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** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the [[BigBad Chimera Ant King]] in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
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** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the [[BigBad Chimera Ant King]] in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, form (from the very end of the arc !), Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].Kite]]. The ending on the other hand foreshadows even more [[spoiler:Kite's death, and even Netero's, shown becoming a "star" in the sky.]] At least they didn't give away [[spoiler:the appearances of Bisky, Pokkle, the Phantom Troupe, Zeno and Silva, the Chimera Ants who retained their memories, and... Komugi.]]
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** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber [[GigBad Genthru]].]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball match.]]
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** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber [[GigBad [[BigBad Genthru]].]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball match.]]
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** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber Genthru.]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball team.]]
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the Chimera Ant King in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the Chimera Ant King in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
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** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber Genthru.[[GigBad Genthru]].]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball team.match.]]
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the [[BigBad Chimera AntKing King]] in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the [[BigBad Chimera Ant
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** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber Genthru.]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball team.]]
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* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.
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* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.shown.
* The 2011 version of HunterXHunter has always spoiler openings. The first shows, beside that Killua will join the the other main characters, Hisoka allying with Gittarackur whose true identity as Illumi Zoldyck is even revealed here, the other important participants and almost every examiner. And in the end, Gon's fighting Hisoka foreshadowed their battle in the [[spoiler: Heavens Arena]].
** The second opening features Kurapika with longer hair, Zushi and Wing as well as the Nen ''and'' the Genei Ryodan!
** The third opening is almost identical to the second, but the previous chorus part is replaced with featuring the abilities of the Genei Ryodan members. Subverted, since their ability are shown one episode after this opening was shown on TV. However, it foreshadows Bonolenov's ability whose isn't revealed yet and [[spoiler: Pakunoda's death]].
** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber Genthru.]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball team.
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the Chimera Ant King in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
* The 2011 version of HunterXHunter has always spoiler openings. The first shows, beside that Killua will join the the other main characters, Hisoka allying with Gittarackur whose true identity as Illumi Zoldyck is even revealed here, the other important participants and almost every examiner. And in the end, Gon's fighting Hisoka foreshadowed their battle in the [[spoiler: Heavens Arena]].
** The second opening features Kurapika with longer hair, Zushi and Wing as well as the Nen ''and'' the Genei Ryodan!
** The third opening is almost identical to the second, but the previous chorus part is replaced with featuring the abilities of the Genei Ryodan members. Subverted, since their ability are shown one episode after this opening was shown on TV. However, it foreshadows Bonolenov's ability whose isn't revealed yet and [[spoiler: Pakunoda's death]].
** The fourth opening shows Biscuit Krüger joining Gon and Killua, and the other important players of Greed Island, including the identity of [[spoiler: the main Bomber Genthru.]] Then, [[spoiler:Kalluto Zoldyck joining the Genei Ryodan, Razor and his 14 devils, Killua's and Gon's new abilities and Hisoka as well as Goreinu and Tsezguerra's group joining the heroes for the dodgeball team.
** The fifth opening shows the face of the Chimera Ant Queen ''and'' the Chimera Ant King in the first 15 seconds! It also features the appearance of Kite with his Nen, the other Hunters of the Invasion Squad and their abilities, some Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards, [[spoiler: Gon's grudge towards Neferpitou and his transformation to his adult form, Netero's Guanyin and the foreshadowed death of Kite]].
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* Halfway through ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', a "real" pilot with all the appropriate training appears to pilot the main character's mecha. He is supposedly no longer needed. Said replacement is nowhere in the opening. The obvious happens.
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* Halfway through ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', a "real" pilot with all the appropriate training appears to pilot the main character's mecha. He is supposedly no longer needed. Said replacement is nowhere in the opening. The obvious happens.
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* The opening of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' promptly spoils the fact that there are going to be three main Evas, and shows all the pilots before they are even introduced. There is, however, a nice subversion: the footage is laden with black screens holding text, appearing for a couple of moments each, showing the series' terminology that only starts making sense when it is explained what a particular word or logo stands for. Not to mention the BaitAndSwitchCredits nature of the opening.
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* The opening of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' promptly spoils the fact that there are going to be three main Evas, and shows all the pilots before they are even introduced. There is, however, a nice subversion: the footage is laden with black screens holding text, appearing for a couple of moments each, showing the series' terminology that only starts making sense when it is explained what a particular word or logo stands for. Not to mention the BaitAndSwitchCredits nature of the opening.
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* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his eventual importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.
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* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his eventual importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.
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* ''LightNovel/OreNoKanojoToOsananajimiGaShurabaSugiru'' initially only has Masuzu and Chiwa competing for Eita's attention; but the opening and ending reveal two other UnwantedHarem-ettes, who don't appear in the actual show for several episodes.
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* ''LightNovel/OreNoKanojoToOsananajimiGaShurabaSugiru'' initially only has Masuzu and Chiwa competing for Eita's attention; but the opening and ending reveal two other UnwantedHarem-ettes, who don't appear in the actual show for several episodes.episodes.
* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his eventual importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.
* The ending sequence to ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' shows Kadowaki prominently, putting his eventual importance to the plot out in the open while displaying him and the Hayagami he eventually gains in the same way that other Hayagami and their Shou are shown.
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** The song played over the opening credits is also misleading: it is not, despite appearances, from Madoka's point of view. [[spoiler:It's from the perspective of Homura during her endless quest to save Madoka from death and/or witchification.]] This isn't made obvious until the tenth episode.
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* Those who have watched episode 2 and/or 3 of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'' would find the opening and ending spoiling. [[spoiler:Both ends at a scene of Hiyori, Manabe, Haruka, Yuriko and Daichi standing outside of the ESP club room, which implies Hiyori would eventually be a member of the ESP Club. This further implies her issue with Haruka and Manabe--the biggest conflict in those two episodes-- ''will'' resolve at some point.]]
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* Those who have watched episode 2 and/or 3 of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'' would find the opening and ending spoiling. [[spoiler:Both ends at a scene of Hiyori, Manabe, Haruka, Yuriko and Daichi standing outside of the ESP club room, which implies Hiyori would eventually be a member of the ESP Club. This further implies her issue with Haruka and Manabe--the biggest conflict in those two episodes-- ''will'' resolve at some point.]]]]
* ''LightNovel/OreNoKanojoToOsananajimiGaShurabaSugiru'' initially only has Masuzu and Chiwa competing for Eita's attention; but the opening and ending reveal two other UnwantedHarem-ettes, who don't appear in the actual show for several episodes.
* ''LightNovel/OreNoKanojoToOsananajimiGaShurabaSugiru'' initially only has Masuzu and Chiwa competing for Eita's attention; but the opening and ending reveal two other UnwantedHarem-ettes, who don't appear in the actual show for several episodes.
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails [[HandshakeSubstitute fistbumping]]]].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails [[HandshakeSubstitute brofisting]]]].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails [[HandshakeSubstitue brofisting]]]].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails ''[[HandshakeSubstitue brofisting]]'']].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails ''[[HandshakeSubstitue brofisting]]'']].[[HandshakeSubstitue brofisting]]]].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails brofisting]].
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** The thirteenth ''Shippuden'' opening shows the [[spoiler:five Kages fighting Madara]] and [[spoiler:Naruto and the Nine-Tails brofisting]].''[[HandshakeSubstitue brofisting]]'']].
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** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan returning]]. The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler:Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egregiously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
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** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Lan Fan returning]]. The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Darius, Heinkel, Jelso Jerso and Zanpango]] Zampano]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler:Mei, Marco [[spoiler:May, Marcoh and Yorki]]) Yoki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egregiously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
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* [[SpoilerOpening.{{Bleach}} Bleach]]
* [[SpoilerOpening.{{Bleach}} Bleach]]
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* StellviaOfTheUniverse averts this problem by using only footage from the first episode in the OP.
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* StellviaOfTheUniverse averts this problem by using only footage from the first episode in the OP.OP.
* Those who have watched episode 2 and/or 3 of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'' would find the opening and ending spoiling. [[spoiler:Both ends at a scene of Hiyori, Manabe, Haruka, Yuriko and Daichi standing outside of the ESP club room, which implies Hiyori would eventually be a member of the ESP Club. This further implies her issue with Haruka and Manabe--the biggest conflict in those two episodes-- ''will'' resolve at some point.]]
* Those who have watched episode 2 and/or 3 of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'' would find the opening and ending spoiling. [[spoiler:Both ends at a scene of Hiyori, Manabe, Haruka, Yuriko and Daichi standing outside of the ESP club room, which implies Hiyori would eventually be a member of the ESP Club. This further implies her issue with Haruka and Manabe--the biggest conflict in those two episodes-- ''will'' resolve at some point.]]
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* ''ParanoiaAgent'' creates a deliberate Spoiler Opening to help with {{foreshadowing}}. If a character appears in the opening credits, the audience knows to watch them carefully, even if they've only made brief appearances so far.
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* ''ParanoiaAgent'' ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' creates a deliberate Spoiler Opening to help with {{foreshadowing}}. If a character appears in the opening credits, the audience knows to watch them carefully, even if they've only made brief appearances so far.
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* Near the end of the second opening of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Joseph puts on Caesar's headband and does a SkywardScream with an expression that could be seen as mournful, foreshadowing Caesar's death. [[spoiler:Cars' eventual immunity to sunlight]] is also foreshadowed, albeit more subtly since the shot of the sun rising behind his back is only a split second long.
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* Near the end of the second opening of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Joseph puts on Caesar's headband and does a SkywardScream with an expression that could be seen as mournful, foreshadowing Caesar's death. [[spoiler:Cars' eventual immunity to sunlight]] is also foreshadowed, albeit more subtly since the shot of the sun rising behind his back is only a split second long.long.
* StellviaOfTheUniverse averts this problem by using only footage from the first episode in the OP.
* StellviaOfTheUniverse averts this problem by using only footage from the first episode in the OP.
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* Subverted in the first ''FullmetalAlchemist'' season where the opening scene could have spoiled the whole first episode plot twist, the actual episode didn't have an intro, and placed the intro at the end.
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's broken armour and Ed's missing automail arm blatently shown. Also, that scene doesn't even happen until the second opening and closings are in use!
** Meanwhile, the first Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's opening has three shots of Hohenheim, who, in the manga, doesn't really show up for another 10 volumes. One of the shots is even [[spoiler:Hohenheim as a young slave.]] It's annoying, really. The first episode followed suit.
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's broken armour and Ed's missing automail arm blatently shown. Also, that scene doesn't even happen until the second opening and closings are in use!
** Meanwhile, the first Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's opening has three shots of Hohenheim, who, in the manga, doesn't really show up for another 10 volumes. One of the shots is even [[spoiler:Hohenheim as a young slave.]] It's annoying, really. The first episode followed suit.
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* Subverted in the first ''FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' season where the opening scene could have spoiled the whole first episode plot twist, the actual episode didn't have an intro, and placed the intro at the end.
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's brokenarmour armor and Ed's missing automail arm blatently shown. Also, that scene doesn't even happen until the second opening and closings are in use!
** Meanwhile,the first [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's Brotherhood's]] first opening has three shots of Hohenheim, who, in the manga, doesn't really show up for another 10 volumes. One of the shots is even [[spoiler:Hohenheim as a young slave.]] It's annoying, really. The first episode followed suit.slave]].
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's broken
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** The third Brotherhood opening shows [[spoiler:Ling among the other Homunculi]], as well as [[spoiler:Pride attacking the Brigg's tunnel expedition team and possessing Alphonse. In fact, this opening also introduces Olivier Mira Armstrong and the Briggs army before we even officially see them]]. However, to their credit, the first instance isn't given very much attention and isn't all that noticeable, and the second one completely lacks any context (Not to mention how [[spoiler:Pride's true self looks nothing like the other Homunculi]], which could trick viewers into mistaking it for something completely unrelated. It also shows what, as of Chapter 106, [[spoiler:Looks alot like Kimblee's final moment after "dying"]]
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan returning.]] The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egrigously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
*** It also featured the Gate of Truth [[spoiler:namely, Ed's, dissolving]], referencing something that didn't happen until ''the last chapter of the manga'' '''which hadn't even be published when the opening started airing'''. Of course, since that hadn't happened yet, it's very easy to take it as unrelated or [[DisneyAcidSequence stylistic]].
** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's monstrous form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan returning.]] The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egrigously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
*** It also featured the Gate of Truth [[spoiler:namely, Ed's, dissolving]], referencing something that didn't happen until ''the last chapter of the manga'' '''which hadn't even be published when the opening started airing'''. Of course, since that hadn't happened yet, it's very easy to take it as unrelated or [[DisneyAcidSequence stylistic]].
** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's monstrous form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
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** The third Brotherhood opening shows [[spoiler:Ling among the other Homunculi]], as well as [[spoiler:Pride attacking the Brigg's tunnel expedition team and possessing Alphonse. In fact, this opening also introduces Olivier Mira Armstrong and the Briggs army before we even officially see them]]. However, to their credit, the first instance isn't given very much attention and isn't all that noticeable, and the second one completely lacks any context (Not to mention how [[spoiler:Pride's true self looks nothing like the other Homunculi]], which could trick viewers into mistaking it for something completely unrelated. It also shows what, as of Chapter 106, [[spoiler:Looks alot what looks a lot like Kimblee's [[spoiler:Kimblee's final moment after "dying"]]
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fanreturning.]] returning]]. The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Mei, [[spoiler:Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egrigously, egregiously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
*** It also featured the Gate of Truth [[spoiler:namely, Ed's, dissolving]], referencing something that didn't happen until ''the last chapter of the manga'' '''which hadn't evenbe been published when the opening started airing'''. Of course, since that hadn't happened yet, it's very easy to take it as unrelated or [[DisneyAcidSequence stylistic]].
** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's monstrous form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, hissight.]]sight]].
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan
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** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's monstrous form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his
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* The second opening of ''{{Sword Art Online}}'' pretty much spoils what happened to Asuna at the end of the game, where she is, the fact that Yui is there too, and what is going to happen from episode 16 onwards. The first opening isn't really an example of this trope, as the biggest spoiler it has is Asuna's face behind the cape she wears in the first part of episode 2.
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* The second opening of ''{{Sword Art Online}}'' ''SwordArtOnline'' pretty much spoils what happened to Asuna at the end of the game, where she is, the fact that Yui is there too, and what is going to happen from episode 16 onwards. The first opening isn't really an example of this trope, as the biggest spoiler it has is Asuna's face behind the cape she wears in the first part of episode 2.
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** Worse yet, if you know what to look for, the ''TheSlayers Next'' opening spoils [[spoiler: Gourry being kidnapped, the apperance of Lord of the Nightmares (twice, even!) and the Ragna Blade]]. Ironically, it doesn't spoil the anime per se, but the original ''novels'', by showing [[spoiler: the Sword of Light being lost to the darkness.]]
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** Worse yet, if you know what to look for, the ''TheSlayers Next'' opening spoils [[spoiler: Gourry being kidnapped, the apperance appearance of Lord of the Nightmares (twice, even!) and the Ragna Blade]]. Ironically, it doesn't spoil the anime per se, but the original ''novels'', by showing [[spoiler: the Sword of Light being lost to the darkness.]]
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** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's NightmareFuel form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters' [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]], though the inclusion of Captain Battleship among the main cast when he never actually joins up may have been an attempt to partially avert this. (of course, few people watch Bo-Bobo for the plot)
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters' [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]], though the inclusion of Captain Battleship among the main cast when he never actually joins up may have been an attempt to partially avert this. (of course, few people watch Bo-Bobo for the plot)
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** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's NightmareFuel monstrous form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters'[[HeelFaceTurn Heel {{Heel Face Turns]], Turn}}s, though the inclusion of Captain Battleship among the main cast when he never actually joins up may have been an attempt to partially avert this. (of course, few people watch Bo-Bobo for the plot)
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters'
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* The opening of ''Manga/ToaruKagakuNoRailgun'' includes some fairly important things that don't show up until the end. There's not enough context to figure anything out just by seeing it in the opening, though.
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* The opening of ''Manga/ToaruKagakuNoRailgun'' ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' includes some fairly important things that don't show up until the end. There's not enough context to figure anything out just by seeing it in the opening, though.
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* ''YuyuHakusho'''s opening spoils (at least) the first 14 episodes... Yusuke coming back to life, Kuwabara gaining powers, Kurama and Hiei's surviving AND their HeelFaceTurn.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is ''incredibly'' bad about this.
** First opening spoiled [[spoiler:Chad and Ishida joining the group,]] as well as their powers.
** Second opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Hanatarou would join the group, Ichigo's oncoming fight with Kenpachi, and Renji and Ichigo's fight.]] However, this opening had tons of BaitAndSwitchCredits, like Ishida fighting Hitsugaya, and Yoruichi fighting Soifon while in cat form. It had so much fake stuff that you can't pick out the real parts until after you've already seen them anyway.
** Third opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Soifon and Yoruichi would fight, Renji's Bankai, Byakuya and Ichigo's fight, Yamamoto's [[PlayingWithFire shikai]], Hitsugaya's [[AnIcePerson bankai]], [[BackToBackBadasses Shunsui and Ukitake fighting side by side]], Sajin's real face, and worst of all, that Aizen is still alive.]]
*** How does it spoil [[spoiler: Aizen being alive]]? He's shown for about three seconds, and from the angle all you can make out is his hair and [[spoiler: captain's haori]]. And it's shown during the beginning part, which goes through every one of the ryoka and Gotei 13. It's so subtle that you're only going to notice it if you're looking for it, especially with all the emphasis it puts on making Gin look creepy and evil.
** The fifth opening shows several fights from the Arrancar arc (although you have to look '''very''' closely), as well as Ichigo fighting his inner hollow.
** The opening for the Arrancar arc (Opening 6) spoiled [[spoiler:that Orihime will be kidnapped by Aizen.]] Well in advance of the actual event, and by the time [[spoiler: Orihime's abduction]] actually occurs, the opening has changed ''again''.
*** It also shows the remaining Espada beyond Ulquiorra, Yammy and Grimmjow a good number of episodes in advance of their actual introductions.
** The one after that spoiled [[spoiler:that Renji and Rukia would join the Hueco Mundo force.]]
** And the 9th opening, following the filler arc spoils [[spoiler:the four captains [[BigDamnHeroes coming to the rescue]] in Hueco Mundo, as well as Nel's true form]], and spoils them ''[[http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/madfigs/intro-25.jpg hard]]''.
** Let's not forget the spoiler endings. Ending 10 spoiled [[spoiler: Ichigo's father being a Shinigami--a Captain, no less]] and another showed the Vizard's previous appearance, several episodes before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc began.
*** The third ending is especially guilty, showing Ukitake and Kyoraku as Yamamoto's students, Urahara being Captain of Squad 12, and Gin and Rangiku's prior relationship.
** The broadcast version of the 13th ending on Adult Swim (which typically shows random shots of the season set to an abridged version of the ending theme) shows a shot of Aaroniero with his mask off [[spoiler:while he is impersonating Kaien]].
** On the other hand, ''Bleach'' openings are also often [[BaitAndSwitchCredits full of things that completely fail to happen]]. Maybe they're hoping that people will be so confused that they'll stop noticing spoilers.
** The 12th opening (after the end of the Muramasa/Sword Fiend filler) manages to spoil an incredible number of things, including [[spoiler: both of Ulquiorra's Ressurecions, Starrk and Barragan's Ressureccions, Ichigo's super-hollow form, Soi Fon's Bankai, Wonderwiess's appearance, the Vaizard's appearance, and even Kensei's bankai,]] and, most importantly, [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain The Heart]]]] Granted, some of this could be guessed, but if one hasn't read the manga this opening essentially spoils about half of the awesome reveals in the FKT arc.
** The thirteenth OP spoils [[spoiler: Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi joining the battle at FKT, Ichigo's jinzen training in the Dangai and Gin's death.]] Considering the latter two won't be animated for months and the latter unconfirmed until the latest chapter of the manga those are some pretty big spoilers.[[spoiler: It also very subtly spoils Ichigo's loss of powers, with the scenes from beginning of the anime played backwards as a hint that Ichigo will revert to state before them.]] But this is almost impossible to figure out without reading last chapter of the manga.
** It's almost a theme to Bleach at this point that the openings preview(/spoil) upcoming events, and the endings tend to focus on the past. There are exceptions of course.
** Just when we thought they couldn't outdo themselves, they did: the latest filler arc opening shows [[spoiler: the various captains of the Gotei 13 fighting one another, and the mysterious green-haired girl who has just been introudced.]] And to add insult to injury - at least in terms of spoilers - the latest ending shows [[spoiler: Mugetsu Ichigo, his Bankai mask cracking, and various shots of Ishida, all of which serve as a subtle hint at the manga's development of Ishida becoming the new Hollow-slayer - this arc is established as taking place between Aizen's defeat and the manga's current storyline.]]
** The 15th Opening seems to have no problem with showcasing [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo's Fullbring, Ginjo standing alongside Ichigo's friends and Tsukishima's face along with Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima and Shishigawara]] despite all of those being spoilers, those last three especially, seeing as how [[spoiler: the viewer is supposed to think Ginjo is the new BigBad]], [[spoiler: we don't see Tsukishima's face in the manga until he attacks Orihime]] which won't be animated for another 8-9 episodes and by the time we reach [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima]], we'll most likely be on ''opening 16''.
** First opening spoiled [[spoiler:Chad and Ishida joining the group,]] as well as their powers.
** Second opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Hanatarou would join the group, Ichigo's oncoming fight with Kenpachi, and Renji and Ichigo's fight.]] However, this opening had tons of BaitAndSwitchCredits, like Ishida fighting Hitsugaya, and Yoruichi fighting Soifon while in cat form. It had so much fake stuff that you can't pick out the real parts until after you've already seen them anyway.
** Third opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Soifon and Yoruichi would fight, Renji's Bankai, Byakuya and Ichigo's fight, Yamamoto's [[PlayingWithFire shikai]], Hitsugaya's [[AnIcePerson bankai]], [[BackToBackBadasses Shunsui and Ukitake fighting side by side]], Sajin's real face, and worst of all, that Aizen is still alive.]]
*** How does it spoil [[spoiler: Aizen being alive]]? He's shown for about three seconds, and from the angle all you can make out is his hair and [[spoiler: captain's haori]]. And it's shown during the beginning part, which goes through every one of the ryoka and Gotei 13. It's so subtle that you're only going to notice it if you're looking for it, especially with all the emphasis it puts on making Gin look creepy and evil.
** The fifth opening shows several fights from the Arrancar arc (although you have to look '''very''' closely), as well as Ichigo fighting his inner hollow.
** The opening for the Arrancar arc (Opening 6) spoiled [[spoiler:that Orihime will be kidnapped by Aizen.]] Well in advance of the actual event, and by the time [[spoiler: Orihime's abduction]] actually occurs, the opening has changed ''again''.
*** It also shows the remaining Espada beyond Ulquiorra, Yammy and Grimmjow a good number of episodes in advance of their actual introductions.
** The one after that spoiled [[spoiler:that Renji and Rukia would join the Hueco Mundo force.]]
** And the 9th opening, following the filler arc spoils [[spoiler:the four captains [[BigDamnHeroes coming to the rescue]] in Hueco Mundo, as well as Nel's true form]], and spoils them ''[[http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/madfigs/intro-25.jpg hard]]''.
** Let's not forget the spoiler endings. Ending 10 spoiled [[spoiler: Ichigo's father being a Shinigami--a Captain, no less]] and another showed the Vizard's previous appearance, several episodes before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc began.
*** The third ending is especially guilty, showing Ukitake and Kyoraku as Yamamoto's students, Urahara being Captain of Squad 12, and Gin and Rangiku's prior relationship.
** The broadcast version of the 13th ending on Adult Swim (which typically shows random shots of the season set to an abridged version of the ending theme) shows a shot of Aaroniero with his mask off [[spoiler:while he is impersonating Kaien]].
** On the other hand, ''Bleach'' openings are also often [[BaitAndSwitchCredits full of things that completely fail to happen]]. Maybe they're hoping that people will be so confused that they'll stop noticing spoilers.
** The 12th opening (after the end of the Muramasa/Sword Fiend filler) manages to spoil an incredible number of things, including [[spoiler: both of Ulquiorra's Ressurecions, Starrk and Barragan's Ressureccions, Ichigo's super-hollow form, Soi Fon's Bankai, Wonderwiess's appearance, the Vaizard's appearance, and even Kensei's bankai,]] and, most importantly, [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain The Heart]]]] Granted, some of this could be guessed, but if one hasn't read the manga this opening essentially spoils about half of the awesome reveals in the FKT arc.
** The thirteenth OP spoils [[spoiler: Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi joining the battle at FKT, Ichigo's jinzen training in the Dangai and Gin's death.]] Considering the latter two won't be animated for months and the latter unconfirmed until the latest chapter of the manga those are some pretty big spoilers.[[spoiler: It also very subtly spoils Ichigo's loss of powers, with the scenes from beginning of the anime played backwards as a hint that Ichigo will revert to state before them.]] But this is almost impossible to figure out without reading last chapter of the manga.
** It's almost a theme to Bleach at this point that the openings preview(/spoil) upcoming events, and the endings tend to focus on the past. There are exceptions of course.
** Just when we thought they couldn't outdo themselves, they did: the latest filler arc opening shows [[spoiler: the various captains of the Gotei 13 fighting one another, and the mysterious green-haired girl who has just been introudced.]] And to add insult to injury - at least in terms of spoilers - the latest ending shows [[spoiler: Mugetsu Ichigo, his Bankai mask cracking, and various shots of Ishida, all of which serve as a subtle hint at the manga's development of Ishida becoming the new Hollow-slayer - this arc is established as taking place between Aizen's defeat and the manga's current storyline.]]
** The 15th Opening seems to have no problem with showcasing [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo's Fullbring, Ginjo standing alongside Ichigo's friends and Tsukishima's face along with Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima and Shishigawara]] despite all of those being spoilers, those last three especially, seeing as how [[spoiler: the viewer is supposed to think Ginjo is the new BigBad]], [[spoiler: we don't see Tsukishima's face in the manga until he attacks Orihime]] which won't be animated for another 8-9 episodes and by the time we reach [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima]], we'll most likely be on ''opening 16''.
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* The biggest offender is ''FushigiYuugi'', which showed all of the good guys together. In the series, they are only [[DebutQueue slowly gathered together]], and during the process the bad guys try to infiltrate the cast with an agent. The series actually tries to pretend it's surprising the audience with this, but it's obvious to anyone who's been paying attention.
** It also shows Yui will turn bad.
* The second opening of ''{{Sword Art Online}}'' pretty much spoils what happened to Asuna at the end of the game, where she is, the fact that Yui is there too, and what is going to happen from episode 16 onwards. The first opening isn't really an example of this trope, as the biggest spoiler it has is Asuna's face behind the cape she wears in the first part of episode 2.
** Considering all it spoils, the second opening is suprisingly good at not revealing that [[spoiler:Lyfa is Suguha's avatar]].
* ''{{Kekkaishi}}'' does this the other way around, the OP shows the 3 good guys together but in the anime the third person joins up later in the series only to be killed off soon after, surprisingly the OP never changes.
** Well, there are some changes to accommodate major enemies or allies in the relevant arc. But for some reason they don't change anything else.
** The OP also show Tokine using long, thin kekkai to skewer her enemies, a trick she doesn't learn until around the half-way point, and that she uses to compensate for not having Yoshimori's raw power.
* Most main races in ''InitialD'' get spoiled in the opening from second season on.
** Midway through the four season a mysterious driver in a Subaru [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] Takumi on his very favourite location which puzzles Takumi to no end...only that every viewer knows that the "mysterious" driver is actually Bunta, since he has been seen in that Subaru in the opening since the first episode.
* ''InnocentVenus'', somewhat. Jin appears with the same mask he wears prior to his DuelToTheDeath with Jo and some disembodied hands suggesting illusion, foreshadowing his FaceHeelTurn. The opening also strongly suggests that of the three leads, ''Jo'' will be the main character
* Halfway through ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', a "real" pilot with all the appropriate training appears to pilot the main character's mecha. He is supposedly no longer needed. Said replacement is nowhere in the opening. The obvious happens.
** Gai doesn't appear in the opening either, which seems very strange until the end of the [[SacrificialLamb third episode]].
* The opening of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' promptly spoils the fact that there are going to be three main Evas, and shows all the pilots before they are even introduced. There is, however, a nice subversion: the footage is laden with black screens holding text, appearing for a couple of moments each, showing the series' terminology that only starts making sense when it is explained what a particular word or logo stands for. Not to mention the BaitAndSwitchCredits nature of the opening.
** It has a call ahead to [[GainaxEnding both endings of the series]]: Unit-01 sprouting wings, which happens in ''End of Evangelion'', and Shinji smiling, which is the ''last shot of the series''.
** By contrast, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhu6a9hUq4 the ADV trailer]] imitates the opening of the anime and is practically incomprehensible. It also features one ''hell'' of a call ahead as well - Misato having been shot.
* ''ParanoiaAgent'' creates a deliberate Spoiler Opening to help with {{foreshadowing}}. If a character appears in the opening credits, the audience knows to watch them carefully, even if they've only made brief appearances so far.
** In fact, one particular sequence of the characters has them appear in the same order as they get attacked by Shonen Bat.
* The ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' opening spoils the appearance of Miyu in later episodes, in addition to showing a shadowy mysterious Otome, who might have not been prematurely identified as Mai, if not for her ''mitsu tomoe'' symbol from ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. And of course, it also spoils the "will Arika get into Garderobe?" subplot of the first few episodes.
** Starting with episode 16, a new set of opening credits appears... which not only reveals the (albeit well foreshadowed) major plot twist that hasn't happened yet, it also removes any doubt as to which side every character will wind up on.
** Both openings, however, show a character in silhouette whose identity remains successfully hidden until the very last episode.
* For ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'', just like in the game, the opening gives away many of the kidnapping victims, as well as the identities of the full investigation team. If one hasn't played the game, the script and direction of the anime is clearly intended to make a RedHerring out of Naoto, but simply watching the credits pretty much tells you she's a good guy all along.
* The main premise of the series ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'' is that of the ''soeur'' ("sister") system: characters choose lower classmen to be their ''Petite soeur''. While the series tries to build suspense as to who will choose who, the opening sequence shows the pairs quite plainly. In the second season, there is supposed to be a rivalry between two of the girls, though we clearly see them as ''soeurs'' in the opening.
** And the fourth season has an additional spoiler ''ending'', since it clearly showcases who Yumi will choose as her ''soeur''.
* The major plot arc of the first eight episodes of ''{{Simoun}}'' is Aaeru's attempt to get Neviril to pair with her, and Neviril's refusal to fly with ''anyone'' during that time. However, the opening credits prominently feature the two flying together, promptly removing any and all suspense that they might not become a pair, and show a number of other characters who have not been introduced yet.
** On the other hand, the opening credits also subvert this one. Amuria, [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler who dies in the first episode]], is never removed from the credits. Between this, the frequent mentions of her, and the fact that [[NeverFoundTheBody her body was not found]], it seems obvious that she will eventually come back. She doesn't.
* Although ''GunXSword'' makes use of [[SinisterSilhouettes silhouettes]], it still tips its hand at two points. For the first, the true appearance of the moon is visible (and unsilhouetted) behind the Claw long before it comes into play. The EvolvingCredits actually ''cause'' the second, with three characters who presumably died in one episode ''not'' having their outlines shadowed before the next, indicating they lived.
* The ''OnePiece'' anime's first opening spoiled Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji as well as their [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth abili]][[BratsWithSlingshots ti]][[ExtremityExtremist es]]]], and it's third opening revealed prematurely that Miss All-Sunday, aka Nico Robin would make a HeelFaceTurn, ruining one of the series' biggest twists.]] In addition, its fifth opening spoils Luffy and Usopp's battle, Admiral Aokiji's ice powers, Luffy's [[FunnyAfro new look]], and shows clips from the Davy Back Fight Arc]] and it's sixth opening spoils Luffy's new upgrade, Chopper's monster form after taking 3 rumble balls and shows clips from all of the [=CP9=] fights.
** The ninth opening spoiled Brook and Thriller Bark.
** The eleventh opening is especially horrible about this. In the two and a half minutes it plays, it shows spoilerific clips from where the anime currently is, trying to rescue Camie from the auction house, all the way to Luffy invading Impel Down to rescue Ace. Along the way they show Kuma attacking, Kizaru and Sentomaru, the women of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock, Jinbei, and Luffy fighting a bunch of Blugori
* The game and second anime of ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' show Ayu with pink wings in the opening.
** Similarly, the game's opening lists one of the characters, Shiori Misaka, by her full name, preemptively revealing her relation to one of the game's other characters
** ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' shows Misuzu with short hair and Kanna flying in front of the moon, but they pass by so quickly that there's not much time to ponder them.
*** ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has split-second clips in the background of the showcasing girls, which spoil certain future events and backstories. It can also be argued that Nagisa and Tomoya's future child gets spoiled as the little girl running through the field. Though her face isn't shown, and it's automatic that the default girl will be the chosen one, she is pretty prominent concerning what happens involving her.
* Both used and subverted in ''SoukouNoStrain''. The initially important Isabella doesn't show up in the OP, and she gets killed off. This led a lot of fans to suspect that the next victim would be anyone but Sara, Ralph, Lavinia, Lottie or Carris, as those five appeared in the OP. Carris was the next victim, and many not included in the OP survived.
** The series also features a spoiler ending which depicts the final scene of the series.
* ''BattleProgrammerShirase'' is an odd case; it was canceled before some of the characters shown in the intro are even ''introduced''.
* Hikaru and Athena are shown fighting in the OP of ''KidouTenshiAngelicLayer'' long before it's even hinted that Athena will be more than an inspiration from one episode.
* The opening to ''GateKeepers'' reveals the series' [[TheManBehindTheMan surprise]] BigBad ''before the very first episode''.
* The first series of ''MagicKnightRayearth'' manages to bizarrely combine this with a BaitAndSwitchCredits sequence, as the opening briefly but prominently features a scene from the climactic mecha battle with Zagato. There's little indication of mecha content in the series prior to them finally showing up besides this... but that's because they're just {{Macguffin}}s who don't really play an active role in the story until this battle.
* Done many, many times in Italian dub openings. The worst offender is, by far, ''Manga/SailorMoon'': the lyrics for the first season's opening stated outright that Sailor Moon is the reincarnation of Princess Serenity; the third season's opening showed that two of the [[MacGuffin Talismans]] were in the hearts of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune; and don't even get us started on the fourth season's opening...
** The English dub opening, which never changed anyway, does completely kill the mystery of who the other four Sailors are by showing and naming them right in the theme song.
** In the original anime, the third opening of the first season pretty clearly shows Sailor Moon transforming into a pretty and royal looking dress which makes it obvious she's the Moon Princess. It started being shown shortly after Sailor Jupiter showed up, 9 episodes before Princess Serenity first appears. Otherwise, ''Sailor Moon'' was usually pretty good about this, especially during S when they used multiple variations on the same opening to hide the new Senshi, the true villains, Super Sailor Moon, and other elements. Which was then completely blown in the English release because Creator/{{Geneon}} was only able to get {{Toei}} to give them the final variation of the opening, which of course spoils the entire series. They were eventually able to coax the original variations out of them as extras, but the damage was already done.
*** The first season openings concealed some of the Senshi's identities, but even the very first opening showed Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars along with Sailor Moon.
*** ''Sailor Moon'' does spoil the true identities of Tuxedo Mask and the Moonlight Knight in the credits.
** About Italian dubs again. Italian opening of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' clearly states that 1) the hero will discover his MysteriousPast ("who are you? Goku, you don't know, but you'll soon find out"); 2) TheHeroDies ("and then you'll disappear")]]; 3) the hero will come BackFromTheDead ("but you'll return and (...) you'll defeat darkness")
** The opening of the third season, Sailor Moon S, quite blatantly shows Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus as a part of the team, which was slightly jarring, given that Neptune and Uranus had a rather antagonistic relationship with the inner senshi. Only by the end of the season they truly acknowledged Sailor Moon as their friend and leader.
* The opening of ''KannazukiNoMiko'' is effectively a 90 second summary of the entire plot of the series.
* The chronological first three episodes of ''[[SuzumiyaHaruhi The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (broadcast second, third, and fifth) feature a classmate who seems at least as important as ThoseTwoGuys. So why are they all in the closing credits when she isn't? [[spoiler:Because she tries to kill Kyon in the tenth (chronologically fourth) episode and is destroyed as a human interface.]] There are various other cues, such as an adult Mikuru, Kimidori Emiri (who has some importance in the later light novels), a hand holding a knife, and the clock and computer motifs surrounding Mikuru and Yuki. But with no context and surreal backdrops, it makes little sense until you see it in the episodes.
* The ''DragonballZ'' dub theme contains several major spoilers toward the end. ''Three'' Super Saiyans are shown, including one who hasn't even appeared yet (Future Trunks, fighting Frieza, who ''also'' hasn't appeared yet -- and in his final form to boot!). The worst one is Vegeta's inclusion in the final group shot, which makes it obvious that he'll end up a good guy; this is a spoiler you can ''understand'' almost right away, but which takes a long, ''long'' time and a lot of character development to happen.
** Later, in ''DragonballKai'', the openings spoil numerous things, including [[spoiler: The Saibamen, Vegeta and Goku fighting, Namek, Frieza, Goku fighting him as a Super Saiyan, the androids, Cell's forms, several people going super saiyan, and the fights between 17 and Piccolo and 18 and Vegeta]]. YMMV, given the series' age.
* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Kagura is all over the opening, making it obvious that she'll eventually be important despite her slow start. (There are other spoilers -- in fact, most of the scenes in the theme end up happening -- but they're all too weird to really give anything away.)
* See that {{goth}} in the opening of ''Manga/DeathNote''? Her name is Misa. She'll be important later.
** Also, a brief shot of L's face is shown, even though it isn't shown in the show for the first several episodes.
*** L is also shown on the cover of the second volume of the manga, which you most likely would see before his actual reveal.
** ''Manga/DeathNote'' also has a spoiler closing; the very last image in the second ending sequence is a shot of [[spoiler:Light's corpse]] and a few flashed images before that show close-ups of [[spoiler:Light's corpse's eye, with Ryuk reflected in it]]. Granted, it may be more {{foreshadowing}}, as you're not likely to figure out that's what it is among the other weird crap.
** Don't forget the second opening, which shows shots of all of the new major players in the latter half of the story a good few episodes before any of them are introduced.
* Most of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'''s English openings spoil future captures and evolutions that the characters are going to have. The Japanese openings and endings are usually better about this since they change to match the trainers' current parties, but some spoilers still slip through.
* People just starting ''OutlawStar'' will likely notice that Hilda, a rather important character and catalyst of the series, doesn't appear in the opening's TeamShot. Naturally, this is because [[spoiler: she dies at the end of the fourth episode]].
** The intro ''does'', however, show Aisha Clan-Clan and Suzuka as part of the team, when neither one joins for several episodes.
* The opening of ''KurauPhantomMemory'' offers a glimpse of Christmas [[spoiler:showing off some of her powers, which doesn't occur until much later in the series]].
** Hell the ending credits are spoilers! Which is weird if you consider that it's a single picture. A very well executed foreshadowing.
* Unintentionally avoided in ''DigimonTamers'', where the three main characters are joined by another three shadowy figures. One of them is obviously Juri, but the other two are very indistinct as the writer hadn't yet decided who they were going to be when it came for the sequence to be animated.
** It's actually quite interesting. Originally, only Juri was going to be a "secondary" Tamer. But in an earlier part of the Japanese opening, there's a shot of a whole ton of kids holding D-Arcs, including Kazu, Suzie and Kenta. The producer saw this and decided to make them into Tamers later in the series.
** However, while Kenta and [=MarineAngemon=] are clearly shown at the end of the second Japanese opening, the shadowy figures occupying the same position in the first Japanese opening don't resemble them in the slightest.
*** WordOfGod: [[http://konaka.com/alice6/tamers/characters/kenta-e.html it originally wasn't Kenta in the OP]], which is probably why he's way in the background, instead of in the foreground with the PowerTrio, Juri, Shiuchon and Hirokazu. According to their profiles on Konaka's site, Hirokazu and Juri were intended to become Tamers later, while Shiuchon is a case of ThrowItIn: she was already in the shot, so they decided to go with it. Kenta was given his partner at the last possible minute, [[spoiler:after Juri's partner died]], even.
** It's also played straight, however. The opening shows not only Guilmon's, Terriermon's, and Renamon's Champion forms, it shows their Ultimate and Mega forms too...in the very first episode. Then around the time of the Digital World arc, it gives away the [[SarcasmMode tiny little detail of]] Impmon digivolving into Beelzemon and pulling a FaceHeelTurn. To make things even ''worse'', the opening not only spoils him turning into Beelzemon, it ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable spoils him going into Beelzemon Blast Mode]]'', which '''also''' spoils him [[HeelFaceTurn rejoining the good guys]] and getting a RedemptionPromotion, since he sure as heck doesn't have wings and an ArmCannon while he's a villain, and Digimon only change that drastically through ThePowerOfFriendship.
* ''DigimonAdventure'' had a spoiler ''ending''. The very same episode that announced the existence of the [[SixthRanger new Chosen Child and Digimon]] also debuted the [[AnimeThemeSong second ending theme]], the animation for which very obviously portrays Taichi's little sister and Myotismon's/Vamdemon's RightHandCat among the good guys. Not only that, it spoils what the unrevealed Ultimates (and Megas, a level not known to exist yet) would look like.
** The opening that added Kari also had a pair of glimpses of Angewomon, introduced much later, and [=MagnaAngemon=], who was the second to last digimon introduced in the series. Several episodes after this opening, Izzy refers to (basic) Angemon as Patamon's fully evolved form. This was the same episode that introduced the concept of megas, so clearly there was more to be seen.
** The first opening also did this with Angemon. When [[WakeupCallBoss Devimon]] appears and becomes a major threat for several episodes with Patamon being the only mon that hasn't reached Champion level yet, a GenreSavvy viewer can easily guess that he [[MagikarpPower eventually digivolves into Angemon]] and defeats Devimon. Since Devimon is a (comparatively) weak foe, this is understandable.
** ''DigimonAdventure02'''s second Japanese ending, which started at the time of Paildramon's introduction, was particularly bad about this. It showed Silphymon, Shakkoumon and even Imperialdramon, in both Dragon and Fighter Mode! And one episode later, the opening was revised, which in case you hadn't already seen the ending, shows the then-unintroduced Silphymon, Shakkoumon and Imperialdramon Dragon.
* ''[[DigimonFrontier Frontier's]]'' second Japanese ending was also spoilerific. It began playing at the end of the episode revealing [[spoiler: Duskmon is a human]], and showed [[spoiler: Kouichi as a member of the group, his natural Darkness Human and Beast forms AND Takuya and Kouji's upgraded D-Scan designs that weren't introduced for another 8 episodes]]!
* To the astute viewer, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF5BLyh3Mk upbeat, cartoony intro of]] ''{{Narutaru}}'' actually gives away some important parts of the plot. [[RefugeInAudacity Not that anyone would believe it unless you told them]].
** Well, except for the whole 'Shiina turning into a {{kaiju}} and [[TheTokyoFireball destroying Tokyo]]' part. Which was kind of a pity.
*** That part actually does contain a spoiler from the manga, although the anime ended before [[spoiler: Shiina was vaporized when a nuclear missile exploded.]]
* Every ''PrettyCure'' series dips into this trope to various degrees although most are already spoiled by the toy line anyway before the openings do the job.
** The second ending of ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' shows the two {{Dark Magical Girl}}s, who had "[[NeverFoundTheBody died]]" recently. It attempts to hide this, though, by showing all the (really) dead villains along with them.
** And it's not even a question in ''YesPrettyCure5''. Who will be the next Cure? Will Karen get over her RefusalOfTheCall? Which [[DebutQueue order will they be gathered in]]? Not hard.
** Also, ''FreshPrettyCure'' spoiled the appearance of Northa/Norza/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS whatever her name is]];
** ''HeartcatchPrettyCure'' gave away Cure Moonlight's civilian identity, her return to being a MagicalGirl well before it happened and featured characters such as future [[SixthRanger third member]] [[StudentCouncilPresident Itsuki]]. The other two members of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, the Pretty Cure Manteaus, Marine Dynamite, the Desert Devils and Floral Power Fortissimo.
** ''SuitePrettyCure'''s opening spoiled the Cure Belltiers, Cure Muse, and the fact that there's an eighth Fairy Tone.
** ''SmilePrettyCure'''s DebutQueue is a very dull surprise on who is going to be the next Cure since they are all over the opening.
*** All over the opening? It's also in their ''theme song''!
--> Happy! Sunny! Peace! March! Beauty!
** How about "Spoiler EyeCatch"? In episode 38, an Akanbe eyecatch was used, spoiling the end of the episode where the same Akanbe face from the eyecatch appears on a glass slipper.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is ''incredibly'' bad about this.
** First opening spoiled [[spoiler:Chad and Ishida joining the group,]] as well as their powers.
** Second opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Hanatarou would join the group, Ichigo's oncoming fight with Kenpachi, and Renji and Ichigo's fight.]] However, this opening had tons of BaitAndSwitchCredits, like Ishida fighting Hitsugaya, and Yoruichi fighting Soifon while in cat form. It had so much fake stuff that you can't pick out the real parts until after you've already seen them anyway.
** Third opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Soifon and Yoruichi would fight, Renji's Bankai, Byakuya and Ichigo's fight, Yamamoto's [[PlayingWithFire shikai]], Hitsugaya's [[AnIcePerson bankai]], [[BackToBackBadasses Shunsui and Ukitake fighting side by side]], Sajin's real face, and worst of all, that Aizen is still alive.]]
*** How does it spoil [[spoiler: Aizen being alive]]? He's shown for about three seconds, and from the angle all you can make out is his hair and [[spoiler: captain's haori]]. And it's shown during the beginning part, which goes through every one of the ryoka and Gotei 13. It's so subtle that you're only going to notice it if you're looking for it, especially with all the emphasis it puts on making Gin look creepy and evil.
** The fifth opening shows several fights from the Arrancar arc (although you have to look '''very''' closely), as well as Ichigo fighting his inner hollow.
** The opening for the Arrancar arc (Opening 6) spoiled [[spoiler:that Orihime will be kidnapped by Aizen.]] Well in advance of the actual event, and by the time [[spoiler: Orihime's abduction]] actually occurs, the opening has changed ''again''.
*** It also shows the remaining Espada beyond Ulquiorra, Yammy and Grimmjow a good number of episodes in advance of their actual introductions.
** The one after that spoiled [[spoiler:that Renji and Rukia would join the Hueco Mundo force.]]
** And the 9th opening, following the filler arc spoils [[spoiler:the four captains [[BigDamnHeroes coming to the rescue]] in Hueco Mundo, as well as Nel's true form]], and spoils them ''[[http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/madfigs/intro-25.jpg hard]]''.
** Let's not forget the spoiler endings. Ending 10 spoiled [[spoiler: Ichigo's father being a Shinigami--a Captain, no less]] and another showed the Vizard's previous appearance, several episodes before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc began.
*** The third ending is especially guilty, showing Ukitake and Kyoraku as Yamamoto's students, Urahara being Captain of Squad 12, and Gin and Rangiku's prior relationship.
** The broadcast version of the 13th ending on Adult Swim (which typically shows random shots of the season set to an abridged version of the ending theme) shows a shot of Aaroniero with his mask off [[spoiler:while he is impersonating Kaien]].
** On the other hand, ''Bleach'' openings are also often [[BaitAndSwitchCredits full of things that completely fail to happen]]. Maybe they're hoping that people will be so confused that they'll stop noticing spoilers.
** The 12th opening (after the end of the Muramasa/Sword Fiend filler) manages to spoil an incredible number of things, including [[spoiler: both of Ulquiorra's Ressurecions, Starrk and Barragan's Ressureccions, Ichigo's super-hollow form, Soi Fon's Bankai, Wonderwiess's appearance, the Vaizard's appearance, and even Kensei's bankai,]] and, most importantly, [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain The Heart]]]] Granted, some of this could be guessed, but if one hasn't read the manga this opening essentially spoils about half of the awesome reveals in the FKT arc.
** The thirteenth OP spoils [[spoiler: Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi joining the battle at FKT, Ichigo's jinzen training in the Dangai and Gin's death.]] Considering the latter two won't be animated for months and the latter unconfirmed until the latest chapter of the manga those are some pretty big spoilers.[[spoiler: It also very subtly spoils Ichigo's loss of powers, with the scenes from beginning of the anime played backwards as a hint that Ichigo will revert to state before them.]] But this is almost impossible to figure out without reading last chapter of the manga.
** It's almost a theme to Bleach at this point that the openings preview(/spoil) upcoming events, and the endings tend to focus on the past. There are exceptions of course.
** Just when we thought they couldn't outdo themselves, they did: the latest filler arc opening shows [[spoiler: the various captains of the Gotei 13 fighting one another, and the mysterious green-haired girl who has just been introudced.]] And to add insult to injury - at least in terms of spoilers - the latest ending shows [[spoiler: Mugetsu Ichigo, his Bankai mask cracking, and various shots of Ishida, all of which serve as a subtle hint at the manga's development of Ishida becoming the new Hollow-slayer - this arc is established as taking place between Aizen's defeat and the manga's current storyline.]]
** The 15th Opening seems to have no problem with showcasing [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo's Fullbring, Ginjo standing alongside Ichigo's friends and Tsukishima's face along with Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima and Shishigawara]] despite all of those being spoilers, those last three especially, seeing as how [[spoiler: the viewer is supposed to think Ginjo is the new BigBad]], [[spoiler: we don't see Tsukishima's face in the manga until he attacks Orihime]] which won't be animated for another 8-9 episodes and by the time we reach [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima]], we'll most likely be on ''opening 16''.
* ''{{DGray-man}}'' is a regular offender as well.
** First opening showed Tyki Mikk in China with his Tease even though that part came at a much later episode.
*** It also spoiled the fact that [[spoiler:Eliade is an akuma.]]
** Second opening revealed some of the "[[BigBad Earl of Millennium's]]" powers as well as Jasdevi and Lulu Bell.
** Third opening showed what Skinn Bolic was capable of doing in combat.
*** [[spoiler:And Allen's broken arm, Bak, For's fight with the lvl3, Kanda's weapon upgrade, the giant-combined-akuma-thing, Chomesuke's human form, the ark, Crown Clown and Lenalee's short hair.]] [[SarcasmMode Almost nothing!]]
** The fourth opening does this the most: [[spoiler:showing the Generals with their Innocence, Jasdevi combined, Tyki's other form, the Fourteenth Noah as well as the Score, Lvellie as well as Howard, Chaozii's Innocence...in short, everything besides a certain 'beer belly punk'...]]
* Averted in ''BloodPlus''. The second opening only showed Diva from the back, keeping her face secret as she had not yet been revealed [[spoiler:as Saya's twin]].
** However, the 4th opening falls squarely into this, revealing [[spoiler:Hagi's wings]] long before they're actually shown.
** It takes a really sharp eye to see in the first opening [[spoiler:any hint alluding to Diva's pregnancy in the second half of the series.]]
* ''TheSlayers'' tries to set you up to see [[spoiler:Rezo]] as a good guy and [[spoiler:Zelgadis]] as a villain. Now look at who Lina and Gourry are attacking in the opening and who shows up in the "hero" section of the TeamShot at the intro's end.
** Worse yet, if you know what to look for, the ''TheSlayers Next'' opening spoils [[spoiler: Gourry being kidnapped, the apperance of Lord of the Nightmares (twice, even!) and the Ragna Blade]]. Ironically, it doesn't spoil the anime per se, but the original ''novels'', by showing [[spoiler: the Sword of Light being lost to the darkness.]]
** Less noticable, but a quick eye makes it quite obvious that [[spoiler: Xellos is a Mazoku]] inside the ''Slayers Next'' opening.
** ''Slayers Evolution-R'' is the biggest offender for being an original story and yet still having an opening that spoiled the climax. [[spoiler: Pokota's sealed body is shown opening his eyes with the symbol of Shabranigdu in them, and then it cuts immediately to Lina fighting Shabranigdu and then a scene of her casting the Giga Slave. Guess what happens!]] Many fans thought it was so obvious that it had to be a red herring.
* ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'' shows the [[spoiler:WWII Zero fighter, related to Siesta's heritage.]]
* The ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' opening spoils Escaflowne's Dragon form, whose first appearance is treated as a cliffhanger surprise at the end of Episode 4.
** It also has a shot of Escaflowne fighting Sherazade on a desolate battlefield, a fight that happens near the very end of the series.
** ...''and'' the winged, angel-like Draconians in their city.
* Subverted in the first ''FullmetalAlchemist'' season where the opening scene could have spoiled the whole first episode plot twist, the actual episode didn't have an intro, and placed the intro at the end.
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's broken armour and Ed's missing automail arm blatently shown. Also, that scene doesn't even happen until the second opening and closings are in use!
** Meanwhile, the first Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's opening has three shots of Hohenheim, who, in the manga, doesn't really show up for another 10 volumes. One of the shots is even [[spoiler:Hohenheim as a young slave.]] It's annoying, really. The first episode followed suit.
*** In their defense, [[spoiler:Slave!Hoho is so ambiguous that someone who doesn't already know what it means will probably incorrectly take his appearance as a spoiler that Ed gets his arm back.]]
** The second Brotherhood opening spoils [[spoiler:Gluttony's true form, Envy's true form, Ling vs Wrath, and Mustang vs Lust]]. Though the actual [[spoiler:Ling vs Wrath]] is very different from what was shown, and they spoil less than they would have because they aired it with episode 15 instead of episode 14.
** The third Brotherhood opening shows [[spoiler:Ling among the other Homunculi]], as well as [[spoiler:Pride attacking the Brigg's tunnel expedition team and possessing Alphonse. In fact, this opening also introduces Olivier Mira Armstrong and the Briggs army before we even officially see them]]. However, to their credit, the first instance isn't given very much attention and isn't all that noticeable, and the second one completely lacks any context (Not to mention how [[spoiler:Pride's true self looks nothing like the other Homunculi]], which could trick viewers into mistaking it for something completely unrelated. It also shows what, as of Chapter 106, [[spoiler:Looks alot like Kimblee's final moment after "dying"]]
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan returning.]] The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egrigously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
*** It also featured the Gate of Truth [[spoiler:namely, Ed's, dissolving]], referencing something that didn't happen until ''the last chapter of the manga'' '''which hadn't even be published when the opening started airing'''. Of course, since that hadn't happened yet, it's very easy to take it as unrelated or [[DisneyAcidSequence stylistic]].
** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's NightmareFuel form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters' [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]], though the inclusion of Captain Battleship among the main cast when he never actually joins up may have been an attempt to partially avert this. (of course, few people watch Bo-Bobo for the plot)
* ''InuYasha'' had a spoiler opening ''and'' a spoiler closing. The first opening sequence featured Shippo, Miroku, and Sango, long before any of them appeared. Sango likewise appeared in the end sequence. Sango is kind of an advanced case; She wouldn't actually appear in the series until ''after there were new opening and closing sequences.''
** The Final Act's opening spoils Sesshomaru [[spoiler:getting a new sword and his severed arm back]], [[spoiler:Tetsusaiga's last two upgrades]], [[spoiler:Naraku's new incarnation, Byakuya]], and Naraku's form after [[spoiler:completing the Shikon Jewel]].
* The anime ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' is especially guilty of spoiler openings:
** The first opening briefly reveals Tsuna's [[spoiler: X-Gloves]], although they only appear for a second. After episode 20, the opening spoils Mukuro's gang, as well as Tsuna's Hyper Dying Will Mode.
** The second opening for ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' spoils nearly every fight and new attack in the next arc (although most of the spoiled attacks appear so briefly that you would have to be looking for them to notice).
** The third opening spoils [[spoiler: Xanxus's guns as well as Tsuna's Zero Point Breakthrough (though it doesn't spoil the ZPB Custom)]].
** The fourth opening spoils the [[spoiler: future forms of four of the main characters, the Box Animals they use, Yamamoto and Gokudera's new flame-based weapons, and Tsuna's X-Gloves: Version Vongola Ring.]] It also hints at the truth behind the Arcobaleno.
** The fifth opening does the same thing as the second, showing key matchups and new techniques of every main character.
** The sixth opening reveals Tsuna's completed [[spoiler: X-Burner, as well as his new contact lens.]] It also reveals that [[spoiler: Hibari and Ryohei traveled to the future, and that Tsuna's final opponent will be Genkishi.]]
*** And there was a remake for that same opening, done for the filler Arc that included [[spoiler: the real forms of all seven Arcobalenos]]
** The 7th opening has quite a few scenes of [[spoiler: the entire Choice battle]] shown. Including [[spoiler: Everyone's new Vongola Box animals, Yamamoto's new swords and the Real Six Funeral Wreaths.]]
** The eighth spoils [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror Ghost's]] appearance and [[EnergyAbsorption flame absorption]] abilities, the Varia's reappearance, and Byakuran's [[PowerGivesYouWings wings]]]].
* ''RockmanEXE'', in the ''Axess'' season, gains Soul Unison forms through the PowerOfFriendship. The OP spoils half of these forms from the outset, including those of characters apparently PutOnABus, characters who currently hate him, and even characters who are villains.
** ''Stream'' is better about this, going so far as to put Tesla Magnets in the villains' segment even though she eventually joins the main team. It does reveal that Yuriko is going to join the Net Savers, but only if you're paying attention.
** Similarly, ''Beast'''s suggests a link between Colonel and Iris (though this was obvious to anyone who knew anything about the ''X'' series), but essentialy lies by showing [[TeamRocket Chihiro and Blackbeard]] in the same sequence as the new allies.
** The opening for ''[[MegaManStarForce Ryuusei no Rockman Tribe]]'' has Orihime in her geisha/priestess villain outfit, which she doesn't wear until the very end of the series.
* The mysterious killer of the protagonist's parents' face in ''ShionNoOu'' is strategically covered whenever it gets close. This can be pretty tension-filled for the watchers...if it weren't for the fact that it's fully shown in the opening.
* Gainax anime ''PetitePrincessYucie'' reveals the other princess candidates Yucie will meet up with, who are all prominent in the storyline specifically on their roles.
* In ''FlameOfRecca'''s opening, [[spoiler:Koganei Kaoru is shown as a member of the main force of good guys.]] Too bad this didn't happen in the anime until close to episode ''twenty''...
* The ending credits of ''GoLion'' (which became Lion ''{{Voltron}}'') reveal that one of the members of the team dies and is replaced by the princess. The ''Voltron'' adaptation recycled this animation for it's ending credits as well, thus carrying the trope over to that version as well.
* Subverted by the ''{{Karin}}'' anime. Since the anime added a new character, Winner Sinclair, that was going to be a major player in the anime's plot, the OP only shows a conspicuous black silhouette of Winner whenever he would normally appear. This was naturally replaced with actual images of Winner when he was formally introduced.
* In the very first episode of ''CodeGeass'', Suzaku and C.C. are both shot and apparently killed while trying to protect the protagonist. In episode two, Suzaku is revealed to be injured but alive because the bullet hit [[MementoMacGuffin a pocket watch he kept under his uniform as a memento]]. In episode four, C.C. turns out to be fine [[NighInvulnerability despite being shot in the head]]. The surprise is somewhat lessened by each character's prominence in the opening.
** The other openings tend to spoil some stuff. The second version of the second opening has a Blink-and-You'll-Miss-It scene where Cornelia's Gloucester thrusts its lance. The reflection on its lance shows [[spoiler:Marianne when she was killed. But at the end of the first season, it was revealed that she didn't know who killed her.]]
*** The second-version-second-OP in the first season goes even further than that: around the last 10 seconds or so of it, there's not only a shot of V.V., there's also one [[spoiler:of the nun who gave C.C. her Geass, and, later, her Code]]. Of course, you virtually never notice it seeing as those shots are in the form of semi-transparent image flashes in front of the backdrop of Lelouch dramatically sprawled out in from of that inferno.
** The first OP of R2 spoils [[spoiler:Charles's geass]] and [[spoiler:Jeremiah returning]], along with a shot of [[spoiler:a space full of [[strike:thousands of]] a million Zeroes]].
** The second R2 OP shows a brief shot of a C's World mask and C.C., good ol' Charlie, V.V. and possibly Marianne standing on the cliff with all of their long and shining locks blowing in the wind.
*** The fact that [[spoiler:Shirley was missing from that opening gives you a pretty good hint of [[KilledOffForReal what happens to her]] in the episode where it's first used.]]
** At least they averted some of it; the Black Knights aren't shown until after their formation.
*** Sort of. If you look closely, you can see [[spoiler: Tohdoh, Kaguya and Rakshata]] amongst them, whom doesn't join up until about two-thirds into the first season.
** You can see Schneizel in the first opening for a good four seconds before the last shot of Lelouch. [[spoiler: Even though Schneizel doesn't show up until the last few episodes of the season.]] And the fact that they were the last two characters shown with the same background drop, implied to be disdainfully/mockingly looking at each other [[spoiler: giving away that he's a major enemy to Lelouch... ''in the second season''.]]
** Sort of inverted in both R2 endings. In the first one, we see [[spoiler: Euphemia]], who is dead in the final episodes of the first season, and in the second ending, there's [[spoiler: Shirley]], even after their death.
* Subverted in ''TenchiMuyo GXP''. During the opening, four silhouettes appear during the initial opening, as well as a small shot of the Earth near the end. As episodes progress, the silhouettes are revealed to be one of the main cast as well as OVA mainstays Ryoko, Ayeka and Tenchi. The shot of the Earth later adds another battleship as well as spaceship mode Ryo-Ohki as they appear.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The first opening for the show, even though it's shadowed, features the combination between Gurren and Lagann.
** Averted later on in the series. [[spoiler:Kamina]] features prominently in the intro until the episode after [[spoiler:he dies]]. Also, the [[spoiler:full Gurren Brigade and Dai-Gurren]] are absent, despite their importance, until this point. There's also an interesting subversion at work here considering [[spoiler: Thymilph doesn't appear in the opening until AFTER he dies]]
** Although the opening for the [[spoiler: post-Time Skip]] section does somewhat spoil the ongoing bit where [[spoiler: Gurren Lagann starts combining with every battleship the heroes get, transforming into forms each ridiculously huger and more powerful than the last]] if you have good eyes when it shows Lagann and Gurren combining.
*** Not only that, but it also spoils [[spoiler:Nia's status as a ManchurianAgent]].
* The first opening of ''TowardTheTerra'' shows [[spoiler: Shiroe getting killed by Keith.]] This is done so ambiguously though that the viewers won't really get it until they get to that part of episode 9. The second OP also shows [[spoiler: Tony and the other Nazca children rapidly growing up.]] Though with the series love for ''TimeSkip''s, people might not take that part of the opening as literal as it is.
* The opening of the first season of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' shows a clip or two featuring the Magician of Black Chaos. The Magician does not actually make an appearance in the anime until Yugi's climactic battle with Pegasus. As a whole, the opening often features shots of monsters that will appear that season, and if you can identify the monsters seen you can often take a pretty good guess at which duelist will be using said monster.
** The second Japanese opening, Shuffle, manages to spoil the fact that Yugi obtains Slifer the Sky Dragon/Osiris. If you look closely at the scene near the end of the opening (which features Yugi, Marik and Kaiba), you can see the Slifer card in Yugi's hand.
*** The opening itself came in at the end of episode 49 (Weirdly the last part of the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc, not the start of Battle City), and Yugi got Slifer in episode 67. To further make it a slight spoiler, Kaiba is shown twice with the God of Obelisk/Obelisk the Tormentor card. He obtains the card in episode 52, just 3 episodes after the opening came into use, so it's not as major a spoiler as Yugi getting his God card. The only other major spoiler for this opening is Yugi summoning the Black/Dark Magician Girl, a monster that doesn't appear until 12 episodes later.
** In the "Enter the Shadow Realm" sub-arc, the arc shows Gozaburo Kaiba confronting the heroes when he doesn't show up in the arc until the very end and is supposed to be dead. A more subtle spoiler shows Noah, the main antagonist of the arc, in Mokuba Kaiba's clothing - Noah is later revealed to be [[CainAndAbelAndSeth the third Kaiba brother]].
** The ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' dub's first season opening shows A LOT of scenes that don't happen until well past the Duelist Kingdom arc, particularly those of the first time the crew entered the Virtual World and thwarted the Big Bad Five of KaibaCorp.
** Something that could be considered a spoiler for the Italian audience - the opening for ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' in Italy is basically the Hyper Drive sequence, with 5 seconds added from the second version of the sequence to fit the song lenght. Naturally the 5 seconds they added to extend the sequence featured Yusei facing Kiryu/Kalin and Crow and Blackwing Armor Master. Keep in mind these characters won't be seen for around over 30 episodes, and whilst the US intro that came in from episode 27 showed this, the Italian version showed the two characters from the off.
** Even the Japanese version of 5D's began doing this, with the forms of Shooting Star Dragon and Machine Emperor Grannel. Initially, for the fourth opening, they were obscured (the former in light, the latter in shadow). This had been done before, with the creature being added the episode after they appeared. With these two, however, they were added into the intro of the very episode they debuted in, thus ruining the anticipation.
* Watch the ''{{S-cry-ed}}'' OP again. Pay attention to the brief hilights over Kazuma's body. [[spoiler: It shows the exact order of his upgrades. Plus completely spoils the Ryuho's change to his Alter by doing the same type of light-up sequence.]]
* ''{{Naruto}}'''s openings occasionally have spoilers, although some avert this by changing mid-season in order to update themselves.
** The second opening spoils Orochimaru biting Sasuke and Sakura's ImportantHaircut.
** The third opening spoiled Sasuke learning Chidori.
** The fourth averts this, changing parts of the opening prior to its reveal. (Like Kurenai and Asuma's fight with Kisame, Kakashi's fight with Itachi, Naruto's fight with Kabuto, Sasuke's use of Chidori against Itachi, Tsunade and Shizune, Orochimaru and Jiraiya summoning Manda the Snake and Gamabunta the Toad, and Naruto's Rasengan).
** The fifth opening (to some degree) spoils Sasuke's defection from Konoha. Though at least it's kind of clever about it like having a shot of an arm reaching to pick up a Leaf headband with pictures of Naruto and Sakura on either side of it, only for the pictures to change to Orochimaru and Itachi after which the hand lets go of it.
** The First Shippuden opening heavily hints at [[spoiler:Gaara's death, though he gets better by the end of the arc]]
*** While this is heavily hinted at, the subtext is only more obvious after the fact, making this a case of hindsight bias.
** The second Shippuden opening spoils the mission to capture Sasori's spy resulting in leading Naruto's team to Sasuke himself.
** The seventh Shippuden ending heavily hints at [[spoiler:Asuma's]] death.
** And in the sixth Shippuden opening, it's made pretty clear that [[strike:something very bad will happen to]] [[spoiler:Jiraiya will die]] very soon.
*** It also hints at [[spoiler:the near release of the nine tailed fox]] and [[spoiler:Meeting his father in the mind scape]], though the later is also cleverly pulled off by having him shedding a single tear while floating in glowy whiteness. Oh, and the corresponding ending has a shot of [[spoiler: the fourth hokage]] in it.
** The seventh Shippuden opening [[strike:shows]] ''showcases'' that Pain and Konan are [[spoiler:invading the Leaf Village]] a couple episodes before it actually happens as well as shots from Nagato, Yahiko and Konan's past which are from scenes that are not revealed until [[spoiler:Naruto's conversation with Pain]].
*** It also spoils [[spoiler:Naruto's Sage Mode]] ability.
** The two most recent Shippuden openings notwithstanding, the Naruto openings tend to hint at, moreso than spoil major plot developments.
** The ninth ''Shippuden'' open spoils [[spoiler:Kabuto's return]], [[spoiler:Naruto meeting Bee (thus implying that Bee survives his fight with Kisame)]], and [[spoiler:Naruto going on a boat trip with Yamato, Aoba, and Might Guy.]]
* ''GorgeousCarat'' is a manga variation. [[spoiler: Main character Ray's childhood friend Azura is revealed to be a bad guy in a shocking plot twist - or not, since it was heavily foreshadowed in that chapter's title page.]]
* In ''VideoGame/NeoAngelique - Abyss'' the first opening spoils [[spoiler: Rayne belonging to the artifact consortium, J.D being an [[ArtificialHuman artifact]], [[MeaningfulName Nyx]] being [[BigBad Erebos]] and the death of Carlyle.]] If you had played the game however you would already know these things.
* ''YuyuHakusho'''s opening spoils (at least) the first 14 episodes... Yusuke coming back to life, Kuwabara gaining powers, Kurama and Hiei's surviving AND their HeelFaceTurn.
** The first ending spoils Koenma's human world form, as well as showing Yusuke fighting Chu and a shot of Team Toguro long before their debut. The third ending spoils [[spoiler:Genkai's revival]] and that not long after Yusuke's team wins the Dark Tournament, Sensui replaces Toguro as the BigBad (It debuts ''just before'' the final fight with Toguro).
* While the ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' opening mostly just shows general scenes or {{Establishing Character Moment}}s (such as Isaac and Miria [[RefugeInAudacity robbing a bar of its candy bars while dressed as Santa Claus and the Headless Horseman]]), it does make an exception in the case of [[spoiler: Dallas]], by showing his eventual fate instead: [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream perpetual]] [[CementShoes drowning]]]].
** and let's not forget the fact that [[spoiler: The Young Conductor]] shows up rather prominently in the credits, despite the fact that [[spoiler: by episode 2, he would appear to be dead]].
* The second opening for the original ''LupinIII'' series introduces Goemon as a member of Lupin's gang, before he even appears, spoiling his HeelFaceTurn.
* Averted in the original ''{{Macross}}'', where the first opening only shows the Valkyries as planes, since the fact that they [[spoiler: turn into HumongousMecha]] is supposed to be a huge surprise revealed at the end of the episode.
* ''Anime/{{Beck}}'': Besides showing a few characters that don't appear for quite a few episodes, it also reveals that the band was [[MusicalSpoiler "made to hit in America!"]]
* ''RahXephon'' does this very subtly. At first, it seems like nothing but a series of beautiful rapid-fire images. [[spoiler: Then you notice the two recurring characters who keep showing up together....]]
* Subverted by ''SoulEater'' with its 2nd opening, which shows [[spoiler: Soul screaming in anguish while holding a limp Maka in his arms]]. It would make for a very dramatic death scene or whatnot... except [[BaitAndSwitchCredits nothing like that actually happens during this part of the series]].
** Also, the second opening shows [[spoiler: Stein's utter loss of sanity]] well before it actually happens.
** Don't forget Chrona's prominent appearance in the first opening, so we end up watching him/her for several episodes before he/she actually appears.
** The fourth ED is essentially a spoiler for the end of the series; [[spoiler: a monstrous Asura being fought by the main teams, the adults rendered useless (if not apparently dead) with the kids left to save the day and Soul and Maka featuring most prominently. One point that doesn't correlate to the finale is that it's Soul supporting Maka - similar to the switch around in the second OP - when again it's the other way around.]]
** The first new opening made for when the anime was re-aired [[LateArrivalSpoiler blatantly assumes you've seen the whole show already.]] It features Crona fighting along the main three weapon/meister pairs, which qualifies as both this and BaitAndSwitchCredits: Crona is introduced as an antagonist, and by the time he/she has a HeelFaceTurn there's only a few episode left before the opening changes.
* ''SaintSeiya'' along with BaitAndSwitchCredits. During the Asgard Saga opening, you can see [[spoiler: who gets to wear the Odin Robe]].
* The first opening for ''EurekaSeven: Psalm of Planets'' - ''Days'' - features a call-ahead into the final leg of the series where Eureka and Renton have [[spoiler:traveled over the Great Wall, under the layer of Scub Coral, with the Nirvash]].
* The opening of ''JyuOhSei'' contains a lot of shots of Zagi, who is in the first episode but then disappears for half the series. This pretty much gives away that he's going to come back. Then it shows Thor when he grows up (which also doesn't happen until halfway through the series) holding a collapsed Tiz [[spoiler: because she dies in the last episode]].
* The dub opening for ''SonicX'' shows Shadow opening his eyes. Shadow doesn't appear until a little while into the second season. He's also seen in the Japanese opening.
** To be fair, much of the fanbase was made up of people who beat some of the games. They had whole arcs spoiled for them before the series premiered.
* ''{{Utawarerumono}}'''s opening goes through visuals of nearly all the major good guys, allowing you to predict nearly every single HeelFaceTurn in the series. What it doesn't spoil is the bizarre ending.
* The opening of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' sets an entirely different tone from what the first episode seems to promise - a feral, disheveled Tenma running with a gun, after you've just seen him peacefully walking around the hospital in his scrubs. Even after things go bad, it takes more than ''fifty episodes'' for Tenma to look as worn-down as he does in the theme.
* The first op for ''ShinMazinger'' is a subversion in that most of the stuff in it is footage from the very first episode.
** However the second just cranks the spoilers UpToEleven. Honestly in those 85 seconds, we learn that [[spoiler: some bad guy (most likely a Mikene, a member of Zeus' race) comes to earth, and boy does he look pissed; we get a good look at some of the enemy robot designs that'll probably be used in upcoming episodes; we also learn Mazinger is going to fight an EvilTwin; ever wondered how Mazinger turns into the [[RocketPunch Big Bang Punch?]] Well its right there for you! Baron Ashura seems to be about to relive past experiences; Tsubasa is going to have a really bad day; and we get a nice good look at Tetsuya and his mecha, though it might not be Great, since it really doesn't resemble it all that much.]]
* The opening of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' spoils the fact that [[spoiler: Nanami becames a duelist]], which is only revealed at the end of the first season. It also shows you the face of Utena's "prince" waaaay before he actually appears.
* The anime version of ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles''. The second intro involves [[spoiler:Alicia activating what looks like Valkyria powers to fight against (proving that she's a Valkyria)]] Selvaria who just does the same thing, since she the one that introduces what the hell kind of super powers a person with such a bloodline has.
* The first ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' opening and ending spoils the fact that Flay joins the Earth forces (There's a lingering shot of her in a EF uniform), it spoils the relationships between Kira and Lacus and Athrun and Cagalli, and it also shows Cagalli in a soldiers uniform (She has only a cameo in the first episode and doesn't appear again until the opening changes)
** That's nothing. The third opening shows Freedom, Justice, and the Druggie Trio's units a good 6 to 10 episodes before they first appear as well as the trio themselves. It also spoils Nichol's death (he and his Gundam are gone from their usual shot) and spoils Athrun's HeelFaceTurn by showing him and Kira fighting together. It also hints at Natarle's leaving the crew. Also, the second ending is missing Tolle.
*** You think ''that's'' bad? The third opening of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' shows Kira with a new Gundam, spoiling both its debut in Episode 39 and that he survives the destruction of his old suit in his duel with Shinn in Episode 35. The third opening started airing back with ''Episode 25.''
**** Since the English dub skipped Ignited (the first OP) and went straight to Pride (the second), plot elements get shown up to ''thirty episodes early'', like the Freedom and the Archangel coming back (Episode 13), the Destroy (Episode 31) and a silhouette of the ''Destiny Gundam'' (Episode 35).
* Sgt. Frog AKA ''KeroroGunsou''. [[spoiler: There's a fifth member of the Keroro Platoon! They keep talking about him vaguely and using silhouettes and.... oh, wait, who's the light blue guy in the theme song?]]
* The FirstEpisodeSpoiler of ''DarkerThanBlack'' is unlikely to come as a surprise if you pay much attention at all to the opening, but it avoids anything more serious since it mostly just consists of Hei looking cryptically BadAss. There is, however, some {{foreshadowing}}, in the form of Amber's silhouette.
** The sequel, however, completely averts this and has VERY BaitAndSwitchCredits.
* Ami Kawashima appears in the opening of ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' from the first episode on, even though she appears first in the fifth episode.
* The opening of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' gives away the fact that Mion has an [[spoiler: identical twin sister]]. If you pay attention, you might also notice that [[spoiler: Shion, not Mion, is the one shown freaking out]], which kind of hints at a plot twist in the fifth story arc (though it [[TheUntwist wasn't a particularly surprising one]], anyway)
** It also spoiled the fact Mion has [[spoiler:a {{Yakuza}} related tattoo]].
** Subverted in the second season ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNiKai'' where though she features as a background character in the opening [[spoiler:Hanyuu]] is edited out of the opening until she makes her main appearance later and they're slotted in.
* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is especially bad about this, particularly with Beatrice's portrait. It changes each arc. The second arc shows [[spoiler:Beatrice in human form and a portrait of Eva-Beatrice]], and the third shows [[spoiler:Eva-Beatrice, and changes the rest of the animations to include the Siestas, Virgilia, Bernkastel, and Lambdadelta]].
** The latest one also shows [[spoiler:Maria's witch outfit]].
** The lyrics are also basically a summary of the most of the main plot, and give strong hints of what's coming.
* The opening of ''Manga/ToaruKagakuNoRailgun'' includes some fairly important things that don't show up until the end. There's not enough context to figure anything out just by seeing it in the opening, though.
* The second opening of the ''{{Needless}}'' anime very strongly hints that [[spoiler: Cruz's sister Aruka is alive and is the last member of Simeon's Elite Four whose identity even Disk didn't know.]]
* The first opening for ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' makes it very clear that a [[TheRival blond girl Nanoha's age]] would be an important part of the story four episodes before we see her.
** The second opening of ''Anime/StrikerS'' spoils most of the matchups for the final battle (Teana vs. Wendi and Deed, Erio vs. Garyuu, Caro vs. Lutecia, Signum vs. Zest) with one notable exception; it shows Subaru fighting Nove when she actually fights [[spoiler:Ginga]].
* The opening and closing of ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' make it nigh-impossible to not figure out who's on what side. [[FriendlyEnemy It doesn't make much of a difference anyway.]]
* ''TheLawOfUeki'' spoils characters and scenes aplenty in both of its opening sequences, using actual footage from the show (although one can't figure most out until it happens... OK, fine, the second OP is almost criminal).
* In ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' before the opening credits they show the scroll with the names of dead people crossed out. When [[spoiler: Tenzen]] apparently dies at the end of an episode, his name does not get crossed out for the next opening.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has done this in both the anime ''and'' the manga. The anime doesn't even bother trying to hide Lucy's teammates, their powers, and her summons in both the opening and the ending credits, most spoileriffically Virgo and Erza's super armor. The manga, meanwhile, shows Wendy and Charle in two group shots of Fairy Tail mages before she joins them. The all-female one is understandable, but showing up in the background of a color pin-up of Erza and Lucy in swimsuits with Natsu, Gray, and Happy staring, with Wendy in her own swimsuit, ''trying to catch your attention by being in front of the title'', '''more than three months''' before there was a hint of her joining was kind of suspicious.
** The second ending also shows Gajeel at the start of the arc before his first appearance.
** The third opening focused almost exclusively on the arc ''after'' the one that was currently airing, thus spoiling a HeelFaceTurn. It also subtly hints at the true (plot important) nature of one character's magic quite a ways before it's revealed in the story proper.
** The fourth does the exact same thing, spoiling [[spoiler:Laxus turning against the guild, Gajeel returning as an ally, and austute viewers will note that Mystogan has the same hair and eye color as Jellal.]]
** It's bad enough that the fifth opening shows that Lyon and Sherry make a come back, and that ''Jellal isn't dead'', whereas before it was kind of vague about the last one, but the ending actually shows Wendy and Mystogan together as a child.
** 7th Opening shows the characters alternate universe counterparts. It also opens with flashbacks of Natsu's childhood with his dead friend Lisanna, and ends with a shot of him desperately reaching for her alternate universe counterpart [[spoiler: who's turns out to actually be the Lisanna he grew up with still alive.]]
*** It should also be noted that with the exception of the 1st and (maybe) 5th opening, all the openings have started airing in during the middle of the arc prior to the one they focus on.
** And here comes the 8th opening and ending, in which we can see Queen Shagotte way before she actually appears onscreen, hints of the final boss of the arc, and the return of Mystogan. But the worst of all is the new ending heavily focused on Lisanna, who we barely see during the Edolas arc, and the ''friggin'' end of said arc, in which Lisanna run into her brother and sister at Magnolia's cemetery. Really ? Spoiling the ''very last scene'' of Edolas arc ? '''Really ?!''' [[PrecisionFStrike What the heck ?!]]
** The 11th and 12th were *particularly* horrendous, due to including characters that most fans will recognize ... First they show [[spoiler: the Earthland versions of several prior characters who only appeared on Edolas]], followed in the very next opening by [[spoiler: post-timeskip versions of EVERYONE IN ORACION SEIS]]. Whether or not the first is truly an anime-exclusive is yet to be seen, none of these characters are in the manga ... yet.
* The second opening to ''ShamanKing'' shows that one of the scariest bad guys from the first season will end up on the side of the good guys. In fact, the first opening does this for two others as well.
* The opening for the American-produced second season of ''Anime/DuelMasters'' gives away a large number of plot points, though in a manner that only makes sense once the viewer notices the pattern. It shows an established character that will represent each civilization, alongside a creature from that civilization that will be important later. Most glaringly, the final shot pans by [[spoiler:Shobu's father and a Pyrofighter Magnus]].
* The second English opening of ''TransformersArmada'' spoiled Optimus Prime's [[BackFromTheDead return]], the [[EnemyMine Autobot/Decepticon alliance]], and the appearance of Unicron.
* ''{{Heroman}}'' gives these openings out.
** The first opening was slightly more subtle, but they still show a lot, such as [[spoiler: Kogorr's OneWingedAngel, Will and Nick's shadows being Skrugg]], Dr. Minami's mech, NIA...
** But if anything, the second opening is more spoileriffic, but I'm not elaborating.
* The lyrics to the first opening of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' not only tell the viewer that the Black History was intentionally forgotten, it also tells them why. When Agrippa explains this (40 episodes into the series!) he almost quotes the lyrics.
* ''{{Shiki}}'' does this with it's first OP. [[spoiler: By showing who's going to be turned into a Shiki by skullifing them.]]
* The second opening of the ''FateStayNight'' anime shows [[spoiler:Gilgamesh raining swords on Saber]] some four episodes before [[spoiler:his debut]].
* The ending of the ''FateZero'' anime shows brief scenes of all the Servants' former lives. These are mostly vague (e.g. we learn that one character from Greek myth or history will be used, but not who that person is) but it's certainly possible to make a shrewd guess at Berserker's identity. Which is also the only one ''not'' revealed early on in the series.
** The second opening made it pretty clear of [[spoiler:Irisviel's fate and the Kiritsugu's. Not to mention showing glipse of saber's mortorcycle.]]
* The opening for ''VampireKnight'' shows Yuki, a human character, drinking blood. The ending shows her with glowing red eyes and bloody tears. It doesn't come as a huge shock when she learns she's a true vampire.
* ''{{Diebuster}}'' has one, although it's easy to miss: right at the end of the opening sequence, [[spoiler:Nono flies away -- which she can do because she's a Buster Machine.]]
* The opening credits for the second season of ''StrikeWitches'' prominently features the battleship Yamato in several shots, and true to form, she plays a significant role in the final battle.
* The opening for ''CowboyBebop'' suggests that [[PlayfulHacker Ed]] is going to become a regular cast member, seeing as how she's heavily featured in the intro even though she doesn't appear until a few episodes in.
* ''MiraiNikki'''s opening is LOADED with spoilers, except they are either so subtle you don't notice them, Blink-and-you-miss-it, or completely incomprehensible for those who have not read the manga. For example, the scene of Yuno fighting herself and two halves merging together seemingly looks like it was thrown in to be frantic and creepy with a heavy dose of artistic license, [[spoiler:but it actually foreshadows a major plot twist that occurs later on in the story]].
** Also applied to its closing, which reveals the identities of the diary holders, the reasons they are in the game, and Akise - [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman especially Akise]]]], albeit in shady lighting.
* Played with in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the opening credits prominently feature Madoka in her MagicalGirl form, making it obvious she will transform fairly early on. She doesn't. As the episodes went on all the main characters except Madoka had made contracts. By the tenth episode we realise that the whole point is that she ''doesn't'' become a magical girl, making the opening a from of BaitAndSwitchCredits. However, the trope is eventually PlayedStraight when Madoka transforms in the ''final episode''. Kudos to GenUrobuchi for being a massive troll.
* ''Anime/{{Rainbow}}'' has seven protagonists, all of whom show up in the opening, but only six are seen in the group shot. The group shot shows them in ordinary clothes rather than prison uniforms, and since they didn't meet before prison, they must be gathered after release--without that seventh person.
* The first opening of {{Durarara}} shows us [[spoiler:Celty's head]]. Surprisingly, it doesn't reveal [[spoiler:the name of Seiji's girlfriend, at least in the translated credits]].
* Both openings of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' seem to spoil various characters appearing, the worse of which was in the second opening, showing Allenby a few episodes before her actual appearance.
* Near the end of the second opening of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Joseph puts on Caesar's headband and does a SkywardScream with an expression that could be seen as mournful, foreshadowing Caesar's death. [[spoiler:Cars' eventual immunity to sunlight]] is also foreshadowed, albeit more subtly since the shot of the sun rising behind his back is only a split second long.
** It also shows Yui will turn bad.
* The second opening of ''{{Sword Art Online}}'' pretty much spoils what happened to Asuna at the end of the game, where she is, the fact that Yui is there too, and what is going to happen from episode 16 onwards. The first opening isn't really an example of this trope, as the biggest spoiler it has is Asuna's face behind the cape she wears in the first part of episode 2.
** Considering all it spoils, the second opening is suprisingly good at not revealing that [[spoiler:Lyfa is Suguha's avatar]].
* ''{{Kekkaishi}}'' does this the other way around, the OP shows the 3 good guys together but in the anime the third person joins up later in the series only to be killed off soon after, surprisingly the OP never changes.
** Well, there are some changes to accommodate major enemies or allies in the relevant arc. But for some reason they don't change anything else.
** The OP also show Tokine using long, thin kekkai to skewer her enemies, a trick she doesn't learn until around the half-way point, and that she uses to compensate for not having Yoshimori's raw power.
* Most main races in ''InitialD'' get spoiled in the opening from second season on.
** Midway through the four season a mysterious driver in a Subaru [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] Takumi on his very favourite location which puzzles Takumi to no end...only that every viewer knows that the "mysterious" driver is actually Bunta, since he has been seen in that Subaru in the opening since the first episode.
* ''InnocentVenus'', somewhat. Jin appears with the same mask he wears prior to his DuelToTheDeath with Jo and some disembodied hands suggesting illusion, foreshadowing his FaceHeelTurn. The opening also strongly suggests that of the three leads, ''Jo'' will be the main character
* Halfway through ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', a "real" pilot with all the appropriate training appears to pilot the main character's mecha. He is supposedly no longer needed. Said replacement is nowhere in the opening. The obvious happens.
** Gai doesn't appear in the opening either, which seems very strange until the end of the [[SacrificialLamb third episode]].
* The opening of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' promptly spoils the fact that there are going to be three main Evas, and shows all the pilots before they are even introduced. There is, however, a nice subversion: the footage is laden with black screens holding text, appearing for a couple of moments each, showing the series' terminology that only starts making sense when it is explained what a particular word or logo stands for. Not to mention the BaitAndSwitchCredits nature of the opening.
** It has a call ahead to [[GainaxEnding both endings of the series]]: Unit-01 sprouting wings, which happens in ''End of Evangelion'', and Shinji smiling, which is the ''last shot of the series''.
** By contrast, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhu6a9hUq4 the ADV trailer]] imitates the opening of the anime and is practically incomprehensible. It also features one ''hell'' of a call ahead as well - Misato having been shot.
* ''ParanoiaAgent'' creates a deliberate Spoiler Opening to help with {{foreshadowing}}. If a character appears in the opening credits, the audience knows to watch them carefully, even if they've only made brief appearances so far.
** In fact, one particular sequence of the characters has them appear in the same order as they get attacked by Shonen Bat.
* The ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' opening spoils the appearance of Miyu in later episodes, in addition to showing a shadowy mysterious Otome, who might have not been prematurely identified as Mai, if not for her ''mitsu tomoe'' symbol from ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. And of course, it also spoils the "will Arika get into Garderobe?" subplot of the first few episodes.
** Starting with episode 16, a new set of opening credits appears... which not only reveals the (albeit well foreshadowed) major plot twist that hasn't happened yet, it also removes any doubt as to which side every character will wind up on.
** Both openings, however, show a character in silhouette whose identity remains successfully hidden until the very last episode.
* For ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'', just like in the game, the opening gives away many of the kidnapping victims, as well as the identities of the full investigation team. If one hasn't played the game, the script and direction of the anime is clearly intended to make a RedHerring out of Naoto, but simply watching the credits pretty much tells you she's a good guy all along.
* The main premise of the series ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'' is that of the ''soeur'' ("sister") system: characters choose lower classmen to be their ''Petite soeur''. While the series tries to build suspense as to who will choose who, the opening sequence shows the pairs quite plainly. In the second season, there is supposed to be a rivalry between two of the girls, though we clearly see them as ''soeurs'' in the opening.
** And the fourth season has an additional spoiler ''ending'', since it clearly showcases who Yumi will choose as her ''soeur''.
* The major plot arc of the first eight episodes of ''{{Simoun}}'' is Aaeru's attempt to get Neviril to pair with her, and Neviril's refusal to fly with ''anyone'' during that time. However, the opening credits prominently feature the two flying together, promptly removing any and all suspense that they might not become a pair, and show a number of other characters who have not been introduced yet.
** On the other hand, the opening credits also subvert this one. Amuria, [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler who dies in the first episode]], is never removed from the credits. Between this, the frequent mentions of her, and the fact that [[NeverFoundTheBody her body was not found]], it seems obvious that she will eventually come back. She doesn't.
* Although ''GunXSword'' makes use of [[SinisterSilhouettes silhouettes]], it still tips its hand at two points. For the first, the true appearance of the moon is visible (and unsilhouetted) behind the Claw long before it comes into play. The EvolvingCredits actually ''cause'' the second, with three characters who presumably died in one episode ''not'' having their outlines shadowed before the next, indicating they lived.
* The ''OnePiece'' anime's first opening spoiled Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji as well as their [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth abili]][[BratsWithSlingshots ti]][[ExtremityExtremist es]]]], and it's third opening revealed prematurely that Miss All-Sunday, aka Nico Robin would make a HeelFaceTurn, ruining one of the series' biggest twists.]] In addition, its fifth opening spoils Luffy and Usopp's battle, Admiral Aokiji's ice powers, Luffy's [[FunnyAfro new look]], and shows clips from the Davy Back Fight Arc]] and it's sixth opening spoils Luffy's new upgrade, Chopper's monster form after taking 3 rumble balls and shows clips from all of the [=CP9=] fights.
** The ninth opening spoiled Brook and Thriller Bark.
** The eleventh opening is especially horrible about this. In the two and a half minutes it plays, it shows spoilerific clips from where the anime currently is, trying to rescue Camie from the auction house, all the way to Luffy invading Impel Down to rescue Ace. Along the way they show Kuma attacking, Kizaru and Sentomaru, the women of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock, Jinbei, and Luffy fighting a bunch of Blugori
* The game and second anime of ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' show Ayu with pink wings in the opening.
** Similarly, the game's opening lists one of the characters, Shiori Misaka, by her full name, preemptively revealing her relation to one of the game's other characters
** ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' shows Misuzu with short hair and Kanna flying in front of the moon, but they pass by so quickly that there's not much time to ponder them.
*** ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has split-second clips in the background of the showcasing girls, which spoil certain future events and backstories. It can also be argued that Nagisa and Tomoya's future child gets spoiled as the little girl running through the field. Though her face isn't shown, and it's automatic that the default girl will be the chosen one, she is pretty prominent concerning what happens involving her.
* Both used and subverted in ''SoukouNoStrain''. The initially important Isabella doesn't show up in the OP, and she gets killed off. This led a lot of fans to suspect that the next victim would be anyone but Sara, Ralph, Lavinia, Lottie or Carris, as those five appeared in the OP. Carris was the next victim, and many not included in the OP survived.
** The series also features a spoiler ending which depicts the final scene of the series.
* ''BattleProgrammerShirase'' is an odd case; it was canceled before some of the characters shown in the intro are even ''introduced''.
* Hikaru and Athena are shown fighting in the OP of ''KidouTenshiAngelicLayer'' long before it's even hinted that Athena will be more than an inspiration from one episode.
* The opening to ''GateKeepers'' reveals the series' [[TheManBehindTheMan surprise]] BigBad ''before the very first episode''.
* The first series of ''MagicKnightRayearth'' manages to bizarrely combine this with a BaitAndSwitchCredits sequence, as the opening briefly but prominently features a scene from the climactic mecha battle with Zagato. There's little indication of mecha content in the series prior to them finally showing up besides this... but that's because they're just {{Macguffin}}s who don't really play an active role in the story until this battle.
* Done many, many times in Italian dub openings. The worst offender is, by far, ''Manga/SailorMoon'': the lyrics for the first season's opening stated outright that Sailor Moon is the reincarnation of Princess Serenity; the third season's opening showed that two of the [[MacGuffin Talismans]] were in the hearts of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune; and don't even get us started on the fourth season's opening...
** The English dub opening, which never changed anyway, does completely kill the mystery of who the other four Sailors are by showing and naming them right in the theme song.
** In the original anime, the third opening of the first season pretty clearly shows Sailor Moon transforming into a pretty and royal looking dress which makes it obvious she's the Moon Princess. It started being shown shortly after Sailor Jupiter showed up, 9 episodes before Princess Serenity first appears. Otherwise, ''Sailor Moon'' was usually pretty good about this, especially during S when they used multiple variations on the same opening to hide the new Senshi, the true villains, Super Sailor Moon, and other elements. Which was then completely blown in the English release because Creator/{{Geneon}} was only able to get {{Toei}} to give them the final variation of the opening, which of course spoils the entire series. They were eventually able to coax the original variations out of them as extras, but the damage was already done.
*** The first season openings concealed some of the Senshi's identities, but even the very first opening showed Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars along with Sailor Moon.
*** ''Sailor Moon'' does spoil the true identities of Tuxedo Mask and the Moonlight Knight in the credits.
** About Italian dubs again. Italian opening of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' clearly states that 1) the hero will discover his MysteriousPast ("who are you? Goku, you don't know, but you'll soon find out"); 2) TheHeroDies ("and then you'll disappear")]]; 3) the hero will come BackFromTheDead ("but you'll return and (...) you'll defeat darkness")
** The opening of the third season, Sailor Moon S, quite blatantly shows Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus as a part of the team, which was slightly jarring, given that Neptune and Uranus had a rather antagonistic relationship with the inner senshi. Only by the end of the season they truly acknowledged Sailor Moon as their friend and leader.
* The opening of ''KannazukiNoMiko'' is effectively a 90 second summary of the entire plot of the series.
* The chronological first three episodes of ''[[SuzumiyaHaruhi The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' (broadcast second, third, and fifth) feature a classmate who seems at least as important as ThoseTwoGuys. So why are they all in the closing credits when she isn't? [[spoiler:Because she tries to kill Kyon in the tenth (chronologically fourth) episode and is destroyed as a human interface.]] There are various other cues, such as an adult Mikuru, Kimidori Emiri (who has some importance in the later light novels), a hand holding a knife, and the clock and computer motifs surrounding Mikuru and Yuki. But with no context and surreal backdrops, it makes little sense until you see it in the episodes.
* The ''DragonballZ'' dub theme contains several major spoilers toward the end. ''Three'' Super Saiyans are shown, including one who hasn't even appeared yet (Future Trunks, fighting Frieza, who ''also'' hasn't appeared yet -- and in his final form to boot!). The worst one is Vegeta's inclusion in the final group shot, which makes it obvious that he'll end up a good guy; this is a spoiler you can ''understand'' almost right away, but which takes a long, ''long'' time and a lot of character development to happen.
** Later, in ''DragonballKai'', the openings spoil numerous things, including [[spoiler: The Saibamen, Vegeta and Goku fighting, Namek, Frieza, Goku fighting him as a Super Saiyan, the androids, Cell's forms, several people going super saiyan, and the fights between 17 and Piccolo and 18 and Vegeta]]. YMMV, given the series' age.
* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Kagura is all over the opening, making it obvious that she'll eventually be important despite her slow start. (There are other spoilers -- in fact, most of the scenes in the theme end up happening -- but they're all too weird to really give anything away.)
* See that {{goth}} in the opening of ''Manga/DeathNote''? Her name is Misa. She'll be important later.
** Also, a brief shot of L's face is shown, even though it isn't shown in the show for the first several episodes.
*** L is also shown on the cover of the second volume of the manga, which you most likely would see before his actual reveal.
** ''Manga/DeathNote'' also has a spoiler closing; the very last image in the second ending sequence is a shot of [[spoiler:Light's corpse]] and a few flashed images before that show close-ups of [[spoiler:Light's corpse's eye, with Ryuk reflected in it]]. Granted, it may be more {{foreshadowing}}, as you're not likely to figure out that's what it is among the other weird crap.
** Don't forget the second opening, which shows shots of all of the new major players in the latter half of the story a good few episodes before any of them are introduced.
* Most of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'''s English openings spoil future captures and evolutions that the characters are going to have. The Japanese openings and endings are usually better about this since they change to match the trainers' current parties, but some spoilers still slip through.
* People just starting ''OutlawStar'' will likely notice that Hilda, a rather important character and catalyst of the series, doesn't appear in the opening's TeamShot. Naturally, this is because [[spoiler: she dies at the end of the fourth episode]].
** The intro ''does'', however, show Aisha Clan-Clan and Suzuka as part of the team, when neither one joins for several episodes.
* The opening of ''KurauPhantomMemory'' offers a glimpse of Christmas [[spoiler:showing off some of her powers, which doesn't occur until much later in the series]].
** Hell the ending credits are spoilers! Which is weird if you consider that it's a single picture. A very well executed foreshadowing.
* Unintentionally avoided in ''DigimonTamers'', where the three main characters are joined by another three shadowy figures. One of them is obviously Juri, but the other two are very indistinct as the writer hadn't yet decided who they were going to be when it came for the sequence to be animated.
** It's actually quite interesting. Originally, only Juri was going to be a "secondary" Tamer. But in an earlier part of the Japanese opening, there's a shot of a whole ton of kids holding D-Arcs, including Kazu, Suzie and Kenta. The producer saw this and decided to make them into Tamers later in the series.
** However, while Kenta and [=MarineAngemon=] are clearly shown at the end of the second Japanese opening, the shadowy figures occupying the same position in the first Japanese opening don't resemble them in the slightest.
*** WordOfGod: [[http://konaka.com/alice6/tamers/characters/kenta-e.html it originally wasn't Kenta in the OP]], which is probably why he's way in the background, instead of in the foreground with the PowerTrio, Juri, Shiuchon and Hirokazu. According to their profiles on Konaka's site, Hirokazu and Juri were intended to become Tamers later, while Shiuchon is a case of ThrowItIn: she was already in the shot, so they decided to go with it. Kenta was given his partner at the last possible minute, [[spoiler:after Juri's partner died]], even.
** It's also played straight, however. The opening shows not only Guilmon's, Terriermon's, and Renamon's Champion forms, it shows their Ultimate and Mega forms too...in the very first episode. Then around the time of the Digital World arc, it gives away the [[SarcasmMode tiny little detail of]] Impmon digivolving into Beelzemon and pulling a FaceHeelTurn. To make things even ''worse'', the opening not only spoils him turning into Beelzemon, it ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable spoils him going into Beelzemon Blast Mode]]'', which '''also''' spoils him [[HeelFaceTurn rejoining the good guys]] and getting a RedemptionPromotion, since he sure as heck doesn't have wings and an ArmCannon while he's a villain, and Digimon only change that drastically through ThePowerOfFriendship.
* ''DigimonAdventure'' had a spoiler ''ending''. The very same episode that announced the existence of the [[SixthRanger new Chosen Child and Digimon]] also debuted the [[AnimeThemeSong second ending theme]], the animation for which very obviously portrays Taichi's little sister and Myotismon's/Vamdemon's RightHandCat among the good guys. Not only that, it spoils what the unrevealed Ultimates (and Megas, a level not known to exist yet) would look like.
** The opening that added Kari also had a pair of glimpses of Angewomon, introduced much later, and [=MagnaAngemon=], who was the second to last digimon introduced in the series. Several episodes after this opening, Izzy refers to (basic) Angemon as Patamon's fully evolved form. This was the same episode that introduced the concept of megas, so clearly there was more to be seen.
** The first opening also did this with Angemon. When [[WakeupCallBoss Devimon]] appears and becomes a major threat for several episodes with Patamon being the only mon that hasn't reached Champion level yet, a GenreSavvy viewer can easily guess that he [[MagikarpPower eventually digivolves into Angemon]] and defeats Devimon. Since Devimon is a (comparatively) weak foe, this is understandable.
** ''DigimonAdventure02'''s second Japanese ending, which started at the time of Paildramon's introduction, was particularly bad about this. It showed Silphymon, Shakkoumon and even Imperialdramon, in both Dragon and Fighter Mode! And one episode later, the opening was revised, which in case you hadn't already seen the ending, shows the then-unintroduced Silphymon, Shakkoumon and Imperialdramon Dragon.
* ''[[DigimonFrontier Frontier's]]'' second Japanese ending was also spoilerific. It began playing at the end of the episode revealing [[spoiler: Duskmon is a human]], and showed [[spoiler: Kouichi as a member of the group, his natural Darkness Human and Beast forms AND Takuya and Kouji's upgraded D-Scan designs that weren't introduced for another 8 episodes]]!
* To the astute viewer, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF5BLyh3Mk upbeat, cartoony intro of]] ''{{Narutaru}}'' actually gives away some important parts of the plot. [[RefugeInAudacity Not that anyone would believe it unless you told them]].
** Well, except for the whole 'Shiina turning into a {{kaiju}} and [[TheTokyoFireball destroying Tokyo]]' part. Which was kind of a pity.
*** That part actually does contain a spoiler from the manga, although the anime ended before [[spoiler: Shiina was vaporized when a nuclear missile exploded.]]
* Every ''PrettyCure'' series dips into this trope to various degrees although most are already spoiled by the toy line anyway before the openings do the job.
** The second ending of ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' shows the two {{Dark Magical Girl}}s, who had "[[NeverFoundTheBody died]]" recently. It attempts to hide this, though, by showing all the (really) dead villains along with them.
** And it's not even a question in ''YesPrettyCure5''. Who will be the next Cure? Will Karen get over her RefusalOfTheCall? Which [[DebutQueue order will they be gathered in]]? Not hard.
** Also, ''FreshPrettyCure'' spoiled the appearance of Northa/Norza/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS whatever her name is]];
** ''HeartcatchPrettyCure'' gave away Cure Moonlight's civilian identity, her return to being a MagicalGirl well before it happened and featured characters such as future [[SixthRanger third member]] [[StudentCouncilPresident Itsuki]]. The other two members of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, the Pretty Cure Manteaus, Marine Dynamite, the Desert Devils and Floral Power Fortissimo.
** ''SuitePrettyCure'''s opening spoiled the Cure Belltiers, Cure Muse, and the fact that there's an eighth Fairy Tone.
** ''SmilePrettyCure'''s DebutQueue is a very dull surprise on who is going to be the next Cure since they are all over the opening.
*** All over the opening? It's also in their ''theme song''!
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** How about "Spoiler EyeCatch"? In episode 38, an Akanbe eyecatch was used, spoiling the end of the episode where the same Akanbe face from the eyecatch appears on a glass slipper.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is ''incredibly'' bad about this.
** First opening spoiled [[spoiler:Chad and Ishida joining the group,]] as well as their powers.
** Second opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Hanatarou would join the group, Ichigo's oncoming fight with Kenpachi, and Renji and Ichigo's fight.]] However, this opening had tons of BaitAndSwitchCredits, like Ishida fighting Hitsugaya, and Yoruichi fighting Soifon while in cat form. It had so much fake stuff that you can't pick out the real parts until after you've already seen them anyway.
** Third opening spoiled that [[spoiler:Soifon and Yoruichi would fight, Renji's Bankai, Byakuya and Ichigo's fight, Yamamoto's [[PlayingWithFire shikai]], Hitsugaya's [[AnIcePerson bankai]], [[BackToBackBadasses Shunsui and Ukitake fighting side by side]], Sajin's real face, and worst of all, that Aizen is still alive.]]
*** How does it spoil [[spoiler: Aizen being alive]]? He's shown for about three seconds, and from the angle all you can make out is his hair and [[spoiler: captain's haori]]. And it's shown during the beginning part, which goes through every one of the ryoka and Gotei 13. It's so subtle that you're only going to notice it if you're looking for it, especially with all the emphasis it puts on making Gin look creepy and evil.
** The fifth opening shows several fights from the Arrancar arc (although you have to look '''very''' closely), as well as Ichigo fighting his inner hollow.
** The opening for the Arrancar arc (Opening 6) spoiled [[spoiler:that Orihime will be kidnapped by Aizen.]] Well in advance of the actual event, and by the time [[spoiler: Orihime's abduction]] actually occurs, the opening has changed ''again''.
*** It also shows the remaining Espada beyond Ulquiorra, Yammy and Grimmjow a good number of episodes in advance of their actual introductions.
** The one after that spoiled [[spoiler:that Renji and Rukia would join the Hueco Mundo force.]]
** And the 9th opening, following the filler arc spoils [[spoiler:the four captains [[BigDamnHeroes coming to the rescue]] in Hueco Mundo, as well as Nel's true form]], and spoils them ''[[http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/madfigs/intro-25.jpg hard]]''.
** Let's not forget the spoiler endings. Ending 10 spoiled [[spoiler: Ichigo's father being a Shinigami--a Captain, no less]] and another showed the Vizard's previous appearance, several episodes before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc began.
*** The third ending is especially guilty, showing Ukitake and Kyoraku as Yamamoto's students, Urahara being Captain of Squad 12, and Gin and Rangiku's prior relationship.
** The broadcast version of the 13th ending on Adult Swim (which typically shows random shots of the season set to an abridged version of the ending theme) shows a shot of Aaroniero with his mask off [[spoiler:while he is impersonating Kaien]].
** On the other hand, ''Bleach'' openings are also often [[BaitAndSwitchCredits full of things that completely fail to happen]]. Maybe they're hoping that people will be so confused that they'll stop noticing spoilers.
** The 12th opening (after the end of the Muramasa/Sword Fiend filler) manages to spoil an incredible number of things, including [[spoiler: both of Ulquiorra's Ressurecions, Starrk and Barragan's Ressureccions, Ichigo's super-hollow form, Soi Fon's Bankai, Wonderwiess's appearance, the Vaizard's appearance, and even Kensei's bankai,]] and, most importantly, [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain The Heart]]]] Granted, some of this could be guessed, but if one hasn't read the manga this opening essentially spoils about half of the awesome reveals in the FKT arc.
** The thirteenth OP spoils [[spoiler: Isshin, Urahara and Yoruichi joining the battle at FKT, Ichigo's jinzen training in the Dangai and Gin's death.]] Considering the latter two won't be animated for months and the latter unconfirmed until the latest chapter of the manga those are some pretty big spoilers.[[spoiler: It also very subtly spoils Ichigo's loss of powers, with the scenes from beginning of the anime played backwards as a hint that Ichigo will revert to state before them.]] But this is almost impossible to figure out without reading last chapter of the manga.
** It's almost a theme to Bleach at this point that the openings preview(/spoil) upcoming events, and the endings tend to focus on the past. There are exceptions of course.
** Just when we thought they couldn't outdo themselves, they did: the latest filler arc opening shows [[spoiler: the various captains of the Gotei 13 fighting one another, and the mysterious green-haired girl who has just been introudced.]] And to add insult to injury - at least in terms of spoilers - the latest ending shows [[spoiler: Mugetsu Ichigo, his Bankai mask cracking, and various shots of Ishida, all of which serve as a subtle hint at the manga's development of Ishida becoming the new Hollow-slayer - this arc is established as taking place between Aizen's defeat and the manga's current storyline.]]
** The 15th Opening seems to have no problem with showcasing [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo's Fullbring, Ginjo standing alongside Ichigo's friends and Tsukishima's face along with Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima and Shishigawara]] despite all of those being spoilers, those last three especially, seeing as how [[spoiler: the viewer is supposed to think Ginjo is the new BigBad]], [[spoiler: we don't see Tsukishima's face in the manga until he attacks Orihime]] which won't be animated for another 8-9 episodes and by the time we reach [[spoiler: Ichigo and Ginjo vs Tsukishima]], we'll most likely be on ''opening 16''.
* ''{{DGray-man}}'' is a regular offender as well.
** First opening showed Tyki Mikk in China with his Tease even though that part came at a much later episode.
*** It also spoiled the fact that [[spoiler:Eliade is an akuma.]]
** Second opening revealed some of the "[[BigBad Earl of Millennium's]]" powers as well as Jasdevi and Lulu Bell.
** Third opening showed what Skinn Bolic was capable of doing in combat.
*** [[spoiler:And Allen's broken arm, Bak, For's fight with the lvl3, Kanda's weapon upgrade, the giant-combined-akuma-thing, Chomesuke's human form, the ark, Crown Clown and Lenalee's short hair.]] [[SarcasmMode Almost nothing!]]
** The fourth opening does this the most: [[spoiler:showing the Generals with their Innocence, Jasdevi combined, Tyki's other form, the Fourteenth Noah as well as the Score, Lvellie as well as Howard, Chaozii's Innocence...in short, everything besides a certain 'beer belly punk'...]]
* Averted in ''BloodPlus''. The second opening only showed Diva from the back, keeping her face secret as she had not yet been revealed [[spoiler:as Saya's twin]].
** However, the 4th opening falls squarely into this, revealing [[spoiler:Hagi's wings]] long before they're actually shown.
** It takes a really sharp eye to see in the first opening [[spoiler:any hint alluding to Diva's pregnancy in the second half of the series.]]
* ''TheSlayers'' tries to set you up to see [[spoiler:Rezo]] as a good guy and [[spoiler:Zelgadis]] as a villain. Now look at who Lina and Gourry are attacking in the opening and who shows up in the "hero" section of the TeamShot at the intro's end.
** Worse yet, if you know what to look for, the ''TheSlayers Next'' opening spoils [[spoiler: Gourry being kidnapped, the apperance of Lord of the Nightmares (twice, even!) and the Ragna Blade]]. Ironically, it doesn't spoil the anime per se, but the original ''novels'', by showing [[spoiler: the Sword of Light being lost to the darkness.]]
** Less noticable, but a quick eye makes it quite obvious that [[spoiler: Xellos is a Mazoku]] inside the ''Slayers Next'' opening.
** ''Slayers Evolution-R'' is the biggest offender for being an original story and yet still having an opening that spoiled the climax. [[spoiler: Pokota's sealed body is shown opening his eyes with the symbol of Shabranigdu in them, and then it cuts immediately to Lina fighting Shabranigdu and then a scene of her casting the Giga Slave. Guess what happens!]] Many fans thought it was so obvious that it had to be a red herring.
* ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'' shows the [[spoiler:WWII Zero fighter, related to Siesta's heritage.]]
* The ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' opening spoils Escaflowne's Dragon form, whose first appearance is treated as a cliffhanger surprise at the end of Episode 4.
** It also has a shot of Escaflowne fighting Sherazade on a desolate battlefield, a fight that happens near the very end of the series.
** ...''and'' the winged, angel-like Draconians in their city.
* Subverted in the first ''FullmetalAlchemist'' season where the opening scene could have spoiled the whole first episode plot twist, the actual episode didn't have an intro, and placed the intro at the end.
** However the first closing does a brilliant job of spoiling the outcome of the Elric brothers' encounter with Scar, with Al's broken armour and Ed's missing automail arm blatently shown. Also, that scene doesn't even happen until the second opening and closings are in use!
** Meanwhile, the first Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's opening has three shots of Hohenheim, who, in the manga, doesn't really show up for another 10 volumes. One of the shots is even [[spoiler:Hohenheim as a young slave.]] It's annoying, really. The first episode followed suit.
*** In their defense, [[spoiler:Slave!Hoho is so ambiguous that someone who doesn't already know what it means will probably incorrectly take his appearance as a spoiler that Ed gets his arm back.]]
** The second Brotherhood opening spoils [[spoiler:Gluttony's true form, Envy's true form, Ling vs Wrath, and Mustang vs Lust]]. Though the actual [[spoiler:Ling vs Wrath]] is very different from what was shown, and they spoil less than they would have because they aired it with episode 15 instead of episode 14.
** The third Brotherhood opening shows [[spoiler:Ling among the other Homunculi]], as well as [[spoiler:Pride attacking the Brigg's tunnel expedition team and possessing Alphonse. In fact, this opening also introduces Olivier Mira Armstrong and the Briggs army before we even officially see them]]. However, to their credit, the first instance isn't given very much attention and isn't all that noticeable, and the second one completely lacks any context (Not to mention how [[spoiler:Pride's true self looks nothing like the other Homunculi]], which could trick viewers into mistaking it for something completely unrelated. It also shows what, as of Chapter 106, [[spoiler:Looks alot like Kimblee's final moment after "dying"]]
** The fourth opening and closings are the worst of the lot by far. The opening shows [[spoiler:Greedling fighting Wrath]] and [[spoiler:Fu and Ran Fan returning.]] The ending is even worse, showing [[spoiler:the transmutation circle under Grand Central made of the five labs being activated]] and ''every single HeelFaceTurn for the rest of the series:'' [[spoiler:Scar, Greedling, Darrius, Heinkel, Jelso and Zanpango]] (and to a lesser extent [[spoiler: Mei, Marco and Yorki]]) are shown fighting Pride alongside the Elrics. Also both the opening and the ending show the [[spoiler:reversed transmutation circle]] egrigously, at point on top of [[spoiler:a map of Amestris]] for those people who didn't get the message.
*** It also featured the Gate of Truth [[spoiler:namely, Ed's, dissolving]], referencing something that didn't happen until ''the last chapter of the manga'' '''which hadn't even be published when the opening started airing'''. Of course, since that hadn't happened yet, it's very easy to take it as unrelated or [[DisneyAcidSequence stylistic]].
** The 5th opening meanwhile shows who the 5th sacrifice is, [[spoiler:Father's NightmareFuel form, an his eye growing large, Al's body, a bloodied Wrath sitting as Scar removes his jacket to fight him, Ling in full Greed form atop a ton of wreckage, our heroes standing ready to fight including Sig, and Izumi (of course if you where paying attention you saw Izumi's feet with the Brigg's soldiers in episode 50), and-a bit of a more subtle one - Mustang's price, his sight.]]
* The first opening of ''BoboboboBobobo'' spoils several characters' [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]], though the inclusion of Captain Battleship among the main cast when he never actually joins up may have been an attempt to partially avert this. (of course, few people watch Bo-Bobo for the plot)
* ''InuYasha'' had a spoiler opening ''and'' a spoiler closing. The first opening sequence featured Shippo, Miroku, and Sango, long before any of them appeared. Sango likewise appeared in the end sequence. Sango is kind of an advanced case; She wouldn't actually appear in the series until ''after there were new opening and closing sequences.''
** The Final Act's opening spoils Sesshomaru [[spoiler:getting a new sword and his severed arm back]], [[spoiler:Tetsusaiga's last two upgrades]], [[spoiler:Naraku's new incarnation, Byakuya]], and Naraku's form after [[spoiler:completing the Shikon Jewel]].
* The anime ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' is especially guilty of spoiler openings:
** The first opening briefly reveals Tsuna's [[spoiler: X-Gloves]], although they only appear for a second. After episode 20, the opening spoils Mukuro's gang, as well as Tsuna's Hyper Dying Will Mode.
** The second opening for ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' spoils nearly every fight and new attack in the next arc (although most of the spoiled attacks appear so briefly that you would have to be looking for them to notice).
** The third opening spoils [[spoiler: Xanxus's guns as well as Tsuna's Zero Point Breakthrough (though it doesn't spoil the ZPB Custom)]].
** The fourth opening spoils the [[spoiler: future forms of four of the main characters, the Box Animals they use, Yamamoto and Gokudera's new flame-based weapons, and Tsuna's X-Gloves: Version Vongola Ring.]] It also hints at the truth behind the Arcobaleno.
** The fifth opening does the same thing as the second, showing key matchups and new techniques of every main character.
** The sixth opening reveals Tsuna's completed [[spoiler: X-Burner, as well as his new contact lens.]] It also reveals that [[spoiler: Hibari and Ryohei traveled to the future, and that Tsuna's final opponent will be Genkishi.]]
*** And there was a remake for that same opening, done for the filler Arc that included [[spoiler: the real forms of all seven Arcobalenos]]
** The 7th opening has quite a few scenes of [[spoiler: the entire Choice battle]] shown. Including [[spoiler: Everyone's new Vongola Box animals, Yamamoto's new swords and the Real Six Funeral Wreaths.]]
** The eighth spoils [[spoiler:[[BodyHorror Ghost's]] appearance and [[EnergyAbsorption flame absorption]] abilities, the Varia's reappearance, and Byakuran's [[PowerGivesYouWings wings]]]].
* ''RockmanEXE'', in the ''Axess'' season, gains Soul Unison forms through the PowerOfFriendship. The OP spoils half of these forms from the outset, including those of characters apparently PutOnABus, characters who currently hate him, and even characters who are villains.
** ''Stream'' is better about this, going so far as to put Tesla Magnets in the villains' segment even though she eventually joins the main team. It does reveal that Yuriko is going to join the Net Savers, but only if you're paying attention.
** Similarly, ''Beast'''s suggests a link between Colonel and Iris (though this was obvious to anyone who knew anything about the ''X'' series), but essentialy lies by showing [[TeamRocket Chihiro and Blackbeard]] in the same sequence as the new allies.
** The opening for ''[[MegaManStarForce Ryuusei no Rockman Tribe]]'' has Orihime in her geisha/priestess villain outfit, which she doesn't wear until the very end of the series.
* The mysterious killer of the protagonist's parents' face in ''ShionNoOu'' is strategically covered whenever it gets close. This can be pretty tension-filled for the watchers...if it weren't for the fact that it's fully shown in the opening.
* Gainax anime ''PetitePrincessYucie'' reveals the other princess candidates Yucie will meet up with, who are all prominent in the storyline specifically on their roles.
* In ''FlameOfRecca'''s opening, [[spoiler:Koganei Kaoru is shown as a member of the main force of good guys.]] Too bad this didn't happen in the anime until close to episode ''twenty''...
* The ending credits of ''GoLion'' (which became Lion ''{{Voltron}}'') reveal that one of the members of the team dies and is replaced by the princess. The ''Voltron'' adaptation recycled this animation for it's ending credits as well, thus carrying the trope over to that version as well.
* Subverted by the ''{{Karin}}'' anime. Since the anime added a new character, Winner Sinclair, that was going to be a major player in the anime's plot, the OP only shows a conspicuous black silhouette of Winner whenever he would normally appear. This was naturally replaced with actual images of Winner when he was formally introduced.
* In the very first episode of ''CodeGeass'', Suzaku and C.C. are both shot and apparently killed while trying to protect the protagonist. In episode two, Suzaku is revealed to be injured but alive because the bullet hit [[MementoMacGuffin a pocket watch he kept under his uniform as a memento]]. In episode four, C.C. turns out to be fine [[NighInvulnerability despite being shot in the head]]. The surprise is somewhat lessened by each character's prominence in the opening.
** The other openings tend to spoil some stuff. The second version of the second opening has a Blink-and-You'll-Miss-It scene where Cornelia's Gloucester thrusts its lance. The reflection on its lance shows [[spoiler:Marianne when she was killed. But at the end of the first season, it was revealed that she didn't know who killed her.]]
*** The second-version-second-OP in the first season goes even further than that: around the last 10 seconds or so of it, there's not only a shot of V.V., there's also one [[spoiler:of the nun who gave C.C. her Geass, and, later, her Code]]. Of course, you virtually never notice it seeing as those shots are in the form of semi-transparent image flashes in front of the backdrop of Lelouch dramatically sprawled out in from of that inferno.
** The first OP of R2 spoils [[spoiler:Charles's geass]] and [[spoiler:Jeremiah returning]], along with a shot of [[spoiler:a space full of [[strike:thousands of]] a million Zeroes]].
** The second R2 OP shows a brief shot of a C's World mask and C.C., good ol' Charlie, V.V. and possibly Marianne standing on the cliff with all of their long and shining locks blowing in the wind.
*** The fact that [[spoiler:Shirley was missing from that opening gives you a pretty good hint of [[KilledOffForReal what happens to her]] in the episode where it's first used.]]
** At least they averted some of it; the Black Knights aren't shown until after their formation.
*** Sort of. If you look closely, you can see [[spoiler: Tohdoh, Kaguya and Rakshata]] amongst them, whom doesn't join up until about two-thirds into the first season.
** You can see Schneizel in the first opening for a good four seconds before the last shot of Lelouch. [[spoiler: Even though Schneizel doesn't show up until the last few episodes of the season.]] And the fact that they were the last two characters shown with the same background drop, implied to be disdainfully/mockingly looking at each other [[spoiler: giving away that he's a major enemy to Lelouch... ''in the second season''.]]
** Sort of inverted in both R2 endings. In the first one, we see [[spoiler: Euphemia]], who is dead in the final episodes of the first season, and in the second ending, there's [[spoiler: Shirley]], even after their death.
* Subverted in ''TenchiMuyo GXP''. During the opening, four silhouettes appear during the initial opening, as well as a small shot of the Earth near the end. As episodes progress, the silhouettes are revealed to be one of the main cast as well as OVA mainstays Ryoko, Ayeka and Tenchi. The shot of the Earth later adds another battleship as well as spaceship mode Ryo-Ohki as they appear.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The first opening for the show, even though it's shadowed, features the combination between Gurren and Lagann.
** Averted later on in the series. [[spoiler:Kamina]] features prominently in the intro until the episode after [[spoiler:he dies]]. Also, the [[spoiler:full Gurren Brigade and Dai-Gurren]] are absent, despite their importance, until this point. There's also an interesting subversion at work here considering [[spoiler: Thymilph doesn't appear in the opening until AFTER he dies]]
** Although the opening for the [[spoiler: post-Time Skip]] section does somewhat spoil the ongoing bit where [[spoiler: Gurren Lagann starts combining with every battleship the heroes get, transforming into forms each ridiculously huger and more powerful than the last]] if you have good eyes when it shows Lagann and Gurren combining.
*** Not only that, but it also spoils [[spoiler:Nia's status as a ManchurianAgent]].
* The first opening of ''TowardTheTerra'' shows [[spoiler: Shiroe getting killed by Keith.]] This is done so ambiguously though that the viewers won't really get it until they get to that part of episode 9. The second OP also shows [[spoiler: Tony and the other Nazca children rapidly growing up.]] Though with the series love for ''TimeSkip''s, people might not take that part of the opening as literal as it is.
* The opening of the first season of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' shows a clip or two featuring the Magician of Black Chaos. The Magician does not actually make an appearance in the anime until Yugi's climactic battle with Pegasus. As a whole, the opening often features shots of monsters that will appear that season, and if you can identify the monsters seen you can often take a pretty good guess at which duelist will be using said monster.
** The second Japanese opening, Shuffle, manages to spoil the fact that Yugi obtains Slifer the Sky Dragon/Osiris. If you look closely at the scene near the end of the opening (which features Yugi, Marik and Kaiba), you can see the Slifer card in Yugi's hand.
*** The opening itself came in at the end of episode 49 (Weirdly the last part of the Dungeon Dice Monsters arc, not the start of Battle City), and Yugi got Slifer in episode 67. To further make it a slight spoiler, Kaiba is shown twice with the God of Obelisk/Obelisk the Tormentor card. He obtains the card in episode 52, just 3 episodes after the opening came into use, so it's not as major a spoiler as Yugi getting his God card. The only other major spoiler for this opening is Yugi summoning the Black/Dark Magician Girl, a monster that doesn't appear until 12 episodes later.
** In the "Enter the Shadow Realm" sub-arc, the arc shows Gozaburo Kaiba confronting the heroes when he doesn't show up in the arc until the very end and is supposed to be dead. A more subtle spoiler shows Noah, the main antagonist of the arc, in Mokuba Kaiba's clothing - Noah is later revealed to be [[CainAndAbelAndSeth the third Kaiba brother]].
** The ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' dub's first season opening shows A LOT of scenes that don't happen until well past the Duelist Kingdom arc, particularly those of the first time the crew entered the Virtual World and thwarted the Big Bad Five of KaibaCorp.
** Something that could be considered a spoiler for the Italian audience - the opening for ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' in Italy is basically the Hyper Drive sequence, with 5 seconds added from the second version of the sequence to fit the song lenght. Naturally the 5 seconds they added to extend the sequence featured Yusei facing Kiryu/Kalin and Crow and Blackwing Armor Master. Keep in mind these characters won't be seen for around over 30 episodes, and whilst the US intro that came in from episode 27 showed this, the Italian version showed the two characters from the off.
** Even the Japanese version of 5D's began doing this, with the forms of Shooting Star Dragon and Machine Emperor Grannel. Initially, for the fourth opening, they were obscured (the former in light, the latter in shadow). This had been done before, with the creature being added the episode after they appeared. With these two, however, they were added into the intro of the very episode they debuted in, thus ruining the anticipation.
* Watch the ''{{S-cry-ed}}'' OP again. Pay attention to the brief hilights over Kazuma's body. [[spoiler: It shows the exact order of his upgrades. Plus completely spoils the Ryuho's change to his Alter by doing the same type of light-up sequence.]]
* ''{{Naruto}}'''s openings occasionally have spoilers, although some avert this by changing mid-season in order to update themselves.
** The second opening spoils Orochimaru biting Sasuke and Sakura's ImportantHaircut.
** The third opening spoiled Sasuke learning Chidori.
** The fourth averts this, changing parts of the opening prior to its reveal. (Like Kurenai and Asuma's fight with Kisame, Kakashi's fight with Itachi, Naruto's fight with Kabuto, Sasuke's use of Chidori against Itachi, Tsunade and Shizune, Orochimaru and Jiraiya summoning Manda the Snake and Gamabunta the Toad, and Naruto's Rasengan).
** The fifth opening (to some degree) spoils Sasuke's defection from Konoha. Though at least it's kind of clever about it like having a shot of an arm reaching to pick up a Leaf headband with pictures of Naruto and Sakura on either side of it, only for the pictures to change to Orochimaru and Itachi after which the hand lets go of it.
** The First Shippuden opening heavily hints at [[spoiler:Gaara's death, though he gets better by the end of the arc]]
*** While this is heavily hinted at, the subtext is only more obvious after the fact, making this a case of hindsight bias.
** The second Shippuden opening spoils the mission to capture Sasori's spy resulting in leading Naruto's team to Sasuke himself.
** The seventh Shippuden ending heavily hints at [[spoiler:Asuma's]] death.
** And in the sixth Shippuden opening, it's made pretty clear that [[strike:something very bad will happen to]] [[spoiler:Jiraiya will die]] very soon.
*** It also hints at [[spoiler:the near release of the nine tailed fox]] and [[spoiler:Meeting his father in the mind scape]], though the later is also cleverly pulled off by having him shedding a single tear while floating in glowy whiteness. Oh, and the corresponding ending has a shot of [[spoiler: the fourth hokage]] in it.
** The seventh Shippuden opening [[strike:shows]] ''showcases'' that Pain and Konan are [[spoiler:invading the Leaf Village]] a couple episodes before it actually happens as well as shots from Nagato, Yahiko and Konan's past which are from scenes that are not revealed until [[spoiler:Naruto's conversation with Pain]].
*** It also spoils [[spoiler:Naruto's Sage Mode]] ability.
** The two most recent Shippuden openings notwithstanding, the Naruto openings tend to hint at, moreso than spoil major plot developments.
** The ninth ''Shippuden'' open spoils [[spoiler:Kabuto's return]], [[spoiler:Naruto meeting Bee (thus implying that Bee survives his fight with Kisame)]], and [[spoiler:Naruto going on a boat trip with Yamato, Aoba, and Might Guy.]]
* ''GorgeousCarat'' is a manga variation. [[spoiler: Main character Ray's childhood friend Azura is revealed to be a bad guy in a shocking plot twist - or not, since it was heavily foreshadowed in that chapter's title page.]]
* In ''VideoGame/NeoAngelique - Abyss'' the first opening spoils [[spoiler: Rayne belonging to the artifact consortium, J.D being an [[ArtificialHuman artifact]], [[MeaningfulName Nyx]] being [[BigBad Erebos]] and the death of Carlyle.]] If you had played the game however you would already know these things.
* ''YuyuHakusho'''s opening spoils (at least) the first 14 episodes... Yusuke coming back to life, Kuwabara gaining powers, Kurama and Hiei's surviving AND their HeelFaceTurn.
** The first ending spoils Koenma's human world form, as well as showing Yusuke fighting Chu and a shot of Team Toguro long before their debut. The third ending spoils [[spoiler:Genkai's revival]] and that not long after Yusuke's team wins the Dark Tournament, Sensui replaces Toguro as the BigBad (It debuts ''just before'' the final fight with Toguro).
* While the ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' opening mostly just shows general scenes or {{Establishing Character Moment}}s (such as Isaac and Miria [[RefugeInAudacity robbing a bar of its candy bars while dressed as Santa Claus and the Headless Horseman]]), it does make an exception in the case of [[spoiler: Dallas]], by showing his eventual fate instead: [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream perpetual]] [[CementShoes drowning]]]].
** and let's not forget the fact that [[spoiler: The Young Conductor]] shows up rather prominently in the credits, despite the fact that [[spoiler: by episode 2, he would appear to be dead]].
* The second opening for the original ''LupinIII'' series introduces Goemon as a member of Lupin's gang, before he even appears, spoiling his HeelFaceTurn.
* Averted in the original ''{{Macross}}'', where the first opening only shows the Valkyries as planes, since the fact that they [[spoiler: turn into HumongousMecha]] is supposed to be a huge surprise revealed at the end of the episode.
* ''Anime/{{Beck}}'': Besides showing a few characters that don't appear for quite a few episodes, it also reveals that the band was [[MusicalSpoiler "made to hit in America!"]]
* ''RahXephon'' does this very subtly. At first, it seems like nothing but a series of beautiful rapid-fire images. [[spoiler: Then you notice the two recurring characters who keep showing up together....]]
* Subverted by ''SoulEater'' with its 2nd opening, which shows [[spoiler: Soul screaming in anguish while holding a limp Maka in his arms]]. It would make for a very dramatic death scene or whatnot... except [[BaitAndSwitchCredits nothing like that actually happens during this part of the series]].
** Also, the second opening shows [[spoiler: Stein's utter loss of sanity]] well before it actually happens.
** Don't forget Chrona's prominent appearance in the first opening, so we end up watching him/her for several episodes before he/she actually appears.
** The fourth ED is essentially a spoiler for the end of the series; [[spoiler: a monstrous Asura being fought by the main teams, the adults rendered useless (if not apparently dead) with the kids left to save the day and Soul and Maka featuring most prominently. One point that doesn't correlate to the finale is that it's Soul supporting Maka - similar to the switch around in the second OP - when again it's the other way around.]]
** The first new opening made for when the anime was re-aired [[LateArrivalSpoiler blatantly assumes you've seen the whole show already.]] It features Crona fighting along the main three weapon/meister pairs, which qualifies as both this and BaitAndSwitchCredits: Crona is introduced as an antagonist, and by the time he/she has a HeelFaceTurn there's only a few episode left before the opening changes.
* ''SaintSeiya'' along with BaitAndSwitchCredits. During the Asgard Saga opening, you can see [[spoiler: who gets to wear the Odin Robe]].
* The first opening for ''EurekaSeven: Psalm of Planets'' - ''Days'' - features a call-ahead into the final leg of the series where Eureka and Renton have [[spoiler:traveled over the Great Wall, under the layer of Scub Coral, with the Nirvash]].
* The opening of ''JyuOhSei'' contains a lot of shots of Zagi, who is in the first episode but then disappears for half the series. This pretty much gives away that he's going to come back. Then it shows Thor when he grows up (which also doesn't happen until halfway through the series) holding a collapsed Tiz [[spoiler: because she dies in the last episode]].
* The dub opening for ''SonicX'' shows Shadow opening his eyes. Shadow doesn't appear until a little while into the second season. He's also seen in the Japanese opening.
** To be fair, much of the fanbase was made up of people who beat some of the games. They had whole arcs spoiled for them before the series premiered.
* ''{{Utawarerumono}}'''s opening goes through visuals of nearly all the major good guys, allowing you to predict nearly every single HeelFaceTurn in the series. What it doesn't spoil is the bizarre ending.
* The opening of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' sets an entirely different tone from what the first episode seems to promise - a feral, disheveled Tenma running with a gun, after you've just seen him peacefully walking around the hospital in his scrubs. Even after things go bad, it takes more than ''fifty episodes'' for Tenma to look as worn-down as he does in the theme.
* The first op for ''ShinMazinger'' is a subversion in that most of the stuff in it is footage from the very first episode.
** However the second just cranks the spoilers UpToEleven. Honestly in those 85 seconds, we learn that [[spoiler: some bad guy (most likely a Mikene, a member of Zeus' race) comes to earth, and boy does he look pissed; we get a good look at some of the enemy robot designs that'll probably be used in upcoming episodes; we also learn Mazinger is going to fight an EvilTwin; ever wondered how Mazinger turns into the [[RocketPunch Big Bang Punch?]] Well its right there for you! Baron Ashura seems to be about to relive past experiences; Tsubasa is going to have a really bad day; and we get a nice good look at Tetsuya and his mecha, though it might not be Great, since it really doesn't resemble it all that much.]]
* The opening of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' spoils the fact that [[spoiler: Nanami becames a duelist]], which is only revealed at the end of the first season. It also shows you the face of Utena's "prince" waaaay before he actually appears.
* The anime version of ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles''. The second intro involves [[spoiler:Alicia activating what looks like Valkyria powers to fight against (proving that she's a Valkyria)]] Selvaria who just does the same thing, since she the one that introduces what the hell kind of super powers a person with such a bloodline has.
* The first ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' opening and ending spoils the fact that Flay joins the Earth forces (There's a lingering shot of her in a EF uniform), it spoils the relationships between Kira and Lacus and Athrun and Cagalli, and it also shows Cagalli in a soldiers uniform (She has only a cameo in the first episode and doesn't appear again until the opening changes)
** That's nothing. The third opening shows Freedom, Justice, and the Druggie Trio's units a good 6 to 10 episodes before they first appear as well as the trio themselves. It also spoils Nichol's death (he and his Gundam are gone from their usual shot) and spoils Athrun's HeelFaceTurn by showing him and Kira fighting together. It also hints at Natarle's leaving the crew. Also, the second ending is missing Tolle.
*** You think ''that's'' bad? The third opening of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' shows Kira with a new Gundam, spoiling both its debut in Episode 39 and that he survives the destruction of his old suit in his duel with Shinn in Episode 35. The third opening started airing back with ''Episode 25.''
**** Since the English dub skipped Ignited (the first OP) and went straight to Pride (the second), plot elements get shown up to ''thirty episodes early'', like the Freedom and the Archangel coming back (Episode 13), the Destroy (Episode 31) and a silhouette of the ''Destiny Gundam'' (Episode 35).
* Sgt. Frog AKA ''KeroroGunsou''. [[spoiler: There's a fifth member of the Keroro Platoon! They keep talking about him vaguely and using silhouettes and.... oh, wait, who's the light blue guy in the theme song?]]
* The FirstEpisodeSpoiler of ''DarkerThanBlack'' is unlikely to come as a surprise if you pay much attention at all to the opening, but it avoids anything more serious since it mostly just consists of Hei looking cryptically BadAss. There is, however, some {{foreshadowing}}, in the form of Amber's silhouette.
** The sequel, however, completely averts this and has VERY BaitAndSwitchCredits.
* Ami Kawashima appears in the opening of ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' from the first episode on, even though she appears first in the fifth episode.
* The opening of ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' gives away the fact that Mion has an [[spoiler: identical twin sister]]. If you pay attention, you might also notice that [[spoiler: Shion, not Mion, is the one shown freaking out]], which kind of hints at a plot twist in the fifth story arc (though it [[TheUntwist wasn't a particularly surprising one]], anyway)
** It also spoiled the fact Mion has [[spoiler:a {{Yakuza}} related tattoo]].
** Subverted in the second season ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNiKai'' where though she features as a background character in the opening [[spoiler:Hanyuu]] is edited out of the opening until she makes her main appearance later and they're slotted in.
* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is especially bad about this, particularly with Beatrice's portrait. It changes each arc. The second arc shows [[spoiler:Beatrice in human form and a portrait of Eva-Beatrice]], and the third shows [[spoiler:Eva-Beatrice, and changes the rest of the animations to include the Siestas, Virgilia, Bernkastel, and Lambdadelta]].
** The latest one also shows [[spoiler:Maria's witch outfit]].
** The lyrics are also basically a summary of the most of the main plot, and give strong hints of what's coming.
* The opening of ''Manga/ToaruKagakuNoRailgun'' includes some fairly important things that don't show up until the end. There's not enough context to figure anything out just by seeing it in the opening, though.
* The second opening of the ''{{Needless}}'' anime very strongly hints that [[spoiler: Cruz's sister Aruka is alive and is the last member of Simeon's Elite Four whose identity even Disk didn't know.]]
* The first opening for ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' makes it very clear that a [[TheRival blond girl Nanoha's age]] would be an important part of the story four episodes before we see her.
** The second opening of ''Anime/StrikerS'' spoils most of the matchups for the final battle (Teana vs. Wendi and Deed, Erio vs. Garyuu, Caro vs. Lutecia, Signum vs. Zest) with one notable exception; it shows Subaru fighting Nove when she actually fights [[spoiler:Ginga]].
* The opening and closing of ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' make it nigh-impossible to not figure out who's on what side. [[FriendlyEnemy It doesn't make much of a difference anyway.]]
* ''TheLawOfUeki'' spoils characters and scenes aplenty in both of its opening sequences, using actual footage from the show (although one can't figure most out until it happens... OK, fine, the second OP is almost criminal).
* In ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' before the opening credits they show the scroll with the names of dead people crossed out. When [[spoiler: Tenzen]] apparently dies at the end of an episode, his name does not get crossed out for the next opening.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has done this in both the anime ''and'' the manga. The anime doesn't even bother trying to hide Lucy's teammates, their powers, and her summons in both the opening and the ending credits, most spoileriffically Virgo and Erza's super armor. The manga, meanwhile, shows Wendy and Charle in two group shots of Fairy Tail mages before she joins them. The all-female one is understandable, but showing up in the background of a color pin-up of Erza and Lucy in swimsuits with Natsu, Gray, and Happy staring, with Wendy in her own swimsuit, ''trying to catch your attention by being in front of the title'', '''more than three months''' before there was a hint of her joining was kind of suspicious.
** The second ending also shows Gajeel at the start of the arc before his first appearance.
** The third opening focused almost exclusively on the arc ''after'' the one that was currently airing, thus spoiling a HeelFaceTurn. It also subtly hints at the true (plot important) nature of one character's magic quite a ways before it's revealed in the story proper.
** The fourth does the exact same thing, spoiling [[spoiler:Laxus turning against the guild, Gajeel returning as an ally, and austute viewers will note that Mystogan has the same hair and eye color as Jellal.]]
** It's bad enough that the fifth opening shows that Lyon and Sherry make a come back, and that ''Jellal isn't dead'', whereas before it was kind of vague about the last one, but the ending actually shows Wendy and Mystogan together as a child.
** 7th Opening shows the characters alternate universe counterparts. It also opens with flashbacks of Natsu's childhood with his dead friend Lisanna, and ends with a shot of him desperately reaching for her alternate universe counterpart [[spoiler: who's turns out to actually be the Lisanna he grew up with still alive.]]
*** It should also be noted that with the exception of the 1st and (maybe) 5th opening, all the openings have started airing in during the middle of the arc prior to the one they focus on.
** And here comes the 8th opening and ending, in which we can see Queen Shagotte way before she actually appears onscreen, hints of the final boss of the arc, and the return of Mystogan. But the worst of all is the new ending heavily focused on Lisanna, who we barely see during the Edolas arc, and the ''friggin'' end of said arc, in which Lisanna run into her brother and sister at Magnolia's cemetery. Really ? Spoiling the ''very last scene'' of Edolas arc ? '''Really ?!''' [[PrecisionFStrike What the heck ?!]]
** The 11th and 12th were *particularly* horrendous, due to including characters that most fans will recognize ... First they show [[spoiler: the Earthland versions of several prior characters who only appeared on Edolas]], followed in the very next opening by [[spoiler: post-timeskip versions of EVERYONE IN ORACION SEIS]]. Whether or not the first is truly an anime-exclusive is yet to be seen, none of these characters are in the manga ... yet.
* The second opening to ''ShamanKing'' shows that one of the scariest bad guys from the first season will end up on the side of the good guys. In fact, the first opening does this for two others as well.
* The opening for the American-produced second season of ''Anime/DuelMasters'' gives away a large number of plot points, though in a manner that only makes sense once the viewer notices the pattern. It shows an established character that will represent each civilization, alongside a creature from that civilization that will be important later. Most glaringly, the final shot pans by [[spoiler:Shobu's father and a Pyrofighter Magnus]].
* The second English opening of ''TransformersArmada'' spoiled Optimus Prime's [[BackFromTheDead return]], the [[EnemyMine Autobot/Decepticon alliance]], and the appearance of Unicron.
* ''{{Heroman}}'' gives these openings out.
** The first opening was slightly more subtle, but they still show a lot, such as [[spoiler: Kogorr's OneWingedAngel, Will and Nick's shadows being Skrugg]], Dr. Minami's mech, NIA...
** But if anything, the second opening is more spoileriffic, but I'm not elaborating.
* The lyrics to the first opening of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' not only tell the viewer that the Black History was intentionally forgotten, it also tells them why. When Agrippa explains this (40 episodes into the series!) he almost quotes the lyrics.
* ''{{Shiki}}'' does this with it's first OP. [[spoiler: By showing who's going to be turned into a Shiki by skullifing them.]]
* The second opening of the ''FateStayNight'' anime shows [[spoiler:Gilgamesh raining swords on Saber]] some four episodes before [[spoiler:his debut]].
* The ending of the ''FateZero'' anime shows brief scenes of all the Servants' former lives. These are mostly vague (e.g. we learn that one character from Greek myth or history will be used, but not who that person is) but it's certainly possible to make a shrewd guess at Berserker's identity. Which is also the only one ''not'' revealed early on in the series.
** The second opening made it pretty clear of [[spoiler:Irisviel's fate and the Kiritsugu's. Not to mention showing glipse of saber's mortorcycle.]]
* The opening for ''VampireKnight'' shows Yuki, a human character, drinking blood. The ending shows her with glowing red eyes and bloody tears. It doesn't come as a huge shock when she learns she's a true vampire.
* ''{{Diebuster}}'' has one, although it's easy to miss: right at the end of the opening sequence, [[spoiler:Nono flies away -- which she can do because she's a Buster Machine.]]
* The opening credits for the second season of ''StrikeWitches'' prominently features the battleship Yamato in several shots, and true to form, she plays a significant role in the final battle.
* The opening for ''CowboyBebop'' suggests that [[PlayfulHacker Ed]] is going to become a regular cast member, seeing as how she's heavily featured in the intro even though she doesn't appear until a few episodes in.
* ''MiraiNikki'''s opening is LOADED with spoilers, except they are either so subtle you don't notice them, Blink-and-you-miss-it, or completely incomprehensible for those who have not read the manga. For example, the scene of Yuno fighting herself and two halves merging together seemingly looks like it was thrown in to be frantic and creepy with a heavy dose of artistic license, [[spoiler:but it actually foreshadows a major plot twist that occurs later on in the story]].
** Also applied to its closing, which reveals the identities of the diary holders, the reasons they are in the game, and Akise - [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman especially Akise]]]], albeit in shady lighting.
* Played with in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the opening credits prominently feature Madoka in her MagicalGirl form, making it obvious she will transform fairly early on. She doesn't. As the episodes went on all the main characters except Madoka had made contracts. By the tenth episode we realise that the whole point is that she ''doesn't'' become a magical girl, making the opening a from of BaitAndSwitchCredits. However, the trope is eventually PlayedStraight when Madoka transforms in the ''final episode''. Kudos to GenUrobuchi for being a massive troll.
* ''Anime/{{Rainbow}}'' has seven protagonists, all of whom show up in the opening, but only six are seen in the group shot. The group shot shows them in ordinary clothes rather than prison uniforms, and since they didn't meet before prison, they must be gathered after release--without that seventh person.
* The first opening of {{Durarara}} shows us [[spoiler:Celty's head]]. Surprisingly, it doesn't reveal [[spoiler:the name of Seiji's girlfriend, at least in the translated credits]].
* Both openings of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' seem to spoil various characters appearing, the worse of which was in the second opening, showing Allenby a few episodes before her actual appearance.
* Near the end of the second opening of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Joseph puts on Caesar's headband and does a SkywardScream with an expression that could be seen as mournful, foreshadowing Caesar's death. [[spoiler:Cars' eventual immunity to sunlight]] is also foreshadowed, albeit more subtly since the shot of the sun rising behind his back is only a split second long.
