History Main / SpoilerOpening

** ''StargateAtlantis'' did not have a title sequence for its pilot, which would have revealed the plot. Season Two averted this trope by not having a title sequence at all for the first several episodes in, by which time we had discovered who was MIA and who was joining the cast. Too bad they forgot this for the state of Season Five.

* Possible example, in WesternAnimation/TeenTitans, during Terra's short stint as a member (two episodes, one of which she has zero dialog and only appears at the last minutes) she isn't included in the credits which probably was a dead give away that she wasn't going to stay on the team very long.

** One new series episode had a carefully-obscured monster who never speaks in a recognisable voice, and all the clips featuring it are shot from its point of view to obscure its appearance until the time the Doctor first sees it. It's referred to by the ambiguous name "Metaltron" and there's even a careful RedHerring about its nature early on when the Doctor spots a Cyberman head in a glass cabinet (Cybermen being made out of metal). Unfortunately, the title of the episode, shown in massive text at the opening, is "Dalek", which is a bit of a clue.

* The ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' opening, which uses clips from most FMV scenes in the game, spoils nearly every major twist in the plot, such as 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.)

* In ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'' some ''file names'' contain spoilers (for example: gamalls_treachery_engl_none_30.bik). They are displayed on the screen during the game installation.

* RomeoAndJuliet: The ending is right there in the ''prologue.''
** This is the case with nearly every Shakespeare prologue. That was, partially, their purpose.

* The opening narration of ''MoulinRouge'' by Christian clearly states "the woman I loved is dead."
* ''Film/AguirreTheWrathOfGod'' spoils the fact that Aguirre's daughter will die in the end by having her appear shot by an arrow and either dying or dead on the poster used to promote the film.
* 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.

** [[TheUntwist No, we all knew way, way before then.]]

* The opening few moments of ''{{Film/Melancholia}}'' depict the titular rogue planet colliding with the Earth and destroying it. Which, yeah, is the ending of the movie.

** Though, in the long run, it didn't matter since they didn't get a sequel. And it's not really a spoiler since it was nothing like the books, so it may still surprise you to find something the movie actually got right.
* The opening of ''Film/{{Predator}}'' shows the titular alien arriving on Earth - spoiling what would otherwise have been a cool twist halfway through the film.
** Likewise, opening with a flying saucer shows that ''Film/TheThing1982'' will have a sci-fi motif.

* ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' was very egregious with this. Angel's actor would be listed in the first episode of season three, while ostensibly being sent to a hell dimension at the end of two. Actors whose appearance on the show should be a twist (Oz when he had left, Buffy's mom after she died, and so on) would almost always be mentioned up front.

** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' averts this with its season two finale, which guest stars 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.

* The opening few moments of ''Film/Melancholia'' depict the titular rogue planet colliding with the Earth and destroying it. Which, yeah, is the ending of the movie.

* ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' was very egregorious with this. Angel's actor would be listed in the first episode of season three, while ostensibly being sent to a hell dimension at the end of two. Actors whose appearance on the show should be a twist (Oz when he had left, Buffy's mom after she died, and so on) would almost always be mentioned up front.

** 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." The opening stanza ("This is the end...") might even tell M's death.
** Judi Dench's name appears during a point where graves are visible on screen.

* "AdventureTime". Just pay attention to the first 5 seconds of the opening, and you will get spoiled with one of the biggest plot twist in the whole series...

* "AdventureTime". Just pay atention to the first 5 seconds of the opening, and you will get spiled with one of the biggest plot twist in the whole series...

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' does it too, showing, alongside the main characters, Zant and an unknown young woman. Zant is revealed relatively early on, so it's not much of a spoiler, but the young woman ''is'' a spoiler: [[spoiler: That's Midna's true form.]]

** When the opening for ''Series/ZydenSentaiKyoryuger'' was updated, it contained everything missing from the pre-movie version...including Daigo's Super Mode, which debuted in the very episode the new opening premiered. Also, the new villain, Endolf, wasn't in the opening. Come episode 29, he gets PutOnABus.