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** The trailer only reveals the ending of the B Plot, showing [[TheChick Darlene]] and [[TheSmartGuy Ethan's]] [[BabiesEverAfter baby.]]

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** The trailer only reveals the ending of the B Plot, showing [[TheChick [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Darlene]] and [[TheSmartGuy Ethan's]] [[BabiesEverAfter baby.]]
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* '''Exaggerated''' The trailer consists of the final five minutes of the movie, revealing every major twist from the film.

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* '''Exaggerated''' '''Exaggerated''': The trailer consists of the final five minutes of the movie, revealing every major twist from the film.

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* '''Straight''': The trailer for the movie ''Tropetown'' shows [[TheHero Alice]] and [[TheLancer Bob's]] wedding, the death of [[SacrificialLion Charles,]] and the FiveManBand's defeat of the BigBad.

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* '''Straight''': The trailer for the movie ''Tropetown'' shows [[TheHero Alice]] and [[TheLancer Bob's]] wedding, the death of [[SacrificialLion Charles,]] and the FiveManBand's defeat of the BigBad.Emperor Evulz.



* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob have MediumAwareness, thus knowing the spoilers in the trailers. They begin to try to derail the story into weird nonsense.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice and Bob have MediumAwareness, thus knowing the spoilers in the trailers. They begin to try to derail the story into weird nonsense.nonsense.
** Just before Charles dies, he says "[[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die.]] [[MediumAwareness It was in the trailer.]]"



* '''Lampshaded''': [[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die.]] [[MediumAwareness It was in the trailer.]]
* '''Invoked''': GenreSavvy BigBad Gregory intentionally kills Charles in the way it is shown in the trailer, with Gregory quipping "I saw this in a movie trailer once."

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* '''Lampshaded''': [[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die.]] [[MediumAwareness It was in the trailer.]]
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* '''Invoked''': GenreSavvy BigBad Gregory Evulz intentionally kills Charles in the way it is shown in the trailer, with Gregory Evulz quipping "I saw this in a movie trailer once."
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* '''Enforced''': The producers know that the ending is the only good part of the movie, and to get people to see it they put spoiling scenes, with no regard to spoiling.

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* '''Enforced''': The producers creators know that the ending is the only good part of the movie, and to get people to see it they put spoiling scenes, with no regard to spoiling.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob walk out of a movie, saying [[LampshadeHanging "They showed all the good parts in the trailer!"]]
* '''Zigzagged''': Some scenes in the trailer spoil the ending, but others don't.

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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob walk out of a movie, saying [[LampshadeHanging "They showed all have MediumAwareness, thus knowing the good parts spoilers in the trailer!"]]
trailers. They begin to try to derail the story into weird nonsense.
* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some scenes in the trailer spoil the ending, but others don't.



* '''Lampshaded''': ''Charles:'' [[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die. It was in the trailer.]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Charles:'' [[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die. ]] [[MediumAwareness It was in the trailer.]]



* '''Defied''':
** There is no trailer for ''Tropetown''.
** The characters in the movie are aware of the trailer and intentionally try to make sure that the events of the trailer don't happen in the film.

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* '''Defied''':
** There is no trailer for ''Tropetown''.
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'''Defied''': The characters in the movie are aware of the trailer and intentionally try to make sure that the events of the trailer don't happen in the film.



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* '''Defied''': There is no trailer for ''Tropetown''.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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There is no trailer for ''Tropetown''.''Tropetown''.
** The characters in the movie are aware of the trailer and intentionally try to make sure that the events of the trailer don't happen in the film.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Man, that trailer made me feel like I just watched the whole movie."
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** The trailer "spoils" [[NeverTrustATrailer plot points that aren't actually in the movie.]]

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** The trailer "spoils" [[NeverTrustATrailer The trailer "spoils"]] [[MissingTrailerScene plot points that aren't actually in the movie.]]
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* '''Inverted''': The trailer spoils the beginning.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The trailer spoils the beginning.beginning.
** The trailer "spoils" [[NeverTrustATrailer plot points that aren't actually in the movie.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': The trailer only reveals the ending of the B Plot, showing [[TheChick Darlene]] and [[TheSmartGuy Ethan's]] [[BabiesEverAfter baby.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The trailer only reveals the ending of the B Plot, showing [[TheChick Darlene]] and [[TheSmartGuy Ethan's]] [[BabiesEverAfter baby.]]]]
** The trailer only reveals ''part'' of the big twist, usually by omitting a key detail that [[TheEndingChangesEverything puts everything into a new context]].
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** The ending is the only exiting part of the movie.

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** The ending is the only exiting exciting part of the movie.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob walk out of a movie, saying [[LampshadedTrope "They showed all the good parts in the trailer!"]]

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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob walk out of a movie, saying [[LampshadedTrope [[LampshadeHanging "They showed all the good parts in the trailer!"]]

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* '''Straight Trope''': The trailer for the movie ''Tropetown'' shows [[TheHero Alice]] and [[TheLancer Bob's]] wedding, the death of [[SacrificialLion Charles,]] and the FiveManBand's defeat of the BigBad.

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* '''Straight Trope''': '''Straight''': The trailer for the movie ''Tropetown'' shows [[TheHero Alice]] and [[TheLancer Bob's]] wedding, the death of [[SacrificialLion Charles,]] and the FiveManBand's defeat of the BigBad.



* '''Justified''': The ending is the only exiting part of the movie.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The ending is the only exiting part of the movie.



* '''Lampshaded''': ''Charles:'' [[DyingWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die. It was in the trailer.]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': ''Charles:'' [[DyingWords [[LastWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die. It was in the trailer.]]



* '''Exploited''': See above.

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* '''Exploited''': See above.???



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** It's a ForegoneConclusion - a film of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet shows the lovers killing themselves in the trailer, with the assumption anyone going to see Romeo and Juliet already knows the ending.

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** It's a ForegoneConclusion - a film of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' shows the lovers killing themselves in the trailer, with the assumption anyone going to see Romeo ''Romeo and Juliet Juliet'' already knows the ending.



* '''Averted''': The trailer shows enough to get the audience interested, but not spoiling.

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* '''Averted''': The trailer shows enough to get the audience interested, but not spoiling.
* '''Enforced''': The producers know that the ending is the only good part of the movie, and to get people to see it they put spoiling scenes, with no regard to spoiling.
* '''Lampshaded''': ''Charles:'' [[DyingWords It's okay. Everyone knew I was going to die. It was in the trailer.]]
* '''Invoked''': GenreSavvy BigBad Gregory intentionally kills Charles in the way it is shown in the trailer, with Gregory quipping "I saw this in a movie trailer once."
* '''Exploited''': See above.
* '''Defied''': There is no trailer for ''Tropetown''.
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?
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* '''Reconstructed''': ?
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'''Basic Trope''': The trailer for a work spoils the major plot twists.
* '''Straight Trope''': The trailer for the movie ''Tropetown'' shows [[TheHero Alice]] and [[TheLancer Bob's]] wedding, the death of [[SacrificialLion Charles,]] and the FiveManBand's defeat of the BigBad.
* '''Exaggerated''' The trailer consists of the final five minutes of the movie, revealing every major twist from the film.
* '''Downplayed''': The trailer only reveals the ending of the B Plot, showing [[TheChick Darlene]] and [[TheSmartGuy Ethan's]] [[BabiesEverAfter baby.]]
* '''Justified''': The ending is the only exiting part of the movie.
** It's a ForegoneConclusion - a film of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet shows the lovers killing themselves in the trailer, with the assumption anyone going to see Romeo and Juliet already knows the ending.
* '''Inverted''': The trailer spoils the beginning.
* '''Subverted''': The trailer shows what initially looks like Charles dying, but it's actually [[TheBigGuy Frankie]] instead.
* '''Double Subverted''': Frankie has a DisneyDeath, but Charles actually dies in a scene not shown in the trailer.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob walk out of a movie, saying [[LampshadedTrope "They showed all the good parts in the trailer!"]]
* '''Zigzagged''': Some scenes in the trailer spoil the ending, but others don't.
* '''Averted''': The trailer shows enough to get the audience interested, but not spoiling.

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