Tropescilloscope: Trailers Always Spoil

A plot point or twist is revealed in the trailer. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Psychological Thriller Big-Bad Ensemble Obfuscating Stupidity Beta Couple Creepy Child Historical In-Joke Skewed Priorities Bland-Name Product Mood Whiplash All There in the Script Major Injury Underreaction Silence Is Golden No Ending Film Noir Index Silent Movie Motor Mouth Recycled IN SPACE! The Chessmaster The Big Guy The Dog Bites Back Mythology Gag Four-Temperament Ensemble The Starscream Annoying Younger Sibling An Aesop Soundtrack Dissonance Badass in a Nice Suit Cruel and Unusual Death Stepford Smiler Handicapped Badass Crapsack World Here We Go Again! The Cavalry Make It Look Like an Accident The Mole Take That! Tagline Dramatic Gun Cock Rousing Speech Humans Are Bastards Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Psychopathic Manchild Taking the Bullet Those Two Bad Guys Even Evil Has Loved Ones No-Holds-Barred Beatdown And Starring Line-of-Sight Name Gilligan Cut Reality Is Unrealistic Abusive Parents Author Appeal Eldritch Abomination Daylight Horror Defrosting Ice Queen Evil Counterpart Asshole Victim Foreshadowing Those Two Guys Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Antagonist Title I Need a Freaking Drink Fainting Abhorrent Admirer The Ghost Never Found the Body Deus ex Machina Plot Hole Cat Scare Call-Forward Ax-Crazy Foregone Conclusion Demoted to Extra Revenge Mundane Made Awesome The Ace Truth in Television Book-Ends Manipulative Bastard Creative Closing Credits Anyone Can Die Actually Pretty Funny Call-Back Meaningful Echo Parental Substitute Rich Bitch Deadpan Snarker Papa Wolf Match Cut Reality Ensues Lock and Load Montage Heterosexual Life-Partners Off-into-the-Distance Ending Meaningful Name Self-Deprecation Adult Fear Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Romantic Comedy Adaptation Expansion Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds British Films The Bully Fatal Flaw Eagleland Disguised in Drag Curse Cut Short Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Badass Bookworm Coming-of-Age Story Spiteful Spit Very Loosely Based on a True Story She Cleans Up Nicely Only a Flesh Wound No-Sell Heroic Sacrifice Corrupt Corporate Executive Big Applesauce Flipping the Bird Dutch Angle Stealth Hi/Bye Heel–Face Turn Laughing Mad Black Best Friend Biopic The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Really Gets Around In Medias Res Rule of Symbolism Neck Snap Pretty Little Headshots Hell Is That Noise Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Shell-Shocked Veteran Mind Screw Adaptation Name Change Domestic Abuse Romantic False Lead Shirtless Scene Title Drop Naked People Are Funny Redshirt Army Drives Like Crazy Grey and Gray Morality Dramatic Irony Captain Ersatz Let's Get Dangerous! Better to Die than Be Killed Drowning My Sorrows I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Fantasy Films Bloody Hilarious Neck Lift Spiritual Successor Morality Pet Paper-Thin Disguise Villain Song Animated Credits Opening Brick Joke Ambiguously Gay For the Evulz Hero Antagonist Country Matters Shown Their Work Famous Last Words Funny Background Event Fun with Acronyms The Alleged Car Villain Ball Serial Killer Made of Iron From Bad to Worse Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor "Well Done, Son!" Guy Mistaken for Gay No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Scenery Porn Storming the Castle Index of Film Westerns Overprotective Dad Hypocritical Humor Bond One-Liner It Can Think Disney Death Older Than They Look Affectionate Parody The Casanova Took a Level in Jerkass Rape as Drama Eyepatch of Power The Un-Reveal Disney Villain Death Punch-Clock Villain Due to the Dead Jerkass Has a Point Poor Communication Kills Heel Realization Killed Mid-Sentence Anti-Villain Dressing as the Enemy Closed Circle She's Got Legs The '90s Sequel Escalation Bittersweet Ending Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Pretty in Mink You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Idiot Ball Dark and Troubled Past Action Survivor Say My Name Belligerent Sexual Tension French Films Not So Different And I Must Scream The Load Not So Above It All Genre Savvy Non-Indicative Name Japanese Films Bowdlerise Ass Shove Face–Heel Turn Sir Swears-a-Lot Batman Gambit Dramedy The Mafia Outrun the Fireball As You Know Kick the Dog Catapult Nightmare Boom, Headshot! Death of a Child Kill It with Fire The Cameo Chekhov's Skill Dark Action Girl Final Girl Cassandra Truth Oh, Crap! Riddle for the Ages Ship Tease Malevolent Masked Men Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Deconstruction Double Entendre Market-Based Title Back from the Dead Slashed Throat La Résistance Humiliation Conga Military and Warfare Films Death by Irony Victoria's Secret Compartment Nice Hat I Did What I Had to Do Parental Incest All There in the Manual Epic Fail Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Slasher Movie timeperiod Mercy Kill Canon Foreigner Vitriolic Best Buds Dogged Nice Guy Expository Hairstyle Change Establishing Character Moment Man on Fire Sexy Discretion Shot Blatant Lies Even Evil Has Standards Artistic License – Military The Chick Serious Business Evil vs. Evil Be Careful What You Wish For Real Life Writes the Plot Evil Plan Only Sane Man Badass Grandpa Department of Redundancy Department Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Would Hurt a Child Adapted Out Babies Ever After Action Genre Obviously Evil Death by Adaptation Knight Templar N-Word Privileges Half the Man He Used to Be Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Camera Abuse Apocalypse How The Place Spell My Name with an "S" Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Casting Gag Diabolus ex Machina Throwing Your Sword Always Works Friend to All Children Wicked Cultured Leaning on the Fourth Wall Blood Knight Stuff Blowing Up Rule of Funny The Hero Bury Your Gays Fanservice Combat Pragmatist Double-Meaning Title Took a Level in Badass Drugs Are Bad Race Lift Immune to Bullets Almost Kiss Based on a True Story Broken Pedestal Creator Cameo Animal Title Index Fire-Forged Friends Cold-Blooded Torture Ms. Fanservice Red Shirt Mighty Whitey Documentary Evil Sounds Deep Redemption Equals Death This Is Gonna Suck Heroes Want Redheads Protagonist Title Informed Ability Rasputinian Death Credits Gag Failed a Spot Check Freeze-Frame Bonus Word of God Genre Shift Red Oni, Blue Oni Woman Scorned Artistic License – Law Action Girl Badass Longcoat Sinister Minister Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Sealed Evil in a Can The Smurfette Principle Villain Opening Scene Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Big Damn Heroes Corpsing Arch-Enemy Adults Are Useless Faking the Dead Facial Horror Random Events Plot Leitmotif B-Movie Darkest Hour Knife Nut Fish out of Water Pay Evil unto Evil Does This Remind You of Anything? Framing Device "Awesome McCool" Name My God, What Have I Done? Scare Chord Despair Event Horizon BFG Bloodless Carnage Wrong Genre Savvy The '50s Married to the Job Villain with Good Publicity Red Right Hand Fingore The Stinger Aluminum Christmas Trees Worthy Opponent No Antagonist Bolivian Army Ending Flashback Greater-Scope Villain Fanservice Extra The Film of the Book From Nobody to Nightmare Parental Abandonment Overly Long Gag The X of Y Your Head A-Splode Not What It Looks Like In Name Only Happily Married Missing Mom Names to Run Away from Really Fast Red Eyes, Take Warning Your Cheating Heart Bait-and-Switch He Who Fights Monsters What You Are in the Dark Cowboy Cop Break the Haughty Insult Backfire Authority Equals Asskicking Logo Joke The '70s Beard of Evil Not Even Bothering with the Accent Video Credits Deal with the Devil Thriller Brainless Beauty Slap-Slap-Kiss Insane Troll Logic After the End Eureka Moment Gory Discretion Shot Would Hit a Girl Naïve Newcomer Suspiciously Specific Denial Stylistic Suck Defiant to the End Dark Is Not Evil Wham Line Super Strength Time Skip Male Gaze You Have Failed Me Every Car Is a Pinto Dwindling Party Same Language Dub Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Police are Useless Expy Honor Before Reason Shower Scene Never My Fault Artistic License – Physics Red Herring Conspicuous CG Comically Missing the Point As the Good Book Says... Fiery Redhead Adaptation Distillation The Hero Dies As Himself Hollywood Darkness Mexican Standoff Badass Boast The Dragon The Oner Rated M for Manly Up to Eleven Cool Old Lady Anachronism Stew Spared by the Adaptation The Brute In the Back Smoking Is Cool Adorkable Developing Doomed Characters Dumb Blonde Historical Villain Upgrade Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Sports Stories Adaptational Heroism O.O.C. Is Serious Business Shout-Out I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Darker and Edgier Big Bad Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Femme Fatale Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Tap on the Head Public Domain Feature Films Freudian Excuse Film Noir Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Needs Wiki Magic Love Plucky Comic Relief Historical-Domain Character Those Wacky Nazis Monumental Damage Rewatch Bonus Bar Brawl Slasher Smile Novelization There Is No Kill Like Overkill Adaptational Villainy Cat Fight Artistic License – Geography Vampire Fiction Drill Sergeant Nasty Karmic Death Exact Words Amusing Injuries Pet the Dog Black and Gray Morality Straight Gay Mr. Fanservice Evil-Detecting Dog Punny Name Continuity Nod Death Glare Gold Digger Film Series Suddenly SHOUTING! Re-Cut The Remake Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Yandere Does Not Like Shoes Crazy-Prepared Shipper on Deck Evil Is Petty Jerk Jock Tempting Fate Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Accidental Misnaming Television Movie Index Science Fiction Films Dropped a Bridge on Him Hong Kong Films Precision F-Strike Pyrrhic Victory Deliberately Monochrome Cool Car Armor-Piercing Question Not Using the "Z" Word Stalker with a Crush Brutal Honesty Parental Neglect More Dakka World of Ham Reasonable Authority Figure Damsel in Distress Retcon "The Reason You Suck" Speech Black Dude Dies First The Atoner Hypocrite Mugging the Monster No OSHA Compliance Artistic License – Gun Safety Hollywood Law Mad Scientist Wham Shot Leave the Camera Running Bavarian Fire Drill Meaningful Background Event The Ditz Off with His Head! Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Rule of Three An Axe to Grind Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Undying Loyalty Cain and Abel Have a Gay Old Time Butt-Monkey Did Not Get the Girl Kick the Son of a Bitch Blood from the Mouth 20 Minutes into the Future Works Set in World War II Early Installment Weirdness Mr. Exposition Epic Movie Sadistic Choice Visual Pun Chewing the Scenery Bare Your Midriff Twist Ending Badass Normal Nothing Is Scarier Easily Forgiven Ascended Extra Gender Flip Imagine Spot Once More, with Clarity! All Just a Dream For Want of a Nail Big Brother Instinct Sequel Hook One-Man Army Smug Snake Russian Films The '80s Exactly What It Says on the Tin Intrepid Reporter Real Life Setting Update Soft Glass Music Stories No Name Given Star-Crossed Lovers Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Lampshade Hanging Reckless Gun Usage Tranquil Fury Made of Explodium Unreliable Narrator Fat Bastard Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bloodier and Gorier Totally Radical Pimped-Out Dress I'm a Humanitarian Crazy Jealous Guy Dark Reprise Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Danny Peary Cult Movies List All for Nothing Left the Background Music On Obstructive Bureaucrat Woman in White Sacrificial Lion Wretched Hive I Have Your Wife Rule of Cool Bad "Bad Acting" Bullying a Dragon Gainax Ending Enemy Mine Curb-Stomp Battle The Bad Guy Wins Race Against the Clock Ominous Latin Chanting Bi the Way Kill 'em All Cool Guns Berserk Button Unresolved Sexual Tension The Power of Love Black Comedy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Car Fu Accidental Murder Male Frontal Nudity Unwitting Instigator of Doom Attempted Rape What Happened to the Mouse? Fatal Family Photo Canadian Movies Ambiguous Ending Nice Guy One Steve Limit Body Horror Men Are the Expendable Gender Reality Has No Subtitles Manly Tears Adaptational Attractiveness Good Is Not Nice Dual Wielding Playing Gertrude It Will Never Catch On Five-Man Band Zombie Stories Christmas Movies Index Pragmatic Villainy Manchild Loads and Loads of Characters The Great Depression Crucified Hero Shot Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Disappeared Dad Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Children Are Innocent Downer Ending Unspoken Plan Guarantee Groin Attack The Vamp Early-Bird Cameo Demonic Possession Hate Sink Kids Are Cruel Taking You with Me Becoming the Mask Australian Movies The Stoner Distracted by the Sexy Improvised Weapon Decoy Protagonist Anachronic Order Artistic License – Biology Didn't Think This Through The Smart Guy Token Minority Retired Badass Running Gag May–December Romance Arranged Marriage Psycho for Hire Dirty Old Man Broken Bird Interrupted Suicide Dying Moment of Awesome Police Brutality The Lost Lenore Insistent Terminology Refuge in Audacity Ripped from the Headlines Never Trust a Trailer The Alcoholic Dies Wide Open The Faceless German Films Narrator Historical Hero Upgrade What the Hell, Hero? Cluster F-Bomb As Long as It Sounds Foreign Costume Porn Bring My Brown Pants Pre-Mortem One-Liner Madness Mantra Empathic Environment Meet Cute Homage The Voiceless Vomit Discretion Shot Awesome, but Impractical Gratuitous English Laser-Guided Karma True Companions Guile Hero Affably Evil Actor Allusion Alliterative Name The Reveal A Father to His Men Lighter and Softer Hair-Trigger Temper Italian Films Jump Scare Villain Protagonist Suspiciously Similar Substitute Extremely Short Timespan Adaptation Dye-Job Auto Erotica Horror Comedy Fan Disservice Too Dumb to Live Ghost Fiction Politically Incorrect Villain Small Name, Big Ego Intergenerational Friendship And the Adventure Continues Card-Carrying Villain Frame-Up Bunny-Ears Lawyer Henpecked Husband Disproportionate Retribution Shut Up, Hannibal! Retirony Fake Shemp Get Out! Mooks Sassy Black Woman Agony of the Feet Blonde, Brunette, Redhead One-Word Title The Musical Cool Shades A.I. Is a Crapshoot Only Known by Their Nickname Put on a Bus Gone Horribly Right '80s Hair All Men Are Perverts Mystery and Detective Films NO INDOOR VOICE Beware the Nice Ones "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Driven to Suicide Eye Scream Jitter Cam Horror Films Hidden Depths Only in It for the Money Implacable Man Contrived Coincidence Kubrick Stare Advertised Extra Stealth Pun Peek-a-Boo Corpse Chekhov's Gun Instant Death Bullet Whole Plot Reference Ungrateful Bastard Chase Scene Captain Obvious Evil Brit Blackmail Stock Footage Ironic Echo Arc Words Scenery Gorn An Arm and a Leg Broken Aesop Show Within a Show Air-Vent Passageway Bald of Evil Calling the Old Man Out Fantastic Racism Destination Defenestration Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Hooker with a Heart of Gold Unusually Uninteresting Sight Award-Bait Song It's All About Me Improbable Aiming Skills Unusual Euphemism Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Animal Motifs Covers Always Lie Karma Houdini Grievous Bottley Harm Funny Foreigner You Killed My Father A God Am I Together in Death Evil Laugh Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Loophole Abuse Our Zombies Are Different Deliberate Values Dissonance The Stoic Our Vampires Are Different Superhero Not Quite Dead Author Avatar Hoist by His Own Petard Alpha Bitch Age Lift Central Theme Properly Paranoid Well-Intentioned Extremist Bound and Gagged Character Development Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Wounded Gazelle Gambit Bad Boss Action Prologue Face Death with Dignity The Sociopath Room Full of Crazy Trailers Always Spoil Big Bad Duumvirate Dissonant Serenity Artistic License – History Green-Eyed Monster Toplessness from the Back The Dreaded Aside Glance folderlabel Vomit Indiscretion Shot Gorn Determinator Alas, Poor Villain Beauty Is Never Tarnished Composite Character Extreme Doormat Amoral Attorney Death Seeker Love Triangle Bottomless Magazines Break the Cutie Dull Surprise Cool Old Guy Roaring Rampage of Revenge Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Villainous Breakdown Ambiguous Disorder The '60s Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Light Is Not Good Product Placement War Is Hell Posthumous Character Fate Worse than Death Fourth Date Marriage Chiaroscuro Breaking the Fourth Wall Anguished Declaration of Love Important Haircut He Knows Too Much Mama Bear Manic Pixie Dream Girl Take a Third Option Screw the Money, I Have Rules! All Girls Want Bad Boys Jerk with a Heart of Gold Screw This, I'm Outta Here! A Date with Rosie Palms Moment Killer Improbable Weapon User Catch-Phrase Adaptational Badass Daddy's Girl Hero of Another Story Getting Crap Past the Radar Last-Name Basis Anti-Hero Brother–Sister Incest Jerkass Celebrity Paradox Offscreen Teleportation Earn Your Happy Ending Shoot the Shaggy Dog Dirty Coward Training Montage My Beloved Smother Hope Spot Chekhov's Gunman The Quiet One Scary Black Man Irony Dirty Cop The End... Or Is It? Faux Affably Evil Spanner in the Works Maybe Ever After Vacation Films Eiffel Tower Effect Big Eater Only One Name Guns Akimbo No Celebrities Were Harmed Translation Convention Martial Arts Movie Big "NO!" Pragmatic Adaptation Depraved Bisexual MacGuffin "Shaggy Dog" Story Sci-Fi Horror Love at First Sight Evil Is Hammy Foil Bilingual Bonus Cloudcuckoolander Sole Survivor Not So Stoic Determinator aka: The Determinator Big Fancy House My Greatest Failure Camp Gay Sanity Slippage Bond Villain Stupidity Large Ham Black Comedy Rape Everyone Has Standards The Lancer Heroic BSoD Death by Sex Betty and Veronica How We Got Here It's Personal A Minor Kidroduction Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Genre Throwback Noodle Incident