# \*WARNING\*- SPOILER! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/101 "2001-01-31T20:56:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lemur866 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > > > > 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. > > \*\* > > 1. The Navigator, an obscure time travel movie from New Zealand. > > 2. ??? > > 3. Cinema Paradisio. \*\* I think you mean 1. The Navigator, an obscure time travel movie from New Zealand, which kicks butt! Ok 1. Jim’s parents find him in the orphanage after the war. 2. Is my favorite movie after 2 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/102 "2001-01-31T20:57:39Z")
Damn you **andyman!** Now you’ve gone and ruined the whole book for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/103 "2001-01-31T21:14:55Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. > > Pleasantville, Carrie, and Return of the Jedi, respectively. It’s not Carrie, it’s Christine. More: It’s a big friggin’ spider. It was the rich medical student who got her in trouble, and the old couple stole the wallets. He’s just going to pick up the game ball. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/104 "2001-01-31T21:22:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*More: > > It’s a big friggin’ spider. > It was the rich medical student who got her in trouble, and the old couple stole the wallets. > He’s just going to pick up the game ball. > \*\* Spider= Arachnaphobia (sp?) 2nd, Dirty Dancing 3rd Longest Yard. Here’s one: Her brother kidnapped her child, motive - Money ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/105 "2001-01-31T21:54:43Z")
Well, Arachnophobia would work I guess, but I was thinking of IT. (Get it? Hyuck, hyuck! **It’s** a big… ah forget it.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/106 "2001-01-31T22:47:40Z")
His parents find him in the orphanage: _Empire of the Sun_ How about these: His mother is killed by hunters She gets legs and marries the Prince The sultan changes the law so the Princess can marry her love The diamond was hidden inside the teddy bear They fall in love and _then_ he turns into a handsome young man ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/107 "2001-01-31T23:43:22Z")
“She dies, and he gets his injuries while trying to get her body out of the desert.” (The ENglish Patient) “She ends up with the older brother, not the young playboy.”(I’ve no idea for this one.) “The chicken is really a crying baby.” (The last episode of M.A.S.H. - an especially sad moment.) Here’s one from my favorite flick… Stanzi locks the sheet music in a glass cabinet and Saliari fades into oblivion. Patty ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/108 "2001-02-01T00:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunshine \* > \*\*His mother is killed by hunters > \*\* _Bambi_ > [@](#): > > \*\* > She gets legs and marries the Prince > \*\* _The Little Mermaid_ > [@](#): > > \*\* > The sultan changes the law so the Princess can marry her love\*\* _Aladdin_ > [@](#): > > \*\* > The diamond was hidden inside the teddy bear > \*\* Umm…sounds like _Chipmunks the Movie_, but not exactly. > [@](#): > > \*\* > They fall in love and _then_ he turns into a handsome young man \*\* Ahhh…_Beauty & the Beast_, one of my faves. 🙂 How about this one: He takes all of the money for himself, except leaving a bit for his one friend, and goes to start a new life; and be just like you. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/109 "2001-02-01T01:15:55Z")
The gods have mercy on him and take him directly to the underworld. She marries him after a previous marriage proposal. She is hung, and her husband then marries her sister. He’s telling his story from a psychiatrist’s office. ---
**Author:** ![DonQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DonQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonQuixote)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/110 "2001-02-01T01:44:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cleophus \* > \*\*She is hung, and her husband then marries her sister. > > He’s telling his story from a psychiatrist’s office. \*\* The Patriot & There’s Something About Mary? Works for me. How bout…Bruce Willis uses the girl to save the Earth, then gets the girl. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/111 "2001-02-01T02:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*More X Files: > > Queequeg got it. > \*\* or: It was an alligator, except when it wasn’t. Even more X-Files: - Mulder’s not really dead. - Mulder’s not really dead this time either. - Mulder doesn’t go completely insane, and he doesn’t die. - CSM’s not really dead. - It’s not Mulder, it’s the ABH. - It’s not Scully, it’s the ABH. - It’s not Skinner, it’s the ABH. - The detachable twin did it. The jigsaw man ate it. - It’s anaphylactic shock. It’s Ekbom’s Syndrom. It’s straining. Heart attack. The cockroach is a metal alien. And they came in the dung. - Good People, Good Food. Really. - It wasn’t Luke Skywalker. - Scully has something he needs. - He’s a real vampire, but he’s also seen too many Bela Lugosi movies. - They escaped from the underground mushroom. Or did they? - He’s a demon who is trying to father normal human babies. (And Mulder is not a psychologist!?) - The sheriff’s wife is the monster. - The father of Scully’s baby is… rivulus ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Raceway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Ted\_Raceway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ted_Raceway)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/112 "2001-02-01T03:49:15Z")
* * * ## The Command School is an elaborate ruse and the simulations are real battles. Ender’s Game ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/113 "2001-02-01T03:49:38Z")
It’s not Earth at all, but an experiment involving different time periods on Earth and there never is a daytime! Carol Gerber didn’t die in the fire (bonus book points) Candide decides it is best to cultivate his Garden The sheet is pulled away to reveal only a mask Despite premonitions, you can’t cheat death Nora leaves Torvald (bonus play points) Try those out! MarxBoy ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Raceway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Ted\_Raceway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ted_Raceway)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/114 "2001-02-01T03:53:56Z")
* * * ## Queequeg got it. So has anyone ever been more amused when an animal lost it’s life on film? ---
**Author:** ![Nephandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nephandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nephandus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/115 "2001-02-01T06:57:07Z")
It was a project to rebuild Earth on the likely chance that it would be destroyed. -“Demon with a Glass Hand”, or also “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” He takes all of the money for himself, except leaving a bit for his one friend, and goes to start a new life; and be just like you. -Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Sagesgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Sagesgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sagesgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/116 "2001-02-01T07:13:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Stanzi locks the sheet music in a glass cabinet and Saliari fades into oblivion. Gotta be _Amadeus_. How about: They make it back to port safely, but the other side gets 'em anyway. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/117 "2001-02-01T07:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nephandus \* > \*\*He takes all of the money for himself, except leaving a bit for his one friend, and goes to start a new life; and be just like you. > -Shawshank Redemption \*\* Close. I thought this mistake could be made, but I hoped the last line would tip someone off. It’s part of the end monologue for _Trainspotting_. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/118 "2001-02-01T07:32:56Z")
They all die, except Steve Buscemi. The homophobic neighbor did it. He tries to go back, but gets trapped in the little girl’s mind. The weird reporter’s the mother of the killer from the first movie. It’s his birthday party, the whole thing was an elaborate prank. ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/119 "2001-02-01T07:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MarxBoy \* > \*\* > > Nora leaves Torvald (bonus play points) > > \*\* Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House ---
**Author:** ![Togepi\_no\_Miko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Togepi\_no\_Miko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Togepi_no_Miko)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886/120 "2001-02-01T07:50:26Z")
With her best friend’s help, she summons Suzaku. Lots of people get killed trying to help her get to this point. The Magic Knights completete the task for which they were summoned, and return to Tokyo Tower. The spell to send them home is disrupted at the last moment. –I’ve got a premontion, that boy will catch them all! Living La Vida Poka [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-spoiler/22886.md?page=7)