This Troper has done this to himself by accident several times. He remembers the endings of television series from when he was a kid, although he doesn't remember most of the characters and actions (although they come back to him after watching some series). Some examples: ''BattlestarGalactica'' arrives to Earth, finds it still back in technology, gravity is lower so they can fly, and they go into an ecological frenzy. Oh, and on the way there, they're visited by all kinds of aliens. ''BabylonFive''? EverybodyDies (eventually), the future gets worse, and then ''EverybodyDies''... like... everybody... When you only remember that, there's little use in watching the 5+ series knowing most of what they do is in vain because HumansAreBastards and screw up everything in the last episode (and incidentally last million years) anyway.

My brother ''somehow'' managed to avert this regarding ''PlanetOfTheApes.'' For fifteen years he lived on this good earth without knowing the ending. His reaction upon seeing it was amusing.

This wiki. That's right. This very wiki. I cannot describe how many times I've accidentally spoiled a show I was watching my way through, or read something about a show I didn't think I was going to watch and ended up watching anyway. But then again, I probably never would have heard about those shows in the first place if not for Tropes, so it all works out.

I'm a JonathanCoulton fan who only found out about {{Portal}} because of the song that was meant to be a surprise.

This Troper knew Leia was Luke's sister and Vader was their father before seeing any ''StarWars'' movies. I also saw ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', knowing full well Shinji had a relationship with a boy at the end. And I knew that the PlanetOfTheApes was Earth. And, like most of you, I watched ''{{Zyuranger}}'' knowing Burai died. To say nothing about the many things I read like this in English class. I ''did'', however, manage to see ''TheSixthSense'' on a night other than the first and not know that Bruce Willis was dead.

Tropers/{{Excel-2011}}. Guess how I know about ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.

Tropers/{{D Roy}} By the God, same here!

This troper mostly averted it with ''TheUsualSuspects''. I was aware that KevinSpacey was an UnreliableNarrator and was really Keyser Soze, but I did not know about the bulletin board and I was more than a little shocked by the coffee mug.

I knew that Tyler Durden was the narrator's imaginary friend for years before I saw FightClub. That being said, it was still an excellent movie.