History Main / SpoilingShoutOut

* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip has Linus watching ''Film/CitizenKane''. Lucy comes up and spoils the movie for him (and any readers who hadn't seen it) by revealing that Rosebud was his sled.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'': Paige walks in on her father watching ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' and starts gushing about it despite his repeatedly asking her to be quiet, culminating in her spoiling the happy ending where they realize they don't need any presents...

* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip has Linus watching ''Film/CitizenKane'' when Lucy spoils it for him (and any readers who hadn't seen it) by revealing that Rosebud was his sled.

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', it's how Yami wins his duel against Arcana.
-->'''Yami:''' I see, then the only way to defeat you is to spoil every plot twist in existence, thereby ridding the general public of any desire to see your convoluted mess of a movie series.

* In ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', Lucy watches ''Film/TheSixthSense'' "for the first time" (due to amnesia), and at the end is wowed that [[DeadAllAlong Bruce Willis was a ghost]].

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "''Film/SoylentGreen'' [[IAmAHumanitarian is made of people!]]" It also serves as a foreshadow for Sonmi's story, for when [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the truth about Fabricants and soap]] is revealed.

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* The big twist of ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' can be spoiled for anyone who knows [[LiteraryAllusionTitle which text the book is named after]]: ''The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment [[spoiler:of Women]]''.
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* ''Series/{{Becker}}'' tries to see a film called ''Lethal Vision'' in "The Film Critic" episode but everyone seems to want to talk about the twist ending and spoil it for him. His angry rant on the subject contains a spoiler itself.
-->'''Becker:''' You know, when Hitchcock made ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', they had signs in the lobby warning people not to talk about the movie and you know what? They didn't. That way nobody knew that Tony Perkins ressed up as his mother and killed all those people.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation":
** Leonard is reading ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', and Sheldon tells him, "That's a good one. Dumbledore dies." Leonard gets mad and goes to live with Penny across the hall, and before he leaves, Sheldon tells him, "Dobby the elf dies in book 7."

* On one episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', the guys discuss a movie that ran on television the previous night. Frasier asks them not to because he hasn't seen it yet. They still do and spoil it for him. In retaliation, he spoils the endings to a few films... all of which have achieved ItWasHisSled status.

** At the end of the episode, Sheldon and Leonard resolve their fight and decide to catch up on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge I Married Marge]]" episode, on one of their first dates Marge and Homer see ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. As they leave the theatre Homer says, "Can you believe Darth Vader is Luke's father?", angering everyone in line to see the movie.

Granted, this could be forgivable if the spoiler has reached ItWasHisSled status. (A lot of them are.) If not, this could be considered careless. If done deliberately, it could be seen as a TakeThat. Compare LateArrivalSpoiler a.k.a. "Spoiling Sequel". Can be a leading cause of AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame.

->'''Becca''': ...and Darth Vader is Luke's father.\\
'''Jesse''': Oh, right, so you just happened to guess the biggest cinematic reveal in history?

You have just experienced the Spoiling Shout Out. A work has referenced another work, but they gave away the ending or a major plot point in the process. You might not mind much if you've seen the other work, but if not you're probably annoyed.

Granted, this could be forgivable if the spoiler has reached ItWasHisSled status. (A lot of them are.) If not, this could be considered careless. If done deliberately, it could be seen as a TakeThat. Compare LateArrivalSpoiler aka "Spoiling Sequel". Can be a leading cause of AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame.

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* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "''Film/SoylentGreen'' [[IAmAHumanitarian is made of people!]]". It also serves as a foreshadow for Sonmi's story, for when [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the truth about Fabricants and soap]] is revealed.

-->'''Barney''': [[TheCaligula King Joffrey's]] parents are brother and sister and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he was a fair and wise leader]].[[note]]For further context, Barney roots for the bad guy in every movie, (and in this case, tv show), so he may not have been just saying that to make Robin feel better.[[/note]]

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* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', it's how Yami wins his duel against Arcana.
-->'''Yami:''' I see, then the only way to defeat you is to spoil every plot twist in existence, thereby ridding the general public of any desire to see your convoluted mess of a movie series.

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' had a strip where Tycho gets angry at Gabe for spoiling the end of ''Film/KingKong'' (specifically, that Kong dies). Gabe responds that there's a statute of limitations on spoilers, especially movies that old, and further spoils ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' (Jesus dies).

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "''Film/SoylentGreen'' [[IAmAHumanitarian is made of people!]]". [[spoiler:It also serves as a foreshadow for Sonmi's story, for when [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the truth about Fabricants and soap]] is revealed.]]

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "''Film/SoylentGreen'' [[IAmAHumanitarianis made of people!]]". [[spoiler:It also serves as a foreshadow for Sonmi's story, for when [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the truth about Fabricants and soap]] is revealed.]]

* In ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', Lucy watches ''Film/TheSixthSense'' "for the first time" (due to amnesia), and at the end is wowed that [[spoiler:Bruce Willis was a ghost]].

* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': "''Film/SoylentGreen'' [[spoiler:is made of people!]]". It also serves as a foreshadow for Sonmi's story, [[spoiler:for when [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies the truth about Fabricants and soap]] is revealed.]]

-->'''Becker:''' You know, when Hitchcock made ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', they had signs in the lobby warning people not to talk about the movie and you know what? They didn't. That way nobody knew that Tony Perkins [[spoiler:dressed up as his mother and killed all those people]].

** Leonard is reading ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', and Sheldon tells him, "That's a good one. [[spoiler:Dumbledore dies.]]" Leonard gets mad and goes to live with Penny across the hall, and before he leaves, Sheldon tells him, "[[spoiler:Dobby the elf dies in book 7.]]"

--->'''Sheldon:''' Have you seen the one where [[spoiler:Lori]] dies?\\

'''Sheldon:''' Or maybe she doesn't. Let's find out.

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Barry catches up on TV he missed at SuperSpeed and casually drops ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers in the process: "Oh no, [[spoiler:Jon Snow died]]... wait, [[spoiler:he's alive]]."

-->''Barney'': [[TheCaligula King Joffrey's]] parents are [[spoiler:brother and sister]] and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he was a fair and wise leader]].
** For further context, Barney roots for the bad guy in every movie, (and in this case, tv show), so he may not have been just saying that to make Robin feel better.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheNakedTruth'', Dave takes a new vitamin and gets his intelligence boosted. After impressing Les with his new found intellect, Les asks him "You're not gonna [[spoiler:die in two days]] like that guy from ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'', are you?"

'''Woman 2:''' You waited too long. [[spoiler:Walt dies]]. HA HA!

* On one ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Will is watching ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' when Jack comes by with something important. Will tells him he's watching the movie and trying to figure out who Keyser Soze is. Jack says [[spoiler:"It's Kevin Spacey."]] and shuts it off.

** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge I Married Marge]]" episode, on one of their first dates Marge and Homer see ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. As they leave the theatre Homer says, "Can you believe [[spoiler:Darth Vader is Luke's father?]]", angering everyone in line to see the movie.

* On one episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', the guys discuss a movie that ran on television the previous night. Frasier asks them not to because he hasn't seen it yet. They still do and spoil it for him. In retaliation, he spoils the endings to a few films...all of which have achieved ItWasHisSled status.

Say you're watching a program. They frequently make references to other works on this program. Tonight's episode is no different. The characters have made a couple of references and...wait, did they just give away the ending to something by referencing it?

!!Examples

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* On one ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Will is watching ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' when Jack comes by with something important. Will tells him he's watching the movie and trying to figure out who Keyser Soze is. Jack says [[spoiler:"It's Kevin Spacey."]] and shuts it off.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheNakedTruth'', Dave takes a new vitamin and gets his intelligence boosted. After impressing Les with his new found intellect, Les asks him "You're not gonna [[spoiler:die in two days]] like that guy from ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'', are you?"
* On one episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', the guys discuss a movie that ran on television the previous night. Frasier asks them not to because he hasn't seen it yet. They still do and spoil it for him. In retaliation, he spoils the endings to a few films...all of which have achieved ItWasHisSled status.
* Played with in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS5E06AnalysisOfCorkBasedNetworking Analysis of Cork-Based Networking]]". Throughout the episode, plot points and spoilers for an {{Expy}} of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' are given away by Abed and Britta. The entire point of using an Expy was so they wouldn't actually spoil ''Game of Thrones''.
* The "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation" episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS09E15Thinman #Thinman]]", in which the Winchester brothers and the Ghostfacers are investigating a series of murders involving Thinman (a pastiche of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]), upon discovering the real identity of the killer Dean remarks "So there was no teleporting, just a couple of douchebags doing a ''Film/{{Scream}}'' thing." referring to the usual twist in the Scream movies that there are two people wearing the Ghost Face mask.

* ''Series/{{Becker}}'' tries to see a film called ''Lethal Vision'' in "The Film Critic" episode but everyone seems to want to talk about the twist ending and spoil it for him. His angry rant on the subject contains a spoiler itself.
-->'''Becker:''' You know, when Hitchcock made ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', they had signs in the lobby warning people not to talk about the movie and you know what? They didn't. That way nobody knew that Tony Perkins [[spoiler:dressed up as his mother and killed all those people]].

* In ''Series/AccordingToJim'', Jim spoils ''Film/TheSixthSense'' to Andy while he's watching to get him to come over. To be fair, based on that description they spoil the ending of '''a''' movie, but you don't know which one unless you've already seen it (or at least already know the spoiler).
-->'''Jim:''' ''[on phone]'' What movie?\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Jim:''' Creator/BruceWillis is a ghost and he doesn't know it.
* In the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' 2015 short film "Say What You Wanna Say" a couple of characters, watching a parade of sorts, have a little small talk.
-->'''Woman:''' You know what show I really love? ''Series/BreakingBad''.\\
'''Man:''' Oh, no spoilers, I haven't seen it yet.\\
'''Woman 2:''' You waited too long. [[spoiler:Walt dies]]. HA HA!
* In one episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' Season 9, Robin and Barney thought that they're distantly related and are worried that it's going to be a SurpriseIncest since they're going to be married. Then, Barney amusingly tries to ease their worries by spoiling ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
-->''Barney'': [[TheCaligula King Joffrey's]] parents are [[spoiler:brother and sister]] and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he was a fair and wise leader]].
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Barry catches up on TV he missed at SuperSpeed and casually drops ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers in the process: "Oh no, [[spoiler:Jon Snow died]]... wait, [[spoiler:he's alive]]."

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* A ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip has Linus watching ''Film/CitizenKane'' when Lucy spoils it for him (and any readers who hadn't seen it) by revealing that Rosebud was his sled.
* ''ComicStrips/{{Foxtrot}}'': Paige walks in on her father watching ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' and starts gushing about it despite his repeatedly asking her to be quiet, culminating in her spoiling the happy ending where they realize they don't need any presents...
-->'''Roger:''' I wouldn't know, I've never seen it.\\
'''Paige:''' ''[thinking]'' Paige, be quiet.\\
'''Roger:''' Now what was that about not needing any presents?

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* When WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation was reviewing ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', he noted that the game's marketing heavily advertised the fact that the game was inspired by ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', and then wondered if advertising this had indirectly spoiled the plot of ''Spec Ops: The Line''. He was then relieved to find that [[SubvertedTrope the plots of the two works are quite different]].

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* ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' had a strip where Tycho gets angry at Gabe for spoiling the end of ''Film/KingKong'' (specifically, that Kong dies). Gabe responds that there's a statute of limitations on spoilers, especially movies that old, and further spoils ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' (Jesus dies).

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* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' parody on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', Munsun begins to reference plot points from episode 3 that detail how the characters got out of situations very similar to what him and the Nerd found themselves in. The Nerd objects and says how he has so many episodes backlogged on his DVR that he hasn't seen it yet.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': We see someone watching a rental VHS copy of ''Film/CitizenKane'' in the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]" episode. Right after Kane says "Rosebud" and drops the snowglobe it cuts to Peter (who had taped over the copy) saying "It's his sled. ItWasHisSled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours."

-->'''Sheldon:''' Have you seen the one where [[spoiler:Lori]] dies?\\

->'''Becca''': ...and [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader is Luke's father]].\\

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS09E15Thinman #Thinman]]", in which the Winchester brothers and the Ghostfacers are investigating a series of murders involving Thinman (a pastiche of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]), upon discovering the real identity of the killer Dean remarks "So there was no teleporting, just a couple of douchebags doing a ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'' thing." referring to the usual twist in the Scream movies that there are two people wearing the Ghost Face mask.

* Averted in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS5E06AnalysisOfCorkBasedNetworking Analysis of Cork-Based Networking]]". Throughout the episode, plot points and spoilers for an {{Expy}} of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' are given away by Abed and Britta. The entire point of using an Expy was so they wouldn't actually spoil ''Game of Thrones''.

* ''WebSeries/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', Creator/MNightShyamalan, dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]], appears to give a video message to the Critic, Katara, and Sokka. As his video message continues, the camera gradually zooms in onto his mask which has the plot twists of Shyamalan's movies written on it.

* ''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', Creator/MNightShyamalan, dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]], appears to give a video message to the Critic, Katara, and Sokka. As his video message continues, the camera gradually zooms in onto his mask which has the plot twists of Shyamalan's movies written on it.

* In one episode of ''How I Met Your Mother'' Season 9, Robin and Barney thought that they're distantly related and are worried that it's going to be a SurpriseIncest since they're going to be married. Then, Barney amusingly tries to ease their worries by spoiling ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
-->''Barney'': King Joffrey's parents are [[spoiler:brother and sister]] and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he was a fair and wise leader]].

* In an episode of ''Series/OneDayAtATime'' Barbara and her not-boyfriend, a film buff, are stuck sharing a motel room with only one bed. A lamp is hanging low from the ceiling; he pushes it so that it swings and whistles "WHEET! WHEET! WHEET!" implying the Reveal in ''Psycho''. He hangs a blanket on a string down the middle of the bed, citing the film ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''. After some discussion while lying in bed, Barbara lifts up the blanket and asks him face to face "What did happen in ''It Happened One Night''?" The blanket falls down and the boyfriend clutches it a la a ModestyBedsheet and says "That!" (It should be noted that they are both fully clothed while lying in bed.)

** At the end of the episode, Sheldon and Leonard resolve their fight and decide to catch up on Series/TheWalkingDead.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Have you seen the one where [[spoiler:Lori]] dies?
-->'''Leonard:''' (annoyed) No.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Or maybe she doesn't. Let's find out.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS09E15Thinman #Thinman]]", in which the Winchester brothers and the Ghostfacers are investigating a series of murders involving Thinman (A pastiche of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]), upon discovering the real identity of the killer Dean remarks "So there was no teleporting, just a couple of douchebags doing a ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'' thing." referring to the usual twist in the Scream movies that there are two people wearing the Ghost Face mask.

* In an episode of ''Series/OneDayAtATime'' Barbara and her not-boyfriend, a film buff, are stuck sharing a motel room with only one bed. A lamp is hanging low from the ceiling; he pushes it so that it swings and whistles "WHEET! WHEET! WHEET!" implying the Reveal in Psycho. He hangs a blanket on a string down the middle of the bed, citing the film ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight''. After some discussion while lying in bed, Barbara lifts up the blanket and asks him face to face "What did happen in ''It Happened One Night''?" The blanket falls down and the boyfriend clutches it a la a ModestyBedsheet and says "That!" (It should be noted that they are both fully clothed while lying in bed.)

-->'''Jim (on phone):''' What movie?
-->(Beat)
-->'''Jim:''' Creator/BruceWillis is a ghost and he doesn't know it.

-->'''Woman:''' You know what show I really love? ''Series/BreakingBad''.
-->'''Man:''' Oh, no spoilers, I haven't seen it yet.
-->'''Woman 2:''' You waited too long. [[spoiler:Walt dies]]. HA HA!

* Julie Brown's song "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun": After the queen is shot to death by a SWAT team she says "I did it for Johnny!" and dies. Nobody knows who Johnny is. Brown says "Oh God this is like that movie ''Citizen Kane'' you know where you later find out Rosebud was a sled? But we'll never know who Johnny was because like she's dead."

-->Roger: I wouldn't know, I've never seen it.
-->Paige (thinking): Paige, be quiet.
-->Roger: Now what was that about not needing any presents?

* When WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation was reviewing ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', he noted that the game's marketing heavily advertised the fact that the game was inspired by ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', and then wondered if advertising this had indirectly spoiled the plot of ''Spec Ops The Line''. He was then relieved to find that [[SubvertedTrope the plots of the two works are quite different]].

* In ''WebOriginal/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries'', it's how Yami wins his duel against Arcana.

* ''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirBender'', Creator/MNightShyamalan, dressed as [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Amon]], appears to give a video message to the Critic, Katara, and Sokka. As his video message continues, the camera gradually zooms in onto his mask which has the plot twists of Shyamalan's movies written on it.

* On one ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Will is watching ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' when Jack comes by with something important. Will tells him he's watching the movie and trying to figure out who Keyser Soze is. Jack says [[spoiler: "It's Kevin Spacey."]] and shuts it off.
* On one episode of ''Series/TheNakedTruth'', Dave takes a new vitamin and gets his intelligence boosted. After impressing Les with his new found intellect, Les asks him "You're not gonna [[spoiler: die in two days]] like that guy from ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'', are you?"

** Leonard is reading ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', and Sheldon tells him, "That's a good one. [[spoiler: Dumbledore dies.]]" Leonard gets mad and goes to live with Penny across the hall, and before he leaves, Sheldon tells him, "[[spoiler: Dobby the elf dies in book 7.]]"

-->'''Sheldon:''' Have you seen the one where [[spoiler: Lori]] dies?

-->'''Woman 2:''' You waited too long. [[spoiler: Walt dies]]. HA HA!

** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge I Married Marge]]" episode, on one of their first dates Marge and Homer see ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. As they leave the theatre Homer says, "Can you believe [[spoiler: Darth Vader is Luke's father?]]", angering everyone in line to see the movie.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': We see someone watching a rental VHS copy of ''Film/CitizenKane'' in the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]" episode. Right after Kane says "Rosebud" and drops the snowglobe it cuts to Peter (who had taped over the copy) saying "It's his sled. ItWasHisSled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours."

* In Film/FiftyFirstDates'', Lucy watches ''Film/TheSixthSense'' "for the first time" (due to amnesia), and at the end is wowed that [[spoiler:Bruce Willis was a ghost]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': We see someone watching a rental VHS copy of ''Film/CitizenKane'' in the "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]" episode. Right after Kane says "Rosebud" and drops the snowglobe it cuts to Peter (who had taped over the copy) saying "It's his sled. ItWasHisSled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long, boobless hours."

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