Spoilered Rotten

Some tropes just have Spoilers built into them. It's either because the specifically deal with spoilers in fiction or because they give away the endings or very important twist (like which important characters live and die just in one instant) of their works, so even naming these tropes along with a work is a spoiler in itself. This means that ALL examples on the respective trope pages are a spoiler by default, without exceptions.

These tropes fall into four possible categories: A) Tropes/other pages with "spoiler" in the title and/or pages specifically about spoilers in fiction. B) Tropes that immediately spoil the outcome of the work just by naming the trope alongside with the work (emphasis is on "rotten" here) C) The same like type B but on (and only on) character pages. D) Any combination of types A, B and C.

For a trope to be eligible for type B, C or D of this list it must fulfill all four of these requirements:

1. It must give away HUGE plot points about the resolution of the main premise of the work, so it should be both an ending trope AND a plot twist trope at the same time (death trope optional), so minor plot points/story arcs don't count.
2. The trope cannot happen in the exposition of a work or the introduction of a character (this often is the reason why death tropes fail to make this list) ^note for example, a trope like Half the Man He Used to Be would be a massive spoiler on a character page if it's an important character and happens near or at the end of the series BUT it also can happen from the very start (like a group of characters find such a person lying around in e.g. a post-apocalyptic wasteland) and may not be an Omnipresent Trope, that means it must surprise the audience.
3. It must immediately tell you the outcome of the work and/or change the tone or even genre of the work and you will never be able to see the work in the same light again after you have read the spoiler. To test this, imagine the trope page and check if all listed examples are spoilers by default. If not, don't add it.
4. There is no more explanation necessary, just the appearance of the trope on the work's list is a spoiler in itself. To test this, take a random show and imagine you know that absolute basic premise and this trope is appearing as a Zero Content Example in the Main or characters section. If the show is immediately spoiled now (reading the example text is not necessary), it belongs on this list. If it needs further elaboration, it does not, and you shouldn't add it.

Note: This list had huge issues and needed some massive rework. Don't just add tropes that could be spoilers or even that often are spoilers or any random death, ending, plot twist or even adaption trope (there are other lists for that). ONLY list tropes that fulfill ALL FOUR requirements. Also check the discussion page before adding or removing anything.

Either way, be wary of reading examples in these tropes, these are the most spoilers you'll ever get. You Have Been Warned all along

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List of Tropes

Type A (tropes or Administrivia pages about spoilers)

Main topic:

• Spoiler

Site policies:

• Handling Spoilers
• Self-Fulfilling Spoiler
• Spoilers Off
• You Have Been Warned

Sub-categories:

• Death Tropes
• Ending Tropes
• Index All Along
• Plot Twist

• All There in the Stinger
• All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"
• Captain Obvious Reveal
• Do Not Spoil This Ending
• Equipment Spoiler
• First-Episode Spoiler
• Foiler Footage
• Foregone Conclusion
• The Good Guys Always Win (is not Type B or D as it's an Omnipresent Trope)
• Hair Color Spoiler
• Interface Spoiler
• It Was His Sled
• Late-Arrival Spoiler
• Mandatory Twist Ending
• Musical Spoiler
• Never the Obvious Suspect
• Oh, and X Dies (not type D because it could be a Lying Creator)
• Spoil At Your Own Risk
• Spoiled by the Cast List
• Spoiled by the Format
• Spoiled by the Manual
• Spoiled by the Merchandise
• Spoiler Cover
• Spoiler Hound
• Spoiler Opening
• Spoiling Shout Out
• Trailers Always Spoil
• Trope Telegraphing
• The Un Reveal

Type B (tropes that immediately tell you the outcome of the story with no more explanation necessary)

• The Bad Guy Wins
• Cosmic Horror Reveal
• Cruel Twist Ending
• Detective Mole
• Downer Ending
• Dump Them All
• Earth All Along
• The Ending Changes Everything
• Everybody Did It
• Everyone Is a Tomato
• The Hero Dies
• Karmic Twist Ending
• Kill 'em All
• The Killer in Me
• Narrative Backpedaling
• Nested Story Reveal
• Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending
• Reset Button Ending
• The Story That Never Was
• Sudden Downer Ending
• Surprisingly Happy Ending
• They Do
• Worthless Treasure Twist

Type C (the same as B, but on character pages, note that yes, every single death or reveal trope could fit here, but only list tropes that cannot happen in the exposition of a work and/or alongside the introduction of a character by their very nature)

• Actually a Doombot
• And Then John Was a Zombie
• Big Bad Slippage
• Bus Crash
• Canon Character All Along
• Dead All Along
• Death by Adaptation
• Death of the Hypotenuse
• The Dog Was the Mastermind
• Dropped a Bridge on Him
• Evil All Along
• Final Girl
• Good All Along
• Heel–Face Return
• Karma Houdini
• Killed Off for Real
• Spared by the Adaptation
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
• Tomato in the Mirror
• True Final Boss

Type D (combination of A and B/C: Spoilered Rotten and about spoilers all in one)

• Meta Twist
• Not His Sled
• Spoiler Title
• Walking Spoiler (on character pages, is only allowed in folders that are called "spoiler character")

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