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1	'''Basic Trope''': The opening credits of a work ruin important plot events before they happen.
2	* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] kills off Arisu. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], the party taking on [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which wasn't even out at that point!
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, however, Arisu's death is a very minor plot point and doesn't affect the overall story.
6	** The opening shows a clip of Arisu's funeral, however the clip is so short most viewers/players will not notice it on their first watch/playthrough.
7	** Bobu is seen by a gravestone, but the fact that it's Arisu's gravestone is never explicitly stated.
8	* '''Justified''': The opening spoils every significant plot point from the game, but only plays after beating the game at least once.
9	* '''Inverted''': The scene of Arisu dying in the opening? [[ILied She never dies, and nothing even remotely resembles it in the game itself]].
10	* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, at the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
12	* '''Parodied''': During the opening cutscene, Evulz steps in, BreakingTheFourthWall, and threatens to spoil the ending of the game for the audience.
13	* '''Zig Zagged''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed by Evulz, a shot of Arisu's funeral, and footage of Arisu standing with Bobu at the entrance to the FinalDungeon. Sure enough, Arisu gets stabbed halfway through the story, however, she is revealed [[DisneyDeath to have survived the incident]] later on. However, she is killed again by Evulz at the end of Disc 2, and only then is she given a funeral. However, she is brought BackFromTheDead by way of an ancient ritual, just in time to reach the FinalDungeon.
14	* '''Averted''':
15	** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
16	** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a {{Permadeath}} VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
17	* '''Enforced''':
18	** The game's writers specifically stated in an interview that they wanted to avoid showing spoilers in the game's opening, but were forced to by the publisher to hook players into playing up to that point in the game.
19	** The [[EvolvingCredits arc 1 to 5 openings]] were unworkable for the American dub, [[TitleSequenceReplacement so they simply replaced them with the final arc 6 opening]].
20	* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets her after seeing her tombstone in the intro.
21	* '''Invoked''': The opening is a vision Bobu receives from opening the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, having seen Arisu's death, goes to extreme lengths to save her, but eventually finds that YouCantFightFate.
22	* '''Exploited''': Arisu doesn't die during the main events of the story, but is eventually shown dying of old age in TheStinger, and an elderly Bobu attending her funeral. All that is shown of this scene in the intro is her tombstone, and Evulz uses this fact to scare the heroes with the threat of her death throughout the game, constantly reminding them that her death is inevitable.
23	* '''Defied''': The opening shows the scene where Arisu [[ActionGirl faces off with]] Evulz, but the narrator stops the footage seconds before the climax of the fight where Arisu actually dies, saying that he doesn't want to spoil the plot.
24	* '''Discussed''': Before starting the intro, the narrator remarks that he hopes it doesn't contain any spoilers.
25	* '''Conversed''': Bobu and Arisu mention this trope when talking about ShowWithinAShow "Troperian Dreams".
26	-->'''Bobu''': No way! I can't believe he died!\
27	'''Arisu''': What do you mean you can't believe it?! It was in the opening the whole time!
28	* '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening ''at all'', and considering how important she is to the plot throughout the first half, players can expect something to happen to her later on in the story.
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