Spoiler
Appearance
Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to:
- Spoiler (media), comment that discloses plot details of a book, play, video game, film, or other narrative content
- Spoiler effect (sports), team that has been eliminated from the playoffs and beats a team requiring that win to advance
- Spoiler effect, individual unable to win an election or game for oneself but able to determine which player or candidate of two or more others will win
- Spoiler (aeronautics), device to reduce lift in aeronautics
- Spoiler (car), device to modify air flow in order to increase fuel efficiency or improve handling in automobiles
- Spoiler (security vulnerability), computer security vulnerability
- Beam spoiler, piece of material placed into the path of the photon beam in radiation therapy.
Film and TV
- The Spoilers (1914 film), American Western with William Farnum, based on 1906 novel by Rex Beach
- The Spoilers (1923 film), remake with Noah Beery, Sr. and Anna Q. Nilsson
- The Spoilers (1930 film), remake with Gary Cooper and Betty Compson
- The Spoilers (1942 film), remake with Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne
- The Spoilers (1955 film), remake with Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun
- The Spoiler (TV series), 1972 Australian drama
- Spoiler (film), 1998 American science fiction
- Spoilers with Kevin Smith, 2012 American "anti-movie review" TV show
Literature
- The Spoilers (Beach novel), 1906 American novel by Rex Beach
- The Spoilers, 1906 English novel by Edwin Pugh
- "The Spoilers", 1965 English short story by Michael Gilbert
- The Spoilers (Bagley novel), 1969 English novel by Desmond Bagley
- The Spoiler (novel), 2011 English novel by Annalena McAfee
Music
- The Spoiler (album), 1966 release by American jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine
- The Spoilers (band), American punk rock/new wave musicians formed in 1978
- Spoiler (album), 2019 release by Spanish pop singer Aitana
People
- Mighty Spoiler (1926–1960), Trinidadian calypsonian
- The Spoiler (wrestler) (1940–2006), Canadian masked champion
Characters
- The Spoiler, DC Comics superheroine introduced in 1992, subsequently referenced as Stephanie Brown