# What's the worst spoiler you've ever uttered? (There may be spoilers in this thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454 "2010-01-11T00:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/41 "2010-01-11T23:57:37Z")
I watched the last episodes of Angel without DH, and had forgotten he hadn’t seen them when I casually mentioned that several weeks later, I was still really PO’d about a certain character’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/42 "2010-01-11T23:59:21Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Am I the only one who really doesn’t care if I know the plot of books? There is no way to “spoil” a book for me. In fact, I’ve been known to skip ahead and find the resolution to certain plot elements if they’re intriguing enough that they interfere with me reading the book (as in: I want to know X enough that I find myself speed reading or skipping over bits of the book that don’t involve X.) The fun in a book is the reading itself; the plot is important, but not the only aspect of it. > > Movies, it bothers me a little bit more, but not horribly. Yeah, I’m with you. I don’t give a damn about spoilers in books, I used to be downright criminal about checking the last page to see who lived before starting the book. The older I get the more I enjoy being surprised. I don’t skip ahead in books any more and I’d rather not be spoiled for tv/movies. All the same, people who freak out about spoilers irritate me a little. If you’re gallivanting around reading about a piece of media that you’ve yet to read/watch, you should accept the risks of spoilage or hie thee to the bookstore/theatre posthaste. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/43 "2010-01-12T00:05:21Z")
My best friend’s family still takes strips out of her hide over the time they decided to watch The Perfect Storm. Corn was popped, VHS in the deck, Why are we watching this? Everyone dies.Mind you, this was _years_ after the release of the film. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/44 "2010-01-12T00:20:29Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I’m having trouble believing that. I know I’m not the only person who ever re-reads a book or re-watches a movie; what’s the point of doing that, if the plot is so important that if it’s spoiled, it ruins the whole thing? > > To me, plot is important, but it’s far from the most important part of a book. Any book I like, I’ll end up re-reading it, sometimes many times. Things like mysteries that hinge primarily on plot can sometimes be good reads, but I never really consider them great books because once you know the plot, that’s all there is. I am with Athena … I don’t care about spoilers either. I can deal with knowing what happens, I am another re-reader/rewatcher. And like Athena I prefer character driven writing rather than plot driven ones. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/45 "2010-01-12T01:11:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Once I was participating in a Civil War thread in GD, and I let slip that the Union won. Yeah, back when “The Passion of the Christ”, someone asked me if I was going to go see it, and I said “Nah… I know the ending- he gets resurrected”, and I got evil looks like I’d given away the ending of “The Usual Suspects”, or the interesting part of “The Sixth Sense”. The mind boggles… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/46 "2010-01-12T01:43:55Z")
Arghh! I just realized I messed up the spoiler tag on my post! ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/47 "2010-01-12T03:17:13Z")
Two non-spoilers that made some people unhappy: 1)Got back from seeing _Titanic_ and my mother (who also enjoys having endings spoiled. There are some people like that!) asked me what happened at the end. “The ship sinks,” I said. Got a big ole :::eyeroll::: from mom. 2)I had seen _The Village_ a week before I went out with someone to see another movie. She asked if I thought _The Village_ was good and I said, “No way! It totally sucked.” Dude in front of me at the ticketbooth turns around and say, “Great. I just bought tickets for _The Village_. Thanks, man.” ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/48 "2010-01-12T03:29:15Z")
I was staying with friends. Most of the DVDs were the wife’s. I.e., chick flicks. What the hell I thought, I’m bored, I’ll watch Steel Magnolias. Just at the point where Julia Roberts mentions casually she has a doctor’s appointment, Susan passes through the room, and says, “Oh this movie is sooooooooooo sad! Poor Julia!” Now granted, SM isn’t the best movie in the world. But if you already know what’s gonna happen, then there’s NO reason to watch it at all. Same week, same friends house, I’m watching Sliding Doors. Susan, stops to watch for a moment: “Oh, this is before you find out she’s pregnant!” Eject. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/49 "2010-01-12T03:31:34Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > A few years ago I got reprimanded here for revealing the end of _The Usual Suspects_. Reprimanded is too strong a word. Reminded to err on the side of caution is more like it. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/50 "2010-01-12T03:38:01Z")
My worst one though was when Se7en was in the theaters. I was in the next theater over, and I wandered the the theater playing Se7en to sneak in and see it for free. I opened the door just in time to see the opening of the box. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/51 "2010-01-12T03:44:00Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Some time ago, the US beat Mexico 2-0 in soccer. I posted about it here under the title “US 2, Mexico 0” not realizing that others had recorded but not yet watched the game. Yeah, but that happens so often you could just play it off like you were talking about one of the other times. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/52 "2010-01-12T15:27:14Z")
I get really annoyed by spoilers. I love the tension of not knowing what’s going to happen next, and trying to put together the clues to see if I can figure it out for myself before the big reveal. So having someone take that away by casually revealing a major plot point is a HUGE pisser. Which is why I de-friended an acquaintance on Facebook with extreme prejudice after she watched the Dexter finale and updated her status with: RIP Rita Morgan. Dexter won’t be the same without you. Seriously, who in the hell does stupid crap like that? I was two episodes behind at that point, so I had absolutely no reason to see that ending coming. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/53 "2010-01-12T15:44:33Z")
Years ago someone on this board got all bent at me for “revealing” that Gandalf reappears in **The Two Towers**. Got pitted over it, too. I maintain to this day that, since Gandalf appeared in the TV ads, it’s not a spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/54 "2010-01-12T16:01:23Z")
To me, half the fun of watching movies is guessing the plot points as we go along. My friends and I race to see who can nail it first. This is especially annoying to people who are new to the group and don’t realize we don’t ‘know’ we’re just guessing. Loudly. and competitively. Like watching “Sixth Sense” with a large group, as soon as I saw the red doorknob I announced Oh! He’s a ghost! Two people actually left the room and spent the next hour grumbling together in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/55 "2010-01-12T17:33:02Z")
I’m in the Army, and back in '96 or so I was in the South American jungle. My team had been there for about a eight weeks. We got mail once or twice a week and were anxiously awaiting a VHS tape from my buddy’s wife. She’d recorded the fight between up-and-coming Andrew Golota and Riddick Bowe. It was about two weeks after the fight and we’d avoided the little bit of live TV (especially sports) that was available to us. We didn’t even read newspaper sports pages so as not to be spoiled. The supply aircraft arrived and my buddy excitedly tells me “It’s here!” Some asshat bystander, who’d arrived only a few days earlier (but did know that we’d been there for months) asked “What’d you get?” Ray: “My wife sent me the Bowe vs. Golota fight. I’ve been waiting to see this for weeks.” Asshat: “Man, I still can’t believe Golota got disqualified for those low blows in the seventh. And he was beating his ass too. And the riot afterward…wow!” Me and Ray: :mad: I still say we exercised considerable restraint in not kicking his stupid butt all over the camp. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/56 "2010-01-12T18:24:16Z")
My friends, who were dating at the time, pulled one of the great false spoilers of all time. On opening day, they went to the very first showing of “Return Of The Jedi” (no Thursday/Friday midnight showings back then), and, while walking past the line waiting to see the next show, the girl sobbed: “I can’t believe they killed Luke!” …for all to hear. Man, people were _pissed_. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/57 "2010-01-12T18:33:57Z")
In college, I had avoided any spoilers for The Sixth Sense. I wanted to see it and everyone was talking about the twist but I made sure not to hear that. Then i went to class. The second person presenting his paper got up and revealed the _entire gorram twist_ in front of everyone. Ismacked my head (and I was sitting in front, so everyone saw it) and yelled out, “Dammit!”. Well, everyone laughed about it and he had the best Deer in the Headlights look - apparently he never considered that somebody might not have seen it. I let a few years go by (though I have a VERY good memory) and finally saw it. I probably would have picked up on something being “off” but not the specific twist. The “Mom in the Red Dress” scene would have been worth the entire price of admission: absolutely fantastic direction there, and almost no talking in the entire sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/58 "2010-01-12T18:44:24Z")
I was standing in line with a friend to rent a movie and saw that the couple in front of us was going to rent “Dead Poets Society”. Without thinking, I said to my friend, "I loved that movie…I can’t believe that guy shot himself at the end! My friend elbowed me in the ribs and I felt terrible! I don’t know if the couple heard me or not. > [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > Which is why I de-friended an acquaintance on Facebook with extreme prejudice after she watched the Dexter finale and updated her status with: > > RIP Rita Morgan. Dexter won’t be the same without you. > > Seriously, who in the hell does stupid crap like that? I was two episodes behind at that point, so I had absolutely no reason to see that ending coming. Grrrr. Who does this, you ask? My mother, who ruined the finale of Top Chef by posting her dissatisfaction with the winner as her Facebook status. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/59 "2010-01-12T19:01:47Z")
I was working at a video store, and one thing that had come out was Jacob’s Ladder. It was so popular that I had to wait a couple of months to see it. One night a guy came in with his kid, and they were returning that movie. I said “Great, I’ve been wanting to watch this for a long time! I think I’ll take it home tonight and watch it.” The kid said “But it’s so stupid! It turns out that the guy was dead the whole time!” So I murdered the kid right there. His father lent a hand. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454/60 "2010-01-12T19:06:48Z")
People just got mad at Rainn Wilson on Twitter for expressing excitement over the fact that (minor casting spoil that’s already in the adverts but since he got in trouble I’ll put it in the spoiler box) Kathy Bates is going to be the new boss To his credit, Rainn told them to get a grip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-spoiler-youve-ever-uttered-there-may-be-spoilers-in-this-thread/524454.md?page=4)