History LateArrivalSpoiler / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. Search? Did something [[HeroicSacrifice happen to Spock]] in the last movie?
** One ''could'' call it downplayed, in that while it establishes that ''something'' happened to Spock in the last movie, it doesn't establish ''what'' -- he must be separated from the crew in a dramatically interesting way for them to search for him, but that doesn't mean he has to be ''dead''.
** In fact, him being dead is the [[JustForPun least logical]] of any conclusions to be drawn from the title alone, considering the fact that death is one of a few things that is hard to be found from.
* At the end of ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', it is revealed that the species the humans had their titular first contact with were the Vulcans. Apart from the fact that this was already back then a quite, er... logical assumption, this has since then been treaded as well known Trek lore. ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' puts quite some emphasis into the early years of these two races' relationship, for example.

* The main menu of the ''Film/WarGames'' DVD shows WOPR playing tic-tac-toe.

* Once you pop the ''Film/GhostRider'' DVD into your player, the background visuals behind the menus reveal that there is a second Ghost Rider.

* ''Film/{{Sonic The Hedgehog 2|2022}}'' makes sure to forget how a certain character was [[OneSceneWonder a big surprise]] in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 the first film's]] [[TheStinger credits scene]], as the logo has two fox tails on the "2" and sure enough, one minute into the trailer Tails himself appears.

* At least one DVD menu for ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' shows the Delorean being pushed by a train at top speed and disappearing into the future. You know, the ''climactic moment of the entire film''.

** For several films, the fact that ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' wasn't just adapting elements of ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', but also ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', as Superman's death is mentioned early on in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' and a part of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' is his return. ''Justice League'' is a twofer, as it also features a flashback featuring with Creator/DavidThewlis's face imposed on Ares, spoiling that his character in ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' was in fact Ares.

* In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', Bruce Wayne isn't revealed to be Batman until over halfway into the film. Although to be fair, unless that film was your first exposure ever to ''Batman'', you already knew that before the movie began.

* Gillian Flynn has expressed interest in working with David Fincher in making a sequel to ''Literature/GoneGirl''. Should this sequel happen, it will be downright impossible to market the film without giving away its predecessor's big twist: [[spoiler: Amy is a psychopath.]]
** Related, Rosamund Pike was nominated for Best Actress. The UsefulNotes/AcademyAward broadcast [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hey-Oscars-Thanks-Spoiling-Gone-Girl-69931.html picked a spoiler-heavy clip from the movie's end]] (along with host Neil Patrick Harris, who was in the movie, engaging on SelfDeprecation regarding his [[spoiler:messy death]]).

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': As [[Film/Scream1996 Ghostface]] put it: " You should know that [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 Jason's mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer]]. Jason didn't show up till [[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 the sequel]]. I'm afraid that was the wrong answer."

* The music that plays during the main menu of the Blu-Ray for ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is the reprise of Science Fiction Double Feature, where the lyrics describe the ending of the movie. There are also several fake movie posters that give away several of the plot points of the film. For instance, there is one poster entitled [[spoiler: They Came From Outer Space, which not only spoils the plot twist that Frank N Furter, Riff Raff, and Magenta are aliens, but the poster also shows a picture of Rocky carrying Frank N Furter's dead body in his arms.]]

* For the theatrical release of ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', Creator/CharlizeTheron received the SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer treatment in both trailers and promotional artwork, which gave the audience the impression she simply had a supporting role as Justin Bateman's wife, [[spoiler: until it's revealed she also has superpowers, and had a tragic immortal history and ties with the titular character.]] The DVD cover art dispenses with the surprise by promoting Theron to equal BilledAboveTheTitle treatment with Will Smith -- the movie had always been promoted as a solo vehicle for Smith -- and [[spoiler: has her in her DarkActionGirl garb in an AssKickingPose next to Hancock.]]

* The trailers for the second part of the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'', made it very, ''very'' clear that Gandalf was not in fact dead as the first movie had implied. Which was a pretty major plot twist in the book, but apparently the marketing team thought genre-savvy movie-goers probably figured it out.
** Or they figured that most people had, you know, [[AdaptationDisplacement read the books.]]

* Late-Arrival Spoilers are an essential basis for the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's plot development. Each movie has the audience assume that they've watched at least the previous one before it, and their promotional material tend to show events or details related to spoilers from past installments. For example, Jigsaw dies in ''Film/SawIII'', and the trailers and one of the posters (also the DVD boxart) for ''Film/SawIV'' show his body lying on an autopsy table (from the movie's opening scene) and his disembodied head being weighed on a scale, respectively.
* Subverted hardcore in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. Kevin Spacey is never shown in ads or posters, and ''his name isn't even in the opening credits.'' This was a man who was meant to get top billing. Bravo, good sir. Bravo.
* The Creator/CriterionCollection special edition reissue[=/=]re-release of ''Film/SevenSamurai'' includes a booklet that features essays from a number of commentators that go into different aspects of the film. While there is an ''attempt'' to avoid spoilers (largely by having some of the commentators refer to events in the film obliquely), reading through the guide reveals most of the ending -- [[spoiler:the bandits are routed and the villagers are saved (and the symbolic return of their harvest is shown), Kikuchiyo is killed during a climactic battle, and a photograph spoils the three surviving samurai -- Kambei, Katsushiro and Shichiroji -- who are left feeling aimless and unsure after their PyrrhicVictory]].

* Late-Arrival Spoilers are an essential basis for the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's plot development. Each movie has the audience assume that they've watched at least the previous one before it, and as such tend to show events or details related to spoilers from past installments. For example, Jigsaw dies in ''Film/SawIII'', and the trailers and one of the posters (also the DVD boxart) for ''Film/SawIV'' show his body lying on an autopsy table (from the movie's opening scene) and his disembodied head being weighed on a scale, respectively.

* ''Film/AlienResurrection'''s official trailer flat out says that Ellen Ripley died before the events of the film no less than three separate times (using various characters' quotes).

* If you didn't know that Jigsaw died in ''Film/SawIII'', you may wish to steer clear of the trailers and one of the posters (also the DVD boxart) for ''Film/SawIV'', which show Jigsaw's body lying on an autopsy table and his disembodied head being weighed on a scale, respectively.
* Subverted hardcore in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. Kevin Spacey is never shown in ads or posters and ''his name isn't even in the opening credits.'' This was a man who was meant to get top billing. Bravo, good sir. Bravo.

* All the advertising for ''Film/TheFlyII'' brings up the fact that the protagonist is the SpinOffspring of Seth Brundle; in the original film, it was a pivotal, shocking third act twist that Seth impregnated his lover Veronica at ''some'' point (the question being whether it was before or after he unknowingly became a mutant). Knowing the sequel is about their son also somewhat spoils the ending to the first film in that the viewer at least knows that [[spoiler: Seth does not manage to genetically fuse himself with Veronica and their unborn child]]. To be fair, spoilers usually weren't as big a deal in the 1980s and many reviews of the first film gave away the pregnancy twist.

* Both the marketing and opening scenes of ''Film/Deadpool2'' actively make fun of the fact that [[spoiler: Wolverine dies in ''Film/{{Logan}}'']], so anyone who sees this film before the other one won't be surprised about its ending.

* The 1999 THX DVD, Laserdisc and VHS cover for the original ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' has [[spoiler:the final, iconic shot of the Statue of Liberty]]. Despite this, there are still some people who don't know the ending.

* The main menu of the ''Film/WarGames'' DVD shows WOPR [[spoiler: playing tic-tac-toe]].

* The VHS release of ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' spoiled [[spoiler: Annie's suicide]] on the back of the box. And then the DVD release did it again.

* ''Film/AlienResurrection'''s official trailer flat out says that [[spoiler:Ellen Ripley died before the events of the film]] no less than three separate times (using various characters' quotes).

* At least one DVD menu for ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' shows [[spoiler:the Delorean being pushed by a train at top speed and disappearing into the future.]] You know, the ''climactic moment of the entire film''.

* ''Film/{{Cypher}}'': Jeremy Northam was not a well-known actor when he took the role of Morgan Sullivan in 2002. However, his acting and the way he morphs into various different characters as the story continues and his character learns how to be a corporate spy was considered exceptional at the time. It won him several acting awards for the part that he played which unfortunately spoils the film for anyone who hasn't seen it. [[spoiler:He was awarded for playing three separate personas - Morgan Sullivan, Jack Thursby and Sebastian Rooks. The advertising of the awards it and its actors have won can ruin the major plot twist that Morgan Sullivan was Sebastian Rooks all along.]]

** The DVD/Blu-Ray boxart for ''Fast Five'' blatantly spoils the reveal that [[spoiler:Dwayne Johnson's Federal agent]] pulls a HeelFaceTurn and begins supporting the team midway through the film. It makes the assault/rescue scene in Rio a bit less suspenseful.
** The first promo clip released for ''Furious 7'' revealed that [[spoiler:Han had died at the end of the previous film]] during TheStinger, spoiling it for anyone who hadn't already seen ''Tokyo Drift'' or ''Fast & Furious 6''.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngmqRQA8eGU official music video]] for Wiz Khalifa's AwardBaitSong "See You Again" (from the ''Furious 7'' soundtrack) spoils the entire ending, and was put online the week ''after'' the film's release. Although it's clearly intended to be a tribute video, it shows [[spoiler:the "last ride" with Brian, who [[RidingIntoTheSunset drives off into the sunset]] in the final shot]]. It seems like the producers just took the ending wholesale and ported into the music video, thus spoiling it for anyone who hasn't seen the film yet. Additionally, the final scene was spoiled in one of the television spots and promo photos.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': As [[Film/{{Scream 1996}} Ghostface]] put it: "[[Film/FridayThe13th1980 You should know that Jason's mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer]]. Jason didn't show up till [[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 the sequel.]] I'm afraid that was the wrong answer."
* Once you pop the ''Film/GhostRider'' DVD into your player, the background visuals behind the menus reveal that [[spoiler:there is a second Ghost Rider]].

* The DVD cover of ''Film/HalloweenII1981'' outright spoils the fact that Laurie Strode is Michael Myers' [[spoiler: sister]]; something that isn't revealed until mid-way through the film.

* The trailers to ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' obviously reveal that Hannibal escaped in ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. Also, ask anyone about the characters in ''Silence of the Lambs'' and you're bound to get "A crazy guy who makes clothes out of women's skin.", a fact that isn't revealed in the movie until the 3rd Act, where it's a big reveal, and one of the changes from the book that is for the better (in the book Hannibal reveals that Bill is making a woman suit, and the revelation is relegated to "He knows how to sew").

** Trailers for ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' obviously center on the Ministry's refusal to accept that Voldemort has returned, and clearly show that Sirius Black is [[spoiler:a good guy]], spoiling TheReveal at the end of the third film and movie. It's made even more explicit in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCwrQCjeRk this promo]] for the same film.
** Trailers for ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' reveal that Voldemort was once known as Tom Riddle, a major plot twist in the second book and movie.
* The trailers and posters for ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' is fairly blunt about a number of Book 7 developments, including [[spoiler: the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry's turning himself over to Voldemort, and the show-down between Harry and Voldemort]].
** Also, if you haven't read or seen ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'', you might be a tad confused as to why Harry and Ginny kiss in the 7 trailer. But then, the trailer basically spoils ''everything'' aside from the final outcome of, since most of the trailer is made of stuff that is ''definitely'' from the second part. Way to go, trailer-makers.
* This might be the reason why the Creator/SteveJobs biopic ''Film/{{Jobs}}'' ends in the very early 2000s. Since Steve Jobs had died a mere two years before the movie's release, the filmmakers probably figured everybody not living under a rock would know how the story ends. So the film cuts to credits with a simple title card which says Steve Paul Jobs 1955-2011.

* The trailers for the second part of the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'', made it very, ''very'' clear that Gandalf was [[spoiler: not in fact dead]] as the first movie had implied. Which was a pretty major plot twist in the book, but apparently the marketing team thought genre-savvy movie-goers probably figured it out.

* In the ending of ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', [[spoiler:Neo dies in a HeroicSacrifice against Smith]]. This plot twist is spoiled in an ad for ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'', which mentions the factions fighting over "the legacy of [[spoiler:Neo's sacrifice]]."
** The VHS of the original ''Film/TheMatrix'' spoiled the whole "[[spoiler: reality isn't real, everyone's in a LotusEaterMachine]]" revelation ''on the back of the freaking box''! And then the DVD release did it again.
* ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'': The home video cover shows [[spoiler:Heidi with a machine gun]] and the soundtrack cover actually has a screencap of [[spoiler: her RoaringRampageOfRevenge in the climax]] - this in spite of the fact that the trailer warned people not to spoil the ending for other people... [[{{Irony}} while including a clip of the ending elsewhere in that trailer]].
* If you're about to watch the 2014 film ''Film/{{Mommy}}'' and you don't already know about [[spoiler: the aspect ratio change]], don't worry - It's literally ''the first thing you see on the DVD menu''.
* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' was the second film in Creator/PeterSellers' ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' film series and it's the one where all the elements of the later films in the series are introduced. But because it doesn't have "Pink Panther" in the title, it's likely to be one of the ''last'' films of the series you're going to watch. There are two elements in this film that were played as plot twists that became unsurprising [[RunningGag running gags]] in the later films:
** Early in the film, a sinister looking Asian man attacks Clouseau in his own bedroom! [[spoiler: It's Clouseau's own manservant Cato, whom Clouseau has actually ordered to constantly attack him so Clouseau will always be CrazyPrepared for an attack.]]
** Later in the film, a shadowy figure stalks Clouseau and makes several attempts on his life! Is it the killer? [[spoiler: No, it's Clouseau's own boss, Chief Inspector Dreyfus, who's been driven AxeCrazy by Clouseau's shenanigans.]] This "twist" not only became a RunningGag, but became the main plot of ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again''.
* It's a fairly big plot twist that [[spoiler:Barbossa has been resurrected]] as shown in the final scene for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'', to the point that the actors themselves were told that it would be Anamaria, who was mysteriously absent from ''Dead Man's Chest'' and the rest of the series as well. Posters for ''At World's End'', ''On Stranger Tides'', and ''Dead Men Tell No Tales'' feature him pretty prominently.

* The theatrical trailer to Paul Bartel’s ''Private Parts'' reveals spoilers from the end of the film.

* If you didn't know that [[spoiler:Jigsaw died]] in ''Film/SawIII'', you may wish to steer clear of the trailers and DVD boxart for ''Film/SawIV'', which show [[spoiler:Jigsaw's body lying on an autopsy table and his disembodied head being weighed on a scale]], respectively.
* Subverted hardcore in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. [[spoiler: Kevin Spacey is never shown in ads or posters and ''his name isn't even in the opening credits.'' This was a man who was meant to get top billing. Bravo, good sir. Bravo.]]

* ''Film/SpeedRacer'' hangs a lampshade that Racer X is Rex Racer, [[NotHisSled with the twist that he isn't Speed's brother]] [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope except he still is, he just had plastic surgery]]]].

* At the end of ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', it is revealed that the species the humans had their titular first contact with were the [[spoiler:Vulcans]]. Apart from the fact that this was already back then a quite, er... [[spoiler:logical]] assumption, this has since then been treaded as well known Trek lore. ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' puts quite some emphasis into the early years of these two races' relationship, for example.

* There's a very subtle one in [[https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1011/25/usual-suspects-movie-poster-34x24_1_4ebc3247132a81bb50980f7d5a7b9e31.jpg this poster]] for ''Film/TheUsualSuspects''. The tagline is a hint. [[spoiler: Kevin Spacey (aka Verbal Kint) is the only one who's over his name. Also, he's the last in the lineup and the last one named.]]
** The DVD of ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' is even worse. The scene index shows a still clip from each of the 25 "chapters" of the DVD. The still clip for the final chapter shows a fax machine receiving an image of Keyser Soze's face, and even at low resolution a casual viewer can easily see it's [[spoiler: Kevin Spacey]].
** Also, if you watch too much of the main menu of the DVD of the ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' you will see [[spoiler: a man's feet as he limps down the street. His gait quickly becomes less shuffling and he is suddenly walking perfectly fine.]]

* Most of the marketing for ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' falls under TrailersAlwaysSpoil in that it's not very subtle about [[spoiler:Veidt being the real villain]]. However, [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watchmen-Rorschach/44288562035 the bio for Rorschach on Facebook]] includes an audio clip of his journal, one of which has him flat out ''stating'' this fact. Commercials also reveal Rorschach's face, spoiling his identity for anyone who hadn't already read the graphic novel, or knew the character's actor.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The 1990 fullscreen VHS boxset release of the original trilogy opened with a trailer for the full trilogy on video, including the line "Is Darth Vader my father?" from ''Jedi'', ensuring that even the most ignorant first-time viewers weren't surprised. The later FOX Video copies don't have this preview, preserving the twist.
** Palpatine wasn't actually ''named'' on film in the original trilogy, being referred to only as "Emperor" (his name comes from the ''Film/ANewHope'' novelization). So, ''theoretically'', if you never saw any of the action figures, comics, books, or other non-movie material, or paid attention to the credits and realized it was the same actor in the prequels as in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', you might not know. Until the last film came out, there was some discussion among ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans (who obviously would know) that Lucas might pull one out of the hat and reveal Sidious wasn't really Palpatine. [[TheUntwist He was.]]
** Trailers for ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' naturally gave away the transformation of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader ''as the main selling point for seeing the movie in the first place'', and attempted to subvert the trope by teasing the audience into exactly ''how'' this transformation comes about. People who had been reading [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse supplemental materials]], however, knew it would happen in a BattleAmongstTheFlames between Anakin and Obi-Wan.
** The movie posters for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', showing young Anakin's shadow, as formed by his mushroom-top hairdo, forming the outline of Darth Vader's helmet.
** The soundtrack CD for ''The Phantom Menace'' was released before the film. Two tracks were called [[spoiler:"Qui-Gon's Noble End"]] and [[spoiler:"The High Council Meeting and Qui-Gon's Funeral"]].
** And even for newcomers watching the movies in chronological order, it is quite hard to remain unspoiled about the relationship between the Queen of Naboo and her handmaiden when so many materials about ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Revenge of the Sith'' talk about [[spoiler:Senator Padmé Amidala]].

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* LateArrivalSpoiler/MarvelCinematicUniverse
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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/IronMan1'' ended with Tony not bothering with hiding that he was Iron Man. That only remains a twist if you see this film before any other MCU film Tony appears in, including the sequels.
** Evidently the marketers in charge of promoting ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' didn't even try to keep the titular Soldier's identity ([[spoiler:ComicBook/BuckyBarnes]]) a secret, bringing up his real name in promotional material on [=DVDs=] and in a documentary about the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]. Yes, for comics fans it was an eight year old spoiler already, but because of this mindset hardly anyone walking into theatres was shocked to find out who he was. Same goes for DVD viewers, which featured a screenshot of his uncovered face on the DVD case.
*** Although the movie's ''writers'' did seem to be aware of this, and exploited the fact that everyone could see this particular twist coming a mile off to distract from the real spoiler: [[spoiler:SHIELD has been a puppet agency controlled by HYDRA from its very inception]].
*** Although ''even this'' twist had a form of leak prior to the film's release, given that [[spoiler: the synopsis for ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' had already been released, which blatantly said that The Avengers start out the movie battling HYDRA. This didn't spoil HYDRA's ties to SHIELD, but it did spoil the fact that HYDRA has resurfaced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.]]
** The trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' has Steve addressing a dude with a metal arm as [[spoiler: "Bucky"]]. So that pretty much does it, even if you've somehow managed to avoid the spoiler so far.
** There's also the reveal of the true BigBad of the series, introduced in TheStinger for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Comicbook/{{Thanos}}. TheReveal of his role in the original movie was a huge plot twist and shock for comic fans as well as the implications of the Infinity Stones for future movies. Now a days with the MCU focusing more and more on the Infinity Stones and Thanos' [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy expanded]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar role]] in other films it's difficult to find someone who isn't aware of his role as the OverarchingVillain of the series. Even the banner promoting the film's special Labor Day rerelease consisted of a close-up shot of Thanos, making it clear Marvel assumed everyone already knew the twist by that point.
** Baby Groot as seen in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' is a walking, talking ([[PokemonSpeak well...]]) late-arrival spoiler for the climax of the first movie. Just his presence, combined with the fact that adult Groot is nowhere to be seen, gives away the fact that [[HeroicSacrifice something happened to him.]]
** The trailers for ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' didn’t hide the fact that half the life in the universe got [[BadassFingersnap dusted by Thanos]] at the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. They only hid the means by which they got everyone back. There's even a LogoJoke of the Marvel logo being dusted away in one of the trailers. True to form, the second act which is when they actually do the saving ([[spoiler:they go back in time to get the stones before Thanos and make their own gaunlet]]) was almost entirely absent from the trailers. There are a few shots from it but the bulk of the scenes in the promotional materials came from the set up first act and FinalBattle third act.
** Inverted in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''; the first trailer for the film came out ''before'' the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and the mere existence of the film spoils the fact that Peter Parker somehow [[BackFromTheDead crawls back out of the grave he ended up in]] at the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
*** The second trailer for ''Far From Home'', released May 6, 2019, however, spoils ''Endgame'' while revealing more details about the plot of ''Far From Home'', which takes place after ''Endgame''. Given how avoiding spoilers have become SeriousBusiness for some, the trailer is even prefaced with a spoiler warning from Tom Holland.

* For several movies in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, the fact that ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' wasn't just adapting elements of ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', [[spoiler: but also ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', as Superman's death is mentioned early on in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' and a part of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' is his return. ''Justice League'' is a twofer, as it also features a flashback featuring with Creator/DavidThewlis's face imposed on Ares, spoiling that his character in ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' was in fact Ares.]]

* At least one DVD menu for ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' shows [[spoiler:the Delorean being pushed by a train at top speed and disappearing into the future.]] You know, the ''climatic moment of the entire film''.

* It's a fairly big plot twist that [[spoiler:Barbossa has been resurrected]] as shown in the {{Stinger}} for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'', to the point that the actors themselves were told that it would be Anamaria, who was mysteriously absent from ''Dead Man's Chest'' and the rest of the series as well. Posters for ''At World's End'', ''On Stranger Tides'', and ''Dead Men Tell No Tales'' feature him pretty prominently.