# Book/Movie titles that give away the ending \[SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120 "2010-02-15T20:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/21 "2010-02-15T23:03:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Eating Raoul Dammit! I came in to post that. Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/22 "2010-02-15T23:13:32Z")
_The Butler Did It_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/23 "2010-02-16T12:52:35Z")
It’s probably not true, but I’ve read that the Chinese title for **The Sixth Sense** translates as **He’s a Ghost**. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/24 "2010-02-16T13:59:13Z")
John Dies at the End. Admittedly, I haven’t actually read it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/25 "2010-02-16T14:02:16Z")
The Omega Man/The Last Man on Earth/I am Legend (non Will Smith version) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/26 "2010-02-16T14:09:40Z")
The Return of the Jedi The Revenge of the Sith Fat Man and Little Boy Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/27 "2010-02-16T15:56:12Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > John Dies at the End. Admittedly, I haven’t actually read it yet. According to TV Tropes, John _doesn’t_ die at the end. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/28 "2010-02-16T16:12:59Z")
How about the Golden Books classic **There is a Monster at the End of this Book**? (and its sequel) > **[The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board...](https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Sesame-Street-Birds-Favorites/dp/0375805613)** > > The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books) \[Stone, Jon, Smollin, Michael\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board... > **[Amazon.com: Another Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's...](https://www.amazon.com/Another-Monster-This-Sesame-Street/dp/0307987698)** > > Amazon.com: Another Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books): 9780375805622: Stone, Jon, Smollin, Michael: Books ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/29 "2010-02-16T17:14:34Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > According to TV Tropes, John _doesn’t_ die at the end. Indeed he does not. **Flight of the Phoenix** **Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead** **Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead** Along the same lines as “not **The Way We Are** ” is **Waiting For Godot**. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/30 "2010-02-16T17:49:15Z")
aren’t a lot of these not really spoiling the ending but rather detailing the plot. Seriously. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead doesn’t spoil the fact that they are dead… it doesn’t spoil anything since the play is exploring the idea that they only exist as characters for a function in a story. They are not really alive or dead. Saving Private Ryan doesn’t spoil the ending. That would have to be “It Was Private Ryan All Along!” to be a spoiler or “The Captain Dies” Their missing is going to be ‘saving Private Ryan’ it doesn’t say they DO it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120/31 "2010-02-16T18:30:53Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > The Omega Man/The Last Man on Earth/I am Legend (non Will Smith version) If the first two (which I have not seen) are anything like the third, then I would say they explicitly obfuscate rather than give away the ending. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-movie-titles-that-give-away-the-ending-spoilers/529120.md?page=1)