters are and who of your friends on the Island won't be appearing again.]] ''Kingdom Hearts 2'' shows [[spoiler: pretty much the entire plot of the previous two games, hot older Kairi in the costume that doesn't appear for about half the game, an odd connection between Kairi and Namine, and connection with Sora and Roxas,]] for all those people who didn't play the first one or ''ChainOfMemories'' or are just getting into the series? Well, there you go, everything told for you and you didn't even have to try. Of course, it somewhat manages to avoid this with a good about of symbolism.
** ''BirthBySleep'' does this one straight '''''AND''''' [[InvertedTrope inverts]] it. In a typical fashion, the opening is symbolic of the events that transpire (though most of the symbolism will likely go over your head until beating it), but the true spoilers come from the credits. The game is split into three stories, however they can be done in any order. The cast listing reveals Richard Epcar as [[spoiler: Terra-Xehanort]] and [[spoiler: Haley Joel Osment]] as Vanitas. This gets even more ridiculous as the former only appears in Terra's story (not counting the Final Episode), and Vanitas's actor corresponds with his face, which is only revealed in Ven's, so there is no order to play the story in that avoids this. Thankfully the credits are skipable and (appart from the Final Episode's) lacks [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Simple and Clean]].

* In ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'' some ''file names'' contain spoilers (for example: [[spoiler: gamalls_treachery_engl_none_30.bik]]). They are displayed on the screen during the game installation.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' does this ''magnificently,'' in that anyone who has beaten the game will notice that the opening [[spoiler: goes through the entire plot. It shows Joshua, the two Shikis, Rhyme's fate (and hints at the reason for her and Beat's deaths), Kitaniji's plan for Instrumentality, the reason for (and place of) Neku's death.]] Meanwhile, anyone new to the game will simply think it's cool.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' spoils the fact that N is the BigBad. [[spoiler: Only he's not.]]
*** It also spoils that [[spoiler: Ghetsis ''made'' N "King" of Team Plasma, and is in fact the [[TheManBehindTheMan true power behind the throne]].]]
* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' spoils us in the opening sequence when a jet comes by while Neptune is being shown. Most of us would said CoolShip already if it weren't for the fact that [[spoiler: later on, ''Neptune'' herself transforms into that jet plane for one of her attacks.]]
* The opening of ''{{Nier}}'' is ''chock full'' of spoilers, revealing, among other things, [[spoiler:Weiss's connection with the Shadowlord, Kaine's half-Shade nature, Fyra's death, and the Twins' betrayal.]] All in a montage set to the final boss's theme.
* The opening to the console version of the first ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue|Calamity Trigger}}'' game heavily implies that Hazama isn't just another NOL officer. The arcade version of ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'''s opening all but flat-out states that he's a major villain. Later, the opening to ''Continuum Shift II'' hints at Litchi's FaceHeelTurn, and depicts [[spoiler:Noel turning into Mu-12.]]

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. It doesn't get more spoilery than seeing [[spoiler:''a fellow augmented agent and the BigBad discussing their plan''.]]
* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' is egregious with this example. You see a HumongousMecha during the opening after the city was blown up. For awhile, you don't seem to see the guy till the intermission where you finally get all your units and supports. [[spoiler: It's then revealed that he's the FinalBoss.]]
* The opening video in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' spoils Chaos's final transformation and [[spoiler: the destruction of Station Square,]] which are events that don't occur until the end of the game. Rather creepy to think that before you even start the game, you know [[spoiler: almost every person you meet will die by the end of the game.]]

* The opening for ''CorpseParty'' spoils among others [[spoiler: Seiko's death by hanging.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'''s opening movie, a few brief images of [[spoiler: Leon's execution]] are visible.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' somewhat subverted this in their two part special "100th episode". The title of the first part, "Stewie Kills Lois", spoils the plot point near the beginning where Stewie does just that. The conclusion's title, "Lois Kills Stewie", not only spoils Lois's return, but also the apparent resolution of the episode. But when that moment actually came, [[spoiler:it was Peter who killed Stewie]]. Not that it matters anyway, since [[spoiler:it was [[AllJustADream all just a simulation]]]].

** The leaked theme song for ''World Tour'' also FINALLY settled the issue of [[BaseBreaker Ezekiel's]] participation in the season or not. [[spoiler: He's in. For now.]]

* ''JackieChanAdventures'': Even before Valmont and his three last Enforcers (Finn, Ratso and Chow) met Daolon Wong, Season 3 intro revealed the Enforcers becoming Wong's Dark Chi Warriors and it did not feature Valmont, revealing the latter wouldn't appear as often as he did the previous story arcs.

* The german version of Music/TheWho's ''Tommy'' has an opening narration that states "Tommy can not be dubbed!" in this exact words. The narrator then proceeds to give an overview of the films plot which means he gives away every plot twist until the very last moment of the film as if he was reading the synopsis off of Wikipedia. The narration also plays over the first two minutes of the film where Tommys parents meet until the start of the war and cancels out any music. Then the movie proceeds with subtitles, making the inclusion of the narrator completely pointless.

* In Takeshi's perspective of ''{{VisualNovel/Ever17}}'', it's revealed near the end of each route that there is a [[UnderwaterBase secret facility deeper underwater]], directly under [=LeMU=]. However, the observant will notice something very clearly visible under [=LeMU=] in the very first shot of the opening video. It's not clear ''what'' it is, but after reading the story for a while, one can guess it's pretty much unknown to the characters and [[ChekhovsGun will probably become important eventually]].

** ''FireEmblemAwakening'''s intro contains a blink-and-you'll-miss-it spoiler: [[spoiler:Near the end of the cinematic, Risen are shown emerging from a SwirlyEnergyThingy from the future. Look closely, and you'll see that among them is ''your future self,'' travelling back in time.]]