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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'':
** In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheTigerProwess'', one of the villains, Counselor Gecko, isn't a spoiler in himself but has such a large connection to the film's major plot twist that it can still be hard to talk about him. The film leads you to believe that Lord Japper is masterminding the carnival draining energy from the surrounding area, but near the end, we find out that it's Counselor Gecko. Oh yeah, and he isn't a gecko either; he's a {{Living Dinosaur|s}} intent on bringing back the prehistoric era, and he also convinced Lord Japper and Leopold that they're a tiger and a leopard respectively when they're actually a cat and a hyena.
** In ''Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail'', attempting to connect Tyrano-Rex to Little Blue Dragon, mentioning Little Blue Dragon's backstory, or mentioning anything about Tyrano-Rex besides his role as the villain in the film is gonna get you a face full of spoilers.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', one of the villains chasing after Puss is a cloaked wolf who goes unnamed for much of the film. Advertising calls him TheBigBadWolf, but he doesn't resemble the Big Bad Wolf, which is an example of TrailersAlwaysLie as the advertisers were attempting to hide his real identity. When he encounters Puss later in the film, he reveals he is Death - as in, ''TheGrimReaper himself'' (and he makes it ''very'' clear that he doesn't mean that as a threat, taking a few seconds to clarify that he means that quite literally) - and has come to murder Puss for believing himself to be immortal, and letting the "legend" of his antics dictate his life whilst boasting arrogantly about "[[DoNotTauntCthulhu laughing at death]]". One you're at a certain point in the film, it becomes hard to talk about tropes related to Death without spoiling the fact that he's Death.

A character or thing for which most facts about it are spoilers. Saying anything substantial about them at all (at worst, their existence alone) will reveal spoilers about the work they feature in, which makes talking about them difficult. Some fans reconcile this by using euphemisms, others by avoiding talking about it at all, others just by placing a warning that the following will contain massive spoilers.

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** Anytime a player is listed as playing multiple characters in a single campaign, it's safe to assume ''something'' bad happened to their first character to prompt the switch to a second one. Mentioning Tarryon Darrington is near-impossible without mentioning that Scanlan leaves Vox Machina after a massive falling out, and mentioning Caduceus Clay is near-impossible without mentioning that Mollymauk is killed relatively early on in the second campaign.

** Probably the biggest is Taryon Derrington, whose very presence and who plays him spoils that Scanlan Shorthalt, Sam Riegel's previous character, [[PutOnABus left the party.]] Caduceus Clay serves as the same in the second campaign.

A character or thing in which most of its tropes are spoilers. Saying anything substantial about this character/thing at all (in worst case scenarios, this can even be just its name or ''existence alone'') will reveal spoilers about the work they feature in, which makes talking about them/it difficult. Some fans reconcile this by using euphemisms, others by avoiding talking about it at all, others just by placing a warning that the following will contain massive spoilers.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', one of the villains chasing after Puss is a cloaked wolf who goes unnamed for much of the film. Advertising calls him TheBigBadWolf, but he doesn't resemble the Big Bad Wolf, which is an example of TrailersAlwaysLie as the advertisers were attempting to hide his real identity. When he encounters Puss later in the film, he reveals he is Death - as in, ''TheGrimReaper himself'' (and he makes it ''very'' clear that he doesn't mean that as a threat, taking a few seconds to clarify that he means that quite literally) - and has come to murder Puss for believing himself to be immortal, letting the "legend" of his antics dictate his life whilst boasting about [[DoNotTauntCthulhu "laughing in the face of death"]]. One you're at a certain point in the film, it becomes hard to talk about tropes related to Death without spoiling the fact that he's Death.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', one of the villains chasing after Puss is a cloaked wolf who goes unnamed for much of the film. Advertising calls him TheBigBadWolf, but he doesn't resemble the Big Bad Wolf, which is an example of TrailersAlwaysLie as the advertisers were attempting to hide his real identity. When he encounters Puss later in the film, he reveals he is Death - as in, ''TheGrimReaper himself'' (and he makes it ''very'' clear that he doesn't mean that as a threat, taking a few seconds to clarify that he means that quite literally) - and has come to murder Puss for believing himself to be immortal, letting the "legend" of his antics dictate his life. One you're at a certain point in the film, it becomes hard to talk about tropes related to Death without spoiling the fact that he's Death.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' series:

** Videos in 2021 gave us two recurring characters that are fanatics of "4". In the 10th Anniversary Special, they're revealed to be [=SMG1=] and [=SMG2=], who came from a universe that was destroyed by a malevolent entity called [[GreaterScopeVillain Zero]], and it turns out "4" means [=SMG4=], who has some connection to them and hold the secret of his origins.

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': While Kukuru himself isn't a spoiler, being a main character who appears straight from the first episode onwards, his dark form in Seasons 3 and 4 is very hard to talk about without spoiling the fact that Princess Fannie was successful in making him her own, severing the ties to the RedStringOfFate connecting Xia An'an and Kukuru and altering it so that it connects Kukuru to her instead.

* Jack-Jack in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' get some screen time, but him having superpowers is the spoiler. It is a LateArrivalSpoiler by the time of the sequel, though.

* The Robo-King from ''Animation/HappyHeroes''' sixth season. He doesn't appear in his debut season until near the finale and he's responsible for introducing technology to Planet Xing, clearly indicating that his plot relevance is meant to be a surprise.

* ''WebVideo/BoardJames: Board James himself is this, because the [[WhamEpisode Season 2 finale]] makes it hard to discuss without revealing something terribly sinister about him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', one of the villains chasing after Puss is a cloaked wolf who goes unnamed for much of the film. Advertising calls him TheBigBadWolf, but he doesn't resemble the Big Bad Wolf, which is an example of TrailersAlwaysLie as the advertisers were attempting to hide his real identity. When he encounters Puss later in the film, he reveals he is Death - as in, ''TheGrimReaper himself'' (and he makes it ''very'' clear that he doesn't mean that as a threat, taking a few seconds to clarify that he means that quite literally) - and has come to murder Puss for believing himself to be immortal, letting the "legend" of his antics dictate his life.

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': While Kukuru himself isn't a spoiler, being a main character who appears straight from the first episode onwards, his dark form in Seasons 3 and 4 is very hard to talk about without spoiling the fact that Princess Fanny was successful in making him her own, severing the ties to the RedStringOfFate connecting Xia An'an and Kukuru and altering it so that it connects Kukuru to her instead.

* Chester V is the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2''.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheTigerProwess'', one of the villains, Counselor Gecko, isn't a spoiler in himself but has such a large connection to the film's major plot twist that it can still be hard to talk about him. The film leads you to believe that Lord Japper is masterminding the carnival draining energy from the surrounding area, but near the end, we find out that it's Counselor Gecko. Oh yeah, and he isn't a gecko either; he's a {{Living Dinosaur|s}} intent on bringing back the prehistoric era, and he also convinced Lord Japper and Leopold that they're a tiger and a leopard respectively when they're actually a cat and a hyena.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: The Tiger Prowess'', one of the villains, Counselor Gecko, isn't a spoiler in himself but has such a large connection to the film's major plot twist that it can still be hard to talk about him. The film leads you to believe that Lord Japper is masterminding the carnival draining energy from the surrounding area, but near the end, we find out that it's Counselor Gecko. Oh yeah, and he isn't a gecko either; he's a {{Living Dinosaur|s}} intent on bringing back the prehistoric era, and he also convinced Lord Japper and Leopold that they're a tiger and a leopard respectively when they're actually a cat and a hyena.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' has two characters who fall into this: