History Main / SpoilerOpening

* The opening of ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' does not include Morph listed among the team's roster, making it fairly easy to guess that he won't be lasing all the way through the opening two-parter. Even after he comes back from the dead, he never rejoins the team full time.

* Taken UpToEleven with the series pilot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', which gave away the entire episode plot.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' 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''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The opening sequence for the third season spoils the ending of the previous season, wherein [[spoiler:the show shifts locations from the titular Amphibia to Anne's hometown of Los Angeles back on Earth]]. The sequence also reveals that [[spoiler:Marcy is still alive]] before the show itself does, which happens to be the only reason why the season two finale wasn't edited, as the creator agreed to have the new title sequence added as an after-credits scene to mitigate the tension of [[spoiler:her apparent death]] instead.

Overlaps with ForegoneConclusion. Compare TrailersAlwaysSpoil. Contrast NotNamedInOpeningCredits, when the credits omit an actor's name and maintain the surprise. See also FirstEpisodeTwist, which can often fall prey to this, though that can be averted with any of the above methods or just using a TitleOnlyOpening for that episode.

** When ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' was shown in 2008, Creator/SylvesterStallone showed the alternate ending of the first movie where Rambo died during the making-of documentary. The Rambo sequels were also mentioned in the preshow.

* The first season of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' had Tex appearing in the credits... along with ''her'' voice actor. There goes the plot twist that [[SamusIsAGirl Tex Is a Girl]]. Has since fallen into ItWasHisSled territory.

** An interview that played before the Insider Access to ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' event spoiled Bing Bong's death when talking about how his voice actor (Richard Kind) cried while recording the character's FamousLastWords: "Take her to the moon for me...okay?". What's even worse is that the '''trailers''' for the event spoiled some parts of the movie's climax, including the scene where Joy runs through Imagination Land, the scene where Anger gives Riley the idea to run away and the scene where Joy and Sadness splat onto the window of Headquarters after Fear says "I wish Joy was here!"[[note]]admittedly, the last mentioned scene could account for TrailerJokeDecay as well[[/note]]

[[Administrivia/InternalSubtrope A variation]] is where an [[TheUnseen unseen character]] or actor is [[{{TheFaceless}} kept hidden]] [[ToBeContinued until the next installment]], yet credited in the ClosingCredits. Another variation is where vaguely famous names appear in the opening credits, so [[NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize you can guess automatically that they're going to be fairly prominent in the episode before they even show up]]. In series with recurring characters that are not normally in the credits or a [[TheBusCameBack cameo from someone who left the show]] this can indicate their eventual presence in an episode ruining their unexpected entrance. These variants are often {{Enforced|Trope}} by the certain rules of Actor UsefulNotes/{{Unions|InHollywood}},[[note]]specifically, who can appear where in the credits[[/note]] [[http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/098.html as noted by]] Creator/JMichaelStraczynski. DeadStarWalking can be either a straight-playing or an aversion of this subtrope, depending on how it's presented.

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* ''They Both Die at the End''. And they do.

* The third chapter intro for ''WebComic/GastroPhobia'' spoils both [[ShapeShifting Mania]]'s introduction, and the appearance of her human form.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''

** Despite being introduced as Shredder's lieutenants, Chris Bradford and Xever are strangely absent from the intro of ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)]]''. Instead, Shredder is shown standing with the [[{{Mutant}} mutants]] Dogpound and Fishface. No prizes for guessing what's going to happen to Bradford and Xever.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''

* 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=] [[http://youtu.be/8BtV0a5M2xk 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]].

** Volume 4: Volume 3 had ended with Blake running away alone, and Volume 4 starts off with her still travelling alone. However, she is stalked by a hooded figure until she finds out who he is. The opening credits, however, reveal from the outset that Sun is travelling with her, making the identity of the hooded figure easy to guess.
** Volume 7: When a new volume airs, the opening credits are placed after the first episode but in their correct place at the beginning of each subsequent episode. For Volume 7, the creators warned the fandom not to watch the opening credits before they'd watched the first episode due to there being a very large spoiler in them. [[spoiler:The opening credits reveal Penny has returned to the story. She was torn to shreds in Volume 3 and the creators had refused to confirm whether she [[RobotGirl could be rebuilt]] and returned to the story. Volume 7's reveal was a big surprise at the time for the fandom, but swiftly entered ItWasHisSled territory by the end of the volume.]]

* The intro to ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' features characters that are in skits that don't even premiere until a few episodes in, like Goodfeathers, Slappy Squirrel, Buttons and Mindy and Rita and Runt. As the show aired on Monday through Fridays during its' run, these spoilers lasted for at least two weeks.

** Volume 4: Volume 3 had ended with Blake running away alone, and Volume 4 starts off with her still travelling alone. However, she is stalked by a hooded figure until she finds out who he is. The opening credits, however, reveal from the outset that it's Sun and that he's travelling with Blake.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
** It takes several episodes before the titular team is formed, and there is much angst on the protagonist's part as she wonders who she will be partnered with... which is all well and good, except for the part where three other girls are prominently depicted in the intro for that first season, even fighting alongside her in one scene.
** The DarkerAndEdgier turn Volume 3 takes halfway through is foreshadowed by the opening credits theme.
** The Volume 4 opening spoils the fact that Sun is the hooded figure stalking Blake on the ship in "Of Runaways And Stowaways", the fact that Qrow has been watching over Team RNJR in "Family", and that Corsac and Fennec, who don't debut until midseason, are in league with Adam.
** Eventually [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Volume 6 opening, where plenty of new characters and story arcs are foreshadowed but kept vague enough to not spoil anything.
** Played straight again with the Volume 7 opening which strongly hints at [[spoiler:James Ironwood's eventual FaceHeelTurn.]]

* The Boomerang description for the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "The Worm Turns" spoils the reason Booker stopped chasing worms: [[spoiler:his life was saved by one]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Just pay attention to the first 5 seconds of the opening, and you will get spoiled with one of the biggest plot twists in the whole series: [[spoiler:the fact that Ooo is actually the remains of Earth after a giant nuclear war.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/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: the fact that Ooo is actually the remains of Earth after a giant nuclear war.

* The opening credits for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', and later ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', would show (sometimes spoileriffic) scenes from that particular episode.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' pilot "Man Of Tomorrow" had spoilers in the opening credits, showing Timber Wolf, who wouldn't be making an appearance until the next episode.

* An animated FunnyAnimal version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Adventures of Oliver Twist}}'' features a montage of all the plot points from an episode, from beginning to ending, put just before the episode begins.

** The closing credits and {{Episode Title Card}}s have an emphasis on Steven driving his car which rather overtly hint at [[spoiler:Steven [[ButNowItMustGo moving out]] of Beach City at the end of the series]]. The show's creator has even stated that, while the title cards of the original series were set in the present, for ''Future'' they're always set after the end.

* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'': Flynn Rider announces he will die as the first line in the movie. He gets better.

* Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' 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 Volume 4 opening spoils the fact that Sun is the hooded figure stalking Blake on the ship in "Of Runaways And Stowaways", the fact that Qrow has been watching over Team RNJR/JNNR in "Family", and the fact that the two faunus, Corsac and Fennec, that debut in "Menagerie" are in league with Adam.

** Played straight again with the Volume 7 opening which strongly hints at [[spoiler:IronWood's FaceHeelTurn.]]