# \*WARNING\*- SPOILER!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886 "2000-06-19T19:08:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/81 "2000-08-22T23:10:49Z")

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Babe does not become dinner

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**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/82 "2000-08-24T03:19:08Z")

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[QUOTE]  
\*Originally posted by yojimbo \*

John Voight is the villian .  
Mission Impossible

Never trust Paul Reiser .  
Aliens

Warren Beatty gets shot .  
Bugsy

That’s all I know, can I have half a cookie?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/83 "2000-08-24T03:33:36Z")

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Miaranda Richardson is not dead. **Sleepy Hollow**

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**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/84 "2000-08-24T04:40:18Z")

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Norman’s mother is long dead; he’s been impersonating her.

The ghost was really old man Hodgkins, and he would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those meddlesome kids.

George Sanders ends up owning Eve.

Ahab gets caught in a harpoon rope and is swept out of the boat to his death.

Shane rides away.

The mysterious stranger rides away.

Casey strikes out.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/85 "2000-08-24T05:25:28Z")

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Richard apparently was not as hated as we thought.

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**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/86 "2000-08-24T05:52:34Z")

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Just saw this one last night:

Tyler Durden is Jack’s alter ego.

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**Author:** ![TaleraRis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@TaleraRis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaleraRis)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/87 "2000-08-24T08:56:17Z")

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Bruce Willis is dead the whole time - no, The Sixth Sense 😛

And the bit about her dying and him being injured getting out of the desert is The English Patient

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**Author:** ![TaleraRis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@TaleraRis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaleraRis)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/88 "2000-08-24T09:05:44Z")

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These sound like books to me

The step mother did it. - Snow White

They are all dead, the train wreck was real. - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

She is his mother so he can’t marry her. - Oedipus Rex?

She is his mother so his children by her are cursed as is he. - Oedipus Rex as well?

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/89 "2000-08-24T09:39:26Z")

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Guess what Norman’s mother did it and then Norman does it .

Sam starts a beautiful frienship.

Henry turns them all around and he makes Lee cry .

James Wood didn’t die and he marries Elizabeth McGovern.

Freddy’s not dead .

Jason’s mom die it.

The f\*\*ked up guy on the bed’s not dead :eek:

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/90 "2000-08-24T13:05:18Z")

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The Americans defeat the British.

The British defeat the Scots. For now.

The address he gave his enemies was for his apartment, which, ironically enough, contains the bomb that was meant for him.

After saving the president, they drive off in the big ass spider.

The town finally learn to accept colored people.

The car gets crushed. For now.

The furry bear creatures dance and sing, playing tribal music on the helmets of their enemies.

He had the money of the dead roomate hidden under the floorboards.

He(?) goes home.

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**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/91 "2000-08-24T13:42:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sealemon88 \*  
> The Americans defeat the British.
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> The British defeat the Scots. For now.

**The Patriot** and **Braveheart** , respectively.

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> The address he gave his enemies was for his apartment, which, ironically enough, contains the bomb that was meant for him.
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> After saving the president, they drive off in the big ass spider.

No clue, but I really want to know about the big-ass spider.

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> The town finally learn to accept colored people.
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> The car gets crushed. For now.
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> The furry bear creatures dance and sing, playing tribal music on the helmets of their enemies.

**Pleasantville** , **Carrie** , and **Return of the Jedi** , respectively.

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> He had the money of the dead roomate hidden under the floorboards.

No clue.

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> He(?) goes home.

**E.T.**

Okay, now for some more of mine:

In the original ending, after he finishes cleaning up the store, a robber comes in and shoots him.

She had the power to go home all along.

It was a project to rebuild Earth on the likely chance that it would be destroyed.

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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/92 "2000-08-24T14:07:42Z")

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> The address he gave his enemies was for his apartment, which, ironically enough, contains the bomb that was meant for him.

_Payback_

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> After saving the president, they drive off in the big ass spider.

_Wild, Wild West_

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> He had the money of the dead roomate hidden under the floorboards.

_Shallow Grave_

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> In the original ending, after he finishes cleaning up the store, a robber comes in and shoots him.

_Clerks_

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> She had the power to go home all along.

_The Wizard of Oz_

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> It was a project to rebuild Earth on the likely chance that it would be destroyed.

I want to say it’s one of the Douglas Adams books . . .

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/93 "2000-08-24T15:32:10Z")

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Pldennison just earned a whole batch of cookies!

The two criminals who saved the orphanage are sent back to jail, where they entertain the other prisoners.

Armageddon is averted at the last minute, and a tortured little boy finally earns his eternal rest.

The snake dies.

The robot is blown up, then crushed.

King Arthur and his knights are incarcerated.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/94 "2000-08-24T15:48:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yojimbo \*  
> **The f** ked up guy on the bed’s not dead :eek: \*\*

My all time favorite movie, tied with The Usual Suspects: SEVEN.

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**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/95 "2000-08-24T16:49:57Z")

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Lone Starr is an honest to God prince.

Kyle Reece is John Connor’s father.

Judge Doom is the toon that killed Eddie’s partner.

The bad aliens are the good alien’s children.

The toe came from the kidnapper’s girlfriend, not the supposed hostage, who was shopping in Palm Springs the whole time.

It was her, not the man she wants revenge on, who shot and killed her father.

Slugworth works for Mr. Wonka.

James Garner is Mel Gibson’s father.

Vanessa was a femmebot.

The transvestite, his butler, and the maid are all aliens.

Goose dies.

He gets the girl, but they don’t get married like everyone else in the movie.

The trailer trash girl double-crosses everyone before sailing off into the sunset.  
ANSWERS:

The bomb is in Jeff Bridges’ trunk: Blown Away  
He saves his father by choosing the right cup: Indy 3  
They both die in molten metal: T2  
He rides the nuke: Dr. Strangelove  
The uploaded a virus and blew up the mother ship: ID4  
The ants are the cure, not the flowers: Medicine Man  
It’s Earth, in the future: Planet of the Apes  
The boy has to shoot his dog: Ol’ Yeller  
A computer learns by tic tac toe that no one can win a war: War Games  
The snake dies: Anaconda

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**Author:** ![KevinLeeC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@KevinLeeC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KevinLeeC)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/96 "2001-01-31T18:45:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Edwardina \*  
> \*\*Lone Starr is an honest to God prince. \*\*

Spaceballs

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> Kyle Reece is John Connor’s father.  
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The Terminator

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> Judge Doom is the toon that killed Eddie’s partner.  
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (based on Who Censored Roger Rabbit which was an almost entirely different story0

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> The bad aliens are the good alien’s children.  
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Star Trek: Indescretion…um…I mean, Insurrection

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> Slugworth works for Mr. Wonka.  
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (or was it Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Never can keep them straight)

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> James Garner is Mel Gibson’s father.  
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Maverick. (Now why in the &_^_&^ did I know that?)

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> Vanessa was a femmebot.  
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The second Austin Powers flick.

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> The transvestite, his butler, and the maid are all aliens.  
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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> Goose dies.  
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Top Gun.

Okay, now for a literary (semi) spoiler…

The Command School is an elaborate ruse and the simulations are real battles.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/97 "2001-01-31T18:49:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Robedag \*  
> \*\*  
> Rocky wins  
> Rocky wins again  
> Rocky wins again  
> Rocky wins again  
> Rocky wins again  
> Rocky wins again (enough already)
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Ummmmm Rocky lost the first bout in a split decision.  
And in a Boy and His Dog he does not eat the Dog. He and the dog eat the girl.  
Here are a few tough ones…

The young boy dies of the plague.  
His parents find him in the orphanage.  
The theatre is torn down and film is nothing but kisses.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/98 "2001-01-31T19:42:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zebra \*
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> The young boy dies of the plague.  
> His parents find him in the orphanage.  
> The theatre is torn down and film is nothing but kisses.  
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1. The Navigator, an obscure time travel movie from New Zealand.

2. ???

3. Cinema Paradisio.

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**Author:** ![Holy\_Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@Holy\_Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Holy_Avenger)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/99 "2001-01-31T20:02:25Z")

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Norwood kicks it wide right.  
Ozymandius killed the Comedian.  
Floyd dies at the end of the game.

I can’t believe I just posted that. I hate reading spoilers. But this thread is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. I am a horrible monster and I pray for death.

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**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/100 "2001-01-31T20:23:51Z")

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> The Command School is an elaborate ruse and the simulations are real battles.

**Ender’s Game**

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